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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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[Star Wars] How bad is life under the Empire for the average joe?
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It depends a lot on what planet you are on and what species you are.

If you're on Coruscant, it's probably indistinguishable from the heyday of the Old Republic, but with more racism against non-humans. If you're non-human, you're more likely to get shunned to the slummy lower levels.

If you're on a fairly important and independent planet, like Corelia, you'll witness a lot of aggravating police-state actions. Imperials insert themselves into government and law enforcement, against the will of the people, perform warrantless raids on anyone they suspect could be a rebel sympathizer, that sort of thing. 

If you're on an unimportant planet, things are probably fine. There's probably some local Imperial governor, but they probably don't really have enough power to affect most people's lives. Without having some interest in either acquiring or eliminating something, the Empire is simply too busy to go around mucking with the lives of average yokels.

If you're a Noghri of the planet Honoghr, then your homeworld was deliberately contaminated and kept in a state of ecological disaster by the Empire. The Empire tricked the Noghri into providing their services as skilled assassins, by convincing them that they were helping repair their world, when in fact they were making sure it remained dependent on the Empire.

If you're on Thyferra, the supplier of bacta (super medicine), then you're living the dream, because you are such a hot commodity that the Empire will even tolerate you playing both sides of galactic conflict. You're making money hand over fist.

If you're an Alderaan, then your life will be very explodey and abbreviated.