The 1000 Year Evolution of Stormtrooper Armor

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  • Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025

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  • @GenerationTech
    @GenerationTech  Год назад +26

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    • @brightlord-ov7cm
      @brightlord-ov7cm Год назад +1

      And how do you feel about that?

    • @Ghostfury2004
      @Ghostfury2004 Год назад +1

      This is a question but I always wondered how many clones were nearing the end of the war and also how many troops were in the 212 and 501s legions

    • @Ghostfury2004
      @Ghostfury2004 Год назад

      This is a question but I always wondered how many clones were nearing the end of the war and also how many troops were in the 212 and 501st legions

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      @l1a146 Год назад +4

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    • @christinestevenson4304
      @christinestevenson4304 2 месяца назад

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  • @darkstarknight4616
    @darkstarknight4616 Год назад +90

    Not gonna lie, the old republic armor from both sides of the Republic and Sith Empire long ago looks much cooler compared to Stormtroopers now.

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 Год назад +9

      It also look more comfortable, the thigh plates on stormtrooper armor reaches to high and it stabs you when you raise the leg.

    • @beaufryer2042
      @beaufryer2042 Год назад +7

      In all fairness I’d say armour from the late Middle Ages looks cooler than modern armour today

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 Год назад +2

      @@beaufryer2042, hey - don't be dissing modern plate carriers. They may not be as flashy as old knight armor, but it still looks pretty damn cool.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Год назад +1

      They also look a lot more advanced, and tougher. Like you can tell that they look designed to take a good amount of fire before going down. Which I'll take something that can survive a good amount of damage vs a small amount. Aka I'll take advanced forms of layered kevlar vs a flat bullet proof vest that police use.

    • @Jiub_SN
      @Jiub_SN Год назад +1

      Old republic armor has always felt off to me. I think it was lazy of them to just make trooper armor look like clone armor thousands of years before those wars, it was dumb of the artists because it kinda ruined the setting and world building of the era

  • @jonathan4158
    @jonathan4158 Год назад +36

    From Old Republic to Clone Troopers and to Stormtrooper sure have lot's of history.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Год назад +188

    The Galactic Republic lasted for 25,000 years and that's an impressive feat compared to the Imperium of Man.

    • @vegeta002
      @vegeta002 Год назад +65

      Just makes the Galactic Empire look even worse; the Republic was around for 25,000 years and Palpatine promised an Empire to last 10,000 years, yet they couldn't even make it anywhere close to _100_ years.

    • @jiffypoo5029
      @jiffypoo5029 Год назад +53

      @@vegeta002 The Sith Empire also lasted for about 15,000 years. Darth Bane was delusional and thought that the darkside was diluted by having too many Sith and he killed the Sith Empire effectively letting the Republic win; Darth Bane was a moron and completely wrong. The Ancient Emperor Valkorian/Darth Vitiate lived for thousands of years transfering his essense between bodies and fueling his immortality with the casualities of war.

    • @Calvin_Coolage
      @Calvin_Coolage Год назад +29

      ​@@vegeta002 The Galactic Empire lasting less than time than either Nazi Germany or fascist Italy has always been a bizarre timescale to me. Almost makes me think a year in Star Wars is longer than 365 days

    • @Lobsterwithinternet
      @Lobsterwithinternet Год назад +31

      @@vegeta002 It's what happens when you antagonize a population.
      The Republic was Byzantine in it's bureaucracy, was slow in acting due to political gridlock, and was hamfisted when it did act.
      But if you weren't actively a big problem to them, they would generally leave you alone to your own devices.
      The Empire, on the other hand, went out of it's way to antagonize everyone in the galaxy whether you were a human moisture farmer on the Outer Rim or an alien on Coruscant. This galvanized all the disparate groups in the galaxy against the Empire and towards one goal: Rebellion.

    • @RomLoneWolf23
      @RomLoneWolf23 Год назад +6

      ​@@Calvin_Coolage to be fair, the Galactic Empire had more territory and resources at the start than Nazi Germany.

  • @jiffypoo5029
    @jiffypoo5029 Год назад +52

    The Old Republic is slowly being brought back into canon. The entire Palpatine Storyline from Rise of Skywalker was an adaptation of Emperor Valkorian draining force users to restore himself and using war to fuel his life force/immortality with the death of thousands. Kanan and Hera were able to have a kid because of Old Republic Lore with the Rakata doing genetic engineering on their slaves so they could easily cross breed.

    • @Lobsterwithinternet
      @Lobsterwithinternet Год назад +20

      Actually, it was a butchered version of Palpatine’s story in the Dark Empire comics.

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 Год назад +6

      @@Lobsterwithinternetwhich was already a poor story.

