Nope. The Sith empire and the Republic Are much older than the Eternal Empire. The two guys in the Video are the sons of the Eternal Emperor Valkorion. Valkorion himself was once the Sith Emperor.
Yes and also so valkorion actually the reincarnation of vitiate who is the Sith emperor who does some terrible things like trick the Sith to thinking a ritual they think could destroy the Jedi but turned out all of them to his own body so he's technically one the most powerful Sith even possibly reaching more powerful than Palpatine and also turn Raven into the dark side Raven is a character from The Knights of the Old Republic
@@technoimperialist9509 not Raven but Revan, and Revan have already fallen to the dark side when he and Malak found Sith Empire. Vitiate just made them sith and temporary controlled them.
@@thatguyonyoutube4924 kinda but not really it's more EA rather than Disney, but i honestly don't know since i don't know much hands they have due to the contract EA had
The irony of that, is this is an EA game. But on that note, Disney is leaning toward Lucas loyalists for the creative future of Star Wars, so, it’s probably going to go this direction
@@generalgrievous6689 not really how it works, also their mother wasn’t a jedi from what i know. She was a member of the what ever they were called, but she fueled her force power through loyalty and justice not the light or dark side. To be in the grey you needed to use both the dark and light side in perfect balance like revan in his later years.
@@evanmcc99 Well of course, but she used the light side, is what I meant. And the influence from her and their father usually would mean that they use both sides depending one who they are closer to.
@@generalgrievous6689 no where does it say she uses the light side. Not all force users fall into the spectrum of the light or dark side. Every force user in the eternal empire aside from Valcorian and his children used a core value to fuel their power. They mostly used justice and loyalty at best this would make them grey. What I’m saying is that you didn’t need to fall on the spectrum to use or be powerful with the force and the mom and all of the knights of the eternal empire are prime examples.
Agreed. The SWTOR trailer team knew how to tell a Star Wars story and knew how to connect with the audience without so much as a dialogue line from the characters aside from Valkorion's monologue.
@@khairiirfan102 so basically this story takes place long before the latest movies do. This empire aren’t made up of with or Jedi, rather the middle. The reason why they collect the lightsabers is like trophies or to show how many people they killed.
@@watsondillon1997 i didn't say "You should watch the others." i said he should react to them as in, tell us his thoughts and favorite parts about them, what he liked, what he didn't.
"Why don´t they make animated series like that." I fully understand what you mean. Unfortunately, these animations cost them more than the development of the game itself, that´s why.
Just so you know, there are currently about 300 different crystals including four special black crystals that display four edge glows which can be red, blue, orange, or purple. So imagine a black blade with an orange edge, for example. There is even a point in the game where you can receive help from Grandmaster Satele Shan and the spirit of Darth Marr in designing a special custom lightsaber. I have almost 100 characters in game, but nearly all are legendary. Yeah, I play a little here and there...
@@aidancampbell5644 Mandolorian and clone wars are insane. But I have to agree, shame the gameplay hasn't aged well I'm just glad I got to play it so much back then
These guys are from the Zakuul, Ethernal Empire. Twins are called Arcann ( white) and Thexan (Black)(they also got sister called Vaylin) their dad is Valkorion Immortal Emperor of the Zakuul. The guys in gold armour are the Knights of the Zakuul, they are neither like jedi or sith, they use the force as a tool in service of justice and they belive that they will get more power by doing their duty and trough their devotion to the Immortal Emperor. Basically without spoilers, during the game Things go wrong and Ethernal Empire of Zakuul takes over the galaxy and crushes both the Republic and The Sith Empire in just a year or so. They got whole fleet of automatic ancient warships that outclass anything in the galaxy.
an Old axiom: "Ambition is the willingness to devour your love for the sake of what you desire" I think the whole story of the fallen throne/empire for late story SWTOR is very fitting of this.
''are they founders of each order?'' flashback to twenty seconds ago showing footage of the brothers slaughtering both jedi and sith. Yeah sure, founders
It may be officially not canon but still canon to me. Its terrible how much story like this were banished to legends by disney. Just like Starkiller/ Rahm Kota etc
My favorite moment of this trailer is that moment when Arcann kills Thexan, and there's that callback to the beginning of the trailer with the hands. If you look closely, their hands are childrens' hands again. Very moving, very sad. And then... Arcann finally gets the recognition from his father he so desperately wanted. All it took was him killing his other half...
These trailers are by far some of my favourite Star Wars media in general. For as short as they are, they do a great job at telling a story that pulls you in. Every time I revisit them, I always get the urge to redownload the game xD
When you realize this whole thing was a damn test to see who would be the best. Vitiate probably studied one of them as a child and figured out how to piss him off and then he abused that knowledge as much as he could so that eventually the guy in white would snap and lash out (because how the dark side works. It feeds and enhances negative emotions like anger) and cause a fight between the brothers. The winner would be the one who is most worthy.
