Another good historical comparison to the Galactic Empire is the Roman Empire. Rome was a Republic for 5 centuries, then a civil war broke out. And Octavian, the leader of the winning side reorganized the Republic into an Empire and was declared it's Emperor by the Senate. They then went on to conquer much of the known world. Sound familiar?
@@OrthodoxLegion907 true, that part of the comparison doesn't line up but my point was they were a Republic first. I only bought up conquest regarding Imperial Rome as further comparison between it specifically and the Galactic Empire.
Actually, it was the Civil War after the First Triumvirate broke, Grassus, Ceasar, and Pompei. Ceasar was already on the lead to make the move for the First Dictatorship. Well he was the Dictator. Also Octavian was never declared Emperor nor did he ever consider himself as Emperor of Rome, not even King because of the Tragedy of Sulla the Old. Octavian was declared Princeps, the First Son of the Republic, and as Augustus the Illustrious.
@@Nandrall18-25 If you know the History of the Galactic Republic, it does line up, actually even quite well. Republic for most of its history was constantly at war with other states, it was only in the last 1000 years before Clone Wars that republic was in a state of stagnation and peace, and even much of the old tech was lost in that time.
*Just imagine, you're a rebel soldier in a trench and the last thing you hear is a frikin terrifying siren. Being accompanied by a blazing hot proton torpedo.* *Yeah, it's scary.*
@@Irobert1115HD *Ok, scratch that* *Imagine you're in a squadron of Y-Wings, being accompanied by a few X-Wings, then all of a sudden 2 laser blasts pierce through one Y-Wing, breaking off the fuselage from the cockpit. Then another blast breaks a wing off an X-Wing plummeting it down to the ground. The last thing you see after that is a black streak on the side of your window. And a few extra green lasers for good measure.*
@@SCP--fj2jr the tie fighter even shares the base loadout and weakness with the komet: two cannons as standard armament and a single shot into the fuel tanks will blow it up. also the fact that tie fighters are short range craft can be called up here. and the fact that the stuka wasnt realy good for dog fights. so yeah: that comparison of getting shredded by them in a sorty is more precise than getting attacked by tie fighters when you are in a trench.
The name stormtrooper comes not from sa( Sturmabteilung) or ss ( schutzstaffel) but wrather from the sturmtruppen which where elite infantry units originated in Ww1.
@@someinsignificantguy4433 I will always hate that about Imperial forces, the enemy were hardly threatening. Even in the late 70's, it can still be said they missed an opportunity there.
@@someinsignificantguy4433 If you look at the initial boarding scene, the rebels are overwhelmed in seconds, the entire ship is captured in less than an hour. They only took 7 casualties. The door they boarded through was a huge advantage for the rebels, 2 or 3 rebels should have been able to hold that choke point until vader showed up. Not to mention that stormtroopers have a hit rate similar to US snipers. So Stormtroopers are way better than any front line infantry we have here.
@@someinsignificantguy4433 That's because the main characters have plot armor, as Shinobus said when they go against rebel extras they beat them easily, both on the Tentative 4 during the boarding scene in A New Hope and during the Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Every other scene with them has them going against the main characters who have plot armor. I mean look at the Mandalorian series his armor is literally plot armor represented in universe, the Stormtroopers always hit the protected parts of his body when irl they would have killed him easily and the show would be over pretty quick...
Minor detail still in this trend: in WW2, American aircraft often used red tracer rounds, while German aircraft often used green tracers. TIE fighters shoot green lasers, while X-wings, A-wings and rebel Y-wings shoot red lasers
The revel gun is inspired by the AK-47, not the STG-44. Although they are similar, the AK-47 is the more widely used by many more militaries during the Cold War, including the rebel groups that tried to fight against them
A common criticism of the Empire is that they’re too evil, but looking at actual history their extreme (and often detrimental) cruelty is sadly not unprecedented. Reading about the beliefs, crimes, and goals of the Nazis is chilling in just how sinister they were
@@TheRogueOneYT I think it is better to judge actions on their own rather than compare them. The debate over if Hitler or Stalin killed more people disgusts me because it’s trivialising human death and suffering. The allies were no saints, the UK and France were rich from Imperial conquest and did little to help the Poles and nothing for the Czechs. The US was deeply and systematically segregated and actually inspired some of the Nazi’s racial policies. And of course the Soviet Union was a dictatorship of equivalent oppression and repression to the Fascist regimes, and they divided Europe into spheres of influence and supported the Axises until they were invaded. Despite all this, something unique to German Nazism was their overt worship of war and conquest, and most infamously how the regime used its own resources and men, even as they were loosing the war, to purge the impure. Germany’s goal was the complete and utter annihilation of the Jewish, Slavic, Roma, and other peoples. It was to them a seperate war, one which the perpetrators took glee of not just killing men, but stripping them of their dignity, possessions, public humiliation, separating families for the sole purpose of destroying their moral, forcing people to labour to their death, sometimes the labour wasn’t even practical and only existed to be done by the Jews. Women and children were not spared, they were the first to die for their lack of use as slaves. I think it’s unfair to say one tyrant is worse than another when so many people have been slain, but the Holocaust is unequivocally a unique and horrific event. An industry that produced death. There was no strategic or pragmatic goal in it, the death was not a means to an end but the intended end in of itself. This was done willingly and even gleefully, there were those uncomfortable with the horrors, but they were allowed to look the other way and do something else. No one was just “following orders”, everyone in the camps knew what they were doing and why. Any hate crime or state repression is no better than this in effect, but there’s just something horrifying about the Nazis to me. There’s no deeper goal to the beliefs, capitalism and communism at least have moral justifications, upwards mobility and the end of class conflict. The moral justification for Fascism is “we are superior and they are against us” it’s fuelled by hate and nothing more.
