Well sure. imagine going to a shipyard and asking them to build you a huge ship... and then trying to pay them with imperial credits? Something tells me they don't have the finances to do all this stuff when they aren't the ones printing the money anymore.
I've had a thought for a really good Star Wars story: A Venator-class Star Destroyer is utilized as a mobile museum by the Empire, but after the Battle of Endor the ship becomes a mercenary repair hub targeted by all sides because of relics (ie Droidekas, "classic" Clone Wars ships, clone armor, etc)
@@dylanwight5764 agreed, a scaled up version, maybe even live action version, of the Rebels series would be great. Resistance tried to scale it up, but it's not really hitting the mark as well as Resistance being more aid at a younger audience.
In the 3rd episode, Gideon mentions "the fleet" when talking with Titus Welliver's Imperial character, so I imagine he has a couple in reserve along with a few other light cruisers. It's smart to not use ISDs as you mentioned, given that they're huge targets for both the New Republic and pirates.
@@joeharvey4930 Even ISB agents like Callous had command of an ISD. He probably has one or more but he followed a simple rule. "Don't take what you can't afford to lose."
@@marrqi7wini54 kallus didn’t have command of an ISD full time. He was given the resources needed to fulfill his mission. That’s why sometimes we see him in a destroyer, sometimes we see him in a light cruiser, and sometimes we see him commanding no ship. There is no evidence that Gideon was an ISB agent. We do know that he was an ISB officer. He faked his death, and most people thought he was executed for war crimes. Given this, he was likely more important and high ranking within the ISB than kallus was.
@JosiexJosie My personal theory is that he's working for Thrawn, and Thrawn has him use the Imperial Arquitens for that very reason. An ISD is impractical, and resources are scarce at the current moment.
He realized that Rian Johnson made star destroyers and other huge capital platforms obsolete. I mean, why would you build huge ships like that when any old garbage scow with a hyperdrive and a grudge can take you out in an instant?
Nah he’s only a scout enforcer for a really bad boss, the boss that will emerge at his defeat or death will be Grand Admiral Thrawn who is the real brains behind remaining empire. I’m confident that his actual star destroyer is actually hidden... yes! But I feel it’s with a fleet. The seventh fleet “THRAWNS FLEET”
@@Mr.Ekshin honestly all this falls on George Lucas I've always had the question of what happens if something going ftl or light speed crashes if George Lucas would've created concrete rules an laws in starwars it would be much harder for people to mess it up or misinterpret
@@jamilbarbee6169 - Nothing with MASS can move faster than light. To move from one place to another faster than light can get there, you have to bend space which has no mass. This means that when you engage a hyperdrive, your ship never moves any faster than it was going before you engaged the drive. When you emerge from hyperspace, your ship is traveling at the same speed it was going before. Try to engage a hyperdrive and bend occupied space (ie: space with another ship in it), and I suspect your hyperdrive would shred itself or otherwise fail. In Lucas era, hyperdrives were only engaged once a ship was in space. Suddenly Disney has them doing it in planetary atmospheres, inside hangar decks, and also ramming things. It's obvious that Disney never stopped long enough to consider the ramifications of what they were doing to the previous plots. They only saw an opportunity for a cool special effect, and an all too convenient plot point.
yeah if I remember correctly weren’t there secret remnant fleets and such (I believe I heard this in legends). if that’s the case he or at least some other remnant has a destroyer out there
i always thought he was under the command of Thrawn after ashoka was asking about him during season 2, maybe Thrawn only allowed him to have a light cruiser as he knows that a ISD isnt suitable for what was supposed to be a retrieval job, maybe he'll get one eventually when the remnants realises a larger force is needed
That'd make hell of a lot of sense. Although we must not forget that Palpatine it's still pulling the strings from the shadows. Maybe Thrawn's just a puppet of Palpatine without even he being aware of it, as Snoke is too. Nevertheless, Palpatine is still building ships (The Rise of Skywalker), but the time's not right yet to show them.
@@nicomartinez9951 I said maybe. Anyway, Palpatine was Darth Sidious, so insidious that he used people as puppets and pulled strings from the shadows and not even the puppets were aware that they were Darth Sidious puppets. Remember that name not just Sheev Palpatine, not just The Emperor, but the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.
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Unless he spent the majority of his funding and resources to construct them. They even said in the episode that the darktroopers have to sit in standby mode because they use too much power.
@@fate3071 true again, as those kinds of installations only existed in or next to large concentrations of old empire military forces, and so the new Republic probably knew of them and would have siezed all of them already
I think mandalore was destroyed. If it wasnt, why wouldn't the mandolorian have taken grogu there when trying to find one of his kind? Or why would his guild be put into hiding like we saw in the first few episodes? And it just seems like it's gone from the way the characters talk about it
@@theforgotten9288 the Empire has total control of it. if it was destroyed, Bo Katan wouldn't be trying to retake a pile of rocks. besides, he considers it a lost cause and doesnt think any mandalorians even live there anymore.
The Forgotten as shown in earlier episodes of the season. Mando is from a splinter faction of Mandalorians... so he believes Mandalore is gone, and his way is “the way”
I mean, it is still relevant since the ISDs only show in the urgent situation whereas the daily driver is still the Light Cruiser. It is pretty much like "Why you don't daily drive an M1A2 Abrams"
Similarly, he could have one and just not be using it as his personal transport ship. You don't pull your battleship off the front lines just because you're gonna go pickup a baby somewhere.
Only a fool builds huge superweapons in the Disney era. They've already shown us that any hyperdrive equipped ship can split those megaships in two like they were made of warm butter. Thanks again Rian Johnson, for ruining the universe.
@@Mr.Ekshin That was literally a capital ship. ISD sized. And it didn't even make a clean split in the SSD. It broke apart on impact. I don't like the movie, but that's not a valid criticism.
@@Kjf365 - Holdo's ship was about 1/12,000 the size and displacement of the Supremacy. That's like a large housefly ramming into you and ripping you in two.
@@evanveres7483 erm idk maybe because the empire turned into an insurgency after the battle of endor Edit: I’m joking ik it’s because mayfeld blew up their only rydonium cache 😂
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The emperor should have listened to thrawn he was right about the need for small Fighters that could inflict massive damage. When thrawn went missing the emperor and tarkin decided to agree with krennic death star which was a revised design of what the geonosians made. Vader continued on believing similarly to thrawn not thinking as arrogantly as the emperor.
Makes perfect sense from a tactical standpoint. He is highly mobile and able to conduct special operations with his Dark Troopers. And let's not forget that for a poorly defended world even an Arquitens cruiser is a threat. This model does have turbolasers, lasers and missiles.
with each generation the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser are getting more and more massive, do you believe that the next generation of cruises will be able to transport more than 200 starfighters?
