@Alfa&Omega 00000 Actually, no, it is nothing but supreme idiocy. There is no reason to take the best student and make him face Vader and get killed for no other reason than to show the power of a Sith Lord. Guess what. Everyfuckinbody in the Galaxy knows how powerful a Sith Lord is. Why not put him in front of a speeding train to show them that they will die if they get hit? Why not slice them in half with a lightsabre to show them how powerful Sith weapons are? And while you're at it, why not Force Choke them to death just for shits and giggles. It is the stupidest thing that anyone could do and it makes no sense whatsoever. Then to make things more stupid, they take the 2nd and 3rd best and have them fight to the death. That is just plain retarded. What if the one who lost was actually a better marksman or strategist or had a particular skill set that the other didn't have and could prove useful? No just let them fight in a melee battle to the death. And what if the winner of that duel happens to get maimed or dismembered? Then do you go thru the entire process all over again with #4 and 5? Or what if they both died? Or what if the winner just happened to get lucky? So who the fuck knows how good or horrible the guards were. For all we know they could have been scraping the bottom of the barrel. This is soo goddamn stupid that it is no wonder Palpitine ended up being thrown to the bootom of a reactor. He's an idiot.
@Alfa&Omega 00000 Ok and how do you build an army? By killing off everyone until you have only 1 person left who wasn't even top of the class? That is stupid as hell. Nothing of this makes any sense. In the real military do they kill off the top cadet and then make the 2nd and 3rd best fight to the death? What kind of sense would that make and what purpose would it serve? Loyalty? They already were loyal. If anything, Sith were the ones who were fickle as hell and constantly turning on each other for no damn reason.
there is no best only better, people like you would never understand what is like to stand on top of everyone else. once you do you will come to the realization that anything lesser is expandable .
@@blaqwhole4998 this is why the sith always eventually lose. their arrogance always blinds them. evil is always built on a house of cards, and eventually aspects such as this retarded program, eventually tally up and cause the eventual total collapse of the empire. im sure there were also dumb programs like this where they killed their best engineer for no reason but as a message of fear. they really take "fear leads to the dark side" too far, that it eventually leads to retardation.
"They're were more than willing to die to give up any information or betray their emperor. Actually, when the death of emperor Palpatine was confirmed a huge portion of the Royal Guard committed suicide as they had felt they had failed in protecting him." This literally means most of the guards' completely believed in the idea that the emperor was their sole goal in this life. That they are the greatest force in securing his life and must do so at all costs.That is SERIOUS dedication and loyalty. Dark side or not, they did well in inspiring loyalty.
The amount of people confusing The Imperial Royal Guards with Snoke's Praetorian Guards is TOO DAMN HIGH! (No they are not the same, different era, training, weapons, armour, motivation, look, etc.)
"There's a reason they were handpicked by the emperor himself to guard his excellency." Because unlike the other soldiers of the empire, these guys could actually hit what they were aiming at.
Sure, lets ignore what is actually shown in the movies, just like disney along with filoni and the dipshit who directs the mandalorian, for the sake of an unfunny meme
The training was top secret and many of them saw the guardhood as the only thing meaningful in their lives, while they were endlessly loyal, the spite against the empire could have caused elite soldiers to turn to the rebellion something the empire couldn’t afford especially with the information the failures would have
Well that's the Sith for you. Killing your master to take its place is quite absurd really. I'm pretty sure if they were less on to that they would have a huge Sith Empire. And this way of thinking was applied to those guards here. Imagine that happening in real life: no army could sustain enough combatants/soldiers if they just killed most of their good elements just to have the strongest one. I know it's Star Wars but it seems wayyy to extreme lol
AntTheDJ - Idk either that or when the rolling battle droid things got bugged so they wouldn’t move and then you couldn’t kill them so it was game over
Imagine if instead of facing Vader, the best had to fight an actual graduated Imperial Guard, just to show the others just what Palpatine wants as his bodyguards.
Vader is a twofold task: it reminds them of their place and their power level, but it also shows them up close the ONLY person in the galaxy who can challenge Palpatine. Vader is a rabid dog in some ways, and Sheev was smart enough to consider that Vader could get the drop on him. It might be unlikely, but who knows if there's not some other Sith out there watching and waiting for the chance to seduce Vader. That's what I would be thinking.
more so, The Praetorian Guard is such an un-original name and a pure ripoff of the real Praetorian Guards of the Roman Empire. Look them up. The Royal Guard might not be original, but it is not a ripoff or something.
Gandalf the Grey I mean, the praetorian guards are named after the Romans and based off the emperors royal Guards. So if the Star Wars praetorians are a pure rip off then so are the royal guards
All of this Imperial Royal Guard lore would make for an amazing video game!!! Imagine a Royal Guard version of Star Wars: Republic Commando. Going through training, carrying out assassination missions, protecting The Emperor. My god, that would be such a cool video game.
They were creepy bastards who just stood there without talking every day watching me taking a bath, of course I killed some of them once in a while whenever Emperor wasn't watching
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Stormtrooper: Level 1 Red Guard: Level 10 Imperial Red Guard: Level 90 Imperial Shadow Guard: Level 99 THOSE GUYS ARE SO DAMN COOL AND MYSTERIOUS!!!!! 😳
You forgot the Imperial Sovereign Protectors ... So, to adjust your scale: Stormtrooper: Level 1 Red Guard: Level 10 Imperial Red Guard: Level 80 Imperial Sovereign Protectors: Level 90 Imperial Shadow Guard: Level 99 See The Crimson Empire Saga trilogy, as an example, to give an idea of the difference between the Imperial Red Guard and the Imperial Sovereign Protectors.
