The BATTLE OF ORINDA & the End of the GALACTIC CIVIL WAR | Star Wars Battle Breakdown
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2018
- On today's Star Wars Battle Breakdown, we look at the Orinda Campaign, which saw the Super Star Destroyers of the Empire face off against the Dreadnoughts of the New Republic.
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The Battle of Orinda was a major win for the Empire and Admiral Gilad Pellaeon, and saw the near destruction of the Lusankya Super Star Destroyer. Almost immediately after, the Imperial Remnant launched a major campaign against the New Republic, spearheaded by their three dreadnoughts: the Dominion, Reaper and Megador. This campaign would ultimately spell the end of the Galactic Civil War.
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Happy 4th
You too!
EckhartsLadder I love that book
XD he lives in canada and someone say happy 4th of july
Love your vids
Eckhart: "6 Interdictors destroyed by a single squadron of X-Wings."
Empire at War Players: * *confused screaming* *
Not when it's Rogue Squadron.
Plot armor. Lol
Fr, single squadron on xwings could maybe blow the shield generators off of 2 or 3 in eaw
In EaW X-Wings don't use their torpedoes.
@@AAhmou they do in the remake mod and in the other popular ones
I wonder how long it took to paint the rebel symbol onto the super star destroyer
😁 😁 😁
It's a big dreadnought that would say ........ 5 months 0_0
There's the paint for the Errant Venture. Right there.
Well theres one thing for sure, it is good business for that paint retailer!
You also just answered the question of why the Empires ships had the colors they had, and why the Lusankya in New Republic service didn't sport the standard New Republic ship colors, a very bright White-Grey(even brighter than the Old Republics White-Grey) with Red highlights instead of retaining the Imperial colors of... a basically unpainted hull. ^^
And now imagine how much it costed Booster Terrik to paint the *whole* Errant Venture(formlery Virulence in Imperial service), a goddamn Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, in deep red! I think most of the budget for the modifications he had made went into the paint. xD
Pellaeon I think was the best overall Imperial leader. While Thrawn is still the grand master in terms of tactical and grand strategy, Pellaeon also had a good measure of political savvy on his side. He wasn't overly ambitious, he knew his limits, and knew when to pursue peace over conflict for the sake of the Empire's survival.
He also was able to serve under thrawn, learning a lot about strategy
I think he was good but Thrawn was better
Sirius Black thrawn was a great admiral, but would have no idea how to lead an empire
King Kairos Enpire of the hand?
King Kairos He did
He chose Quality Fighters and Smaller Aircraft that wouldn’t be a disaster if one was lost
While the Empire Decided to make Large ships such as the Death Star And Death Star II Which when they were lost was a major Blow to the Empire
This is what the Sequel Trilogy should have been; a battle of attrition between the New Republic and the Imperial Remnant in the aftermath of the Battle of Endor, not just a re-hash of the Original Trilogy.
Who would the main villain have been though? Possibly includes a Darksider?
Grand Admiral Thrawn, Ysanne Isard, the resurrected Emperor, any of the Dark Force users from the Jedi Knight games, a brand-new villain that isn't Kylo Ren, hell even retcon Darth Revan or Lord Vitiate into the Galactic Civil War since they're supposed to be immortal. TBH I was hoping the Sequel Trilogy would take some inspiration from SWTOR, with Luke's new Jedi Order facing off against an army of Sith Warriors rallying the remnants of the Empire. Hundreds of Jedi versus hundreds of Sith, it could've been so epic... the new trilogy was such a missed opportunity.
I think guys like Thrawn and Pellaeon would be "difficult". I would find them wonderful, but they are outside the simple (stupid) black and white Star Wars films often show. It would made the films much more grey, and since I saw the way the FO was shown even as more stupid, curel and despotic than the Empire, I do not believe that the guys in charge would made a good job in bringing such complex characters to life.
That's why they would need completely different people in charge in order to make Star Wars right. They could've hired the writers at Obsidian who made *Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.* Put them in charge of a Star Wars film, it would be the greatest Star Wars movie of all time.
Thrawn or Pellaeon, or both, with a dark side user pulling the strings behind them, maybe not revealed until later.
Admiral Pellaeon has now my respect.
Krosis Seyn yeah to bad he was killed in rebels
He's one of my favorite characters!
I don't mean to be rude, but it's not really respectful if you don't take the time to learn one's name. (Pellaeon)
CHA i have never read his name, i only heard about him in videos.
