This was when the Republic started using any tactics necessary to win the war. Even if it meant innocent people got hurt or worse. It foreshadowed how the Republic was one step closer to becoming an Empire.

@michaelandreipalon359

8 ай бұрын

At least the hardhanded methods necessarily spiced the glorious war in the history datapads.

@jameslionetti4643

8 ай бұрын

"One step closer"? It feels like it already was the Galactic Empire by the Outer Rim sieges.

@zexalbrony4799

8 ай бұрын

So true.

@redadmiralofvalyria867

8 ай бұрын

​@jameslionetti4643 For me, I'd say it stopped being the republic the MOMENT the clone wars started We can all agree, there was never gonna be a NEW chancellor after it begun

@callumarmitage5375

8 ай бұрын

​@@redadmiralofvalyria867yep he keep the throne for over 20 years after these battles but in the last years the it felt like the empire due to new victory and imperator ships being built the same year as order 66

On Felucia, the Seps dug their metal heels into the muck of that alien hellhole and dared the Republic to come in after them. So we did, only to be met with the month after month of flesh-eating diseases, shrieking nocturnal predators, and other sights that haunt me to this day....

@TheRealAquaz

8 ай бұрын

Love the BF2 501st Journal

@marcusanark2541

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheRealAquazTemuera Morrison brings his all to any role.

@RyanBright-wg1yk

8 ай бұрын

It's a play on the Battle of Feluja, in the Iraq war.

@travisgudenrath

7 ай бұрын

Nah dawg it is Space Vietnam

@sashapittbull6953

7 ай бұрын

WAIT WHAT IS THAT THING!!!!!

One thing I like about the lore of the Clone Wars that isnt talked about much is that the Clone Army fought more than just droids. A good portion of the CIS forces were loyalist militias that wreaked havoc through guerilla engagements on the Clone Battalions laying siege to their planets, rightfully so may I add. It kinda goes to show you that there isn't a clear line of Good Guy | Bad Guy in war. Especially in a universe as expansive as Star Wars.

@sarinspit

6 ай бұрын

And the reverse is true too: many droid invasions were fought back by republic aligned militia forces that were around since before the clone wars

If there ever was a hell in the Clone Wars, this would be it. The end of the war destroyed both sides and only the Empire remained to sweep aside the ashes to cement itself as the sole juggernaut of the galaxy. A great video that we all waited for, so thanks for this.

8:30 Mygeeto is really just the equivalent of trying to death war against another army in like Tibet or Switzerland, the epitome of "The snow is speaking droid!!!"

@thalmoragent9344

8 ай бұрын

And the Galactic Marines did a helluva job pushing throughout the entire year long battle. Still crazy how a Jedi had sacrificed herself, holding up a Venator from crashing down at high speads, so the Republic forces could speedrun across the battlefield in time. Now THAT'S heroism.

@MrWepx-hy6sn

7 ай бұрын

Everybody gansta until the snowmen speaks binary

@dylanram4653

4 ай бұрын

only to be betrayed not long after lol@@thalmoragent9344

At first I thought The Clone Wars was just a fun series about the fighting between the end of AotC and the beginning of RotS. Little did I know that the point of the show was to depict the Jedi losing their way in the conflict while the Chancellor gains more power over the Senate and the courts.

I bet Palpatine could speed up or slow down the war as needed, to better align events with Anakin’s fall and to make sure everything was ready for Empire day. Leak some tactical information to one side… order some new big invasion, etc. and generally make sure all the pieces were in place so in the end all the political power and legal authority was firmly in his grasp and Anakin’s distrust and frustration with the Jedi was running high. You can imagine Sidious constantly adapting the details of his grand plan, to best suit his needs and goals throughout the war. It’s like in the Obi Wan undercover arc in the clone wars show, after setting up tests for Anakin, Palpatine can see he is not yet ready to turn to the dark side at that time, but by the time of the outer rim sieges, everything is falling into place.

@callumarmitage5375

8 ай бұрын

Yes I know exactly what u mean with that and the clones winning against the cis it felt like the empire before order 66

@indianajones4321

8 ай бұрын

All Palpatine really had to do to push Anakin to the dark side was constantly bring in Clovis

@1aqz2s

8 ай бұрын

10:12 15:17 15:19 19:35 😅😅

@kypli1511

7 ай бұрын

That was the plan

@Chew_bacca1138

7 ай бұрын

Look at how many times Palpatine put Dooku against Anakin throughout the war, he tested Anakin so much He made the perfect apprentice.

