10 Most Pointless Rebel Alliance Deaths

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    Before the Battle of Endor the Rebel Alliance was really struggling to overcome the might of the Empire. Today we take a look at 10 rebels who gave their lives and probably went to the grave thinking that their sacrifices were meaningless.
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  • @GenerationTech
    @GenerationTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

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    • @paulohare4233
      @paulohare4233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      rebellion boo, eating ewoks boo, alan please stop eating ewoks - you are what you eat after all and no one wants an ewok telling us how it is in the star wars universe

    • @yourfacejec3336
      @yourfacejec3336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought you started off saying, "Hello, money is Alen."

    • @brianlindee220
      @brianlindee220 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I always assumed if they were in the rebel alliance or the resistance the reason they died in space was because they were fat and I thought you said the rebels were mass murderers killers and the empire was just doing their duty bringing peace justice and security

    • @channingdeadnight
      @channingdeadnight 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still refuse to believe in Thrawns death. If the x-men never stay dead he doesn't have to either. Plus he's got that sexy matching blue with those blood red eyes that just scream "fuzzy bunny petting". He just can't be dead.

  • @fellowpassenger_54-67
    @fellowpassenger_54-67 2 ปีที่แล้ว +934

    Saw Gerrera didn’t want to go because he wanted to find all the studs in the area to get the level’s last mini kit but time went by faster than he thought it would

    • @bigbrainbleed
      @bigbrainbleed 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      hehe, but seriously, I always assumed his life support system was tied into the base somehow. Either for power or resources. And he was just being 'poetic' with his final words?

    • @berniethekiwidragon4382
      @berniethekiwidragon4382 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That's me every time I play a Lego game. It doesn't matter that I world later be able to unlock multipliers when I collect the red bricks for it.

    • @seydou1
      @seydou1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😂 No he searched for the purple stud

    • @theromanorder
      @theromanorder ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought it was just because he was tired of fighting and knew that he couldn't do much more just slow giyn down

    • @ProkiddUX
      @ProkiddUX ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bro where’s the studs 💀

  • @jayblake682
    @jayblake682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +734

    It would’ve been great if they had given Jek Porkins a heroic role at Scarif. Also, the most pointless death in Star Wars history was Admiral Ackbar at the hands of Rian Johnson.

    • @onedesperatebane1156
      @onedesperatebane1156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      And nien nunb

    • @nahlataha1744
      @nahlataha1744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Word

    • @onedesperatebane1156
      @onedesperatebane1156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Sephiroth144 I'm a weird kid and i searched all star wars named canon death on Google and nien nunb was in the list

    • @onedesperatebane1156
      @onedesperatebane1156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Sephiroth144 also on TH-cam all star wars saga deaths bien nunb was included

    • @Sephiroth144
      @Sephiroth144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@onedesperatebane1156 Welp, crap; had to pull out my copy to check, not just the TH-cam "Battle of Exegol" search- does show the scene in the movie proper.
      Though frankly, a tad ambigious; I mean, lightning inside the cockpit, sparking panels... We also saw Poe deal with the same crap in an X-Wing- and frankly, it looked more like Star Trek and the exploding panels that Star Wars =p Plus, we didn't see the Tantive explode nor crash- and we saw the rest of the fleet recover.
      Given what we've seen other people in this series survive, I'm not sure I buy the official story.

  • @stevedenis8292
    @stevedenis8292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    You forgot about that rebel Ewok that was shot as it ran with another down a trail by a ATST crew. The meat was never claimed by the ATST crew and was left to waist in the forest .

    • @robertagu5533
      @robertagu5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Yeah, the tragedy is all them Ewok Burgers an steaks that coulda been made outta that too

    • @stevedenis8292
      @stevedenis8292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@robertagu5533 Not to mention the nice Ewok stew and jerky . If nothing else the local scavengers and carrion bird had a feast.

    • @robertagu5533
      @robertagu5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stevedenis8292 yeah guess something must've gladly pulled cleanup duty after the battle. Something not touched on in Scifi. In such places like Endor or maybe the Wookie homeworld you don't wanna hang around a huge massively disturbed area littered with blood, an broken bodies, among plenty other things... Just rings dinner sirens for hungry flesh eaters for free meals

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Plenty of other wildlife that would be interested in roasted meat just lying around tho… including other Ewoks

    • @stevedenis8292
      @stevedenis8292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GenerationTech I bet there was a great feast celebrating all the humans and other aliens leaving their planet or moon I should say, that ended when the remnants of the second Death Star came raining down. Yub nub indeed.

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 2 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    You know it kinda sad that so many rebels died to make the new republic which only 30 years later blew up.

    • @jacobweiss9603
      @jacobweiss9603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      The sequels would have been much better if it was the new republic facing a drastic enemy emerging from the unknown rather than just a splinter of the new republic fighting an obvious enemy

    • @losthart5577
      @losthart5577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@jacobweiss9603 that's what the Vong was supposed to be. But Disney has no vision.