Thanks for correcting me
Saeid Radder
Well, there was an interview as far as I know which made clear he is NOT confirmed dead. So I hope someone (Zahn would be the best option) writes on about him in a new role. I think he would not be happy in the First Order, since he disliked insane Force users, but he would made a perfect replacement for this stupid donkey Hux. He was/is the type of imperial books and films need.
Had the Moffs not been so war-hungry, the Imperial Remnant would still have the remaining Star Dreadnoughts and Interdictor cruisers under their command. Imagine the amount of damage those Star Dreadnoughts would have inflicted on the Yuuzhan Vong.
Anyway, excellent video, Ecks! Good work!
JayMike Villanueva, improve on your spelling
@@dylandesrosiers1953 he made no spelling mistakes, what are you talking about
@@sukitron5415 the comments edited so he may have corrected it
@@dylandesrosiers1953 or what? gonna cry?
When order is dead barbarian will ravage the land.
Like history
Who would love to see a new star wars movie trilogy but during operation shadow hand all the way to the Vong invasion.
Touringcarton42
Yeah, it would have been awesome if Disney had taken Legends, retconned the stuff that didn't make sense, fit in well, or were just too inconsistent, then produced what was left adding in new ideas wherever holes were found instead of giving us an entirely new canon and fudging up half way through the trilogy...
Touringcarton42. Mememememememememememememememememe
Kurayamiblack yea very true I somehow find it hard to believe that in the last Jedi the resistance even went to hyperspace , only 4 ships and all destroyed but they took the 60km dreadnaught and the bellator and about 4 smaller destroyers...
Dylan Desrosiers *DROID ATTACK ON THE WOOKIES*
Dylan Desrosiers oh sorry ha I though you meant "Meme". Ha
I've always wondered where the picture with the SSD's having a slugfest came from.
Imagine having to fly between that exchange 😂😂😂
The battle of Orinda was one of the finest moments of Pellaeon's career. Throughout most of his service history he was one of the most reliably good officers in the Imperial Fleet. His only major failure was at the 3rd battle of Yavin.
1987MartinT I think that was 3rd battle, second was almost immediately after destruction of Death Star
Okay. I'll correct it.
@NihlusGreen I could be mistaken, but I think the Starfighters of Adulmar is set at or around the time of the Orinda battle.
There was a later battle there, not shown in the novel.
Here's to Pellaeon, man of loyalty and honor!
I... Why... Why in the hell would they place the fleet carrier there in that formation? Captain be damned the Commander should of had him thrown in the brig for such stupidity.
That's a big reason why I hate the retcon of Orinda that Jason Fry created in the Essential Guide to Warfare. Now, we know that the Endurance fleet carrier had to be destroyed because the commander held back the fighters from Black Fleet Crisis, but Fry made it even dumber than it had to be.
Yeah, I think he could have given that a more careful look. The carrier's captain was also implied to be MALE originally, in the Black Fleet Crisis books.
Yeah. I like the IDEA of writing up the story of Orinda, but I really hate how Fry executed it. It was just too neat, tying up a lot of named characters so it feels like something we should care about, but doesn't actually fit with what's already there.
Maybe not on the level of an Abel G. Pena type retcon, but still a bit too connected, hmm.
But uhhh... When exactly did this all take place? I seem to recall a certain Wedge Antilles being forced to take a promotion, which saw him move to fleet command.. Specifically, command of the Lusankya as well as rogue squadron...
Ie. Wedge might've been that fleet commander...
Even though the battle of Orinda was the last major imperial victory in the post Endor era it's one of my most favorite battles in which Pellaeon proofed that the Empire was still a force to be reckoned with.
I love how the civil war in legends went from a game of tag to a half traditional war to a war between dark and light side of the force to a fully traditional war.
It’s really nice how Pelion used the Trawn Pincer to surprise the new republic with the second super star destroyer
It hurts, seeing an Executor Super Star Destroyer with that red rebel symbol. Its like putting blue neon lights and family-stickers on a royals royce.
Cry more.
It might look better if they had painted the hull in standard New Republic colors, bright white-grey with red highlights, but... who has the money and time to completely repaint a 19km long warship? O_O
SD501st they could definitely afford it, but keeping their greatest weapon out of the fight for at least a year in order to apply a purely visual modification doesn't seem worth it
@@Ty-yt3lj gotta look good while crushing imperial dogs
In the good Admiral’s words...ITS A TRAP!!!
Captain Cutter he deserved a better a death in the last Jedi instead they gave it to some pink haired bimbo
@@TheJoeSwanon ik.
