An empire by definition is privately owned and run by a single major power. The Death Star was also a military base and a weapon. So there would be no public sector workers on there unless they knew and accepted the risks or were imprisoned there.
You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this… [taps heart] not his wallet.
An empire by definition is privately owned and run by a single major power. The Death Star was also a military base and a weapon. So there would be no public sector workers on there unless they knew and accepted the risks or were imprisoned there.
The literal backstory for the death star lead designer is that his family is held at gunpoint to force his cooperation.
Are we to believe this is an isolated event or that the Empire simply took what they wanted?
Considering I brought up that there may be prisoners, I don’t disagree. However, I don’t think it was particularly common.
My understanding is that the staff manning the station were all volunteers, but everyone involved in the designing and building of it were enslaved
What about the second death star? It was still under construction. Killed a bunch of working class people just trying to make a living.
Signing the contract to build the empire’s new wunderwaffe moves you from “working class” to “ACAB means you too”.
Tell that to all the workers forced to build weapons for the real-world regime that Lucas used to model the Empire off.
You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this… [taps heart] not his wallet.
I don’t think they know about second Death Star, Pip.