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Hello! This is a random idea I had while reading a history book that happened to be about Communist Russia. This triggered a thought: What if I put Communism in Star Wars? Space Communism! Interesting idea, no? This is not meant to reflect my political views (moderate conservative) in any way, nor is it meant to bash others. No offense intended to anyone who may or may not support a communist system. This is just a "what if?" scenario.

This is obviously based on the route Russia took to communism. If you notice any historical inconsistencies, (and there certainly will be some) either I screwed up, or I changed it because it wouldn't work in Star Wars.

Without further ado, enjoy the forward!

For my son, Jorvin, whom I'm thankful will always get a choice in life.

Comrade Mon Mothma, first ruler of the People's Galactic Republic, 3 APR (After People's Revolution):

The Clone War was long and devastating. Trillions of beings across the galaxy died in the span of just 5 years. Worlds were devastated, families separated, entire populations starving! These were all failures of the old system, and the new one that came after it and failed to fix the problems. The Revolution did what was necessary to end the suffering.

This is the rhetoric that would define a quarter of the galaxy for a hundred years. The Revolution is our savior, the other political and economic forces would be our downfall.

One problem with that; it wasn't true, of course. The rhetoric had been proven false before it was uttered. The Old Republic flourished for millennium under an elected ruling body and capitalist trade principles, the antithesis of everything the revolution stood for.

A series of dictators would rule the galaxy for a century, singing the revolution's praises. Of course they would. They reaped all of the benefits. The average citizen would be lucky to get a meal a day for most of revolutionary history. It was a privileged few who remained full for any length of time.

It was a revolution of deceit, lies, and brute force. The supposedly "enlightened" revolutionaries were largely just political terrorists, whether they admitted it or not. Even if the revolution was backed by the people in the beginning, it quickly devolved into a totalitarian system, where the party elite held all the power. Anyone who stood up would be quashed, anyone who spoke out would be dealt with. You got your place in life, and you had better be happy with it.

I, your humble author, had the fortune of being born at the tail end of the dictatorship's time in power. I lived through the reforms that were the beginning of the end, I reported on the newly freed holonet of the warships blockading Coruscant. While the newer democratic system certainly isn't perfect, I, and most of my colleges prefer it immensely to the old dictatorship.

This is a ride through history. I was born with an interest in past events, so I decided to put it to good use. Here's to hoping this book ends up on classroom desks in a few years. It would be nice if the government would do that, this should be much better than those boring, dusty old textbooks that haven't been updated in decades.

Nonetheless, I'm getting off track now. Let's get started.

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So... what do you think? Is this actually interesting? Am I completely off my rocker? Am I going to get a bunch of people screaming at me in reviews and PMs for delving into politics? (Probably)

Please let me know if you want more.