@@DashingPunkSamurai imagine just shit talking on a comment that was a joke, if you're as old as your username implies, grow up or start a forum, no one asked your opinions on the band/artist.
Yeh, like how Luke just calls it "the Imperial planet" in Dark Empire. I think they had placeholder names but those were rarely used outside the literature. I don't remember if the X-Wing novels were released before or after this, but I think they refer to it as Coruscant. Man, TIE Fighter was such a cool game.
Good to see you, Eck! Also yeah, I think the EU got around this by saying that Coruscant was renamed to "Imperial Center" after the Empire rose to power, then it was renamed back to Coruscant once the New Republic took over. TIE Fighter and X-Wing were excellent games, and I loved the cutscenes back then (I was a young kid at the time).
This video was excellent! Love learning the behind the scenes of Lucasfilm when it comes to the creation of multi-media projects and their later influence in future Star Wars projects. Hope to see something similar done of the Clone Wars multi-Media project!
The N64's storage may have been a limitation at the time, though the artwork filling in for cutscenes has aged a hell of a lot better than the animated cutscenes in the PC version.
Dude, as a nine-year old I was such a huge fan of origonal recipe Star Wars, I held out hope that they'd make this into show or movie until the release of Phantom Menace. Shadows of the Empire like validated my outdated nerd obsession back then, since of course I saw Star Wars by checking it out from the city library. 😆 So, before Shadows of the Empire almost nobody knew what the hell I was talking about because everybody loved Ninja Turtles.
@@YoungWizO7 there was a trailer for shadows that was made to look like a movie trailer. They took it down because they were afraid it would confuse people .he discussed it in the video
After seeing this fantastic vid I realized why Rise of Skywalker Just didn't work for me. I realized that you cannot have the emperor without Darth Vader. That dynamic is absolutely necessary because both of them are half a characters. Only together are they really this individual that comes to life. It doesn't matter that they're hardly ever together in the original movies only that they both are there. In fact I think the real reason vader died in the end was because he figuratively AND literally killed half of himself in the act of saving luke.
This is still my favorite Star Wars story outside of the original trilogy. The novel and the N64 game are amazing and Dash Rendar is one of the best Star Wars Legends characters. Great video.
Ive always thought Bill Pullman would make an excellent Dash Rendar. Give him some fading brown salt and pepper hair and i think he could pull it off and timeline would probably still work
I'm in my 30s so I devoured anything and everything SotE. The game, comic, figures, novel, all of it. It was truly the Clone Wars of it's time. I think ol' Dash Rendar (bargain bin Solo that he was), Xizor, the Bounty Hunter Wars, ect...deserves a comeback. At the very least should be made Canon.
Your in your 30's now? I'm about to be 30 and I dont remember this but those extra yrs you got on me must be why I'm 3 yrs older than my girlfriend and sometimes when I talk about shit from the 90's she acts like I'm from another planet Haha
@@cercazas a cisgendered pastafarian with level 99 lumberjack, please accept my gracious thanks for endeavouring to post this comment. It truly was the highlight of my admittedly short morning to learn how you felt about somebody else's TH-cam comment. For you see, I have not seen the sky not touched grass in many months and these fleeting communicaes from distant and strange web dwellers are the sole way in which I can escape the endless ennui that exudes from every edge of this basement. How I long to be like the surface dwellers, having "relationships" and "lives". For now I must vicariously consume these things from afar.
What an amazing video! I am so grateful to be included in this, thank you so much! Seriously, this is such a great distillation of info and entertainment. Great work all around!
This was fascinating - having not lived through this, I had no idea there was this level of fanfare around SotE. This video was awesome, and a huge achievement, really great stuff.
I often wonder when people say this, as he was very successful relative to most in his field if he just didn't want more success. Like he could probably live quite comfortably off of residuals, if he's made sensible financial choices he may have no need to work. I mean so many people fall in the category of "under appreciated artist" yet so many of the massively successful people in Hollywood are pretty mediocre. It makes you forget that if you live a normal lifestyle that even moderate success in Hollywood is probably more than most people ever expect to reach as well as being plenty. Probably most people make as much money as they need to to get out of Hollywood and then don't really try to come back.
