Thoughts on the Empire’s defeat in canon.

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I was wondering if anyone else felt that how the Empire fell apart in canon seemed a little not like what would actually happen. First Order and Operation Cinder aside, seems like the empire would’ve splintered more and been more of a threat like in Legends, no? I agree that the Empire broke apart at Endor but it seems like the military just wasn’t depicted correctly from the source materials.. unless the older source materials such as 25,000 ISDs were retconned? I would’ve thought that the military of the Navy and Army would’ve been a lot larger. The canon books of the Empire’s fall after Endor are really good books but they didn’t seem accurate to me… any help on these thoughts?