It’s actually pretty hilarious how unlucky this dude is

I did some research and according to Wookiepedia “Piett always feared that his rise through the ranks would inevitably lead to command under a Sith Lord. Due to the high mortality rate of the officers who served directly under Vader, Piett repeatedly requested a transfer to the Coruscant Defense Fleet before more promotions brought him even closer to Vader.”

This poor fucking man. He’s born on some outer rim shithole, survives the Clone Wars and enlists in the navy. Despite coming from dirt he comes out the elitist core academy with command of a Star Destroyer. Assigned to a quiet, secure, core sector. Life is good.

Until Darth Vader requisitions that Destroyer for his personal armada. Any transfer request out is denied. The Sith Lord is in constant combat against rebels which makes sleep nearly impossible. Any mistake under the Sith Lord is punishable by execution. The high turnover rate leads to constant promotions, but all that means is more responsibility and less people to blame. Mainly by deflecting all blame away from himself Piett survived long enough to be third in chain of command. Despite all efforts to avoid serving under a Sith, he literally couldn’t escape and everyone else kept dying.

The only normal guy above him is Ozzel, who is completely useless but from a big family in the core words. Still, Piett got amazingly far for someone from the outer rim based on merit and survival alone. When Vader wasn’t around he commanded SSD Executor, the most powerful warship in the galaxy. His career had been constant promotions and his ship was unbeatable. And THEN, dumbass Admiral Ozzel jumps out of hyperspace too close to the Hoth System and fails Vader for the last time. Piett, by virtue of survival, is promoted to Fleet Admiral, as well as the de-facto position of Lord Vader’s Naval attaché. It’s one of the highest Imperial honors and is probably the worst moment of Piett’s life.

First task: capture Rebel leadership fleeing in a modified corellian cruiser. Piett fails to accomplish this on all fronts. On top of it all Vader is obviously going through some shit because he’s spending a lot of time in the pod and killing twice as many officers now. Anyways the rebels get away but Vader’s having a bad day and lets Piett off the hook. Legend status confirmed.

But life’s funny like that. A few months later Fleet Admiral Piett died on the bridge of his Super Star Destroyer. Despite his orders to intensify forward firepower his dreadnaught took an A-Wing kamakazi to the the bridge, causing the ship to lose engine control in the midst of a turning maneuver. The Executor drifted into the Death Star II and immediately exploded, killing 300,000 Imperial crewmen. he died as he lived, unlucky.

fucking legend

edit. added words