Eclipse SUPERLASER Star Destroyer COMPLETE Breakdown

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  • @MetaNerdzLore
    @MetaNerdzLore  4 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    On this day we hit 200k subscribers! And as the force would have it, I was able to finished the video today. With the Eclipse being one of the most requested ships you guys wanted me to cover. Glad I could finally get to it. Hope you guys like it, and thanks to everyone who supported the channel over the years!

    • @Michael141-
      @Michael141- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eclipse and Sovereign classes are among my favorite SSD ever. It's no wonder I implemented them into the sci fi writings I've written for a few years. 😁👍

    • @bluerobin2982
      @bluerobin2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oooh yeah

    • @bluerobin2982
      @bluerobin2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey dude do you play eaw

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congrats! U earned it!

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can you cover the Krath war droids?

  • @antoniomares8100
    @antoniomares8100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

    "How many credits do you have?"
    Palpatine: "Yes"

    • @wut5910
      @wut5910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      "How many weapons do you want?"
      Palpatine: "Yes"

    • @Snoogen11
      @Snoogen11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      "Do you love the senate, do you love democracy?"
      Palpatine: "Yes"

    • @buttstick7357
      @buttstick7357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Would you bang plagueis or anakin:
      Palpatine: “Yes”

    • @employervizor1559
      @employervizor1559 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Would you burry star destroyers?
      Palpatine: *YES*

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      How many SDs would you like for your eternal fleet?
      Palpatine: *y e s*

  • @ImperialGamer5
    @ImperialGamer5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    In the words of Orson Krennic, "Oh it's, Beautiful".

    • @orsonkrennic6715
      @orsonkrennic6715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Oh it's, Beautiful!

    • @jaredwilson7485
      @jaredwilson7485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That is what they should have been building instead of the death stars.

    • @akumaking1
      @akumaking1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I bet Krennic would have had a wet dream

    • @aufaazkadevar1843
      @aufaazkadevar1843 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Vader world. "You dont know the power of the dark side

    • @LEGOJediMaster
      @LEGOJediMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We stand here amongst my achievements, not yours!!, We where this close to greatness, this close! I l

  • @stephenlutz6936
    @stephenlutz6936 4 ปีที่แล้ว +591

    Building a ton of these type of ships sounds better than making the Death Star twice Imo.

    • @krissybaglin9206
      @krissybaglin9206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      How about 1000 SSD's with individual super weapons

    • @beskararmor7966
      @beskararmor7966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@krissybaglin9206 How about 1000's of regular Star Destroyers with death star beams! Oh wait its cannon!

    • @ix8750
      @ix8750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just put super lasers Into CR-90s

    • @mrdunk2955
      @mrdunk2955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Shadow Bringer always nice to see a fellow Space battleship Yamato fan. Also while on the topic what if something the size of the Eclipse had a big ass wave motion gun? Probably would be enough to destroy planets and not small sized Im talking gas giants just like the Dessler gun.

    • @koraegi
      @koraegi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Building a million ISDs sound like an even better idea

  • @dontmindme7684
    @dontmindme7684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    Imagine needing a shuttle to go from one end to another

    • @hey....
      @hey.... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      pretty sure they legit had tram systems, but i’m a little rusty on my star wars knowledge

    • @thimovijfschaft3271
      @thimovijfschaft3271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Pff more like high speed metro

    • @decimation9780
      @decimation9780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Or running a damn marathon every day instead if you really want the exercise.

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@iswallowedyourremorse2583 Yes, and the Doombringer was a ship like, 17 times smaller...

    • @a_balloon
      @a_balloon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      *Supremacy joined the chat*

  • @benharding5727
    @benharding5727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    **david attenborough voice** here we see the mother star destroyer, surrounded by its parasitic fighters, giving birth to a baby star destroyer, showing the beautiful life circle of the imperial navy. Congrats on 200k you deserve more!

    • @rosiehawtrey
      @rosiehawtrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, now I have images of star destroyer boners... Yaaargh, brain bleach!!! 😳🥺🤯🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

    • @grimassassin9722
      @grimassassin9722 ปีที่แล้ว

      Best comment

    • @DManuelD1
      @DManuelD1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@grimassassin9722 p

    • @Dawg347
      @Dawg347 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can’t believe Attenborough said “Congrats on 200k you deserve more!”

