Would a Federation warship like the Defiant out gun a Star Wars Star Destroyer? Who has a bigger armada? Who has the tactical advantage? Don’t forget that The Federation includes the Klingons, who love warfare and have fast, agile, heavily armed ships, with cloaking devices, and the Vulcans with superior logic and tactical planning.
Well put, I’m also missing the Empire’s massive resources/ability to adapt.
It took them what, months, to produce a platoon of Beskar equipped, jetpack trained soldiers following new doctrine in the Mandalorian.
The Empire would capture a warp core, some dilithium, or some other tech and have a sizeable force ready to go before the UFP can even warp to the next engagement.
And having shielded warp core armed tactical bombers would mess up any UFP day, even if there’s only a dozen of them.