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   "Richard Fangnail"  wrote in message   
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   > Why did Palpatine and Vader wipe out the Trade Federation guys?   
   > I thought they would need them to run the private industries.  It's   
   > like, they left the senate there for 18 years out of necessity.   
      
   It wan't just the Trade Federation. Palpatine ordered Vader to get rid of   
   all the Separatist leaders because they had outlived their usefulness since   
   the war was no longer needed. The Separatists and the Clone War would have   
   been an unnecessary obstacle in Palpatine's push for power. It also helped   
   that he could now claim to have ended the war.   
      
   The Senate was was left, although slowly losing any real power, because   
   simply removing them would have led some planets to start a revolt. The   
   populations of the planets would see the Senate and believe they still had   
   someone with a say in what was happening. Of course, the more outspoken   
   Senators would have quickly been replaced by more "co-operative" members   
   from their planets.   
      
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