Wedge Antilles: the only starfighter pilot in the galaxy with two Death Stars painted on the side of his X-Wing. 😄

@persontheguyman223

Жыл бұрын

Lucky guy

@wylde007

Жыл бұрын

Wedge Antilles is THE best X-Wing pilot ever. Hands down. Sorry, Luke.

@MrDoggoCraft

Жыл бұрын

@@wylde007 yea luke relies on the force wedge relies on pure skill

@wylde007

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm not saying Luke can't fly. And the force does amplify his natural abilities (remember what Obi-Wan said about Anakin, before the prequels ruined the mythos) but Wedge Antilles. That's all. Wedge. Antilles. And I really think it would have been somewhat of a nice easter egg to have Poe Dameron (who is nowhere near the pilot Wedge Antilles is) be the offspring of Biggs Darklighter or something. If you wanted a backstory for a sequels character, that's where it should have been rooted. A real lost opportunity if you ask me. The Mouse botched Star Wars in ways that even Lucas could never have imagined.

@aliostrowski1935

Жыл бұрын

Po is a great pilot in his own right he actually was trained by Wedge after the death stars were destroyed Also Luke destroyed the first one Wedge destroyed the 2nd one

“What Id give for a flamethrower” was probably the greatest unintentional roast of all time, considering Vader’s history with fire and burns.

@olivermuthu4243

Жыл бұрын

Roast. Haha

@ewok40k

Жыл бұрын

Rebels after few Vader encounters have developed entire anti-Vader -protocol which included copious use of flamers and explosives

@minicle426

Жыл бұрын

@@ewok40k And sand

@midoribushi5331

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@olmeno

Жыл бұрын

@@ewok40k so it didn't work?

Wedge Antilles: (Blows up the second death star killing millions stationed on it) Gimli :"That still only counts as one."

@rednovastrum2475

Жыл бұрын

i still laugh at that meme when i see it

Admiral Ackbar was also the most dangerous of them all as he was the only one to give Grand Admiral Thrawn pause. He was the only commander in the entire New Republic that even remotely concerned Thrawn so that alone speaks volumes.

@chad_the_chief9759

Жыл бұрын

When do we learn this? Edit: or where?

@gmailquinn

Жыл бұрын

Thrawn book series: he tried to politically remove akbar

@chad_the_chief9759

Жыл бұрын

@@gmailquinn oh I guess I missed that part, I read all 3 and the ascendancy series as well but dont recall ackbar

@Parocha

Жыл бұрын

@@chad_the_chief9759 yep. That part indeed is there

@robertagu5533

Жыл бұрын

If Thrawn considered Ackbar of all beings to be his chief rival an perhaps only possible superior gotta know he's ALSO keeping a close eye on anyone in command associated with him just in case. As is typical for those of Thrawn's type. It's the only way he could be sure the giant Admiral Shrimp is the ONLY other being at his level. An probably would require battle to beat him is my guess if he worries the Chiss so much

Apparently you didn't hear about General Calrissian and his little maneuver at the Battle of Teneb.

@natedevos1511

Жыл бұрын

You're damn right!

@lordMartiya

Жыл бұрын

That was actually Tag Greenley, he let Calrissian take credit so he'd be able to escape the wrath of Tag's sister for ditching a date.

@kirillzakharov7336

Жыл бұрын

*Taanab

@alancarey9098

Жыл бұрын

@@kirillzakharov7336 Also Lando was primary in the destruction of the 2nd Death Star.

@johnmccarron7066

Жыл бұрын

@@alancarey9098 That and keeping the Rebel Fleet alive; his suggestion to push the fleet into the Imperial Fleet negated the ability of the Death Star to freely target them.

Wedge is just a character you have to love. He's so unassuming but so damn reliable. He's basically the Samwise Gangee of Starwars, there at the beginning, there at the end and all the places between. The bedrock to be relied on.

I think commander Satos death hit me the most because he was ready to sacrifice himself for the rebellion and also the two pilots who stayed with him also deserve the recognition because I felt that scene really shows the idea that these are people and they are willing to do anything for the cause

@viperactual6036

Жыл бұрын

Good leadership in war inspires excellent soldiers.

