If I included the World Devastators I should’ve had the Star Forge... my oversight. Anyway, thanks to audible for the sponsor! www.Audible.com/eckhartsladder
I was going to mention the Star Forge, as being a more powerful version of the world devastators. What would you change if you included the star forge?
@@Apokalypse How is the Star Forge a weapon? It just makes stuff. A lot of stuff, granted, but still. The World Devastators are actual weapons because they're turned against enemy worlds, eat em up, and then churn out war materiel. The Star Forge is just a far superior version of an orbital shipyard/weapons foundry combo.
@@Apokalypse i wouldn't say it was more powerful since the Star Forge itself isn't a super weapon and more like a super factory which produce weapons, where the world devastators using the material harvesting as a weapon itself instead of nibbling on a Star
@@enisra_bowman From what I understand the star forges ability to create armadas of ships outclasses an world devastator. Possibly, as Eckharts mentioned if many of them are working in tandem the output would match it or surpass
@Ekartsladder Some fun Trivia: The axial Superlaser on the Eclipse was never mentioned in the Dark Empire miniseries, that was purely a West End Games creation based on the art in the comics, you are welcome Star Wars Fans. One of the ideas that got left on the cutting room floor was the rank of Commander Moff, a Moff with no Political power but would help The Emperor solidify his control over all aspects of the Imperial Military. It was suggested Moff Jerjerrod would be one of these (and his rank is called this in the radio dramas) and there is a Moff on the World Devastators in Dark Empire who would also fit this bill. But again this idea got left off the official rulebooks. I was hoping The Tarkin from Star Wars comics would make this list, but it’s pretty much the same list I would come up with from Legends. Since we are undergoing the pandemic you could do a video about the Crimson Forever.
It’s only fair because Legends has a shit ton of super weapons that are not only incredibly powerful, but also very versatile and effective in their respective roles.
The Star Forge could pump out enough raw resources to manufacture multiple of each of the listed superweapons, but not enough people are ready for that conversation.
Agreed, the star forge is really op when u think about it much like the world devastators too, both r factories that u just throw at raw resources and they create weapons. Give them enough time and u could easily overthrow the universe. Palp just shouldnt have used the devastators on such a visible world, he should have just thrown them at star systems. I am also convinced that the star forge was ultimately mobile to some degree. U dont really want to be draining ur homeworlds own star, going to make it burn out to quickly. I think the star forge was either moved back to rakata or only the original remained with the others destroyed
Agreed, really interesting concepts. There’s a reason the “destroy things better” superweapon is slowly becoming overused, the star forge and the infinite empire were some of my favorite legends content.
I consider the Star Forge the better World Devastator. You can park it over a star and churn out endless ships and droids, It's semi-stationary nature means you don't need to risk it with every engagement the same way you do with a Devastator, just have it parked away somewhere. You could even invest a few years and build a second Star Forge and hide that just in case you need it. It's the ultimate weapon.
The fact that the Celestials repurposed Center Point station, a massive facility meant to create star systems, into what was essentially a warden's station really hammers the point home about just how dangerous Abeloth was.
Yeah, real mixed emotions on Audible right now. On the one hand, it’s super handy, and they’ve supported a lot of YTers I like. On the other hand, Spacedock’s report on how they treat creators has me very concerned. I use Audible right now, but I’m not sure how much longer I will...
@@frozarburst6350 Considering Eck's response to plagiarism of fan-designs by Disney Star Wars comics, i wouldn't call him naive, just not-yet-informed.
@@TRLAuthor From what I’ve seen and read, SD wasn’t really on the money with a lot of the things audible was doing ‘wrong’ for creators. A lot of authors didn’t have good experiences, yes, that’s an absolute, this is a misstep on audible I will say, they need to be much better with communication and the like. But from interviews and statements of read and watched from many authors, one being Craig Alanson, audible does genuinely care for its creators, it kinda has to, otherwise it’s kinda screwed. I agree that the split between audible and creator is rather skewed towards audible, but again, I will say they do a *fantastic* job at advertising their products for their creators at no extra charge, meanwhile Google books, or others, as far as I’m aware, does no such thing. I’m not saying Audible is perfect, and I will say it has directly supported many creators and authors who I greatly respect, so my opinion may be a bit skewed, but nonetheless I feel like there is middle ground here besides, ‘Spacedock just salty’ (yes I have heard this before) and ‘Audible is the work of the devil’. In essence, SD had a bad experience so did other authors and creators, however we know they make up the vast minority of cases, but it is an issue for audible to work on, both for the sake of a company, and for the creators it hosts, I do think it’s a good service that cares for its creators, (otherwise that’s just bad business and...assholish), just that this is an issue to deal with. If you wanna boycott it for that, go ahead, it is a good means to get their attention by paying with your dollar, personally, as audible is a direct way of supporting many smaller authors I respect, I will not be doing so, but I don’t blame anybody for if they decide to go ahead with it. TL;DR: Audible not perfect, Spacedock’s experience not the norm, vote with your dollar if you wish to.
I wish Disney would retcon jar jar into a secret sith Lord. That makes so much sense.i know that's not the case but... Palpatine was from naboo and jar jar was exciled living on the surface... perhaps they met lol
World devistator is like covid-19 in the way it operates. You know scientifically virus aren't living beings? Bacteria is. Look it up it's really nuts.
The most destructive force in the galaxy has been Kathleen Kennedy Jokes aside, great video. I remember having to take down a world devastator in Rogue Squadron in a V-Wing. Man I miss that series.
