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The Old Republic is an era with a lot of potential, nodoubt about that. However, there is one thing that seems silly to me and that's the Sith Empire.
I certainly don't mind the idea of a Sith empire but an Empire™ (as in a precursor to the Galactic Empire) can be problematic. It's hard to imagine the citizens of the Republic embracing another Sith Empire in 19 BBY. Haven't they read history books?
Also wasn't the Republic's design in the Prequels supposed to look like a precursor to the Empire. Why would the Republic gradually make their military and designs closer in appearance to their former enemy? Wouldn't someone have objected?
Just imagine if one of our militaries decided to put this
in their symbolism. There would be a national outcry!
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While I agree it may have been wrong to model the Sith Empire on the GA (though I can understand it as a marketing thing) I'll concentrate on the in-universe aspect. Maybe include a dance number, too! Though I do warn it's simply conjecture on my part.
It is my belief that, in the intervening time between 1000BBY and 19BBY the Banites slowly weaved their influence into the republic. While their goal was to destroy the republic, and not simply to transform it into their own empire (a thought that first arose with Palpatine) I feel it more than likely that their influence had a side effect in bringing in Sith designs, ship and armour designs (I believe it probable that the Banites would own such companies, and so introduce that when tasked by the government to come up with new designs). As well, their influence was used, I further think, to sow discord among the people, to corrupt the government (so that the people will be grateful for when a new, outside Sith government show up) and to lure the Jedi Order into a sense of complacency, and to distance them from the 'real' world.
As to why the citizens would embrace another Sith empire, well, I could see that happening. As a body of people, we have a rather short attention span, often making the same mistakes as our predecessors. Too, to the ordinary people the Jedi and Sith, especially towards the end of the republic, were simply two different religious bodies, much like protestantism and catholicism. If you weren't so interested in history, would you be able to tell that there was a sociopath who committed genocide several thousand years ago?
On a smaller, not wholly related note, the Nazis stole the swastika. It was originally a peace symbol to the Buddhists (though I'm not entirely certain of that aspect) and I wouldn't mind if it was rehabilited to mean as such, but making sure we never forgot that other meaning. There was a similar movement during Mo-vember (moustache November), to reclaim the Hitler 'tache.
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