Neither the Republic nor the Empire had the habit of “taking” a planet. The Republic was a federation of almost independent planets, and the Empire used the same structure with just a random intervention here or there if one tried to actually act independently. And the Empire interventions were much more on the lines of “destroying” than “taking”.
Throwing asteroids is more “destroying” than taking a planet. If you wanna take a planet it’s nice to be able to do something with it afterwards.
Neither the Republic nor the Empire had the habit of “taking” a planet. The Republic was a federation of almost independent planets, and the Empire used the same structure with just a random intervention here or there if one tried to actually act independently. And the Empire interventions were much more on the lines of “destroying” than “taking”.
Sounds like someone needs a rock dropped on them.