It makes you wonder just how hard it would be to actually conquer a world than it is in star wars.

@JW-do3mp

8 ай бұрын

Incredibly hard, assuming weapons and armor are roughly equalized. The invading party would most likely not know the terrain, or at least very well. Neither party would know the creative tactics each are capable of, yet. The invading party would have to fight through the planetary armed forces as well as any cells that would attack them they weren't aware of. Element of surprise is everything. Once that's broken, violence of action all the way. Keys to taking a position, assuming element of surprise is gone, is deception and misdirection.

@thalmoragent9344

8 ай бұрын

​@JW-do3mp Well, all these planets likely have maps on their general terrain and continents. The surface can also be seen by the fleets above the atmospheres as well, so, surely we could see some improvements on our own abilities to map in the past. But, on a Galactic scale, you'd see planets fall after taking key major cities on each continent. Not as grueling as it has been in our world in the past.

@daralcampbell2171

7 ай бұрын

@@thalmoragent9344 plus you can call in orbital bombardments

@rossgadsby9663

4 ай бұрын

Or make deals with unhappy elements on that planet

@andrewyork3869

3 ай бұрын

​@JW-do3mp No matter what it would be long bloody and full of stop and go.

Outer Rim Sieges start and brutal fighting ensues Palpatine: Oh no, anyway

Tbh, I'm unsure about the claim that the CIS was really losing during the Outer Rim Sieges. Grievous believed that a separatist victory was possible, even after Coruscant. And he was no fool. The CIS lost around 5% of their entire strength in the Battle of Coruscant. Devastating in absolute numbers, but acceptable in comparison. Even the death of Count Dooku wasn't as fatal as it first appeared. The CIS truly died with General Grievous. If he had survived, the war would've continued. And considering that he would have undoubtedly unleashed all the reserves Sidious and Dooku kept behind the front lines for years, it's even possible that he could have destroyed the Empire within months. Especially if he arrived on Kashyyyk after Utapau and captured the planet and these secret hyperspace routes.

@ericahulstrom7354

8 ай бұрын

That would make an amazing fanfic.

@ArdysLoreLibrary

8 ай бұрын

@@ericahulstrom7354 Currenty working on a "What if".

@Serocco

8 ай бұрын

Grievous surviving and becoming a lone warlord with a massive droid army is legitimately terrifying

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

I’d say it was until the deactivation of the droid army that things were truly over. That caused what ever defenses were left to be compromised. Even with grevious and dooku dead they could have organized and pushed back without the interference of the separatists councils incompetence or sith conspirators

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

@@ericahulstrom7354I found one that’s kind of like this called a single decision takes two

It was NOT Nute Gunray who deactivated the Droid Army. The Droid Army was disabled by Darth Vader, as revealed in one scene in Revenge of the Sith, AFTER he killed Nute Gunray.

The interesting thing about how this is framed in the story is that it depicts vast swathes of space and their campaigns as sieges. Shows a sense of scale and subtle dread at the massive amount of war occurring at this time

I really like the snippets from the Novelisation. The bit where it mentions Order 66 is really well executed IMO.

Imagine a rouge CIS General of near or Thrawn lvl of effectiveness taking command of the droid army/navy with no overarching hindrances .

@Serocco

8 ай бұрын

Sev'rance Tann and Kalani were the closest to that

@sarinspit

6 ай бұрын

@@Seroccorip sevrance😢

Brutal, but like the American Civil War's "March to the Sea", it has the benefit of being the beginning of the end. That I'm eternally grateful. Pity TCW 2008 somehow made the sieges happen a bit too early, if not a bit too relegated offscreen. Looking at you, Felucia episodes, and the lack of Mygeeto and Saleucami action.

@shanenolan5625

8 ай бұрын

That was the inception of ( total war )

@michaelandreipalon359

8 ай бұрын

@@shanenolan5625 In a sidenote, strange how the strategy game series of the same name hasn't reached this point in history yet.