@@broadbite7070Thank you 😊 I do this because Di$ney has shown its more concerned about money, than producing good quality, continuity, respect to fan loyalty etc... I thought it was appropriate representation 🤣 Edit: except for the Mandalorian
The entire comment section seems to be people making the constant mistake that the Praetorian Guards from The Last Jedi are the same as the Imperial Royal Guards. There not. Finish watching the video and that should have been made more than clear.
It would be cool but Disney being Disney there gonna make the Imperial guard betray the emperor or something like that or make the imperial guard fall in love or whatever because well it’s Disney
I'd be interested to see a live action series on the Emperor's Royal Guards. Crimson Empire was great but sadly no longer canon. A live action series like that would be amazing.
It doesn't matter that it's not canon anymore. Disney canon is stupid and 90% isn't true to Star Wars and makes no sense at all. Their writers aren't hired because they know Star Wars, they're hired because they did well with something else and they don't have much if any Star Wars knowledge so it will be a "new take" or "new perspective" on Star Wars
Driklir Uh no I won't. Imitation isn't the same thing as "is", learn the difference. If you got tricked, then be mad at yourself for not having enough mental discipline to understand that just because they wear the same color doesn't mean they are the same unit.
They were quite visible in Return of the Jedi. There was lore and stories and comic books about these badass red guards. So much mystery and hype surrounded them for years. Then in Revenge of the Sith, Yoda dispatches 2 of them with a flick of his wrist. 1:41 And that was that. So much for the badass crimson draped guards. Havent heard much about them since.
@@runtzcrtl, the Royal Guard was around during the time of the Empire. Different training and weapons than the Praetorian Guard, who were Snoke's bodyguards during the First Order's reign
Love this story arc, except for the Imperial Royal Guard shooting down a Tie-Fighter. I think even the most powerful hand-held blaster would not be able to penetrate the armor of a fighter, considering not even every ship-mounted blaster penetrates another ship's defenses.
@@sephykira3825 It could've been like Jangos blaster pistol where shots were powerful enough to knock the lightsaber out of a Jedis hands just from the impact of blocking it or how he killed that (Big monster) with like 1 or 2 shots before fighting Mace
Commit suicide when the emperor died ? Damn, they're like samurai when the shogun or master dies. Well the original inspiration for Lucas to make Star Wars was a Japanese show.
For the comments talking about the lightsaber battle in tlj, the guards in tlj are not Imperial guards. The guards protecting Snoke are called Praetorian guards.
Like Brendan-kx8iy said stormtrooper armor actually does do quite a bit. Not only does it protect very well against most things apart from blasters, it stops the shot from the blaster and the trooper just gets knocked out usually, they don't usually die when they get shot, the rebels do
Imagine similar story about Imperial Guards as the Mandalorian series, training, fighting, to becoming one, to rampaging against Rebels and doing assassination contracts...
their training and fighting always reminded me of the initation and training of the league of assasins they training to the point where they were the moves combat and skill was considered non human or to the point were ppl thought some of the loa were meta humans or had some other form of superpowers these guards are so badass i would love to see them just crush a bunch of clones and traitours imperials or assasins
Sun Tsu says: Regard your soldiers as your children and they will follow you into the deepest valleys, look upon them as your own beloved sons and they will stand by you even unto death.
I have always found the royal guard interesting, they are the most elite division in the empire by far. I bet if there was 10 or 15 guards they could take down Vader.
Even after their intense training and natural skills, vader could easily beat up a dozen of them. Vader is unbelievably powerful, dude literally cannot be beaten
Vader pulled down a whole ass ship and tore the side of it off with the force in Kenobi….. He’d force crush all of their rib cages at once before he’d lose.
Royal Guards would not be enough to take down Vader but the Black/Elite Royal Guards are force sensitives if i remember correctly, those could do it. (I don't mean the inquisitors, there was an Elite variant of IRGs that wore black armor and even had lightsaber staffs altough they might be non-canon).
For the Imperials on the ground, the Battle of Endor was extremely traumatic. The Ewoks were exceptionally strong for their size and used poisoned arrows. Many stormtroopers died in horrifying ways, whether clubbed to death, pelted with large rocks, or killed by the poison. In space, the sudden loss of the Emperor's Battle Meditation threw the Imperial fleet into a panic, allowing the Rebels to defeat them.
Not an expert on Star Wars, What I've read that the Stormtroopers from The Clone Wars and with red imperial guards for Emperor which were trained extremely hard After the death of the Emperor and Darth Vader I take it that the Clones stopped making Stormtroopers and the red guards didn't have the same training any more as there wasn't anyone as powerful in the dark force as the Emperor or Darth Vader
You can't compare Mandalorians to Imperial Guards, lmao. Stop your cringy thread at once!11!1 Also, since you can't spell Mandalorians correctly, I know you have no idea what you're talking about
I love the Royal guards, their look is incredibly awesome. However, I have some issues with them. Firstly, why Did Darth Sidious want non-force sensitive guards, but was okay with giving an ex Jedi the job of inquisitor? The fact that the inquisitor is an ex Jedi shows that Sidious is okay with having force sensitive less powerful than him and Vader high ranking members of the empire. While I'definitely see why he'd never teach anyone to be as powerful as him or Vader, I don't see why he wouldn't teach force sensitive candidate to use the force in combat. Secondly, if royal guards' only goal is to protect the emperor, why didn't they confront Vader and Luke when they were escaping the Death Star? I have a hard time believing that guards ready to die for the emperor at any moment would flee the Death Star to save their own life. I know that Sidious told them to leave the room, but it seems out of character for them to go anywhere else than just outside the room. Also, why would Darth Sidious feel safe from facing any Jedi or any threat on his own, but would still require guards to fight less powerful ennemies? If you are infinitely more powerful than your guards, why do you need them? Last thing, who would fight while wearing these robes? Isn't their clothes super inconvenient for battle? All of that being said, I never cared about such details when watching the movies, I just remember loving how cool these guys look. I'm only asking those questions because a lot of us love to seek information about unimportant details :).
