Why the Empire didn't use TRILLIONS of free BATTLE DROIDS
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- The Empire had access to a free Droid Army, following the end of the Clone Wars. Why didn't Palpatine use the droids? We'll cover all that and more on today's Star Wars Lore video!
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Viewing the Imperial Navy as more of a police force than a military helps explain a lot of the equipment and vehicle decisions.
I think it's a bit of both.
Like an evil version of UN peacekeeping forces
Damn that's a good point
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So... just like the UN peacekeeping forces then
@@waldotheranger3987 no
@@qdaniele97 Evil UN peacekeeper be like
Im honestly surprised you don't have a million subs yet you're one of my more favorable starwars channels that feels like you put so much effort and care into you're video's. Keep up the great work.
I agree he should have 1 million subs
Easily the best Star Wars creator
Star Wars isn’t really in with the algorithm like it was when they were pumping out content.
There's probably a lot of people like me. I thought I was subscribed since I've been seeing all the new videos on my feed.
@@staticzero01Holy shit, you just made me realize that I haven't subscribed to Eck yet, even though I watch his videos regularly, lol.
Unfortunately, all the Battle Droids were sucked into a massive plot hole shortly after they were ordered to shut down.
Not really. There's a few episodes of Rebels, and The Bad Batch that show what happens to the battle droids post Clone War.
It seems the shutdown order for the droids was their version of Order 66 in a way.
The message was sent to the tactical droids, most did shut down/obey the order, and a few refused it
@@212caboosealso in Jedi Survivor
No, they all joined a cult and killed themselves en masse by downloading taylor swift songs DUUUUUHHHHHHH
Droidekas are used in the forces of corruption expansion in empire at war
Hey Eck, I've been watching your channel for years. You always make Star Wars such a fun topic to dive into, thanks for doing what you do!
If I were Sheev, I would've still kept a smaller number of the droid army around. Y'know, just in-case.
I would argue he probably did, especially in Legends. Storehouses such as Mount Tantiss probably had tons of them. He just never got to the point that he thought he needed them, even in the Dark Empire storyline. His ego probably made him do the same thing over which was taking direct control through the force. He undoubtedly trusted himself more than any droids.
To be honest he should of just kept the tactical droids to help lead battles and naval fleets, we saw how many incompetent naval officers the empire had having tactical droids to assist would have helped things run much better.
The scale of the armies in the clone wars always struck me as tiny. Like, a million clone troops across a battle space that includes at least thousands of worlds, but more probably millions.
It's at least 3+ million, though. Which is still tiny, but that is not counting the additional younger Clones still in training on Kamino (we see cadets continue to train until TBB S1, so after O66).
Additionally, non-Clone volunteers enlisted and served in support functions and at least hundreds of thousands of Judicials transferred into the military. Planetary and sector defense forces also either integrated or supported the Republic military.
I've been working on the GAR order of battle for months now and I basically don't worry about the number of Clones.
@@MrDK0010 I think we should stop making excuses for the tiny no. of clones, and just head canon them as 60 billion or smth like that, as even then 60 billion clones is still small for a galaxy with mutiple quadrillions of beings
@@themelon_1785 I'm simply pointing out what is already established in canon and legends.
I'm not gonna go with a cheap random number for headcanon, I'm actually deducing structures and numbers to then expand upon, thank you.
A big failing of clone wars is it's always clones vs droids.
Both sides had military personnel and enlistment. It's just their primary and large force was clones and droids.
We sorta see this is the clone wars show. With gungans joining to fight on mon cala and separatist defending their planet from clones.
@@MrDK0010 I mean the established no. of clones is stupid, but you do you i guess, have fun tryna make sense of 6.2 million clones having an impact on a galaxy of ~1 quadrillion beings (canon) and 100 quadrillion beings (legends)
Because Palpatine couldn’t mass mind control droids, duh!
