About fucking time Konstantine died. I'm frankly surprised he managed to both retain his rank and survive in general after screwing up so often under Tarkin, Vader, and now Thrawn.
It's not Thrawn's style to punish every failure with death, but he's not above it, even in EU. He just rarely had to. And it still doesn't answer the question of how no less than three other superiors (Tarkin, Pryce, and Vader) tolerated Konstantine bumbling around and fucking up left and right.
Just maybe not on the one ship that has the sole responsibility of locking down the system, didn't even think Interdictor cruiser could take on other ships
We're all talking about Constantine, but let's respect those nameless rebels who stood be their commander, despite knowing they'd die. They're real homies.
@William Harding who here said that? As long as it's on a valid military target hey honor first. Now the mother focker who thinks the red cross on the side of a hospital ship is there to aid your aim, that prick can burn.
Yes let’s take the strategically important ship that denies the enemy the ability to go into hyperspace and move it to attack another ship. Feel bad for Thrawn the dude had to deal with that idiot
I did this in front of my college roommate (who’s a hardcore pre-Disney SW fan) when I was first playing Star Wars: Empire at War; Thrawn’s Revenge mod. He laughed uncontrollably after watching me pull that move after we agreed that he wasn’t going to help telling me how to play for that battle.
@@will2brown50 I kinda went WW2 Soviet style. I said, “uhhh, ships, all attack at full force!” The fleet had next-to-nothing after that battle. Then, I ended up losing the campaign not too long after. I can still see and hear my roommate laughing whenever that memory comes around.
Thrawn's face when Konstantine moved his ship was priceless Thrawn: *what the fuck do you think you're doing you little shit* 😂😂😂😂 and R.I.P Sato you will be missed
hmmm one aristocratic prick for a rebel scum command ship? i call that a win! sadly the interdictor was a valuable and expensive ship as in lore some of the parts for an interdictor are rare and hard to come by. but if konstantine had survived that somehow he wouldnt be holding a rank or be a member of the civilian populous hahahahahaha what he did was deffo ground for him to have a one time encounter with the emperor during a moment when Vader has upset Palpatine lols
Had Admiral Konstantine held the line and not attacked, Ezra would have been denied his chance to gain reinforcements from the Clan Wren rebel cell. Thrawn was denied his victory because of Konstantine being seduced by glory. Glad Konstantine is dead now.
I wouldn't exactly say Thrawn has been denied his victory, considering all the rebel ships and forces he destroyed. But yeah, on his point of view, it was a loss since he couldn't take out the main leaders. (aka, Hera) Also, Bendu's forshadowing. *_(Bendu is creepy!)_* T_T
Thrawn destroyed a rebel base, one hammerhead, 5 CR90 corvettes, 2 gunships, 3 NebulonB frigates, several GR75s , one carrier and several fighters... to all effects Phoenix cell has been destroyed
first the Rebel Trooper who passed on the Death Star plans before getting skewered by Vader in Rogue One, now we see two Rebel Pilots who stick with Sato to the very end. Forget the Ghost Crew and the OT Trio (and Chewie), unnamed rebel grunts are da real MVP's of the galactic civil war
@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2. Where did you see that? And you know where they were at the time of the collision, right? That wasn't a dangerous position to be in. Edit: they died.
0:20 that officer would have been well within his right to disobey the order from Constantine. Thrawn is a Grand Admiral. Even if Constantine is an admiral Thrawn's overall strategic order supersedes any vain order a ships commander may give
@@silverlotus7790 is this for real? I would assume sure. Either way that dude was waived from any wrongdoing since he was following orders from anybody above him. Unless it says you MUST go by the highest ranking order. The burden of punishment would’ve been on Constantine
@@WinginWolf The punishment would have definitely fallen onto Constantine had they not all died. And he was within his rights to defer to Constantine since he was the highest ranking on the ship but had he refused, Thrawn would have likely commended him
You know what.... bring on the hate: Konstantine DESERVED an idiot's death simply because he let the potential glory he'd earn by killing Commander Sato AND this sense of digust he probably felt serving under an 'Non-Human' Flag Officer (who out-ranked him BTW) Then again, had Konstantine survived, Thrawn would have probably had him executed both for committing a grave mistake and disobeying a direct order.
And here we see how the Empire held on more through inertia and Palpatine tiring out the galaxy with the Clone Wars (which he started then prolonged for that very purpose) rather than competence. Remember when we saw Imperial officer cadet training way back in Season 1, where they were pushed to compete with each other and hurt their comrades to get the leg up? This is exactly the lesson Constantine applied: to seize glory for /his/ career at the expense of his comrades. And then not only did he die for it, but he got every single one of his crewmembers killed and on top of that hamstrung the battle plan which would get countless more of the troops he, as an officer, is supposed to be responsible for. But that's the Empire for you - the pawns can die as long as you get the glory.
@@codename1176 I don't think it encouraged incompetence per say, but the hierarchy was very unstable and when a lot of your top dogs are being executed all the times whether it being Vadar having a temper tantrum or their superiors feel threatened for their seat of power as an officer or governor, it was bound to fall apart, competent or incompetent commanders wouldn't make much of a difference.
@@voin5371 nah , Vader killed incompetent and idiotic officers , for those that proved themselves before , he actually gives a second chance. It's not much , but more than just killing randomly.