@levievil9220

Ай бұрын

I like the call those two specifically opti and mega (Optimus prime and megatron) two brothers who joined the rebellion while wanting to do something greater together

Ackbar could detect traps but only after being hooked and reeled in by keen fishermen

@steffanyschwartz7801

Жыл бұрын

And when he’s in the bucket

Also should be mentioned that during the New Jedi Order books, Wedge was one of the pilots who helped train Han and Leia's daughter Jaina as a fighter pilot, and that apparently despite her being a natural talent in a fighter, one of the best pilots the New Republic had, AND having the Force to back her up, she had fought Wedge in simulations and mock battles and lost every single time.

@aliostrowski1935

Жыл бұрын

Dang that's a pilot to be reckoned with I could see Han and Leia laughing as she failed every time to beat wedge Leia: well you almost won that time Han: seriously you can't beat an old pilot from the war with the empire? Leia: well he was trained by the imperial academy and later General Hera Syndulla Han: oh yeah forgot about that

@SamaritanPrime

Жыл бұрын

Wedge Antilles: the Peter “Maverick” Mitchell of space.

@noneedtoknow07

Жыл бұрын

@@SamaritanPrime Except without all the emotional hang ups.

@talzane5475

Жыл бұрын

Well, Legends says the force gets used as a sort of precognition in fights, which is why Jedi and Sith are so fast. Imagine playing chess against the world champ when you know what his next move will be for certain; sure, you can do better, but once he knows that you know, he can set traps for that. Same concept here but in flying.

@jackmccrary2614

Жыл бұрын

He also effectively did the same with the Force-user Corran Horn, but since Horn was the protagonist of the series, Stackpole wrote the scene as a draw.

Gotta love the attention to detail with rebels when Hera is talking to her father, her accent changes back to her original accent. Kinda like when my wife gets mad the Salvadoran accent comes out 😂😂

Gen. Crix Madine? Gen. Lando Calrissian? As a kid in the 80's, Lando becoming a General meant a lot to me. Didn't see that a lot.

@tomyrody4412

Жыл бұрын

"RoGuE SqUAdROn wHeEre's oUR CoVEr?!" Jeez, Crix, I gotta tell ya....I just don't care....

In legends, Wedge turned down several promotions. The only reason he accepted the promotion to general was because he was told his own officers were turning down their promotions because they saw it as a tradition. He was told 'Rogue squadron should be more than a collection of flight officers and lieutenants'. The response he gave after he accepted was basically 'when did you figure out that using my own people against me was the only way to get me to accept a promotion?' As General Antilles, he stayed in the cockpit for a while but eventually became captain of the super star destroyer Lusankya after it was repaired from the damage done to it during the battle for thyferra.

Wedge is probably my favourite member of the rebel alliance, he doesn’t need plot armour , just skill

@danzansandeev6033

Жыл бұрын

Mine too. He’s the only person to survive two Death Star raids. He’s just that good. Part of the reason I love x wing book series

@paulbalch9506

Жыл бұрын

He created his own plot armor; he was to popular that by RotJ to be be killed. Can you imagine the hatred Disney would get if they had killed Wedge in Rise of Skywalker? The sequel hatred would easily be 100 times worse.

@zachm25

Жыл бұрын

The maverick of the star wars world 👀

@MrDoggoCraft

Жыл бұрын

he has been one of my favourites for years now the only reason i rewatched the rise of skywalker was is return on the millennium falcon he was better than luke in my opinion as he took out an atat two deathstars and then later the battle of exogol surviving with skill not the force

@aliostrowski1935

Жыл бұрын

And when the empire saw him coming the best way to survive him was to run away if there were 4 TIEs he'd get 3

Nice to see Antoc Merrick getting some love. I hope he appears in Andor.

Skilled fighters and pilots don’t necessarily make good commanding officers. To be both is a rare gift.

@Parocha

Жыл бұрын

Poe "not the best starfighter pilot in the galaxy" Dameron comes to mind in the first category. Wedge "That Poe nobody is not fit to shine my boots" Antilles is a shining example of the latter

I wonder what the 10 incompetent officers of the Rebel Alliance were? Same for the Republic and Separatists during the Clone Wars as well as the competent officers too.

