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5"Destruction of an entire planet" must be taken in context. The Empire spans millions of worlds, the biggest worlds have over a hundred billion people. We can assume that Alderaan was one of the bigger, and that, say, only a million of the worlds has a population over ten billion - so the total loss of life can be guestimated at around 1/100000th of the total population. In comparison, the civilian casulties of the 2003 war in Iraq were about 1/200th. So yes, it was a massive, brutal act of violence, all happening in an instant... but it's peanuts to most wars and insurrections on Earth.– LuaanCommented Dec 1, 2015 at 10:06
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4In the end, I'd expect most people would be more shocked by the target itself (a peaceful, safe planet), rather than the death toll - kind of like people were absolutely outraged by the terrorist attack on Paris recently, even though this kind of thing happens all the time elsewhere in the world. Sad, but probably true.– LuaanCommented Dec 1, 2015 at 10:07
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4"Kill one person, and it is a tragedy. Kill one million people, and it is a statistic"– SobriqueCommented Dec 1, 2015 at 16:26
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2It's not shown in the movies, but doesn't the EU (now Legends non-canon) claim the Empire was overtly oppressive? Of non-humans, for example? Also, reckless gun waving and arm-slicing action happened in the fringes of the Empire. I doubt you could show up at a bar in Coruscant and start shooting up the place with no consequences :)– Andres F.Commented Dec 1, 2015 at 21:02
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2@AndresF. Yes, but that's not inherently evil. Don't forget that our racial tolerance roots dwell in a big way on the genetic fact that we are more the same than different (that is, variations within a race are bigger than between races). The same need not apply with SW species - and we see specism all the time in the EU, even before the Empire (for example, the Mon Calamari). And again, look at the real world examples - people tend to care a lot more when they are oppressed, most don't care much about others being oppressed.– LuaanCommented Dec 4, 2015 at 8:49
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