When warned by both Vader, and by Thrawn (Thrawn #6 comic) that the Death Star could distract them, make themselves an easier target with less control over more regions, or exhaust their resources, Palpatine was of the opinion that with the Death Star's construction, there would be no need to expand the Imperial Navy and its very presence would dissolve opposition. But the entire time he was of this opinion, as we learn in TROS (which I think is a massive waste of an idea), he was already working on his contingency plan to build the Eternal Fleet.So he rejected Vader and Thrawn's advice two times, but was already building the fleet anyway? If that's the case, why would they wait until the literal last moment to reveal this? There were hundreds of vessels in the fleet and I'm sure many of the Xystons with miniature Death Star beams could have been used the whole time. If the First Order had even a few of them that would be enough to turn the tides of the war very quickly.I don't like how TROS contradicts Palpatine's intentions, and makes it seem like he was an incompetent Emperor who sat on the largest fleet in history without thinking to actually use it. It's like JJ Abrams had no care or respect for his character arc over the course of the first 6 films. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/3rEVvMl
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