Dave S. Prolly in the break room drinking some coffee talking about how they can't go out drinking tonight because their wife is making them have a date night.
Well coming from a amature armor nut. The crotch area is very hard to protect without limiting movement. Being that Royal Guards, are trained with melee and martial arts, they need that movement!
+Super Hooper I'm disappointed in The Force Awakens because at that point the entire first order starfigher fleet should be tie interceptors instead of tie fighters because by rotj they were already moving towards getting the tie fighters out and interceptors be the main ship because they were faster, cheaper, and had more weapons. And the rebels or what ever they are called should have more A Wings because that is what they were moving towards.
+Duffy512pd Yeah thats a good point. Im guessing as x-wings and ties are more of a nostalgia thing for less hardcore fans being the main reason for the visuals. However its early days who knows may see some new designs.
+Jason Jipping +m4xfl4xst4r As much, he can only predict the future, and plus he is a lazy ass and somewhat way too arrogant and underestimates which lead to his death.
+Fact Free those guards if i am not mistaken wernt human, and they were dirrectly moddeled after the sunguard not mandalorian forces. the martail art they used came from a race... the pic with the two white haired dudes... do more research. irreguardless they were badasses.
+Jhon Alex Well, the guards are generally non-Force sensitives or, at the most, somewhat capable Force-wielders. Yoda, on the other hands, was one of the most powerful Force sensitives in history.
Jhon Alex Those were Red Guards not Imperial ones, Imperial are also superior to the Red Guards in combat and stuff since they were kitpicked by the Emperor for their combat potential and unbreakable loyalty to him and go through years of insane training.
1. Yoda is the Grand Master of the Jedi Order 2. Also the guards you see in the clone wars and the ones that got knocked out by Yoda aren't the Royal Guards These are senate Guards and Senate Commandos that were promoted to a red guard by their loyalty to Palpatine So 1 royal guard can take out 4 red guards
He hated my brothers bec we were a little bit buyist to emperor palpatine bec he didn’t fucking force choke us from time to time ~shadow guard (Lord vader if you read this im hacked :) )
The problem with having "elite" royal guards is that, it makes one wonder, in Episode Six, why did Palpatine only have standard royal guards with him? Why not shadow guards and sovereign protectors and shit? Did the other types of guards have something better to do than PROTECTING THE LEADER OF THE ENTIRE GALAXY?!?!?
Cool. Going over all the Storm Trooper types would make like a 2 hour video. However you could sub divide it into regular storm troopers vs specialized ones.
Commander Karbin from the canon Darth Vader comic seems to have visibly cyborg red guards. Never explicitly acknowledged but you can see them. I don't know if Disney is going to feature them more, but they looked cool.
This video was awesome and very informative. I personally love these videos you do and it's a very unique Channel. I love the stories and Concepts you tell about everything. Though for some reason this one caught my eye the most because I had very little information known about the Emperor's Royal Guards. Thanks again and keep the videos coming. Oh also to all my fellow #StarWarsSweatys. May the force be Force be with you, Always.
I recently came up with this idea for an Imperial Special Forces Guard, basically like a bounty hunter but in the imperial military, and like an imperial guard they answer directly to the emperor himself. They usually specialize in the elimination of force sensitive children, and higher up rebels, with their specialized weapon being an electrostaff like rocc. They still wear imperial guard helms but wear armor patterned after mandalorian armor and clone trooper armor. It is all black with a red helmet. I know this is not cannon but I think it is a really interesting idea and I was wondering what you thought of it.
maybe because all of this was created after the films. that's why the EU bugs me- there's very little original contribution; they just build on what already exists. You make it seem like this whole SW universe was mapped out to include all of this an Lucas just took tiny bits from it, but Lucas created it and these things came later. To Lucas, the creator of this universe, many of these characters don't even exist.
