>>57848989They could have added something in like Dynamax energy only being utilized as a power source relatively recently (last 30 years or so), and Rose is terrified of the region going back to not having it anymore, either because he would personally lose status or the region's infrastructure would collapse. Hell, just dial it back from 1000 years to something like 50, a large enough amount of time for most people not to give a shit, but enough for someone with a messiah complex to not want to leave it to future generations.
There are so many little tweaks that could have been done to one or two characters or plot points here or there to prevent the story from being as dogshit as it was, but in the final product, every opportunity was missed and that's how it'll be remembered.