How the Rebels Turned Farmers into Deadly Fighter Pilots So Quickly

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When you're a rebel insurgency going up against one of the richest and best armed military forces in the galaxy, you have to come up with smart solutions in order to survive. We take a look at how the fledgling Rebel Alliance Starfighter corp
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  • @GenerationTech
    @GenerationTech Жыл бұрын

    Check out ownasaber.com now Available with Afterpay - All Lightsabers 30% OFF - Free Shipping on all orders - Use Promo Code "EWOK" for $15 OFF their order.

  • @spiritofarkham1235

    @spiritofarkham1235

    Жыл бұрын

    Where did you get that rebel alliance motorcycle helmet?

  • @spiritofarkham1235

    @spiritofarkham1235

    Жыл бұрын

    @@user-ox3mj2sr8n Thanks.

  • @DMSProduktions

    @DMSProduktions

    Жыл бұрын

    Spivving finance? BAD karma!

  • @dustybunny6716

    @dustybunny6716

    Жыл бұрын

    Will the code be good if I want to buy two sabers? Or is it just off the total?

  • @AhmedHussain-ju6xd
    @AhmedHussain-ju6xd Жыл бұрын

    As a person with a mustache, I can confirm we make excellent farmers and x wing pilot

  • @GenerationTech

    @GenerationTech

    Жыл бұрын

    🫡

  • @windstormstrike

    @windstormstrike

    Жыл бұрын

    imagine asquadron full of Ted Lassos :D

  • @juliankirby9880

    @juliankirby9880

    Жыл бұрын

    Can confirm, I shaved my mustache and my garden died.

  • @kotori87gaming89

    @kotori87gaming89

    Жыл бұрын

    My moustache is my key to success. I finally grew one, and my ship finally made me leading petty officer of electrical division.

  • @macekreislahomes1690

    @macekreislahomes1690

    Жыл бұрын

    As a Clone trooper, I can confirm The Force prefers men with mustaches. I don't have to wear a ton of layers of armor, all the time to live a long life anymore.

  • @strongwiseandfree
    @strongwiseandfree Жыл бұрын

    Allan giving the most honest disclaimer on financial responsibility during the sponsor spot.

  • @simonw.t.6561

    @simonw.t.6561

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s why we love him, he’s a real one

  • @brianschlicher59

    @brianschlicher59

    Жыл бұрын

    Integrity. It's outstanding.

  • @demaniac89

    @demaniac89

    Жыл бұрын

    I noted this as well. Great ethics

  • @VNM-Venom252

    @VNM-Venom252

    Жыл бұрын

    This is why I like him. He’s full of wisdom.

  • @MinistryOfMagic_DoM

    @MinistryOfMagic_DoM

    Жыл бұрын

    Big fan of that one.

  • @richardlahan7068
    @richardlahan7068 Жыл бұрын

    Mon Mothma understood that as long as she had a credible force with which to oppose the Empire, the Empire could never claim victory. That's why the Rebel Alliance only fought the Empire in open battle when they had a reasonable chance of inflicting severe casualties on Imperial forces while mitigating their own casualties. This is called going on the "strategic defensive". It was also used by Washington during the American Revolution, Lee during the American Civil War and Allied forces in the Pacific in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor.

  • @GenerationTech

    @GenerationTech

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly her temperament and pacifist background and actually benefited the rebellion greatly. Whereas the partisans were eventual hunted down and destroyed

  • @ewok40k
    @ewok40k Жыл бұрын

    I think, the challenge of the rebelliion was quite similar to WW 2 RAF during battle of Britain. Thankfully, Spitfire and even more so, Hurricane were easy to fly. Add in the veteran pilots in case of rebels, defectors from Empire, in the RAF Polish veterans of 2 campaigns , Poland and France, and you get some serious fighting potential.

  • @MajesticBiscuit

    @MajesticBiscuit

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep. WW2 RAF had volunteers from all over the world. Poland, Croatia, France, United States, and many more. They had no trouble finding pilots willing to fly for them. The trouble was the high casualties, but they were determined to win, so they did.

  • @-CrimsoN-
    @-CrimsoN- Жыл бұрын

    If you really wanna know what it was like to be a Rebel pilot in the very early Rebellion, then I highly recommend playing Star Wars X-Wing from 1993.

  • @ForestRaptor

    @ForestRaptor

    Жыл бұрын

    And Star Wars XWing Alliance :3

  • @-CrimsoN-

    @-CrimsoN-

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ForestRaptor Absolutely! Although, X-Wing Alliance takes place after The Battle of Hoth. The first X-Wing takes place before A New Hope and I feel like it's one of the best representations of how vulnerable the early Alliance really was.