A real shame, Pelleon showing some of the skills he has (picked up), managing a victory against the NR (that would've been even greater if not for Plot Armour, uh, Rogue Squadron only for the idiotic Moffs to screw things up.
Ah well. He did get a few good ones in still later on.
I mean, the writers do make the story. Isn’t really such a thing as plot armor when you consider it was writers that got them into the mess to begin with.
@@firestarr5812 The writers wrote kind of a crappy story. All throughout the series the rebels manage to barely pull victory from defeat because of dumb moves on their enemies part. Here we see an imperial admiral actually being smart and yet still the rebels don’t get completely destroyed because the magical rogue squadron takes out 6 cruisers real quick. At a certain point the good guys being unstoppable reaches a level of unbelievable and the whole story could’ve been far enhanced if they removed even a portion of the extreme plot armor
@@masonkiefer1222
I can totally agree with that.
@@masonkiefer1222 Thats the sad reality of when you put a small force of good guys against a large force of bad guys. Its why the Clone Wars interests me far more. Yes, both sides were manipulated, but they were still going all out equally matched, and both sides took heavy loses. You could even make the argument that either the Republic or the CIS could win the war. Rather than the GCW, where the question is not if the Empire would win, but when would they lose?
Yeah completely agree. It's so stupid seeing the reveal always pull off these moves@@masonkiefer1222
“Thankfully rogue squadron was able to clear out the interdictors” damn new republic survives another battle
They're slicker than a greased Rath'tar
Beaver252 They probably had the smaller Interdictors shown in rebels and not the modified Imperators sometimes shown in the EU
@@sirboomsalot4902 Still makes the whole story kind of dumb
Im a Rebel and New Republic fanboy, but Pellion was my favorite Impiral, unlike the other greedy Impirals, knew that the time of the Empire had come, and now it was the New Republic turn to rule. Preventing further unnecessary bloodshed. 🙄
Darth Sidious: Thanks for your admiration Lord Sidious. 😆
Darth Sidious: Don't forget who got re-killed by its overconfidence. 😅
What about Admiral Piett??
Joseon: Nah Piett was no fool ither, that reason why he might have acted so incopented at Endor was because he had orders from Palp himself, and you know how he acts when he is dify.
Gargantuan Moist flattery gets you nowhere
I’d like a new trilogy based around the conflict between the imperial remnant and the new republic.
90th Attempt:
Yuuzhan Vong v. Reapers
* Video can be made whenever you feel like now
* Disregard that "Attempt 130" business from the stream haha
* Thanks for doing all these vids Eck, you're so great
AngelBeatz reapers would wreck their shit.
Great battle breakdown and hi this is great battle and I wish this happen in canon. Great video
Ahh the Lusankaya. When I first read the original 4 book Rogue Squadron run in paperback way back when, that was such a cool scene where what people thought was a massive underground prison was really a SSD, that then blasted it's way out and left. Just picturing such a scene was awesome. A SSD firing up its engines and blasting through kilometers of buildings and infrastructure.
I love your outro. Makes me smile every time. The pup's look of recognition right before the "hand wrestling" starts is hilarious and adorable.
Could you do the battle of Yuuzhan Tar? Or would that be too difficult?
Trevor 1205 I would love to see that. I did not fully understand a lot of the battle
Holy cheese I had my leopard gecko on my hand 😄😀😀
Pellaeon is such a legend.
Pellaeon IS canon.
Fascinating.
Hey!
Greetings,always a pleasure grand admiral.
Ah, the tried-and-true Imperial strategy of deploying super star destroyers with no more than a token support fleet, if any at all. They keep doing it because it had never led them astray before. If fact, it worked so well the New Republic tried the same tactic at the battle of Orinda. Hopefully that went well.
Don't forget to deploy your interdictors in complete isolation so starfighters can pick them off. It's hilarious that they deployed six of them at once so there wouldn't be a single target, but put them all together in one bunch with no support ships anyways.
@@metaouroboros690 Immobilizer 418 is an anti starfighter cruiser
Rogue squadron just straight up have plot armor here
Imagine losing 6 star destroyers to a squad of fighters
Couldn’t even blame this one on incompetence it’s just bullshit plot armor
This is why wedge antilelekdbs sucks he is just there so a fleet can have plot armor when actual main character are not present.
Why is yoda such a good gardener
Because he has a green thumb
humaN piss off, I thought it was funny.
Even better: TWO green thumbs
I love this
I love thishit
bah dum tss.
can you do a video on how the military, particularly warships, transitioned from the republic to the empire?
