The Republic and the Empire Tension in the Prequels

The theory of the extended republic came out of the fact that republics, historically, before the united states, didn't last very long. And so getting back to starward, you see a similar element here in that you have a very extended republic. But it's a republic that is too extended, that is not made up of maller republics. In many cases, there's different sets of governings on lots of these systems. I added it thinking about medecori. This was fascinating. So much of these movies do seem like a criticism of the republic. But what pops up in the in the attack of the clones, is this big debate over whether the republic is going