@@madmoblin Don't forget that the Protestant Lutheran & Calvinist wars were started by the Germans. Catholics did some bad things, but at times were easier to live with than the Baptist. Over all the German ethic groups that took over England, North France, and settle in North American have a long history of religious bias and classism.
@@krispalermo8133 I think that's pretty disconnected from my point.In Europe there were wars across the contient against the Vatican including in modern Catholic majority countries like Hungary (who aren't German). Colonialism and classism are bad, and England and France have that history, but I don't think it it's because they're Germanic. My overall point was that Fascism and Nazism are bad because they exist out of hate, not that there is something inherently and specifically immoral about the German/Germanic people.
This video is under-appreciated. Manny before spoke about the historical inspiration which lead to the current look of star wars, but not many do go into such depth and without fear of the big read demonetisation. Thank you rogue one
You probably already know Star Wars was influenced by Japanese Samurai as the Jedi, but also samurai's armor for the Imperial stormtroopers armor and imperial navy troopers' helmets.
@YourRationalWorldisaCircleJerk We wait until you mfs start it. I hope this time for the last time. Until every naziscum is bombed away and massacred ❤
I know it’s not the empire, but Hux’s speech in The force awakens looks very much like a H*tler speech. All the hand gestures and then the stormtroopers saluting at the end. It’s ridiculously obvious
Exactly. The first order is also inspired by WW2 germany. I think as a what if: German refugees in South America gathered forces again and strike back...
The fun fact is that Darth Vader and the Empire are more icons of the series than "the good guys". This isn't because people have a secret love for the Third Reich, but simply because authority and decision draws more attention than a bunch of "freedom" fighters in endless discussions and minor feuds after defeats in a meaningless planet. Also, these two aspects are absolutely what human societies do and have since before Sumer.
@The Rogue One maybe. If the Empire' image could be attached to an unjust authority the rebels could at least be seen by the oppressed as "warriors of hope". However, my point is more about the rallying social nature of authority, iron fist and conquest (Napoleon comes to my mind when i mention these). Societies are always attracted to these. Even just reactions against unjust authorities require these aspects, because, assuming that the oppressor won't be replaced by another oppressor (which is rare following revolutions), the rebellious bands would break up in tiny factions engaged in 'endless discussions and minor feuds'...
The storyline is Battlefront 2 also closely mirrors WW2. When those robot Palpatines started ordering the destruction of planets and the Empire as a whole. In the closing months of WW2 Hitler started blaming his own people for the losses and started destroying German cities.
Thats also a point the empire took over. The stukas gave their position and Element of surprise away, meaning that they were absolutely sure to success in their attack, which is by far the greatest psychological terror. The empire Terror design and strategy also means rule by fear, just being so confident they would succeed and making everybody know. So nobody may even think of attacking them
Hmm...as a german, I have to admit, the empire always felt...kinda...familiar. And ya, I knew this fact already, but still, this video is gold. (In my eyes)
Dankeschön. But i would say many things in star wars seem pretty familiar... just bc they are all obviously inspired by our real world history and objects
A lot of people point out the fascist imagery of the Galactic Empire and Roman Republic parallels of the Galactic Republic. But the real inspiration in my mind is George Lucas living through the height of the Cold War and seeing America slowly turn into the bad guys. Lucas plainly said he was inspired by the Viet Cong for the Rebels and Richard Nixon for the Emperor in the first movie. It obviously had more influences and evolved with more movies, but it's easy to make the connection of post WWII America to the fear of a future all-dominating fascist empire built off the military infrastructure of a former democratic republic. And he's right to be afraid.
@@TheRogueOneYT to my knowledge the camo uniforms (worn by the rebels in Return of the Jedi) are a Waffen-SS design. Albeit one that was also used by West-Germany and the East-German border guards. So perhaps its ideologi fluid?
The stukas had something on the belly that would take in the air producing that sound, they called it the jericho trumpet, and the allied powers equivalent was called the katyusha rocket launcher, or commonly known as Stalin’s organ, I highly recommend searching up videos and just listen to it, and then replay and imagine being there on the German side, it would be horrifying for them as well
I would just like to add that the reason for unleashing the clone wars is disturbingly similar to those from the Second World War, additionally the course of the clone wars itself is also quite similar to the course of World War 2 Regardless of the fact that Vulture Fighters are the terror of the republic, it is a strange coincidence
2:00 I’m pretty sure the Admiral Uniforms, are based off of German Field officer uniforms from 1940-1943. Thus why Admiral Tarkin has those rather large bottoms.
@@TheRogueOneYT Let me take care of this. I know how to handle these f*ckers ❤ White Glint ? The only good fascist is a dead one! Greetings from germany /// 161
I would say that the Deathstar was more comparable to German self propelled siege mortars, like the 60cm Karl Gerat self propelled mortar [which is a gun caliber you won't be able to find even on warships] and the larger 80cm Schwerer Gustav. This is because, though nukes are more powerful, Nazi Germany didn't actually have them, and nukes weren't actual vehicles unlike the two examples I mentioned. I would also say that the imperial walkers are also a show of WW2 German tank designers over complicating their vehicles and causing more flaws in them, such as the AT-AT, which was significantly armored but a good hit to the legs, which were somehow better than wheels which are simpler and more replacable, can render them useless, comparable to the German Tiger tanks which also had thick armor but horrible transmission, as well as German tanks in general not having many common parts, making repairs harder due to need for a specific this or that.
