If you have any questions or just wanna hang out, I started streaming 5 days a week at: www.twitch.tv/arrenk see ya there! I’ve been working on a documentary about Star Wars for the past 2 years. But the youtube algorithm is so broken that subscribers don’t see it in their feeds. Here it is folks, watch and enjoy! ua-cam.com/video/WYiKLZDd-4I/v-deo.html& Military Minds , from greatest to the worst , you guys decide , I already put some hints in a video. Also anyone who missed my previous video it is not on my channel , check out my collaboration work with Antoine ua-cam.com/video/aKAxjSoTQqg/v-deo.html Sorry for not uploading for a time , Maul tribute was almost finished but It won't happen due to some copyright music problems. Therefore I decided to try my best to find copyright free music for my next trailers , any of you will come across of a good free soundtrack pm me , it will save a lot of time and help me to make more of this .
Wait. So the long awaited Maul tribute won't happen because of some dbags with a fistful of copywrites? Long time fan from years ago and first time posting. Don't let them get you down Dudufilm. You are a thematic and cinematographic genius.
Sorry to hear about such copyright issues. Have you tried to get in touch with music making youtubers like Lucas King? That would be the one coming first to my mind about Star Wars related compositions, and I remember that on his channel, there was a statement about using his music for free.
@@unknownunknown743 Because they should've been. In clone wars, they were being fully controlled by palpatine, and were forced to lose, and doomed to aswell. Every hero of seperatists were assasinated. Furthermore, the republic had no proper training. In Empire, we don't see the big force. In sequels, though. I don't say anything about that.
Cant deny nothing else wouldve been more appropriate, just by his eyes, without knowing anything about his story you know: that is a fanatic worthy of 1930s germany.
Still true. No real tactical ability. He was just so high up essentially because he agrees to be loyal to Sloane and not his abusive father as they get to the unknown regions.
Agree but I also think it makes you think how truly terrifying those with both would have been (the Force and an incredible grasp of strategies, both on and off the battlefield).
Doesn't really inspire hope/morale for the future though. The future is hope *-Lelouch Vi Britannia* A true competent leader always rely on long term strategy *-unknown* There is no death. There is the force. Remember these words when times are darkest *-Jedi Code*
Thrawn, to me, will always be the most dangerous enemy one can possibly face in Star Wars. While someone like Vader is physically imposing and will terrify you on the field of battle, Thrawn only meets you on said field when he has already won.
@@aziaq1585 Vader is a good tactician, but he emerges victorious through brute force fighting side by side with Imperial Soldiers. Thrawn on the other hand is... a brilliant tactician, one who has won a battle before it even began. One who is always not one, but two steps before his enemy.
Marc Thompson is by far one of, if not, my favorite narrator. Each of his voices for the characters is so distinct that you can hardly believe it's one person. I especially love his Thrawn voice, both of them.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is the best character in Star Wars. Every word he speaks leaves me inspired and with goosebumps on my skin. His brilliant and insightful speeches make Palpatine and Vader look like meek armatures in the art of villainous monologues. Also, this whole time I was wondering why Tarkin had no lines. Then he finished the video with those iconic, chilling words. In a vacuum, a calm, almost pleasant sentence, but one that carries a horrifying context when spoken by the commander of the Death Star. The simple phrase that sends a chill down your spine and will cost millions if not billions of lives: "You may fire when ready".
@@jeck988 Thrawn was merely trying to save the galaxy, via the most stable military force in the galaxy. Tarkin wanted power and stability. Krennic sought power and control to them. Hux was following his families footsteps.
Every time you see him on screen, you are terrified, worried - what is he planning now. Just him speaking with a calm voice, makes you more horrified than someone using brute force. Great villain, great character.
Thrawn if he was tasked with guarding the Death Star plans: "The rebels, including the daughter of the project lead, have launched an attack on the engineering team behind the weapon's construction. Galen Erso, admitted to treason when confronted by Director Krennic. The message he sent must be something that compromised the Death Star. We should analyse the plans and search for any kind of weakness." *A battle breaks out on Scarrif while Thrawn and several engineers are analyzing the schematics.* "Galen Erso betrayed the Empire and now the rebels are attacking the facility that holds the plans for the super weapon he designed. The only logical conclusion is the Rebels must need the Death Star technical schematics to capitalize on Galen's betrayal. Upload the plans to one of the Star Destroyers in orbit. Once the plans are received have them jump to the Death Star and deliver the plans to the battle station. Erase any and all copies of the plans outside of the station, and let the Rebels try to assault our most powerful weapon (if they even figure out where the plans are). TLDR, just have Thrawn manage everything essential to the empire and Palpatine's reign will last forever.
The only flaw is you'd never have an asset like Thrawn relegated to such puny operations. You'd deploy Thrawn to the front lines, not to some top secret research centre
Plus Thrawn disliked the death star for its impracticality. Too many resources wasted on a giant ball of death for it to be destroyed by a exhaust port.
@@articusramos808 Yeah, Thrawn didn't buy the effectiveness of Sidious's 'symbol of fear' reasoning, they could get just as much destructive capability by bombing planets with Stardestroyers.
@@nobody2996 exactly, thrawn would rather patrol the entire galaxy with star destroyer, than use it all on a battle station that can only be one place at a time
If thrawn had been in charge of the death star he would have turned those resources into millions of star destroyers and billions of TIE fighters, bombers, etc
Best part about the audiobook for the new Thrawn novel is that it's narrated by the same guy who narrated the Thrawn trilogy. Would love to hear a few of his quotes from those included. "Once you understand a species' art, you understand that species"
I read a few Star Wars novels, but I mostly just listen to the audiobooks while I'm at work. Marc Thompson does the best reading, in my opinion. He has a very distinct voice for Thrawn and he can perfectly mimic Mark Hamill and Billy Dee Williams.
a great tactician creates plans, a good tactician recognises the soundness of a plan presented to them, a fair tactician must see the plan succeed before offering approval. Those that have no tactical ability may never understand or accept it, nor such people understand or accept the tactician. To those without that ability, those who possess it are a mystery, and when a mind is too deficient in understanding, the resulting gap is often filled with... resentment. Military leadership is a journey not a destination, it is continually challenged and must continually improve itself a new against fresh obstacles. there is satisfaction in defeating an enemy, but one must never allow oneself to become complaced. There is always more enemies to be identified, faced and vanquished. I want you to know failure utter defeat and that it is I who delivers it crushing down upon you. now, let us proceed. once a certain levels have been reached there is no need to prove leadership or competence. a person with such power is accustomed to having every word carefully considered and every whim treated as an order and all who recognise that power know to bow to it. few have the courage or foolishness to resist.
Thrawn is the SMARTEST Tactitian in star wars legends and canon, also his rank is grand Admiral ackbar is a pretty great Tactitian but he's Outclassed by Thrawn
Agreed, the only win the rebels got over him was by Ezra literally taking him off the board. It was clear by that point that he had them nearly dead to rights, and had they faced him in Rogue One or before those events the fractures in the rebellion we saw in Rogue would have torn them apart if he didn't finish them off personally.