In my opinion, the starforge is the most powerful just on potential alone. If it can produce a fleet, and has enough time, it would wipe out everything, like say we give it 60-80 years to make eclipses and the galaxy would be helpless
EckhartsLadder: I know that it is easy to tell the difference between the ISD-1 and the ISD-2, (The sensor tower and what not) but I am wondering what the *practical* differences are between the 2? (Which is more powerful? Which one is strategically better? Etc.) Love the channel, please continue making great content!
I just finished listening to the original Thrawn Trilogy on Audible, loved it. I loved the new Thrawn Trilogy as well, I mean both were written by Zahn after all. The originals are definitely more, special, to me you could say.
If this had been a top 10 list, The Starforge should definitely be #6. Drawing energy from a sun, it could create unlimited amounts of ships, battle droids, etc. It could tap into the dark side and drain force sensitives of their life-force. If it had been kept hidden, it would have been the creator of a new infinite empire.
what about the Gravestone from SWTOR ? I think it is pretty powerful for a single vessel to rip apart almost the entire eternal empire fleet, or at least a big part of it
TY so much! I started reading books on Audible cause of you a couple months ago and ive alrdy read a dozen star wars books. I just wish they had unabridged versions of the New Jedi Order series, I wanna read that next!
Dam got excited and saw a new vid then realised "oh its the same one hes done 3 seperate times" I'll still give it a Like tho just not watching the same vid for the 4th time 😅✌
As I've said many times, the Suncrushers resonance torpedoes would technically have been much better if you just strapped a hyperdrive to the thing and pointed it at the nearest star. It's ridiculously OP as it is, but imagine a Galxy Gun that destroys star systems instead of individual planets...
Modifications could be made. Also, a bonus theory/fact for you why I'm here. The core design and concept of both the Resonance Torpedo and World Devastators originate from a dark eldritch deity for the former while the latter was born from the capricious minds of The Rakatans. I don't know how Palpatine managed to come across such ancient and terrible knowledge but when he learned these inventions could be updated and specialized he didn't even hesitate to begin developing them for warfare...
Heir to the Empire narrated by Marc Thompson for the win!!! I love his colder, more brutal thrawn voice to the more whimsical sounding voice from rebels.
Star Forge got robbed, it produced the fleet that wiped out the entire planet of Taris; that’s a Death Star that you can pull apart and move quickly without a hitch
I need only one superweapon: the secret information gathering fortress, carrying all you would ever need to conquer anyone, including a clone of Thrawn for your harder questions: *THE HAND OF THRAWN*
What about shawken device : The weapon's creator intended for it to destroy the universe, but there is no record of a successful test of any kind, nor any evidence to suggest that it was actually capable of doing so.[1] The weapon was intended to accomplish this by destroying the planet Shawken and hurling its fragments through hyperspace to collide with other planets, theoretically setting off a chain reaction that would eventually destroy all matter and end the universe, presumably allowing the birth of another universe.[2] - Wookiepedia
And for someone to go out of their way to design such a terrible weapon of inconceivable destruction and plan to use it, what could have existed and been so dire or horrible for them to create such a thing? I only found out recently that it might have been created to act as a mercy killing for all the innocent beings in the universe while also functioning as a doomsday weapon to possibly destroy the Old Ones and their evil creations if reality we to fall under their malevolent control.
I’ve been using audible as well for a long time, and whilst I get the hype for the promotion...after what happened the last time you mentioned Star Wars books specifically There are two or three dozen FULL novels from LEGENDS and multiple from the new canon However, sadly, at least half if not more are only available as shortened and condensed ABRIDGED versions... So advice to any and all people wanting to get the books on audible, there ARE filters for “legends” and to select unabridged/full length only ✌️
The Corellian Trilogy by Roger Mcbride Allen is all about it, Hans family on corellia, and Han and Leia's children whom Rey and Kylo ren are very clearly based on. It's a very underated trilogy. i like it way more than the Thrawn trilogy or Jedi Academy trilogy. i bet you could order them used online for a few bucks a piece. totally worth reading. It also has lots of Mara Jade in it and Lando Calrissian in it. which is pretty awesome. To get the full story of centerpoint you'd also have to read the Legacy of the Force series. which is easily the best star wars series ever written. It is freakishly awesome, but is also like 7 books roughly. then... you'd have to read parts of the Yuzong Vong series which was called New Jedi Order. that series is like... i dunno, 15 books long? it's also very, very good. Then... you'd have to read the Fate of the Jedi series to understand the monster Abeloth that the centerpoint was imprisoning. and that series is like 9 books roughly. It's also quite good, even though it starts off pretty slow in the first couple books. but of all of these, the old School 90's Corellian Trilogy has a special place in my heart as my favorite star wars Trilogy, and it's also the most centerpoint focused i'd say. luckily, it's also the shortest at only 3 books that are relatively short for star wars novels.
Center Point Station is pretty much just a giant Tractor Beam and was built by the Killiks who were instructed by the Celestials on how to build it. It's original purpose was to move Black Holes to create the Maw so that they could imprison Abeloth there. And that there was the most scary part, they used it to move Black Holes from all around the galaxy to just one location. The Corellian system was more than likely built with it by the Killiks themselves as their home. It was hardly a machine capable of pin point accuracy, but with the hands and skill of a Jedi, it was more than capable of it which was proven late in the legends cannon. It was a giant Tractor Beam that was weaponised.
