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@A_Saucerful_of_Secrets

6 жыл бұрын

Can you do a battle analysis for the Helska system from Vector Prime?

@charliemeyer688

6 жыл бұрын

Can u make ur dream bomber?

@charliemeyer688

6 жыл бұрын

EckhartsLadder Why didnt Pellion just use Base Delta Zero

@goldenghetto7797

6 жыл бұрын

Could you do go over thrawn's cannon victors in his book

@thorshammer7883

6 жыл бұрын

EckhartsLadder Can you please do the Imperium of Man vs the Forerunner empire? (Warhammer 40k vs Halo)

"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." - Darth Vader, 0 BBY.

@HalfDemonInuyasha

6 жыл бұрын

"Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebel's hidden fort…" *chokes* - Admiral Conan Antonio Motti, 0 BBY.

@BuckingBadger

6 жыл бұрын

"I find your lack of faith disturbing" -Darth Vader 0 BBY

@adambielen8996

6 жыл бұрын

"Enough of this. Lord Vader release him." -Governor Tarkin, 0 BBY

@BuckingBadger

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Bielen "As you wish *releases Admiral Motti from a forve choke*" -Darth Vader, 0 BBY.

@Advenatrix

6 жыл бұрын

This is gold

Meanwhile Luke dies by projecting himself across the galaxy...

@tylerjones7592

4 жыл бұрын

Jay Penrake that’s not canon

@tylerjones7592

4 жыл бұрын

Jay Penrake it is Disney fanfiction

@chiuy4722

4 жыл бұрын

@@tylerjones7592 kathleen kennedy fanfiction

@DamnDawg414

4 жыл бұрын

(comic book guy voice) worst force power ever

@williamryder8497

4 жыл бұрын

Kathleen Kennedy is the master of the force power force de-canonise the eu.

I may be wrong, but I think this is basically the first time that the Empire had ever faced that many Jedi at once (not counting Operation Knightfall and immediate aftermath). There's a reason that Palpatine wanted the Jedi eradicated - without an army of Force users of his own, they'd be extraordinarily difficult to stop.

@eliazernikola961

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Ramon thats true

@WadcaWymiaru

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like Palp was AWARE of Jedi PIS powers...

Gotta' love the usual plot armor. "No defenses? Deploy AT-ATs at once!" "Sir, what about a Base Delta Zero?" "Shoot that man in the head immediately!"

@chheinrich8486

2 ай бұрын

Just one of the many reason the callista trilogy is seen as some of the worst legends novels😂

Grats on 250k

@craignewsome2058

6 жыл бұрын

Geetsly's THE HOMIE GEETSLY!!!!!!!!!!!

@ethanwalls7444

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Geetsly's

@kylerbeene6133

3 жыл бұрын

@Keith Marshall 781 now

@valeriebredin7372

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylerbeene6133 783 now

I love of the thought that has gone into making these videos and the commitment to the lore

@RomzProductions

3 жыл бұрын

You have 69 likes 👀

@jeanlouismesquitasantos3496

2 жыл бұрын

i love too, this space battle, on star wars univers. Great imperial destroyers, and lucky rebel ship, with heroique actions. Becareful , it's a trap ^^

I know this would be difficult, but can you breakdown what is by far the largest space battle in the entire franchise? *The* *Battle* *of* *Yuuzhan'tar!* I have made this request: thirty-two times.

@xxdam4strikerxx347

5 жыл бұрын

Yes you did on the thrawn weakness bit

@shingojira6612

5 жыл бұрын

Bruh its okay emperor eckhart will hear ur prayers

@gamingunner128

4 жыл бұрын

MrDrProfessor4 negative commander.

@noahpatton-jensen633

4 жыл бұрын

oof

I have a love/hate relationship with the Force in Legends. On the one hand, some of the powers are pretty cool. On the other, they make the Jedi into generic superheroes, whereas in the movies, their powers were rather limited, so while a single Jedi could probably defeat any one on one opponent, for larger foes they needed to rely on their connection with the force to act as peacekeepers and negotiators. I think I like the more under powered Jedi as a result. I like that being Force sensitive is far more a spiritual and enlightening power than it is raw superpowers, and while you can do cool things like jump really high or have limited pre-cognition and super reflexes, you can't take on an entire battle fleet in orbit.

