[dr_who]

his exact idea is what the storyline of Star Wars is based on.

Not quite. The Romans didn't have Jedi. And "the Force", of course, was Roman military power.

[Restorer]

I was referring to the general replacement of a good Republic by an evil Empire as the result of the machinations of a few power-mad individuals.

Maybe if they had a few Jedi, things would have been different. All they had was Cicero. :)