    • @jacobweiss9603
      @jacobweiss9603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@losthart5577 they could've kinda done it with the first order but nah

    • @thechroniclegamer4285
      @thechroniclegamer4285 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jacobweiss9603 I would’ve preferred infighting within the New Republic

    • @mj3541
      @mj3541 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@thechroniclegamer4285 It could’ve been similar to Captain America Winter Soldier. At the end of the Galactic Civil War Emperial spies work their way into the New Republic to plant the seeds of a future empire within the New Republic.

  • @HolyknightVader999
    @HolyknightVader999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    As a Rogue Squadron/Battlefront fan, I can confirm that most rebels who aren't command staff are usually TIE bait. There were no shortages of transports and Nebulon-B frigates whose captains scream for help the moment their transports' shields get grazed by TIE fighter lasers. No shortages of starfighter squadrons that get shot down by Imperial aces, point-defense turrets, or just hordes of common grunt TIE fighters/interceptors. Hundreds of rebel ships were annihilated by remnants of the 501st Legion that escaped the Death Star as it was blowing up. Hundreds more were eradicated by Darth Vader during his raids on Yavin IV. If you're a rebel, and you're not a main character or a command staff member, there's a 1 in 2 chance that you're going to die.

  • @Ptaaruonn
    @Ptaaruonn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Whoa whoa whoa! Hera Syndula is still alive, she had a baby and was leading the project Starhawk in the early years of the New Republic.

    • @Cinder_Fall
      @Cinder_Fall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      EXACTLY!

    • @ecappy4545
      @ecappy4545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I came to the comments to see if anyone caught that and to mention it if anyone didn't.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I knew I wouldn't be the only one to notice this farce.

    • @happymike420
      @happymike420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We need answers

    • @718Anubis
      @718Anubis ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was about to say the same thing!

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Saw Gerrera just couldn't go one, due to the rising popularity of _the Strut._

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Saw went out like a boss

    • @royjones0824
      @royjones0824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      For the rebellion ( with my raspy out of breath voice)

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Dance Fighters are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their drug-induced religion.

    • @chazblank2717
      @chazblank2717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cardio is important for the maintenance of healthy midichlorians… you gotta keep laser dancing if you wanna keep struttin…

    • @ecappy4545
      @ecappy4545 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GenerationTech you have quite an error in this video. Hera Syndulla did not die. As a metter or fact she is alive and well and even had a baby at the end of Star Wars Rebels.

  • @AbdefFable1
    @AbdefFable1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Love how most of the deaths in this list came from Rebels and Rogue One. And atleast 2 of them were because Hera might have been a good pilot but not the best team player

  • @robertsutton1295
    @robertsutton1295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Add Pops, Dutch, and Tiree to the list. If Red Squadron had been flying cover for them instead of "...cut[tiing] across the axis to draw their fire," Gold Squadron may have destroyed the Peace Moon on the first run.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't forget the tragic end of Biggs Darklighter who was trying to pointlessly cover Luke's ass. Biggs should've made like Wedge Antilles and said, "Sorry" as he bugged out.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    I remember that the Rebel Alliance also have Separatist remnants among their ranks and used CIS military ships and weapons since they're not picky on anything they can get their hands on.
    Kalani would have been a wonderful addition to the Rebellion and a fun dynamic between him and Old Man Rex as they were both relics of the Clone Wars who can give the Empire a big butt whooping together.

    • @brockgundich
      @brockgundich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I would love to see that story

    • @rhysofsneezingdragon1758
      @rhysofsneezingdragon1758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Apparently, Kalani joined the rebellion after the battle of Yavin

    • @roger632
      @roger632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 I thought he parted ways after escaping with his Battle Droids in Rebels?

    • @rhysofsneezingdragon1758
      @rhysofsneezingdragon1758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@roger632 he went to work for the Hutts for a while. But, after hearing what happened to the death star, he decided to join up

    • @roger632
      @roger632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@rhysofsneezingdragon1758 Interesting, I never knew this. Is this on Wookipedia or something?

  • @calvinmatthews1527
    @calvinmatthews1527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Poor Saw, lost his sister, treated like an outcast, spent most of his life fighting with no purpose, and eventually accepting death.

    • @robertagu5533
      @robertagu5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Now... Think of how much WORSE he'd been IF against ALL the odds he DIDN'T DIE and actually survived instead.. just another new set of additional things he'd had to then suffer through

    • @robertagu5533
      @robertagu5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_JohnnieWalker yeah now he's got to live on what's left of a DEVESTATED planet. Probably with some major additional injuries, or probably some kinda injury at least... Most or almost all the population probably WASNT so lucky an died. An good luck finding any kinda supplies much less a ship or medical supplies, weapons or ANYTHING really in any sorta working order at least. In addition to his usual health an tired issues. Seeing as we saw the Death Star's lowest setting apparently is "Continent wide thermonuclear disaster" an afterwards it looks like Galactus was passing through an decided to take a quick bite as he passed by

    • @damarglover6363
      @damarglover6363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To be fair the treated like an outcast part was his fault though

  • @derrickdinwiddie8759
    @derrickdinwiddie8759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "This is some Star Trek red shirt stuff that should not be happening in Star Wars." 🤣🤣🤣 that got me good 🤣

  • @roger632
    @roger632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Soon enough, we'll need a complete breakdown of the New Republic (in canon) now that the Mando-verse has sort of kicked that off. So far, we know that they scout out various areas with X-Wings; and for 2, we've seen a New Republic prison barge, and New Republic Sentry Droids. I can't wait to see the full scale of their military.

