It's important to remember that ifyou have an army of identical clones, anything that will infect and kill one, will infect and kill all of them.

@horsehay

Жыл бұрын

Rip genetic diversity 😢😢😢

@slambam2665

11 ай бұрын

and if you have an army made of droids, the only thing that can infect them is a computer virus which you can easily combat, unlike a disease

@joinGOL489

11 ай бұрын

here is an idea, I dont think the clones are real clones. I mean look at the hair, you see a wide variety of hairstyles indicating genetic diversity

@thug-shaker-fc7fv

11 ай бұрын

@@joinGOL489that’s not how genes work, hairstyles are personal choices, not dictated by DNA

@joinGOL489

11 ай бұрын

@@thug-shaker-fc7fv well, not necessarily. If you look at certain clones you will see their hair is actually super curly or wavy or smth of that sort. Now of course you probably could get that from working on your hair but something tells me clones arent quite that interested in changing their hair

When you stop and think about it, the clone troopers were weapons of a sort, and they were certainly biological.

@commondirtbagz7130

Жыл бұрын

I mean by that logic all soldiers are bio weapons so, not sure what you thought you were doing there

@gavinboyer4634

Жыл бұрын

@@commondirtbagz7130 The clones were designed that way, though.

@Wolfeygames

Жыл бұрын

​@@commondirtbagz7130Yeah, but soldiers aren't generally genetically modified and raised from birth with the sole purpose of being soldiers. Which is why the oc say they could be considered bioweapons, which I disagree with on a technical level, but I get what they're going for.

@stampybird742

Жыл бұрын

From a certain point of view

@TheWhiteDragon3

Жыл бұрын

​@@commondirtbagz7130When they're manufactured in tanks, raised from birth to be soldiers, and deployed and expended on the frontlines without their consent, yeah, they're bioweapons, which makes their stories especially tragic when they're being deployed against a subhuman army

The mysterious virus that stripped the Rakata of their ability to use the Force could've been a bioweapon too.

@crogsmash1611

11 ай бұрын

I like to imagine the virus gained force powers

@thecatfather857

11 ай бұрын

@@crogsmash1611 There's a terrifying thought.

@lazyporcupine2360

10 ай бұрын

@@crogsmash1611 ahh so the Flood?

@sakkra93

8 ай бұрын

Indeed, imagine if the Separatists, for instance, managed to find and weaponise it?

One some important bioweapons I think deserved a mention were Trihexalophine 1138, the poisoning of Honoghr, and Swamp Gas. Also the defoliator would be an excellent weapon to use against the Yuuzhan Vong.

@conornorton1183

Жыл бұрын

Lol that first bioweapon name is a reference to THX 1138, George Lucas’ first film. There are loads scattered throughout the movies and lore

As a wrestling fan and former Star Wars fan, it's so much fun watching you Kayfabe writer choices into a cohesive universe. Congratulations on almost hitting 1 million subs. I read so many books as a kid and I'm so glad you can remind me of those memories.

@racobjeba

Жыл бұрын

Former Star Wars fan?

@stevenschnepp576

Жыл бұрын

​@@racobjeba Disney has done a lot of damage and turned a lot of people from genuine fans to merely somewhat liking Star Wars, if not outright disliking it.

@-SpaceFrog-

Жыл бұрын

I'm a wrestler and I love star wars too

@Ed.Arthur

Жыл бұрын

🍻

@RedPandaReal

11 ай бұрын

​@@stevenschnepp576star wars fans when they realize they can ignore the parts they dont like

The hapans didn't drop the nano virus. The imperials did as revenge for fett's attack on a star destroyer that killed a bunch of moffs. The imperials also targetted the hapan royal family with a strain of the nano virus, killing much of it on the flag ship of the hapan fleet.

the Bo'tous insects from "Hero's Trial" were super disgusting. Also whatever the Vong used to turn Ithor into black sludge

Did you use Zdzisław Beksiński’s classic painting, “sight of termination” as a thumbnail?

