The Biggest Warlord's Fall! | Star Wars Animated Campaign Breakdown
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- We're continuing our look at the history of Star Wars and the New Republic's campaigs after Endor with the battle against Warlord Zsinj!
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I accidentally said Borelais when talking about Isard fleeing, meant to say Thyferra (as the animation shows). Please still leave comments correvting this if you noticed it for maximum tricking of the algorithm.
Hey Corey, not sure if you noticed, you showed in the animation that Isard went to Thyferra, but said Borelais.
:)
Did you mean to say Thyferra instead of Borleias? Did you mean to type Borleias instead of Borelais?
Zsinj was the biggest Warlord in two seperate ways - as the pilots of the New Republic will never let anyone forget
H E ' S F A T ! ! !
- Wedge probably
@@ClericOfPholtus dead as its why we have wraith squadron
I find it hilarious that, for all of the Tom Clancy style shenanigans Zzinj pulls in the X-Wing books, what topples his Empire is Han being so malded by the Hapens that he wins a planet in a card game.
Then again, didn't certain villains in the Clancyverse fall because of unthinkable acts, like the Rainbow Six bioterrorists being curbstomped by way of an information leak from some Russian former intelligence officer they hired?
@@michaelandreipalon359 At least a couple of the various terrorists in Rainbow Six get shanked up because a couple rome larpers at a themepark sharpened the tips of their swords against company policy. And a sub gets screwed up by badly lashed wood on a cargoship at one point in another story. (Maybe hunt but I think it might have been Sum of all Fears?)
@@DIEGhostfish That was one awesome old man there. Shame the op wasn't perfect, what with the death of a wheelchair bound girl who was supposed to be lucky having took part on the amusement park's festivities... can't blame one of the R6 operatives on brutally machinegunning the culprit because of it.
I don't remember that happening on The Sum of All Fears... but I think there may have been a similar incident on Without Remorse.
"Wait til I tell Lando what I won *this* time"
-Han probably
well... to be fair the books were written by different authors (Aaron Allston wrote the three X-wing books featuring him), and Courtship of Princess Leia actually came out before even the very first X-wing novel.
One of correction on an otherwise exceptional video.
Han only thought he'd blown up Iron Fist, he was aware Zsinj had survived as Zsinj personally called him and cursed him out in over sixty languages from his personal shuttle.
Magneno did a review of HoTr45's Attrition you should check it out.
Even when faking the loss of Iron Fist, Zsinj definitely did not want the galaxy thinking he was dead-dead, or his empire would fall apart declaring loyalty to whoever was closest.
Ah yes the infamous kiss my Wookiee comment by han really got under Zsinj skin.
@@wedgeantillies66 well that and costing Zsinj his reputation on the battlefield as well as four star destroyers, four cruisers, most of his best pilots and a lot of credits.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 Yes, his defeat at the battle of Selaggis, followed shortly thereafter by that at Dathomir.in respect of the massive loss in ships and manpower he suffered there would have ended his career as a warlord even if he had survived Dathomir.
Zsinj is a great character despite being an amoral selfish basted and a very typical imperial, he is basically a poor man's Thrawn. He specializes in using asymmetrical warfare and political maneuvering, and underworld criminals connections to fight his enemies and maintain control over his vast holdings. He did all this threw a combination of exploting the collapse of imperial authority, pitting his the NR and the collapsing Empire against each other, feigning loyalty to the imperial ruling all the while setting up his own power base in the mean time, and coopting minor warlords in his camp. He also became the biggest drug(spice) lord in the galaxy in order to fund his Empire and used special forces to as well as the simple threat of force from his fleet to keep a vast section of the galaxy under his control despite having little to no military presence in much of his terrority. For such a great number of achievements, he is rather underrated when comes to Star wars villains.
We Need an Clone Wars Style Animated Series based on the after battle of endor we could have multiple perspectives like One of Imperial Side One of the rebels and one maybe on the main character like Leia travelling to a Planet to join the New Republic and another episode on the Imperial Council going to war with each other for the Emperor's throne Warlords ❤
Pray you're referring to 2003 and not 2008.
@michaelandreipalon359 what's wrong with the 2008 style
Season 7 and Bad Batch 3D Animation Quality
Unfortunately I hope we don't since they would have to write whole new stories and their current writing staff I'd beyond incompetent
2 SSDs losing to some MC80 and a bunch of fighters sounds as realistic as an X wing destroying the Death Star!
Well something to remember is the context and reasons.
1: Razors Kiss was still not completely finished, nor crewed. This meant it could not defend itself properly nor run any damage control.
