Why Imperials Avoided Chemical Warfare: Star Wars lore

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Why was this regime so apposed to this kind of warfare?
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  • @LoreGuy
    @LoreGuy3 жыл бұрын

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  • @Prophetofthe8thLegion

    @Prophetofthe8thLegion

    3 жыл бұрын

    Death Troopers intensify

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNero3 жыл бұрын

    Empire: "We have the most terrifyng diseases" Rakghoul: "Hold my virus"

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion3 жыл бұрын

    And once again, TIE-Defender would have won the day if the Empire decided to listen to Thrawn!

  • @drkinferno72

    @drkinferno72

    Жыл бұрын

    Palpatines weakness was his overconfidence

  • @shadowslayer9196

    @shadowslayer9196

    Жыл бұрын

    yes won the day not the war

  • @randomcenturion7264
    @randomcenturion72643 жыл бұрын

    Planet destroying superlaser: Palpatine "I like!" Chemical weapons: Palpatine "Aw HELL NAW!"

  • @isaackim7675
    @isaackim76753 жыл бұрын

    If so, dozens of systems would join the Rebellion in response

  • @thorpeaaron1110

    @thorpeaaron1110

    3 жыл бұрын

    Especially during the period when the galaxy was transitioning from the Republic to the Empire

  • @macromicro1715

    @macromicro1715

    3 жыл бұрын

    If the empire lasted longer, I’d imagine chemical and biological weapons would be more and more utilized. For the same reason as the Death Star. If you can destroy your enemy completely, in a way that prevents any serious resistance from being mounted, it doesn’t matter how many planets rebel. Turn a few of those planets to cracked rocks or chemically blasted wastelands, and resistance boils away rapidly.

  • @talonkarrde2733
    @talonkarrde27333 жыл бұрын

    You're definitely my favorite Star Wars Lore Channel! May the Force be with you!☝️😎

  • @tacticaldroidtx22
    @tacticaldroidtx223 жыл бұрын

    The thing is that bioweapons are very hard to control. And the colateral damage would mostly hurt the Empire. If civilians were to be infected, that would create a lot of civil unrest. Add the fact that they would now carry the pathogen around the galaxy. Now you have to have quarantines, create new protocols, people would get sick and die... The risk for great economic damage is significant.

  • @LordoftheSwamp1269
    @LordoftheSwamp12693 жыл бұрын

    It's not only that, but think about your other videos. The Star Wars galaxy needs the backing of its people in order for the Republic, the CIS, the Rebellion, or the Empire to do things. If the people of the galaxy found out the Empire was using bio-weapons on a massive scale, the people will end up turning their back to them.

  • @thorpeaaron1110

    @thorpeaaron1110

    3 жыл бұрын

    Especially if it was during the early days of the Empire's reign

  • @Prophetofthe8thLegion

    @Prophetofthe8thLegion

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean they did kinda blow up a planet and the whole empire didnt revolt

  • @nightshroud9671

    @nightshroud9671

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Prophetofthe8thLegion Pretty much not doing it out of fear due to the Empire can easily turn its planet-destroying laser on them.

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay1783 жыл бұрын

    After what happened to Palpatine with that poison gas attack. He would want to avoid it lol Great video

  • @JediMasterZim
    @JediMasterZim3 жыл бұрын

    Star Wars Rethink: Death Star construction accident/Death Star blows up during initial testing due to a malfunction. What happens to the timeline?

  • @Finn_7117
    @Finn_71173 жыл бұрын

    Why use chemicals when you can just land a star destroyer on a group of rioters?

  • @darthknightwingphoenix2081

    @darthknightwingphoenix2081

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you referencing the Ghorman Massacre?

  • @Fruitgum-xc7co
    @Fruitgum-xc7co3 жыл бұрын

    Star Wars: Blue Shadow Virus Are world: *It's Corona time,*

  • @elliottknifton8902
    @elliottknifton89023 жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing the Clone Wars also had a hand in this as the separatists used them e.g. the defoliator as they're a lot more useful with a machine army

  • @TheSpiderWarden
    @TheSpiderWarden3 жыл бұрын

    Actually the Blackwing virus is now Canon! Cool!

  • @petarbulog199

    @petarbulog199

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wait really?

  • @TheSpiderWarden

    @TheSpiderWarden

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@petarbulog199 yeah, the canon mobile game Star Wars commander has a whole mission series around it. Plus its canon that the Empire specifically named the elite Death Troopers after the monsters of Project Blackwing in order to scare the rebels.