I see Tarkin not as a tactician but a strategist. He, despite being a talented and experienced commander concerned himself more with managing the empire than fighting battles
I love everything about this video but I'll say three things that stand out for me. 1.All of Thrawn's dialogue 2. Hux's partial speech 3. The background music
Another great quote by Thrawn that sums up the brilliant foundation of his battle strategy. "To defeat an enemy you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics, but their history. Philosophy. Art..." "Slaven please, you embarrass me in front of our host. May I introduce Hera Syndulla. Rebel pilot, freedom fighter, military leader, daughter of your nemesis: Cham Syndulla. *Ezra draws on Thrawn, but he calmly stuns him* "How did I know? Because rebels always have friends rushing to the rescue." "I will pull the Rebels apart piece by piece. They'll be the architects of their own destruction."
Both Tarkin and Thrawn are brilliant minds but you might want to reconsider the line about no combat skills. Tarkin's younger years are explored in a novel, were he grew up mostly in a jungle learning to hunt, fight and survive against all manner of beasts, creatures and other dangers. He destroyed an entire horde of ape like monsters by manipulating their leader and beta, forcing them to clash in a show of dominance, killed them both and then forced the rest of the horde from their ancestral home all by himself. Tarkin is not the kind of guy who likes to get his hands dirty but he is possibly the most ruthless being in all of Star Wars behind Palpatine. Just because he chooses not to fight doesn't mean he can't.
bruno tobias The (arguably) most important thing I've ever learned about Tarkin in Rogue One is that Tarkin's a rival you don't want to have. Especially when he uses your own super weapon to destroy not just you, but also the base you're standing on. Anyway, considering how the Rebels Season 3 finale demonstrated a difference in priorities between Tarkin and Thrawn (Tarkin demanded that the Rebel leadership at Atollon be captured alive, whereas, Thrawn never truly believed the idea to be feasible, despite complying with the demand), I feel as if the writers are setting up the groundwork for a Season 4 rivalry between Tarkin and Thrawn. Could the reason for Thrawn's absence from the original trilogy be due to Tarkin's growing paranoia and scheming?
“Each culture is different. Each species is unique. That presents challenges to the warrior, who often must ascertain from limited clues the strategy, goals, and tactics of an opponent. But the danger of misreading an opponent is sometimes even greater in politics. There, one seldom has the clearness of weapons activation or troop movement to warn of impending danger. Often, the only indication of conflict is when the battle has already begun.”
Jayard _Kenobi "If you know your enemy and you know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril" pretty much a copy of sun tzu teachings. But Thrawn lack that know myself part.
Alcantara Daniel what, thrawn knows himself. He knows that his love for art and respect for his enemy is needed to win. His calm demeanor is what he knows gives him an edge against his enemies. Watch "why did thrawn join the empire" and you will see alot of what he fought for.
When the Death Star was finally finished, the Empire thought it had a guaranteed winning hand. But they forgot a lesson by Thrawn: there is no such thing as a guaranteed winning hand.
Whilst I would place Thrawn's tactical genius over Tarkin's, I wouldn't say Tarkin is only a good tactician. He was an excellent tactician, and a reasonably fair military commander. Again, not on the level of Thrawn, but he commanded the same kind of loyalty borne of true admiration, and the kind of results that made him formidable. The only significant difference was that whilst Thrawn was known to be able to discern enemy tactics via art work and an opponents mannerisms, Tarkin read opponents through their actions and reputation, and employed a ruthless and direct approach to battle that kept his opponents off balance. They're both competent, just in different ways. Too often in the Empire there were leaders who got by on prestige, whilst those like Thrawn, Piett, and Tarkin got by on skill.
That's exactly where Thrawn and Tarkin differ, especially in the Thrawn Novel. Where Tarkin is slightly less able than Thrawn in military tactical prowess, Tarkin knows how to play the political scene much more effectively e.g. Taking control of the Death Star despite Krennic building it.
DKDioKlau Tarkin only made one mistake at Yavin and it was not evacuating. Thrawn has less of a pride problem, so I think he probably would've left. If you mean in preparation for Yavin, the exhaust port was not Tarkin's fault; and bringing Star Destroyers would have done nothing, considering the X-wings might be able to zip through.
@@clark5317 Other mistakes were not realizing quicker that you need fighters to effectively ward off fighters and that he should deploy a reasonable amount as soon a enemy fighters are detected and intercept them before they are within firing range of the death star. I would also send fighters and bombers to attack the rebel land base and destroy any visible craft which they could escape in. This would also cause the rebels to split their own forces further weakening their offensive capabilities.
“We Sith are an unseen opposition, a phantom menace. Where the Sith once wore armor, we now wear cloaks. But the Force works through us all the more powerfully in our invisibility. For the present, the more covert we remain, the more influence we can have. Our revenge will be achieved not through subjugation but by contagion.” -Darth Tenebrous. The Thrawn of the Sith and quite possibly the second most brilliant mind the Galaxy had ever known.
It makes it way better when Thrawn is speaking on the background, he was a powerful man. His story always fascinated me, especially how he disappeared to thin air after the Imperial Civil War started. He is truly the god. "Kill a man, and you're an assasin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a god."
Lord Inquisitor Virideaus They aren't incompetent. They have shown some very good tactical and strategical abilities. But the empire is just simply better in many ways. But sadly have some idiots in their ranks as well
Lord Inquisitor Virideaus That is how things are durring war. Espacally when you are fighting a opponent several times more powerful than you. And they do listen just not all the time. Also can you fucking blame them? Their enemy, who was already far stronger than them, had now a weapon that they knew could destroy big parts of countries
Often come back here to remember what was lost. Absolutely prophetic how my DM at high school predicted darkness when the Disney purchase news dropped. We are all just going to live in aging bodys inhabiting a lesser society more and more.
That seems like a very cynic view. Let's hope society improves, irregardless of what Disney or does. In years to come if we even think back on media, people will remember Andor, KotOR and the films, not the bad.
This is even better, since I’m reading through Thrawn Ascendancy right now. Thrawn rises to the top of two galactic militaries, because he was just that skilled and intelligent.
In the end Thrawn lost because of the reason most villains lose. In the series "The Flash" there was a quote that said "You cannot predict how someone is feeling". The depth of the bond between the rebels was something he could never really grasp and therefore not see coming. Loving someone so much you are willing to sacrifice yourself for him is nothing he even thought possible.
I love your comment. Politicians & powerful leaders constantly underestimate the powerful force of collective feelings & emotions of people. Those who are too focused on cold-logic & strategy fail when it comes to not knowing that leadership is a battlefield fought on two fronts...Logic & Emotion.
The thrawn needs his own movie. Star wars can make big bucks on this solo movie if they do it right. But it seems to me that Disney doesn't care too much for star wars if they did they would have been many new single star wars movies out or games. That's how I see it.
I feel Disney have no tactical ability, and as Grand Admiral Thrawn said "Those that have no tactical ability may never understand or accept it, (referencing George Lucas's vision) nor such people understand or accept the tactician. To those without that ability, those who possess it are a mystery, and when a mind is too deficient in understanding, the resulting gap is often filled with... resentment." That is how they treat most (Read: All) fan input concerning not just Star Wars, but all franchises owned by them.
Fantastic. I'm thrilled you're using audiobook narrations, they're such a good source to utilize. Marc Thompson is a brilliant voice over artist. Again, brilliant video, as always!!!!
