The Draconian Rules the Empire's Stormtroopers had to Obey

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  • @geetslys
    @geetslys  2 роки тому +132

    The first 100 people to go to www.blinkist.com/Geetslys are going to get unlimited access for 1 week to try it out. You will also get 25% off if you want the full membership!

    • @princeofpokemon2934
      @princeofpokemon2934 2 роки тому +1

      Did you do this video along with the other one at your other channel at the same time? I feel bad if you have a stressful schedule. Either way we're all happy that you're able to bring us content like this.

    • @Daniel-ms9ks
      @Daniel-ms9ks 2 роки тому +5

      I have a question, why did Maul survive after being cut in half and falling down a massive shaft, yet Quigon died after being stabbed in the stomach and being attended by Obiwan? being cut in half is obviously more lethal than being stabbed

    • @Daniel-ms9ks
      @Daniel-ms9ks 2 роки тому +3

      Jedi can lift objects and even people, so why can't Jedi use the force to levitate themselves and fly?

    • @princeofpokemon2934
      @princeofpokemon2934 2 роки тому +2

      @@Daniel-ms9ks It was stated that his rage kept him alive. It actually worked against all logic. Even Darth Sion would be impressed; and that guy is literally just too angry to die.

    • @Ganonsmork
      @Ganonsmork 2 роки тому +2

      @@Daniel-ms9ks his hate kept him alive, same with vader. That's why he actually died, he let go of the dark side.

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNero 2 роки тому +826

    *Stormtrooper's Rule #1:* Listen and enjoy "Empire Today" every morning before going to work

    • @Nolongerhereanymore
      @Nolongerhereanymore 2 роки тому +11

      What to do in a zombie outbreak scenario?

    • @TS-7864
      @TS-7864 2 роки тому +17

      This isn't accurate... it was more before going to bed rather than before going to work.

    • @enochchow4099
      @enochchow4099 2 роки тому +13

      @@Nolongerhereanymore Listen to the metal remix of "Empire Today" while slaying the infected pests out of the hallways.

    • @TheDandyMann
      @TheDandyMann 2 роки тому +9

      588-2300 Empire, today

    • @jacobhowson7965
      @jacobhowson7965 2 роки тому +3

      @@TS-7864 who says it wasn't both

  • @hunterkiller1440
    @hunterkiller1440 2 роки тому +262

    Meanwhile, Officers are out to get each other to get a promotion.

    • @Revick_Revas
      @Revick_Revas 2 роки тому +38

      And then get killed by Vader…

    • @dustinmaxwell259
      @dustinmaxwell259 2 роки тому +48

      Yep. All of that backstabbing helped to cripple the empire as well.
      With the most corrupt /conniving gaining important ranks, even though they may have not been fit for the job, while the best of them were stuck in lower ranking positions.
      Which had the effect of making some of them join the Rebellion.

    • @ladygrey7425
      @ladygrey7425 2 роки тому +14

      @@dustinmaxwell259 Gee, it's like a hyper-Social Darwinist philosophy ultimately fucks you over in the long-term.

    • @dustinmaxwell259
      @dustinmaxwell259 2 роки тому +11

      @@ladygrey7425 It reminds me of an old factory job.
      We didn't get the most capable+ experienced group leaders, who were great at their jobs,
      We got the group leaders that were great at kissing the supervisor's ass.

    • @justinlast2lastharder749
      @justinlast2lastharder749 2 роки тому +3

      Thats how the military functions, the enlisted ranks has an upper limit...the officer corps does not. Officers are constantly trying to claw above each other.

  • @lilacocto9103
    @lilacocto9103 2 роки тому +289

    In an ironic twist, the beings meant to replace clones became clones themselves. Not in genetics, but in the way they were supposed to act and look. The soldiers of the empire were individuals but they were taught to ignore all individuality.

    • @yoshijb9428
      @yoshijb9428 2 роки тому +2

      Yet it was the unique personality of the Republic clones after earning their own "names"/ personality that was instrumental in saving so many people so many times. Ironic. The Emipre says clones are to susceptible to brainwashing. Yet push the stormtroopers to be more clone like. What a......."Tragedy"

    • @charlielynch3916
      @charlielynch3916 2 роки тому +15

      Stormtroopers were individuals forced to ignore their individuality whilst clones were identical yet encouraged to embrace their differences and uniqueness.

  • @unnamed1613
    @unnamed1613 2 роки тому +190

    The bit about keeping their armour clean despite the tactical disadventage actualy reminds me of a Quote from 40K that fit pretty well to the train of thought:
    "The uniforms of the Imperial Guard are camouflaged in order to protect their wearers by hiding them from sight.
    The principle is that what the enemy cannot see he cannot kill. This is not the way of the Adeptus Astartes. A Space Marine’s armour is bright with heraldry that proclaims his devotion to his Chapter and the beloved Emperor of Mankind. Our principle is that what the enemy can see, he will soon learn to fear…" -Chaplain Aston, of the Fire Hawks 10th Company

    • @goldietheswagbear8288
      @goldietheswagbear8288 2 роки тому +22

      To be fair, guardsmen aren't 8ft super soldiers who can take a beating and keep going, guardsmen are just normal people who fight the same shit space marines do

    • @raistlarn
      @raistlarn 2 роки тому +13

      @@goldietheswagbear8288 and with vastly inferior weaponry as well.

    • @navilluscire2567
      @navilluscire2567 Рік тому +9

      And even then the guardsmen regiments in general don't really take advantage of their *""camouflage""* or more muted colors. (atleast for most generic regiments)
      One. Because most of the time they're either using human wave tactics to overwhelm enemy positions or have waves of horrific monsters rushing their defenses making any bland color scheme virtually pointless.
      And two. Their primary infantryman weapon, the infamous *"lazguns",* basically and inherently tells enemies were fire is coming from with extremely visible lines of lasers, especially sense alot of the time the only way their weak arms are effective against many of their larger foes is in mass volleys of extremely bright lights, a crescendo of deadly beams, not even remotely subtle.

    • @A_Black_Sheep94
      @A_Black_Sheep94 Рік тому +2

      Does that work well against all the horrible demons and stuff? Feels like it wouldn't.