    • @natus1
      @natus1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *David Attenborough voice* here you can see a ssd give birth to a regular isd then a isd giving birth to a fighter and last the fighter gives birth to a human finally the human gives birth to a baby a basic cycle of life in the imperial navy

  • @macwelch8599
    @macwelch8599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    The Legends Eclipse ship is so damn awesome

    • @blackshogun272
      @blackshogun272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mac Welch Palpatine said, "Fuck wasting resources"

    • @macwelch8599
      @macwelch8599 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      BlackShogun 27 massive fleets or massive ships are always more effective than Death Stars

    • @plaguemaster308
      @plaguemaster308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@macwelch8599 yes

    • @aaronluisdelacruz4212
      @aaronluisdelacruz4212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@macwelch8599 agreed, rather than building a space station that has a super laser that could destroy a planet, just build dozens of ships that could crack a planet's crust.

  • @jdcodex6732
    @jdcodex6732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    Nobody:
    Absolutely no one:
    Not even God:
    MetaNerdz: “Super duper Star Destroyer give birth to a baby Star Destroyer”

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Emporer Palpatine: hahahahha, would you look at that. ITS A BOOOY.):D

    • @davidvasquez08
      @davidvasquez08 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @kunato396
      @kunato396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Favorite line in the video

    • @mrridiculous4896
      @mrridiculous4896 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dont disrespect God

  • @MC1Keever
    @MC1Keever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    I was so disappointed how little action the Eclipse got in EAW: Forces of Corruption. Still one of my favorite games though.

    • @Benthesniperof8
      @Benthesniperof8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You could build the eclipse in galactic conquest as empire in regular foc.

    • @jamessuraciart
      @jamessuraciart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Benthesniperof8 Do you have to add mods for that? I played through the Imperial campaign and never got the option for The Eclipse...

    • @Benthesniperof8
      @Benthesniperof8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamessuraciart forces of corruption galactic conquest. You had to build it tech 5 at Kuat. I've played many mods, but I remember playing forces of corruption over a decade ago in an imperial campaign with the eclipse in base game forces of corruption.

    • @deadshot5007
      @deadshot5007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Benthesniperof8 Pretty sure you can't. You can build many things at Kuat but not the Eclipses. You need a mod for it

    • @Benthesniperof8
      @Benthesniperof8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deadshot5007 You're probably right, it's just I remember using it before I was mentally competent enough to manually install mods onto the disc version of eaw goldpack.
      I couldn't get mods to actually work until 2014-15. But have memories of using the eclipse as a full ship from when I was like 12. Which is like 3 years prior to me getting mods working.

  • @fadelsukoco3092
    @fadelsukoco3092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Knowing Thrawn, he wouldn't compromise until the superlaser was just wrapped in a big fortified cylinder with guns, countermeasures and maneuvering thrusters all over and with a proper escort fleet with redundant support roles AT ALL TIMES. Or something of the sort.

  • @lonestarwolfentertainment7184
    @lonestarwolfentertainment7184 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’d imagine three or more Eclipses firing their Superlasers at the same planet could replicate the Death Star’s Planet destroying effect.

  • @johntorreto4485
    @johntorreto4485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    *Sees Video in Notifications*
    Me: The Time has come.......

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    If you ever wondered what overkill of a ship looks like, it would be this.

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Just wait until they make an entire fleet of planet killing star destroyers, oh wait.

    • @ayoutubechannel1413
      @ayoutubechannel1413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Feral Processor If it werent for plot armor.. The second palps lifted the ships from the ground, he would of sent them ALL to destroy the Galaxy .. But No , Instead they were cannon fodder Being destroyed left and right and just stood their on exegol doing absolutely nothing

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ayoutubechannel1413 wow I didn't even look at that way. So Palpatine was too proud which he wanted to show off the planet killers a little longer.
      Is their any chance that Palpatine could've told the Xystons to use their primary weapons on the new rebel fleet without causing friendly fire.

    • @ayoutubechannel1413
      @ayoutubechannel1413 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Feral Processor Its Not that hard to Superlaser a slow moving stationary rebel capital ship, But no, Instead they were just parked their doing absolutely nothing, shooting laser cannons at passing by rebel x wings (and missing) , With freaking horses and red stormtroopers (you know, Gotta make em red to sell toys) on-top of them

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ayoutubechannel1413 wow so they're exactly as the same as normal imperial stormtroopers with their horrible accuracy.
      No wonder you said "PLOT ARMOR".
      I'm actually glad I didn't wacth it then.