Unrelated, Star Trek vs Star Wars match up. Enterprise MACOS vs imperial stormtroopers or, possibly, ARK troopers from the clone wars. A rescue mission for the MACOS on an imperial star destroyer or the Death Star perhaps? The MACOS haven’t gotten a lot of love it seems and the one group of military personnel in the Star Trek universe deserves a showing.
I feel like the Star Forge should've made the list or have been in the excluded list. It's very powerful, but also a lot of people know about it so I can see it getting excluded. Regardless though I think it's a good video.
Yeah, but it isn’t really a weapon. It’s extremely dangerous, but it’s essentially a gigantic, super powered factory. It doesn’t have any direct destructive capabilities besides some turrets for self defense, and while it would eventually consume a star, it wasn’t made to or capable of destroying a star outright. That’s my opinion, anyway.
Before I even watch the video, here are my guesses in no particular order: Sun Crusher, Galaxy Gun, World Devastators, the Rakatan Starforge, and the Dark Reaper.
I could’ve gone along with some of the super weapons in legends, but considering so many were made by the empire, it just made the Death Star feel less special. I like centerpoint station just for the fact it was massive, its capabilities, and the fact it was only made with direction from the One’s
not the star forge ? it's good to have planet destroying weapon, but fleet of millions of fully automated star destroyer can do the same thing, and is harder to get ride of
So I actually had a video premise request. I'll try to be brief I'm currently in a Star Wars TTRPG that involves a ship, a Pelta class medical frigate, that has turned into a dark side nexus due to being boarded, the crew slaughtered, refitted into a pirate ship, and being home to many more slaughters and atrocities. So I was wondering if you wanted to do a video on the most evil ships in star wars, explicitly supernatural or implied. Or if pickings are slim in that, technological artifacts or machines steeped in the dark side, and what they're like in the setting.
Honestly the Star Forge and Centerpoint Station. Not sure which is older actually, think it might be Centerpoint. But if Revan had known about Centerpoint and what it actually was and how it could of been used, he would of used it to annihilate the Forge and the entire Sith Fleet with ease, and they would never of known what hit them.
How is power produced in star wars? Where does it come from, how do their reactors work, is it limitless or will it all eventually run out? Ive never seen anyone delve into the power management part of star wars' massive fleets and armies and superweapons.
And now I'm thinking of the 5 most powerful superweapons in Star Trek. The planet killer, Soran's star killer torpedo, the Scimitar, V'ger or the Whale probes might count, if not there's the Xindi weapon, and of course number 1 goes to the Genesis device.
You left species 8472 7 ship combo attack off your list, they blow up a planet in about 10 seconds while basically been immune to all attack, oh and any 7 ships can do it.
#askEck I might have missed something, but in Fate of the Jedi it seemed like sinkhole station started to fall apart because center point was destroyed. Like it was not a separate thing. It seems like poor design for one to blow up and the back up just blows up for no reason. Abeloth did destroy it later though.
Since the Galaxy Gun was launching missiles that would NEED to drop out of hyperspace to change directions to get out of the tangled chaos of the deep core, it seems like it didn't need to be a gun at all, just a missile rack. Palpatine may have been compensating for something, and really his clones DID look pretty Ken-doll.
I would have traded out the World Devastator for the Star forge Tbh. It's unknown whether or not it could be mobile at all. But in terms of what it can produce from a secluded area.. I mean. We're essentially talking about a forge that could craft everything on this list. In record times. Costing very little in terms of resources. With near limitless applications as to what it could build. (Just a little prone to driving it's users crazy... so what the cost if you can build more! ) At least that's my thoughts on it vs a World Devastator. Plus side of the Star forge, it can't go rogue like the Devastators could have. It requires a "pilot". A will so to speak.
Star Killer base is probably the WORST super weapon in all of Sci-Fi. You get ONE shot before your position is known to everybody, it must have been enormously expensive to construct, it was taken out shortly after its existence was discovered with minimal resources, planning and effort, and it’s a fixed weapon (not like you can alter the planets orbit), meaning it can’t run away and has to wait for its orbit to be in the right position to fire.
Hmm...one of the five (sun crusher) taken fron one of author Chris Rowley's Vang 3 book series [Starhammer]? Just wondering... It was planetary-based, used a matter to energy converter science to convert a humongous cube of the planetary crust for energy requirements to target any star in the galaxy!
It's a weapon that confuses me why its listed. It was useless, you didn't need the gun, you needed its self propelled bullets. All it did was basically fire highly explosive well armoured ships at people, anyone could have done that. Also it's the easiest weapon to defend against, a single hyperspace inhibitor would stop it targetting a planet, admittedly at the cost of blocking the hyperspace route.
#AskEck what happened to ask Eck segments? My real question is what would be your perfected ISD design? I would lower the neck so that the bridge/head is part of the lower superstructure and I would put the shield projectors on the back of the head (on either side of the neck). Maybe even put some hangars along the trenches so as to dispatch maximum TIEs (I like to imagine the TIEs flooding out like they do at the shield in Rogue One). Thanks for the video as always
What about the six Iokath Machine Gods/Zildrog? They were described as having killed over 10 trillion people and zildrog was the super weapon Vitiate used in his immortality ritual.
Things like them and their heinous creators were an almost common sight in the ancient and terrifying Star Wars galaxy. But when creations as destructive and capricious as them did find your world or society, it was all over unless...
