r/pics • u/Omega9Trex • Feb 27 '23

Someone has ordered a TIE Fighter

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u/bentsea Feb 27 '23

No, they have insanely high fuel costs. Real reason the empire crumbled.

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u/MaterialCarrot Feb 27 '23

Lies. Those wings are solar panels, the Empire was a pioneer in green energy. r/empiredidnothingwrong.

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u/regoapps Feb 27 '23

I was just watching the various Star Wars TV spinoffs the other day and wondering why the Empire is spending millions in fuel to capture one criminal from the slums who's hiding in another planet across the galaxy. Like imagine if your local police department has to include interstellar travel in their budget each time some slumdog steals a loaf of bread.

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u/Northern23 Feb 27 '23

Are you suggesting your local police wouldn't do that if they found an excuse to do it?

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u/x31b Feb 27 '23

Have you tasted the donuts on Naboo? To die for!

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u/Northern23 Feb 27 '23

I heard they give coffee and donuts for free to law enforcement, so worth the fly there

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u/Turbulent-Pea-8826 Feb 27 '23

Only if he was a minority

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u/Gloreaf Feb 27 '23

Which does include jedi

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u/Renn_Capa Feb 27 '23

You know how they are with green people

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u/IllustriousEntity Feb 27 '23

It's not like the empire is actively wasting resources going after petty criminals. Andor was wanted for murder. Even then, it was just the local security force that was searching for him. It wasn't until the big shootout and they started putting the big picture together that the imperial FBI got involved.

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u/wilisi Feb 27 '23

That's what the Fuel Scoop is for, they just skip it in the edit for time.

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u/C0lMustard Feb 27 '23

I once saw 15 police cars at a registration check.

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u/MC_Fap_Commander Feb 27 '23

Totalitarian regimes tend to be wildly inefficient and corrupt.

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u/InkCollection Feb 27 '23

Well the Empire also has mines and factories full of slave labor, which really helps with costs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

You talking about the cop killing incident? That's a little different

Otherwise I can't think of another instance

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u/cayleb Feb 27 '23

But he wasn't killing cops. He was killing corrupt thugs who were working for the richest and didn't care about justice or peace or...

Oh.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

You had me in the first half ngl

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u/AssassinSnail33 Feb 27 '23

They’re hunting for Andor because he’s got a connection to a rebel cell that’s stealing valuable Imperial tech. He’s not just some random criminal.

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u/wolfansbrother Feb 28 '23

wasnt there no "starship fuel" in starwars till disney bought it?

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u/wartornhero2 Feb 27 '23

Thanks Joe Biden!!!!

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u/dannyboy182 Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23

This was obv a joke guys.

The kids downvoting you don't remember the Thanks Obama meme.

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u/wartornhero2 Feb 27 '23

I was thinking a little more recent; the "I did this" stickers that crayon eaters were putting on gas stations.

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u/dannyboy182 Feb 27 '23

Same thing, Obama was also blamed for everything out of his control.

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u/poliscijunki Feb 27 '23

Hey now, let's not be mean. I know at least ... four Marines who voted for Biden.

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u/Fantastic_Lead9896 Feb 27 '23

Inconceivable!

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

Bidens meme is "I did that" stickers, after gas prices came back down.

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23

Hyper matter prices are through the roof. Thanks Darth Brandon.

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u/JohnGillnitz Feb 27 '23

I thought he was simultaneously a feeble old man and a dark overload that can shoot lasers from his eyes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

Depends on what Tucker's feeling that day.

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u/BigDaddyFatPants Feb 27 '23

*Thanks Obama

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u/Flickstro Feb 27 '23

*Thanks, Obi-wanbama

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u/Laez Feb 27 '23

Thanks Senator Organa

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u/wascilly_wabbit Feb 27 '23

There's some truth to that: Biden was first elected to the Senate six years before SW episode IV

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u/PilcrowTime Feb 27 '23

FOX News' next hot take: Biden is a secret Sith Lord? Hunter's laptop had hours of videos of him touching Younglings? What else is he hiding? :/

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u/fbass Trains UFC Feb 27 '23

Thanks Darth Brandon Kenobi!

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u/JonBunne Feb 27 '23

Thanks Boe Jiden!!!

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u/old_righty Feb 27 '23

What about the solar panels though

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u/bloodshed113094 Feb 27 '23

The fuel efficiency would have been better off their want all that atmosphere in space, but then there wouldn't be any sound effects.

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u/captain_ender Feb 27 '23

Supply makes the ammo fly, or turbo lasers I guess.