  • @petarbulog199

    @petarbulog199

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheSpiderWarden awesome

  • @ulyssesthomas2184
    @ulyssesthomas21843 жыл бұрын

    Surprised you didn't mention the chemical weapons in the Canon novel twilight company

  • @tatooinenative860

    @tatooinenative860

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol I just did before I read ur comment. Maybe this channel is small.

  • @Hunterking-ej4zm
    @Hunterking-ej4zm3 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos ! You definitely made my childhood awesome:) keep up the good work!

  • @LoreGuy

    @LoreGuy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you soo much! I really appreciate the support! ;)

  • @petermills3814

    @petermills3814

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LoreGuy New Rethink Videos Please Lore Guy: What if the empire mass produced Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite Star Fighter program? What if the Rebellion stole and used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite star fighters against the empire? What if the Republic had and used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite throughout the clone wars? What if the Separatists had and used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite during the clone wars? What if the First + Final Orders used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite star fighter? What if the Resistance used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite against the first + final orders? What if Order 66 was a complete success? = What if all the Jedi were completely purged during order 66, without any survivors? What if the death star never destroyed Alderaan? What if the empire used Thrawn’s strategy? What if the clone army of the grand army of the republic was much larger? = in the hundreds of millions or billions? What if the Mandalorians joined the war on the republic’s side against the CIS? What if clone wars went on much longer than it did? = 6 to 10 years or so? What if the clone army was far more advance? = had better armour + equipment, technology and weapons? What if Thrawn won at Lothal? What if Anakin Skywalker redeemed in return of the Jedi lived/survived? What if the First Order used a Clone army too? What if the First Order used Tie Defender Elites? What if the First Order used Dark Troopers? What if the First Order was more sensible in its strategies? What operation Cinder never happened? = the empire decides not to do this stupid plan of Sidious? What if the Zillo beast survived? What if the 332nd division sided with Ahsoka and Rex, and survived? = And fought off the inhibitor chip? What if the clone army turned on Sidious after order 66? = during the reorganization of the first galactic empire? What if the empire never decided to build the death stars? What if the Yuuzhan Vong invaded during the era of the empire? What if the Yuuzhan Vong invaded during the post empire period? What if the Yuuzhan Vong invaded during the sequel trilogy? What if the Rebel Alliance had Starhawks during the whole galactic civil war period? What if the empire won at Jakku? What if the empire decided to make peace with the rebellion? What if the rebellion decided to surrender and make peace with the empire? What if the empire decided to build its ships’ bridges deep inside the hull instead of the outside for practicality? What if the empire had resurgent class star destroyers during its era? What if the republic had and used imperial class star destroyers during the clone wars era? What if the republic had and used resurgent class star destroyers during the clone wars era? What if the new republic never disbanded right after the galactic civil war and kept its forces active for possible future threats? What if Boba Fett joined the rebel alliance? What if the outer rim sieges during the clone wars failed for the republic? What if Sidious never reorganized the republic in the galactic empire? = kept the republic intact after the clone wars as a democracy? What if the Unknown regions were much easier to access for the rest of the galaxy to explore and settle? What if the Tie Hunter was mass produced by the empire? What if the Empire mass produced the Tie Phantom?

  • @arega1s830
    @arega1s8303 жыл бұрын

    Alpha Red also caused some distress with the New Jedi Order, both from an ethics standpoint and the fear that this weapon could potentially mutate and jump to different species, despite it being designed to only target Vong and Vong tech.

  • @duescaymania2940
    @duescaymania29403 жыл бұрын

    Honestly my day brightens when I see a new video from you good job my guy. And long live the glorious Empire

  • @thorpeaaron1110

    @thorpeaaron1110

    3 жыл бұрын

    Death to the tyrannical Empire

  • @duescaymania2940

    @duescaymania2940

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thorpeaaron1110 death to the terrorists who subsequently destroyed the galaxy

  • @thorpeaaron1110

    @thorpeaaron1110

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@duescaymania2940 Death to the Empire that blew up a peaceful planet and froced millions from countless worlds across the galaxy to give it the planet's resources for an expensive super weapon

  • @duescaymania2940

    @duescaymania2940

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thorpeaaron1110 you really want to begin this argument again? Alderaan was anything but peaceful, they simply wanted to act like they were. Few if any worlds were evacuated so the empire could mine their resources, and even then there was always a cause to it. Yes the super weapon was expensive but the galaxy was still prospering under the empires banner. If you’re gonna insist on playing out this fight again at least try harder than last time

  • @thorpeaaron1110

    @thorpeaaron1110

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@duescaymania2940 Alderaan was peaceful and was the intellectual center of the galaxy and it had nothing to do with the Rebellion the galaxy didn't prosper if anything poverty increased during the Empire's 20 year reign also I like how you neglect that fact about desertions in the Imperial military to the Rebel Alliance

