Imagine having all this massively significant history... and then basing your calendar on Yavin... a short battle with a few dozen ships. Meanwhile other battles in history involved millions and wiped away whole star clusters... I love it.
@@Stimm002 well I mean we’ve lost hundreds of millions in a century yet our calendar is marked by the death of Jesus, not the end of World War Two for some reason.
Even in universe I *could* see them adopting it after Return of the Jedi, with them viewing Yavin as the turning point and when the treasured Republic finally could return, with the largest swathing empire in history being toppled. However I could also see Operation Knightfall and/or the end of the Clone Wars as being significant enough for the calendar to be based around as well. Operation Knightfall had the most significant religion in galactic history ended over night, and in that same night, the end of the longest republic in history, and the rise of a new empire. The end of the clone wars could also fit as it was not only the first galactic war in a thousand years, it was on a scale almost inconceivable due to it causing a Civil War or at least tensions on almost every inhabited planet, making it larger than any galactic war between two armies could ever be. It was a battle of the culture and viewpoint of the galaxy, and it's end changed everything too. Sorry for the long post hahaha I just thought your comment was really interesting to think about, what events could be significant enough to have a calendar based around it in universe
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I doubt we'd ever see the Rakata in Disney cannon. They'd be a little bit too violent, especially when they used force sensitive beings as fuel for their starships.
@@kp-legacy-5477you know the Sith suddenly arising because people explore the Dark Side, ok cool. A guy survives a completely annihilating explosion and in the vacuum of space? Even in legends I don’t like the idea. It’s complete BS.
as a guy who’s a geek for canon lore, Man, Legends Republic is amazing! So much detail and depth (and maybe a few war crimes) it’s mind boggling. I also adore the Old Republic, maybe because the Republic trooper armor is just plain badass of course.
Yeah but don’t know if you’re confusing havoc squad armor which many confuse for standard trooper armor and they themselves mix it up on occasion, but the armor with the red lines is actually havoc squad armor, one of the republics most elite units and you can even see the havoc symbol on the armor itself. The standard trooper armor isn’t nearly as flashy or stand out but it’s still nice.
It took 25,000 years before the Republic fell to Bane's Sith Order. The Old Republic: Yeah, a thousand years of effort and how long did their empire last? Less than thirty? Oh, but they had a good run though.
Then his empire lasted less than a generation. It's like when archeological sites from prehistory are leveled or displaced only to be replaced by cheap apartments that will only last a decade or two before they start crumbling. It's like trading in your 60 year old highly collectible museum worth Ferrari for a $30,000 Fiat that falls apart in 2 years. Yeah, you got a new car with modern features, but guess which one people will still care about 20 years from now?
Yeah I didn't like him at first when he was still doing top 5s, but he grew quickly and surpassed every other star wars UA-camr in terms of quality. His way of speaking and story telling just fits so well. He has become the default narrator for star wars to me.
I enjoy the "digging into the roots" of the SW universe that you guys do here, I think a complete history of the Hutts would be cool if you guys had wanted to do something else like this in the future
I always absolutely loved this as well! And he IS a historian who studied this for decades! So awesome ❤ Absolutely love it and then if you want a political interpretation with real life connections you go over to Generation Tech. Those two. It's is perfect.
Coruscant: The great evil has been destroyed, and we can now enter an age of peace and prosperity! Alsakan: Right... So anyway, about who owns this hyperspace route. Corellia: (Oh no, here they go again.)
Meanwhile the Hutts are just like "er hello!? We've been around since before the Republic!" And then the Gree are like "pft we've been here since the Rakatan Infinite Empire."
@@loremasterxp3635and even then the Rakatans also lasted for quite a while too. They were also around for 10,000 years. It was only when they finished the Star Forge when their empire began to crumble due to the Star Forge feeding off their natural aggressive tendencies and then the Plague hit and stripped all Rakatans of their Force abilities, effectively making all of their technology useless and leaving them vulnerable to slave rebellions. The few who survived fled to their homeworld where the wars did not stop. The Rakatans we see in KOTOR are a mere shadow of their former selves, and eventually they would go extinct entirely.