I loved the Shadows of the Empire....thoroughly pissed that it's no longer considered cannon.....huge fan of Dash Rendar....he was a legit badass! I have ALL of the POTF purple card action figures!
What a shame that this isn't canon, you could tell this was an absolute passion project for those involved. A very nuanced and complex story that definitely took things further in the SW universe. Prince Xizor is one of the most interesting additions in Star Wars, really wished they could've kept him and his story that ties into the Skywalker saga. I would even say that he definitely seems more interesting than Jabba, since you know, they actually flesh out his motivations and personality beyond being a feared crime lord.
YOU & SAL WORKED TOGETHER! That made my heart soar & I was filled with that wonder of Star Wars when you talked about how much fun this was & who all worked on it. I loved this.
Dug this video so much that it inspired me to write my first TH-cam comment ever. I would love to see more long-form videos and projects like this moving forward!
I was really looking forward to this and you didn't disappoint. Shadows was a huge part of my childhood and will always hold a place in my heart. Thanks for the great video!
Daaayyum! I remember this! I was a kid when it came out and this introduced me to Star Wars, with the 1997 re-edition of the trilogy. Of course the toys and the video game made a huge impact on me hah!
I love all of your other content but this project was actually one of the best things I’ve seen on TH-cam in a long long time. Please do something like this again! Good stuff
Magnum Opus? More like *Magnum Oh-Pleeeeeeease Make More Long-Form Videos Mr Sunday Movies Because I found This Super Interesting And Want To See More Deep Dives From You In Future!*
I thought I recognised Sal's voice, awesome work. As far as who could play an older Dash Rendar? Kurt Russell could work as he originally auditioned to play Han Solo & nearly got the role.
Apparently you never watched/read one the game's cutscenes, since one of the first cutscenes shows your character talking to Han Solo. So yeah...you're an idiot.
@@DiamondDead You were a kid once too. It's possible for someone to only play a game as a child and then never again and have a memory such as this, misidentifying the character. No reason to call someone an idiot. Also, let's be fair, he's basically Han Solo anyway.
@@Bawlin040 Yeah I made it actually, Mr Sunday commissioned it last year and we've been working on it since then :) You can find more here: artstation.com/lemathmath
You are making me cry here, I have the books and the toys since i was a lad and I loved the game on the N64 and the badasseray of Dash surving a Death star expolsion by jumping to hyperspace at the last second..all while (and after) watching the rerelases..I was about 8 at the time..great times..obs holy crap Sal did the VO on those 3D scenes (which captured How I imagined the books perfectly) I wouldnt have guessed that..Glad you gave Shadows and Legends its time in the Black Sun
I honestly can’t believe this video doesn’t have more views. It might be my favorite from this channel, which is already my favorite channel. And it’s one of the best Star Wars videos I’ve ever watched. Excellent work all around.
This may have taken you a while, but I got to say I just love long form content from you. This was interesting and entertaining so thank you for all the hard work on it!
I absolutely loved this! I was young enough that I never really experienced Shadows of the Empire, so this video really helped me understand what it was, how big a deal it was, and how it’s influenced Star Wars to this day! Thank you so much James and everyone that worked on this for bringing it to the world for us to enjoy, I really hope you make more long-form deep dives in the future :)
Fair play James! Cool to see you and Sal work together, I discovered you two at the same time. Both amazing creators! Also, keep these retrospectives up man! Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Well done James I appreciate your hard work on this video and everyone who helped you with this. great video I love me some star wars I doubt you'll ever see this but yeah thanks man cool beans
I greatly appreciate all the work you did on this one Mr. SM. Shadows is still the one heartbreak I have about the new Canon leaving everything behind. Thank you so much for this. Beautifully done my good man. 🤘🤘🤘
Guri: "Considered priceless in value and deadly in punching" - just like Maso, then? :) James, this is just fantastic work! Of course, Mr Sunday Movies is terrific when you and Mason are just screwin' around, but seeing a longer form vid with a bunch of collaborators and research... well you knocked that out of the park too! Shadows deserved a big video and it's awesome to see you give it that treatment. I think everyone just expected a Caravan of Garbage for the PC/N64 game, and this blew away all of our expectations. Just wanted to say it was *excellent* work, mate! You deserve some major kudos.
