The Horrible Life of a First Order Stormtrooper

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  • It's not easy to put on that white armor whether you were a clone or an imperial, but no one had it worst than a First Order Stormtrooper we explain why.
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  • @wet_weather_imp
    @wet_weather_imp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2095

    I’d say they got it right by training them from birth, like Clones, however what they got wrong was not allowing socialising, that’s where you will form very close bonds and fight way more efficiently and less recklessly because of it, like Clones.

    • @cmbara102
      @cmbara102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      Thats the problem with Disney running Star Wars. They just want the First Order to be the bad guys with no room for discussion. A soldier that is only good at fighting isn't a good soldier. If the senior Hux had fought alongside Clones and used them as his basis for building the First Order's Stormtrooper Corps, he would have known that brotherhood is what makes good soldiers rather than having Phasma be part of it at all. What good are a bunch of soldiers if all they're going to do is fight to survive?

    • @wet_weather_imp
      @wet_weather_imp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      snig222 If they had to have Phasma do some training, I think she should have been in charge of the first phase of training, I.e survival, hand to hand combat, weapons, to teach them all the basics, then have the Cardinal be in charge of team cohesiveness, strategy and tactics to get them to bond as an effective team after having brutal training regime with Phasma

    • @aliastheabnormal
      @aliastheabnormal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Papa Hux is a sociopath. Remember that Palpatine's "contingency plan" Was basically nuking the galaxy after his death. The fact that he was dragged into it in the first place must have meant that Palpatine thought Hux was a horrible piece of shit willing to burn the galaxy into the ground.

    • @andrewlyon4495
      @andrewlyon4495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      I think the contrast is kind of generational one with the Empire being a totalitarian government with the state and military industrial complex controlling everything and allowing only what freedoms they could not regulate, akin to the Soviet Union, and the First Order being a fanatical military with basically no civilian authority trying to take over the galaxy and convert it to their veiw, more like ISIS.

    • @rubydog25
      @rubydog25 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Clones served the republic, not eachother.

  • @alg5788
    @alg5788 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2976

    The Resistance basically killed a bunch of kids in the star destroyers

    • @andrewlyon4495
      @andrewlyon4495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      If any military found out their enemy in a war would not target vessels or bases that had children on them, even those engaged in military training, they would start assigning families to every one and make it public.

    • @mysteriev7071
      @mysteriev7071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Jdh87 republic and rebellion killed only military people, even if they are kids, they are still going to become soldiers, so they are not innocent. Empire and First Order killed innocent people on Alderaan and Hosnian Prime. Alderaan was a planet of beauty and art, even some imperials lived there and empire destroyed it without hesitation.

    • @mysteriev7071
      @mysteriev7071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      al g well, empire and First Order killed bunch of everyone on Alderaan and Hosnian Prime, which by the way has much higher population than what rebels and resistance did.

    • @misterjerofficial
      @misterjerofficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They where all Kids...

    • @DrForrester87
      @DrForrester87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Oh, do you have documentation that these terrorists only ever targeted military personnel? And, so, I guess to rebels killing children is fine in they're Imperials. And Baal Organa and his little brat should have thought about the consequences before they hopped on the rebellion bandwagon. Or at least, left their little rebellion in the chambers of senate and not gotten militaristic.

  • @arctroopernull8733
    @arctroopernull8733 6 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Still not as good as Mandalorians. Each mando trains young yes but fights like a family, also they personalise their armour to fit how they fight. Much like soldiers today personalise their kit to fit them when on operations.

    • @arctroopernull8733
      @arctroopernull8733 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Also there reason why the clones are so good because they are all brothers and have a strong bond, the Jedi allowed them to develop their own individual personalities. The best clones weren’t those that conformed but that stood out from the crowd.

    • @andrewlyon4495
      @andrewlyon4495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      So they want more troopers like FN-2187? Forms strong bonds with people very quickly, check. Individual personality, check. Highly capable in combat, check.

    • @arctroopernull8733
      @arctroopernull8733 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No One In Particular his kill death ratio is quite high for a stormtrooper.

    • @raptorwithagun5206
      @raptorwithagun5206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They should've just made clones from different DNA

    • @u.h.forum.
      @u.h.forum. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Uh, soldiers in first world countries can’t just modify their kit

  • @Dakayto
    @Dakayto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1540

    The only horrible thing about being a First Order trooper, is that you have to partake in the sequel trilogy.

  • @khartog01
    @khartog01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +642

    So the Republic couldn't rebuild, the Jedi couldn't rebuild but the Empire could travel to, hide out, and rebuild in an unmapped region of the Galaxy.

    • @a-drewg1716
      @a-drewg1716 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      well the Republic was turned into the Empire and the Jedi's were being hunted so even the ones that hid were found and killed

    • @liammckenna7122
      @liammckenna7122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      They're structure was already in place and been planned for years likely with set aside materials for it and none of this was true for the Republic or Jedi.