I think his eventual end goal was to mix Cronal’s crystals with cyborg tech and battle meditation to make every being in his empire subservient to his will. Like those pilots from Dark Empire/Empire’s end
edit: 6:55 ah shit
Watching you gradually grow to almost a million subs is incredible! Congrats
The answer is fear, droids don’t fear, they don’t sow fear amongst themselves nor are enthralled by it, unlike living beings, the storms troopers create a web of fear that feeds the Sith power and vision, Sidious holds the empire together with fear, fear is the dark side it’s the binding principle of the dark and the Empire
And all that fear turned into a rebellion
#AskEck What was the official cover story of what happened to Anakin Skywalker when Vader showed up? And how do you think the galaxy would respond if he didn’t need the suit to survive and still remained recognizable as Anakin? Been following you for awhile, glad to see you finally approach 1mil!
the official cover was most likely that Anakin was killed in the purge just like the rest of them, there wasn't a jedi that was ever publicly announced as just missing or alive. They were all killed off to the public eye for trying to overthrow the empire. With nobody really knowing his status as Palpatine's apprentice outside of Maul, he wouldn't be excluded from that list.
The official cover story was that Anakin Skywalker was killed by Darth Vader defending the younglings in the jedi temple.
To answer the first question: Anakin was depicted as having died during Operation: Knightfall. He was supposedly the last surviving Jedi, having survived everything the clones threw at him, even attempting to protect the Younglings at one point. According to Imperial records, it took Darth Vader personally to deal with Anakin, and it was NOT an easy fight. Vader did manage to win, and slew Anakin, thus bringing the Siege of the Jedi Temple to a close. This reported victory over the Hero with No Fear catapulted Vader to instant status-symbol in the Empire, though it did take some time for the worlds further from the Core to hear about it. It put the fear of God into the Jedi who learned about it, though. Anakin was considered one of the best and strongest the Order had to offer, and Vader killed him. To most Jedi, it meant that you could not fight Vader, you could only run.
The second question: If Anakin didn't need the suit. There are three ways this could happen: 1) He won the duel on Mustafar and killed Kenobi. 2) He lost the duel on Mustafar, but didn't get dismembered. 3) He lost the duel, was dismembered, but wasn't burned. The first one would cause ripple effects in the timeline, as it was Vader's defeat on Mustafar that caused so much headache for Palpatine, the Empire, and gave the galaxy room to breathe. If Vader had won, the Empire likely would not have been beaten, at least as we know it. Chances are good that Vader would have eventually overthrown Palpatine and gone on to be Emperor himself.
The second scenario would probably lead to a similar result as the first, albeit with a minor setback on the Imperial side. The third scenario would require Anakin to be fitted with new prosthetics, and would be debilitating but not crippling. Vader would still need to undergo rigorous training to regain at least a portion of his lost power, and would likely still wear a modified suit to help with his cybernetics. It would not be nearly as extensive as the original, not needing a life-support system built into the suit just to keep Vader from flatlining. He also arguably would have been weaker than OG Vader, as the constant pain his burn injuries caused fed the Dark Side, letting him tap into it far easier and more deeply than he would have otherwise. At times, his rage in the Dark Side of the Force could surpass even Palpatine's, usually when all his buttons were pressed.
In the X-wing books, it was mentioned in the Imperial Museum that Anakin died protecting Palpatine from the Jedi.
@@Only1199 Seems awfully weird for the Empire to give Anakin a heroic sounding death, to die defending children. With Palpatine trying so hard to vilify the Jedi, you'd think he'd lay on the propaganda way thicker.
Something like: "War Criminal Anakin Skywalker killed in action during Vader's raid of the Jedi temple. Holo recordings shows footage of Anakin massacring the cult's child soldiers to prevent their rescue and deprograming by Republic troops."
Also the obligatory: "Among the many prominent Jedi killed at the scene, he was the only one who was not granted the rank of master."
#AskEck What if the Rebellion were able to set up in the unknown regions with the help of the Chiss Ascendancy?
The emperor controlled them
Hey Ecks, for your 1 millionth subs video you should remaster one of your first ship vs. videos as a throwback for your older subs or something fun like that
You hit 1 million by your birthday congrats
then they try to convince you that 6 million clones(in total) could beat an army in the 100s of billions if not trillions
The clones didn’t beat them watch episode 3 it shows how the war ends
#AskEck How did the Kaminoans supply the clone army in the beginning? I can buy that the clones are eating algae/kelp bricks and nutrient pastes, but materials for the armor, weapons, ground vehicles, ships etc. before they were revealed to the Republic? I thought that Kamino was, relatively at least, out of the way and largely unknown to most of the galaxy.
Keep up the great videos, best of luck on hitting 1 million!
They didn't do it alone companies like Rothana and Kuat Shipyards were contracted to build ships, armor, weapons, and Vehicles in secret.
