I wonder if the Imperial Media was as bad as ours

Television, Movies Games and Books Star Wars
#1

IMPERIAL NEWS ANCHOR: (still frame of exploding planet) Alderann was destroyed yesterday in an accidental weapons discharge, the Imperial Navy has promised a full investigation. Back to you Bob.

BOB: Are you children being recruited by the rebellion?! We’ll have more on this shocking development after the break! (sinister music)

IMPERIAL ADVERTISING: (calm piano music) Since you can never be sure if your planet will explode, perhaps it’s time to move to Coruscant. We have reasonable rates on the lower thirty levels of the city.

BOB: Leia Organa may have had a LESBIAN reason for her shocking transformation into a terrorist! (sinister music/pictures of thongs)

#2

Pretty much. I don’t know if we get any examples, but it’s implied it’s that kind of thing.

#3

Ha, ha, ha. I don’t know if the tears are from laughter or despair.

Who knows… though I do have to say, what with their pockets getting pinched along with the rest of us, the media (or parts of it at least) seems to have started to actually pay attention to, you know, the news.

That said, some of the top stories on Yahoo today were celeb news… which depresses me no end.

#4

The way the SW universe is setup, eventually everyone joins the rebellion until the empire cannot sustain itself OR the war. One wonders, of course, how many rebels were former broadcast journalists. . . .

C3p0: We used to be owned by captain Antilles.

LUKE: The weather guy on Channel 6?

#5

C3PO: No, he was the Sports guy on Channel 3.

#6

Porkins from RoTJ, on the other hand, totally looked like a weatherman.

#7

I always imagined complete blackout and denial.

“Where is Alderaan, Emperor?”
“Alderaan never existed, what are you talking about?” force fingers