Heropedia: Delta Squad
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Boss, Fixer, Scorch and Sev are some of the most underrated video game heroes of all time, and star wars could use more characters that fit this mold. Join me on the newest addition to the Heropedia series: Delta Squad from Star Wars Republic Commando. Great ambient footage from @skyboxeye !
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0:00 - Beyond the Sabers
3:31 - A Conflict of Legend
7:43 - Commandos Are Different
12:01 - 38, 40, 62, 07
17:25 - Geonosis Campaign
23:19 - Prosecutor Campaign
26:39 - EU Interlude
28:46 - Kashyyyk Campaign
34:52 - Post Game Fate
39:41 - Legacy
#deltasquad#starwars#lore#heropedia#ghostcharm#villainpedia#republiccommando - Ігри
“Some were soldiers.” ‘Main theme starts’ Chills. For reals. So good. 🤘
"Vode An". So good.
An absolutely goated opening for a video essay, KOTE!
Commando’s were akin to special forces in the clone army. The arc troopers were more akin to rangers. Both trained and equipped for different types of missions.
In the beginning of the clone wars, no general knew how to utilize the commandos. Making them do missions more meant for regular clone troopers and Arc troopers. Hence why they had high causalities initially.
I love the EU for that, you see how incompetent the Jedi was, and it made you realize that if you was a Clone and had a chance to kill the guy who keeps ordering you to bum rush the enemy trench line because fuck it they did it, so shall we. Makes you understand why the clones where all to happy to do it.
@@aaronlaughter6471 that's a good point, but weren't they compelled to do so due to some kind of bioengineering? Like, wasn't Order 66 literally coded into their genetics?
But, yeah, one can see how many would've killed their incompetent leaders even if that wasn't the case.
@@aaronlaughter6471 Karen Traviss' work shouldn't be taken as canon.
Me and my Dad played this game religiously after wearing out the Demo on KOTOR 2 and played a crapton of Battlefront 2. He still has the game, and it plays on the 360, though i believe it's worn out from how much we played this.
We always loved the Clone Wars/Prequal era, though that might be because I and him went to see these movies when I was a kid. He is a single father to myself, an only son. Star Wars, for all its flaws, will always be a tie to my dad. When i found it on PSN, I sent him a picture of my playing it, and he was like "damn wish mine worked." We searched and searched for the books after that cliffhanger ending, never found any, and it seems that they never did tie that up. Man, I miss Battlefront 2, this, and KOTOR 2. 2000s games were just better.
"Follow our brothers."
It was the title of a chapter during Halo 3's campaign. I know, different franchise, but hear me. It was after the Tsavo Highway, when the Flood had touched down. UNSC Marines and sangheili swordsmen were advancing in cooperation to meet the threat. That title came on screen, and those three words spoke volumes to me. "Follow our brothers." Our brothers...not just the Marines, but the Elites. For that was what we were - brothers in arms, in common cause.
For years I have said "Men should be brothers, not foes." Everytime I have heard of tales from the World Wars where two opposing forces chose to unite against their true enemy - the Christmas Truce, where men defied their heartless officers to embrace peace instead of senseless murder; the Battle of Castle Itter, where American troops and the German Army fought shoulder-to-shoulder to defeat an SS death-squad; others I have likely yet not heard, lost to the mists of time - I have repeated that maxim. "Men should be brothers, not foes."
It was that three word title that helped foster that belief, that *iron truth* in my heart, a truth engraved in my very bones.
The clone soldiers of the Star Wars galaxy have no counterparts to join with, no enmity to overcome in the face of a greater evil. But they are soldiers. They are brothers. They are what all men should be.
Follow them. Follow our brothers.
Having journeyed through the game not too long ago, it is for sure one of the most memorable journeys I have gone upon. The music that plays in high stakes battles hits like none before in my opinion.
I saw Delta Squad and got excited! Growing up with the Prequels I've always loved the clones and playing Republic Commands was like a dream come true for little me.
I treat all legends as canon for the most part. There are SOME things from the disney canon that i actually like, especially when they don't necessarily conflict. For instance, a lightsaber crystal used to grow in caves strong with the force, with red crystals being produced artificially by the Sith. The new canon says that the crystals grow in caves strong in the force, but that they become attuned to the wielder of the lightsaber the crystal resides in, and that Sith subjugate the will of the crystal, causing the crystal to "Bleed" and making it red. In my mind that just adds a spiritual layer to the description we had before. This is still very much an Artificial crystal, because the Sith essentially remakes the crystal in their hateful image, rather than allowing the crystal to take it's own form. It connects really nicely with the idea that Sith typically resist the will of the force, and seek to subjugate it to their will.
