Could the Federation defeat Star Wars' Empire in an all-out war?
Would a Federation warship like the Defiant out gun a Star Wars Star Destroyer? Who has a bigger armada? Who has the tactical advantage? Don't forget that The Federation includes the Klingons, who love warfare and have fast, agile, heavily armed ships, with cloaking devices, and the Vulcans with superior logic and tactical planning.
Star Wars seems oddly backwards for a sci-fi universe (it's more a fantasy setting with sci-fi trappings), even though knowledge of space travel is as common as knowing about plumbing, technological innovation doesn't seem to really develop that much, although I guess they did go from starting construction on the Death Star to Star Killer base in the span of ~53 years, which seems like a massive leap (blow up one planet locally (from 77k km) to blowing up multiple planets across hundreds of light years). Otherwise though, had the Republic really developed that much technologically for those tens of thousands of years that they were in existence?
I feel like the Federation's shield and transporter technology would give them a huge advantage over the Empire, though obviously space wizards with laser swords and techno-bass bombs would seem to be powerful weapons in the Empire's favor as well, though the Empire itself only has two space wizards, not counting Inquisitors. I think overall, the Empire may have access to more resources and could overwhelm the Federation via a Zerg rush, similar to what we're seeing in Ukraine with Russia. Even though Russians are pulling out shitty 50-year old Cold war weapons that belong in museums, but just based on sheer numbers they're maintaining their advantage.
That would be even worse than paying for a Mike Tyson fight in his prime. It would be over with the snap of Q's fingers. He can do literally whatever he wants with a mere thought. Shooting lightning and jumping really high doesn't mean shit against a god.