@Nx57ytre

Жыл бұрын

I think that in the case of the Rebel Alliance, instead of incompetent one could speak of short-lived. In the case of the rebels, there wasn't much chance of failing a mission and getting out alive.

@johnquach8821

Жыл бұрын

1. Sarkli So bad, he turned traitor

@devenmacintosh4124

Жыл бұрын

#1 Admiral Holdo. Don’t need much explaining on that one

@QuintusAntonious

Жыл бұрын

Saw Gerrera. I know that might be controversial given that he is on this competency list, but hear me out. Saw was charismatic, which won people to his cause, but his grasp of strategy was basically just attack the nearest Imperial target regardless of its importance or collateral damage, which ended up costing him troops and social capital. Because of this, people who might have otherwise been sympathetic to the Rebellion saw it as little more than a terrorist organization. He's a great example of how someone can be moderately successful, skillful in combat, but still be incompetent as a strategist or long-term planner.

@moblinmajorgeneral

Жыл бұрын

I would actually put Luke as not being a particularly good Rebel officer. Accomplished pilot, sure, but canon Luke makes some very questionable decisions that almost get him killed.

"One confirmed kill of Wedge Antilles was the death star." Gimli: "That still counts as one."

Lando Calrissian. If it hadn't been for him the Rebel fleet would have been, if not completely wiped out, then at least seriously denuded by the time the shield went down. Plus, he was the first to realise the deflector shield was still up, which saved all but three rebel fighters.

@kurtwinter4422

7 ай бұрын

He also argued against Ackbar's gut reaction to flee when the MC80 got vaporized.

Not many Rebel leaders amaze me but Micha Evon "Howl" was quite a man. Rumoured to be a teacher before the war, he was the leader of the 61st Mobile Infantry aka the Twilight Company. He kept together his small unit through a lot of hardships and was known for having unique ideas. And was a solid moral compass to a rebel unit that had to make their due under great stress, minimal supplies and terrible conditions.

@Chief-um2vp

Жыл бұрын

That is such a cool book

Crix Madine is one you missed. Those soldiers Han led on Endor? Trained by Madine. Rahm Kota is another. He led a militia force that caused havok, and led Rebel Forces during the Battle of Kamino.

@jacobrobinson787

Жыл бұрын

Rahm unfortunately doesn't count since it's not canon.

@brok56

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobrobinson787 HE IS REAL TO ME!

@markmontgomeryii9172

Жыл бұрын

Also captain Rex was there on endor as well

@stephen8805

Жыл бұрын

@@jacobrobinson787 Who cares lol EU canon is superior anyway

@carlost856

Жыл бұрын

​@@stephen8805 it was of varying quality, but it should still count.

If only Blue Squadron survived; the Death Star would have been destroyed much faster.

@TJDious

Жыл бұрын

... no

@MrShop-fg2on

Жыл бұрын

@@TJDious why not? there would be an entire other squadron of experienced pilots, which could have allowed for better tactics and a speedier victory.

@minicle426

Жыл бұрын

If only Blue Screens weren't an issue back in the 70s. :P

@BryceByerley

Жыл бұрын

@@minicle426 I remember reading about that. Red squadron was originally Blue squadron behind the scenes but the blue stripe caused the issue mentioned above.

@VALI4NTY0UTH

Жыл бұрын

@@MrShop-fg2on You could have any amount of pilots and they still wouldn't have been able to win without Luke. All it would do is just get more lives lost.

Wedge's story in Legends is absolutely crazy. He had 46 years of constant battle and never lost his X Wing.

I’d love a show on the partisans or the cloud riders to see their campaigns

@danielmcelroy4505

Жыл бұрын

💯💯💯

@Jane-bq8rm

Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see it as well, at least we have rebel rising to see a bit of Saw and his partisans

Han got even more impressive in Legends - he ended up in command of the New Republic task force assigned to hunt down the Imperial warlord Zsinj - in the process of which his forces destroyed not one but TWO Executor-class Super Star Destroyers - Razor's Kiss and Iron Fist.