This is probably my favourite SWtOR trailer thus far. There's just so much to unpack in it. The first line of dialogue: "A man can have anything, if he is willing to sacrifice." And how does Arcann (the dude in white) gain his father's recognition, which he's been wanting his whole life? By sacrificing his twin brother. And when Thexan does die, his hand slips away from Arcann's - slips away from the same grip they'd been sharing throughout their whole lives. Also, it's always Arcann who looks towards their father; Thexan is always looking towards Arcann. And back to the final fight, the exchange was so fast, so emotionally-fuelled, that you can tell that Arcann had no idea he was fighting Thexan. He was so blinded with rage, he was just attacking on pure instinct, and it wasn't until he scored the killing blow that his senses returned and he realised what he'd done. Gods, I love this trailer.
"Why don't they make animated TV series like this for Star Wars?" The question practically every Star Wars fan has been asking for years. GIVE IT TO US, WE NEEDS IT!!!
Emperor Valkorion of the Eternal Sith Empire, Ruler of Zarkuul - Throne World of the Eternal Dark, Immortal Incarnation of the Shadow, and his twin "heirs" Arcann (white) and Thexan (Black). Arcann later deemed unworthy of his father's throne, as was his sister, even after destroying his brother Thexan - which is what his father wanted. (Hence his ignoring their achievements... he was driving them into hatred through neglect. He only wanted _one_ strong heir, and didn't really care which boy took down the other. Plenty on Zarkuul were Light oriented, but Valkorion himself was a Sith - thus preferred a Dark heir.) They were ALL Sith... no 'good' guys here. Granted most living on Zarkuul weren't EVIL... simply Sith. Funny thing is that Valkorion gave his Throne to the strongest - a Jedi. Arcann had idolized their father as a boy - Thexan really didn't so just saw himself as following his duty to the Empire and his father - and that's why being endlessly shrugged off finally made him snap. Valkorion only wanted one heir, and having twins disappointed him. Valkorion was also stupidly powerful - hence why he didn't even flinch when Arcann came at him. His power of Tutaminis (all Jedi and Sith used Tutaminis, but very few were all that good at it... it's energy redirection. How they could "catch" force lightning, blaster bolts, etc with their bare hands like Yoda did to Dooku) was so great that the dude could literally make light sabers bounce off his skin. He could also just turn off your damned light saber with his brain if he wanted... he was all but unafraid of any Jedi or Sith - except his daughter. She had the potential to be even _stronger_ than Valkorion, so he sent her off to be outcasted and experimented on to keep her weaker. Well... tried.
They've always had different coloured lightsabers because they mean different things and some were more rare. The old Republic has a fuck ton of war in it. Probably more than any other time in star wars. Their was literally massive fleets of sith and jedi waring constantly and then the eternal empire and the vong. Tons of stuff happened and its all in the online games, books and old Republic games. Its a lot more fascinating than the high Republic because that was the era of peace pretty much.
@6:30 they were gifts to Lord Vitiate in an attempt to gain his approval. The eternal brothers are a great story and there are some great videos explaining their life and how long Vitiate lived. Crazy stories
There's another set of videos from the introduction of the Eternal Empire following the younger sister of the twin brothers; VERY worth the time to watch.
There is another trailer set after this one. With Senya Tirall and Vaylin. Senya being the mother of the twins Arcann (the one still alive) Thexan, and Vaylin. It is called Knights of the Fallen Empire: Betrayed
When they were showing the battle parts, it was showing them atk Jedi and Sith. Also in old republic there was a bunch of lightsaber colors. But I can understand if you don’t follow Star Wars that much. They were great stories.
If you look closer, Arcann's(in white) eyes glow yellow (sith giveaway) as he attacks and then the yellow disappears when he realises he's killed his own brother. Just think that's such a nice little touch.
My favorite part about this trailer is the fight between the brothers, watch the white one's eyes as he gets angry and then calms down. They change color
@6:12 To answer the question. The Army you are watching is called the Eternal Empire lead by Emperor Valkorian of a planet known as Zakuul who gained control of this giant Armada run by sentient droids. What you don't see in this trailer and is part of the backstory. Valkorian became possesed by an ancient Sith lord known as Darth Vitiate of the Sith race who became the entity known as Tenebrae. Tenebrae had the ability to possess others to prolong his life and so did it to Valkorian and through him instigated the war between the Jedi and the Sith so they would wipe one another out and that his Eternal Empire could take over. He also instigated the war between the Republic/Jedi vs Mandalorians which lead to those Jedi falling to the Sith under Darth Revan and Darth Malak whom where former Jedi so that is the gist of it. This is just the abridged explanation though.
