The reason the trade federation became so influential is because Hego Damask aka Darth Plagueis invested in them. Furthermore, the republic was so focused on the core of the galaxy, that outer rim worlds had to depend on the trade federation for everything.
Where can I learn more on the Separatists? I've seen Clone Wars series and different videos of lore about them. I wanna make a fan fic of a Sep soldier showing the nice side of them evrn its senators like that episode and that it was not solely comprised of droids. It had mercenaries. Plagueis novel might be a good source and theEssential Guide To Warfare. Do you know more?
The Republic allowed the Trade Federation to get a major monopoly on trade in the Outer Rim, and no doubt that gave a lot of money and influence. The Trade Federation used the Outer Rim needs for economic aid, and which the Trade Federation filled in. Though the Trade Federation became to corrupt and powerful that it started to do everything to fill in their pockets. The CIS probably realize that they needed these companies to survive.
An interesting part of the EU involving the trade federation is Jedi Starfighter. It does a good job of showing how large it had gotten especially in its military. The game also shows an interesting view of the trade federation that is Nym's view. Jedi Starfighter was great.
In comparison to games of a similar scope today how do the controls stand up? At the very least can you set custom binds, Battlefront 2 lets you do that and it really doesn’t need much changing anyway, just personal preference stuff, still play that game, me and my buddies run split screen, rip servers
Not much into the games, but the story's cutscenes are worth watching in UA-cam. Jedi Starfighter needs a PC port though, so to appease the niche players who enjoyed the first game.
“Let me tell you something. Anyone with a goal, friends, and enough assets can do just about anything. The republic should’ve kept a tighter grip on the massive corporate entities to keep them in their place. Then again, it didn’t work when they tried. I blame the lobbyists.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Former Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
The Global Network “A fellow Clone? What’s your name? You can call me “Cheng”. Do you have a name, Scout? Still working with the imperials? Look me up if you ever hear about the Galactic Scouting Guild, look me up. I might happen have a job for you, we need more experienced scouts.”
@@Ghidorah96 actually no, it's literally the East India Company, a corporation that owns a private army and navy and loves their trade and profits. It also a force that became colonialists. Eg. How India started to become a British colony
Well there’s Blackwater but I can imagine Jeff Bezos would fund his own private security firm and call it amazon security or something. That or Elon Musk getting bored and creating his own personal army of Tesla battle droids.
Bendita Locura Studios The Reagan part (Reagan -> Ray Gun -> Gun Ray) is particularly fun too; also see Lott Dod, who was named after Senators Trent Lott and Christopher Dodd
Ron ie Ray Gun, of course! Must be George stickin’ it to the man for hijacking the StarWars moniker for the satellite element of SDI. If so, that is good, really good. Nice work showing us 5e association. So, who’s Hego IRL?
That sounds exactly like what the Chinese is doing to Africa. Offer establishing capital and infrastructure in return with resources and voting for them in the UN.
It's exactly what China is doing. They are giving infrastructure loans to countries and when they can't pay they broker a deal to lease shipping ports from them. They are locking India, their biggest trade rival, out of the region with all of these ports they're leasing. It's basically a blockade in disguise, what the TF did to Nabu.
Not just Africa. Poor nations in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern European Slavic countries, and South America. Even in Western Europe and the US rich Chinese companies and higher ups are buying up property in droves and renting them out to domestic residents.
That was very informative. I always thought that due to heavy taxation of trade routes by the Republic, the Trade Federation stood to loose a lot of credits so they blockaded Naboo in an act of desperation. Still the Trade Federation did some good but they, like others, were manipulated by the Sith.
Thanks for this. I need more info on the Separatists in order to write my Fan Fic. I want to show the nice side of the separatists through the eyes of Sep soldier. Also others.
I personally would have preferred it if the TDF was always backed by the sith. Not necessarily knowing that their benefactors are the sith. I always thought that was a part of the great plan. That the TDF was essentially a puppet to weaken the republic political system so the sith can exploit it.
You should make a video about the Nikto and how they took over after the fall of the Hutts. Including their relationship with the first order and all of rhe crime organizations that were involved. Where was Crimson Dawn at this time. Or about Maul and his control of black market affairs. Was he the head of Crimson Dawn and the Mandalore at the same time?
