"made of gummi blocks good for stealth and not for combat, the war of the rebellion is not in the stars its on the ground and in the hearts of the oppressed" so to speak? That works for me.

So what are your thoughts on the Empire itself? What feels like a good percentage of the universe conquered? what are there standard tatics/non-heartless soldiers like? How do they tend to employ the heartless? Anything unique about these heartless or are they simply the same elemental darkness as always just following a new master?