User blog comment:FortressOfNight/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE/@comment-5625448-20151022222912/@comment-25625534-20151024015345

exactly. the prequels were all weird different because the empire had reformed their entire republic in the 20 years between ep 3 and 4. judging by what we know about tfa, the resistance and first order are still pretty much the rebels and the empire.