@AAhmou

6 жыл бұрын

Not all Jedi were that way. It's important to draw the difference that only few jedi would have that connection to the force (As opposed to Dark side users in general, to who it becomes easier to draw such power from the force).

@markguardiana600

6 жыл бұрын

But what are Midiclorians?

@Bobphat456

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah because Rey's Force powers aren't generic and overpowered at ALL.

@DarthSears

6 жыл бұрын

Honestly, the Legends Force is a lot more balanced than people realize; not all Jedi--in fact, very few--had super reflexes, the ability to manipulate a mass populace, and so on. One of my favorite quotes to really describe a Jedi goes roughly as follows: "No matter what, even if you manage to surprise a Jedi, they'll act all calm and say they were 'expecting you'. Like anyone believes that." and I, for the life of me, cannot remember where I read it. It implies that the average Jedi can still accomplish impressive feats, but were still 'human' and still capable of making mistakes.

@mariobadia4553

6 жыл бұрын

Justafan IV Yeah it's fucking dumb.

The Callista trilogy is probably guilty of a lot of its criticism (I'll have to read them again) but I think the only thing wrong with this battle is Pellaeon's opting for a ground based assault. I don't recall why he chose that route in the book. I think the portrayal and use of the Force in this instance is actually all right, especially in light of what we see in the old EU (Sith Sorcery in the earlier eras, Palpatine's Essence Transfer and Force Storms, and if you are so inclined Vitiate's and Nihilus' draining powers). The application of Force Push on this scale is simply a larger version of what we've already seen. I always considered the Force to be magic by another name; Star Wars is more science fantasy rather than science fiction anyway. That's why I've always taken in stride the powers exhibited in the Legends material, no matter how silly. It's also why I'm somewhat disappointed by the new stuff, it just makes the Force seems so much less than it is/was. Just my two cents. And now, a joke! "Let's take the Imperial fleet.... And PUSH it somewhere else!"

@EckhartsLadder

6 жыл бұрын

Schniedragon88 haha idk, Darksaber is okay, but I really dislike the other two

@Schniedragon88

6 жыл бұрын

EckhartsLadder I don't blame you. I think I've just forgotten the egregious-ness.

@stapuft

6 жыл бұрын

EckhartsLadder Schniedragon88 So am I lucky that I have only read one of, the force powered artifical intelligence that Is somehow disconnected from the force, trillogy of books? Or am I missing anything?

@Schniedragon88

6 жыл бұрын

stapuft only if you have an interest in actually finishing the books. Otherwise you can give em a miss; hit up Wookieepedia for the same info

@stapuft

6 жыл бұрын

Schniedragon88 not everything is on there, but I get your drift I guess, I just asked because darksaber was the first EU book I read, followed by the Jedi academy trillogy, and those are 4 of my favorite star wars books, I didn't even know there was a direct sequal to it (darksaber) untill today. Still like Mara Jade much better than calista though.

Great video overall, a couple notes though. Daala selected the Jedi as a target because while a threat she felt they wouldn't be as rough a fight as going for Coruscant because she felt her fleet needed an easy victory to both boost morale and cut their teeth on. Her fleet was a hastily cobbled together assortment of badly trained crew and troopers because it was mostly conscripts or fresh recruits due to the attrition from the years of civil war. Also they were not very good at working together due to being so recently reunified. Daala while an inspiring figurehead and administrator is an appalling tactician in battle because she lets her emotions rule her. When you combine this with the utter lack of experience with their opponent this is a recipe for disaster. The performance of the troopers, pilots and crew is evidence of how woefully unprepared they were for combat. Air and land didn't coordinate-which kept Daala's orbital bombardment from being effective, IDs were not enforced with the pilots-which would have kept Callista from infiltrating the Knight Hammer, Daala hit several of her allied Victory Star Destroyers with barrages from the Knight Hammer damaging them and adding to the chaos. The fact that a SSD and over 20 VSDs couldn't quickly defeat one MC90 and 4 Corellian Gunships is testament to the inefficiency of the fleet.