    • @nicomicho4669
      @nicomicho4669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You have to remember the empire had maps of the unknown regions thanks to Thrawn

    • @gonthebait6562
      @gonthebait6562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      khartog01 well the Jedi tried to rebuild which is revealed in last jedi

    • @gonthebait6562
      @gonthebait6562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And leia made a new republic

  • @MorgMorgW
    @MorgMorgW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1676

    I'd much rather be an imperial storm trooper.

    • @a.morphous66
      @a.morphous66 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      As would I.

    • @andrewlyon4495
      @andrewlyon4495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Congratulations! You have just been assigned to the brand new Death Star! Please rendezvous with the base en route to wipe out the rebel alliance near Yavin.

    • @DrForrester87
      @DrForrester87 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Good call, Sarge.

    • @hv8_8
      @hv8_8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Why their both nazis. so doesn't matter they both great 😂

    • @Thomas20Smith
      @Thomas20Smith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      How’s your aim sarge? Lol

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Forming bonds between soldiers is an absolute necessity in combat. It's a force multiplier and it's human. It makes sure otherwise impossible feats become possible because brother together are much stronger then a bunch of FACELESS automatons.

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      absolutely
      just like morale it is of absolute importance and that is why droids are superior
      forming bonds allows them to pretty much fight as one and have better motivations to fight
      morale makes them fight at the best of their abilities
      I still don't understand why droids are so unused because they'd simply be a terrifying force with decent commanders

  • @uniwaffle6190
    @uniwaffle6190 6 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    #StoormtroopersArePeopleToo

    • @Delft_07
      @Delft_07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed

    • @dickassley5171
      @dickassley5171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      unless if the good guys are gunning them down and yelling 'whoo'

  • @cmbara102
    @cmbara102 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1511

    Really sucks Disney made the First Order full comic book evil. The Empire at least could be justified.

    • @Mr.DiughGames
      @Mr.DiughGames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      snig222 They're both based on the Nazis so its a little hard to justify them. Also they both committed genocide on planets. How do you justify that?

    • @Manfromthenorth0551
      @Manfromthenorth0551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +197

      Yeah, really.
      "We bring peace and order to the galaxy."
      **blows up planet**
      "We are the good guys here."

    • @atheistbiker
      @atheistbiker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Both have slavery, making them bad guys by default.

    • @tokobelllover5956
      @tokobelllover5956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      Cannibal_Soup actually the Republic (Clone Wars) did nothing to stop slavery

    • @atheistbiker
      @atheistbiker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Dakai Bennett actually, the slavery we see in CW lies outside of its borders and jurisdiction, but it wasn't legal. Thanks for playing though!

  • @aliastheabnormal
    @aliastheabnormal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    After all the baby thief propaganda the empire has been reduced to stealing babies like the Jedi. It's sad nobody has bothered to comment on the irony in-universe.

    • @frankg2790
      @frankg2790 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Someone probably did, but they did it in that respectful tone that one would expect of a military officer.

    • @aliastheabnormal
      @aliastheabnormal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Or they probably forgot about the baby stealing. Makes you wonder how a Republic Jedi or Sith would handle Kylo. Dooku could easily outfence him. But he would probably be unable to cut thru Ben Swolo's peak performance.

    • @tokobelllover5956
      @tokobelllover5956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      aliastheabnormal the first order does not actually kidnap children they rescue children from enslavement of evil Warlords

    • @Thomas20Smith
      @Thomas20Smith 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I never thought of the First Order that way and you’re right!!!

    • @tokobelllover5956
      @tokobelllover5956 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      aliastheabnormal the first order is giving these children a sense of purpose, chance to earn a honest living.

  • @M5YUILL
    @M5YUILL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    The fallacy of the Stormtrooper seems to be a lack of unit cohesion...While solid soldiers that prioritize mission they are great but if they were bond better it would probably gain some more results.

    • @chaotiklazy
      @chaotiklazy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whiskey Mike look at inferno squad, not FO but they were storm troopers

  • @novemberseven1571
    @novemberseven1571 6 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Thank you Allen, and a very special thanks to Steve the Storm Trooper for his hard work in assisting the those Trooper who need service Ewoks. If my armor was not already Black, ...I would wear white.

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Steve is a hero

    • @novemberseven1571
      @novemberseven1571 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Generation Tech Steve the Storm Trooper has made the Galaxy a far better place to live. Thank for bringing us Steve's story, and ues Steve the Storm Trooper is a true hero!

    • @Mr.DiughGames
      @Mr.DiughGames 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Generation Tech oh yeah. A hero who help committed genocide and exploited slavery on innocent civilians. You facist bastard!

    • @Luke-Skywalker
      @Luke-Skywalker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      o.O

    • @KWS305
      @KWS305 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mr. Diugh I'm interested in your reasoning, could you explain your statement to me?