And the worst part is that it wasn't even a weapon made with malicious intent but one to be used as a last resort; one of eternal denial to an unstoppable enemy and as a mercy killing to all life in the universe...
@@macwelch8599 problem is it does not fit what the empire was planning. They were planning to rule by fear which the isd did. Also venator was from the republic and the empire was trying to distant it from republic. Also the isd in my opinion is a bit more versatile then the venator so if you wanted to a rule a galaxy you would want a ship that could do everything hence why they would pick the isd compared to a more carrier like venator
Hey Eckhart -- I'm curious, but have you considered doing any No Man's Sky content? There's a lot of interesting lore content in that game and the ships undoubtedly look very Star Wars-esque. Though there would be inherent difficulties in doing things like ship reviews and such, because ships in NMS are procedurally generated and there's millions of unique types.
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If I included the World Devastators I should’ve had the Star Forge... my oversight. Anyway, thanks to audible for the sponsor! www.Audible.com/eckhartsladder
I was going to mention the Star Forge, as being a more powerful version of the world devastators. What would you change if you included the star forge?
@@Apokalypse How is the Star Forge a weapon? It just makes stuff. A lot of stuff, granted, but still. The World Devastators are actual weapons because they're turned against enemy worlds, eat em up, and then churn out war materiel. The Star Forge is just a far superior version of an orbital shipyard/weapons foundry combo.
@@Apokalypse i wouldn't say it was more powerful since the Star Forge itself isn't a super weapon and more like a super factory which produce weapons, where the world devastators using the material harvesting as a weapon itself instead of nibbling on a Star
@@enisra_bowman From what I understand the star forges ability to create armadas of ships outclasses an world devastator. Possibly, as Eckharts mentioned if many of them are working in tandem the output would match it or surpass
@Ekartsladder
Some fun Trivia: The axial Superlaser on the Eclipse was never mentioned in the Dark Empire miniseries, that was purely a West End Games creation based on the art in the comics, you are welcome Star Wars Fans.
One of the ideas that got left on the cutting room floor was the rank of Commander Moff, a Moff with no Political power but would help The Emperor solidify his control over all aspects of the Imperial Military. It was suggested Moff Jerjerrod would be one of these (and his rank is called this in the radio dramas) and there is a Moff on the World Devastators in Dark Empire who would also fit this bill. But again this idea got left off the official rulebooks.
I was hoping The Tarkin from Star Wars comics would make this list, but it’s pretty much the same list I would come up with from Legends.
Since we are undergoing the pandemic you could do a video about the Crimson Forever.
The most powerful super weapon is obviously *G O N K*
Yes our lord and savior and sometimes ammunition droid
I'm of the (right) opinion that *G O N K* is space equivalent of god, and the High Ground is space equivalent jesus.
Actually, let me correct myself. Obi-Wan and Gonk droid ARE the actual jesus and God. Forgive me for my blasphemy.
He has far transcended the class of super weapon
@@rainbowappleslice he gives us the ammunition for the super weapons he is immortal he is a celestial
Eck: (Legends + Canon)
Also Eck: *gets rid of pretty much every notable superweapon in canon before getting down to business*
😂
Lol that’s on point
It’s only fair because Legends has a shit ton of super weapons that are not only incredibly powerful, but also very versatile and effective in their respective roles.
To be fair the Xystons in canon are just an uninspired Eclipse from legends, so it could count.
@@pepperedash4424 lmao the Xystons were idiotic
The Star Forge could pump out enough raw resources to manufacture multiple of each of the listed superweapons, but not enough people are ready for that conversation.
I love the idea that the deadliest superweapons are the ones capable of creating - from the World Devastators to the Star Forge.
Agreed, the star forge is really op when u think about it much like the world devastators too, both r factories that u just throw at raw resources and they create weapons. Give them enough time and u could easily overthrow the universe. Palp just shouldnt have used the devastators on such a visible world, he should have just thrown them at star systems. I am also convinced that the star forge was ultimately mobile to some degree. U dont really want to be draining ur homeworlds own star, going to make it burn out to quickly. I think the star forge was either moved back to rakata or only the original remained with the others destroyed
Agreed. No love for the Star Forge?
Agreed, really interesting concepts. There’s a reason the “destroy things better” superweapon is slowly becoming overused, the star forge and the infinite empire were some of my favorite legends content.
I consider the Star Forge the better World Devastator.
You can park it over a star and churn out endless ships and droids, It's semi-stationary nature means you don't need to risk it with every engagement the same way you do with a Devastator, just have it parked away somewhere.
You could even invest a few years and build a second Star Forge and hide that just in case you need it.
It's the ultimate weapon.
The fact that the Celestials repurposed Center Point station, a massive facility meant to create star systems, into what was essentially a warden's station really hammers the point home about just how dangerous Abeloth was.
Yeah 12 times the power of Grand master Luke...
@@antonhallergren588 I mean at the end of the day, she was a raging beast rather than a skilled fighter. Skill can trump power in many instances.
It took the combined efforts of the Jedi and Sith to take her down
@@Jungoguy I’m aware, though she was only defeated. She wasn’t killed, not truly.
@@decimation9780 skill can trump raw power, but when the raw power is that much more than yours, your fucked
#1: Kenobi on the High Ground
Or anakin when smth bad happens to padme
@@mdrz Nah, Kenobi with the high Ground beaten that
@@HawkTheRed what about G O N K
Kenobi with the high ground would beat Abeloth
Everyone knows having the high ground is the most powerful weapon in Star Wars
Haha yes
Even for The big guns Like the AT AT. Heh heh
What an original joke
And the highest ground is space.
