Imperial Remnant vs. New Republic

[fFoxfire]

I don't think Zann had 88,000 people even to reach the skeleton crew requirement of the Eclipse.  Its all very well sneaking on board and hijacking Palpatine's control panel (incl. superlaser), but actually manning the ship was way beyond his means.

Ture but didnt Zann end up having billions in credits, we all know he rather be rich but hey We were already talking about the rebellion failing, personally If the emperor knew he got robbed and his new toy along with it I think there would have been a galaxy wide bounty on his head Plus if you were that rich, I'd be easy to find a crew for that Thugs, goons, mercs ex rebels or slaves since Zann had quite a few of thoes. still i do get your point but after Zann would eventually either hide in exile a billionaire of take my thought and have 1 epic fight, the galaxy is taken over by the Empire again End of SW for at least 200 years in my opinion.

[Pentastar Enforcer]

reason the empire lost ot the new republic is because noghris and "the stormtrooper effect"

[tarvos]

I personally don't think the rebels even should have WON the war. Yes, they killed the Emperor, and Yes they got a lucky break in killing off the Executor, but if I recall correctly they where hemmed in by most of the Imperial Fleet. Several hundred capital ships, support vessels and not to mention the many THOUSANDS of starfighters and bombers. I think Robot Chicken said it best in one of their skits, "What? we have them outnumbered a 100 to one!" "Nope, the emperor's dead, we lost." "But we have them serounded! They are weak and defenseless now" "Nope, we lost". 

It just seems as though it was a childish way to end it. Just forget about the millions of souls gunning to kill you and just take out the King, no biggy, they will just run and hide if we checkmate them. And another thing, what is with the Imperial forces on the ground? What was the deal in trying to make the whole Shield Complex "Stealthy"? you have a giant space station in orbit, and anyone with a scanner can see the shield being produced from the planet. We know the Empire didn't give a crap about any of the natural habitats of the worlds they ruled over, why not burn away the forests and make a highly defensible position? Too many plot holes is my call, But I'm going to stop ranting now.

[Lord Xizer]

With the exception of a few minor battles and Yavin and Endor(which was lost due to a combination of the Emperor's restriction on the Imperial Fleet, the loss of chain of command and INCREDIBLE LUCK on the part of the Rebellion) the Empire did pretty much smash the Rebellion at will. The Empire's Fragmentation after Endor is what destroyed them, they really doomed themselves more than the NR ever did. To a degree I believe the Imperial Remnant could have won had it been united early on rather than splitting so much. What doomed the Empire was Warlordism, internal politics and the loss of the Emperor. Isard was a complete power hungry FOOL who arguably caused the most damage to the Empire through her manipulations and so called schemes after palpatine's death.
Following this were the seemingly endless power struggles between the feuding Warlords, Harrsk, Teradoc, Delvardus, Krennal, Drommel, Grunger, Pitta, Kaine, Zsinj and numerous others that whittled the Empire's military down to paltry numbers and territory.
Thrawn showed just what the Empire could do when it was united and focused properly! In less than a year he reconquered half the galaxy and had the NR reeling! Then his death sent everything in a downward spiral again. 
The REAL kicker was the Imperial mutiny that utterly destroyed any unity and military prowess Grand Admiral Thrawn had rebuilt.
 I feel that the Empire had no real chance to win the war after the last death of Palpatine and the loss of the World Devastators, Galaxy Gun, Eclipse, Eclipse II, the Sovereigns, Shadow Hand Fleet, Byss, all the Emperors most experienced advisers and Dark Jedi.
The loss of the Interrim Ruling council, and more importantly their secrets, as well as the continuing damage done to Imperial forces by the infighting Warlords pretty much sealed the outcome.
By the time Daala and Pellaeon got control it was too little too late. It was only a matter of how long they could postpone the inevitable.