  • @robertagu5533
    @robertagu5533 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    So.. Cardinal the one First Order commander who might ACTUALLY mean well and be a sorta good guy.. while all the others ESPECIALLY Hux and Phasma are asses

    • @Thomas20Smith
      @Thomas20Smith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yep but Phasma kinda has a reason to her assness(yes this a word now). Having lived on her shitty planet for as long as she did, having to steal and kill to survive but you’re totally right

    • @tonymays4342
      @tonymays4342 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sad isn’t it

    • @mikeuchiha5972
      @mikeuchiha5972 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robert Agu I won’t let you insult phasma

    • @maverickdarkrath4780
      @maverickdarkrath4780 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hux is a madman who wants to control everything and everyone no matter how many die in the process

    • @thevalleyard3942
      @thevalleyard3942 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      would be cool to be a FO stormtrooper under cardinal, screw phasma (even though she is a cool character of you read her book)

  • @glitchymariostar6495
    @glitchymariostar6495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    First order Stormtrooper life:
    -no talk and relation
    -Just a bit of sleep and time to eat
    -entire life of training, working and dying
    -fight

  • @marlin6668
    @marlin6668 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Ever notice the Supremacy class ship looks like a scaled up version of the American B-2 bomber? Were the writers saying something? Coincidence? Discuss among yourselves...😂

    • @liammckenna7122
      @liammckenna7122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well the B2 is one of the most advance aircraft in the world it could show tech not a relation ot the nation and please tell me a better alternative? Stalin 20 million killed? Mao 45 million killed(and rising)? or Hitler 73 million (deaths in the European theatre blamed on him)?

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 6 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    Yeah they were taken as children and are force to kill each other that sucks and sad. Great video.

    • @aliastheabnormal
      @aliastheabnormal 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      All that crap and Finn and Traitor are the only success stories to come out of the First order stormtrooper program. And honestly if Finn didn't run he would have been shanked by Phasma or commited suicide.

    • @samuelharverson2323
      @samuelharverson2323 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gerardo Reyes ii

    • @sirdevonaire3249
      @sirdevonaire3249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That sound like how the Spartans trained their kids. I would be First Order. Better training.

    • @eliasstein8440
      @eliasstein8440 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Capt. Rudy64 both Spartans...Halo and Ancient Greece

    • @sirdevonaire3249
      @sirdevonaire3249 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Elias Stein Anicent Greeks ones

  • @astonishingpix
    @astonishingpix 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I’d be an imperial Stormtrooper, at least they are a little bit more lose

  • @riley10199
    @riley10199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    All the new lore reminds me how good the new movies could be.

    • @Narvaljodchik
      @Narvaljodchik 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Could have been*

    • @riley10199
      @riley10199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      There's still one more in the new trilogy yet to be released, + more 'star wars stories', meaning "could be" applies. However yes, i was also referring to the previously released movies, but i assumed no one would find it to be too much of a leap to simply accept my statement and move on. Well, i guess there's always one.

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Yea agreed. Remember how bad the prequels were well received and then they came out with novels like the Republic Commando series and Plagueis and that made everything so much deeper

    • @ilikepigeons6101
      @ilikepigeons6101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly. I can't express how much I love the sequels because it's so god dam good

    • @solarflare4345
      @solarflare4345 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ilikepigeons6101 you misinterpreted this soo hard

  • @pauljames1807
    @pauljames1807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like how Brendel Hux is depicted as Brendan Gleeson, the father of Domhnall Gleeson, the actor who plays Armitage Hux.

  • @tigersympathiser2265
    @tigersympathiser2265 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When you think about it, the CIS were the good guys in comparison to the other factions

  • @enterprise-h312
    @enterprise-h312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    3:44 So the First Order learned from its predecessor’s mistakes but the New Republic didn’t?
    Where were the likes of Mon Mothma?

  • @jamcalx
    @jamcalx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    I want more Captain Cardinal stories.

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Have you read the phasma novel?

    • @jamcalx
      @jamcalx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Generation Tech not yet but from what I've heard about him he's awesome.

    • @megancress1384
      @megancress1384 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      there's a lot about Cardinal in the phasma novel, he's really cool

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yea he’s what I would call a good first order officer kind of like how Star Wars introduces good imperials in the EU

    • @megancress1384
      @megancress1384 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What i find really interesting is it's canon that Cardinal trained Finn when he was young, and by the end of the novel *SPOILER* he deflects (or dies, but i'm pretty sure that's not the case) to the resistance with Vi, so when Finn leaves the F.O. there would've been a very high chance of him actually meeting his old teacher. Just really a fun thought, hoping that future content gives us more on this

  • @bigdawgproductions9912
    @bigdawgproductions9912 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I don’t feel like First Order stormtroopers are as iconic as Empire Stormtroopers, or even clones for that matter

    • @oceanroofing8708
      @oceanroofing8708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you watch the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy they feel like watching to different movies in my opinion

  • @mericaman6388
    @mericaman6388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +936

    pee pee poo poo

    • @andrewlyon4495
      @andrewlyon4495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      He doesn't kill civilians. He has no problems with soldiers.

