Unironically, it was. That’s kind of the hidden message behind Star Wars - the rebel alliance’s full name is “the Alliance to Restore the Republic” - the Republic was never worth restoring. It was a corrupt, oppressive regime which at best allowed fascism to take over and at worst actively was itself fascist.
It’s like if the rebellion in Star Wars was fighting and sacrificing to get the emperor back in power.
Just the latest in a long, long list of things in the real world that would be too stupid to put in a work of fiction.
Unironically, it was. That’s kind of the hidden message behind Star Wars - the rebel alliance’s full name is “the Alliance to Restore the Republic” - the Republic was never worth restoring. It was a corrupt, oppressive regime which at best allowed fascism to take over and at worst actively was itself fascist.