#AskEck
If you want an interesting topic to cover, maybe consider one on the 'Drawbacks of the Force". One of the common criticisms I hear of the Disneyverse is how it "breaks the Force". Protagonists need to do a thing? Suddenly, the Force.
One of the advantages I think the Legendsverse has is how it established early on with the Trawn and Dark Empire trilogies is how they established limitations and drawbacks with future novels and adaptations expounding on the concept. Sidious, and the Sith Emperor of the Old Republic Era, both used the Dark Side in such a way that they practically became walking corpses. Some Light Side users became so enamored that they would loose a sense of time and/or self, like the Grandmother in the "Courtship of Princess Leia", who had to ask what decade it was. On the flip side, characters like Plagueis and Grandmaster Luke Skywalker would manage to avoid, and even overcome, some of these drawbacks.
Honestly, I really thought you've had over a million since the new BF2 came out. It's been a long time coming.
I hope you continue to expand in channel growth!
Here since the early Battle Breakdowns. I’ve loved your content over the years. Proud to see you so close to 1 million subscribers.
#AskEck
Did the Rebel Alliance use any walkers or ground vehicles aside from recycled AT-ATs or AT-STs? We don’t see it in the movies or shows and I’d like to see it discussed. Also you’re super close to 1M subs and you truly deserve it and more
Some at the start
But losses and break downs got rid of them
Battlefront 2 has AT-RTs in Rebel service.
I’m rooting for you to get to 1M. You are by far my favorite RUclipsr ever and your work on this definitely deserves this
CONGRATS ON 1M!!!!
Congrats on the mil you earned it man.
#AskEck I've seen a lot of talk about how clone-Jedi relations differed between the pre The Clone Wars and Post The Clone Wars EU material, and it might be nice to have a video in detail on the topic versus just mixing and matching the two. More compare and contrast with both its benefit and flaws of each approach.
Been watching your channel for years now, it's crazy to think you're almost at 1 million subs. You absolutely deserve it man!
I think another reason potentially is the fact that droids are not really sensitive or connected to the force, whereas if you compel sapient living entities which may not be force sensitive per se but still have a slight connection to it, to commit atrocities in the name of the empire and emperor it may serve to further empower the grip the dark side has on the galaxy.
2:00 Red-orange Twi'lek is hella stacked, lol.
You definitely deserve more than 1 million subs. Your one of the best lore channels out here.
Lost Stars was such a good book; wish it had a sequel
In my head cannon, Palpatine knows better then anyone that droid armies can be turned off and clones can instantly turn against their commanders, since thats exactly how he masterminded the Clone War to last just long enough for him to take power and then end when he got it.
Happy late birthday, your vids rocks
Did the Ancient Sith know about the Star Forge? Ajunta Pall alludes quite heavily to the treasure of the Ancient Sith from his era to be the Star Forge, but I have yet to see this referenced anywhere else. I don't believe anyone other than the Rakatta, Revan, and Malak had anything to do with the Star Forge, or even had any knowledge whatsoever about its existence, and yet Pall seems to state otherwise and the Star Map is located within Naga Sadow's tomb, which couldn't have been a coincidence.
Continuity error? Plot thread left unresolved? #askeck
That fucking Catain America style Vader poster, "He Can't Do It Alone!"....
Several droideka series were re-used as walking support turrets, but that was it, older gene 1 series of battle droids were re-used as utility droid, considering they were in large numbers and it was easy to upload new plans and order into their brains, this made them useful for operating machinery, cleaning and maintenance etc, tactical droids were re-used as traffic control and logistics to help organize, but that was it,
Two What-If episode ideas.
1, if Anakin won and only lost an arm (not strong enough or willing to seize the throne right away), what would The Empire be like if Vader showed the face of the famous General Skywalker?
2, if Anakin died of his injuries or sadness before Palpatine "saved" him, who would Palpatine have used as his main sith enforcer and #2 in The Empire?
You made 1m before your Bday! Congrats!!!!
Damn dude I’ve been subbed since you only had like 10k it’s awesome to see how much you’ve grown
Wait there were multiple force users using battle mediation at the battle of endor?! I demand a follow-up video!!
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#AskEck, If you could design the perfect corvette or similar size combat vessel, what would it look like? Something new that combines all the best parts of the best corvettes. I think a 3D render similar to Fractalsponge's work would be nice. Keep up the amazing work and congrats on nearly 1 million subs!
Ayyy just seeing this vid now but congrats on making a mil before your bday
Lost stars shows the empire as pretty benevolent until about halfway into the book.