  • @skyden24195
    @skyden24195 Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget that along with Wedge Antilles, another TIE fighter cadet who defected was Derek "Hobbie" Klivian. Hobbie would be the rebel pilot who located Han Solo and Luke Skywalker after the pair had disappeared for a time on the barren Hoth snowscape. He was also a major contributor for protecting the rebel evacuation of Hoth, flying alongside Skywalker and Antilles.

  • @Tank50us

    @Tank50us

    Жыл бұрын

    Didn't he go down during the Battle of Hoth?

  • @skyden24195

    @skyden24195

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tank50us yes, according to Legends, (at least,) he crashed his speeder into the AT-AT that was being commanded by General Veers no less.

  • @Wand422

    @Wand422

    9 ай бұрын

    Zev Senesca found Luke and Han unless they got lost twice.

  • @skyden24195

    @skyden24195

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Wand422 I suppose it may depend on the source, but from the film, "The Empire Strikes Back" it was Hobbie in the position of "Rogue-2," and it is he, (even though the pilot is not identified by actual name during the sequence, the actor who played Hobbie is in the cockpit of the search & rescue speeder, and therefore it should translate that it is Hobbie,) who says, "Echo Base, this is Rogue- 2. I found them. Repeat, I found them," the designation he had during the evacuation. However, I also know that during the evacuation sequence, a couple of designations get switched-up during the actual battle/film sequence, i.e., at one point, in particular when the Rebels trip up a walker via tow-cable, it's somewhat unclear if Luke is calling Wedge Antilles "Rogue-2" or if Luke is addressing Hobbie because Luke seems to refer to both of them as "Rogue-2." This confusion happens again just before/during Luke's getting shot down. So, in consideration of so many other "re-writes" or overlooks by the storytellers/(re)-productions it is possible that the narrative changed. So, I definitely won't say that "Zev Senesca" is incorrect.

  • @Wand422

    @Wand422

    9 ай бұрын

    @@skyden24195 Richard Oldfield plays Derek Klivian in both films and Zev Senesca is played by Christopher Malcom. The line "I've found them" was portrayed and voiced by Christopher Malcom as Zev Senesca. Callsigns might have been messed up in post credits and writing but I think it's pretty safe to say that the person portrayed on screen was never intended to be Derek Klivian.

  • @Spectacular_Insanity
    @Spectacular_Insanity Жыл бұрын

    You made a great point in this video that I honestly hadn't considered before: The Rebellion won by means of it's continued existence; it didn't have to win against the Empire directly, it just had to not lose. Sure, they suffered setbacks like Hoth, but the Rebellion still continued on and never lost to the extent that the Rebellion was wholly ended. They simply had to keep fighting until the Empire collapsed under the weight of its own failing political and socioeconomic systems.

  • @jacobhuff3748
    @jacobhuff3748 Жыл бұрын

    It's kind of similar to the issue at the start of WW2. Japanese pilots were more experienced than their American counterparts and had the Zero as a plane which was fast agile but at the cost of little armoring and a somewhat weak engine. Once the loss of pilots took its toll and the American's newer Plane designs were on the landing strips the equation changed.

  • @Spectacular_Insanity

    @Spectacular_Insanity

    Жыл бұрын

    Not to mention attrition in general. Losses of both men and materiel in combination with shrinking territories meant that the IJN and Army lost most of its logistical support.

  • @Tank50us

    @Tank50us

    Жыл бұрын

    I should add that the lack of armor and engine issues were a comrpomise that the designer had to make. A stronger engine and more armor were possible, and the IJAAF versions of the A6M did feature them. However, the reason was because that speed, firepower and range, all had to land on a carrier, and Japanese metallurgy at the time the Zero was designed wasn't up to making the stronger frames necessary to withstand repeated landings on a carrier. Funny enough, the US had similar issues which is why the Wildcat lacked the automatic folding wings and landing gear in the early days... the engine was already at its peak, and adding those features would just make it too heavy for carrier operations. This changed in the F-6F, which is the fighter the USN always wanted.... fast, powerful, durable, easy to fly, and actually capable of operating from its decks. The size and weight made it ill-suited for the lighter 'jeep carriers', but the big fleet carriers could handle them with no di... well... with little difficulty (let's face it, landing on a carrier is a tricky concept even under the best conditions).

  • @Spectacular_Insanity

    @Spectacular_Insanity

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tank50us I also might add that at the time, Japanese engineers, because of the subpar metallurgy you mentioned, couldn't make an engine that was both powerful enough and light enough to add more armor while still being able to take off and land on a carrier. The Zero fighter was an excellent fighter for the limitations the engineers faced, and although it was easily outclassed by other fighters later in the Pacific War, at the outset of the conflict it was pretty terrifying until the Allied pilots learned how to counter their diving attack patterns.