    • @Terenin
      @Terenin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      He has issues killing 'civilians' that he has been conditioned to hate as enemies of the FO. He has no problems with and BRAGS about killing his own comrades whom have been with him HIS WHOLE LIFE up until that point.
      Fin's defection is a massive plot-hole and there is no argument to the contrary that makes any sense.

    • @jenniferbrewer5370
      @jenniferbrewer5370 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Who's got more reason to kill us than the people who know us, LOL?

    • @kevinhixson1586
      @kevinhixson1586 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He probably didn't and that's why he was on janitorial most of the time

    • @DunjeeTime
      @DunjeeTime 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I like how you missed the part where they said the first order went out of it's way to make sure they didn't bond.

  • @ukmediawarrior
    @ukmediawarrior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Considering the mind washing from a young age how the hell did Finn crack on his first mission in TFA?! How did no one see this in him? He's what, early 20's, so has been in training for say 15 years at least and no one, not the Cardinal, not Phasma, no one saw he was so weak willed?

    • @marcbartuschka6372
      @marcbartuschka6372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Of course he was one among a corps of many thousands (I mean if the FO had just 30 Resurgent-class Star destroyers and quiet a number other ships we still speak about a force of perhaps up to a quarter of a million?). So he just slipped under the radar, perhaps. Beside that he is of course obviously a perfect liar and sociopath. How easy he changes sides, murdering his former comrades (while knowing their bad fate) and THAN trying to defect from the Resistance for which he had murderd so many of his comrades speaks a lot about him. Some people think Phasma was self-centred, but he was nothing better. Scum...

    • @ukmediawarrior
      @ukmediawarrior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Marc Bartuschka Thats a good point and I agree in TLJ his character was impinged by having him try to get out of the Resistance after TFA tried to build him up into a hero. But I assume they would have trained the kids in smaller groups, not in large ungainly units so that the trainers could keep a close eye on the brain washing and to make sure all the would be troopers were up to spec ... but even if the trainers failed to see Finn's lack of devotion to the cause his other squad mates surely would of and reported it? They were no doubt fully under TFO spell.

    • @marcbartuschka6372
      @marcbartuschka6372 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      UK Media Warrior That ist of course also a good point. If I remember right what i have heard than he was indeed part of a small group of soldiers who quiet spend some kind together (I do not know if that comes from the novels). Well, it may be that they did not WANT to believe that he was a traitor in his heart, and could do that since he was rarely tested before on the battlefield. Perhaps some kind of friendship amongst each other. He also of course surely had learned in young age to hide his thoughts.
      Of course the main reason may be the one who make the least sense and is the worst answer - it was just bad writing. They simply did not put enough work and time into his storyline. I guess to make his betrayal believable it should had happened at the end of TFA, not at the start. To be shaken by watching your comrade die before your eyes (the guy who left his bloody handmarks on his helmet) and on-screen five minutes later murder many other comrades by yourself (guys who are by no means worse than the guy you had see dying and which death quiet shock you) is nothing which make any sense for a sane being...

    • @ukmediawarrior
      @ukmediawarrior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Marc Bartuschka Yes, lol, probably we should look to dodgy writing as the most plausible explanation as to why Finn so quickly defected the first time in battle. I always found it odd they would choose a Stormtrooper as a main character, they just didn't have the time to make his defection plausible or logical which made the foundation of the character rocky right from the get go

    • @Battleguild
      @Battleguild 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      UK Media Warrior Would've been better if Finn stayed on the FO side and gave the audience the perspective of fighting the rebel scum.
      But as always, it's black/white in how they portray good/bad guys.

  • @ev8om
    @ev8om 6 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Could you make a video about drugs in Star Wars? I don't know if there are any, but it'd be cool

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  6 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Not a bad idea actually

    • @JosiahLegg
      @JosiahLegg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      Ivan Smits you want some death sticks?

    • @arc3028
      @arc3028 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Or some spice?

    • @erlinga..thommesen8943
      @erlinga..thommesen8943 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Dem hutts be snorting dat spice

    • @andrewlyon4495
      @andrewlyon4495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Does drinking Jedi blood give Force powers? Seems like that's where the midichlorians are.

  • @aliceinmadseason2319
    @aliceinmadseason2319 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! I love the back stories you cover, never disappointed. I love everything starwars from comics, books, tv and ALL the movies.

  • @PedroVieira-jv2ef
    @PedroVieira-jv2ef 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I hope stormtroopers are not treated like cannon fodder in the new tv show because im pretty sure the first order did not have enough of them to do that

    • @marcbartuschka6372
      @marcbartuschka6372 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well i guess they have at least a quarter of a million or so on board of their capital ships. I wonder what kind of occupation force they may have for all the new worlds they have now under controll...