Akbar's wholesome smile as the Executor falls into the Death Star is fantastic

All the respect to Wedge, one of the best pilots and well respected in my eyes, he deserves more.

Wedge Antilles: bust me back down to captain, I can't leave the cockpit, it's where I belong. Anton mereck: I'm a general!

Um….Draven was the guy insistent on killing Galen Erso despite the fact it wouldn’t do anything to the Death Star, could probably give some insight into its downfall, and was told he was not willfully on the Empire’s side. It’s kinda clear he was the one Holding the Idiot Ball in that film; or at least playing hot potato with it.

Chaddus Antilles truly legendary.

One quick correction: Hera was promoted to general _before_ the battle of Scarif (we can hear her being called by that title over the intercom at the Yavin 4 base prior to the battle)

For Wedge, u forgot about his forming and leading both Wraith and Rogue Squadron

@calebs6872

Жыл бұрын

Yes and was a vital part of liberating coruscant, capturing the production hub of all bacta, bringing at least two major warlords to justice as a pilot and probably accomplished a lot more even after becoming a general. But it’s too bad because none of that’s canon.

@GymQuirk

Жыл бұрын

If memory serves, Luke formed Rogue squadron, but designated Wedge as his successor when he went off to do the jedi thing.

@steffanyschwartz7801

Жыл бұрын

@@calebs6872 in my mind it is cannon, he took down Zinj and Issard. I think he was also there for the battle of Billbringi

@calebs6872

Жыл бұрын

@@steffanyschwartz7801 I’ve only read the x-wing series, IJedi, tales of the empire, halve of young Jedi knights, tales of bounty hunters, and crucible. So I only talked on what I’ve read.

@steffanyschwartz7801

Жыл бұрын

@@calebs6872 it includes KOTOR, KOTOR 2, and 2003 clone wars. Far better than what Disney has put out

3:11 who is this former Imperial cadet Wedge Antilles? He shares name with the REAL ace of aces Wedge Antilles, survivor of the Gus Treta refuelling station incident. One of the greatest travesties of Rise of Skywalker is having the best starfighter pilot in the galaxy (Poe who?) riding shotgun in a turret, and not in a X- Wing

@VALI4NTY0UTH

Жыл бұрын

I still don't know why they did that. It would have been so much cooler to see Wedge leading the squadrons in a T-70.

@stuglife5514

4 ай бұрын

@@VALI4NTY0UTH Honestly would have been cool to see wedge in his old T-65…maybe even in the old rebel alliance muted red and cream white color scheme

@VALI4NTY0UTH

4 ай бұрын

@@stuglife5514 Yeah but it would ruin the charm of Rey flying Red 5.

Imagine what Hera could have done with a Venator

Still so cool that the actor who played Wedge is Ewan McGregor's uncle on his mother's side of the family. What were the odds really

Wedge was such a great pilot and i loved his character throughout the xwing book series

Wedge is in my mind the "MAVERICK" of the star wars galaxy. Been in the game since before Scarif, Hundreds of kills to his credit, An incredible amount of experience to teach with, And couldn't get nor want of a promotion that would get him placed out of the cockpit and flying an admin desk. A true pilot's, pilot.

Thank you for talking about Hera; she’s one of my favorite characters! 💚

Yo, been here for two years. You still deliver as expected with your content.

I forget who it was but I recall the leader of Twilight company being very well respected.

16:30 only seconds of screen time here, what we can read: - a senior officer, listening to a field officer and visa versa. You need this for both planning and making certain that everybody knows there part of the plan - both focused on the task at hand, dealing with the enemy - they are professionals and not each others enemy on board the same ship - they inspire confidence in each other and thereby in the many serving them Star Wars sequels have nothing of this, the senior staf looks like a bunch of spoiled brads in there dad's sports car.

@carlost856

Жыл бұрын

Maybe, but Holdo had good reason to dislike Poe Dameron. In the beginning of the film, he disobeyed orders and led the entirety of the resistance's heavy bomber corps to their death for an objective that was not strategic in any way. Those people were Holdo's personal command before and she is the kind of commander that cares deeply for her men.

