A Day Long Remembered

This site is dedicated to the memories of the thousands of innocent lives which were lost during the event which has come to be known as the 'Death Star Attack'. The following passages will attempt to answer some of the outstanding questions which still surround this event, and hopefully take us a step closer to understanding what REALLY happened that day.

Let me start by saying that I have been bought up to believe in the principles upon which the Empire is built, and upon the notion of peacable Galactic unification - and that like every citizen of the Empire, I watched on with a mixed sense of horror and despair as the terrible events of that day unfolded.

But as I watched this symbol of imperial power scatter across the heavens like a sea of stars, I came to realise the true significance of this event, and I came to realise that the time has finally come to face up to the truth. The truth that the citizens of the Empire have for a long time been deceived, and that our Emperor is lying to us.

. The Empire constitutes only 4% of the Galaxies population, yet we use over 60 to 75% of its resources.

. Imperial foreign policy is the worst in the Galaxy, especially concerning the so called 'Outer Rim Territories' where most of the Empires moisture is harvested, but where over 90% of the population live below the poverty line.

. The Emperor has repeatedly stated that Mon Mothma and the Rebel Alliance could/do/might or will have weapons of planetary destruction and that they could/might/have/will use them. The Empire, however, is known to have weapons of planetary destruction and is the only power ever to have been known to use them on a populated planet.

All these reasons and more could have provoked the Rebel Alliance to strike against the Death Star, especially as many of the movements leaders are known to be connected with a fanatical religious order known as the Jeh-di, who believe in the notion of a 'force' which binds all living things.

So did, as the Imperium would have us believe, the Rebel Alliance really launch an unprecedented attack upon the Death Star and the peoples of the Empire, or was there more to this event than meets the eye?

Part 1