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[Star Wars] Would Palpatine have punished Krennic or Tarkin in any way for the Death Star if they survived, since they were both somewhat responsible for it's destruction ?
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Krennic absolutely. He willfully aided and abetted the spies who ran off with the plans of the Death Star and designed the thing to be vulnerable in the first place. His death would have likely not been quick and would probably have been shown to the next engineering team as ‘encouragement.’

Tarkin probably would have walked away alive, albeit likely sidelined or retired. Ultimately Tarkin was following the doctrine he designed for the Emperor and so skillfully instituted across the galaxy when the Death Star exploded. He had successfully tracked down the main rebel headquarters and was about to crush it with unspeakable force, demonstrating the overwhelming power of the Empire and securing its security for years to come. Then some teenager managed to blow up his battle station due to the aforementioned espionage. Nobody was expecting that.