Lord Hoth was a needed hero that the Galaxy had to survive, and while his methods were questionable he was still able to save the Republic in its most darkest hour.
"I dreamt that I would single-handedly defeat the dark side, that I would make a difference, change the galaxy… the galaxy, however, has changed me." - Lord Hoth By the time of Lord Hoth, after thousands of years of conflict with the sith, the republic was so weakened that it was restricted to the core worlds. Worlds that were abandoned by the Republic looked to the Jedi for protection against the sith and they even offered them the leadership. In other words, Jedi like Hoth were leaders of planets and sectors.
At 1st, I thought you were going to talk about the planet Hoth, but then you started talking about a guy named Hoth. I thought it was a coincidence until you explained how he got the name Hoth. Pretty cool. You taught me some good lore. Thanks for the video.
I can totally imagine Revan, Meetra, Hoth and Anakin just lunched over a bar in the Netherealm of the Force, nursing drinks and being completely done with the Jedi Council's nonsense against the people who saved the galaxy's arse. Anakin (surly drunkish, drinking whiskey): "We do not grant you the rank of Master"... Fucking council. Hoth (drinking from his durasteel tankard of mead): Should this boy be here? Didn't he turn to the Dark Side and nearly destroy the Jedi? Revan (drinking a beer pint): I also got turned to the Dark Side and had both my life AND afterlife ruined by the Jedi and Sith. If I can be here, he can too. Meetra (sipping brandy): At this point, I don't even care. Frankly, I'm starting to think Kreia had a point. Hoth: Well, at least his kid Luke has his head on straight. Anakin (raising his hand while slumped over the bar): Just ignore the timeline where they turned my son into a bum drinking kriffing blue milk, please? Honestly, if I ever find out what sick monsters did that, I'm feeding them their own younglings' body parts and Force Choking them with them...! Ulic Qel-Droma (chugging down cognac): At least he didn't get in the back by some lowlife while trying to rebuild his life... Hoth (turns to the gal next to Revan): And what's your story, girl? Arden Lyn (24 thousand yard/years stare, drinking from a bottle with her cyber-arm): *_I don't want to talk about it._*
@@DeathMessenger1988 it's almost like the council generally has a has a point what with how 50% of that group has almost destroyed the entire jedi order lmao
@@ImpendingApotheosis That's called self-fulfilling prophecy, my dude. You go looking for trouble and seeking enemies in people who are not, you're bound to create those for yourself.
@@DeathMessenger1988 that's certainly an argument to be made, and the council was dogmatic and traditional to the point of idiocy, I'm just saying there was a basis for those traditions and they were generally a good way to follow that worked for the jedi for millenia at a time, the councils biggest flaw is just being utterly incapable of even the slightest bit of flexibility lol
@@ImpendingApotheosis The whole basis of their traditions was not wanting to share their order with people who had a different opinion. Just take a look at Arden Lyn and Xendor's story, and you get a microcosm of why the hell the Jedi always create their worst enemies. From Xendor to Ajunta Pall to Freedon Nadd onwards, they simply can't leave well enough alone or learn an ounce of self-awareness and humility. They always end up radicalizing their more unorthodox members till they turn hostile, or train assholes like Exar Kun.
@@darthbane5357 Bane thought the opposite. When asked by his apprentice if Kaan was weak he'd thought about it. 'Kaan had been many things, a coward and ultimately a fool, but he had never been weak.' were Bane's thoughts on Kaan.
General Hoth was a beast. He knew that if he did not destroy Kaan on Ruusan then all was lost. Hoth almost gave in to his emotions but the ability to reel that in makes him legendary. The fact that 100 jedi volunteered to go into the caves with Hoth to confront Kaan, speaks volumes about the amount of respect he commanded. Great video bruddah keep it up
The old Jedi order was severely corrupt for that, seriously I can’t imagine anything more disgusting disloyal than totally ostracizing and abandoning an entire subfaction of your order for directly protecting the people of the galaxy and having relationships with non-Jedi. Honestly I think the New Jedi Order under Luke is infinitely closer to the light side than the Jedi of the old Republic were.
5:40 The Jedi Council doing something that shoots them in the foot? Perish the thought! If only they trusted Hoth from the start. Then the war would've been won easier.