This is how he weakened the force in the Jedi, yes they were already blind because of their dogmatic ways being so deeply ingrained in the order since the end of the old sith wars but they were still strong in the force, the constant war and death caused a deep wound in the force allowing the sith to become much more powerful
@@tev2332 Afghanistan been in constant state of proxy wars long before even america existed the middle east nations has alwaya been at each others throat
The galaxy would have been in relative peace if the Republic didn’t place such high taxes. Taxes suck and as such I don’t really blame the Trade Organization much.
What I don’t really understand is why The Republic had to collect so many taxes, since the standing army and navy were relatively small. I thought they had kicked a lot of that military spending back to the planets. Were the taxes intended for social welfare programs? Like for the bangup job in the lower levels of Coruscant? Other than the obvious corruption, what were the taxes spent on?
I would paint a different scenario . The royals step down in Naboo . The Trade Federation steps in and gives equal rights to the nonhumans living in Naboo . The main reason the war happened is the elites didnt want to step down and give equal rights to sentient creatures like Jar Jar. Only when the Trade Federation shows up do they even consider an Alliance for their aquatic neighbors because they still have a standing army ready to fight the humans previously.
And that is why Darth Jar-Jar used Darth Sidious to use the Trade Federation to start trouble on Charley Brown's sister's sweet Baboo -- um... -- on Palpatine's homeworld Naboo.
@Qut Boy Communist Empire? The words "communism" and "empire" are ideologically antithetic. Soviet Union and China both supported freeing the colonies from the European worlds and the word "empire" was a curse word for them even though they were totalitarian themselves. The word "Empire" is associated with old power in Europe, the right-wing aristocrat elite. Not socialists. The Republic = Current United States (except without political will and no industrial complex) The CIS = Today's economical China infused with the ideological South in the US Civil War The Empire = The Late Stalinistic Soviet Union.
@@kungolaf4499 Although the USSR and China would both definitely not use the word "empire" to describe themselves due to both nations being born out of revolutions against a true imperial government (well, in China's case it is a bit more complex since they had a whole warlord period but the PRC definitely sees itself as a continuation of that original revolution), but to say that they supported freeing the colonies for any ideological reason is just false. The USSR and PRC support for freeing the colonies was purely geopolitical. Even now, the Russian state still uses the exact same rhetoric to describe the situation in West Africa, where Wagner mercenaries are assisting Russian-backed forces in the region, saying that the states that prefer staying aligned towards France are vestiges of colonialism.
Heres the thing the idea of a private company taking over the world slowly by business dealings. People were so angry at the idea of a business as the antagonist was stupid and a step down from the great armies. However upon reflection the notion of megacorporation being a powerful force for chaos and disorder in the name of making money is not all that unreasonable. It is not such a stupid idea after all
Seemed like a good plot device in Bubble Gum Crisis anime & in the Shadow Run roleplaying games & novels. Even the manga Lyrical Nanoha Force was kinda using it.
the CIS was no more bad gies then the republic. both had corruption, were controlled by the sith and had mass murders as military leaders. the separatists just had the legitimate cause and their actual government body was less corrupt and the sith had less influence.
The Trade Federation helped their constituents greatly, at least at first. The quality of life on the worlds they were on drastically increased. Although the rebellion in the first three movies was engineered by the Sith, the rebels had very valid points as you've already discussed. I would argue that the reason the trade federation became so evil was completely due to the Sith influence. The Republic wasn't, especially in the later years, the shining beacon of light that everyone pretended. In Darth Bane: Path of Destruction the evils of the Republic were very clearly visible. Bane himself was an indentured servant who was stuck in Hacienda like conditions that made him little more than a slave. The republic ignored most outer rim worlds. I don't know if it was intentional but the disdain the core has for the breadbasket of the galaxy and the outer rim mirrors the attitude many people in large cities in America have for the agricultural areas. Once we ignore what the Jedi said and focused on their actions they also begin to look much darker than the movies would like us to believe. The way the Jedi stole children from their parents, legally, to train them in the ways of the force is very reminiscent of the Psi-Corps in Babylon 5. The Trade Federation was a good thing corrupted by the Sith. The entirety of the clone wars was orchestrated to make Corporations and aliens to be hated. Doing this allowed the Sith to build an empire where they nationalized(Galacticalized?) all products for their own benefit like the Nazis and Communists have throughout history. Grievous, as you've discussed in other videos, helped bolster anti-alien sentiment within the Republic, aligning the masses with Darth Sidious' ideals. I would argue that without the Sith Influence the Trade Federation would've been a boon for centuries longer to their constituents.