@shanenolan5625

8 ай бұрын

@michaelandreipalon359 Yes, now that you mention it ( strange)

@mrbigglezworth42

8 ай бұрын

Much like Shermans march to the sea, and just general Union strategy at the time, total annihilation tactics leave the survivors extremely destitute for generations to come. Considering how poor and lawless the Outer Rim became after the war and the rise of the Empire, it did exactly that.

@michaelandreipalon359

8 ай бұрын

@@mrbigglezworth42 Their fault for siding in the wrong side of history, so no biggie.

They were so hard to dislodge that the Empire still had trouble with them years after. Look at the episode in bad batch, the droids shoot down the transport Cody is on and slaughter half their squad, only reason the empire won was because of lucky shots on the commando droids and the tactical droid.

Of course the Outer Rim Sieges were always going to be a struggle to get rid off of the Confederacy strongholds.

@TheBigExclusive

8 ай бұрын

This video is wrong because Star Wars: Rebels says that the Separatist military vastly outnumbered the Republic military at the end of the Clone war. That the CIS only lost because of the Droid shut down command. It also doesn't make sense the Republic had a bigger industry because droids can help build ships and other weapons 24/7. Droid factories operate 24/7. Droids don't need food, sleep, or rest. Just electrical power. So of course the Separatists had better industrial might than the Republic.

Ya know... if Star Wars Battlefront 3 ever becomes a thing, we need a gamemode dedicated to the Outer-Rim Sieges. Yes, a whole game mode. We've had Galactic Assault, Supremacy, all that, but there should be like, a section dedicated to bringing out maps of planets just used for the purpose of granting an authentic feel for the hellish situations in the Outer-Rim Sieges.

@gbaboy7775

2 ай бұрын

Ahem, galactic conquest from OG Star Wars Battlefront 1&2 would like a word. Especially the version from Battlefront 2

"It's been said that the 501st got the best of the war. We also got the worst. On Felucia, the Seps dug their metal heels into the muck of that alien hellhole and dared the Republic to come in after them. So we did, only to be met with the month after month of flesh-eating diseases, shrieking nocturnal predators, and other sights that haunt me to this day. Cut off and for all we knew abandoned by our superiors, our only hope was Aayla Secura, our Jedi commander. Without her iron will, none of us would have come out of that mess with our sanity, or our lives. When her death came, I hope it was quick. She earned that much. When the 501st was finally rotated out of Felucia, Aayla Secura made a point of seeing us off personally, calling us the bravest soldiers she had ever seen. It's a good thing we were wearing helmets, because none of us could bear to look her in the eye."

The Senate’s death was an even MORE brutal period.

YES! YES! YES! A video going into full detail about the Outer Rim Sieges! I've been hoping for this for a long time and it was well worth the wait! :) Also, pretty good timing, since I was just working on my fanfic for the Battle of Cato Neimoidia that I've been meaning to get around to for like a year now early today, and now we have a great video about the Outer Rim Sieges as a whole.

@Helljumper556

8 ай бұрын

Hope to read it sometime

@zexalbrony4799

8 ай бұрын

@@Helljumper556 Aww thanks. But it will be quite a while since I just started writing it. I haven't even gotten to the ground battle itself yet because Republic forces are still fighting their way to the surface, luckily, they've got ace Clone Pilots like Hawk and Odd-Ball to clear a path for the Gunships.

@Helljumper556

8 ай бұрын

@@zexalbrony4799 gotcha. I'm assuming Kenobi and the 7th Fleet are attacking the planet? Which includes the 501st Legion, 7 Sky Corps and 212th Attack Battalion?

@zexalbrony4799

8 ай бұрын

@@Helljumper556 You would be correct. Alongside some other Clones being led by Kit Fisto and two other unknown Jedi(who all we know about them from the actual battle is that they died) so I'll have to make OCs for them, while Yularen and Dodoona lead the aerial battle.

@TheBigExclusive

8 ай бұрын

This video is wrong because Star Wars: Rebels says that the Separatist military vastly outnumbered the Republic military at the end of the Clone war. That the CIS only lost because of the Droid shut down command. It also doesn't make sense the Republic had a bigger industry because droids can help build ships and other weapons 24/7. Droid factories operate 24/7. Droids don't need food, sleep, or rest. Just electrical power. So of course the Separatists had better industrial might than the Republic.