    • @dennislemasters4339
      @dennislemasters4339 9 місяців тому

      @@navilluscire2567 against the traitor marines the lasguns are weak due to the armor, it's made of ceramite which is stated to reflect the lasgun beams causing it to do little damage, not kidding against armor made from certain materials like the space marine's ceramite the lasgun stuggles cause of the materials reflective properties

  • @hunterkiller1440
    @hunterkiller1440 2 роки тому +431

    I'm still processing how Clones are getting replaced and how Kamino has been decommissioned

    • @H1ydra
      @H1ydra 2 роки тому +31

      well they are expensive and they thought nobody will stop them so they used weak but loyal conscripts

    • @L3oT1g3r-
      @L3oT1g3r- 2 роки тому +21

      Ahem!… I think you mean “destroyed”

    • @Casey-jn3ib
      @Casey-jn3ib 2 роки тому +23

      It makes no sense, they could have just scaled down like in legends, it’s happening unrealistically fast

    • @SupaSillyThyme
      @SupaSillyThyme 2 роки тому +2

      @@L3oT1g3r- wow. You managed to ruin a joke whilst thinking you were funny. How sad.

    • @L3oT1g3r-
      @L3oT1g3r- 2 роки тому +14

      @@SupaSillyThyme where’s the joke??? Who’s trying to be funny??? Can’t say me because I didn’t say anything funny…?

  • @georgehilty3561
    @georgehilty3561 2 роки тому +487

    in my opinion the tarkin doctrine has always had one HUGE glaring flaw. people who fear you will grow to hate you, and the longer that fear goes on the more they will hate you. that hate will cause unrest and eventually rebellion. so in my opinion the entire idea is ultimately self defeating.

    • @thewisefives2951
      @thewisefives2951 2 роки тому +100

      Agreed. Eventually hatred and rage overcomes fear and people fight back, regardless of how scared they are. Honestly, Tarkin really wasn't as smart as he thought he was. I get the whole quantity vs quality arguements (although I still prefer quality most of the time over quantity.) but ripping away the Stormtroopers identities ironically probably damaged moral in the long run, especially when the Galactic Civil War heated up. Stormtroopers may be better trained than Rebels, but Rebels had way more to fight for.

    • @aidanrickord7790
      @aidanrickord7790 2 роки тому +17

      The only way I can see it working was if it inspired fear in new ways. If it can keep up the fear by constantly utilizing new fear mechanisms then it would be able to work.

    • @LoneSilverW0lf
      @LoneSilverW0lf 2 роки тому +25

      @@aidanrickord7790 but even then it probably wouldn’t be work. It’d eventually be like “turn on the radio and let’s hear what today calamity is” kind of mundane. People will stop giving a shit after some time of the fear cycle.

    • @aidanrickord7790
      @aidanrickord7790 2 роки тому +9

      @@LoneSilverW0lf not if it’s potent enough. Fear is one of the strongest emotions as it is meant to keep species alive. If you can continuously abuse this fact by finding and exploiting a variety of different fear based variables the philosophy becomes viable.

    • @ko71k52
      @ko71k52 2 роки тому +3

      I guess the point is, you must fear only if you are a rebel, but if you are a civilian, these guys are kinda protecting you
      All the fear ideology may work, loo at North Korea and all totalitarian countries in our world (and of course it's a piece of shit)
      Actually it will work in long term, but If you establish this order suddenly, people will resist

  • @LysimedVenteel
    @LysimedVenteel 2 роки тому +327

    I just had a theory. Now Tipoca City has been destroyed, what will happen when news gets out to clones across the galaxy? That was their home. We saw how eager they were to defend it from the Seppies. Could Rex’s clone rebellion accelerate in size now the Empire has replaced the clones with stormtroopers and destroyed their home?

    • @neofulcrum5013
      @neofulcrum5013 2 роки тому +59

      Well I don’t expect all the clones too but if NONE rebelled at all, that would be a crying shame.

    • @Cool_Kid95
      @Cool_Kid95 2 роки тому +17

      Only the ones who’s chips aren’t working would care lol

    • @RHR199X
      @RHR199X 2 роки тому +15

      Some would some wouldn’t, clearly some of them have the ability to rebel and that void still be a massive number, we have no idea what happens next but I do know that many will be retired as mentioned in rebels so the empire still gets away with a lot.

    • @kekistandept.offoreignaffa2863
      @kekistandept.offoreignaffa2863 2 роки тому +21

      (Spoilers) I think we could potentially see the same scenario that took place on Ryloth where Captain Howzer was trying to convince his brothers that what the empire was doing wasn't too far off from what the separatists were doing.
      And some of the clones with working chips did agree with him and lay down arms but the majority still followed the empire.

    • @paradoxanomaly3251
      @paradoxanomaly3251 2 роки тому +1

      Bruh this same comment on like every star wars video

  • @ENCHANTMEN_
    @ENCHANTMEN_ 2 роки тому +16

    One major flaw with making your troops interchangeable drones with full-body armor is that it's incredibly easy to impersonate them...

  • @jessetorres8738
    @jessetorres8738 2 роки тому +57

    When I saw that thumbnail I instantly thought of Gary The Stormtrooper from Robot Chicken.

    • @shroomz2411
      @shroomz2411 2 роки тому +6

      LMAO was about to say the same

    • @amanzeihedioha
      @amanzeihedioha 2 роки тому +4

      Honestly the reason why I clicked😅

    • @geetslys
      @geetslys  2 роки тому +10

      A good topic for an April Fool's episode!

  • @camp002
    @camp002 2 роки тому +270

    Interestingly the stormtroopers facelessness made it easier for people to kill them as they wouldn't recognize them as people

    • @alessiodecarolis
      @alessiodecarolis 2 роки тому +43

      This was George Lucas' ideas, so people would'vent been concerned about the heroes killing swates of them

    • @mihan2d
      @mihan2d 2 роки тому +10

      @@alessiodecarolis But didn't they establish it so the stormtrooper armor dissipates the energy of a blaster bolt that it rather incapacitates the wearer rather than killing them?

    • @zigzaghyena
      @zigzaghyena 2 роки тому +14

      @@mihan2d That's because people complained later that the supposedly elite troops armour didn't seem to do anything. It's a retroactive explanation.