I remember back in the 90's, a kid was trying to convince me they made a movie from SOTE. I figure he got the soundtrack and assuemd a movied existed...
I loved everything about SotE when I was a kid. Had the N64 game, all the action figures, read all the comics and novels. I was basically obsessed. Dash Rendar, the Outrider, Mara Jade etc were so badass.
My god I loved this game so much when I was a kid. Dash Rendar was the COOLEST to me. Well, aside from Han Solo lol. Seeing this game play really really takes me back. Thanks again guys for putting out such great content constantly. One of the few channels who's every video is an A+ 👍
You and Star Wars Theory should team up and make a long video like this about the old republic, or legends continuity after episode 6. This was very well done mate 👍
Loved this video so much I just had to rewatch it I recently gifted all of my Star Wars EU books to a kid, but I kept Shadows of the Empire and it takes prime spot on my bookshelf
@@Noone-of-your-Business but can you explain it though cuz i don't get it, have no idea who manfred bothans is, and have no motivation to google it even though I wrote this run-on sentence to tell you all this.
@@John-X It's a *_joke:_* Manfred = Manny. Like, you know, the wooly mammoth from Ice Age? " _Manny Bothans_ died to bring us this information." May he rest in pieces. That's another joke. Get it?
@@Noone-of-your-Business I still don't get it, but I found this Wiki about a Star Wars character called Manuel Both-Hanz starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Manuel_Both-Hanz Is *_this_* what you all meant?
Absolutely love that you put in all the time, effort and thought. Even though the video may seem compressed or half-baked in terms of detail, one can easily see all the research and effort you've put in. Kudos!
Kind of sad this isn't James with his phone in portrait view shouting the names of star wars novels into a mirror with the novel titles coming up in comic sans.
I would totally pay to watch more of those 3d Animated Star Wars stories, the animation and the narration was amazing in each of those. Loved the Darth Vader scene in the end.
Love this video. Everyone talks about the N64 game but there's much less coverage on the overall Shadows of the Empire multimedia program and all the different aspects of it. Great job.
Thanks for the patience on this one, it was a long time coming. Any suggestions for the next project?
Mr Sunday Movies loved your Deathly Hallows pt. 1 deep dive. Do something similar to that!
I liked this so well I want you to do it again lol
hey is there anywhere we can check out the animated/narrated clips on their own?
Read all the book titles you coward!
I'd love to see a deep dive on what went wrong with the Andrew Garfield spider-man movies.
Who else is excited for MaClunky: A Star Wars Story?
In the end and the beginning there was only MaClunky
MaClunky sounds like an Irish, or Scottish name.
Perhaps "Maclunky" is Star Wars version of "Rosebud".
To be honest, I would watch the hell out of a Greedo movie.
I hope McDonalds gets a McClunkey sandwich at some point. That would be wonderful.
It's incredible that Steve Perry was able to write all those novels while being the lead singer of Journey
"I should've been gone..."
I know it's not journey, but Oh Sherry is an awesome song.
Don’t you know that ‘Don’t stop believing’ is about Anakin and Padmae?
@@lucienwmoon too soon 😂
He should of stuck to writing, his music and voice were terrible .
@@DashingPunkSamurai imagine just shit talking on a comment that was a joke, if you're as old as your username implies, grow up or start a forum, no one asked your opinions on the band/artist.
okay, those cg recreations are honestly incredible. without a doubt the best bit of star wars content that ever came out of shadows of the empire
Damn, thanks mate! :)
@@lemathmath awesome job man !