@@voin5371 Vader just went for the guys that didn't try to do their job somewhat decently. Those that did prove themselves as competent and useful to both him and the empire weren't killed when Vader got angry. In the comics he and the Commanding officer of a Star Destroyer had quite a heated argument, but they managed to work it out and captured a rouge Crewmember that was bombarding the shit out of rebel bases, to deny the Imperials any intel about the main base.
"Sir? We've analysed their attack strategy and there is a danger. Should we prepare your shuttle?" "Evacuate?! In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their cha.." 1:18
I mean, how many I’m perhaps have died because of their overconfidence and foolishness. Cassio Tagge is like the only imperial to address concern over the growing threat of the rebels
Translation: if the rebels do manage to destroy the death Star I am going down with it because I am not going to try to explain how I lost the Death Star to Emperor Palpatine
Mon Mothma Ironic that a representative of the rebels would cheer for the one a who threaten want you once stood for. Or are you hiding something. Meh what do I care?
Those 2 rebel pilots were really showing dedication and wanted to die for the sake of freeing the galaxy of the Empire’s grasp. It makes me sad that they go to these measures to free the galaxy.
It happens in real life too. The US Navy was infamous for it during WW2. Some admirals were so spectacularly incompetent that they lost entire battles due purely to idiocy.
Many officers got their positions by either their loyalty to Palpatine’s regime, family ties, or influence Thrawn is an example of an officer that gained his rank through success and effort, while Konstantine likely gained his rank for his loyalty to Palpatine rather than his competence
Admiral Konstantine was trained in conventional warfare(1v1ing other capital ships) and coupled with the fact that Admiral Konstantin has a hard time adapting to the rebellion’s unorthodox way of fighting AND the fact he wasn’t really trained to combat starfighters makes him seem incompetent in the series
I'm just absolutely blown away by the first half of this. Not only the demise of Sato (whom we cared very little of, or maybe that's just me) and that awesome carrier (any idea how long our favorite graffiti girl spent painting that giant fucking hijacked ship?!), but Konstantine... True, the man was more than just an idiot, but he's been bitch-slapped by all the villains - the Inquisitors, Vader; and made it out. I love how this is the moment where he finally snapped. I mean, from his first interaction with Thrawn in Steps into Shadow, he was kind of surprised but also offended that Thrawn was a GRAND Admiral, and he finally grew tired of Thrawn's "patience" game. His voice crack-type thing when he screamed "Take evasive action!" was just chilling. Honestly the death of Sato was (almost guaranteed inspired by and) identical to the sacrifice of Janek in "Prometheus" (I mean, Sato even had two no-namers who heroically went down with their captain as well), and Konstantine's death was as alarming as Clayton's in "Tarzan". That's just one of the one hundred things that made me gasp loudly and widen my eyes in this finale. I dare say it was better than the S2 finale.
Eric J Blevins in my opinion two very different episodes. With twilight it's something that was built off so much and was extremely centered on a few major characters and was nostalgia driven. Here is all the major and minor characters of the season working as a collective with not that much lightsaber action going on while in twilight that's what it was all about. I really can't compare em
i dont know if Prometheus was the first to do something like this, its a bit of a trope and although I like Prometheus a lot of ppl seem to hate it and ignore it completely.
The learned from the orks space pirates from Warhammer 40k they just are to stupid to develop ships which are really designed for ramming^^ Green is better.
It reminded me of that one episode in TCW with the Ryloth blockade and Anakin decides the only way to break it is to ram the cruiser into the droid control ship. Only that time it was more light hearted because no one died and he followed it up with "oh and you can still have my ship". Here Sato sacrificed himself and there was nothing funny about it.
Your whish is my command, my Emperor. Gillad Pellaeon was present at the Battle for Lothal in the Season 4 final as commandant of the imperial blockade.
@The Program Yeah, Thrawn was written superbly in Rebels. He suffered occasional defeats, but he was content with those defeats if they led him to a larger victory. The S3 finale was just a perfect pay-off. After three seasons of the rebels winning time and time again, building their fleet, building their base, preparing to save Lothal, all of it is gone. Most of them are dead, all because Thrawn was smarter than they were. Even better, this continues into Season 4. Thrawn is still smarter than they are, enough that the rebels can't hope to beat him in a straight fight. In the end, it took Ezra. He used the Force to see the future and manipulated it, at the cost of his own sacrifice. Even Thrawn's genius was no match for a Jedi who was literally bending reality to their will. It was a fantastic way to beat Thrawn, and a great way to conclude Ezra's character arc as he uses the Force in a way that even the Jedi of old couldn't manage. Ezra isn't even the only one; Luke uses that same ability to save Han from Jabba. Just great stuff all round.
@@Cailus3542 considering how much Filoni could pull material wise for Thrawn out of Legends? Yes, it was good writing. If they can use his FULL potential? He would have his own series.
If anything Thrawn was already doing him a favor by putting him in command of one of the KEY ships in the fleet, but of course, Konstantine was a glory hound. Never seek out glory, but instead let it come to you.
Every season finale saw the death of notable enemy of the protagonistss. S1: the grand inquisitor S2: three Inquisitors (though one we'd only just learned of) S3: Constantine S4: Rukh and Price (also Pellaeon if you were paying attention, but he's not notable in Rebels and is instead notable in Legends)
Imagine if the melavolence was still here and fire ion cannon along with full batteries firing.. The droids comment "boy this is a lot more fun when there not shooting back"..
And that my friends is why you should never get on Thrawn’s bad side. He’s terrifying in battle and yet he’s one of my favorite Star Wars antagonists. I’m so excited to get more of him in Ahsoka.