    • @mihan2d
      @mihan2d 2 роки тому +13

      @@zigzaghyena Lol the entire Star Wars universe canon is pretty much made from retroactive filling of plot holes

    • @zigzaghyena
      @zigzaghyena 2 роки тому +11

      @@mihan2d You call it a plot hole, Star Wars calls it an opportunity for future lore entries.

  • @B-rex395
    @B-rex395 2 роки тому +28

    As much as I loathe to give the sequel trilogy credit for anything, the fact that Finn was able to overcome such a thorough and soul crushing indoctrination process makes his defection from the stormtrooper Corp all the more impressive and admirable.

    • @TFZ.
      @TFZ. Місяць тому

      :) True that. (I kinda liked Finn personally... Before the rest of the trilogy existed I was willing to see it as a mirror universe, or something...) (Again, personally...)

  • @CKC_Productions
    @CKC_Productions 2 роки тому +195

    Clonetroopers:
    Fives: "Hey Echo! Can't believe we're ARC Troopers now!"😏
    Echo: "Tell me about it Fives! We went from regs to ARCS!"😏
    Stormtroopers:😑

  • @clonecoric4140
    @clonecoric4140 2 роки тому +72

    Stormtrooper: I'm so confident I'll go out in that forest with my armour that you could see from a mile away and that me and my entire squad of troops will come out on top.
    Stormtrooper later: Damn. I'm dead.

    • @joshuasitzema9920
      @joshuasitzema9920 2 роки тому +21

      Empire: falls apart
      Imperial Remnant and other smaller factions: oh hey you guys can use camo now, we can't afford to lose you

    • @friedrichfazbear5469
      @friedrichfazbear5469 2 роки тому +5

      You realize the colors of their armor was made to intimidate their enemies by making them seem like they aren’t scared of walking out into a battlefield with Snow White armor.

    • @clonecoric4140
      @clonecoric4140 2 роки тому +8

      @@friedrichfazbear5469 yes, that's kinda the joke.

    • @squgieman
      @squgieman 2 роки тому +5

      @@clonecoric4140 actually the main reason it was white is because storm troopers functioned more as a ship to ship boarding force, and internal policing forces, in one instance camo doesnt matter, and in the other you actually want visibility

    • @clonecoric4140
      @clonecoric4140 2 роки тому +3

      @@squgieman I know.

  • @joshuasitzema9920
    @joshuasitzema9920 2 роки тому +58

    It's funny cause in Allegiance the ISB only ever used numbers. The Stormtroopers on the Star Destroyer were able use their names when off duty and even not wear the armor when in areas that weren't combat based, including the overlooks of the main Hanger Bay.

    • @laisphinto6372
      @laisphinto6372 2 роки тому +11

      The laws were only probably enforced in the core worlds and in contact with civilians but other than that not really

    • @joshuasitzema9920
      @joshuasitzema9920 2 роки тому +13

      @@laisphinto6372 oh they are enforced, but the ship was commanded by Ozzel and he HATED the white armor. The Storm Trooper commander didn't want to keep his men stuck in the barracks so they made a compromise

    • @skymabile2855
      @skymabile2855 Рік тому +1

      It helps that their CO was bumbling idiot or possible traitor Kendal Ozzel who was actually scared of the Stormtrooper Armor. After all the Empire wasn't as tough, thorough or loyal to Palpatine as it made itself out to be.

  • @HolyknightVader999
    @HolyknightVader999 2 роки тому +11

    It's actually similar to how armies in the past ran things. I remember watching a show about the military, where some supreme commander appointed his sons as generals. He absolutely forbade them from calling him "father" and ordered them to get out of his command post until they referred to him as their commander.

  • @Daniel-ms9ks
    @Daniel-ms9ks 2 роки тому +134

    Jedi can lift objects and even people, so why can't Jedi use the force to levitate themselves and fly?

    • @reavenmarshall5319
      @reavenmarshall5319 2 роки тому +50

      Because helicopter lightsabers were a thing.

    • @donnellebarfield3964
      @donnellebarfield3964 2 роки тому +45

      No tactical advantage to flight when some jedi can just jump miles

    • @rhymenoceros3303
      @rhymenoceros3303 2 роки тому +57

      They can, they just don't need to. As another comment says they can just jump or use force speed to cross vast distances. And floating requires insane amount of concentration for most jedi.

    • @Space_Man909
      @Space_Man909 2 роки тому +11

      They can, its called force jumping

    • @notdismays4166
      @notdismays4166 2 роки тому +3

      @@Space_Man909 what about force flying

  • @TKnHappyNess
    @TKnHappyNess 2 роки тому +13

    At least we had the one Stormtrooper who stood up to Vader, sassed Palpatine, and actually lived. Our good friend, Gary

  • @volrosku.6075
    @volrosku.6075 2 роки тому +179

    You know you've gone beyond dehumanising when even the imperium of man for 40K allows most customization and unit expression than you. Good job empire.

    • @volrosku.6075
      @volrosku.6075 2 роки тому +28

      When imperial guard regiments are only seen as numbers and not even known to exist by some members of the imperial senate the Lords of terra the Lord commander militant or in some cases any member of the Adeptus administratum

    • @LAV-III
      @LAV-III 2 роки тому +42

      Stormtrooper: what do you have that I don’t?
      Guardsmen: a name, a bayonet, an emperor that cares and ever so slightly more common sense.

    • @BlackIce3190
      @BlackIce3190 2 роки тому +6

      This is trash Disney writers trying too hard.

    • @ScoutTrooperMan
      @ScoutTrooperMan 2 роки тому +16

      @@BlackIce3190 that or its a written thing by george, i mean ever noticed how there isn't stormtroopers with uniqueness aside from their types and ranks?

    • @unnamed1613
      @unnamed1613 2 роки тому +14

      Deathkorps: *[muffeled gasmask noises]*

  • @Rexofthe501st
    @Rexofthe501st 2 роки тому +3

    For the record, at 3:40, *Echo* was actually the one who made the comment “It’s ironic. Clones wanted names instead of number, now people are lining up to be *given* numbers.”
    It wasn’t Hunter who said this, and I just want to make sure Echo gets the recognition he deserves.