By far my favourite video! As soon as I heard Thrawn, I thought, "YEEEEESSSS!!!" I was waiting forever for your next vid and I thought, "Man this is taking a while. For sure the video is going to be amazing then." I'm glad I got to see it before going to bootcamp!
Thrawn I will not except surrenders at this time I want you to know failure utter defeat and it is I who delivers it crashing down upon you I hear this Thrawn line in my head all the time
Admiral Thrawn. Years ago you served us fans in the Expanded Universe. Now we beg you to help us in our struggle against Disney. I regret that I am unable to convey this request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack by the Feminist Order, and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to the silver screen has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Fandom into the memory systems of this UA-cam comment. My brothers and sisters will know how to decipher it. You must see this comment safely delivered to them on Wookieepedia. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Grand Admiral Thrawn. You're my only hope!
A secret base that would save us all from defeat? Great! I'm not going to tell anyone else about it and just tell them to shut up and get on with it. Any reason why? Do i think there's a spy in our midst? Is this base the stuff of legends and no one would believe me otherwise? Would people not want to go to this particular base for any particular reason? Nah, but I'm not going to tell them anyway.
shut up she is not a tactician she is a politician so a diplomat but in organisations like the Empire, The Resistance, The Rebelion and the First Order only military titles are counted you can be a admiral and just be an ingener so her being here is ok and she trust leia so in ep 8 She said nothing to other Poe aswell because he was Rztrograde to captain so he doesn't have the right to ask ansers ( and have you seen his reaction just because she expose the reasonable choice so saying it he would have done worse) and if the emplacement of the rebel base is a secret that only her and Leia knew so if she tells to the crew the spy could inform the Fiirst order and they failed
Ironically, it was Thrawn doing an dishonorable act that got him stopped during in the Original Timeline, in the Disney one he was defeated yet again by himself as he underestimated the Power of The Force.
@@maylabrown4584 he didn’t underestimate the force he just didn’t understand it if he was force sensitive had plentiful of time to study and research it he might find a counter to force sensitive individuals.
@@mohammadhosseini6675 Star Wars Rebels shows Thrawn underestimate The Tengu and despite being warned of what was to come didn't plan (and couldn't) plan for what was just a supposed prophecy from a beast.
"the art of war is of vital importance to the state. It's a road to safety or to ruin. It's a subject inquiry which can on no account be neglected." Sun Tzu the art of war, very first lines. Why did the empire loose despite it having such excellent military minds, borderline limitless rescources and personal? They lost because they were not fighting for the "state", they were fighting for their egos. They were motivated by greed and vanity and pride. The rebels fought with such strong will, such patience, such admirable skill and courage because they had two things in sufficient amounts that the empire did not have in sufficient amounts: humility and faith in ordinary people's liberties. They were, as Ahsoka put it in TCW "fighting for freedom". And people who fight for freedom are naturally going to be seen as glorious because they were fighting for the people's well-being, because they believed in the people, the emperor feared the people because the people could take away his power, and as we all know Palpatine has an "all who gain power are afraid to loose it" mentality. I don't like him, but I respect Thrawn because his ultimate loyalty was (In Legends at least) to the Chiss ascendancy. He did what he did out of desire to protect his people from the evils in the unknown regions which he believed only a fully militarised galactic power, could defend against, and as evidenced by the yhuza zhong, he was at least partially right. However his proud belief that he alone needed to rule the galaxy for that to happen, and his naivety, led to his downfall at the hands of Rouke. RIP Miththrawndoo, you may have been a ruthless, merciless, egotistical, pessimistically ambitious bastard, but you were a brave, brilliant, loyal bastard who taught the galaxy the painful lessons it needed to learn to defend itself. Sometimes the most needed lessons to be learnt require the uncomfortablest of learning environments.
I feel had thrawn won and became a dictator it was for the right reason sometimes the "people" don't see the picture that in this case a horde of a hive like civilization that wants to consume the galaxy thrawn knew that a united galaxy would minimize the damage and be the most likely way to success and victory thrawns personality shows unlike someone who was power hungry like palpatine he most likely would have reformed democracy because his mission over with he has no real reason to stay in power and thus no longer wants to be because if you do it for the right reason and maintain your morality and dedication you had going which thrawn would you will lay down that power after the storm has passed and it is time to let the people run things again thats why had thrawn not been assainated he would have gone on to be the galaxy best hope against the vong
I watched this video 3 years ago or so for the first time and up until today, even after rewatching it countless times, it never fails to give me goosebumps. Hands down the best Star Wars edits I've ever seen! (and a huge part of how I've finally fallen in love with that fandom) PS: when are they finally hiring you to cut their movies?
Thrawn would have picked apart the entire rebellion one by one, it would have not mattered if Luke Skywalker would have discovered his abilities or not, cause no rebel alliance would have been left. So the ghost crew I guess did took out the greatest hurdle that had one of the biggest impact in rebellion actually succeeding.
As someone whos just finished the original Thrawn trilogy, I cannot express how much I have come to love the character. I had heard his name before, and first saw him in Rebels. But now that I've properly read the original take on the character... he's just breathtaking. The brief discussions between Thrawn and Pellaeon were such a great way of exploring the tactical genius of the man, from the first line to his last breath in the story. Thrawn is so fun, not only for his lack of moral qualms, but his blatant disregard for the Emperor. He isn't unsettling in the way the Emperor is, he isn't a broken man like Vader. He's simply, and wholly, a tactical mastermind with a vision for the galaxy.
**Military leadership is a journey, not a destination.** Strip Thrawn of all the medals and ranks, he'll remain powerful. His career is neverending ascendance without stopping for rest or complacency.
"I am okay with my troops doing a mistake. What I will not tolerate is a refusal to correct it. Not everyone knows but a Military Career is not a Destination. Its a Journey."
Thrawn is basically the perfect GRAND strangest for an empire. UTTERLY LOYAL AND DEPENDABLE he is a absolute genius with no desire for high political office. in fact that only real weakness he has IS politics because it's total BS and utterly self-serving and often self-destructive 99% of the time and thrawn just CANNOT compute that kind of battlefield.
I know I'm like four years late, but I just want to thank you for making this amazing tribute video to the brilliant military tacticians behind the Empire (and the First Order with Hux even though his character was wasted in Episodes 8 & 9). I feel like these people get overshadowed by the majority of the fan base in favor of villains such as Darth Vader, General Grievous, Emperor Palpatine, etc. Don't get me wrong, they're also amazing villains who deserve the praise they have but I think the ordinary but intelligent military leaders also deserve some more recognition.
Everyone seen in this video are unironically my favourite star wars characters. Maul, Vader, and Kenobi too but something about non-force sensitive characters who gain power is just really intriguing to me Love this video!
Empire - "Send a fleet to deal with the rebels, good, now monitor transmissions" etc Rebellion - "SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS"
"Press the attack. Force them to ground..." Best rebels final so far. Thrawn saved the series, great villain. I think he is the main reason why the rebels in Roque one are so scared to fight against the empire. The battle of Scarif was the first major victory for the rebels. Up to that point they suffered defeat after defeat after defeat by the empires most dangerous admiral. I believe he is beating the shit out of the alliance until all they can do is pray to the force, hoping for a miracle. And they get their wish, i think Thrawn will eather be betrayed by his subordinates (jealous little racists) or leave the empire because of the death star.