  • @lgmmrm

    @lgmmrm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tank50us and then the corsairs showed up…

  • @andersonic
    @andersonic Жыл бұрын

    "THAT'S why TIE Fighters don't have hyperdrives!" In 40+ years that's the best reason I've heard.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Жыл бұрын

    The secret to become the best Rebel pilot: Grow a Mustache!

  • @arcturionblade1077

    @arcturionblade1077

    Жыл бұрын

    It didn't help Biggs Darklighter though. RIP.

  • @realmario979

    @realmario979

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@Arcturion Blade his mustache wasn't big enough 😔

  • @BugRib

    @BugRib

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not just pilots who benefited from mustaches. In fact, the Rebel Alliance would've likely won much sooner if Mon Mothma had grown a mustache.

  • @patrickrada2923

    @patrickrada2923

    5 ай бұрын

    May the mustache be with you!

  • @jayrey5390
    @jayrey5390 Жыл бұрын

    That throw away line about why imperial fighters not having star drives to prevent defections actually makes good sense - the majority of pilots are always dependent on a high ranking carrier commander within comms distance.

  • @dherian
    @dherian Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely right. You want Intelligence in Pilots, plus aggressiveness in Fighter pilots and ridiculous calm in Bomber pilots. TIE-Pilots are truely among the best, but because they are so "easily" disposed off in the Movies, they get laughed off as TIN-Pilots but if you take for example the Japanese Kamikaze, those were among the best, too. It takes exceptional skill to openly go against superior forces - And make it home. Kamikaze was not the original mission of most of these pilots, it was the last resort if they knew they wouldn´t make it back.

  • @Tank50us

    @Tank50us

    Жыл бұрын

    and contrary to what many believe... they weren't volunteers. A few were, sure... but the majority were heavily pressured to join... and were dishonored if they didn't.

  • @dherian

    @dherian

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tank50us please don’t mix origins with the end. For example: When Germany started Volkssturm, it was a veritable Defense strategy and training was taken seriously. At the end, every man, child and woman who could wield something with any deadly effect was sent out with little to no training. When Kamikaze was invented, they originally looked for people crazy enough to fly dive bombers against all odds and those who did it were specifically trained to do so. In the end everyone who could be made to suicide bomb, dive, or run into a final attack was made to. The final order of Hitler was to defend the remainder of Germany to the last drop of blood. The order of the Japanese Military was to gladly give your life for Tenno and Homeland. Tenno heika Banzai, may the Emperor live for 10.000 years. Both were totalitarian regimes like the empire and Operation Burning Cinder was the same train of thought. What started as specialised and very rare forms of attacks turned into mass murder/ suicide.

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 Жыл бұрын

    Starfighters were a lot like pre/early WW2 propeller planes in that civilian planes were similar enough for transitioning easily to military Starfighters, and even for private organisations to get access to them. You can't do that with a modern jet fighter. The skill set is far more unique and complex, and they _can't_ be learnt outside a national military. And as for getting your hands on a jet fighter....

  • @Otacon2099

    @Otacon2099

    Жыл бұрын

    theres a dude on youtube documenting him fixing and flying a jet (so far not so much luck but ay HE OWNS A JET)

  • @ForestRaptor

    @ForestRaptor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Otacon2099 grounded jet? :)

  • @openfly4u

    @openfly4u

    Жыл бұрын

    Didn`t pepsi own a destroyer ship for a while, or something like that?

  • @aeroblitzt9561

    @aeroblitzt9561

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@openfly4u actually that was just a myth. In reality there was a deal between Pepsi and the USSR for the latter to sell the former some decomissioned merchant ships so Pepsi could scrap them but it didn't pan out cuz the USSR collapsed

  • @MinistryOfMagic_DoM

    @MinistryOfMagic_DoM

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@openfly4u they owned the sixth largest Navy. Technically. They never actually owned it, it was just scrap metal from the USSR.

  • @techheadiv
    @techheadiv Жыл бұрын

    Mon Mothma really held the Rebel Alliance together and did everything in her power to provide what it needed. The shrewdness she regularly displayed coupled with her understanding about war and the politics of war made her a leader the Rebel Alliance needed. Such a key pillar, I hate that she's underrated but appreciate how we see more of her in Andor.

  • @mississaugaicedogs
    @mississaugaicedogs Жыл бұрын

    Forgot to mention that the Planetary Defence Forces and the Security Forces flew Z95 headhunters which also had similar controls to the X-Wing

  • @yokaiou5848

    @yokaiou5848

    Жыл бұрын

    Also T 16s, which was found everywhere, had similar controls. It's like Russian doctrine, if you can drive a Traktor you can drive Tank.

