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Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader - The Wookie Conundrum

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I finished reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (which is quite good btw) and though it may be considered expanded universe, I’m quite certain Lucas views it as Star Wars continuity. This brings the events of the Empire’s invasion of Kashyyk into question. We all know Wookies were enslaved by the Empire; Chewbacca was saved by a young Han who was in the service if I’m not mistaken. Now, what leads me to question, if Wookies were used as slave labour to build the Death Star, would some have remaind after its completion or taken to the second Death Star for completion? Surely the Rebels knew of some of the Wookies involvment in the construction or were they oblivious. If some information was known, I doubt Chewbacca would be so willing to help the destruction of both Death Stars knowing his species were onboard instead of parading with his Ewok cousins. Or were they all returned to Kashyyk after the construction in time for life day? Maybe that’s why Lucas wishes to ignore the Holiday Special as it also ruins continuity. So… am I just a laser brain on this one?

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perhaps they weren't used in actually putting together the final product, but in mining the needed raw materials and working in factories making various components? Having that kind of brute force as slave labor in an ore mining facility would make sense.
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LOL, am I watching a now-famous scene from "Clerks" right now? "those poor contract workers blown up with the destruction of DS2"?

If we're talking about DS1, all forced labor was wiped out when the penal colony planet Despayre was destroyed in DS1 weapon test. This was also to ensure the secrecy of the project (you never know when one of those scumbags escapes from the prison, going straight to the rebels to tell them DS1 construction details... ).

I would actually agree with canofhumdingers, that slaves were used only in the process of collecting/hauling raw materials needed for construction. Even DS2 was in a stage when only experienced specialists and qualified personel can finish the job.

But... remember this is just a movie! With two-sided comic book morals. Whole world is black or white: bad guys are super-evil-bombad, while good guys are next-to-a-saint-goodie-goodie. Nobody wonders about men conscripted to Imperial military service against their will (where would you get so many tallented rebel officers such like H.Solo, Carlist Riekan, Crix Madine, heck even Ackbar was Tarkin's pesonal aide/servant), who get shot on rebellion's path of wanton destruction... they simply didn't have the chance to defect to the good side... and rebel interdiction raids on Imperial shipping? Not all freighters are automated vessels, so think about rebel-wannabe pilots such as Biggs Darklighter blown up to chunks by proton torpedos fired by some happy X-Wing driver "on a holy mission"... I'm sure the Empire portrayed those attacks in its own media as acts of terrorism

...but don't forget folks... that's what you get for... for being geeky!
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