I like the idea that there are so many bandits that bandits are usually raiding other bandits, not because they have something against that group, but because they got to the farmers just a little too late.

I'm surprised it's not the farmer is the most common job, with all that population (especially for planets like Coruscant) food, water and medicine must be a logistic hell for any faction who control the Galaxy.

As a Canadian, I recommend you leave the cobra chickens(canadian geese) alone. They're the embodiment of evil

I heard in some places if they steal goods less than 1000 credits, Storm Troopers aren't legally allowed to chase them. A Senator was recently spacejacked at blasterpoint after leaving the Senate, despite it being a blaster-free zone.

The Empire should have focused on building up the Empire, sure. Except that it was run by an Evil Space Wizard who derived his power from the spread of misery and anger in the Galaxy and whose personal trademark was pitting opposing political factions against each other to further aggrandize his own power base. Palpatine didn't want a peaceful empire; he wanted the conflict and the misery.

Imagine being a Jedi and actually caring about those small settlement-type places. so you give them beacons to call you in for help. Every six hours you'd get a call "Help, jedi. another settlement needs your help!"

Something I find interesting. In Wookieepedia, it says the cost of an ISD-1 was 150 million credits and an Arquitens light cruiser was 4 million credits. During Imperial rule, a more practical moff could have bought 10 Arquitens for less than a 1/3 of the cost of an ISD-1 and then used the difference for contracts to give to people in his sector for jobs. It would probably make for boring storytelling, but make more sense practically.

I like how he talk about stars but also likens stuff to real social and economic issues going on right now and explains them better then most ppl

One *PRIMARY* exception to the Empire's chase zones was Hutt Space. The Empire did manage to take some territory from the Hutts, but in more modern canon/still non contradicted/in legends limbo (Much of the Clone Wars aside from Season seven and certain plot elements and points, are/is technically considered legends by Disney still.) much of that territory was what was previously held in agreement with the Hutts by groups like the Pike Syndicate rather than encroaching on 'true' hutt space, as it were. Even in purely legends, the Empire only took a relative of sliver of southern Hutt Space because it wouldn't cause retaliation by the syndicates and groups the Hutts controlled. And trade routs that were needed that would cut through Hutt Space (The Kessel Run being one) weren't worth the potential problems of forcing them open/staying open in first place. On top of Hutt Space the Imperial Military without being specialized missions or building blacksites R&D or anything else, didn't generally go into wild space or venture very far into the Unknow Regions. On top of the Hapan cluster as well. The hyper space routs going in were so 'one way' that even if the Hapans couldn't hold off a prolonged Imperial assault, it'd be a major slog of naval and ground force power if they'd really wanted to try and take the territory.

Working on anything electronic and computers would be a skill worth investing in

Agree. There must be an army as a centralized force superior to local self-defense forces, an army capable of dealing with a serious crisis, just as local armies must be at least somehow sponsored by the government, so that if something happens, they can somehow hold out until the Senate holds a hundred and one meeting on the issue, expresses his deep concern, appoints a commission to investigate, etc.

Being a droid tech would be cool and profitable!

Allen, are you a sociologist or have you studied behavioral sciences? Your analyses are quite well-thought out and complex. I love the nuances you bring to each subject, whether it be Star Wars or the real world. Ever think about expanding into doing a channel that focuses on societal breakdowns and viable solutions? In any case, I really enjoy your videos.

I never liked centralisation because it concentrates too much power in a small space, but full local autonomy is also not the greatest because they might suddenly have a problem too big to handle. This is just another balancing act for governments to constantly debate, test and revise over, which I wish more people did do.

11:45 you don't have to have empathy (it helps) when seeking to understand the "why?" of a culture or people, best example ever, "Thrawn." Its easier to set up a trap, when you know the proper bait.

I look at the U.S. as a core world in modern Geopolitics. For the last 75 years the U.S. as the global security insurer has been a mixed bag. Some regions of the world have built successful manufacturing bases that has greatly benefited their population while others have been a lost cause. Now that the U.S. is withdrawing from globalization, governments will have to bolster their own defenses and economic bases. Just like the outer rim, tensions from poverty and famine will create much unrest in the world.

With all this tie-in between SW and real-world geopolitics Allen’s been giving us lately, I think I’d give my left ovary to see a crossover between him and Beau of the Fifth Column.

