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Posted: 8/31/2020 8:20:35 PM EDT
Surely there were janitors, cooks, etc. who were just doing a job on that ship, with no love of the Empire.
Link Posted: 8/31/2020 8:23:02 PM EDT
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Blue Harvest has your answer
Link Posted: 8/31/2020 8:27:21 PM EDT
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Tough shit.  Don't take a job with the enemy.   Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.   Go to work with Communists, get blown to hell.
Link Posted: 8/31/2020 8:27:35 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 8/31/2020 8:31:41 PM EDT
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Nobody tell him about ww2 carpet bombing Germany and fire bombing in japan
Link Posted: 8/31/2020 8:31:57 PM EDT
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I’m sure there were a lot of contractors on the one in ROTJ

Clerks - Death Star Contractors
Link Posted: 8/31/2020 8:34:15 PM EDT
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I once calculated the square foot of the original Death Star with a number of assumptions (20'/level, the the inner portion was all reactor. etc. etc).  I forget the number but it was roughly the size of West Virginia in area i.e. +24k square miles.

I seem to recall around the same time, that there was 30 million people on board at the time it got blowed up.  Prolly got that number off one of those SW nerd sites.
Link Posted: 9/2/2020 8:38:18 PM EDT
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Was every cook and other support person in the Wehrmacht technically combatants during WWII?  On a battleship such as the Bismark, would a compressor repair guy who worked in the boiler room end up in a POW camp?  There's your answer.  If it were under construction like the second Death Star was, there were probably quite a few outside contractors onboard.  By contract they are bound to work for the Empire, so I would consider then combatants.

BTW I met a survivor of the Bismark at a gun show who happened to be a compressor repair guy.  

http://www.kbismarck.com/crew/interview-brzonca.html
Link Posted: 9/3/2020 7:16:16 PM EDT
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Zero.  It's an amusing story.  LOL


BOOM
Link Posted: 9/6/2020 7:01:38 PM EDT
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The Empire did nothing wrong.
Link Posted: 9/8/2020 2:36:38 PM EDT
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Zero.  The moment it fired a weapon and destroyed a planet it became a legitimate military asset belonging to a belligerant nation and it as well as all of it's occupants became legitimate military targets.  Kinda like sinking a hostile warship; just because the guy didnt pull a trigger or give orders doens't mean he has any special protections.
Link Posted: 9/8/2020 2:48:14 PM EDT
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The Empire is right about women.
Link Posted: 9/8/2020 2:52:10 PM EDT
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OFFS.

People living on an offensive military weapon are not innocents in any sense of the word.  They may not be combatants but they make the thing work and are obviously in harms way.
Link Posted: 9/8/2020 2:58:26 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/8/2020 2:59:34 PM EDT
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You know, I was at the convenience store just the other day talking about this very topic...
Link Posted: 9/8/2020 3:03:11 PM EDT
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All of them.
Link Posted: 9/13/2020 7:56:17 PM EDT
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We didn’t see it in film, but if the Empire is anything like the American modern military on an established base, then all food, laundry, trash, haircuts, PX and such are taken care of by civilian employees. Surely there’s a shop with a guy putting custom padding in stormtrooper armor, someone making Alderan cruise jackets, and an Anthony’s Pizza.
Link Posted: 9/14/2020 7:46:20 AM EDT
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Total war is total.

If you have a problem with that you are definitely not ready for the fuckin' Catalina Wine Mixer.
Link Posted: 11/3/2020 1:40:22 PM EDT
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One million!
Link Posted: 11/3/2020 6:14:38 PM EDT
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I’m sure there were a lot of contractors on the one in ROTJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQdDRrcAOjA
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Link Posted: 11/6/2020 7:01:09 PM EDT
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Tough shit.  Don't take a job with the enemy.   Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.   Go to work with Communists, get blown to hell.
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LOL.
Link Posted: 11/24/2020 2:39:52 PM EDT
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And they say Americans have short memory for history.

Remember the billions on Alderaan?

The planet that the Deathstar had just blown up?

Destruction of the Deathstar was necessary and justified.

If you must lament the few innocents (I’m thinking prisoners) build them a monument. Then your greatgrandchilren can pull down the monument while they vote in the next emperor type because of new republic wage inequality policies.
Link Posted: 11/24/2020 2:45:40 PM EDT
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All of em

eta- Beat
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 4:44:58 AM EDT
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none
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 5:41:14 AM EDT
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And they say Americans have short memory for history.

Remember the billions on Alderaan?

The planet that the Deathstar had just blown up?

Destruction of the Deathstar was necessary and justified.

If you must lament the few innocents (I'm thinking prisoners) build them a monument. Then your greatgrandchilren can pull down the monument while they vote in the next emperor type because of new republic wage inequality policies.
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Large oof
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 6:54:21 AM EDT
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Rebel scum
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 7:23:09 AM EDT
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Look,.. You knew when you filled out the application that you were taking a job on a thing called the "death star".