No he isn't, Walker. He's still alive in both canon and EU. The canon 'ending' so far for Thrawn is that he left into the unknown regions with the remainder of the Imperial remnants after RotJ.
@Duck Soup No, just no. Please stop, i almost pushed the last 15 minutes of rebels into the deepest depths of my memory, just next to the Disney trilogy. No, just no...noooooo! Space whales....just f.o. man....
"I want you to know failure... Utter defeat. And it is I who delivers it crashing down upon you. Now let us proceed." Such a good quote! From many of the great Grand Admiral Thrawn.
My issue with it is that it brakes with the original Thrawn trilogy. This is because Thrawn does not take pleasure in defeating an enemy and he would not take personal credit for success.
I like this edit because it goes into the tactics of Star Wars,something that is not often touched on.And this does it so well,looking at both sides as far as tactical vs not so much and the sides of the war.Still brilliant👏
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Seriously Dudu, you are awesome. Quotes from Thrawns audiobook combined with strong music and fitting scenes from the Star Wars Series. It feels soo powerful
“There is, satisfaction in defeating an enemy. But one must never allow oneself to become complacent. There are always more enemies to be identified, faced, and vanquished.” That quote points out one of the biggest factors of many powerful leaders and figureheads downfalls. Once they had defeated their initial enemy they felt that no one else could stand up to them, causing them to slack off and lose their edge. I love how Thrawn points out plenty of realistic possibilities and facts in regards to warfare and fighting. Such a great character.
There are two enemies to be feared in life: The utterly feral and the utterly intelligent. Of the two the latter is the worst -- Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, Tanith First-and-Only
This is so awesome!!! Thank you for the description under the video about the quotes you used - that prevented me from any spoilers, as I had not finished the Thrawn book yet (english is not my first language, but couldn't wait for the german version as well^^). Therefore, I waited until now with watching this video, and the wait was really worth it. It's atmospheric, epic and I love that kind of subtle résumé about imperial politics in the end.
The rebel alliance: "The empire is stronger than us." "General Draven blew up a base." "I say we fight." "Nah, scatter the fleet." The empire: "The emporer wants this system." "My ground forces will occupy it." "My fleet will offer support from orbit." "Vader will oversee the operation." Honestly its a mystery how the empire fell
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Military Minds , from greatest to the worst , you guys decide , I already put some hints in a video.
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Sorry for not uploading for a time , Maul tribute was almost finished but It won't happen due to some copyright music problems.
Therefore I decided to try my best to find copyright free music for my next trailers , any of you will come across
of a good free soundtrack pm me , it will save a lot of time and help me to make more of this .
DuduFilm this was amazing keep up the great work,I absolutely love Thrawn.
the voices you can barely hear over the music, any chance you could fix that?
Wait. So the long awaited Maul tribute won't happen because of some dbags with a fistful of copywrites? Long time fan from years ago and first time posting. Don't let them get you down Dudufilm. You are a thematic and cinematographic genius.
DuduFilm Is it possible to download the track used in this video?
Sorry to hear about such copyright issues. Have you tried to get in touch with music making youtubers like Lucas King? That would be the one coming first to my mind about Star Wars related compositions, and I remember that on his channel, there was a statement about using his music for free.
'Those with no tactical ability at all, may never understand or accept it.' I love how you lowkey roasted Admiral Hux.
He is a general actually, but he acts a 100% like and admiral. The sequel does not understand military system.
@@patrickvonthanos8464 well none of Star Wars does, in most of Star Wars media every military force has been stupidly incompetent
@@unknownunknown743 Because they should've been. In clone wars, they were being fully controlled by palpatine, and were forced to lose, and doomed to aswell. Every hero of seperatists were assasinated. Furthermore, the republic had no proper training. In Empire, we don't see the big force. In sequels, though. I don't say anything about that.
@@randomestchannel Even still, if the imperial commanders had been written to have half a brain cell, the rebellion would have ended like that
Cant deny nothing else wouldve been more appropriate, just by his eyes, without knowing anything about his story you know: that is a fanatic worthy of 1930s germany.
"Those with no tactical ability at all" (shows Hux)
I hope he becomes a bit more competent in episode 8 and 9
After watching Episode 8, well....
Still true. No real tactical ability. He was just so high up essentially because he agrees to be loyal to Sloane and not his abusive father as they get to the unknown regions.
And i like it. It shows that not every time u have the best possible tacticianers like Thrawn and u need to manage nevertheless.
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This video perfectly captures the fact that you don't need the Force to change the Galaxy.
only forcerepelling cats :)
Yeah, those are quite handy.
Agree but I also think it makes you think how truly terrifying those with both would have been (the Force and an incredible grasp of strategies, both on and off the battlefield).
Like Sidious?
Doesn't really inspire hope/morale for the future though.
The future is hope *-Lelouch Vi Britannia*
A true competent leader always rely on long term strategy *-unknown*
There is no death. There is the force. Remember these words when times are darkest *-Jedi Code*
Thrawn, to me, will always be the most dangerous enemy one can possibly face in Star Wars. While someone like Vader is physically imposing and will terrify you on the field of battle, Thrawn only meets you on said field when he has already won.
Furious Sherman Comparing a Force - Demigod to an Admiral. Oh my God
Sith Lord You don't know much about Thrawn, do you?
How do I begin to explain thrawn...First of all, he defeated an entire fleet with 3 cruisers.
Vader isn’t a dumbass... I think they re are more like at the same level. (But Vader more stronger wereas Thrawn is more brilliant)
@@aziaq1585 Vader is a good tactician, but he emerges victorious through brute force fighting side by side with Imperial Soldiers. Thrawn on the other hand is... a brilliant tactician, one who has won a battle before it even began. One who is always not one, but two steps before his enemy.
Being a badass normal in a world with magic knights makes them even more badass
True
"Magic Knights"
XDDD
"normal"
Thrawn is far from normal.
@@troo_6656 Thrawn is level it self :)
The fact that we can't even hear the difference between Rebels Thrawn and audiobook Thrawn just shows how good a voice actor Marc Thompson is
i cant wait for the next book to come out this month, honestly my favourite character in star wars canon and legends.
@@whovianwolf THERE'S A NEW THRAWN BOOK COMING OUT????????????????
@@megancress1384 yes
@@megancress1384 yes, and as a fan who has read all of the Thrawn books available, it is FANTASTIC
Marc Thompson is by far one of, if not, my favorite narrator. Each of his voices for the characters is so distinct that you can hardly believe it's one person. I especially love his Thrawn voice, both of them.
Grand Admiral Thrawn is the best character in Star Wars. Every word he speaks leaves me inspired and with goosebumps on my skin. His brilliant and insightful speeches make Palpatine and Vader look like meek armatures in the art of villainous monologues.
Also, this whole time I was wondering why Tarkin had no lines. Then he finished the video with those iconic, chilling words. In a vacuum, a calm, almost pleasant sentence, but one that carries a horrifying context when spoken by the commander of the Death Star. The simple phrase that sends a chill down your spine and will cost millions if not billions of lives: "You may fire when ready".
Tarkin a villain? Yes. Thrawn a villain? No.
Tarkin is a good example of the saying "Speak softly and carry a big stick".
