A long time ago (since the last update to the crawl š )ā¦
EPISODE VII
THE FORCE AWAKENS
It is a time of despair.
Luke Skywalker, sworn
to rebuild the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.
With the Jedi now facing
extinction, agents of the
evil FIRST ORDER have
risen from the shadows
of an Imperial fortress
to claim supremacy over
countless worlds beyond
the fragile New Republic.
Afraid to take any action
that could lead to war,
the Senate has secretly
commissioned the pilots
of a brave RESISTANCE
to find the last Jedi and
restore the light of hope
to the darkening starsā¦
Yeah, itās just the first two lines of paragraph three again.
The reason I donāt like saying that the Republic is mired in endless debate is that such wording is more than just a reference to Episode 1; it is a direct return to the status quo of that movie, and feels like yet another pointless regression rather than a fun homage.
The new lines now at least point to a strategy by the New Republic, even if misguided. The Senate is intentionally avoiding provocative acts that could spark a greater war, since the First Order is still acting beyond Republic jurisdiction as far as anyone knows.
Also, the wording of ātake actionā is used later by Leia in the reincorporated deleted scene, so it helps to define a consistent through line for the New Republic.