I mean what did you expect would be taking place?
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 7:33:47 AM EDT
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It was built by "Slave Labor " tens of thousands of Wookies and Ewoks.
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 7:37:29 AM EDT
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Zero.  They were basically commies and commies arent people.
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 7:39:39 AM EDT
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robots did all that shit.  


Then there was Alderaan....
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 8:08:54 AM EDT
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Total war.

Innocents get blown up too.

How many?  Doesn't matter.
Link Posted: 11/27/2020 8:39:42 AM EDT
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Total war is total.

If you have a problem with that you are definitely not ready for the fuckin' Catalina Wine Mixer.
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Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time
Link Posted: 12/6/2020 1:50:01 AM EDT
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On another note, ever wondered if the Death Star was insured?  I mean it must have since they keep rebuilding it though I'm surprised the policy doesn't have a stipulation like no external exhaust vents to the core or undefended thermal oscillators on the surface or exposed huge ass canons on star destroyers that explode when shot.
Link Posted: 12/7/2020 8:52:34 PM EDT
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On another note, ever wondered if the Death Star was insured?  I mean it must have since they keep rebuilding it though I'm surprised the policy doesn't have a stipulation like no external exhaust vents to the core or undefended thermal oscillators on the surface or exposed huge ass canons on star destroyers that explode when shot.
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I'm pretty sure the Empire was self-insured.  Think about it; they're the fucking Empire.  If something breaks they'll just throw star destroyers at it until it's fixed.
Link Posted: 12/7/2020 8:55:34 PM EDT
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Far less than thr empire would have killed using the deathstar.
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This. Was one entire planet not enough?
Link Posted: 12/22/2020 9:06:27 PM EDT
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Don't forget they torched Jeddah during that test.
Link Posted: 12/22/2020 9:14:21 PM EDT
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I always thought they were communists so no humans harmed...
May have been a few prisoners on board but they probably went out happy.
Link Posted: 12/22/2020 9:24:13 PM EDT
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Should democrats be spared the fate of their treasonous party.
Link Posted: 2/19/2021 9:43:13 PM EDT
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No way Stone Age teddy bears and Bigfoot could build a super laser planet. That thIng was built on fat union contracts for mega space bucks
Link Posted: 2/20/2021 6:43:15 AM EDT
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No way Stone Age teddy bears and Bigfoot could build a super laser planet. That thIng was built on fat union contracts for mega space bucks
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Link Posted: 2/20/2021 7:44:12 AM EDT
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No innocents on a Warship with the possible exception of slaves.
Link Posted: 2/20/2021 7:47:46 AM EDT
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The Empire did nothing wrong.
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Link Posted: 2/20/2021 8:26:12 AM EDT
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Tough shit.  Don't take a job with the enemy.   Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.   Go to work with Communists, get blown to hell.
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What if The Force/Rebels are really the bad guys? The movies are written from their perspective and could have been lying to us the whole time.

Hans Solo? Well we know he is a murderer and thief.
Luke Skywalker? He fights his own father and fools around with his own sister.

Pretty sure the force has killed way more people than the Empire.

You get the point.

Link Posted: 2/20/2021 8:41:19 AM EDT
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Zero.
Link Posted: 2/20/2021 10:32:33 AM EDT
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None.

Like it or not, the janitor was providing labor support for the enemy, just like the combatants.

There are janitors, cooks, mechanics, etc. on every warship, "just doing a job".

How many "innocent people" died on the Bismarck?

Link Posted: 2/20/2021 10:52:20 AM EDT
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Since Luke was the terrorist, all of them.
Link Posted: 6/12/2021 1:52:18 PM EDT
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The Empire is right about women.
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Red heads make the best field agents?


Link Posted: 6/12/2021 9:03:25 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/1/2021 1:07:43 PM EDT
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I once calculated the square foot of the original Death Star with a number of assumptions (20'/level, the the inner portion was all reactor. etc. etc).  I forget the number but it was roughly the size of West Virginia in area i.e. +24k square miles.

I seem to recall around the same time, that there was 30 million people on board at the time it got blowed up.  Prolly got that number off one of those SW nerd sites.
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I thought it was said to be roughly 100,000
Link Posted: 7/1/2021 1:10:11 PM EDT
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The Empire is right about women.




Red heads make the best field agents?


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/22/d7/7922d7bb6367385b883308e5d3419a5e.jpg



Well that ruins it...Mara Jade was a dirty inky
And why does she have elvish on her left arm?
Link Posted: 7/1/2021 2:53:00 PM EDT
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I thought it was said to be roughly 100,000
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I once calculated the square foot of the original Death Star with a number of assumptions (20'/level, the the inner portion was all reactor. etc. etc).  I forget the number but it was roughly the size of West Virginia in area i.e. +24k square miles.

I seem to recall around the same time, that there was 30 million people on board at the time it got blowed up.  Prolly got that number off one of those SW nerd sites.

I thought it was said to be roughly 100,000
Most estimates today give around 1.2M - 1.5M, far less than the 30M I stated earlier.
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