As cheesy as some of the dialogue could be in the PT, outside of all of Palpatine's stuff being awesome. When a depressed Padme looks around the senate and says "This is how Liberty dies, with thunderous applause" was a great line with a lot of historical reference.
The Republic was corrupt, there was no question, even though the Sith did a lot of manipulation of the Senate to push them to that point, it didn't need to be a hard push.
Even the Jedi really weren't there for the people and the weak, their first duty which was misguided was to the Republic and to Democracy.
The Empire was already in power long before the Republics name was changed.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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