THE WALKER - A Star Wars short film made with Unreal Engine 5
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"Skinny blond kid with the glowstick' is the best description of Luke EVER!
Facts
I like that the veteran snowtrooper wasn’t as enthusiastic when he said “for the empire” as the rest of the guys who are probably on their first deployment.
Considering the casualties they tend to take I suspect that a huge percentage are on their first mission.
@@michaelpettersson4919 considering they are all clones they should be more or less the same XD
@@martinschemmel84 The clones age at double speed as a result of their accalerated aging so that they would mature faster. The stormtroopers the Empire use are recruited/conscripted humans. The clones where over time phased out. The last clones in service where used for education, essentially as drill sergeants training the new recruits. The rest of them where presumably retired somehow. The Empire may be evil but I doubt that even they where killing them off. I guess that they got some small retirement package and sent away I do not know.
@@michaelpettersson4919 ah. It is time for me to sign up for Disney+ XD I didnt really watch the movies beyond the first 3 productions.
Guys, the legion that conquered Hoth was the 501st so technically they are clones. However, we could argue that there were also other units present at Hoth to make your theories work.
The fact he got the other trooper to sing with him was a huge win...also he in fact did save both their lives
Well, it _was_ a classic tune.
Always a sucker for the “grizzled veteran” and “guy so green he doesn’t really understand what’s going on” dynamic. Very well made, loved it.
As a VietNam grunt and survivor, I can say this, "A little humor before combat is a good thing. If you get killed, at least you'll die with a smile on your face."
I often tell my wife the same thing. Her reply is always the same "Just because you will have a smile on your face doesn't mean we'll both be smiling." 😮
Jack Churchill famously claimed that smiling at the enemy made them not want to shoot you, and he survived D-day so you never know...
The trees are speaking Vietnamese!
@unanimous112 Thankfully there is no he||.
Thanks Outlet for answering the call.
If the Stormtrooper Corps was like a real-world military branch, you pretty much nailed it; the FNG, the Old Timer, the bantering back and forth, the sexual innuendoes, the Blue Falcon...brings back memories
Brings me memories of being in the Marines
@@devorizer5959 lol seriously? its clear now why so many die
CIF layout, 0430, hooah.
@@insertnamehere5417 RAH
@@insertnamehere5417 When I call it out, raise it high above your head!!!
Easy to forget how much the soundtrack made Star Wars what it is. The music is just as legendary as the film itself.
Absolutely hilarious. I love how it was the Hoth battle and he’s giving the play by play😂. “Wait whys he’s going back? Your stash isn’t that important! Whoa he made it thank god.” 😂 This is brilliant
This is absolutely an enlisted guy and a clone trooper.
Also, I love how they’re slowly starting to become friends!
TK-FKU: "We're not friends!"
TK-FNG: (Gasp)
🙂
I hadn't considered the possibility of TK-FKU being a clone. He certainly has the attitude one would expect from an aging, grizzled clone trooper. Plus he's not worthless lightsaber fodder, as showcased by the quick reflexes he displayed when Luke tossed in the detonator.
Good sir, I believe you may be onto something there!
Weren't the clones decommissioned at this point?
@@sam8404 Yes and no. The majority of the clones were gone, but some aging clones were kept around to train fledgling storm troopers. Especially in the earlier days of the Empire. It made no sense to toss them all aside, given their proven effectiveness in battle and the unwavering loyalty the inhibitor chips instilled in them.
The reason they stopped producing them is because they lacked the means. The Kaminoans rebelled, creating a fresh batch of clones that were intended to protect Kamino. The newly-formed Empire couldn't afford to allow such rebellion, so they sent their clones to quell it. Many of the original clones died subduing Kamino, but those who remained were put to work training new recruits to replace them.
Incidentally, that is also the reason for the difference in armor. The clones' armor was produced by Kaminoans, so the Empire had to establish armor manufacturing of their own. They clearly lacked either the skills or funds to match the quality of the old armor. Perhaps both. An interesting tidbit: the Kaminoans could see a wider spectrum of light than most humanoids. While the armor appeared white to humans and many other species, the Kaminoans had imbued it with colors that they could interpret to distinguish different units and ranks.
