The Lore-breaking Super Star Destroyer which shouldn't exist...

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

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  • @EckhartsLadder
    @EckhartsLadder  3 года назад +29

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    • @dead_slime1915
      @dead_slime1915 3 года назад +1

      I use audible to much I’ve got a listening time of 3 month and 8 days

    • @ThatDarth
      @ThatDarth 3 года назад

      6 months 6 days 15 hours & 54 minutes

    • @Anthony05171998
      @Anthony05171998 3 года назад

      @@dead_slime1915 why lie about that ? You realize there’s 30 days in a month

    • @nickrumpp1541
      @nickrumpp1541 3 года назад

      4 months 6 days

    • @dead_slime1915
      @dead_slime1915 3 года назад +1

      @@Anthony05171998 ok let me correct that then I have 2 accounts

  • @thegneech
    @thegneech 3 года назад +75

    Clearly, Zsinj got his star destroyer from the same place the Second Sister got a TIE Interceptor only 5 years after Order 66.

    • @karlrovey
      @karlrovey 3 года назад +1

      Consider the TIE Advanced and TIE Defender were also around as prototypes at that time.

    • @stealthystudios4129
      @stealthystudios4129 Год назад

      @@karlrovey 100%

    • @lampoilropebombs0640
      @lampoilropebombs0640 3 месяца назад

      TIE interceptors were already in the prototype stage. As direct officers below Vader obviously they have priority.

  • @ryanandriantorizki9830
    @ryanandriantorizki9830 3 года назад +65

    Zsinj : "Credits? Beskars? Krayt dragon's pearl? Its yours my friend. As long as you have enough imperial credits.

    • @NCRVeteranRanger
      @NCRVeteranRanger 3 года назад +9

      Oh my god, I freaking KNEW Zsinj looked familiar. 😂

  • @owenparris7490
    @owenparris7490 3 года назад +198

    Been a while since I heard about Warlord Zsinj. In my opinion, he, his Remnant faction, and the Pentastar Alignment would make great villains in Rangers of the New Republic along with Thrawn.

    • @Obiwan7100
      @Obiwan7100 3 года назад +18

      In my opinion I would like for the Rangers of the Republic series to also see bounty hunters fighting the new republic. for example imagine Durge being one of the series' antagonists working for the imperials?

    • @owenparris7490
      @owenparris7490 3 года назад +2

      @@Obiwan7100 Ooooh, I like that!

    • @theblade1251
      @theblade1251 3 года назад +14

      Ardus Kaine, Zsinji and Natasi daala >>>>>>>> Pryde, hux, and slaone

    • @owenparris7490
      @owenparris7490 3 года назад +4

      @@theblade1251 Eh, I think the latter three are really good characters in their own rights.

    • @themc.kennyshow6585
      @themc.kennyshow6585 3 года назад +2

      They are far more interesting than the F. O.

  • @andyb1653
    @andyb1653 3 года назад +283

    Zsinj looks like a French chef in an Imperial Officer's uniform.

    • @morganb6717
      @morganb6717 3 года назад +42

      Moff Boyardee

    • @overboss9599
      @overboss9599 3 года назад +35

      Let's see here
      Arrogant
      Proud
      Far less capable than his adversaries
      Constantly underestimates his opponent
      Despite all that, still manages occasional feats of pure tactical genius
      Yep he's french

    • @hunterkiller1440
      @hunterkiller1440 3 года назад +8

      Reminds me of aged Napoleon when in exile

    • @weldonwin
      @weldonwin 3 года назад +5

      @@hunterkiller1440 His first exile on Elba, not his second one of Saint Helena

    • @j.franklin21
      @j.franklin21 3 года назад +5

      @@hunterkiller1440
      Nah, Napoleon looked waaay better and was much more competent

  • @palpadur1112
    @palpadur1112 3 года назад +160

    Zsinj to his enemies: "You're insistin' on an Iron Fistin'."
    Han Solo: "Kiss my Wookie!"
    random Imperial Officer: "That one must have *Zsinjed* some eyebrows."

    • @bjornthefellhanded5655
      @bjornthefellhanded5655 3 года назад +5

      Marne is Calgar and the Imperial Fists Space Marines: “Watch your mouth Filthy Xenos”

  • @2mccue4u27
    @2mccue4u27 3 года назад +135

    Broke "This is Poe Dameron of the Resistance fleet with an urgent message for General Hugs, is General Hugs here?"
    Woke: "Calling Warlord Zsinj, urgent message for Warlord Zsinj--Kiss my Wookie!"

  • @SharpEdgeSoda
    @SharpEdgeSoda 3 года назад +97

    I know if you dig deep enough you find it, but I've always been relieved that Star Wars legends generally stayed away from Time Travel.
    Canon arguably "flirts" with time travel more, or at least, bringing in concepts that could be manipulated as time travel. That like, weird Force-Realm that saved Ahsoka in Rebels is one.
    ...does Rey/Kylo's force link transmit matter instantaneously across any distance? Because that's a door that once opened is REALLY hard to close.

    • @lenkagamine4145
      @lenkagamine4145 3 года назад +6

      its not hard to close at all. Just dont give anyone else a force link. One of them is dead now, so as long as nobody else gets a link like that the door is firmly shut.