@MeNames PoshOpossum9484 do you believe that the next generation of Starfighter from the successor government of the new republic will be more expensive than the previous one?
@MeNames PoshOpossum9484 The T-85 X-Wings of the new republic cost 220,000 credits, The T-65 X-Wing of the rebel alliance costs 140,000 credits. in these 30 years, starfighter prices have risen sharply. A B-Wing from the rebel alliance costs 220,000 credits, a resistance B-Wing may cost 260,000 or 300,000 credits. taking into account that the price of starfighters is increasing at least currently the price of starfighters has increased, do you believe that it keeps increasing?
@@TrveBlackMetal1 I think the starfighters got more expensive, because now the heroes control the government of the galaxy, maybe they have a budget to buy more expensive starfighters, remembering that the rebellion used scraps.
A good break down and reasonable explanation. Star Destroyers, though impressive and powerful, really only work if you've got the resources to stock them and clear, defined targets to throw them at. During the reign of the Emperor they were as much symbols as they were machines of war. Their appearance an unspoken but very clear message that whatever the situation was the Empire was taking a direct interest and wasn't screwing around. That alone was enough to frighten entire worlds into submission as not only could just one of those beasts take on entire fleets of less of lesser ships and bombard a planet back to the stone age, but if you challenged it more would most likely be on the way. With the Imperial government and chain of command fractured and resource chains now uncertain such juggernauts would become both impractical and expensive to field save to re-enforce already controlled assets. And as proud and arrogant as some Moffs, admirals and warlords were only the very foolish among them would risk the crown jewels of their fleets and powerbases by haughtily flying around in one. But in Gideon's case I think there's a psychological factor as well. My read of him is that he's something of a...collector of curiosities so to speak. From the Dark Saber to his folding wing TIE fighter, from his use of Dark Troopers to his hunt for Grogu, he seems to have an appreciation for the unconventional or exotic. Things that look innocuous or seem mundane yet carry great value or have surprising potency. Thus him using an Arquitens light cruiser for his personal command ship makes a level of sense as it's still in service but by then antiquated design would suit his aesthetic tastes. Yet it was also unassuming and would not tip off potential enemies as to exactly what they were dealing with. It's actually quite telling that such a high ranking Imperial official would use one speaks a great deal to his personality and mindset. After all, any ambitious brute can come stomping in riding a Star Destroyer. The one who sneaks in on a light cruiser is playing a much more subtle and higher staked game.
Allen you have Moffs and Grand Moffs confused. There were thousands of Moff's as each controlled a sector. A Grand Moff ruled over Many several sectors and had Moffs under their command, usually sectors where problems occurred.. There were only a small
As you mentioned and in the X-Wing novel series from years ago, after the death of Palpetine and the 2nd Death Star the imperial fleets increasinly fragmented as the fleets were hunted relentlessly. Showing an ISD in this era of Star Wars was a guaranteed way to attract *Everybody that dislikes you. If he does have one (Likely considering todays producers moto "Every show bigger, edgier and flashier then last time" it/they'll show when the studio wants to generate alot of Hype.
Once again, I think you've nailed it. Even if, he has one, it's unlikely he has the budget, to fully mobilize it, and most likely, uses it, as an operational in title only, STATIONARY base of operations. As it is, it may turn out to be, what you see, is actually what he's got...piddley. His apparent command ship, is exactly that, his main, indeed primary base, and source of "IMPERIAL POWER". "He can't afford a bigger boat..much less, a boathouse, to put it in".
smaller ship, smaller signature.... faster to deploy, easier to hide, and perfect for clandestine natures of missions Moff Gideon needs.... a star destroyer was the epitome of the empire saying "LOOK at me, fear me, for I have a bigger gun!" Gideon's ship using less resources and making less of an impact can navigate unhindered and also operate throughout the galaxy without drawing too much focus to their presence, and if noticed can alter its' signature ID to that of a repurposed or captured Imperial ship by smugglers or merchants... and would be a lot easier to hide in asteroid fields and such even near/behind moons in order to remain undetected....
I think an alternate theory for why Palpatine wanted the imperial remnant to self destruct is to consider that maybe he wanted the republic to achieve victory as quickly as possible so that they would be more likely to become complacent quickly so that when the first order strikes they aren't able to respond. Of course, this requires considering the 3 Disney movies as canon which I know is somewhat painful.
Wait... why the Dorito and not the Ton-Falk? Ton-Falk holds more starfighters and has better armor and point defense... Personally, I'd choose a Venator, you know, actually swarm the enemy with 100s of Ties...
I’d choose a Venator as my flagship. Venators used properly can run circles around an ISD simply because of the sheer amount of fighters that a Venator can carry. Also, Venators require MUCH LESS crew compliment to run and are cheaper. An ISD may have stronger firepower capabilities and would blister a venator in a broadside, but if you can play keep away from the ISD, its 200+ fighter compliant would make short work of an ISD. The biggest mistake the empire made was discontinuing the venators and replacing them with a ship thats extremely resource heavy to run and can carry a fraction of the fighter capacity.
A lot of people have already pointed this out, but it's quite possible that Gideon does indeed have a Star Destroyer, or maybe even a handful, but either has them in reserve due to strained supply lines or is simply holding them back as a trump card in case he really needs them. On that note, this would be an excellent place to fully bring the Victory-class Star Destroyer back into the mainstream. It's a smaller, less crew-intensive, less fuel-straining, less notable, but still powerful Star Destroyer that would make perfect sense for Gideon to have in his back pocket.
Short answer: ISDs eat up a ton of resources and manpower to operate. Even if Gideon has one he's not going to use it if he doesn't have to. His light cruiser has worked fine in situations where an ISD would have been overkill. He's fighting small bands of mercs, not going to war with the New Republic.
Moff Gideon is full of suprises. My reactions to some of his appearances were always like this: "Ah, shit, his TIE has folding wings" "Ah, shit, he has Deathtroopers now" "Oh come on, he has THE DARKSABER?!" "Oh great, he has an Arquitens now" I wouldn't honestly be suprised even if he would have an entire fleet of Super Star Destroyers
He's like trying to top off Darth Vader without being a Powerful Sith and has replicated most of Darth Vader's imperial accomplishments. My guess is that his interest in Grogu's midichlorian count is because he wants to become a force user too so he can even replicate Darth Vader's force abilities and be the Next Darth Vader.