Sadly, the clones' rapid aging became a problem. Many of the older clones aged out early on during the reign of the Empire. Younger clones lasted a bit longer, and the Empire dedicated a fair amount of resources to preserving the clones as long as possible. So there were still a few holdouts left, possibly even up to and after the Battle of Yavin.
TL;DR: The clones were mostly gone, but a sparse few remained in service until they were too old to be of use.
I thought he landed on top of his new friend. ...akward.
The blonde kid and his glow stick. Lmfao.
Watched all these with my son. As far as I am concerned this is canon, now we know 2 troopers got out of Luke's walker that he destroyed.
When the Special Editions were released, I was hoping for an inside look of a walker during the Hoth battle. Either the one that was tripped or the one Luke cut open.
There's a nice spoof comic series called Tag & Bink. Ir's about two characters that accidentally influence or are present for events in the Star Wars universe. This series reminded me of them. They were actually going to cameo in Solo, but it got cut
Also, Robot Chicken... th-cam.com/video/S_WeAbsQYio/w-d-xo.html
If enough of us consider it canon, it manifests as such.
*canon. Cannon is the big boomstick.
@@shishoka **autocorrect or another distraction. Thanks.
1:49 probably the most realistic part of the video, easily imagine marines/ army doing shit like that
They do
I’ve always thought it would be so cool if they made like a gritty band of brothers style series about storm troopers
That's would be so awesome!
Disney would ruin it
@@user-yk9sz9mh1tDisney ruins a lot of things nowadays…
The dynamic here is the same reason why one of my favorite parts of, "The Madalorian" was when the two troopers are waiting in the field with Grogu as their prisoner trying to contact Moff Gideon. They get in contact with some other trooper in the town who resigned tells them, "It's going to be a while, he just killed some lieutenant who tried to interrupt him."
Right, loved that scene, when Gideon was already in possession of Grogu but still gave Mando and the gang until night fall to turn him over...
I loved that. Star Wars is chock-full of background characters and rank-and-file soldiers. I love when we get to see a little of what life is like outside of the space battles and lightsaber fights. It's also why I really like the "From A Certain Point Of View" books.
I can only imagine how fun voicing these characters was.
Crazy fun. Done mostly on mobile phones to be quite honest.
@@DALLASBARNETT please keep doing these, you're doing God's work
This 8:07 minutes is better than anything Disney has done with the property.
4:24 "Get out! Your stash isn't worth it!" -LOL! 😆
What are the odds that I literally stumbled onto this video JUST as it was premiering?! And imagine my further surprise when I started reading the credits. Well done, gang!
Have you seen any of the other work by this channel?
There's some very good stuff here, even if you are not into the specific genre, very good stuff. You have to binge watch here sometime.
@@phild8095 I used to act in quite a few things made by this Creative Team. At present, I think some of my favorite projects are no longer on the channel. There are a few still here, dating back 10+ years. 😄
430-1.
Did you work on any Star Wars related things? You worked in Xena and Hercules which is awesome!
@@seanconant3218 Alas, no Star Wars... yet. 🙂
I love the idea that these guys are just Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, wandering through the epic saga without a care in the world.
R2d2 and c3p0 but organic
Look up Tag and Bink
@@artnull13 Yeah I know about tag and bink.
If you wrote their names by heart without looking up, you have my eternal admiration...
@@michaelmilian4336 From Hamlet by Shakespeare
Hands up all those who didn't finally crack up at 2:05 when the orchestral suddenly cut out 😂😂😂
I am glad someone made it out alive. When I first started watching star wars with my son he was horrified at the storm troopers getting killed. We have a small army of storm trooper toys that were always the good guys in our scenarios. For the Empire!
The wookies are revolting politely escort them to a more safe place to protest
I think that means he has a strong sense of empathy. A good thing. It always kind of bothered me to, they are just people. Nothing is as simple and black and white as they make it seem.
Even the veteran can’t resist pulling that stick out of his ass for the imperial March XD
Its a bit of a banger.