And Kamino is in the Rishi Maze, a satellite galaxy ABOVE the main galaxy!
@@justcallmeSheriff mmhmm
Watching that audible sponsorship after watching Spacedock. 😢
Yeah, it is a very handy platform for we consumers, but for the creators we must learn to be responsible consumers.
Yeah, real mixed emotions on Audible right now. On the one hand, it’s super handy, and they’ve supported a lot of YTers I like. On the other hand, Spacedock’s report on how they treat creators has me very concerned. I use Audible right now, but I’m not sure how much longer I will...
Sad that Eck is real naive at the moment till he finds out what's happening
@@frozarburst6350 Considering Eck's response to plagiarism of fan-designs by Disney Star Wars comics, i wouldn't call him naive, just not-yet-informed.
@@TRLAuthor From what I’ve seen and read, SD wasn’t really on the money with a lot of the things audible was doing ‘wrong’ for creators.
A lot of authors didn’t have good experiences, yes, that’s an absolute, this is a misstep on audible I will say, they need to be much better with communication and the like.
But from interviews and statements of read and watched from many authors, one being Craig Alanson, audible does genuinely care for its creators, it kinda has to, otherwise it’s kinda screwed.
I agree that the split between audible and creator is rather skewed towards audible, but again, I will say they do a *fantastic* job at advertising their products for their creators at no extra charge, meanwhile Google books, or others, as far as I’m aware, does no such thing.
I’m not saying Audible is perfect, and I will say it has directly supported many creators and authors who I greatly respect, so my opinion may be a bit skewed, but nonetheless I feel like there is middle ground here besides, ‘Spacedock just salty’ (yes I have heard this before) and ‘Audible is the work of the devil’.
In essence, SD had a bad experience so did other authors and creators, however we know they make up the vast minority of cases, but it is an issue for audible to work on, both for the sake of a company, and for the creators it hosts, I do think it’s a good service that cares for its creators, (otherwise that’s just bad business and...assholish), just that this is an issue to deal with.
If you wanna boycott it for that, go ahead, it is a good means to get their attention by paying with your dollar, personally, as audible is a direct way of supporting many smaller authors I respect, I will not be doing so, but I don’t blame anybody for if they decide to go ahead with it.
TL;DR: Audible not perfect, Spacedock’s experience not the norm, vote with your dollar if you wish to.
“The ability to use the Force is insignificant compared to the power of serial escalation!”
“You underestimate my power creep!”
Best super weapon is jar jar binks being a senator.
Yeah, he brought down The Republic all by himself
I wish Disney would retcon jar jar into a secret sith Lord. That makes so much sense.i know that's not the case but... Palpatine was from naboo and jar jar was exciled living on the surface... perhaps they met lol
World devistator is like covid-19 in the way it operates. You know scientifically virus aren't living beings? Bacteria is. Look it up it's really nuts.
Dellow Felegates
@@noahcriddle5005 LOL
The most destructive force in the galaxy has been Kathleen Kennedy
Jokes aside, great video. I remember having to take down a world devastator in Rogue Squadron in a V-Wing. Man I miss that series.
The most powerful superweapon in star wars is mickey mouse deciding what's canon and what isn't.
Replacing the previously all-powerful superweapon, George Lucas.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of works suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly retconned.
The mouse doesn’t doesn’t count lol
Disappointed at the Audible ad. Check out how they've been treating Spacedock and other authors.
my thought too.
spacedock: audible rip you off
eck: friend of the channel
oh I'm not the only one with a similar comment, thank god
I am too, but Eck has a kid and he may have already signed a contract to do (X) videos.
What's Audible done to Spacedock? I like his channel but I haven't watched him in a little bit.
@@FromRussia_With_Love 4th newest video on Spacedock channel can explain it to You.
* *Sun Crusher exists* *
*Eck:* *[heavy breathing]*
You you made video about, What happened to me?, the beloved Mesa Jar Jar Binks
wesa already know, yousa bombaad Sith Lord
ecks: audible is soooo great
spacedock: ...
Love that pic of dark empire palps is showing off his new super weapon and R2 is like you wanna kill how him now to Luke
The superlasers are stored in the balls
How do you have that next to ur name
Shout out to Eck for getting the sponsored content outta the way first!
Thank you for including the sun crusher
Dark Empire sure wasn’t messing around.....😰
Me: watching a video
Eckharts uploads
Spam tap!!!!!!!!
Love your videos eck! Keep up the great work and constant uploads!!!
*sees Audible advert. Looks at Spacedock's issues/boycott of Audible* Hmmmmm.
Maybe the most powerful super weapons are the friends we made along the way....
In my opinion, the starforge is the most powerful just on potential alone. If it can produce a fleet, and has enough time, it would wipe out everything, like say we give it 60-80 years to make eclipses and the galaxy would be helpless
But let a fleet of Sileentium or megalithic Abominor show up and its about to be repeat of what happens to the Yuuzhan Vong and Outrider's galaxies...
EckhartsLadder: I know that it is easy to tell the difference between the ISD-1 and the ISD-2, (The sensor tower and what not) but I am wondering what the *practical* differences are between the 2? (Which is more powerful? Which one is strategically better? Etc.) Love the channel, please continue making great content!
