THE BATTLEFIELD - A Star Wars short film made with Unreal Engine 5
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- A new recruit discovers that the Imperial Academy might not have been entirely truthful about the realities of war.
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"Shouldn't we find out who's in charge and get new orders?"
"No-one's ordered me to do that."
Brilliant.
I ain't going to lie. That whole portion of the dialogue gave me flash backs of military service. But to be fair, once you have at least two soldiers you are supposed to figure out who is in charge and then come up with some plan of action. Even if that means a five hour long "take 5".
feels like the army all over again.
Now there's a trooper who's living through - most - battles.
@@superdave8248 sounds like they did just that then !
@@superdave8248 Wait a second, belay that new plan, I think I heard something on the radio. We should keep trying.
I would watch a whole series of "The Veteran: A Stormtrooper Story". every episode is this guy doing his utmost to stay alive during numerous Empire missions that just don't make sense.
BRILLIANT!!! I'd totally watch every episode! this was refreshing and hilarious, unlike what Disney has done to the franchise.
think he's a clone?
@@rnukes I do not, Clone Wars was earlier in the timeline. I think this is brilliantly written, directed and acted. Proof that the tides are turning and movie makers are like musicians now - able to do everything from home.
@@MrEvilAudio It also feel like a good parody of war, something Star wars kind of attempted at times.
@@MrEvilAudio well technically he could be a clone whos still in service althought he doesnt sound like one
"He's 70 pounds soaking wet, I can take him"
"I should tell you about the little green guy" Incredible
😂🤣
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It's now canon that every trooper listens to *Palpatunes* music app
@@ThatsPrettyFunnyMan that's probably the only music app their helmets are compatible with lolol
@@feralgeekaesthetic But the empire are too cheap to give them premium accounts so they have to tolerate commercial breaks.
“It’s called a B-Wing because it looks like a blade”
My life long question has finally been answered
It couldn't possibly be more T-shaped ...
I have wondered this for 30 plus years. I was todays years old when I found this out lol
I think they could call it a POS - Wing and no one would argue with them.
@@pwnmeisterage Yeah Lower Case t wing sounds right lol!
Right.
It's amazing that I can see the veteran's emotions under the helmet as the rookie is asking about the armor's capabilities.
huh? 🤨
loollll ikr
The shapes of the eyes and mouth on those helmets are great at expressing scowls, sadness, anger, frustration, disbelief. Just a little tilt of the head or silent stillness or different angle of light and shadow - and the face says it all.
@@pwnmeisterage Daaaaamn. Now I cant stop seeing the expressions inside the helmets. Its all in the angle...
Red vs blue really helps with reading facial expressions through helmets
"im pretty sure I can take him...." His confidence is astounding
Protagonist literally massacring everyone *that one NPC*
Pretty sure stormtroopers take down at least one stormtrooper before becoming actual stormtroopers
I mean he had to have something going for him if he joined the Corps.
He saw the kid,kicking ases. And went .:" Sure I can take him".
"So aren't you going to do anything?"
"I haven't been ordered, Awaiting orders."
God damn it this is like every RTS game.
....this is surprisingly similar to actually being in the Army
That remembers me so hard of my army days....
@@juxstapo e4 Mafia motto
Thats pretty accurate
Totally hilarious 😆😂💯
"Someone's out there waving a glow stick around, Is he High?" That got me laughing so hard good job 😂😂😂😂
"Hes kicking our asses!"
"Yeah, they do that."
Hilarious stuff. This was amazing
imo ending was the best lol. Thats what happened right?.......... FYI.... you do have another leg............ SOB! YEP YEP thats what happened! NOW I REMEMBER EVErythin
@Nick H totally true.
Between the "Red vs. Blue" vibe, "Palpa-tunes," and the Wilhelm scream at the end, this whole video had me laughing the entire time. Bravo!
I was waiting for “why are we here?”
@@midnightcoolcat2890 I don’t know it’s one of life’s great mystery’s
You should give "A clone apart" a watch then. Old battlefront 2 machinima, and these Star Wars shorts reminds me of that.
These 2 troopers sitting here on the battlefield like "you ever wonder why we're here"
@@Razgriz_01 came here to say this, it a good show, wish season 2 had been made though. also good to see a fellow ac fan.
Absolutely brilliant!!
"Glowstick?"
"Palpatunes??"
Loved every second!!
You call that a glowstick?
Ignites lightsaber.
Don forget shiny tupperware
Sounds like you haven’t watch the first one: ruclips.net/video/g43lgCJ_D6o/видео.html
@@sigma682 You're spot on! I definitely watched them in reverse order. Thanks for the share, though.
