No.1741
I've never heard a good explanation as to why the Republic doesn't just wipe Korriban off the face of the Galaxy - either right after the Jedi Civil War or at any other time between it and Palpatine's ascension. It is completely useless and survives only due to plot armor. The only argument I've heard is that the Republic is too "good" to ever annihilate an entire planet.
However, there are some issues with this:
1) Korriban does not support any sentient beings - the only reason the Republic cares about destroying worlds is because of the population, and Korriban is lacking one.
2) Korriban is not an exporter of a critical substance and does not lie on a major hyperspace route.
3) Korriban is a dark side nexus and has repeatedly been shown to be instrumental in turning many Jedi and others to the dark side. This has caused much pain and many wars for the Republic.
There are many others, but I felt that these are the main reasons that the Republic (and, to an even greater extent the Jedi Order,) *should* have destroyed Korriban
So, why exactly do you guys think that Korriban was spared during all the years it could have been destroyed?
PS: Fuck Moraband/Morriban, that shit's gay.
No.1742
One possibility is that since often Republic officials don't believe in the force and believe it nothing more than tricks, they think the whole dark side nexus thing is just Jedi mumbo-jumbo and don't bother with it.
No.1744
>>1742What? Other than the quip in ANH when Admiral Motti displays a lack of faith (pun) in the Force, why would *any* Republic official doubt its existence/ramifications on their lives? You can't ignore Darth Revan almost conquering the Republic, you can't ignore thousands of Jedi, you can't ignore powers like force lightning, and you sure can't ignore the impact that religious zealots have on the greater galaxy.
No.1746
I can't imagine that blowing up one large darkside nexus into quadrillion small darkside infused object would be a good idea.
No.1747
>>1741It's Moraband now.
Lucas changed the name.
No.1751
>>1747And you didn't read my OP.
>> PS: Fuck Moraband/Morriban, that shit's gay. No.1753
>>1751>>1752Missed the P.S.
Either way though if Korriban is referenced in future movies it's going to be Moraband.
To the question the real world answer is that Lucas didn't canonize Moraband until late in the game and blowing up a planet of spirits ain't going to do much too them I don't think. Surface was already destroyed by a prior conflict.
No.1755
>>1753They'd just head back to the Chaos of the Netherworld of the Force or move on to the next planet that is strong with Dark Side activity.
No.1760
after darth bane's shenanigans korriban became a waste of space essentially. it would be more work to blow the fucker up and deal with the repercussions of its moons veering off into other planets than to leave it be for what it was, a big fat graveyard.
No.1761
In SWTOR the Republic was working on weapons to do things like that, but it all gets shut down because it goes against the Republic's core beliefs
No.1763
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No.1765
>>1763Hey now, the Old Republic wasn't that bad, especially under the rule of the great Supreme Chancellor Blotus the Hutt! Oh wait… he's non-canon now… Fuck you Disney.
No.1768
>>1765you know, i wonder if disney is ever going to touch the old republic era, or if they're simply going to leave it as just some dialogue in episode 4.
No.1789
>>1741I don't think the technology to destroy a planet existed until the death star.
No.1791
>>1789Can't destroy a planet, but you can sure as fuck jack up anything the Sith could possibly want on the surface.
Of course, the fuckers would probably find that to be a dark side nexus in itself or some such shit…
No.1801
>>1742If that's the case then why are Jedis in the role of intergalactic negotiators?
No.1816
>>1801"We are keepers of the peace. Not soldiers."
No.1841
>>1744The doubty idiots probably thought force lightning was some form of unknown sith technology or the result of some unknown substance. The fools.
No.1885
>>1768They'll revisit it when the post-ROTJ era cow dries up (again), then we'll get a KOTOR reboot and movie with Revan Pez dispensers on every shelf.
No.1907
>>1741Implying that the Republic has any form of intelligence?
No.1968
>>1744thousands of jedi in a galaxy of trillions and trillions, most people probably never saw a jedi ever, and only ever knew of palpatine as that senator that almost got assassinated and now we're under tyrrany
No.2290
>>1765>he was Supreme Chancellor for 275 years DAYUM
No.2291
>>1968>mfw the galaxy's so enormous that the jedi are basically star wars' version of >>>/fringe/ No.2293
>>1768>>1765>>1885Some Old Republic stuff has been mentioned or used in some way in the Clone Wars show, which makes it canon. Darth Bane for instance is still canon.
No.2957
I think it serves as a reminder to the Republic and the Jedi that for like the 1000th time that the evil such as the sith did exist and that we should never go as low as they did with thier slavery and willingness to be bitches to the dark side