Star Wars 7 tidbits and spoilers (Off-Topic)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, February 11, 2016, 15:01 (3023 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

Unfortunately the dictionary doesn't seem to explain why the Republic and the Resistance are two separate organizations. I would have loved some clarification there.

My guess would be that, like a lot of conflicts in Star Wars, most of the fighting so far hasn't been near enough to the "core" planets for the Republic to care. Given the state the Republic's probably in, it wouldn't even need to be that far away. They're not exactly at the height of prosperity and reach.

Or to put it another way, the Resistance are the people actively fighting the First Order. Whereas the Republic is a governing structure. There's not necessarily any reason they have to be one and the same, until the First Order attacks the Republic directly, which is only the case after episode VII.