Emperor Valkorion of Zakuul, formerly Vitiate the Sith Emperor, used his powers to drain an entire planet of its life force (planet Ziost), the Sith Empire and Jedi of the Old Republic tried to stop him but failed. The Sith Emperor fled to Zakuul the Eternal Empire (Zakuul is stronger and has a larger fleet of ships and manpower than the Sith Empire and the Old Republic combined). The twins are his sons (Arcann in White and Thexan in Black), and he has a daughter named Vaylin who is stronger than the twins. Lots of cool details I missed the first time watching these trailers: - Arcann's eyes turn Dark Side before he jumps towards Valkorion and ignites his lightsaber. - Valkorion was waiting for one twin to kill the other one first - Valkorion's monologue explains a lot about his philosophy - Valkorion moves fast, he wasn't there, then he was there in front of Arcann - Valkorion's eyes are Dark Side yellow when he's looking down on Arcann - Zakuul views the Force and users as neither inherently Light nor Dark, it's just the Force to them. - Zakuul waged war on the Sith Empire and the Republic and *won*. The lightsabers are war trophies -- the lightsabers of the leaders of both the Jedi and Sith.
If you want more military styled Star Wars shorts from the old republic you definitely should watch the cinematics "Hope" and "Deceived". They are incredibly well-made and as entertaining as this one ^^.
I doubt I’m the only one to notice be right as the brother in black is about to pull the one in white valkorian has the tiniest of smirks on his face like he knew what was gonna happen
In the expansion the Eternal Empire defeated the Republic and the Empire. In the scene where he kills his brother I love it when his eye goes red and then after he realizes what he has done it goes back to blue. Also in the Knight of the Fallen Empire expansion, the Eternal Empire doesn't view the force as light or dark side they view it as a tool to be used.
Senya and Vaylin, Vaylin is a very scary young woman after the first time I saw her I was inspired to go madness on my sorc lmao shame lightning is so much better
It was made by people who loves star wars. Built upon what came before, not tear it down and make something new. Deepen the lore and history of what came before Starwars new hope. Something that felt epic, something that made the universe of star wars feel like it could be real.
The old republic is an epic Star Wars era. Imagine ten thousand Jedi and ten thousand Sith in a war with one another. Empire vs republic. War, politics and espionage
The lightsaber crystal choice in this game is varied and awesome. Been playing the game for years and adore it. You should watch the second trailer for this expansion since it deals with their sister and the visuals are some how BETTER!
I think the reason the armour and technology looks more advanced in the Old Republic era is that the Republic by the time of the Prequels doesn't need an actual army. It can be seen in the Prequel trilogy in TPM, the soldiers of Naboo are nearly not as well equipped as during the times of the Old Republic (which was the height of the conflict between the Sith Empire and the Republic). It no longer has one united army (until the clones arrive, at which point the Grand Army of the Republic is formed again around 22 BBY) but rather militia from every planet that the planets equip on their own. Around 1000 BBY the Republic Military was reformed into the Judicial Forces (which were a peacekeeping force, rather than a centralised army). In the Original Trilogy we're seeing rebels fighting the First Galactic Empire. The "good guys" are poorly equipped and have to resort to guerilla tactics since they're pretty much remains of the planetary militias post Jedi Purge that gathered together, while the "bad guys" have taken on a more minimalist aesthetic that gets the job done and they still have the funds of the entire Republic and the clone army. Still, there is need to remember that the Galactic empire lasted for about 20 years or so, and then in the godforsaken sequel trilogy, the New Republic has lasted only 30 years, which is not enough to finish off the rest of the imperial forces hiding after the battle of Jakku, fix the economy and then modernise and upgrade an army that spans through an entire Galaxy. Edit. Love your content, hope you'll overcome your mental health issues and I can only recommend you play KOTOR on the channel because it's actually very good :3
Even if you Don't play the MMORPG, The Old Republic, I think it would be fun for you to play the Solo Campaign games, Knights of The Old Republic 1 & 2. They Set a narrative for the MMO game to get an understanding of the world, even before the High Republic.
Luke those lightsabers wrapped in banners are the trophies of war from both the Sith and the Jedi that they are giving to their father(the emperor of the Eternal Empire) and he turns away acting disappointed once again leaving the brother to finally snap.
I’d be interested in seeing you react to all the cinematics, mate! It’s alright that it’s not primarily military focused, as long as you’re having a laugh and a blast!
The emperor guy is valkorion he was a former sith but left the sith order in pursuit of becoming basically a god and immortal but was defeated by a sith Jedi alliance
I also love yellow lightsabers. It's neutral in some cases but it usually symbolizes ambition. something that the emperor speaks about many times in the trailer. Its also what affects The white twin Arcann. Ambition and hatred.
The Old Republic trailers were so great. I wish there was more to watch honestly. EA’s Battlefront and Squadrons had some great trailers but these told a story for certain.
Absolutely love this trailer. It says so much in such little time. Sequel trilogy take notes... The offering of the lightsabers from the twins was from both the republic (jedi) and the empire (sith) of the enemies they faced in battle and defeated. The trailer is made to show that this new faction is not aligned to either, and is a credible threat to both. I legit watch this trailer about once a month lol. Make a damn movie already!
The lightsaber fights are made with actual effort. They look flashy enough to be eye gazing but they don’t overextend the flashy stuff to sacrifice the practical sword fighting aspect.
That’s the greatest game of all time in my opinion something about that never makes me tired of playing it. I finished it less than a month ago and I am playing it again for around the 40th time.
