Return of the Jedi Politics.
They build a second deathstar, right? The first one was completed and fully operational before the rebels destroyed it. The second one was still being built when they blew it up.
The first deathstar was manned by the Imperial Army. The only people on board were storm troopers, dignitaries, imperials. So, when they blew it up, no problem - evil is punished.
The second time around, it wasn't even done being built yet. It was still under construction. A construction job of that magnitude would require a hell of a lot more manpower than the Imperial Army had to offer, I'll bet they brought in independent contractors in on that thing. Plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers. In order to get it built quickly and quietly, they'd hire anyone that could do the job. Do you think the average storm trooper knows how to install a toilet main? All they know is killing in white uniforms.
All those innocent contractors brought in were killed. Casualties of a war they had nothing to do with.
Look, you're a roofer, some juicy government contract comes your way. You've got a wife and kids, two story in suburbia. This is a government contract which means all sorts of benefits. Along come these left wing militants who blast everything within a three mile radius with their lasers. You didn't ask for that. You have no personal politics. You're just trying to scrape out a living.
