re: The Mandalorian Chapter 14 (s2e6) **SPOILERS**

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I didn’t understand the whole “The empire is back” thing. Mando has been fighting storm troopers and imperial ships throughout the entire show already, not to mention they just spent the last 20 minutes battling storm troopers but no, not until Bobba see’s a star destroyer with his own 2 eyes do they declare that the empire back. Makes no sense.

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He's been fighting the remnants of the Empire, which are the unorganized leftover soldiers that are found here and there who are fighting for small independent remnant groups with their own un-unified agenda.

The presence of the Cruiser (which we have seen before, but they haven't) means that "the Empire", as a fully organized, capable and united entity, is still present with sufficient complexity and means to have a Cruiser in their arsenal. He's no longer fighting fragmented bands of unaffiliated troopers.