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher 2 роки тому +30

    Palpatine knows how to create a fascist society but he sure as hell doesn’t know how to run a military

    • @JackTheShadowMuncher
      @JackTheShadowMuncher 2 роки тому +9

      I’m a political leader not a military one!

    • @gmailquinn
      @gmailquinn 2 роки тому +2

      Reminds me of the orange menace

    • @brandonserr634
      @brandonserr634 2 роки тому +2

      @@JackTheShadowMuncher should leave your generals for leading your military they have been trained to do so. Might get em nextime buddy.

    • @navilluscire2567
      @navilluscire2567 Рік тому +1

      That is basically Palpatine's major problem. When it came to working from the shadows and steadily acquiring power and influence he was phenomenal, amazing at it. But when it came to having ALL that POWER on full display, he basically indulged gleefully and without restraint in his normally *"keep in check"* extreme megalomania through having to rely on a more relaxed, chill, manipulative guise as first a senator and later supreme chancellor during his rise and once he became emperor he ended up *power tripping SO hard he ironically lost the power he so painstakingly built.*

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 2 роки тому +61

    You should cover more about the Mandalorian Civil War between Death Watch and the True Mandalorians

    • @amanzeihedioha
      @amanzeihedioha 2 роки тому +5

      Here, here!! More on Jester's Legacy and the True Mandos🤨

    • @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly
      @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly 2 роки тому +2

      I want more jaster, jango, as well as skirata and the other clans that were part of the true mandalorians.

    • @TheHawkeye0725
      @TheHawkeye0725 2 роки тому +1

      I’d actually like to see how they fought wars against each other

    • @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly
      @BlueTeam-John-Fred-Linda-Kelly 2 роки тому

      @@TheHawkeye0725 one is an ideological terror group, and the other is a well-trained well-funded army, I assumed it would be kind of like the current middle east war on terror shebang. But with more space and lasers.

  • @mathieubordeleau150
    @mathieubordeleau150 2 роки тому +70

    Does anyone know how many set of armor where made for the first film? Having all your troops with identical armor with a face concealing helmet, must have really help to keep the actual number low and just reuse the same ones over and over. Remember the first SW did not have the almost infinite budget the new ones do.

    • @GoryGlory
      @GoryGlory 2 роки тому +6

      Not only that, but for certain scenes they simply painted them in rather then used people.

    • @AOA9871
      @AOA9871 2 роки тому +8

      @@GoryGlory yeah, paintings and cardboard cutouts were used a lot. Iirc, only around 20-30 stormtrooper costumes were made for the first film.

  • @mmmmcheesy9719
    @mmmmcheesy9719 2 роки тому +4

    I like how in the thumbnail the TK number was the one that Han used in a new hope.

  • @vinsonli302
    @vinsonli302 2 роки тому +9

    The Empire: how much intimidation do we have to use to keep order?
    the nature of sapient life itself: *laughs in infinite violence, chaos, and war crimes for all of existence itself*

  • @LAV-III
    @LAV-III 2 роки тому +13

    “Do the lives of your stormtroopers mean so little to you? Are you that mad?!”
    “Do the lives of your men mean so much to you rebel? Are you that weak?”

  • @everythingissogreen6748
    @everythingissogreen6748 2 роки тому +6

    Seeing that stormtrooper in an X-wing, hurt my brain.

  • @inquisitorichijou883
    @inquisitorichijou883 2 роки тому +53

    And Palpatines Honor Guard took the devotion to the Emperor to even greater heights.
    Their final test was a duel to the death with a comrade they had trained with closely.
    And as seen with the case of Kir Kanos, each sliver of regret over what they've done would be punished very harshly.

  • @ArmouredProductions
    @ArmouredProductions 2 роки тому +21

    These reasons is why the Stormtroopers were actually the "elite" forces. The regular conscripted forces are the Imperial Army (as seen in Solo) and had much lower standards and not as strict regulations. In Solo we see an officer refer to him by name not by number. So the Imperial Army is the lower quality soldiers while the Stormtroopers were much more trained and indoctrinated.

    • @williamhinton3251
      @williamhinton3251 2 роки тому +4

      I always think of it as similar to the difference between the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS.

  • @LitD
    @LitD 2 роки тому +21

    This vid made me think of the French Foreign Legion.
    Men from all over the world enlist and give up their names (they are issued new ones), language (French is obviously used), nationality (the legions motto is "The Legion is our Fatherland") and to some degree their own self (all armies claim they break recruits to rebuild them) and as a result you get one of the most efficient fighting forces currently in existence that is often deployed in circumstances that no French officer would dare to risk deploying French nationals.

    • @tommyatkins2527
      @tommyatkins2527 2 роки тому

      Never thought if it like that all fighting for france I mean potential legionnaires have to learn french

  • @declanhandley-byrne4335
    @declanhandley-byrne4335 2 роки тому +3

    Stormtroopers had to be a specific height? Well that explains why Leia asked "Aren't you a bit short for a stormtrooper?" in A New Hope

  • @attila535
    @attila535 2 роки тому +24

    Even the Imperium of Man treats their guardsman better, than the stormtroopers are treated.

    • @josephsteven1600
      @josephsteven1600 2 роки тому +5

      That says alot considering what the 40k universe is.

    • @haka-katyt7439
      @haka-katyt7439 2 роки тому +4

      Pirates like Hondo treats his pirates better than storm troopers

  • @amyb.6368
    @amyb.6368 2 роки тому +26

    Hmm. I wonder how this relates to the anonymity of the internet. That is -- when people feel they are anonymous online, they feel more empowered to harass others or say/do controversial things that might otherwise get them backlash or a lasting reputation hit if people knew who they were. Would donning armor that basically makes you the same as a million other people do the same? Thereby enabling some of the worst of the abuses Stormtroopers might have heaped on others.