These B2 super battel droids are just tanks on legs
They were freaking terrifying to young me, I basically accepted that I was going to have to res some of the squad when they rolled up. And don't get me started on the SBD dispensers on the Star Destroyer! Or the Drodika dispenser! I remember trying to remake the At-Te scene in Battlefront 2
They are actually mentioned at the end of episode 2. Those special commando units. Yea that's delta squad
One important part about how canon star wars handles legends lore is that unless directly stated otherwise, we can assume that a lot of legends stuff still happened in canon. For instance because of Rogue One we know the canon way that the death star plans got to princess Leia, so the old legends lore about that no longer applies. But Delta Squad still shows up in TCW. As long as there's nothing directly stating that Delta Squad didn't do the stuff they did in legends, they could just as well have done it in canon.
True, also Scorch shows up in Bad Batch for a moment as a cameo, and gives the freaks a lot of trouble.
I always LOVED Sev, I remember making my own story in the missions in this game.
Thanks for doing this, Ghost. Brought back a ton of memories for me and I’m sure it did for many others as well. This was my first “proper” Star Wars game. I had played all of the LEGO ones before because all I had was a Wii, but I remember vividly going to a house with my parents and having nothing to do when the owner of the house said her son had an Xbox that I could play on if I wanted. I sat and looked through the games until I saw Republic Commando. I couldn’t get past the second level of the game but I remember just being in awe the whole time. I eventually bought the game on the Switch of all things and finally beat it. Thank you again for bringing back those memories, Ghost, you are a fool, but I don’t know what we’d do without you. 💜
Always appreciate an education on video game characters I knew nothing about. And now I want these guys in Star Wars more... as long as disney doesn't ruin them. If you're taking suggestions for the next villain, please consider Handsome Jack and yeah recency bias but Aephorul from Sea of Stars would also make a great video.
As a little kid, I wanted the sequel so bad, but after watching my little brother replaying it when I was home on leave, I agree. The story is done, they should be left alone, the point of commandos is to have the most thrilling raids and important strategic missions that will never be mentioned besides a passing line in a history book to most people, and Sev being left MIA is just a frank truth that no matter how much anyone cares about that individual, to many in the war or people on the outside, he's just a number. A number with cool armor, but still just a number.
I just beat this game a week ago after pining for it for almost 2 decades.
Worth. The. Wait.
There were billions of clones. The “units” were ordered units which sources say were about 500 odd troopers per unit.
I have all these books and I have loved Republic Commando since the beginning. I agree that it's good that we don't know everything that happened. But I'm really sorry that clone commando is not canon. For me, it will always be part of the star wars storyline.
Otherwise, great work, very well made video, I love the sophistication of the videos😉
If you are going to do a Star Wars marathon this year, I can't wait until you get to knights of the old Republic two. It has my favorite villains in all of Star Wars, unfinished as that game most certainly is.
On PC a lot of content was restored. So it's definitely worth it to check out the PC version.
This is why I fuck with your channel so heavily. Fucking love this game and the book series. First novel series I ever read, way back in 4th grade
As a Star Wars fan I’m glad to say thank you for making this video on one of my favorite clone trooper squadrons
Thanks for make a video about Delta Squad my man!!
Republic Commando is by far my favorite SW game.
Never expect that it will be more cool to be a elite clone than a Sith or Jedi, but it is. At least on this game lol
4:02 on the right it's an Empire, not Republic. GR had another symbol.
Ahhh my childhood. Filoni and committee dropped the ball hard with these guys. Instead we got the Lame Batch. At least the game will always exist
Well Disney is Non cannon so atleast we have that stuff before.
The original twist at the end of the cannon was that the Empire where the good guys
preparing for a apocalyptic force like Fable 3
Anakin was the chosen one. He balanced the force in the end.
The Jedi where the unbalance. Vader was the balance to him being a light side Jedi.
Quigon was his only real hope. Quigon also died because of the Jedi
It's a damn shame Disney took a hold of Star Wars franchise before we ever got a chance for a sequel to this banger of a game.
Sev did what every soldier would've done, sacrificing him self for the lives of others
It seems like the Bad Batch is like the squad that Disney is like trying to make like the Good Guy Commando squad(yes, I know they're technically not Commandos, but still) and let Detla Squad be as they were in Legends
So basically you could say
Boss is leo
Fixer is donny
Scorch is mickey
Rev is raph
Yes
trade ninja weapons with sci fi rambos and its just a taste thing
Fantastic job as always. Your explanation of the closure without having a concrete ending is amazing. Thanks for the great throwback!