@@jeck988 Thrawn was merely trying to save the galaxy, via the most stable military force in the galaxy. Tarkin wanted power and stability. Krennic sought power and control to them. Hux was following his families footsteps.
@@jeck988 there is a narrow line betwene genious and villan. Where that line lies is your decsion to make and yours only.
Every time you see him on screen, you are terrified, worried - what is he planning now. Just him speaking with a calm voice, makes you more horrified than someone using brute force. Great villain, great character.
Thrawn if he was tasked with guarding the Death Star plans:
"The rebels, including the daughter of the project lead, have launched an attack on the engineering team behind the weapon's construction. Galen Erso, admitted to treason when confronted by Director Krennic. The message he sent must be something that compromised the Death Star. We should analyse the plans and search for any kind of weakness."
*A battle breaks out on Scarrif while Thrawn and several engineers are analyzing the schematics.*
"Galen Erso betrayed the Empire and now the rebels are attacking the facility that holds the plans for the super weapon he designed. The only logical conclusion is the Rebels must need the Death Star technical schematics to capitalize on Galen's betrayal. Upload the plans to one of the Star Destroyers in orbit. Once the plans are received have them jump to the Death Star and deliver the plans to the battle station. Erase any and all copies of the plans outside of the station, and let the Rebels try to assault our most powerful weapon (if they even figure out where the plans are).
TLDR, just have Thrawn manage everything essential to the empire and Palpatine's reign will last forever.
The only flaw is you'd never have an asset like Thrawn relegated to such puny operations. You'd deploy Thrawn to the front lines, not to some top secret research centre
Plus Thrawn disliked the death star for its impracticality. Too many resources wasted on a giant ball of death for it to be destroyed by a exhaust port.
@@articusramos808 Yeah, Thrawn didn't buy the effectiveness of Sidious's 'symbol of fear' reasoning, they could get just as much destructive capability by bombing planets with Stardestroyers.
@@nobody2996 exactly, thrawn would rather patrol the entire galaxy with star destroyer, than use it all on a battle station that can only be one place at a time
If thrawn had been in charge of the death star he would have turned those resources into millions of star destroyers and billions of TIE fighters, bombers, etc
Can we watch a movie about Thrawn
Maybe after the jabba the hutt spin off
Composer Viktor i want a whole fucking trilogy based on thrawn of movies but its not gonna happen
Star Wars Rebels
Some are hoping Richard E Grant's character is Thrawn, myself included.
they should totally do one
“Military leadership is a journey, not a destination.”👌🏼
Best part about the audiobook for the new Thrawn novel is that it's narrated by the same guy who narrated the Thrawn trilogy. Would love to hear a few of his quotes from those included. "Once you understand a species' art, you understand that species"
I read a few Star Wars novels, but I mostly just listen to the audiobooks while I'm at work. Marc Thompson does the best reading, in my opinion. He has a very distinct voice for Thrawn and he can perfectly mimic Mark Hamill and Billy Dee Williams.
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I’m surprised no one has responded to this.
a great tactician creates plans, a good tactician recognises the soundness of a plan presented to them, a fair tactician must see the plan succeed before offering approval. Those that have no tactical ability may never understand or accept it, nor such people understand or accept the tactician. To those without that ability, those who possess it are a mystery, and when a mind is too deficient in understanding, the resulting gap is often filled with... resentment.
Military leadership is a journey not a destination, it is continually challenged and must continually improve itself a new against fresh obstacles. there is satisfaction in defeating an enemy, but one must never allow oneself to become complaced.
There is always more enemies to be identified, faced and vanquished.
I want you to know failure utter defeat and that it is I who delivers it crushing down upon you. now, let us proceed.
once a certain levels have been reached there is no need to prove leadership or competence. a person with such power is accustomed to having every word carefully considered and every whim treated as an order and all who recognise that power know to bow to it. few have the courage or foolishness to resist.
You may fire when ready...
@@Thebrainwashedturtle That is exactly how one becomes a great tactician.
Muy magnifico Destroyer San, kakpeki ni itta
Great use of imperial and rebel leaders. That said, Thrawn outclasses all of them.
No Ackbar?
Thrawn is the SMARTEST Tactitian in star wars legends and canon, also his rank is grand Admiral
ackbar is a pretty great Tactitian but he's Outclassed by Thrawn
Agreed, the only win the rebels got over him was by Ezra literally taking him off the board. It was clear by that point that he had them nearly dead to rights, and had they faced him in Rogue One or before those events the fractures in the rebellion we saw in Rogue would have torn them apart if he didn't finish them off personally.
I see Tarkin not as a tactician but a strategist. He, despite being a talented and experienced commander concerned himself more with managing the empire than fighting battles
Strategy is warfare. Just less dynamic one.
@@njux1871
Strategy is concerned with way more than warfare and has very little involvement in battle tactics
Thrawn is honestly both. More so a Stratagist since he is at his best in long term/bigger scale planning, but he is very clever on a tactical level.
I love everything about this video but I'll say three things that stand out for me.
1.All of Thrawn's dialogue
2. Hux's partial speech
3. The background music
Reuben Bartolome
the music sucks, esp. from 2:34. Turned into a teeny grunge thing and ruined it from that point 🤮
@@reellezahl u serious
@@Kaiservondonau remember that not everyone is able to appreciate art as we do
Another great quote by Thrawn that sums up the brilliant foundation of his battle strategy. "To defeat an enemy you must know them. Not simply their battle tactics, but their history. Philosophy. Art..."
"Slaven please, you embarrass me in front of our host. May I introduce Hera Syndulla. Rebel pilot, freedom fighter, military leader, daughter of your nemesis: Cham Syndulla. *Ezra draws on Thrawn, but he calmly stuns him* "How did I know? Because rebels always have friends rushing to the rescue."
"I will pull the Rebels apart piece by piece. They'll be the architects of their own destruction."
And the best man in the empire is grandadmiral Thrawn !
He is an alien so he should never get to hold that honor! Darth Vader can be the best man in the empire! LOL!!! :):)
Why not both?
@@JetSetRadiumFuture Because Vader eventually betrayed the Empire
Darth Zorn I mean, he IS male, so technically...
Tarkin: Am I a joke to you?
"Those with no tactical ability at all, may never understand or except it."---shows that commander's face from The Force Awaken. LOL
Accept, sorry. I know its been a year, and im bothered that no one corrected that. So I thought" why not do it myself"
@Sir Knight Errant correct
@Sir Knight Errant This did not age well :D
@Sir Knight Errant Yeah your comment didn't aged well because tfa is liked by majority of fans and critics which they said it was a good movie
He might as well have described the Disney trilogy.
I want see more Vilains like Thrawn and Tarkin. they are Awesome with no combat skills
Thrawn even has some great combat skills.
Both Tarkin and Thrawn are brilliant minds but you might want to reconsider the line about no combat skills. Tarkin's younger years are explored in a novel, were he grew up mostly in a jungle learning to hunt, fight and survive against all manner of beasts, creatures and other dangers. He destroyed an entire horde of ape like monsters by manipulating their leader and beta, forcing them to clash in a show of dominance, killed them both and then forced the rest of the horde from their ancestral home all by himself. Tarkin is not the kind of guy who likes to get his hands dirty but he is possibly the most ruthless being in all of Star Wars behind Palpatine. Just because he chooses not to fight doesn't mean he can't.
yeah, I forget that, but they don't need the Skills to be great antagonists
bruno tobias Me too
bruno tobias
The (arguably) most important thing I've ever learned about Tarkin in Rogue One is that Tarkin's a rival you don't want to have.