@ashtoncavin5774

Жыл бұрын

I agree. It’s one of my favorites from Beksinski

Would the defoliator even work on the Yuuzhan Vong? I can't help but think that they would have countermeasures for bio weapons since everything the use is biological.

@Daemon2k15

Жыл бұрын

The defoliator isnt organic. It was a bomb that only affected organic matter. Somehow similar to a dirty bomb

@stampybird742

Жыл бұрын

It looks like basically just a giant incendiary round so if the Yuushan Vong landed on planets, it might work

@aliastheabnormal

Жыл бұрын

@@stampybird742 Well that was goddamn anticlimactic Admiral Thrawn.

@joma-lt2nk

Жыл бұрын

@@aliastheabnormal Grand

@phoenixx913

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the defoliator is ever described to be a bioweapon sure it targets organic matter but at the end of the day it basically just releases a very large and wide wave of intense flames that turn everything they touch to ash. If anything it's more of a incendiary weapon.

How about a video about the force itself? Where it comes from, how it started, what is it, etc…

@FHT1883

Жыл бұрын

The Force didn't "start" to anyone's knowledge, and it presumably predates sapient life. And it's a good thing nobody has ever tried to write a story about its origins, there is literally no way for such a story to be good

@toast6375

10 ай бұрын

Better idea, the first person to discover/use the force

When you take the Death Star into account. Bio weapons in the Star Wars universe are the absolute thing of nightmares

The only two plagues I knew of from Legends was the krytos Virus you mentioned--that was a wild book--and the Blackwing zombie virus, both largely or completely immune to Bacta treatments. I'm not counting the Vong viruses.

@ImTheReverse

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget about the Black Seed Plague from Planet of Twilight

@beskarbaron6503

Жыл бұрын

There is also the Rakghoul plague

@wedgeantillies66

Жыл бұрын

@@beskarbaron6503 That was all due to Sith magic of the maur talisman, rather than being an actually bioweapon. Basically creating a mindless army for the wearer to command.

@wedgeantillies66

Жыл бұрын

Forgetting the nano virus used by the imperial remnant against both the Mandelorians and Hapans during the course of the second galactic civil war.

@GoldAxoMC

11 ай бұрын

wasn't the blackwing virus mngal mngal? (sorry if i butchered spelling)

I would love to see more of the videos about bioweapons, and the force related illness/bioweapons

@mattmorehouse9685

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, force related bioweapons sound really interesting.

Thoughts on other videos? What’s your opinion on the Droch boarding ship? Is it an effective tool, or unnecessary for boarding actions?

Another force based power I'd like you to talk about is in Legends with Bardan Jusik repairing Fi's brain molecule by molecule then later helping Boba Fett with his wife in the same fashion in the FOTJ cuz that shit was nuts

Its been a while since ive read them, but there was also the bioweapon in the clone commando novels. Only thing i can remember from that was they made an anti virus that had cold like symptoms and those who took it just went into mandalore to cough on everything in order to help spread it

my guy its bioweapons. Umbrella Company has got my perspective screwed to high hell

@rpgmusik2172

Жыл бұрын

What were they even trying with some of them? Sure, lickers and tyrants are handy, but what did they think they were gonna use the Neptune for?

@kritizismmusics9737

Жыл бұрын

​@@rpgmusik2172I knew Palpatines ugly ass had to have some sith aides or some shit or sifilis ate his braine xD

Reminds me of when Tiplee spoke of a possible biological weapon to effect the clones in S6 of the clone wars.

Love that I always learn something new in your videos, and on the note of what other videos you could do.. ..Though I doubt there's all that information on it, I'd love for a possible breakdown of the different generations of clone armor/equipment, maybe even a prototype armor if that ever existed.

no rakghoul virus mentioned

I wanna see more use of crazy science in Star Wars especially bio weapons could make an interesting movie

@hyperdunkzhd22

Жыл бұрын

Gimme death troopers as a limited series or movie 🤤

@ImTheReverse

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelandreipalon359I pray to god that we never get any semblance of artificial or manufactured force powers in Star Wars. Having a scientific explanation via midichlorians is enough. A way for someone to harness the force and give it to a non-Force sensitive is a ridiculous, cliched and all around bad idea. But that’s just my opinion.