    • @duncanmcgee13
      @duncanmcgee13 3 года назад +6

      Their force link was forced by Palpatine via Snoke so they could easily say it takes an extremely powerful force user to perform. As for the gateway, well its clearly a Celestial Temple or something similar which could be an extremely powerful well for the force, which explains why Palpatine was so interested in it, but it was destroyed after its only known use. There, door closed.

    • @kybercat7
      @kybercat7 3 года назад +3

      I think time travel is a thing that is either best left out entireley to avoid the thousand and one ways it can mess up a good story, or you base the entire story around it alla "Doctor Who"

    • @JakeStaffin
      @JakeStaffin 3 года назад +3

      World Between Worlds is the only canon form of time travel (though it's arguable that WBW is more of inter dimensional travel outside of space time). The time travel article on Wookieepedia has a bunch of examples of time travel within Legends.

    • @lenkagamine4145
      @lenkagamine4145 3 года назад +5

      @@JakeStaffin Yes, but the time travel in legends is generally in much more niche circumstances (mostly comics), while the World between Worlds is more of a major plot point in a major animated show.

  • @williamflowers9435
    @williamflowers9435 3 года назад +63

    I love the idea of the Eclipse class Star Destroyer. Massive investment of time and resources to create, so having one or at most a few actually means something.
    A planet killing super laser shouldn’t be possible on an average Star Destroyer. Having dozens of them undermines their importance and the importance of the Death Stars.
    Imagine if someone was so stupid as to think it’d be possible to have thousands of them or not realize how that would render the OT pointless. Or that a ship could have a Super Laser but not basic shields and navigation(even primitive Earthlings have been able to determine altitude and up and down for decades) or be able to tilt 5°. Imagine someone so moronic as to write that kind of nonsense into a fan fiction. Imagine… oh, wait…

    • @sirshotty7689
      @sirshotty7689 3 года назад +2

      Relatable

    • @kirknichols178
      @kirknichols178 3 года назад +6

      You speak the truth. We can’t go back in time and save the series from JJ and his clan of clowns. It still hurts me knowing that they whiffed on a slow pitch. Your comment would get buried by salty ST fanboy downvotes on Reddit lol

    • @adenkyramud5005
      @adenkyramud5005 3 года назад +2

      @Asier Etxeberria Irastorza because it's exactly that. Legends. Not fucking Canon. Not the official fucking story. Everything in legends is just Fan fiction. The official Canon shouldn't be terrible fan fiction. Yes, legends had some ultra stupid stuff. But it's just part of what some author thought would make a nice little addition to the universe for those who want to read their book. The sequel trilogy is like that. But full on movies with massive budgets that are the official story. The official story should be a shining example. Not something that's on the same level as the crap some drunk bastard writes in his basement flat because his mom forgot to turn off the internet.

    • @kirknichols178
      @kirknichols178 3 года назад +2

      @@adenkyramud5005 you speak the truth. That Asier Etxeberria Irastorza guy makes no sense. I just don't understand how anyone can defend the garbage that is the ST. Even under a tight schedule they had no excuse for it to be as bad as it was. Those movies were all subpar and the fans did not deserve that at all. Like you said earlier, legends can be shitty, because there's really nothing behind it, but the canon stuff has no excuse because it is backed by money and lots of smart and talented people.

  • @imperiumCirca41
    @imperiumCirca41 3 года назад +32

    Eckharts when something breaks the lore:
    YOU HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF TREASON,AGAINST THE REPUBLIC

  • @hunterkiller1440
    @hunterkiller1440 3 года назад +131

    This kind of information makes me wish to watch Zengaku or Romance of Three Kingdoms in space.

    • @dalekcats
      @dalekcats 3 года назад +2

      If you’re actually looking for something like that, while I haven’t heard of Zengaku and haven’t read/watched Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I’ve heard people compare Legend of the Galactic Heroes(my pfp) to Romance of the Three Kingdoms before.

    • @droopsnoot1812
      @droopsnoot1812 3 года назад

      Just passing by the comment section and saw this, that’s one badass pfp of the Thunder Rangers

    • @brap6557
      @brap6557 3 года назад +2

      Definitely check out Legends of the Galactic Heroes, seems like it’d be up your alley

  • @Unknown.NotRegistered
    @Unknown.NotRegistered 3 года назад +24

    Not quite the first edition, think that's the original hardcover, but I've got the soft cover version of it printed 1995, and it doesn't call it the Sovereign.
    The usual notes in the front 'nothing was changed ' and such. In that print it was only called the Iron Fist.

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 3 года назад +3

      I have a UK 2nd print 1995, the text is quite different the ships present are "hundreds of Imperial Star Destroyers and Hapan Battle Dragons", the ship Han hails is the Iron Fist after Luke points it out as the flagship and says Tsinj is onboard. There is no ship present called the Sovereign and no super star destroyers (a couple of other star destroyers coming in to support are described as identical to the Iron Fist). However on page 100 they see a fleet docked at a 10km long space station above Dathomir (sounds like a drydock from the description) which is described as one unnamed SSD, several dozen 'Old Victory class Star Destroyers', a few frigates and a lot of cargo containers.

    • @eds1942
      @eds1942 3 года назад +1

      I have a first edition hardback.
      pg 85, one SSD, dozens VSD’s
      at an Imperial shipyard.
      pg 315: Zsinj is aboard the ‘Iron Fist’ as Han says “Kiss my Wookie”. His fleet surrenders on the following page.
      No mention of a ship named ‘Sovereign’.

