![]() Don’t believe the Empire’s propagandists. It’s so weak that it’s not much of a state at all. ![]() What we learn from Solo is that the Galactic Empire is a very, very weak state. ![]() From a political science perspective, the movie Solo fills in a lot of holes in how we understand the Galactic Empire - the approximately 22-year regime between the dictator Sheev Palpatine’s consolidation of power as Emperor at the end of Episode III and his death at the hands of his second-in-command at the end of Episode VI. That last item is the most telling indicator of the Galactic Empire’s glaring open secret - its extreme weakness. And 90 percent of the Stormtrooper presence of other movies. Okay, there’s a long list: the opening crawl. But if you haven’t … well, caveat emptor. Spoiler alert: I assume that by now anyone who might be interested in this post has had a chance to see Solo.
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