2: Sabotage brought down all the shields of Razors Kiss and half the shields of Iron Fist, which meant a single lucky shot may hit a bridge(as did happen to Razors Kiss) greatly raising the possibility the Warlord himself could be killed.
3: Zsinj had to divert his fighters and shield strength to try and protect Razors Kiss so he could not capitalize on his advantage in firepower or maneuver.
4: Zsinj was also unnerved that Solo ambushed him and his doctrine stipulates NOT fighting on an enemy's chosen battleground because it gives the enemy the advantage.
5: Zsinj's main objective was to get away, not to fight a battle he was unprepared for and hampered by the above reasons.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 he just too bad :'d
I hate that ssds end up being just big useless hulks half of the time in the books.
@@empirednw6624to be honest though, that was kind of what happened with dreadnoughts in real life, as well as the Bismarck's sister ship tirpitz, Yamato, Musashi (Tirpitz ended up stuck in a fjord most of the war until it was sank, Yamato and Musashi were turned back by a force of destroyer escorts and escort carriers with their planes), and even the Bismarck suddenly stopped performing after it destroyed the HMS hood and inflicted few if any casualties when it made its final stand.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 Also at the time this book was written Executors had half the guns, and less than half the total length (And whatever reduction in volume and mass that equates too, I'm not an engineer.) There'd also been a bit of pounding from the Kuat forces too.
Not sure what cracked me up more, the tomato sandwich or the nap part!
It's kinda funny watching these videos, as someone who's pretty ignorant to more Legends lore. I know big stuff, but hearing smaller details in these videos tends to leave me going "oh, I know that from Thrawn's Revenge!" more than anything.
That mod sure is one nice gateway to the continuity.
While Han was taking a shot at the Iron Fist's bridge, he finishes it off with his iconic one-liner "kiss my wookie."
**Chewbacca grins and leans back with his hands behind his head like a swimsuit model at a photo-shoot, believing he's about to do some kissing** 😁😁😁
Man, the story was so tactical and smart til it got to the courtship of Princess leia
Imagine actually fighting for the total joke that was the greater maldrood. They were hands down the worst imperial warlord state. They even collapsed twice.
How mal-rude of you...
Not sure what you’re basing that off of given that ever other major Warlord of the period besides the Pentastar Alignment was in the same boat as Greater Maldrood by the end
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Thanks for this legends history story. I like learning the lore of all the warlords
Zsinj truly was one of the warlords of all time
These campaign map videos are probably my favourite SW content on youtube. I appreciate the hardwork and effort that go into them!
Gotta thank Legends for its stance on fix fic'ing otherwise uninteresting characters into shockingly interesting powerhouses back in the day. X-Wing Zsinj sure is one marked improvement to his humiliated (for lack of a better word) state from The Courtship of Princess Leia.
Say, Corey and co., plans to flesh out the Farlander Papers and Stele Chronicles, alongside the accompanying X-Wing and TIE Fighter video games?
It’s you again
@@empirednw6624 Well, yeah, I am a regular on this channel, among others.
It's really weird how today i was just thinking of how you haven't done a dedicated video on Zsinj or at least not one in a very long time and here it is, lol
Between the crazy gadgets, brainwashing, evil experiments, unsubtle theme naming, and of course getting sidetracked by personal enmity of a hero, Zsinj is a funny dress choice from being a supervillain. Honestly it makes him one the most fun villains of the post-endor period, at least to me.
Interesting to hear this all together. Wraith Squadron and Iron Fist are some of my favorite stories from Star Wars, but I could never find a copy of the third book . . .
This is the campaign I knew a little about from the x-wings novels but never knew how it truly ended. Thanks. Awesome videos.
Oh, Daddy Zsinj my beloved! I always love any stuff about him!
What happened to the Raptors after Zsinj's Empire fell? Were they reintegrated into other militaries?
They mostly died in suicidal attacks against The Empire and New Republic to try and avenge their fallen warlord.
@@Chaotic_Jackal Ah, no wonder they end up becoming so irrelevant. Thanks so much!
Your videos honestly are always improving Corey, compared to other lore videos, I really appreciate the details in the maps and the showcased ships. Its really seamless and friendly for new viewers as well. And its not just still images or photos fron the Essential guides or randon footage. Its really appreciated. Great work!
Zsinj after Thrawn is the most dangerous threat to the new republic during the warlord period. Due to constantly innovating and improving his forces effectiveness and abilities in various ways and adding to them via tie raptors, use of pirates and hidden financial and infrastructure empire across the galaxy.
While his tactical abilities and powerful fleet centred around iron fist SSD and empire bear to the core as he took the fight to the new republic made him a threat to be taken seriously and dealt with once Coruscant fell to new republic.
