The key difference is that one helped the Alliance and one did not.Īnd the Empire *is* already changing - for instance, accepting aliens for training at the Sith Academy, more aliens in positions of power, disavowing the Emperor, the alliance formed by Marr with Satele Shan during SoR, etc. Point being, again, the Empire and Republic aren't different. The Republic kills those beneath them (they were running the Foundry program that sought to exterminate anyone with Sith heritage, and the Jedi are trained to kill all Sith - Ashara says this straight out). Saresh is also a key figure in the Republic for a long time and she's a lot more corrupt than any Imperial. The Republic sends a letter after the Saresh incident saying that they privately agree with what you did, but will bash you publicly - they publicly endorse her and her actions. Kidnapping kids and indoctrinating them could be seen as a form of slavery IMHO.Įven though Saresh is out of office during KOTET, you're told that the current government if the Republic is her puppet. Their parents have no rights to ever see or contact them again, and the kids know nothing other than what they've been brainwashed by the Jedi to believe. The Jedi kidnap children, and the Republic laws give them the right to do so. There's another quest where it's mentioned that the Justicars routinely kidnap people and press them into slavery/service as soldiers and go after their families.and that is just on Coruscant, right under the Senate's nose - never mind elsewhere. She has actually run away, but the premise is that she was captured and taken as a slave, and the local law enforcement shrugs about it. One of the first quests in Coruscant is helping a guy who thinks his wife has been kidnapped and sold into prostitution. Jace Malcom pretty much says he's in it for what the Republic can get. During the war against the Eternal Throne they actively supported and appeased Vaylin and Arcann's rule, which meant they supported the oppressor. Looking at the Republic as the faction to support peacekeeping is a bit short-sighted IMHO.

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