Think about it for one second. Rogue One. The Original Trilogy. The Force Awakens. Probably none of that would have happened if Konstantine had followed orders. Thrawn would have annihilated the Rebellion then and there.
If only Thrawn had the ability to remove Konstantine from his position of captain sooner. Politics likely prevented him from doing so. Part of great leadership is cultivating the right people under your position. I'm reading Zahn's new book and Thrawn always had to work twice as hard to build the right team because of his outsider status. It's already tough enough to get rid of tenured captains like Konstantine.
The gravity well system was first seen during outbound flight. It was first utilized by the Vagaari in the Wild space reaches, and the weapon was caught and examined by Chiss Commander Thrawn. In the book, he is subsequently recruited after Outbound flight is shot down by Thrawn in order to prevent first contact between the republic and the Yuuzhan Vong which was the prime motivator for the formation of the Galactic empire. Some neat stuff coming in from that book right there.
Just realise something, isn't Konstantine the unsung hero of this battle? If it weren't for his arrogant, the blockage would had still be in effect and thus Erza wouldn't escape and return with the reinforcement. On second thought it will be Sato the unsung hero too for commiting a sucide act that paid off! 1:42 Thrawn was wrong, Konstantine did undermine his effort!
Actually it was Thrawn's fault. He once tested Konstantine's talents with that light cruiser solo mission. He failed the mission and lost the ship. Giving him such an important role in the decisive battle is stupid.
Not really Konstantine actually had one of his better moments in the light cruiser mission, he handled himself well, except he fell victim to the droids antics like just about every imperial on the show, which had he checked for droids he might well have won the battle. His failure would not have happened if he had Thrawn there aiding him.
+Nialen Capefet Konstantine's job really wasn't all that important. He was just supposed to keep the Interdictor behind the Capital Ship line. Instead, he sent it to the front to fight the Rebel Command Ship.
even though I'm the empire all the way but how commander Sato died that's what you call the best death scene all season but I'm i the only one that's wondering were iron squadron is his nephew is gonna be pissed
"Those Imperials would be very surprised if a huge fleet of thirteen Romuln D'Deridex class Warbirds decloaked and took them by surprised with their powerful disruptor beam energy weapons!"
@@Kaga184 In Star Trek Online the Romulan Republic allied themselves with the Humans and Klingons in order to improve relations and to stop the rogue corrupted Romulan Tal Shiar.
@@ajdominguez1002 The warmongering Daleks from the British Sci-Fi TV Series "Doctor Who" would be an even bigger and more dangerous challenge for Grand Admiral Thrawn too in my opinion. Have you heard of the Dalek before? (The Daleks look and sound like this: ruclips.net/video/Jz8HGjcRKwY/видео.html Plus the Daleks symbolic and iconic Dalek Flying Saucer Warships look awesome, extremely powerful, fast, maneuverable, and intimidating too: ruclips.net/video/fp_tVUK56NU/видео.html )
Technically, that battle was sound. Admiral Piett wasn't even an idiot - he was just unlucky. He followed orders to a *T* ; when the (Judicator?) lost shields, he wanted the guns in front of the bridge to focus there so they couldn't be destroyed. It was just the balls of one A-Wing pilot that thwarted everything.
All those massive secret fleets Palpatine and others had and wasted in one single operation... Thrawn started out with 3 ISDs and a few support ships in HTTE and ran the rebels ragged. The things he could have done with a proper fighting force... :(
What I love about Thrawn is how he is undermined here by his own men. By all accounts he did nothing wrong during this battle, or the following ground battle. But, like many other imperial officers, Constantine was so obsessed with Glory and Status he ignored the danger and got himself killed.
RedNine It gets closer to rogue one (which featured x wings for everyone) and with Dodonna at yavin, he could form red Squadron (ft. Wedge) and Hera would be a general.
This is what ramming should be like. Not a "kill everything" button that is so obviously worth using every time, but a self sacrifice that, given the right situation and intelligent application, just might be able to turn the tide.
As a supervisor in the civilian world, I understand how frustrating it is when one of your people thinks they know better than you and messes everything up.
I'm quite sure that many of you, if stationed on Konstantine's ship when he made the order to intercept, you would pull your gun on him and have him relived of his command for disobeying Thrawn
I believe there was a couple of Rebel Cruisers near Ezra''s ship after when Sato crashed into Konstatine's ship. Those Rebel ships could have jumped into hyperspace along with Ezra's, just saying..
Even if it was for the benefit of an enemy, im so glad konstantine is dead. I feel bad for Thrawn, planning such a good plan but completely sabitaged by idiots
We need a movie with Thrawn showing us him joining the empire and becoming Grand Admiral by Palpatine and we then need after that scene showing Thrawn against the new republic after the events of endor.
Why fight face to face against the Imperial fleet? Was not possible circle the planet and jump to the light speedy from the other side of the planet for example?
André Henrique there are things called "Hyperspace lanes" that ships have to enter to Engage hyperspace safely. Imagine roads in space with entrances and exits. The navigation computers need be in these lanes to use coordinates and find get the safest and fastest possible way to jump to a new location. Without the lanes, you risk jumping straight into a sun or another ship and it would take longer. Hope that maybe explains something
The only real weakness of Thrawn, he is commanding idiots.
So, he's basically Hades from Hercules?
Kth77 Or scar from the lion king.