  • @khartog01
    @khartog01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Should've gone with clones

    • @khartog01
      @khartog01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think the tech was difficult to come by as well. Star Destroyers are probably easier to build.

    • @Gatastrophe
      @Gatastrophe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They didn't use clones because of a "incident" on komino during the galactic empire

  • @juliuslacano1037
    @juliuslacano1037 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Ewoks for vets! CLASSIC!

  • @vootboot2785
    @vootboot2785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I feel bad for all the kids who were force to become stormtroopers just imagine stormtroopers coming into your house and taking you away from your parents.

    • @Adam-oh3vu
      @Adam-oh3vu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      at least the empire let adults join, like they could decide to not join if the didnt want to, the empire didnt force them

    • @lonesurvivalist3147
      @lonesurvivalist3147 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol it's a good thing the Jedi didn't do anything like that... Wait...

    • @rippingtons60
      @rippingtons60 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well some of the Empire's stormtroopers WERE conscripts, just not children. @@Adam-oh3vu

    • @rippingtons60
      @rippingtons60 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Indeed, or WORSE, being a child whose parent's willingly gave you to the First Order naively thinking they'll have a better life OR just so they'll have one or more less mouths to feed.

  • @detective8012
    @detective8012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The worst part about being a stormtrooper is that when you finally capture Baby yoda he will throw you around with the force and your boss Moff Gideon doesn’t even care.

  • @nickvinsable3798
    @nickvinsable3798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I’d probably do something similar.
    Adopting orphans, teaching & training them to be their best selves. However, if they’re extremely good at cooking, I’d send them to the galley. If they’re good at smithing or some other handy person work, I’d assign them there. I’d teach them that the best way to be loyal to themselves is through teamwork & have them do what they do best.

    • @liammckenna7122
      @liammckenna7122 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adopting, forcing them to kill each other and people because they believe stupidly that they have the right to choose, whats wrong?

  • @SinerAthin
    @SinerAthin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The main problem with training people from birth is logistics.
    When you wage a massive galactic war that requires TRILLIONS of soldiers at the _bare minimum_ to make a significant military impact on the galaxy, 10+ years to train soldiers quickly becomes unfeasible when you need to raise absurd numbers of soldiers and cover for equally absurd rates of expected attrition.
    If it takes you 10+ years to train your soldiers, it becomes extremely difficult to plan future wars, or fill sudden demands of soldiers that might appear(a new theater of war suddenly opens that requires massive amounts of bodies to fill the prerequisite seats for instance).
    Let's not mention if the First Order conquered significant parts of the galaxy, and gained more resources, they'd suddenly need a LOT more soldiers than they could produce in secrets, but if they require 10 years to produce the next generations, they'd be woefully vulnerable to counterattacks and suffer extreme shortages of manpower.
    Edit: It is possible to line-up recruitment of future generations of soldiers even if it requires 10years, but that means that those in charge of planning have very little room for any sort of deviation in their predictions. In addition, when you are a secretive conclave, it's unlikely you'll be able to cover demands with a 10yr training schedule when rapidly conquering a galaxy which would require mass expanse of military and rapid exploitation of new gained resources.
    Note: This problem is made all the more bigger for the First Order as they are an aggressive, expansive military power expected to seize vast amount of resources in a very short order, as opposed to a peace force simply focused on the status quo.

    • @potatosalad5637
      @potatosalad5637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      each year a new generation is recruited so 10 years later they get enlisted but if you recruit a new generation 1 year after them they will enlist 1 year after them
      its like a production line

    • @fookinaye8277
      @fookinaye8277 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      and you think of the nature of an empire.. perpetual war is the way it is so having an assembly line makes the most sense

    • @CS_Mango
      @CS_Mango 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a suggestion.
      Let's go back to the good ol' droids and improve them.
      I mean a tri fighter has (as I know) only 3/4 of the costs than a tie fighter. And its maby even a better swarm fighter than the tie, spechaly if you get it to install a shield and improve the engine (so the costs of the tri are at the same level as the tie).

  • @justafaniv1097
    @justafaniv1097 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It always did strike me as odd that Finn would so willingly and enthusiastically mow down his former comrades after defecting.
    As you mention, they are trained to put the mission over individuals, but I find it hard to believe that the guy killed on Jakku was the only other stormtrooper Finn cared about.

  • @andrewgowins6962
    @andrewgowins6962 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making such great videos,I spend about spend about 18 hrs a day in bed, unfortunately....and they really help me pass the time .I've watched all of your vids many times......and thank you all,Alan,Ben..and Ben. Keep up the great work,all 362 of your videos really keep me going and i really appreciate all youre hard work.