Especially when he uses your own super weapon to destroy not just you, but also the base you're standing on.
Anyway, considering how the Rebels Season 3 finale demonstrated a difference in priorities between Tarkin and Thrawn (Tarkin demanded that the Rebel leadership at Atollon be captured alive, whereas, Thrawn never truly believed the idea to be feasible, despite complying with the demand), I feel as if the writers are setting up the groundwork for a Season 4 rivalry between Tarkin and Thrawn.
Could the reason for Thrawn's absence from the original trilogy be due to Tarkin's growing paranoia and scheming?
“Each culture is different. Each species is unique. That presents challenges to the warrior, who often must ascertain from limited clues the strategy, goals, and tactics of an opponent.
But the danger of misreading an opponent is sometimes even greater in politics. There, one seldom has the clearness of weapons activation or troop movement to warn of impending danger. Often, the only indication of conflict is when the battle has already begun.”
To defeat an ennemy you must know them.
Jayard _Kenobi Know*
I know you from If the emp had a T to S device
Jayard _Kenobi "If you know your enemy and you know yourself in a hundred battles you will never be in peril" pretty much a copy of sun tzu teachings. But Thrawn lack that know myself part.
Alcantara Daniel what, thrawn knows himself. He knows that his love for art and respect for his enemy is needed to win. His calm demeanor is what he knows gives him an edge against his enemies. Watch "why did thrawn join the empire" and you will see alot of what he fought for.
Jayard G Not just their battle tactics. Their history, philosophy, art...
When the Death Star was finally finished, the Empire thought it had a guaranteed winning hand. But they forgot a lesson by Thrawn: there is no such thing as a guaranteed winning hand.
If Palpatine would have agreed to Thrawn Star destroyer and tie defender projects the empire would not have lost.
Whilst I would place Thrawn's tactical genius over Tarkin's, I wouldn't say Tarkin is only a good tactician. He was an excellent tactician, and a reasonably fair military commander. Again, not on the level of Thrawn, but he commanded the same kind of loyalty borne of true admiration, and the kind of results that made him formidable.
The only significant difference was that whilst Thrawn was known to be able to discern enemy tactics via art work and an opponents mannerisms, Tarkin read opponents through their actions and reputation, and employed a ruthless and direct approach to battle that kept his opponents off balance.
They're both competent, just in different ways. Too often in the Empire there were leaders who got by on prestige, whilst those like Thrawn, Piett, and Tarkin got by on skill.
That's exactly where Thrawn and Tarkin differ, especially in the Thrawn Novel. Where Tarkin is slightly less able than Thrawn in military tactical prowess, Tarkin knows how to play the political scene much more effectively e.g. Taking control of the Death Star despite Krennic building it.
Tarkin was a formidable administrator.
Yes, but would Thrawn made the same mistakes as Tarkin during the Battle of Yavin?
DKDioKlau Tarkin only made one mistake at Yavin and it was not evacuating. Thrawn has less of a pride problem, so I think he probably would've left.
If you mean in preparation for Yavin, the exhaust port was not Tarkin's fault; and bringing Star Destroyers would have done nothing, considering the X-wings might be able to zip through.
@@clark5317 Other mistakes were not realizing quicker that you need fighters to effectively ward off fighters and that he should deploy a reasonable amount as soon a enemy fighters are detected and intercept them before they are within firing range of the death star. I would also send fighters and bombers to attack the rebel land base and destroy any visible craft which they could escape in. This would also cause the rebels to split their own forces further weakening their offensive capabilities.
“We Sith are an unseen opposition, a phantom menace. Where the Sith once wore armor, we now wear cloaks. But the Force works through us all the more powerfully in our invisibility. For the present, the more covert we remain, the more influence we can have. Our revenge will be achieved not through subjugation but by contagion.”
-Darth Tenebrous. The Thrawn of the Sith and quite possibly the second most brilliant mind the Galaxy had ever known.
Imagine if Thrawn was force sensitive. That would be even scarier than Palpatine
Xcyper33 Thrawn doesn’t even need to be force sensitive, he is already powerful.
Fyi there are almost no male chiss that are force sensitive.
I think Thrawn being a "regular" person actually emphasizes his genius.
@@firestrike001 It's not that, it's that most force sensitive Chiss are Female
Sev'rance Tann Traun's disciple was such
That’s basically the exact reason Zahn decided force sensitive Chiss (especially males) are so rare. They’d be ridiculously OP if they were common.
This. Is. Utterly. Amazing.
God, I've always been so interested and fascinated by great military strategists and tacticians so this really hit it home for me.
Well done.
Any others you can recommend? I am in the same boat as you.
“This is Admiral raddus of the rebel alliance”. Love that part
Nova Prime Rebel trash
Most boss move in the history of the Rebellion
yeah, thats got to be my favorite moment
No Ackbar though...
Those with no tactical ability at all *General Hux appears on screen*
Truly amazing, gave me chills and a whole different side to star wars and what it means to be powerful in that universe
It makes it way better when Thrawn is speaking on the background, he was a powerful man. His story always fascinated me, especially how he disappeared to thin air after the Imperial Civil War started. He is truly the god.
"Kill a man, and you're an assasin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a god."
like Vitiate?
@@marseldagistani1989 God of warfare.*
I love how this video displays the incompetence of the rebellion.
Lord Inquisitor Virideaus They aren't incompetent. They have shown some very good tactical and strategical abilities. But the empire is just simply better in many ways. But sadly have some idiots in their ranks as well
Bruce Jedi Lee I don't know putting politicians in any capacity to make decisions in a total war situation is utterly idiotic!
Lord Inquisitor Virideaus Not always. Some are very smart and capable leaders at times of war. And they had actual generals and comanders
Bruce Jedi Lee Yeah who they don't listen to as evidenced by Rogue one
Lord Inquisitor Virideaus That is how things are durring war. Espacally when you are fighting a opponent several times more powerful than you. And they do listen just not all the time.
Also can you fucking blame them? Their enemy, who was already far stronger than them, had now a weapon that they knew could destroy big parts of countries
Often come back here to remember what was lost. Absolutely prophetic how my DM at high school predicted darkness when the Disney purchase news dropped. We are all just going to live in aging bodys inhabiting a lesser society more and more.
That seems like a very cynic view. Let's hope society improves, irregardless of what Disney or does. In years to come if we even think back on media, people will remember Andor, KotOR and the films, not the bad.
Great work Dudu. Well executed. Is it Thrawn's new audio book that the voice over is from by the way?
Thanks jay , yes it is
This is even better, since I’m reading through Thrawn Ascendancy right now. Thrawn rises to the top of two galactic militaries, because he was just that skilled and intelligent.
No tactical ability at all huh ..... sounds almost like Disney lol
In the end Thrawn lost because of the reason most villains lose. In the series "The Flash" there was a quote that said "You cannot predict how someone is feeling". The depth of the bond between the rebels was something he could never really grasp and therefore not see coming. Loving someone so much you are willing to sacrifice yourself for him is nothing he even thought possible.