You know there is alot of resemblance between the Galactic Empire and the Roman Empire. For instance the Galactic Empire kept the senate just like the Roman Empire did.
This was a very good and detailed video, it inspired me to make some Star Wars-themed opening crawls for WW2: A new war Adolf Hitler has become the leader of Germany. For about six years, he has consolidated power for himself by enacting diabolical policies, increasing the strength of the German military, and taking over smaller neighboring countries. The countries of Britain and France, after unsuccessfully using appeasement for both Austria and Czechoslovakia, have warned him that taking over another country meant war. Meanwhile, Hitler, turning towards the east, notices that the country of Poland is splitting Germany into two, and he and the Nazis make plans for an invasion…. The Axis strike back The war is going badly for the Allied Powers. The Nazis have swept through the Benelux and France and are now making plans to spread towards the Balkans and Eastern Europe. To the south, Hitler's ally, Mussolini of Italy, is making plans to increase Italian influence and control in Africa against the British in hopes of reuniting the Roman Empire. Meanwhile in Asia, the empire of Japan, after having invaded much of China prior to the war, is making risky plans to attack and conquer Western-controlled colonies in Southeast Asia to gain more resources…. Return of the Allies The Soviet Union has successfully repelled the Nazi advance into Moscow and are now actively battling against them in the Caucasus to the south. Meanwhile, the United States, having been unexpectedly attacked by the Japanese Empire, has now declared war on the Axis Powers, both in Asia and Europe. With nearly the entire world engaged in this war at this point, the Allies are making plans for a combined counteroffensive to liberate the occupied regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa to restore peace and freedom to the world….(so much for that one lmao)
I have seen the Star Wars movies (originals and prequels) many, many times. They were my favorite movies when I first saw them about 12 years ago. But being 8 I didn’t get all the subtle (and not so subtle) mimicry of Hitler’s and the Nazi army’s rise to power. Recently my sister and I have watched the first six Star Wars movies and I just now realized all the many similarities between Palpatine and his army and Hitler and his army. For one obvious thing the bad guys that work on the ships and what not have uniforms that resemble Nazi uniforms greatly and the soldiers were called “stormtroopers”. Palpatine slowly coming to power and then just all of a sudden causing this world war to break out is ridiculously similar to Hitler’s rise to power. The fact that Palpatine was racist and went after the specifies he didn’t seem “worthy” to become Jedi’s or even live was extremely similar to Hitler going against anyone that he didn’t deem “worthy” mainly the Jews but many other people groups as well. Once I started putting all the similarities together I was shocked.
Lol, the empire was as much nazi as it was American. Yeah there are political comparisons which are so on the nose it hurts but the empire was mainly based on the US military in Vietnam with nazi aestethic. Case in point, nazi Germany did not have many battleships other than the Bismarck and TIEs had a totally different function than Stukas - from Sturzkampf (Falling fight). TIEs were designed to overpower enemies in an aerial setting, not to fight ground troops as one hit would blow them apart.
Whole star war movies based and inspired by World war 2 Where:- 1.Galactic Empire is just like Nazi Germany 2.Rebel Alliance:-Soviet Union 3.Grand Army of Republic:-USA 4.confederacy of Independence System:-Imperial Japan 5.Sith Empire:-Britian 6.First Order:-France
More or less the novels that come out during the 1990's pointed out the Republic just barely keep the systems from going to war by traditional senate debate but do to cultural difference and corporate strip mining and poor work conditions were brewing people into military action. War was going to happen any ways. Imperial surpression just kept things in check and then later united people against the Empire. When the New Republic was found, the different cultures no longer had a come enemy to unit against so they went back to their old feuds. Doesn't help when you have species that have life spans measure in centuries who can hold grudges for a inhuman long time.
actually the Clone Wars has many parallels to different wars and different cultures such as ancient Rome or the American Civil War. The first world war is also portrayed by Star Wars in the Solo Spinoff where he fights on Mimban. But I am maybe going to do a Video on that topics too...
@@TheRogueOneYT Heard over the years, good fiction has elements that the reader can relate to. Complete fantasy can be so out there, there is nothing to relate to and then regarded as .. crazy talk/ loony. Some people like listening to urban rap music as background music and other will go into the deeper meaning to what the rapper is talking about. As for myself I rather listen to a video on duck migration and cooking. People who say Star Wars is complete fantasy fiction in their novels are people just trolling or have no interest in political military history to begin with.
Big army marches. check Super weapons. Terror weapons. check. Riding boots on empire leaders same as wermacht leaders. check Menacing army suits. check Powerful music. check They admittedly inspired by Triumph of Will movie. Have you realised that even the cockpit of the Falcon is almost the same as a B-17 cockpit...? Even the sharp sound or Tie-fighters reminding me of Ju-87 Stuka diving sounds.
Actually i searched it out on the internet. Normally i try to only use cc labeled pictures or shared use licenced pictures. Maybe i slipped this one... i see what I can do
@@TheRogueOneYT no I know they were German bombers, he's the one that said English bombers??? I was just seeing if anyone else heard him say it 2? 🤣👏 bro trust me I'm English I know what are German stuff and what isn't 🤣🤣
The Empire may of taken certain design elements from the Nazis, but the overall inspiration for the Empire, was the US during the Vietnam war as mentioned by Lucas.
