their extermination. Its original intent, however, was nonetheless noble and pure, and the galactic commonfolk are used to being supportive of it.
A little history and analysis may help lead you to the likely reasons for the lower than expected resistance to this practice (from the perspective of an Earthling). The Old Republic was engulfed in a war between Jedi and Sith when a branch of ancient Force practitioners discovered the dark side, eventually leading to the Old Republic's collapse.
The galaxy was liberated from that ancient war thanks to the Jedi, leading to the founding of the Galactic Republic. As the galaxy disarms itself after the war, the Jedi would also take the place of the military as the galaxy's peacekeepers. Being saviours of the galaxy, founders of theIt is certain
that Atria was at that time less than an hour from the
sea, as shown by two lines of marine dunes to the E of
the city. The first dates to the Graeco-Etruscan era and
the second, farther E, to the Roman era. It is entirely
possible that even in antiquity Atria was not on the sea
but, like Spina, was connected to the Adriatic by a series
of canals.

As early as the Renaissance, there is evidence of archaeological investigations at Atria. From 1700 on, the
Bocchi family of Atria collected Attic red-figure and
black-figure vases, jewelry of local and Etruscan production, inscriptions, pottery, and Roman glass—nearly all
discovered accidentally in the city. The Bocchi collection, given to the Italian government at the beginning
of the 20th c., still constitutes the most important collection of the