i actually think this is fine. Empire does kind of frame Vader’s authority as a new promotion and there’s a running motif of the Empire becoming more openly arcane throughout the trilogy. the first movie opens with the senate being summarily dissolved!
Not that anybody should believe a thing this lifetime bullshitter says, but if "young farmers" genuinely are backing the party who are going to turbocharge climate change - the number one threat to the farming profession - then that is suicidal levels of stupidity.
I think a giant imperial military blob with an unwieldy and overfunded warfare state making catastrophic tactical decisions by misusing expensive equipment in unsuitable conditions is among the most believable things in that entire movie