Well if you ever read the star wars books with Admiral Thrawn and the years after "return of the jedi" you might get a good idea of how to beat the rebels..Even though the book is completly opposite than the settings in this game, were the impire is offensive and rebels are ofensive/defensive, the book shows you how to start with little and end with tons of troops, ships, and supplies. So read the book, Star Wars: Heir To The Empire Its great book and it has TONS AND TONS of strategy in the book...trust me, if u want to be a great Imperial gerneral in EAW, read all three sequal books or atleast the 1st two in the series.The guy has alot of detail on how to counter attack, stop rebels from retreatin, all kinds of crap, even ground battle..How to properly use a AT-AT. So ima read it b4 the game comes out and i hope u do to to get better and to get a grasp of what u need to do to be victorious.