History. The Galactic Republic was a democracy with power entrusted to the Galactic Senate. Throughout its existence, it became increasingly corrupt, the Senators elected to represent the interests of their people beholden to powerful organizations and individuals who controlled events behind the scenes.
The Galactic Republic was a government in which power was held by the Senate and its elected leader, the Supreme Chancellor. In a republic, people were governed by elected representatives and an elected leader rather than by a monarch.
The Jedi were swore to protect democracy and the Republic, advising the Chancellor and accepting missions from the Senate, but there is a common misconception about them: they were NOT part of the political structure, and they were never meant to be the part of it.
Similar to Nazi Germany, the Galactic Empire is a dictatorship based on rigid control of society that dissolved a previous democracy and is led by an all-powerful supreme ruler.
No, he's a fascist who set up the Clone Wars specifically to end democracy. He does pretend to love democracy, though, to pretend that any slide away from it is something he's doing reluctantly.
Here's how to identify the Rebel Alliance, the First Order, and more. The Rebel Alliance stood against the Galactic Empire in the original trilogy and after years of fighting, the Rebellion eventually signed a concordance with the Empire.
The Galactic Empire was a dictatorship ruled by Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord whom the galaxy knew as Emperor Sheev Palpatine. Dictatorship was a form of government in which the ruler possessed absolute power and absolute authority, in contrast with democracy.
The Force and the Jedi religion, Lucas stated, were thus based on all religions in the real-world, as he constructed Star Wars mainly from Methodism—or Christianity, Islam, and Judaism—and Buddhism.
Yoda. Yoda was a wise, experienced, and powerful Grand Master of the Jedi of an unknown species and the oldest known prophet in existence (having lived at least 900 years), considered the wisest and most powerful Jedi Master within the Star Wars universe.
Slavery was used by groups as disparate as Xim the Despot's empire, the Hutts, the Galactic Empire, the Zann Consortium, the Yuuzhan Vong, and the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium. To chronicle the use of slavery by various civilizations over the history of the galaxy was considered by many to be a futile task.
The communist Viet Cong and their war against the United States partly inspired George Lucas' creation of Star Wars, specifically the Rebel Alliance and the Ewoks who fought against the Galactic Empire.
Star Wars has confirmed Palpatine wasn't actually a Sith Lord at all - and he knew it. He may have been considered the pre-eminent Sith Lord of the original trilogy, but it's long been clear Palpatine's relationship with the Sith was somewhat unorthodox.
The Galactic Republic, commonly known as The Republic, is a fictional political entity in the Star Wars universe that predates the formation of the Galactic Empire. It is prominently featured in the prequel trilogy of Star Wars films, offering a glimpse into its history and functioning.
Darth Vader was the first to hold the office of Supreme Commander under the Galactic Empire, and held authority over the entirety of the Imperial Military scattered in Imperial Space.
The Jedi Master Yoda was the best-known member of a species whose true name is not recorded. Known in some sources simply as Yoda's species, this species of small carnivorous humanoids produced several well-known members of the Jedi Order during the time of the Galactic Republic.
That may sound whacky to you, but, in 2015, the U.S. government recognized Jediism as an international ministry and granted its request for tax-exempt status. The movement, which draws inspiration from the mythology of the “Star Wars” films, has had less luck in the United Kingdom.
Luke Skywalker's religion was “Jedi” obviously. The writer of the Gospel of Luke was a Christian — but since he converted before the name “Christian” came into use, we can just call him a follower of Jesus.
Like the Jedi movement, however, a more religious form of the creed, called "Sithism", soon emerged among the Sith. The typical characteristics of Sithism are a belief in a real, dynamic Force that can be subjugated through various practices.
The Kissai worshipped the god Typhojem, known as the Left-Handed God. The Gods of Age were a group of seventeen deities that were worshipped by the Fia, a sentient species native to the planet Galantos. The Sith, including Darth Vader, worshipped a pantheon of immortal gods.
Count Dooku promised the Separatist Council that the Separatist Alliance was dedicated to capitalism and would usher in a new era of profit. Capitalism was an economic and political system used in the galaxy.
But really, Star Wars was deeply political from the beginning, and very much reflected its times. It's a fable rooted in the 1960s American new left, a warning about creeping authoritarianism, and a beacon of new hope to rebels everywhere.
The light side of the Force was the facet aligned with compassion, selflessness, self-knowledge and enlightenment, healing, mercy and benevolence, while the dark side of the Force was aligned with hatred, fear, covetousness, anger, aggression, jealousy and malevolence.
In official canon, the Sith were an order of dark side Force users who used their abilities for personal gain. Canonically, the Sith who were not former Jedi include: Darth Sidious. Darth Plagueis.
The dark side of the Force, called Bogan or Boga by ancient Force-sensitives on Tython, was a method of using the Force. Those who used the dark side were known as either Darksiders, Dark Side Adepts, or Dark Jedi when unaffiliated with a dark side organization such as the Sith.