    • @eds1942
      @eds1942 3 года назад +1

      They probably changed it due to translational issues for later editions, but it’s seems weird that only that book got the treatment.
      Two retcon takes:
      1 - since it just states that it was a star destroyer generically, and since ‘Sovereign’ isn’t an uncommon name for a naval warship. Then this does not mean that this ship must have been a SSD. It could just as easily have been one of the dozen or so VSD’s that he had stationed in system.
      2 - since Zsinj is known to have renamed ships before, for instance the SSD ‘Iron Fist’ was originally named the ‘Brawl’, and Zsinj had recently faced a number of defeats prior to retreating to Dathamir, then perhaps he decided to rename his SSD to the ‘Sovereign’ as part of a plan to rebrand himself and such.

    • @kyleandolina273
      @kyleandolina273 3 года назад +2

      From the book's descriptions, I'd assumed it was just a bigger-than-normal Star Destroyer, as the Dark Horse comic's Dark Empire series later revealed as an Allegiance Class Super Star Destroyer, which I'm pretty sure would have been around for Zsinj to have used.

    • @sir.charlesmadden842
      @sir.charlesmadden842 2 года назад

      @@watcherzero5256, I see your confusion. I also had the same question long ago when I first read Courtship (my first Star Wars book). Then I stumbled upon Aaron Allston's website in a FAQ about Star Wars page. The author rationalised the book's descriptions, saying that the term used in the book 'Imperial Star Destroyer' is probably referring to the culture/origin of the ship. Imperial Star Destroyers are of imperial design and from the Imperial Era. That makes me think that the 'Old Victory-class Star Destroyers' are from the Clone Era of sorts. I'd like to point out that the Super Star Destroyers at the time were classified as 'Super-class Star Destroyer' simply because no one thought there was a class of ship bigger than a Star Destroyer, which meant everything else could be a Star Cruiser or below. VSDs were designed and primarily manufactured during the Old Republic Era (as it was called back then to refer to everything that came before the Empire), whilst Imperial Star Destroyers were recognised as the most modern and powerful types of capital ships in the galaxy which includes Imperial-class Star Destroyers and Super-class Star Destroyers.

  • @GoldLight73
    @GoldLight73 3 года назад +39

    Han Solo: "Kiss my Wookie!"
    Chewbacca: *Confused Wookie noises*

  • @lucascaswell9892
    @lucascaswell9892 3 года назад +44

    Imagine not having 11 mo. 28 days 10 hours and 23 minutes of audible time.

    • @orguksilverbeard7658
      @orguksilverbeard7658 3 года назад

      Got 26 days 8 hours and 8 minutes

    • @matthewhalsan6459
      @matthewhalsan6459 3 года назад

      Damn, I admire the commitment. I'm only on 6 days, lol.

    • @orguksilverbeard7658
      @orguksilverbeard7658 3 года назад

      @@matthewhalsan6459 I listen while at work. I work as a stockman at Walmart (cart shepherd) and I’m allowed to listen to audiobooks while at work

    • @matthewhalsan6459
      @matthewhalsan6459 3 года назад +1

      @@orguksilverbeard7658 nice bro 👌

    • @henrysimon4711
      @henrysimon4711 3 года назад +3

      I got 1 year 3days 3 hours and 5 minutes I might be addicted

  • @atariduckman
    @atariduckman 3 года назад +29

    I own the first edition of the audio book on audio cassette. And i can confirm that Zsinj's SSD was called Sovereign. Not so sure about the book, since I've read it in german, back when it was released. And in german, most ships and planets got their names changed when they translated the books, which is very confusing when looking it up in english.

    • @eds1942
      @eds1942 3 года назад

      That’s interesting. In the 1st Ed hardcover in English, it’s the ‘Iron Fist’. And I bought that book when I was in Germany in 94.
      I wonder what their reasoning for the change was?

    • @atariduckman
      @atariduckman 3 года назад +1

      In the german version of the books and even the movies they changed stuff like "Victory Class" into "Sieges Klasse" (sieg is victory in german), Kessel to Kossal (Kessel in german means pot/kettle) and they have changed Emperor into Kaiser. But bad translations is a big problem in germany. Goes back to the 1950s and is still going on for some books, tv shows and movies.

    • @eds1942
      @eds1942 3 года назад

      @@atariduckman I’m just wondering if the Iron Fist = Sovereign change made it into any of the other publications dealing with Zsinj? I had some buddies get into the X-Wing /Rogue Squadron books back then, but I didn’t for years.

    • @atariduckman
      @atariduckman 3 года назад

      Not to my knowledge. I think, it was just an oversight when making the audiobook. Maybe Lucas Films changed it last minute because of Dark Empire.
      Also in the audiobook, there is the weird problem, that it was narrated by a man and he did all the voices. Mon Mothma and Garm Bel Iblis had (nearly) the same voice. Was confusing most of the time...

    • @die1mayer
      @die1mayer 3 года назад

      Kriegsherr Zsinj mit seinem Kommandoschiff Eisenfaust.
      Krieg der Sterne
      Tarkin: Ich habe soeben die Nachricht erhalten, dass der Kaiser diesen Rat aufgelöst hat, für immer. :D
      Unmöglich! Wie will der Kaiser ohne den bürokratischen Apparat die Kontrolle behalten?

