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Spoilers ahead! Please be warned!




As far as I understand, it is implied the New Republic does not see the First Order as a serious threat. And because of this the First Order is able to strike and destroy the planets of the Hosnian System including the Republic's capital.

That just does not make much sense to me. And here is why.

The Starkiller Base is a project of an enormous scale. It is apparently much bigger -- or at least powerful -- than the original Death Star. So a huge number of personnel has to be involved into building something like the Starkiller Base. Plus, the project would require a gigantic amount of resources to complete.

So, assuming the number of personnel involved, how is it even possible to keep the Starkiller a secret from the Republic? It seems logical to assume the Republic has some kind of intelligence service that could find out about a project of that scale or even maybe infiltrate an agent there.

Secondly, the First Order possessing the amount of resources necessary to build the Starkiller -- how is it possible the Republic does not perceive the First Order as a major threat in the first place? The civil war of the Republic and the Empire has apparently just ended. You would expect the Republic to consider basically the Empire's successor as a big danger.

Does anyone have an in-universe explanation of the things mentioned above?

Myk
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    There is nothing in the movie to support the idea that the Resistance doesn't see the First Order as a threat. The Resistance exists to fight the First Order. – phantom42 Dec 23 '15 at 15:19
  • From reading elsewhere I got the idea The Resistance is not the same as the Republic's primary armed forces. And from looks of The Resistance it seems they are somewhat underfunded. Anyway, if the Republic does take the First Order seriously, my question still stands -- how come they missed the strike coming? – Myk Dec 23 '15 at 15:24
  • @Mithrandir, thanks, I tried searching before posting the question but somehow didn't manage to find the question you linked to. I will take a look. – Myk Dec 23 '15 at 15:26
  • It's not the official army, it's a private group that exists to deal with the First Order. From the page you linked: Most in the New Republic ignore the growing menace of the First Order, but not Leia - after all, the Organas have a history of seeing bad shit coming down the pike. She pleads with the New Republic to deal with the FIrst Order, but everybody thinks she's overreacting; finally she's able to convince the powers-that-be to let her go off and lead a small resistance group which she then imaginatively names The Resistance. – phantom42 Dec 23 '15 at 15:26
  • @phantom42, which is exactly my point -- if the Republic had taken the First Order as a serious threat, they probably would have ordered their official military and intelligence to deal with it -- and put more effort in dealing with the First Order in general than just "outsourcing" it to a private group. – Myk Dec 23 '15 at 15:29
  • ok, i misread "republic" as "resistance" in your text. carry on – phantom42 Dec 23 '15 at 15:31

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