Im dead when he mentioned he's just a shining tupperware
If a fan can do this, imagine what an air conditioner could do.
Underrated comment
@@Savage82858 very
*LMAO. Get this person whatever drink they want. On me.*
please tell me what air conditioner mean, I'm too old for searching
I fucking love Air Conditioning!
Lol "What color is it?"
"Blue..."
"Damn it! The Blue ones are the worst."
I love the fact that you acknowledge the fact the Jedi with Blue sabers are trained mainly for combat, meaning the troopers would say something like this. Looking over the field and judging how dangerous the jedi are by the color of their lightsabers. I could see that happening. Well done!
Also don’t know if it was a reference but the Imperial soldier didn’t do anything until given orders, just like how the British soldiers didn’t do anything in the American revolution and War of 1812 unless told to do so. So when in a battle in 1812 in Louisiana I believe, a commander was shot and killed, he British soldiers just stood there waiting for orders until someone took the commanding officers place, they were just standing getting shot. Don’t know if that was a reference but if so I think it’s really cool and fits
@@DefecTec That's interesting.
@@DefecTec that's a falsity, made up by and spread by Americans, look it up it isn't true...
@@smokey6292 Says the Brit.
@@DefecTec think of standing by for orders in this case...
it's a survival tactic.
Old trooper sees the writing on the wall.
Nobodies around to tell them to run into a hopless fight...
So he's taking advantage of the moment. Even saved a life in the process.
they're going to find that trooper sitting there 50 years later still holding that position lmao
Nice to see you here
Nope. That guy would get promoted to Commander for his actions on Bumfukituni III. He would later be one of the few Imperial company commanders to have over 90% of his unit intact at the desolation of the Galactic Empire and go on to a long and successful life.
They hold for a week, before getting bored.
Any Japanese soldier comes to mind??
@@alexengler486 lol
"Shouldn't we find out who's in charge and get new orders?"
"No-one's ordered me to do that."
Thats the most Specialist/Lance Corporal thing ive ever heard
E4 for the win
E-4 Mafia representing in the Empire.
E-4 mafia pulling up
When you've been in 10 years and are still E4.
wimp wimp~ nasty wimp Whoa
The look of incredulity the vet gives the noob when discussing the armour is priceless.
And
"Blue ones are the worst"....classic
I mean, the purpose of stormtrooper armor is to disperse energy. It knocks the guy out and saves his life and lets his buddies keep going without spending precious time administering first aid.
So in reality, their armor is pretty good.
@@ting4758 Seems like the armor didn't really help the "Commander" guy who was blasted apart at the bottom of a crater. It didn't really help the guys fighting the kid with the blue glow stick. And it didn't do much against a blaster shot in the leg (which apparently will still require first aid).
@@pwnmeisterage technically speaking, it does disperse the energy of light to medium blasters but the A280 is a heavy blaster which is why it’s standard among rebels. Also the commander was probably hit by a grenade or artillery because when you see him, he’s half the man he used to be. Then again this is mostly information from the comics which were made after the films so I don’t know if any of this is actually canon.
@@nokh3382 HALF THE MAN HE USED TO B-S:ODIKFJP;oiw23uj4t[po;'fiqaJWTFG;'LKAJSDFLJLOLOL
@@nokh3382 I think all regular viewers of this AFK series will tell you that this is AALLLL Canon! I have spoken.
The difference between a old warrior and a brave young warrior... THIS WAS IT! The old warrior knows the game and how not to get killed. The young warrior has no clue and is ready to get out there and prove themselves. This also is the one time the young warrior was spared so he could learn the way of the old warrior because there are no living brave young warriors.
I hate to be that bitch who quotes hamilton but here I am. "dying is easy, young man. living is harder."
As my father said, the are old bikers and there are bold bikers, but there are *no* old bold bikers.
@@cymond A classic statement!
Take a shot every time you see "warrior" in this comment.
Except Ronald Speirs. #legend
Me, a couple seconds in : "Yeah, that's clearly CGI."
Me, a few moments later : "That's CGI, right?..."
Fr this new unreal engine is really starting to blur the lines for me lol
I forgot it was chi half way through and was like wow how'd they do.thid with action figures
Lol
Slightly fix the animations like running, head movement and body language, then there will be no line
@@capablemachine There's always that one guy...
I genuinely feel more connected to these characters than anyone in the sequel trilogy.
if u really think about it we all know Darth Sidious just used them and prob didint give a shit about the strom troppers
I felt more connected to the piston rings in Brian's Mitsubishi Eclipse which he fried in his first race in Fast and Furious 1 than to anyone in the sequel trilogy.