@@therealspeedwagon1451 True. Though to contest that last bit the Rakata actually survived, but as we see in SWTOR they're merely low tech barbarians content on butchering each other. Probably the most violent & evil species in the galaxy, & considering the infamous cruelty & oppressiveness of the Hutts that's really saying something.
This is impressive, good luck of you ever try to do the same with the post Endor Legends EU Imperial Remnants and all the attempts at recreating the Empire
They are preserved... because of Disney and the Legends banner... You all seem to forget GL was adamant and vocal since the beginning that the EU was its own canon and seperate from the movies, even licensed products like the games where b canon and EU was c canon where as the movies where A canon so if the movies contradicted anything from the other canons the movies would still be correct to its own canon. The EU was never actually canon.
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>there's still ghost cathedral ships out there in the void Was this ever a story point in any of the books? Cause otherwise this is PnP material if I've ever seen it.
The most unrealistic part of Star Wars isn't the alien species, or the monoecology planets, or the Jedi/Sith, or the technology... it's the idea that a democracy this bloated and populated would last more than five minutes before devolving into civil war and chaos that would make Syria look stable.
Put this video, Generation Tech's series on the Clone Wars, Wizards and Warriors series on the Galactic Civil War, and Eckharts Ladder's video on the Legends post-Endor Era, then you basically get a complete history of the Star Wars Galaxy.
I swear the entire republic history is just a case of the Republic being invaded, then barely winning before the galaxy goes 'But wait! There's more! :D'
Disney had all the lore and source material of the past 50 YEARS! They could of made the 3 movies follow the legacy of the force books and it would of been amazing.
Thank you for making this. I love the old Star Wars lore from before the original trilogy and even before the prequel trilogy. It's fascinating and infinitely expansive, vast, and grand. I'd been looking for a video like this one for a while now and you delivered it phenomenally. Your presentation is perfectly enthused and you speak seriously enough that it's believable even though it's a sci-fi fiction tale. You just did such a good job on this. Thank you
This is quite a work, the amount of time and effort put into reading, games, and anywhere else you got this information to put it into a timeline is staggering.
i love how the sum up of this is "the sith tried to conquer the republic for 40000000 years through conquest but never could, but darth plaguies and sideous managed todo so by using capitalism!
@@emeryoldham48 not really. Leftism is just generally any spectrum of leftist ideology (i.e. social equality/egalitarianism) What Palpatine did with the empire was nationalization and authoritarian/dictatorial structures, those systems of government however stand seperate to political systems. Both Fascism as extreme Rightwing and Socialism as extreme leftwing were at times authoritarian. Hell, you could even say Centrism was Autocratic through the system of Monarchism. Beyond that, Palpatine only really started nationalization of key sectors after he took power, which in the original 1970's star wars was a critique to the rapid buildup and political intertwine of the military industrial complex in the US under president Richard Nixon due to the vietnam war
I like to think that Coruscant was, at one point, Earth, and that deep underneath all of its layered cities, the original, real-life homeworld of humanity lay dormant.
@@rushpatriot2866 absolutely. Coruscant is humanity's homeworld in Star Wars, and while the two timelines of real life and Star Wars are obviously different, Coruscant's original history is so legendary and mysterious that to imagine it as Earth in its very first days wouldn't be a significant stretch. The only differing factor would be the wars between the ancient humans and the Taungs, a species which gave rise to Mandalorian culture before humans took it up; but to address them, I would identify the Taungs with chimpanzees or gorillas, who, through some Planet of the Apes-esque circumstances, began a war with their more advanced human relatives. The Taungs are said to have been simian creatures, and while they purportedly had grey skin, flat faces, and tentacled heads, with so much of Coruscant's history shrouded in legend, it wouldn't be a stretch to think that they could have just been Planet of the Apes-style intelligent apes. Which would also mean that Mandalorian culture was made by intelligent chimpanzees.
This is the main reason that I still love the Expanded Universe because it was so rich with history and backstory, thanks to the writers who stayed true to George Lucas and his vision, like you and your Channel. Keep up the great work, and May The Force Be With You Always.
