Darc Requiem said:
It doesn't weaken him, because Plagueis was hiding in the Outer Rim. SIdious was investigating a dark power he felt in the Outer Rim. He didn't know it was his old master. He sent forces to investigate it. When Vader killed him Sidious, Snoke/Plagueis took the opportunity to fill the power vacuum left by his demise. The First Order is made up of the Imperial forces that Sidious sent to the Outer Rim. My only real issue with The Force Awakens is that it does a poor job of explaining the dynamics of between the Republic/Rebellion and the Empire/First Order. I basically figured it out, but a lot of people didn't. I can see why. There have been novels and comics that do explain it in detail, but you shouldn't have to read outside materials. I think they were worried about having too much exposition after the prequels and dropped the ball in this regard. The movie was still good but they could added a paragraph to the crawl that would have taken 5 to 10 seconds to read to set the stage for the universe. |
Ye almost nothing is said about how the transition from the Empire to the First Order went, but to be fair not much is said about the state of the galaxy on Ep IV either, we get books and animated series dealling with the rise of the Rebelion and the structuring of the Empire till this day.