Many of the uniforms are different but functionally many hold uniforms to what ever assignment they have at that moment, like the stormtrooper and stormpilot who holds qualifications in both positions , they are at the moment whatever assignment they are working on .
my favorite is either shadow or royal guards idk both are awesome oh and...you da best star wars UA-camr I've seen I love the info I'm 100% subscribing
+Daniel Gomez A few of them like the shadow guards and saber guards appeared exclusively in the Force Unleashed game, the royal guards had a Dark Horse comic story which si where the pictures of the "sovereign" is from (Carnor Jax), and older ones like the senate guards looked like they were from the Clone wars series.
+Daniel Gomez Look up Crimson Empire from Dark Horse comics. One of my personal favorites and you may still find full series in one album from comics stores.
Funny coincidence in Super Star Wars Return of the Jedi for SNES: There was a blue color palette of the Crimson Guard Luke encounters at the end of one of the final stages inside the Death Star II before he confronts said Crimson Royal Guards and Darth Vader in the next stage.
Richard The therapist - Well they wield the force... and the force is the strongest power in the galaxy. they are the most powerful imperial guards thus far.
+IAmGunzNoob Wait just a minute back up -hold on - what? In the movies we've seen just blast doors holding up even for a short whilel against a lightsabre and here we have this armor that should be able to do the same thing? Come on!
+Matthias Andersson Yeah, certain rare materials in the Star Wars universe can do that, some have been around since the 80's. The most well known is Cortosis ore, which depending on which type of ore can cause lightsabers to short out for a short while or simply stop them. They were used quite often in the Old Republic Era when the Sith Empire was a thing. Mandalorian armor also uses metal that is lightsaber resistant, it doesn't STOP lightsabers, but it takes a little longer to cut through than regular metal. There is even a creature called a Vonduun Crab which has a lightsaber resistant shell that you could use as plates to protect against lightsabers.
Even though this is old I want to see a comic where during Imperial Guard training Vader knocks a top trainee off the edge but the trainee hangs on the edge and gets back on and kicks Vader near the edge.
0:35 "Would undergo an intense dance off to determine the winner, who would be dressed in fabulous red robes" is what you MEANT to say. At least it's what that picture says.
@Fact Free Where did you ger your information about Shadow Guards? Not much was written about them, nothing I have says they are linked with the Sun Guard. Also push comes to shove the are the best out of the diffrent guards you mentioned, besides their skills with the force the are using LightSabre L:ances, in the sources I have their weapons are light saber lances while other characters in SWTFU are listed as having Lightsaber pikes. The only real difference I see between the two is that Lances seem to have the longer blade.
![How the Royal Guards Reacted After Returning to the Throne Room [Canon]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TSP8l5uInv0/mqdefault.jpg)
![The Rebel and Scout Trooper who were left behind on Endor [Legends]](/img/n.gif)
you see all these different elite guards and stormtrooper types and can't help but wonder, how did the rebels even stand a chance
Kyyp3r it's something called plot armor
Because the plot demanded it
Because just like irl, massive industrial armies can get kicked in the balls pretty hard by third-world insurgencies XD
Stupid Commenter yes it would because the AT-AT couldn't move so it ended up falling over when it tried to move forward
Because they were the good guys
Anyone else find the lightsaber pike incredibly awesome?
OrionoftheStar yeah
My favourite lightsaber
Yes
"Ah,Ah, Ah, you'll put an eye out!"
I find it cool too, despite how impractical it is unless you make it out of saber resistant metal
All these guards and yet none of them where around when Palpatine got the shaft
Dave S. Prolly in the break room drinking some coffee talking about how they can't go out drinking tonight because their wife is making them have a date night.
Dave S. They were there but were dismissed at the beginning of the scene.
Dave S. comic con was on at the time
we were at lunch.
They were dismiss
0:55
Superior protection for all areas...
... except the most important one!
maybe everyone trains above the belt ;)
+Grovyley Remix haha.nice
Osh...I can't imagine getting blasted there...
OHHH!!!!
Well coming from a amature armor nut. The crotch area is very hard to protect without limiting movement. Being that Royal Guards, are trained with melee and martial arts, they need that movement!
Those red tie fighters are sick wish i could get that for battlefront
+Super Hooper are they canon?
