I do agree the political context is something that could’ve been handled a little better in these films. Honestly, all I think it could have taken were rewritten opening crawls and maybe an extra scene or two. I think the prequel backlash made them feel like “politics=bad”, but having it could make the stakes a little clearer. I think Hal’s Restructured edit helps with TFA, and Nev and I have gone back and forth on opening crawls for quite some time on his edit threads, so I do think future edits could help make these things a little clearer.

But I do think the political situation in the build up to The Force Awakens is super interesting, and is fertile ground for fun storytelling in future content that deals with espionage and political backstabbing. I understand that they have probably been avoiding this area until the trilogy is over as to avoid contradicting it as it is being written/produced, but now that it is drawing to a close, I am hoping we get more of it, the new Resistance show being a good example. We get a taste of this in Bloodline, but I would love a series of novels in the vein of the EU Rogue/Wraith Squadron books that cover more of this time period. I think the whole gap between ROTJ and TFA is full of storytelling possibilities. I think it is just a matter of time until we get more content set during it, The Mandalorian being another such example.