"Too late? For what, the Republic to fall? It already has and you just can't see it"

Ahsoka: - With your help, the Jedi can stop Sidious before it's too late Maul: - Too late? For what, the Republic to fall? It already has and you just can't see it, there's no justice, no order but the one that will replace itThat small exchange between Ahsoka and Maul shocked me, an here's why:In Revenge of the Sith, Padme tells us that the Republic falls with a round of applause, and certainly that's true, but the round of applause that changed the Republic for the Empire happened long before that scene.In Attack of the Clones, we can see the power and might of the new Grand Army of the Republic, but, is it of the Republic?, I mean if you see it from a certain point of view, the moment the security acts and the Clone Army were signed and authorized by the senate, approving the loss of liberty and human rights in the galaxy, the moment Palpatine seized control of the Senate and his "temporary" extra powers, it was the moment he trapped the Jedi into an absolute lose scenario, it prevented both physically and politically for the Jedi to overthrow him, he convinced the galaxy of the need of such military control, and by the time of the Clone Wars, even before Revenge of the Sith, he had already won, he had the galaxy, the Jedi, the Republic, all at his mercy and control.It's been 16 years since the release of Revenge of the Sith and every day since, I realize how clever, how cold and how awesome Palpatine's Plan was. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/3qp9G7G