"The best armor the Empire had to offer, better than that of Stormtroopers." Not really hard to have better armor than stormtroopers.. You die after 1 hit..
From what i remember the Clone armor was geared more towards protecting against damage in critical areas while storm trooper armor was kind of offered the same protecting all around but less so than clone armor so the trooper had a better chance of surviving a hit but was knocked out or immobilized. Basically clone was take a hit and keep fighting while storm was if you get hit you have an above average chance of living to fight another day.
@@juliomiguelrocha4318 Yeah, it was designed to protect them from light blaster fire, debris, and improvised weapons from an oppressed populous. The emperor didn't care about them being a durable military force and didn't think them worth the expense of good armor.
But the most impressive part of their training is that they were taught to actually HIT the target with their blasters. Regular stormtroopers didn't have access to training for this hyper-advanced technique.
Random thought: if these guys can fight armies of stormtroopers solo, and Darth Vader can easily beat them, and Luke beat Darth Vader easily in rotj, really shows how strong luke was.
I really liked the video but would have like to see more information on named guards like Kir Kanos or Carnor Jax from the Crimson Empire comic series. I have that series and it was a really great series from Dark Horse and I think it would make a great tv or animated series.
I was thinking the same. He showed a lot of pictures of Kir Kanos and Carnor Jax but he didn't mention them despite being probably the strongest Imperial Guards in Star Wars history.
What you saw was the praetorian guards, they're different from imperial guards, they're weaker. The Imperial Guards are Elite of the elite, cream of the crop, top notch soldiers. But however they lack in weapon, The praetorians are definitely advanced in weaponry. but in terms of skill, The Imperial guards are better.
I always thought of the The Royal Guards as being trained in the dark side. That was back in the 1980's before the introduction of the Sith into the Star Wars universe.
Yinchorr was a very obvious nod to Salusa Secundus--just as the Imperial Royal Guards themselves had more than a little in common with the Sardaukar. I am not sure if Lucas has ever commented on how much or little the Dune universe influenced him, but I am sure it was in the back of his mind especially during the early 1970's
Absolutely **LOVE** The Imperial Royal Guards. Didn't think too much of them during The Original Trilogy (I was too young, I guess), but discovered The Crimson Empire in the 90's. That and the fact that only the best and most powerful become Shadow Guard & Sovereign Protectors is just too cool to ignore. You should do a Shadow Guard vid. Keep up the great content!
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I absolutely love the Royal Guard they're so Mysterious and Intriguing, great video enjoyed!
yeah
Ron Kelley no shit
That's another way of saying they were scenery filler and didn't do much
cute cat
VoorGoudGaan Yeah their pretty cool as well!
Emperor: * dies *
Imperial Guards: "Years of academy training wasted!"
😂😂😂
Yes😂
I think that’s kind of what colleges like
@@btchaplin7859 Lol philosophy majors be like:
This comment is pure gold
Palpatine: * dies *
That imperial guard that just graduated: ._____.
👁👄👁
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This comment is pure gold lol!
also palpatine in rise of sky walker: Hello
The imperial guards killing their friends:
Imperial guards graduate:
Emperor dies:
That’s why they’re so hard to kill in LEGO Star Wars
Force stun + thermal detonator
Yes, there the reason i always play as Vader in the Jedi Destiny level
Those fuckers are impossible to kill, it's easier to kill the actual boss than them
You don't kill anything in lego starwars. You make them break and burst into a bunch of mini figure pieces.
@@KandiKlover They must be super glued.
I mean, no wonder the Empire failed...dude killed off the best student of each class right off the bat...
@Alfa&Omega 00000 Actually, no, it is nothing but supreme idiocy. There is no reason to take the best student and make him face Vader and get killed for no other reason than to show the power of a Sith Lord. Guess what. Everyfuckinbody in the Galaxy knows how powerful a Sith Lord is. Why not put him in front of a speeding train to show them that they will die if they get hit? Why not slice them in half with a lightsabre to show them how powerful Sith weapons are? And while you're at it, why not Force Choke them to death just for shits and giggles. It is the stupidest thing that anyone could do and it makes no sense whatsoever. Then to make things more stupid, they take the 2nd and 3rd best and have them fight to the death. That is just plain retarded. What if the one who lost was actually a better marksman or strategist or had a particular skill set that the other didn't have and could prove useful? No just let them fight in a melee battle to the death. And what if the winner of that duel happens to get maimed or dismembered? Then do you go thru the entire process all over again with #4 and 5? Or what if they both died? Or what if the winner just happened to get lucky? So who the fuck knows how good or horrible the guards were. For all we know they could have been scraping the bottom of the barrel. This is soo goddamn stupid that it is no wonder Palpitine ended up being thrown to the bootom of a reactor. He's an idiot.
@Alfa&Omega 00000 Ok and how do you build an army? By killing off everyone until you have only 1 person left who wasn't even top of the class? That is stupid as hell. Nothing of this makes any sense. In the real military do they kill off the top cadet and then make the 2nd and 3rd best fight to the death? What kind of sense would that make and what purpose would it serve? Loyalty? They already were loyal. If anything, Sith were the ones who were fickle as hell and constantly turning on each other for no damn reason.
@@blaqwhole4998 good points
there is no best only better, people like you would never understand what is like to stand on top of everyone else. once you do you will come to the realization that anything lesser is expandable .