I think he likely has a few ISDs hidden away somewhere, but uses his Arquitens exclusively for travel and transport of small missions. An ubiquitous light cruiser that has been around since the Clone Wars is a lot easier to ignore than an ISD.
Same reason that US state governors don't have their own aircraft carriers. "Moff" is actually a civilian job - the military title just to keep consistent with Imperial government rules of placing military ranks above civilian ones. They can only express their desires to actual military officers (admirals, generals) whom draw up plans to make it happen. Taking direct command is not their job.
With a crew of 37,000 required for each ISD maybe he lacks the resources to secure one. The imperial remnant are comprised of the most die hard of imperials and I imagine most would have defected.
Moff Gideon is just a chess piece for Thrawn. He’s good for an end and when his usefulness runs out he’ll be sacrificed for the greater end. Have no doubt that Thrawn is still alive. I’m sure that we’ll see him in the Ahsoka series, but most likely as a cameo in The Mandalorian to not only help the story along but to give a tease for (again) the Ahsoka series.
well, this might be a spoiler to most people but Ahsoka did mention something about Thrawn. Plus, in this era that the mandalorian takes place in. A big star destroyer would look out of place and since they are pretty slow. X-wings could take it out pretty easy and we don't really know how many tie-fighters are still around and how much Moff Gideon could get a hold of. Plus, Star destroyers need a large crew to keep them running. like you said so. This just not the best thing right now. Im sure Thrawn still has his somewhere.
Becuase he’s not a real moff, all the moffs died on the first Death Star 9 years (I think) previously. He promoted himself to moff after the fall of the empire. He probably was just a admiral or commander who had the cruiser.
I like your assessment. Since first seeing his ship, I figured his reasoning, while he would certainly have the pull to get an Imperial class or even a surviving Executor class, is that he wanted something small, fast, easy to hide yet big enough to accomplish his goals.
I doubt it'll happen but I think it would be really cool to see Gideon's forces eventually turn out to actually have a larger, older ship like a Venator or something under their command - less brute force than an ISD but far more flexible, smaller crew, and still has enough mass and presence to be a big message saying "don't fuck with us". There's still the matter of Thrawn, too - with the way he's been treated in the story of The Mandalorian so far as the mysterious leader of this Imperial faction, I think he's bound to have something up his sleeves.
Light Cruiser was more than enough ship for the mission. It can handle anything that it's likely to run across in the outer rim, presumably it's speedy and relatively low key. And it's not like the Moff is going into space combat, he's running around doing a fetch quest essentially.
Well if y’all are wondering what is moff Gideon the moff of, he actually wasn’t a moff. He was a high ranking ISB officer, not even agent. After EP’s death he granted himself the rank of moff. That’s all we know of at least.
@@ddpzzp553 tell me why you disagree with a widely known FACT said by hundreds of youtubers and commenters? You can’t? Ok, now go and complain to somebody who cares about your ridiculous question.
Would be nice if we some Remnant (either Gideon or Thrawn) have a small fleet of the more obscene and less popular imperial star destroyer, frigates, and cruisers, the Empire had some small unique ships that would look great on screen.
The Arquitens was his base of operations for finding the child. He may very well have Star Destroyers in hiding, keeping them operational but not active. In A New Hope we never saw anything beyond single ISDs and the Death Star, while the actual Imperial Fleet was revealed in the films to follow. Similarily, in the Mando S3 pilot, there could be a scene where the Moff returns to his actual fleet kept in the background. There are a lot of parallels from Gideon to Vader, who as we all know was commanding a normal ISD for day-to-day stuff and kept his real fleet and flagship in reserve.
To make things work for the Third Republic and to satisfy Mon Mothma's anti-war policy, the demilitarization be limited to just half of the Republic military only. Because there will always be other half to response in case a threat like the First Order emerged.
well he was a isb officer which is possibly why he had a small amount of ships. or he has could not get his hands on a ISD because the remaining "moffs" were now warlords and took claim on the main fleets. i am 100% sure that pre death of the emperor he had a fleet or at the least he had 1 ISD.
I always assumed it was to stay as hidden as possible but still have fire power to do his covert ops. Arquitens(or However it’s spelled) are pre empire, can land on planets, are much easier to hide, very well armed for their size, and cheaper to run while rebuilding. It just always made sense that even if he had one he wouldn’t use it at least not yet
I think in Legends they said it took the GDP of an entire Medium-sized system to pay for one ISD. It also doesn't help that the RA/NR's primary capital ship was the MC80, which habitually carried a substantial strike craft contingent. 1v1, my money would be on the MC80. All they had to do was engage the ISD at extreme range (which wasn't hard considering the MC80's speed) and rely on it's strike craft and ludicrous amount of shielding to take out the ISD through attrition.
I always thought there were hundreds, if not thousands of Moffs. We see huge numbers of Senators in the Republic/Imperial senate and each Moff is a "Sector Governor", representing (according to some Legends material) 50 or more inhabited worlds. What was new was the Idea of GRAND Moff's, whose authority covered multiple sectors. Something Tarkin suggested to Palpatine to deal with cross-sector insurgencies.
Moff Gideon seems to favor a small yet mobile group to get his objectives completed very similar to the Rebels. He seems to have learned from the failure of the Tarkin Doctrine and a switched gears to the dark trooper program teamed with small strike groups.
Likely under Admiral Thrawn's grasp. *Edit:* Excuse me. Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn's fleet is hiding, but it constitutes as a tactical fleet. That includes at least (6) Star Destroyers, First-Class. Beware of this threat, if Thrawn is doing something; it's very calculated.
There were way more than just twelve moffs in the empire. There were actually about 20 grand moffs, one for each imperial over-sector. These twenty large areas of space were divided into a total of roughly a thousand or so smaller sectors. These sectors were led by regular moffs and sector governors (the two roles were similar). All of these individuals answered to the grand moff that ruled their over-sector.
I'm calling it this way: He's trying to stay hidden, quiet. Hell he might have one stashed somewhere else, but the Arquitens is his go-to for small ventures like this. Imagine how the NR would react if an ISD showed up.
@@lomiification yes . I read some of the books and visual dictionarys , they claimed he had agents in the major corporations like sienar and kuat who transported material to factories and shipyards for assembly. Which is ridiculous and pointless as palpatine already controlled the first order fleet and controlled most of the galaxy. Rey in last jedi said they would control every major world in week . Who were they planning to fight everyone surrendered
The Arquients cruiser doesn’t really look like an Arquients cruiser in the Mandalorian. It is similar in shape (but the bottom is much bigger) and it’s about 6 - 8x larger than the Arquients specs. The shot of the Dark Troopers exiting it in “The Tragedy” shows the massive size of the ship and an Imperial Shuttle could never land INSIDE an Arquients because it wouldn’t be able to fit. For that matter the cruiser didn’t have a hanger deck of tie fighters and a seperate hanger that could fit an x-wing. In the animated shows the shuttles and TIE fighters would dock outside. This is a seriously beefed up version or a new ship altogether.