I think its really cool that one of the sound designers for Republic Commando is now one of the lead sound designers for Bad Batch, being able to see Scorch, even if he's kinda lifeless, is still cool, and lots of the sound effects seem to be used from the games as well
It warms my heart to see you and so many other fans recognize the commandos were the pinnacle of the clone army and have amazing stories to tell. Keep up the good work ghostcharm
What a great throwback and tribute to this game. You always deliver, just awesome!
Heck yea! A pedia episode on the Star Wars games. Love your stuff!
38:00 If they were willing to leave Sev when ordered then they'd be willing to march on the temple.
Never thought I needed to hear/watch this guy talk abt star wars but here I am, grinning ear to ear abt lore I'm deeply familiar with. Oh plz do heropedia on Cal Kestis from the Respawn Jedi games the wars be starrin too much
Something I've recently been struggling with from the Legends to Canon shift: Mandalorians. They had such a fascinating and deep culture before hand: stretching back to a time where Coruscant had no buildings, to the invasion beings from beyond even the Unknown regions. A culture that shifted from a worshiped Tribunal, to worshiping the concept of war, eventually becoming a split between the cold and cruel battle obsessed [Death Watch] against those who sought to bring virtue while maintaining their warrior routes in an almost paladin-esque way [Super Commandos]. A belief system based on actual native American beliefs, and a culture and religion that change from a valhalla esque afterlife to the concept of a collective Mandalorian Soul that guided and protected all true Mandalorians....
and now all that is left is a cult that throws a tantrum if you ever take off your helmet. I don't mean to sound dismissive as The Mandalorian is one of the few parts I still enjoy, but what's been lost and no longer acknowledged is so great that I can never see the Children of the Watch as anything more than a cult- especially given their practices. There is no greater culture, no growth in the history: just a vague idea of former glory, a belief that anyone who disagrees with you is morally wrong and dead to you, and worship of what is essentially an off brand lightsaber.
It was also nice that Mandalorians had their thing with being Manadlore. The leader of the Mandalorians in legends was initially whomever held the initial leader's mask: but as practicality overtook fanaticism, it became whomever the Mandalorians collectively respected- which was a HUGE thing considering just how many there were at any given time. If any Mandalorian is following someone, it is because that person has earned their respect, and to say the entirety of the culture is following you is a statement in it of itself that you are to be respected regardless of any other factors. Due to what Manadlorians considered worth following: in the past being an unmatched zeal for combat, and in later generations a practicality of being able to defend oneself and what they care for- this meant you had to be strong.
Yet now to be Mandalore... you must hold the darksaber- which itself is just a slightly different lightsaber. All circling back to one of the biggest problems I've had with Star Wars, and a problem I will fully admit both Legends and Canon have: You only matter if you're force sensitive. All things will inevitably, return to the Jedi and- if it after Anakin's birth- the Skywalker lineage. Because that is all that matters.
And unfortunately, with Disney as monolithic as it is, there's a large chance that eventually the idea of that culture will be lost to time. What was once there will become a rare bit of trivia, and little else. Meanwhile the public will only associate the Mandalorians with the statement 'This is the way'. No more Resolnare, no Manda, and Mandalore little more than a planet.
I remember being in 5th grade and watching a friend of mine play this game. Me being a giant fan of the Star Wars battle front games claimed it was easy we then went on to watch pewdiepie and shoot each other with nerf guns. At the age of 24 I downloaded this game and was surprised to find ya it is kinda difficult.
I think Republic Commando is a great short game. I do wish there was a sequel of some kinda. I think this game really formed my love for helping and working with NPCs. I really liked the command functions, simple and direct.
I do think that old lore Star Wars is somewhat better, but just barely. Because at least then it felt like there was a bit more heart. Now with Disney bucks, it felt like a cash grab with “Somehow Palps came back”… pretty sure a few of the hundreds of books had something similar, but when the main story has that, it feels so cheap. I’m glad The Clone Wars came back, even if the brain chips makes Order 66 less complicated. I’m glad Andor and Mando are doing well, but there’s so much being shoveled out that it’s like they wanted to replace all of the old lore within 5 years.
There was something similar in legends, there was a somehow palpatine came back type of deal and everyone had the same reaction to it then that they do now, I will say the old lore is very interesting, especially the stuff after the end of the empire and getting into the end of the new republic
Im so glad i havent spoiled myself before playing and watching this video. What a banger campaign, story, and ending!