  • @xavierscott954
    @xavierscott954 Жыл бұрын

    Nothing better than a good Generation Tech video to start off the day

  • @SGTSalt5088

    @SGTSalt5088

    Жыл бұрын

    Fr

  • @SpiceofLifevariety

    @SpiceofLifevariety

    Жыл бұрын

    Frfr

  • @brianstewart2215

    @brianstewart2215

    Жыл бұрын

    FRFRFR

  • @MinistryOfMagic_DoM

    @MinistryOfMagic_DoM

    Жыл бұрын

    FrFrFr

  • @windstormstrike
    @windstormstrike Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad Rebel pilots adopted the Ted Lasso look :)

  • @fabioartoscassone9305

    @fabioartoscassone9305

    Жыл бұрын

    well, the motto of Rebels is the same of Richmond: "Believe" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @ForestRaptor
    @ForestRaptor Жыл бұрын

    The moment you said "take that vessel but make sure it has a hyperdrive- - - " I did that "wait...but only shuttles have hyperdrives... OH THAT'S WHY!!!! " almost at the same time XD

  • @TheJediCaptain
    @TheJediCaptain Жыл бұрын

    The book Battlefront gave a good insight on the Rebel Army and their recruiting methods.

  • @sgtbagels2059
    @sgtbagels2059 Жыл бұрын

    The more I binge of Alens newer videos, the more he’s becoming one of my favorite KZreadrs.

  • @jasonbond4591
    @jasonbond4591 Жыл бұрын

    16:25 ROGUE SQUADRON. I gotta reread those books, its been decades at this point and I need me a Coran Horn an Wedge Antilles fix along with Isard and a SSD.

  • @OdariArt
    @OdariArt Жыл бұрын

    Awesome vid Allen as always. You mentioned that people didn't know why Alderaan disappeared. Who in the galaxy even knew that the Death Star or both Death Stars even existed? The Empire barely got their feet wet with the first one, and the second one never left Endor. Just sayin'.

  • @graveyardshift6691

    @graveyardshift6691

    Жыл бұрын

    The Empire actually pinned Alderaan's destruction on the Rebels. It was done to save face on the loss of the Death Star. The Death Star was meant to go public after Yavin when they could claim it ended the Rebellion.

  • @leadbed7263
    @leadbed726311 ай бұрын

    "Just make sure that when you steal that fighter it has a hyperdrive because...so THAT's why Tie Fighters don't have hyper drives!" I find the prospect the empire was so paranoid about defections they handicapped their own starfighter core absolutely insane XD

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Жыл бұрын

    *thumbnail* TFS Vegeta: 🎶"MUSTACHE! MUSTACHE! MUSTACHE! MUS-MUS-MUSTACHE!"🎶

  • @williambeavers9046
    @williambeavers9046 Жыл бұрын

    15:55 When you finally realize the methods behind to The Empire's madness.

  • @tba113
    @tba113 Жыл бұрын

    The Rebels clip makes me wonder if the Empire doesn't have the concept of "illegal orders". It's a complex topic, but it boils down to the idea that if a superior officer orders his or her troops to do something that conflicts with their oaths of enlistment or commission, those subordinates are obligated to refuse on the grounds that the order should never have been given. If those troops _do_ carry out those illegal orders, then "I was only following orders" won't save them from being court-martialed and/or charged with war crimes. Imperial military law is _probably_ different from the modern US military's Uniform Code of Military Justice, so it might have been a bigger dilemma for the cadets in the Rebels clip than it would be for fighter pilot candidates IRL, but under the UCMJ, the cadets' correct response to an order to destroy a civilian ship that had clearly surrendered would be to inform their CO that that is an illegal order, and they would not comply with it. But I suppose Rebels is a kids' show, and for that you kind of need either a bloodless war where the enemy pilots always eject successfully, or enemies so obviously monstrous that you don't care much about mowing them down like wheat before the scythe. So, the Empire pretty much have to be moustache-twirling villains, not nuanced or complex. Still, it would've been great to see someone like Thrawn arrive to dress down that Academy commandant on the grounds that he's supposed to be moulding _Imperial officers,_ soldiers who show initiative and support the stability and order the Empire is trying to bring to the galaxy, not cranking out battle-droids limited to robotically carrying out orders.