@wesleyward5901

11 ай бұрын

@michaelandreipalon359 Muggles are from Harry Potter but the idea of pumping a non-force sensitive full of midichlorians is reslly interesting. Though it does sound like some Nazi scientist type shit which would be perfect for the Empire.

Interesting video, but why didn't you mention the rakghoul plague? It was originally created to be a bioweapon by a Sith Lord, did you decide to omit it because it was never really deliberately weaponized on a large scale or is there a different reason?

@matrix-5466

Жыл бұрын

I think he was basing the video around the timeline of the films.

@ka-boom-en6916

11 ай бұрын

@@matrix-5466 but he mentioned another Sith virus from the bane trilogy which is set roughly 1000bby right? also i think he missed that that sith technoplague also added lasers as well as the book that features it mentions a converted rancor with a laser cannon around its shoulder i think?

@lanster77schannel

10 ай бұрын

It's just a video for fun! :)

Nice Beksinski on the thumbnail. Dude's stuff is 🔥🔥

I like to imagine the delight Albert Wesker would feel getting to study some of these viruses.

there is one from the book red harvest i think (turned people, and animlast etc into zombies basicly) and han and chewbacka run into one to in one of the legend books. quite devestating weapon to, made people complelty bonkers and hungry for flesh, i guess its simular to the rage virus from 28 days just imagtion the sith virus loose on corrosunt. it would have devestated the entire planet.

Been really enjoying the Thrawn books, wondering if you could do a list of species from the unknown areas of space. I had looked for a breakdown a races in the unknown region, but unfortunately there is not a lot of content, or at least not a lot of detailed content.

Keep it up Eck! Loving this video style, hearing more what you have to say! 👌👌

There was an episode of the 80s 'DROIDS' cartoon where a bioweapon called "ruz" or "rooz" (dunno spelling) that was a pink mist which caused organic flesh to just disintegrate, leaving your empty clothes behind. Anyone else remember this?

@WhatIsThatThingDoing

11 ай бұрын

So it's not just me either? I definitely remember something like that.

@minimalbstolerance8113

11 ай бұрын

Yep, that was a thing. It was called Rooze disease.

@Thaumh

11 ай бұрын

@@minimalbstolerance8113 And some Imp with Dr. Claw's voice had weaponized it, and in the end it was used against him.

So glad you gave the art credit to Beksinski

Computing is state of the art, *for the late 1970's early 80's*. My head-canon on that is they had one species with one part up to 70's/80's and another group/species that had a Quantum Crystal (Droid AI?) and they merged them together but never really advanced the electronics part letting the Quantum or even Kyber Crystals take the main load of things.

40k: Not so different from us now, huh, droid lovers?

This is my first non-sports video I've watched of yours and it is so bizarre to hear you talking about bio-weapons rather than hockey news

Bro please talk about the force illnesses and let's do some stuff battle Sims and explore it! I don't mind theory crafting where the future of star wars should go. You provide lots of well thought out insight.

I'm kinda shocked we didn't see the virus that took the Force away from the Rakata. There where enough Rakata and similar species alive around the time of the empire (legends anyway, Canon is a toss up) I can imagine someone who thought like Kreia or found old teachings of hers to find the force itself abhorrent and fine, isolate, and mutate a virus like this to target all species to rid them of the force. Idk feels more like a D&D star wars campaign but the pieces are there

A Beksinski-painting as thumbnail? You are tuly a man of culture.

Enjoyed the video. Definitely a unique topic. 👍

dope vid, interesting topic !