Or the prequel trilogy
I agree
these stormtroopers, fictional characters with a limited perspective contained to only this short film, understand the Star Wars universe far better than all the writers of the sequel trilogy combined..
Half way through, I genuinely forgot that it was CGI. Characters in armor are hard to animate and get right, but this does it well! It really feels like there is a human being inside that suit of armor even when you never see any skin whatsoever.
the only thing that kept distracting me from this not being live action was that the armor definitely was made from the action figures. you can tell from how the "mouth" of the armor isnt painted perfectly to the groove in the helmet and the other aspects that should make depth were also painted on. Again though thats because these models were more than likely made from photoprinting the toy and not being hand made models and textures.
@@kennyroberson5726 I noticed that too, but honestly, it came across to me more like a handmade costume. Infact, most of the Storm Trooper figures have the little vertical vents sculpted into the helmet, which this 3D model doesn't have. If it was a photoscanned figure, I'd think they would have redone the material and fixed the mouth section.
Agreed if you didn't tell me this was CGI I'd think it was acted.
Damn, I thought this was people in costume for real. Lol
I just read that they were not humans! They ARE!!!
Really loving what you're doing with these. I know they're "just a workflow test", but they're funny, well written, just delightful. Would love to see them keep coming!
Video came out 3 days ago. Comment is 8 days old. This some kind of jedi mind trick?
@@bristlethistle7456 From the description: "Join our Patreon @ www.patreon.com/PeterHaynes for early access to future episodes. " So video probably was uploaded a week early, but unpublished / unlisted and only the Patreon got a direct link to it.
@@bristlethistle7456 I know I’m so confused
@@bristlethistle7456 Patreon users get first dibs on X context.
Don't know how it works, but glad quality content is supported.
Usually they like to squander it to be say first :)😃
The grizzled storm trooper is awesome.
Agreed these are fun...should be a series
These dudes have better character development than the entire sequel trilogy.
Sorry what Sequel trilogy because last i checked there isn't one because it's not cannon
@@Rhino-Prime You know, the Sequel Trilogy. Also sometimes called the Thrawn Trilogy. Written by Timothy Zahn, got part 1 of a fan film released end of 2021/early 2022. That Sequel Trilogy.
Also, no, it doesn't have better character development than the Sequel Trilogy, because the Thrawn novels are masterpieces.
@@mortemtyrannus8813 wow, someone had some bad weed when watching the movies....
@@kirisuma2186 Yeah, a lot of them did. They keep going on about this "Rey" chick and how she's somehow better than literally any character that came before her. Then describe this thing with the personality of a plank of wood.
Yes
This was exceptionally well written and animated. I'd watch an entire show of this
Ya
like "Battlefield stories" or so XD
And you are exceptionally simple-minded and shallow if you think this shit was "exceptionally well written."
@@kwisclubta7175 It’s 5 minutes man, it ain’t that deep.
I would like to see a hole series of stormtroopers side
One of the Smartest Storm troopers in history... and also the only one that actually hit something with his blaster, that he intended to hit.
He probably actually sat down and read the section on blaster calibration..
@@tintindb definitely one of the smartest then.
I hear a lot that storm troopers suck with their aim. But Vader gave specific orders that the leaders of the rebel alliance be taken alive. Would
You want to be the one to piss off that seven foot asthmatic lite Brite with anger issues and the force choke? I think not
Stormtroopers take 6 shots to get a kill irl soldiers take more then 100 000 shots to injure someone
I love this concept. The grizzled, world-weary veteran having to constantly deal with doe-eyed recruits fresh out of the academy is a pretty solid idea, especially when done through the eyes of stormtroopers.
and maybe the veteran can even be a clone
Imagine the cameos
"That's not a concept, it's a trope."
"It's too prevalent to be a trope, that's a cliché".
@@its_saval He MUST be a clone if he refers to the "little green guy". Yoda was not in combat after order 66. So he is in service for at least 25 years but most likely more.
I love how the older trooper has accepted the younger one as a burden he has to bare. He saves him from the Jedi and makes a fake story to save his life. And he understands fighting will only make him die, so he doesn't be a hero and manages to survive long enough to know what jedis can do regardless of their apperance
@Green Carnotaurus “beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.”
I mean, he is a good kid, just a bit confused.
That guy is the king of "keep your head down and carry on", but if he ever hits a moment where he has no other option I imagine him laying bodies out like the grim reaper himself.