  • @graveyardshift6691

    @graveyardshift6691

    Жыл бұрын

    No they wouldn't. Remember that the Empire is ruled by Sith and as far as Sith are concerned there is no such thing as 'illegal orders'. Sith consider themselves 'perfect' beings and the rightful rules of all sapience. Much like a Monarchy, there is no such thing as an illegal order if the King wills it. The King's Word is Absolute and if the King wants those civilian freighters shot up, "It will be done My Lord." Even someone like Thrawn and especially the Chiss himself would understand that the best they can do is protest against the system. Better to go with the flow at least from a public perspective. To do otherwise is to challenge the King and when you're against a Sith Lord, you'd better kill on the first shot. You won't get a second. The thing is, the Empire is modelled after Nazi Germany. You do have your competents holding the empire together, it wouldn't function as long as it did otherwise. However they are a minority. But something interesting I found out is that the Germany army fought better when the field officers weren't being micromanaged from central command. When the lines of communication finally caught up to the blitzkrieg (because they hit the ocean and couldn't go any further), that's when things started to go downhill. Imperial Officers aren't supposed to show initiative and creativity. Much like their german counterparts, they are supposed to defer to their superiors who know better because well... they're superior. Yes this was part of the downfall of the Third Reich and the Allies learned to let their field officers do their thing in the field which is part of the modern US Army doctrine today. It worked and continued to work in the real world. And it's part of the reason why the Rebels also won.

  • @bmyers7078

    @bmyers7078

    Жыл бұрын

    15:00

  • @chicolopes6226
    @chicolopes6226 Жыл бұрын

    "you can't just learn how to be a pilot without training" * Shows Rey, who, without any training, was said to be the BEST PILOT OF THE RESISTANCE

  • @Justanotherconsumer

    @Justanotherconsumer

    Жыл бұрын

    She was? No, that was Poe. (That said, the best “no training” example would be Anakin at age… what was he, 8?)

  • @chicolopes6226

    @chicolopes6226

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Justanotherconsumer if I remember correctly, Poe said she was the best pilot in TROS. And yeah I completely agree, Anakin knowing how to fly a ship and destroying a space station at 8yo was really weird and kinda ridiculous. Edit: I just remembered Rey for some reason knew how to fly the Falcon and knew how to fix it in TFA, it was quite a weird and random thing....guess her and Anakin were just born knowing stuff

  • @bhujabre
    @bhujabre Жыл бұрын

    I have learned so much about my favorite clones

  • @thevoidlookspretty7079
    @thevoidlookspretty7079 Жыл бұрын

    7:59 I fully believe that Saw *ABSOLUTELY* saw the larger strategic situation. He just didn’t care. He wasn’t out to win a war. He just wanted to kill stormtroopers.

  • @anthonya995
    @anthonya995 Жыл бұрын

    Well, it seems Rey was able to fly ships, use the force, and fight with a light Saber with nooooo problems. She is way better then Luke ever was. 😅😂😅😅😂😅

  • @chrisplumb4284
    @chrisplumb4284 Жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the Bantha Tape, every insurgency needs bantha tape.

  • @anthonya995
    @anthonya995 Жыл бұрын

    Regarding your last part of you post, "be the best part of yourself". Something our government officials on all levels are lacking severely.

  • @AWFarmer
    @AWFarmer Жыл бұрын

    So, the title implies this could be the most powerful training hack in human history. 😂😂

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion Жыл бұрын

    Alan, sometimes the best defense is to go on the offensive. If one knows that an attack is coming, why waiting for an attack to come and not strike first?

  • @cairnarunir

    @cairnarunir

    Жыл бұрын

    While that makes sense, a pyrrhic victory would've been extremely detrimental to the Rebellion. The Empire had a vast reserve of ships and personnel to draw on after a battle, but if the Rebellion lost a large portion of their very meager forces in a singular battle? They wouldn't be able to continue further sabotage ops for at least a good long while, prolly wouldn't be able to help people who needed their help, and morale would become an issue potentially to the point of the dissolution of the Rebellion.

  • @MrDoggoCraft

    @MrDoggoCraft

    7 ай бұрын

    Ah yes our dozen or so mc80s can fight it out with a few thousand star destroyers lets send out y wings and x wings to fight hundreds of thousands of tie fighters

  • @xXScissorHandsXx
    @xXScissorHandsXx Жыл бұрын

    Good video again Prof Allen, just wanted to give a heads up there is some feedback on the audio. Something like an amp or an aux cord from a speaker that was on? Just made a constant buzz/hum in my headphones and I double checked it was just this video.

  • @terratorment2940
    @terratorment2940 Жыл бұрын

    I've flown a crop duster through a canyon so I know all about flying a military space craft, complete with heavy weaponry.

  • @thesharpercoder
    @thesharpercoder Жыл бұрын

    “Ah! That’s why TIE fighters do not have hyperdrives.”

  • @desperado8605
    @desperado8605 Жыл бұрын

    You and I came to the same conclusion about the hyper drive at the same minute that was a SOB moment

  • @jrstoelting
    @jrstoelting Жыл бұрын

    Did you mention Warrior Poet?