    • @levitschetter5288
      @levitschetter5288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Spoiler alert: there isn't one

    • @roger632
      @roger632 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@levitschetter5288 I'm pretty sure that the New Republic didn't demilitarize itself til years later. Not to mention that the comics and books are hardly canon to the writers and producers of the shows anyhow, they already contradicted a few things in the Aftermath novels, as well as a couple of the comics, like the entire Kanan comic.

    • @chazblank2717
      @chazblank2717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think we’ve more or less seen it… Operation Cinder was successful insofar as most folks seem really tired of fighting. And what’s left of the former Rebellion is stretched pretty thin. They’ve got prison barges manned by a single dude and like 2-3 X-wings patrolling the entire Outer Rim. Which to the New Republic’s credit is way more than the Old Republic ever did to enforce any semblance of law in this region of space… but clearly they’ve got some manpower issues. Cause the salvage yard prison facility Bill Burr was working at was also completely run by droids. Anti-droid sentiments being what they are, this is a terrible PR move for the New Republic.

    • @chazblank2717
      @chazblank2717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@The_JohnnieWalker I mean, a matter of minutes is really only as meaningful as the exact physical distances involved and an exact understanding of how hyperspeed travel actually works 😁
      The best comparison I can think of is how the California state troopers in the 60’s had like Corvettes and Mustangs for hot pursuits… that with a healthy dash of Texas Ranger is basically what those same 4-5 X-Wing cops (who are always the first to show up) are... if they weren’t frantically in the midst of rewriting Rangers of the New Republic, we’d have seen this in greater detail by now 🤷🏼‍♂️

    • @chazblank2717
      @chazblank2717 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The_JohnnieWalker I’d say the New Republic at least has serious morale/retention issues if highly skilled operatives and idealistic true believers like Cara Dune are ending up on the wrong side of the law…

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    5:01 Steela's death saw the rise of Saw Guerrera the Leader of Partisans whose extremist tactics and methods alienated the Rebel Alliance.

    • @welkingunther5417
      @welkingunther5417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, her death made sure no one was able to keep his extremist ways in check. Can't help but wonder a little how things would be if Steela did survive.

  • @bully056
    @bully056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Saw didn’t run because he didn’t have anywhere to go, he didn’t run because he was already a dead man walking. He had by the point of Jedda multiple debilitating injuries that, while covered by medical cybernetics, were killing him slowly. He even eludes to it on Jedda.

  • @jacobhuff3748
    @jacobhuff3748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Murphy’s Laws of Combat 89: Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.
    That was the Rebels before they became Professionals. Nothing like amateurs to remind you how unprepared for all the possibilities you are and how miscalculations by those that are on your side that will hurt you the most.

    • @lelostimulus9995
      @lelostimulus9995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You get your little book out for that?

    • @jacobhuff3748
      @jacobhuff3748 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lelostimulus9995 Nah , just bookmarked and it’s one of my 3 favorites on the list

  • @56bturn
    @56bturn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In Saw's defence, the novel states that when he says he wouldn't run anymore, he was being literal; he would never have been able to get out of the base in time, even with help, his physical deficiencies caught up with him.

  • @emilyhedgehog547
    @emilyhedgehog547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I saw Hera on this list and almost had a heart attack, I thought maybe she died and I just wasn't aware!

    • @caesarspeaks
      @caesarspeaks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I had the opposite reaction- I HATE Rebels.

    • @doomlegion557
      @doomlegion557 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caesarspeaks rebel scum we work for the empire!
      Long live the empire comrade!

    • @FarAtmosphere
      @FarAtmosphere 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@caesarspeaks the man with no taste

    • @BlazinInfernape
      @BlazinInfernape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@caesarspeaks Why? If you're capable of looking past the childishness, there's a lot of damn good storytelling. In particular I love the music and the voice acting

    • @gammarad1235
      @gammarad1235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@BlazinInfernape my problem with rebels is that there are no stakes, the Empire was never a threat in the show and the stormtroopers, the empire's elite shock troopers got clowned on in almost every episode.

  • @onliwankannoli
    @onliwankannoli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    I know this was specifically about pointless *Rebel* deaths, but Admiral Ackbar, former Rebel hero, had the most senseless death in Star Wars, and along with the entire sequel trilogy, should not be considered canonical.

    • @roger632
      @roger632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And then they decided to bring in his random son, in TROS, to make up for it lmao

    • @halrold7369
      @halrold7369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Unfortunately, that's sometimes how war goes. A life lost in a blink of the eye, even a life as spectacular as Ackbar, unceremoniously.

    • @onliwankannoli
      @onliwankannoli 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@halrold7369 When it happens to a real person in real life it is a tragedy. When it happens to a fan-favorite character in a beloved franchise it’s just poor writing.