+Zman Games1080p I think so
+Duffy512pd hm dont recall seeing them in any game or film but im pretty sure fact free has researched it.
+Super Hooper I'm disappointed in The Force Awakens because at that point the entire first order starfigher fleet should be tie interceptors instead of tie fighters because by rotj they were already moving towards getting the tie fighters out and interceptors be the main ship because they were faster, cheaper, and had more weapons. And the rebels or what ever they are called should have more A Wings because that is what they were moving towards.
+Duffy512pd Yeah thats a good point. Im guessing as x-wings and ties are more of a nostalgia thing for less hardcore fans being the main reason for the visuals. However its early days who knows may see some new designs.
The Shadow Guard's design is probably my favorite character design in all of Star Wars.
agreed
Agree
Second hasty go to the imperial sovern
+kelly linze that's really broad, maybe the Knights, or the Sith of the old Republic
Awesome video
"Your death cries amuse the Emperor." -Shadow Guard
So the Emperor Guards where storm troopers with an actual sense of aim
+Doc Noir Pretty much yeah
And more rigorous training
+Jake Wong
"Rigorous training"
I choked.
LGaming Lol
Religion is BULLSHIT
shadow guards were a pain in the ass in the force unleashed
supernova098 the OG OMG yes they were
supernova098 the OG they weren't for me and I'm only 11
Yup
@@darthlogan6679 u were probably playing on ez difficulty, kid.
I found it fun to beat them down on the hardest difficulty, they gave me a challenge but I won a total of 4 out of 5 times if I played over
the red guards look like big crayons
u just made me die of laughter XD
Fakies. lol
xXCracklesXx robot chicken?
Edaward Schlaghecke yeah
😂 Woah what? Lol
why does the most powerful being in the galaxy, a guy who shoots lightning out of his ass and can se the future, need body guards?
Well, he is dead now... He obviously could have used more.
+Jason Jipping +m4xfl4xst4r As much, he can only predict the future, and plus he is a lazy ass and somewhat way too arrogant and underestimates which lead to his death.
I'm dying lmao (pun intended)
He has to sleep sometimes.
It's not like Vader or Sidious are fast.
And yet the rebels still won what the fuck
Rebels have commandos and elite soldiers as well remember
+Kenny Davila They focused all their funds on the Guards. They forgot to teach their Troops to aim.
They had plot armor, they couldn't lose.
That's why I hate the rebels, no one good died.
+Ole Brian actually the troops were good at aiming but they only fired at main characters so of course their gonna miss
The Emperor had a lot of Guards.
I love star wars You made me love it more
Thanks for watching!
Fact Free You are welcome
Same
same with me
+TheDogArmyELITE same
you're the best star wars UA-camr I've ever seen may the force be with you
+Joshua Garsula Thank you!
+Fact Free those guards if i am not mistaken wernt human, and they were dirrectly moddeled after the sunguard not mandalorian forces. the martail art they used came from a race... the pic with the two white haired dudes... do more research. irreguardless they were badasses.
my name is johsua too
true
The Dark master They were humans, moron.
all types of clone troopers / storm troopers
+Alex Corchado That's gonna be a LOT!! xD
+XxSMBProxXGaming how that's only like units
There are a lot of units bro
+XxSMBProxXGaming well like rank or what kind of trooper not all in one video
That's going to be a really long list
The shadow guard is the best I would know trust me.
They are all Stormtroopers, except they were recruited as Imperial Guards with *ACTUAL SENSE OF ACCURATE AIMING*
Want to beat these guys? Just stay behind them. They can't turn their heads to see you with those helmets. ;)
MarkD1159 can't they just turn around?
yeah, but the force sensitive ones can sense that you are there
@@Mothlord03 they def cant . look at their helmet bro i bet they cant even turn around their helmet.
So like Batman?