The Rakata robotic zombie plague quests in SWTOR really got to me when thinking about it... especially the Imperial side of those quests.

The album that uses the thumbnail art is awesome stuff

Solid outro 🥰

Zlidslaw thumbnail goes kinda hard

You should make a video about what you think is the best blaster in starwars, it could be categories or just an all around favorite!

Honestly I'm disappointed one of the more goofy star wars bio-weapons didn't get mentioned: the slime that feeds off of negative emotions the empire developed in the Galaxy of Fear? series.

@minimalbstolerance8113

11 ай бұрын

I thought I was the only one who remembered that. The Galaxy of Fear series had some incredible, if silly bioweapons. The virus that turns you into slime, Eppon, D'vouran the living planet...

Holy fuck I was not prepared for the cOoM sPoRe 😂

King Buffalo thumbnail jump scare lol

To target fett or his relatives? So basically it was designed to target cloned stormtroopers?

@marrqi7wini54

Жыл бұрын

Though at that point most of the Fett clonescare likely old or dead so they don't matter much.

Zdzislaw painting thumbnail epic

I would unironically love it if you went over the deathtroopers book. It's bad and campy, but still good enough to be respected (in my eyes)

The Tuk'ata were my favorite bioweapon. They literally tracked force sensitive prey via their force connection.

Space mining stations and technology? I remeber in legends lando has ships with massive solar heat shields to protect visitors to his mining operation at one point. Might be an interesting little topic

Perfect for watching before bed

Great outro

I'm actually kind of surprised you didn't mention the Emperor's Storehouse

Hey Eck. Recently my friend and I were playing Battlefront II and we wondered “What makes Droidekas continue rolling?” If you could cover the topic of Droidekas and answer my question, that would mean a lot. Thank you for reading :)

7:40 small Kthulu :D

Do a video or a short on what your dream star wars game would look like

The exerpt "Infection & disease have killed more soldiers than combat" is directly taken from our own history, and the way the Star Wars universe seems to fix that with advancements such as Bacta humankind in the real world have done the same thing. That quote is a direct representation of wars fought in our own history where more soldiers would die from disease and infection or something else outside of combat itself. Some examples: The Napoleonic Wars infectious diseases claimed 10x more lives than actual combat and this was true for most wars up until the First World War. By 1914 Bacteriology had made it's way as a proper science leading to less casualities due to disease directly on the battlefield (There still was a influenza wave in 1918 of global proprotions but cant be attributed to the War itself).

Can you do a breakdown of the force world between worlds from rebels? That's always been a super interesting part of the force

I've been too badly traumatized by the real world and the horrors that exist in it to be phased by make believe stuff like this anymore.

Just be thankful no one has realized what you can do with sf6 and other heavy gases I had an idea about it one day and it's absolute pain and suffering and made me wonder what the governments might be hiding.

The Zdzisław Beksiński's art in the thumbnail took me by surprise

The Thumbnail is the cover from King Buffalo - the burden of restlessness. Cool Band

Star Wars fans: Our bioweapons are horrifying! 40k fans: *Laughs in Nurgle*

Almost a million, mate.

King Buffalo thumbnail? Great band!!

I'm certain the thumbnail is an album cover from King Buffalo and the album is called 'The Burden of Restlessness'. Good band, highly recommend, Dead Star is an awesome EP.

I don't know if you already have, but can you talk about the Rakghoul Plague of the Old Republic era? They were (sort of) Sith created creatures that would turn other beings bitten by them into more Rakghouls. Actually rather terrifying stuff if you think about it.

As per suggestions. I would like to see a video about the nightlife of Coruscant as seen though the eyes of a wealthy senator.

Love your vids eck!

Would like to know if there are more things bacta can't cure? What other medicine is there besides bacta as it almost seems like a one fits all kinda thing...

