Full Series Why did all of the more powerful national entities seem to side with the CIS?

I think Palpatine had everyone he wanted to get rid of side with the CIS. He wanted to get rid of "any nation-state in the galaxy that would consist of several worlds or systems under one flag, large enough to be a regional power with their own respectable space forces and capships" so that the Empire would be unopposed.

 

That's an excellent point. Palpy gathered anyone who would have been able to seriously challenge his power in one place, under one banner, then used the Clone War as an excuse to take them all out in one fell swoop. Neat trick. No wonder it took twenty years for a serious challenge to his power to arise, and even that only got where it was due to some serious good luck.

 

when will the hateboys go away? did you not watch TCW?

 

I'd agree that the PT totally missed the boat on portraying the complexity of a civil war, but TCW did a decent job of making up for that.