Why not rethink Palpatine and the Republic as well?

My thoughts tended to focus on the bigger issue of HOW the Republic would fall and be turned into an Empire. I say go to the history books and copy what happened with the Roman Republic's fall and re-emergance as an Empire, with Palpatine a stand-in for Caesar.

My idea for a complete reboot would have the Jedi and Sith in the midst (if not near the end) of a centuries long Crusade/Jihad, with the Jedi being a mix of the Holy Roman Empire and Buddhism and the Sith being a mix of Islam and Nehilism (or Nietzsche-ism), with both sides visually shown in a way to represent their beliefs: - the Jedi have color coded robes to indicate the profession of the Jedi (hunter, healer, thinker, etc), whereas the Sith have no ranking system.

I would give the Jedi a floating temple/city above Coruscant (as opposed to the capital of Alderaan), the commercial hub of the Republic to show how they have their "heads in the clouds" and essentially look down upon the people they "serve"; that while they still want to help people, it is the same mentality some religious/environmentalist groups have say to helping pets. The Jedi know how much power they have and take pride in their wisdom and enlightenment to not use it to rule but to guide; forget that their egos have the better of them. The Jedi also look down on technology and prefer a more simple and spiritual way of things. The reasoning for the Jedi's move to Coruscant would be to stem the corrupting influence of technology, which itself is tempting the Jedi to change their ways. This would already indicate how the Jedi have become corrupted much like how the Church did throughout the Holy Roman Empire (look up what monks did during the Renaissance and what led to the Protestant Reformation). In fact, Anakin could be developed into a "Martin Luthor" character who seeks to protest against the jedi order and form a faction of his own.

The Sith could be seen to have a more naturalistic view of things, with their planet/temple resembling vines growing into the ground - that they tend to work underneath the surface of things, even as they fight massive scaled battles with the Jedi in the open (I guess a good way to describe them would be religious ninjas). They seek not to conquer so much as to allow people to evolve naturally without the Jedi acting as a roadblock to their natural progress. The Sith would garner power from technology and use it to extend their lives.

Palpatine could rise to power due to a direct attack on the Jedi temple from a Sith battle fleet, whereupon a good portion of the city (and the people) are destroyed. The people, being tired of being caught in the middle of a 2-sided religious war, begin to reject "religion" and want someone to stop this chaos. Palpatine, rather than being a manipulating Sith Lord, is simply a general like Patton or Rommel who is tired of the chaos as well and voices the concerns of the people when he speaks out - I guess a better example would be Andrew Jackson, who was a master tactition but an outspoken asshole. In the end, power corrupts, and maybe it is after being mortally wounded that he is relegated to using the Dark Side of the Force to stay alive.