Thanks so much guys :D
Nognaught I agree! They looked like something done by NetherRealm Studios!
@@lemathmath killed it man!
Coruscant appeared visually in Star Wars Tie Fighter in 1994. It was called Imperial Center, like in Dark Empire.
Amazing video.
Yeh, like how Luke just calls it "the Imperial planet" in Dark Empire. I think they had placeholder names but those were rarely used outside the literature. I don't remember if the X-Wing novels were released before or after this, but I think they refer to it as Coruscant. Man, TIE Fighter was such a cool game.
Coru-skant
@@youwayo Cut, let's try it again
Good to see you, Eck! Also yeah, I think the EU got around this by saying that Coruscant was renamed to "Imperial Center" after the Empire rose to power, then it was renamed back to Coruscant once the New Republic took over. TIE Fighter and X-Wing were excellent games, and I loved the cutscenes back then (I was a young kid at the time).
@@Turd_Rocket They were released about the same time, those books. Though Coruscant was used as a name from 1991.
This video was excellent! Love learning the behind the scenes of Lucasfilm when it comes to the creation of multi-media projects and their later influence in future Star Wars projects. Hope to see something similar done of the Clone Wars multi-Media project!
The N64's storage may have been a limitation at the time, though the artwork filling in for cutscenes has aged a hell of a lot better than the animated cutscenes in the PC version.
12 meg's of N64 power.
Ahh back when the Martian Manhunter was part of the empire.
I was convinced as a 10 year old that the Star Wars movies were called:
A New Hope
Shadows of the Empire
Return of the Jedi
Same here, shadows was my first exposure to the Star Wars universe, so when I saw the original trilogy I was like "OH NEAT THESE MUST BE SUPPLEMENTAL"
I thought I remembered a trailer and a title card for SOTE as well. Mandela Effect at its best.
I thought there was 9 chapters in Tottal the last 3 being Shadows of the empire
Dude, as a nine-year old I was such a huge fan of origonal recipe Star Wars, I held out hope that they'd make this into show or movie until the release of Phantom Menace. Shadows of the Empire like validated my outdated nerd obsession back then, since of course I saw Star Wars by checking it out from the city library. 😆 So, before Shadows of the Empire almost nobody knew what the hell I was talking about because everybody loved Ninja Turtles.
@@YoungWizO7 there was a trailer for shadows that was made to look like a movie trailer. They took it down because they were afraid it would confuse people .he discussed it in the video
After seeing this fantastic vid I realized why Rise of Skywalker Just didn't work for me. I realized that you cannot have the emperor without Darth Vader. That dynamic is absolutely necessary because both of them are half a characters. Only together are they really this individual that comes to life. It doesn't matter that they're hardly ever together in the original movies only that they both are there.
In fact I think the real reason vader died in the end was because he figuratively AND literally killed half of himself in the act of saving luke.
Ah the fabled Sunday Magnum Opus.
*Turns on my chair whilst stroking a cat*: I've been waiting for you
The real Magnum Opus is
SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE
THE LAST COMMAND
DARK FORCE RISING
TIE FIGHTER...
Is "cat" code for penis?
@@sanderflop Can you remember what episode that was in? I'd love to hear it again!
Sam Trotter I think it was an episode from late December last year. Do not know which though
@@sanderflop do you expect me to talk?
About midiclorians
The quality of this artwork is insane. I’m setting a new goal to his this kind of level. :o
Thanks mate :)
I will says this about Shadows of the Empire:
It's definitely a piece of fiction that's part of the Star Wars franchise
Oh my goodness, you're right.
And that's.....
The tooth...
Can’t argue w that
We can’t argue with that
That's so deep, man
This is still my favorite Star Wars story outside of the original trilogy. The novel and the N64 game are amazing and Dash Rendar is one of the best Star Wars Legends characters. Great video.
I think it would be interesting to see Dash make a return in the Mandalorian season 2.
