So far all the Imperials we've seen have been fairly stock, moustache twirling bad guys - not much room in the way for nuance or 'smart' antagonists, save for perhaps The Client at the beginning of The Mandalorian - and even he was more 'fascinatingly portrayed' than an actual foil. Remember that the Rebellion used a similar rank structure for their officers.Īs to a show featuring Imperials, I think that could bring an interesting perspective to the table, but I don't see current LF or Disney leadership allowing for a story with Imperial protagonists. Interesting, but I think it might be a bit of a reach. I know that the actual corrolating ranks below don't actually match up, but i sometimes like to think that the designers of the Imerpial rank insignia had inspiration of the yellow squares being the equivalent of the white dots in the SS uniforms. Quick Tangent, i just wanted to point out some collorlations between SS Nazi rank insignia and Imperial rank insignia. It also deepens the connection between the similarities between the Galatic Empire and Nazi Germany where some Nazi officers would talk behind Hitler/Himmler/Goering's backs. I would love more of this type of scheming behind the scenes where high ranking imperials discuss other matters etc. We did get some of this in a clip from Star wars rebels in which Thrawn and Tarkin discuss their distain for Krennic (Youtube link: ) It could also bring some clarity to the confusing mess of Imperial Rank Insignia which has been extremely bugging me throughout the whole series. Something akin to 'The man in the high castle' or 'House of cards' in which there is a whole political game going on outside of the main star wars storyline.

I would really like a political drama type series involving only high ranking imerpials scheming about their own plans etc.

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