@@asianhunsanimations3324 Nah in comics they did so no
This is my first time watching your videos and I already subscribed
I like the Imperial Senate guard the best, mainly because the blue in their armor looks really good, compared to the normal imperial guards red armor
A shame they suck
You forgot the cadians
The catachans
Steel legion
Death korps
Morrison iron guard
Just to name a few :p
Lol warhammer. Btw this is the army I play
+Barcod Noh Haha well played
+Barcod Noh Yarick approves of this comment
+Barcod Noh Well said. All hail the God emperor!
+Barcod Noh It's the Mordian Iron Guard
good but Yoda fuck them up only by pushing to the wall lol
Hes a jedi master
+Jhon Alex Well, the guards are generally non-Force sensitives or, at the most, somewhat capable Force-wielders. Yoda, on the other hands, was one of the most powerful Force sensitives in history.
Jhon Alex Those were Red Guards not Imperial ones, Imperial are also superior to the Red Guards in combat and stuff since they were kitpicked by the Emperor for their combat potential and unbreakable loyalty to him and go through years of insane training.
Jhon Alex they were red guards not Royal guards and red gaurds are weak as fuck
1. Yoda is the Grand Master of the Jedi Order
2. Also the guards you see in the clone wars and the ones that got knocked out by Yoda aren't the Royal Guards
These are senate Guards and Senate Commandos that were promoted to a red guard by their loyalty to Palpatine
So 1 royal guard can take out 4 red guards
I thought Lord Vader Led The Shadow Guard..
Why does that make sense so much
He does, well they still serve the Emperor.
But Shadow Guard's do also take orders from Vader, and also guard him
He hated my brothers bec we were a little bit buyist to emperor palpatine bec he didn’t fucking force choke us from time to time
~shadow guard
(Lord vader if you read this im hacked :) )
@@babynamikaze-_- cringe
Very well constructed video and great in-depth information, thanks!
Drinking game : take a shot every time you hear the word Guard
The problem with having "elite" royal guards is that, it makes one wonder, in Episode Six, why did Palpatine only have standard royal guards with him? Why not shadow guards and sovereign protectors and shit? Did the other types of guards have something better to do than PROTECTING THE LEADER OF THE ENTIRE GALAXY?!?!?
John Antonson Huh. Didn't think it through.
Um he commanded them to “LEAVE US”
Because the sovereign and shadow guards are only legends. While the Royal guard is both legends and canon. That is why.
James Smith it doesn’t matter which type was guarding him he would of told them to leave either way
They were elsewhere, such as Byss.
"Yes, reach up there with your Staff of Ra, and-!"
Cool.
Going over all the Storm Trooper types would make like a 2 hour video.
However you could sub divide it into regular storm troopers vs specialized ones.
thx for making the video
Commander Karbin from the canon Darth Vader comic seems to have visibly cyborg red guards. Never explicitly acknowledged but you can see them. I don't know if Disney is going to feature them more, but they looked cool.
For The Imperium Of Man!!!!! uppss wrong Universe
what is this fool doing in the eye of terror?
This video was awesome and very informative. I personally love these videos you do and it's a very unique Channel. I love the stories and Concepts you tell about everything. Though for some reason this one caught my eye the most because I had very little information known about the Emperor's Royal Guards. Thanks again and keep the videos coming.
Oh also to all my fellow #StarWarsSweatys. May the force be Force be with you, Always.
I recently came up with this idea for an Imperial Special Forces Guard, basically like a bounty hunter but in the imperial military, and like an imperial guard they answer directly to the emperor himself. They usually specialize in the elimination of force sensitive children, and higher up rebels, with their specialized weapon being an electrostaff like rocc. They still wear imperial guard helms but wear armor patterned after mandalorian armor and clone trooper armor. It is all black with a red helmet. I know this is not cannon but I think it is a really interesting idea and I was wondering what you thought of it.
These guys didn't/don't get enough credit. They're purely awesome and deadly.
I have always liked the way how the Royal Guards looked. Another job well done.
Awesome, thank you for this.
+CidGuerreiro1234 Thanks for watching!
1:56 Great photo of Palpitine....
Wait... you’re reading the Wikia...
