What was his rank? Which branch was he in? What was his job? What did normie citizens think of him?

What was his rank? Which branch was he in? What was his job? What did normie citizens think of him?
Obviously he obeys Tarkin and has Leia talk down to him (when she is still in character of diplomat). So a diplomat seemingly up until Ep4 had the right to complain about misconduct by Vader if it ever happened. So yeah.

why dont you just google it you fucking shithead btw everything you said is wrong

He was like a commisar

he was the dragon

>rank
executor

>branch
executive, under palpatine

>job
carry out tasks assigned directly by the emperor, except in 4 we see him assigned to serve under tarkin to assure the success of the death star project

>normie citizens
99.9999% of the galaxy's population probably never even heard of him. his job was to get shit done against political adversaries and whatnot, not inspire fear in peasants

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>99.9999% of the galaxy's population probably never even heard of him
He was probably Sidious' second man though no? Who else would he heir his empire to? Doesn't work if Vader isn't known and gets support from the army.

>carry out tasks assigned directly by the emperor
Yeah I mean he's part soldier, part general, part politician and yes part commisar or executor. Just wanted to hear a bit about it from people more in the know

*Doesn't work if Vader isn't known and doesn't get support from the army

He's essentially Supreme Commander. De facto he has nearly limitless power, only kowtowing to Tarkin due to his strong relationship with him and the emperor's orders.

regular peasants fear the empire due to its inate immense power and ruthlessness, vader has a lot to do, not making tv spots or posing for propaganda photos. Politicians, planetary governers, and imperial officals all probably knew of vader through word of mouth and perhaps threats. peasants just fear stormtroopers landing in their village and burning it down

in the >EU sideous never intended to heir anything to anyone, since he planned to live forever through his ability to have his ghost inhabit other bodies.

but yeah, vader just roamed around picking off high level dissedents, inspiring terror in key locations, looking for force-sensitives, etc. He was palpatines go to man for getting the most important tasks fulfilled

>peasants
Implying everyone in the galaxy is a peasant/farmer.

>He was probably Sidious' second man though no?
no. he was the emporers bitch boy. he probably treated vader like shit and manipulated him like a pussy. in public he was the head of security and shit.

>Rank
Force user. Nothing else needed. You don't need a rank when everyone who knows who you are knows that you can kill them with ease.

>peasants just fear stormtroopers landing in their village and burning it down
But not all planets are Tattooine. People in Coruscant for example. And obviously Sidious didn't intend to die but he relied to the bureaucratic machinery to some extent. At least the question of a substitute would have to be answered.

>vader has a lot to do, not making tv spots or posing for propaganda photos
You sure? To non-jedis he must seem like a demigod and in times when the Empire was struggling with rebellion it would be foolish not to use him for propaganda

He didn't have a military rank, he was the Emperor's right hand man who had immediate authority unless otherwise stated by Palpatine (eg. he obeyed Tarkin when given an order).

Most military instalations would recieve word if he was coming, and wether he was in charge fr the duration or not. Most of his movements were either on express orders of Palpatine or his own non-empire missions (jedi hunting etc).

Vader was terrifying for most people, even higher ranks. He was nearly 7ft tall and walked almost double the pace of a normal man. Also he choked fuckers with his mind and had a laser sword. Military high ranking officers were scared shitless of him, so civilians probably thought he was a literal boogie man.

>no. he was the emporers bitch boy
But so was everybody else. And the Emperor seemed kind of close to him. And who would challenge him as a second man?

political commissar
but hey, is not that the empire has ever been compared to authoritarian regimes, amrite?

Also what was the Imperial tax policy? Did Vader have any input?

In the OT some officer jokes about his Jedi religion being archaic and useless which is when he force chokes him. So I guess demigod isn't the right word

The Star Wars universe is similar to 40k in that the sheer size of the universe and the distance between worlds means that normal people have no clue what's going on beyond the basics of who is in charge

yes, in fact one of vader's many duties was imperial tax collector. if you didn't pay up, he'd pay you a visit

They call him Lord, so my take on it is that he existed outside of the military as a political or even religious figure.
All of those admirals and generals technically outrank him and thus could order him around, but most follow his orders out of fear.
Tarkin is one of the few that don't fear him, due to his special relationship with the Emperor.

space warlock

there is always a manipulator and a manipulated. Luke wouldve been the new manipulated if he gave into the dark side.

Ask yourself, would a higher ranking officer give him command without fear? No. Outside of Tarkin, everyone feared him, so rank doesn't really matter.

its a euphemisem meaning the common person, of which the vast majority of any populace is formed

yes coruscant populace may be more in the know of higher profile imperial individuals, the same way people in Washington DC are probably more knowledgable about political officials of the US

the emperor tried to extinguish even the knowledge of the force in the general populace through destruction of information and a campaign to hunt down force sensitive individuals. Which was fairly effective given that Han was totally disbeliving of them at first even though the jedi were a legitimate organization 20-some years ago. You could run a campaign about vader just being a badass cyborg but the primary method of intimidation came from the ruthlessness of the imperial army and the ever present intelligence organs that reported to them.

tatooine also technically wasnt part of the empire, although the empire did operate there

Point taken.

Palpatine openly hated Vader due to him losing a lot of his skill both in force using and saber combat. His suit and prosthetics were old tech and heavy, his loss of body mass and constant pain and discomfort resulted in a weakened control of the force. The emperor felt he ended up with a broken prize, and tried to have him killed often. But Vader was amazingly resilient, and what he lost in some areas, he gained in others. His false limbs made him amazingly strong and his life support suit meant could survive a huge amount of injury and damage in extreme environments. And he was still a powerful force user.

He never struck back against the emperor as he felt he deserved his life of pain and hatred, and that it helped him go on. Vader was tragic as fuck.

Kek the smallfolk

Also House Palpatine

Speaking of ranks, how do they even work in the Resistance? Do they have different branches?

Leia is a General who is superior to Admirals and Poe gets demoted from Commander to Captain when surely it should be the other way around. Poe also looks up hopefully when the talk of Leia's successor comes up, implying he was in the running despite being just a lowly flight captain/commander

The emperor used tons of propaganda about Vader being an unstoppable killing machine, mostly to scare remaining jedi and create an aura around Vader of a figure to be feared, someone with enormous power and the authority to use it.

While he kicked a lot of jedi ass, Vader didn't kill nearly as many as the empire stated. It was more propaganda to scare jedi into hiding and give Vader a psychological upper hand.

I believe in one of the Clone Wars EU comics they institute a galactic flat tax (or "tribute", as they called it) of 12.5% of a system's net domestic product. Note that this is only on overall system production, as the Emperor eliminated the taxation of trade routes with Order 34.

Lord is an appellation for a person who has authority, control, or power over others.

What was the empires tax policy?

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