Thanks for bringing back memories of Delta Squad and one of the best FPS games ever created
🎶Kote!🎶
🎶Kondosii sa kar'ta Vode An🎶
🎶Coruscanta a'den mhi Vode An🎶
🎶Bal kote! Darasum kote!🎶
🎶Joroso'ran kando a tome🎶
🎶Sa kyr'am nau tracyn kad, 🎶
🎶Vode An!🎶
(Glory)
(One indomitable heart Brothers All)
(We the wrath of Coruscant, Brothers All)
(And Glory! Eternal Glory!)
(We shall bear its weight together)
(Forged like the saber in the fires of death,)
(Brothers All)
This video was needed. Can't wait to watch this video in full reliving my time with the Delta BOYS!!
Man I neeeed a reboot so bad, preferably a sequel because I think that the OG game is timeless and could still play it today, so if we had a sequel that took place between Episode 3 and 4 and it could possibly be about delta hunting Jedi than eventually finding sev who is helping a Jedi or something because he never got the order being dead and all.
Just recently watched Salt Factory's video on Republic Commando, can't wait to dig in more in-depth into the Deltas with a good ol' Heropedia entry
It's crazy how much Disney cut from lore only for them to come back and take things either from legends or from fanmade projects and tried to pawn it as their own..
so glad to see these four guys again. now i wanna replay the game ha, i think will. thanks ghostcharm, great video :)
Can't believe they gave Sev's fate in the game away from the start, there's no other way he could've gone out with the designation of o7
I'll be honest and straight, and I know it's an uncommon opinion, but... As someone that played through this game both recently and when it released... While the game is fun, Republic Commando is STUPIDLY short and at least on PC, released with a shitty broken ass port. Would I like another take on this idea, taking clues from games like Left 4 Dead? Indeed.
But no way I'm claiming this game was a masterpiece bruh, it released for like 60€ back then and lasts like 3 hours, even back then my standards aren't THAT low. Solid 6/10. The characterization of the squad members was surprisingly good, and the weapon variety was alright, but felt rushed due to the incoming release of Episode III. Also, not having coop? Absolutely missed potential in there.
I have newfound hope that one day Ghost will cover the Earth Defense Force from EDF 4.1
To save our Mother Earth from any alien attack!
@@Ashesburner From vicious giant insects who have once again come back
I remember crying when I first saw the ending, but I have to agree with you that some things are better without explaining too much
Amazing video.
Ive often said Star Wars is at its best when it remembers there are more than jedi in the universe.
Well they were in Clone Wars and Bad Batch so they seem pretty cannon to me
I would love to see you do a video on either Raziel or Kain from the legacy of Kain series. The series has such good story and character writing and just feels like characters made for your very show. I would lose it if you did on episode on either.
What I am suggesting is dumb beyond belief, I know, but I just want to get it out there anyway for laughs, plus it literally just popped out of my head. When you think about it, Delta Squad are the Ninja Turtles of Star Wars, with Boss being Leo, Fixer being Donnie, Scorch being Mikey and Sev obviously being Raph. All brothers, all badasses when together.
Omg. What a game. Such memories. Imagine if we got a Remake or a Remaster.
YES FINALLY!!! Idk if you were ever gonna do this but like a weekago I thought to myself "wouldnt it be cool if Ghost talked about Republic Commandos?"
Maybe Borbon is a bit to minor, but if you've played em' some of the characters from metro 2033-2035 are super in depth and would make a great npcedia
i liked how tmnt they were, tough one, funny one, bland leader one, and the NERD!! (donnie was actually my favorite turtle)
OP should cover Noble team from Halo reach, that could lead into chiefs squad, and master chief Sierra 117 himself as well.
so the 5000 commandos dying during the battle of geneosis i remember reading that it was cause mace windu basically used them like normal troops when they were trained for special ops and not front line fighting
I still wish we had at least another game like this though and like delta squad.
The amount of variety of content on this channel feels like its been made just for me
Groups of four aka a fire team is also the base unit which all infantryman in the modern military work in.
Man Republic Commando was one of my favorite games as a kid
Your introduction was so well done i stopped at 17:31 to play the game lmao
Can we get some Everquest on the series, or maybe some Metal Gear. I am digging Worldpedia too if there is anymore of that coming down the pipe.
Loved this game so much, its so sad that we never got the sequel it really deserved.
These guys are canon btw. They had a cameo in Clone Wars.
