ZkinandBonez said:
No has said that there was “no politics” in the OT, but rather that there was very little of it. I mean I never paid any attention to Tarkin’s comment about the Imperial Senate until I was 20 years old, and I’ve been watching SW since I was 7.

Small aside, but wow, same thing for me as well here. I’ve been watching SW since probably about 3, but once I had hit 20 and rewatched the films time and time again, Tarkin’s line about the Senate never hit me prior.