I wish they would bring Jedi lord back in to a thing in a future comic that idea was lit Jedi who became pretty much kings of systems after the republic failed to protect them
Man I thought you were talking about the planet and I was like "Cold? No sh!t Sherlock." Now that I know that you're talking about GENERAL Hoth - then hell yeah that title makes perfect sense. Hoth was a cold dude....I thought he was gonna swing on Farfalla a few times.
If the Jedi believed the Sith were gone for good, then how did they come to know about the Rule of Two later on by the time of the Trade Federation occupation of Naboo ended?
they learned about it from a dark side cultist but they didn't really believe it when they encountered Darth Maul they had to acknowledge that the Sith still existed
There was a Legends Sith about 4 Sith into the Rule of 2, he was Darth Cognis' apprentice but I can't recall his name rn, he was one of the last named Sith in Legends that started the rule of 2 Era of the Sith. He tried to meld the extremes of the Dark Side and the Light Side and went crazy in the attempt, he managed to inform the Jedi about the Rule of 2 before Darth Cognis killed him. It wasn't confirmed until about 500 years later when Yoda fought a Sith on Dagobah that completely brought their existence back to the awareness of the Jedi. That's actually how Yoda knew about the Dark Side Nexus on the planet as well he technically created it by killing that Sith there.
The Jedi discovered that Darth Bane survived ten years after Ruusan and set out to kill him, and to make a long story short, Bane's apprentice, Zannah, drove a guy insane, gave him a lightsaber, and set him up to be mistaken for Bane and killed. The Jedi apparently recovered some of Bane's writings from the camp, thus learning of the Rule of Two, but they believed they had killed Bane and ended the threat prematurely, which, of course, they hadn't.
Basically, Lord Hoth is what would happen if Revan stayed on the Light Side, but kept his brutal rationalism and tenacity in war, and he stuck to the Republic until the end. Quite a figure. I can just imagine the Jedi Lords like Hoth ruling the Galactic Empire as the ideal state for Star Wars. Democracy has never worked for them (LOL the best worlds in the Republic were planets like Naboo and Alderaan which were monarchies) but the Jedi Lords seemed to have done well for their people and ruled with justice and reason. Imagine them running the Galactic Empire; the Empire would've lasted thousands of years.
@@cryptosporidium1375 Naboo yes, Alderaan, no. The latter even had a war of succession, which doesn't happen in electoral monarchies where they just vote the next idiot in.
14:37-14:47: Oh so you're taking jokes now as ideas for videos? Alight then. (Sarcastic voice): I mean really what's next a battle breakdown on the Empire's attack on Kashyyyk during the Reconquest of the Rim? If this actually works I'm going to be very happy.
The first Darth bane book is still one of my favorite Star wars books of all time. There's something about the story being told from the other side of the force that just pulls you into the story so well
7:04 @Geetsly’s, …question, why is he as you stated “gloriously ridiculous”? Or if someone else knows I’d like to hear it. It’s not that important but as soon as I heard it it peaked my interest, anyways lmk. Peace ✌🏼 and may the force be with you, always…
He was a very silly person who dressed and acted like a fantasy prince and had a spaceship that was made of wood and had decorative sails. We've made a video on him - ua-cam.com/video/yux-Lq7jlnY/v-deo.html
Isn't that something though. When the LITERAL Galaxy gives you a nickname.. then changes your name to said nickname... Which is actually you named after something.. which don't sound so bad... Till it turns out your names off a frozen, hellscape an basically wasteland... Least if the Jedi thing didn't pan out his ice business would thrive shipping to desert worlds like Tattooine...
The Jedi council are a perfect example of why the young can make better leaders than the old. The old see the way life has been and never seem to improve or reform. The young see and want change, adapting to new realities.
Hoth is certainly the most bas ass and tactically astute military commander, that the jedi order have ever produced since the days of revan and is single handily responsible for ending the new sith wars, in forcing the Sith to exhaust their military resources on the worthless strategic world of Russan in seven battles of attrition against his army of light until they were defeated. Then due to traditional sith infighting wipe themselves out rather than accept their defeat, alongside hoth and 100 other jedi who sacrificed themselves to allow army of light to escape the sith's last destructive role of the dice as they tried to prevent use of the thought bomb.