    • @caesarspeaks
      @caesarspeaks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@onliwankannoli dude, it’s called realism. One of my ancestors led a major sniper unit during the Revolutionary War (his group actually appears in Total War Empire as a DLC unit). People who the British would consider heroes like the Rebels considered Ackbar to be were shot unceremoniously by my ancestor’s snipers. That’s how war is. You don’t get some heroic moment to show your bravery- more often, you just fucking die.

    • @xminusone1
      @xminusone1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The entire sequel trilogy was pointless.

  • @djhollis8841
    @djhollis8841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Did...did you guys just predict Wade?

  • @PK-Radio
    @PK-Radio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Zev Senesca didn’t deserve to die at all
    He saved Han and Luke

  • @AnimeOtakuDrew
    @AnimeOtakuDrew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Why is Hera Syndulla even on a list of pointless deaths? She didn't die. Sure, the crew of the blockade runner would absolutely count, but to list the entry under Hera's name is not only inaccurate, but misleading.

    • @commanderpigeon
      @commanderpigeon ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fr

    • @brockyay4414
      @brockyay4414 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was so confused i thought i missed a huge part in cannon

  • @zapalskic
    @zapalskic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Snap was the one that got me. It shows JJ does not know the books. After his death his step-dad was partying!!

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol good point

    • @fulcrum7455
      @fulcrum7455 ปีที่แล้ว

      Snap Wesley was seriously dope can't believe they killed him

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    6:33 Saw Guererra: "Save the Rebellion! Save the Dream!"

  • @stefaneer9120
    @stefaneer9120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Salute for Vangos Grek. A true Starfighter Ace of the Rebellion.
    😔🙏🎗️🪖

  • @Lee_Enfield95
    @Lee_Enfield95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After tonight’s episode of kenobi, you can throw one more Arsehole onto this list

    • @omarbaba9892
      @omarbaba9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tbh it was pretty cool having reva force throw an explosive onto it

    • @Lee_Enfield95
      @Lee_Enfield95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@omarbaba9892 yeah, actually thought that was creative…. So much stuff we’re seeing in this series is more like what you’d read in a comic rather than live action…. It’s pleasantly refreshing…. Also more rage Vader would be nice.

  • @mikewaterfield3599
    @mikewaterfield3599 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    “The tree of liberty must be feed regularly with the blood of patriots and tyrants alike, it is a natural manure” Thomas Jefferson.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    2:43 If it weren't for the main characters' plot armor, Grand Admiral Thrawn would have wiped out the Rebellion right there.

  • @alexincobra7379
    @alexincobra7379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    that was an interdictor cruiser, not star destroyer. The interdictor Star destroyer was was way bigger and less vulnerable.

    • @tk-6967
      @tk-6967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No that was an interdictor Star Destroyer, read the wiki man

    • @captainalpha5212
      @captainalpha5212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah the interdictor Star destroyer was part of the old Republic wasn't it or an I thinking of something else

    • @alexincobra7379
      @alexincobra7379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@captainalpha5212 Nah, you thinking Victory Star Destroyer.

    • @tk-6967
      @tk-6967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexincobra7379 no, the Victory Star Destroyer was part of the Galactic Republic, no the Old Republic. He is talking about Interdictors from KOTOR

    • @alexincobra7379
      @alexincobra7379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tk-6967 Interdictor destroyer was from the old republic but not the Interdictor Imperial Star Destroyer. I sent you the link to picture and website. Wookiepedia is where you should look up Star Wars content. Look at it. Why are you still arguing with me at this point?

  • @vonneely1977
    @vonneely1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm amazed that you manage to actually *find* ten Rebel deaths. Also, a bit a nitpick but the Republic was never a democracy. The vast majority of the individual planets that made up the Republic were monarchies in some form or another. The Senate existed to basically be the SW equivalent of the United Nations - a means to prevent constant warfare between all these disparate feudal realms (which is also why it was so ineffective at getting anything else done). Even the original script for Ep4 ended with "Princess Leia is crowned Queen of the Galaxy." So the Rebels weren't fighting for democracy at all so much as shouting "For the King!"
    In the end all the Empire accomplished was deposing a lot of aristocrats and all the Rebellion accomplished was putting those same aristocrats (or their next of kin) back onto their thrones. *Nobody* in Star Wars was fighting for democracy. Your choices where military dictatorship, classic feudalism, crime bosses or corporate states - and even then all of these ended up so packed with nepotism that it makes one wonder why anyone bothered fighting for any of them.

    • @anakinsolo719
      @anakinsolo719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because all that is better than being Vongformed.

    • @fulcrum7455
      @fulcrum7455 ปีที่แล้ว

      Underrated comment

    • @andrewshaughnessy5828
      @andrewshaughnessy5828 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Excellent comment. Also Imperial propagandists were fond of pointing out that the Rebel Alliance was essentially a dictatorship, with Mon Mothma making all the major decisions.