Yeah, it feels like he's just not wanting to relieve the time he woke up surrounded by corpses, memories foggy hands bloody
He seems like the grizzled, experienced veteran, so yeah...Doing exactly that is the best way to someday become a grizzled, *old* veteran.
Yeah, because he can smell incompetence in the lines of the enemy xD
@@MidnightDStroyer "Beware the old man in a profession where men usually die young."
I think he is waiting for everyone else to wear themselves, use up their extra lives, and rage quit the server.
“It’s called a B-Wing because it looks like a blade!”
“…..wHaT!?!?”
Deadass my reaction lmao
Dude I had to google an image of a b wing just to see my self
I was expecting a serious-tone short story
But this is really hilarious
this is actually one of the best fan things I've ever seen. So much character, and all with no faces, in 5 mins! Well done!!!!
It's better than an in-engine fan film has any business being... this is quality SW content
Existential troopers is another good one, it's Mandalorian clips though not UE5
Reminded me of Troops.
Check out "First Day" made by the same people (it's on this channel). These are amazing.
@@BoomerKeith1 That one was amusing, but also aggravating. But not in a bad way. In the "ffs I want to strangle, toss over a cliff, power brake on the chest of and finally piss on the corpse of the new guy" kind of way. (as opposed to the "I want to strangle whoever wrote this crap" way.)
Even though it's only 2 troopers talking, it's easily one of the best Star Wars shorts I've seen. Well written and executed !
It's already better than entire sequel trilogy
Almost Executed As Greatly as Order 66!
@@Milos596 That's how easy it is to gather like minded people, wanted to say the exact same. =3 Few minutes of fan content easily crush the ginormous Hollywood productions.
“no one ordered me to do that” that is SO a stormtrooper thing to say dude that is hilarious
That’s the E-4 mafia right there!
This just make me want a Stormtrooper centered, Star Wars Veitnam movie even more!
Bucket heads is worth a watch
Space NVAs
So basically more of the battle of Endor. "The trees are speaking Ewokese!"
Also known as as "Ewok Hunt"...
@@Yotarian Nah, more like Falucsia.
I was thinking more of a tale of comeradery and horrors of war.
Almost all Vietnam war movies are about one of two things if not both.
"Should we really be here" and "how war changes people, and makes evil actions seem justified or normal." I want to see that kind of atmosphere portrayed.
But Disney owns the IP now so I might as well be hoping for world peace.
Personally, this how I envisioned StormTroopers talked and behaved. I really like this I hope to see more.
These are literally the conversations you hear them having when your sneaking by or around before alerting them 😂😂
Why I love the scouts from Mandalorian, they reminded me of old RUclips stormtrooper sketches from collegehumor and others
@@MrRedstoneready I honestly don't like when stormTroopers are portrayed as retards they are the elite of the empires soldiers.
In the in the first 3 films they were portrayed as an elite fighting force and being retards a good mix now Disney has completely fucked them over there just cannon fodder now.
@@wicked_5518 1. Cool it with that word buddy, 2. Stormtroopers were NEVER intended to be elite, where the fuck are you getting that from? They’re nothing but the expendable grunts of the Empire’s forces.
@@Zacharysharkhazard mate Storm troopers are elite compared to the main infantry aka imperial army troopers
I wanted an X-wing for Christmas when I was 8, but got a Y-wing instead. That "POS" joke hit hard.
I always thought it was weird that the Y-wing seemed a much higher quality toy than the "hero" X-wing.
Dude I feel ya. When I was 10, I wanted an X-wing for Christmas, and my parents accidentally got me a ship from star-trek. It made me laugh so hard...
And that's the story of the two smartest stormtroopers in the whole stormtrooper corps. And how they survived.
The smartest stormtrooper and the luckiest*
Your forgot about Gary the Stormtrooper. 🤣😉
Fun fact: stormtrooper armor doesn’t deflect blaster bolts, but if hit by a light-medium weapon it just knocks the stormtrooper out so they can be put in a bacta tank later.
Pffft, as if the Empire is going to bother putting every hurt stormtrooper in a bactatank. Still nice in concept tho i guess.
@@casteelant42 I think he’s referring to bacta pods, the portable form of the bacta tank. You could use them in the old Battlefront games
@@casteelant42 it's cheaper and faster than training a new one. Remember these aren't clone troopers, there's limits to their "disposability" since they have civilian connections AND need to be recruited & trained.
@@nicholashodges201 palpatine kinda went full retard mode when he became emperor, the entire empire made no sense. Such a shame, he was a really good villain before he became emperor.
