0:37 - I always liked how Veers exercised diplomacy here by trying to explain Ozzel's reasoning for coming out of light speed in the way that he did. Veers clearly did not share the same opinion, yet he wasn't going to talk trash about a co-worker to the boss.
Unlike other Imperials he didn’t try to backstab or undermine him but tried to vouch for as explain why he did what he did, a really admirable and professional soldier. Veers is one of my absolute favs!
Not arrogant or power hungry either... He was competent and knew his work. He and Piett will always be my favorite Imperial officers(with Tarkin of course).
@@goldman77700 I don't know if 'Gary-Sue' is the right term but I agree that he's not that great a character. The problem with him is that he's based on the assumption that other generals and admirals in the Empire were all incompetent to a greater or lesser degree so he's designed to have all their flaws removed. The issue with this is that George Lucas for the most part portrayed the Imperial officers as competant, if sometimes ruthless. The only Imperial officer that Lucas created with a question mark over his competancy was Admiral Ozzel and even then it appears (based purely on what we see in the Empire Strikes Back, the EU made other claims) to have been a personality clash between Vader and Ozzel due to Ozzel apparently seeing Vader as a political appointee that he needed to control rather than someone capable of contributing to the mission via his force-derived insight (while Tarkin apparently had had some faith in Vader's abilities). IMO it would have been better if Thrawn's success was due to having a really good spy or spy network rather than due to any special abilities, which is not to say that he shouldn't also have been highly competent and charismatic, but the Empire should have had a lot of such people, especially at high rank.
Ozzel was an inept Admiral, but Veers as a General more than made up for his bumbling. Like his politics or not, you have to admire that confidence when he says, “Yes, Lord Vader. I’ve reached the main power generators. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing.” Went into Hoth like he was fogging for termites.
I love how his mannerisms switch up when he is now in an armored vehicle on the front lines commanding a ground assault. He looks so much more calm confident and at home in combat. Even the way he talks to vader when he’s in the ATAT sounds like he’s just talking to another commander. It’s obvious that this guy is a seasoned empire vet who worked his way up the chain of command, and Vader respects that. All of that is shown without a word being said and that’s what made the real Star Wars so great in my opinion.
@@IamGenoBlack You want to know something just as mind blowing? The guy who played Ozzel here in Empire? He went on to play none other than Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones 3.
Turns out that last shot was a deleted scene depicting one of the At-At commanders listed as “Colonel Starck” dying during the battle of hoth. (Specifically the At-At that’s head got caved in by a snowspeeder. Veers survived until Endor then got crippled in his walker according to official novels.
Crippled, huh? And not killed? Oh boy, we better get to see Veers as an Imperial Remnant, he could be like the Sir Douglas Bader of the star wars world
@@sword4005 Oh noooo :(. Veers should have broken off and made his own faction, or better yet, join up with other Vader lovers like the Black Hand (I think thats how they were called) or with Captain Palleon, since I am pretty sure Grand Admiral Thrawn respects Vader.
@@thefoxyokai5030 It was during the Battle of Balmorra that Veers suffered the worst fate that could be given to an established officer of the Empire. Hated for the fact that he served and survived Lord Vader, Veers was severely demoted to the rank of captain and sent on a suicide mission by Executor Sedriss QL. Maximilian Veers, one of the Empire's greatest ground tacticians and heroes, perished on that fateful suicide mission.[2]
I like that his "death" was deleted. He was extremly competend and also had the balls to go to battlefield directly. Even if the Walkers can be disabled, destroying an AT-AT head by pure Ramming seams wrong to me. Netherless he put his life at risk, ion disruptors, starfighters, etc. could have dangered him.
@joeydoherty368 he wouldn't be a part of it if he didn't enjoy it, also you have to realise that it's a military force. And the rebels are technically terrorists.
This guy would move on to play a Nazi conspirator (Walter Donovan) in Indiana Jones, a giant spider (Aragog) in Harry Potter, and then a Grand Maester (Pycelle) in Game of Thrones.
The major general would be promoted to general after the hoth victory unfortunately his injuries didnt allow him to be on the front lines like he was he would have to direct others to give him analysis of the battlefield to determine the best tactic
I like him being addressed as Colonel Veers, in Star Wars Empires At Wars. He looks as if were killed from that Snowspeeder crashing into his walker, because of it taking how the head of it where he was.