  • @MYTHGUNDAM
    @MYTHGUNDAM 3 года назад +56

    This is why the EU was a mess but a fascinating mess.

    • @usrevenge
      @usrevenge 3 года назад +2

      It's why despite the good eu had its also good that it isn't canon anymore.
      They took every little tiny thing from the movies and assumed it was something more.
      Thrawn trilogy.for example claimed that if a "dark jedi" dies they explode which shouldn't be a thing.

    • @vahlen5281
      @vahlen5281 3 года назад +1

      @@usrevenge Only in the case of powerful force users, not in general. Which is in line with RotJ and Palpatine's death.

    • @stephenjenkins7971
      @stephenjenkins7971 3 года назад +7

      @@usrevenge It'd be good it wasn't canon anymore if the New Canon wasn't so crap at doing the exact same thing except managing to be a mess earlier on while being much less interesting about it. *Cough* Return of Palpatine *Cough*

    • @jakobvonbugmann
      @jakobvonbugmann 3 года назад +4

      As if the Disney slop is logical in any regard

  • @Arashmickey
    @Arashmickey 3 года назад +48

    I completely forgot that Legends featured a Han Solo clone: General Henn "Kiss my Wookie" Solo

    • @DoctorX17
      @DoctorX17 3 года назад +2

      I wonder if Chewbacca's clone is named Cheebacca

    • @atariduckman
      @atariduckman 3 года назад +3

      If you go with the name conventions for clones in the Thrawn trilogy, he should have been named Haan Solo, Like Luuke and Joruus....
      So Shev Palpatine should been named Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve Palpatine, because he's got cloned so many times in and before Dark Empire 🤣

    • @Arashmickey
      @Arashmickey 3 года назад +2

      @@atariduckman I was thinking the same thing at first, but maybe that's just for evil Force-wielding clones? So I think you're right on the money with Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve, whereas Henn is merely a scoundrel cloned from a guy whom's name the narrator doesn't know how to pronounce correctly.

    • @atariduckman
      @atariduckman 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, i think in the "Jedi Academy trilogy" there was one "Padavan", that was from a race of cloners and he was the 81st clone of a person, and he had a normal name with a number on the end. Dorsk 81 was his name.
      So, you might be right, that only Jedi and Sith clones get an extra letter in their name. Or it could be just spaarti clones who get an extra letter.
      Still confusing with all this cloning.
      Imagine the Clone Wars with Jaango Fett, Jaaango Fett, Jaaaango Fett...... Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaango Fett.....
      🤣

  • @XoeSara
    @XoeSara 3 года назад +18

    7:20 "kiss my wookie" That's a phrase that makes my cheeks hurt.

  • @eds1942
    @eds1942 3 года назад +4

    This inconsistency seems due to a translational choice that somehow crossed over to subsequent English reprints of this book.
    As I’m aware of, there is no other passage in this book or any of the other stories that Zsinj either appears in or where he mentioned does he have a star destroyer (of any class) by the name of ‘Sovereign’. And this passage in earlier editions of this book have the ship named as the ‘Iron Fist’.
    Zsinj commanded two ships by that name;
    1 - a Victory class, that was his original command posting.
    2 - an Executor class super star destroyer originally christened as the ‘Brawl’, which he renamed to the ‘Iron Fist’ in honor of his former ship after his promotion to fleet admiral. And that is that the ship that is cited as going down in the Dathomir system with Zsinj.

  • @nickvinsable3798
    @nickvinsable3798 3 года назад +14

    I still like to personally like to believe that such a ship, in as much of an incompleted state as the Executor in “Force Unleashed, The”. The specifics doesn’t need to be much, just enough to survive, not focused on winning, rather more focused on not losing & such…

  • @extensioncordgaming8266
    @extensioncordgaming8266 3 года назад +7

    Wow Eck, I have to thank you, you probably are the main force behind me getting into Star Wars. You seem like such an awesome guy, and you make amazing content. Thank you.

  • @CameronHuff
    @CameronHuff 3 года назад +7

    Has Eckh ever covered what would have happened if Palpatine had taken Thrawn's advice to have more ships instead of superweapons and all of the other crap he did?

  • @ErokLobotomist
    @ErokLobotomist 3 года назад +4

    I miss Zsinj so much, that Era of Star Wars Novels was the Era I really got into the EU. Hopefully he can make some comeback of some kind in the future.

  • @gavinsimmonds6150
    @gavinsimmonds6150 3 года назад +2

    If I remember correctly Admiral Daala got hold of one. I think it was in one of the books after she killed all the Moffs and did a assessment of all Imperial assets. A Moff was tasked to build one by the returned Emperor before is final death.

  • @DoctorX17
    @DoctorX17 3 года назад +6

    Huh... I never heard of Zsinj before this... Fascinating.
    I think this sort of confusion has happened in Star Trek too -- there's a Sovereign class, and I believe there's a USS Sovereign of a different class that's from before the Sovereign class came around

    • @christopherflowers6583
      @christopherflowers6583 3 года назад +3

      Multiple times in star trek: there were two ships named Grissom, two named Defiant, two named Valiant, two named Hood, two named Potemkin, multiple ships named intrepid, several ships and a Starbase called Yorktown, and of course several named Enterprise (for good reason). There are others out there that I can't think of right now, but the point has been made. It can get confusing.