PT: We’re just Prequels fan, the fandom hates us. Fans of both OT & PT: Not to me

It's easy to win a war when the same person is running both sides.

God I love Sidious he was truly brilliant and skillful to bring forth the fall of the Jedi and republic

Then you realize the Republic basically sent out a bunch of 9 years olds to do their fighting.

@lokkiirl4793

2 ай бұрын

I swear they are the good guys just dont worry about it :) red lightsaber bad :)

@nicholasgutierrez9940

2 ай бұрын

9 year old slaves*

A very compelling in-depth and terrifically detailed breakdown of the last major phase of the clone wars; the blood bath that was the outer rim sieges. As well as the last part of the massive and fatale trap that was the revenge of the sith, that once sprung lead to the destruction of the republic, Jedi and Separatists and formation of the empire.

I would like a video on the battle of Boomis Koori IV. I find it funny that the arrogant General of the Seperatist army spent all of his resources on defenses for his base expecting to fight a huge clone army only for him and his army to be defeated by only TWO JEDI.

Could one defeat Sidious with Squirrel Tactics and Pocket Sand?

@cjclark1208

8 ай бұрын

Deploy pocket sand in sneak attack, then shasha with the force.

@AncestorEmpireGaming

8 ай бұрын

@@cjclark1208 and if that fails, use the Swartz

@Techsupport243

8 ай бұрын

​@@AncestorEmpireGamingI'll get the cereal boxes.

@AncestorEmpireGaming

8 ай бұрын

@@Techsupport243 lol

@rogersparker5875

8 ай бұрын

Rip dale

Makes one wonder what would've happened if Grievous tried to kill Palpatine instead of capturing...

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

It would have sent shockwaves throughout the galaxy as now the key lynch pin holding the war as it is would be gone. For starters the republic is gonna be rudderless for months. Might give the CIS time to regroup. From there it’s a question of what Dooku will do. Try and fix the confederacy to function as his idea of a better republic or attempt to continue the plan

Brilliant analysis of a nebulous part of the Star Wars lore. Much appreciated guys, and much enjoyed.

The world building from the prequels is literally insane!

I LOVE THIS POINT IN THE CLONE WARS!!

The true definition of hell for the clones.

I love when you use the Star Wars Legion art. I play alot so it makes me happy to see those epic illustrations

You said Mygeeto and I got launched back in time to battlefront two and my hundreds of hours spent on it. Loved that game

Dude your longer videos are amazing! I love falling asleep to your hr+ vids! Please please please keep it up man. ❤

I would give both my kidneys for gritty, 40k style novels on the outer rim siege

What a banger of a video, always had been curious about the Outer Rim Sieges 💛

Your maps for this episode are so... artistically done.

Tremendous video, and never change your background music

Thanks Great video, please do one explaining why Ahsoka should have died (unless your opinion has changed of course given recent events in the Ahsoka series)

@geetslys

8 ай бұрын

Ayyy thank you man, the team and I will consider this idea:)

Awesome visuals good video ! 🎉🎉🎉

I was in the royal Australian army captain and I love this video of Star Wars keep it up

Phenomenal content bro, amazingly in depth for as concise as you presented the material on the clone wars Love that it’s on the ‘true’ canon, legacy lol

I love these kind of videos that dive into history

20:35 😂 Jedi homeboy Lookin TOO Excited with HIS Erect Lightsaber.

@alexchong1933

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

I want a video game of a clone squad on Mygeeto, a squad that has been there the entire two years that the battle happened. From the beginning attack to when Order 66 was called.

This always makes me wonder how large the clone army was. I always read numbers around 3 million, which seems to be far to small. For scale: the axis forces invaded the UDSSR with about 6 million soldiers

@caseycox1002

2 ай бұрын

Having a 3 million number for the clones makes a little more sense in a harder sci-fi universe where entire planets only have a few cities or places of interest to fight over. As it stands, 3 million is literally nothing when you have Ecumenopolis planets everywhere

Cartography may not be your next calling in life my Buddy but your narrative skills, more than make up for it! :) Thanks much for another excellent Vid!

Damn these are still so good!!!!!

