*Logan goes yoda style, redirecting the lightning back at AT-AT* "Not, if anything to say about it, I have!" Empires crumble over time, especially when they overexpand. Just look at Rome. Then there's the fact that dictators often either underestimate their opponents or simply make bad tactical decisions. For example, I did a research paper on the Cuban Revolution awhile back. The former dictator of cuba, Batista, apparently made some poor tactical desicions that lead to decreased morale, and ultimately failure during the revolution. Fidel Castro's forces were pinned down and suffered heavy casualties at one point in the revolution. Fidel requested a 7 day cease-fire. during those 7 days, they negotiated fruitlessly while slowly leaking their forces out of the zone in which they were trapped. by the end of the cease fire, they had all escaped into the Santa Maestro mountain range. After that, Fidel's forces launched an offensive that successfully drove batista out of CUba. The point of telling yoou this is that its possible for people to make stupid tactical mistakes or incorrect threat assertions. The Emperor thought he had the battle of endor in the bag; he was too overconfident. again: