Or maybe because the death star 2 was even bigger, and because it's laser could recharge even more quickly, the shafts had to be bigger to accommodate/allow the death stars 2 to better thermally ventilate. An unstable core probably needs a lot of cooling. And besides, the shield meant that it was protected anyways.
Not to mention that the Empire got rid of the imperial senate just prior to the first death star's destruction. This definitely would have affected both the power vacuum after it happened and also general opinion of the empire.
Tarkin and Wolfe were probably the two biggest hits to the empire, arguably more of a loss than the death star itself. Tarkin was the mastermind behind imperial policy and was a central figure in the imperial machine that EVERYONE feared, which kept them reasonably in line. Wolfe in a similar vein was an anti-corruption crusader in his leading of the ISB, with him gone I have little doubt the empire grew rifer with corrupt and incompetent imperial officers who began to act out more now that a paragon of oversight had been eliminated.
No mass genocides, if you're referring to the strategy to hunt down Jedi by grouping up cities, the Galactic Empire did this but didn't kill, generally search them, or get Dark Side Adepts to sense near by Jedi. Corusant was much too important, and Jedi there would turn them selves in hoping their allies would join in to kill Storm Troopers; they ran in few followed. But the Galactic Empire still killed people in these areas.
1:02 I may be wrong but I heard from a video by the RUclips channel called Generation Tech that the super laser took 5 hours to recharge to maximum power which was used to destroy planets but only took 3 mins to recharge to minimum power which was used to destroy capital ships.
I wonder how long did the Death Star remain a secret project. Sure it was secret up until Rogue One (hence the use of spies) but how many Imperial's knew about it before it was destroyed?
That discussion for another time? Quick toss in: the tunnels were for the construction of the station, which was ongoing (perhaps by decision, for the purpose of baiting the trap).
Question since SW Rebels show that Rebels obtain decommissioned Y-wings from the imperials did the rebel alliance used any other republic ships, weapons, gear Etc ?
Star Wars Explained It was my understanding from Rogue One that the flaw wasn't so much the exhaust port, but the reactor design itself. It was designed so that even if a grenade was detonated anywhere in the system, an uncontrollable chain reaction would occur that would destroy the station. The exhaust port merely gave the Rebels access to the reactor system. Had Galen Erso not designed the system to catastrophically blow, the exhaust port probably wouldn't have been an issue, there would have been some durability and redundancy to the reactor system to prevent a catastrophic chain reaction. The exhaust port or at least what happened when an explosive was shot down it was a feature, not a bug. Having the second Death Star designed by someone who didn't hate the Empire was probably the biggest boon to that project compared to its predecessor.
Well regarding the second Death Star, I don't think they just left a tunnel intentionally for any ship to fly into. For me, the Rebels were flying to the reactor by cutting through the guts of the Death Star. After all, nearly half of the station's skeleton and framework, pipes, and such were all exposed and taken advantage of.
I never took the second Death Star's rate of fire to mean it was improved. you're not going to fire a full planet killing blast to destroy a single ship, so they were likely firing it at a much lower power which allowed it to fire more than once.
They didn't, "leave a tunnel big enough for a light frieghter to fly into," lol as much as they happened to have vast portions of the station exposed to the vacuum of space, should the shield generator ever be deactivated by a, "pitiful band of Rebels." 👍
The Emperor has a sick sense of humor killing Bevill [spelling?] cloning him then killing him time and time again. I'm sure the emperor had a good laugh when doing this .
I believe both Death Stars were begun at around the same time. In the same way as in the movie 'Contact' they secretly built a second alien structure in Japan. (that's my own head cannon. Which makes more sense than a half completed death star in less than 3 years when the first one took 19)
Death Star Part II is just as stupid as Dead Star Part I, but for different reasons. The "Auxiliary" Thermal Exhaust Port on the first Death Star was shielded, but not from photon torpedoes: that's fault number 1. Fault number 2 is that the Station even needed two exhaust ports, but its understandable. It's also understandable that the auxiliary did not have a retractable door on it, because if the primary exhaust port were to fail, then the back up one would need to kick-in immediately. And because the auxiliary exhaust port was not expelling anything, then anything shooting into it would have been able to go right down in without any resistance. Although, why the torpedoes seemingly curved down into the shaft and followed the path straight to the core is what confuses me the most. Death Star II, however, is stupid because even though they fixed the exhaust port issue, they managed to create a safety net that was mediocre at best, with the use of a moon-based Shield Generator. The Generator was greatly under-guarded, even with as many troopers and the few AT-STs that they had on-site, because they underestimated the local inhabitants. Which, if you're a strategist, should have crossed their minds just a little bit. They also did not put at least a few Star Destroyers in place over the shield generator, to launch a few TIEs, or probe droids, or something else that would have caused some serious havoc for our heroes. But the worst offense is not that they underestimated the Ewoks or the forest terrain, it's that they didn't build a backup generator, or even 2 or 3, in case the primary generator went offline. It's also a bit strange that they didn't design a shielding system that worked in portions or in power ratings, where using four shields simultaneously made it so much impenetrable, and then if one of them gets knocked out, it cuts down the strength, but still has a shield rating high enough to withstand almost any attack. I mean, with the battle station being the Empire's primary weapon of choice, and having the highest ranking officers and best ships and garrisons at their disposal at the Battle of Endor, why wouldn't Palpetine have ordered the construction of more than one Shield Generator to ensure that the rebels would have far less of a chance to knock it all out? If they learned anything from the first Death Star, it's that they shouldn't underestimate the Rebellion pilots or their technology, in addition to the fact that they effed up their own technical designs on the battle station.
It is one flaw with the Rogue one Movie, when we see a big, organised rebellion before the attack on the death star even begins. It doesn't have the same sense of new guys joining in that there used to be.
If I were periodically executed and rebirthed as a clone simply out of spite, I would certainly do my very utmost to make a superior redesign of the Death Star. Definitely wouldn't include any fatal weaknesses to ensure my ultimate revenge. Nope.
Honestly legends lore is so..out there. Every time you compare canon to legends I have a new appreciation for the writing going into all parts of star wars media. Seems like the legends palpatine just used cloning to solve all his problems.
The most critical thing that happened after the loss of the first Death Star was the emperor actually getting of his wrinkly ass to hire a better designer! It was probably one his best decisions since Order 66! xD
The bigger opening in the second Death Star is not really a design flaw. From it's appearance it didn't look completely finished, also they weren't counting on the rebels destroying the shield generators
Sounds like they've been retconning... the Legends thing about the designer responsible for the Death Star's fatal flaw was made canon in "Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know" but in Rogue One it was- *SPOILERS* -Galen Erso who designed the flaw, and he was killed by Rebel Y-wings, not the Emperor.
The Death Star was to serve as an ultimate deterrent. A weapon so powerful no star system would dare rebel because it would mean the destruction of their very planets. Capital ships did not have that sort of firepower, and as we see the Rebels were able to effectively combat them.
Did the Empire knew exactly how the first Death Star was destroyed though? Who told that the rebels exploited the thermal exhaust port to shoot down torpedo's to the main reactor? Everyone died seconds after. Was it Darth Vader? He's what appears to be the only survivor. Although he wasn't close enough to see the exact attack, I guess it's obvious what the rebels tried to do when they flew in the trench.
Onypop my guess is the Empire likely had their version of the real life Army Corps of Engineers take a copy of the Death Star plans, studied them and eventually found the flaw in the design that caused the destruction. Afterward all, if a rag-tag bunch of Rebels could find it, trained troubleshooters with unlimited resources surely can too, just a matter of time.
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Sad part is Vader was the only one to take the fighter threat seriously.
Well him, Grand General Tagge and the officer who offered to prep Tarkin's shuttle for take off after analysing the Rebel's attack.
_Tarkin was way too arrogant and confident._
Mikey B Yeah but Vader was the only one to attempt to do anything about it.
Wedge Antilles Yeah, that's true.
Maybe Vader was the only one to have seen the big giant target with flashy neon sign that said "Shoot Here!".... xD
what the hell is an aluminum falcon lol XD
Steven Anchundia It's a joke
Steven Anchundia It's from the Star Wars robot chicken episodes, you should totally watch it :P
Guys, he knew it was a joke. He quoted the episode.
Mac Studios I think their trolls
"Wait...you've been flying around for three weeks trying to get a signal? Ugh! You must smell like feet wrapped in leathery, burned bacon!"
"What do you mean they blew up the Death Star!?"
Dank_Shrimp, "Oh f*ck!"
what's an illuminum falcon???
Ok ok, so who's left? ARE YOU SH**ING ME!!!
Wait a sec, you've been flying around for two weeks waiting to get a signal?
Oh, you must smell like feet wrapped in leathery...burnt...bacon!
That hole for the Falcon to fly through, honestly I think that was just because it was still under construction
Exactly. Without a shield, the thing was Swiss cheese.
Joshua Pray You made me hungry.
About the xwing sized hole that leads directly to the core... you think that should be Millennium Falcon sized?
Or maybe because the death star 2 was even bigger, and because it's laser could recharge even more quickly, the shafts had to be bigger to accommodate/allow the death stars 2 to better thermally ventilate. An unstable core probably needs a lot of cooling.
And besides, the shield meant that it was protected anyways.
glad to see that you have seen the robot chicken specials
Not to mention that the Empire got rid of the imperial senate just prior to the first death star's destruction. This definitely would have affected both the power vacuum after it happened and also general opinion of the empire.
Tarkin and Wolfe were probably the two biggest hits to the empire, arguably more of a loss than the death star itself. Tarkin was the mastermind behind imperial policy and was a central figure in the imperial machine that EVERYONE feared, which kept them reasonably in line. Wolfe in a similar vein was an anti-corruption crusader in his leading of the ISB, with him gone I have little doubt the empire grew rifer with corrupt and incompetent imperial officers who began to act out more now that a paragon of oversight had been eliminated.
What was the reaction from civilians on planets such as Coruscant? Were they outraged for the Empire or did most secretly celebrate its destruction?
Batman Jr.
wasn't there a mass genocide on coruscant so there were basically no citizens in it?
No mass genocides, if you're referring to the strategy to hunt down Jedi by grouping up cities, the Galactic Empire did this but didn't kill, generally search them, or get Dark Side Adepts to sense near by Jedi. Corusant was much too important, and Jedi there would turn them selves in hoping their allies would join in to kill Storm Troopers; they ran in few followed. But the Galactic Empire still killed people in these areas.
Fun fact: Taages rank according to his uniform is High General :)
Just watched Rogue One!!! (HALF SPOILERISH)
I believe there's a reference to 'General Sindula' on Yavin 4 over an intercom. HERA??
Ratty Her father General Cham Syndulla? Although, given the chronology it could very well be a promoted Hera.
It would be cool if there are going to be references to rogue one in rebels season 3. The gap between 3 and 4 is finally being filled!
It's probably Hera because you can also see her ship.
Pedro Nogueiras yeah
I Know SO awaSOME
that is why they attacked the death star 2 when it was under construction because it had no weakness.
1:02 I may be wrong but I heard from a video by the RUclips channel called Generation Tech that the super laser took 5 hours to recharge to maximum power which was used to destroy planets but only took 3 mins to recharge to minimum power which was used to destroy capital ships.
i think your thinking is the second death star with 3 mins and 5 hours for the seco nd
Why was the Christmas tree fond of the past? Because the present is under him.
The last confrontation between Cylo and Vader was so goooooood
Question
What about the debris from alderan and the Death Star?
What kind of impact did that have on the galaxy?
i got a question what of in clone wars fives successful killed paplitine
I believe that the robot chicken scene when Vader tells palpatine over the phone should be the cannon explanation
I really like your videos, cool narrative and you seem to handle well the topics
I love the empire but blowing up alderaan was a stupid idea.
Kit Fisto Palpatine thought the same.
When he heard about it he was like "You had ONE job."
Some imperials lived on alderaan I believe
@@THEONE-cz9bt Some Imperials lived on Alderaan you say? By definition every single Alderaanian was an Imperial (all 2 billion of them).
@@THEONE-cz9bt a lot did. It was an imperial core world
Could u cover the hyperspace engine & the diffrent era of space travel & the commercial routes in the galaxy?
Alex have you considered that Chirrut Îmwe might be a species lke or a recanonization of the miraluka from legends???
I'm really enjoying this theme week! Sad that's it's almost over, but hopefully more cool ideas like this will cross your mind.
3:06 Vader: “Force chokes Tagge”
Tagge: Well that’s impossible!
I wonder how long did the Death Star remain a secret project. Sure it was secret up until Rogue One (hence the use of spies) but how many Imperial's knew about it before it was destroyed?
That discussion for another time? Quick toss in: the tunnels were for the construction of the station, which was ongoing (perhaps by decision, for the purpose of baiting the trap).
Can you do a video on the cannon as well as legends history of the planet Raxus Prime?
Public Reaction
*After Alderaan blows up*
"Wait-Tarkin did what?!"
*Days Later*
"Wait, what Tarkin's dead?!"
WHAT THE HELL IS AN ALUMINUM FALCON??!!!
Christopher Titus Okay, so who’s left? ARE YOU SH***** me, well where are you?
Honestly I like the second Death Star more than the first.
0:34 That must have been his exact reaction.
Question since SW Rebels show that Rebels obtain decommissioned Y-wings from the imperials did the rebel alliance used any other republic ships, weapons, gear Etc ?
Great video once again
Can you do a video on Mon Calamari Star Cruisers?
yo man are you gonna review star wars rogue one?? :)
appreciate the channel too by the way! keep up the great work!
It'll be out in less than six hours I just finished it and now I must sleep haha
You talked like maz kanata at 1:26
Star Wars Explained It was my understanding from Rogue One that the flaw wasn't so much the exhaust port, but the reactor design itself. It was designed so that even if a grenade was detonated anywhere in the system, an uncontrollable chain reaction would occur that would destroy the station. The exhaust port merely gave the Rebels access to the reactor system. Had Galen Erso not designed the system to catastrophically blow, the exhaust port probably wouldn't have been an issue, there would have been some durability and redundancy to the reactor system to prevent a catastrophic chain reaction. The exhaust port or at least what happened when an explosive was shot down it was a feature, not a bug. Having the second Death Star designed by someone who didn't hate the Empire was probably the biggest boon to that project compared to its predecessor.
I like how you edit your videos
Well regarding the second Death Star, I don't think they just left a tunnel intentionally for any ship to fly into. For me, the Rebels were flying to the reactor by cutting through the guts of the Death Star. After all, nearly half of the station's skeleton and framework, pipes, and such were all exposed and taken advantage of.
I just have headcannon the emperor's reaction to the Death Stars destruction was just the robot chicken one just for fun
Great video!
Lol that Robot Chicken bit in the beginning of the video
I never took the second Death Star's rate of fire to mean it was improved. you're not going to fire a full planet killing blast to destroy a single ship, so they were likely firing it at a much lower power which allowed it to fire more than once.
They didn't, "leave a tunnel big enough for a light frieghter to fly into," lol as much as they happened to have vast portions of the station exposed to the vacuum of space, should the shield generator ever be deactivated by a, "pitiful band of Rebels." 👍
lol mayb e but aslo not
Love the Robot Chicken.
You should do and Imperial class 1 vs a class 2 Star Destroyer
In the original trilogy it gave the impression the empire was around longer than 19 years.
The Emperor has a sick sense of humor killing Bevill [spelling?] cloning him then killing him time and time again. I'm sure the emperor had a good laugh when doing this .
Even worse, he wasn't really cloning him. He was transferring his soul into clone bodies while still causing him to feel the pain of dying.