The Republic started using Victory class SD's as "Secret weapons" and were deployed at the battle of Coruscant, After order 66, Venators were given a new design (No Republic logo) and the Empire started to create newer designs of War ships (Ones Specifically made as Capital ships), while continuing to use the Republics designs of Smaller ships (Acclamators and Arquitens etc) as support ships.
This is honestly one of the best star wars channels on youtube......like just ugh....i love you and your channel!!!!
God imagine the long term fighting in order to capture a super star destroyer
Legends is way more better than Disney Star Wars. 👍
Stfu loser
@@cia793 dude chill, i prefer the new canon but legends was fun as hell to, besides its @Gallius Rax opinion, it doesnt affect you.
Fuckin losers
@@cia793 fucking Disney.
@@cia793 i can tell you are very mature.
Imagine a 10 episode star wars series from the time of Issard all the way to the events of crucible just before the legacy novels
The New Republic was just overpowered. The various fractions of the Empire had far better Resources but still lose because of either Luke, Rougue Squadron or other high held names...
Well, also the Imperial Remnant was divided, whereas the New Republic was united and so could pick them off one by one. But that's a good thing.
@@danielkorladis7869 Even so it seems always the New Republic won many engagements through the power of bullshit and plotshield.
@@KarolusTemplareV new republic did have alot of fancy ships
@@KarolusTemplareV Yeah the magical squadron of fighters taking out 6 cruisers absolutely ruined this entire battle for me
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Greetings!
taylor trash hi.
Good summary. I'm still really angry about the way Jason Fry created this battle in Essential Guide to Warfare for two reasons. First, he took the gutsy, daring Admiral Areta Bell, from X-Wing: Isard's Revenge, and turned her into a showboating, overcautious idiot who gets her whole command killed. Second, this battle takes place just before the wonderful novel X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar, and Fry puts the two major commanding figures of that novel, General Wedge Antilles and Admiral Terik Rogriss, as two of the three major super star destroyer commanders in the battle. So they directly faced off in the battle over Orinda. Problem with that? Wedge would feel the loss of Areta Bell under his command acutely, and he would have done research on Rogriss after losing so badly to Rogriss and Pellaeon's fleet. But in the novel, Wedge feels that his fleet career is going well, and though melancholy because of his general loneliness and his breakup with Qui Xux, he doesn't have the kind of darkness that accompanies the kind of defeat he would have just faced given Fry's retcon. Plus, when he discovers Rogriss is his opposite in the diplomatic mission to Adumar, he has to research Rogriss, and never discovers that they were fighting each other at Orinda. (Furthermore, the kind of victory Rogriss had at Orinda isn't congruent with his downward career path as described in Starfighters of Adumar). All in all, the way Fry creates Orinda is fun, but makes zero sense in the context of Starfighters of Adumar, and since Starfighters of Adumar is one of the best books in the Expanded Universe, the retcon is really stupid.
Good points, although I think Orinda was actually months earlier, if that helps (late 12 aby for Orinda, nearly mid 13 aby for Adumar)
Doesn't solve the problem of Wedge not knowing that he fought Rogriss just last year.
Yeah, I think Fry just got too busy there. It adds depth, but unintended, I guess. Rogriss was also supposedly an unremarkable commander.
I mean, he's supposed to basically be Pellaeon without Thrawn - perfectly competent, honorable, believer in the good of the Empire without being warped by direct contact with the more evil commanders/leaders.
I don't think it really adds depth - the death of Admiral Bell actually feels like it removes depth, because 1) it's not consistent with her character, and 2) it removes her from the pool of characters. (I have the same problem with the Black Fleet Crisis itself, since almost every named character except A'baht dies from the Fifth Fleet, so it has basically no impact on the NR military in books set afterwards.)
Now, I'm catch myself motivated to return for the dog outro lol
Best transforming fighters:
VF-11 thunderbolt from Macross plus vs the Union Flag from Gundam 00 vs the Viking from StarCraft vs the Mecha Tengu from Command and Conquer vs the Legioss from Genesis Climber Mospeda.
Replicators vs a Unified Star Wars universe (264th try now, *_I._** WILL NEEEEVER EEEVER GIVE UP!!!)*
coming up on infra-red YESSSSS
Have you considered that Eck thinks your idea is trash?
Taseric Have you considered you might be trash? Huh huh!