@@MrDMIDOV what he does makes a lot more sense when you actually take the time to study the Austrian bastard Emperor Scrotumface is based on instead just getting triggered when you see his name.
Even Schiklegrubber knew it's cheaper to fix soldiers than to get new ones
Wilhelm scream at the end. Just perfect. They should make this canon.
I clapped like a 5 yr old when i heard the wilhelm scream lmao
@@damianmayo3174 icing on the cake for sure
That and "PalpaTunes" 🤣🤣 perfect ending...
Its actually pretty sad these short clips are more entertaining than actual star wars films. Brilliant writing and voice acting, well done.
It's always like two kingdoms are fighting .... mmpire vs Rebels
Star Wars is one of the greatest fictional universes ever created. There's so much potential for story telling in the Star Wars universe even the creator himself George Lucas barely tapped in to it.
@@blackmetal4546 And yet Disney can still screw it up.
@@billbored8277 I think they did an OK job. well at least Rian did an OK job JJ kinda fucked it all up
also Mando was everything anyone could have hoped for. overall the good that has come out outweighs the bad for me
@@Scroolewse Ruin Johnson was the worst! Last Jedi was an abomination.
It's official, I want a 9 hour trilogy of the vet trooper trying to stay alive and dealing with the shiny.
"Pretty wild out there huh?" "Yup" "Bit different than the simulations.."
That´s peak OG-STW humor, right there. Well done! Xddd
Just like the simulations
@@nearby222 Watch those wrist rockets!
isnt that a prequel joke? ie not "OG"
@@Scroolewse Star Wars Battlefront II joke (the old one from like 06')
@@Scroolewse OG battlefront 2 the clones would randomly comment "just like the simulations" because of the training they received on Kamino. Him saying it's different is just a reference to how poorly trained the stormtroopers were compared to the clones.
"A Y-wing looks like a piece of shit but we don't call it a POS-Wing."
One of the best lines.
And isn't the B wing the worst one out there haha
I wasn't ready for that when he said it. I almost lost my drink over that one.
How DARE you! Y-Wing is BEAUTIFUL!
"Maybe we should"
Absolutely loving this series already. Writing is great and voice acting is spot on too.
Thanks mate!
IT'S A SERIES?!!?
@@DALLASBARNETT FANTASTIC work man. very entertaining, and hilarious lol
@@Baliken100 Well, two "episodes" at least so far ;)
Writing is bad though. Sounds like someone who watched only the movies.
I love how the rookie doesn't even finish talking about the ships and the vet already knows he's asking about b wings
This scene of a guy coming up on an older ally that's sitting in a trench, while the commanding officer is dead. Looks exactly like the opening to starcraft brood war. I love it.
Or Heart of Darkness.
Yesss instantly gave me Brood War vibes
Yeah this is literally what I thought of.
"Who's in charge here!?"
*stops, looks, goes back to rocking*
"Where is the air support!?"
*points up*
Pretty sure it was intentional. It was almost 1:1.
That opening cutscene was the first thing I thought of seeing the start of this, too!
feels like the original Red vs Blue honestly great job
I couldn't put my finger on it but you're entirely right. Sarge and caboose?
@@AarPlays maybe like griff and the new recruit
@@AarPlays. More like Donut!
yeah ive been getting that feeling to
The imperfection of the helmets is absolutely amazing in my opinion, the fact that it was known that the prop ones where somewhat not symmetrical etc and showing the paint for the vents, its all very good!
Man- the part where he's just staring at him while he describes how the armor is blaster proof- priceless. With the helmets on you have no ability to show the face which makes it near impossible to have characters communicate through body language like that but- it worked perfectly. The blank look of the storm troopers helmet just naturally lends itself to that "Are you an idiot?" kind of expression- Still- that's not easy to pull off- this is extremely well done- and not just from a technical standpoint. The writing, the way you instantly just know both characters, the way they are able to express emotion even with a helmet covering their face, right down to the voices- it all works seamlessly. And the comedic timing is spot on. Very well done.
My man really hit him with the fluoride stare
"I've should tell you about the green guy one day"
That was a nice touch
That trooper is a clone , how else he knew about the little green guy.
@@kamal_jab makes sense as he sounds pretty old
@@cowmaster9180
Not to mention the emphasis he puts on orders
@@kamal_jab He's a stormtrooper, not exactly a clones. The majority of stormtroopers during the imperial age were recruits rather than clones
@@CsStoker The majority, meaning this was an exception. One can technically be both stormtrooper and clone.