Kth77 that's usually how most great general and admiral dies. Their men are fucking incompetent
Kth77 no is thrawn fault just like Sun Tzu said " if the orders are not clear it is the fault of the commanding officer. "
I'm pretty sure "hold your position" is a very clear order
About fucking time Konstantine died. I'm frankly surprised he managed to both retain his rank and survive in general after screwing up so often under Tarkin, Vader, and now Thrawn.
I'm surprised he wasn't executed by an inquisitor or Vader himself for his incompetence.
Thrawn doesn't executehis men for failures, but if they're like Konstantine then he just puts them in situations where they're likely to died
It's not Thrawn's style to punish every failure with death, but he's not above it, even in EU. He just rarely had to. And it still doesn't answer the question of how no less than three other superiors (Tarkin, Pryce, and Vader) tolerated Konstantine bumbling around and fucking up left and right.
Just maybe not on the one ship that has the sole responsibility of locking down the system, didn't even think Interdictor cruiser could take on other ships
I was hoping he would survive just to see his face when Thrawn fucks his shit up.
We're all talking about Constantine, but let's respect those nameless rebels who stood be their commander, despite knowing they'd die. They're real homies.
Fuck rebels, the Empire did nothing wrong.
@@NaNNaNNaNNaNNaN Obi wan trolling voice: I hope you're joking, cause' the empire did Everything wrong~
@William Harding who here said that? As long as it's on a valid military target hey honor first. Now the mother focker who thinks the red cross on the side of a hospital ship is there to aid your aim, that prick can burn.
@William Harding the Japanese are the ones who had an emperor read some history fool
@William Harding because you lack any form of common sense brainpower you will never understand
Yes let’s take the strategically important ship that denies the enemy the ability to go into hyperspace and move it to attack another ship. Feel bad for Thrawn the dude had to deal with that idiot
I did this in front of my college roommate (who’s a hardcore pre-Disney SW fan) when I was first playing Star Wars: Empire at War; Thrawn’s Revenge mod. He laughed uncontrollably after watching me pull that move after we agreed that he wasn’t going to help telling me how to play for that battle.
Yah really. He kinda deserved what he got.
On the bright side the incompetent bastard is dead.
@@snipingflute4346 tell me you didn't deploy an immobiliser 418 as a front line ship
@@will2brown50 I kinda went WW2 Soviet style. I said, “uhhh, ships, all attack at full force!” The fleet had next-to-nothing after that battle. Then, I ended up losing the campaign not too long after. I can still see and hear my roommate laughing whenever that memory comes around.
"I've had enough of your games, Grand Admiral" he must be jealous because his rank was lower :P
Ming The Roblox Gamer he's mocking thrawn haha
Ming The Roblox Gamer Constantine was such a dick. Even in the end.
Ming The Roblox Gamer Constantine was such a dick. Even in the end.
Roderico Gayatin I'm kinda sad he didn't get owned by thrawn himself
Jealous and unnerved by an alien put in charge of a space battle.
Disobey The Empire's best strategist. End result: Get rekt.
Thrawn's face when Konstantine moved his ship was priceless
Thrawn: *what the fuck do you think you're doing you little shit* 😂😂😂😂 and R.I.P Sato you will be missed
RevanTheFireMage he will be missed!
RevanTheFireMage when his ship blew up was very funny it was like Konstantine was like this is the moment I realized I messed up lolololol
Same when that happen in WoWs
@@antonius521 Lmao. That's too relatable.
hmmm one aristocratic prick for a rebel scum command ship? i call that a win! sadly the interdictor was a valuable and expensive ship as in lore some of the parts for an interdictor are rare and hard to come by.
but if konstantine had survived that somehow he wouldnt be holding a rank or be a member of the civilian populous hahahahahaha what he did was deffo ground for him to have a one time encounter with the emperor during a moment when Vader has upset Palpatine lols
Had Admiral Konstantine held the line and not attacked, Ezra would have been denied his chance to gain reinforcements from the Clan Wren rebel cell. Thrawn was denied his victory because of Konstantine being seduced by glory. Glad Konstantine is dead now.
I wouldn't exactly say Thrawn has been denied his victory, considering all the rebel ships and forces he destroyed. But yeah, on his point of view, it was a loss since he couldn't take out the main leaders. (aka, Hera)
Also, Bendu's forshadowing. *_(Bendu is creepy!)_* T_T
remember who you a- oh sorry wrong cloud
I AM BENDU!
*_"You cannot see. But I can. I see your defeat, like many arms surrounding you in an cold embrace. Hwhahahahahahahahaha..._*
;_;
Thrawn destroyed a rebel base, one hammerhead, 5 CR90 corvettes, 2 gunships, 3 NebulonB frigates, several GR75s , one carrier and several fighters... to all effects Phoenix cell has been destroyed
Not to mention damaging massassi group, they brought alot of that with them.
first the Rebel Trooper who passed on the Death Star plans before getting skewered by Vader in Rogue One, now we see two Rebel Pilots who stick with Sato to the very end. Forget the Ghost Crew and the OT Trio (and Chewie), unnamed rebel grunts are da real MVP's of the galactic civil war
Rebel Troopers* who passed on the Death Star plans
There's also the Rebel corvette that sacrifices itself to ram the Star Destroyer through the planetary shield generator.
@@paulheenan9098 I don't think they died tbh.
Their bridge looked quite intact when they rammed it.
@@nikotakai8796 good luck surviving a massive collision plus being on fire with no life support systems and no one to rescue you
@@Unregistered.Hypercam.2. Where did you see that? And you know where they were at the time of the collision, right? That wasn't a dangerous position to be in.