  • @RoboticPope
    @RoboticPope 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From the visualisation I would say Vangross Grek was actually going very much slower than the speed of sound (an odd measurement to use in space too)

  • @unequivocalsuffering2734
    @unequivocalsuffering2734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    A series exploring the early era of the Galactic civil war with a more gritty and unbiased view would be awesome. I see a scene exploring the morality of lying to your troops about the meaningfulness of their sacrifice just so they can throw themselves at the empire to buy you more time being really interesting

  • @losthart5577
    @losthart5577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jek Tono Porkins is one of my favorite characters.

  • @springbonneh7496
    @springbonneh7496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Saw was basically the star wars version of Ultra Magnus from the Transformers. 2 Soldiers fighting without a purpose, adapting as they get older to make more brutal choices, and always serving the good side of their series.

  • @losthart5577
    @losthart5577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These are ALWAYS done so well. Thank you

  • @Twinsuns2187
    @Twinsuns2187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved this! As always keep up the great work Alan/Allen whichever way you spell it.

  • @salavantias1948
    @salavantias1948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Proof the Rebel alliance was evil or just plain dumb the Massassi Group was named after Sith warrior-slaves who were the bulk of Naga Sadows army and the sith link is canon thanks to the Rise of Skywalker book confirming Naga Sadow as canon.

  • @casbot71
    @casbot71 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    *The Porkins maneuver …*
    Ramming an enemy ship in a strafing run.
    You just have to commit, no matter the relative sizes - which is how he also approached _getting into the cockpit._
    That struggle inspired that attitude, and that _altitude._

  • @Straswa
    @Straswa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great vid GenTech. RIP to all those brave rebels.

  • @blazecrusader100
    @blazecrusader100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I got a request for you generation tech. 10 Stormtroopers who had dishonorable deaths.

    • @rexlumontad5644
      @rexlumontad5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do you have the slightest idea how little it narrows it down?

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Are there anyone who happended to be the Separatist heroes to be seen in Star Wars? I felt bad that the Separatists do not get much mention.

    • @tk-6967
      @tk-6967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whorm Loathsom is, and he is alive.

  • @DarthMalaks_Missing_Lower_Jaw
    @DarthMalaks_Missing_Lower_Jaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Phoenix Squadron for sure--supposed to be the best pilots in the Republic and they were taken out like amateurs. And Ackbar got did dirty, FU Rian Johnson.

  • @Chisszaru
    @Chisszaru 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A few rebels went out like if the didn't even try to survive. Saw went out like a boss, because he was old and he was sick too, as he had all that medical stuff on and with him. He made a final stand

  • @johndally7994
    @johndally7994 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for another great video. What about Admiral Holdo’s silly and arrogant self sacrifice?

    • @MaynardCrow
      @MaynardCrow ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It served the noble purpose of riding the film of her annoying character.

  • @HolyknightVader999
    @HolyknightVader999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Damn, I'd hate to be a wingman for Hera Syndulla. The woman has really bad luck, and she's nowhere near as smart as say, Wedge Antilles. At most, she's just a Twi'lek version of Jan Ors, except her bearded Jedi boyfriend bit the dust on Lothal, so she no longer has a guardian angel with a lightsaber.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You know who else you don't want to be a wingman for? Luke Skywalker. He lost Biggs Darklighter, and nearly lost Wedge Antilles (who of course was smart enough to get out while the getting was good); Luke's gunner, Dak, got smoked by a malfunction in fire control during the battle of Hoth, the battle which also saw the end of Hobbie (Rogue 2) who was supposedly being covered by "Rogue Leader:" Skywalker. Luke even got his astromech annihilated at Yavin. If you really want to stretch the bad luck prospective, Luke's speeder bike companion on Endor, Leia Organa, would end up in the bushes after Luke ditches her; Leia then ending up kidnapped by a bunch of vicious, flesh-eating teddy-bears. Further still? Luke's dad dies when defending Luke against Emperor Palpatine. Yeah, Luke is bad luck. No wonder Grogu ditched him to go back to Din Jarin.

    • @HolyknightVader999
      @HolyknightVader999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@skyden24195 Luke only lost two squad mates and a tin can. Hera loses entire attack squadrons.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HolyknightVader999 indeed. I wasn't trying to imply that Luke was more of a bad luck charm than Hera, for sure Hera holds that title, I just thought I'd point out that the only two times Luke is shown on screen in starfighter battles, (excluding his gunnery aboard the Millenium Falcon in which he was not piloting,) Luke lost actually 3 squad mates, 2 on Hoth and one at Yavin with a near miss (Wedge who actually did take hits while protecting Luke) plus the mentioned tin-can, but the tin-can was repaired so can't count that one too much; unlike R-4 at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith.