@MobiusLeader007

6 жыл бұрын

Grand Moff This comment should be higher up. I'm surprised some of these notes weren't in the video.

@krispalermo8133

4 жыл бұрын

Here is the Real fun joke. Daala come up with all new war tactics that were way ahead of the time. Talkin made the mistake of having Ack Bar around. Daala understood the theory, but Ack Bar knew how to use those tactics in the field. It sucks when the opposing team has Your play book.

@prestongarvey4080

4 жыл бұрын

if pelions fleet had not been pushed out of the system maybe they wouldnt fail

@grandadmiralzaarin4962

4 жыл бұрын

@@prestongarvey4080 again it came down to poor intel and an unprepared force that hadn't functioned cohesively in years. The execution of the plan was just a natural progression of things by that point.

@grandadmiralzaarin4962

4 жыл бұрын

@@willlauzon3744 yes, glassing the moon would certainly have been the best option. There was zero strategic point in garrisoning the moon other than symbolic value. Although personally as soon as it was revealed that the target plan was compromised, rather than unleashing it early but still to the letter, the target should have been altered.

.....Why not just Base Delta Zero?.... You had one job, Palleon!

@Raving_Rando

6 жыл бұрын

Palleon was destined to Falleon. c:

@gregorylumban-gaol3889

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I believe if I remember correctly, many Imperial commanders feared and didn’t like using Base Delta Zero.

@craignewsome2058

6 жыл бұрын

Kane123a One job😂😂😂

@SirSpangler

6 жыл бұрын

They had a chance to completely wipe out the greatest threat to their empire's future in a single move. I don't care if they didn't like using the Base Delta Zero, if there was one time that using it would be acceptable- *that was it.*

I love this battle. First I love the fact that they have to use the ground and forest as a way to defeat the initial invasion. Also I love the use of force powers. People crap on what happens but its such a amazing use of the force and one that comes at a huge cost.

Very cool video, with very intresting content. I admire how much detail you put into your vids and i appreciate it, keep being great!

@sudeshnad1

4 жыл бұрын

🙂

DAMN I miss the Old Expanded Universe. 😔

@MobiusLeader007

6 жыл бұрын

The Badass Jedi. Me too man. Me too...

@thedarkknight727

6 жыл бұрын

MobiusLeader007: I really hope for a REBOOT after episode 9. 😣

@stapuft

6 жыл бұрын

The Badass Jedi. I hope for a reboot *instead* of episode 9

@blackshogun272

5 жыл бұрын

@@stapuft they could end this nightmare and literally just retcon everything in one opening scene in the new movie. In the opening it should show Jacen Solo waking up in the Millennium Falcon rubbing his head after being in a coma for almost a week. He should recollect what little memories he has and tell his father that he had the strangest dreams while he out. *And like that, you saved Star Wars ! Bam !!!*

@Erolsaurus

Жыл бұрын

@@blackshogun272 That would not only split the fandom in two, but confuse everyone.

Love you eckheartsladder❤️❤️❤️ keep up the amazing work ❤️

Great video this is really cool and the force is powerful. Love your channel.

Another great video! This is definitely one of my favorite KZread channels.

RIP Dorsk 81.

@massaweed420

6 жыл бұрын

Such a sad, but brave death.

@datkat2001

6 жыл бұрын

what kinda last name is 81

@marcuskurze9759

6 жыл бұрын

It is not really a last Name its a Kind of serialnumber.It means he is the 81st Version of the original Dorsk.On his homeworld they are all clones because they thought they already have reached the highes form of existence and wanted to keep it that way.

RIP Colonel Ivan Cronus. Glory to Admiral Daala, a genius who couldn't show all her talent thanks to writers

Rey will force crush death stars after reading " the force for dummies' next movie

@samuelevans5743

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Murphy so funny 🤣

@thorshammer7883

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Murphy I don't get it.

@ltb1345

6 жыл бұрын

Thor's Hammer Rey is super OP, so the joke here is that she'd be able to easily do something even more powerful that the feat in this video, with very little training.

