Destroying the Death Star Was a Huge Mistake
It was as if a million voices suddenly cried out in terror, and begged for a bailout. Now, that’s what happened when the first Death Star destroyed Alderaan, but rather what did when the Rebel Alliance destroyed the second Death Star. Well, at least according to an academic who has spent way too much time thinking about the Star Wars economy. The problem, according to Zachary Feinstein, is that technological terrors don’t come cheap. Or, as a certain Sith Lord might put it, the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the financing it takes to do that. … Read more