Episode 1 - "Palpatine's Bad At His Job"

Onscreen Media

•Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)

•Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

•Star Wars: Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi (1983)

•Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

•Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

•Star Wars: Rebels (2014-)

•Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

•Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)

•Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

•Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021-)

•Star Wars: Andor (2022-)

Reference Books

•Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy by Pablo Hidalgo

•Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy by Jason Fry, Cole Horton, Chris Kempshall, and Amy Ratcliffe

•Star Wars: Timelines by Kristin Baver, Jason Fry, Cole Horton, Amy Richau, and Clayton Sandell

•Rogue One: The Visual Guide by Pablo Hidalgo

Novels

•Tarkin by James Luceno

•Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno

•Aftermath by Chuck Wendig

•Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig 

•Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade

•Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed

•Shadow Fall by Alexander Freed

•A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller

•The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition by Rae Carson

•Battlefront: Twilight Company by Alexander Freed

•Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp

•Queen’s Shadow by E.K. Johnston

Web Sources

•Andor: Star Wars From Below by Pillar of Garbage on YouTube

•Triumph of the Will and the Cinematic Language of Propaganda by Folding Ideas on YouTube

•George Lucas on Star Wars Being Anti-Authoritarian | James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction by amc+ on YouTube

•Nixon’s Jewish Problem. Again. By David Greenberg on slate.com

•What America Taught the Nazis by Ira Katznelson on theatlantic.com

•The Army That Conquered the World by Jonathan Glancey on BBC.com

•Night of the Long Knives on Encyclopedia Britannica

Wookieepedia Pages

•Galactic Empire

•Proclamation of the New Order

•New Order

•Darth Sidious

•Mas Amedda

•Wilhuff Tarkin

•Anakin Skywalker

•Imperial Ruling Council

•Moff

•Grand Moff

•Governor

•Sector

•Sector (Legends)

•Sector Group

•Oversectors

•Council of Moffs

•Imperial High Command

•Tarkin Doctrine

•The Tarkin Doctrine (Legends)

•The Antar Atrocity

•Imperial Army

•Stormtrooper Corps

•Joint Chiefs of the Imperial Military

•Imperial Navy

•Admiralty (Imperial) 

•Imperial Starfighter Corps

•Cassio Tagge

•Imperial Senate

•Imperial Defense Recruitment Bill

•Death Star

•Jedha

•Dissilution of the Imperial Senate

•Preox-Morlana

•Corporate Sector Authority

•Wobani

•Imperial Detention Center & Labor Camp LEG-817

•Commission for the Preservation of the New Order

•Imperial Security Bureau

•Siege of Lasan

•Aldhani Heist

•Public Order Resentencing Directive

•Loyalty Officer

•Sub-Adult Group

•Order 66

•Imperial Palace

Lectures and general acquired knowledge via The University of Utah