Against all odds, the Senate, weary of the same old faces and desperate for new leadership, turned to you.
Palpatine is enraged at the lack of victory but remains in the Senate.
It is 10 years before the Clone Wars. The Republic is failing. There is talk of separatism, secession, and civil war. There has been no change, in a thousand years.
And now it is coming to an end.
You are the Republic's last hope for survival. Good Luck.