    • @HolyknightVader999
      @HolyknightVader999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skyden24195 Yes, but to Luke's defense, he lost less men under his command, and he was facing the likes of Darth Vader and General Veers. Hera was facing random mooks that Thrawn had on standby, not generals or Sith Lords who take to the field in battle.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HolyknightVader999 yeah, the Rebel Alliance was kinda funny like that, I suppose. Luke was, to my knowledge, never given a higher rank than "Commander" (his rank at Hoth at least) within Rebel Command. Of course his achieved rank within the Jedi Order (if that's what you want to call the remnant of the Jedi Order) was that of "Jedi Master," which he basically gave himself since there was really no one else (qualified?) to bestow the rank onto Luke.
      Then you have Hera Syndulla who rose to the rank of general by the time of the Battle of Endor; she achieved this rank despite the numerous mission mishaps that cost most if not all of those under her direct command. Of course in a Galaxy Far, Far Away they do things a lot differently, for example the G.A.R. giving a teenager (Ahsoka Tano) command of a squadron during a vital relief mission which went really bad for that squadron. I know that was the Clone Wars, but the general, similar sentiment is what I'm aiming to point out. At any rate, as the saying goes: "Desperate times call for desperate measures." lol.

  • @jenniferstewarts4851
    @jenniferstewarts4851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The GR-75 COULD be down right scary... IF the rebels knew how to employ it. Heck, they could likely take on/down a star destroyer on their own.
    Here's the thing. The GR-75 is a very very common freighter. They are everywhere. First, we look at all the cargo pods... Those cargo pods could carry anything... up to and including.. shield generators, power supplies etc. You could Easly mount a massive shield generator in 1 pod, and power supplies in several others... connect them, then when needed. open up the pod with the generator and deploy a large shield, much like the shield at pheonix base, or somethnig akin to a large gungin shield.
    Next, look at the number of "forward cargo pods.. if you look at one "head on" there are at least 15 unobstructed forward cargo pods... each cargo pod is more then large enough to hold at least 4 missile or torpedo launchers. (with reloads, litterly the launching system on a y-wing, x-wing, what ever, just rigged up in clusters of 4.) Now remember those gungin shields, stop energy blasts but not solid objects. again, fire off the shield "down" create a sphere around the ship to protect it from a few turbo laser blasts... give it more then a few minutes, BUT all those torpedoes/missiles, would fly through the shield now thats 60 torps or missiles in 1 volley.... a CR-75 opening up with 60 torpedoes on 1 star destroyer all of them hitting in a fairly localized area... thats more then enough to do critial damage to the ship espeically if the leading few are ION torpedoes. THEN the ship opens up 3-4 more times... this is the equvilent of 30 Y wings or xwings making a run on a single destroyer. And all to often destroyers are running without their tie fighters deployed. So yes, properly deployed CR-75's COULD be a true terror weapon.

    • @mrtom2854
      @mrtom2854 ปีที่แล้ว

      They could basically become Belter OPA gunships

    • @jenniferstewarts4851
      @jenniferstewarts4851 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrtom2854 Yep, or heck, picture carrying mines... drones... each of those pods is about the size of a vulture droid... picture making droid fighters that LOOK likes cargo pods, but then "expand and open up". One of those freighters could carry 100's of drone fighters that way.

  • @be6386
    @be6386 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your whole this is a dedication to all thoughts who die is laudable but cool

  • @johnrandolph1989
    @johnrandolph1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not surprised about Star Wars Rebels having a high body count, they really wanted to leave the Galaxy Far Far Away.

  • @arwo1143
    @arwo1143 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    NO
    WAAADEEEE!!!!

  • @chrisyanover1777
    @chrisyanover1777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I personally would have put the rebels who engaged in a shootout with storm troopers who were boarding their ship along with Darth Vader in the beginning of A New Hope. Did they really think they would be successful? Especially since they were stuck in a Star Destoyer with tens of thousands of storm troopers and Vader. Than after Vader boards the ship, Princess Leia tries to claim they were on a diplomatic mission. Well if they were on a diplomatic mission they wouldn't fire on storm troopers attempting to inspect the ship!

  • @ikke640424153
    @ikke640424153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hera survives the rebellion, why is she on this list?

    • @The7thFleet
      @The7thFleet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he meant the corvette

  • @lazyidiotofthemonth
    @lazyidiotofthemonth ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No Jek Porkins death was because he flew with his gravity compensator at maximum and could not tell he wasn't pulling out of a dive fast enough and crashed into a tower on the Death Star, this is very clear in X-Wing Book 1: Rogue Squadron.

  • @dylanthomas385
    @dylanthomas385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please do more five stenths and weaknesses count downs

  • @jeffmathers355
    @jeffmathers355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You'd need a whole other video to list the ACTUAL needles clone deaths.

    • @lelostimulus9995
      @lelostimulus9995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Rip
      moment of silence for all the clones killed by needles.

    • @56bturn
      @56bturn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The most needless would've been that one Clone in the movie who lost his gun so he ran into the Droid lines to punch a Clanker and broke his hand... before getting shot.

    • @mrtom2854
      @mrtom2854 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can we please have a moment's silence for the unnamed clone who tried to punch a droid to death in the Battle of Christophsis

  • @OCTConteudo
    @OCTConteudo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is there a video about pointless Imperial deaths? All I can remember is Ciena Ree's thoughts about pointless deaths during Lost Stars book, for example, the Tie Fighter pilots trying to capture Millennium Falcon.

  • @GeminiKnight76
    @GeminiKnight76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another pointless rebel death was of Dicer on Atollon. She was snatched by a krykna and presumably eaten.