  • @Victoreatpussycage
    @Victoreatpussycage3 жыл бұрын

    always love your videos keep up the good work dude

  • @zigzaghyena
    @zigzaghyena2 жыл бұрын

    Putting aside the moral implications for a moment, there's a practical problem inherent with using chemical weapons in a setting like Star Wars, and it's the fact that environment suits are absolutely everywhere. Stormtroopers, Clone troopers, Mandalorians, and innumerable spacers wear sealed suits with limited oxygen supply on a daily basis, at bare minimum they'd have oxygen close at hand for emergencies which saves them from anything that kills purely through respiration. Starships can just vent affected areas if something is released onboard without spacing the crew after a little preparation. And it if it becomes a concern on the battlefield, the stormtroopers are already equipped for that, I doubt even poorly funded rebels would find it difficult to source stolen or even legally purchased protection.

  • @alphariusomegon4442
    @alphariusomegon44423 жыл бұрын

    All I can say is up until the first Death Star this could be correct, after the loss of the first Death Star I highly doubt the Empire would give two S about using anything to crush the rebels that just pulled something similar 9/11.

  • @JediMasterZim
    @JediMasterZim3 жыл бұрын

    Star Wars Rethink: the galaxy learns of the clones' brain control chip during the Clone Wars (maybe early on, maybe a year into the war, or maybe due to Fives).

  • @howardlanus8610
    @howardlanus861010 ай бұрын

    A bit late but one thing to think about is that bio-weapons don't respect boundaries like wealth, class, education, or political affiliation. Thus the use of such weapons risks undermining or destroying one's own allies as much as one's enemies. Palpatine was not a fan of such randomness; he was a control freak. He wanted control over everything.

  • @emperorspriggan2644
    @emperorspriggan26443 жыл бұрын

    I believe the Empire know the problems and the weapons that could be turn against them. One for Empire

  • @webanator
    @webanator3 жыл бұрын

    "You don't want to accidentally create a plague that sweeps across..." The Chinese Government would like to know your location.

  • @supersaiyangod5974

    @supersaiyangod5974

    3 жыл бұрын

    Too late it has already sweep across the globe.

  • @Watson2108
    @Watson21083 жыл бұрын

    I have read Death Troopers. I know why😄

  • @MrRonald327
    @MrRonald3273 жыл бұрын

    Sounds fun.

  • @perranmorris5150
    @perranmorris51503 жыл бұрын

    Very cool

  • @nk8633
    @nk86333 жыл бұрын

    very interesting.

  • @exposingproxystalkingorgan4164
    @exposingproxystalkingorgan41643 жыл бұрын

    Unnecessary evil and cruelty is bad PR. Even bad people have a limit on how bad they can tolerate. Baddies don't want more problems and messes they have to clean up.

  • @daveshn
    @daveshn3 жыл бұрын

    Did you do this topic already? I can swear you've talked about this before.

  • @marvinmason9950
    @marvinmason99503 жыл бұрын

    The end of Star Wars legeends darth cadius when the boba fett genes was used on mandalor which then made his home planet leather to him and his future genetic variants

  • @hyenafur
    @hyenafur3 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, it would have clashed with one of the overall themes of Star Wars, that being machine versus nature.