I like how you are able to craft all this intricate analysis when the reality is that Star Wars is a fictional story and a battle with bandits is a handy device for story writing

I've been watching since about 2016, I don't comment much but I would like to say I think this is the best star wars based channel on this website. I always binge your new stuff a few times a year. Thank you for the good videos tech boys

The only compromise I can see is having a strong federal navy with a contingent of troops like the Marines, while leaving each planet to form a defense force of an army and Air Force contingent to fight off organized pirates as a local governor can. Each planets Army could even have reserve components so in the case of a rural area the people not on duty could band together and at least fight together if their area ends up being raided.

New Republic should have kept all the star destroyers with a legion on board as a central military and anything smaller than a star destroyer should have gone to local or sector defence, they were meant to work together so it makes local and central work together too

Can't wait for LEGO to make a battle pack of random Star Wars citizens.

It's all about opportunity, risk, and reward. Supposedly, there is little piracy with respect to a certain country on earth because the risk of getting caught is high, judgement is swift, final, public, and encompassing. ("Fair" is not a part of that equation, but it is consistent.) Meanwhile, in places where risk is lower and reward outweighs the risk, then banditry becomes viable.

It also didn't help that the value of the credit in the outer rim kept rising and falling like the sun. Some stuck to local currencies that were based in a hard material - like gold, for example - to avoid dealing with it, but would accept credits in a bind to at least get paid. They could exchange it for the local currency equivalent, which could be higher or equal to it one day, and lower the next.

I imagine "bandit" was invented 6 months after "farmer" was.

Lost it when the conflict zone of philly was mentioned 😂

The least common job is health and safety inspector. :)

If the Republic left the Outer Rim alone, I know that there will be chaos. But this will also forced the systems to ally themselves with one another to pour their manpower and resources into forming the defense as well. And when this defense has proven itself and took down the pirates and bandits, they will no longer needed the Republic and can rule on their own. So I think it is in the best interests of the Outer Rim that the Republic leaves it on its own device.

Dude is dropping the type of gold a quality science fiction writer should pay attention to.

Someone has to run the machines.

8:10 Smaller government, smaller standing military, AND and disarmed LAWFUL population that weakens a system. It is not the number of guns, but the hands that wield them that increase/decrease crime in an area. Corruption, greed, and disdain for the average citizen's rights feeds in to lawless behavior.

I think instead of looking at the Galactic Republic as a federal government, it makes more sense to see it as a very powerful supranational union, like the European Union. In many ways, the Republic is in charge of the entire galaxy, but at the same time there are a lot of areas where the planetary governments rule themselves, and people seem to identify more with their respective home planets rather than the Republic as a whole

Bandits ... and Holonet download rates. I'm willing to bet Palpatine made serious promises re: improved access to fibre infrastructure.

Hey Allen! So on the geese remark, they aren’t protected they’re regulated, many parts of the United States there’s a 150+ day season to harvest 5 geese a day. You just aren’t allowed to do so in cities for various reasons. As to eating, I’ll attest that they’re delicious but as for an xmas center piece, it’s better to piece them out and use the breasts for one thing and the legs for a different thing.

I think the issues with a libertarian style society would mainly be solved by fostering a real sense of community. If you truly care for your neighbors and vice versa, issues of scarcity and security can be resolved far more easily by pooling resources. That’s something we’re largely missing in the digital age. Hell, I’m guilty of not knowing my neighbors’ names and we practically live on top of each other.

it wasn't the equivalent of finding your boyfriend in crying the basements confessing he killed random innocent people I in Israel. It's was like after your a funeral of your boyfriend's mother. Then admitting he killed the gang who mur his mother like Hamas

As a sociologist I very much agree with your assessment of the origins of crime, pretty bang on

As always, I love the way Generation Tech approaches the nuances of storytelling and how that affects or is affected by the real world.

Alan a bunch of people in chat have a voice for you to be on Star Wars Theory - reach out to Theory and get that setup. You guys have great minds, and would be great conversation!

I think of that U.N. comment and how it really is only as effective as its five veto-wielding members will let it be and it's only as powerful as its most powerful military member. I wonder if the Star Wars galaxy has such equivalents? Are there factions which effectively have vetoing authority (even it hasn't been granted them) which they can use to evade responsibility and accountability like today's United Nations and who are the powerful military members without whose contributions the Republic would have no teeth to enforce its edicts?