They come in and industrialize a planet and the kids see a military parade and want to join.
Hell yeah! Almost at a million!
Subscribed, hope you hit 1 million
Congrats, bro!
Crazy that you're almost at a million subs, been watching from the start
Few things are more dangerous to the security of a state than a large number of unemployed young men. Filling the military with them not only gives Palpatine a tool, but it also keeps them out of rebel or criminal organizations.
the game he is playing in the background: is that the EA remake/reboot of the old Battlefront games?
i'm insane i thought it said WHy the Empire didn''t use TRILLIONS of free BATTLE TOADS for a sec
Another point: having a heavily automated combat force comprised of mostly droids is also risky, as a Rebel commando team could infiltrate, say, the Imperial equivalent of a Lucrehulk carrier, slice a few bits of code and Gotcha! The Alliance now has thousands of combat units to deploy
#AskEck The original Heir to the Empire trilogy dropped hints that the Clone Wars revolved around Clone Masters with Clone armies probably fighting the Republic and Clone madness being the main reason they were no longer in use, why do you think this was altered to make the Clones fight for the Republic and mostly drop Clone madness?
Thanks! I very much enjoy your channel!
I kinda always thought up you had it already because your stuff is so good! Haha!
How has the channel not hit over a mil the hell
#AskEck Should Thrawn have used battle droids in his campaign against the New Republic in Legends? Why or why not? And if he did, what changed might've occured?
Thrawn was a commander who believed battle were won mainly by loyalty and devotion to the cause. He would have hated battle droids except to operate machinery.
@@matrix-5466 but wouldn't Thrawn understand that mass produced droids are much more sustainable than his stormtroopers?
@@Royce0508Sure but having the largest force doesn’t guarantee victory…
@@matrix-5466 but Thrawn had the brilliance to pull it off. If he already had superior numbers at the beginning, he would've easily crushed the battles which were losses or nearly lost
@@Royce0508You can be the most brilliant mind in the world (or galaxy I guess) but if you don’t have capable soldiers or resources, it means nothing. The main reason the CIS lost was because of an incapable army despite having billions of battle droids next to around 6 million clones.
Woah! I've been a sub for a long time, crazy were approaching 1 million subs!
Keep in mind that the Dark Side feeds on death - all death & any death. Thus even losing his own men, in a roundabout way, fueled Palpatine's power. Of course this only works if those dying were alive in the first place.
you hit a million whew
Been watching for a while just subscribed because my birthday is march 5th haha. But seriously though you deserve that 1 million
#askeck if you could choose any Star Wars character to get their own show who would it be and how would you like it to be done.
I'm quoting someone I found on a forum here, these are not my words but it fits Palpatine perfectly. The discussion was why after he was so careful in the prequels to take over the galaxy, he seems to have become a lot more careless as time went on. The answer? He WANTED the rebellion to happen so he has an enemy to fight: "Palpatine's goal is infinite, unending power--so that he can amuse himself without restraint. He wants to be the eternal boy pulling the wings of flies, with us as the flies. And he thinks he's there. He'll happily sacrifice a little power for amusement. Why not? He believes he has infinite amounts of it."
Head canon: the Droid Army remnant is in the Unknown Regions preparing for the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.
I guess it's a good thing that I don't have a question to ask since I apparently wouldn't be able to get it answered.
The galaxy had just been traumatized by droid armies, Palpatine didn't want to feed the resentments he created any more than it suited him.
My problem with this is that, even if it makes sense to avoid using the battle droids in the military, they could have been used to solve another problem the Empire had. IIRC, the labor to build the Death Star was a huge part of the problem with its construction. Although the Wookies were enslaved to meet the need, it opened up all kind of troubles having unwilling labor constructing the Death Star. Using droids as superweapon labor keeps them out of the public eye, security is only a memory wipe away instead of the relatively costly option of killing all the laborers, and droids make greatvmenial laborers.
Love watching these, road to one million!!
The creation of Lord Nyax also wasn’t cheap, and even mass-producing something similar (maybe a bionic lizard or something) would still cost a lot per unit, and even more so if it is necessary to find people who will put up with such extensive modifications being done to them (leaving aside that anti-droid sentiment led to people being somewhat averse to artificial limbs, especially if the limbs looked obviously mechanical or otherwise off).
We need a video talking about how the empire was actually the good guy. That would be fun.