Add my boy Durge to Mandalorian as well
Ive always thought Bill Pullman would make an excellent Dash Rendar. Give him some fading brown salt and pepper hair and i think he could pull it off and timeline would probably still work
Oh hell yes 🙏
He's in the first episode or at least someone that looks just like him hes the first carbon frozen prisoner you see in the spaceship
@@NICKRITZER absolute genius casting mate. 👍 Everyone goes on about Krasinaki and Blunt as Mr Fantastic and Sue Storm but THIS is tops.
Shadows of the Empire is my favorite Star Wars EU story of all-time!
Shadows Of The Empire would be a great standalone movie!
Could easily be pushed into a trilogy of its own.
@@mrillis9259stop it.
@@SineN0mine3 lol
Not in disneys hands, nope
Been waiting for this for a while and it didn’t disappoint, great work
What is this, a crossover episode?
Gonna leave a comment just to show that I appreciate the work Mr.Sunday put into the video
Good on you. But who is James Put?
Im gonna interact with your comment just to show that I appreciate the work James put into the video
@@vanidemo James Put?
@@FilmScoreandMore sorry bro better now?
@@FilmScoreandMore repeating your joke twice doesnt make it funny
I'm in my 30s so I devoured anything and everything SotE. The game, comic, figures, novel, all of it.
It was truly the Clone Wars of it's time.
I think ol' Dash Rendar (bargain bin Solo that he was), Xizor, the Bounty Hunter Wars, ect...deserves a comeback. At the very least should be made Canon.
Xizor might be
Your in your 30's now? I'm about to be 30 and I dont remember this but those extra yrs you got on me must be why I'm 3 yrs older than my girlfriend and sometimes when I talk about shit from the 90's she acts like I'm from another planet Haha
@@Drawnartist thanks for the life story, we really needed to know you're three years older than your girlfriend. It made my day
@@cercazas a cisgendered pastafarian with level 99 lumberjack, please accept my gracious thanks for endeavouring to post this comment. It truly was the highlight of my admittedly short morning to learn how you felt about somebody else's TH-cam comment. For you see, I have not seen the sky not touched grass in many months and these fleeting communicaes from distant and strange web dwellers are the sole way in which I can escape the endless ennui that exudes from every edge of this basement. How I long to be like the surface dwellers, having "relationships" and "lives".
For now I must vicariously consume these things from afar.
HERE'S ALL THE BOOKS, HERE WE GO...
HEIR TO THE EMPIRE!
@@Evan-Fisherton DARK FORCE RISING!
CHEWBACCA, SPACE PRESIDENT!
CHEWBACCA, SPACE PRESIDENT PART TWO: FOUR MORE SPACE YEARS!
@@aka_outlandish THE LAST COMMAND
What an amazing video! I am so grateful to be included in this, thank you so much! Seriously, this is such a great distillation of info and entertainment. Great work all around!
That level with the speeder bike is one of my favourites, could never get that secret ending though!
I think to get the "escaped from Xizor's Fortress/Battle Station explosion" ending you need to play on the hardest difficulty.
I did, but only with cheats. Don't know if that counts
Loved this video. I always love seeing people go over the concept art for these kinds of projects, it’s really inspiring.
Thanks mate, really glad you enjoyed it!
This was fascinating - having not lived through this, I had no idea there was this level of fanfare around SotE. This video was awesome, and a huge achievement, really great stuff.
Joel McNeely is such an underrated composer. Sad he's never had more of a career.
I often wonder when people say this, as he was very successful relative to most in his field if he just didn't want more success.
Like he could probably live quite comfortably off of residuals, if he's made sensible financial choices he may have no need to work.
I mean so many people fall in the category of "under appreciated artist" yet so many of the massively successful people in Hollywood are pretty mediocre.
It makes you forget that if you live a normal lifestyle that even moderate success in Hollywood is probably more than most people ever expect to reach as well as being plenty. Probably most people make as much money as they need to to get out of Hollywood and then don't really try to come back.
This is it. The big one. The one we’ve all been waiting for.
