skygiants

Leia does not switch political sides, but she does come to recognize that the hardline extremist stance of her political allies is untenable; the book's take is 'both sides have points, unchecked centralized power is problematic but incredibly weak decentralized governments are also problematic, balance would be good, UNFORTUNATELY nobody is willing to compromise on any of this AND THEREFORE this government is probably not going to be a particularly effective one." Which I find depressing, but plausible.