That Jedi sure did loads better than the real life German general who served in the infamous Eastern front of the Second World War. And if anyone asks, no, the planet wasn't named after the former in-universe (as shown later in the vid), though it may have been so for the latter in real life. Edit: You forgot to mention *who* liberated the souls of Hoth, Kaan, and the many other Jedi and Sith victimized by the Thought Bomb.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Thank you. Also, I'm assuming the middle name is just a joke, but Titan damn would that be the coolest middle name ever if it was real.
If you are going to make these videos , you should at least try learning a little Star Wars history . Lord Hoth did NOT win the battle of Russan , Bane did . Bane was the architect behind the thought bomb , and the trap that brought the jedi and Sith together . Hoth was a egotistical fool that walked not only himself , but his army to their deaths .
I’m going to be honest, I thought this was about the planet at first
Same 😂
Same. lol
The planet is about Lord Hoth
Same
It wasn't?
Lord Hoth was a needed hero that the Galaxy had to survive, and while his methods were questionable he was still able to save the Republic in its most darkest hour.
he reminds me a lot of Lews Therin Telamon
"I dreamt that I would single-handedly defeat the dark side, that I would make a difference, change the galaxy… the galaxy, however, has changed me."
- Lord Hoth
By the time of Lord Hoth, after thousands of years of conflict with the sith, the republic was so weakened that it was restricted to the core worlds. Worlds that were abandoned by the Republic looked to the Jedi for protection against the sith and they even offered them the leadership. In other words, Jedi like Hoth were leaders of planets and sectors.
Im currently reading the bane trilogy, and Lord Hoth is a BEAST of a man
@kanekikingstorm2113
He's in Bane's Era? Oh man... what a beast to survive that Era of turmoil in the galaxy 👀
At 1st, I thought you were going to talk about the planet Hoth, but then you started talking about a guy named Hoth. I thought it was a coincidence until you explained how he got the name Hoth. Pretty cool. You taught me some good lore. Thanks for the video.
Windu: "I'mma cold MF here!"
Hoth: "Such a poor sweet summer child."
I mean only one of these two shares a name with an arctic planet.
So what your saying is the council were ALWAYS fuckups. Honestly, I’d love to see more media about the Jedi Lords. It’s such a fascinating concept
I can totally imagine Revan, Meetra, Hoth and Anakin just lunched over a bar in the Netherealm of the Force, nursing drinks and being completely done with the Jedi Council's nonsense against the people who saved the galaxy's arse.
Anakin (surly drunkish, drinking whiskey): "We do not grant you the rank of Master"... Fucking council.
Hoth (drinking from his durasteel tankard of mead): Should this boy be here? Didn't he turn to the Dark Side and nearly destroy the Jedi?
Revan (drinking a beer pint): I also got turned to the Dark Side and had both my life AND afterlife ruined by the Jedi and Sith. If I can be here, he can too.
Meetra (sipping brandy): At this point, I don't even care. Frankly, I'm starting to think Kreia had a point.
Hoth: Well, at least his kid Luke has his head on straight.
Anakin (raising his hand while slumped over the bar): Just ignore the timeline where they turned my son into a bum drinking kriffing blue milk, please? Honestly, if I ever find out what sick monsters did that, I'm feeding them their own younglings' body parts and Force Choking them with them...!
Ulic Qel-Droma (chugging down cognac): At least he didn't get in the back by some lowlife while trying to rebuild his life...
Hoth (turns to the gal next to Revan): And what's your story, girl?
Arden Lyn (24 thousand yard/years stare, drinking from a bottle with her cyber-arm): *_I don't want to talk about it._*
@@DeathMessenger1988 it's almost like the council generally has a has a point what with how 50% of that group has almost destroyed the entire jedi order lmao
@@ImpendingApotheosis
That's called self-fulfilling prophecy, my dude. You go looking for trouble and seeking enemies in people who are not, you're bound to create those for yourself.
@@DeathMessenger1988 that's certainly an argument to be made, and the council was dogmatic and traditional to the point of idiocy, I'm just saying there was a basis for those traditions and they were generally a good way to follow that worked for the jedi for millenia at a time, the councils biggest flaw is just being utterly incapable of even the slightest bit of flexibility lol
@@ImpendingApotheosis
The whole basis of their traditions was not wanting to share their order with people who had a different opinion. Just take a look at Arden Lyn and Xendor's story, and you get a microcosm of why the hell the Jedi always create their worst enemies.