    • @Kronos5K
      @Kronos5K 2 роки тому +1

      In the Galactic Empire, committing personal atrocities would be infinitely easier. So long as planets, societies, and races remained compliant with the New Galactic Order, no one cared about how you carried out the Emperor's will. Then again, your very life damn well depended on how you performed in the interest of the Empire. So basically, do whatever you want under the helmet so long as you make sure the Empire gets what it wants by you being it's "White Wave" so to speak. ╭∩╮(^.^)╭∩╮

    • @kamalalsb7292
      @kamalalsb7292 2 роки тому +2

      Honestly I don't know how much anonymity is a part of it. Gonna get a wee bit political here but if you look up some of the ways Cops in America are trained (specifically things like "Warrior Training", and "Sheep/Wolf/Sheepdog" mentality) it's more about giving someone power over people with very few consequences for abuse of that power, while also instructing them that they inherently know better than most people.

    • @amyb.6368
      @amyb.6368 2 роки тому

      @@kamalalsb7292 Mm, that theory sounds too much like the "power is everything" mentality to me, which doesn't take into account the many complexities of the human psyche or the job. There are subjects cops do know better than most people, like how to drive a car, grapple, or the complexities of the law. (And there are, of course, places they most certainly don't!) They are enforcers of the law, so they of course have some power over people, but they also cede power to their sheriffs, the courts, and the law-makers as a regular part of their job. They also cede power to their conscience, if they're good ones. So, no, I disagree.

  • @shmeg8695
    @shmeg8695 2 роки тому +68

    Too bad most of the media that has come out fairly recently such as rebels and even mando depicts them as jokes lol. Never thought they were all that incompetent in the OT, would love to see them as a viable threat again.

    • @BenMan8881
      @BenMan8881 2 роки тому +3

      to be fair... when you've got such a small cast of characters, you can't have them be major threats. After all, if they are to be major threats that could hit a fly on the opposite side of a canyon every time the characters encountered one, then the small cast isn't going to last very long. Rebels have the 6 main characters that are in in Imperial territory. They would definitely encounter enough stormtroopers that, if they were deadly accurate, the show would last for less than a season. Mandalorian is in a similar situation. There is basically 5 core characters, with only Mando and Grogu truly being mainstays with the others appearing at various points. If stormtroopers were made to be as much of threat as most people want them to be, the show wouldn't have lasted long enough for 2 season.

    • @shmeg8695
      @shmeg8695 2 роки тому +3

      @@BenMan8881 I mean the OT had a small cast of characters and handled them perfectly. In the first film they are depicted very competently at the beginning (Tantive IV) and only begin missing shots on the Death Star after being ordered to let the rebels escape as Tarkington wanted to locate the rebel base by racking the falcon. Empire Strikes back does the same, Empire has a strong start on Hoth which did include ground forces (off screen) and ended with the troopers failing to stop the rebels from escaping cloud city. Vader also mentioned before though that the rebels were not to leave the city meaning it’s possible he wanted them alive. There were also only about 3 stormtrooper casualties during the cloud city escape as they were using cover while chasing the rebels unlike in mando where they just run out in the open and often don’t even shoot. Episode 6 may be one of the worst depictions but Endor was full of human eating natives giving them quite the advantage over imperial forces. The few biker scouts at the beginning of the Endor sequence even proved to be a bit of a problem for Luke Skywalker despite being ragdolled by a droid in mando. I’d also like to point out also that there are alternatives to storm troopers as seen by either navy or army troopers. Storm troopers are literally sent to reinforce the navy troopers on the Death Star after they were quickly overwhelmed by Han, Luke, and Chewie. The Stormtroopers quickly overwhelm the rebels making them go down the trash shoot. Even Solo, a Disney film had the audacity to show that army troopers are still a thing and continue to represent stormtroopers as incompetent. Shame as we may be getting Thrawn in post Endor cannon again, hopefully we see some competence from his forces.

    • @juhapekkaruusala9038
      @juhapekkaruusala9038 2 роки тому

      There just came "If Stormtroopers were accurate" vid on youtube. Check that and you see how fast the first movie is.

  • @Daniel-ms9ks
    @Daniel-ms9ks 2 роки тому +180

    I have a question, why did Maul survive after being cut in half and falling down a massive shaft, yet Quigon died after being stabbed in the stomach and being attended by Obiwan? being cut in half is obviously more lethal than being stabbed

    • @captainfordo1
      @captainfordo1 2 роки тому +151

      Maul survived from his shear hatred of Obi-Wan. The sith are fueled by hate

    • @cellianexurianity5021
      @cellianexurianity5021 2 роки тому +69

      And Jedi are trained to just let go

    • @bossdeltasquad
      @bossdeltasquad 2 роки тому +76

      @@captainfordo1
      Obi-wan: “die”
      Maul:angy

    • @CoolMyron
      @CoolMyron 2 роки тому +62

      The Sith can use their hate, pain, and fear to keep themselves alive. There was a dark lord way back in the Old Republic days that just wouldn't die no matter how many times you chop them up or shot him. I believe the Jedi that finally killed him had to get them to let go. And if you know anything about Darth Maul you know he really really really hates Kenobi.

    • @marlondavis1230
      @marlondavis1230 2 роки тому +29

      You can ask the same question how Anakin survived being burned and lose his limbs, which could have killed most people. The dark side kept him alive.

  • @ems6321
    @ems6321 2 роки тому +4

    The Empire's military was it's biggest weakness.

  • @insaneredneck3917
    @insaneredneck3917 2 роки тому +31

    The whole theory of the stormtrooper is honestly a terrifying thing when you really analyze it, it makes them seem like the perfect psychological weapon. Even if they aren’t the best soldiers, you can’t deny that they were definitely effective at what they did.

    • @JohnDoe-xx8yw
      @JohnDoe-xx8yw 2 роки тому +12

      ​@@mojowwwav4357 I mean that's basically what happened in universe with the Rebel Alliance. Everybody was terrified of them, then a few cells started making attacks and showing they weren't so invulnerable as they pretend to be, causing the rebellion to spread like wildfire and snowball out of control

  • @jackychang9148
    @jackychang9148 2 роки тому +2

    Well at least The Empire let their troopers have "Take Your Daughter To Work" day. Good job Gary.