Basically the Republic history in a nutshell: - Expand and prosper - get into a massive conflict - is on the verge of collapse - jedi barely save them from their doom - recover or get into another conflict - Repeat
Thanks for the shoutout to the LS Sith! Honestly, the expansion or at times reexpansion of the Sith and their code during the TOR period to include more honorable, pragmatic, and at times light leaning Sith was my favorite part of the MMO. Very excited to see how the MMO ends, or if they'll keep it open ended in such a way that acknowledges player choice
Pretty hilarious to say a civilization lasted 25 thousand years when they are currently in a state of perpetual war. Makes the whole idea that civilizations that possess interstellar travel but yet still fight over local resources even sillier. I do love Star Wars but they have no clue or no respect for the size of a galaxy.
I loved this series when it came. I always did like learning history. Even learning history from fictional worlds and factions. Plus I always loved learning how the Republic came to be. No matter how corrupt it can be. Like I've always told people, if I fought for the Republic during the Clone Wars, I would still fight for it. But after Order 66, I would resign. Because in the end, neither the Republic nor Separatists won.
Coming across this in my notifications, sure was a pleasant surprise. I love listening to your videos. Especially when I'm painting my minis and playing video games. I remember subscribing in late 2019, I'm glad I've been around to see this channel improve in quality. I love your longer videos, and this will hold me over for a while as I won't be able to listen to the whole thing at once. Keep up the great work, and may the force be with you
something about the lore of fantasy/scifi puts me to sleep. i’ve been dreaming that someone would make the essential star wars chronology an audiobook. this is even better.
@Geetsly's You should continue to the next chapter in this series. you should delve into the prequel era and so on explain the republic's fall and the empires rise, idk i think that would be an interesting video IMO. Just a completion of the star wars universe in this series, i think you did a wonderful job in compiling all the videos together keep up the great work im a loyal viewer and fan. May the force be with you, always...
As a relatively new Star Wars fan, thanks for this channel and your content. This great deep lore, politics and world building is why I love Lucas era Star Wars more than disney star wars. I pretty much stick with that and EU books now. So awesome. Can't believe some people actually bemoaned the prequels for politics and world building when all they lacked was good writing.
Yes! Yes! Yes! This is the kind of content I LOVE! I absolutely love long form content and while I know not allot of people will be able to sit through the whole thing, you have my accolades for still commencing with this undertaking. Thank You So Much, for taking the time to make this even if you know you won't get many views due to its longer nature. Out of all the channels that survived my subscription purge, I'm most pleased about keeping my sub to this one; I'll admit I don't often tune into the Disney Canon content but Legends Lore I'll immediately drop anything for and tune in.
@@1984isnotamanual Yes and? Comparatively speaking that's like an Nth of the world populace and even America for that fact. There's 356 Million people in America. Also I watch MauLer and many people have commented directly on his videos that it's too long and his arguement is invalid because his critique is longer than the movie itself.
So been looking forward to this compilation video since you started this history series. No I didn’t know this video was coming, but still look forward to more ancient Star Wars history videos you put out. (Yes, I have been taking notes on my computer while watching, just like I was back in a college history class. I am that nerd. Lol)
I don’t usually comment on shit but just wanna let you know I’ve been a life long Star Wars fan and consider myself very savy with the history and you my friend have my favorite Star Wars channel period bravo sir your a master of your craft and thank you for what you do
*Mandalorian spoilers* 17:45 This is why I was so disappointed in Luke when he made Grogu choose between his "heart" and his destiny. Because after his father's sacrifice and incredible feat of overcoming the dark side by choosing "heart", Luke, over the former. I thought Luke and the Jedi order would see the value of not being so rigid but no they still hold on to rigid ideals to this day apparently.
Definitely a win! I love the detail. Please keep making videos like this. I had to watch this one over a few days but I still enjoyed every bit. Another video like this, and as long, on everything post the new republic would be cool
I saw the length of this video and thought, “damn, this is a long a$$ video… I have to watch this because that must mean he’s not leaving much out!!” Really appreciate the time and effort you put into this. 👊🏾🍻
I remember being shocked when I learned of the genocide committed on the Sith by the Republic, and how it then made sense why all the Sith we see are fueled by hatred and fear and other negative emotions. By trying to destroy the biggest threat to the Republic, they only made an immortal enemy that would always come back, and eventually destroy it completely (in Palpatine and the Clone Wars).
The only flaw in the lore is the true sith empire not attacking right after the triumvirate nearly wiped out the Jedi and the republic. It was the golden opportunity to take them out in a single year.
