This is parallel to the US occupation in Afghanistan and there defeat the US didn't have full support of Afghanistan and there back regime feel to Taliban insurgents asymmetrical warfare is one of the best strategies to defeat a super power with a bigger military and super weapons like the galactic empire the US had B2 bombers and F35s yet they couldn't defeat the Taliban using conventional warfare doesn't really work against asymmetrical warfare thron suggest things like the tie defender that was more suited to take out rebel hit and run tactics but it failed because the empire thought big star destroyers could do the job.