  • @Hidensee
    @Hidensee 2 роки тому +7

    Two dislike: Are we blind?!...... Deploy the garrison

  • @inquisitorgarza312
    @inquisitorgarza312 2 роки тому +79

    There no doubt that the High Ranking officials within the Galactic Empire must have written down these rules for the Stormtroopers and thought they were clever in the creating the rules, but they forgot one thing they foolishly thought that every single Stormtroopers will follow all these ridiculous rules. The Galactic Empire should realize that these rules will never create a functional unit without creating a sense animosity within individual squads, and considering that Units that have better unity fight better and give greater result if the units are more united.

    • @TainyaGaming
      @TainyaGaming 2 роки тому +6

      I mean indoctrination is a pretty effective tool.

    • @kertajaya6881
      @kertajaya6881 2 роки тому +13

      @@TainyaGaming And yet the shortcomings are by far that has been proven from it.
      Real life examples of it is the kinds of "People's Army". Like the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Army (North Korean Army).
      Indoctrination were a full time subject in their lives. Yet it becomes the weakness of them in form of delusions where their invincible based of their own ideology instead of reality.
      Indoctrination with the killing of creativity also limits the soldiers mind in solving problems and such. Wich that made the Stormtroopers predictable in almost every actions.
      "If they stick so much with their playbook, we'll just have to play within their playbook"

    • @Aegis030
      @Aegis030 2 роки тому +5

      @@kertajaya6881 the N. Korean army, though heavily indoctrinated, is poorly trained and equipped. They are more to keep current leaders in power, in which they are highly successful, vice protecting N. korea and its citizens.
      The indoc of western special forces, who are highly skilled, intelligent and well equipped have much more success.
      As stated above by Tainya, indoctrination is a powerful tool.
      The lack of stormtrooper success is not based on any reality but due more to plot and storytelling.

    • @ScoutTrooperMan
      @ScoutTrooperMan 2 роки тому

      Now you realize the type of shit we deal with on a basis?

    • @kertajaya6881
      @kertajaya6881 2 роки тому

      @@ScoutTrooperMan yep, how's it like getting shot and lose multiple times? ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

  • @woltersworld
    @woltersworld 2 роки тому +10

    Gary! Always loved Gary the stormtrooper on robot chicken

  • @zexalbrony4799
    @zexalbrony4799 2 роки тому +3

    Okay, I love the thumbnail on this video. Ah, good old Gary the Stormtrooper, brought his daughter to work when they boarded the Tantive 4, accidentally burned down Owen and Bura's house when he started a fire in the bathroom because of the scented candles, almost crashed Death Star into a school, and finally accidentally ran over an Ewok. Ah, memories.

  • @metaltomcat3614
    @metaltomcat3614 2 роки тому +5

    I think a line from Star Wars: “is that you tk21?”

  • @MKZ3003
    @MKZ3003 2 роки тому +7

    I was showing my younger friend this and when you said sex life he was like “WAAAAAAT”

  • @Possum_Playz
    @Possum_Playz 2 роки тому +14

    I kind of wish that the new shows and media depicted the Stormtroopers as the elite they are, and not the bumbling cannon fodder they're depicted as.
    But I guess you need a faceless bad guy instead of a normal Imperial Trooper that has a face and name.

    • @The-Opium-Den
      @The-Opium-Den 2 роки тому +3

      It was a mistake both in Legends and Disney Canon to relegate the Imperial Army to a rump role. You have right there a perfect opportunity to depict the regular army as bumbling fools, while preserving the fear factor the Stormtrooper Corps. is supposed to instill. By the end of the day, Stormtroopers are just more recognizable to the average viewer than some dudes in space army fatigues. Such a shame they didn't talk more about the Imperial Army.

  • @user-qf6yt3id3w
    @user-qf6yt3id3w 2 роки тому +18

    I won't listen to any critiques of the Empire unless people are going to denounce the terror attack on the Death Star and sign up for the military in order to defeat terrorism. Only when terrorism is defeated can we consider an end to the state of emergency.
    [Meme mocking the destruction of Alderaan]

    • @tristankawatsuma8962
      @tristankawatsuma8962 2 роки тому +2

      The state of emergency was only extended after the Clone Wars to hunt down the Jedi. It should have ended years before the creation of the Rebel Alliance. And no, rebel cells would not be justification for a galaxy-wide state of emergency. Perhaps local ones, but the Empire would have no legal justification in maintaining Imperial garrisons and arresting anybody who disagreed with the Empire in territories with no rebel activity until the rebel cells became a rebel alliance. Not to mention the destruction of Alderaan just sends the wrong message to people. Destroying an entire planet with millions of civilians that was a well-known member of the former Imperial Senate? If Alderaan is supplying the rebels with ships and weapons, use the law for crying out loud. The destruction of Alderaan just ended up having the opposite effect of fear. As tragic as the large loss of life on the Death Star is, the rebels could at least say that they were attacking a legitimate military target that had begun a battle with them. Need I remind you that the Death Star was tested on a city full of innocent inhabitants? The galaxy does need order, unity, and a central government with a federal military, but that is not the Galactic Empire. Whole species were enslaved and some were even wiped out. The Geonosians are nearly extinct while the Kaminoans and clone troopers are now homeless. Punishing the many for the actions of the few makes no sense whatsoever. Of course just because of the things that made the Empire legal, the Rebel Alliance thought that the New Republic needed to be the opposite of this by having a military too small to keep the galaxy safe while making the senate as bureaucratic as the Old Republic senate. Sure the Empire was evil and all that, but if Mon Mothma wanted to avoid the issue of the Clone Wars again, she should have remembered that Palpatine took power with an army because the Republic did not have one. Thanks to the pacifists and the Anti-Imperials, they wasted all of the deaths in the Galactic Civil War. Why is it so hard to make a government with qualities from both the Republic and the Empire? How hard can that be!?

    • @saucepanman8188
      @saucepanman8188 2 роки тому +3

      @@tristankawatsuma8962 I dunno man, *sounds a bit like rebel propaganda to me*

    • @nihilus1650
      @nihilus1650 2 роки тому +1

      @@tristankawatsuma8962 Mhmm yh this makes sense...*forwards comment to ISB*

  • @demi-femme4821
    @demi-femme4821 2 роки тому +1

    The clones were enslaved and forced to fight in a bloody war. The bar was on the fucking ground, and the Empire decided to dig under it.