If they did a starwars series like this or game, I'd be so happy
Disney don’t care.
Nah, star wars is for kids.
@@kassaken6521 Mandalorian and and Book of Boba Fett are rated TV-14 so it's possible
@@the_realbwkool As long as that target demographic exist, Im afraid we won't see any gruesome star wars content. I'm talking about limbs being severed by lightsabers, head shots, etc...
@@kassaken6521 I really want to see a brutal Star Wars series
Such a masterpiece 👏 I hope this turns into a series, we could use some more fresh Star Wars content :)
hey bro love ur vids
Its a series. We are making at least 2 more. Hit our Patreon above to help out
Yeah, a series would be terrific.
Disney’s love for money will undoubtedly ruin even this if they get their hands on it, doesn’t matter how solid the source material is.
@@mikaelgrande6968 That's straight up bullshit
This was 1000% times better than anything Disney has pumped out.
I can argue that Rogue One was comparable.
Try andor
Not better than rogue one
Or Andor
@@TocRat2009re you kidding me…? Rogue One is garbage.
5 Minutes with these two, and I know their personalities & motivations better than any of the characters in Episodes 7, 8, and 9.
This has more character development than the entire sequel trilogy
I mean that isnt that Hard tho…
Stop stealing other peoples comments
My ballsack has more character development than the entire sequel trilogy
@@johnfogarty91 Fin could’ve had ur ballsacks character development but they somehow fucked that up too
@@LordBonesaw At least I had the chance to read it.
Thank you @Deep n Wide
"Am I basically running around the battlefield with the Chinese tupperware?!"
That joke is brilliant, ma mayne!
actually, i think he says "in shiny tupperware"
@@DesiraiX16 Absolutely does. It'd be pretty weird of anyone in Star Wars to reference current Earth locations lol.
@@instantstupor but they’ll mention current earth companies lol. Tupperware isn’t in the Star Wars universe
@@sleepshouter5017 During "translation" you replace references with the appropriate ones. He said the tupperware equivalent in their universe. :D
@@sleepshouter5017 Coca-Cola is canon in Star Wars. No reason why tupperware couldn't be as "Plastoid".
It's the Willhelm scream for me
And the silky-smooth animations
And PalpaTunes™
This scene gave me some Firefly pilot vibes, too, which is just about the highest compliment I can give.
It has some Monty Python as well. Which makes it timelessly absurdist and irreverent.
Incredible. The visuals, The sound effects, the stellar interactions between the characters. Just Incredible.
dont forget the rivetting script. worthy of an oscar
4:50 "I WILL save you....even if I have to hurt you."
Not gonna lie, that's kinda wholesome......
I couldn't stop laughing when he shot him in the leg so that he doesn't try to get himself killed by the Jedi. Also, Palpatunes? Is that like a Star Wars version of Spotify? If it is, I like that idea. Listening to music while in a warzone.
I understood "Palpatine" at first and imagined it as a Star Wars version of "Alexa". And I like that idea as it is amazingly funny :)
"Palpatunes; play joe rogan intergalactic experience #66 emporer Palpatine interview"
I'm imagining Luke knowing that the troopers are there and knowing that the grizzled one won't let the other guy bother him
More like Alexa, but meh, 🗿
"He's bouncing the blaster bolts back! Is he allowed to do that?" 3:12
This needs to be a series this is absolutely top 3 short films on YT for me.
It definitely ranks up there with T.R.O.O.P.S.
@@nicholashodges201 what is that? Nothing comes up when searching for it
@@rosie684 it's a really old fan film that follows an Imperial patrol on Tattoine in the style of cops. It's freaking hilarious.
It's on RUclips somewhere. That's where I saw it
@@nicholashodges201 "all suspects are presumed guilty under the law, that's why we arrested them" lol
In France we have something called " Kaamelott " . Its done by a famous french actor (Alexandre Astier) and its little scenes like that but in the point of view of Arthur circle table and everyone around him. This is so fucking funny, if they to do that for Star wars in USA, i'll definitively watch it !
The story, voice acting, graphics - absolute perfection!
Not gonna lie - that was far more brilliance than the entire Disney trilogy managed to pull off with hundreds of millions of dollars at their disposal.
ohmygod can we for one second stop bringing in the sequels ffs. I'm not a fan of them either but please just forget them instead of using them for reference in everything
@@Noahmb3010 na cos this short film genuinely entertained me much more than the sequels
@@Noahmb3010 adding the garbage sequels to the already concluded story of the originals is the equivalent of Jesus coming back down from heaven, retracting his forgiveness, and telling us we’re all going to hell.