21:31 That picture is freaking awesome

The end of the Clones Wars was crazy

Im thinking about making a fan novel that takes place through a clones perspective (maybe a jedi’s) were the fight is towards the end of the war and shows how brutal it was. Thanks for this video, the creative gears are turning.

man one day i hope we get a live action clone wars tv show about this inspired by Band of Brothers/The Pacific.

Amazing

Please give Ahsoka a long form video of her own. Arguably the best character in the Clone Wars and super fascinating throughout her entire story arc

2:12 no wonder the Republic won the Outer Rim Sieges. One of their mech worlds was producing SDF Macrosses!

Would love to hear more about the non Clone Republic legions versus non Droid Seperatist Armies fighting it out.

the galactic rim seiges needed to happen so i could see the galactic marines in ep3

@the13thwardsadam92

8 ай бұрын

without doubt the coolest looking clones. end of story

Traps within traps every time in the clone wars

It’s so crazy how many parallels the clone wars draw to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, totally orchestrated from the absolute top to do nothing other than instill terror and fear, to THEN, only after the populace was convinced, was able to completely turn the tide of the entire republic. Not much different than the Patriot Act. Thanks for your videos.

So it's kinda like WWII when German blitzkrieg overran the Allies only for there to be a massive battle of attrition on multiple fronts that ended with the fronts collapsing and the Allies winning.

Perfectly fine to understand but kinda funny to name parts of a galactic map south and west :D

is it just me or did anyone else notice the pic at 22:18 is from halo lmao. the ships are from that one mission at the end of H4 and theres legit a pelecan in the back

35:41 That Jedi at the center of the artwork looks eerily familiar to Baylan Skoll, albeit in a younger version

Where is the melee fight against the B2s depicted? I remember Bacara buffing melee damage in the minis game- this must be where that comes from!

I think the Felucia theatre was intended to get rid of as many clones as possible before the end of the war

The events of Episode 3 being over a week makes no sense and should have been 6 months.

@AAhmou

8 ай бұрын

The outer rim siege were already going for several months by the beginning of episode 3.

@ZontarDow

8 ай бұрын

@@AAhmou That doesn't make the events of Episode 3 making absolutely no sense as a week long series of events any more logical. Padme went through half a pregnancy in a week.

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

Feels more like there’s a vague time spine of weeks to months rather one week For revenge of the sith.

0:42 Mace looking at palpatine like he wanna kick over his wheelchair

They became conquerers more than liberators

Yeah i remember fighting tooth and nail against the super battle-droids with my fists. Fuckers didn't know what hit them and never did Ki Adi Mundi

If the Searpatists won at Kashyyyk, how will this impacted the Clones Wars? I mean, the Separatist Council will no longer have the reason to surrender now that they can regrouped at Kashyyyk and scatter once again all over the Republic space and launch raids there and there, making the war lasted longer. But aside from that, will this hammered down Palpatine's declaration of the Empire? And will there be anything else that can be added here as impacts of this Separatists' victory?

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

It would help in the push back agaisnt the republic advance but won’t mean much without continued success elsewhere

@lerneanlion

8 ай бұрын

@@theliato3809 I know that. But they don't needed to. They just needed to do some random raiding while also reinforce the important battles such as the one at Mygeeto, Felucia and Saleucami in order to tire the Republic out. This will resulted in Palpatine's hands to be forced and sue for peace with the Separatists. Will this worked? I don't know. But if it did, then what Palpatine needed to do is to secretly arrange the assassination of the members of the Separatist Council later one by one while also secretly employing pirate gangs and even the Hutts to harass these independet systems to force them to either rejoin the Republic or being left at the mercy of the criminals.

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

@@lerneanlion That last part is certainly soemthing they could do but its still up in the air if that battle would make a difference by itself

@lerneanlion

8 ай бұрын

@@theliato3809 By securing Mygeeto, they will have enough money to fund the war efforts while controlling Saleucami will given the Separatists the means to transport goods and docks for warships. As for Felucia, I don't know what it can offered aside from being the Commerce Guild's stronghold. But it is most likely important, right?