Excellent . I've seen quite a few SW history videos and none have delved into the expansion periods. They usually just name the expansion areas and Times . Love this
attention Sergeant on deck Love your channel definitely in my top five favorite Star wars UA-cam channels. Your voice kicks ass and your content is brilliant.
I’ll never understand how one position in government allowed the rise of a theocracy in such a big galactic empire. Also is all of this history written outside of LucasArts? Because it’s so much better than anything written by Disney or what I know George Lucas has written.
I just listened to some star wars game soundtrack with similar video length and so I first thought this was another star wars ambience video when I saw the thumbnail and the length. Then I realized it was from Geetlys and was immediately stunned...
@@zexalbrony4799 I mean to be fair the Sith & Galactic Empires did a far share of good too but yes the Galactic Republic was & is definitely the better ruler of the Galaxy.
This was truly epic. Kudos to you. I can only imagine the time and work that went into this particular project. Thanks, I watched it twice cuz I kinda got interrupted during the first screening.🤗🙏🙏🙏✌️
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Imagine buying one of the most lore rich franchises and pissing it away.
Tell that to Games Workshop. They didn't even have to BUY 40k to piss it away.
@@Honor_and_Steelat least they didn't delete most of it...
But I love 40k lore too, I feel your frustration
@@Honor_and_SteelBranches need pruning tbh. 40k lore is a meme for a reason
Imagine having all this massively significant history... and then basing your calendar on Yavin... a short battle with a few dozen ships. Meanwhile other battles in history involved millions and wiped away whole star clusters... I love it.
The Yavin time isn’t a in universe thing just something for viewers to know what’s going on
@@Eli-akad it was a joke, a bit of fun. I know its not an in universe thing.
@@Stimm002 well I mean we’ve lost hundreds of millions in a century yet our calendar is marked by the death of Jesus, not the end of World War Two for some reason.
Even in universe I *could* see them adopting it after Return of the Jedi, with them viewing Yavin as the turning point and when the treasured Republic finally could return, with the largest swathing empire in history being toppled.
However I could also see Operation Knightfall and/or the end of the Clone Wars as being significant enough for the calendar to be based around as well. Operation Knightfall had the most significant religion in galactic history ended over night, and in that same night, the end of the longest republic in history, and the rise of a new empire. The end of the clone wars could also fit as it was not only the first galactic war in a thousand years, it was on a scale almost inconceivable due to it causing a Civil War or at least tensions on almost every inhabited planet, making it larger than any galactic war between two armies could ever be. It was a battle of the culture and viewpoint of the galaxy, and it's end changed everything too.
Sorry for the long post hahaha I just thought your comment was really interesting to think about, what events could be significant enough to have a calendar based around it in universe
Hey I’ve got some really great news to share with you, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on a cross and resurrected on the third day so you may all have eternal life. If you believe and repent of your sins and put your faith and trust in Him as you would a parachute jumping off a plane at 25000 feet up in the air, He will give you eternal life in heaven as a free gift and I promise you, He will change your life forever as He did mine. He is the ONLY way to heaven and He loves you all. Please think deeply about this with urgency because this is your eternal life and soul, you don’t know when you could die, meaning you could die at any moment, so please consider this with all your heart. If anyone tells you that Jesus isn’t the only way, they are lying to you and they don’t care about your future.
Freaking love the old republic timeline. Honestly I wish there was more content from this time since there is so much story potential
I doubt we'd ever see the Rakata in Disney cannon.
They'd be a little bit too violent, especially when they used force sensitive beings as fuel for their starships.
@@twistedyogert that and they were notorious cannibals/consumers of other sentient beings cause they felt like it
If Disney has anything to do with it dont get ur Hope's up
@@twistedyogert Disney star wars is too lighthearted family friendly and watered down
@@alsimmonshellspawn6021 Yep.
"Somehow the Sith returned."
-The Republic throughout most of its history.
kinda makes rise of skywalker look lore friendly
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@@kp-legacy-5477you know the Sith suddenly arising because people explore the Dark Side, ok cool. A guy survives a completely annihilating explosion and in the vacuum of space? Even in legends I don’t like the idea. It’s complete BS.