We forgive the Star Wars department of Disney like we forgive a criminal. Yes, they can change, and hopefully do, but they did some fucked up shit, so we're cautious now.
@@nicholasdu4719 but the criminal changed, we now have arguably the best star wars content ever through Disney, last season of clone wars, rogue one, mandalorian, book of Boba and even rebels developed to something really good. And all the series coming up.. Were in the best Era for Star wars ever, can we please just appreciate this? We are getting FOUR SW series this year, FOUR! that's insane and given how good Disney is at making star wars content (except 7,8,9) we should really appreciate this.
This seriously needs to be made into a series
"The Y-Wing looks like a piece of shit, we don't call it a POS-Wing!" Never laughed this hard in my life.
I loved the " I should tell you about the little green guy one day " line, pissed myself laughing.
3:52 "I'm pretty sure I can take him" his whole demeanor changes like he's the chosen one to kill this jedi. Haha
2:20 good thing we're blaster proof right?
2:46 what the hell is that
2:55 I'm pretty sure I can take him
4:17 for the emperor
4:24 no I didn't
5:01 Palpatunes
There are so many good parts in this video and I love them all
I loved ALL of these parts specifically 🤣🤣🤣
and THAT, ladies and gentlemen is how you survive as an Imperial Storm Trooper!
The big studios can pack their stuff. A few people can do much better with the new technologies now. That was really fun to watch, even inspiring to think about the troopers perspective and funny. Not to mention it looked absolutely convincingly real.
And I don't even like Star Wars...
So we officially need a Storm Troopers comedy to bring in the normies.
Pretty sure all the hard as fuck StarWars fans would be down with it to lol
@@charlesmaclellan8124 bro wtf is that normie stuff, unless you are a nerd sw fans are normal people lol
Finally, a Star Wars fan film on the level of “Troops”. Nice work.
Real people in real costumes looks better. These stormtrooper models were missing a lot of fine details and the weathering looked planned. It was but it also looked like it. The scene was lit to show the trooper and not to serve a mood. That's the problem with some CGI artists. They can't separate the technical from the art. Each part needs to be treated with the highest level of skill. Once these guys solve all their technical issues then you can start comparing it to a live action counterpart.
@@poisoncheeto9956 Who shit in your cheerios?
@@poisoncheeto9956 damn it must suck to be you
@@poisoncheeto9956 What? Real people in real costumes look more realistic than fake people in fake costumes?? Damn, I never would've thought... it makes sense to not compare two things unless they are completely identical, right?
@@unrelentingpest The problem is CGI artists that haven't studied from real life and have taken inspiration or in this case pre-made models from some else who did the same thing and thought that motion capture and logical render pipeline is all it takes to make good art. If one doesn't have the foundations of art which includes a mastery of value and form then EVERYTHING built out from that will fail.
You can't bullshit art.
Took you just 5 minutes to build a deeper and better star wars than kennedy jar jar Abraham's and Rian Johnson ever could. Great work
Literally
Not really there is some pretty good scenes in the sequels
Wow you are so edgy
Lets not be too dramatic here
@@garden3818 Oh please, he's has a point tho
How 5 minute short film has more interesting dialog, characters and character development (also looks better aaand makes more sense) than first 4 episodes of Kenobi series?!
Great work! Amazing.
I would desperately love to see a saving private Ryan style clone film, like really graphic and hard hitting
I'm waiting patiently for a Band of Brothers style big budget Gaunt's Ghosts series...
@@ThePVTfaszkivan YES! We need a Clone Trooper series, following a company from Geonosis to the last battles of the war.
@@Gentleman...Driver does anyone know that the 20 year veteran stormtrooper is actually a clone trooper.
Both this episode and “First Day”, I have to say the timing is just spot on. No moment is wasted. And it’s great that this episode is building on points from the previous episode - palpatunes, the catheters. The older trooper using palpatunes is icing on the cake.
Awesome work!
ummm, about his cover story concerning the blaster wound to the recruit's leg...There was at least *one* part that was the truth: "I administered emergency first aid, therefore saving your life." It just so happened that the blaster bolt *IS* the "emergency first aid" that saved his life.
yeahhhh lol. i’m not sure if that’s how it works in star wars, but in real life, yes, assuming he doesn’t need surgery because the heat fried something it wasn’t supposed to
@@nxght6694 In Star Wars, they have Bacta Tanks. As long as the victim is still alive & mostly intact when put into one, they've got an excellent chance to survive. From what I've heard, frequent use or prolonged use may be addictive, though.