From Xendor to Ajunta Pall to Freedon Nadd onwards, they simply can't leave well enough alone or learn an ounce of self-awareness and humility. They always end up radicalizing their more unorthodox members till they turn hostile, or train assholes like Exar Kun.
Now we're talking! Hope Lord Kaan's next. Loved the rivalry between Hoth and Kaan.
KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!
Kaan was a weenie. He made himself seem impressive by manipulating people's perception of him through a force power
Kaan was weak
@@darthbane5357 Bane thought the opposite. When asked by his apprentice if Kaan was weak he'd thought about it.
'Kaan had been many things, a coward and ultimately a fool, but he had never been weak.' were Bane's thoughts on Kaan.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 that was before he realized why he appeared strong
Valhallan Ice Warriors when on Hoth: "Aaaah! This feels like home!"
General Hoth was a beast. He knew that if he did not destroy Kaan on Ruusan then all was lost. Hoth almost gave in to his emotions but the ability to reel that in makes him legendary. The fact that 100 jedi volunteered to go into the caves with Hoth to confront Kaan, speaks volumes about the amount of respect he commanded. Great video bruddah keep it up
Lord Hoth (probably): _He whom passes the sentence should swing the sword_
Jedi Lords suddenly purged after their usefulness came to an end
The old Jedi order was severely corrupt for that, seriously I can’t imagine anything more disgusting disloyal than totally ostracizing and abandoning an entire subfaction of your order for directly protecting the people of the galaxy and having relationships with non-Jedi. Honestly I think the New Jedi Order under Luke is infinitely closer to the light side than the Jedi of the old Republic were.
5:40 The Jedi Council doing something that shoots them in the foot? Perish the thought!
If only they trusted Hoth from the start. Then the war would've been won easier.
Plus Hoth would have lived if they listened to him😔
Jedi lords are such a cool concept wish we got to see more about these guys
Hopefully Disney cannon pulls the Old Republic timeline in and does good by it because there are so many cool characters everyone would love.
I wish they would bring Jedi lord back in to a thing in a future comic that idea was lit Jedi who became pretty much kings of systems after the republic failed to protect them
Man I thought you were talking about the planet and I was like "Cold? No sh!t Sherlock." Now that I know that you're talking about GENERAL Hoth - then hell yeah that title makes perfect sense. Hoth was a cold dude....I thought he was gonna swing on Farfalla a few times.
Ah Lord Hoth. The manliest man to ever man
Its a miss opertunity to say "why Hoth was a lot colder than Hoth".
Hoth: It ain’t the planet that’s cold. *I AM.*
It’s a shame the thought bomb is such a cruel weapon.
Hoth deserved to find peace.
Pretty sure his soul figured out a way to (eternally) pound Kaan's soul. And after ~1000 years when it could've become boring, Kyle Katarn freed them.
If the Jedi believed the Sith were gone for good, then how did they come to know about the Rule of Two later on by the time of the Trade Federation occupation of Naboo ended?
they learned about it from a dark side cultist but they didn't really believe it when they encountered Darth Maul they had to acknowledge that the Sith still existed
Search Darth Hannah in Wookiepedia
There was a Legends Sith about 4 Sith into the Rule of 2, he was Darth Cognis' apprentice but I can't recall his name rn, he was one of the last named Sith in Legends that started the rule of 2 Era of the Sith. He tried to meld the extremes of the Dark Side and the Light Side and went crazy in the attempt, he managed to inform the Jedi about the Rule of 2 before Darth Cognis killed him. It wasn't confirmed until about 500 years later when Yoda fought a Sith on Dagobah that completely brought their existence back to the awareness of the Jedi. That's actually how Yoda knew about the Dark Side Nexus on the planet as well he technically created it by killing that Sith there.
@@ParochaI believe you mean Darth Zannah
The Jedi discovered that Darth Bane survived ten years after Ruusan and set out to kill him, and to make a long story short, Bane's apprentice, Zannah, drove a guy insane, gave him a lightsaber, and set him up to be mistaken for Bane and killed. The Jedi apparently recovered some of Bane's writings from the camp, thus learning of the Rule of Two, but they believed they had killed Bane and ended the threat prematurely, which, of course, they hadn't.
