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fyouhux:

Anybody remember the White House petition to build a real Death Star? It reached its goal so the White House had to issue a response (it was NO).

  • The costs for building a Death Star were estimated at 850 quadrillion dollars. For one single weapon.
  • Now, the Starkiller was – what – ten times as big as the Death Star? With the power to suck up an entire sun. I think it’s safe to say that the costs of developping, constructing and maintaining that thing were abhorrently high. (Think GDP of all the industrialized economies combined and higher) 
  • Yet, once again, they manage to leave a vulnerable spot that allows it to be destroyed completely within maybe an hour.
  • First of all, the First Order is leading a total war. Where do they get that money from?? 
  • Second of all, imagine what they could have accomplished if they had poured all those resources into marketing instead. 
  • Buy all the big companies of the Galaxy, the ones that have branches on every single inhabited planet (the Fortune 500 of the Galaxy)
  • Infiltrate these planets by bringing trustworthy First Order men into the highest positions at these companies 
  • Infiltrate their political systems with lobbyists, representing First Order interests to the governments 
  • Meanwhile send the Resistance on wild goose chases around the Galaxy by having completely unimportant parts of the fleet fly here and there, broadcasting “We’re gONna kILLl Luke SKYwaLKer!” to attract attention 
  • While the Resistance is somewhere at the Outer Rim tracking down what they believe is an intricate scheme to find and kill Luke, Kylo Ren and General Hux walk right into the middle of the Senate. 
  • “Yeah, we’re the new representatives of, like, ninety percent of your democratically ruled planetary systems.“ 
  • “What do you mean mass-murdering fascist regime? We got ourselves elected by bribing the competition and puring millions into the election campaign. Just like everyone else.“ 
  • “Are you seriously trying to oust us? You do realize we hold the shares to all your favourite porn websites, don’t you.”