Well, that kind of was what they were about, after all. Nazis in space, the lot of 'em!
Just the other day at work, some little twerp whose name I won't mention (Harry) popped his head into the conversation and asked "Well, what was so bad about the Empire?" and followed it up a few minutes later with "Well, if the Rebels just did what they were told, like everybody else, then..."
The human mind, it's a terrifying thing.