  • @Blairskirock
    @Blairskirock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just realized that Fin totally killed over a dozen people while escaping with Poe, I didn't even notice that

  • @TheOriginalCatfood
    @TheOriginalCatfood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey generation tech. Just wanted to tell you guys how much I love you videos! The quality and content was always great, and it marvels me how you continue to improve what seems perfect, to even better. I love the music that you guys play in the videos! That really made it excel in my opinion; it just fits so nicely. What music do you use?
    Thanks for making such great star wars content. And, I'd be an imperial. ;D Long live the empire!

  • @SNAKE.LOVER.69
    @SNAKE.LOVER.69 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Trasparesteel (hope that's right) is no longer an impossibility. We've made transparent aluminum. Only time is in the way until we find the right mix for steel.

  • @aguyontheinternet1034
    @aguyontheinternet1034 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cardinal once tried to kill Phasma with a poisonous beetle and knife. He was replaced when he was almost killed in the attempt and later joined the Resistance.

  • @ryry9665
    @ryry9665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    never clicked on a video so fast

  • @charlielee5906
    @charlielee5906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Saw you on china uncensored, it’s was a pleasure surprise

  • @roccowilson5514
    @roccowilson5514 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What I got lost in all you videos there all so good 😊 I love how you never swear 😃

  • @pixl41
    @pixl41 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Their life would be worse had they of seen the mouse just to the right of the e in tech on the monitor.

  • @DearMrGiggles
    @DearMrGiggles 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Imperials are the best.

  • @KamenSentaiMetalHero
    @KamenSentaiMetalHero 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have our revenge of the fifth 😎😉😆🤣 In Generation Tech We Trust 😉

    • @eliasstein8440
      @eliasstein8440 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      KamenSentaiMetalHero 2000 happy Revenge Of The Fifth

    • @KamenSentaiMetalHero
      @KamenSentaiMetalHero 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elias Stein Happy Revenge Of The Fifth!☺️

  • @joshbrowne8650
    @joshbrowne8650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda reminds me of the Halo francise with the Spartan II program. Young kids. Stripped of their last names and only called by their first names with strict upbringing for war. Pretty cool actually.

  • @firewolf1814
    @firewolf1814 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think it would be pretty cool to be an Imperial Storm Trooper. As long as you're lucky enough to not get stuck in a frontline attack unit like the 501st its a pretty good job. You get paid well to mostly sit around all day and on occasion shoot at someone who's causing the Empire a small bit of trouble.

  • @MapleLamia
    @MapleLamia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Phasma's planet had such harsh conditions that there's currently only two survivours. Everyone else was killed, be it by the First Order, the conditions, or the other people, but the fact remains that everyone is still dead, and the planet currently has nobody living on it. And no, I don't think Phasma survived TLJ, so I'm not including her in that number.

  • @generalgrievous9870
    @generalgrievous9870 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Phasma never killed Keldo (her brother )

  • @nhansen197
    @nhansen197 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't imagine the First Order would have very strong unit cohesion under those kind of conditions. Constantly in competition with each other with few to no friendships they'd as likely kill each other in combat if it was perceived someone was in the way of either advancement or a mission objective. This would likely be a huge problem in a heavy firefight, as troopers would have to contend with not only might the enemy kill them, but any given trooper might get it in the back at any given opportunity.

  • @goodimperial5396
    @goodimperial5396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Inhabitants lived in a polluted, post-apocalyptic wasteland."
    *proceeds to show cool and beautiful pictures of terrain*

  • @acarrot9868
    @acarrot9868 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I would rather be a red shirt

    • @liammckenna7122
      @liammckenna7122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I would rather be a carrot...

    • @andyfiggz7890
      @andyfiggz7890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are you suicidal? Stormtroopers can survive. A red shirt is a death sentence

  • @afatcatfromsweden
    @afatcatfromsweden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imperial stormtroopers seemed to have lives compared to the first order.

  • @94ohiostate
    @94ohiostate ปีที่แล้ว

    Thankyou Generation Tech---You Rock!!

  • @myshoeproductions2671
    @myshoeproductions2671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:25 the amount of humiliation he would get if he were alive he got shot in his manhood

  • @cleansingnight7332
    @cleansingnight7332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Hmmmm to chose between being a soldier who shoots but never hits anything, or one that shoots and hardly misses. I think I'll be the latter.

    • @multiversalman4270
      @multiversalman4270 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Allan Donohue join the First Order

    • @clover4522
      @clover4522 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cleansing Night 7 Battlefront 2 has a funny line that says "Actually Stormtroopers are known to have 77% accuracy." Which is well above average accuracy

  • @muskythehusky517
    @muskythehusky517 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hey the best 1st order ship/vehicle! Mainly so I can draw a counter to it!

  • @hoplitethirtynine1487
    @hoplitethirtynine1487 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's interesting that some of the training and recruitment regime for FO troopers appears in a fanfiction story about Stormtroopers I completed over a year before TFA was released.

  • @jenniferbrewer5370
    @jenniferbrewer5370 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video, Allen!

