01 · Orientation
Summary
The Resistance formed as a comparatively small military-political network responding to the First Order before the wider New Republic accepted the scale of the threat.
02 · Organization
Structure and membership
The organization maintained command staff, fighter wings, ground units, intelligence networks, logistics, diplomatic contacts, and mobile support structures while operating with fewer resources than either the New Republic or First Order.
03 · Ideas
Ideology and legitimacy
Resistance members framed their mission as defense of free government and opposition to renewed Imperial-style authoritarianism. The movement also carried the institutional memory of the earlier Rebel Alliance.
04 · Practice
Methods and power
The Resistance relied on reconnaissance, intelligence, targeted strikes, recruitment, evacuation, fleet action, and symbolic calls for wider popular mobilization.
05 · Change over time
Historical development
Leia Organa helped organize the Resistance as the First Order grew. After the destruction of the New Republic leadership, the Resistance became the primary organized military opposition and later helped coordinate the wider uprising against the First and Final Orders.
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