12-31-2007, 11:41 PM
>Humm, you got me on the whole Ewok thing there Jester. I'm not sure what to say except, perhaps you are right for small arms troops, however against the Death Star and multiple Star Destroyers, the Yuuzhan Vong would never have had a chance.
A Deathstar v.1 had a design flaw that led it to be destroyed by a farmboy with vague notions of 'the force'.
Deathstar v.2 might have had a better chance, too bad it was rushed into production not fully completed.
Star Destroyers seems to be the most sturdy thing out of the arsenal of the Empire, too bad it was staffed by too many yes men commanders. Can't really blame them too much though, since independent thought seems to be heavily discouraged in the Palpatine command structure.
Most of the late Empire's other weapons and weapon system seems to rely more on quantity over quality. eg: AT-AT walkers were destroyed by Ewok engineering involving ropes and logs.
>With the Emperor, they were unified and strong!
You know, you might have a case if you are basing that on their galaxy shown in the prequel time. The Droid army seems to have the numbers, and they were starting to bring in upgraded autonomous combat droids. The Clone army seems to have the edge on marksmanship, tactical ability, and superior intelligence.
Palpatine probably doesn't want too much of the Droid army surviving after his plans though, should it fall into control of someone other than him. The Clone army may have a built in solution to that problem, considering most of them have accelerated growth rate. It certainly wouldn't be surprising if they have a shortened natural lifespan either, discounting combat duties.
After that period however, the new troop recruits of the Empire seems to have only quantity in their favour. Most couldn't hit the broadside of a moisture farm barn half of the time, it was a tactical coup for them imo that they managed to destroy the Skywalker's farm. Too bad in the end that just managed to get Luke into the fight earlier.