I really hate that the fucking human pet guy keeps popping up on SW tumblr
and he has some of the most irritating takes too
like how the Galaxy joining together to fight the sith in ROS shows that centralized government is unnecessary
never mind how the fleet from all over the galaxy was gathered and lead to exegol by Lando, aka was organized by a central leadership and didn't just show up on their own
And never mind how the first order rapidly conquered the galaxy precisely because they wiped out the central government, and in the absence of said central government many worlds adopted "look out for themselves" stances, which only further guaranteed the first order's successful conquest as those worlds had little chance of resisting alone
and that's just one thing, centralized government is needed in SW at the very least for dealing with common threats
threats such as...
What if the first order regroups and keeps fighting?
What if the mandalorians start conquering again?
What if we get another separatist type situation where a bunch of mega corps make a sham government that says its about democracy and self determination but really is just a corporate-military dictatorship?
What if Kanjiclub, the Guavian Death Gang, or other crime factions want to rank up from criminal organizations to actual territorial powers?
in a similar vein, what if the Hutts decide now's the time to make a comeback?
speaking of the hutts, If there’s no centralized government how do you effectively combat slavery? How do you keep slavery illegal?
What if one of the highly aggressive alien species from legends like the Ssi-ruu, the Yeventha, or the Yuuzhan-Vong get brought into canon?
what if the Chiss decide to give galactic conquest a try?
what if the Chiss start conquering worlds to harvest resources to fuel there wars against the Grysk, Vagaari, or other unknown regions powers?
what if the Yinchorri (big aggressive mind-trick immune turtles) start attacking like in legends?
which btw, was only stopped by a collective effort organized by Chancellor Valorum
Or what if stronger planets start bullying/conquering weaker planets, thus encouraging planets to create tangled webs of alliances between each other, and that in turn creates a WWI-type powder keg where a minor dispute between two planets drags their varying networks of allies into a galactic scale war?
Central government would be good for preventing that
it would also be good for enforcing a ban on superweapons and preventing the spread of that technology
very important in the post-ROS galaxy, as planet killers can now be mounted on smaller ships and mass-produced
(Not mine) The villains' plot in *The Phantom Menace* is only possible because Palpatine *takes the central government out of the picture*
and the backstory of SW is the centralized government has worked for several thousand years
so why does a few decades of it being deliberately sabotaged discount the entire concept?
Because they don't like the concept that's why
They are so obviously libertarian
I mean, their whole thesis comes down to "centralized government is unnecessary because if the collective people need some service or task done then people will just do it"
Textbook libertarian crap, the stuff that gets a town taken over by bears
And all the above is just the more dramatic exciting stuff
A central government is essential for mundane things like maintaining a universal galactic currency
Trade agreements
Consistent tax rates
saftey ratings being the same across the galaxy
Maintaining travel and communication infrastructure (eg hyperspace routes, however comms work)
exchange rates for more archaic currencies
















