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If there's two characters that highlight the low level decline of the Republic its Jocasta Nu and Dexter Jettster in the Clone Wars. Jocasta is a complete functionary. The star charts are purposefully tampered with to remove Kamino, and yet all she can reply is that if something is not in the Jedi Records, it does not exist... When Obi-Wan's basic analysis shows the Gravity pull of the missing star still reveals itself on a chart (as if a river was deleted but the valley remained)... Obvious stuff... And Yet Jocasta has failed upwards specifically because of this hyper formal compliance. Meanwhile, Obi-wan has found a real expert: Dexter ... Running an archaic outer-rim themed Diner that he cannot find other work on Couresant, that he's the only one who can identify the unusual archaic weapon an assassin used. This is a subtle nod to the classic 1950s American SciFi novel "Atlas Shrugged" in which an economic collapse is so severe and the government so corrupt that after months of searching legendary Philosopher and professor Hugh Akston is randomly found running a 50s highway diner. That it is the most senior work that won't involve morally compromising himself, or accepting a compromised quality out of line with his philosophy. That's RIGHT! the weird Alien in the 50s diner is an important political theme and commentary! George thought of everything! He's even citing his primary sources in American dystopian/scifi fiction.