  • @Ozzditty
    @Ozzditty 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Well stormtroopers are cannon fodder

    • @liammckenna7122
      @liammckenna7122 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True though the FO seem to focus on an elite force rather than that.

    • @tragedyplustime8271
      @tragedyplustime8271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not really, Imperial Stormtroopers were fine and had armor that could allow them to survive big damage. FO Stormtroopers however were indeed cannon fodder, as seen in Takodana.

  • @j.r.7339
    @j.r.7339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Basically all of his footage is from Battlefront 2

  • @fulcrumlimahotel3269
    @fulcrumlimahotel3269 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fine video to add to my collection.

  • @ACEnBEAKY
    @ACEnBEAKY 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here's something that could have made the Disney sequels more unique: the concept of child soldiers.
    Would the good guys try to bomb training vessels even though they were blowing up kids, since those kids were being trained to become enemies?
    Would they try to avoid it but it still might happen anyway?
    Would the first order set up situations where they could accuse the resistance of being baby killers because of this?
    Would this lower morale and break resistance fighters emotionally?
    Would this be why the resistance is very reluctant to attack the First Order directly and conventionally so as to avoid killing young children or being set up to look like the bad guys?
    Would the Resistance change it's strategy to being less about destroying the First Order first hand and turn it into a rescue mission to kidnap/save newly recruited child soldiers, making the resistance more about rescue missions instead of guerilla tactics?
    Would this make a good sub plot about the New Republic trying to send as much humanitarian aid to these planets before the First Order shows up for it's child harvest?
    If the FO actually encouraged a culture of fealty and brotherhood similar to the clones and Jedi, would that actually help encourage the bad guys to be more loyal to one another and it be easier for them to demonize the resistance?
    If the FO actually started recruiting aliens next to humans at birth to be stormtroopers, would this improve the FO's image and add to the recruiting numbers? I mean they're led by an alien....even though the GAR was clones, some of their Jedi Generals were aliens and they worked alien militias, so could they have at least support militias made of won over aliens?
    If the FO wanted to glean the effective parts of the Jedi, Republic Clone Army, and Imperial Stormtrooper Corp, wouldn't they be happy to train their force sensitives to at least be something of a low level Jedi/above average storm trooper type soldier (this would bring about Count Dooku's dream of an army of Force Soldiers, as well as make the FO look more like the Ralph McQuarrie designs). I mean they would be a soldier first, but they would groom them in like a watered down, military gear dependent version of Jedi training and if they showed true promise they could one day be a knight of Ren. Something like that? I mean they have 18 years to train them, soldier stuff would be like school and Jedi stuff would be like extra curricular activities....And that way force users wouldn't get too powerful too quickly, at least until you knew they were totally brainwashed...
    If the FO was trying to glean stuff from Jedi and Republic, shouldn't the Knights of Ren be taking up the equivalent position of Jedi Generals in the Clone wars, but for the First Order?

  • @barrybend7189
    @barrybend7189 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A squadron of thunderbolt starfury vs a squadron of Tie Fighters.

    • @ukmediawarrior
      @ukmediawarrior 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My moneys on the Starfurys, those beauties can turn on a dime!

    • @barrybend7189
      @barrybend7189 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      UK Media Warrior sense I said squadron battle it's 5 starfuries vs 12 tie Fighters.

  • @tiptopgaming7936
    @tiptopgaming7936 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Long life the empire

    • @pmc614
      @pmc614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      >Republic profile picture

    • @aurelius8734
      @aurelius8734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      >massive b r u h moment

    • @Theprinceofithilien
      @Theprinceofithilien 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      >he changed it

    • @IshijimaKairo
      @IshijimaKairo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      aww, thank you, we'll consider granting you citizenship.

  • @williamsanders468
    @williamsanders468 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Video Suggestion: Who would be in your ship crew, and go adventure the galaxy with?

  • @adachi5928
    @adachi5928 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video! Subscribed

  • @reads9968
    @reads9968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video:
    Leonidas: Hold my spear

  • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585
    @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Storm trooper: I regret this
    Resistance: i don’t care (kills)
    Storm trooper soul: r e g r e t

  • @Jack_Stafford
    @Jack_Stafford 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and informative video. One bit of feedback, the music is way too loud and interferes with the message being given. Personally other than at the beginning and end I would prefer no music at all, but if it must be included please turn it down by at least 50%. Thanks for all that you do!

  • @Eric_Nguyen.
    @Eric_Nguyen. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Han Solo: "Jakku, that junkyard?"
    Finn: "Thank you! Junkyard..."

  • @KamenSentaiMetalHero
    @KamenSentaiMetalHero 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey Alan, which is better The Republic Clone Troopers or the First Order Stormtroopers

    • @trooper1609
      @trooper1609 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The Clones as they where "BUILD" for war and where complety loyal to the republik, where as the first order stormtropper is very impressive, they are still "normal" people in the since of the word, they had limits to they abilitys and cut get stress where as in the clone wars series the explande that clones where build to handle all types of stress that coms with combat, the only thing I can think of that the first order cut do better then the clones is armor and waepons,
      but this is just my opinion,

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We actually deeply analyzed this in a 5 part series a while back after the force awakens.