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

@@lerneanlionFelicia is more like a stronghold point for pressing further in. The whole is the war effort for the sepratists really fell apart on mustafar where anakin just shut down the whole droid army/navy. Without that the CIS was still going strong in spite of their issues but once it happened the Empire could then just barrel through entire defensive positions easily and threaten worlds into submission. Look how quick it took them to reach Raxus secundus for instance.

I want films about this war, everyone loves it

I’m sorry to say this, but I feel like the calm meditative track used in the background of the first three chapters is kinda out of place for this type of video 😅. Still, great content as always!

What I wonder was how an why all them Yagdul fleets an any CIS forces, other then Sideous's doing. Never learned of all the secret counter attack forces including multiple fleets just waiting for them with orders to launch an all out galaxy wide counter assault an crush them... It basically was going "yeah CIS got played..." So much for the propaganda the Republic was losing... Losing forces an their factions lost the ability to pull off such counter attacks an set those sorta traps

New drinking game, take a shot every time he says rim. I would be dead in the fist 5 mins!

I have an idea for a Star wars battlefront entry and the outer rim series is known in the GAR as: Operation Rancor

Question: What time period had the most brutal wartime conflicts?

@jeffagain7516

7 ай бұрын

I'd suggest that's a rather difficult question to answer Buddy, since brutality in any war is a given. If you mean most despicable means of conquest, the Rakata were quite good at that. If you mean most lives lost per battles accumulated, The Yuhzan Vong Wars would probably lead. if you mean long slogs without visible means of an end for extended periods per battle, the Clone Wars no doubt head the chart. So, you'd need to further embellish what ya mean. Old creamy Sheevs may have been one of the most calculating and forward thinking of the Sith but some of his predecessor's activities, gave new meaning to the word "despicable" when it came to specific battles.

2:18 this is macross/robotech fanart.

20:30 why you do bro like that😭

2:02 that is basically how I play eaw

I love your videos and i am a die hard Separatist supporter.

Why is the corruscant guard holding the catalyst kid from mass effect at 31:55? 😂

What system of dating was used in the star wars galaxy before the battle of Yavin? I’m assuming it would be based on the foundation of the republic but I haven’t seen anything about it.

@theliato3809

8 ай бұрын

Out of universe, everyone uses Yavin. In universe it would be the rusaan reformation for the peoples of galactic civilization after that event

I've been wondering for awhile now, as someone fairly new to The Clone Wars period (read: access to disney+): Who on the CIS side knew Palpatine was Sidious? Anyone? Dooko? Grievous? And is the answer different in Canon vs. Legends?

How the hell are your videos so detailed bro? Your attention to detail and research are insane. Also where do you get all the information from and who wrote the material cause ain’t no way George Lucas made all this material on his own

@wifoutteef

5 ай бұрын

Wookieepedia

The shut down command went to Vader(Anakin) not Gun ray

Long live the Republic and its Clone guardians.

20:33 Kids, don't let your Jedi take acid.

That's how I would stare at my lightsaber 20:26

Where is Baldamnic covered? I know the IGBC buys it in Darth Plagueis...

If I were Grievous, I would've jumped into hyperspace the moment Palpatine got captured and was aboard the Invisible Hand.

This is Canon for me!

scattered swaths of seperatist space

If the Sith weren't involved and both factions actually fought to WIN that would be way worse than what the clone war's already brought us.

20:35 Bro, what is that picture? lmao

Clone phase armor 1 is the best!!! 🥋🔫🔫🔫

What if Nute Gunray ignored Sidious and did not issue the shutdown command of the Droid Army? What if Seperatist leaders relocated from Mustafar after learning of General Grevious' death? What if the CIS dragged on the war without Sith interference? The Empire fought Separatist holdouts, some with ease, others not so much; but could a unified droid army have stood a chance against the Empire? The Republic was only winning because of Sith interference; yes, republic industrial efforts got their shit together and turned the tide, but weren't Separatist forces still held back by Sidious? I remember Geisor Delso attempting to restart the Droid Armies on Mustafar. It was such a threat that the 501st was sent to deal with it.

20:35 wtf is up with his face tho? 😂😂

Clone: We’re just Clones, sir. We’re meant to be expendable. Plo Koon: Not me Those 2 sentences made us grow to love each and every clone & we as fans would mourn them when they die. *Except Fox*

@ulty1472

8 ай бұрын

Fox did nothing wrong.