what if the important thing about blowing up the death star wasn't the military act of blowing up the death star, but triggering a preference cascade. an exploded death star is an act of COMMUNICATION signalling "there are other rebels - competent ones - out there"https://twitter.com/padrebrendon/status/1212857569406046213 …
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Replying to @MorlockP
It was implied that the Empire was using the Death Star to signal that although they lacked the troops to occupy *every* planet they could still deal with *any* planet. Destroying the DS allowed lots of planets to rebel by lowering the cost of doing so.
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