  • @Bluesonofman
    @Bluesonofman3 жыл бұрын

    Earth: Laughs in Mustard Gas

  • @petermills3814
    @petermills38143 жыл бұрын

    New Rethink Videos Please Lore Guy: What if the empire mass produced Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite Star Fighter program? What if the Rebellion stole and used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite star fighters against the empire? What if the Republic had and used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite throughout the clone wars? What if the Separatists had and used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite during the clone wars? What if the First + Final Orders used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite star fighter? What if the Resistance used Thrawn's Tie Defender Elite against the first + final orders? What if Order 66 was a complete success? = What if all the Jedi were completely purged during order 66, without any survivors? What if the death star never destroyed Alderaan? What if the empire used Thrawn’s strategy? What if the clone army of the grand army of the republic was much larger? = in the hundreds of millions or billions? What if the Mandalorians joined the war on the republic’s side against the CIS? What if clone wars went on much longer than it did? = 6 to 10 years or so? What if the clone army was far more advance? = had better armour + equipment, technology and weapons? What if Thrawn won at Lothal? What if Anakin Skywalker redeemed in return of the Jedi lived/survived? What if the First Order used a Clone army too? What if the First Order used Tie Defender Elites? What if the First Order used Dark Troopers? What if the First Order was more sensible in its strategies? What operation Cinder never happened? = the empire decides not to do this stupid plan of Sidious? What if the Zillo beast survived? What if the 332nd division sided with Ahsoka and Rex, and survived? = And fought off the inhibitor chip? What if the clone army turned on Sidious after order 66? = during the reorganization of the first galactic empire? What if the empire never decided to build the death stars? What if the Yuuzhan Vong invaded during the era of the empire? What if the Yuuzhan Vong invaded during the post empire period? What if the Yuuzhan Vong invaded during the sequel trilogy? What if the Rebel Alliance had Starhawks during the whole galactic civil war period? What if the empire won at Jakku? What if the empire decided to make peace with the rebellion? What if the rebellion decided to surrender and make peace with the empire? What if the empire decided to build its ships’ bridges deep inside the hull instead of the outside for practicality? What if the empire had resurgent class star destroyers during its era? What if the republic had and used imperial class star destroyers during the clone wars era? What if the republic had and used resurgent class star destroyers during the clone wars era? What if the new republic never disbanded right after the galactic civil war and kept its forces active for possible future threats? What if Boba Fett joined the rebel alliance? What if the outer rim sieges during the clone wars failed for the republic? What if Sidious never reorganized the republic in the galactic empire? = kept the republic intact after the clone wars as a democracy? What if the Unknown regions were much easier to access for the rest of the galaxy to explore and settle? What if the Tie Hunter was mass produced by the empire? What if the Empire mass produced the Tie Phantom?

  • @sanejingliufan
    @sanejingliufan2 жыл бұрын

    The one time the Empire need Earth

  • @friedrichdergrosse7439
    @friedrichdergrosse74393 жыл бұрын

    Professionals have standards

  • @StevenHodges-ge1rw
    @StevenHodges-ge1rw11 ай бұрын

    We could have had Resident Evil in Space!

  • @uncleqrow5941
    @uncleqrow59413 жыл бұрын

    2:37 well I mean In legends the Empire created a virus on Corascant when the New Republic took it and while reading those parts of the books I was under the impression it really didn't take more then a few months Edit: yes it only killed alians but that would be even harder to creat then anything

  • @eternalreality3260
    @eternalreality32603 жыл бұрын

    Short version: Chemical warfare is fucked and even Sheev can understand why that would be morally reprehensible.

  • @damarglover6363
    @damarglover63633 жыл бұрын

    Bio weapons and chemical weapons are two different fields did you mean why the empire didn't use bio weapons more???

  • @zebjensen4251
    @zebjensen42513 жыл бұрын

    You also got to remember that the rebels wouldn't even need to be able to make these sorts of weapons themselves. All they would have to do is break into a lab or chemical plant or something and find a radical who would make them use the highjacked equipment and be gone before the authorities showed up. A plan like this could be done in as little as a few hours id imagine in the star wars universe given how far there science has gone. So in truth if the rebels stole a weapon like this making more would be as easy as breaking into one of the millions of labs or plans in the galaxy and using the equipment. And all a plan like this would require is a team willing to do it and at least one person to make it. So no wonder the imperials feared this stuff so much case it would be a hundred times more dangerous there then on earth with how spread out everything is and easy the tech would be to mass produce something that already exists.

  • @tatooinenative860
    @tatooinenative8603 жыл бұрын

    They used it actually. Read Battlefront Twilight Company. They used a planet that could feed trillions to develop bioweapons.

  • @59rlmccormack
    @59rlmccormack3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, chemical weapons, far too dangerous!

  • @bluesnake1713
    @bluesnake17133 жыл бұрын

    It'll mean the Empire will lose lots of support real fast.

  • @shanenolan8252
    @shanenolan82523 жыл бұрын

    Yes I remember ysanne isard used a biological weapon as well

  • @carsovideos3904
    @carsovideos39043 жыл бұрын

    Sad geonosis noises

  • @zippo32123
    @zippo321233 жыл бұрын

    Bioweapons would be vastlycheaper than the super weapons

  • @akdele5
    @akdele5 Жыл бұрын

    the Empire was modeled after the US, but it doesn't seem like they're as cruel as the US

  • @judgedread2173
    @judgedread21733 жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t Alderon making chemical weapons during the empires rain

  • @yonatankanosh7561
    @yonatankanosh75613 жыл бұрын

    You mix up chemical and biological weapons

  • @blackknight-oz8bi
    @blackknight-oz8bi3 жыл бұрын

    In legends the rebels were literally making chemical weapons on alderaan #tarkindidnothingwrong

  • @danwolfe238
    @danwolfe238 Жыл бұрын

    Rip to a dead channel lol

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