This video is too amazingly dedicated I can’t fathom, I didn’t expect a video this long to be this amazing, well played
That Solo train scene was inspired by shadows of the empire tho 👀👀👀👀
I loved the Shadows of the Empire....thoroughly pissed that it's no longer considered cannon.....huge fan of Dash Rendar....he was a legit badass! I have ALL of the POTF purple card action figures!
Why was he badass?
The novel is amazing! It feels like Star Wars. Steve Perry did such a good job that Lucas considers it to be an actual Star Wars story.
By far one of my favorite videos on this channel, right next to Corn of Coblin. Keep up the great work
A 34 minute Mr. Sunday Movies video? So happy right now.
Can’t get over how well produced this video is. All of the visuals, wow
You know this was actually amazing
Max Littlewood,
It was very well done and it has his classic Mr. Sunday Movies/James humor. Love it.
I am clapping. Great video!! I love it when you do these type of longer, more informative videos.
Great work mate! As a person who had little to no knowledge of Shadows of the Empire, I thought this was fascinating and fantastic!
What a shame that this isn't canon, you could tell this was an absolute passion project for those involved. A very nuanced and complex story that definitely took things further in the SW universe.
Prince Xizor is one of the most interesting additions in Star Wars, really wished they could've kept him and his story that ties into the Skywalker saga. I would even say that he definitely seems more interesting than Jabba, since you know, they actually flesh out his motivations and personality beyond being a feared crime lord.
Best video you guys have ever done. Hope to see more nostalgic videos over the next 3 weeks ✌
YOU & SAL WORKED TOGETHER! That made my heart soar & I was filled with that wonder of Star Wars when you talked about how much fun this was & who all worked on it. I loved this.
Dug this video so much that it inspired me to write my first TH-cam comment ever. I would love to see more long-form videos and projects like this moving forward!
I was really looking forward to this and you didn't disappoint. Shadows was a huge part of my childhood and will always hold a place in my heart. Thanks for the great video!
Mr Sunday Movies more like Mr Big idiot.
Got em.
Nah good video mate this is cool
Thoroughly enjoyed this content!
Thank you everyone involved for your hard work and dedication.
Awesome work from all!
I’d love to see a knights of the old republic video in this format
Awesome video - absolutely loved the Vader meditation stuff! Really brought back how I used to think of Vader being dark and scary when I was a kid
Daaayyum! I remember this! I was a kid when it came out and this introduced me to Star Wars, with the 1997 re-edition of the trilogy.
Of course the toys and the video game made a huge impact on me hah!
This should be a movie. Like Rogue One, just wedge it between Empire & Jedi, cast Tom Hardy and BOOM! $1Billion easy.
RIght...Rogue 2 "Many Bothans Died".
@Matt M No it wouldn't. Completely different part of the timeline.
Bill Pullman as Dash Rendar
Kevin Costner or tom hardy as dash?
Sebastian Stan as Luke, with yellow vest over black Jedi thingy worn in ROTJ
Agreed. It is a home run story and would make an insane amount of money if they would make a film
I love all of your other content but this project was actually one of the best things I’ve seen on TH-cam in a long long time. Please do something like this again! Good stuff
Magnum Opus?
More like *Magnum Oh-Pleeeeeeease Make More Long-Form Videos Mr Sunday Movies Because I found This Super Interesting And Want To See More Deep Dives From You In Future!*
Great bit of research done for this, really appreciate all the hard work done for it
Still have ptsd whenever I see a AtAt because of this game.
Biofan813 ig88 for me, the whole boss fight I was just running around in a mad panic
Same mate.
Ryan Scholz I G -88 , that train in the metal world disturbed me as a child, lol
Amazing work James, loving the deep dive and the analysis of how this paved the way for so many things. A true gem.
I thought I recognised Sal's voice, awesome work.
As far as who could play an older Dash Rendar? Kurt Russell could work as he originally auditioned to play Han Solo & nearly got the role.
Josh brolin, some on here said bill pullman lol
Come back to this retrospective every year. Great work!