@@blaqwhole4998 this is why the sith always eventually lose. their arrogance always blinds them. evil is always built on a house of cards, and eventually aspects such as this retarded program, eventually tally up and cause the eventual total collapse of the empire. im sure there were also dumb programs like this where they killed their best engineer for no reason but as a message of fear. they really take "fear leads to the dark side" too far, that it eventually leads to retardation.
Red guards: “it’s 4 vs 1”
Imperial guard: “ I like those odds”
Imagine copying the mandalorain script to try to make a comment
Ass Eater imagine not knowing what a joke or a meme is
Ass Eater you missed the entire joke smh
@@Jaytiago It's called a joke, or a meme.
It's called a reference.
"They're were more than willing to die to give up any information or betray their emperor. Actually, when the death of emperor Palpatine was confirmed a huge portion of the Royal Guard committed suicide as they had felt they had failed in protecting him." This literally means most of the guards' completely believed in the idea that the emperor was their sole goal in this life. That they are the greatest force in securing his life and must do so at all costs.That is SERIOUS dedication and loyalty. Dark side or not, they did well in inspiring loyalty.
get a gf dude
@@sebastionjunior4125 y
@@sebastionjunior4125 Bro your name is Sebastian Junior spelled wrong get outta here 8 year old
@@sebastionjunior4125 lmao, no lifer
Get a life dude
@@sebastionjunior4125 aint no girl even touching a boy named "sebastian junior"
“A lot of them committed suicide when they learned the Emperor died”
*laughs in The Rise of Skywalker*
꧁ GDolphinz ꧂ SEPPUKU
OoF
What a waste
Bruv after that as movie i don't count the sequels as canon. Force awakens was alright though
Have you ever heard the tragedy of royal guard the suicider?
The amount of people confusing The Imperial Royal Guards with Snoke's Praetorian Guards is TOO DAMN HIGH!
(No they are not the same, different era, training, weapons, armour, motivation, look, etc.)
Uniekeness or how the sheit you spell that
And the gaurds that flew because of yoda
Good point. They aren't different aren't they.
@bongo155 Yeah, totally different from the pussy crushing alpha chads who actually know their Star Wars lore \o/
@bongo155 let me guess, you actually think people hated TLJ because of WAHMEN, and not shitty writing?
"There's a reason they were handpicked by the emperor himself to guard his excellency."
Because unlike the other soldiers of the empire, these guys could actually hit what they were aiming at.
Stormtroopers can hit their targets. Plot armor. They are some of the most accurate people in the galaxy.
@@caleblambert1222 I mean in a new hope they were purposefully letting them escape so they could follow them back to their base
Storm troopers actually have great aim the reason why you seem them miss leia and Luke was because they were ordered to.
Sure, lets ignore what is actually shown in the movies, just like disney along with filoni and the dipshit who directs the mandalorian, for the sake of an unfunny meme
@@michelecastellotti9172 Jon Favreau isn't a dipshit, but you seem like you are.
and i thought me doing a single push up was impressive
It was.
Story of my life mate
Come back when you do 100
@@davidhong1934 500*
I miss you guys.
What do you do with a class of you most intelligent and skilled soldiers?
Empire: Kill 99% of the class
No wonder they lost the galactic civil war.
The training was top secret and many of them saw the guardhood as the only thing meaningful in their lives, while they were endlessly loyal, the spite against the empire could have caused elite soldiers to turn to the rebellion something the empire couldn’t afford especially with the information the failures would have
JBeast_131_ lol fair point! Way too many casualties to be practical.
Yep! Literially does not make any sense. Could use at least a quarter, third, or even half to create an elite branch of specialized soldiers.
Well that's the Sith for you. Killing your master to take its place is quite absurd really. I'm pretty sure if they were less on to that they would have a huge Sith Empire. And this way of thinking was applied to those guards here.
Imagine that happening in real life: no army could sustain enough combatants/soldiers if they just killed most of their good elements just to have the strongest one. I know it's Star Wars but it seems wayyy to extreme lol
Start off by killing the top student too!
I don’t consider myself a Star Wars fan, but holy shit I’m binging a lot of these videos.
You have fell down the rabbit hole of nerd lore videos... Soon you will know all of stars wars marvel dc anything... And everything
Same
Same
@@christiankitchen1345 fuck dc
Same here..used to be a big star wars fan. Life got the better of me now..yet I'm binge watching these
What if obi wan threw sand at anakin during their fight?
haha so funny lmao anakin hate sand and obi WTF HAHA what if stormtroopers could hit their targets with sand?
Sergeant Buttfist ಠ ͜ʖಠ *Stopitstravtime* wtf did I even just read?
F1 Fan Obi-Wan: Give up Anakin I have the sand
Anakin *DROPS LIGHTSABER. Fuck that shit.
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F1 Fan POCKET SAND!
So they were basically ninja stormtroopers
Their uniforms look like power rangers
Especially when they were still in training.
Yes, but unlike ninja, they serve a ruler (in this case, Palpatine). Ninjas were assassins and would do anything for money.
Richard Morris wow really dude I guess you learn something new everyday
They are knights
Palpatine: dies
Royal guard: i guess I'll die
Palpatine coming back 30 years later: hOw aBoUt nO
@@KyleUltima9189 what about legends
So basically u wanna be second or third best until vader comes in a reks the first guy and then train like hell to win
Or just be better than vader
@@crayz707 lol
Yes
homer said it best, "Kids, you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try."
"I am the best of the best!"
Vader: You sure about that?