  • @darthgamer2014
    @darthgamer2014 2 роки тому +10

    In the real world units aka groups of soldiers are given nicknames relavent to their mission for ease of communication because during battle decisions have to made communicated and executed within seconds.
    Now let's compare this to the idiotically long ID numbers of the Stromtroopers and please do consider that they are required to use these numbers to identify themselves even during battle.
    (Nicknames Like "Echo-five" can be given to squads, battlions and even individual soldiers depending on the size and scope of the operation)

  • @oddmanout8692
    @oddmanout8692 2 роки тому +1

    That could be considered unnerving for any group of Rebels. Beat a squad of stormtroopers and another comes into attack you. Exactly the same, no faces or expression and just as eager for battle... Remember, your not a Jedi, just some being with a blaster.

  • @FirstArchon
    @FirstArchon 2 роки тому +1

    tarkin- let's make everyone so afraid of the empire that they think "we have to destroy those homicidal lunatics before we're next" wait a second.....

  • @jacob5395
    @jacob5395 2 роки тому +3

    I hear in Legends that the Stormtroopers were the Elite but the Empire had a massive amount of less equipped troops. What was it like for those troops that were essentially rejects?

  • @masteroftheassassins
    @masteroftheassassins 2 роки тому +37

    This just proves that Clone Troopers are more superior than Stormtroopers

    • @pope2552
      @pope2552 2 роки тому +7

      I personally think stormtroopers are cooler

    • @masteroftheassassins
      @masteroftheassassins 2 роки тому +1

      @@pope2552 And you’re entitled to your opinion. I just like clones better because

    • @laisphinto6372
      @laisphinto6372 2 роки тому +1

      For genocides and war crimes you call in the clones yes

    • @DonnyDougherty
      @DonnyDougherty 2 роки тому +3

      Clones over Stormtroopers any day.

    • @pope2552
      @pope2552 2 роки тому

      @@DonnyDougherty clones feel very overdone and I like the mystery of the stormtroopers. I love both, but the Grand Army is less interesting

  • @TerminatorGundam300
    @TerminatorGundam300 2 роки тому +2

    5:59 "Scout troopers weren't allowed to paint camouflage on their armor"
    How different would the battle of Endor have gone if the Empire weren't thus strict on uniform?

  • @nichmiller4251
    @nichmiller4251 2 роки тому +7

    Prove you're not a Stormtrooper and share a chuckle that I hit the 69th Thumbs-Up.

  • @KingDerpy13
    @KingDerpy13 2 роки тому +4

    (Inspired from another comment)
    The Imperium of Mankind from 40k: *a massive xenophobic empire that let their soldiers customize their armor and give themselves a level of personality while being one of the many bad guys in the 40k universe*
    The Empire from Star Wars: *doesn't even let you use your birth name*
    And everyone sides with the Empire.

  • @thiagoaurelio5761
    @thiagoaurelio5761 2 роки тому +6

    Despite the multiple downsides of being a stormtrooper, i would probably try to become one anyway just for the armor.

    • @st-6837
      @st-6837 2 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @missingtexturez
      @missingtexturez Рік тому

      I mean you could just steal armor from a dead one if you joined the rebellion

  • @kirby4077
    @kirby4077 2 роки тому +1

    Love the thumbnail. TK-421, classic Star Wars, and Gary, totally Robot Chicken

  • @cyboric
    @cyboric 2 роки тому +1

    The 'tk' in the thumbnail was a nice touch!

  • @pope2552
    @pope2552 2 роки тому +2

    there are plenty of instances of stormtroopers having their humanity, they could even live normal lives

  • @fduranthesee
    @fduranthesee 2 роки тому +11

    Reminds me alot of the Japanese Empire and the tactics they used during WWII. So homicidal and suicidal and based in “Honour” but actually being the most Dishonorable, all in the name of their Emperor.

  • @salvagedude625
    @salvagedude625 2 роки тому +6

    fascinating. I'd be interested to see a side-by-side of the psychological aspects of the droid (just b1) and stormtrooper armies and which army did that model better.

    • @bluegolisano7768
      @bluegolisano7768 2 роки тому +3

      jokes on you, HKs do that better.
      as do the Darktroopers.
      *This is the part where a new faction of skeleton-shaped droids appears in a new droid uprising :)*

  • @calyodelphi124
    @calyodelphi124 Рік тому +1

    And to think, Luke Skywalker was planning to join the Imperial Stormtroopers as a way to get off the desolate rock that was Tatooine when his life's path crossed with that of R2D2 and C-3PO.

  • @SquirrelASMR
    @SquirrelASMR 2 роки тому +1

    LOL how Gary just has a full plate of chocolate chip cookies and blue liquid.

  • @abiball8479
    @abiball8479 2 роки тому +2

    Well, Palpatine succeeded in making them appear inhuman.... When I was little and watched Star Wars for the first few times I always thought they were robots :D

  • @Kaiyats
    @Kaiyats 6 місяців тому +1

    Bro I’ve got it, the reason why storm troopers always miss is because they’re intentionally missing because they are secretly routing for them.

  • @gabrielcolson7270
    @gabrielcolson7270 2 роки тому +1

    I love how u referenced Gary the stormtrooper.

  • @bipolingdaco1607
    @bipolingdaco1607 2 роки тому +4

    3:20 So.....racism is no more?

  • @khahinmetameta7826
    @khahinmetameta7826 2 роки тому +3

    This is why the imperium of man's tempestus scions are the best
    no terrible armor
    Very good laser weapons that makes stormtroopers green with envy
    Really not afraid of the galaxies horrors

    • @unnamed1613
      @unnamed1613 2 роки тому +1

      You´re comparing an army solely designed to strike fear into their own civilians and supress rebellions, to an army trained and equiped to kill every enemy in the most effectiv way possible on a battlefield.

    • @khahinmetameta7826
      @khahinmetameta7826 2 роки тому +1

      @@unnamed1613 Disney empire really sucks in the war fighting area

  • @discountmorty213
    @discountmorty213 2 роки тому +1

    Actually using numbers are a good choice.Used to work in casino security and is actually used to protect your identity.