This video is longer than an episode of The Mandalorian
Not episode 4 bro
But did it have a baby Yoda?
This is the way, fam.
Because that's what people love, mate! Value for money. 😁
Lee so is this video.
I spent my whole life thinking I was playing as Han Solo on the N64.
Apparently you never watched/read one the game's cutscenes, since one of the first cutscenes shows your character talking to Han Solo. So yeah...you're an idiot.
@@DiamondDead "you're an idiot because your (probably) child self didn't notice or remember something from years ago"
Yeah okay
@@DiamondDead You were a kid once too. It's possible for someone to only play a game as a child and then never again and have a memory such as this, misidentifying the character. No reason to call someone an idiot. Also, let's be fair, he's basically Han Solo anyway.
It was probably on purpose. They don't really give him non Han Solo characteristics and what legit gamer watches cutscenes?
I didn't speak English as a child and yet played tons of games not translated. I see this happening to me as well.
The Vader, "meditation chamber," animation sequence towards the end is AWESOME!
Great job, man. 👍
Thanks man!
@@lemathmath you made this yourself ? or is this something i can find on youtube? because i would def watch a series with just this kind of animation
@@Bawlin040 Yeah I made it actually, Mr Sunday commissioned it last year and we've been working on it since then :) You can find more here: artstation.com/lemathmath
@@lemathmath Really amazing work !
@@Bawlin040 Thanks :D
You are making me cry here, I have the books and the toys since i was a lad and I loved the game on the N64 and the badasseray of Dash surving a Death star expolsion by jumping to hyperspace at the last second..all while (and after) watching the rerelases..I was about 8 at the time..great times..obs holy crap Sal did the VO on those 3D scenes (which captured How I imagined the books perfectly) I wouldnt have guessed that..Glad you gave Shadows and Legends its time in the Black Sun
I watch ComicPOP endlessly and didn't know that was Sal. Holy hell. Get him in a booth and pay him!!!
I honestly can’t believe this video doesn’t have more views. It might be my favorite from this channel, which is already my favorite channel. And it’s one of the best Star Wars videos I’ve ever watched. Excellent work all around.
This may have taken you a while, but I got to say I just love long form content from you. This was interesting and entertaining so thank you for all the hard work on it!
Such a great video, thanks for doing justice to my favorite Expanded Universe property!
This was great. Thank you James
I absolutely loved this! I was young enough that I never really experienced Shadows of the Empire, so this video really helped me understand what it was, how big a deal it was, and how it’s influenced Star Wars to this day! Thank you so much James and everyone that worked on this for bringing it to the world for us to enjoy, I really hope you make more long-form deep dives in the future :)
Deamn, that Vader part from the book was REALLY good.
"Which makes him irresistible to all human women..." oh, oh i dont like that at all
Neither did Leia. She kneed Xizor in the groin for trying it on her. 😆
I like it a lot
If it was "females of most alien species" instead of just humans. Like... the heck.
@@zachanikwano He said "Humanoid" not human
There's a difference
I love this! Just finished the video and I've never explored this area of the EU but you've got me hooked. Great job to everyone involved!
This is a most excellent look at what is my all-time favorite story from the old Star Wars EU... More! Of! This!
Fair play James! Cool to see you and Sal work together, I discovered you two at the same time. Both amazing creators!
Also, keep these retrospectives up man! Love from Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you tremendously for all of the work you put in providing us with quality content.
Well done James I appreciate your hard work on this video and everyone who helped you with this. great video I love me some star wars I doubt you'll ever see this but yeah thanks man cool beans
I greatly appreciate all the work you did on this one Mr. SM. Shadows is still the one heartbreak I have about the new Canon leaving everything behind. Thank you so much for this. Beautifully done my good man. 🤘🤘🤘
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If the algorithm is all you care about then that is what you will receive.
