>>3438066Pellaeon was a genuinely good guy (with a glorious mustache), but once he came to power, he was succeeding a long string of bad ones. By that time, the Empire had built up decades of bad publicity, which would probably be a turn-off for someone like Lena, especially in a galaxy loaded with other options. And–let's be real here–only people who are familiar with the old expanded universe even know who he is, and that's pretty removed from what people generally consider most iconic about the franchise.
Happy Cinco de Mayo, pendejos!