Mando season 3
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MarkB
Legend
Not really their decision, is it? The New Republic they have to portray is the one that allowed the First Order to sprout up right under their noses, then failed to act against it to the extent that an independent resistance militia had to be formed. That's not something that happened overnight, so its roots have to exist at this point in the timeline.
Dire Bare
Legend
The Emperor was able to take power because he offered an alternative to the corrupt and inefficient bureacracy of the Republic. And he wasn't wrong. The Empire didn't really last very long, and as soon as the Rebellion brought down the Emperor, the corrupt and inefficient Republic bureacracy reasserted itself.
That's actually one of my frustrations with the Star Wars universe, it seems to bounce back and forth between authoritarianism and corrupt bureacratic democracy with very little in-between. It's only those "rebels" who work outside the system who are the heroes.
MarkB
Legend
Yeah, honestly it's hard to believe the Republic managed to stay in power for thousands of years prior to the Clone Wars - especially when you read / play through some of the Old Republic material and realise they had the same problems back then.
Zardnaar
Legend
Probably a trope to explain why a galactic republic is weak that a small insurgency or vastly smaller regime is a threat eg Mandalorians, Sith, First Order etc. Hell even the rebels.
EU New Republic wasn't as incompetent although they had some amount of political infighting but the fundamentals seemed better eg they had kickers military an equipment.
Think in a lot of ways Disney just repeats Lucas work. Republic fell overnight Empire lasted a year after Endor.
EU Empire/Remnant turns into best government in Star Wars.
MarkB
Legend
That's basically the viewpoint in the Imperial Agent storyline in the Old Republic MMO - that the Sith Empire is a well-organised government and society that would function really well, if it wasn't for all the Sith.
Ruin Explorer
Legend
LOL a dynamic that played out when me and my wife played it and I played Imperial Agent and she played Sith Inquisitor and there were so many times we rolled off on what was going to be said in a cutscene and the roll was often between like:
Imperial Agent: "I have some more questions to ask you"
Sith Inquisitor: <kills them with their lightsaber>
And she kept winning the rolls. It was extremely funny at least, especially the horrified/disappointed expressions Bioware had thoughtfully programmed in to my Imperial Agent in reaction to this.
She later described it as "The best MMORPG I ever played" lol.
MarkB
Legend
I'd agree with that assessment. I still go back to it occasionally, strictly for the single-player content.
Zardnaar
Legend
That's the old EU imperial remnant. Went from military regime post Endor to meritocracy military regime to a lightside monarchy via Solos daughter marrying the new Emperor. They time jump 100 years.
But it's alot smaller than a galactic regime (which I don't think works).
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