Am i the only one who thinks the wolfenstein germany or wolfenstein esk third reich vs. The galactic empire would be an epic what if, an evil, vs equal evil
Another good historical comparison to the Galactic Empire is the Roman Empire. Rome was a Republic for 5 centuries, then a civil war broke out. And Octavian, the leader of the winning side reorganized the Republic into an Empire and was declared it's Emperor by the Senate. They then went on to conquer much of the known world. Sound familiar?
Even when they were a Republic they still cpnquered,slaughtered many people and drugging much more to slavery
@@OrthodoxLegion907 true, that part of the comparison doesn't line up but my point was they were a Republic first. I only bought up conquest regarding Imperial Rome as further comparison between it specifically and the Galactic Empire.
Republics are cringe, hail emperor!
Actually, it was the Civil War after the First Triumvirate broke, Grassus, Ceasar, and Pompei. Ceasar was already on the lead to make the move for the First Dictatorship. Well he was the Dictator.
Also Octavian was never declared Emperor nor did he ever consider himself as Emperor of Rome, not even King because of the Tragedy of Sulla the Old.
Octavian was declared Princeps, the First Son of the Republic, and as Augustus the Illustrious.
@@Nandrall18-25 If you know the History of the Galactic Republic, it does line up, actually even quite well. Republic for most of its history was constantly at war with other states, it was only in the last 1000 years before Clone Wars that republic was in a state of stagnation and peace, and even much of the old tech was lost in that time.
Never thought about the TIEs being related to Stukas. Now I’ll never be able to hear anything else lmao
*Just imagine, you're a rebel soldier in a trench and the last thing you hear is a frikin terrifying siren. Being accompanied by a blazing hot proton torpedo.*
*Yeah, it's scary.*
wich is actually wrong. the tie fighter has the same atmospheric to speed and is as explosive and temperamental as the ME 163 komet.
@@Irobert1115HD
*Ok, scratch that*
*Imagine you're in a squadron of Y-Wings, being accompanied by a few X-Wings, then all of a sudden 2 laser blasts pierce through one Y-Wing, breaking off the fuselage from the cockpit. Then another blast breaks a wing off an X-Wing plummeting it down to the ground. The last thing you see after that is a black streak on the side of your window. And a few extra green lasers for good measure.*
@@SCP--fj2jr the tie fighter even shares the base loadout and weakness with the komet: two cannons as standard armament and a single shot into the fuel tanks will blow it up. also the fact that tie fighters are short range craft can be called up here. and the fact that the stuka wasnt realy good for dog fights. so yeah: that comparison of getting shredded by them in a sorty is more precise than getting attacked by tie fighters when you are in a trench.
@@Irobert1115HD
*Agreed*
The name stormtrooper comes not from sa( Sturmabteilung) or ss ( schutzstaffel) but wrather from the sturmtruppen which where elite infantry units originated in Ww1.
The Bunker Faust! At least the human equivalent of it, one of the first multi role classes of it's kind.
Named after elite units, but can't hit shit and loose shootings against some rebels without any military training.
@@someinsignificantguy4433 I will always hate that about Imperial forces, the enemy were hardly threatening. Even in the late 70's, it can still be said they missed an opportunity there.
@@someinsignificantguy4433 If you look at the initial boarding scene, the rebels are overwhelmed in seconds, the entire ship is captured in less than an hour. They only took 7 casualties. The door they boarded through was a huge advantage for the rebels, 2 or 3 rebels should have been able to hold that choke point until vader showed up. Not to mention that stormtroopers have a hit rate similar to US snipers. So Stormtroopers are way better than any front line infantry we have here.
@@someinsignificantguy4433 That's because the main characters have plot armor, as Shinobus said when they go against rebel extras they beat them easily, both on the Tentative 4 during the boarding scene in A New Hope and during the Battle of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Every other scene with them has them going against the main characters who have plot armor. I mean look at the Mandalorian series his armor is literally plot armor represented in universe, the Stormtroopers always hit the protected parts of his body when irl they would have killed him easily and the show would be over pretty quick...
Wow. What a great video! You combined two of my biggest passions: Star Wars and history
I didn't know you where a Star Wars fan Thanos
@@aqua2k210 I am also a marvel Fan 😉
Omg same
Minor detail still in this trend: in WW2, American aircraft often used red tracer rounds, while German aircraft often used green tracers. TIE fighters shoot green lasers, while X-wings, A-wings and rebel Y-wings shoot red lasers
The stormtroopers use an allied gun and the rebels use a german one, ironic
Yes the Stg44. Imma do a whole video on the guns probably ...
The revel gun is inspired by the AK-47, not the STG-44. Although they are similar, the AK-47 is the more widely used by many more militaries during the Cold War, including the rebel groups that tried to fight against them
@@Ublivion01 perhaps, but the A280 looks more like the stg44 than the ak47
Ive also always thought the tie fighters used German tracer like rounds., and the rebels use allied tracer like rounds.
But yah, that’s ironic.
@@Ublivion01 i have to do a llittle researche before the weaponry video :D
A common criticism of the Empire is that they’re too evil, but looking at actual history their extreme (and often detrimental) cruelty is sadly not unprecedented. Reading about the beliefs, crimes, and goals of the Nazis is chilling in just how sinister they were
it is always interesting to question history and who is considered the "bad side"
@@TheRogueOneYT I think it is better to judge actions on their own rather than compare them. The debate over if Hitler or Stalin killed more people disgusts me because it’s trivialising human death and suffering.