@@DALLASBARNETT yep!
Arguably the best part
We actually tried to sing(badly) into step to Imperial march while we practiced marching during bootcamp a decade ago. Our NCO was having none of it though.🤣
That's gay
Lmao! I did not except the other guy to join him dancing and singing! Keep up the great work!
He finally gave in
@@TJCID22 LMAO YEA 😭
Too much time together and having palapatunes lol
I feel like by this point in time the veteran trooper gave in to the rookies silly ways and decided to let loose a little too . that's what makes this series so good . the characters grow
You could tell when they locked eyes, instant dumbass-to-dumbass communication there.
Will there be more of these Stormtrooper stories? Or even a whole series? These guys are great, love seeing these two guys interacting with each other
Already well into the next one :)
@@EpicallyCasual who ever you are i just watched it i laughed so hard i cried i am definitely the guy worried about the blinking light 🤣🤣🤣
And how did a single denator take down a single ATAT?
@@CloneWarsFan675 When the explosion is inside the Walker, the armor holds IN the force of the blast. Everything inside gets toasted.
They have a bunch of other episodes
it really is a good time to be alive when people can make fan films this clean 👌
All we got was "Hardware Wars"
Did anyone else picture that as Ryan Reynolds as a Stormtrooper? Like if DeadPool ended up in the StarWars universe? Just me? Great job!
I could also totally see that being a thing
Well Disney owns both so it could happen 🤣
What's funnny is that this isn't entirely unrealistic. It's easy to forget that beneath the Storm Trooper armor are actual human beings with personalities and quirks. Even the most hardened modern soldier drops the stoicism behind close doors.
Clones, not humans.
Get it right or don’t comment.
@@youwebz Any clones in the Empire by now would by well into their 50s, where does it say these are clones? They'd have been retired or put into less physically demanding roles by now, mostly training Stormtroopers.
@@youwebz clones make up a small fraction of the imperial military at this time
@@cheddarcheese5308 show me hard data or GTFO
@@gaslighter9299 show me hard data or GTFO
This was outstanding! And you created the Ryan Reynolds of storm-troopers!
exactly my thoughts
Deadpool & Wolverine lol
That's who I kept hearing too
This is by far my favorite one of the bunch. Takes the feeling of being 14 years old with your friends singing star wars tunes. Also was it the vet making a snow angel since the recruit is in pain and presumably the one face down in the snow I find that a hilarious side to his character.
The second one out was falling through the air face-down as the AT-AT exploded. That would be the vet, who kicked the other out first. Which would probably mean the vet was the one just not bothering to move, while the newbie's like "hey, snow!"
The vet was the one face down in the snow. The newbie was on his back pointing up as he commented on how they'd have been killed without his fixation on the malfunctioning light.
1:45 i needed this!
For the Glory of the Empire!
This is like an Imperial Tag and Bink. Masterfully done.
Loved tag and bink
Tag and bink forever
The moment the veteran joined in the Imperial March i fucking lost it. Full on Hyena laughter ♡
*Millions of dollars in machinery and they are coming at us with jump ropes* - That one Snowtrooper
I love that quote
I love their encounters with the blonde kid with the light stick!
I really hope before the series ends, maybe as a finale, we get an episode that really dives into these two. Like they are stationed near a city being attacked by pirates after Endor. FNG wants to go protect civilians, but FKU tells him it's pointless because the Empire is crumbling and it wouldn't bother because it was evil to begin with. FNG decides he doesn't care, he chooses to be a soldier that does his job and helps people. So he goes into battle, and is out of his league immediately. Then FKU comes in to save him and shows he is actually hard-core soldier and they save the day.
This single paragraph has better writing than the entire sequel trilogy.
This guy is on to something! Or just on something... one or the other... Great idea, though!
@@jedironin380 Maybe both?
I'm not crying... I got something in my eyes.
Yeah. Both of them.
@@jimh472 you mean the one disney ripped off and gave a clone of episodes 4,5,6 cause they are lazy writers and had to inject wokeness into the films, ya that trash.
