Okay, I read the article. I have no idea what I read. Oh, well. I’ll just wait for the movie to come out on disc.
I think what he’s saying is in a universe with millions of planets and systems held together in some vast political alliance, only a strong, aggressive government could hold it together, and that was the Empire.
The Rebels were hippies who had false hope about the goodness of men, er, sentient beings, insofar as each would seek arrangements suitable to their own survival and benefit; not what was best for everyone.
So the very far away galaxy from a very long time ago needs a Sith at the whip hand, so to speak, because only a cold hearted brute can make the hard choices.
Kind of a Dad, versus a Mom. Empire = Father, Rebels = Mother.