TOP 10 REASONS WHY ADMIRAL PIETT WASN'T DEMOTED OF PUNISHED BETWEEN ESB AND ROTJ
Written and submitted by Sean Walsh

10) Vader was a big Clint Eastwood fan (see Firefox)
9) Piett kept telling Vader "Kill me and you'll never do any voice-overs for, say, CNN or AT&T!"
8) Piett hires new bodyguard named Diesel; after being kicked in the head by Vader, like, 8 times, Diesel kicks his @$$ and later beomes WWF champion.
7) the Emperor told him not to (and disobeying the Emperor would make as much sense as throwing the old fool toward the reactor core of a Death Star).
6) Vader suddenly realized that he might be gaining a bad reputation for "punishing" people.
5) Leia told him not to (and not listening to a pretty lady would be like torturing your own daughter).
4) Vader figured Piett would do something like say "Intensify forward firepower" instead of getting his @$$ to an escape pod.
3) Vader refused to punish anyone who has portrayed the Son of God (see Monty Python: Life of Brian).
2) the British government threatened to stop letting their actors join the Empire.
1) Piett saved himself with a last minute "Kill all Ewoks" proposal (sadly, though, it was never implemented...sigh).