    • @AzraelThanatos
      @AzraelThanatos 3 года назад +1

      For Zsinj, read the second set of the X-Wing Series before reading Courtship of Princess Leia...it gives a lot more to the book. Those three end right before Courtship begins

    • @ryanhawe8234
      @ryanhawe8234 3 года назад +1

      @@christopherflowers6583 Yes, and now that we finally have some Famous Vessels from UFP founding cultures besides Anglo-American Earth, we've seen a few reuses of Kumari (Andorian) and T'Plana-Hath (Vulcan) as well.

    • @christopherflowers6583
      @christopherflowers6583 3 года назад

      @@ryanhawe8234 and Surak

  • @darkwolf4434
    @darkwolf4434 3 года назад +11

    Imgaine how much hate Disney would have got if they made a ship like this.

    • @stephenjenkins7971
      @stephenjenkins7971 3 года назад +8

      Disney literally made a Mega-SSD and Star Destroyers with planet-killing capabilities. Disney somehow beat Legends in how ridiculous it could get within a few years.

  • @oscarc1165
    @oscarc1165 3 года назад +2

    How you dont have 1 million subscribers yet is beyond my understanding! Your such an underrated star wars RUclipsr

  • @Ostentatiousnessness
    @Ostentatiousnessness 3 года назад +27

    Clearly, Zsinj got the Sovereign-SSD because he grew thicc with strength which allowed him to warp time and space.

    • @B1ackout850
      @B1ackout850 3 года назад +2

      A fellow destiny enjoyer I see.

    • @Ostentatiousnessness
      @Ostentatiousnessness 3 года назад +1

      @@B1ackout850 Well, he certainly needs it too. After all, he did stumble into a war with the Cabal on Mars.

    • @terencetsang9518
      @terencetsang9518 3 года назад +2

      He's thicc enough to create his own interdicction field and then more

    • @NCRVeteranRanger
      @NCRVeteranRanger 3 года назад +1

      Who needs a death star when you got a mega thicc boi like Zsinj?

  • @qliphalpuzzle5453
    @qliphalpuzzle5453 3 года назад +9

    1 month 12 days 16 hours 47 minutes
    Mostly because I went through a big binge of the Dresden Files books

  • @alanfangor
    @alanfangor 3 года назад +3

    I think I remember reading that and my headcanon was that Iron Fist was being repaired so Zinji at the time was on another Star Destroyer not a even a Super class just a normal Imperial class and its name was the Sovereign and that is where Zinji was commanding the battle from since Iron Fist was unusable being in dock and repaired.

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 3 года назад

      I have a 2nd Print. The ship Tsinj is on is the Iron Fist and its a normal Imperial Star Destroyer, there are no SSD's present and no ship called Sovereign. However on page 100 they see a fleet docked at a 10km space station above Dathomir (sounds like a drydock from the description) which is described as one unnamed SSD, several dozen 'Old Victory class Star Destroyers', a few frigates and a lot of cargo containers.

  • @flufennuger1
    @flufennuger1 3 года назад +1

    Zsin was introduced as a Grand Admiral in the Tie Fighter game who went rouge, This is also the first time the Tie Advanced, now called Avenger, The Tie Defender and the Missile boat are introduced. July 17, 1994. The Courtship of Princess Leia was also released that year.

    • @Neawoulf
      @Neawoulf 3 года назад +1

      Wasn't that Zaarin?

    • @flufennuger1
      @flufennuger1 3 года назад

      @@Neawoulf You may be correct, It has been along time since I last had a computer that could play it.

  • @walnzell9328
    @walnzell9328 3 года назад +2

    I like to imagine an imperial officer walks up to Zsinj and explains to him that some of the records on the Iron Fist had been corrupted and the name was now the Sovereign which was listed as a sovereign class super star destroyer.
    And Zsinj is like "I sure hope that doesn't cause any confusion for the time being. I'll make sure the records are fixed after this battle." and then he died.

  • @SomeGuy4245-f1v
    @SomeGuy4245-f1v 3 года назад +6

    "Kiss my Wookiee." Is now my favorite Star Wars line

  • @ohionumber1247
    @ohionumber1247 3 года назад +17

    Since Eck doesn’t answer #askeck questions on a regular basis anymore use this as a way to ask your questions and I and anyone else who wants to help answer will!

  • @AceUzumazi
    @AceUzumazi 3 года назад +8

    "Kiss my Wookiee" is the greatest line in both canon and legends. If you say otherwise, the Emperors of both legends and canon with deploy the Inquisitors to arrest you!

    • @galeanart7209
      @galeanart7209 3 года назад

      He will also call the Warhammer Inquisition for extra wookie kissing

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 3 года назад +15

    I'm gonna go ahead and say "Nth Degree Warp Fuckery" even though the Wrap has nothing to do with this time traveling ship.

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 3 года назад +7

    "There are people a lot higher than me" You sure? I've watched some of your VS videos.

  • @cassievania
    @cassievania 3 года назад +2

    I have many first-run hardback copies of Legends books and I can tell you that ship was always the Iron First in print. Maybe the audiobook was from an earlier draft as you said, or maybe some editor screwed up.

  • @DraconimLt
    @DraconimLt 3 года назад +2

    The only SSD's I know of that Zsinj had were the 'Iron Fist' and the (nearly completed) 'Razor's Kiss', both were EXECUTOR class super star destroyers! From what you said I'd guess it was just a mistake on class or name of ship?