Not that the Sith Grand Plan wasn't executed great, but wouldn't it have been a lot easier just to use an army of the Trade Federation and other big businesses to take over the entire galaxy, especially with how much influence the Trade Federation had already. In fact, why not get a Sith Nemodian, then you'd have someone on the inside who can control a large portion of the galaxy, like Plagueis with the Banking Clan.
you want the rich core world's population on your side. and the majority of the galaxies population was human, and most humans were anti-alien. additionally, the other big companies and corporations might not be as easily taken control of.
Fair points and all-important for galactic domination. However, given how easily manipulated and controlled most galactic corporations like the Banking Clan, Techno Union, the Commerces Guild, Cooperate Alliance, and many others were into joining the Separatists and starting the Clone Wars I don't think it would have been as hard as you think to take them over. In fact, after the Clone Wars, most of the corporations and companies were assimilated into the Empire without too much trouble.
People will revolt against that like hell. And while outlying systems like Naboo and Bespin are easy enough to take over, core worlds like Coruscant and Corellia will not surrender without a fight.
@@HolyknightVader999 To be fair, people still revolted under the Empire too. But you do make a good point, but if they had enough resources they could have taken over the entire galaxy by force instead of through very impressive manipulation. Heck, many argue the Separatists could have won the war with their numbers alone, and if it wasn't for the manipulations of the Sith to make them lose and the war kept going the odds were about even they could win it and take the galaxy by force.
The Trade Federation was not originally a bad organisation other than a business that sought to help planetary systems to develop trade routes in the outer rim to increase prosperity, which the Republic abandoned. The whole purpose of a droid army was to protect planetary systems from war and piracy, clearly the droid army was a force for peace, protection and life. Only when the Sith took over, the Trade Federation went bad. If only the Trade Federation were formed in the days of the New Republic with its droid army, it would have been a force for good against the First Order.
Hmmm, could Newt and Geo be why we’re able to enjoy being entertained with campaign ads with no counterbalanced messaging? Or is that perk compliments of UA-cam? I wonder, who’s Hego’s real life counterpart?
Who came up with that TF logo done in English? Lucas went to the trouble of replacing printed English from the film and replacing it with something alien looking, so having the Trade Federation logo made from an English TF is stupid.
@@barrettragins3659 Yes. The Clone Wars show revealed to us how deep in debt the Republic was. Budget cuts are not that difficult to accept when they're in such dire straits for funds that they're willing to deregulate the banks.
Powerful International banking and investment conglomerates and "the u.s." arent one in the same. Some of the people who run them are American, others are Chinese, or English, Swiss, French, etc. You cant just pin it down to a country.
I think its the way its done. many people feel the political aspect detracts from the story and stomps on previously established characters in the sequels. but the prequels its an active part of the story and feels more timeless (there will always be corporate greed and government corruption)
@@nameynamename3758 there are absolutely political agendas in the Sequel Trilogy, I guess you didn't see that picture of Kathleen Kennedy wearing a "the force is female" shirt. Did you not notice Admiral gender studies in the last jedi? There are so many forced political agendas in the films that their quality massively spiraled downwards.
@@TheHipsterGamer That makes no sense. There is nothing political about woman existing and being a Jedi in Star Wars. Oh yeah so political, a si-fi character has coloured hair.
Unlike the Sequels, Lucas kept his politics to himself. Outside of naming a minor bad guy similar to his political enemies, he didn't go full anti-capitalist on them. In fact, in Force Unleashed, he later had the rich people FUND the Rebel Alliance in that storyline.
It's pretty obvious that the Trade Fed. was a major building block of what would become the Galactic Empire. There are many parallels between Federation and later Empire technology. The smaller wedge-shaped battleships preceded the Avenger-class Star Destroyers, and the Federation Control Ship(sphere inside a donut) was a step toward the Death Star stations.
It's reallty all so comical actually. It's all shinanigans. Palpy makes them hate him and blockade his homeworld, but he is their leader. So, everyone likes him because he is basically against their enemy, and becomes their leader because of this, and in the end, blockading his own world was his plan. Because like. Of course it is. I mean. You can't not just lead people under the guise of being reallly against yourself? It's just not trolli... I mean it isn't dark... enough It's not cunning enough, i mean, yes, manipulative sith yes, that's right. That's what intended, deceive.... right, anyway... So like, if you get power by making one sid elike you, the other side will hate you. So, the only sensible thing to do is say that you will defeat this dude, and technically, it will be true. He can always loose something here or there to keep both sides under wraps.