1:50 not the plot tist we deserved, but the plot twist we needed
[7:38] I laughed harder at this than anything else. I never thought I would see a Stormtrooper move like this 😂😂
Okay glad I wasn't the only one
the original star wars series will never die with people like this 👍
I feel like I enjoy computer generated TH-cam short movies more than live action ones
Wait until you discover full length animated movies.
When the senior started singing the theme song with him that hit me in the feels, they've gotten so close lol.😂🔥
Dude this is absolutely hilarious! When the grizzled veteran joined in on the March I actually laughed out loud. Saw a comment about deadpool being a stormtrooper and if he was this is exactly what I’d expect 😂
Killer dialogue, classic veteran/rookie trope,out of the box thinking! Never stop and you'll maintain a loyal, lifetime following. Perfection!!
I know you guys are doing this for fun. But, you have a great little closet web series going on here, with these two troopers.
Keep them coming. They're fantastic!!
Breaking into an acapella version of the Imperial March. Classic, guys. Classic.
✌
I love seeing things that were done for fun! This is so entertaining! I love it:)
I like how to everyone else on the walker, they're just two troopers singing but to them they hear the full orchestra. lol
looking forward to see this
duh, but those rebels, you know...they look all so snappy in these black leather uniforms, don't they? :P
For the Empire.
@Extant Fellow yes
tiny spoiler below
6:55 he's making a snow angel to cool his suit back down from absorbing the force of falling
I want the full imperial march song of these two so badly!
its like the stormtrooper version of henchmen 21 and 24 I love it
Lol i was trying to remember the monarchs quote about them being a perfect blend of invincible and expendable 🤓
@@balderfrey20 "I know it sounds crazy, but they both have that rare blend of expendable and invulnerable that makes for a perfect henchmen"
@@teawiththeadmiral8025 yup thats it😂🤣
Good grief,there’s four of them.
VENTURE!!!
I feel sorry for the rest of the guys in the AT-AT he was in... The survivors probably had a hell of a time crawling through the wreckage.
This is just too hilarious to miss. Can't wait for the next episode. I bet John Williams is doing a face palm and thinking "WTF".
Love these 2 guys! Can hardly wait for the second season!!
The first ep is already available for channel members 😁
We need to see more of these really love it reminds me of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman lol
Gets funnier with each episode
Also love the dynamic between the two
I like they way that you can see the facial expressions of ppl without faces. That takes skill.
@@rajekamar8473 yeah hats off to the animators and voice actors.
ADHD in a nutshell
This was better than any of the sequel trilogy! Loved it!
"Hey it's the skinny blond kid with his glow stick" just awesome!
1:58 I know that was coming, but it's so great😂😂😂
7:00 XD
I would watch a full 2,5h movie of this!!!
This was so awesome man! Keep doing what you do and may the Force be with you
Yes . Love the series keep it coming
4:00 me cheering at a football program
That fact that not all the Snowtroopers break out into song when the the two starts singing the Imperial March is a crime against the Empire
Ya know?
I don’t know who’s brilliant idea it was to make this film; but I wanna find them, and I wanna kiss them on the face. You’re awesome, man!
ps: the voice actor of Trooper 1 is hilarious.
I don't know if a kiss is warranted, but you can buy us a beer. www.patreon.com/PeterHaynes
Great work again Dallas!! Your signed AFK trading card from Armageddon is going to be worth a fortune soon🤑
@@RJ-ry5qu thanks for your confidence RJ. Con photos are going for $45 on Ebay already.. haha
The other guy is loosening up and got jiggy with it. I like how you tied into the original star wars.
1:38 zapp through the head
With Snowtroopers being at the top of my list of favorite characters, I can't believe what I just watched. Never thought I would see them starring in their own movie. And that ending is unbelievably funny.
I’m always excited when I see you guys upload, not just bc it’s Star Wars but the amount of effort and skill put into these videos is always entertaining to see.
I have to say the dialogue in these videos just hits me every time. Somehow in each video you have been able to re-create the stupid, idiotic, and nonsensical banter that military members go through everyday when they are bored. And I thank you for that, keep up the good work
Hi, I'm Adrien, I interviewed you two years ago for a dissertation about Star Wars fan films. I am SO glad to see that you're back in this so unique universe!