@thorshammer7883

6 жыл бұрын

LegoTurtle Brickfilms Hmm I'm not impressed *Force pushes Rey into a buliding and throws a Star Destroyer at her*

@darwinxavier3516

6 жыл бұрын

It really is the lack of any training that pisses off fans. Luke didn't even really use the force in any great degree til ESB to grab his lightsaber. In ANH, all he really uses it for is knowing exactly when to push a button while evading Vader.

Eckhart, keep up the great Star Wars lore, I enjoy watching every vid you post!

Finally, the Assault on Yavin, ty very much, and congratulations on 250,000 subs! Fav and the best SW youtuber ever ;)

I can understand why some fans think this is OP, though I do think there are mitigating factors. First, this wasn't the power of one Jedi, this was the power of most of the Order at the time being combined, which I always thought was where the real strength of the Jedi should have been coming from. Combine that with the fact that it was still lethal to the person at the center, and it's not as OP as it seems on first glance

“And this is why a common soldier will never triumph against a Jedi, your military ‘tactics are nothing compared to the force”- Darth Traya

Fallout prewar America Vs. Brotherhood of Nod at the start of the third Tiberium War

@DarthSears

6 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Pre-War America was struggling with a lack of resources to sustain themselves, and as such, C&C's faction would win, if slightly drawn-out due to how "invincible" power armor was portrayed to be in the Pre-War era.

@DarkKnight52365

6 жыл бұрын

and thus the reason for invasion

Krogan vs Brutes [165th ask]

Love this! I can never get enough Star Wars lore!

Jedi to OP please nerf

@itsyaboidaniel2919

6 жыл бұрын

OP*

@thorshammer7883

6 жыл бұрын

Cekachev Nah there's no reason in doing that. It doesn't have any negative effects on the story infact it kinda drives it to be good. Think about it for a moment.

@datkat2001

6 жыл бұрын

shit disney actually did that and retconned ledgends

@emilianoborro5

6 жыл бұрын

Dude did u even read the patch note where they fucking annihilated 7/8 of their content it's actually pretty old like 2012 this ain't shit today gotta keep up with ur patch notes bruh 😣😣😥

@lordfrostwind3151

6 жыл бұрын

Instead of balancing they just add a new faction immune to Jedi shenanigans and totally OP, friggin Vong.

echkharts you’re the best keep up the good work👍👍👍👍👍

This is an epic battle for sure. I've read Darksaber twice, once many years ago in high school and the second time recently. I think that Dorsk 81's use of the Force, funneling his power and that of the other Jedi knights', and his subsequent sacrifice, are more than reasonable. After all, when Luke cannot lift his X-wing from the Dagobah swamp, Yoda explains to him that nothing is too big or too small for the Force. Thirty Jedi knights working together and fighting for their lives and the survival of their kind could certainly succeed in "Force throwing" those Star Destroyers out of range of Yavin 4... just my two cents. ;-)

Nice vid!

Great Video! First Order SD Vs. MC90

Barely saw the title of this video but I already knew what it was talking about because I read this book when it came out 20 years ago :)

I love this moment and I'm glad your covering it. Though, I thought this was from I, Jedi.

Yes.... I've been waiting for this for a Long time, my little Green Friend!

Always count on you for good lore content.

250k here since 20k, great job Ek, keep it up

Maaaan! I remember 'Darksabre' I had a copy of it back in the day! This was a nice 'blast from the past', Thanks! ~JD

Fav Star Wars utuber

@massaweed420

6 жыл бұрын

Mos def

@LAV-III

6 жыл бұрын

Edgar Alquinta lore master

I love this story because that dorsk 81 died from so much force energy, not only shows how magnificently, genuinely selfless he is, but it also spits in the face of Yoda's "do or do not there is no try" "size matters not" bullshit. Stories like this help clarify the difference between what is and what isn't possible through the force, and that is good, without distinction between what is and isn't possible order is meaningless.

This was one of my favorite books out of the EU. Also one of the most memorable, along with the Yuuzhan Vong wars book series.

