I’m rooting for The Empire.
“Im rooting for The Empire.”
Ha! Me too.
In my humble opinion they already had a script from the 1980s that would have worked wonderfully, been cheaper to put together and still have MORE compelling characters.
Admiral Thrawn.
A simple case - Skywalker has killed the emperor, thousands of troops and now goes off to the wilds to set up his academy.
The remnants of the republic come back and they are corrupt and power-hungry.
And Admiral Thrawn comes in and creates a benevolent empire - and now the new republic persecutes him.
So the roles get reversed - who do we root for?