You forgot one thing in capitalism and in this example the people chose and you cannot choose for other people so the trade Federation was actually good in its entire life span because the people chose it
The reason the trade federation became so influential is because Hego Damask aka Darth Plagueis invested in them. Furthermore, the republic was so focused on the core of the galaxy, that outer rim worlds had to depend on the trade federation for everything.
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Where can I learn more on the Separatists? I've seen Clone Wars series and different videos of lore about them. I wanna make a fan fic of a Sep soldier showing the nice side of them evrn its senators like that episode and that it was not solely comprised of droids. It had mercenaries. Plagueis novel might be a good source and theEssential Guide To Warfare. Do you know more?
@@bradmorales4002 Star Wars the approaching storm is a book and his audio version is avaliable here.
@@vitorkennedy1862 never heard of that one.
@@barrettragins3659 hello there.
This is getting out of hand... now there are two of them
That is my favorite line in the phantom menace
Oh George, making the trade federation to mock ultra corporations and then sells Star Wars to the ultimate ultra corporation 😂
Oh damn. Zinger.
The Republic allowed the Trade Federation to get a major monopoly on trade in the Outer Rim, and no doubt that gave a lot of money and influence. The Trade Federation used the Outer Rim needs for economic aid, and which the Trade Federation filled in. Though the Trade Federation became to corrupt and powerful that it started to do everything to fill in their pockets. The CIS probably realize that they needed these companies to survive.
An interesting part of the EU involving the trade federation is Jedi Starfighter. It does a good job of showing how large it had gotten especially in its military. The game also shows an interesting view of the trade federation that is Nym's view. Jedi Starfighter was great.
Its that a good source of info of them so I can write my fan fic or do you know more?
In comparison to games of a similar scope today how do the controls stand up? At the very least can you set custom binds, Battlefront 2 lets you do that and it really doesn’t need much changing anyway, just personal preference stuff, still play that game, me and my buddies run split screen, rip servers
Not much into the games, but the story's cutscenes are worth watching in UA-cam.
Jedi Starfighter needs a PC port though, so to appease the niche players who enjoyed the first game.
“Let me tell you something. Anyone with a goal, friends, and enough assets can do just about anything. The republic should’ve kept a tighter grip on the massive corporate entities to keep them in their place. Then again, it didn’t work when they tried. I blame the lobbyists.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Former Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
From where is this? Where can I find this story?
Wzdzysław Żninosyn it’s in progress
hmmmmm
Hello CT8711-12. Greetings from a clone brother. CS-2563/13 238th Recon Command Squad
The Global Network “A fellow Clone? What’s your name? You can call me “Cheng”. Do you have a name, Scout? Still working with the imperials? Look me up if you ever hear about the Galactic Scouting Guild, look me up. I might happen have a job for you, we need more experienced scouts.”
I’m loving the thumbnail
That OOM commander Droid has an expression that screams "I'm getting bored and depressed doing this job".
I know right. SoooOOoooOooOoooOooOooOOOo lit.
Planet: exists
Trade federation: hippity hoppity this planet is now my property
Literally China
@@Ghidorah96 actually no, it's literally the East India Company, a corporation that owns a private army and navy and loves their trade and profits. It also a force that became colonialists. Eg. How India started to become a British colony
@@TheBeiyangCliquereminds me of the united Fruit company in Latin America also.
@@nightelf2487And avocado…wait, is avocado a fruit?
Sounds like if corporate America got out of hand and started ownership of private armies.
What do you mean "if"?
*Started??*
Hell some corporations are private armies.
casbott Blackwater
Which is the whole point of the Trade Federation, actually, as far as Lucas was concerned
Well there’s Blackwater but I can imagine Jeff Bezos would fund his own private security firm and call it amazon security or something. That or Elon Musk getting bored and creating his own personal army of Tesla battle droids.
Trade Fedaration in the Clone wars: We were good, but now we're bad
It's the story of every power in star wars
How did I not make the Newt Gingrich/Nute Gunray connection, it makes sense now!
Bendita Locura Studios The Reagan part (Reagan -> Ray Gun -> Gun Ray) is particularly fun too; also see Lott Dod, who was named after Senators Trent Lott and Christopher Dodd
I know. Makes me feel like an idiot.
