Originally posted by Zenwolf
Why couldn't Sidious do the same? There's plenty of assassins really, kinda works both ways imo.
Because his assassins, aside from a handful of Hands, aren't force sensitive, they're weaker and less powerful and can't do a lot of stuff a Sith assassin can, and when the two come into conflict, the Sith will win.
A giant Sith Order is the Sith Empire's major advantage, period. It's about the only advantage they have, but it does mean in areas like covert ops, they are without a doubt superior.
Plus I think were ignoring the tech advantage here among other things the GE has. Just because the SE has an abundance of Force Users, doesn't = an instant win.
Of course it doesn't. Conventionally, the GE is quite superior, and they merely need to hold off the Sith in the covert side of things for a bit in order to win. And the raw conventional advantage will end up killing a good number of Sith.
I think most of us are noting that.
That doesn't mean the Sith aren't still very dangerous, though, and the Vitiate Empire's ace in the hole, the only thing that gives them a chance.