  • @HossBlacksilver
    @HossBlacksilver Жыл бұрын

    I long thought that a the (sith) empire started showing its true colors the more that imperial troops deserted, or outright defected, pilots, naval officers, soldiers, even stormtroopers would walk away from the empire and into the rebellion.

  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Жыл бұрын

    Wonder if right now in a galaxy farfar away the evokes have their own history channel series about meet c3PO

  • @ajackass5950
    @ajackass5950 Жыл бұрын

    With the ripe and endless resentment brought about through decades of injustice and oppression

  • @jthopkins2544
    @jthopkins25449 ай бұрын

    I love this channel! It dives seriously deep into the more niche mechanics of Star Wars and makes it feel so practical! Thank you so much for your contributions!

  • @cane6074
    @cane6074 Жыл бұрын

    Imperial Officers were highly technical proficient and disciplined, the downside was that imperial doctrine and organizational culture discouraged initiative and innovation, which negated those advantages. Put a Imperial Officer that defected to the rebellion in environment that encourages initiative and innovation, they can be very formidable adversaries, which explains why the rebellion was able to beat empire. The senior leadership were former commanders of the empire who knew how the enemy fought but were aware of the others sides flaws do to once being amongst the enemy ranks. Also like that from a creative standpoint storywise, it shows how horrible the empire had become to such an extent that the Emperor's own' commanders who once swore an oath to serve him became so disgusted with his rule that they turned against him. In the military, adhering to one's oath is the most honorable thing you can do, and honor is of utmost importance, to break ones oath for evan a righteous reason is no small thing and is a major burden mental if one values ones honor, the situation was so bad that they saw doing so as morally worth it.

  • @Jayjay-qe6um
    @Jayjay-qe6um Жыл бұрын

    New Rebel pilots were required to watch The Pilot and the Rebellion, an introductory document and video during recruitment sessions.

  • @dillonpeterson66
    @dillonpeterson667 ай бұрын

    The mustache thing is a reference to the classic bulletproof mustache a fighter pilot tradition that is practiced to this day.

  • @daemonhunter100
    @daemonhunter100 Жыл бұрын

    Scarif was a HUGE material and personnel loss for the Alliance

  • @BernieGolgo13
    @BernieGolgo13 Жыл бұрын

    Hypothesis on why most tie fighters not having hyperdrives!!! I just thought it was very expensive to have and maintain.... I never thought about making hard for Imperial Pilots to defect. Way to go!!!

  • @arcturionblade1077
    @arcturionblade1077 Жыл бұрын

    The Rebels remember Colonel Olds and his stache.

  • @theblueabyss63
    @theblueabyss6310 ай бұрын

    Actually i think defections would be common in academies remember how Luke wanted to join the academy but had no love for the empire and asked 3PO about the rebellion

  • @jeffreycarman2185
    @jeffreycarman2185 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video. Always enjoyable.

  • @AdmiralStoicRum
    @AdmiralStoicRum Жыл бұрын

    I mustache you, where do you get your content ideas

  • @nomic655
    @nomic655 Жыл бұрын

    3:11 gotta love how bro talks about how you can't just be a pilot without training while showing the mary sue that became a pilot without training

  • @lurkingllama8364
    @lurkingllama8364 Жыл бұрын

    Lol, Love the videos Alan, but this was the first time KZread interrupted your sponsor to show me a different ad. Kinda funny.

  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Жыл бұрын

    Why were Organa's still in Senate after it was realized they were harboring a Jedi. And why didn't lea mention what Obi Wan did for her more lately. And when vader told him when you last Left me i eas not but a learner but now he seems desperate fir victory having lost to Obi twice already

  • @rosieposie9632
    @rosieposie9632 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @thomasmcgeveran4248
    @thomasmcgeveran4248 Жыл бұрын

    Can you predict what thrawn relationship with the ascendancy will be, and was he gaining power with them while in the unknown regions

  • @graveyardshift6691

    @graveyardshift6691

    Жыл бұрын

    Thrawn was exiled. That's basically the Death Sentence in Chiss society. Any attempt to return or contact the Ascendancy would be treated as a hostile action. As long he continues to ignore them, they will ignore him.

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 Жыл бұрын

    Mon Mothma practised insider trading?

  • @miroo4097

    @miroo4097

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh that's why she looks like a younger Nancy Polosi

  • @grisom5863

    @grisom5863

    Жыл бұрын

    Even the best senators do it. Go figure.

  • @Redacted2898
    @Redacted2898 Жыл бұрын

    But the main question is... do they have permission to land like a dainty butterfly?

  • @nickywags0712
    @nickywags0712 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve been rereading the ol x-wing series and seeing this video and all them Darklighter boys brought a smile to my face

  • @kkamiya9038
    @kkamiya9038 Жыл бұрын

    In EU, characters such as Tycho Celchu defected because of Alderaan, especially Celchu, who was Alderaanian.