Ron ie Ray Gun, of course! Must be George stickin’ it to the man for hijacking the StarWars moniker for the satellite element of SDI. If so, that is good, really good. Nice work showing us 5e association.
So, who’s Hego IRL?
That sounds exactly like what the Chinese is doing to Africa. Offer establishing capital and infrastructure in return with resources and voting for them in the UN.
I mean it's just corporate & lobbyist colonialism TBH
It's exactly what China is doing. They are giving infrastructure loans to countries and when they can't pay they broker a deal to lease shipping ports from them. They are locking India, their biggest trade rival, out of the region with all of these ports they're leasing. It's basically a blockade in disguise, what the TF did to Nabu.
@@XxPx3xNx6xUx1xNxX I never saw that as blockading India.
Not just Africa. Poor nations in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Eastern European Slavic countries, and South America. Even in Western Europe and the US rich Chinese companies and higher ups are buying up property in droves and renting them out to domestic residents.
Jamaica too
Can you do a similar breakdown with other companies of the CIS?
Where are the droidekas?!
I have them
In my heart. Forever :3
They are no match for droidekas
That was very informative. I always thought that due to heavy taxation of trade routes by the Republic, the Trade Federation stood to loose a lot of credits so they blockaded Naboo in an act of desperation. Still the Trade Federation did some good but they, like others, were manipulated by the Sith.
Did I hear something about Stark Industries being responsible for Nuyt Gunray becoming head of the Trade Federation?
Hi
Thanks for this. I need more info on the Separatists in order to write my Fan Fic. I want to show the nice side of the separatists through the eyes of Sep soldier. Also others.
Yes
remember that episode in rebels with the battle droids, all the CIS droids believe they are fighting for freedom and such.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 you mean the one with General Kalani?
@@bradmorales4002 that’s the one.
dorid: sir this planet has *stuff* on it.
should we invade?
TF: don't ask stupid questions dorid
the answer is obviously *YES*
I wonder... Have you made a video detailing Sidious' entire plan and schemes from Sithhood to death?
I personally would have preferred it if the TDF was always backed by the sith. Not necessarily knowing that their benefactors are the sith. I always thought that was a part of the great plan. That the TDF was essentially a puppet to weaken the republic political system so the sith can exploit it.
Sounds like the galaxy had parts that were enjoying a gilded age like America had
I should have invested in a couple more droidekas on Mustafar
You should make a video about the Nikto and how they took over after the fall of the Hutts. Including their relationship with the first order and all of rhe crime organizations that were involved. Where was Crimson Dawn at this time. Or about Maul and his control of black market affairs. Was he the head of Crimson Dawn and the Mandalore at the same time?
So Darth Sidious started 4 different wars? 😮
This is how he weakened the force in the Jedi, yes they were already blind because of their dogmatic ways being so deeply ingrained in the order since the end of the old sith wars but they were still strong in the force, the constant war and death caused a deep wound in the force allowing the sith to become much more powerful
*Sir, the planet has OIL. Should we invade? - Yes*
That reminds me the USA :D
That's every super power *Laughs in Russian invasion of Afghanistan
@@TheHipsterGamer But the US destroyed Afghanistan, not Russia
@@tev2332 Russians invaded in the late 70s and starter a 10 year war.
@@tev2332 Afghanistan been in constant state of proxy wars long before even america existed the middle east nations has alwaya been at each others throat
@Dustin Cox M8, ya drunk? Afghanistan isn’t in the Middle East!
The galaxy would have been in relative peace if the Republic didn’t place such high taxes. Taxes suck and as such I don’t really blame the Trade Organization much.
What I don’t really understand is why The Republic had to collect so many taxes, since the standing army and navy were relatively small. I thought they had kicked a lot of that military spending back to the planets. Were the taxes intended for social welfare programs? Like for the bangup job in the lower levels of Coruscant?
Other than the obvious corruption, what were the taxes spent on?
I would paint a different scenario . The royals step down in Naboo . The Trade Federation steps in and gives equal rights to the nonhumans living in Naboo . The main reason the war happened is the elites didnt want to step down and give equal rights to sentient creatures like Jar Jar. Only when the Trade Federation shows up do they even consider an Alliance for their aquatic neighbors because they still have a standing army ready to fight the humans previously.