Are you legit-
Sebastians Phantom I can’t remember which page it was on, but I left the video as soon as I knew what he was doing
@@alexanders2669 Ohhhh, I mean he did "R E S EA RC H".
Very interesting. Thank you for your video!
I don't know, I for the longest time figured that the Shadow Guards were the strongest of the Imperial Guards...
It's interesting to know that they were trained in Echani, considering it's basically a super ninja martial art
I hate how the star wars movies don't include most of the things in the star wars universe, and how poorly detailed they are.
+Wosrethot that's because georgie porgie didn't give a rat's ass
You think people who are just casuals would want to see all this? The EU is for the hard cores.
+Wosrethot That's cause they're too sensitive. Star Wars is slowly moving into Star Flower :P
maybe because all of this was created after the films. that's why the EU bugs me- there's very little original contribution; they just build on what already exists. You make it seem like this whole SW universe was mapped out to include all of this an Lucas just took tiny bits from it, but Lucas created it and these things came later. To Lucas, the creator of this universe, many of these characters don't even exist.
We got Death Troopers in Rogue One. Any other cool concepts would likely be in video games.
Very informative video. Thank you.
I hope the Imperial Guards can aim at least.
They hit on rolls of 4+ with veterans hitting on 3+, so theyre pretty good aim 50 percent of the time
CADIA STANDS!!!!
One specific Imperial Guard destroyed a single TIE Fighter by shooting through the cockpit
So, yeah...
Many of the uniforms are different but functionally many hold uniforms to what ever assignment they have at that moment, like the stormtrooper and stormpilot who holds qualifications in both positions , they are at the moment whatever assignment they are working on .
that last one is AWESOME
+Logan Keith Thanks for watching!
my favorite is either shadow or royal guards idk both are awesome oh and...you da best star wars UA-camr I've seen I love the info I'm 100% subscribing
When The Lore Master was a level 1 schmuck
Interesting i love the videos. Keep up the good work, may the force be with you.
what books or media can I read about these amazing character's
+Daniel Gomez A few of them like the shadow guards and saber guards appeared exclusively in the Force Unleashed game, the royal guards had a Dark Horse comic story which si where the pictures of the "sovereign" is from (Carnor Jax), and older ones like the senate guards looked like they were from the Clone wars series.
+Daniel Gomez Look up Crimson Empire from Dark Horse comics. One of my personal favorites and you may still find full series in one album from comics stores.
Well this is 7 months late but "Lords of the sith" has 2 bad asses in it so yeah.
Crimson Empire comics
I decided to watch this video and I'm immediately bombarded by a Star Wars ad
Hope JJ Abrams does something with this
Glenwood Reid the imperial days are over
nice video bro keep going !
all types of clone troopers pleaaaaaase!!!
Great presentation! I really enjoyed the video, you have gained a loyal sub.
are shadow guards canon?
no
not yet
+Kakka Carrot Cake Nothing is canon.
who are you supposed to buuuuuuuh?
Creeperkid48Mobile hah!!! Got it
Congrats on 1 million views
Bro what about the Death Korps of Krieg?
Funny coincidence in Super Star Wars Return of the Jedi for SNES: There was a blue color palette of the Crimson Guard Luke encounters at the end of one of the final stages inside the Death Star II before he confronts said Crimson Royal Guards and Darth Vader in the next stage.
What is the "strongest" imperial guard?
Richard The therapist shadow guards
Bagus Gilang - Depends on many factors.
filthyprankz how are shadow guards the strongest?
Richard The therapist - Well they wield the force... and the force is the strongest power in the galaxy. they are the most powerful imperial guards thus far.
Sovern or shadow
Really smart to give Palpatine's escort distinct TIE-fighters. "Hey we are escorting the emperor, come shoot us down!"
Did you guys see me in the beginning?
Imperial Shadow Guard no cuz im blind XD
The Shadow Guard is my FAVORITE of all.
Anyone else love the jedi temple guards
nice thx for this video... hope we will c in the future some actions in form of an movie or series.
wait what.... BRONZE is immune to lightsabers??? .____________.