I think master mechanic would be the most common job. Seems in Star Wars anybody can fix anything anytime and any place without having any parts. In reality nothing could be farther from the truth

Reminds me of a period of Roman history right when Octavian began his first Consulship (42 BCE I believe). A large chunk of Roman farmland was stolen by Octavian, and given to retiring soldiers. As a result, most of Rome's farms were now run by people who had never farmed a day in their lives. This lead to two things: A massive crop failure leading to famine, and a large amount of former farmers now left homeless and destitute. The situation became so bad, that large bandit armies of former farmers had formed, and began besieging some of the outer cities on the Peninsula and raiding granaries. To make matters worse, a Pirate King by the name of Sextus Pompeiius had taken Sicili, and had blockaded the Italian peninsula, ransoming the food imports, making the famine worse. So in a galaxy that just went through the Clone Wars, and immediately went to an even more militarized economy without taking any time to really rebuild nonmilitary infrastructure, and add in employment opportunities in this new national military industrial complex being heavily slated against any kind of non human...you can see why a lot of alien pirates exist

The On-Going Conflict Zone?? Just perfect, Thanks Alan 😂

Take away the space wizards and all you'd get in star wars is practically Cyberpunk 2077 in space.

if earth were in the SW Galaxy, what would our spaceport look like? imo earth is way more 'outer rim' than it is Coruscant

The problem is infrastructure. All the progress policy or econimic stimulus, etc.. will do nothing if the communication and logistics can't handle it. Look at oursleves. Most places on earth that suffer from similar issues to those in the star wars galaxy are places with poorly integrated infrastructure.

I still think the empire did better at handling bandits than the republic or new republic

Allen with the Clapper at the end to turn off the camera. 👏

BANDITS?! IN SHIPS?! Those are pirates!! “Ships”!!

Great work

Sorry, I need to correct you on the Somali pirates that’s how it started with a soon as you started seeing multi million dollar Ransom being paid, warlord started investing in pirates and it became a clan/family criminal enterprise. We’re long past the point of Somali pirates been 5-8 independent villagers, striking out on a dinghy against illegal foreign fishermen.

The only thing Canadian about the geese is the disregard of the Geneva convention

I’ve said it before, but it would not be any money at all, in the grand scheme of a galaxy like the Star Wars having a series of sector fleets for large-scale threats and funding 100,000,000 Gozanti-class cruisers and 1 billion star fighters would be absolutely a simple and task.

Yet another great breakdown. It's amazing.

To answer your question about the goose.. Yes, you can hunt them wherever as long as you follow the local conservation measures, some places have different rules about how many you can get at once

If Earth in Star Wars is approved, Earth's most powerful nations would invest national militaries, law enforcement agencies & private military companies to yeet those bandits easily! XD

Speaking of bandits , I am thinking about buying a YT freighter and seriously suping it up ( the best shields , a wild hyperdrive , major armor and weapons . ) Then I will paint it black with a gold mynock right behind the docking claws . I would use some old style communication device so that the traitorous rebels can't listen in .

Failed policies effect the US too. Politicians don't understand basic concepts that EVERYONE else dones.

Good video as always my good sir. You're the man 🦾🤟🏻

The truth is, much like it was in the 1600s was the salary for being a pirate was better than the alternative.

Who pays for the jedi? Do they receive a republic subsidy, making them effectively a division of the Republic senate? Like medieval monks, are they landowners who rent out land to tenant farmers? Do they survive on donations from wealthy patrons such as the Naboo royal family, potentially opening them up to conflicts of interest, or a mix of all of the above? An interesting question that opens up questions of where the Jedi's true loyalty lies... The sith could be mass murderers, but they were not hypocrits. They embraced their passions, regardless of moral reservations. Imagine being thrown off your land by a jedi landlord because your crops had failed three years in a row, Turing to crime out of desperation, joining an organised criminal group; be it a gang or syndicate. Only to be cut down by a Jedi peacekeeper.

"I have the death sentence in 12 systems-" That's because none of them can prosecute you once you fly off to a new planet.

i always wondered does the star wars universe have police

Star Wars was there for me when I was alone. At 22 I'd love to live in Star wars as a Farmer under the safety of the Republic :).

Imagine if they had normal people problems. Like paying their bills, working a desk job in middle management, dealing with sky traffic, has an unintimate marriage, and drinking to cope. He could have a name like Binge Wandred and the Galactic Civil war could have only affected his gas prices. He just works his dead end job in his world never having left. Maybe he and his family sit on the couch and watch the shows Lumpy had in the holiday special like in the days of TGIF. Maybe his wife learned to cook from that stir whip show. Maybe bing has a VR machine to watch the same shows as Itchy. Maybe. Binge Wandred, with his mustache and past his prime dad bod, is just like us.

With all the species and languages is there a star wars equal to a universal translator?

How would you make the Star Wars Galaxy safer

Nicely done sir - great video - and describes an in-depth knowledge of the Star Wars universe as well as our own. And, very importantly to me, did not even give me an inkling as to your own political persuasion of the day - which is a fantastic thing to me.

This was actually very educational. Especially with the pirates explanation.