And that is why Darth Jar-Jar used Darth Sidious to use the Trade Federation to start trouble on Charley Brown's sister's sweet Baboo -- um... -- on Palpatine's homeworld Naboo.
When Lucas decided to make them possibly racist Chinese/asian stereotypes he might have been trying to tell us something.....
The cis wanted less taxes, less regulations and more autonomy so how are they communists?
@Qut Boy Communist Empire? The words "communism" and "empire" are ideologically antithetic. Soviet Union and China both supported freeing the colonies from the European worlds and the word "empire" was a curse word for them even though they were totalitarian themselves. The word "Empire" is associated with old power in Europe, the right-wing aristocrat elite. Not socialists.
The Republic = Current United States (except without political will and no industrial complex)
The CIS = Today's economical China infused with the ideological South in the US Civil War
The Empire = The Late Stalinistic Soviet Union.
They are racist Japanese stereotypes not Chines
Thimo Vijfschaft I always read it as generic orientalism. But suppose so.
@@kungolaf4499 Although the USSR and China would both definitely not use the word "empire" to describe themselves due to both nations being born out of revolutions against a true imperial government (well, in China's case it is a bit more complex since they had a whole warlord period but the PRC definitely sees itself as a continuation of that original revolution), but to say that they supported freeing the colonies for any ideological reason is just false.
The USSR and PRC support for freeing the colonies was purely geopolitical. Even now, the Russian state still uses the exact same rhetoric to describe the situation in West Africa, where Wagner mercenaries are assisting Russian-backed forces in the region, saying that the states that prefer staying aligned towards France are vestiges of colonialism.
Imagine being so hated, a fictional villain is named for you.
Heres the thing the idea of a private company taking over the world slowly by business dealings. People were so angry at the idea of a business as the antagonist was stupid and a step down from the great armies.
However upon reflection the notion of megacorporation being a powerful force for chaos and disorder in the name of making money is not all that unreasonable. It is not such a stupid idea after all
If you want power, taking it by force is expensive. Taking it by corporate dealings makes money as you control the galaxy.
Seemed like a good plot device in Bubble Gum Crisis anime & in the Shadow Run roleplaying games & novels. Even the manga Lyrical Nanoha Force was kinda using it.
I don't know man, the CIS is starting to sound pretty good
the CIS was no more bad gies then the republic. both had corruption, were controlled by the sith and had mass murders as military leaders. the separatists just had the legitimate cause and their actual government body was less corrupt and the sith had less influence.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 meybe that but Sith had full control on CIS military
@@villekuronen6242 And they had the same level of control over the republic.
Spread the large influence of the company onto the galaxy, yes.
Took it all over, no.
The Trade Federation helped their constituents greatly, at least at first. The quality of life on the worlds they were on drastically increased. Although the rebellion in the first three movies was engineered by the Sith, the rebels had very valid points as you've already discussed. I would argue that the reason the trade federation became so evil was completely due to the Sith influence. The Republic wasn't, especially in the later years, the shining beacon of light that everyone pretended. In Darth Bane: Path of Destruction the evils of the Republic were very clearly visible. Bane himself was an indentured servant who was stuck in Hacienda like conditions that made him little more than a slave. The republic ignored most outer rim worlds. I don't know if it was intentional but the disdain the core has for the breadbasket of the galaxy and the outer rim mirrors the attitude many people in large cities in America have for the agricultural areas. Once we ignore what the Jedi said and focused on their actions they also begin to look much darker than the movies would like us to believe. The way the Jedi stole children from their parents, legally, to train them in the ways of the force is very reminiscent of the Psi-Corps in Babylon 5. The Trade Federation was a good thing corrupted by the Sith. The entirety of the clone wars was orchestrated to make Corporations and aliens to be hated. Doing this allowed the Sith to build an empire where they nationalized(Galacticalized?) all products for their own benefit like the Nazis and Communists have throughout history. Grievous, as you've discussed in other videos, helped bolster anti-alien sentiment within the Republic, aligning the masses with Darth Sidious' ideals. I would argue that without the Sith Influence the Trade Federation would've been a boon for centuries longer to their constituents.
I hope we get to see the Trade Federation under the Empire and after the empire fell!
Mac Wade Hate to tell ya, but after Nute Gunray and Rune Haako were killed on Mustafar, the Empire promptly nationalized the TF and liquidated it
It was made into an Imperial puppet!
