Ability to destroy a planet insignificant next to the power of the Force

He didn't. It was Motti, Tarkin and the Emperor, based on a plan of the Geonosians. It's interesting that Vader seemed less gung-ho about the death star than the emperor did. Could it be his Jedi training made him more prejudiced against the "uncivilised" conventional firepower.

Personally, I think he was just talking trash; looking for an excuse to choke somebody. He found one




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Because, as we see in the movie, a technological terror like the death star can be destroyed. You can't destroy the Force, and it can even bring its allies back from the dead.

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Couldn't of said it better myself?

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Personally, I think he was just talking trash; looking for an excuse to choke somebody. He found one That could be, but Motti was insulting Darth Vader and unwittingly insulting the Emperor too, by mocking clairvoyance, a power derived from the Force. I get the feeling that most of the Imperials, including high-ranking ones, had no idea that the Emperor was learned in the ancient mysticism, which kind of made the team formed by him and Vader the true "ultimate power in the universe". It would be interesting to know how the conversation would've gone down had his majesty been present. He might've let Vader telekinetically choke poor ol' Motti for even longer.

Because, as we see in the movie, a technological terror like the death star can be destroyed. You can't destroy the Force, and it can even bring its allies back from the dead. On top of that, the Force was instrumental in the Death Star's destruction.