The allies were no saints, the UK and France were rich from Imperial conquest and did little to help the Poles and nothing for the Czechs. The US was deeply and systematically segregated and actually inspired some of the Nazi’s racial policies. And of course the Soviet Union was a dictatorship of equivalent oppression and repression to the Fascist regimes, and they divided Europe into spheres of influence and supported the Axises until they were invaded.
Despite all this, something unique to German Nazism was their overt worship of war and conquest, and most infamously how the regime used its own resources and men, even as they were loosing the war, to purge the impure. Germany’s goal was the complete and utter annihilation of the Jewish, Slavic, Roma, and other peoples. It was to them a seperate war, one which the perpetrators took glee of not just killing men, but stripping them of their dignity, possessions, public humiliation, separating families for the sole purpose of destroying their moral, forcing people to labour to their death, sometimes the labour wasn’t even practical and only existed to be done by the Jews. Women and children were not spared, they were the first to die for their lack of use as slaves.
I think it’s unfair to say one tyrant is worse than another when so many people have been slain, but the Holocaust is unequivocally a unique and horrific event. An industry that produced death. There was no strategic or pragmatic goal in it, the death was not a means to an end but the intended end in of itself. This was done willingly and even gleefully, there were those uncomfortable with the horrors, but they were allowed to look the other way and do something else. No one was just “following orders”, everyone in the camps knew what they were doing and why.
Any hate crime or state repression is no better than this in effect, but there’s just something horrifying about the Nazis to me. There’s no deeper goal to the beliefs, capitalism and communism at least have moral justifications, upwards mobility and the end of class conflict. The moral justification for Fascism is “we are superior and they are against us” it’s fuelled by hate and nothing more.
@@madmoblin agree with you 100%
@@madmoblin Don't forget that the Protestant Lutheran & Calvinist wars were started by the Germans.
Catholics did some bad things, but at times were easier to live with than the Baptist. Over all the German ethic groups that took over England, North France, and settle in North American have a long history of religious bias and classism.
@@krispalermo8133 I think that's pretty disconnected from my point.In Europe there were wars across the contient against the Vatican including in modern Catholic majority countries like Hungary (who aren't German). Colonialism and classism are bad, and England and France have that history, but I don't think it it's because they're Germanic.
My overall point was that Fascism and Nazism are bad because they exist out of hate, not that there is something inherently and specifically immoral about the German/Germanic people.
Star Wars: *inspired from WW2*
My brain: *A random allied pilot saying "YAHOO!!!"*
"Try spinning, thats a good trick!"
This video is under-appreciated.
Manny before spoke about the historical inspiration which lead to the current look of star wars, but not many do go into such depth and without fear of the big read demonetisation.
Thank you rogue one
You probably already know Star Wars was influenced by Japanese Samurai as the Jedi, but also samurai's armor for the Imperial stormtroopers armor and imperial navy troopers' helmets.
Its even why imperial lasers are green, and rebels red. German tracers in WW2 used chemicals to colour their tracer rounds green, allies used red.
If the filmmakers intentionally thought of that then it's a great detail.
So thats why I always liked the Empire. Interesting
Wait a minute
@YourRationalWorldisaCircleJerk "Everyone" ...
F*ck fascists, for real 👌
@YourRationalWorldisaCircleJerk We wait until you mfs start it. I hope this time for the last time. Until every naziscum is bombed away and massacred ❤
@@Anarcho-SyndicalisticSaboteur Okay armchair revolutionary lol
@@LordVader1094 I f*cked up enough of them and met enough of those bastards. I mean what i say, trust me.
I know it’s not the empire, but Hux’s speech in The force awakens looks very much like a H*tler speech. All the hand gestures and then the stormtroopers saluting at the end. It’s ridiculously obvious
Exactly. The first order is also inspired by WW2 germany. I think as a what if: German refugees in South America gathered forces again and strike back...
Interesting how the real life version of the Star Wars unkown Regions is Argentinia and Brazil😂
Look forward to these! Great video Rogue!
thanks for your support, you keep me motivated^^
The fun fact is that Darth Vader and the Empire are more icons of the series than "the good guys". This isn't because people have a secret love for the Third Reich, but simply because authority and decision draws more attention than a bunch of "freedom" fighters in endless discussions and minor feuds after defeats in a meaningless planet. Also, these two aspects are absolutely what human societies do and have since before Sumer.
so would you say in turn that if we grew up in a very authoritarian and decisive reign, we would see the rebels as more iconic?
@The Rogue One maybe. If the Empire' image could be attached to an unjust authority the rebels could at least be seen by the oppressed as "warriors of hope". However, my point is more about the rallying social nature of authority, iron fist and conquest (Napoleon comes to my mind when i mention these). Societies are always attracted to these. Even just reactions against unjust authorities require these aspects, because, assuming that the oppressor won't be replaced by another oppressor (which is rare following revolutions), the rebellious bands would break up in tiny factions engaged in 'endless discussions and minor feuds'...
Also the anti-"air" cannons of the death star are German 88mm AA guns
Oh yeah, i forgot to mention
“And they ironically gave the stormtroopers the most common Allied rifle”
Lol.
I think Han even uses a Mauser C96 pistol.