@@GeneralGrievous-1138 it would likely have been remade after the collapse of the empire
Not that the Sith Grand Plan wasn't executed great, but wouldn't it have been a lot easier just to use an army of the Trade Federation and other big businesses to take over the entire galaxy, especially with how much influence the Trade Federation had already. In fact, why not get a Sith Nemodian, then you'd have someone on the inside who can control a large portion of the galaxy, like Plagueis with the Banking Clan.
you want the rich core world's population on your side. and the majority of the galaxies population was human, and most humans were anti-alien. additionally, the other big companies and corporations might not be as easily taken control of.
Fair points and all-important for galactic domination. However, given how easily manipulated and controlled most galactic corporations like the Banking Clan, Techno Union, the Commerces Guild, Cooperate Alliance, and many others were into joining the Separatists and starting the Clone Wars I don't think it would have been as hard as you think to take them over. In fact, after the Clone Wars, most of the corporations and companies were assimilated into the Empire without too much trouble.
Blame Palpatine. Had Plagueis lived, he'd probably control the Banking Clan instead.
People will revolt against that like hell. And while outlying systems like Naboo and Bespin are easy enough to take over, core worlds like Coruscant and Corellia will not surrender without a fight.
@@HolyknightVader999 To be fair, people still revolted under the Empire too. But you do make a good point, but if they had enough resources they could have taken over the entire galaxy by force instead of through very impressive manipulation. Heck, many argue the Separatists could have won the war with their numbers alone, and if it wasn't for the manipulations of the Sith to make them lose and the war kept going the odds were about even they could win it and take the galaxy by force.
The Trade Federation was not originally a bad organisation other than a business that sought to help planetary systems to develop trade routes in the outer rim to increase prosperity, which the Republic abandoned.
The whole purpose of a droid army was to protect planetary systems from war and piracy, clearly the droid army was a force for peace, protection and life.
Only when the Sith took over, the Trade Federation went bad. If only the Trade Federation were formed in the days of the New Republic with its droid army, it would have been a force for good against the First Order.
Great video keek going strong. :)
BEST tumbnail EVER
This is Canon for me!
great vid my guy, go CIS!
You think we'll see you the beginnings of the Trade Federation in this new high Republic era?
the book aftermath has 2 separatist legacy nations mentioned...
Wow, a Kohl’s about invading for oil. How clever and original.
Can you do one on the Bothan Spynet.
My favorite neimoidian is Lok Durd. Gotta love George Takei!
Hmmm, could Newt and Geo be why we’re able to enjoy being entertained with campaign ads with no counterbalanced messaging? Or is that perk compliments of UA-cam?
I wonder, who’s Hego’s real life counterpart?
The U.S. hears the word oil: *US national anthem bass boosted with nukes blowing the hell out of the CIS*
I don’t want this stunted slime in my sight again.
Hello there
General Kenobi, you are a bold one!
GENERAL KENOBI
*G E N A R A L K E N O B I*
Oh, hello
Genar kenobi
Geetsly’s: shits on corporations calling them greedy
Goes on to produce videos for the biggest corporation in order to make money.
I want Nute Gunray to breakdance to DDR
with the trade federations resources they could have made better ai for the droids
Looks like someone needs some liberation
Darth Plagueis and Palpatine are mostly responsible for making the Trade Federation a near-superpower.
The trade federation were no pusher overs like in the movies.
Hold up. Newt Gunray is actually named after Newt Gingrich? That's amazing.
Nute for Newt and Gunray for Reagan. (rayGun)
There's also Lott Dod named for the GOP's Senate leader in 1997, Trent Lott.
Who came up with that TF logo done in English? Lucas went to the trouble of replacing printed English from the film and replacing it with something alien looking, so having the Trade Federation logo made from an English TF is stupid.
The Senate took over the universe.
Yes because palpatine is the senate
The rest of the CIS and then the Rebel Cells…
Gungans is mooey mooey bombad warriors. Weesa gotta grand army...
More like little green China men by now. Should have seen this one coming.
who founded the trade federation? was i the government or the corporations at the time?
Hey um why do some laat gunships have bubble turrets like in attack of the clone but not in the clone wars
Commander Stone It's a modular feature
General Grievous1138 k
@@barrettragins3659 Budget cuts?
