What is the Appeal of the Empire?

I made a SW and a JK last night and played the prologue. The Jedi intro is just so damn boring and generic, you dont really need to look for another explanation as to why people would rather play Empire.

even if you have to put up with a lot of http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StupidEvil

Probably because, whether we like it or not, many of us have that little dark streak within us and the thought of being able to play a character where you can unleash that dark streak is just so tempting that it's impossible to resist.

Go my Passionate Sith. Destroy and unleash chaos on everyone. <insert evil maniacal laughter>

I always feel better after a good bit of playing with a more evil streak. It's just more fun.

The Sith is cooler and also easier to relate to.

I heard someone using the term "Devout Priest" when talking about Jedis and I agree - who can relate to that?

The Sith is about human passion and power. Easier to relate to and more intriguing.

Everything is about order and discipline. Its a very militaristic society where you can rise to great heights if you put enough effort to it. Its Pro-Human and regards other aliens as untrustworthy and inferior which would probably be the case if we discovered other species in the future. Its a society where the strong rule over the weak to ensure maximum efficency. If you don't think this is fair go ahead and challenge your superior which is acceptable in the Empire.

Also the Empire is ruled by an immortal and all-knowing Emperor who has built the Sith Empire from nothing after the former one got destroyed. If you were to choose which would you want? An all-knowing Emperor with a hand-picked council or a corrupt and unefficent senate? Order and stability is what i believe in.

Unless you aren't Force Sensitive. If you aren't you can never rise to real power in the Empire. Ever.

Unless you aren't a Sith at which point if your superior is a Sith you can't challenge him and he can kill you, and your family, and face no consequences.

Hardly all-knowing and since all of the Dark Council are Sith then we don't wonder if they are corrupted they simply are corrupted.

There is no order or stability within the Empire as clearly evidenced with all of the catastrophic infighting.

Its still better then the republic

No. No it isn't.

In the Republic you don't have to worry about being enslaved.
In the Republic you don't have to worry about being murdered because you scuffed a Jedi's boots.
In the Republic if a politician is revealed to be corrupted the politician can be removed from power.
In the Republic anyone who has the drive, talent, intellect, and skill has a chance of becoming Supreme Chancellor.

Is the Republic perfect? No.

Is it more stable and does it last a lot longer than the Empire? Oh yes. Yes indeed.

Keeper/Minister of Intelligence. To say he doesn't have real power is a misnomer. He decides who lives and who dies. He does what he has to do to keep the Empire safe. He can talk back to a Sith Lord and get away with it. He just does it in a very diplomatic way. Extremely competent. Very charismatic. Cares about the citizens of the Empire. Quite possibly the most intelligent and intelligently written character in the game. Not an ounce of Force power in him.

Uhm no.

The Minister of Intelligence as stated in the TOR novels cannot talk back to or refuse an order by a Sith Lord. They can murder him if they wish with no consequences what so ever.

I play an Assassin as my main simply because I like the Story for the character class. I play as the Republic side as well I like the Jedi Knight and Jedi Councilar's stories too. I will end up playing as all the classes at some point reguardless of faction, but I would have to say that the SI, IA, JK, and JC stories intrest me the best so far.