The strongest enemy in LEGO Star Wars
AntTheDJ - Idk either that or when the rolling battle droid things got bugged so they wouldn’t move and then you couldn’t kill them so it was game over
AntTheDJ - Idk They were like mini bosses holy shit
When I playied Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga, I remember that you could choke them as Vader and mind trick as Luke
LMAOOOOOOOOO FRR
Hawken Vanguard Droideka...?
The Imperial Royal Guards: *Joins the battle
Stormtrooper: Why do I hear boss music?
Rebel Trooper: *chuckles* I'm in danger
Rey and yoda:hmmm yes they were so
Tough that it took me 1 second longer to beat them
No
@@calmgoodfire4662 Rey never beat them. Neither did Yoda.
"Make way for the red robes*
Palpatine only hired the best palette swapped ninjas from Mortal Kombat.
There also Pokemon trainers
Lmao
The Imperial Royal Guards guard the Emperor.
Captain Obvious Give us another one.
Captain Obvious I was angry until I read the name
liar
Captain Obvious Really? I had no idea.
Thanks Captain Obvious 😁
Imagine if instead of facing Vader, the best had to fight an actual graduated Imperial Guard, just to show the others just what Palpatine wants as his bodyguards.
That probably would've been better.
@@Couch_Banana Yeah. The guard would've probably still beaten the shit out of him though
@@derektoews5586
No doubt about it.
Vader is a twofold task: it reminds them of their place and their power level, but it also shows them up close the ONLY person in the galaxy who can challenge Palpatine. Vader is a rabid dog in some ways, and Sheev was smart enough to consider that Vader could get the drop on him. It might be unlikely, but who knows if there's not some other Sith out there watching and waiting for the chance to seduce Vader. That's what I would be thinking.
@@geordiejones5618 I guess that also makes sense.
I Always Preferred The Royal Guards Over Preatorian Guards.
I too
@INCARNATE x hahahahahaha
more so, The Praetorian Guard is such an un-original name and a pure ripoff of the real Praetorian Guards of the Roman Empire. Look them up. The Royal Guard might not be original, but it is not a ripoff or something.
I like the design of the praetorian guards more but their sheer incompetence makes them unlikeable and pointless
Gandalf the Grey I mean, the praetorian guards are named after the Romans and based off the emperors royal Guards. So if the Star Wars praetorians are a pure rip off then so are the royal guards
These people saying they’re weak because they lost to a Jedi. How bout I give you a katana and make you fight Yoda.
Mr. Loser They had training to and if we fought yoda with a katana we would surely lose but there was a lot of training involved for them
We are not the most trained soldier of an army and yoda is not the weakest jedi of all.
Mr. Loser good point my man
Ignacio Campos Yeah thanks captain obvious.
Yoda is much better than that Mary Sue we call Rey. She is one of the worst characters in star wars.
All of this Imperial Royal Guard lore would make for an amazing video game!!! Imagine a Royal Guard version of Star Wars: Republic Commando. Going through training, carrying out assassination missions, protecting The Emperor. My god, that would be such a cool video game.
They were creepy bastards who just stood there without talking every day watching me taking a bath, of course I killed some of them once in a while whenever Emperor wasn't watching
Darth Vader Lord vader? I thought you took a lightning bolt to the knee?
Darth Vader XD
what?
naah u ded bro
....Say that too the combine elite who stalk me 24/7 cause i always in the streets guarding a city......"
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Fact Free how powerful where imperial navy officers of if they were even powerful at all
Fact Free or
Fact Free What if Palpatine was the Grand Master yet Yoda the Chancellor.
fact free can you please make a video on the mandolorian culture?
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Imagine being the guy that kills vader in the fight lmao
That would be awesome. A darth vader in Ferrari Red would be cool. Darth Enzo
Well..... I killed Vader. Now what?
@@Dat-Doomba Hello there
@@lordnader3739 *Oh shit.*
@@Dat-Doomba what is this about killing me?
I remember they would kick my ass in Lego star wars. They were harder then the Sidious
lol
Stormtrooper: Level 1
Red Guard: Level 10
Imperial Red Guard: Level 90
Imperial Shadow Guard: Level 99
THOSE GUYS ARE SO DAMN COOL AND MYSTERIOUS!!!!!
😳
@Caden Eaker NCR veteran ranger level 45
You forgot the Imperial Sovereign Protectors ...
So, to adjust your scale:
Stormtrooper: Level 1
Red Guard: Level 10
Imperial Red Guard: Level 80
Imperial Sovereign Protectors: Level 90
Imperial Shadow Guard: Level 99
See The Crimson Empire Saga trilogy, as an example, to give an idea of the difference between the Imperial Red Guard and the Imperial Sovereign Protectors.
Emperor: Level 100
@@nigelft the sovereign protectors and shadow guards are the same tho
Stormtrooper: Level 1
Red Guard: Level 25
Imperial Red Guard: Level 57
Imperial Sovereign Protector: Level 99
Imperial Shadow Guard: Level 120
I want to see a movie about the life of an imperial guard now.
+WrathOf Grimm I was hoping the new battlefront game's story would follow the Imperial royal guards.
WrathOf Grimm now that would be an interesting movie to watch
Queen’s guards: **Spits out tea** “BLOODY HELL”
THESE ARE NOT THE GUARDS FROM EPISODE 8. SNOKE IS NOT PALPATINE.
Proxessional -_- maybe he is you never know
It's ma'am hey how about not copy paste the same garbage on every old comment, you clown
@@itsmaam742 You have not seen the new trailer have you?
@@bionic2127 Watch the new trailer
@@coolskeleton9560 i agree watch the new trailer
And this is why big evil empires always fail. Their training program kills off 90% of their best soldiers.
