Nerd Rant

Yes, that time has come. It's time for me to argue about how the Galactic Empire of Star Wars should have easily defeated the Rebel Alliance. I've been reading the new Star Wars Novel Death Star, and it has given me more facts that prove I'm right. I'm sure those of you who know me in real life were dreading this day, but the time has come.

The main reason the Rebellion won the war was because the commanders in the Empire were to overconfident. I have several points that prove this.

1. In the Battle of Yavin, Grand Moff Tarkin never deployed a single TIE fighter to combat the rebels. The only reason there were any TIE's in the air at the battle is because Darth Vader ordered his personal squadron, Black Squadron, to go attack. Now, there wasn't a lot of fighters in Black Squadron, about 8 if my research is correct, and the Rebels had thirty-two fighters attack the Death Star.

The Death Star had thousands of TIE fighters on board, and if a fraction of those were deployed, the X- and Y-wings wouldn't of had a chance.

The thing is, the entire battle could have been avoided if Vader and Tarkin didn't let the Millennium Falcon go. If they didn't let the Death Star plans fall into rebel hands, none of this would matter. But I guess it did make sense to let them go so they could find the rebel base, so I'll let that one go.

One more thing, and this has bugged me for a while: why wasn't there a fleet escorting the Death Star? I know it's supposed to be a super weapon that can destroy ships in one shot, but still. If the Rebels had sent an armada, shear numbers would have overwhelmed the station. The super laser could only fire once every 1/2 hour if it wasn't fired at full power. At full power, it took over 24 hours to recharge, so the Death Star would have trouble defending itself.

2. Now we move on to the Battle of Endor. Now here, most of the Empire's plans make sense: lure the rebels to the Death Star and crush them once and for all. This would have worked just fine if not for a few flaws.

a. The Imperial fleet should have attacked more forcefully, not just hold the rebels there. The Empire had the Executor Super Star Destroyer, over thirty Imperial Star Destroyers both I and II models, Victory I and II Star Destroyers, and hundreds of TIE fighters, plus the Death Star itself. The Rebels had mostly random Mon Cal warships, though not as many and not as powerful and a few other ship types. Again, the Empire could have overwhelmed the Rebels into nothing and been done with it. The blame for this one falls on the Emperor himself. He wanted to show off his new toy and take the rebels out in a spectacular way to strike fear into anyone who would oppose him.

b. The Empire underestimated the ewoks on the Endor moon. The Empire thought that ewoks were just primitive animals with no intelligence, but they were smart enough to fight and defeat a legion of the Emperor's best troops. That was a problem the Empire had the whole time. They were very xenophobic. They even thought that Wookies were ruthless animals.

c. The commander of the shield generator opened the back door. I know they were told that the rebels were retreating, but why open the door they were trying to get into. There must of been another way to get the troops there.

The real problem with the Empire is that politicians kept trying to run the military. Tarkin was a Governor and Palpatine was an emperor and a Sith Lord, they shouldn't have been in command of military actions. Also, most of the Grand Admiral were nothing but politicians.

The ones who should have been in command were Darth Vader, a former general in the Clone War, and Grand Admiral Thrawn, a tactical genius.

In closing, the Rebels had no business wining the war. Also, I couldn't think of a place to put this in, but my favorite Imperial leader is Gilad Pellaeon.