Fuel consumption, general size, speed maybe, crew size, supplying said crew… Just a few more reasons to add… It’s all in all a very Good video on an interesting topic..!
My theory is he just chooses to use his heavily modded Arquitens because of how bad ash it is. Its everything he needs in a ship smaller and more maneuverable than an isd but larger and much more powerful than a stock Arquitens
Could you do a breakdown of Gideon's cruiser. It seems larger than a normal Arquitens. It has a hanger bay that can land a Lambda shuttle, that was never something we have seen in the Clone Wars or the Rebels. It probably has heavy modification but still the hanger space is pretty large, so the light cruiser has to at least have been enlarged a little. That is just what i have noticed, though a breakdown would be interesting to listen to.
Regardless of why Moff Gideon might not have an ISD, I like that we finally get to see something that's not an ISD in a live action Star Wars production. I thought that it was really cool when they first showed a Gozanti on this show and got even more excited when they showed an Arquitens, two of my favorite Imperial ships.
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Pre Empire ship.
Post Empire prices.
Well sure. imagine going to a shipyard and asking them to build you a huge ship... and then trying to pay them with imperial credits? Something tells me they don't have the finances to do all this stuff when they aren't the ones printing the money anymore.
It's an Imperial light cruiser... Not "Pre Empire" at all.
@@batteredwarrior actually the light cruisers first showed up in the clone wars
@@notoriousblt1038 actually, the Imperial Light Cruiser is NOT the same. It's developed from the Republic one, but is much more up to date.
@@batteredwarrior It’s pretty much the same design
I've had a thought for a really good Star Wars story:
A Venator-class Star Destroyer is utilized as a mobile museum by the Empire, but after the Battle of Endor the ship becomes a mercenary repair hub targeted by all sides because of relics (ie Droidekas, "classic" Clone Wars ships, clone armor, etc)
A Mandator-II class star dreadnought turned into a museum would be better, because it would have more space to store things from clone wars
How about a Jupiter-class Battlestar? Wait...
@@dylanwight5764 I was just about to post the same lol
@@jaqdraco Don't get me wrong, I still would buy that story if it was on shelves. Love a good space chase story!
@@dylanwight5764 agreed, a scaled up version, maybe even live action version, of the Rebels series would be great. Resistance tried to scale it up, but it's not really hitting the mark as well as Resistance being more aid at a younger audience.
Well Gideon is Gus Fring and he runs an efficient setup. Why use the bloated Star Destroyer when there are better alternatives.
Yea. Why run a big drug cartel when you could just hide it underneath a small chain of fast food restaurants.
@@topkat2134 haha nice reference.
*uses space food truck*
@@burce8591 food poisoning the most dangerous weapon
ISD screams Moff to be defeated and arrested. A cruiser says minor imperial officer that’s not worth the effort to try to bring down
He can't afford a star destroyer! All his money is tied up in his Chicken restaurants and his "side business"!
Hey, gotta fund those operations SOMEHOW.
Imagine the prices of ewok fur and meat after the fall of the empire. People gotta get their ewok furred coats to show off!
Watch your words !!! Words can deep as any lightsaber.
I thought he ran a giant superhero/pharmaceutical corporation.
ok.
In the 3rd episode, Gideon mentions "the fleet" when talking with Titus Welliver's Imperial character, so I imagine he has a couple in reserve along with a few other light cruisers. It's smart to not use ISDs as you mentioned, given that they're huge targets for both the New Republic and pirates.
The 7th Fleet....THRAWN'S fleet
If he has one in reserve he would keep it hidden for all the reasons you pointed out
I agree, Why would he need to be going around a huge star destroyer it wouldn't be practical.
Would be difficult to conceal an entire capital ship under the New Republic's eyes
@@bladedninja8853 that's probably it a smaller ship so it will be less noticed
@@bladedninja8853 well the emperor hid thousands on exegol
@@TheFortniteStorm Isnt that super deep core though
they used too much of the budget on actors so they had to result to a light cruiser
It can't be that, they have Disney money, which we all know doesn't run out
lol i feel like jon faverau is just calling his buddies to come be in the show
Filoni and Favreau probably just didn't want to use ISD again.
@@-skinner-6542 favreau can do whatever he wants lmao
@@fathersink8837 well disney did just lose 9 billion dollars in the last month and is bleeding every month
Perhaps he is not a real Moff and gave himself the promotion some time after the death of Palpatine.
Isn't he just an ISB agent?
@@joeharvey4930
Even ISB agents like Callous had command of an ISD. He probably has one or more but he followed a simple rule.
"Don't take what you can't afford to lose."
@@marrqi7wini54 kallus didn’t have command of an ISD full time. He was given the resources needed to fulfill his mission. That’s why sometimes we see him in a destroyer, sometimes we see him in a light cruiser, and sometimes we see him commanding no ship. There is no evidence that Gideon was an ISB agent. We do know that he was an ISB officer. He faked his death, and most people thought he was executed for war crimes. Given this, he was likely more important and high ranking within the ISB than kallus was.
Even if that he should have had an isd 2 or 3 ranks before moff
@JosiexJosie My personal theory is that he's working for Thrawn, and Thrawn has him use the Imperial Arquitens for that very reason. An ISD is impractical, and resources are scarce at the current moment.
Because being smol has its advantages. It’s why he is somewhat respectful to Grogu.
You mean small not “smol”.
@@TheLiamster smol
I can indeed confirm that being smol is good
He was not respectful to grogu
Getting tasered and put in handcuffs isn't that respectful....
Answer is: we don’t know that he doesn’t have one.... an imperial light cruise is faster to deploy for quick stealth missions like kidnapping Grogu
He doesn’t have one
He probably has one just has it in hiding why would he show the enemy his cards if he's currently in hiding
He realized that Rian Johnson made star destroyers and other huge capital platforms obsolete. I mean, why would you build huge ships like that when any old garbage scow with a hyperdrive and a grudge can take you out in an instant?