@@papapalps2415 Very Cool, thank you.
If I remember right isd2 has more turbo lasers but has no point defense lasers
Whatsup everybody! I hope you all had a good weekend 🙃
Please don’t include wanna be Death Star on this list aka starkiller base
I like to think they de canonized star killer cause disney couldn't make a creative name for their new weapon.
@@spiceydice6968 Wouldn't surprise me. There the epinimy of unoriginality. Only stealing other IP's and/or buying them out.
@@kinterviewer9592 *epitome
I just finished listening to the original Thrawn Trilogy on Audible, loved it. I loved the new Thrawn Trilogy as well, I mean both were written by Zahn after all. The originals are definitely more, special, to me you could say.
If this had been a top 10 list, The Starforge should definitely be #6. Drawing energy from a sun, it could create unlimited amounts of ships, battle droids, etc. It could tap into the dark side and drain force sensitives of their life-force. If it had been kept hidden, it would have been the creator of a new infinite empire.
what about the Gravestone from SWTOR ? I think it is pretty powerful for a single vessel to rip apart almost the entire eternal empire fleet, or at least a big part of it
Yet again, another masterpiece had been birthed out of this channel
8:50 for a second I thought eck was about to say “let me present to you, the Nebulon-B” because there was a Nebulon-B in the picture 🤣
Honorable mention, the dark reaper
That thing was truly despicable and powerful. I can't even imagine what something like that but the size of a SSD could do to a star sector...
Well if it’s legends then a simple ISD can melt a whole planet ....
TY so much! I started reading books on Audible cause of you a couple months ago and ive alrdy read a dozen star wars books. I just wish they had unabridged versions of the New Jedi Order series, I wanna read that next!
Dam got excited and saw a new vid then realised "oh its the same one hes done 3 seperate times" I'll still give it a Like tho just not watching the same vid for the 4th time 😅✌
As I've said many times, the Suncrushers resonance torpedoes would technically have been much better if you just strapped a hyperdrive to the thing and pointed it at the nearest star.
It's ridiculously OP as it is, but imagine a Galxy Gun that destroys star systems instead of individual planets...
Modifications could be made. Also, a bonus theory/fact for you why I'm here. The core design and concept of both the Resonance Torpedo and World Devastators originate from a dark eldritch deity for the former while the latter was born from the capricious minds of The Rakatans. I don't know how Palpatine managed to come across such ancient and terrible knowledge but when he learned these inventions could be updated and specialized he didn't even hesitate to begin developing them for warfare...
Heir to the Empire narrated by Marc Thompson for the win!!! I love his colder, more brutal thrawn voice to the more whimsical sounding voice from rebels.
Man I feel like we have visited this same like like 10 times on this channel.
World devastator is like the ultimate 3D PRINTER !!! 😂
Tom Veitch: I guess I’ll add a super weapon to dark empire
Tom Veitch later into the story: More!!! More!!! More!!
Star Forge got robbed, it produced the fleet that wiped out the entire planet of Taris; that’s a Death Star that you can pull apart and move quickly without a hitch
I need only one superweapon: the secret information gathering fortress, carrying all you would ever need to conquer anyone, including a clone of Thrawn for your harder questions:
*THE HAND OF THRAWN*
Hey @EckhartsLadder if you need ideas to do a versus series again you could look at exploring Crisis' Alpha species
What about shawken device : The weapon's creator intended for it to destroy the universe, but there is no record of a successful test of any kind, nor any evidence to suggest that it was actually capable of doing so.[1] The weapon was intended to accomplish this by destroying the planet Shawken and hurling its fragments through hyperspace to collide with other planets, theoretically setting off a chain reaction that would eventually destroy all matter and end the universe, presumably allowing the birth of another universe.[2]
- Wookiepedia
And for someone to go out of their way to design such a terrible weapon of inconceivable destruction and plan to use it, what could have existed and been so dire or horrible for them to create such a thing? I only found out recently that it might have been created to act as a mercy killing for all the innocent beings in the universe while also functioning as a doomsday weapon to possibly destroy the Old Ones and their evil creations if reality we to fall under their malevolent control.
How much did you make last month?
You forgot PLOT ARMOR
I feel like ive seen this video 3 times now
I’ve been using audible as well for a long time, and whilst I get the hype for the promotion...after what happened the last time you mentioned Star Wars books specifically
There are two or three dozen FULL novels from LEGENDS and multiple from the new canon
However, sadly, at least half if not more are only available as shortened and condensed ABRIDGED versions...
So advice to any and all people wanting to get the books on audible, there ARE filters for “legends” and to select unabridged/full length only
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Centerpoint station is the weapon of gods. It is so majestic that only celestial are worthy of it. It is the only weapon that can hold The Abeloth
please make a video on the new republics Imperial star destroyers -elkos agla ,mon mothma ,anakin solo,bail organa,especially the anakin solo
The bane trilogy on audible is amazing
I wish that audible had more Unabridged Star Wars books. The version of I, Jedi (one of my favorite books of all time) is a 3 hour audio play...
Can we get a video on counterpoint station I literally never herd of it
The Corellian Trilogy by Roger Mcbride Allen is all about it, Hans family on corellia, and Han and Leia's children whom Rey and Kylo ren are very clearly based on. It's a very underated trilogy. i like it way more than the Thrawn trilogy or Jedi Academy trilogy. i bet you could order them used online for a few bucks a piece. totally worth reading. It also has lots of Mara Jade in it and Lando Calrissian in it. which is pretty awesome.
