(January 17, 2016 at 4:35 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(January 17, 2016 at 3:38 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: When you consider the scale of the galaxy and all of the inhabited worlds if you could stop an insurrection by destroying one planet wouldn't you do it? Did the empire have unlimited resources to occupy hundreds of millions of planets? How many life forms would die in a protracted galactic war?
You realize you are talking about a movie, right?
Actually we're discussing current events. The question is always how long should you engage in a blood and money draining war if you have the means to end it in five minutes?