Post #765092

Author: darklordoftech
Parent topic: Implied starting date of the Empire from OT dialogue
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/765092/action/topic#765092
Date created: 19-Apr-2015, 7:10 PM

Handman said:

We know in the first film from the first Death Star scene that power from the senate was gradually withering away

This tells us two things:

1. The Empire was once the "Old Republic."

2. Palpatine isn't openly a Force-user. Motti's comments to Vader also point to Palpatine's use of the dark side being a secret.