To get the full story of centerpoint you'd also have to read the Legacy of the Force series. which is easily the best star wars series ever written. It is freakishly awesome, but is also like 7 books roughly. then... you'd have to read parts of the Yuzong Vong series which was called New Jedi Order. that series is like... i dunno, 15 books long? it's also very, very good. Then... you'd have to read the Fate of the Jedi series to understand the monster Abeloth that the centerpoint was imprisoning. and that series is like 9 books roughly. It's also quite good, even though it starts off pretty slow in the first couple books. but of all of these, the old School 90's Corellian Trilogy has a special place in my heart as my favorite star wars Trilogy, and it's also the most centerpoint focused i'd say. luckily, it's also the shortest at only 3 books that are relatively short for star wars novels.
Someone in a previous comment suggested this but the Star Forge since you could (potentially) create Death Stars with it
My favorites STAR WARS Super Weapons :
1) World Devastators
2) The Star Forge
3)The Eclipse
5) The Malevolence
audible is soooo generous. You get to keep the books you paid for.
Palpatine and superweapons,
a love story since 19 BBY
Centerpoint could have been even more dangerous. The Republic/Alliance or Corellians didn't have Captain John "Duke Nukem" Sheridan in charge of it.
Center Point Station is pretty much just a giant Tractor Beam and was built by the Killiks who were instructed by the Celestials on how to build it. It's original purpose was to move Black Holes to create the Maw so that they could imprison Abeloth there.
And that there was the most scary part, they used it to move Black Holes from all around the galaxy to just one location.
The Corellian system was more than likely built with it by the Killiks themselves as their home. It was hardly a machine capable of pin point accuracy, but with the hands and skill of a Jedi, it was more than capable of it which was proven late in the legends cannon. It was a giant Tractor Beam that was weaponised.
Unrelated, Star Trek vs Star Wars match up.
Enterprise MACOS vs imperial stormtroopers or, possibly, ARK troopers from the clone wars. A rescue mission for the MACOS on an imperial star destroyer or the Death Star perhaps? The MACOS haven’t gotten a lot of love it seems and the one group of military personnel in the Star Trek universe deserves a showing.
anybody watched so much of eckharts's old vid that it feels weird to see him post new vid?
I feel like the Star Forge should've made the list or have been in the excluded list. It's very powerful, but also a lot of people know about it so I can see it getting excluded. Regardless though I think it's a good video.
Yeah, but it isn’t really a weapon. It’s extremely dangerous, but it’s essentially a gigantic, super powered factory. It doesn’t have any direct destructive capabilities besides some turrets for self defense, and while it would eventually consume a star, it wasn’t made to or capable of destroying a star outright. That’s my opinion, anyway.
Excellent list.
Before I even watch the video, here are my guesses in no particular order: Sun Crusher, Galaxy Gun, World Devastators, the Rakatan Starforge, and the Dark Reaper.
I could’ve gone along with some of the super weapons in legends, but considering so many were made by the empire, it just made the Death Star feel less special.
I like centerpoint station just for the fact it was massive, its capabilities, and the fact it was only made with direction from the One’s
Spacedock aren't big fans of audible.
not the star forge ? it's good to have planet destroying weapon, but fleet of millions of fully automated star destroyer can do the same thing, and is harder to get ride of
Well a devastator can produced things while also being a complete beast in battle and eck probably did not want to have 2 factories
@@historydude6022 true but the devastator hasn't nearly the same production capability of the starforge
So I actually had a video premise request. I'll try to be brief
I'm currently in a Star Wars TTRPG that involves a ship, a Pelta class medical frigate, that has turned into a dark side nexus due to being boarded, the crew slaughtered, refitted into a pirate ship, and being home to many more slaughters and atrocities.
So I was wondering if you wanted to do a video on the most evil ships in star wars, explicitly supernatural or implied.
Or if pickings are slim in that, technological artifacts or machines steeped in the dark side, and what they're like in the setting.
The most evil tech in the Star Wars:
1. Abominor (possessed machinery)
2. Amoral Cybernetics and AI (Cybernetic Torture/Grey Goo Theory)
3. Malicious AI (Iokath Machine Gods, Sobbek Cyborgs, David, HK-01, Rogue HK-51 Units, G0-T0, IG-88A
4. Intechment (might of spelled that wrong)
5. Technobeast Virus
6. Star Forge (Evil Architect Designs)
7. Nuclear Warheads
8. The Nil Aphras (Old One Technology)
9. Superweapons (any)
10. Yuuzhan Vong Creations
I liken the Galaxy Gun to a galactic sized sniper rifle. It can shoot at any target in the galaxy
Why are the fleet killer weapons like the silencers or the gauntlet from the old republic not on the list?
The most powerful super weapon is Ewan McGregor on top of Mt. Everest
Can you make a video about, the combine vs the emperium of man?
That would be epic.
Honestly the Star Forge and Centerpoint Station. Not sure which is older actually, think it might be Centerpoint. But if Revan had known about Centerpoint and what it actually was and how it could of been used, he would of used it to annihilate the Forge and the entire Sith Fleet with ease, and they would never of known what hit them.
How is power produced in star wars? Where does it come from, how do their reactors work, is it limitless or will it all eventually run out? Ive never seen anyone delve into the power management part of star wars' massive fleets and armies and superweapons.