@@MidnightDStroyer Like sPiiiicE 😵💫
"shouldn't we get new orders?"
"no-one's ordered me to do that."
So good. Everything looks so solid. The only thing CGI can't seem to recreate accurately is the motion blur created by a camera shutter, so the movement tends to give it away. Would love a game spin-off with something like these two. Deserting storm troopers maybe.
Big RvB vibes with the naive guy. Sounded like the voice actor for Church.
Cool to see this was made in my homeland.
like a buddy cop RPG! and then getting armour that IS blastproof! and not go to the rebels(thats what always happens)! mercenaries for the empire and sometimes for the rebels! the one who pays more!
Since it's a game engine, I suppose motion blur would be especially easy to implement in the animation.
@@djangodjango5694 that's exactly my point. Motion blur in games looks different. Different to how our eyes interpret blur, different to how blur from a camera shutter works. That's why 24fps/23.97fps looks fine in a film or TV show but in video games it looks awful. You could implement motion blur in the engine but it's still not going to look real because it's simulated, and our brains can tell the difference.
Motion blur is present in this animation. What I'm saying is that it isn't quite there yet. There are layers upon layers of subtlety that contribute to something looking like it isn't animated.
I can just hear the clueless guy yelling, "Sheilaaaaaaaa!" now 🤣
They could do the motion blur but most gamers dont like it so that may be why they didnt. Personally I dislike motion blur a lot but I can see why you may like it.
3:51 _"I should tell you about the fvckin green guy one day."_ And now I can't stop laughing. ^-^
Well that makes sense he a clone.
Trooper sees a Jedi take out a squad single handedly and notices he's a scrawny blonde kid...
"I think I can take him."
🤣 I doubled over cracking up! Awesome
there were parts where i completely forgot this was an animation. unreal engine did such a good job.
Pretty sure a series like this would make millions of dollars and gather fans from around the world.
Nah.
@@JackRipper8881 Yeah.
Disney plus should totally add this series
Nope it was boring and rubbish
@@TimmsyTFG Cap.
Ive only seen 2 of these but they are great. Id much rather watch 3 hours of this series then another Star Wars movie.
There are only two. Watching them gives you a sense that there's already a full series, doesn't it.
The short was entertaining from beginning to end. The voices were perfect too. Well done.
This is some of the best animation, scripting, and acting I’ve ever seen.
Not gonna lie, this is exactly how I picture troops of storm troopers talking during the heat of battle. 5 star video.
The dialogue is pure gold! And how many times have one not played SW Battlefront as a Storm Trooper just wanting to hide & hoping no one sees you?
"its called a B-wing because it looks like a blade!"
ok... that legit answered a VERY long standing question i've had but was always too lazy to actually investigate/forgot i had it by the time i was able.... sweet
Also B in the B-wing can stand for Blockade Breaker/Runner, because the main purpose of B-wings was to go through the imperial blockades (according to Star Wars Rebels). ;)
@@pepederien5096 They don't use our alphabet though, so why are they named with letters to begin with.
This sort of work makes me question why big studios can’t do better, or hire fresh talent.
They do hire fresh talent...the wrong talent.
I can't express in words how much enjoyment I got out of this. High quality entertainment.
I love the jaded stormtrooper just trying to survive with the kid 🤣
I love the look (head tilt) the vet gives the rookie when he says something about his armor being blaster proof.
THAT WAS OUTSTANDING!
I was in the US Army and I can definitely see something like this occurring. A seasoned Sr NCO grabbing the collar of a young troop to start thinking... Before walking into a lightsaber fight. MTFBWYA
This is what Star Wars needs... gives me Troops vibes but in a different sense... love it!!
"Am I basically running around the battlefield in shiny Tupperware!?" 2:43
I half expected the veteran to crank his head like, "What's Tupperware?"
And the newbie would break the fourht wall explaining. XD
We just need an entire movie based on this it would earn more than the sequels ever have.
5 minutes.... 5 minutes of dialogue and acting 10x better than anything Disney can make.
that was pretty good.
good ending too . the older trooper is a badass
This was the most charming and funny starwars parody I've seen in a while. Like a toned-down red vs blue.
This was outstanding!!
Please, Please, Please do a whole season, NAY 5 ! Of 'The life of an old Trooper'.
This is epic.
Better than anything else I've seen in a long long long time!
"FOR THE EMPIRE-"
**gets shot**
_"You pronounced 'Emperor' wrong, guardsman"_
That aside
I can't believe this is cgi
my dumbass didnt read the title and didnt realize it was animated halfway through