@hendrikmoons8218

Жыл бұрын

@@carlost856 wrong 1. Holdo as supreme comander should be above personal emotions. It is the burdon of command to loose people under you. 2. No favoritisme alowed from a high officer, this ain't field command. 3. Sacrificing bad designed plot-bombers for a dreathnaught's destruction is a great trade, unless it was your capital ship. 4. She is a narcicist that cares for Holdo... Summary, only woke writers with zero insight in how militart actualy works could put her in the seat of command. In the end, she can personaly dislike him, but she cannot deny his ability to get the job done inspite of the sacrefices needed to be made. And that demotion was just salty, the judgement of a 5 year old that droped it's ice cream and needed to put the blame on someone else.

@carlost856

Жыл бұрын

@@hendrikmoons8218 She was only supreme commander because everyone died, before that, she was only bomber commander, small command, small crew. That Dreadnought trade absolutely wasn't worth it, it only was a threat to the now empty base and it wasn't the only resource the first order had. Regardless, that wasn't Poe's decision to make.

In legends, wedge antilles name for a Twi´lek word, describing Star warriors.

The idea of refusing a promotion to stay on the field sounds good and all. But the reality is, there comes a point where you can do a lot more good with your skills higher up then just leading a squad.

Great pieces for each leader, thanks. I was thinking Bail was an important leader for his work in single-handedly forming the Rebel Alliance, and educating Leia, whom I believe is the most important leader of the Alkiance, and probably the best leader ever in galactic history.

5:18 "Well let me tell you something. Don't! Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do *anything* that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference." - Captain James Tiberius Kirk

you could also put Saw as one of the most incompetent but not from a combat perspective but from the fact that he caused severe damage to other movements and provided easy justification for imperial retaliation. Good solder, Decent tactician, Not a good influencer.

Just love when Hera falls into her native accent. That accent is totally how she got into Kanan's pants.

@johncunningham4820

Жыл бұрын

Ze Twi'Leki faux Francais' Accent you mean ?

@minicle426

Жыл бұрын

Someone knew what they were doing when they gave one of the most attractive species in the galaxy French accents. :P

@johncunningham4820

Жыл бұрын

@@minicle426 . The Murderous Togruta should have had that Lilting Irish accent . Sounds sincere , friendly and Sexy AF , as they cut your heart out . And Eat it .

Going through this whole series and I would love to see more. Thanks for the great videos Adam!

Love your channel man, some of my favorite Star Wars videos for sure.

I want to say you always do a great job. Keep up the good work

I always wondered why starfighters never had ejection seats when in atmosphere.

@brockgundich

Жыл бұрын

X-wings and tie fighters do, they just rarely ever fight in atmosphere so the pilots probably train never using them

@macattack5863

Жыл бұрын

@@brockgundich I don't think they train much for ejector seats while flying as is. Ignoring that most fights ive seen in atmosphere have been cas operations and there probably isn't enough height for parachuting.

@ewok40k

Жыл бұрын

they have ejection seats, at least according to X-wing and Tie-Fighter game series. Though probably more optimised for space ops than atmospheric flight... in-movie we dont seem to ever see one in action, "for the drama"

“Wedge Antilles is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated rebel heroes.” Welp, you earned a like for that alone.

Antoc merrick went out with a smile and a trail of glory.

Fantastic information! Greatly appreciate it!

Sorry AL. When you said Luke swinging his sword with his father I couldn't stop laughing 😉🤣🤣

Great video! Now we need a part 2 with Rex.

As of the Aftermath books (pre the Force Awakens) Wedge DID accept a promotion

@MercenaryPen

Жыл бұрын

and in Legends, as of the book Isard's Revenge when Admiral Ackbar pointed out that his refusing promotions was keeping his pilots from accepting promotions to positions where their skills could be best used

Great show... I'm almost up to date... TY.

Saw Guerrera is an interresting entry cuz he was surely a competent leader able to win battles and survive...but he was also narrowminded wich could sometimes make him look like a liability to the rebellion.