I keep daydreaming about a new Republic Commando where your squad controls like the og but with more detailed features like Ready or Not, and a competitive multiplayer mode that is kind of like siege. That would be the dream for me.
But imagine a order 66 mission in the style of No Russian, blasting jedi at the temple. What could have been.
I've wanted a republic commando sequel since the day I finished the first one
It makes my day when Ghostcharm uploads! This morning has just gotten a whole lot better. :)
I wonder what an Ultimate Showdown between everyone in the Villainpedia and everyone in the Heropedia would be like.
7:15
personally i don't think that even matters because the media doesn't reflect/confirm it
aslong as it makes sense, it's canon
If you had to do any character from the KOTOR series and onwards I would love to see one about everyone's favorite murder bot HK-47
I just want a remake of the game maybe have a few more missions in it between each major level of the original
Imagine if we could get a really good remaster of this game.... maybe one day. It's one of the few games I recommend to everyone when we talk about Star Wars.
This is a real shot in the dark but can you do heropedia:statesman or lord arachnos from city of heroes? The game is blowing up after all these years again.
Delta squad was actually made canon again by Disney in the Clone Wars animated series
"multiple characters in the original Battlefront 2" Man if he wasn't the voice of the Republic map announcer I'm going crazy.
This game is legendary for sure. I use the 38 on all my gamertags
Honestly I agree. I don’t want to know what happened to Sev, at least not while Disney has Star Wars. Although I would like to see a remake or reboot of the original that really focuses more on the gritty atmosphere and really goes into the tactical shooter nature of the game. I’d love that but that will never happen sadly.
Your quality editing and commentary are the best on this platform, Ghost. Thank you for the great content 🙏🏻
Hold up, if Fixer is an LT an Boss is a Sgt then wouldn't Fixer be squad lead?
I'd watch the whole video but unfortunately you've convinced me to play through Republic Commando in 15 minutes so I'll be back once I've beaten it!
This game did Grievous justice man and he was only there for like 2 seconds hell the whole seps where terrifying i miss the old atmosphere of star wars man showing the true hell the clones went through
Scorch dying in bad batch made me sad even if he was imperial
Hell ya!! Absolutely love Commando and delta squad
It’s a warcrime what Disney did with Legends.
I think you meant "treason", right? 😊
Do you really want their claws on the Legends material? I think we’re better off. The Disney canon can easily be ignored.
Just ignore Disney, established lore and IP is what we all know exists, Disney can't change that if you don't let them into your head 😂
@@user-xv8lr9dc3v It’s treason, then.
On plus side, Disney is not doing so hot these days. They’re getting bled out by many mistakes and being in court. Most of which were things they did illegally.
Hopefully they lose the rights to Star Wars. After all they buried decades of lore, to push their own version of Star Wars.
The gritty atmosphere of republic commando is the star wars that should have been. Disney is the worst thing to happen upon the whole IP 💀
I hope we get a darth revan
Who would win in deathmatch. Delta Squad or Bad Batch?
the best star wars game haaands down
I hate the chips, it ruins a lot of the tragedy and many choices clones took during the Order and ruins the narration of the Soldier Diaries in the classic Battlefront 2. And personally, I think even without the chips, Delta Squad probably would join the Empire. They don't really have any strong opinions of the Jedi and didn't do much with them, and would value the lives of their brothers more. Plus, they'll probably associate Yoda with the command of abandoning Sev and would have very personal feelings about that.
It's a crime that Six Days in Fallujah is probably going to be the only other game we'll ever have that comes close to the exact gameplay style this masterpiece of a game had.
The chips have always rubbed me the wrong way since it feels like they only exist as a cheap way to pardon the clones of any wrongdoing because The Clone Wars turned regular clones, specifically made to obey every order of the Republic, into generic, Saturday morning cartoon hero OCs that can't ever do anything wrong because they're The Good Guys™.
The Clone Wars ruined a lot of shit that was perfectly fine as it was.
I will always consider CW as Dave filoni's star wars fan fiction and the chips are a cheap excuse to pardon his OCs from that iconic betrayal
@@ShredderPeeksome clones removed their chips. it wasn’t all a blanket excuse
YES! Love this game, thank you for covering this :)
Fuck yes my Yggdrasil
You should do a kreia/traya video from KOTOR 2 for villainpedia
The truest heroes in Star Wars
Played dnd with Sev onetime, awesome guy😊
LETS GO REPUBLIC COMMANDO NEEDS TO BE REVIVED
*Kandosii sa ka'rta, Vode an.*
*Coruscanta a'den mhi, Vode an.*