I would say Palpatine's greatest advantage was the fact that most senators lived on corusant far removed from the lives of the people they represented. He seriously took advantage of the self-serving nature of most civilized species. You could see it all throughout the clone wars how people suffered, but their senate representatives never visit the people.

It was dissolved mostly because of it's support and sympathy of the Rebel alliance. This was proven when Darth Vader found out Leia was in support of the Rebels as their leader. He didn't even just stop at dissolving the Senate, he ordered Tarkin to destroy any planet he perferred, and what planet does he choose? Alderaan, one of the founding planets of the Old Republic. The irony!

I believe that when the Empire was declared, most of the citizens of the galaxy probably thought that the Republic was changing its name and would continue as always. With a more powerful Supreme Chancellor as Emperor. The Senate is a little weaker. Just designed to be more efficient. Like it was seen as during the Clone Wars.

The Senate became nothing more than a fan club for palpatine

So what did they do with all those floating platforms? I mean they all weren't destroyed in the battle between Yoda and Palps ... You think they're on eBay?

Palpatine was a smart & calculating man. He played both sides so well.

i would LOVE to see a major Star Wars novel (or animated Star Wars micro-series) tell the story of the Imperial Senate's dissolution in great detail. it should be a dark, foreboding political thriller that documents this event and the events of A New Hope from Palpatine's perspective/vantage point.

Gallen Erso was really the single largest threat to the empire, and they underestimated him, a terrible and disastrous folly.

Order 69 was a blast XD

He got rid of the Senate when he got Vader to throw him into the reactor off the DSII.

Wait he killed himself😱 after all, he was the senate…

my question of which I am not aware of an answer is how the senators reacted to the dissolution of the Senate. We already know that some were already covertly working against the Empire but what about the rest, particularly those who had put so much faith in the Empire so long as there was the illusion of democracy

Keeping up the illusion was very important for had it been shattered the rebellion would have had new and greater support and would have definitely stop the Empire in its tracks. Though it took 20 years it was worth it for the illusion to take effect not mention it allowed for the completion of the Death Star.

Thanks for the great videos you keep pumping out.

This is perfect move! he played it very carefully. Yes,this answers what happened. It was huge blow for Sidious when Death Star was destroyed. It loosened his grip on the galaxy. See you in the next holocron. May the Force be with you too😊

Love this explanation behind this event. Great video.

Any and all lore about Palpatine is just great. He literally thought of everything. He was extremely wise, and unbelievably incredibly powerful, both in the political sense and through the force. We even see him slowly chip away the Senate’s powers as early as episode 2. With the formation of emergency powers. I also really like the fact that all the political episodes in the clone wars basically was just an arch about how manipulative Palpatine really was. Slowly siphoning power for himself. So even though people use this as a meme, his line of “I AM the senate,” was in fact, correct.

Another great video!

