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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'', a mook for the nascent Empire refuses to murder helpless civilians, causing his CO [[spoiler:Crosshair]] to summarily execute him. The other mooks get the message.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'', a mook for the nascent Empire Empire, ES-01, refuses to murder helpless civilians, causing his CO [[spoiler:Crosshair]] to summarily execute him. The other mooks Elite Squad Troopers get the message.



** In Season 4's [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E02InTheNameOfTheRebellionPartII "In the Name of the Rebellion"]], this is brought up by the Death Trooper commander as neither she nor the freighter's captain want to tell Krennic the Rebels have absconded with the kyber crystal.
--->'''Death Trooper Commander:''' We've retaken Hold 6, Captain. The cargo is gone.\\

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** In Season 4's [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E02InTheNameOfTheRebellionPartII "In the Name of the Rebellion"]], this is brought up by the Death Trooper commander Commander DT-F16 as neither she nor the freighter's captain want to tell Krennic the Rebels have absconded with the kyber crystal.
--->'''Death Trooper Commander:''' --->'''Commander DT-F16:''' We've retaken Hold 6, Captain. The cargo is gone.\\



'''Death Trooper Commander:''' It's ''both'' our heads!
** Towards the end of the series, this is strongly implied by Thrawn towards Governor Pryce after she ends up destroying most of the planet's fuel supply in an attempt to kill the escaping rebels, which had the effect of [[NiceJobFixingItVillain indefinitely stalling production of the game-changing TIE Defender fighter]]. This is [[EpicFail a blunder so colossal]] that unlike the sole example of him doing this in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', he is visibly ''seething'' with so much rage that he [[PunctuatedForEmphasis can't even use full sentences]].

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'''Death Trooper Commander:''' '''DT-F16:''' It's ''both'' our heads!
** Towards the end of the series, this is strongly implied by Thrawn towards Governor Pryce after she ends up destroying most of the planet's fuel supply in an attempt to kill the escaping rebels, which had the effect of [[NiceJobFixingItVillain indefinitely stalling production of the game-changing TIE Defender fighter]].Defender]]. This is [[EpicFail a blunder so colossal]] that unlike the sole example of him doing this in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', he is visibly ''seething'' with so much rage that he [[PunctuatedForEmphasis can't even use full sentences]].



** Moff Gideon [[EstablishingCharacterMoment makes his big entrance]] by ordering his [[EliteMooks Deathtroopers]] to shoot ''through'' the Client and his men as punishment for being fooled by a particularly obvious trick by Mando and his allies. Shortly afterwards, we learn that Gideon may just rival Darth Vader in terms of this trope, as he casually executes an officer for ''[[DisproportionateRetribution interrupting his speech]]''.

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** Moff Gideon [[EstablishingCharacterMoment makes his big entrance]] by ordering his [[EliteMooks Deathtroopers]] Death Troopers]] to shoot ''through'' the Client and his men as punishment for being fooled by a particularly obvious trick by Mando and his allies. Shortly afterwards, we learn that Gideon may just rival Darth Vader in terms of this trope, as he casually executes an officer for ''[[DisproportionateRetribution interrupting his speech]]''.
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* ''Literature/TheIllustratedStarWarsUniverse'': Jabba isn't the only Hutt to indulge in lethal punishments for failing subordinates, as is revealed in the Hoth chapter. Here, in a supplementary file on the surrounding asteroid field compiled by the Orko [=SkyMine=] Asteroid Processing Corporation, the official responsible for the report confesses to a horribly expensive EpicFail in which the automated droids that should have been harvesting valuable minerals from the asteroids ended up harvesting each other. The report ends with the official throwing themself at the mercy of the chairman, Durga the Hutt... and then the editor notes that said official has not only vanished, but [[{{Unperson}} all traces of their identity have been erased from company records]].

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->''"Apology accepted, Captain Needa."''
-->-- '''Darth Vader''' being [[SarcasmMode very much NOT accepting of Needa's apology]], ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

Instances of YouHaveFailedMe in ''Franchise/StarWars''.



* The Sith Empire in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' has numerous people ''fail for the last time'' as well. Notably, in the first Imperial flashpoint, the player character can execute a starship captain for refusing orders to attack a superior Republic ship and then assume command of his vessel. Since you're operating under Grand Moff Kilran's authority, you can even do this as a BountyHunter. However, doing this will cause the crew to eventually panic and kill each other by the end of the mission.

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* The Sith Empire in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' has numerous people ''fail for the last time'' as well. well.
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Notably, in the first Imperial flashpoint, the player character can execute a starship captain for refusing orders to attack a superior Republic ship and then assume command of his vessel. Since you're operating under Grand Moff Kilran's authority, you can even do this as a BountyHunter. However, doing this will cause the crew to eventually panic and kill each other by the end of the mission.



** The Sith Warrior storyline features Darth Baras doing this to an underling in a direct recreation of/homage to the trope-naming scene, albeit on a smaller scale (from the rank of ensign to commander).

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** The PlayedForLaughs in the Sith Warrior storyline features storyline, where Darth Baras doing this to an underling {{Force choke}}s Commander Lanklyn in a direct recreation of/homage to send-up of the trope-naming scene, albeit on a smaller scale (from promoting Ensign Slynt to fill the rank of ensign position. The joke being, [[DisproportionateRetribution he's doing it because]] Lanklyn couldn't stop Baras's enemy Jedi Knight Xerender from [[TheGadfly breaking into their comm system just to commander). annoy him, and the Warrior themself can join in on the fun]].
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* Ultimately subverted by the end of the film when the ''Falcon'' escapes to lightspeed. Piett visibly braces himself as Vader strides toward him, only to brush right past, either because he knew it wasn't Piett's fault or because he was too depressed about losing his [[LukeIAmYourFather son]] to kill any more underlings that day, possibly both.

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* Ultimately subverted by the end of the film when the ''Falcon'' escapes to lightspeed. Piett visibly braces himself as Vader strides toward him, only to brush right past, either because he knew it wasn't Piett's fault or because he was too depressed about losing his [[LukeIAmYourFather son]] to kill any more underlings that day, possibly both. Piett instead winds up dying in the final battle over the second Death Star in the following film.

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