Yeah…. One thing never made sense to me with “Rogue 1”. The planetary shield was knocked out. Any surviving pilots could have escaped Scariff. Alan your data on combat flight hours is inaccurate. The last Rag squadron I was assigned to the instructors were over 3k hours in their frame alone. That is not counting flight time in other frames. By the time a typical Naval Aviator has gone to phase three it is not uncommon for them to be over a thousand hours and still considered a trainee.

@shariqhasan6220

Жыл бұрын

Yeah some did try to escape but at that time the Death Star and Darth Vader both arrived essentially and almost wiped out the entire Rebel fleet.

@toptiergaming6900

Жыл бұрын

It never actually was destroyed. The gate didn't actually power the sheild it simply offered a way to acces the surface without dropping the whole sheild and their was a surface station that powered the actual sheild. When the star gate was destroyed it produced more of a ripple but if it was actually the generator the sheild would have disputed instantly. Also you can still see the sheild when the Death star shows up

@mikewaterfield3599

Жыл бұрын

@@toptiergaming6900 after the DS1 fired a low tier blast don’t tell me that shield was not down.

@robertagu5533

Жыл бұрын

@@mikewaterfield3599 when that happened the planet shield coulda been at OVERCHARGE an it STILL probably wouldn't have mattered. Something designed to one shot entire planets an make them violently explode at full strength and totally devestate the local area an totally nuke the target at low then a planetary shield won't even have an noticable attempt at slowing it down

@mikewaterfield3599

Жыл бұрын

@@robertagu5533 that was kinda my point, with the proton shielding down any surviving craft could escape

Wedge Antilles: the only pilot with a kill count so large it has to be counted by squadrons rather than individual kills on his fighter.

I always was a wedge fan, appreciate the appreciation

There definitely needs to be a part 2

Ackbar did not only just lead the rebel fleet. He basically built it. He essentially wrote the fleet doctrine for the rebel alliance, created training programs for the fleet and was the chief architect of the fleets entire organizational structure. He managed to take the alliances hodge-podge of ships and formed them into a coherent battle force that could go toe to toe with Imperial formations.

@SWPOTC1298

10 ай бұрын

While I do love Ackbar, the credit for all of that belongs to Ackbar’s predecessor: Admiral Raddus. Raddus was the leader of the Alliance Navy and established the core of alliance naval doctrine from their early beginnings. Ackbar replaced Raddus as leader of the Alliance Fleet after Raddus’ death at Scarif, and was responsible for many amazing feats of his own, but the title of “father of the alliance navy” definitely has to go to Raddus.

Great video keep it up

I think commander Skywalker was so underrated he along with general rieken and major Bren the ground forces were able to pull of a successful defense while high command was evacuated

Well there is Mon Moffma, she did a lot of work behind the scenes. I think she even formed the group that went to get the second deathstar plans

@Pausi10_00

Жыл бұрын

She is no officer she is a politician.

@jayvhoncalma3458

Жыл бұрын

@@Pausi10_00 and many people dislike pacifists because they contradictory to what star wars was

@station7thedoor

Жыл бұрын

I heard she was actually a GRAND Moffma. Not to be confused with the leader of the Rebel Kaiju Alliance, Mon Mothra.

@Jin-1337

Жыл бұрын

@@station7thedoor 💀💀💀

It is pretty cool that the rebellion is so small and so highly dedicated that they attract such high functioning minds, such that pilots can and have to be generals. Since there just aren’t enough highly trained pilots in the rebellion.

Lando really took my boy Wedge - *one of the greatest pilots the galaxy had ever seen* - and made him a turret gunner on the Falcon...

Wow Merrick had more character development then rey had

@ktvindicare

Жыл бұрын

Dude the blue elephant musician in Jabba's palace has more character development than Rey.

@MataNuiXIII

Жыл бұрын

Everyone has more character development than Mary Sue Rey.

@ttry1152

Жыл бұрын

​@@MataNuiXIII marey sue

Wait… Wedge only gets 1 kill for the Death Star? Who decided that? Gimli?

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

Жыл бұрын

Kills are count by craft not crew. You don’t get multiple kills for shooting down a transport.