  • @Gryphorim
    @Gryphorim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    So, a lot of story beats from Dark Empire were re-purposed for the sequel trilogy. Just not particularly well.

    • @Gryphorim
      @Gryphorim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      And Ep9 concept art even had the Eclipse featured, afaik

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It took a lot more from the Legacy of the Force series, but yeah. Almost everything in the sequals is something that Legends already did and did better.

    • @johnnygyro2295
      @johnnygyro2295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The sequel trilogy was basically Legacy of the Force, Dark Empire and Jedi Prince series all put into a blender. You had:
      1. One of Vader's grandkids going to the Dark Side.
      2. Palpatine having a grandchild.
      3. Palpatine coming back via cloning.

    • @corruptangel6793
      @corruptangel6793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@johnnygyro2295
      4: A superweapon bigger than the Death Star that can destroy planets from across the galaxy.
      5: a super depressed Luke that just wants to die.
      6: the redemption story of Ulic Qel-droma almost beat for beat.
      7: Force Abilities like OP healing that can all but bring back the dead, forcibly search memories, connect beings through space and time, and teleport objects.

  • @techticianlarsproductions6180
    @techticianlarsproductions6180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    This ship had a "delet this" button

    • @the_mistery1999
      @the_mistery1999 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The shipis all about :"rebels at that direction"
      "Remove tha direction"

  • @paulsteinhauser434
    @paulsteinhauser434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The ship that should've been seen in cinemas but was reduced to a cheesy ship for a character that was wasted.

  • @rhymenoceros3303
    @rhymenoceros3303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Damn shame this got cut out of Ep 9 in favor of the Xyston. Would've been cool to see the Resistance hijack it and lay waste to the First Order.

    • @MarioPerez-ng9it
      @MarioPerez-ng9it 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      *Worst Order, because they make no sense, even in-universe.

    • @gamerzplayerz5780
      @gamerzplayerz5780 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MarioPerez-ng9it do you need to budge in?

    • @MarioPerez-ng9it
      @MarioPerez-ng9it 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@gamerzplayerz5780 Did disney?

    • @a_balloon
      @a_balloon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MarioPerez-ng9it makes no sense, why? Oh I know, you are a star wars hater who fell in love with the Empire and now can't live without it, so be quiet, childish boomer

    • @MarioPerez-ng9it
      @MarioPerez-ng9it 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@a_balloon First off, ad hominem, second, baseless assumption, third, I was born 2003, fourth, most attacks are self accusing. It makes no sense because Project Cinder (canon) wipes out their support, their resources, their planets, their shipyards, etc. and somehow they have a gigantic footing in the UR (canon) and a solar-system destroying super weapon (canon) and control the galaxy mere hours after said weapon is destroyed? Tell me how this makes sense, please.

  • @elwinkline6387
    @elwinkline6387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Probably my favorite Starship episode you've done. Loved it.

  • @StuartLugsden
    @StuartLugsden 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This ship was suppose to appear in Colin Trevorrow's version of Episode IX.

    • @ShahirHameed
      @ShahirHameed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes it did, and that makes it worse that we don't see it

  • @michaelkantner6420
    @michaelkantner6420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My favorite Empire capital ship, when I first saw it in one of the guides, I had a nerdgasm. I couldn't believe that somebody came up with the idea of a portable super laser.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Eclipse is fucking awesome.

  • @PerculiarPanzerVODs
    @PerculiarPanzerVODs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    FINALLY the breakdown I've been waiting for

  • @joaop4585
    @joaop4585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    "External invasion"
    Papa Palpatine didnt want some Yuzhan Vong punks on his galaxy

    • @cedriceric9730
      @cedriceric9730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He would have attacked first lol

  • @442dsiege2
    @442dsiege2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The eclipse was a little under armed for such a big ship. It needs more power for the super laser tho so it makes sense

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congrats on the 200k subscribers. Awesome ship

  • @Exia-Prime
    @Exia-Prime 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've been looking forward to this

  • @Crackmiser
    @Crackmiser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In the footage you used you can see the eclipse shooting it’s beam in different directions when in reality it can only shoot straight ahead. It’s a game so it’s not your fault but you should have mentioned that. Cause people might think it’s beam can shoot wherever it wants.
    Good vid btw my favourite ship in Star Wars well done

    • @mrdunk2955
      @mrdunk2955 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Battle of the dreadnoughts is a good example.