  • @WorldWeave
    @WorldWeave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “A lotta people died during the battle of Skarif”
    Wrong…EVERYONE died during the battle of Skarif

  • @TheHonoredMadman
    @TheHonoredMadman ปีที่แล้ว

    The GR75 always reminds me of the Rebel strike GameCube games because you always had to protect them

  • @RYUZAKILL117
    @RYUZAKILL117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make”

  • @richardkinkead7823
    @richardkinkead7823 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I know I'm going to chop up names but I thought Hiru lived and had a son.

    • @tk-6967
      @tk-6967 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      She does

    • @minicle426
      @minicle426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought he was referring to the Corvette?

    • @tk-6967
      @tk-6967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@minicle426 Yes, but he says it as if Hera died as well

  • @sharkyboy-09
    @sharkyboy-09 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice a new vid

  • @Roomba10
    @Roomba10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hera Syndulla didn’t die . Also the spider we see in the Mandolorian isn’t the same as the ones in Rebels.

  • @evanrogers1825
    @evanrogers1825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Have you ever heard the tragedy of the rebel heroes?… I thought not. It’s not a story worth telling… honestly, it’s pointless really.”

  • @somedumbspammer4408
    @somedumbspammer4408 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WAAADDEEE!!!

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I actually do wonder how different things would’ve been if Steela survived.

  • @storytsunami
    @storytsunami ปีที่แล้ว

    13:16 Something tells me they made her flight suit red specifically to reference the 'Red shirts' of Star Trek lol.

  • @nick-314
    @nick-314 ปีที่แล้ว

    Snap wexley (I know he's technically resistance) was what really soured Ep9 for me when he died. It seemed so forced, like they were just trying to really hammer it down that Poe was on the brink of failure, only to pull the curtain everyone was already expecting to happen. Like what was the point of killing a good sequel character for a forced death that amounted to nothing?

  • @darwinskeeper421
    @darwinskeeper421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:48 "...Imperial Interdicter Class Star Destroyer..." Curious that the ships in your video look more like the much smaller Immobilizer 418 Cruiser.

  • @silvercypher8435
    @silvercypher8435 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @adeptuscustodies8203
    @adeptuscustodies8203 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Please make a were the galactic republic with the jedi attack earth

  • @robertagu5533
    @robertagu5533 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now, just think of how some of these, like Saw woulda been like.. an additonally felt IF again ALL odds, given what then happened to Jedda afterwards Saw Guerra DIDN'T DIE and actually somehow survived.. or if maybe Porkins hadn't an somehow flew off to base? Or that Star Destroyer that didn't eat an A-wing?

  • @Naofumi-Iwatani
    @Naofumi-Iwatani 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:41
    Losing my identity, wondering have I gone insane?
    Just to find the truth in front of me, I must climb this mountain range.
    Looking downward from this deadly height and realizing why I fight.

  • @johnthehunter1418
    @johnthehunter1418 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isnt hera still alive?

    • @milky_oreos
      @milky_oreos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think he meant the Corvette that Hera was leading

  • @cjgonz2004
    @cjgonz2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why is Hera on this list?
    I don't recall reading or seeing anything about her dying.

    • @The7thFleet
      @The7thFleet 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      he meant the corvette

  • @luxwatcherpe7578
    @luxwatcherpe7578 ปีที่แล้ว

    i need to know what this music is lol its amazing

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lies! Deception!

  • @davidponseigo8811
    @davidponseigo8811 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have been in Saw Gerre's position before, I am retired law enforcement and combat security contractor and I fought for money for multiple companies private military units in multiple conflict zones and when I retired I was kind of lost and didn't know what to do with myself and when a F-3 tornado was coming down my street and I clearly saw it I put my dogs in a safe place and I stood in the middle of my living room and watched it come through the window until it hit, when it was over and my home half destroyed but I was fine I felt like I was given a new chance and I changed and focused on my wife and kids and have been a different person since. Well I still carry a open sidearm and I'm quick to put my hand on it in certain situations in public but I haven't drawn it in years. Also my dogs were just fine and my family was not home at the time.

  • @joshuadelbelbelluz8325
    @joshuadelbelbelluz8325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please continue the sepratist alliance vs earth series please