I was not expecting this.
I am very pleasantly surprised at how much joy I got out of it lol
You've successfully made Carl as a stormtrooper, brilliant!
When you first listen to the Imperial March 1:24
Is nobody going to talk about the veteran trooper just chilling making snow angels?
07:45. One can TOTALLY make the case he was a Chippendale version of a Cantina dancer? :P
Jabba's Palace has some job openings I hear. Something about the previous dancing talent being terminated and a pet dying, or some such?
Fantastic keep them coming better then the movies Disney puts out for sure I’d wait in line for a full length!
The cynical snowtrooper reminds of my dad. Mainly the part when he was talking about walkers being impractical
This was fantastic. The humour alone is genius.
I know it's kind of an old joke but this is better than the sequels
I got really worried once I realized which walker they were in. So happy they got out!
Love this series, keep up the awesome work guys!
I love your series. I would love a TV series based on storm troopers. It could be a satire like lower decks but for storm troopers. That would be a hilarious show
While I find this great because its a fan work, I would rather have any official Imperial Series be serious because I'm sick of Stormtroopers being treated like jokes by the franchise.
@@ArmouredProductions enjoy the bad batch
"They look like...combat nachos!" One of many priceless lines in this!
Absolutely outstanding!!! Thank you so much for making and sharing this!
We all know people like TK-FNG and TK-FKU, and now that new characters are being added, watching this kinda feels like being at work sometimes.
New characters added and removed shortly after due to a skinny blonde kid with a glowstick and his detonator.
you rocked with this one keep hitting them out of the ballpark
"They can't repel nausea of this magnitude"- best line.
How can you work with anyone like that??? 🤣 Annoying as hell.
The part they both started humming was so funny. You can see their relationship evolve across the series, that 2nd guy is half warming to him and half at his wits end.
aye , watching all the episodes together seems fun ^.^
@@Marcusjnmc Yeah go for it, I did that before and it was pretty cool.
The dance at the end killed it - outstanding :-) Just make sure that every clips ends like this from now on ;-)
Is it odd that he outdanced Uhura's sand dune fandance?
far out . you really bought the life into this CGI . I am totally blown away at the skills and humour as well . very well done !
These shorts remind me of the time when i was giddy about Star Wars.
Thanks!
A brilliant short, refreshing to see some well,placed humour in a SW film 😆😆very well done , I actually laughed out loud
Definitely worth the wait, keep up the amazing work 🥰
at first i was like oh wow the cgi looks pretty good, then halfway through I caught a tiny glimpse of some pixels or something on the vertans helmet and realized I had forgotten it was CGI algether and thought it was Live Action for minutes. Those models look great, animation is fucking spot on and great voice acting!!
This reminded me of some of the antics I'd do with Star Wars roleplay along with some friends in Secondlife. Good memories.
This was SUPER well done, and it didn’t even need music playing in the background. Amazing
This was absolutely brilliant.. I burst out laughing several times. Great work guys, keep it up!
That was rather thoughtful of the old grunt to kick out his 'friend' before jumping himself.
Epic! Talented and funny at the same time, you can make me laugh Team
and I will remember that for a very long time. Thank you for the rare and beautiful moments in these strange times
Much Love and Peace!🙌🏻
Best videos ever! Disney should hire these peeps to do a short series! Love these
Great work guys👍👍👍
Disney should stay far away from Star Wars
Gods of old, I was so scared for those guys when he said their walker had stomped on a speeder and the pilot went back but got clear. The writing in these is awesome. I wonder where they'll be next? Maybe guarding a carbonite-freezing facility on Bespin for no conceivable reason? Or transferred to a humungous construction yard where someone is building another Pointless Expensive Death Sphere? Or stuck in a really nice scenic forest with killer teddy-bears?
Hilarious and probably accurate lost dialog/ deleted scenes 😄👍
Please. Make More!
"...marching lockstep into a glorious future..." and FKU: "Ohhh boy..." LOL every time
This was amazing I loved it keep up the good work.