If you like star wars and dont mind dated graphics/gameplay, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic had one of the best video game stories I've ever played and I would seriously recommend it
Hey Lukas Depending on your lightsaber is depending what your role in the lore is like Bule and Green is a normal light side of the force like Luke and Rei and Obi and Yod Red is the sith like Darth maul, Vader, Pauputine and so one. But a Yellow or Golden is a temple gaurdian like Leia or these guys that your watching but Purple like Prince Windu was ofc his fav color but also it means your falling between Light and Dark Skywalker and Sith
Alot of the time the reason you don't see different colored lightsabers is because of the jedi's role and position, for example Jedi with blue lightsabers are known as jedi knights they focus on saber combat and technique, yellow are mostly reserved for jedi temple guards, Green are used by Jedi counselors who focus more on the force and are more spiritual than combat oriented, jedi usually can't have whatever color they want
I like how you caught how the old republic era looks better than the present SW. That is bc if you read lore the original republic falls and sith civilization(nation) is also lost. This essentially brings the galaxy into a dark age and tech and knowledge actually digress. many known systems, planets, documented history, and tech are lost only to but were beginning to be rediscovered in present times. It emulates sort of our medieval times when the advanced civ of that time, ie. the Romans, fell bringing dark ages to western Europe.
Oh gooooooooood I could geek out and tell you everything about Thexan (black) and Arcann (white), their little sister Vaylin (good god that trailer will make you HURT). Played SWTOR for the last eight years, it is a FANTASTIC GAME and I highly recommend it's enormous storylines (yes, multiple) and badass everything.
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Nope. The Sith empire and the Republic Are much older than the Eternal Empire. The two guys in the Video are the sons of the Eternal Emperor Valkorion. Valkorion himself was once the Sith Emperor.
Yes and also so valkorion actually the reincarnation of vitiate who is the Sith emperor who does some terrible things like trick the Sith to thinking a ritual they think could destroy the Jedi but turned out all of them to his own body so he's technically one the most powerful Sith even possibly reaching more powerful than Palpatine and also turn Raven into the dark side Raven is a character from The Knights of the Old Republic
@@viogo4690 oh sorry it's a long time not play that game
@@technoimperialist9509 not Raven but Revan, and Revan have already fallen to the dark side when he and Malak found Sith Empire. Vitiate just made them sith and temporary controlled them.
@@troller8680 Did he play KOTOR though? imo the game did not age well. The comic however is still an interesting piece even if it's a bit apart.
@@nilspochat8665 yeah he should play that first
I’ll always remember these trailers as having some of the best graphics I can remember from growing up
I've never seen this trailer specifically and this still holds up to this day. It's really fucking good!
If only Disney took this direction instead. Oh well.
Well it is disney
@@thatguyonyoutube4924 kinda but not really it's more EA rather than Disney, but i honestly don't know since i don't know much hands they have due to the contract EA had
The irony of that, is this is an EA game. But on that note, Disney is leaning toward Lucas loyalists for the creative future of Star Wars, so, it’s probably going to go this direction
@@lococrash I'm pretty sure he's talking about the movies
@@lococrash the sequels went with the EA direction as well
The reason for them having the emblems of the Sith and Republic, was that they were a separate faction and waged war against them both.
I always thought of them as a gray jedi empire
@@wesleygetsinger1859 I mean you're kind of right. Their father was the emperor of the sith at one point, and the mother was a jedi.
@@generalgrievous6689 not really how it works, also their mother wasn’t a jedi from what i know. She was a member of the what ever they were called, but she fueled her force power through loyalty and justice not the light or dark side. To be in the grey you needed to use both the dark and light side in perfect balance like revan in his later years.
@@evanmcc99 Well of course, but she used the light side, is what I meant. And the influence from her and their father usually would mean that they use both sides depending one who they are closer to.
@@generalgrievous6689 no where does it say she uses the light side. Not all force users fall into the spectrum of the light or dark side. Every force user in the eternal empire aside from Valcorian and his children used a core value to fuel their power. They mostly used justice and loyalty at best this would make them grey. What I’m saying is that you didn’t need to fall on the spectrum to use or be powerful with the force and the mom and all of the knights of the eternal empire are prime examples.
Just as Arcann (The guy in white) is about to strike Valkorion (The Emperor), you can see Valkorion smiling
I watched that cinematic easily 50 times already but I somehow never noticed that. *A fine addition to my collection*
@@darthzayexeet3653 same
I never noticed that before
How have I never seen that wtf😂
In 5 min we get more starwars than the entire disney trilogy
Not really
Too right mate
True
Agreed. The SWTOR trailer team knew how to tell a Star Wars story and knew how to connect with the audience without so much as a dialogue line from the characters aside from Valkorion's monologue.
The trailers exemplify the "Show NOT Tell" principle, which makes these trailers more "Star Wars" than the sequel trilogy.
the symbols and sabers they brought was war trophys
exactly, they went and struck down both the Sith and Jedi.