Both the Sith and Jedi mistook a tactical victory and strategic. Guarding a single point means nothing if the war is lost
“Winter is coming.”
And I suddenly fear the possibility of the post-Legacy galaxy being led by a Dragon Lady sitting on an Iron Throne...
Thought you was talking about the planet, but when I saw the man himself I then realized you were talking about the GOAT of his time😂
The guy was sick!he is top 5 best darth Bane books cararakter
This should really be a series much like the Clone Wars series was.
Medieval jedi and sith I'll pay to watch that
@@havco501st7---Your not the only one, friend
With Mark Hamil as DARTH BANE!
@@balrog262 actually, Hamill would be better suited to voice Skere Kaan , given his penchant for voicing iconic villains.
@@Parocha---I don't know too much about the characters around this time. So could you please tell me who Skere Kaan is?
I thought we where talking about the planet hoth
Same
Same
Maybe sometime.
Damn, really Hoth deserves the title of Jedi Lord.
Basically, Lord Hoth is what would happen if Revan stayed on the Light Side, but kept his brutal rationalism and tenacity in war, and he stuck to the Republic until the end. Quite a figure. I can just imagine the Jedi Lords like Hoth ruling the Galactic Empire as the ideal state for Star Wars. Democracy has never worked for them (LOL the best worlds in the Republic were planets like Naboo and Alderaan which were monarchies) but the Jedi Lords seemed to have done well for their people and ruled with justice and reason. Imagine them running the Galactic Empire; the Empire would've lasted thousands of years.
Weren’t Naboo and Alderaan electoral monarchies?
@@cryptosporidium1375 Naboo yes, Alderaan, no. The latter even had a war of succession, which doesn't happen in electoral monarchies where they just vote the next idiot in.
Yes I would like to hear more from this era of the new sith wars… may the force be with you, always, peace ✌🏼
14:37-14:47: Oh so you're taking jokes now as ideas for videos? Alight then.
(Sarcastic voice): I mean really what's next a battle breakdown on the Empire's attack on Kashyyyk during the Reconquest of the Rim?
If this actually works I'm going to be very happy.
The leaders of the Army of Light: a war-weary disillusioned general and a prancing metrosexual dandy.
The first Darth bane book is still one of my favorite Star wars books of all time. There's something about the story being told from the other side of the force that just pulls you into the story so well
Hoth a man made by the reality that existed at the time
When I saw the title about Hoth being cold, I assumed you'd be talking about the planet 🤣
Oh man. This would make such an epic war drama movie, culminating in Darth Bane rising to power
I liked hearing about the sith wars
wet dreams is just the force giving you a handy try to change my mind
Kriff you're right
«Hoth ended the war to bring peace»
Bane: oh yeah, exactly
Loaded up the video thinking “idk man they had to sleep in an animals intestines that bitch was cold asf..” before the light bulb finally went off
YES!!!! MORE STORIES LIKE THIS PLEASE!!!!💪🏾💯
Please talk about how callus tactics of Darth bane or zanna
14:38 hey that’s me!
Soldier 1: Wow. Lord Hoth sure is hot stuff.
Soldier 2: No. He's cold, literally.
Would love to see a tv series about this 3-4 seasons. Ending whit Banes thought bomb.
For the briefest second I thought the video was about the PLANET Hoth (due to notifications on my phone) 😂 🥶
7:04 @Geetsly’s, …question, why is he as you stated “gloriously ridiculous”? Or if someone else knows I’d like to hear it. It’s not that important but as soon as I heard it it peaked my interest, anyways lmk. Peace ✌🏼 and may the force be with you, always…
He was a very silly person who dressed and acted like a fantasy prince and had a spaceship that was made of wood and had decorative sails. We've made a video on him - ua-cam.com/video/yux-Lq7jlnY/v-deo.html
Ahh MFs is Many Fans
6:10 It was at this point the Jedi Council knew
They (beep)ed up.
I hope this gets comment of the week status...
And here I was thinking about the damn ice planet
Lord Hoth + Darth Bane= REVAN!!!
Er, it was the other way around. Bane was a disciple of Revan's teachings.
@@HolyknightVader999 I didn't mean it literally I meant Bane's betrayal of his order and Bane's tactical skill is the equivelent of Revan
@@noahorakwue2653 OK then, that makes sense.
