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The Galactic Empire campaign in Empire At War is pretty fun, although it's not overwhelmingly challenging, at least on the medium difficult. Although your units are generally more expensive than those of the Alliance, you're going to have lots and lots of cash to spend, so you should be able to build up extensive fleets and armies with which to crush your foes.

Some tips to keep in mind when you play as the Empire:

1: Be careful not to leave important planets undefended; you'll want to have a small garrison at all your important planets to ensure that the Rebels can't sneak a small group of units past your fleet and land on the planet. If they do so when you don't have any units there, you may wind up losing the planet despite having a massive fleet in orbit around it. When you reach the tech level that allows you to build defensive shields and Turbolasers on your planet, you should be able to ease off the garrison manning a bit. Keep in mind that the Rebellion won't attempt to penetrate too far into your territory, so just keep the planets within one jump of any Rebel-controlled planets defended. Planets in the hinterlands can be left empty without repercussion.

2: If you're coming to the Empire after playing as the Rebels, you may get confused by the lack of TIE Fighters and Bombers in the build queue. No need to worry; these units are built into your capital ships, and will automatically disembark when you enter a space battle.

3: Use Vader as best you can. He's immensely powerful on the ground, almost to the point of invulnerability, but he can still be taken out if you let him get overwhelmed or if he gets too close to enemy artillery. In space, he's one of the best anti-fighter units around, and he can heal himself by bringing back more wingmen when they get destroyed. He can still be killed if you make him take on a frigate or something foolish like that, though, so be careful when using him. Don't worry too much if he gets taken out; he'll slowly regenerate over time and respawn within a couple of galactic days.

So, without further ado, let's get cracking...

Prelude: Thyferra

Objectives

Slay the Rebel scum and burn their buildings to the ground.

Lord Vader must survive.

Destroy the communications array.

Destroy the Rebel Power Generator.

Target the main generators and fire!

Nothing too severe here. Get used to putting Vader into a squad of his own (by selecting him and pressing CTRL-1, you'll be able to immediately jump to him by pressing 1 again at any time afterwards). Do the same to make groups of your AT-STs and Stormtroopers, then start proceeding to the north. As we mentioned before, Vader is almost unkillable here, so keep him in front of your army to draw the enemy fire while your other troops follow up and kill off anyone that they see. Be cautious of anti-infantry turrets, though; they won't do much to Vader or your AT-STs, but they can rip through your stormtroopers.

After destroying the communications array, sweep to the east, avoiding the shield to the north, and destroy the forces that prevent you from gaining access to the power generator. When it goes down, you'll get a huge amount of reinforcements, far more than you'll actually need to destroy the rest of the buildings. Lead with Vader and your armored troops to take out the anti-infantry turrets, then move your forces in en masse and destroy the buildings to win the map.