Also,these episodes made it so fucking obvious that 90% of the imperials are white men while the majority of the Rebellion are non-whites.
Most of the Rebels also looked white or semi-caucasian. The Ghormans are outright Space French.
Aliens would just dilute the IMPORTANT TIMELY message I guess. Too hard to figure out what IRL demographic they are supposed to represent.
There's the alien senators who all stood up for the Empire and denounced the Ghormans after the riot. Guess the Empire wasn't so anti-alien after all, when so many alien leaders are willing to take Palpatine's money in exchange for denouncing some humans who turned against the Emperor.
The scale seems completely wrong. It's literally just one small massacre (which they call genocide because???) on one boring planet best known for making silk, and we are supposed to believe this incident was so exceptionally horrible that it's what gave birth to the Rebellion and ultimately lead to the Empire's downfall? The same Empire that blows up planets? IDK, everything just feels too small for Star Wars. It's way too down to earth. Maybe it's just a budget issue, and maybe the next week episodes show the planet destroyed by mining or something. But I miss the epic scale the franchise used to have.
At this point, the Empire has enslaved Kashyyyk, eradicated the Geonosians, bombed Kamino back into the stone age, but slaughtering less than a million Frenchmen in some planet that makes silk dresses is what pushes Mon Mothma to the brink. I suppose those filthy walking carpets, disgusting bugs, and long-necked weirdos weren't human enough to be empathized with.
I'm beginning to think the Empire doesn't have a monopoly on anti-alien bias. Especially since this is what gets the Rebels mad, but all the other mass-killings or genocides the Empire committed didn't really register in their brains.
And it's a human v. human slapfight anyways. Pretty sure Trandoshans and Rodians and Devaronians don't give a flying fuck about any of this.
Shit, given all the alien senators denouncing the Ghormans, Palpatine can pay those races to join in on killing Ghormans and other enemies of the state.
Hell, in older games like the Dark Forces series, the Empire employs alien mercenaries of different races, working under the banner of crime lords such as Reelo Baruk or Jabba the Hutt. You see more aliens fighting FOR the Empire instead of AGAINST the Empire. Outside of races such as the Geonosians, Mon Cala, and Wookiees, most aliens seem to be chill with the Empire; they either keep their heads down while paying taxes, or join them outright as auxiliaries and soldiers of fortune.
Hell, the Ailon Nova Guard openly served the Empire because Palpatine attends their parades. They have no problem serving the Empire as literal suicide soldiers, being sent on missions that were high-risk in nature.