    • @Lobsterwithinternet
      @Lobsterwithinternet Год назад +5

      @@creed8712 Couldn’t agree more.
      A lot of the later EU has the same problems that shōnen manga had: Where either the main hero and/or villain are powered up to insane degrees to the point that it gets ridiculous and incomprehensible to most of the audience. Like Palpatine having teleporting powers that destroy the previous story but somehow not using them when it would let him easily win.

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 Год назад +3

      @@Lobsterwithinternet yeah, the longer Star Wars went on the harder it was to really take half the stuff seriously.
      Like as much shit as the sequels get for things like force healing there was a whole book series about Barris as a field medic using that ability that makes you wonder why Anakin couldn’t just learn that

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 Год назад

      @@creed8712, I always chalked that up to Force Healing being a "specialist" (for lack of a better term) ability that only certain Jedi possessed. Similar to Quinlan Vos and Cal Kestis' Force Psychometry. And no, I'm not bringing up the Sequels, because I would very much like to believe for at least a short while that they don't exist.

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  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Год назад +7

    From the Republic Trooper from KOTOR to the Clone Trooper and then the Stormtrooper.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Год назад +20

    10:25 It would have more sense if the Empire is slowly but surely replacing the Clones until the minority of them remain as Vader's Fist.
    Not instantly throw them away the moment the Clone Wars is over.

    • @Toppo69
      @Toppo69 Год назад +4

      I mean, it makes sense if you want everyone to be invested into your new empire and its military industrial process, you need to dump all the old stuff

    • @Lobsterwithinternet
      @Lobsterwithinternet Год назад +5

      @@Toppo69 It's also why Mon Mothma and the New Republic were so willing to toss away everything that had to do with the Empire.

    • @CyberSonic-V3.0
      @CyberSonic-V3.0 Год назад +3

      I kind of like the canon story more than the legends one personally. It shows how cruel the Empire is and I like how boastful Imperial soldiers are when it comes to being better than the expendable clones when they themselves are expendable if it means pushing Palpatine’s plans.

    • @westwardstar1686
      @westwardstar1686 Год назад

      ​@@CyberSonic-V3.0Yeah but it does feel quite bizarre the clones are getting phased out that quick.
      Dont the BB discover a secret training academy for TKs in S1? Thats litterally a hop and skip from when Order 66 went down. I know Palps had plans for stuff. But I like to think he was too worried with wrapping up the war, turning Anikan, dealing with Dooku/Seps, +all the new work of building his Empire after a war.
      I naturally thought over the course of 20 yrs clones were phased out with TKs like legends-its the most practical grounded approach.

    • @occam7382
      @occam7382 Год назад

      @@westwardstar1686, Palpatine and the wider Empire aren't exactly known for practicality - they're known for brute force, intimidation, and power.

  • @Aotearas
    @Aotearas Год назад +2

    Quick interjection, but I haven't ever heard about the Achaemenid Immortals ever having any sort corps mentality of suppressing individuality. The scholarly consensus that I know about was that any losses were immediately replaced so as to keep them always at 10.000 men strenght. Even the term "Immortals" as a name for the unit is highly contestet, with the only source to ever call them as such being Herodotus. And there's a decent chance he misinterpreted the name because the terms for "immortals" and "companions" (the letter not being an uncommon name for units, see Alexander I. unit designations) are easily mistaken.

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    @armouredrabbit Год назад +1

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  • @isaackim7675
    @isaackim7675 Год назад +12

    “This garbage is nothing like Clone armor.” -CT 7567 a.k.a Rex

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea Год назад +3

    The Stormtrooper armor was more of a survivalist suit than combat armor. They were built to comfortably endure extremely hazardous areas and climates such as in the vacuum of space, areas that are heavily radioactive and poisonous, as well as planets with fairly extreme hot and cold temperatures. This is why in A New Hope, all those Stormtroopers on Tattoine were able to walk around unphased under the baking suns. Even in combat the armor had its uses. While the plasteroid material has often been criticized for not being able to block blaster fire, they were still able to provide sufficient protection against less potent blaster rounds and solid slugs. And the fact that these armor sets could completely cover a human body, made them ideal for protection against flying debris, splinters and shrapnel. If the armor had one major flaw, it was the lens on the helmets. Several characters such as Luke, Rex and Migs from The Mandelorian found them difficult to see through.

