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[Star Wars] Does the empire pay exceptionally well? What is my motivation to become an Imperial Officer?

I mean forget regular job security, I have a good chance of being force choked to death by my commanding officer if I make a mistake. 

Why would I enter such an environment? Are all officers megalomaniacs? 

Why wouldn't I just be chill and go work in a bar on Tattoine, Coruscant, or Naboo?
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The vast majority of imperial military is actually a pretty good gig.  Guaranteed pay food board and travel.  Something like 90% of the imperial enlisted forces are from worlds where the military offers the best chances of getting off their planet and out of living paycheck to paycheck.  The core worlds are well off and people have a decent amount of disposable income to pursue their passions and desires but the majority of imperial forces come from mid and outer rim territories.  Out there pirates and marauders are a common sight alongside slavery and extreme poverty. The empire offers at the minimum a chance to leave your homeworld and the possibility to bring order and stability to help others avoid the fate you've escaped by joining the empire.  At best you'll serve honorably and bring law and order to the worlds near where you've enlisted from and be generally seen as a positive force in the galaxy.  At worst you'll be sent to operations overseeing genocide or slaving operations or be sent far from your home to perform any number of unsavory tasks from death squads to interrogations to wholesale slaughter of aliens.  Only the upper echelons of imperial command and elite units had to work in close proximity to the moffs and vader and palpatine where the general murders happened.  So long as you stay below the ranks of Admiralty and General's you'd be able to truly help and be supported by the empire at large.  There's plenty of stories of soldiers being forced to fight losing campaigns on backwater planets but there's just as many have been assigned to aid the populace and ensure things like piracy and smugglers are out of business.