You know... sometimes sith happens.
as a guy who’s a geek for canon lore, Man, Legends Republic is amazing! So much detail and depth (and maybe a few war crimes) it’s mind boggling. I also adore the Old Republic, maybe because the Republic trooper armor is just plain badass of course.
Old Republic trooper armor is some of my favorite too. Tied with all the mando and mando inspired armor (especially the clone commandos)
Recently came back to swtor
Yeah but don’t know if you’re confusing havoc squad armor which many confuse for standard trooper armor and they themselves mix it up on occasion, but the armor with the red lines is actually havoc squad armor, one of the republics most elite units and you can even see the havoc symbol on the armor itself. The standard trooper armor isn’t nearly as flashy or stand out but it’s still nice.
I love how the republic randomly just had a war with dragons
It breaks up the monotony a bit. It can't always be space wizards and laser swords
Yeah, just like Groudon and Kyogre had with one.
I mean... Australia had a war with Emu's .... and they lost 😂
@@SeanMahoneyfitnessandart ... there will be a reckoning!!!
It took 25,000 years before the Republic fell to Bane's Sith Order.
The Old Republic: Yeah, a thousand years of effort and how long did their empire last? Less than thirty? Oh, but they had a good run though.
What made the collapse easier was valouran's rusaan reformation
Tbf the empire fell due to sidious not following banes teachings
It's amazing the Galactic Republic lasted for 25,000 years until Palpatine subverted it into his Empire through the Clone Wars and Order 66.
True Palpatine was a political genius but his empire was pathetically short lived, literally less then thirty years.
@Loremaster XP yep, he was successful, yet shortsighted. And sith ego and greed blinded him a bit.
Although not 25,000 years old palatines story to dictatorship is similar to Caesar’s. Im sure it had influence over lucas
@@lLooN3y It did. The rise of Nazi Germany also inspired Lucas as well
Then his empire lasted less than a generation.
It's like when archeological sites from prehistory are leveled or displaced only to be replaced by cheap apartments that will only last a decade or two before they start crumbling.
It's like trading in your 60 year old highly collectible museum worth Ferrari for a $30,000 Fiat that falls apart in 2 years.
Yeah, you got a new car with modern features, but guess which one people will still care about 20 years from now?
This man is a blessing to the Star Wars community and very few other Star Wars UA-camrs Can compare to him in this fans humble as possible opinion
Thank you very much 🙏
Yeah I didn't like him at first when he was still doing top 5s, but he grew quickly and surpassed every other star wars UA-camr in terms of quality. His way of speaking and story telling just fits so well. He has become the default narrator for star wars to me.
that depends on certain comics
ayo no shot he got rid of his OG intro
wow
There's something incredible about the Legends lore around the beginning of the Republic, it's super wholesome.
So the Rakatas stole and enslaved the entire world/known universe with the technology of another civilization? Where have I seen that history before?🤔
I enjoy the "digging into the roots" of the SW universe that you guys do here, I think a complete history of the Hutts would be cool if you guys had wanted to do something else like this in the future
Cool idea, I think we'll definitely do something like this in the coming months😄
@Geetsly's totally! Goodluck to you all and happy new year Geetslys gang
@@geetslys *turns on notifications*
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Love this Channel. You document everything as if it actually happened and you’re a historian telling us everything you studied for decades.
In a parallel universe it did happen.
They are historians of events that happened long ago in a galaxy far, far away.
I always absolutely loved this as well!
And he IS a historian who studied this for decades!
So awesome ❤
Absolutely love it and then if you want a political interpretation with real life connections you go over to Generation Tech.
Those two. It's is perfect.
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Uhm actually it did happen bub
Coruscant: The great evil has been destroyed, and we can now enter an age of peace and prosperity!
Alsakan: Right... So anyway, about who owns this hyperspace route.
Corellia: (Oh no, here they go again.)
*Seventeen conflicts later*
Corellia: "Alright, we've had enough of this s***. MAKE WAY FOR THE DOOOZEEERRR!!!!"
Man, Geetsly is now straight up a Star Wars historian. He literally made a documentary movie about Star Wars history. What a chad he is. Love Geetsly.
Hope you guys enjoy the comfy vid. We have a series on Sith history coming as well, so buckle up!
I'm so excited for that!
