What was more, the Republic even lacked the capacity to protect worlds at times of crisis it lacked an operational army, meaning it couldn't send any troops to break the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. The Old Republic was presented as a vast and frankly impotent bureaucracy, whose member planets had grown increasingly disillusioned. Finally, in 1999, George Lucas revealed the truth - and it left viewers somewhat taken aback. The Star Wars prequel trilogy introduced the Galactic Republic as a force for good in the galaxy - but why didn't they maintain a regular army prior to the Clone Wars? For decades, the Old Republic was the stuff of legend in the Star Wars franchise they represented halcyon days of peace and prosperity, when the Jedi Order had been at its height.
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