Re: TL;DR Nerdy Questions...
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The guy hand picked by the Emperor to be his right-hand man needs to rely on a bunch of people dying in battle to get a promotion?
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The Empire outsourced the construction of the first Death Star and had Vader dotted-line report to the PM for that project (Tarkin).
When that project turned out to be an abject failure, in no small part due to Tarkin's overly aggressive management style ("Evacuate?!"), the Board of Directors determined that if that kind of capital expenditure was going to be made a second time, the only way it would approve is if actual Empire employees were used on the project, which explains why it was still incomplete.
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