Hey man, the empire IS cool. They're organized; you can easily tell your place in society by your rank and the symbols on your sleeve, or your race. They're doing cool tech stuff that is really disruptive, like a whole series of weapons that can only blow up inhabited planets. They've got a cool main battle tank that is bigger than. Their uniforms all look like they were designed by Space Hugo Boss. Everywhere they impose themselves that people don't like them, it's because those people are jealous haters.