[@Vilageidiotx]


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Most of all, we feel facts are unknown about the pair. It was refreshing to see someone speaking of "the lure of the light side" instead of "the lure of the dark side"
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We believe the answer is "yes". Both of them are in charge, neither controlling the whole. But some parts hint at the first Order being somewhat more powerful, but not powerful enough to simply squash the republic. We suppose that the First Order and the Republic have some sort of truce, that both acknowledge the other (because of a lack of choice).

The Resistance, from what we understand is those who fight the first order. They're supported in secret by the Republic.
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We believe that they went that way because turning an entire planet into a weapon is definitely within the parameters of the [i]rule of cool[/i]. We do hope they do not create yet another supersized weapon in episodes 8-9, though. Then it would be getting ridiculous. 
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Most likely not.
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