VADER UPON APPROACH OF HOTH: Damn. We have an immense strategic advantage no matter what we do, but I wanted to bombard them without a ground assault. Oh well, I wish I could say it’s been nice knowing Admiral Ozzel.
why is it that coming out of hyperspace close to hoth is a tactical error, you jump there as close as you can get with your fleet and begin attack immediately in order to give them little time to prepare doing so from the outside of the system still means that you have to move in and its not quite possible to sneak up with a couple of star destroyers, not to mention that there could be probes littered throughout the system, alerting the rebels anyway but with less time for the imperials to act what am i missing?
Hyperspace lanes, there are certain points at which you can enter hyperspace in order to traverse the safe and charted lanes. Going outside of those lanes forces a ship to rely on micro-jumps in order to safely navigate which is seen in Thrawn Alliances where Vader uses the force to guide the ISD Chimaera through uncharted space faster than using the navigational computer alone. It’s also extremely dangerous with many dangerous creatures and phenomena existing outside the charted safe lanes. Jumping in too close means that you leave the route open for the enemy to escape should they get around you and gives anti-orbital weapons a clear shot at your ships. Ozzel was an arrogant idiot who thought the rebels would either surrender or get blown to pieces long before they could get the transports clear. Yes, he gave the rebels little time to prepare but he also opened up his fleet to the ion cannon on the surface which the rebels could extend the shield over while it charged and pull back to let the gun fire. Thanks to that oversight his fleet was crippled by surface fire and with nothing blocking the hyperspace lane the rebels could flee to safety. I’m also pretty sure that Vader was referring to the “planetary system” which is Hoth and its moons which would be the major gravitational barrier preventing hyperspace since you also have to be outside of major gravity wells to jump. We actually see this a few other times, once in Rebels and once in Rogue One. On Rebels there is a point in, I believe Season 3, where Thrawn has Phoenix Fleet blockaded over Attalon with a pair of Immobiliser 418 cruisers in his fleet. With Thrawn in control of the hyperspace lane and using the gravity well generators of his cruisers to further secure the gravity well. The rebels were completely trapped and forced back to the surface. The only flaw? Admiral Constantine, an incompetent glory hound, moved his Immobiliser out of position and was killed when his ship was rammed by the rebel carrier. This let one ship flee to summon reinforcements who later broke Thrawns blockade allowing their friends to flee. In Rogue one we see this at the end of the film when Vader jumps in right on top of the rebel fleet leaving them trapped over Scarif to be destroyed at his leisure. He also managed to absolutely plaster one poor rebel transport on the hull of his ISD when he jumped in. Now yes, the Tantive 4 got away. Largely by dint of Vader not knowing it was there and because it ran like hell for another safe point to jump before being caught over Tatooine and giving us the 3 remaining films of the saga.
In star wars legends he went on to become a great general in the empire and worked for a faction named the Eriadu Authority but was eventually killed in a sucide mission 10 years after endor
In Legends he survived but lost his legs In Canon he survives _very_ barely(And apparently somehow still manages to invade the Base with the SnowTroopers)
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #1 НАЧАЛО ПУТЕШЕСТВИЯ [Новый сезон] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/380Q7gLWGvk/mqdefault.jpg)
0:37 - I always liked how Veers exercised diplomacy here by trying to explain Ozzel's reasoning for coming out of light speed in the way that he did. Veers clearly did not share the same opinion, yet he wasn't going to talk trash about a co-worker to the boss.
Unlike other Imperials he didn’t try to backstab or undermine him but tried to vouch for as explain why he did what he did, a really admirable and professional soldier. Veers is one of my absolute favs!
Great catch!
Not arrogant or power hungry either...
He was competent and knew his work.
He and Piett will always be my favorite Imperial officers(with Tarkin of course).
I thought he just didn’t want Ozzel to get murdered.
One of the most competent and successful Imperial officers ever.
And 100% loyal to Vader
so was Admiral Piett he was a great Imperial officer to.