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@@khairiirfan102 so basically this story takes place long before the latest movies do. This empire aren’t made up of with or Jedi, rather the middle. The reason why they collect the lightsabers is like trophies or to show how many people they killed.
exactly
I play this game everyday, it’s super fun and feeds my Star Wars addiction xd
I kicked My star wars addiction when i discovered 40k. But i still find star wars to Be ok
I love it but ea ruined it with the subscription mechanic
@@yourhusbandswife8973 Every MMO has a subscription mechanic, not just EA.
@@Lensko59 SIGH
niiiice lol
You have to react to the rest of them! They are all so good!!
Were you not listening? He said he's seen the others lol
@@watsondillon1997 but if he hasn't seen this one, there is at least the last trailer he never watched
@@watsondillon1997 i didn't say "You should watch the others." i said he should react to them as in, tell us his thoughts and favorite parts about them, what he liked, what he didn't.
@@madelynwillet668 that would be discussion, a reaction is when you react to something you haven't seen.
"Why don´t they make animated series like that." I fully understand what you mean. Unfortunately, these animations cost them more than the development of the game itself, that´s why.
Just so you know, there are currently about 300 different crystals including four special black crystals that display four edge glows which can be red, blue, orange, or purple. So imagine a black blade with an orange edge, for example. There is even a point in the game where you can receive help from Grandmaster Satele Shan and the spirit of Darth Marr in designing a special custom lightsaber. I have almost 100 characters in game, but nearly all are legendary. Yeah, I play a little here and there...
OG Human, mate, if you haven’t already. You must watch the animated Clone Wars series, in your own time, it’s easily the best Star Wars content.
I love the clone war series! And the Rebel series!
@@OriginalHuman Okay, good to know mate.
@@OriginalHuman have you seen the 2003 one, The Cartoon Network one or both?
KOTOR, KOTOR 2 and The Old Republic are better than anything put out in the main cannon. It’s not even a comparison.
@@aidancampbell5644 Mandolorian and clone wars are insane. But I have to agree, shame the gameplay hasn't aged well I'm just glad I got to play it so much back then
One is white one is black who is gonna become evil
Me: thats where your wrong marine boy
Lmao
You have been deceived
@@somerandomperson7431 Best line in all of these trailers.
I hate that they changed it.
@@somerandomperson7431 The Sith have returned.. DUUUUUUUN DUUUUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNN
That’s how you subvert expectations RJ
"Come with me, Son" still gives me chills to this day, especially with the musical cue.
These guys are from the Zakuul, Ethernal Empire. Twins are called Arcann ( white) and Thexan (Black)(they also got sister called Vaylin) their dad is Valkorion Immortal Emperor of the Zakuul. The guys in gold armour are the Knights of the Zakuul, they are neither like jedi or sith, they use the force as a tool in service of justice and they belive that they will get more power by doing their duty and trough their devotion to the Immortal Emperor. Basically without spoilers, during the game Things go wrong and Ethernal Empire of Zakuul takes over the galaxy and crushes both the Republic and The Sith Empire in just a year or so. They got whole fleet of automatic ancient warships that outclass anything in the galaxy.
my dude you need to react to all the old republic trailers, they are amazing!
an Old axiom: "Ambition is the willingness to devour your love for the sake of what you desire" I think the whole story of the fallen throne/empire for late story SWTOR is very fitting of this.
''are they founders of each order?'' flashback to twenty seconds ago showing footage of the brothers slaughtering both jedi and sith. Yeah sure, founders
Good leaders haha
You have entered the era of the old republic. Forget the "high republic". A suggestion to get in the old republic Knights of the republic 1 & 2
You really have to react to Knights of the Eternal Throne trailer, it's like a part 2 to this one, really great too
Your reaction to this was so nice and genuine. I'm a pretty big fan of the old republic and its nice to see people enjoying these.
It may be officially not canon but still canon to me. Its terrible how much story like this were banished to legends by disney. Just like Starkiller/ Rahm Kota etc
This is one of my all time favorite games. Im so happy that they still making content for it. Its had a story expansion every year since its release.
Watch the rest of these. They are amazing.
My favorite moment of this trailer is that moment when Arcann kills Thexan, and there's that callback to the beginning of the trailer with the hands. If you look closely, their hands are childrens' hands again. Very moving, very sad. And then... Arcann finally gets the recognition from his father he so desperately wanted. All it took was him killing his other half...
Also, this trailer marked the launch of an expansion in SWTOR, all the characters in this video you can interact with in the game
These trailers are by far some of my favourite Star Wars media in general. For as short as they are, they do a great job at telling a story that pulls you in.
Every time I revisit them, I always get the urge to redownload the game xD
This was the last thing I expected but THANK YOU for noticing the magnificent RPG known as SW:TOR
When you realize this whole thing was a damn test to see who would be the best. Vitiate probably studied one of them as a child and figured out how to piss him off and then he abused that knowledge as much as he could so that eventually the guy in white would snap and lash out (because how the dark side works. It feeds and enhances negative emotions like anger) and cause a fight between the brothers. The winner would be the one who is most worthy.