Edit: they died.
0:20 that officer would have been well within his right to disobey the order from Constantine. Thrawn is a Grand Admiral. Even if Constantine is an admiral Thrawn's overall strategic order supersedes any vain order a ships commander may give
Where did you get this from?
@@prdoyle Page 32 of the imperial handbook, Naval officer ranks and ensignias
@@silverlotus7790 is this for real? I would assume sure.
Either way that dude was waived from any wrongdoing since he was following orders from anybody above him. Unless it says you MUST go by the highest ranking order. The burden of punishment would’ve been on Constantine
@@WinginWolf The punishment would have definitely fallen onto Constantine had they not all died. And he was within his rights to defer to Constantine since he was the highest ranking on the ship but had he refused, Thrawn would have likely commended him
@@silverlotus7790 That page says nothing about an officer's right to disregard orders in this situation.
You know what.... bring on the hate: Konstantine DESERVED an idiot's death simply because he let the potential glory he'd earn by killing Commander Sato AND this sense of digust he probably felt serving under an 'Non-Human' Flag Officer (who out-ranked him BTW) Then again, had Konstantine survived, Thrawn would have probably had him executed both for committing a grave mistake and disobeying a direct order.
Oh trust me many people have been wanting Konstantine to kick the bucket ever since Vader showed up.
I dont think you can just kill off an admiral unless youre vader, palpatine or (maybe) tarkin
Grand admiral probably can.
+Matthew Pike
Please tell me your name is not mocking a certain victim of a lust-induced murder by the name of Matthew Pyke.
To be honest I wish he'd survived just so that Thrawn can say 'I told you so' and execute him himself.
RIP Commander Jun Sato ???-2 BBY
You were always one of the most underated characters of the series to bad that we did not get to know you better
Georgie Boy Very fitting how he was Japanese-based and did a Kamikaze attack
@@cloroxbleach9222 ouch
Thank you i was waiting for this comment everyone's talking about Thrawn failing instead of Sato dying
And here we see how the Empire held on more through inertia and Palpatine tiring out the galaxy with the Clone Wars (which he started then prolonged for that very purpose) rather than competence. Remember when we saw Imperial officer cadet training way back in Season 1, where they were pushed to compete with each other and hurt their comrades to get the leg up? This is exactly the lesson Constantine applied: to seize glory for /his/ career at the expense of his comrades.
And then not only did he die for it, but he got every single one of his crewmembers killed and on top of that hamstrung the battle plan which would get countless more of the troops he, as an officer, is supposed to be responsible for. But that's the Empire for you - the pawns can die as long as you get the glory.
Yep hate all the empire fan boys. The empire was encouraging incompetence. It’s why when Palpatine died the empire fractured.
@@codename1176 I don't think it encouraged incompetence per say, but the hierarchy was very unstable and when a lot of your top dogs are being executed all the times whether it being Vadar having a temper tantrum or their superiors feel threatened for their seat of power as an officer or governor, it was bound to fall apart, competent or incompetent commanders wouldn't make much of a difference.
@@voin5371 nah , Vader killed incompetent and idiotic officers , for those that proved themselves before , he actually gives a second chance. It's not much , but more than just killing randomly.
@@voin5371 Vader just went for the guys that didn't try to do their job somewhat decently. Those that did prove themselves as competent and useful to both him and the empire weren't killed when Vader got angry.
In the comics he and the Commanding officer of a Star Destroyer had quite a heated argument, but they managed to work it out and captured a rouge Crewmember that was bombarding the shit out of rebel bases, to deny the Imperials any intel about the main base.
@@UncleAsmos2005 Fair enough, i'm not a reader of the comics so the insight is most helpful.
"Sir? We've analysed their attack strategy and there is a danger. Should we prepare your shuttle?"
"Evacuate?! In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their cha.."
1:18
I mean, how many I’m perhaps have died because of their overconfidence and foolishness. Cassio Tagge is like the only imperial to address concern over the growing threat of the rebels
At the moment of victory is when the enemy is most vulnerable. That is the moment to strike.
@@mossyproductions7451 And then he died for the same exact reason, overconfidence
@@JohnDoe-wb6vl I never read the comics so I'd have to look in on that
Translation: if the rebels do manage to destroy the death Star I am going down with it because I am not going to try to explain how I lost the Death Star to Emperor Palpatine
Finally, after 12424351 battles, the empire wins this one and wrecks the rebellion's fleet really hard .
Mon Mothma Ironic that a representative of the rebels would cheer for the one a who threaten want you once stood for. Or are you hiding something. Meh what do I care?
Articus Ramos more like a tie to me
This is the first real battle of the rebellion
In anything except ESB, not really.
You should switch back to your main acc Thrawn
Those 2 rebel pilots were really showing dedication and wanted to die for the sake of freeing the galaxy of the Empire’s grasp. It makes me sad that they go to these measures to free the galaxy.
1:13 it was this moment Konstantine knew he fucked up
Thrawn had access to 2 Interdictor Star Destroyers, and Konstantine, hunger for glory, moronically got one of them destroyed.
I remember watching this scene and saying out loud: "Konstantine! You Idiot!"
For me it was “Good job, dumbass! You cost the Empire an Interdictor!”