Rezzy *Looks at you* *_Sighs_*
When you see [Legends] in the title, you know it's the good shit :)
The only videos I watch on any SW channel. I have no desire to pollute myself with
Di$ney Canon.
@@The-Mstr-Pook love how you put a dollar sign for the s
@@broadbite7070Thank you 😊 I do this because Di$ney has shown its more concerned about money, than producing good quality, continuity, respect to fan loyalty etc... I thought it was appropriate representation 🤣
Edit: except for the Mandalorian
@@The-Mstr-Pook possibly rogue one too but great symbolization
Meh. This one was pretty shitty or boring for Legends.
Disney has done better than this.
Imperial Royal Guards are awesome! Hope we see them in action on the big screen soon.
Number Muncher Wish we had gotten an action scene with a royal guard in Rogue One
royal guard against chirrut would've been awesome
Revan Ruler He probably would need an assist from his buddy Baze against the Royal Guard.
they were on the big screen
they got their ass beaten by yoda
+Unknown 258 Didnt you listen, the red guards we see at Ep.3 are no where near as skilled as the Imperial guards moron
Too op pls nerf
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Admin plz!
Reported!
That's unfair!
Rivivive me!
Give me a gun!
AaAaaAaaaAAAAAAH!!!!1!11111!!!!
2fast4u
2:26
Red Guards: We have you four to one!
Imperial Royal Guard: I like those odds.
Guards, leave us.
The entire comment section seems to be people making the constant mistake that the Praetorian Guards from The Last Jedi are the same as the Imperial Royal Guards. There not.
Finish watching the video and that should have been made more than clear.
I can only imagine how good a movie depicting an imperial guards rise would be. Making it a short story like rogue one would be insanely cool.
It would be cool but Disney being Disney there gonna make the Imperial guard betray the emperor or something like that or make the imperial guard fall in love or whatever because well it’s Disney
@@Boo-lr8fj imperial guard falls in love with rey "skywalker"
@@thanatos5642 yep.
@@Boo-lr8fj no its a cursed dont let them make a movie on that
@@thanatos5642 I won’t.
I remember the ones with the lightsaber pike in the force unleashed, i wish i saw them used in the movies
Brandon David they are shadow guards
Ah yes they are thank you
Brandon David well their in the last Jedi
dirk diggler yeah I know
Thekillerbeats Those were not shadow guards
These guys were underrated.
I'd be interested to see a live action series on the Emperor's Royal Guards. Crimson Empire was great but sadly no longer canon. A live action series like that would be amazing.
It doesn't matter that it's not canon anymore. Disney canon is stupid and 90% isn't true to Star Wars and makes no sense at all. Their writers aren't hired because they know Star Wars, they're hired because they did well with something else and they don't have much if any Star Wars knowledge so it will be a "new take" or "new perspective" on Star Wars
Wow the amount of people in these comments that think the Imperial Royal Guards were in TLJ is pretty sad.
SonGara they clearly were ment to imitate or be like them so no fuck off
Driklir Uh no I won't. Imitation isn't the same thing as "is", learn the difference. If you got tricked, then be mad at yourself for not having enough mental discipline to understand that just because they wear the same color doesn't mean they are the same unit.
I swear it feels like if they are doing it on purpose. Such ignorance I've been reading.
Agree. It's frustrating.
SonGara Exactly
They were quite visible in Return of the Jedi. There was lore and stories and comic books about these badass red guards. So much mystery and hype surrounded them for years. Then in Revenge of the Sith, Yoda dispatches 2 of them with a flick of his wrist. 1:41 And that was that. So much for the badass crimson draped guards. Havent heard much about them since.
I thought those guys are still not Royal guards just Senate guard with different uniform
4:27 Orange dude has a pokeball marking on his head
Lol, he does
Empirial guards to the rebels: Gotta catch them all.
Star wars X pokemon confirmed
Lol i noticed that too
People need to know the difference between royal guards and elite praetorian guards.
what is the difference?
FBI Different time period, armor, weapons, etc.
@@runtzcrtl The Praetorian Guard was Smoke's private guard.
FBI the difference is that Praetorians suck
@@runtzcrtl, the Royal Guard was around during the time of the Empire. Different training and weapons than the Praetorian Guard, who were Snoke's bodyguards during the First Order's reign
Love this story arc, except for the Imperial Royal Guard shooting down a Tie-Fighter. I think even the most powerful hand-held blaster would not be able to penetrate the armor of a fighter, considering not even every ship-mounted blaster penetrates another ship's defenses.
Well, it is a TIE, and he shot the cockpit glass
Idk, in Vietnam Huey helicopter pilots had no real protection against AK-47s
It's a very powerful gun.
@@sephykira3825 It could've been like Jangos blaster pistol where shots were powerful enough to knock the lightsaber out of a Jedis hands just from the impact of blocking it or how he killed that (Big monster) with like 1 or 2 shots before fighting Mace
It wasn't the armor of the Tie, it was the glass, and the Tie also didn't have shielding, and it was a very powerful blaster
They would be a good battlefront 2 reinforcement
Ikkrr
Amen
*Our vision is complete*
Sans Chungus what do you mean
Have they added them
@@bakedbeans8323 no no of course not im just rephrasing the shitty EA company
Commit suicide when the emperor died ? Damn, they're like samurai when the shogun or master dies. Well the original inspiration for Lucas to make Star Wars was a Japanese show.
Joe Garingan They act like the Nazis when the Allied forces reached Berlin.
There was a lot of influence for star wars from samurai ironically
It’s a combination of the Japanese and Germans, the royal honor guards are like Japanese while the Emperors officers and generals look like nazis
Empire is harsh man!