He never said that. He said resistant not immune.
+IAmGunzNoob And he said it was colored bronze.
+IAmGunzNoob Wait just a minute back up -hold on - what? In the movies we've seen just blast doors holding up even for a short whilel against a lightsabre and here we have this armor that should be able to do the same thing? Come on!
+Matthias Andersson
Yeah, certain rare materials in the Star Wars universe can do that, some have been around since the 80's.
The most well known is Cortosis ore, which depending on which type of ore can cause lightsabers to short out for a short while or simply stop them. They were used quite often in the Old Republic Era when the Sith Empire was a thing. Mandalorian armor also uses metal that is lightsaber resistant, it doesn't STOP lightsabers, but it takes a little longer to cut through than regular metal. There is even a creature called a Vonduun Crab which has a lightsaber resistant shell that you could use as plates to protect against lightsabers.
+IAmGunzNoob ''Bronze COLORED'', not ''Bronze''.
I like how pretty much all of those descriptions were punctuated with "...but ultimately they were loyal only to the emperor."
I hate the sabber guards in Star wars the force unleashed 2.
They were annoying
Ryno Here goes nothing! ikr
Ryno Here goes nothing! Me too
In 2k before the million. Great content
If imperial guardes are so bad ass how did yoda knock them out in Episode III
MEX0Germ.V2 he got them by surprise and I think he killed them also he used the force on them as he entered the room
badass human < ancient Force master
AlexFilms red guard idiot not imperial
They were red guards
Those were not Imperial guards
“They were silent”
There footsteps: *BIG BAM BOOM BOOM BIG BANG BOOM*
Where are the Cadian Shock Troops?
They have only one job
Leaving the emperor alone when he said LEAVE US
GO GO POWER RANGERS!!!! jk
😂
I love these types of videos
it's not even possible to dislike your videos!
0:43 Tell that to Master Yoda, who knocked two of them out with a wave of his hand in Revenge of the Sith.
Those were weak normie red guards not the much stronger royal guards
Yea they were just basically senate guatds
Just red
Even though this is old I want to see a comic where during Imperial Guard training Vader knocks a top trainee off the edge but the trainee hangs on the edge and gets back on and kicks Vader near the edge.
Great video!
Dunno why you don't have more Subscribers, your shit is awesome. Insta sub XD
0:35 "Would undergo an intense dance off to determine the winner, who would be dressed in fabulous red robes" is what you MEANT to say. At least it's what that picture says.
Shadow guards were also recruited from imperial royal guard that were force sensitive I think.
This is true, some were also former jedi
Awesome!
"Live long and prosperity be with you."
You got this from wookiepedia word for word but i still luv you (heart eye emoji)
My favorites are the Imperial Sovereign Protectors.
i fuckin love you man, i never knew so much about star wars in my life
You forgot one. The Imperial Sentinel. They are massive clones that are armed with force axes.
Sovereign protectors are dope because they dont need a lightsaber, they can use other melee weapons
Sovereign protectors are my favorite. Can't believe Carnor Jax was one of them
Thank god that the Star Wars buildings have high ceilings. :)
My favorite has been the royal guard after I first laid eyes on the royal guard Tie Interceptor and read the Crimson Empire Saga.
Good video very informative
Senate guards are basically senate commandos in imperial guard armor.
This is amazing!
For some reason I'm in love with these guys. So much mystery surround the,
I wish the Star Wars movies with elaborate or include more of these type of soldiers
Sovereign Protectors look like something out of Mortal Kombat.
@Fact Free Where did you ger your information about Shadow Guards? Not much was written about them, nothing I have says they are linked with the Sun Guard. Also push comes to shove the are the best out of the diffrent guards you mentioned, besides their skills with the force the are using LightSabre L:ances, in the sources I have their weapons are light saber lances while other characters in SWTFU are listed as having Lightsaber pikes. The only real difference I see between the two is that Lances seem to have the longer blade.
The imperial senate sentinels.