I did the same thing
How in the hell did Konstantine get the rank of admiral in the first place?!
politics , there are too much officers that goes up due to politics rather than competence
It happens in real life too. The US Navy was infamous for it during WW2. Some admirals were so spectacularly incompetent that they lost entire battles due purely to idiocy.
Aint even admiral, konstantine is a fleet admiral, which is one peg higher
Many officers got their positions by either their loyalty to Palpatine’s regime, family ties, or influence
Thrawn is an example of an officer that gained his rank through success and effort, while Konstantine likely gained his rank for his loyalty to Palpatine rather than his competence
Admiral Konstantine was trained in conventional warfare(1v1ing other capital ships) and coupled with the fact that Admiral Konstantin has a hard time adapting to the rebellion’s unorthodox way of fighting AND the fact he wasn’t really trained to combat starfighters makes him seem incompetent in the series
Thrawn’s got that “I told you” look in his eyes
I don't care what anyone says, this show was great and got very intense in multiple different episodes!
I'm just absolutely blown away by the first half of this. Not only the demise of Sato (whom we cared very little of, or maybe that's just me) and that awesome carrier (any idea how long our favorite graffiti girl spent painting that giant fucking hijacked ship?!), but Konstantine...
True, the man was more than just an idiot, but he's been bitch-slapped by all the villains - the Inquisitors, Vader; and made it out. I love how this is the moment where he finally snapped. I mean, from his first interaction with Thrawn in Steps into Shadow, he was kind of surprised but also offended that Thrawn was a GRAND Admiral, and he finally grew tired of Thrawn's "patience" game. His voice crack-type thing when he screamed "Take evasive action!" was just chilling. Honestly the death of Sato was (almost guaranteed inspired by and) identical to the sacrifice of Janek in "Prometheus" (I mean, Sato even had two no-namers who heroically went down with their captain as well), and Konstantine's death was as alarming as Clayton's in "Tarzan".
That's just one of the one hundred things that made me gasp loudly and widen my eyes in this finale. I dare say it was better than the S2 finale.
Is it because we finally got a sense of war? Like the Clone Wars !
Good finale, but Twilight of the Apprentice was definitely better.
Eric J Blevins in my opinion two very different episodes. With twilight it's something that was built off so much and was extremely centered on a few major characters and was nostalgia driven. Here is all the major and minor characters of the season working as a collective with not that much lightsaber action going on while in twilight that's what it was all about. I really can't compare em
i dont know if Prometheus was the first to do something like this, its a bit of a trope and although I like Prometheus a lot of ppl seem to hate it and ignore it completely.
Thrawn's one weakness:
not everyone is capable or smart enough to follow a simple instruction.
I'm surprised at how sad I was at sato's death even though he was a minor character.
Will you like to join empire
@@Zacharay_西尔 and get killed because a FELLOW officer can advance by killing me? no way
I'd watch a whole series about Admiral Thrawn. And yes, I have read the books already, that's why I want more of him.
RIP Commander Jun Sato, your sacrifice will be remembered as a fellow ship commander.
Moment of silence for the two troopers who died with sato.
Damn. Sato's sacrifice gave it's impact, as all noble deaths. Rest in peace Commander.
"Konstantine was careless, lets hope he did not undermine my efforts. Press the attack, force them to ground."
I take it ramming is standard rebel procedure?
The learned from the orks space pirates from Warhammer 40k they just are to stupid to develop ships which are really designed for ramming^^ Green is better.
PREPARE RAMMING SPEED!
Foxtrot 101 No, LUDICROUS SPEED
It reminded me of that one episode in TCW with the Ryloth blockade and Anakin decides the only way to break it is to ram the cruiser into the droid control ship. Only that time it was more light hearted because no one died and he followed it up with "oh and you can still have my ship". Here Sato sacrificed himself and there was nothing funny about it.
Oh, don't forget Green leader's A-wing in Return of the Jedi! Took down the bloody Executor...
"Constantine was careless."
Understatement of the millenium, dude.
That lieutant at 0:20 should totally seize control over the ship and arrest Konstantine for insubordination.
Isn't that what you're supposed to do when someone shows insubordination in the military?
0:40 It is in such moments that we all miss Gilad Pellaeon...
Your whish is my command, my Emperor. Gillad Pellaeon was present at the Battle for Lothal in the Season 4 final as commandant of the imperial blockade.
Thrawn finally plays his hand, Filoni has not failed us.
@The Program Yeah, Thrawn was written superbly in Rebels. He suffered occasional defeats, but he was content with those defeats if they led him to a larger victory. The S3 finale was just a perfect pay-off. After three seasons of the rebels winning time and time again, building their fleet, building their base, preparing to save Lothal, all of it is gone. Most of them are dead, all because Thrawn was smarter than they were.
Even better, this continues into Season 4. Thrawn is still smarter than they are, enough that the rebels can't hope to beat him in a straight fight. In the end, it took Ezra. He used the Force to see the future and manipulated it, at the cost of his own sacrifice. Even Thrawn's genius was no match for a Jedi who was literally bending reality to their will. It was a fantastic way to beat Thrawn, and a great way to conclude Ezra's character arc as he uses the Force in a way that even the Jedi of old couldn't manage. Ezra isn't even the only one; Luke uses that same ability to save Han from Jabba. Just great stuff all round.
@@Cailus3542 considering how much Filoni could pull material wise for Thrawn out of Legends? Yes, it was good writing. If they can use his FULL potential? He would have his own series.