  • @jaiclary8423
    @jaiclary8423 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    At the risk of an obvious necro post, the GR-75 reminds me of the armed merchant cruisers of World War 2. While useless in combat against dedicated warships, they still played a vital role. Famously, HMS Rawalpindi battled the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in a hopeless 1v2 battle, despite having been given the offer of surrender. This brave but futile resistance spooked the Germans and derailed their mission, convincing them to move to safety rather than risk getting caught by the British home fleet, which they assumed must be close-by to justify such hopeless defiance.
    Later in the war, The German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer hit the jackpot: a convoy of 37 merchant ships taking desperately needed supplies to Britain. Their only escort was the unarmored, barely-armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay. Unfortunately for the Germans, Jervis Bay wasn't having any of it and charged the pocket battleship despite having no hope of victory. While consigning herself to the depths, her belligerence stalled the German raider long enough for the merchant convey she was guarding to scatter into the night.
    In both cases the Germans scored tactical victories, but strategic losses. And the morale impact can't be underestimated.
    Now just imagine you jump into battle in your shiny new Imperial Star Destroyer and your enemy is willing to go up against you in a freakin' GR-75 with a couple turbolasers duct-taped to the side. Sure, you know you're going to win that battle, but there's no glory in it, and if they're willing to fight a battle *that* hopeless, you know that nothing you do will break the enemy's spirit. And they still pose a serious threat to Tie fighters and other light vessels. If nothing else, you still have to dedicate a certain amount of firepower to destroy them.
    War is a terrible thing, and we must never glorify needless death, nor endorse the idea of solving our problems with violence. But sadly, we humans are all too human. And in this particular case, I think it's important to recognize that armed merchant cruisers aren't pointless just because they're tactically ineffective. Quite the contrary, whether in the real-world cases like HMS Rawalpindi and HMS Jervis Bay, or the GR-75 from a galaxy far, far away, the armed merchant cruiser is the symbol of a movement that is desperate, but willing to do whatever it takes, willing to face impossible odds, willing to sacrifice everything.

  • @xminusone1
    @xminusone1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imagine beeing overweight and having "Porkins" for name.

  • @kostakatsoulis2922
    @kostakatsoulis2922 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know I feel like some members of Blue squadron survived, we still saw a lot of X-wings fighting the sky when the shield gate went down, I bet some of them survived

  • @AskMia411
    @AskMia411 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Okay, #5 was very misleading and freaked me out cause I’m not all caught up on me Star Wars stuff and thought she’d actually died.

  • @fabianoperes2155
    @fabianoperes2155 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    9:50 Defecation is a REAALY strange word.
    To my understanding it could also mean pooping.

  • @andrewrodgers5665
    @andrewrodgers5665 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry it's not Star Wars Alan! Just hoped you and your guys would enjoy this:
    Live Series: Wax Fang - Majestic
    Best wishes,
    Andrew

  • @silverblack25
    @silverblack25 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn the dig on star trek was brutal

  • @milkdrinker7
    @milkdrinker7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should have mentioned how dicer shared ahsokas voice actor

  • @TheIndustrialRetrospective
    @TheIndustrialRetrospective ปีที่แล้ว

    Im sure by the end of Andor S2, it will make more sense as to why Saw just let himself get killed.

  • @DoodleMan149
    @DoodleMan149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All Rebel deaths have a point, they needed to be put down for the good of the Empire!

    • @welkingunther5417
      @welkingunther5417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Uh...*Sees both Death Stars blow up and fighting between the remaining leaders* So how did that work out?

    • @DoodleMan149
      @DoodleMan149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@welkingunther5417 About as well as it did for the Hosnian system lol

    • @welkingunther5417
      @welkingunther5417 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DoodleMan149 Yeah...probably shouldn't have decided to rule by fear and go with a "quantity over quality" type of mentality, especially when it comes to fighters.

    • @DoodleMan149
      @DoodleMan149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@welkingunther5417 Ya live and learn

    • @welkingunther5417
      @welkingunther5417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DoodleMan149 Assuming you survive long enough to even do that, which standard TIE Pilots seem to not be good at

  • @guiltyofbias8818
    @guiltyofbias8818 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd say saw was a boon to the empire. He was a rebel that they could point to and thus justify their actions.

  • @philvanderlaan5942
    @philvanderlaan5942 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Blue 13 didn’t slam into the shield at many times the speed of sound, because There is no sound in space!!

    • @omarbaba9892
      @omarbaba9892 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is Star Wars though where there’s sound in space

  • @breezy3054
    @breezy3054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lmao I would love to hang out with you dude

  • @michaelmcclaryjr3752
    @michaelmcclaryjr3752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hara.sadola is a great leader who had the common sense to learn from her mistakes and she except full responsibility and she worked hard to make sure that it never happened again

  • @wyattr7982
    @wyattr7982 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In high school i was so mad at my mom for not letting me mount machine guns on the mini van

  • @johnbower7452
    @johnbower7452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You gave the impression it was Hera herself that died; but in reality you were on about the Corvette. Might want to re-label that.

  • @airforcemax
    @airforcemax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *¡wondering and questioning at 8:34 am Pacific Daylight Savings Time on Monday, 16 May 2022 Common Era or CE formerly known as Ano Domini or AD!*

  • @felixgrange4413
    @felixgrange4413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hera is probably the most incompetent star wars character.

  • @michaelmcclaryjr3752
    @michaelmcclaryjr3752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He fell apart after his sister died He forgot right and wrong and he risked a lot of good personal

  • @wbond6692
    @wbond6692 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No man who dies in the defense of their morales, beliefs, or fellow compatriots should be considered amid a "pointless" loss.
    Slipping in the bathroom while brushing your teeth is pointless. Pointing your crippled vehicle at the largest enemy target you have before your final breath is the act of feeding the fire that inspires your brethren and burns the enemy from existence.
    "How can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods."

  • @scottjuhnke6825
    @scottjuhnke6825 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Porkins. Senseless? Noooooo. Bacon!