Not me thinking about the planet Hoth and how cold it actually was 🥸
Cold enough to freeze your tauntaun off.
I thought this was about the planet when I read the title
Leman Russ the fenris needs you once more
I honestly hoped this was about the planet, because a lot of fans don’t understand how kind boggling cold Hoth actually is
This should've been an April fools release due to the play on names
I thought this was planet Hoth...
Isn't that something though. When the LITERAL Galaxy gives you a nickname.. then changes your name to said nickname... Which is actually you named after something.. which don't sound so bad... Till it turns out your names off a frozen, hellscape an basically wasteland... Least if the Jedi thing didn't pan out his ice business would thrive shipping to desert worlds like Tattooine...
I see what you did there with the title.👏👏👏
Ah, yes, Star Wars DND.
The Bane Trilogy is so good, probably the best Star Wars book saga imo, and Path of Destruction is my favorite novel
Lol I thought they were talking the planet until I saw the thumbnail
Yes.
It is darkest hour.
Ngl when I glanced at the thumbnail earlier I thought you meant Hoth the planet lol
The Jedi council are a perfect example of why the young can make better leaders than the old. The old see the way life has been and never seem to improve or reform. The young see and want change, adapting to new realities.
War makes monsters of all sides .....
Complete. Badass.
No wonder hoth was an ice planet
Disney could start off the New sith wars with lord hoth, make that a movie
Fine I guess I'll go reread the Darth Bane Trilogy again to see Hoth and his army of light demolished.
And I was sitting here thinking MF's stood for something else. 😂
nice totle
Lord Hoth with the broth that swathes did crave . Knave need not be a slave. Let the Sith roll a spliff . There need not be a riff .
YES GEETSLY YES- HOTH WAS THE GOAT
I'm not gonna lie, when I saw the title, I thought it was about the planet Hoth.
Hoth is my #1 hated map on BF2.
I'm sniperfood. 😂
Is this a new voice (to me)?
If so, welcome
Hoth is certainly the most bas ass and tactically astute military commander, that the jedi order have ever produced since the days of revan and is single handily responsible for ending the new sith wars, in forcing the Sith to exhaust their military resources on the worthless strategic world of Russan in seven battles of attrition against his army of light until they were defeated. Then due to traditional sith infighting wipe themselves out rather than accept their defeat, alongside hoth and 100 other jedi who sacrificed themselves to allow army of light to escape the sith's last destructive role of the dice as they tried to prevent use of the thought bomb.
When I read the title, I thought 'Hoth' referred to the planet in RotJ. :D
*ESB
(Sees title)
I see what you did there
Was the PLANET hoth named after the jedi or was it the other Way around?
Was the Planet Hoth named after him?
That Jedi sure did loads better than the real life German general who served in the infamous Eastern front of the Second World War.
And if anyone asks, no, the planet wasn't named after the former in-universe (as shown later in the vid), though it may have been so for the latter in real life.
Edit: You forgot to mention *who* liberated the souls of Hoth, Kaan, and the many other Jedi and Sith victimized by the Thought Bomb.
Okay, I'm not super well-versed in my Legends lore, and I'm actually quite curious, who did liberate them from the Thought Bomb?
@@zexalbrony4799 Kyle. "Forcedamned". Katarn. From Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight.
@@michaelandreipalon359 Thank you.
Also, I'm assuming the middle name is just a joke, but Titan damn would that be the coolest middle name ever if it was real.
@@zexalbrony4799 You're welcome, and yeah, that's just a fan nickname of my own making, I think. Accurate, though.
I never heard of this guy, I assumed y'all'd talk about the planet.
Cool vid though.
I kind of expect Hoth to be cold though.
The Senate is the coldest.
I am a MoFo for not knowing.
Is he canon anymore?
Am I the only person that thought when reading the title to this video, MF was short for mother f*ckers?
This is Canon for me!
Why didn’t they call it Coldth?
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Respectfully I still hate these kinds of video titles, they sound so childish. Even though I’m positive this is still a good video
If you are going to make these videos , you should at least try learning a little Star Wars history .
Lord Hoth did NOT win the battle of Russan , Bane did .
Bane was the architect behind the thought bomb , and the trap that brought the jedi and Sith together .
Hoth was a egotistical fool that walked not only himself , but his army to their deaths .