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It depends on whether you are approaching the question from a narrative perspective or an empirical perspective.
Narrative: The Federation wins because the Federation are The Good Guys™ and the Empire are The Bad Guys™. The Federation starts out on the back foot and it looks pretty grim in the middle, but ultimately they eke out a win. If this is a TNG two-parter it plays out the way "The Best of Both Worlds" did: engineering prowess combined with timely application of the human factor wins the day. If this is a DS9 arc or Discovery season, then Section 31 does what needs to be done.
Empirical: The Empire crushes the Federation like a bug. The Imperial industrial base is enormous and their power generation capabilities vastly surpass anything the 24th century Federation can muster:
It you could somehow snap these two spacefaring nations into existence and pit them against each other, it would be like late-WWII United States facing off against Napoleonic France. It's a blowout.
I see what you did there.
Good thing Luke had the power of narrative on his side! Once the Emperor was gone (for now), the entire Empire went with him (for now).
The Empire doesn't have shield technology. I don't know if their weapons could penetrate shields, but they definitely have no defence against a teleporter. Yes, their fleet could get to any target faster than the UFP, but as long as the target has a teleporter system they can just teleport the commander into space.
The Empire can shield an entire planet. Those big spheres on top of a Star Destroyer's command tower are shield generators.
Fair point. I didn't remember seeing shields in space battles when watching SW, but forgot about that.
My man, taking down the Empire’s shields was a major plot point of the third act of RotJ.