Nah he’s only a scout enforcer for a really bad boss, the boss that will emerge at his defeat or death will be Grand Admiral Thrawn who is the real brains behind remaining empire. I’m confident that his actual star destroyer is actually hidden... yes! But I feel it’s with a fleet. The seventh fleet “THRAWNS FLEET”
@@Mr.Ekshin honestly all this falls on George Lucas I've always had the question of what happens if something going ftl or light speed crashes if George Lucas would've created concrete rules an laws in starwars it would be much harder for people to mess it up or misinterpret
@@jamilbarbee6169 - Nothing with MASS can move faster than light. To move from one place to another faster than light can get there, you have to bend space which has no mass.
This means that when you engage a hyperdrive, your ship never moves any faster than it was going before you engaged the drive. When you emerge from hyperspace, your ship is traveling at the same speed it was going before.
Try to engage a hyperdrive and bend occupied space (ie: space with another ship in it), and I suspect your hyperdrive would shred itself or otherwise fail.
In Lucas era, hyperdrives were only engaged once a ship was in space. Suddenly Disney has them doing it in planetary atmospheres, inside hangar decks, and also ramming things.
It's obvious that Disney never stopped long enough to consider the ramifications of what they were doing to the previous plots. They only saw an opportunity for a cool special effect, and an all too convenient plot point.
yeah if I remember correctly weren’t there secret remnant fleets and such (I believe I heard this in legends). if that’s the case he or at least some other remnant has a destroyer out there
Moff Gideon doesn’t need a star destroyer he is simply built different
Notice they are in new Republic space so it's best to use quick ships then bulky ISDs
And also their resources are limited so a star destroyer is a waste of resources
@@jigolocana7492 The New Republic were hunting them down to build their StarHawks
Exactly. Moff Gideon is Star Wars' evil version of Commander Shepard, so he needs a -stealth frigate- light cruiser, not a battleship
i always thought he was under the command of Thrawn after ashoka was asking about him during season 2, maybe Thrawn only allowed him to have a light cruiser as he knows that a ISD isnt suitable for what was supposed to be a retrieval job, maybe he'll get one eventually when the remnants realises a larger force is needed
That'd make hell of a lot of sense. Although we must not forget that Palpatine it's still pulling the strings from the shadows. Maybe Thrawn's just a puppet of Palpatine without even he being aware of it, as Snoke is too. Nevertheless, Palpatine is still building ships (The Rise of Skywalker), but the time's not right yet to show them.
@@JimmyPunkWrestling Thrawn is no pawn
@@nicomartinez9951 I said maybe. Anyway, Palpatine was Darth Sidious, so insidious that he used people as puppets and pulled strings from the shadows and not even the puppets were aware that they were Darth Sidious puppets. Remember that name not just Sheev Palpatine, not just The Emperor, but the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.
@@JimmyPunkWrestling Thrawn would still be no puppet of palpatine
@@logancaudill2457 How do you know?
I'd lose my shit if an SSD showed up
I'm going to lose my shit when the Chimera drops out of hyperspace over Tython at the end of Friday's episode.
I want the Eclipse to be Canon ;~;
SSD? Do you mean ISD? Or do you mean super star destroyer?
@@rooke1489 he means the Super Star Destroyers of the Executor Class
@@bryonmontgomery6199 I whould love for thrawn to show up
Moff Gideon left his Star Destroyer back at the Los Pollos Hermanos parking lot
I took it and added it to my collection.
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@@MN-zl3bk General Kenobi
Ok
Grievous with his lightsaber...Imagine Grievous with the Dark Saber...
General hello there
Don't worry, Gideon has a whole Arc Hammer in his trousers.
Damn I hope so
Be dope.
Nah, it’s at the Los Pollos Hermanos handicap parking space
@@obijuanquenobi1911 lmao
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I find it hard to believe a man with dark troopers is struggling to run smaller operations.
Unless he spent the majority of his funding and resources to construct them.
They even said in the episode that the darktroopers have to sit in standby mode because they use too much power.
@@fate3071 probably the case. He could probably only either afford an ISD or the darktroopers
@@ynyrjohnson3861 that and finding a shipyard capable of building an ISD that wouldn't immediately be rooted out by the new republiv
@@fate3071 true again, as those kinds of installations only existed in or next to large concentrations of old empire military forces, and so the new Republic probably knew of them and would have siezed all of them already
@@ynyrjohnson3861 Even the New Republic knows about, as long as it doesn't threaten the core world they just won't care.
Also what is Moff Gideon the moff of? Is it Mandlore because that would explain a lot of things.
Probably the sector around mandalorian yeah
I think mandalore was destroyed. If it wasnt, why wouldn't the mandolorian have taken grogu there when trying to find one of his kind? Or why would his guild be put into hiding like we saw in the first few episodes? And it just seems like it's gone from the way the characters talk about it
@@theforgotten9288 the Empire has total control of it. if it was destroyed, Bo Katan wouldn't be trying to retake a pile of rocks. besides, he considers it a lost cause and doesnt think any mandalorians even live there anymore.
I think they used the duchess from star wars rebels in the Great purge
The Forgotten as shown in earlier episodes of the season. Mando is from a splinter faction of Mandalorians... so he believes Mandalore is gone, and his way is “the way”
Logistics is the ONLY topic to discuss concerning warfare. Remember, an army travels on it's stomach.
Moff has a sticker on the bumper of his ship that say..."My other ship is a Star Destroyer"
Pretty sure we just haven’t seen his ISDs yet, there wasn’t a reason to deploy such a vessel for missions like that on Tython
I can't wait for this video to age badly when a small fleet of Star Destroyers shows up to rescue Moff Gideon on Friday
Lol maybe
That would be funny
I was going to comment that this is a risky upload since every thing can change Friday
Or a ssd
I mean, it is still relevant since the ISDs only show in the urgent situation whereas the daily driver is still the Light Cruiser.
It is pretty much like "Why you don't daily drive an M1A2 Abrams"
"we grant you the rank of moff but you wont get a star destroyer"
"We grant you a position on the council, but not the rank of Master."
GM Tarkin, “Take a seat, Moff Gideon.”
Or he does have one. Only a fool shows their whole hand in the first round.
Similarly, he could have one and just not be using it as his personal transport ship. You don't pull your battleship off the front lines just because you're gonna go pickup a baby somewhere.
You do if you’re holding a royal flush my friend
Only a fool builds huge superweapons in the Disney era. They've already shown us that any hyperdrive equipped ship can split those megaships in two like they were made of warm butter. Thanks again Rian Johnson, for ruining the universe.
@@Mr.Ekshin That was literally a capital ship. ISD sized. And it didn't even make a clean split in the SSD. It broke apart on impact. I don't like the movie, but that's not a valid criticism.
@@Kjf365 - Holdo's ship was about 1/12,000 the size and displacement of the Supremacy. That's like a large housefly ramming into you and ripping you in two.