I’d like to see a video detailing as much background info as possible about the rebel pilots in the Battle of Yavin. Too me, something about those guys strike me as some of the most efficient and compact character development of all time. They all feel like real characters, none of them feel like extras, even though they have such small parts.

Love from a Greetlys and Vaush fan!

Allen is getting more and more chaotic with every video

Luke being a weapon and Leia being the commander is very much in line with how Star Wars Legion made their models.

Davits Draven didn't recruit Andor, that was Luthen who did that. But I guess this video came out before the new series Andor.

The photo of Wedge Antilles from the briefing room at the battle of Yavin was actually "Fake Wedge".

What if the tie defender’s replaced tie fighters

@natedevos1511

Жыл бұрын

Rebels would have been screwed.

Another slighted officer (besides Lando), Luke was instrumental in rescuing Leia, recruiting Han, destroying the First Death Star, commanding Rogue Squadron before Wedge, neutralize both Vader and Palpatine (against the advice of Kenobi and Yoda, among others), plus all the other exploits described in the Legends continuity. Pretty good resumé, if you ask me.

The thing I feel as notable with Wedge Antilles is the Doylist detail of Dennis Lawson coming back in the sequel trilogy.

Wedge Antilles is the Maverick of the Star Wars universe. I will not be told otherwise

@GenerationTech

Жыл бұрын

I see it

0:04 Alan sounding like the raptor in Grant's dream in JP3

I see Rebels from Rogue One and they're immediately my favs. Huge Raddus stan!

In the eu wedge also appears in the aftermath books, being tutor of sorts to tenin "snap" wexley

In the Heir To The Empire novels, Wedge is also very important and you get to know him a bit more than just the few seconds of screen time he has in the movies.

If you take the X-Wing novel series as canon, Admiral Ackbar did eventually talk Wedge Antilles into accepting a promotion to General. In the final book in the series, Wedge's command ship was an Imperial super star destroyer, reflagged in the New Republic fleet. He was also personally responsible for the mission to liberate Corsuscant among others

Wdge entilys Also helped to steal a star destroyer. That was pretty cool.

Idea for a video! Why no ejection seats? merrick could've survived if he'd ejected!

Could u guys a vid about the incompetent and competent jedi generals

Can you do a video on juno eclipse? Also 14:46 Jun sato: "And now you know, Admiral. Until we meet again." Thrawn: "Yes, until we meet again.

Wedge Antilles sounds like the Maverick of the rebel forces.

I love how they managed to make Ackbar smile when the Executor goes down.

And to think that Hera did all those things while also being a mother as well. My mother could barely handle me and my siblings so I can't imagine what would happen if my mother was then put in charge of important things going on in a rebellion while she was also rising kids

Minor nitpick but the guy who says “that’s impossible, even for a computer isn’t Wedge” and is credited as John D in the first SW film

Can’t forget about wedges command of the lusankia in legends during the dark empire event

20:11 IS it actually cannibalism if you are eating a DIFFERENT intelligent species, or do we really need a new word for it before we meet the galaxy?

i would love a tv series about wedge antilles rough and wraith squadron would be great matieral for a starfighter/commando based series

Hera is the one of the best generals of the rebellion, and I would always be loyal if I’m with her squad.

4:55 "That still only counts as one!"

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Ok gimli

Well I would add few more there, for example Ezra was promoted to General. He was instrumental for destroying Trawn's fleet and outsmarted him, even though we all know how capable Trawn was and if Bridger didn't defeat him and pulled him out in the unknown regions, I don't think that Rebel alliance would even exist when death star was destroyed - basically if Ezra didn't do what he did, we all know what came after but if he didn't saved Rebel alliance at Lothal + TIE defenders would change everything I can bet that rarely anyone thinks about that. Just imagine if imperials managed to mass produce TIE Defenders what would happen? TIE with shields, hyperdrive and superb weapons and maneuver capabilities, that move only saved a lot and made empire vulnerable.

Always to me, Hera is a great general and the best mom for two adoptive kids and one biological kid in a wonderful reality especially as she was trying to keep all of her soldiers and kids alive and well through the hard times of the galactic war! May we thank characters like her being invented to look up to!