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"What has happened to democracy… and why doesn't anyone seem to care?"
"Well, you do. Forgive me, my lady, umm… you're not like most politicians."
"If only that were enough, Teckla."
Padmé Amidala and Teckla Minnau[1]
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The Galactic Senate of the Republic stood as a symbol of democracy for over a millennium.

Democracy was a form of broad political participation that included elected individuals, such as senators or representatives, being involved in the governance of societies, such as the Galactic Senate making decisions within the Galactic Republic.[2] The Republic was the democratic union that governed the galaxy for a thousand years before the Clone Wars, with senators representing their respective homeworlds[3] and their sectors in the Republic Senate.[4]

The rise of the fascist Galactic Empire effectively ended democratic principles on the galactic level.[5] The self-anointed[6] Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine allowed the existence of the reformed Imperial Senate for two decades[7] in order to maintain control over the thousands of star systems that composed the Empire.[8] Following the completion of the first Death Star[5] in 0 BBY,[9] the Emperor formally dissolved the Senate and transferred control of the Empire's territories to the regional governors.[5] As a result, the last remnant of the democratic Republic was removed from the Empire.[10]

During the Age of the Empire, the Alliance to Restore the Republic was formed as a rebellious movement against the Emperor's rule. The Alliance's primary objective was to achieve the overthrow of the Empire and the restoration of democracy, consequently resulting in the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War.[11] By the war's end[12] in 5 ABY,[9] the Emperor was dead and his Empire shattered into various political and military remnants. The Alliance reorganized itself as the New Republic and revived democracy through the restoration of the Galactic Senate.[13] However, not all inhabitants of the galaxy were swayed back to democracy, as the Galactic Civil War hardened many hearts, something which eventually led to the formation of the First Order, which wanted to revive the Empire's false glories.[14]

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