Definitely take a look at the Knights of the Eternal Throne "Betrayed" trailer. Something of a continuation or expansion of this one.
This is probably my favourite SWtOR trailer thus far. There's just so much to unpack in it.
The first line of dialogue: "A man can have anything, if he is willing to sacrifice." And how does Arcann (the dude in white) gain his father's recognition, which he's been wanting his whole life? By sacrificing his twin brother.
And when Thexan does die, his hand slips away from Arcann's - slips away from the same grip they'd been sharing throughout their whole lives.
Also, it's always Arcann who looks towards their father; Thexan is always looking towards Arcann.
And back to the final fight, the exchange was so fast, so emotionally-fuelled, that you can tell that Arcann had no idea he was fighting Thexan. He was so blinded with rage, he was just attacking on pure instinct, and it wasn't until he scored the killing blow that his senses returned and he realised what he'd done.
Gods, I love this trailer.
The story of the fallen empire and the infinite flee is pretty cool! The game is absolutely amazing as well as the story!!
"Why don't they make animated TV series like this for Star Wars?"
The question practically every Star Wars fan has been asking for years. GIVE IT TO US, WE NEEDS IT!!!
Emperor Valkorion of the Eternal Sith Empire, Ruler of Zarkuul - Throne World of the Eternal Dark, Immortal Incarnation of the Shadow, and his twin "heirs" Arcann (white) and Thexan (Black). Arcann later deemed unworthy of his father's throne, as was his sister, even after destroying his brother Thexan - which is what his father wanted. (Hence his ignoring their achievements... he was driving them into hatred through neglect. He only wanted _one_ strong heir, and didn't really care which boy took down the other. Plenty on Zarkuul were Light oriented, but Valkorion himself was a Sith - thus preferred a Dark heir.) They were ALL Sith... no 'good' guys here. Granted most living on Zarkuul weren't EVIL... simply Sith. Funny thing is that Valkorion gave his Throne to the strongest - a Jedi.
Arcann had idolized their father as a boy - Thexan really didn't so just saw himself as following his duty to the Empire and his father - and that's why being endlessly shrugged off finally made him snap. Valkorion only wanted one heir, and having twins disappointed him. Valkorion was also stupidly powerful - hence why he didn't even flinch when Arcann came at him. His power of Tutaminis (all Jedi and Sith used Tutaminis, but very few were all that good at it... it's energy redirection. How they could "catch" force lightning, blaster bolts, etc with their bare hands like Yoda did to Dooku) was so great that the dude could literally make light sabers bounce off his skin. He could also just turn off your damned light saber with his brain if he wanted... he was all but unafraid of any Jedi or Sith - except his daughter. She had the potential to be even _stronger_ than Valkorion, so he sent her off to be outcasted and experimented on to keep her weaker. Well... tried.
1:57 Yeah right ? My favorite armor are the one we see during the clone era, Obiwan and Anakain looks so good with their armor plate
As soon as I saw the notification I clicked as fast as I could
Not as fast as me when i hear barrack obama forgot to flush his toilet after dropping a slupry drainy poopy,mmmmmmmmm snack
They've always had different coloured lightsabers because they mean different things and some were more rare. The old Republic has a fuck ton of war in it. Probably more than any other time in star wars. Their was literally massive fleets of sith and jedi waring constantly and then the eternal empire and the vong. Tons of stuff happened and its all in the online games, books and old Republic games. Its a lot more fascinating than the high Republic because that was the era of peace pretty much.
all Old Republic content is canon for me.
@6:30 they were gifts to Lord Vitiate in an attempt to gain his approval. The eternal brothers are a great story and there are some great videos explaining their life and how long Vitiate lived. Crazy stories
There's another set of videos from the introduction of the Eternal Empire following the younger sister of the twin brothers; VERY worth the time to watch.
There is another trailer set after this one. With Senya Tirall and Vaylin. Senya being the mother of the twins Arcann (the one still alive) Thexan, and Vaylin. It is called Knights of the Fallen Empire: Betrayed
When they were showing the battle parts, it was showing them atk Jedi and Sith. Also in old republic there was a bunch of lightsaber colors. But I can understand if you don’t follow Star Wars that much. They were great stories.
If you look closer, Arcann's(in white) eyes glow yellow (sith giveaway) as he attacks and then the yellow disappears when he realises he's killed his own brother.
Just think that's such a nice little touch.
I hope you noticed the eye change at 6:52 and at 7:11 such a small, over looked, detail added that makes it all so much better
Also theres a series of these and they're all sick to watch
My favorite part about this trailer is the fight between the brothers, watch the white one's eyes as he gets angry and then calms down. They change color
The part where they present the lightsabers, those are the sabers they got in battle for the Jedi and the sith they killed.
Notice the eye of the guy in white change to sith yellow when he gets enraged and back after he kills his brother
OriginalHuman: *posts Star Wars reaction*
Me: a surprise to be sure but a welcome one...
But this is great! More Star Wars stuff like this!