For some reason admiral Constantine almost looks like luigi to me 😂
If anything Thrawn was already doing him a favor by putting him in command of one of the KEY ships in the fleet, but of course, Konstantine was a glory hound. Never seek out glory, but instead let it come to you.
it's impossible to express how much i love Rebels
Thrawn, in a single character, is everything new star wars movies failed to be. Intelligent, practical, reasonable, and effective.
Every season finale saw the death of notable enemy of the protagonistss.
S1: the grand inquisitor
S2: three Inquisitors (though one we'd only just learned of)
S3: Constantine
S4: Rukh and Price (also Pellaeon if you were paying attention, but he's not notable in Rebels and is instead notable in Legends)
Rukh is alive as of canon thankfully. I assume he was just severely injured
Imagine if the melavolence was still here and fire ion cannon along with full batteries firing.. The droids comment "boy this is a lot more fun when there not shooting back"..
I think that while Thrawn didn’t expect Sato to make that move, he respected it nonetheless.
That organ at the end is awesome.
RIP Sato, the absolute badass hero... and RIP absolutely beautiful Interdictor...
Oh, and damn Konstantine, of course. He's such an idiot.
And that my friends is why you should never get on Thrawn’s bad side. He’s terrifying in battle and yet he’s one of my favorite Star Wars antagonists. I’m so excited to get more of him in Ahsoka.
Constantine's Quasar 🤝 the Hammerhead Corvette at Scarif
Making sure the Rebels live to fight another day
RIP quasar carrier you will be missed as my favourite cruiser
Think about it for one second. Rogue One. The Original Trilogy. The Force Awakens.
Probably none of that would have happened if Konstantine had followed orders. Thrawn would have annihilated the Rebellion then and there.
*Konstantine and Callus had a bro-mance the entire series. I am sure Callus was sad to see his boy die, even though he switched sides.*
My reaction to fucking Constantine this episode: Throw this guy out of the airlock.
But governor Tarkin, why not bring him back to Coruscant and make an example of him?
If only Thrawn had the ability to remove Konstantine from his position of captain sooner. Politics likely prevented him from doing so. Part of great leadership is cultivating the right people under your position. I'm reading Zahn's new book and Thrawn always had to work twice as hard to build the right team because of his outsider status. It's already tough enough to get rid of tenured captains like Konstantine.
He was actually an Admiral lol
The gravity well system was first seen during outbound flight. It was first utilized by the Vagaari in the Wild space reaches, and the weapon was caught and examined by Chiss Commander Thrawn. In the book, he is subsequently recruited after Outbound flight is shot down by Thrawn in order to prevent first contact between the republic and the Yuuzhan Vong which was the prime motivator for the formation of the Galactic empire.
Some neat stuff coming in from that book right there.
We're staying sir.
one truly noble act that shows that the Rebels are braver than Imperial.
Knew Sato was going to bite the dust. Hope his nephew suceed him. Speaking of him, where is he?
Ren Cen Helping people on his planet Mycappo I think it was
He won't be happy when he hear the news that his last known relative died but died as a hero!
Oh god no!.. please lets never hear of rat-kid squadron ever again
Ren Cen Kallus would take his place i bet he would regretfully tell Mart that his Uncle gave his life to save the Rebels
Just realise something, isn't Konstantine the unsung hero of this battle? If it weren't for his arrogant, the blockage would had still be in effect and thus Erza wouldn't escape and return with the reinforcement.
On second thought it will be Sato the unsung hero too for commiting a sucide act that paid off!
1:42 Thrawn was wrong, Konstantine did undermine his effort!
So can we blame Konstantine for the empire falling.
Actually it was Thrawn's fault. He once tested Konstantine's talents with that light cruiser solo mission. He failed the mission and lost the ship. Giving him such an important role in the decisive battle is stupid.
Not really Konstantine actually had one of his better moments in the light cruiser mission, he handled himself well, except he fell victim to the droids antics like just about every imperial on the show, which had he checked for droids he might well have won the battle. His failure would not have happened if he had Thrawn there aiding him.
thesparduck117 Exactly. If anything that also helped thrawn go wise about the droid infiltrations.
+Nialen Capefet Konstantine's job really wasn't all that important. He was just supposed to keep the Interdictor behind the Capital Ship line. Instead, he sent it to the front to fight the Rebel Command Ship.
even though I'm the empire all the way but how commander Sato died that's what you call the best death scene all season but I'm i the only one that's wondering were iron squadron is his nephew is gonna be pissed
No shame in respecting an honourable foe, Thrawn teaches us that.
Why tf are you for the empire
HOnestly this is the Rebel's secret attack.
"Ram them".
How many times have they done this now?
Rogue One: 1
Sato: 2
Other battles: 30781
El Ski Luke rammed Darth Vader's TIE in the new Marvel comics.
The two leaders died for something. One died for freedom while the died for glory
Darth Stalker one was a great commander the other was an idiot
Konstatine is for the glory of the kill !!
Godd trawn is soo Much better officer
What gave you that idea?
That's why you listen to the blue man when he tells you to NOT do something
"Sato Maneuver" is way cooler than hOldO maNeuVEr
well the "Sato Maneuver" is more just a standard collision, while the "Holdo Maneuver" is ramming someone with hyperspace
"Those Imperials would be very surprised if a huge fleet of thirteen Romuln D'Deridex class Warbirds decloaked and took them by surprised with their powerful disruptor beam energy weapons!"
@@Kaga184 In Star Trek Online the Romulan Republic allied themselves with the Humans and Klingons in order to improve relations and to stop the rogue corrupted Romulan Tal Shiar.