  • @mikaelhultberg9543
    @mikaelhultberg9543 3 года назад +2

    Since The Courtship of Princess Leia (where Zinj first appeared and died) is set two years before Dark Empire, I doubt that Dave Wolverton (Courtship author) looked at the Dark Empire material at all. Wouldn't have made any sense.

  • @Cquaid97
    @Cquaid97 3 года назад +2

    Was really hope that they mentioned time travel for the ship than a possible a editing and publishing error

  • @jonmcgee6987
    @jonmcgee6987 3 года назад +1

    I just dug up my paper-back copy of the book.
    Bantam paper back edition May 1995.
    There is no mention of the ship your talking about. And in the scene you played from the audio book. It says Zsinj is on a ship called the Iron Fist. Though it indicates this ship appears to be an Imperial 2 Star Destroyer. Han takes out the bridge with a pair of concussion missiles. Then it gets hit with an ion cannon and then a hail of proton torpedoes.
    Not exactly how you'd expect an SSD to be taken out out of the battle so quickly.
    Then again the Executor did get whacked by a ramming attack so it is possible.

  • @fossilco.artrelateddocumen331
    @fossilco.artrelateddocumen331 3 года назад +2

    You know things are about to get real funky when time travels gets mentioned

  • @gabe2472
    @gabe2472 3 года назад

    Ive been wanting to get audible for forever, and now I can try it!!! Thank you so, so much Eck!! Keep up the amazing videos by the way, you're one of the best out there!!

  • @krispalermo8133
    @krispalermo8133 3 года назад +1

    That .. Dude .. JusT got left Behind !

  • @teekayfourtwoone4686
    @teekayfourtwoone4686 3 года назад

    I recall many years back, the "Emperor's Hammer" online club used the Sovereign. I used to be a squadron leader.

  • @SamwiseOutdoors
    @SamwiseOutdoors 3 года назад

    It's been almost two decades since I last read Courtship, but I vaguely remember Zsinj being on board an older ISD in that final battle. I don't remember the reason why, but I think that Iron Fist was out of commission.

  • @shadowshockwave
    @shadowshockwave 3 года назад

    @eckhartsladder
    page 1 of my third edition says "It had been so long since Han had last seen Leia: five months, five months hunting the warlord Zsinj's Super Start Destroyer, Iron Fist. Five months ago, the New Republic had seemed so secure, so in control. Maybe now, with the Iron Fist gone, warlord Zsinj would be crippled..."
    Two pages before (359) the "Kiss my Wookie" line, Han and Luke are talking about the three star destroyers in space above Dathomir. They are referring to a standard star destroyer as the Iron Fist.
    Sounds like this is mostly a continuity error.

  • @jenniferstewarts4851
    @jenniferstewarts4851 3 года назад +2

    The most likely explanation would be it wasn't a Sovereign class but a ship named Sovereign

    • @enisra_bowman
      @enisra_bowman 3 года назад

      yeah, it's boring, but likely true, since Sovereign isn't the super unique Names like Invincible which had some different entries in Star Wars
      And also got one in Mass Effect and as the Type Ship for the Enterprise E

    • @jenniferstewarts4851
      @jenniferstewarts4851 3 года назад +2

      @@enisra_bowman And think about this, with the number of planets, of planetary systems, of independent systems... With royal yachts, and escorts...
      Wanna bet, there was more then one ship NAMED the Sovereign at the same time, from freighters, to flag ships. There may for example, have been an ISD Sovereign, a Planetary defense dreadnaught named the Sovereign, and even a Mon Cal ship... at the same time, with the same name... and any of those could have been captured and repurposed

  • @ss4clubdj
    @ss4clubdj 3 года назад +1

    I remember getting the encyclopedia for my birthday when I was 8 or 9

  • @DTS214
    @DTS214 3 года назад

    Outro will always be worth watching.

  • @fbi9009
    @fbi9009 3 года назад +1

    audible is actually litt

  • @tyrannicfool2503
    @tyrannicfool2503 3 года назад

    This was essentially a historiographical analysis of Star Wars I love it

  • @jamesjeffrey4159
    @jamesjeffrey4159 3 года назад

    1 month 20 days 22 hours and 13 minutes all star wars books haha slightly obsessed but I love it

  • @Obiwan7100
    @Obiwan7100 3 года назад +5

    What is your favorite TIE model?

  • @christianvincentcostanilla8428
    @christianvincentcostanilla8428 3 года назад +1

    Try : what happened the galactic empire after the battle of endor

  • @JosiahSum1Wallis
    @JosiahSum1Wallis 3 года назад +1

    I'm up to 15 months 14 days on Audible, Thanks to Star Wars, Brandon Sanderson, and many many other very good books and authors.

  • @Neptune-or4vm
    @Neptune-or4vm 3 года назад +1

    The Hyperspace itself: am I a joke to you?

  • @theroyalrat9992
    @theroyalrat9992 3 года назад +1

    10 months, 13 day, 13 hours, 54 minutes and 369 titles on audible. I have paid for someone salary.