He ain’t got enough rydomium to fuel a star destroyer
I wonder why..,,😀
Wait until you see the big mine I’m the unknown regions
@@evanveres7483 erm idk maybe because the empire turned into an insurgency after the battle of endor
Edit: I’m joking ik it’s because mayfeld blew up their only rydonium cache 😂
@@canvey6758 lmao I know
@@evanveres7483 ik I just didn’t wanna come of like an asshole or something
honestly the way u view differnt topics and break it down to its basic level is why i love and follow this channel. i always walk away with new knowlege
The emperor should have listened to thrawn he was right about the need for small Fighters that could inflict massive damage. When thrawn went missing the emperor and tarkin decided to agree with krennic death star which was a revised design of what the geonosians made. Vader continued on believing similarly to thrawn not thinking as arrogantly as the emperor.
Makes perfect sense from a tactical standpoint. He is highly mobile and able to conduct special operations with his Dark Troopers. And let's not forget that for a poorly defended world even an Arquitens cruiser is a threat. This model does have turbolasers, lasers and missiles.
with each generation the Mon Calamari Star Cruiser are getting more and more massive, do you believe that the next generation of cruises will be able to transport more than 200 starfighters?
@MeNames PoshOpossum9484 do you believe that the next generation of Starfighter from the successor government of the new republic will be more expensive than the previous one?
@MeNames PoshOpossum9484 The T-85 X-Wings of the new republic cost 220,000 credits, The T-65 X-Wing of the rebel alliance costs 140,000 credits. in these 30 years, starfighter prices have risen sharply. A B-Wing from the rebel alliance costs 220,000 credits, a resistance B-Wing may cost 260,000 or 300,000 credits. taking into account that the price of starfighters is increasing at least currently the price of starfighters has increased, do you believe that it keeps increasing?
@@Obiwan7100 30 years passed, maybe we're just talking normal inflation here
@@TrveBlackMetal1 I think the starfighters got more expensive, because now the heroes control the government of the galaxy, maybe they have a budget to buy more expensive starfighters, remembering that the rebellion used scraps.
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A good break down and reasonable explanation. Star Destroyers, though impressive and powerful, really only work if you've got the resources to stock them and clear, defined targets to throw them at. During the reign of the Emperor they were as much symbols as they were machines of war. Their appearance an unspoken but very clear message that whatever the situation was the Empire was taking a direct interest and wasn't screwing around. That alone was enough to frighten entire worlds into submission as not only could just one of those beasts take on entire fleets of less of lesser ships and bombard a planet back to the stone age, but if you challenged it more would most likely be on the way.
With the Imperial government and chain of command fractured and resource chains now uncertain such juggernauts would become both impractical and expensive to field save to re-enforce already controlled assets. And as proud and arrogant as some Moffs, admirals and warlords were only the very foolish among them would risk the crown jewels of their fleets and powerbases by haughtily flying around in one.
But in Gideon's case I think there's a psychological factor as well. My read of him is that he's something of a...collector of curiosities so to speak. From the Dark Saber to his folding wing TIE fighter, from his use of Dark Troopers to his hunt for Grogu, he seems to have an appreciation for the unconventional or exotic. Things that look innocuous or seem mundane yet carry great value or have surprising potency. Thus him using an Arquitens light cruiser for his personal command ship makes a level of sense as it's still in service but by then antiquated design would suit his aesthetic tastes. Yet it was also unassuming and would not tip off potential enemies as to exactly what they were dealing with.
It's actually quite telling that such a high ranking Imperial official would use one speaks a great deal to his personality and mindset. After all, any ambitious brute can come stomping in riding a Star Destroyer. The one who sneaks in on a light cruiser is playing a much more subtle and higher staked game.
Next episode he pulls up with a super star destroyer
Then in Season 3 he pulls up with the Sith Eternal, than in Season 4 he has Starkiller Base, then in Season 5 he gets the Sun Crusher
Then in season 6 he gets the star forge
Season7 he gets a galaxy sized ship
It would make sense to keep any ISDs he has hidden. He could have one has a main base, and use the smaller ship to run errands.
Allen you have Moffs and Grand Moffs confused.
There were thousands of Moff's as each controlled a sector.
A Grand Moff ruled over Many several sectors and had Moffs under their command, usually sectors where problems occurred.. There were only a small
As you mentioned and in the X-Wing novel series from years ago, after the death of Palpetine and the 2nd Death Star the imperial fleets increasinly fragmented as the fleets were hunted relentlessly. Showing an ISD in this era of Star Wars was a guaranteed way to attract *Everybody that dislikes you. If he does have one (Likely considering todays producers moto "Every show bigger, edgier and flashier then last time" it/they'll show when the studio wants to generate alot of Hype.
Logistics: the key to Victory In war
Imperial remnant forces in The Mandalorian
*-* 1 | 546 class cruiser
*-* 1 | Gozanti class cruiser
I believe grand admiral Thrawn still have some star destroyers in this period like his Legends counterpart.
Once again, I think you've nailed it. Even if, he has one, it's unlikely he has the budget, to fully mobilize it, and most likely, uses it, as an operational in title only, STATIONARY base of operations. As it is, it may turn out to be, what you see, is actually what he's got...piddley. His apparent command ship, is exactly that, his main, indeed primary base, and source of "IMPERIAL POWER".
"He can't afford a bigger boat..much less, a boathouse, to put it in".
The empire should've kept the Venator, but modified for an escort role.
In episode 3 of season 2 of the Mandalorian Gideon talked about there being a fleet when Bo Katan was stealing the ship
smaller ship, smaller signature.... faster to deploy, easier to hide, and perfect for clandestine natures of missions Moff Gideon needs....
a star destroyer was the epitome of the empire saying "LOOK at me, fear me, for I have a bigger gun!"
Gideon's ship using less resources and making less of an impact can navigate unhindered and also operate throughout the galaxy without drawing too much focus to their presence, and if noticed can alter its' signature ID to that of a repurposed or captured Imperial ship by smugglers or merchants...
and would be a lot easier to hide in asteroid fields and such even near/behind moons in order to remain undetected....
I think an alternate theory for why Palpatine wanted the imperial remnant to self destruct is to consider that maybe he wanted the republic to achieve victory as quickly as possible so that they would be more likely to become complacent quickly so that when the first order strikes they aren't able to respond. Of course, this requires considering the 3 Disney movies as canon which I know is somewhat painful.
I think that a high-ranking Imperial has a right to choose his/her flagship. If I were an Imperial, I would choose a Quasar light carrier
Incredible ship
I’d choose an isd 1 for the throwbacks
Wait... why the Dorito and not the Ton-Falk? Ton-Falk holds more starfighters and has better armor and point defense... Personally, I'd choose a Venator, you know, actually swarm the enemy with 100s of Ties...