Mas Amedda - "This body will come to order!" (Chamber gradually grows quiet.) Emperor Sheev - "I recognise myself now, andI yield as much time as I may consume." Mas Amedda - "The Chair does also recognise the Emperor for as much time as he requires." Emperor - "Thank you, Grand Vizier. Fellow citizens of the First Galactic Empire, I will not mince words today. Certain developments have come to light regarding a plot to aid the rebel insurgency that seeks to destroy this august nation and promote anarchy in the galaxy. These developments point to involvement by certain members of this body, but more than that, they point to a corruption that has existed ever since the Old Republic first was established. That corruption, I first thought I could purge from this body when I declared the reorganisation of our diseased Republic into the strong Empire we serve today, but as events progressed and the rebel insurgency first took root and began to grow, I realised that further, more certain measures were required to maintain the order and security that we now enjoy, especially since certain members of this once-illustrious body have been found in taint of high treason, having been found to be rendering aid, support and comfort to the rebel traitors in one capacity or another, the greatest and most vile symptom of that corruption. I discovered that the corruption of which I speak is not only endemic to this body of delegates, it is inherent to it, and upon this discovery, I directed the Imperial Science Bureau to develop contingency plans to preserve the Empire in the case of a significant number of Senators going over to the Rebellion, and today, one such contingency announces its completion and is ready for testing. Bring up the holofeed from the new Expeditionary Battle Planetoid!" (A holoimage appears over the Senate Chamber of the planet Alderaan, from the point of view of the Death Star Overbridge. Upon recognition of Alderaan many murmurs of consternation and confusion are heard and crescendo until Mas Amedda bangs his gavel-staff.) Mas Amedda - "This body shall return to order! All members will direct their attention to the holofeed!" Death Star controller, V/O - "Commence primary ignition!" (A low whine begins to build over the speakers in the Senate Chamber, plateaus, and then a green glow fades in. A massive laser blast streaks out, touches the planet, and Alderaan EXPLODES instantly. The holofeed then terminates, plunging the Senate into shocked silence.) Emperor Palpatine - "You have witnessed not only a successful test of the Empire's primary contingency against what I may now state is the inherent corruption of this body, you have witnessed the resolve of the Empire to utterly stamp out and break this rebellion. IT IS THIS BODY ITSELF, this very Senate, and the democracy it stands for, that is the corruption at the heart of our great and glorious Empire! (As if on cue, the Senate doors open out into the Rotunda, and Imprrial military officers and Stormtroopers march in with purpose and surround the chamber, their weapons drawn and aimed at the Senators, who begin to clamour in rising anger and outrage.) Palpatine - "I declare here and now that the former Imperial Senate has outlived its usefulness, and I do now decree that as of this moment, with the destruction of the Rebels' primary source of aid and support, the Senate is henceforth dissolved and outlawed. Those of you who are known to have demonstrated your true loyalty to the Empire need not fear, but you may also return to your homes forthwith upon the conclusion of this final session, and you may tell all who will listen that now there is a proven means of ensuring loyalty and stability in the Empire. The slightest disobedience to Imperial command will bring the Death Star to your worlds, and then your worlds will share the fate of Alderaan. To ensure the facility of adherence to Imperial command during this transitional period, I decree that now and henceforth your territories shall be placed under the direct control of the regional governors I have selected from the Imprrial Armed Forces. You need not fear any reprisal, so long as you obey my will in all things and in all respects. Fail to do so, though, and your worlds are forfeit. This body is now and forevermore adjourned. You are all dismissed, save for those in whom your Empire had expressed interest. Troopers, escort the individuals on your rosters to their ships and send them back to their home systems without question!"

Thank you for giving me a new perspective

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

But Palpatine IS the Senate, so if the Senate wants to get rid of the Senate is that like suicide?

Papa Palpatine is the single most ingenious and brilliant moron of all fictional villains.

Then he threw the Senate at him, the WHOLE SENATE!

Not gonna lie, I always wondered about this. And I assumed that this move gave the Rebellion a bunch of new recruits from cynical Senators who didn't really care about the Rebellion but who were merely upset about their loss of position.

Amazing

When the Death Star was destroyed, that was the beginning of the end for the Empire. I believe that after the Death Stars destruction, the senators joined the rebellion and provided ships and people to combat the Empire.

Great explanation. I'm wondering did the remaining Senate learn of the Death Stars distruction?

@The Stupendous Wave Is there lore about force ghost Leia meeting and talking to force ghost Anakin?

"No one could have possibly foreseen that the face-eating leopard would eat OUR FACES!" --The Former Senate "Really? No one?? NO ONE???" -- Former Senator Organa "WTF who the Hell is that guy?" --The Former Senate

This made me think where was chancellor valorum when the empire happened and what was he doing when the senate was gone

Wait, Palpatine killed himself? IMPOSSIBLE!!!

It also makes sense it took that long for one very important reason - size! People don't realize just how massive an entire planet's government is then under one leader compared to comparing to an entire GALAXY! It might take a few months for a planet up to about two years on average, but the entire galaxy - I would say 20 years is rapid progress!