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That is gonna be sick!
You guys are the Magellan TV of the Star Wars universe.
Sir yes Sir!
Imperium: "We have lasted for 10,000 years!"
Galactic Republic: "Cute. Try reach 25,000 years, scrub."
Hah but the difference is that the imperium is more like the empire
Meanwhile the Hutts are just like "er hello!? We've been around since before the Republic!" And then the Gree are like "pft we've been here since the Rakatan Infinite Empire."
@@loremasterxp3635and even then the Rakatans also lasted for quite a while too. They were also around for 10,000 years. It was only when they finished the Star Forge when their empire began to crumble due to the Star Forge feeding off their natural aggressive tendencies and then the Plague hit and stripped all Rakatans of their Force abilities, effectively making all of their technology useless and leaving them vulnerable to slave rebellions. The few who survived fled to their homeworld where the wars did not stop. The Rakatans we see in KOTOR are a mere shadow of their former selves, and eventually they would go extinct entirely.
@@therealspeedwagon1451 True. Though to contest that last bit the Rakata actually survived, but as we see in SWTOR they're merely low tech barbarians content on butchering each other. Probably the most violent & evil species in the galaxy, & considering the infamous cruelty & oppressiveness of the Hutts that's really saying something.
This is impressive, good luck of you ever try to do the same with the post Endor Legends EU Imperial Remnants and all the attempts at recreating the Empire
Eckharts Ladder actually did that one lol
It’s so important that this portion of the original ( and true cannon, no matter what Disney says) is preserved. Thank you.
Yes.
They are preserved... because of Disney and the Legends banner...
You all seem to forget GL was adamant and vocal since the beginning that the EU was its own canon and seperate from the movies, even licensed products like the games where b canon and EU was c canon where as the movies where A canon so if the movies contradicted anything from the other canons the movies would still be correct to its own canon.
The EU was never actually canon.
Nice pfp. For Gondor!
@@UrialTheDarkOne yet people will continue to call it the official canon because for them it is superior to what Disney made official canon.
Here before this blows up. This channel has reached it's maximum potential and brought balance to online star wars content, fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen UA-camr.
I would love to see this channel do video essays on the New Jedi Order with Luke and Leia's kids 🙌
Great idea!
@@geetslys keep up the great work! I've become an even bigger fan of this universe thanks to this channel!
Make a video :
Star wars EU New Jedi Order
I love that the Republic went through a 40k era hahaha
The pious dea crusades 😅
>there's still ghost cathedral ships out there in the void
Was this ever a story point in any of the books? Cause otherwise this is PnP material if I've ever seen it.
"For the Emperor" vs "The Goddess Wills It"
It was in the essential chronology technically@@orangedream267
In the grim darkness of a far past, there's only the force
The most unrealistic part of Star Wars isn't the alien species, or the monoecology planets, or the Jedi/Sith, or the technology... it's the idea that a democracy this bloated and populated would last more than five minutes before devolving into civil war and chaos that would make Syria look stable.
The Republic's internal conflicts usually keep to system v system and don't spill out into the overarching Republic itself
2 and a half hours of SW Legends lore... goddamn this will be good
Put this video, Generation Tech's series on the Clone Wars, Wizards and Warriors series on the Galactic Civil War, and Eckharts Ladder's video on the Legends post-Endor Era, then you basically get a complete history of the Star Wars Galaxy.
I swear the entire republic history is just a case of the Republic being invaded, then barely winning before the galaxy goes 'But wait! There's more! :D'
Disney had all the lore and source material of the past 50 YEARS! They could of made the 3 movies follow the legacy of the force books and it would of been amazing.
Hell they could of made a animated version of the early republic based on fannon.
@spaceengineeringempire4086 nah they will ruin it those stories aren't for lil kids and small minded people
Thank you for making this. I love the old Star Wars lore from before the original trilogy and even before the prequel trilogy. It's fascinating and infinitely expansive, vast, and grand. I'd been looking for a video like this one for a while now and you delivered it phenomenally. Your presentation is perfectly enthused and you speak seriously enough that it's believable even though it's a sci-fi fiction tale. You just did such a good job on this. Thank you
Same.
Maybe the real Republic was the Alsakan Conflicts we had along the way!