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    @sindre151 Год назад +2

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  • @s.mentor1878
    @s.mentor1878 Год назад

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  • @carthienesdevilsadvocatenr2806
    @carthienesdevilsadvocatenr2806 Год назад +2

    The pyramidal designs actually date all the way back to the Gree, who forged the Black Pyramids, ships that would gather up force-sensitives from across the galaxy before settling on Tython where they became the first temples of the Je'daii - precursors to Jedi and Sith orders alike.
    At least, in 'legends'...
    I would also think that the 'simple' armour shown by the early Republic (and later Rebellion) is ideal for a peacetime military - it's cheap and simple, but the same practices can be scaled up to larger armour sets in times of need. More practically, the same armour / helmets can be reassigned to new warriors with little-to-no adjustment, whereas high-quality plate armour needs to be individually fitted. That was one of the key advantages to the clone army - with each clone physically identical, they could wear mass-produced armour that had been custom-fitted.

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion Год назад +9

    Speaking of the time of the Old Republic, have anyone ever thought that the time when the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire coexisted with one another was one of the most exciting periods in the galactic history? To me, it certainly is.

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    @orozer6558 Год назад +4

    Loved the video and the fact that you advocate for better mental health 👏

  • @thunderfreeze1544
    @thunderfreeze1544 Год назад +7

    Love videos like these. You should do more looking at evolution of different ideologies, governments, etc since the old republic. Ex: the republic insignia slowly resembled the insignia of the ancient sith empire

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    @dm9856 Год назад +2

    Hey brudda don’t ever get depressed you are amazing and so special. You are a shining pillar in the Star Wars community. WE ARE GENERATION TECH.

  • @FlyingMatteo89
    @FlyingMatteo89 Год назад +4

    The production value of these videos is damn high! Well done

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    @FireFlyMaxx Год назад +1

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  • @TheHonoredMadman
    @TheHonoredMadman Год назад +1

    The sun guard had the coolest armor imo

  • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
    @luisemoralesfalcon4716 Год назад +1

    Well, the video is great and shows that the Troopers needed camouflage.

  • @AM-lh7rw
    @AM-lh7rw Год назад +1

    Never thought I'd see a Mantis shrimp in a star wars thing😂

  • @Biden2024_
    @Biden2024_ Год назад +2

    It’s funny how the past troopers look more futuristic then the “new” ones

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Год назад

      Yeah the more older ones look a lot more modern in design, and I honestly LOVE that! It really shows what said armor can be done when properly used in full war.

  • @evanstark5000
    @evanstark5000 Год назад +1

    Hey Generation Tech, loved the video keep up the awesome work dude! I believe you did say it but I did want to point out that so far the standard TK trooper had standard white armor, but in one of the last episodes of bad batch season 2 we did see some with red markings to signify shocktroopers/coruscant guard

  • @aztecwrrior1997
    @aztecwrrior1997 Год назад

    The Clonetrooper/Stormtrooper is the perfect example of ' You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain '

  • @BillChryslerSr
    @BillChryslerSr Год назад +2

    Can you do a video on salariés and financials of the galactic republic. I always wonder how taxes and representation works

  • @strambino1
    @strambino1 Год назад +1

    I always liked the phase 1 clone armor, the best. And if Rex still uses it, there must be something good about it!

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  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher Год назад

    Wouldn’t it be kinda funny to have a Havoc Squad soldier gets cryo freezed up until the Clone Wars and then gets rescued by Clones who think he’s a Commando

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Год назад

      You have NO idea how many times I've thought of that! Showing just how good the old days armor was at the height of the Republic's military power. Even giving Sith like Ventress a run for her money in one-on-one combat!

  • @the_maul_walker
    @the_maul_walker Год назад

    Great video! Be careful with that glue

  • @Spllyn
    @Spllyn Год назад

    This was the video we needed

  • @Toasted_Marshmallow.
    @Toasted_Marshmallow. Год назад +1

    Let s go he fixed Rex's helmet

  • @1977rodi
    @1977rodi Год назад

    Excellent video!

  • @jameslewis2635
    @jameslewis2635 Год назад +1

    Didn't the Rebellion see Storm Troopers in their armour and consider how dumb it was to wear armour that limited your ability to see and move when it melted like hot butter in the face of any blaster of lightsaber more powerful than the Star Wars equivalent of a BB gun?

  • @CameronKiesser
    @CameronKiesser Год назад

    Havoc Squad and Triton Squad are best armors.

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 Год назад +1

    Ralph mcquarrie concept art basically inspired all or most of this.

  • @sundragon7703
    @sundragon7703 Год назад

    Either this nugget of information was omitted or it went by real quick: The economy of armor. Beskar ($$$$) --> durasteel ($$) --> plastoid ($)

  • @deltajay92
    @deltajay92 Год назад

    Thank you for moving Cody back.