That's such a funny and hilarious response, i'm sure your parents are VERY proud of you :)
+Taseric Nope
The only question I have is regarding Rogue Squadron. How did they manage to take down six cruisers, being only fighters themselves?
Because they are terrible overpowered Marvel-or-DC-comic-like chars, I guess. I mean if you read what Stackpole (and some others) write about them, how they time and again take out huge ships with ease, you get tired really quickly. He even has to "steal" his victories from other books (for example he sized the role the squadron played at Bilbringi up). A reason why I really HATE Rogue Squad. It is also nearly insane how different Star Destroyers are portayed in different books. Timothy Zahn show then as very dangerous ships (both in the Thrawn Trilogy and in the Hand of Trawn books, where a few nearly crush the gathering fleets over the Bothan homeworld). A point of view I would fully support. Other writers make them to not much more than a joke, and the Rogue Squad books are among them.
At least he remembered to mention Assault Frigates helping, that time. Supposedly, two volleys of torpedoes are good for lowering shields...
That is true, but I mean the Star Destroyers are desingned to take on similar huge ships with a lot of firepower head on. No way that they could so easily wrecked by a hand full of fighter (the sucess and Endor against Vaders ship came after the whole rebel fleet had concentrated their fire on it). Sure a ISD is not a super star destroyeer, but he easily could hold its line against a Mon Cal cruiser or a number of small ships.
I think we'd need to ask Jason Fry about this...
If I recall the Crimson Empire sourcebook, Rogue group was expanded to wing size on some occasions.
Pallaeon using his best friend's favorite weapon, the Interdictor brings a smile to my face. He was paying attention
Am i the only one who would to see the battle of Orinda in Full Live-action?
Up until the part where two SSD's clashed at each other.
The EU had a lot of great battles, I hope some of them make it to canon lol
Difficult, if they insist the whole war was completed one year after Endor.
Chris sonofPear - A lot can happen in 1 year. Especially when it spans an entire galaxy
True. We already know several SSDs were destroyed in that time, and others surrendered. Crowded period though.
It already IS canon. No matter what Disney claims :)
Always wondered what this picture was all about.
Love your work Eckhart!
How many rebels could even be on a super star destroyer?
Not that many because of how many rebels there are, and how much space there is in a super star destroyer. Most of it must be empty
I think you underestimate how far the Rebels/New Republic have come since the days of Endor. They're the main Galactic Government at this point, controlling most of the Core Worlds, Inner and Mid Rims, and the Expansion and Colonies regions. That's millions of Star Systems, they probably have enough personnel to fully man a Death Star at this point.
Bruh this is like more than a decade after endor
I wish they added more to this campaign as it was epic and love to see more
Pelleon was such an suave and intelligent man.
3:30 pelleon really did learn a lot from the time serving under thrawn
I think this is a great case of the New Republic having Imperial style over confidence.
So.... Are we not going to mention that cute doggo at the end ?
by the time the old man of the empire was in command it was too little too late to make a difference in wining the war but his action led to the empire not being totally destroyed and eventually like a phoenix rising again from the ashes ( at least in legends)
It wasn't until The Final Imperial Push failed that the Empire couldn't win.
That would be epic battle to watch on screen.
RIP Areta Bell, captain of the Endurance class star destroyer Endurance. May she never be forgotten
Awesome video and I love that book. I bought that book a while ago and really loved it. Probably the best, most comprehensive and "realistic" text on star wars warfare out there.
Next to Thrawn, Pellaeon is probably the smartest imperial leader. He knew when to admit defeat.
Someone’s got to draw those two superstar destroyer’s and maybe one day make a book about the Orinda campaign.
I love the video of your dog at the end.
Always glad to see another video! Keep up the good work!
Hold up, did Captain Pellaeon Do a Thrawn pincer, pulling a SSD out of hyperspace perfectly next to the carrier and the NR's SSD's engines?
Poor Pellaeon, always the dutiful soldier and would have been a fantastic leader but was lost in the shadows of more powerful individuals.
How about the mammoth mk2 from command and conquer vs the AT-AT for your next versus match
That doge at the end. Noice
The New Republic should have just left the Empire alone.
Not with the Remnant still attacking them. Palleon signing the treaty actually preserved the Imperial Remnant, had he not the entire Empire would be wiped out
The outro is the best part of ur videos
yay, battle breakdown of one of the few battles where you see a super star destroyer take on a super star destroyer and accompanying fleets
The real Orinda is not that far from Skywalker Ranch or from where George Lucas grew up. Coincidence?
Yes
¡¡¡I THINK NOT!!!
