3. but doesn't that mean
On the bridge of the ship nothing had changed. It was still Vader's ship, with Vader's men, with the Emperor's spies. Nothing had changed except for the young woman giving commands, the young woman who had had the job of eliminating those spies as Vader had once done. They always came with the same excuse - well, not the same, but the same in terms of its lack of truth.
Vader's ship, Vader's men, the Emperor's lies.
Nothing had changed.