I LOVED THIS GAME, AND ALL THE STAR WARS GAMES. LOVED THE REACTION !
@6:12 To answer the question. The Army you are watching is called the Eternal Empire lead by Emperor Valkorian of a planet known as Zakuul who gained control of this giant Armada run by sentient droids. What you don't see in this trailer and is part of the backstory. Valkorian became possesed by an ancient Sith lord known as Darth Vitiate of the Sith race who became the entity known as Tenebrae. Tenebrae had the ability to possess others to prolong his life and so did it to Valkorian and through him instigated the war between the Jedi and the Sith so they would wipe one another out and that his Eternal Empire could take over. He also instigated the war between the Republic/Jedi vs Mandalorians which lead to those Jedi falling to the Sith under Darth Revan and Darth Malak whom where former Jedi so that is the gist of it. This is just the abridged explanation though.
"I usually only react to military..."
*Raised eyebrow* slow smirk*
Wow, never would have expected you to be a SWTOR Fan...
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one! 👌🏻👍🏻🦾
In Star Wars there is actually a type of Jedi called the temple guard with double-sided yellow lightsabers
Just a note: Force Heal has been around for about 20 or so years. It only appeared in the movies recently.
always happy to see a new OH video, always brightens up my day
You better watch all of the cinematic vids
Where you see the lightsabres on the ground being presented its from the the most powerful sith and jedi they have killed bro
Hope you react to the other Old Republic trailers.
The Betrayed Cutscene for Knights of the Old Republic is by far my favorite.
Emperor Valkorion of Zakuul, formerly Vitiate the Sith Emperor, used his powers to drain an entire planet of its life force (planet Ziost), the Sith Empire and Jedi of the Old Republic tried to stop him but failed.
The Sith Emperor fled to Zakuul the Eternal Empire (Zakuul is stronger and has a larger fleet of ships and manpower than the Sith Empire and the Old Republic combined).
The twins are his sons (Arcann in White and Thexan in Black), and he has a daughter named Vaylin who is stronger than the twins.
Lots of cool details I missed the first time watching these trailers:
- Arcann's eyes turn Dark Side before he jumps towards Valkorion and ignites his lightsaber.
- Valkorion was waiting for one twin to kill the other one first - Valkorion's monologue explains a lot about his philosophy
- Valkorion moves fast, he wasn't there, then he was there in front of Arcann
- Valkorion's eyes are Dark Side yellow when he's looking down on Arcann
- Zakuul views the Force and users as neither inherently Light nor Dark, it's just the Force to them.
- Zakuul waged war on the Sith Empire and the Republic and *won*. The lightsabers are war trophies -- the lightsabers of the leaders of both the Jedi and Sith.
If you want more military styled Star Wars shorts from the old republic you definitely should watch the cinematics "Hope" and "Deceived". They are incredibly well-made and as entertaining as this one ^^.
I doubt I’m the only one to notice be right as the brother in black is about to pull the one in white valkorian has the tiniest of smirks on his face like he knew what was gonna happen
In the expansion the Eternal Empire defeated the Republic and the Empire.
In the scene where he kills his brother I love it when his eye goes red and then after he realizes what he has done it goes back to blue.
Also in the Knight of the Fallen Empire expansion, the Eternal Empire doesn't view the force as light or dark side they view it as a tool to be used.
I literally rewatched this yesterday
The trailer with the wife and daughter was also a good one.
Senya and Vaylin, Vaylin is a very scary young woman after the first time I saw her I was inspired to go madness on my sorc lmao shame lightning is so much better
Who here has been watching this guy all the back before 10k subs aka before modern warfare. I have and I still can't believe he grew so fast.
It was made by people who loves star wars. Built upon what came before, not tear it down and make something new.
Deepen the lore and history of what came before Starwars new hope. Something that felt epic, something that made the universe of star wars feel like it could be real.
You need to see the other cinematics from the old republic, those 30 minutes are better than the 3 new disney movies haha
Imagine if this trailer got remade with more modern graphics i bet it would look even better
The old republic is an epic Star Wars era. Imagine ten thousand Jedi and ten thousand Sith in a war with one another. Empire vs republic. War, politics and espionage
The lightsaber crystal choice in this game is varied and awesome. Been playing the game for years and adore it.
You should watch the second trailer for this expansion since it deals with their sister and the visuals are some how BETTER!
I think the reason the armour and technology looks more advanced in the Old Republic era is that the Republic by the time of the Prequels doesn't need an actual army. It can be seen in the Prequel trilogy in TPM, the soldiers of Naboo are nearly not as well equipped as during the times of the Old Republic (which was the height of the conflict between the Sith Empire and the Republic). It no longer has one united army (until the clones arrive, at which point the Grand Army of the Republic is formed again around 22 BBY) but rather militia from every planet that the planets equip on their own. Around 1000 BBY the Republic Military was reformed into the Judicial Forces (which were a peacekeeping force, rather than a centralised army).
