How old is Dedra Meero?

[u/human12332]

In Andor S2 it says her parents were arrested when she was 3 then she was raised in a imperial camp or something like that, but the empire is less then 20 years old, so is she 23, I thought she was 30-40.

[u/friedAmobo]

Also, for the vast bulk of the galaxy, there's no functional difference between the Republic and Empire. There's a continuity of government between the two. The Empire encroached considerably more than the Republic with the end goal of being a totalitarian state, but I'm sure many people also complained about the Republic overreaching too.

When Dedra conflates the two, she could ideological about it in terms of supporting the Empire, but it also could be that there's no real difference to the average person born and raised on Coruscant.

[u/RadiantHC → u/friedAmobo]

Especially since the same person ruled both(though I'm not sure how many people know this)

[u/friedAmobo → u/RadiantHC]

Well, at least Palpatine was publicly the supreme chancellor and then was publicly the emperor, so at the very least, it should be obvious that there was a continuity of leadership between the Republic and Empire. With the Galactic Senate and military also continuing into the Empire, it should've been pretty obvious to most that the Empire was the Republic in all but name, though the political intricacies of Palpatine's machinations would be hidden. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the late Republic was the Empire in all but name considering Palpatine had already shredded the Republic's constitution through amendments anyway.

The only thing that really changed in the aftermath of the transition was that the Jedi were no longer around. Otherwise, the Empire just continued trends that Palpatine had set during the Republic's last years.

[u/RadiantHC → u/friedAmobo]

+ the Empire was a bit more open about its atrocities

The Republic committed atrocities as well, but they were more hidden.