Veers and Piett are always my favourites as they’re just doing their jobs down to the letter and not being as incompetent as Ozzel
@@dmann5938Tiaan Jerjerrod
People like them make atrocities possible without necessarily committing them themselves.
Veers speaks with great elocution and is professional. He most certainly has a good work ethic.
Also, he led from the front. Commanding from an AT-AT is like a modern-day general commanding a tank.
@@roystonlodge another excellent point, truly a demon from the wretches of the galaxy
Quite an accomplished career to star as a villain in Star Wars, an Indiana Jones movie, a James Bond movie, and Doctor Who.
Don't forget Game of Thrones
@@Cobra_125 How can I forget what I never knew? I don't watch GoT. 😉
Grand maester pycelle in game of thrones too!!
@@10Peter25I watched GoT. I didn't even know.
He also did a television version of Treasure Island with Charlton Heston as Long John silver, and a young Christian Bale as Jim Hawkins.
Honestly Veers is tied with Thrawn as my favorite Imperial, which is no small feat
Never cared much for Thrawn. Always found him tediously overhyped. 🤷♂️
They need to do more with Veers and have him in some of the series such as Andor and other empire films
@minicle426 Same. He's a Gary-sue. If he was in the OT trilogy the rebels wouldn't have won. I'm glad he's not in most Star Wars video games.
@@goldman77700 I don't know if 'Gary-Sue' is the right term but I agree that he's not that great a character. The problem with him is that he's based on the assumption that other generals and admirals in the Empire were all incompetent to a greater or lesser degree so he's designed to have all their flaws removed. The issue with this is that George Lucas for the most part portrayed the Imperial officers as competant, if sometimes ruthless. The only Imperial officer that Lucas created with a question mark over his competancy was Admiral Ozzel and even then it appears (based purely on what we see in the Empire Strikes Back, the EU made other claims) to have been a personality clash between Vader and Ozzel due to Ozzel apparently seeing Vader as a political appointee that he needed to control rather than someone capable of contributing to the mission via his force-derived insight (while Tarkin apparently had had some faith in Vader's abilities).
IMO it would have been better if Thrawn's success was due to having a really good spy or spy network rather than due to any special abilities, which is not to say that he shouldn't also have been highly competent and charismatic, but the Empire should have had a lot of such people, especially at high rank.
@@minicle426did you ever read heir to the empire?
Ozzel was an inept Admiral, but Veers as a General more than made up for his bumbling. Like his politics or not, you have to admire that confidence when he says, “Yes, Lord Vader. I’ve reached the main power generators. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing.” Went into Hoth like he was fogging for termites.
I love how his mannerisms switch up when he is now in an armored vehicle on the front lines commanding a ground assault. He looks so much more calm confident and at home in combat. Even the way he talks to vader when he’s in the ATAT sounds like he’s just talking to another commander. It’s obvious that this guy is a seasoned empire vet who worked his way up the chain of command, and Vader respects that. All of that is shown without a word being said and that’s what made the real Star Wars so great in my opinion.
Press f to pay respect to the greatest imperial gound command
*F*
F
F
I play him all time in star wars empire at war. Most usefull major hero in the game.
@@espokolesmenny2157 F for Veers
F
Veers was literally just above one minute in the movie and is one of the most rememberable characters.
Didn’t even realize that this is same guy who played Donovan in Indiana Jones 3…
You just blew my fucking mind. Awesome. Never noticed. Watched both several thousand times.
He was also in Game of Thrones as well.
@@IamGenoBlack You want to know something just as mind blowing? The guy who played Ozzel here in Empire?
He went on to play none other than Adolf Hitler in Indiana Jones 3.
@@lafeelabriel Nuke explosion head gone
Kristatos from For your eyes only
Turns out that last shot was a deleted scene depicting one of the At-At commanders listed as “Colonel Starck” dying during the battle of hoth. (Specifically the At-At that’s head got caved in by a snowspeeder. Veers survived until Endor then got crippled in his walker according to official novels.
Crippled, huh? And not killed? Oh boy, we better get to see Veers as an Imperial Remnant, he could be like the Sir Douglas Bader of the star wars world
@@thefoxyokai5030 I certainly hope so. Especially knowing that George Himself kept it in.