What I would have done, would be to bring in a small task force (two interdictors, a couple of frigates, and a carrier loaded with bombers/scout fighters) cut off escape routes through hyperspace, scout the bases, then use the bombers to eliminate them. No need to deploy capital ships like ISDs unless there are republic fleet assets on site.

I like the book's insight on orbital bombardment in the way that the main target is only a tiny surface of the entire planet and the attacking ship doesn't always hit the target.

Love your videos. Keep going and hope you get 1million subs

It should be noted that the Jedi was only capable of what they did because the temple they were in was amplifying their power by several orders of magnitude. Also Luke wouldn't actually be a Grand Master for nearly 20 years after the events mentioned.

LOVE these battle breakdown, think you could possibly do something simulair with groudbattles?

Great video

8:48 I'm not a great strategist, but maybe to force the jedis out of their hiding spots. Ground forces can make the jedis leave their hiding places while air forces, like Tie fighters, can be the eyes in the skies, tracking where they're going. Again, I'm not a strategic genius, but from my limited knowledge on star wars ships and comparing them to real life aircrafts, this is what I THINK the imperial strategy was.

That Jedi knight will never be forgotten he will be remembered to the end of the Jedi order.

Sweet, thanks Eck!

I really would love to see the Battle of Coruscant , the 2nd Battle of Billbringi, or Borleias from the Yuzzhan Vong war covered.

I love the dog at the end.

I remember reading this. 81 basically conjured a light side mini-force storm to just catapult a fuck ton of ISDs. Sad that we aren't likely to see such insane displays of force power in the disney canon.

That was kickass!

I remember reading this book when I was still a teen, such an enjoyable novel, the moment Dorsk 81 sacrifices himself and channels the full power of the Force is still one of favorite moments in Star Wars Legends

I think using the excerpts is a nice touch. Speaking of books are you going to continue your “what if” story?

Well relly cool. Video eck i relly loved the wookie vs bruts from halo can we get some more like that

It is a pretty cool moment. Would've been cool if Disney had hired some actual Star Wars writers to give us cool moments like this instead of what we've gotten.

The power of plot armor can never be under estimated. :D

@streakermaximus

2 жыл бұрын

Really. I don't care how much the Jedi meditated, the planet was essentially undefended facing 17 ISDs, 1 SSD and 20 VSD. Planet should have been glassed.

@Erolsaurus

Жыл бұрын

The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant compared to the power of the Force.

Idea: do an episode where you describe your “perfect fleet”, with access to ships from Star Wars, Halo, Mass Effect, and/or other sci-fi universes. (21th try)

"A few Victories escaped" summarizes the Empire as a whole pretty well ;)

Do yuuzahn vong vs. the borg.

@johnpatz8395

6 жыл бұрын

That's a new an interesting idea!

@thorshammer7883

6 жыл бұрын

Commander Knight I believe the Yuuzhan Vong could win if their fast enough before the Borg could adapt by overruning them with their numbers and aggressiveness. I don't think the Borg's micro machines would be enough against the Yuuzhan Vong's type of bio weapons.

@noivern8869

6 жыл бұрын

Vong vivtory

@skyguy5763

6 жыл бұрын

The Borg would lose badly😒

@CaptainM792

6 жыл бұрын

The Vong would be assimilated, resistance is futile.

Best transforming fighter: VF-11 Thunderbolt from Macross Plus vs the Union Flag from Gundam 00 vs the Viking from StarCraft vs the Mecha Tengu from Command and Conquer vs the Legioss from Genesis Climber Mospeda.

Hey Eckhart, could you do a video to see if the empire could stop Thanos from getting the infinity gauntlet or something similar.

I believe that I read these books 20 years ago, but I will have to read them again.

The Second Battle of Yavin 4. The beginning of the Galactic Civil War was at Yavin and the end the Imperial Era was at Yavin.

That force ability was ridiculous and I wish I could see it happen in a Star Wars anime series that focused on Luke and his Jedi Order

It would have only needed to send a single star destroyer( with the heaviest ordinance possible packed into every available cubic foot of interior space) at maximum velocity on a ballistic course towards the planet surface. The resulting impact would be devastating and in the chaos they could just glass the whole thing with a Base Delta Zero.

