To me, Luke’s death was less of a physical one. Not just simply death, but the moment Luke achieved nirvana. But to reach “Force nirvana”, you literally become one with Force, meaning no physical body necessary.
Exactly. In that moment, he literally shed his mortal coil.
Yeah but it’s made clear the FO took over the Galaxy in just one week or so. Couldn’t a galaxy spanning government come up with a decent military budget for defence and protection? Did all systems meekly surrender without a fight? Or the NR is completely devoid of any armed forces? IDK, just can’t wrap my head around that.
Expanded material suggests that many in the New Republic were helping to fund the FO to begin with. Also the NR seems to be demilitarized to some extent. Not to mention the FO didn’t take over the galaxy “in a week,” they were in the process of doing so… “The First Order will control all the major systems within weeks.”