True. I know the canon novels have the New Republic paint Leia as a war monger, but she sort of was even if it was justified. I agree that think it would’ve fit Leia better if she was trying to maintain peace as a politician rather than just be a general.
So you’re saying that you would’ve had the New Republic on one side, the Imperial Remnant on the other, with their being peace or a truce between them, and the Knights of Ren as the main antagonists trying to stir up trouble?
It could be done that way or it could be that the former Empire is already incorporated into the New Republic, and so some former imperials help the Knights of Ren with an insurgency. I think they’re more enemies from inside than outside.