    • @trooper1609
      @trooper1609 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      yea but we here a Generation Tech just like to dabat and nerd out over what we love:)
      PS I love you vids man. I salut you

    • @cheesix-yt6768
      @cheesix-yt6768 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      CLONES

    • @cheesix-yt6768
      @cheesix-yt6768 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      thorbjørn Bayer the clones weren’t completely loyal

  • @virulentstalker9014
    @virulentstalker9014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The First Order deployed their troops with various weapons, unlike the Empire, who even in full on assaults on primitive/uninhabited worlds (Hoth/Endor etc) used the same weapon, which didn't allow for specialized roles in infantry combat, the First Order equipped their soldiers with a lot more weapons which made them a lot more powerful adversaries.

  • @bradanklauer8926
    @bradanklauer8926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd rather be a First Order stormtrooper over an Imperial trooper because most commanders (except Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, and General Hux) are more relaxed.

  • @BioClone
    @BioClone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Today in "How is made"...
    Did you know it takes one republic and one empire on war 4 more than 1 hundred years to being able to craft the most loved craftamship of the universe? the ewok xylophone!
    follow now the history on a man that expended all his life to make sure the most perfect percusion instrument is crafted, from sith to emperor... just to be unable to see the purpouse of his life being completed and enjoyed by us today as this wonderfull piece of engineering.

  • @greyfuzzball1604
    @greyfuzzball1604 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I still prefer the Empire

  • @lightning7234
    @lightning7234 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Imperial

  • @wyattpopham5740
    @wyattpopham5740 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    good work on the video and HELLO THERE MY LITTLE FRIENDS

  • @moby7384
    @moby7384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clone trooper: *am I a joke to you?*
    Storm trooper: *am I a joke to you?*

  • @evanwilliams8271
    @evanwilliams8271 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It’s obvious I’d rather be an imperial.

  • @obi-wankenobi8406
    @obi-wankenobi8406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ewok potatoes have now replaced ewok burgers

  • @georgehenry76
    @georgehenry76 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This points out a lot of the problems with the character “Finn” for me. His story breaks in as if he was born the day before that first battle. How did he make it through the first 20, or whatever, years?

  • @thomasspann6573
    @thomasspann6573 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My fav soldiers are the ARCs. These Advanced Recon Commando were the best of the Clones and were trained by Mando mercs like Sgt Skarata who treated them as adopted sons.

  • @andybennington637
    @andybennington637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    While the conditions for training were tough, the Stormtrooper armor is really cool looking. I really like the 1st Order armor alot. It's very modern looking.

    • @liammckenna7122
      @liammckenna7122 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it had a blue helmet I could see it as the future UN armor

  • @user-rz9bo4tz2w
    @user-rz9bo4tz2w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I watched the Force Awakens I wondered if these stormtroopers had the skills of a clone troopers or stormtroopers and it looks like they have clone troopers skills

  • @viperturner8195
    @viperturner8195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They had to train them from a young age
    Reminds me a lot of halo Spartans

  • @UncleMikeDrop
    @UncleMikeDrop 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    501st 4 LIFE!

    • @IshijimaKairo
      @IshijimaKairo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      did you mean: Vader's fist?

  • @lanesutton1689
    @lanesutton1689 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6th

  • @zephrix6287
    @zephrix6287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pros and cons:
    Pros:
    Your armor looks 🔥🔥🔥
    Cons:
    Everything Else.

  • @daddysuburban1029
    @daddysuburban1029 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't unsee that he forgot to move the mouse of the screen in the background.

  • @prisonmike9244
    @prisonmike9244 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    362nd

  • @cra0422
    @cra0422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think having to be an imperial stormtrooper would be like having your arm broken, painful but can heal; while being a first order stormtrooper would be like having the arm cut off slowly and without anesthesia.

  • @CuppaTeaExe
    @CuppaTeaExe 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My poor people. Im sorry

  • @kaelebgodfrey2395
    @kaelebgodfrey2395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't know if I'm remembering it right but didn't Cardinal defect

  • @Thomas20Smith
    @Thomas20Smith 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s better to be a First Order Stormtrooper. Did you see the accuracy improvement, it seems that Brendol Hux, The Cardinal and Captain Phasma really focused on aiming.

  • @luxwray4878
    @luxwray4878 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What did they give the PTSD stricken survivors of the battle of endor? I'd imagine an ewok would be disasterous

  • @thelordssoldier83
    @thelordssoldier83 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect for talking about the new trilogy with a straight face for so long.

  • @jumbocatstudios7239
    @jumbocatstudios7239 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes! Thank you.

  • @shemionegranger2546
    @shemionegranger2546 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    All that raining and they still suck at landing a shot