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Originally posted by: Jedikev
It's a plot error, Lucas is writing this stuff as he goes along.
How is it a plot error? Why should he care? Palpatine got control of the senate by manipulating them, he got their support at first by telling them who to blame for everything (the Jedi) after he did this and became Emperor and had all the power who cares what the Senate knows. And even if they did know he was a Sith why is that bad? He's the one that got rid of the 'evil Jedi' so the Sith must be good then. From Episode III you could see that he obviously had the support from most (if not all of the Senate) ok, over time people realize that he was evil and what not, but when the Senate started to pose a threat to him and his power he dissolved it.
His Military leaders obviously werent "Good Guys", it was Tarkins idea to destroy Alderaan. So he works for a Sith Lord, hes in a damn powerful position and obviously has the trust/respect (at least to some degree) of said Sith Lord. He's a power hungry military leader that was put in a position of extreme power, you think he's really loosing sleep at night because the person he works for is pure evil? I seriously doubt it. And whats the rest of the Emerial Army gonna do. I mean most of the regular soldiers probably dont care either way, and if they do they probably are looking out for theirselves, as far as their concerned they joined the side that cant loose, cause they dont want to be in the Empires path.
As far as im concerned there is nothing that needs explaining.
-Darth Simon