@@thefoxyokai5030 he was but he was demoted to colonel by imperial warlord he served after endor because they hated Vader
@@sword4005 Oh noooo :(. Veers should have broken off and made his own faction, or better yet, join up with other Vader lovers like the Black Hand (I think thats how they were called) or with Captain Palleon, since I am pretty sure Grand Admiral Thrawn respects Vader.
@@thefoxyokai5030 It was during the Battle of Balmorra that Veers suffered the worst fate that could be given to an established officer of the Empire. Hated for the fact that he served and survived Lord Vader, Veers was severely demoted to the rank of captain and sent on a suicide mission by Executor Sedriss QL. Maximilian Veers, one of the Empire's greatest ground tacticians and heroes, perished on that fateful suicide mission.[2]
I like that his "death" was deleted. He was extremly competend and also had the balls to go to battlefield directly. Even if the Walkers can be disabled,
destroying an AT-AT head by pure Ramming seams wrong to me.
Netherless he put his life at risk, ion disruptors, starfighters, etc. could have dangered him.
Press f for the greatest Imperial Officer after Thrawn dissperance and Tarkin Death
Tarkin was a complete morron. Either that or he secretly was against the Empire. He is the main reason the Empire fell.
They would still have an Empire if they had only stationed Veers on Endor.
The actor for General Veers Julian Glover his son voices General Veers in a couple of Star Wars games and Darth Malgus in Star Wars the Old Republic
In EAW and the FoC expansion, he's Colonel Veers 😂😂😂
Julian Glover also played as Walter Donovan who was the main villain in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
@@raudello3666 also aragog from Harry Potter
Pycel from GOT?
Darth Malays was portrayed by Jamie Glover, not Julian
I like how he says, “Prepare to target the main generator.” You can see that a small touch of the Empire’s arrogance has rubbed off on him.
He's doing what he was ordered to do. How's that arrogant?
@@1eyepaul Because he enjoys engaging in the imperial tyranny. It's not like he didn't wanna do it.
@joeydoherty368 he wouldn't be a part of it if he didn't enjoy it, also you have to realise that it's a military force. And the rebels are technically terrorists.
?? He's in command of the vehicle, not running the weapons. He's literally instructing the weapons officer on what to target.
@@joeydoherty368 ...
The one who played General Veers also played Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Julian Glover..
@@kailashpatel1706 He also voiced Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
The fact that Vader respected General Veers says a lot about him.
can you make one of jerjerrod? hes my fav theres a huge lack of content with him,,
Veers was one of the few actually competent imperial officers,props to him
Veers: Ozzel, you fool.
He’s hardly even in the movie, but Julian Glover really made the absolute best out of what little time he had in the movie!
I was looking forward to this
Julian Glover is great in this film. He was in the third Indiana Jones film as the main villain and he was in Treasure Island (1990).
And then he went to a different world to serve as Grand Maester
I was happily expecting this!😁
"He is clumsy as he is stupid"
This guy would move on to play a Nazi conspirator (Walter Donovan) in Indiana Jones, a giant spider (Aragog) in Harry Potter, and then a Grand Maester (Pycelle) in Game of Thrones.
The Michael Wittman of the Empire
Absolutely 🫡
The major general would be promoted to general after the hoth victory unfortunately his injuries didnt allow him to be on the front lines like he was he would have to direct others to give him analysis of the battlefield to determine the best tactic
Is that Walter Donovan from Last Crusade?
It is, indeed. He’s also Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones, as well.
@@astrofan1993 and Count Scarlioni in Doctor Who!
@@kirkkerman And the voice of Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
In The Bad Batch, Kenobi, Andor and Mandoverse seasons 2-3
Grand Maester Veers, prepare your troops for a surface attack!
I didn't realize it was the same guy until now!
The desync is strong with this video.
Almost has a bit of "Colin Firth" vibe, I think the way he speaks, facial movement
I like him being addressed as Colonel Veers, in Star Wars Empires At Wars. He looks as if were killed from that Snowspeeder crashing into his walker, because of it taking how the head of it where he was.
Damn, imagine Veers paired with Obi-Wan..