  • @LOJEDS944
    @LOJEDS944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What kind of car does Pre Vizla drive:
    A Mandelorean.

  • @K.Clawbender
    @K.Clawbender 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of my favorite ships in Star Wars.

  • @TerminatorGundam300
    @TerminatorGundam300 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:11 - 2:30 Maybe Grand Admiral Thrawn would still see the Eclipse as impractical for "mass" production due to expenses and difficulty to manage due to requirement of personal quantity. But maybe he'd see it as acceptable for "limited" production to serve as flagships for fleets, and possibly as mobile command bases

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thrawn just can't catch a break can he?

  • @william_brobrine8975
    @william_brobrine8975 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If there's any ships that fit the definition of dreadnought and over powered it's this vessel

  • @btly-wing6531
    @btly-wing6531 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I continue to appreciate your unique choices for units of measurements in these videos

  • @Jack-iy6ic
    @Jack-iy6ic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The return of the king

  • @Togorian_Jedi
    @Togorian_Jedi หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much! The eclipse class dreadnought is one of the best ships in Star Wars with its super laser and blade shaped tip.

  • @Cap-Archer
    @Cap-Archer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    "Its Beautiful"
    Orson Krennic,0 BBY

  • @generalobiwankenobi9327
    @generalobiwankenobi9327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    *"Hello there my friends! Epic entertainment! May the force be with you always!"*

  • @michaelhardy9750
    @michaelhardy9750 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job Meta keep it up you made my day

  • @siimkivisild2251
    @siimkivisild2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    In Rise of Skywalker this ship should have been on exegol instead of the Xyztons

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree, but it would be strange to see a sea of huge black scythes breaching an icy spaceburg. :)

    • @siimkivisild2251
      @siimkivisild2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@feralprocessor9853 i thought it would make sense if there was ONE Eclipse and like a few hundred resurgents.

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay I see. Do you think the fans including you would like it as much as the legends version when the eclipse is in rise of Skywalker?

    • @siimkivisild2251
      @siimkivisild2251 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@feralprocessor9853 i don't know

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Saima Riaz the galaxy would die at the sight of the "Sea of Sycthes Flotilla". :D

  • @FireheartSamurai
    @FireheartSamurai 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on 200k subs MetaNerdz

  • @Kuzan_Aokiji-2000
    @Kuzan_Aokiji-2000 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these Videos
    Thx U 4 Ur good Work 👌🏻

  • @puddles6814
    @puddles6814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact. It was original twice the size of the executor until the executor got a size increase.

  • @thanqualthehighseer
    @thanqualthehighseer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Considering this was the Emperor's ship those tractor beams, gravity protectors, AT ATs and garrison bases were probably larger, more powerful and advanced than any standard system on star destroyers.

  • @jameshill9325
    @jameshill9325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Talks about thrawn not agreeing with the death Star
    Me: I just read that

  • @stretchmtsa5106
    @stretchmtsa5106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Eclipse will always be much cooler than the Supremacy from the sequels.

  • @jasonmyneni8605
    @jasonmyneni8605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If I had an eclipse at my command, I would have an aclomator nested in that fore bay so I could launch a full 16,000 troop legion at once.

  • @omegon2540
    @omegon2540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember rumours of this beauty in episode 9
    Though we got the xyston instead, a small number(5 to 10) of this class with many smaller ships rather than hundreds of xystons would probably be more intimidating

  • @abominationtheguy6790
    @abominationtheguy6790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Moral of the story: don’t commit treason unless you want to upset a crazed emperor

  • @Vracktal
    @Vracktal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the ship the Xyston Class should have been for sure

  • @18videowatcher41
    @18videowatcher41 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like to think that Thrawn would’ve been okay with multiple Eclipse-class SSDs being built instead of a Death Star and functioning as the flagship and linchpin of various fleets.

  • @Core-1948
    @Core-1948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Isn’t the B-wing prototype armed with just a micro sized composite laser. So couldn’t they just build a bunch of composite laser turrets along the hull of the ship?