Hi Alan [sp?], I just want to be honest with you. A long time ago, when I first discovered you I was put off, I didn't care for Generation Tech. Now, for the past year, I have been a loyal follower. Today I subscribed. But I also want you to know that I have ALWAYS given you a thumbs up!

Philly in here catching strays 😂😂

It seems the Star Trek UFP is a better idea, local regions and planets join and keep autonomy and local jurisdiction yet can get resources and help from fellow members. Even "empires" and collectives are allowed to rule their systems as long as they abide by Federation regulations and laws.

There first has to be centralized government for there to be a centralized armed forces to protect the people. The people need to be involved in the government and therefore all in this together , all for one and one for all. To have that one who is willing to put their life on the line for people they've never met, you need community and pride in what you have as a people and a country.

I think the main reason so many people turn to violent crime in the Star Wars Galaxy is it makes for a way more fun fictional universe

Yeah, nah, the cobra chicken will turn YOU into a centerpiece for the goose table.

El Salvador dealt with it and Literally went from the most unsafe country in the world to the safest country in the world because they. stopped asking why did it happen and they start smashing, saying **** you. This is what we need to do. because evil is just evil and you need to make evil afraid That's the only emotion they have. because they don't have decency. They don't have respect and they don't have honor. And the only way to keep them in check is to make them afraid. Anyway, love the channel.

Nice nuance.

I frequently find myself wondering exactly how much of your explanations of these things in Star Wars (also other IPs) comes from truly impressive scraping for official lore and how much of comes from just applying real world logic, psychology, social and economic knowledge, etc to what canon material is available. I tend to suspect it's more of the latter because nobody writing Star Wars has ever bothered to put nearly this much thought into it. If your arguments have a flaw it's that they make to much sense to fit the material.

Rather than REPLACING the federal-military with more funding of planetary defense forces, the New Republic should have SUPPLEMENTED the federal-military with more funding of planetary defense forces and allowing citizen militias (The Resistance) and private military groups (The Night Owls) to exist. As well as a military alliance with worlds that did not want to join the new republic (Nevarro). The federal military should have more power than any INDIVIDUAL group, but not more than all of these groups together. This way the federal military can stomp out a rogue planet or militia, but cannot tyrannize the entire galaxy (Since a rebellion would form). It's unlikely these groups would work together for criminal reasons (Like gangs fighting each other) but they would rise up against tyranny. The federal military could also reinforce an individual planet being invaded until a grand army made up of planetary defense forces and private groups could be formed.

Gt never fails to railme from behind

Is the Galaxy too big for Central government? With the recent migration waves away for the Core and with new settlements in the Outer RIm in the last century, are the people too spread out for a single central government to be efficient?

Note: a central military is better then supporting defense groups (of wich coure regions dont need most of there defenses and poorer planets can't afford a defense) and so a central power can alow for defenses where needed and patrols and pursuing are not limited by territory

You make more sense than most people I know my friend. I'll use my community. We want law and order, but we don't want to much that you can't have fun. I've seen people arrested for drinking one beer in their front yard. Not so much these days. But for a while, when you saw a police officer, you were getting harassed. Now, the meth heads have taken over. Two extremes. But that happened becuase the mines closed and manufacturing went over seas. Boredom is a dangerous thing alone. Boredom combined with suffering. I know people living without electricity. Not just a couple. A lot. Homeless people in a place I never thought I would see it. And there are a lot of reasons for the decline of coal. But it doesn't matter what that reason is. The powers that be refuse to let the people here adapt and move past it. And it's all they harp about. Becuase it keeps them elected. It's all they have. So, they have to keep the people down to keep harping about it. And our local governments are afraid of growth. New people, they might not vote for them. And now it's turning into a ghost town. The Metallica song, king nothing. And all I want is a normal life. A home tli can relax in. I've literally watched my community die. And it's like the people around me are blind to it. But you illustrated it perfectly. At the beginning of the video is was like, "well, you are talking about a few characters in a galaxy of God knows how many and no one wants to watch a movie about people having nice boring lives.". But I kept watching. We just want a way to put food on the table. We want lose and order but not so much that we are afraid we will be arrested for made up crimes just to keep the money flowing through the court house. Which is literally big business. The mines closed, and the jails opened. I've seen drugs planted. Bullshit charges. And a whole list of things. Because the powers that be, they ain't gonna go without money. And the people themselves became a resource to be mined. Now, there aren't so much people here. I like to tell the people of my town, we are strangling the loves out of ourselves and none of you can seem to see it. When we can do so much more than mine coal. No one even likes the stuff. They hate it. But all you have to do to control people, is trigger them.