I love your comment. Politicians & powerful leaders constantly underestimate the powerful force of collective feelings & emotions of people. Those who are too focused on cold-logic & strategy fail when it comes to not knowing that leadership is a battlefield fought on two fronts...Logic & Emotion.
The thrawn needs his own movie. Star wars can make big bucks on this solo movie if they do it right. But it seems to me that Disney doesn't care too much for star wars if they did they would have been many new single star wars movies out or games.
That's how I see it.
well at least they brout him back to the cannon on the TV who knows maybe later we will see him in the big screen
They dont know the key to really make money anymore. Which is to cater to your audience
I feel Disney have no tactical ability, and as Grand Admiral Thrawn said "Those that have no tactical ability may never understand or accept it, (referencing George Lucas's vision) nor such people understand or accept the tactician. To those without that ability, those who possess it are a mystery, and when a mind is too deficient in understanding, the resulting gap is often filled with... resentment." That is how they treat most (Read: All) fan input concerning not just Star Wars, but all franchises owned by them.
This is beyond epic and brilliance!!!!! I hope to see more Thrawn videos!!!!
Fantastic. I'm thrilled you're using audiobook narrations, they're such a good source to utilize. Marc Thompson is a brilliant voice over artist.
Again, brilliant video, as always!!!!
nobleclonetrooper if Thrawn is part of any Star Wars games in the future I would be down for Thompson to voice Thrawn.
By far my favourite video! As soon as I heard Thrawn, I thought, "YEEEEESSSS!!!" I was waiting forever for your next vid and I thought, "Man this is taking a while. For sure the video is going to be amazing then." I'm glad I got to see it before going to bootcamp!
Oorah go kick ass.
This guys still hearts comments 3 years later, he is a true genius.
Thrawn
I will not except surrenders at this time I want you to know failure utter defeat and it is I who delivers it crashing down upon you
I hear this Thrawn line in my head all the time
"You do not know how to win a war, but I do."
For a moment, I thought you were suggesting Hux had no tactical ability.
Yep
A true tactician would have made fear using that weapon and spared the republic and ruled over it...
@@shaeyweerakoonarachchi1279 *strategist
Admiral Thrawn. Years ago you served us fans in the Expanded Universe. Now we beg you to help us in our struggle against Disney. I regret that I am unable to convey this request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack by the Feminist Order, and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to the silver screen has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Fandom into the memory systems of this UA-cam comment. My brothers and sisters will know how to decipher it. You must see this comment safely delivered to them on Wookieepedia. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Grand Admiral Thrawn. You're my only hope!
"17 Bothans died to bring us these downvotes"
Star Wars edit before edits were cool
Beautiful
also loved 0:36 = General Hux XD
Isaac Cajo Lmao, Hux doesn't have any tactical ability, but in other hand "Captain Phasma".
What? All he did was ordering Starkiller base to fire. In TLJ, his space battle tactic was laughable.
Love how "you may fire when ready" is exactly what Thrawn was talking about, it makes the line all the more powerful with the context behind it
And then we have Vice Admiral Holdo...
A secret base that would save us all from defeat? Great! I'm not going to tell anyone else about it and just tell them to shut up and get on with it. Any reason why? Do i think there's a spy in our midst? Is this base the stuff of legends and no one would believe me otherwise? Would people not want to go to this particular base for any particular reason? Nah, but I'm not going to tell them anyway.
She is a fool maybe they should let me led
She's a joke
shut up she is not a tactician she is a politician so a diplomat but in organisations like the Empire, The Resistance, The Rebelion and the First Order only military titles are counted you can be a admiral and just be an ingener so her being here is ok and she trust leia so in ep 8 She said nothing to other Poe aswell because he was Rztrograde to captain so he doesn't have the right to ask ansers ( and have you seen his reaction just because she expose the reasonable choice so saying it he would have done worse) and if the emplacement of the rebel base is a secret that only her and Leia knew so if she tells to the crew the spy could inform the Fiirst order and they failed
@@alexandrebirk1948 *incoherent mess of words*
I'm convinced that if all plot armor was removed from star wars, Thrawn would be unbeatable period
Ironically, it was Thrawn doing an dishonorable act that got him stopped during in the Original Timeline, in the Disney one he was defeated yet again by himself as he underestimated the Power of The Force.
@@maylabrown4584 he didn’t underestimate the force he just didn’t understand it if he was force sensitive had plentiful of time to study and research it he might find a counter to force sensitive individuals.
@@mohammadhosseini6675He did underestimate it as he assumed that with enough strategy that his plans would be enough to outperform even The Force.
@@maylabrown4584 source
@@mohammadhosseini6675 Star Wars Rebels shows Thrawn underestimate The Tengu and despite being warned of what was to come didn't plan (and couldn't) plan for what was just a supposed prophecy from a beast.
"the art of war is of vital importance to the state. It's a road to safety or to ruin. It's a subject inquiry which can on no account be neglected." Sun Tzu the art of war, very first lines.
Why did the empire loose despite it having such excellent military minds, borderline limitless rescources and personal? They lost because they were not fighting for the "state", they were fighting for their egos. They were motivated by greed and vanity and pride.
The rebels fought with such strong will, such patience, such admirable skill and courage because they had two things in sufficient amounts that the empire did not have in sufficient amounts: humility and faith in ordinary people's liberties. They were, as Ahsoka put it in TCW "fighting for freedom". And people who fight for freedom are naturally going to be seen as glorious because they were fighting for the people's well-being, because they believed in the people, the emperor feared the people because the people could take away his power, and as we all know Palpatine has an "all who gain power are afraid to loose it" mentality.
I don't like him, but I respect Thrawn because his ultimate loyalty was (In Legends at least) to the Chiss ascendancy. He did what he did out of desire to protect his people from the evils in the unknown regions which he believed only a fully militarised galactic power, could defend against, and as evidenced by the yhuza zhong, he was at least partially right. However his proud belief that he alone needed to rule the galaxy for that to happen, and his naivety, led to his downfall at the hands of Rouke.
RIP Miththrawndoo, you may have been a ruthless, merciless, egotistical, pessimistically ambitious bastard, but you were a brave, brilliant, loyal bastard who taught the galaxy the painful lessons it needed to learn to defend itself.
Sometimes the most needed lessons to be learnt require the uncomfortablest of learning environments.
I feel had thrawn won and became a dictator it was for the right reason sometimes the "people" don't see the picture that in this case a horde of a hive like civilization that wants to consume the galaxy thrawn knew that a united galaxy would minimize the damage and be the most likely way to success and victory thrawns personality shows unlike someone who was power hungry like palpatine he most likely would have reformed democracy because his mission over with he has no real reason to stay in power and thus no longer wants to be because if you do it for the right reason and maintain your morality and dedication you had going which thrawn would you will lay down that power after the storm has passed and it is time to let the people run things again thats why had thrawn not been assainated he would have gone on to be the galaxy best hope against the vong
I watched this video 3 years ago or so for the first time and up until today, even after rewatching it countless times, it never fails to give me goosebumps. Hands down the best Star Wars edits I've ever seen!
(and a huge part of how I've finally fallen in love with that fandom)
PS: when are they finally hiring you to cut their movies?
my god I love thrawn
Thrawn would have picked apart the entire rebellion one by one, it would have not mattered if Luke Skywalker would have discovered his abilities or not, cause no rebel alliance would have been left. So the ghost crew I guess did took out the greatest hurdle that had one of the biggest impact in rebellion actually succeeding.
