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Originally Posted by Astromancer
How the "Empire" works and how planetary government works need not be the same. Anakin was a slave under the old republic. What if the Empire outlawed slavery and required planetary governments to be actual democracies.
We sentimentalised the South's rebellion for more than a century. What if the Jedi in this alternate Star Wars are fighting for slavery, religious intolerance, and aristocratic privilege?
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Tatooine was outside of the Republic's jurisdiction, to the point that "Republic credits" apparently weren't acceptable there. IIRC it was under Hutt jurisdiction.