This is quite a work, the amount of time and effort put into reading, games, and anywhere else you got this information to put it into a timeline is staggering.
I'm guessing "vast swathes" is Geetsly's favourite phrase
i love how the sum up of this is
"the sith tried to conquer the republic for 40000000 years through conquest but never could, but darth plaguies and sideous managed todo so by using capitalism!
Actually they used leftism: the accumulation and centralization of power
Actually they used leftism: the accumulation and centralization of power
@@emeryoldham48 not really. Leftism is just generally any spectrum of leftist ideology (i.e. social equality/egalitarianism)
What Palpatine did with the empire was nationalization and authoritarian/dictatorial structures, those systems of government however stand seperate to political systems. Both Fascism as extreme Rightwing and Socialism as extreme leftwing were at times authoritarian. Hell, you could even say Centrism was Autocratic through the system of Monarchism.
Beyond that, Palpatine only really started nationalization of key sectors after he took power, which in the original 1970's star wars was a critique to the rapid buildup and political intertwine of the military industrial complex in the US under president Richard Nixon due to the vietnam war
@@TheGamingSyndrom so basically, socialism > communism > tyranny. Even happens in made up space stuff.
@@emeryoldham48 That's what Absolute Monarchs and Military Dictators do, too
I like to think that Coruscant was, at one point, Earth, and that deep underneath all of its layered cities, the original, real-life homeworld of humanity lay dormant.
It'd be such a cool concept to explore. Similar to the anime made in the abyss. I'd watch a star wars show like that
@@rushpatriot2866 absolutely. Coruscant is humanity's homeworld in Star Wars, and while the two timelines of real life and Star Wars are obviously different, Coruscant's original history is so legendary and mysterious that to imagine it as Earth in its very first days wouldn't be a significant stretch. The only differing factor would be the wars between the ancient humans and the Taungs, a species which gave rise to Mandalorian culture before humans took it up; but to address them, I would identify the Taungs with chimpanzees or gorillas, who, through some Planet of the Apes-esque circumstances, began a war with their more advanced human relatives. The Taungs are said to have been simian creatures, and while they purportedly had grey skin, flat faces, and tentacled heads, with so much of Coruscant's history shrouded in legend, it wouldn't be a stretch to think that they could have just been Planet of the Apes-style intelligent apes. Which would also mean that Mandalorian culture was made by intelligent chimpanzees.
I love how there is this much lore in star wars I never knew there was this much until I discovered this video and channel.
This is the main reason that I still love the Expanded Universe because it was so rich with history and backstory, thanks to the writers who stayed true to George Lucas and his vision, like you and your Channel. Keep up the great work, and May The Force Be With You Always.
We need a complete timeline of the Senate.
Agree, I'd like to learn more about papa palpintin
@@MajorBaker-vz9go The channel actually did one a while ago
@@marcusblackwell2372 thanks, I'll make sure to watch it
When a youtuber makes a two and half hour documentary on galatic history and it ends up being 25,000 times better than the sequel movies
Basically the Republic history in a nutshell:
- Expand and prosper
- get into a massive conflict
- is on the verge of collapse
- jedi barely save them from their doom
- recover or get into another conflict
- Repeat
This is why I love Legends content so much.
Man Disney is the worst thing to happen to Star Wars we will probably never get good movies that go into this lore
Filoni doesn't care about continuity consistency character progression development depth stakes philosophy world building creativity inspiration
2:33:33 hours of republic lore, nice touch.
Bro really thought he could sneak in pictures of the "Legend of Galaxtic Heroes" anime and thought no one would notice.
I've honestly slowly but surely become a Star Wars expert with all your videos I've been binge watching
Finally the algorith does something right, how did it know i needed an extensive history of SW at 1:30 am while I cant sleep.
This channel consistently makes top tier Star Wars content, keep up the amazing work!
Thanks for the shoutout to the LS Sith! Honestly, the expansion or at times reexpansion of the Sith and their code during the TOR period to include more honorable, pragmatic, and at times light leaning Sith was my favorite part of the MMO. Very excited to see how the MMO ends, or if they'll keep it open ended in such a way that acknowledges player choice
Pretty hilarious to say a civilization lasted 25 thousand years when they are currently in a state of perpetual war. Makes the whole idea that civilizations that possess interstellar travel but yet still fight over local resources even sillier. I do love Star Wars but they have no clue or no respect for the size of a galaxy.
