Instead of constructing all those flimsy Death Stars, it’s decided to retrofit a whole planet into the most fearsome of weapons. While not yet the galactic power that Emperor Palpatine’s old outfit was, this regime has dreams, man. Some 30 years after Episode VI, it’s using the form of the First Order, an Empire wannabe with a darker, vaguely more cultish sheen. But the Dark Side is still in fine feather.