Guri: "Considered priceless in value and deadly in punching" - just like Maso, then? :)
James, this is just fantastic work! Of course, Mr Sunday Movies is terrific when you and Mason are just screwin' around, but seeing a longer form vid with a bunch of collaborators and research... well you knocked that out of the park too! Shadows deserved a big video and it's awesome to see you give it that treatment. I think everyone just expected a Caravan of Garbage for the PC/N64 game, and this blew away all of our expectations. Just wanted to say it was *excellent* work, mate! You deserve some major kudos.
I remember back in the 90's, a kid was trying to convince me they made a movie from SOTE. I figure he got the soundtrack and assuemd a movied existed...
Shadows is my favorite SW story. Dash Rendar and Klye Katarn where my top 1 and 2 favorite characters.
I loved everything about SotE when I was a kid. Had the N64 game, all the action figures, read all the comics and novels. I was basically obsessed. Dash Rendar, the Outrider, Mara Jade etc were so badass.
I don’t think Mara was in it bro
@@starwarsstuff8098 Yea I think I got two comics mixed up lol.
Rewatching but what a brilliant piece of work
Thank you it's one of my favourites also!
Yes THE MAGNUM OPUS IS FINALLY HERE
This is an awesome installment. I LOVE this Star Wars story. Thank you for doing this era justice.
Thank you for this. It may not be canon anymore but I loved the SOTE video game and always wanted to know more about it beyond Dash's adventures.
*Now this is podracing.*
My god I loved this game so much when I was a kid. Dash Rendar was the COOLEST to me. Well, aside from Han Solo lol. Seeing this game play really really takes me back. Thanks again guys for putting out such great content constantly. One of the few channels who's every video is an A+ 👍
Cheers Keith thanks for the kind words!
You and Star Wars Theory should team up and make a long video like this about the old republic, or legends continuity after episode 6. This was very well done mate 👍
Loved this video so much I just had to rewatch it
I recently gifted all of my Star Wars EU books to a kid, but I kept Shadows of the Empire and it takes prime spot on my bookshelf
Those 3D tenders were incredible. I love the design of “zero suit” Vader.
Thanks mate!
Great job appreciate the effort you went through
James’s magnum opus! ❤️ Finally!
Great to see mention of the amazing Hugh Fleming, who is a friend of a friend and is still one of my favourite ever artists.
"Bothans" are not a species. It's a man. A single man, and his name is Manfred Bothans.
You're welcome.
Well then the line "Many Bothans died" is wrong and they should change it to "Manfred Bothans died."
@@mrsundaymovies His friends call him _Manny_ , of course... 🤪
Now _explaining_ the joke does not make it more funny...
@@Noone-of-your-Business but can you explain it though cuz i don't get it, have no idea who manfred bothans is, and have no motivation to google it even though I wrote this run-on sentence to tell you all this.
@@John-X It's a *_joke:_* Manfred = Manny. Like, you know, the wooly mammoth from Ice Age?
" _Manny Bothans_ died to bring us this information." May he rest in pieces. That's another joke. Get it?
@@Noone-of-your-Business I still don't get it, but I found this Wiki about a Star Wars character called Manuel Both-Hanz starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Manuel_Both-Hanz
Is *_this_* what you all meant?
This was incredible! Absolutely love the Vader bit at the end. Looks amazing.
Thank Kell very much appreciated!
Can't wait to hear about this tomorrow!
Nice one James, you finally did it
Absolutely love that you put in all the time, effort and thought. Even though the video may seem compressed or half-baked in terms of detail, one can easily see all the research and effort you've put in. Kudos!
Kind of sad this isn't James with his phone in portrait view shouting the names of star wars novels into a mirror with the novel titles coming up in comic sans.
I would totally pay to watch more of those 3d Animated Star Wars stories, the animation and the narration was amazing in each of those. Loved the Darth Vader scene in the end.
25:51
"Open belly rescue feature"
what
“You’ll be okay Luke!”
Love this video. Everyone talks about the N64 game but there's much less coverage on the overall Shadows of the Empire multimedia program and all the different aspects of it. Great job.
I've always loved this story I wish there was a movie of it. I started rereading the book the other day. In my mind it is still Canon.