As a pervasive darkness settles over the galaxy, a melancholic fever grips the masses, mobilizing individuals and groups to fortify and prepare, once more, for the threat of galactic war. Few have taken comfort in the resurgence of old philosophies that seem poised to sweep the Galaxy, promising hope and victory to those who choose the right side. There seem to be many voices calling out in the darkness, rallying for ideals, but the two most prominent sides seem full of rhetoric and hate, a game many people hardly have time to sift through as they’re too busy picking up the pieces of their lives, simply engaged in the day to day struggles for survival. Ideology, ultimately, belong to the rich or powerful, not to the poor.
The worlds that have been sheltered from conflict due to distance or luck and have enjoyed a relative peace and prosperity now feel threatened by the increase in economic instability that is accompanied by forced migrations and the disappearance of legitimate markets. Opportunity for entrepreneurs abound, but due to the proliferation of black markets and cartels, only the bold, wealthy, or the new class of privateers stand ready to make any economic ground, which ultimately is influenced by the warring ideologies. And out of these, only a few have been ingenious enough to use the overall instability as a way of monopolizing markets for their best interest, even going as far as to provoking both the First Order and the Resistance into believing the other is responsible.
In all of this, the one person who is poised to rise above the conflict, offering an alternative pathway out of the cyclic nature of duality, has continuously declined to accept the calling, pointing instead to even more ancient and fundamental understanding of the Force. Consequently, his message of peace is lost amongst those who prefer a more militaristic resolution. As the masses yearn for an end to conflict, always with the caveat of it ending in their preferred ideal, the Galactic stage is set for the next Vader or the next Skywalker to take his or her place and usher in the next era of light or dark. But in this, too, there is comfort, for out of this rises the heroes and villains the next generation may cherish or loathe as meets their individual needs.