Should the Star Wars ST have just ripped of KOTOR and the Jedi Civil War in general

[Progressive Pessimist]

I always had this idea of an eventual leader of the New Republic who takes over with the aim of destroying and burying the history of both the Jedi and Sith-blaming force users for the galaxy's political turmoil over the centuries, and going mad with power. Thus maybe Luke's Jedi and a resurfaced fledgling organization of Sith and Dark Jedi (maybe still involving Kylo Ren) form an uneasy alliance against a common enemy.

We need a completely new conflict! It might have some similarities to other aspects of the series and elsewhere (in all honesty, I ripped off the idea from 'The Legend of Korra'), but there's potential for new concepts and ideas, right? Maybe the Jedi and Sith eventually unite and ditch the whole dark side-light side thing and really try to find their place in the New Republic, with extremists on both sides still being loyal to their respective order.

That notion has been very faintly touched upon in the franchise, though not nearly fleshed out as much as it could have been. That's the kind of thing I've always wanted to see, ever since I was a wee child fantasizing about what an Episode VII would look like.