Day 206 of asking for a part 3 of what if anakin was trained by qui gon

Wild

I'm hoping that Andor will end with the "dissolution" of the Senate. I remember this poorly written show from the 80s, Amerikka. and the USSR taking over the USA. The only scene I remember is when they "liquidated" Congress which was a powerful scene

What has never made sense to me is it took 20 years to build the first Death Star and the Lazer was the last part but the second one was built good enough to work in 4 years I just don't know why it took so long the first time

Palpatine was able to get rid of the Senate because the Senate allowed him to by pretty much giving him all its power/authority beginning with Episode 2.

This could be a good movie - a political drama. Could include Leia and Moth Mothma, and could essentially see the protagonists lose in the end, and highlight the amazing plan of the Emperor coming together at the end of the movie as (a) big "omg" moment(s)

6:17 Listening to your description of Darth Sidious as the only voice, made me think we have many such people here. Darth Putin, Darth Trump, Darth Xi, and Darth Kim to name a few who use military power to maintain control, along with charisma and lies.

Another wonderful holocron! Good thing I already fulfilled my destiny and force crushed that subscribe button.

Sidious is hands down the most dangerous and cunning Sith ever to live. Lucas says he is THE most powerful (and I agree) Sith to ever live. Say what you will about the old republic emperor, darth krayt, etc, I honestly feel Sidious could outmatch them all power to power. Mind you some were games, some were novelized, but so was he, add all that up and Sidious is THE most powerful Sith Lord and literally evil incarnate.

I want to see 456,096 Yoda's all using the light side

Labeling Palpatine as a the wisest Sith ever feels like a bit of a misnomer. The defining characteristic of the Sith is power and it's total pursuit, consequences and feelings be damned. He says himself that he is the culmination of all Sith who came before him. Over the years, Sith have consistently lacked wisdom, in as much as they were cunning and scheming. Wisdom would have led Palpatine to the conclusion that his pursuit of power would eventually be his demise, especially with his dissatisfaction with apprentices and constant search for extending his life and seeking out other powerful apprentices. Wisdom is not a characteristic of the Sith.

In the grand sceme of the galaxy, humans are particularly short lived. A human emperor can at best assure 100 years of peace. Most species live longer than that. I struggle to imagine that those people supported dissolving the republic in favor of the emperor- which is why it was so convient for the emperor that he had specced his empire into xenophobia so that their dissent would be ignored.

I would love to see an RPG game for Star Wars: A New Hope, Empire strikes back and Return of the Jedi. They have games for them but they are all old and on 16 and 32 bit consoles like SNES and Sega. I think that they can make an amazing game or multiple game revolving around the events of the first trilogy. EP. 4,5,6

The Empire just bring peace and order to the galaxy.

What happened to ja ja binks and the rest of the Senate members are all well killed by the emperor

Palpatine did what most tyrants forget: the more powerful you look, more people will see you as a menace. He knew that absolute power mustn't be seen as such, it must remain in the shadows, from where it's even greater. If you let your enemies know that you are the real target, then you are not doing things right.

Well Emperor Palpatine is the SENATE so its kinda redundant to have second one!

Why get rid of what he already was? He declared it...and it was so.

Also to point out, Palpatine had to keep the Senate intact even after creating the Empire because he had nothing in place as a replacement for the Senate,but he was working on it

Man is too wicked to be free.

It seemed rather obvious that he could not immediately dissolve the Senate and you have to do it in stages. Treat then like frogs in boiling water

But HE IS THE SENATE!!😲😬

He didn't get rid of the Senate, he is the Senate

It just really surprises me that anyone is seriously still into Star Wars lore after the sequel trilogy

The Senate kept Palpatine on his toes,without them to keep his attention he quickly succumbed to his Dark Side addiction. I The Master gets consumed by the Dark Side and becomes unable to rule and gets replaced by Apprentice, it is the way of the Sith.

because he said to them I am the Senate

That’s weird he couldn’t have use Jedi trick or a mind wipe.

iron law of oligarchy: if it's a "democracy" it's actually oligarchy - you vote for around 300 people to rule you, you don't really pick the candidates they give u a list if it's a "dictatorship" it's actually still a oligarchy, the emperor can't rule by himself it's too much work, he needs around 300 helpers....

