The prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy are both completely politically incoherent.
I think the politics of the Prequel Trilogy are extremely coherent and well thought out. The problem Lucas had is he forgot the golden rule "Nobody cares about the events of your story, they care about how it affects the characters."
The sequels are all focused in on the characters which is why people liked them more...but the politics are just all over the map. Its still not clear to me how the first order went from being a sort of rogue military group to being the dominate force in the galaxy between 7 and 8.
I think the politics of the Prequel Trilogy are extremely coherent and well thought out. The problem Lucas had is he forgot the golden rule "Nobody cares about the events of your story, they care about how it affects the characters." The sequels are all focused in on the characters which is why people liked them more...but the politics are just all over the map. Its still not clear to me how the first order went from being a sort of rogue military group to being the dominate force in the galaxy between 7 and 8.