  • @chheinrich8486
    @chheinrich8486 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally, you cover the eclipse class

  • @khadenallast4495
    @khadenallast4495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Were it up to me the Eclipse in canon would still be an Executor-class, but highly modified by the time of the sequel era. It would first appear in lieu of Starkiller Base, popping into the Hosnian system as the Senate is convening to vote on potentially declaring war against the First Order. Of course the NR navy would be quick to react to the sudden appearance of an SSD, with planetary shields going up to protect against bombardment and a blockade forming around the planet with the NR's latest capital ship taking the lead placed directly between the SSD and the Senate building. The order to open fire is given, light begins pulsing along the hull of the SSD, collecting in the nose. A beam shoots out and hits the NR ship, massive damage to the hull is reported. Then a pulse travels through the beam, smashes through the ship and practically disintegrates it. The beam impacts the planetary shields, but it holds. One pulse, then another, and the shield fails. The Senate building has its own shields, but these weaker redundant shields are almost completely obliterated from initial contact. The capitol is hit, then repeated pulses cause the planet's very crust to begin cracking and flame erupts as the capitol city of Hosnian prime is quickly reduced to a volcanic wasteland.
    All of this in "story time" would take barely a minute, with the crews onboard the rest of the NR fleet completely dumbstruck by what they witnessed. However once the beam ceases they seem to regain themselves, and are out for blood and vengeance. The SSD may have a superweapon, but there's no way it could take on the entire NR fleet. Just from the way it moved it was clear that the superweapon drained a lot of power and took up a lot of space on the ship. Several Resurgents pop out of hyperspace at this point, launching their TIEs to intercept NR fighters and forming a defensive perimeter around the SSD. Slowly the SSD turns around, powering up its hyperdrives as it prepares to flee. Despite the FO's best efforts the SSD is hit in a daring attack run mere moments before it escapes, barely managing to survive but surviving all the same and fleeing to parts unknown. The RSDs then themselves turn and flee, leaving the NR navy frustrated but also now at a complete loss at what to do next.
    For the Resistance the answer is clear. The NR managed to badly damage the SSD, meaning it will need to be repaired. They need to hunt it down and destroy it before repairs are completed. Leia tries to convince the NR military to join her Resistance in the search, but the NRM refuses stating that to act without orders from the civilian authority would be akin to usurpation of power - and who exactly that civilian authority is now is a bit "fuzzy." The Senior Admiral in particular seems reluctant, whether out of an abundance of caution or cowardice is uncertain, though Ackbar (still a member of the NR at this point) is vehement that they should assist and nearly starts a revolt. Leia is put in the awkward position of having to talk Ackbar and his supporters down from giving her the aid she requested, as she fears what would happen if the NR military were to be fractured at this point, and the Resistance conducts the search alone.
    Through its spy network, along with calculating its trajectory and known hyperspace lanes in that region, the Resistance discovers a few potential areas where the Eclipse may have stopped for repairs. Finn however suggests a location that's not among any of them, as he served as a janitor on a rather nondescript space station that was somewhere between where the Eclipse was last spotted and where it was suggested it might be. The space station in question used as a sort of "way station" for alloys mined from asteroids in a "dead" system (one with no planets). Some of these alloys, it's theorized, would be necessary to repair the damage done to the Eclipse. And so the Resistance contacts the New Republic, tells them of their plan, and again asks for help. This time the aforementioned Senior Admiral seems to have solidified his grip over the rest of the military and is the only one Leia speaks to, and says that no help is forthcoming as it's based on guesswork and the word of a former First Order stormtrooper, and to him feels more like a trap or wild goose chase than anything (in turn all but accusing Finn of being a First Order spy).
    The Resistance musters all of its forces and launches an assault on the Eclipse, arriving in the system and seeing that Finn's hunch was indeed correct and the ship is using the supplies gathered from the asteroid field to repair the ship. However the RSDs are there too, along with their massive complement of TIEs and powerful turbolasers. The Resistance has fury on its side, the First Order has pretty much everything else. Just when all hope seems lost a NR battle group under the command of Admiral Ackbar shows up, informing Leia that when she was able to confirm that the Eclipse was indeed within the system he was able to persuade the Senior Admiral to send his battle group in to support her Resistance - and a line is sneaked in that more reinforcements may be on their way, whether they had the blessing of the Admiral or not.
    With NR reinforcements, with their latest ships and fighters, the NR and Resistance overwhelm the RSDs and the SSD, destroying the SSD and forcing the RSDs to begin a retreat before they can escape to hyperspace. Everyone rejoices... until the RSDs start doing something weird. Even though they're badly damaged and lost at least one or two of their number, they start turning back to face the Resistance and New Republic. While some of the more "hot blooded" among the pilots/crew welcome their "obvious desire for death," Leia and Ackbar are wary. Something is wrong, but what?
    Three First Order battle groups arrive, each containing at least 3 RSDs and an Eclipse-class star dreadnought. Though their class is named after the Eclipse, the Eclipse was a prototype built on a preexisting frame, these are the final product that were built from the ground-up. They're actually slightly smaller, and have fewer guns (at least they have no heavy turbolasers or similar "heavy" weapons). However they're more maneuverable, and still all have the "superlaser" - which is more powerful and not as taxing on their reactors - which they use to completely decimate the NR and Resistance forces. Ackbar ends up sacrificing himself and much of his fleet to protect Leia and the Resistance, buying time for them to flee the battle. However what was a great victory turned into a terrible route. Their defeat of the Eclipse not only cost them dearly, but was used instead to show just how powerful the First Order had become.
    Now I want to take a moment to point out that some of the politics mentioned here would come in handy in Ep8, specifically how the Senior Admiral was against sending forces to help search for/destroy the Eclipse. This explains why the New Republic refuses to help the Resistance later on, as he had been afraid it was a trap and, lo and behold, he was "proven right" (it was more just a "happy coincidence" for the First Order, they already had support coming to the Eclipse's aid and when the Resistance showed up they made the most of it, even though it cost them the Eclipse itself which is no small trade for them). It is also a subplot for Finn, with some even in the Resistance now believing he may be a spy for the First Order who purposefully led them into a trap. To fully explore this I also imagine Finn having a more fleshed out character, with him constantly struggling between the need to stop the First Order while also knowing how kids are abducted and brainwashed by them to become their rank-and-file members (including stormtroopers like himself). I imagine Ep8 exploring this even more deeply, with Finn trying to recruit First Order stormtroopers to his cause and at least one of them turning out to be a traitor.
    And as for what Rey, Luke, Kylo, and Han are doing in all of this, that's a whole other can of worms.

