>be me
>read the picrel comic

>The Empire wants to root out the jedi hiding on the planet with long jedi order traditions
>Initial brutal attempt fails
>Instead, Vader and the cute ISB protag figure out a way to win the locals over
>Remove the jedi statues
>Treat the locals well
>Build infrastructural improvements
>Vader lets the defeated jedi escape so the locals see him humiliated
>The locals do not help him, the ISB gal guns him down
>Everything works out well, the planet prospers under the empire

Why didn't they do this more often? I think this comic is quite remarkable because it's one of the *very* few positive depictions the Empire has.