  • @dr.bright6272
    @dr.bright6272 2 роки тому +1

    Good to see Gary's still around

    • @tgtterrorizor3407
      @tgtterrorizor3407 Рік тому

      "His name's Gary? I'm sorry, I'm confused. Are we doing MY story or are we just doing some random pointless-"
      *_fart noise_*
      "Ah... Welcome to Robot Chicken, apparently."

  • @Spoder_07
    @Spoder_07 Рік тому +1

    Did anyone else think for a second that he was talking about the Borg from Star Trek instead of the Empire? Y’know, the whole dehumanizing, stripping of individuality to obey a single person (mind)?

  • @sirenia755
    @sirenia755 2 роки тому

    9:06 star destroyer had many weakness, those two round things on both ends of the bridge

  • @seansmith6255
    @seansmith6255 8 місяців тому +1

    6:20, so what you're saying is
    Luke was a little short for a storm trooper

  • @tylerfreeman7589
    @tylerfreeman7589 2 роки тому

    The empire was so draconian regarding the stormtroopers that the only coffee the empire gave them rhymes with dolgers

  • @johnmoore8627
    @johnmoore8627 2 роки тому +1

    Gary The stormtrooper… is that an Ahnaldt101 reference?

  • @ryaquaza3offical
    @ryaquaza3offical 2 роки тому +1

    Geetsly: “We’ve exhaustedly covered the daily lives of clone troopers on this channel before, from how they where made to how they spent their downtime to what their sex lives were like”
    “Hey threes, do you think masterbation is gay?”

  • @hiddendesire3076
    @hiddendesire3076 2 роки тому +1

    4:46 I’d say only the last one.
    And I guess correctly.

  • @schurerest7661
    @schurerest7661 2 роки тому +3

    I love your clone wars videos a lot but I do with you would cover the empire more cuz of how dark that area was

  • @dragonweyr44
    @dragonweyr44 2 роки тому +7

    Were people who were recruited into the stormtrooper corps ever promoted outside of it to staff positions or naval personnel with actual uniforms instead of armor? and if so, did they get their names and identities back? we see higher ranked people with names instead of numbers but what about the bucketheads?

    • @salnimer9650
      @salnimer9650 2 роки тому +4

      Most likely yes because how come they have stormtrooper commanders and high officers in the stormtrooper Corp

    • @lordnorj
      @lordnorj 2 роки тому +3

      Admiral Daala started out as a Stormtrooper recruit and was being groomed to be a commander, when some idiot decided to transfer her to the naval program which she was completely unsuited for.

    • @geetslys
      @geetslys  2 роки тому +1

      Yes - you can see a stormtrooper officer in a black officer's uniform at the start of A New Hope, in fact

    • @mill2712
      @mill2712 2 роки тому +1

      @@lordnorj
      She always seemed to be the type who belongs in a general staff than leading frontline fleets. She could come up with a good plan but executing said plan was a different story.

  • @Engine33Truck
    @Engine33Truck 2 роки тому +1

    Under the Empire’s doctrine towards storm troopers, they were essentially drones not unlike the agronomists. Just minus the hive mind

  • @Khan-wt3lb
    @Khan-wt3lb 2 роки тому

    6:44 we all know of one who got pass that height limit
    because he hit his head on the door frame

  • @karisu4598
    @karisu4598 2 роки тому +2

    Nice video about the lives of Stormtroopers, Geetsly! I'm curious though, would you be open to the idea of making an specific video about Clone Ordnance Specialists? They're among the most obscure of clonetrooper types, so it would be nice to give them a shoutout if possible.

  • @Kingofportals
    @Kingofportals 2 роки тому +1

    In the Empire as far as I know the most common were TK, CT, and CC!

  • @QWERTY-on7uh
    @QWERTY-on7uh 2 роки тому +1

    7:40 ofcourse its too light a term unlike stormtroopers droids were independent thinkers

  • @MrRonald327
    @MrRonald327 2 роки тому +1

    Stormtroopers are too much like droids.

  • @blazingblazers14
    @blazingblazers14 Рік тому

    Man being a stormtrooper sounds like hell

  • @prettyred8554
    @prettyred8554 2 роки тому +1

    "How they were made,"
    Good, yes.
    "what they did in their downtime,"
    Oh interesting, go on.
    "to what their sex lives were like."
    *falls out of my fucking chair*

  • @evancromee2727
    @evancromee2727 2 роки тому

    9:51 that is by far my favorite picture of a stormtrooper.

  • @Collin857
    @Collin857 2 роки тому

    6:22 this reminds me of how Disney treats its cast members but they aren’t allowed to remove anything

  • @baronjutter
    @baronjutter 2 роки тому

    I never got a sense of any of this from the movies. In A New Hope we see them just chit chatting and hanging out, seem like fairly normal dudes under the armour.

  • @TheRealDrae
    @TheRealDrae 2 роки тому

    Sounds like something someone wrote down and never stuck to in any bit of Star Wars.

  • @Haloguy3959
    @Haloguy3959 2 роки тому

    TK-421... you had one job ONE JOB

  • @xinimaru7200
    @xinimaru7200 2 роки тому +1

    Not gonna lie, makes me feel that when to rebels blew up the death stars 1 and 2, it was a mercy killing for a lot of the Stormtroopers on board, given that these rules pretty much made them non human.

  • @barnettmcgowan8978
    @barnettmcgowan8978 2 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @ironspider23
    @ironspider23 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video I did not know some of this information that you had this video nice video thank you very much

  • @nigelbagguley7606
    @nigelbagguley7606 2 роки тому +3

    Unfortunately,every time this ideological regime has been applied to combat troops,their unthinking adherence to doctrine makes it easy to counter because their responses to every new situation can be easily predicted.

  • @jrrizzy5579
    @jrrizzy5579 2 роки тому

    “We never got used to the new guys.”

  • @EthanFrowen
    @EthanFrowen 2 роки тому

    Awesome video bud

  • @PineeTree99
    @PineeTree99 2 роки тому +1

    3:40
    Echo said that not Hunter :P

  • @zachduperron8543
    @zachduperron8543 2 роки тому

    When recruited individuals have less individuality than cloned individuals and programmed droids.