*cough* Dune *cough*
For the comments talking about the lightsaber battle in tlj, the guards in tlj are not Imperial guards. The guards protecting Snoke are called Praetorian guards.
"Their armor offered far more protection than Stormtrooper armor." Considering Stormtrooper armor didn't do shit, that's not saying much.
Choppytehbear1337 Well, if it did, there would be no Star Wars movies...
It actually does do something. The armor actually saves many troopers from dying by dispersing a blaster bolt and knocking out the trooper.
HAHAHAHAHA no wonder
Like Brendan-kx8iy said stormtrooper armor actually does do quite a bit. Not only does it protect very well against most things apart from blasters, it stops the shot from the blaster and the trooper just gets knocked out usually, they don't usually die when they get shot, the rebels do
Imagine similar story about Imperial Guards as the Mandalorian series, training, fighting, to becoming one, to rampaging against Rebels and doing assassination contracts...
their training and fighting always reminded me of the initation and training of the league of assasins they training to the point where they were the moves combat and skill was considered non human or to the point were ppl thought some of the loa were meta humans or had some other form of superpowers these guards are so badass i would love to see them just crush a bunch of clones and traitours imperials or assasins
Before video: "Pfft, what is so impressive about just standing there?"
After video: Oh.
That one Imperial Guard was Kir Kanos. And in all fairness, I believe he was partially Force-sensitive.
Great video, btw!
TheDavidiscoolified I think that most imperial guards are force sensitive. Either that or all shadow guard are force sensitive
TheDavidiscoolified i love those comics
Same.
Kir Kanos is one of my favorite characters in the Legendsverse. The Crimson Empire storyline is one of the best Legends ever produced.
I would say Royal Guards are very close to being force sensitive in the same way that Boba Fett was close to being force sensitive.
Sun Tsu says: Regard your soldiers as your children and they will follow you into the deepest valleys, look upon them as your own beloved sons and they will stand by you even unto death.
I would argue kir kanos was at least mildly force sensitive. I'm sure he would have qualified for the Jedi service corps.
Imagine years of brutal training and got finally selected as a royal guard for the emperor only to get choked by a dude full of hate
Remember fighting that one Shadow Guard in the Force Unleashed. Yeah he was tough in a game that made you feel like an omnipotent god.
4:25 that guy has a pokeball on his head just to point out it looks like it
Lmaoooo
It literally is a pokeball lol
My first thought as well lol
I have always found the royal guard interesting, they are the most elite division in the empire by far. I bet if there was 10 or 15 guards they could take down Vader.
Even after their intense training and natural skills, vader could easily beat up a dozen of them. Vader is unbelievably powerful, dude literally cannot be beaten
Not likely. He could just force push them all away and cut them down easily
Vader would annihilate them lol
Vader pulled down a whole ass ship and tore the side of it off with the force in Kenobi….. He’d force crush all of their rib cages at once before he’d lose.
Royal Guards would not be enough to take down Vader but the Black/Elite Royal Guards are force sensitives if i remember correctly, those could do it.
(I don't mean the inquisitors, there was an Elite variant of IRGs that wore black armor and even had lightsaber staffs altough they might be non-canon).
I would love to see a tv series based on these guys
I want to hear more about this single guard joining the rebels.
Kir Kane’s, star of three “Crimson Empire” series by Dark Horse
Kir Kanos...damn spell check
Biorythym lol
Fact Free plz make a Video about The Imperial Shadow Guard or a StormTroopes Perspective of Battle on Endor
For the Imperials on the ground, the Battle of Endor was extremely traumatic. The Ewoks were exceptionally strong for their size and used poisoned arrows. Many stormtroopers died in horrifying ways, whether clubbed to death, pelted with large rocks, or killed by the poison. In space, the sudden loss of the Emperor's Battle Meditation threw the Imperial fleet into a panic, allowing the Rebels to defeat them.
i know but i want him to make a video about it, very good explained my friend
Darth Vader if I am Vader and you are Vader then who's Vader?
+Darth Vader The Senate.
InSanic lol, umm I mean evil lol
So... Why didn't Palpatine keep his Guards around at his final moment?!
MrWalker8800 plot?
He actually told them to leave in the movie
MrWalker8800 fuc
It was time for their cigarette break, dixit @ViralKiller ;)
Not an expert on Star Wars,
What I've read that the Stormtroopers from The Clone Wars and with red imperial guards for Emperor which were trained extremely hard
After the death of the Emperor and Darth Vader
I take it that the Clones stopped making Stormtroopers and the red guards didn't have the same training any more as there wasn't anyone as powerful in the dark force as the Emperor or Darth Vader
I just want a movie or show that has a royal guard in action I’ll settle for fan made animation
So Imperial royal guard's are the imperial equivalent of mandolorians?
Darth Stalker By the sound of it, yeah
Imari Sharp What warrior culture (besides the Yinchorri) are skilled enough to go toe-to-toe with Force sensitive's?
Darth Stalker Possibly Jango Fett's clan. He seem to have a skill against Obi Wan and Mace. His death was from his damage jetpack not working
Imari Sharp That's just Fett. I'm wondering about his clan overall
You can't compare Mandalorians to Imperial Guards, lmao. Stop your cringy thread at once!11!1 Also, since you can't spell Mandalorians correctly, I know you have no idea what you're talking about
I love the Royal guards, their look is incredibly awesome. However, I have some issues with them. Firstly, why Did Darth Sidious want non-force sensitive guards, but was okay with giving an ex Jedi the job of inquisitor? The fact that the inquisitor is an ex Jedi shows that Sidious is okay with having force sensitive less powerful than him and Vader high ranking members of the empire. While I'definitely see why he'd never teach anyone to be as powerful as him or Vader, I don't see why he wouldn't teach force sensitive candidate to use the force in combat.