No one talking about the most unspoken hero of the rebellion. Admiral Raddus
DEW IT
As someone whos just finished the original Thrawn trilogy, I cannot express how much I have come to love the character. I had heard his name before, and first saw him in Rebels. But now that I've properly read the original take on the character... he's just breathtaking. The brief discussions between Thrawn and Pellaeon were such a great way of exploring the tactical genius of the man, from the first line to his last breath in the story. Thrawn is so fun, not only for his lack of moral qualms, but his blatant disregard for the Emperor. He isn't unsettling in the way the Emperor is, he isn't a broken man like Vader. He's simply, and wholly, a tactical mastermind with a vision for the galaxy.
**Military leadership is a journey, not a destination.**
Strip Thrawn of all the medals and ranks, he'll remain powerful. His career is neverending ascendance without stopping for rest or complacency.
"I am okay with my troops doing a mistake. What I will not tolerate is a refusal to correct it. Not everyone knows but a Military Career is not a Destination. Its a Journey."
This was brilliant! I've been waiting for one with Thrawn for ages! One of my favourite characters!
Thrawn is basically the perfect GRAND strangest for an empire. UTTERLY LOYAL AND DEPENDABLE he is a absolute genius with no desire for high political office.
in fact that only real weakness he has IS politics because it's total BS and utterly self-serving and often self-destructive 99% of the time and thrawn just CANNOT compute that kind of battlefield.
I know I'm like four years late, but I just want to thank you for making this amazing tribute video to the brilliant military tacticians behind the Empire (and the First Order with Hux even though his character was wasted in Episodes 8 & 9). I feel like these people get overshadowed by the majority of the fan base in favor of villains such as Darth Vader, General Grievous, Emperor Palpatine, etc. Don't get me wrong, they're also amazing villains who deserve the praise they have but I think the ordinary but intelligent military leaders also deserve some more recognition.
Just Imagine, having a Tactician like Thrawn among a Mandalorian Fleet under Mandalorian Doctrine with a Stregh like Thrawns fleet...
Always waiting for you to upload a video !
Everyone seen in this video are unironically my favourite star wars characters. Maul, Vader, and Kenobi too but something about non-force sensitive characters who gain power is just really intriguing to me
Love this video!
Honestly I’d be a million times more willing to accept the new Star Wars canon if Thrawn was the main villain.
Absolutely love this video edit. Great work. Constructive criticism: the music is far too loud when the characters speak.
Empire - "Send a fleet to deal with the rebels, good, now monitor transmissions" etc
Rebellion - "SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS SCATTER THE FLEETS"
If not for plot armor, there would be no rebellion.
GOD I LOVE THRAWN SND TARKIN SO MUCH. I SEE YOU TAKEN QUOTES FROM THRAWN NOVEL AUTOBOOK. GLORY TO THE EMPIRE.
@John joseph Corona For the Emperor
I honestly can't imagine a better voice for Thrawn.
If this were to release a year ago this would've peaked 10m views at best
"Press the attack. Force them to ground..." Best rebels final so far. Thrawn saved the series, great villain. I think he is the main reason why the rebels in Roque one are so scared to fight against the empire. The battle of Scarif was the first major victory for the rebels. Up to that point they suffered defeat after defeat after defeat by the empires most dangerous admiral. I believe he is beating the shit out of the alliance until all they can do is pray to the force, hoping for a miracle. And they get their wish, i think Thrawn will eather be betrayed by his subordinates (jealous little racists) or leave the empire because of the death star.
McBaal
He’s killed
No he isn't, Walker. He's still alive in both canon and EU.
The canon 'ending' so far for Thrawn is that he left into the unknown regions with the remainder of the Imperial remnants after RotJ.
Well technically many of his subordinates are speciesist.
@Duck Soup No, just no. Please stop, i almost pushed the last 15 minutes of rebels into the deepest depths of my memory, just next to the Disney trilogy. No, just no...noooooo! Space whales....just f.o. man....
"I want you to know failure... Utter defeat. And it is I who delivers it crashing down upon you. Now let us proceed." Such a good quote! From many of the great Grand Admiral Thrawn.
My issue with it is that it brakes with the original Thrawn trilogy. This is because Thrawn does not take pleasure in defeating an enemy and he would not take personal credit for success.
I like this edit because it goes into the tactics of Star Wars,something that is not often touched on.And this does it so well,looking at both sides as far as tactical vs not so much and the sides of the war.Still brilliant👏
“It is said that one should keep one's allies within view, and one's enemies within reach.”-thrawn
this is awesome man u make incredible videos
Who could’ve thought that the art of war could be condensed down into one man.. one man who personifies it in every way
DudeFilm returns with a vengeance. Fantastic video. I hope to see more sooner rather than later. But I'll patiently wait for your next awesome video.
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Why? Because look at history. Alexander the Great. Ghengis Khan. Julius Caeser. These people shaped the world of their time with amazing military strategy and innovation. These people are vital in a war and often overshadowed in media over the war hero. But, not in History. History honours the smart minds of war and conquest.
This video further emphasis the importance of these kinds of people. How they are the true badasses of any and all wars.
Seriously Dudu, you are awesome. Quotes from Thrawns audiobook combined with strong music and fitting scenes from the Star Wars Series. It feels soo powerful
Thrawn > tarkin
Director Krennic was an engineer, not a tactician.
No tactical ability at all, shows Husk
Know your enemy
When you see Vadar, you know you are about to die. When you see Thawn you know the battle has been lost.
Awesome video. But what's the music ? I couldn't find it.
paradox fear of death
I know im 4 months late, but HOLY FUCKING SHIT that was awesome. Earned another sub!
For the empire
“There is, satisfaction in defeating an enemy. But one must never allow oneself to become complacent. There are always more enemies to be identified, faced, and vanquished.”
That quote points out one of the biggest factors of many powerful leaders and figureheads downfalls. Once they had defeated their initial enemy they felt that no one else could stand up to them, causing them to slack off and lose their edge.
I love how Thrawn points out plenty of realistic possibilities and facts in regards to warfare and fighting. Such a great character.
For 5 yr this still holds ! Fingers crossed Disney doesn’t fuck his story up
Thrawn is actually my Favorite Star Wars Character
He's just Amazing
There are two enemies to be feared in life: The utterly feral and the utterly intelligent. Of the two the latter is the worst -- Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt, Tanith First-and-Only
This is so awesome!!! Thank you for the description under the video about the quotes you used - that prevented me from any spoilers, as I had not finished the Thrawn book yet (english is not my first language, but couldn't wait for the german version as well^^). Therefore, I waited until now with watching this video, and the wait was really worth it. It's atmospheric, epic and I love that kind of subtle résumé about imperial politics in the end.
Ive watched this at least a dozen times and still get goosebumps every time.
The rebel alliance:
"The empire is stronger than us."
"General Draven blew up a base."
"I say we fight."
"Nah, scatter the fleet."
The empire:
"The emporer wants this system."
"My ground forces will occupy it."
"My fleet will offer support from orbit."
"Vader will oversee the operation."
Honestly its a mystery how the empire fell