The Empire was Better than the Rebellion

For the purposes of this debate I only want to focus on the existing movies, not the comics or anything else that I frankly haven't had time to watch although I'd loved to when I've got the spare time. If it weren't for the high-technological weaponry, then one might wonder how the Galactic Empire ever managed to gain it's hold on the Star Wars Universe since the fighting force itself is so off the rails bad. I can't seem to stress enough what a debacle Hoth was for the Empire because they should have landed a massive victory. The battle of Hoth shouldn't have played out the way it happened if handled by people who knew what they were doing (unlike Hillary Clinton, but that's a topic for another debate). In a warfare situation you want to preferably use all the elements of warfare such as infantry, armour, artillery, airforce etc. It was a tactical debacle and it made no sense whatsoever to only rely upon the, i.e. the AT-ATs, walkers at the start of the attack. This was evidenced when infantry, headed by Luke, managed to take down one single-handedly by the use of a grenade and another by the snowspeeders. Besides, the ATs don't even have that impressive a firepower and with the sluggish pace and having their aim directed forward being very cumbersome to turn, they prove far too easy to take down. There weren't enough AT-STs which would have been the perfect infantry backup and accompaniment, nor were there any storm troopers. They appear later, though, once Vader has arrived, however not in close proximity to the walkers to make any decisive difference in the outcome of the battle. The single base only have a few artillery pieces defending it, protecting its main power generator with only one ion cannon as its main anti-aircraft/spacecraft defense. The shield can't, however, stop a landing force from entering and it can only open for a limited amount of time at a discrete place to allow an evacuation. The shield can't keep an invader out and their own escape is troublesome: a perfect setup for the enemy it seems. Vader wants no one to escape alive. Yet he orders the destruction of the shield which allows for the pell-mell rebel escape without any TIE fighters present to block their retreat. Seems he didn't realize the ironic value of the shield after all. If the TIE fighters had engaged the rebels and lured them through the shields chokepoint with star destroyers waiting on the other side, the rebels would have had a massacre on their hands. Also, what in the world does Vader do down at the base instead of having it blown to smithereens? There is no justifiable reason - militarily to say the least . reason why Vader should be down there in the first place. And no explanation is given why a bombardment isn't launched in lieu of having daddy pay his son a visit. So much for his major weapon against the rebels. Once the shield is down he's already lost the battle and all the major players have fled. Total fiasco! The whole situation is sort of reminiscent of how we failed to catch Bin Ladin in Tora Bora, Afghanistan, in 2001 and it was showcased as a tactical success in the aftermath. Yeah, well, the same goes here. Also, remember how Palpatine explicitly ordered Vader to prevent Luke from receiving a full Jedi training? Well guess what, this debacle resulted in Luke fleeing to Dagobah without any star ships in his tails and the rest is history. I think I've made my point about this battle that should have been a victory but was a total failure. They may have cool gears, but you know what, so did the Romans who eventually let themselves be overrun and outsmarted. So was the Empire. Also, if Luke had more training and weren't jumped the way he was by Palpatine, then he might have been able to take him out. So in the grand scheme of things, the Empire wasn't any better and had the situation been reversed they'd be as sure as dead.