Counterfactuals are a great element of military history, not the least of which is that to write counterfactuals that don't suck ass, you really have to understand the causation behind what's going on.
So, time to pay homage to contingency and the TIE Fighter Pilot Who Saved the Rebellion's Ass.
In the meantime, read also the Case for the Empire and why it was just trying to keep the trains running.
Remember Lord Acton's truism: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." What Acton left out was the corollary "but it's a hell of a lot of fun."
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