That's because the Imperial bureaucracy operates with total disregard for the lives and freedom of the people it oversees. There's no limit to its power, nothing to keep its ambitions in check.

Imperial bureaucracy allowed the secret construction of the Death Star, but it also meant the Empire had captured and imprisoned Cassian Andor while the ISB was still searching for him.

The problem on Ferrix isn’t a handful of snooping ISB officers, but the Imperial bureaucracy they work for. Maarva’s demise was a perfect example of showing different cultures in Star Wars.

Under Empress Wu Zetian, a famed figure in Chinese history who ruled from the year 665 to 705, the imperial exam became far more prominent in the bureaucracy, with at least 16% of male elites ...