Great video bro
Thanks dude
And after Veers was badly wounded at Hoth he absolutely refused to get cybernetics
VADER UPON APPROACH OF HOTH: Damn. We have an immense strategic advantage no matter what we do, but I wanted to bombard them without a ground assault. Oh well, I wish I could say it’s been nice knowing Admiral Ozzel.
If it was a surprise attack, you'd have sent all your forces to the planet already.
Veers is so overlooked
nice video
Thanks
The audio is out of sync
Thanks
A young pycelle hahaha
why is it that coming out of hyperspace close to hoth is a tactical error, you jump there as close as you can get with your fleet and begin attack immediately in order to give them little time to prepare
doing so from the outside of the system still means that you have to move in and its not quite possible to sneak up with a couple of star destroyers, not to mention that there could be probes littered throughout the system, alerting the rebels anyway but with less time for the imperials to act
what am i missing?
Hyperspace lanes, there are certain points at which you can enter hyperspace in order to traverse the safe and charted lanes. Going outside of those lanes forces a ship to rely on micro-jumps in order to safely navigate which is seen in Thrawn Alliances where Vader uses the force to guide the ISD Chimaera through uncharted space faster than using the navigational computer alone. It’s also extremely dangerous with many dangerous creatures and phenomena existing outside the charted safe lanes.
Jumping in too close means that you leave the route open for the enemy to escape should they get around you and gives anti-orbital weapons a clear shot at your ships. Ozzel was an arrogant idiot who thought the rebels would either surrender or get blown to pieces long before they could get the transports clear. Yes, he gave the rebels little time to prepare but he also opened up his fleet to the ion cannon on the surface which the rebels could extend the shield over while it charged and pull back to let the gun fire. Thanks to that oversight his fleet was crippled by surface fire and with nothing blocking the hyperspace lane the rebels could flee to safety. I’m also pretty sure that Vader was referring to the “planetary system” which is Hoth and its moons which would be the major gravitational barrier preventing hyperspace since you also have to be outside of major gravity wells to jump.
We actually see this a few other times, once in Rebels and once in Rogue One. On Rebels there is a point in, I believe Season 3, where Thrawn has Phoenix Fleet blockaded over Attalon with a pair of Immobiliser 418 cruisers in his fleet. With Thrawn in control of the hyperspace lane and using the gravity well generators of his cruisers to further secure the gravity well. The rebels were completely trapped and forced back to the surface. The only flaw? Admiral Constantine, an incompetent glory hound, moved his Immobiliser out of position and was killed when his ship was rammed by the rebel carrier. This let one ship flee to summon reinforcements who later broke Thrawns blockade allowing their friends to flee.
In Rogue one we see this at the end of the film when Vader jumps in right on top of the rebel fleet leaving them trapped over Scarif to be destroyed at his leisure. He also managed to absolutely plaster one poor rebel transport on the hull of his ISD when he jumped in. Now yes, the Tantive 4 got away. Largely by dint of Vader not knowing it was there and because it ran like hell for another safe point to jump before being caught over Tatooine and giving us the 3 remaining films of the saga.
@@aliboy357 damn, i wish i could give you more likes, that was interesting as well as entertaining to read
@@aliboy357wow 👍
@aliboy357 you're a Star Wars technician!
1:11 deleted scene
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
13 months ago
What happen to general veers
In star wars legends he went on to become a great general in the empire and worked for a faction named the Eriadu Authority but was eventually killed in a sucide mission 10 years after endor
What is it General?
I didn’t know they died lmao
That was deleted scene
Nah he's alive, he survives that blast in Blizzard 1's cockpit just barely
In Legends he survived but lost his legs
In Canon he survives _very_ barely(And apparently somehow still manages to invade the Base with the SnowTroopers)
Did he die on hoth?
Julian Glover kilka miesięcy starszy od niedawno zmarłego David Prowse...
Did Veers died in the end?
No. In legends he still fight in thrawn‘s crusade. But as a captain. Not general anymore
He was supposed to die in that last scene but it obviously was never completed.
@@lilbrothaaaThough George Lucas had it in mind, because we never see General Veers again after the Hoth battle.
wow gg bg
Cimer :)
I vote The Bad Batch, Kenobi, Andor, Mandalorian, Boba and Ashoka seasons 2-3-4
First
😁👌
Classic. Brilliant classic.