>So, I have been thinking, I don't know if this has been talked about before but I found some parallels between Ben Solo and the New Republic that was created after the Battle of Jakku.

>First, the most obvious, Ben was born on the same day and place (Chandrila) as the New Republic. I don't believe this is coincidental.

>Both the NR and Ben have conflict in them. The NR is divided between the Populists and Centrists as seen in Bloodline, and Ben is "being torn apart" between the light and the dark within himself.

>The First Order subtly infiltrates the NR by turning some of the Senators (like Lady Carise), just like Snoke subtly infiltrated Ben's mind over the years.

>Leia is the first to realize the Snoke/FO infiltration in both cases and to do something about it (sending Ben away / create the Resistance)

>Ben and the NR are moved away from Chandrila (Ben is sent to Luke, and the NR political Center is moved to Hosnian Prime), which is proved to be almost fatal for both.

>The Republic Center is destroyed by Starkiller the same day Ben kills Han. Both those acts are supposed to destroy the NR/the light in Ben but by the end, the Resistance still lives on and manages to destroy Starkiller Base and the conflict in Ben is stronger than ever and he manages to kill Snoke.

>At the end of TLJ, both the NR/Ben seem to be lost but the Resistance may seem small but it still is present, just like the light in Ben.

>If we expand that line of thinking, we may speculate on the future of the Galaxy. Maybe, just like Ben who needs to reconcile the dark and the light within himself, and find balance, the Republic needs to reconcile the different political movements and ideas to make the galaxy advance towards a better future (as utopist and irrealistic it can be in the real world). In Bloodline, Leia, a Populist works together with a Centrist, Ransolm Casterfo, and they both grow from their partnership, until betrayal and anger drives a wedge between them. You still have the feeling that together, they could have accomplished a lot, by taking the best of what the other had to offer.

>There may be more parallels but these are the ones I thought about.