And the Rebels use mostly German inspired rifles
Exactly, and the rebels use a mixture between an AR15 and a stg 77
The storyline is Battlefront 2 also closely mirrors WW2. When those robot Palpatines started ordering the destruction of planets and the Empire as a whole. In the closing months of WW2 Hitler started blaming his own people for the losses and started destroying German cities.
Also a good point!
I like how he named the timestamps with the Star Wars font
Also its like the Star Wars font
I actually took some letters from the greek alphabet, eventhough they have originally another meaning, they fit in well
You know exactly how feared an enemy pilot squadron is when they not only have a fearsome reputation, BUT ALSO let you know when they attack you.
Thats also a point the empire took over. The stukas gave their position and Element of surprise away, meaning that they were absolutely sure to success in their attack, which is by far the greatest psychological terror. The empire Terror design and strategy also means rule by fear, just being so confident they would succeed and making everybody know. So nobody may even think of attacking them
1:02 ah yes my favorite movie : Dunkrik
Christopher nolan is also a beast as a director
You deserve way more attention
How didn't I notice these! I love history AND Star Wars but never realized!
Same, thats why i made that video
The easiest things to spot were the MG34 inspired DLT19 heavy rifle and green tracers of space ships
And Hans pistol being a Luger
@@thatperformer3879 well that's not specifically for the empire tho, and it's actually based off the mauser c96
Also Darth Vader's armor looks like those in posters for Wolfenstein
The Empire is actually a direct allegory to the US Empire. Sure they used Third Reich references but George Lucas himself said the Empire is America
interesting how many parallels there are in history...
Hmm...as a german, I have to admit, the empire always felt...kinda...familiar.
And ya, I knew this fact already, but still, this video is gold.
(In my eyes)
Dankeschön.
But i would say many things in star wars seem pretty familiar... just bc they are all obviously inspired by our real world history and objects
@@TheRogueOneYT true...true.
its...retrofuturistic.
i think.
The uniforms of imperial officers were mostly based on the ones Imperial German Uhlan-units wore, by the way
I have also stumbled over this fact but considered it a little too specific for the video
Dog fights are cool.
Even jet fighters at the end of the WWII were too fast for dog fights I think.
Yes, i think they had problems to fight propelled aircrafts bc they were too slow
Didn`t know that the nuclear bombs were used by the Reich. Wait, THEY WEREN`T
A lot of people point out the fascist imagery of the Galactic Empire and Roman Republic parallels of the Galactic Republic. But the real inspiration in my mind is George Lucas living through the height of the Cold War and seeing America slowly turn into the bad guys.
Lucas plainly said he was inspired by the Viet Cong for the Rebels and Richard Nixon for the Emperor in the first movie. It obviously had more influences and evolved with more movies, but it's easy to make the connection of post WWII America to the fear of a future all-dominating fascist empire built off the military infrastructure of a former democratic republic.
And he's right to be afraid.
Another great example that history repeats itself in some ways
@@TheRogueOneYT Holy crap, I hope that's wrong.
It’s become a very common thing for Villains to basically be Nazis
or russians... or arabian guys... or chinese mafia members
@@TheRogueOneYT basically
Oddly enough the Rebel celebration scene (at the end of "A new Hope") takes some cues from "Triumph of the Will"🤔
There are also some weird choices in weapons, giving the stormtrooper the famous allied sterling smg🤔
@@TheRogueOneYT to my knowledge the camo uniforms (worn by the rebels in Return of the Jedi) are a Waffen-SS design. Albeit one that was also used by West-Germany and the East-German border guards. So perhaps its ideologi fluid?
The stukas had something on the belly that would take in the air producing that sound, they called it the jericho trumpet, and the allied powers equivalent was called the katyusha rocket launcher, or commonly known as Stalin’s organ, I highly recommend searching up videos and just listen to it, and then replay and imagine being there on the German side, it would be horrifying for them as well
actually the jericho trumpet was located above the the landing gear. not on the belly of the plane.
@@ZakoZeWacko ahhh, it’s been a while since I researched the stuka, I was mostly relying on memory, thanks for fixing that 😁
Clicked for the thumbnail, left for the music .
What kind of music would you have prefered?
I hadn't made the Stuka-TIE fighter connection. I always related them to Zeros and other Japanese fighters with similar design doctrines.
I would just like to add that the reason for unleashing the clone wars is disturbingly similar to those from the Second World War, additionally the course of the clone wars itself is also quite similar to the course of World War 2 Regardless of the fact that Vulture Fighters are the terror of the republic, it is a strange coincidence
I never thought about this but now I see all the simulatrities
I literally noticed this whole sequal plot whilst in history at school cause hitler is paplitine! It’s also basically Macbeth
History repeated itself🤔
nah bro the thumbnail was fire like:
3 star destroyers
1 x wing
1 stuka
Palpatine;yes I hate aliens and enslave and demote them
Palpatine:why does that matter?
2:00 I’m pretty sure the Admiral Uniforms, are based off of German Field officer uniforms from 1940-1943. Thus why Admiral Tarkin has those rather large bottoms.
Palpatine is an evil space wizard with a cult.
Nazi's were into the occult, and spiritism, and the higher ups were in a cult.
Kinda like our current leaders lol
Hitler worshipped Odin yet all these modern fools think he was Christian or something,
Thanks for making the video. It is interesting but I think this is just the tip of the iceberg and all. But overall, an intriguing video nonetheless.
Ahhh so that's why I like the empire so much!