  • @secretbaguette
    @secretbaguette 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your video made me think about one of my old space engineers projects, I was designing one to work with the spinal superlaser mod, having four spinal superlasers, for prolonged firing, redundancy, and a short, capital ship dispersing burst.

  • @MobiusLeader007
    @MobiusLeader007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Eclipse is like the embodiment of the "Rule of Cool."

  • @NerdWorldEmpire
    @NerdWorldEmpire 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video 👍

  • @ohiostatebuckeye9748
    @ohiostatebuckeye9748 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome, it’s nice seeing warlords in a video. That’s a great Star Wars mod.

  • @CyberController-
    @CyberController- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As much as I love The Xyston, a fleet of Eclipse would've been badass in ROS. I still like to think Palpatine had a few in the bank, and we'll see one later on.

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That shall not be named class is a b@st@rd of a ship & a disgrace to the lore.

    • @CyberController-
      @CyberController- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheMrPeteChannel Sorry, this is a P.M.A zone. Either say something nice about the Xyston or Eclipse, or get out.

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CyberController- Your not the boss of me!

    • @CyberController-
      @CyberController- 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheMrPeteChannel Yes I am.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@HugsMando If the Sun Crusher was the size of a mountain I could excuse it.

  • @radicalrob2103
    @radicalrob2103 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job MetaNerdz!

  • @reowhite4862
    @reowhite4862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    With so many Star Destroyers and other space stations in just basis I often wondered how The Empire got enough men and women to crew these things let alone such a large ship

  • @erikbeierle
    @erikbeierle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like the executor way more, the eclipse looks kinda strange, it looks to smooth from above

  • @reeni4prez701
    @reeni4prez701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YOU GET A DEWBACK AND YOU GET A DEWBACK!

  • @joshk96
    @joshk96 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work!

  • @nicklaskurzweil
    @nicklaskurzweil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Actually we know that the Canon-Eclipse looks like the Legends-counterpart thanks to Concept Art for TROS, or at least we know that they intended to keep the design

  • @ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2
    @ZackarySchejbalCODBO2RGM2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now imagine the Rebellion dealing with not only the Eclipse-Class SSD, but add 10 Bellator class SSD's escorting the Eclipse.