I’d choose a Venator as my flagship. Venators used properly can run circles around an ISD simply because of the sheer amount of fighters that a Venator can carry. Also, Venators require MUCH LESS crew compliment to run and are cheaper. An ISD may have stronger firepower capabilities and would blister a venator in a broadside, but if you can play keep away from the ISD, its 200+ fighter compliant would make short work of an ISD.
The biggest mistake the empire made was discontinuing the venators and replacing them with a ship thats extremely resource heavy to run and can carry a fraction of the fighter capacity.
A lot of people have already pointed this out, but it's quite possible that Gideon does indeed have a Star Destroyer, or maybe even a handful, but either has them in reserve due to strained supply lines or is simply holding them back as a trump card in case he really needs them. On that note, this would be an excellent place to fully bring the Victory-class Star Destroyer back into the mainstream. It's a smaller, less crew-intensive, less fuel-straining, less notable, but still powerful Star Destroyer that would make perfect sense for Gideon to have in his back pocket.
The first order formed from the empire in wild space which is east of the outer rim, not in the unknown regions.
Short answer: ISDs eat up a ton of resources and manpower to operate. Even if Gideon has one he's not going to use it if he doesn't have to.
His light cruiser has worked fine in situations where an ISD would have been overkill. He's fighting small bands of mercs, not going to war with the New Republic.
Moff Gideon is full of suprises. My reactions to some of his appearances were always like this:
"Ah, shit, his TIE has folding wings"
"Ah, shit, he has Deathtroopers now"
"Oh come on, he has THE DARKSABER?!"
"Oh great, he has an Arquitens now"
I wouldn't honestly be suprised even if he would have an entire fleet of Super Star Destroyers
He's like trying to top off Darth Vader without being a Powerful Sith and has replicated most of Darth Vader's imperial accomplishments. My guess is that his interest in Grogu's midichlorian count is because he wants to become a force user too so he can even replicate Darth Vader's force abilities and be the Next Darth Vader.
I think he likely has a few ISDs hidden away somewhere, but uses his Arquitens exclusively for travel and transport of small missions. An ubiquitous light cruiser that has been around since the Clone Wars is a lot easier to ignore than an ISD.
Honestly i would watch a battlestar galatica type show where a lone star destroyer has to survive as it flees to the unknown region of soace
any imperial show will do.
Rebelsrebelsrebelsrebelsandmore rebs is becoming annoying.
Less annoying than jedi-jedi, but annoying nevertheless
Maybe a Venator
Yes, of course, the all mighty *soace*
Same reason that US state governors don't have their own aircraft carriers. "Moff" is actually a civilian job - the military title just to keep consistent with Imperial government rules of placing military ranks above civilian ones. They can only express their desires to actual military officers (admirals, generals) whom draw up plans to make it happen. Taking direct command is not their job.
With a crew of 37,000 required for each ISD maybe he lacks the resources to secure one. The imperial remnant are comprised of the most die hard of imperials and I imagine most would have defected.
That number is honestly really retarded.
37000 to run a full watch routine. You coukd stretch it out with probably half as a skeleton crew
Moff Gideon is just a chess piece for Thrawn. He’s good for an end and when his usefulness runs out he’ll be sacrificed for the greater end. Have no doubt that Thrawn is still alive. I’m sure that we’ll see him in the Ahsoka series, but most likely as a cameo in The Mandalorian to not only help the story along but to give a tease for (again) the Ahsoka series.
Moff Gideon has a destroyer .....it's just in the shop now.
well, this might be a spoiler to most people but Ahsoka did mention something about Thrawn. Plus, in this era that the mandalorian takes place in. A big star destroyer would look out of place and since they are pretty slow. X-wings could take it out pretty easy and we don't really know how many tie-fighters are still around and how much Moff Gideon could get a hold of. Plus, Star destroyers need a large crew to keep them running. like you said so. This just not the best thing right now. Im sure Thrawn still has his somewhere.
Its so sad how 25,000 ISD's were just crushed in legit 1 movie
Wait which movie did that happen in?
@@brysonkuervers2570 Rise of the Skywalker
Becuase he’s not a real moff, all the moffs died on the first Death Star 9 years (I think) previously. He promoted himself to moff after the fall of the empire. He probably was just a admiral or commander who had the cruiser.
short answer: Its too expensive
Long answer: Its too expensive and there are better alternatives
One doesnt draw their trump card in the first round
Short answer: he probably does have one
Long answer: he probably does have one but chose the Arquetins because it better suited the mission.
I like your assessment. Since first seeing his ship, I figured his reasoning, while he would certainly have the pull to get an Imperial class or even a surviving Executor class, is that he wanted something small, fast, easy to hide yet big enough to accomplish his goals.
None of it will matter as long as Mando gets an old man with a thermal detonator next to Gideon.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, BOOOOOOOOOOOM! 😁
I doubt it'll happen but I think it would be really cool to see Gideon's forces eventually turn out to actually have a larger, older ship like a Venator or something under their command - less brute force than an ISD but far more flexible, smaller crew, and still has enough mass and presence to be a big message saying "don't fuck with us".
There's still the matter of Thrawn, too - with the way he's been treated in the story of The Mandalorian so far as the mysterious leader of this Imperial faction, I think he's bound to have something up his sleeves.
He might have some clone wars ships like an Aclemator or Venator. Like in the old ledgends
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@@caedes4367 thanks for the info werry nice of you
Or he could have some Victory class SDs smaller and generally more versatile ships but not as tough of intimidating.
@@gadget19k76 thats a valid point
Light Cruiser was more than enough ship for the mission. It can handle anything that it's likely to run across in the outer rim, presumably it's speedy and relatively low key. And it's not like the Moff is going into space combat, he's running around doing a fetch quest essentially.
How DARE you pick on poor ISD!! *hugs and comforts poor starship from bullies*
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I think Alan is mistaking Moffs for Grand Moffs :D
There is a big diference :)
Well if y’all are wondering what is moff Gideon the moff of, he actually wasn’t a moff. He was a high ranking ISB officer, not even agent. After EP’s death he granted himself the rank of moff. That’s all we know of at least.
where is this said
@@ddpzzp553 tell me why you disagree with a widely known FACT said by hundreds of youtubers and commenters? You can’t? Ok, now go and complain to somebody who cares about your ridiculous question.
Would be nice if we some Remnant (either Gideon or Thrawn) have a small fleet of the more obscene and less popular imperial star destroyer, frigates, and cruisers, the Empire had some small unique ships that would look great on screen.