HolyknightVader999 no
@@barrettragins3659 Yes. The Clone Wars show revealed to us how deep in debt the Republic was. Budget cuts are not that difficult to accept when they're in such dire straits for funds that they're willing to deregulate the banks.
the most fear army in the galaxy
A futuristic EIC and VOC.
A planet that has oceans of oil who will get it first with out sitting it on fire lol.
Is there mor information on the zann consortium?
so trade federation is real like Big tech in real world !!
The ea of star wars
Me and Nym have no problem with the Trade Federation. They are always willing to share their juicy freighters with us. :D
why do nemoidians always wear weird hats
They were portrayed as the starwars Clintons
So basically in the movies the Trade Federation acts like the US and in the EU, the TF acts like...the US. But with nuance.
Powerful International banking and investment conglomerates and "the u.s." arent one in the same. Some of the people who run them are American, others are Chinese, or English, Swiss, French, etc. You cant just pin it down to a country.
That´s not how you spell China...
As a metaphor for neocolonialism, the EU kept it intact
And people say the sequel trilogy has a political agenda.
I think its the way its done. many people feel the political aspect detracts from the story and stomps on previously established characters in the sequels. but the prequels its an active part of the story and feels more timeless (there will always be corporate greed and government corruption)
@@matthiuskoenig3378From what I see there are no "political agendas" in the ST.
@@nameynamename3758 there are absolutely political agendas in the Sequel Trilogy, I guess you didn't see that picture of Kathleen Kennedy wearing a "the force is female" shirt. Did you not notice Admiral gender studies in the last jedi? There are so many forced political agendas in the films that their quality massively spiraled downwards.
@@TheHipsterGamer That makes no sense. There is nothing political about woman existing and being a Jedi in Star Wars. Oh yeah so political, a si-fi character has coloured hair.
Unlike the Sequels, Lucas kept his politics to himself. Outside of naming a minor bad guy similar to his political enemies, he didn't go full anti-capitalist on them. In fact, in Force Unleashed, he later had the rich people FUND the Rebel Alliance in that storyline.
Sooo......i didnt get it. Was the Trade Federation Disney all along?
The thumbnail is america
Part2
The music was kinda loud in the background of this video other than that great video👍
Is this leagal???!
So Lucas hated capitalism....and then sold out to Disney.........
Ironic.
Blame it to fan
Roger Roger!
It's pretty obvious that the Trade Fed. was a major building block of what would become the Galactic Empire.
There are many parallels between Federation and later Empire technology. The smaller wedge-shaped battleships preceded the Avenger-class Star Destroyers, and the Federation Control Ship(sphere inside a donut) was a step toward the Death Star stations.
It's reallty all so comical actually. It's all shinanigans.
Palpy makes them hate him and blockade his homeworld, but he is their leader. So, everyone likes him because he is basically against their enemy, and becomes their leader because of this, and in the end, blockading his own world was his plan. Because like. Of course it is. I mean. You can't not just lead people under the guise of being reallly against yourself? It's just not trolli... I mean it isn't dark... enough
It's not cunning enough,
i mean, yes, manipulative sith yes, that's right. That's what intended, deceive.... right, anyway...
So like, if you get power by making one sid elike you, the other side will hate you. So, the only sensible thing to do is say that you will defeat this dude, and technically, it will be true. He can always loose something here or there to keep both sides under wraps.
LOL THE COVER IS BRITISH
I love u r face.
Do I here OIL
I know who can defeat the trade federation the russian federation
The Trade Federation did nothing wrong!
I can image hearing the Viceroy next to Nute gunray saying "his first name starts with droideka" lmao Idkw
what is bby? Baby yoda birth?
MisterMoto Before the Battle of Yavin
*DISNEY*
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Donald Trump: I disagree with th.........(has been removed from office)
I can't wait until his landslide reelection in November!
*X* DOUBT
@@davidvasquez08 ok kid. you fucktards never fucking learn
@@dillon5741 Oh boi I have bad news for you...
Lots of manipulation
Mate i love ur videos but ur intro is way to long
Lucas' politics are crap. XD XD Just like his dialogue.
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I found it rather immature the way Lucas named the Neimoidians (Nute Gunray, Lott Dod, etc.). Seriously, grow up.
Imma keep it 100 wit u chief, dat intro trash
First?
Yup maybe
You forgot one thing in capitalism and in this example the people chose and you cannot choose for other people so the trade Federation was actually good in its entire life span because the people chose it