  • @abaronofchivalry5176
    @abaronofchivalry5176 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Do you see that capital ship?"
    "Yes Grand Admiral"
    "I don't want to."
    "Yes Grand Admiral"

  • @thebassgamertv
    @thebassgamertv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish we got this in rise of skywalker instaed of a thousand death star star destroyers

  • @coryfritz9198
    @coryfritz9198 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this ship, I just built it Brick style from Mould King. Super fun build. It took me about 85 hours to build with only one super challenging spot in the directions. Recommend that ship to anyone that loves super huge builds. It is 10,300 pieces!!!

  • @gomul13
    @gomul13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That empire at war remake footage though... so good

  • @frozarburst6350
    @frozarburst6350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    7:15 The Eclipse had a baby

  • @kevinheller5414
    @kevinheller5414 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the Eclipse, but if there was a in-universe encyclopedia there would be a picture of the Eclipse with the word Overkill. "Emperor how powerful do you want this ship to be?" Palps: "YESSS!"

  • @spencersholden
    @spencersholden 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thrawn:”It is… acceptable.”

  • @thelimesheep4324
    @thelimesheep4324 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need these ships in our space force when we go to explore the galaxy. only way to show aliens we know how to blow stuff up

  • @Canguro2010
    @Canguro2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:18 So it was basically built like the A-10 Thunderbolt II

    • @natus1
      @natus1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Idk why but where we saw the eclipse under construction it has like one eclipse stuck inside the other eclipse

  • @davidslenkovichvega8203
    @davidslenkovichvega8203 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your videos. TLDR of books I don't/will never own. Much appreciated.

  • @hey....
    @hey.... 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is pretty irrelevant, but the ship seems kind of undermanned. 708,000 people to fill in a space of around 230,000,000,000 cubic meters seems a little small.

  • @ctdirect5858
    @ctdirect5858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:01 what are those three winged tie fighters?

    • @paulsteinhauser434
      @paulsteinhauser434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lancet Wings, they were like a combination of the TIE Fighter and a Lambda shuttle, the were like the snowspeeders of the Empire but they could hover in place.

    • @ctdirect5858
      @ctdirect5858 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulsteinhauser434 thank you, I had no idea what they were lol

    • @paulsteinhauser434
      @paulsteinhauser434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ctdirect5858 Its fine. Besides I don't think metanerdz covered another vehicle from Empire at War.

  • @Marcus51090
    @Marcus51090 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Xyston class basically replaces this lol.
    Sorry but I really thought that was lazy editing for rise of sky walker, they used the same CGI model as rouge one
    Once again bigger isn’t better, smaller more tactical ships would serve the empire better. The resources it costs to build this..... never mind the amount to run it.

  • @Exospray
    @Exospray 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'll admit those weapon numbers seem a bit low for the size of the ship, though that might actually mean batteries of multiple turrets operating as a single unit. Then again the Eclipse is a very old design before things kind of got decided on.

  • @Freesorin837
    @Freesorin837 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Empire could’ve saved a lot of time and resources whilst maintaining destructive capacity by just using strategic level nukes.

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They point of these superweapons isn't to kill the enemy; an Acclamator class troop transport can slag the crust of an average sized planet in a day. These were to kill planets permanently, making a statement to anyone thinking about challenging the government.
      Papatine took the Tarkin Doctrine (which basically said its impossible to make enough ships to properly patrol the entire empire, therefore we need something intimidating enough they wont attack in the first place) to heart

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@ronaldthompson4989 I mean, they were onto something. The galaxy is far too big for a dictatorship to oppress in the same vain that a planet based on would. Of course you could just not be a dictatorship in the first place, but that is out of the question here.

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@concept5631 bit ironic, more concerned the Empire was by rebellion, the more it accelerated build programs, the more it clamped down on workers to ensure quotas, the more hatred of the Empire grew, the more the rebellion grew.
      Self fulfilling prophecy situation

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronaldthompson4989 This is why the Republic existed for over 25,000 years, while the Empire didn't even make it to 30.