Damn last time I was this early my wife had my friend over for a surprise hang out
I read the last two words as hangover. Lol 🙃
The Arquitens was his base of operations for finding the child. He may very well have Star Destroyers in hiding, keeping them operational but not active. In A New Hope we never saw anything beyond single ISDs and the Death Star, while the actual Imperial Fleet was revealed in the films to follow. Similarily, in the Mando S3 pilot, there could be a scene where the Moff returns to his actual fleet kept in the background. There are a lot of parallels from Gideon to Vader, who as we all know was commanding a normal ISD for day-to-day stuff and kept his real fleet and flagship in reserve.
To make things work for the Third Republic and to satisfy Mon Mothma's anti-war policy, the demilitarization be limited to just half of the Republic military only. Because there will always be other half to response in case a threat like the First Order emerged.
well he was a isb officer which is possibly why he had a small amount of ships. or he has could not get his hands on a ISD because the remaining "moffs" were now warlords and took claim on the main fleets. i am 100% sure that pre death of the emperor he had a fleet or at the least he had 1 ISD.
He didn’t spec into major manufacturing or high enough scavenging
I always assumed it was to stay as hidden as possible but still have fire power to do his covert ops. Arquitens(or However it’s spelled) are pre empire, can land on planets, are much easier to hide, very well armed for their size, and cheaper to run while rebuilding. It just always made sense that even if he had one he wouldn’t use it at least not yet
I bet he does, but we haven’t seen it yet
Moff Gideon's light cruiser is actually 2x bigger than a regular one.
military faction in mandalorian: *exist*
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I think in Legends they said it took the GDP of an entire Medium-sized system to pay for one ISD. It also doesn't help that the RA/NR's primary capital ship was the MC80, which habitually carried a substantial strike craft contingent. 1v1, my money would be on the MC80. All they had to do was engage the ISD at extreme range (which wasn't hard considering the MC80's speed) and rely on it's strike craft and ludicrous amount of shielding to take out the ISD through attrition.
This Jobber reminds me of the Asian guy in "Better Off Dead" who learned to speak English by listening to Howard Cosell
What are you on about?
I always thought there were hundreds, if not thousands of Moffs.
We see huge numbers of Senators in the Republic/Imperial senate and each Moff is a "Sector Governor", representing (according to some Legends material) 50 or more inhabited worlds.
What was new was the Idea of GRAND Moff's, whose authority covered multiple sectors. Something Tarkin suggested to Palpatine to deal with cross-sector insurgencies.
I think that he didn't have enough resources to have an ISD
Moff Gideon seems to favor a small yet mobile group to get his objectives completed very similar to the Rebels. He seems to have learned from the failure of the Tarkin Doctrine and a switched gears to the dark trooper program teamed with small strike groups.
Likely under Admiral Thrawn's grasp.
*Edit:* Excuse me. Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Thrawn's fleet is hiding, but it constitutes as a tactical fleet. That includes at least (6) Star Destroyers, First-Class. Beware of this threat, if Thrawn is doing something; it's very calculated.
There were way more than just twelve moffs in the empire. There were actually about 20 grand moffs, one for each imperial over-sector. These twenty large areas of space were divided into a total of roughly a thousand or so smaller sectors. These sectors were led by regular moffs and sector governors (the two roles were similar). All of these individuals answered to the grand moff that ruled their over-sector.
He moffballed it
I'm calling it this way:
He's trying to stay hidden, quiet. Hell he might have one stashed somewhere else, but the Arquitens is his go-to for small ventures like this.
Imagine how the NR would react if an ISD showed up.
There is supposed to be 5 thousand ISD in the unknown regions ( empires end novel)
All on that one planet with Palpatine, and who knows where he got the resources for then
@@lomiification yes . I read some of the books and visual dictionarys , they claimed he had agents in the major corporations like sienar and kuat who transported material to factories and shipyards for assembly. Which is ridiculous and pointless as palpatine already controlled the first order fleet and controlled most of the galaxy. Rey in last jedi said they would control every major world in week . Who were they planning to fight everyone surrendered
@@lomiification no not5000 but 1k xyston star destroyers
As Booster Terrik found out running ISD Errant Venture it takes to much money and people to keep an ISD running purply.
He's on a budget, you wouldn't use your Ferrari to do the groceries when you're also on a budget.
The Arquients cruiser doesn’t really look like an Arquients cruiser in the Mandalorian. It is similar in shape (but the bottom is much bigger) and it’s about 6 - 8x larger than the Arquients specs. The shot of the Dark Troopers exiting it in “The Tragedy” shows the massive size of the ship and an Imperial Shuttle could never land INSIDE an Arquients because it wouldn’t be able to fit. For that matter the cruiser didn’t have a hanger deck of tie fighters and a seperate hanger that could fit an x-wing. In the animated shows the shuttles and TIE fighters would dock outside. This is a seriously beefed up version or a new ship altogether.
Why would he, in the star wars universe a single fighter can destroy one.
Only after having the shields knocked out and getting past the turbo lasers and other point defense systems
Great vid Gen Tech! I like that Moff Gideon doesn't have an ISD and uses an Arquitens.
Well, millions of imperial personnel were killed, so mass promotions for everyone!
Covid-19,. Alot of ship builders got laid off
Fuel consumption, general size, speed maybe, crew size, supplying said crew…
Just a few more reasons to add…
It’s all in all a very Good video on an interesting topic..!
My theory is he just chooses to use his heavily modded Arquitens because of how bad ash it is. Its everything he needs in a ship smaller and more maneuverable than an isd but larger and much more powerful than a stock Arquitens
Also a cruiser is much smaller than an isd and won't draw mutch attention because of its smaller size
@Xtream Gamer55 nah...
Supremecy
Could you do a breakdown of Gideon's cruiser. It seems larger than a normal Arquitens. It has a hanger bay that can land a Lambda shuttle, that was never something we have seen in the Clone Wars or the Rebels. It probably has heavy modification but still the hanger space is pretty large, so the light cruiser has to at least have been enlarged a little. That is just what i have noticed, though a breakdown would be interesting to listen to.
Woah less then a minute. Never been this early before
Earliest I’ve been is unlisted lmao
Regardless of why Moff Gideon might not have an ISD, I like that we finally get to see something that's not an ISD in a live action Star Wars production. I thought that it was really cool when they first showed a Gozanti on this show and got even more excited when they showed an Arquitens, two of my favorite Imperial ships.
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I'm just glad we saw a live action Arquitens Cruiser.
Yeah that looked really cool