Secondly, if royal guards' only goal is to protect the emperor, why didn't they confront Vader and Luke when they were escaping the Death Star? I have a hard time believing that guards ready to die for the emperor at any moment would flee the Death Star to save their own life. I know that Sidious told them to leave the room, but it seems out of character for them to go anywhere else than just outside the room. Also, why would Darth Sidious feel safe from facing any Jedi or any threat on his own, but would still require guards to fight less powerful ennemies? If you are infinitely more powerful than your guards, why do you need them?
Last thing, who would fight while wearing these robes? Isn't their clothes super inconvenient for battle?
All of that being said, I never cared about such details when watching the movies, I just remember loving how cool these guys look. I'm only asking those questions because a lot of us love to seek information about unimportant details :).
Imperial Guards and Knights of Ren having all their badass moments off screen, name a better duo.
Screw these "inquisitors" screw "storm commandos", screw "republic commandos", royal guards are more epic.
Plus I like my Red Crayolas.
The empire vs 501st?
@@y_fox-926 The 501st is part of the empire, lmao.
NOT THE REPUBLIC COMMANDOS 😢
Those “Inquisitors” are just Tech-soldier, they not that good at defending their own skin.
When Yoda yeeted those two red guards, I was laughing my butt off LOL :D
"The best armor the Empire had to offer, better than that of Stormtroopers."
Not really hard to have better armor than stormtroopers.. You die after 1 hit..
No
They don't die, they just get knocked out, get bathed in bacta, recover from their (possible) wounds and they're good to go.
From what i remember the Clone armor was geared more towards protecting against damage in critical areas while storm trooper armor was kind of offered the same protecting all around but less so than clone armor so the trooper had a better chance of surviving a hit but was knocked out or immobilized. Basically clone was take a hit and keep fighting while storm was if you get hit you have an above average chance of living to fight another day.
Plastic armor
@@juliomiguelrocha4318 Yeah, it was designed to protect them from light blaster fire, debris, and improvised weapons from an oppressed populous. The emperor didn't care about them being a durable military force and didn't think them worth the expense of good armor.
Can you do a video about the Coruscant police? ( including the Underworld police)
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Coruscant_Security_Force/Legends
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Coruscant_Security_Force
I really feel that the imperial guards had the force. That is the way I always want to see them just like in the force unleashed.
There are some who did actually have the force and were chosen for a different group
Royal Guards: **trains for years**
Darth Vader: *ok cool cool, how about this...*
*die*
I really appreciate all the work you have put into this. Your videos, including all the clips and artwork, is excellent. Thank you!
''ROYAL GUARDS ARE SOOO COOL!!''
I wonder how intense the fear would be for a rebel force to learn there was a Shadow Guard in the area they were operating in. How unlucky you'd feel.
But the most impressive part of their training is that they were taught to actually HIT the target with their blasters. Regular stormtroopers didn't have access to training for this hyper-advanced technique.
Random thought: if these guys can fight armies of stormtroopers solo, and Darth Vader can easily beat them, and Luke beat Darth Vader easily in rotj, really shows how strong luke was.
I think it's because Vader at that point just wanted to surrender.
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"in an empire so devoid of colour..." i laughed so much XD
What if Padmé was made of sand and Palpitine was deceiving Anakin this whole time?
"This style turned their body into a weapon"
These guys are so fing badass, we need them in Star Wars Battlefront 2!
I really liked the video but would have like to see more information on named guards like Kir Kanos or Carnor Jax from the Crimson Empire comic series.
I have that series and it was a really great series from Dark Horse and I think it would make a great tv or animated series.
I was thinking the same. He showed a lot of pictures of Kir Kanos and Carnor Jax but he didn't mention them despite being probably the strongest Imperial Guards in Star Wars history.
Videos like these are what renewed a liking for Star Wars
Palpatine after Return of the Jedi: Hey Guards I’m Ali- oops, forgot to tell them I cloned myself and about my ressuraction plan
3:18 you can see a poke ball on the first picture of the yellow guy on his head
This is the best video the empire has to offer
The guards in The Last Jedi looked similar, and were quite skilled.
What you saw was the praetorian
guards, they're different from
imperial guards, they're weaker.
The Imperial Guards are
Elite of the elite, cream of the
crop, top notch soldiers.
But however they lack in weapon,
The praetorians are definitely
advanced in weaponry.
but in terms of skill,
The Imperial guards are better.
I always thought of the The Royal Guards as being trained in the dark side. That was back in the 1980's before the introduction of the Sith into the Star Wars universe.
Yinchorr was a very obvious nod to Salusa Secundus--just as the Imperial Royal Guards themselves had more than a little in common with the Sardaukar. I am not sure if Lucas has ever commented on how much or little the Dune universe influenced him, but I am sure it was in the back of his mind especially during the early 1970's
4:55 Pokéball
Sam Lee but what kind of ball?
Shiny Kingdra force balls
I burst in laughter
Great a 1 minute ad by Rhett & Link that I can't skip...
+Vearow I posted a time stamp that you can skip the ad with.
No, it was a normal youtube ad, not yours. Loved the video btw
Oh, thanks haha
Absolutely **LOVE** The Imperial Royal Guards. Didn't think too much of them during The Original Trilogy (I was too young, I guess), but discovered The Crimson Empire in the 90's. That and the fact that only the best and most powerful become Shadow Guard & Sovereign Protectors is just too cool to ignore. You should do a Shadow Guard vid. Keep up the great content!
Well after watching this, I think its safe to say the imperial guard is my new favorite star wars character!