  • @AhmedHussain-ju6xd
    @AhmedHussain-ju6xd Год назад +1

    Could you please do a some videos on ships. They are one of my favourite parts of lore

  • @Lolsalad102
    @Lolsalad102 Год назад

    I love this type of content. (Not that I don’t like your other stuff)

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 Год назад +6

    Hey Generation Tech, would you consider making videos about the second Galactic Civil War from the EU?

  • @LordXerus
    @LordXerus Год назад +1

    I’ll never understand why they would change the visor design from phase 1 to the phase 2 design which is much, much harder to see out of with narrower slits where people’s eyes actually are. And they never really show wether the helmets have some kind of camera/enhanced viewing system. The only one that is explicitly shown is when they flip down their antennas (?!?) to get zoom abilities. The lore is kind of a mess there.

  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Год назад +3

    Why don't they make the armor mirror reflective. And have wire grid to redirect energy and magnets facing same so if with force pushes then together it would have more opposing force

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Год назад

      Probably never thought of that. Or it was just too expensive for the cannon fodder troopers. It's like the usual situation where only the high advanced stuff is given to spec ops, not the normal army forces. This happens in modern day as well, it's infuraitingly stupid from a logical persepctive. You want to advance the world? You advance it!

  • @zapbloodfist
    @zapbloodfist Год назад

    Well the wedge makes more sense than Mom Calla shaping all their ships like a wet baby Ruth

  • @johannesbowers7467
    @johannesbowers7467 Год назад

    Don't forget the red armor of the Pretorians, imperial guard, and eventually the imperial Knights +150 ABY

  • @chong2389
    @chong2389 Год назад +2

    Related, but not 😊. The Stormtroopers' blasters are actually Sterling submachineguns with the stock folded forward, formerly used by UK and Commonwealth armies. Since the original movie was filmed in England...

  • @Snibble_Dibble
    @Snibble_Dibble Год назад

    ayy you finished captain rexs helmet!

  • @MrRonald327
    @MrRonald327 Год назад +1

    Well people do love shiny outfits.

  • @kergmund5868
    @kergmund5868 2 месяца назад

    We got from Bulking to Lacking 😭

  • @zaarthwren
    @zaarthwren Год назад

    Seriously dude you could totally replace hiccup in the how to train your dragon franchise

  • @RayHardman7567
    @RayHardman7567 Год назад

    Havoc squad has the best armor, and the runner up is phase 2 clone armor. Specifically Rex's.

  • @mikecharest5261
    @mikecharest5261 Год назад +1

    You should do a video on y the sith like there paramids and tryangles

  • @jakerooke174
    @jakerooke174 Год назад

    It’s evolving just backwards

  • @paulaburrows8660
    @paulaburrows8660 Год назад

    I believe they can fly now

  • @raveshaw6161
    @raveshaw6161 Год назад

    07:15 That actually is Imperial Trooper Armor NOT Republican, easily recognised by the Sith Empire emblem

  • @ForTheFREEMAN
    @ForTheFREEMAN Год назад

    down with the sea mammals!

  • @brightlord-ov7cm
    @brightlord-ov7cm Год назад +1

    *Mandalorian warcrimes are tight!*

  • @gabe759
    @gabe759 4 месяца назад

    Why do the 2 troopers in 10:48 look so different from each other

  • @SirRecon
    @SirRecon Год назад

    Good brief

  • @Thatbadacorn
    @Thatbadacorn Год назад +1

    Hi generation tech I'm first to comment love your vids! Btw I'm not a bot lol

  • @Nintendoggy
    @Nintendoggy Год назад +2

    Going with the thumbnail alone, the quality of armor seem to degenerate each time...

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Год назад

      It alines with the galactic economy and the war that was being fought at the time.

  • @MandoMarsi13
    @MandoMarsi13 Год назад

    Where's the Phase 3 Clone Stormtrooper Armor?

  • @equalizer3320
    @equalizer3320 Год назад

    Too bad that the Stormtrooper armor does not protect against arrows and rocks.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Год назад

      Blunt force trauma goes through all armor, no matter how advanced it is, your fleshy body is still weak inside.

  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Год назад

    How come hans Armor didn't cover his face

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    @nickvinsable3798 Год назад

    😑 . . . I was hoping the Evolution in question would look more like a Pokémon evolution…

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    @DarthVages Год назад

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  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Год назад

    How come when have out of body experiences we can't see info red and Altra violent

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      @Planag7 Год назад

      What?
      Eww mother Teresa...

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      @harrisonbriggsfbihandler3538 Год назад +1

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      yep, called it.

  • @MikeA817
    @MikeA817 Год назад

    No first order?

  • @MandoMarsi13
    @MandoMarsi13 Год назад

    Phase 3 Clone Stormtrooper Armor >>> TK Trooper Armor

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    fast as fuck boi

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