Ima pretend i didnt read this
@@TheRogueOneYT Let me take care of this. I know how to handle these f*ckers ❤
White Glint ? The only good fascist is a dead one! Greetings from germany /// 161
I would say that the Deathstar was more comparable to German self propelled siege mortars, like the 60cm Karl Gerat self propelled mortar [which is a gun caliber you won't be able to find even on warships] and the larger 80cm Schwerer Gustav.
This is because, though nukes are more powerful, Nazi Germany didn't actually have them, and nukes weren't actual vehicles unlike the two examples I mentioned.
I would also say that the imperial walkers are also a show of WW2 German tank designers over complicating their vehicles and causing more flaws in them, such as the AT-AT, which was significantly armored but a good hit to the legs, which were somehow better than wheels which are simpler and more replacable, can render them useless, comparable to the German Tiger tanks which also had thick armor but horrible transmission, as well as German tanks in general not having many common parts, making repairs harder due to need for a specific this or that.
Long Live The Empire!
And then Disney NEVER FUCKING MOVED ON
History Repeating Itself. Even A Long Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away....
Well, being German, that is really nothing new...
You know there is alot of resemblance between the Galactic Empire and the Roman Empire. For instance the Galactic Empire kept the senate just like the Roman Empire did.
Für einen deutschen sprichst du echt gut Englisch. Gutes Video!
tatsächlich bin Ich kein Deutscher aber Ich nehms dennoch als kompliment ;)
@@TheRogueOneYT ich hätte was gewettet dass du deutscher bist😂
@@pushin-max nicht weit weg...
@@TheRogueOneYT Österreicher?
I think there is more similarities between the British Empire and Galactic Empire compared to the Third Reich
TIE Fighters roars come from the 1958 move roots of heaven
Everybody gangsta till hitler says “you may fire when ready”
So nobody is going to talk about Chewie carrying a damn MG-34 in the episode 4 all around?
This all could have been real if steiner had attacked as planned
Long live the Emperor long long live the Empire
It didn’t though... hey at least they lasted longer than their inspiration lol.
@@ragnerschwarzmane3412But the Galactic Civil War still lasted 6 years, just like World War II. Of course, the Empire had more time.
3:31 My family
You too?! 😂
@@smn583 Sup brother
I knew the stuka from the start
Also the Stormtroopers perfectly synced march is just so similar to the iconic Nazi march
6:06 😏 Technically sub-machine gun, but close enough.
Order 66 was directly inspired by Kristallnacht
Good point
So does this mean that the rebels occasionally sing songs about how Palpatine only has one testicle?
This was a very good and detailed video, it inspired me to make some Star Wars-themed opening crawls for WW2:
A new war
Adolf Hitler has become the leader of Germany. For about six years, he has consolidated power for himself by enacting diabolical policies, increasing the strength of the German military, and taking over smaller neighboring countries.
The countries of Britain and France, after unsuccessfully using appeasement for both Austria and Czechoslovakia, have warned him that taking over another country meant war.
Meanwhile, Hitler, turning towards the east, notices that the country of Poland is splitting Germany into two, and he and the Nazis make plans for an invasion….
The Axis strike back
The war is going badly for the Allied Powers. The Nazis have swept through the Benelux and France and are now making plans to spread towards the Balkans and Eastern Europe.
To the south, Hitler's ally, Mussolini of Italy, is making plans to increase Italian influence and control in Africa against the British in hopes of reuniting the Roman Empire.
Meanwhile in Asia, the empire of Japan, after having invaded much of China prior to the war, is making risky plans to attack and conquer Western-controlled colonies in Southeast Asia to gain more resources….
Return of the Allies
The Soviet Union has successfully repelled the Nazi advance into Moscow and are now actively battling against them in the Caucasus to the south.
Meanwhile, the United States, having been unexpectedly attacked by the Japanese Empire, has now declared war on the Axis Powers, both in Asia and Europe.
With nearly the entire world engaged in this war at this point, the Allies are making plans for a combined counteroffensive to liberate the occupied regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa to restore peace and freedom to the world….(so much for that one lmao)
Dunkrik, my favorite film
Space stuka: look for a litteral version in space yamato 2199: gamilon
a fandom version?
@@TheRogueOneYT no, its in the show. Granted its different but you can tell where its inspired from
So those that mean.
*Erica anthem starts*
Why do you only have 8k subs?
it’s funny cus i always thought of the empire as space nazis😂
Yeah, I mean they are basically the fascists...
You left out the MG L34 the empire used as well.
I have seen the Star Wars movies (originals and prequels) many, many times. They were my favorite movies when I first saw them about 12 years ago. But being 8 I didn’t get all the subtle (and not so subtle) mimicry of Hitler’s and the Nazi army’s rise to power. Recently my sister and I have watched the first six Star Wars movies and I just now realized all the many similarities between Palpatine and his army and Hitler and his army. For one obvious thing the bad guys that work on the ships and what not have uniforms that resemble Nazi uniforms greatly and the soldiers were called “stormtroopers”. Palpatine slowly coming to power and then just all of a sudden causing this world war to break out is ridiculously similar to Hitler’s rise to power. The fact that Palpatine was racist and went after the specifies he didn’t seem “worthy” to become Jedi’s or even live was extremely similar to Hitler going against anyone that he didn’t deem “worthy” mainly the Jews but many other people groups as well. Once I started putting all the similarities together I was shocked.