Wow! He got rid of himself?!

You could say palps destroyed himself 😂

he was the senate

*After Death Star's destruction* Vader: "My Master, I-" Palpatine: "Great news, Lord Vader! With the senate permanently gone, and the threat of the Death Star, we can literally do whatever we want, and nobody will dare oppose us! Pretty cool, right? Twenty years of planning and trillions of credits well invested! But anyways, enough about that! You called me, so what's up?" Vader: "....Oh boy..."

Boy if this doesn’t sound like reality idk what

This is kinda like how Adolf Hitler and the Nazis surfaced or in this case Palpatine is Star Wars Hitler

The "slowing boiling the frog" concept is not a fallacy. It exists in real life and it is EXACTLY what Palpatine did. (slowly, constantly change what is the "new normal" until people get USED to having less & less Rights)

The senate truly became a joke after the formation of the Empire. To be honest, I’m surprised they didn’t really process that an Emperor has little need/desire for a senate.

What if the death star completely destroyed jedha along with jyn erso and the rest of the team that was there

The destruction of the senate was the emperors first and biggest mistake. He did it to early. the fact that he destroyed the senate and then the death star was destroyed was the combination that jump started the rebellion. He had banked on the fear of the death star to keep everyone in line. He built the super weapon, he used the super weapon, and had allowed the super weapon to be destroyed. I mean really whose bright idea was it to let the shady governor just ride the ultimate weapon around like it was his private space yatch just floating out there with zero fleet support brilliant Vader yes Vader this one is on you were was your fleet and why wasn’t it at yaven. Cause letting the ultimate power in the galaxy get blowned up left the emperor standing there with no clothes, and without not even the paper screen of the senate to hide behind, centuries of carefull planning down the tubes because now the emperor had no choice but to go all evil space wizard to try and maintain control and yeah how well did that go for all the other Sith with delusions of empire. Really all you had to do was wait a bit get everyone really terrified, make sure everything worked really put the thing through it’s paces knock out five or six planets make sure the rebellion is dead and then get rid of the senate, and then defend the ultimate weapon like your life depended on it, like you did with the second one, just by that point the rebellion had enough momentum that it was to little to late. The only question left is that given Vader’s culpablity in this why didn’t he zap him right then and there.

0:01 - Why almost all the crew of the death star were British 🇬🇧 sums up our villainy! Maybe we are ALL inheritly evil! 😅 That includes Darth Vader himself of course!

Based on this video SIDIUS must have felt extremely strong emotions when death Star was blown like he did in legends

I love how Darth Binks sorry Jar Jar helped Palpatine become in charge using the jedi mind trick and then they got rid of him cause George listened to all the complaints and gave into peer pressure or listened to all these crying people who said that he ruined his own story with the character. Its his thing and yet they say he ruining his own thing. How can u do that

Once we stop including disney sw in lore the better

Respect to Palpatine. It wasn’t like he killed Windu, turned Anakin, him & Yoda basically have a draw, & it’s all good. Sidious still had a lot of work to do.

Good thing he is not yet the senate

The senate took too long to make a decision and that frustrated palpatine so that’s why he decided to disband the senate

Well he's a dictator.