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@concept5631 well, that and Sheev Palpatine refusing the contemplate a path of succession because no way anything could happen to the current Emperor, resulting in every admiral, general, and governor using the forces under their personal command to carve out their own Empires.
      Eventually a ruling council formed and reunited the remaining loyalist forces, but by then, the Empire was very much inferior to the newborn Republic. Still proved quite stubborn and cunning in joint efforts against invasions of hostile species though (fuck off, Disneyverse)

  • @treybray5014
    @treybray5014 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So you said that Tyberr Zann kept an eye on the ship while it was being built for 4 years, but how long exactly does it take to build one of these?

  • @13lackhood
    @13lackhood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    and the first thing i thought when u said 11 km long, Ohh about the size of a Warhammer 40k Corvette then...

  • @alexsteines6099
    @alexsteines6099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you think about it, if 500k more people subscribe, we can run this beauty of a ship

  • @matejancsek
    @matejancsek 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    on of the very few ships from the Empire's era, I can appretiate

  • @TheNzFox
    @TheNzFox 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't help but think that this or the Thrawn books would have made FAR more interesting movies than what we got

  • @spongederp160
    @spongederp160 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such an awesome ship.

  • @infinitecanadian
    @infinitecanadian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't know the superlaser operated along the entire length of the ship.

  • @DanBoardman-f3m
    @DanBoardman-f3m 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Planet destroying ship and a super weapon in progress vs a tiny droid (R2 d2)

  • @Centurion0419
    @Centurion0419 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fun idea, I would think the armour and bulk would be thick enough that those 100 tractor beams could very well yank fighters or corvettes right into the eclipse, doing a lot of the job that point defence guns would do

  • @azurenaraku
    @azurenaraku 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What mod you using for that game play?

  • @braydenbittner7652
    @braydenbittner7652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When will we see Ashoka ep3?
    I CANT WAIT

  • @harryjohnson9215
    @harryjohnson9215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So you are saying that this is a ship with a fleet amounts of guns, a super laser, a hanger for a victory S.D. But it is also fitted with a... RAM BOW.

  • @tylerdurden4006
    @tylerdurden4006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    All I read was super laser star destroyer and had PTSD flashbacks of the disney version of "cough" sequals...

    • @ashtonpeterson4618
      @ashtonpeterson4618 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The ones in the sequal could nearly instantly destroy a planet which is completely unbelievable. These however are more one shot a capital ship deal. Much more plausible

    • @feralprocessor9853
      @feralprocessor9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If a eclipse really did appear in the Rise of Skywalker what name would it have.
      I think "Emperor's Steward".

    • @ashtonpeterson4618
      @ashtonpeterson4618 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@feralprocessor9853 why is that?

  • @bugno9969
    @bugno9969 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this and got an ad for a new Ewan McGregor travel show, lol

  • @isaacmaier4150
    @isaacmaier4150 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Look I love Star Wars Legends all the crazy super weapons and other ships, but this is too much. also congrats on 200K subs.

  • @KaiserKrow202
    @KaiserKrow202 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice Empire at War footage

  • @twistedyogert
    @twistedyogert 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The good thing about this idea is that once the rebellious world has been reduced to a smoldering lifeless husk, it can later be mined to create more of these death machines.

    • @jaroto12
      @jaroto12 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is an entire galaxy of people im sure there are enough people

  • @jaxwise7288
    @jaxwise7288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the game your playing and if its empire at war forces of corruption what mods are you using

  • @reconsniper_9649
    @reconsniper_9649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How did they have the resources to make this ship and the death star and a few ISD along with so many bases and weapons ships vehicles etc...

    • @shriekingskeleton
      @shriekingskeleton 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had half of an entire Galaxy to explore

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Galaxy-wide taxes

    • @reconsniper_9649
      @reconsniper_9649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ronaldthompson4989 I mean how were they able to get the materials to created this yea they got the money but resources idt they can get all that

    • @ronaldthompson4989
      @ronaldthompson4989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@reconsniper_9649 you underestimate the galaxy's size. Aiming for a fleet of 1 star destroyer per star system with a few supers for support isnt much different than 1 battleship per state with a few carriers for support (which we actually did irl)

  • @LegoSwordViedos
    @LegoSwordViedos 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this ship so much.

  • @theoriginal13coloniesusa11
    @theoriginal13coloniesusa11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The annihilator: I'M COMING *gets knocked out by the Eclipse*

  • @amybiedess5182
    @amybiedess5182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could the star forge make this?