I believe both Death Stars were begun at around the same time. In the same way as in the movie 'Contact' they secretly built a second alien structure in Japan. (that's my own head cannon. Which makes more sense than a half completed death star in less than 3 years when the first one took 19)
can you do a video on commander bly
Loved this!
I thought my Dark Lord of the Sith can protect a hole that’s not even 2 meters wide
Do a video based on imperial redemption (imperial soldiers/commanders who sacraficed themself)
Death Star Part II is just as stupid as Dead Star Part I, but for different reasons.
The "Auxiliary" Thermal Exhaust Port on the first Death Star was shielded, but not from photon torpedoes: that's fault number 1. Fault number 2 is that the Station even needed two exhaust ports, but its understandable. It's also understandable that the auxiliary did not have a retractable door on it, because if the primary exhaust port were to fail, then the back up one would need to kick-in immediately. And because the auxiliary exhaust port was not expelling anything, then anything shooting into it would have been able to go right down in without any resistance. Although, why the torpedoes seemingly curved down into the shaft and followed the path straight to the core is what confuses me the most.
Death Star II, however, is stupid because even though they fixed the exhaust port issue, they managed to create a safety net that was mediocre at best, with the use of a moon-based Shield Generator. The Generator was greatly under-guarded, even with as many troopers and the few AT-STs that they had on-site, because they underestimated the local inhabitants. Which, if you're a strategist, should have crossed their minds just a little bit. They also did not put at least a few Star Destroyers in place over the shield generator, to launch a few TIEs, or probe droids, or something else that would have caused some serious havoc for our heroes. But the worst offense is not that they underestimated the Ewoks or the forest terrain, it's that they didn't build a backup generator, or even 2 or 3, in case the primary generator went offline. It's also a bit strange that they didn't design a shielding system that worked in portions or in power ratings, where using four shields simultaneously made it so much impenetrable, and then if one of them gets knocked out, it cuts down the strength, but still has a shield rating high enough to withstand almost any attack.
I mean, with the battle station being the Empire's primary weapon of choice, and having the highest ranking officers and best ships and garrisons at their disposal at the Battle of Endor, why wouldn't Palpetine have ordered the construction of more than one Shield Generator to ensure that the rebels would have far less of a chance to knock it all out? If they learned anything from the first Death Star, it's that they shouldn't underestimate the Rebellion pilots or their technology, in addition to the fact that they effed up their own technical designs on the battle station.
4:30 how could Vader hand-le all the task the Emperor gave him without his hand
You talked like maz kanata at 1:26
So I threw the Senate at him. *THE WHOLE SENATE.* True story.
Rogue one is my new favorite Star Wars movie
That last fact is hilarious.
Palpatine after the destruction of the first Death Star: Roll It Again
In Legends, Palpatine was pissed
same as canom
Great video
Is Robot CHhcken canon now?! :-D
It is one flaw with the Rogue one Movie, when we see a big, organised rebellion before the attack on the death star even begins. It doesn't have the same sense of new guys joining in that there used to be.
If I were periodically executed and rebirthed as a clone simply out of spite, I would certainly do my very utmost to make a superior redesign of the Death Star. Definitely wouldn't include any fatal weaknesses to ensure my ultimate revenge. Nope.
nice Video :)
Who's ready for rogue one
Alan Armendariz YES
Alan Armendariz i am its gonna be good
already seen it
Honestly legends lore is so..out there. Every time you compare canon to legends I have a new appreciation for the writing going into all parts of star wars media. Seems like the legends palpatine just used cloning to solve all his problems.
still is in canon apparently.
So, does this mean you'll cover the Robot Chicken Star Wars special?
Andres Tapia wish they were canon
Who where these so called new apprentices that would replace Vader and what happened to them
Joshua Dunford they were cyborgs that use technology to mimic the force.
spoiler alert
And vader killed them
Anyone else seen Rouge One?
