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All of this is encouraged by the Emperor himself, to ensure that no one can usurp his position. Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Many high-ranking Imperial officers will often betray one another, by means of planting false evidence against them for some crime, attempted assassinations, or taking credit for another officer's accomplishments (while shifting the blame for failures).Boring, but Practical: The TX-225 GAV Combat Assault Tank is a relatively conventional tracked assault gun that is puny in comparison to even the AT-ST and certainly doesn't evoke the same imagery as the Empire's walkers, but is no less dangerous than its legged contemporary.

The Super Star Destroyer Executor is nineteen kilometers long, and both Death Stars are large enough to be mistaken for a small moon.

Bigger Is Better: Mile-long starships are already fairly common in the galaxy, but the Empire goes even bigger.

In addition, there are enough Stormtroopers and ground vehicles on board to pacify any world once the defenses have been blasted from orbit. They have enough firepower to rip apart nearly any vessel and carry a complement of TIE Fighters for additional strike abilities and to bolster defenses.

The Battlestar: The Imperial Star Destroyer, their iconic mile-long, wedge-shaped vessels.

But this comes at the cost of their vehicles having many inherent weaknesses that the Rebels are able to exploit.

Awesome, but Impractical: The Empire devotes much of their resources to making their weapons of war as big and terrifying as possible, relying on shock and awe to subjugate their opponents.

Their level of competence in using those forces sometimes leaves much to be desired.

Armchair Military: Many of the planetary governors and Moffs are civilian political appointees, but nevertheless have the authority to command the local Imperial garrisons.

Particularly Tarkin, who was one of the main villains in A New Hope and ordered the destruction of Alderaan.

In many works a local Moff is usually a source of trouble for the Rebels.

Antagonistic Governor: The Moffs of the Empire.All There in the Script: Most of the Imperial officers' names are only given in the film credits.Justified as Palpatine designed the Empire to fall upon his death. Word of God states that afterwards, the Empire crumbled and split into numerous small successor states, so that by the time of The Force Awakens the original Empire no longer exists. Adaptational Wimp: Compared to the Empire from Legends, the First Galactic Empire collapsed far more quickly in the Canon, with what was left of the Empire surrendering to the New Republic a little over a year after Endor, rather than 15 years later in Legends.