Great video, with lots of great information. Keep being great!
That outro is top-tier.
I would love to see a broadside exchange between SSD's
I'm just here to see the dog at the end ;)
And here we see a clear demonstration of why you should *really* put your interdiction spheres on your dreadnoughts.
I respect a lot Gillad Pealeon, he is a true leader of the Empire (the remains) and the fact that he wanted not just peace but also coexist with the New Republic os something that I love from this admiral
Happy 4th of July dude great video
I hope they do more with Admiral Pellion in future content since he is canon once again. Maybe he might help Thrawn if he reappears after Ezra took him. I kinda hope there is an Imperial Remnant type faction that isnt a part of the First Order
Well, if the new Pellaeon is as theold was, he would surely have a hard time with the FO (since I could not imagine that he likes the brutality of Phasma, the idiotic behavior of Hux, the emo-brooding of Kylo or Snokes exotic type of goverment). However I could very well see him support Sloane in the first attempt to build the First Order. He later would surely be pushed aside or even killed in purges of all who were not easy to controll. But I could maybe see him as officer still in the ranks, with a hidden grudge against the stupid leadership of the FO, hopeing to turn the tide aganst this bunch of idiots end return to the New Order as he see it - together with other officers and political staff).
Or as a member of the Imperial Remnants who were no direct part of the FO until the moment the FO took over the New Republic. Now he had to work together with them for the future of the imperial idea - but surely he would bang his head against a wall if he see what a mess they create. Time for a little takeover, maybe...
Just something I would love to see...
@@marcbartuschka6372 That would be a great opening for the 9th movie, First Order packing up after routing the Rebels, Multiple star destroyers warp in overhead, Cut to Thrawn Looking out at the Remains of the First order fleet wondering how they cocked that up so badly.
The ending is the best part in every video
1:40 man palleon was great, after so much war since the clone wars he probably feels like he's tired for this
I had that book right next to me a few hours ago lol
I think the Battle of Jakku is still cooler in its own right than any one of these battles, but I don't like the larger canon GCW lore, with the war ending just one year after Endor.
super star destroyer, so powerful that it cant engage anything beyond eye contact
(33th request) 1 CAS Class Assault Carrier with 4 CSS Class Battlecruisers and 4 SDV-class heavy corvettes VS 1 Bellator Class Super Star Destroyer (yes i look it up and the Bellator Class has Fighters about 100 of them) 4 Imperial 2 class Star Destroyers and 4 Dreadnought Class Heavy cruisers (theses ships use to be Victory 2 class Star Destroyers but that would give the Empire too much an edge in the battle so i made them Dreadnought class Heavy cruisers instated too make it equal in a way)
That nebula got absolutely vibe checked
A little rushed, but I like it.
One piece of trivia I've found noteworthy is the fate of Areta Bell on all this. Though she technically appeared in one Stackpole-penned Rogue Squadron novel set just after the Thrawn campaign, she was retconned into the Battle of Hoth ("see the last transport on the ice? She is waving from the command pod!"), and then Essential Guide to Warfare gave her a flag rank and put her on the Endurance at Orinda (the destruction of which was mentioned in passing at the start of the Black Fleet Crisis trilogy, but we only got the full story much later). Compared to another Alliance veteran turned New Republic Admiral what gets pasted by Star Dreadnoughts, folks have been much less outraged by Admiral Bell, even though they are both technical retcon characters. Maybe because she didn't try to make her ship a very expensive bomb? Or perhaps it's the not fighting naval battles in evening wear.... 😜
I dunno about all of you, but a broadside SSD vs SSD is very satisfying to me
Me at 3:03: ok new republic executor came to fight executor
Me at 3:32: WHAT IS THAT IS THAT ECLIPSE?!?!?!
The moment I see SSDs in your thumbnails.... CLICK
There is a reference to this battle and destruction of that fleet carrier in the first chapter of book one of the black fleet crisis trilogy, where fifth fleet is doing war game exercise
Yep. That was the first source to mention it.
Gotta admit, seeing two Super Star Destroyers broadside one another REALLY tickles my fancy.
This battle marked the end of a era
Maybe one day will get an audiobook of this
can you do a battle breakdown of the battle of the star killer base?
God I love that outro scene so much
The most epic looking battle ever
Never forget how many people's lives were doomed and taken away.
Recusant Class Light Destroyer vs Something
(Assault Frigate or MC75 perhaps)
But how could just one squadron (even when its the rouges) destroy 6 Interdictors?
What happened after endor 45