Ayyy King Buffalo thumbnail

Could you tell me how you make those viiedos where you have al, those 2D psaceship models? (Ex. HOW TO FIX THE IMPERIAL FLEET)c

Great fun

Of all the bioweapons The Krytos Virus takes the number one place

Is Eckharts Ladder a King Buffalo fan? That thumbnail is their cover art for their album “The Burden of Restlessness”

I like files like this ❤ Continue please 😊

I love how people seem to replay the outro

Beksinski arts are great.

blackwing/the crimson are fuckin scary

my hypothesis regarding computing in the star wars canon: The Force has made digital microcomputing impossible: If you teleported any computer we built after, say, the early 1980s into the universe of star wars, its circuitry will immediately short out due to electron quantum tunneling. The reason of this is that The Force has rendered observation-based wave form collapse (all quantum phenomena) *extremely suggestible.* People "use" The Force by selectively observing what MIGHT happen to influence the outcome of it happening. And they perform this selective observation by visualization of their desired outcome. *Merely mentally modeling a desired outcome with sufficient clarity will influence otherwise 'random' fluctuations to resolve in ways conducive to what one visualizes.* This has rendered all computing either extremely slow and chunky OR forced it into an analog black box where it's not so much a deterministic program, but _a set of impulses that don't even truly understand THEMSELVES._ Deeper into headcanon: furthermore, it's intentional. The galaxy is like that specifically to stop digital microprocessing. It was made that way by a civilization that came eons prior to even the deep progenitors of the lore. There had been a digital microprocessing *apocalypse* on an interstellar scale with a nanite swarm of gray goo consuming EVERYTHING. The only way to stop it was to render digital computation on that scale intrinsically and fundamentally impossible. The solution: fuck up quantum physics so bad that nothing below the scale of electrons can be relied upon to behave in a deterministic manner anymore. The Force is _a side effect_ of this.

War Master Lah: Prepare to face our coomb, new republic! Wait, why are they laughing? They always laugh when I wish to spread our coomb across their worlds! Why are you laughing now, Nom Anor?!

Please do a Video about the Muur-Talisman

I see the Beksinski painting!

The chiss fleet composition or chiss fleet ship analysis if it has not been done could be an idea

Even if the nano virus plot point of the Fetts is abit goofy I still love that element of it for that lingering plot point in last few storylines of Legends

I just read wedges gamble and the krytos trap a few days ago

Even in a universe with planet destroying super-weapons, literal magic, lightsabers that can cut through solid steel, murderous robots, etc., it's almost funny how bioweapons are still the most terrifying things to exist. Guess our universe and the SW one isn't so different..

The black orchid and rakghoul plague would be fun

Time to reread The Essential guide to Warfare again.

The Rakgul plague is definitely a pretty freaky force based bioweapon.

7:19 Reminds me of Power Rangers Time Force. Ransik had the the abilty to pull weapons from his own body. He had swords and spikes on him.

Your thumbnail is an album cover by the great and super awesome band King Buffalo. Highly suggest checking them out!

0:01 who's the artist? 3:36 who's the artist? 5:00 who's the artist? 6:53 who's the artist? 7:31 who's the artist?

rakghoul plague is a cool one that could be its own episode

This was not the video to watch during my lunch break... Good video, though!

Truly the greatest Bio-Weapon is the dreaded… Gizka menace!

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the Ancient Sith and their knowledge, or lack thereof about the Star Forge! Ajunta Pall alludes quite heavily to the treasure of the Ancient Sith from his era to be the Star Forge, but I have yet to see this referenced anywhere else. I don't believe anyone other than the Rakatta, Revan, and Malak had anything to do with the Star Forge, or even had any knowledge whatsoever about its existence, and yet Pall seems to state otherwise and the Star Map is located within Naga Sadow's tomb, which couldn't have been a coincidence. Continuity error? Plot thread left unresolved? #askeck

That thumbnail... Looks like that was right outta SCORN.

I learned today that apparently boba fett has actually always been in love with Han Solo, and he never did anything to the female slaves he took

Some of this sounds like ol papa nurgle was fooling around