Eck gonna reach 1 million not on his birthday but on May 4th, just you see
Probably a combination of conscription being a cheap option for the empire to recruit its soldiers and droid soldiers being seen as evil destructive creatures of war in the public consciousness following the clone wars. When it comes to explaining why the empire didn't make use of droids, except for odd prison and enforcer droids.
Somewhat off topic but Lost Stars is still in my top 3 Star Wars novels of all time.
You should do a fanfiction of what would happen in the prequel era if The droids and clones swapped roles (Jedi using Droids and sith using clones.)
Happy birthday mine was yesterday lmao how interesting
This guy is infinitely better than Star Wars Theory and yet he has less than a third of the subscribers, that has gotta change!
Easily one of the Empire Videos ive ever seen
#AskEck Your mention of droids and battle meditation got me thinking: why don’t droids have a presence in the Force? Is it just that difficult to create or imbue droids with some kind of Force presence or sensitivity? I’ve heard of mechu-deru and the technobeasts, but I’ve not heard of, say, a B1 battle droid force choking a clone trooper.
The force is something that surrounds all living things, right
Happy birthday!
This vid is a bit older but happy birthday!!
Well the mandalorian hate droids because there seen as soulless warrior and disposable lives so id love to hear your more detailed thoughts on that.
Loved the video as always, truly hope you get that 1mil subs! I know you will get there and I hope for your birthday.
Best Canadian RUclips!!
Cheers
To shorten the answer, Palpatine wanted to keep a good reputation.
1:46 this poster is so funny lol
At the very least, the droid army could have been used as a labor force for the Death Star. They aren’t rebellious, they don’t require food and only require charging for rest. And they’re easily replaceable and you don’t need to subject and entire planet for more slaves.
They should implement exceeded combat droids for remote areas that usually need constant logistical needs if they are operated by organic staff
I feel like this is the same as asking why the government doesn't print more money
I think I remember in one of the Last of the Jedi kids novels in legends the empire did make use of the Droideka
I think it was a huge missed opportunity for the sequels to not show the empire fighting an actual organized military. Imagine if the first order fought the new republic in all out warfare instead of it being yet another story about a band of rebels fighting a larger foe
Nice to see you are a March baby as well. Happy early bday Eck.
Edit: 1:48 DAHYUMN! I have never seen a sexy bit of actual propaganda posters from either the Republic or The Empire, in the SW universe. Additionally, 4:45 Yes I completely understand that SW is basically WWII in space, hints the NS selective schools (German: NS-Ausleseschulen) and nicknamed "Hitler's Academy" as some people refer to those facilities, today. Also I suppose it is a point to say "We're not the bad guys, they are the bad guys", same stance Epic FN took in the Apple vs Epic case. Classic.
The paralleles to warhammer and man of iron 😂
I mean: Before the clone wars started, the decentralisation of computer started and went further for to the point, where the living fought the droids
Hoping you get to 1M for your birthday 🎉
I liked the cross era mod he had for the intro. I wish these kinds of mods were in the OG BF2
Anything like the droids or clones was always a liability too: Palpatine didn’t want to get order 66ed. Programmed clones or droids could be turned on the emperor, but a dispersed army of individuals with a livelihood and purpose invested in the empire won’t so easily turn.
Cmon yall we gotta get this man to 1 million. ❤
Wasn’t it mentioned somewhere that the original plan was to use droids, but them losing to the Gungans proved that was a bad idea?
I will always be an advocate for imperial droid armies
if you add a front line of droids before sending your troops in, your troops will feel safer and be more willing to fight knowing the droids (lifeless beings) are absorbing the natural dangers of being the first ones onto the battlefield
they would have made excellent auxiliary forces, ship guards, disposable troops to send in when the loss of life makes no sense
there are many other reasons to use droids more than they did, while it would have made things feel less imperial it would have made way to much logical sense.
I'm wearing an Imperial University t-shirt right now.
The fact that Palpatine was able to ask Anakin to just shut the entire droid army down galaxywide is a good enough argument to just let it rot. Not reliable if one person could potentially shut down your entire security apparatus.
holy shit your birthday and mine are incredibly close together lol. we'll hit 1 million subs. i vow it!
#AskEck. Could we perhaps get a summary of everything we know about the Rakata? They've always been so intriguing to me. "The inventors of hyperspace travel." Or if there isn't enough content to be had there, perhaps a list and brief description of every superweapon we've seen so far.