  • @user-xv8ui1mo2x
    @user-xv8ui1mo2x Жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of the chinese civl war. The kuomintang would constantly give immense reasons for people to join the Communists with flooding whole towns, taking rations from them, and a lot other stuff that would convince someone to defect, while the communists were also really playing defensive until they had a big enough army.

  • @luisemoralesfalcon4716
    @luisemoralesfalcon4716 Жыл бұрын

    The power of mustaches.

  • @bigangenbygang
    @bigangenbygang Жыл бұрын

    TLDR: The Rebellion mostly took up the same strategy as the North Vietnamese, which makes sense considering Lucas intended the Original Trilogy to partially be about Nixon and Vietnam. All the tactics and strategy here have direct parallels to the doctrine of those real life forces.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 Жыл бұрын

    Rebel pilots are made up of ex-Imperials, farmboys and chads with 70s mustaches.

  • @theromanorder
    @theromanorder Жыл бұрын

    Please do the tactics You did one.. you said you would do more

  • @theblackgoatofthewoods
    @theblackgoatofthewoods Жыл бұрын

    Do one on the Towanifamily from the Ewokmovies. Why did they crash on the Endormoon? Were they on the run from the Empire after Hoth or is it a timeline where Luke fails to destroy the Death Star? Mace Towani is clearly wearing a rebel flightsuite. If it is before Return of the Jedi then why did Wicket forget the basic Cindel teach him and if it is after then where are the Empire ruins and why didn't he know what a starcruiser is....?

  • @TheAzureNightmare

    @TheAzureNightmare

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe it was before Scarif.

  • @theblackgoatofthewoods

    @theblackgoatofthewoods

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheAzureNightmare It might be. That's why they should make a video of them.... To bad Mace dies later..... The rebellion could have needed him

  • @hungtheheroluu

    @hungtheheroluu

    9 ай бұрын

    Even though the Ewoks movies are part of the Legends canon, Pablo Hidalgo said that Disney didn't decanonize the films and that authors are free to reference them in the current Canon.

  • @theblackgoatofthewoods

    @theblackgoatofthewoods

    9 ай бұрын

    @@hungtheheroluu Yes, true... But I allways been wondering about the witch in Battle for Endor. She clearly is an offworlder and must have come by starship but I never thought of her as a fallen Jedi since her power come from her ring but she might be a runaway Nightsister....

  • @hungtheheroluu

    @hungtheheroluu

    9 ай бұрын

    @@theblackgoatofthewoods the witch you speak of, Charal, who was an ally of those marauders that attacked the Ewoks' village, is indeed a Nightsister, perhaps the first live-action debut and overall debut of the Nightsisters before Ventress, Talzin, Merrin, and Morgan Elsbeth.

  • @PokerPillar
    @PokerPillar Жыл бұрын

    Demo...cra..cyyy! You're the best, Alan.

  • @Whoopu2
    @Whoopu2 Жыл бұрын

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Rebels may have delivered the knock-out punches on the battlefield, but the Empire mostly defeated itself. It's increasingly paranoid, brutal, and heavyhanded tactics gradually turned more and more of the Galaxy against it. Blowing up a planet for example, convinced many who otherwise may have sat on the fence, that something HAD to be done. Combine this with incompetent, overconfident leadership who were usually in a leadership position based more on family connections, nepotism, and unwavering loyalty to the Emperor rather than merit, and an officer corps more focused on backstabbing and sabotaging one another instead of cooperation, and what do you get? A doomed Empire, that's what. But that's just the fatal flaw of a government influenced (albeit unknowingly) by Sith ideology.

  • @alejandroguerra6755
    @alejandroguerra6755 Жыл бұрын

    I mean , even I could be a great fighter pilot if I could grow a mustache like that lol

  • @ghostbusterb5504
    @ghostbusterb5504 Жыл бұрын

    What did he do to the Captain Rex helmet in the back

  • @bigsarge2085
    @bigsarge2085 Жыл бұрын

    Stay on target!

  • @ReviveHF
    @ReviveHF Жыл бұрын

    Goose and Rooster has mustaches so they are good pilots.

  • @kdavidsmith1
    @kdavidsmith15 ай бұрын

    The Rebellion didn't need to win they just need to not lose.

  • @davidunderwood9728
    @davidunderwood97285 ай бұрын

    Twilight Company mentioned 😎

  • @brendanrobertson5966
    @brendanrobertson5966 Жыл бұрын

    1:00 why does that shot of Biggs remind me of Pedro Pascal...