  • @Danny-no2zp
    @Danny-no2zp 2 года назад

    Many of the entries in that official encyclopaedia were taken from The Completely Unofficial Encyclopaedia (CUSWE), created by Bob Vitas. This included making “official” quite a few mistakes in the CUSWE. I suspect this entry comes from there too

  • @cooper10182
    @cooper10182 3 года назад

    I have a paperback copy from 20 years ago. It was Iron Fist at that time. One of the 4 Executor class SSD's under the name "Executor".

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 3 года назад

      I have a 2nd Print. The ship Tsinj is on is the Iron Fist and its a normal Imperial Star Destroyer, there are no SSD's present and no ship called Sovereign.

  • @dbransom
    @dbransom 3 года назад

    Han... Wookies need love too... That was epic lol

  • @richardstephens3327
    @richardstephens3327 3 года назад

    I have a first edition of the paperback and is seems to be a bit confusing since he is is the Iron fist and then all of a sudden jumps to the Sovran. I think the ship may have bin originally named the Sovran and then renamed in editing and one place it was missed?

  • @datromokid
    @datromokid 3 года назад

    What was the background video of the TIE Interceptor battling? It looks well done if it’s fan made! It was towards the end of the video

  • @Ryadalyl
    @Ryadalyl 3 года назад

    Whenever I watch a Star Wars video from you I start thinking about my collection of Expanded Novel universe books.
    Funny really, a desire to read the universe again. The entire universe including the prequel books to the prequel films which explain why Supreme Chancellor Valorum got in trouble with corruption charges, and what happened to that Neimoidian that Sidious tells to fuck off (basically, the stunted slime comment) at the start of Phantom Menace.
    With all these things going on, it would be a pleasure to read the Warlord Zsinj again, though I always thought it was a shame that Dave Wolverton decided to kill the Warlord the way he did.
    I also have a desire to own a Corgi. Though that has been around since The Rad Brad got his dog.

  • @mahmoudsalaheddine8358
    @mahmoudsalaheddine8358 Месяц назад

    I think it’s funny that the old Executor was 8 km long, it looks so weird compared to the Eclipse

  • @elitejjtrocks
    @elitejjtrocks 3 года назад

    2 months and change….. yup 40k audio books are taking over my life

  • @ThreeProphets
    @ThreeProphets 3 года назад +1

    Okay, I see how they got this mixed up

  • @xTK421x
    @xTK421x 2 года назад

    ECK I love audible too. I have 13 titles(all Star Wars). I have never read some of the gynormus works from Tim Zhan. Wow. I do not even blink at the monthly charge. I just got through first Thrawn series and am into Specter of the Past Duology. Sinister stuff. Other books like Blood line I have listened to 3 times through. KotOR book 1 Fatal Alliance was insane. Fantastic character development. There have been a few titles there that I did not love after listing all the way through I got a refund. You can sample the titles for like 4.5 mins not much, but good. Hearing the book read and acted out by people with voices that are not quite on time, but you grow to like the women voicing male characters in Bloodline was great. She nailed Solo in that title. You also get some interesting perspective concerning aliens. Here: In Specter of the past the head Senator is a Pegasus. So, he whinnies and stamps his age out(jk) and has prehensile feathers in his wings WHAT?? I am falling in love with Senator Calverman? (shit I bottled his name). I mean despite the silliness he is a strong character one that does not need a strong intro due to the level of respect and authority he wields while mingling with the staple heroes we all love. New characters: Mara Jade....sigh....I want more. When will her and Luke finally....uh....ya know. Its not graphic at all. Has just the right amount of romance a male oriented space opera needs. Wow that was many words typed. OK you get it, I love Audible! I am off my box! cheers.

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain 3 года назад

    A have an idea. Was the Axial Superlaser described as being functional? If not then I put it that This was a downgraded Sovereign constructed from the partially completed hull. The second option is that it was not the Original but just recycling the name to give Warlord Zing a bit more ligitimacy? Sovereign after all literally means independent state, so could refer to that idea.

  • @eds1942
    @eds1942 3 года назад

    Pg 315 of the 1st ed hardcover.
    Zsinj is on the ‘Iron Fist’. The fleet surrenders on the following page.
    Pg 85, Zsinj has one SSD and dozens of VSD and escort frigates. We can presume that ‘Iron Fist’ was the SSD.
    Why they felt the need to change that to the ‘Sovereign’ in a later edition is beyond me.

  • @cd5sircoupe
    @cd5sircoupe 3 года назад

    I've owned a first edition of Courtship... I'd have to dig through the collection to see if I could find it. As long as my parents didn't donate the book over the years, it should still be in the ole library. I might come back to this video if I get a chance to look for it/find it and gloss it over to confirm that theory.

    • @watcherzero5256
      @watcherzero5256 3 года назад +1

      I have a 2nd Print. The ship Tsinj is on is the Iron Fist and its a normal Imperial Star Destroyer, there are no SSD's present and no ship called Sovereign. However on page 100 they see a fleet docked at a 10km space station above Dathomir (sounds like a drydock from the description) which is described as one unnamed SSD, several dozen 'Old Victory class Star Destroyers', a few frigates and a lot of cargo containers.

    • @cd5sircoupe
      @cd5sircoupe 3 года назад

      @@watcherzero5256 Saved me some trouble for sure. Now that you mention it, Iron Fist sounds right.

