The Republic has always been a bag of corrupt and greedy wankers one step down from the Imperials. The Rebellion and the Resistance are the good guys, the Empire/First Order are the bad guys, and the Republic is the political shit pit of civil backstabbing and glad-handing that spawns both.
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The Republic has always been a bag of corrupt and greedy wankers one step down from the Imperials. The Rebellion and the Resistance are the good guys, the Empire/First Order are the bad guys, and the Republic is the political shit pit of civil backstabbing and glad-handing that spawns both.