Energizer yep saw it earlier was sooo good
New species in the rebellion in Return? after Rogue one the mon calamari might not like that opinion :D
the first person do die in the deathstar when it exploded :3
Youri van Steeg No they cant.. it gotta be som milli million Micro second.. before each :3
Vintium Way less than a millisecond. It's practically the same time
Thermal vent? In space? Or it has an atmosphere?
The exhaust port allows the gasses and heat from the reactor to vent out into space, instead of building up inside the structure.
just seen rogue one and its awsome
The most critical thing that happened after the loss of the first Death Star was the emperor actually getting of his wrinkly ass to hire a better designer! It was probably one his best decisions since Order 66! xD
Did the second Death Star only shot once, although it only needed 3 minutes to recharge?
No it killed at least 2 Mon Calamari cruisers, it's the reason Lando came up with the plan to get in close with the Star Destroyers.
2:47 (insert Lenny Face here)
The bigger opening in the second Death Star is not really a design flaw. From it's appearance it didn't look completely finished, also they weren't counting on the rebels destroying the shield generators
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Sounds like they've been retconning... the Legends thing about the designer responsible for the Death Star's fatal flaw was made canon in "Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know" but in Rogue One it was-
*SPOILERS*
-Galen Erso who designed the flaw, and he was killed by Rebel Y-wings, not the Emperor.
I'm pretty sure that the opening was only left open during construction, once the Death Star was finished, it could have become indestructible:)
who want to see star wars explained featured in star wars show
It wasn't fully completed, just because a weapon is ready doesn't mean it's built
Great Jamie It was built to look incomplete to lure the rebels in.
The laser was ready but the hull and other parts of the station to generally just allow more people to be stationed there were not.
I guess the hole was a shaft for a turbolaser tower since the second Death Star was under construction
Is Cylo part of the canon story ?
Franko Bašica yeah hes from the Darth Vader comics, which are canon
It made him very angry indeed and a little sad.
i rogue one story explain how all happened rebellion army give to rebellion hq the chip with awake of death star :)
Rogue one is AMAZING as I saw it today
I feel the big holes in Death Star II was just another way to entice the Rebellion into attacking.
Am I just an idiot or is he pronouncing executor wrong? He says exec as in executive. While I think it should sound like execute.
Just lost my shit hearing Palps from Robot Chicken. You got tastes!
is it TAG I always though it was TAHJ
wait the first explanation as canon what!!!
SUPERSTORM owen Yes
My boss almost killed me
so you killed the boss in 2 episodes later?
according to Rogue One, the Mon Calamari were already involved in the rebellion
Where was Mon Mothma during Episode IV
On Yavin IV, according to Rogue One.
Pedro Nogueiras what about the other leaders
Bryan Leong in the other room :p
I was gonna say I liked the Canon version much more until you mentioned the emperor cloning and killing the guy who designed it a bunch of times haha
Early squad up!
How was the Death Star able to travel in space?
wait is the emperor from robot chicken also quagmire? I never noticed that
Why was the concept of the Death Star so important to the Emperor? Why not just improve and expand the Navy?
The Death Star was to serve as an ultimate deterrent. A weapon so powerful no star system would dare rebel because it would mean the destruction of their very planets. Capital ships did not have that sort of firepower, and as we see the Rebels were able to effectively combat them.
Did the Empire knew exactly how the first Death Star was destroyed though? Who told that the rebels exploited the thermal exhaust port to shoot down torpedo's to the main reactor? Everyone died seconds after. Was it Darth Vader? He's what appears to be the only survivor. Although he wasn't close enough to see the exact attack, I guess it's obvious what the rebels tried to do when they flew in the trench.
Onypop my guess is the Empire likely had their version of the real life Army Corps of Engineers take a copy of the Death Star plans, studied them and eventually found the flaw in the design that caused the destruction.
Afterward all, if a rag-tag bunch of Rebels could find it, trained troubleshooters with unlimited resources surely can too, just a matter of time.
hey Alex, whats going on, you havent seen the movie yet? Honestly your review is the only one I care about, Harloff is a bit snobish for my like.
I'll watch Dashes on the mean time, but come on man, straight spoiler review please