  • @bhujabre
    @bhujabre Жыл бұрын

    I love your videos

  • @nathanielekstrom6755
    @nathanielekstrom6755 Жыл бұрын

    Why hasn’t the Rex helmet been finished yet? It’s been in that condition for a week.

  • @gerardocovarrubias3058
    @gerardocovarrubias3058 Жыл бұрын

    The timeline between Star Wars rebels, and Jedi fallen order Jedi survivor. Are they connected?

  • @kenle2

    @kenle2

    Жыл бұрын

    They will be. Give the writers time to "back-and-fill" the stories. And for the "fans" who endlessly complain about that: There's two choices - either never have (or recognize) a retro story about events before the movies, or suck it up and accept that things are gonna change from "canon" Or you could just give up and stop watching/reading.

  • @stevedenis8292
    @stevedenis8292 Жыл бұрын

    The best rebel pilots had those 70's porn star mustaches. That's why they were know as the best "bush "pilots.

  • @JAF30
    @JAF30 Жыл бұрын

    Not going to lie, the democracy at the end killed me.

  • @mRibbons
    @mRibbons Жыл бұрын

    I've decided to rewatch andor for the 4th time.

  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Жыл бұрын

    Could any pilots stranded around Yavin lad in te moon and not find the rebals

  • @Kaligonum
    @Kaligonum Жыл бұрын

    Nemic took the credit

  • @granthaber1341
    @granthaber1341 Жыл бұрын

    That & the resin Mon Mofma booted Saw's cell out of the rebellion she wanted to fight a more civilized revolutionary like war to restore the Republic.

  • @Wand422
    @Wand4229 ай бұрын

    Great thumbnail

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 Жыл бұрын

    Saw gerrera should probably have a talk with allan.

  • @zachjablow599
    @zachjablow599 Жыл бұрын

    Sorry the static sound made this unwatchable. Love ya man catch you in the next one.

  • @cabbievonbump
    @cabbievonbump Жыл бұрын

    The answer is simple: VIDEO GAMES! 😆

  • @edwardbrown3721
    @edwardbrown3721 Жыл бұрын

    If there's a lesson all empires can learn from history it's don't mess with farmers

  • @dogbackwards7658
    @dogbackwards7658 Жыл бұрын

    Lol i just rewatched the family guy parody of new hope And was wondering exactly how/why they just let Luke fly one of their Xwings and partake on a mission where the very fate of the galaxy was at stake. They literally just met the guy.

  • @brentmartin6833

    @brentmartin6833

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, he (Luke) had just helped rescue Princess Leia. And evidently, knew how to fly a ship, and was willing to fight. (If we knew who Bigg's was he would also probably vouch for Skywalker). As a kid, heck even as an adult I didn't question why they had an extra X-wing. Hmm... maybe they keep a spare in case one's down for repairs or they just got a new shipment in?

  • @eddapultstab2078
    @eddapultstab2078 Жыл бұрын

    I have been hearing a buzz through the audio on this video, was that intentional or did it slip in.

  • @robertagu5533
    @robertagu5533 Жыл бұрын

    Just thought they got on SW version of intergalactic Amazon an ordered the holovid collections of "how to build your own Intergalactic Army/Navy" or "Force jitsu" manuals an the like while Studying old Surplus Kaminoan GAR Training Manuals that clone supply depots used to stock extra of an then went from there.. Disclaimer: fighters other ships and they pilots/crews are only so good. Depends on WHICH ones, the individual missions in question and also which ground units. Inferno when it defected an Twilight Company an other commandos are WAY better an critical then even whole fleets as they showed more then few times. In Truth you need both. Sure fleet got good, but a fleet can't do it all. An without good to elite ground troops for plenty of missions having a great Navy that can only hit an run goes only so far an forget about holding ground. Which makes a navy op, especially risky ones worth it

  • @johne.4884
    @johne.4884 Жыл бұрын

    Wedge only trained pilots in Legends. In canon he got injured and retired.

  • @DefinitelyNattox
    @DefinitelyNattox Жыл бұрын

    The thumbnail answers the question. It’s obviously the mustaches.

  • @motherteresa8418
    @motherteresa8418 Жыл бұрын

    We're places like Yavin that weren't military but full of people eho didn't want to live in the empire

  • @Gterr1971
    @Gterr1971 Жыл бұрын

    Hello there Allen.

  • @permeus2nd
    @permeus2nd Жыл бұрын

    I love the U wing but its no fighter, its a troop dropship and maybe a forward base of operations for a small team, a 5 person team can live out of this thing for weeks or maybe months is they know their bushcraft.

  • @wouterkessel4852
    @wouterkessel4852 Жыл бұрын

    I mean another reason why they made at the very least farmers into good killers is that farmhands make good stock for soldiers

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