Lol, the empire was as much nazi as it was American. Yeah there are political comparisons which are so on the nose it hurts but the empire was mainly based on the US military in Vietnam with nazi aestethic. Case in point, nazi Germany did not have many battleships other than the Bismarck and TIEs had a totally different function than Stukas - from Sturzkampf (Falling fight). TIEs were designed to overpower enemies in an aerial setting, not to fight ground troops as one hit would blow them apart.
I also think Lucas once said that the Emperor was inspired by Richard Nixon.
I see like this past WW2 before i know flim.
Whole star war movies based and inspired by World war 2
Where:-
1.Galactic Empire is just like Nazi Germany
2.Rebel Alliance:-Soviet Union
3.Grand Army of Republic:-USA
4.confederacy of Independence System:-Imperial Japan
5.Sith Empire:-Britian
6.First Order:-France
The STEN was FAR from the most popular Allied rifle. Aside from not being a rifle, I'm pretty sure it was introduced just after WW2.
The sten was the predecessor of the sterling smg. Which is the base for the e-11 blaster.
No, you don't get it. Empire was American and Rebels was Vietcong... Think about when Star Wars first come to cinema
Still, I am agree then Empire have ressemblance to ww2....but still
...George say it
Wait if the Original Trilogy is WW2 then is the Clone Wars Trilogy WW1 or?
More or less the novels that come out during the 1990's pointed out the Republic just barely keep the systems from going to war by traditional senate debate but do to cultural difference and corporate strip mining and poor work conditions were brewing people into military action. War was going to happen any ways. Imperial surpression just kept things in check and then later united people against the Empire. When the New Republic was found, the different cultures no longer had a come enemy to unit against so they went back to their old feuds. Doesn't help when you have species that have life spans measure in centuries who can hold grudges for a inhuman long time.
actually the Clone Wars has many parallels to different wars and different cultures such as ancient Rome or the American Civil War. The first world war is also portrayed by Star Wars in the Solo Spinoff where he fights on Mimban.
But I am maybe going to do a Video on that topics too...
@@TheRogueOneYT Heard over the years, good fiction has elements that the reader can relate to.
Complete fantasy can be so out there, there is nothing to relate to and then regarded as .. crazy talk/ loony.
Some people like listening to urban rap music as background music and other will go into the deeper meaning to what the rapper is talking about. As for myself I rather listen to a video on duck migration and cooking. People who say Star Wars is complete fantasy fiction in their novels are people just trolling or have no interest in political military history to begin with.
So that's why Disney bought star wars, shocker.
It all starts to make sense now...
Bester Mann am Platz
Manuel Neuer
Big army marches. check
Super weapons. Terror weapons. check.
Riding boots on empire leaders same as wermacht leaders. check
Menacing army suits. check
Powerful music. check
They admittedly inspired by Triumph of Will movie.
Have you realised that even the cockpit of the Falcon is almost the same as a B-17 cockpit...?
Even the sharp sound or Tie-fighters reminding me of Ju-87 Stuka diving sounds.
Oh yes, youre right about the b17 cockpit... i mean eventhough all cockpits kind of have a similar look, this one feels familiar🤔
@@TheRogueOneYT I guess they wanted the same look and feel as B-17 gunners are defending themselves against german Messerschmidt fighters.
insane research and knowledge
Make a video of how the CIS compares to the Confederate States of America
Oh good call^^
Isn't the empire's flag not red?
Nope its not, but the royal guards. And also the blaster laser in the new films...
The Picture with the Stormtrooper and the Wehrmacht Soldier is stolen from the German Chanel "diefilmfabrik". And that's not OK!
Actually i searched it out on the internet. Normally i try to only use cc labeled pictures or shared use licenced pictures. Maybe i slipped this one... i see what I can do
Did he just say Stukas were an English bomber 🤣👏
Unlucky choice of words here. Stukas were German bombers but every ww2 nation used dive bombers
@@TheRogueOneYT no I know they were German bombers, he's the one that said English bombers??? I was just seeing if anyone else heard him say it 2? 🤣👏 bro trust me I'm English I know what are German stuff and what isn't 🤣🤣
He is actually me😅
Also showing American Helldivers hitting IJN carriers.
That is wrong😕
The Empire may of taken certain design elements from the Nazis, but the overall inspiration for the Empire, was the US during the Vietnam war as mentioned by Lucas.
I even think George said that the emperor was inspired by Nixon?
@@TheRogueOneYT I believe so, yes.
1:01 there is a spelling mistake, as you wrote Dunkrik but it's Dunkirk
Ah sh*t sry. But i think everybody still realises its the Dunkirk Film
"Supreme leader"? You mean Emperor?
Stormtroopers didn’t just serve the Nazis, they also served the German states before the Nazis
tbh honest its the other way around... even tho vader and hitler hate each other
For the Algorythm
Disney screwed up by doing this. It was too on the nose.
Well disney didnt own star wars back then
Am i the only one who thinks the wolfenstein germany or wolfenstein esk third reich vs. The galactic empire would be an epic what if, an evil, vs equal evil
I wonder what he'd say to someone who says this is total nonsense that ww2 have absolutely nothing to do with ww2
Didn't they also want to add armbands to the officers' uniforms, but then it was a bit too much?
I think that would have been too odd... but the shoulder cap of some stormtroopers may resemble this
At least germans weren't blind like stormtroopers
They were blinded by fanatism
well better than the red
Cloud cars were hotdog trays and star destroyers pizza slices
Ok i didnt know the hot dog trays😂
If you look at some of the imperial weapons you’ll see modded mg42’s
Very good point. coincidently, this also appears in my new video