  • @readyorknot2344
    @readyorknot2344 3 года назад

    If your saying that the sovereign was swapped out for iron fist. I read courtship of princess leia in late 1990s maybe 1997 1999. And I recall Iron fist being the flagship I dont remember Sovereign but might be because it wasnt given much significance

  • @chrisgurney2467
    @chrisgurney2467 3 года назад

    It's possible that the Sovereign was lent to Zsinj for a shakedown cruise with a tech crew crew on board to see if the rest of the class needed upgrades

  • @Just_Another_Gravemind
    @Just_Another_Gravemind 3 года назад

    I have a first edition of the book, in it Zsinj is said to be on the Iron Fist, I don't believe it makes mention of the sovreign. Luke tells Han that lord Zsinj is aboard a star destroyer named the Iron fist (page 359), with Han later referring to him as "Warlord Zsinj of the Iron Fist" (page 361).
    Hope this helps though I doubt you'll get to reading it

  • @peyotepete4903
    @peyotepete4903 3 года назад

    Keep up the good work Ecks!

  • @jessenerdsout3886
    @jessenerdsout3886 3 года назад

    "kiss my Wookiee!"?? oh dear. oh dear, oh dear that's bad! 🤣

  • @regishwadum
    @regishwadum 3 года назад

    I love it when titles don’t have a single word in all caps

  • @johnsemeniuk8230
    @johnsemeniuk8230 3 года назад

    So, the clip with the imperial interceptor... where's that from? Been wondering for a long while now.

  • @benjaminshaw4570
    @benjaminshaw4570 3 года назад

    9 months 19 days 20 hours 8 minutes and always going up:) that my current count on time listened on audible plus 539 titles on my acount.

  • @k.b.6331
    @k.b.6331 3 года назад

    And thus the typo created a worm hole to an alternate universe. I have a first edition of this book. I'm going to check it. Haven't read it in years.

  • @christhebagboy1499
    @christhebagboy1499 3 года назад

    I dont know if you have but you should do a video on the iron blockade !

  • @CHRF-55457
    @CHRF-55457 24 дня назад

    Okay, who put Lord General Zuehlke in an Imperial Navy uniform?

  • @nicholasboyle3291
    @nicholasboyle3291 3 года назад

    Zsinj is such an a hole in Thrawn’s Revenge

  • @chinmaykhaladkar1558
    @chinmaykhaladkar1558 3 года назад

    best outro ever

  • @casualgamerboi3789
    @casualgamerboi3789 3 года назад

    Put one of those chapter things at the end of the ad read please

  • @SpeCactAbraXas
    @SpeCactAbraXas 3 года назад

    i cna confirm that the book does indeed say zsinj was on the bridge of his ship the sovereign, i looked over my star wars book collection and i have a first edition courtship, and the lines does indeed exist in the novel

  • @Notthetimeforit
    @Notthetimeforit 3 года назад

    Where is that footage from of the Moncal ship and the SSD?

  • @bassmantjox1299
    @bassmantjox1299 3 года назад

    Ecks Have A One Question, IDK if you’re reading this in Canadian time but, Can young clones be affected by their inhibitor chips?

  • @infrestitucho8721
    @infrestitucho8721 3 года назад

    crazy idea but what if the Expanse Solar System Was Discovered by the Star Wars Factions? lets say that an Ring-Gate linked to Naboo during the clone wars leading to both factions meeting eac other. for the expanse its the TV show Version before the events of season 5.

  • @solidrecycling7875
    @solidrecycling7875 3 года назад

    I have 1000 hours in audible, I have only listened to the phantok menace novel

  • @BrentHollett
    @BrentHollett 3 года назад

    2 Months, 6 days, 14hrs, 31 minutes :-D

  • @luckysamurai
    @luckysamurai 3 года назад +2

    never been this early to a video before

  • @justinjeffries1554
    @justinjeffries1554 3 года назад

    2 months and 5 days worth of audiobooks listened to in 2 years 😂😂😂

  • @IntheL1ght
    @IntheL1ght 3 года назад

    The guy responsible for that entry took a short cut and listened to the audio book

  • @elisekehle8520
    @elisekehle8520 3 года назад

    Can you do a factions compared on courier ships/shuttles? Lamdas and Sentinels, compared to Jedi shuttles (both the Eta tri-wing and t6 designs), sep sheathipedes, etc? What adventages do the Sienar Imperial shuttles have to compensate for their laughably low rates of acceleration and top speed in MGLT? Is multi-mission capability as a poor man's gunship important? On a related note, I do think you underestimated the importance of the U-wing's high sublight speed in your gunship rankings, as it can keep pace with its escorts without nerfing their speed, a problem Thrawn pointed out with most craft escorted by Rebel fighters.
    This being a request to compare shuttles, esp. hyperspace capable ones, as opposed to gunships/troop transports, which you've already covered very well.

  • @SeanMather
    @SeanMather 3 года назад

    Having read the book in paper, I never knew about this.

  • @paulconrad6220
    @paulconrad6220 3 года назад

    Zsinj just chose the control ending and took over a Reaper. Mystery solved.

  • @zacharynorton3875
    @zacharynorton3875 3 года назад

    Dark Empire kinda breaks canon anyway when Luke talks about the clone wars while he’s in that prison ship

  • @GeroldGarthcia
    @GeroldGarthcia 3 года назад

    Does anyone else think that when the voice actor in courtship of princess Leia does Han solo he sounds like mo the bartender from the Simpsons?