Hi Allen!

Lots of smugglers too.

12:42 The challenge is that it can't be sorted by government because of the incentives involved. Simply building "housing and schools" doesn't solve it because that money gets funnelled into the local warlord's coffers or those schools and public housing are looted and destroyed. There is a region why some regions of the world are poor and it has to do with culture, choices and IQ. If it was so easy to solve, such a wicked problem would have been solved by now.

i think that the empire really cut themselves off at the knees and elbows, when they basically Immediately retired and scrapped Literally Every Acclamator and Venator SD, and Every Laat/i gunship or drop-ship. The reason why, is because while they might not be as big as a an Imperator ISD, the clone-wars ships could still serve as the backbone of how they rapidly deployed and re-deployed clone-troopers to a scene of battle. - This would, ironically, also make the perfect galactic federal police force as well as federal cargo distribution network. All that would be needed, is to swap out clones with a galactic populace force of stormtroopers and other imperial military. IMO, it serves as a strong indicator that the Tarkin Doctrine and other gleefully ham-fisted iron-handed policies against the populaces, hindered the empire more than helped it (and likewise helped the rebellion), and ultimately led to imperial decline and overthrow.

Alan, please sort your lighting out. Just a table-lamp to illuminate your face would work wonders.

"security, justice, uaghhh" -The guy from generation tech

One thing about the SW galaxy, effective law enforcement is more extinct than the Sith. I will agree though, Republic needs a federal military, it really really does.

The key thing often overlooked about the empire is that its forces were purposefully designed to be utterly dependent on the logistics of the empire, thus absolute loyalty was assured. Sure Palpatine could have sent out highly mobile neigh-unstoppable elite units to hunt down and terrorize criminals, to great effect, but then if any of those elite units went rogue he would have a huge problem as it would be very easy for them to sustain themselves raiding Imperial facilities, and it would be very difficult to work out exactly which elite unit went rogue. That's essentially what happened in the WH40k Imperium, the Space Marine legions were phenomenally effective but the only thing that could stop a legion of Space Marines was another legion of Space Marines, the whole Imperium was built on the unfounded assumption that a legion could never go rogue. Had Palpatine never built the Death Stars the Rebels would never have had a truly meaningful target to destroy, every victory would have just been delaying the inevitable, so long as the empire could collect taxes the only way the Rebels could bleed them dry with little cuts would be to bleed the entire galaxy dry. Hence why support for the Rebels was dwindling, without a clear end goal (and despite the best of intentions) they were just terrorists.

Excellent points. Centralized government fails and falls to totalitarianism or "benevolent dictator". De-centralized government fails for different reasons, an inability to deal with trade and protectiion. At the end of the American Revolution other diplomats referred to what would become the USA as negotiating with 13 fists. The American Civil War shifted people from a State identity to a nation identity and started centralized authority. A balance must be maintained were a Central Government provides an overwatch and local governments can deal with what matters to locals. Instead we see Centralized governments trying to control things the same way across the sphere when in actuality what works in place does not work in others. The USSR central government caused a massive famine when bureaucrats far away with no knowledge of farming told local farmers how to farm and then demand 10% improvement every year. The CCP is going through this now for about the third time. The USA is facing this now with a Centralized government using Federal money to make states heel to the whims of DC. Likewise forcing people to buy products they may not want or desire. The USA like the CCP and USSR before it fail because of the bureaucrat class. Without them there are no elites.

The Imperial Mission was clearly a better idea than the Tarkin Doctrine.

They're not really everywhere or a problem for the average citizens as far I can tell. They are just out on the under developed fringes of the galactic community, that just happens to be where the story takes us. By the numbers the average citizen is more likely to be a core worlder who likely never travels beyond their world, and certainly does not have their own ship to do so. Stars wars stories could just as well be a financial thriller on nemoidia, but ultimately it's a space western on the frontier

Somalia Pirates started as fishermen, but they armed up to fight off Chinese poachers, and then the terrorists took over their villages and held their families hostage to force them to conduct piracy. slightly different than what was said in the video.

Maybe its not the Politicians but the voters who are the problems

You don't want to eat a wild Canada goose. Imagine how your turkey would taste if it was fed urban garbage and pesticides.

Ownasaber no longer has the Palpatine saber on their site. 😱😱😱

When are we getting a dolphin proofing guide?

A quick defense of Anarchy; Anarchy is a prerequisite transitional state between Authoritarianism and Democracy not an end goal. The American Revolution was an Anarchist overthrow of a King based on ideas from the French Revolution. No Gods, No Masters, No Kings. Leadership can only exist by decree of the masses.