If I had been advising Daala I would have told her to launch asteroids at Yavin IV while setting up Interdictors and a battle fleet to prevent any escape. If the Jedi used their little force wave trick to stop the asteroids I would dare them to do it again with the bombardment fleet, lol

Nice video

I love this stuff

its fairly cool and has a good cost as the use of so much power kills the one who does it and it doesn't destroy the enemy just pushes them away -yet disables them, over all good idea the bigger issue i have is that its so easy for one person to set off a blast that big that disables an ssd i would think that an ssd being a huge resource investment would have backups on top of backups for systems like this

I think the Empire's biggest mistake was giving Daala command of an SSD. 17 VSDs lost, 1 SSD, 17 ISDs pushed several dozen AU by a mere thirty Jedi, countless lives lost by the Empire, and how many Jedi perished? One. That's right. ONE. I'm surprised Daala didn't become a joke sooner!

Nothing is impossible with the force and when concreted it can accomplish miracles such as this

I know barely anything about star wars and I'm to lazy to watch any movies but I still love these videos.

Admiral Daala is easily in my top 10 favorite Star Wars characters

@stapuft

6 жыл бұрын

Mark Samenfink easily! Darksaber was actually the first EU star wars book I read, followed by the Jedi academy trillogy, and to this day I still really like those 4 books, almost as much as the thrawn trillogy. But it has been a while since I read them, (darksaber and jat)

@mattheweppley

6 жыл бұрын

Do you prefer Admiral Daala or Ysanne Isard?

@wangbot47

6 жыл бұрын

I think I prefer Daala overall but I really like them both

@mattheweppley

6 жыл бұрын

I hear you, they're both really cool characters. I think Daala is more sincere, though. Like, she actually believes in Imperial ideals and cares about the people under her command. Iceheart . . . is more of a cold-blooded killer. haha

@wangbot47

6 жыл бұрын

Almost like she has a heart made of ice or something :^)

Do a battle breakdown for the 2nd Battle of Geonosis

Darksaber is one of my favorite books.

This reminds me of when Vader said “the power to destroy a planet is nothing compared to the power of the force”

"Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do?"

@Erolsaurus

Жыл бұрын

*ignites lightsaber*

You should do battle breakdowns for the battle of holy terra during the hours heresy (fourth attempt) > it’s gonna be the biggest and epic battle you’ve ever covered

You gotta love those crimson victories

If the Empire was running like a well oiled machine during Admiral Daala's control, In Thrawn's hands it was a turbocharged digital masterpiece.

I remember reading this book as a kid

Hey Eckhartsladder, as someone who just had the notion to start reading any of the Star Wars books, where is a good starting point?

@EckhartsLadder

6 жыл бұрын

Matt Howard Thrawn Trilogy

The best moments in Star Wars, after all in the words of Lord Vader "The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."

EckhartsLadder could you do a versus video of the Xenomorphs Vs the Flood pre proto gravemind

I know you made quite a few videos about Grand Admiral Thrawn, but what about the other 11 Grand Admirals on the Circle of Twelve?

I think the force use matches palpatine's powet and stories of the sith/jedi of old. It illustrates how without a visible enemy the Jedi diminished during the years of peace. You hear stories similar to pushing the star destroyers in sith and Jedi legends.

can you go over delta formation because that was the question alex from star wars explained won the schmoedown? I think that would be cool

the Jedi pushing the ISDs away reminds me of how Star Killer pulled an ISD into the ground

Dude you should do a video of the Normandy sr2 vs a ship form star wars

Admiral Pellaeon is one lucky guy, being Thrawn's former protege.

Can you do Srar Wars Rebels Zero Hour space battle?

Where do you find those 2d Starship models, or do you just use a program?

It's writing like this that makes legends so much better than the new canon movies.

Eck how do i use audible without having an amazon account?

One thing about Pellaeon, I don't think orbital bombardment would really be his style...

How about the mammoth mk2 from command and conquer vs the AT-AT for your next versus match you do.