WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Mandalorian Chapter 7, "The Reckoning," streaming now on Disney+.

The Mandalorian has offered a new perspective on the Star Wars galaxy introduced more than four decades ago. We've seen bounty hunters, former Rebels and the remnants of the Galactic Empire struggling as the New Republic attempts to establish its authority, five years after the events of Return of the Jedi. However, there comes an interesting point with a far greater impact on Star Wars lore than any previously mentioned: Perhaps the Empire, in its way, benefited star systems.

Of course, the Disney+ series contradicts this idea in its own episode, but when you extrapolate the moment presented, and compare it to what we know about the greater Star Wars galaxy, it raises the possibility that Imperial rule wasn't all bad.

The Point

Titled "The Reckoning," the episode depicts the fateful reunion of Pedro Pascal's the Mandalorian and Werner Herzog's enigmatic Empire loyalist, known only as the Client (who, as we suspected, was only a middle man, working Moff Gideon, played by Giancarlo Esposito). The objective is simple: The Mandalorian needs to kill the Client if he and Baby Yoda have any hope of living in (relative) peace.

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However, before they can kill him, the Mandalorian, Cara Dune (Gina Carano) and a repentant Greef Karga (Carl Weathers) need to put the Client at ease. And so they orchestrate a ruse, in which they pretend an apprehended Mandalorian is being presented to him, with the Asset, no less. While admiring the armor that was forged from the Beskar paid to the bounty unter, the Client ponders why Mandalore so fiercely resisted Imperial expansion.

"The Empire improves every system it touches," he muses. "Judge by any metric: safety, prosperity, trade opportunity, peace. Compare Imperial rule to what is happening now. Look outside. Is the world more peaceful since the revolution? I see nothing but death and chaos."

The Client presents the position that the Empire brought stability and peace as its borders spread. He argues the Empire brought good to all civilization "by every metric," and that now, in the wake of the Rebellion's victory, discord rules in its place. While that might seem at first to be the ramblings of a clearly biased party, there is some truth to what the Client says ... as well as a great deal of counter-evidence.

The Evidence

In the context of The Mandalorian, there is a good deal of evidence that the Empire might have brought some good. We see what has become of former Imperial soldiers. In Episode 6, we encountered Mayfeld, a former Imperial sharpshooter who turned to unsanctioned bounty hunting; without order, he's become a criminal of the worst sort.

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On the other hand, Imperial Credits, formerly a consistent form of currency, are virtually worthless. Entire economies have collapsed as a result of the Empire's defeat. Planets like Tatooine are even more barren than before. More apparent, however, is how ineffective the New Republic appears; its inability to enforce its own laws is a joke. The Mandalorian dismisses the possibility of turning to the New Republic for help with the Child almost immediately, seeing it as an ineffective means to carry out what must be done. Even when the New Republic is directly affected -- when one of its own prisons us being infiltrated, it takes 20 minutes for an attack squad to respond. Yes, the prison is well-fortified on its own, requiring a droid to infiltrate it at all, but, regardless, 20 minutes seems an absurd wait for reinforcements.

The Empire took several years to become what we see it in the original trilogy. Roughly three years before the Empire's end, the Senate was eradicated. Before then, many people in the Empire probably didn't even notice the regime changed at all -- or at least it hardly affected their lives. Consider how Tatooine is pretty much the same before and during Imperial rule. The same can be said of Corellia.

Taking this further, the New Republic's ineffective rule leads directly to the events of the sequel trilogy. If the New Republic addressed threats in a way that made sense, the First Order would have been unable to rise in prominence. Consider how quickly the New Republic collapses in The Force Awakens. By the time Rey meets Luke in The Last Jedi, the New Republic has already fallen.

Counter-Point

Of course, there is the obvious counter-evidence to the Client's claims. For a moment, let's ignore that, from his perspective, the Empire stopped the Jedi incursion on the Senate. That's what many Empire loyalists believe, after all: Te Jedi Council staged a coup against Chancellor Palpatine, which required the Old Republic to re-form into an Empire to establish a firmer grip. By his standard, a world without Jedi is better, and certainly more stable.

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But let's also consider that the Empire's rule only serviced those it deemed worthy. Kuiil becomes an indentured servant to the Empire, forced to labor away despite his misgivings about them, until he earned his freedom through hard work. Aside from Thrawn, Imperial droids like K2-S0, and the bounty hunters Darth Vader hired from time to time, only humans gained roles of any value in the Empire. The Jedi Order, a religion once so well-known that families willingly surrendered their children to the Masters, has been so effectively eradicated that people don't know the Force -- unless, of course, they've heard of Luke Skywalker.

Although, of course, the biggest point against the Empire is this: It built two moon-sized weapons capable of destroying planets that didn't obey. Naturally, if you're the one holding the detonation switch, the Empire is going to look way better than those on the planet gazing up at their impending doom.

Created by Jon Favreau, The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog and Nick Nolte. A new episode arrives each Friday on Disney+.

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