In the Original Trilogy we're seeing rebels fighting the First Galactic Empire. The "good guys" are poorly equipped and have to resort to guerilla tactics since they're pretty much remains of the planetary militias post Jedi Purge that gathered together, while the "bad guys" have taken on a more minimalist aesthetic that gets the job done and they still have the funds of the entire Republic and the clone army.
Still, there is need to remember that the Galactic empire lasted for about 20 years or so, and then in the godforsaken sequel trilogy, the New Republic has lasted only 30 years, which is not enough to finish off the rest of the imperial forces hiding after the battle of Jakku, fix the economy and then modernise and upgrade an army that spans through an entire Galaxy.
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Love your content, hope you'll overcome your mental health issues and I can only recommend you play KOTOR on the channel because it's actually very good :3
Yay! Star Wars!!
This is the star wars i will always remember. Still a lot of potential with this entire era
The old republic era was filled with numerous wars between jedi and sith and other factions including factions who fought against both of them
Even if you Don't play the MMORPG, The Old Republic, I think it would be fun for you to play the Solo Campaign games, Knights of The Old Republic 1 & 2. They Set a narrative for the MMO game to get an understanding of the world, even before the High Republic.
Luke those lightsabers wrapped in banners are the trophies of war from both the Sith and the Jedi that they are giving to their father(the emperor of the Eternal Empire) and he turns away acting disappointed once again leaving the brother to finally snap.
Glad to see that you’re back buddy!👍
This expansion is fun, you get use to the graphics after a while.
I’d be interested in seeing you react to all the cinematics, mate! It’s alright that it’s not primarily military focused, as long as you’re having a laugh and a blast!
FOR THE REPUBLIC !!!!
This trailer alone shits all over the new sequel trilogy
We’d love to see you react to all of the shorts if you wanted to. This game definitely have the best shorts. whatever you wanna do we’ll watch
The emperor guy is valkorion he was a former sith but left the sith order in pursuit of becoming basically a god and immortal but was defeated by a sith Jedi alliance
I also love yellow lightsabers. It's neutral in some cases but it usually symbolizes ambition. something that the emperor speaks about many times in the trailer. Its also what affects The white twin Arcann. Ambition and hatred.
The Old Republic trailers were so great. I wish there was more to watch honestly.
EA’s Battlefront and Squadrons had some great trailers but these told a story for certain.
I've been playing Old Republic since shortly after the game launched. It used to be a simple game making its way through the galaxy.
6:24 it’s basically a third fraction... They are fighting for the zakul empire against the jedi and sith. They are called the eternal twins
Absolutely love this trailer. It says so much in such little time. Sequel trilogy take notes... The offering of the lightsabers from the twins was from both the republic (jedi) and the empire (sith) of the enemies they faced in battle and defeated. The trailer is made to show that this new faction is not aligned to either, and is a credible threat to both. I legit watch this trailer about once a month lol. Make a damn movie already!
The lightsaber fights are made with actual effort. They look flashy enough to be eye gazing but they don’t overextend the flashy stuff to sacrifice the practical sword fighting aspect.
The Galactic Republic and Galactic Empire has some pretty good Military stuff in it
OriginalHuman: Look at that they have both sith and jedi. *pointing to republic and empire flags*
Play Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic! That game is a legend!
That’s the greatest game of all time in my opinion something about that never makes me tired of playing it. I finished it less than a month ago and I am playing it again for around the 40th time.
No joke, one of my favorite games of all time!
If you didnt know the old guy in the armor is darth vitiate, the sith that came closest to immortality, he ruled for 500 years in one form or another.
If you like star wars and dont mind dated graphics/gameplay, Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic had one of the best video game stories I've ever played and I would seriously recommend it
Hey Lukas Depending on your lightsaber is depending what your role in the lore is like Bule and Green is a normal light side of the force like Luke and Rei and Obi and Yod Red is the sith like Darth maul, Vader, Pauputine and so one. But a Yellow or Golden is a temple gaurdian like Leia or these guys that your watching but Purple like Prince Windu was ofc his fav color but also it means your falling between Light and Dark Skywalker and Sith
Alot of the time the reason you don't see different colored lightsabers is because of the jedi's role and position, for example Jedi with blue lightsabers are known as jedi knights they focus on saber combat and technique, yellow are mostly reserved for jedi temple guards, Green are used by Jedi counselors who focus more on the force and are more spiritual than combat oriented, jedi usually can't have whatever color they want
I like how you caught how the old republic era looks better than the present SW. That is bc if you read lore the original republic falls and sith civilization(nation) is also lost. This essentially brings the galaxy into a dark age and tech and knowledge actually digress. many known systems, planets, documented history, and tech are lost only to but were beginning to be rediscovered in present times. It emulates sort of our medieval times when the advanced civ of that time, ie. the Romans, fell bringing dark ages to western Europe.
Oh gooooooooood I could geek out and tell you everything about Thexan (black) and Arcann (white), their little sister Vaylin (good god that trailer will make you HURT). Played SWTOR for the last eight years, it is a FANTASTIC GAME and I highly recommend it's enormous storylines (yes, multiple) and badass everything.