Could it be, an Ekhartsladder top 5 Star Wars video
Sun Crusher is my favorite Super weapon in Star Wars Legends.
And you're allowed to have your wrong opinion.
You must've liked the Holdo Manouver in TLJ them... 👀
@@alexknj1 I think he/she meant that ironically.
Nice new eckarts video
Mass Shadow Generator should be there because it does what the Death Star does but you dont gotta worry about some farm boy blowing it up.
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force
And now I'm thinking of the 5 most powerful superweapons in Star Trek. The planet killer, Soran's star killer torpedo, the Scimitar, V'ger or the Whale probes might count, if not there's the Xindi weapon, and of course number 1 goes to the Genesis device.
You left species 8472 7 ship combo attack off your list, they blow up a planet in about 10 seconds while basically been immune to all attack, oh and any 7 ships can do it.
Heh. I got the Eclipse on that Mod Eck. Even on era 5
#askEck I might have missed something, but in Fate of the Jedi it seemed like sinkhole station started to fall apart because center point was destroyed. Like it was not a separate thing. It seems like poor design for one to blow up and the back up just blows up for no reason. Abeloth did destroy it later though.
Since the Galaxy Gun was launching missiles that would NEED to drop out of hyperspace to change directions to get out of the tangled chaos of the deep core, it seems like it didn't need to be a gun at all, just a missile rack. Palpatine may have been compensating for something, and really his clones DID look pretty Ken-doll.
His clones were thicc lol
I would have traded out the World Devastator for the Star forge Tbh.
It's unknown whether or not it could be mobile at all. But in terms of what it can produce from a secluded area..
I mean. We're essentially talking about a forge that could craft everything on this list. In record times.
Costing very little in terms of resources. With near limitless applications as to what it could build.
(Just a little prone to driving it's users crazy... so what the cost if you can build more! )
At least that's my thoughts on it vs a World Devastator.
Plus side of the Star forge, it can't go rogue like the Devastators could have. It requires a "pilot". A will so to speak.
A question bothering me, while watching old videos. Halo Flood vs Mass Effect Reapers. Who wins?
If we're going off of sheer power, number one should have been the shawken device. The thing could (theoretically) end the universe
Star Killer base is probably the WORST super weapon in all of Sci-Fi. You get ONE shot before your position is known to everybody, it must have been enormously expensive to construct, it was taken out shortly after its existence was discovered with minimal resources, planning and effort, and it’s a fixed weapon (not like you can alter the planets orbit), meaning it can’t run away and has to wait for its orbit to be in the right position to fire.
Suncrusher: Starfighter sized craft with the power to destroy entire star systems... and yet this isn't its most absurd feature.
No mention of sinkhole station in the centrepoint discussion, what disrespect to my favourite series ;)
Hmm...one of the five (sun crusher) taken fron one of author Chris Rowley's Vang 3 book series [Starhammer]? Just wondering...
It was planetary-based, used a matter to energy converter science to convert a humongous cube of the planetary crust for energy requirements to target any star in the galaxy!
IIRC, even Luke lamented the loss of the Galaxy Gun during the Yuuzhan Vong War given it could've been extremely effective against their World Ships.
It's a weapon that confuses me why its listed. It was useless, you didn't need the gun, you needed its self propelled bullets. All it did was basically fire highly explosive well armoured ships at people, anyone could have done that.
Also it's the easiest weapon to defend against, a single hyperspace inhibitor would stop it targetting a planet, admittedly at the cost of blocking the hyperspace route.
What is that footage you used for the Eclipse entry?
#AskEck what happened to ask Eck segments? My real question is what would be your perfected ISD design? I would lower the neck so that the bridge/head is part of the lower superstructure and I would put the shield projectors on the back of the head (on either side of the neck). Maybe even put some hangars along the trenches so as to dispatch maximum TIEs (I like to imagine the TIEs flooding out like they do at the shield in Rogue One). Thanks for the video as always
What about the six Iokath Machine Gods/Zildrog? They were described as having killed over 10 trillion people and zildrog was the super weapon Vitiate used in his immortality ritual.
Things like them and their heinous creators were an almost common sight in the ancient and terrifying Star Wars galaxy. But when creations as destructive and capricious as them did find your world or society, it was all over unless...
The Shawken device could destroy the entire galaxy at the flick of a switch
And the worst part is that it wasn't even a weapon made with malicious intent but one to be used as a last resort; one of eternal denial to an unstoppable enemy and as a mercy killing to all life in the universe...
Would the Empire been able to defeat the Rebellion if they used Venator-Class Star Destroyers?
I think Eck made a video about that? (Or at least, analyzing the role of the Venator in imperial fleets.)
@@UGNAvalon its just that, with the swarming abilities of the TIE’s, Venators would’ve been perfect for that role in the Empire
@@macwelch8599 problem is it does not fit what the empire was planning. They were planning to rule by fear which the isd did. Also venator was from the republic and the empire was trying to distant it from republic. Also the isd in my opinion is a bit more versatile then the venator so if you wanted to a rule a galaxy you would want a ship that could do everything hence why they would pick the isd compared to a more carrier like venator
@@historydude6022 The ISD could also take more of a pounding and dish out more than the Venator.
Hey Eckhart -- I'm curious, but have you considered doing any No Man's Sky content? There's a lot of interesting lore content in that game and the ships undoubtedly look very Star Wars-esque. Though there would be inherent difficulties in doing things like ship reviews and such, because ships in NMS are procedurally generated and there's millions of unique types.