I actually disagree with this video, while yes Palpatine did dissolve the Senate around the time the Death Star was built, I don't think him building the super weapon is what gave him enough security to do so, I mean just take a look at the second season of the Bad Batch Palpatine was 100% in control of what happened any senator who believed otherwise was arrogant or blind, sure he had to make sure whatever bill he came up with pass, but he had absolute control over what bills the senators themselves could make and even present. In both legends and Canon though the Imperial Senate had an issue with rebel sympathizers and defectors but up until this point the face of the rebellion was Mon Mothima and the galaxy backed her almost as much as the galaxy backed Palpatine, but throw in a trouble making Senator like Leia as the rebel poster child and he could claim he needs the power to act alone again like he had done in the Clone Wars.

Sounds a lot like what's going on now.

How could he have gotten rid of the Senate when he WAS the Senate?

Ah yes, star wars politics, what a wonderful subject...

Living the american dream...

Like the US Congress

1:54 - 2:18 This sound very familiar in today climate with Trump.

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The Light Side of The Force clouded Darth Sidious judgement like The Dark Side did to the Jedi. I believe he could not see the future with certainty anymore. That exact moment happens when Anakin Skywalker’s offspring awaken at that very moment before he disbanded The Senate. It’s just like what Luke Skywalker said in ROTJ to Darth Sidious “ your overconfidence is your weakness. Then he said your faith and your friends is yours.” that’s exactly what happened when he disbanded the Senate. He could no longer use the dark side of the force to view the future as he once did all those years ago. The prophecy was being fulfilled by bringing balance to the force. First it had to get rid of the Jedi and second it had to get rid of the Sith. Then they’ll be balanced in The Force. That is what Darth Vader did. He brought balance to The Force. It was Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader that destroyed both organizations. Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader was the personification of balance, together. Not really a Jedi, not really a Sith. Just an ordinary individual with great power to wield both sides as it was meant to be. You can’t have light without the dark. You can’t have the dark without the light either.

sound familiar?

This is why the books we had before Disney are so much better than anything we got from the house of mouse.

This reminds me of what Ben Netanyahu is doing in Israel 😒

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FIBALLY?!?!? REALLY! WOW! 😲 😯 Your click bait titles are ridiculous.

Ey it’s fauci ! I am the science !

Anakin could never have become emperor

What I find Hilariously funny about this. Is the Iron with witch this is paralleling Our world and the various world governments these days. Especially ours here in the U.S. We have Emperor Palpatine in office right now, as we speak. Only our version, is a poor excuse for the one portrayed in Star Wars. The people can't see that we are on the verge of this happening for real. The saddest and yet most hilariously part, is most people. Can't see the parallel.

Palpatine was able to use wealth and his dealings with outside foreign powers to create the conditions for a war that he would use to bring his political opponent down and take the chancellorship for himself. He would then use his power to create and fund an unparalleled military might which took away from the resources that otherwise would have been used for the citizens of the Republic, which benefitted him two-fold. First, Palpatine helping the separatists (considering he was controlling both sides) and prolonging the war as much as he could to further affect the lives of the citizens so that they would feel as if their Democracy was not doing them enough good which allowed him to use the war as an excuse to get him "emergency powers" that he would further abuse in his favor. Not only was he able to build a vast military that he would eventually use on the very people he was supposed to be building that military to protect and whose sacrifices paid for it. It also allowed him to build an army of clones that would all be programmed to follow him blindly, something every dictator needs, complete control over the military. Tarkan even spoke of destroying Alderan as opposed to wherever Leia said the rebel base was located at because it was too remote to make an example of with the Death Star! The simple fact that they were using and creating the Death Star AFTER they had already won the war is an indication of what Palpatine was truly. His dissolving the Senate (with the control and power he had at that point, it didn't matter of they objected or not, there was almost nothing they could do by that point) was really just a convenience for him in getting rid of the people who might have otherwise been able to object and maybe even develop their own separate coalition which could have made any rebellion that much stronger & Palpatine was not going to have that. Palpatine was as corrupt as they come but that doesn't mean he wasn't a good strategist. However, what good is having a chancellor who is a great strategist when their strategy is to take the power away from the people and put it in his hands or the hands of just a few?

That’s weird he couldn’t have use Jedi trick or a mind wipe.