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[Star Wars IV: A New Hope] How did the Emperor explain/justify dissolving the Imperial Senate?
gpt
He was "reducing government control" at a galactic level and giving the systems a more local control. The Senate was replaced by a series of provincial governors - these leaders were clearly puppets but it makes the individual systems more agreeable to giving up rights and their collective voice. 

It's the classic Big Government v. Small Government argument. It's unfortunate because by eliminating the "big government" and giving power to the local systems, the impact is actually an even larger government controlled by a smaller number of leaders.