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>the galaxy is ruled by an extremely inefficient senate with thousands upon thousands of senators, each one having to represent an entire planet on their behalf
>nothing gets done, nobody can agree on a single decision
>all planets on the rim of the settled galaxy are completely autonomous, practice slavery out in the open, are controlled by crime syndicates and clan warlords, have little to no government presence
>corporations have so much power that they have their own laws, build their own private armies (basically the British East India Company on steroids); the first movie begins with them openly declaring a war on the central government
>the only REAL power in the so-called "Republic" is held not by elected officials but by a closed, secretive, semi-religious order of warrior monks who enforce their will by straight up killing anybody who questions their rule
>one wise monk tries to save the galaxy's rotten corpse by overthrowing the corrupt Republic and establishing a new, efficient, lawful government that brings complete order to the galaxy in mere decades, which is absolutely insane on such large scale
>they are supposued to be the bad guys because they did a frickin space fascism