@@jamieolberding7731 I'm sure that Thrawn would, at the very least, give them a run for their money.
@@ajdominguez1002 The warmongering Daleks from the British Sci-Fi TV Series "Doctor Who" would be an even bigger and more dangerous challenge for Grand Admiral Thrawn too in my opinion. Have you heard of the Dalek before? (The Daleks look and sound like this: ruclips.net/video/Jz8HGjcRKwY/видео.html Plus the Daleks symbolic and iconic Dalek Flying Saucer Warships look awesome, extremely powerful, fast, maneuverable, and intimidating too: ruclips.net/video/fp_tVUK56NU/видео.html )
Damn it, Sato, you should have captained one of the Hammerheads. You could have survived!
... also, RIP badass looking former Imperial carrier. ;_;
I'm going to miss sato he was a great character
This is what happens, if you disobey Grand Admiral Thrawn's orders.
It's terrifying to even think what would have happened if Thrawn was in battle of Endor
Technically, that battle was sound. Admiral Piett wasn't even an idiot - he was just unlucky. He followed orders to a *T* ; when the (Judicator?) lost shields, he wanted the guns in front of the bridge to focus there so they couldn't be destroyed. It was just the balls of one A-Wing pilot that thwarted everything.
To show you the power of the Quasar class carrier. I SAWED THIS INTERDICTOR IN HALF
THAT'S ALOT OF DAMAGE!
@@destroyer9874 *THRAWN IS NOT IMPRESSED*
All those massive secret fleets Palpatine and others had and wasted in one single operation...
Thrawn started out with 3 ISDs and a few support ships in HTTE and ran the rebels ragged. The things he could have done with a proper fighting force... :(
"Pie- I mean... Konstantine, you fool..."
This entire arc was just a different kind of Thrawn, a kind we’ve never seen
What I love about Thrawn is how he is undermined here by his own men. By all accounts he did nothing wrong during this battle, or the following ground battle. But, like many other imperial officers, Constantine was so obsessed with Glory and Status he ignored the danger and got himself killed.
"I will not be denied from the glory of this kill"
*Proceed to get denied from existing*
I love the fire and black smoke in space.
Missed opportunity to have Thrawn say: „Constantine, you fool“
I hope we get X-wings in season 4...
RedNine It gets closer to rogue one (which featured x wings for everyone) and with Dodonna at yavin, he could form red Squadron (ft. Wedge) and Hera would be a general.
Dave Filoni said maybe maybe maybe maybe we can see an x-wing in the latest rebels show. :D
Lightning Bolt 665 yeey I'm so happy :D but its the last season :(((
This is what ramming should be like. Not a "kill everything" button that is so obviously worth using every time, but a self sacrifice that, given the right situation and intelligent application, just might be able to turn the tide.
Look on the bright side, now the door is open for Pellaeon to be cannon and thats awesome, i have been whating for just that
Thrawn had the Rebels hanging on the end of a string. Konstantine just had to fuck up.
Commander Jun Sato, may you get a medal of honor for this.
such an underrated show
That carrier from the 90s PC game Rebellion / Supremacy made canon :)
that one stormtrooper who was pooping in the front bathrom: "..."
Constatine is the one man in your team that always feeds.
When Thrawn tells you to return to your assigned coordinates, fucking return to your assigned coordinates.
0:40 I knew from the moment Constantine defied Thrawn that he was dead.
Thrawn would have probably executed him if he survived.
As a supervisor in the civilian world, I understand how frustrating it is when one of your people thinks they know better than you and messes everything up.
This two officers probably thinking that such a kamikaze maneuver with a big ship work better with few men more than Sato had dit this alone.
When a friend says that Rebels isn't as good as Clone Wars, I suddenly have one less friend.
I'm quite sure that many of you, if stationed on Konstantine's ship when he made the order to intercept, you would pull your gun on him and have him relived of his command for disobeying Thrawn
"I've had enough of your games, Grand Admiral."
Thrawn should have had him executed immediately.
Finally, a win for the good guys.
Konstantine is super lucky,imagine what vader would do to him
Damn dude keep it coming
Jun Sato going all VERY HONABRU in that one
damn, I was expecting konstantine to die by vader's hand
I believe there was a couple of Rebel Cruisers near Ezra''s ship after when Sato crashed into Konstatine's ship. Those Rebel ships could have jumped into hyperspace along with Ezra's, just saying..
In addition to dealing with the rebels, Thrawn also has to deal with his own soldiers.
Even if it was for the benefit of an enemy, im so glad konstantine is dead. I feel bad for Thrawn, planning such a good plan but completely sabitaged by idiots
We need a movie with Thrawn showing us him joining the empire and becoming Grand Admiral by Palpatine and we then need after that scene showing Thrawn against the new republic after the events of endor.
Konstantine's emotions during this scene:1)Time to kill rebel scum
2) fuck you Thrawn
3)I'm sooo awesome
4)FUUUUUUUUU(KABAM)
Why fight face to face against the Imperial fleet? Was not possible circle the planet and jump to the light speedy from the other side of the planet for example?
André Henrique there are things called "Hyperspace lanes" that ships have to enter to Engage hyperspace safely. Imagine roads in space with entrances and exits. The navigation computers need be in these lanes to use coordinates and find get the safest and fastest possible way to jump to a new location. Without the lanes, you risk jumping straight into a sun or another ship and it would take longer.
Hope that maybe explains something