So let me get this straight: the empire, controlling all of the known galaxy... millions of worlds to draw taxes from (undoubtedly very high taxes)... but can't afford basic rifle training for their standing army? They can afford massive, mile long star destroyers with dozens of turrets, life support, state of the art scanning tech to discover rebel bases, FTL drives... hell; they built a moon sized death star out steel and tech and all... but can't even afford to teach their troops how to even aim right?