This was a lot of fun! The X-wing books hold a lot of nostalgia for me, though the NJO is my favorite SW sub series, X-wing is a close second.
Still hoping to see Wraith Squadron in TR someday!
Damn, you've gotten _REALLY_ good at this, man! :)
Its really cool to see.
Can't wait for the next one.
Thank you for all your hard work it's kinda of hard to find videos like this on the imperial warlords
Hey Corey, this is a question thats been killing me for months: What was Oversector Outer? Queli Oversector is in the outer rim, so is Greater Seswenna Oversector that the Eriadu Authority was based out of. So who was in command? Was Tarkin in charge of all of them? Whats the deal?
I'd like to see that video too.
As much as I understood it the Oversector Outer consisted of all imperial Outer Rim territory. With the exception of the Quelli Oversector and the Maldrood Oversector which consisted mostly of the territory within the mid rim but also penetrating within the Outer Rim. Tarkin ruled it from Eriadu. His successor Ardus Kane moved with his troops to the northern part of the massive oversector which was more easy to defend after Endor.
I believe it’s more or less all of the area in the outer rim except the galactic north around Bastion
4:54 I think you meant Thyferra
funny enough recently someone was writing a fanfiction on a situation on "what if Zsinj had an heir?" although this is a crossover story so its not some random OC but forever paranoid and dangerous Tanya von Degurechaff on her 3rd round of life of the series Youjo Senki/Saga of Tanya the Evil, good luck Han, you will need it against this little war lady
Yay more campaigns!
I know a lot of people think the Thrawn Trilogy is the best, I think Zjinn might actually be the better read.
Disagree, he sticks around to long. Most of the other warlords get “removed from power” so to speak pretty quickly after they are introduced. I’m not counting the weird replacement warlords though.
Can't wait for the upcoming Empire at War Expanded patch that'll let an MC80's shields withstand an SSD.
Algorithm boosting comment about Thyferra/Borelais mix up. Anyway fantastic video! I've been looking forward to this one for a while. Excited to see post-Zsinj campaigns and Treuten's 5 minutes of success
Love your SW Legends lore videos Corey!
As a big wraith squadron fan this video was really great 😊
@CoreysDatapad I have a super obscure legends question for you. Do you think If Col Zel johans had been present at hoth, and had a greater influence on imperial armor Doctrine would The empire have done better at hoth and have more sucess overall?
Now that is some esoteric deep lore right there. Yes, I bet it would have helped but you didn’t ask me😢
The Hammers could have been stymied by some gimmicking of the hoth shield.
Great video, though Isard set up on Thyferra (as depicted visually) and not Borleais as you say in the video.
I feel like you missed the very important detail that Razor's Kiss wasn't properly crewed. And trying to remote control it while also fighting Solo's fleet was what let Solo win when really he should have been blasted to scrap in such a lop sided fight.
Your "SW Complete History of the Galaxy After Endor!" was great! Using it as a referencing point - May I ask you, please, for some recommended books/audiobooks on where to begin with post endor?
As I was pretty much focused on the Old Republic most of the time, I missed 99% of the Post Endor stuff, except Thrawn Trilogy...
So, as the Old Republic lore sources dried up and what exist is... well, another can of worms itself, EAWX Thrawns Revenge is my window into the Post Endor stuff. These anim. vids are excellent. There are ton of books but not not everything is available here in Czech Republic. So Audible is the best source.
Thanks!
Zsinj had such a great buildup.
... and then Courtship of Princess Leia happened.
Hard to believe a Warlord so powerful could be brought down by the nascent New Republic. I absolutely doubted the effectiveness of SSDs in arrogant people’s hands.
Love the posh moustaches
WOOKIES HAD THERE OWN Y WING SQUADRON!! that literally the best thing ever
Sadly that was just the name. They did have their own fighter type call the Owool though so there was a Wookiee navy.
@@CoreysDatapad now I wanna cry
Well done🤝🏾
Han commanding fleets of ships still sounds weird to me. He never felt like the guy who would want to be a military leader. Even in ROTJ
plan to release any of these maps?
Yeah... LODDA "Tomato sandwiches" gettin' made in the fractured Empire. :P
4:52 Borleias? you meant Thyferra
Rip legends
How dare you not mention the real hero of Wraith Squadron, Lieutenant Kettch!!??
Yub, yub, lieutenant!!
I am from india and my favourite character is throne because of his military tactics
I did a double take at the pronunciation of Xobome.
Creative freedom
great video
👍
Why couldn’t Disney make this stuff canon they would have made so much money and an insane new trilogy block buster movies but instead we got Mary Sue and politics shoved down our throats followed by horrible writing
Another banger Corey! Love the campaign videos