The current state of the galaxy is a result of the collapse of the Republic, largely political
This is the history lesson of all time, something I would like to take an exam on and study for
I loved this series when it came. I always did like learning history. Even learning history from fictional worlds and factions. Plus I always loved learning how the Republic came to be. No matter how corrupt it can be. Like I've always told people, if I fought for the Republic during the Clone Wars, I would still fight for it. But after Order 66, I would resign. Because in the end, neither the Republic nor Separatists won.
Coming across this in my notifications, sure was a pleasant surprise. I love listening to your videos. Especially when I'm painting my minis and playing video games. I remember subscribing in late 2019, I'm glad I've been around to see this channel improve in quality. I love your longer videos, and this will hold me over for a while as I won't be able to listen to the whole thing at once. Keep up the great work, and may the force be with you
Old Wars is best Wars.
OT only trilogy
something about the lore of fantasy/scifi puts me to sleep. i’ve been dreaming that someone would make the essential star wars chronology an audiobook. this is even better.
@Geetsly's You should continue to the next chapter in this series. you should delve into the prequel era and so on explain the republic's fall and the empires rise, idk i think that would be an interesting video IMO. Just a completion of the star wars universe in this series, i think you did a wonderful job in compiling all the videos together keep up the great work im a loyal viewer and fan. May the force be with you, always...
When I read the video length as 23:33 : Okay, this is gonna be good
When I read the video length as 2:33:33 : OKAY THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD
As a relatively new Star Wars fan, thanks for this channel and your content. This great deep lore, politics and world building is why I love Lucas era Star Wars more than disney star wars. I pretty much stick with that and EU books now. So awesome. Can't believe some people actually bemoaned the prequels for politics and world building when all they lacked was good writing.
Prequels had jar jar, stfu
Imagine the amount of stuff from legends this guy had to go through to make this video. This is amazing.
I know right! It's basically the reason i'm loathe to critique all of it's inaccuracies as it probably took dozens or more hours to compile.
Yes! Yes! Yes! This is the kind of content I LOVE! I absolutely love long form content and while I know not allot of people will be able to sit through the whole thing, you have my accolades for still commencing with this undertaking. Thank You So Much, for taking the time to make this even if you know you won't get many views due to its longer nature. Out of all the channels that survived my subscription purge, I'm most pleased about keeping my sub to this one; I'll admit I don't often tune into the Disney Canon content but Legends Lore I'll immediately drop anything for and tune in.
Love it has over a million
@@1984isnotamanual Yes and? Comparatively speaking that's like an Nth of the world populace and even America for that fact. There's 356 Million people in America. Also I watch MauLer and many people have commented directly on his videos that it's too long and his arguement is invalid because his critique is longer than the movie itself.
@@SeviathTheHumanDrago
@@SeviathTheHumanDrago Thats more than most tv shows get
@@1984isnotamanual Not as many as it could be.
@@SeviathTheHumanDrago SO is everything, what is this babel?
Awesome! would you ever consider doing a part 2, where you cover the legends timeline of the ABY era?
When it’s 1:46 am and you gotta get up for work at 4 am but you just now see a 2 hour geetslys video
So been looking forward to this compilation video since you started this history series. No I didn’t know this video was coming, but still look forward to more ancient Star Wars history videos you put out.
(Yes, I have been taking notes on my computer while watching, just like I was back in a college history class. I am that nerd. Lol)
Lol can you make a link for those of us who can’t watch the whole video (would love to, but don’t have enough time 😢)
Hells yes you dropped a movie right as the boredom started to set in 👍👍
This video helped me a lot. I have notoriously small knowledge about the pre-clone wars Republic. Until now. Thank you.
Love this bro
Lego my Ego
@@prighost7633 huh?
I don’t usually comment on shit but just wanna let you know I’ve been a life long Star Wars fan and consider myself very savy with the history and you my friend have my favorite Star Wars channel period bravo sir your a master of your craft and thank you for what you do
@Geetslys. silly question how do I send a direct message hahahaha I’m so not internet savy but definitely trying
That was absolutely fantastic! Thank Geetsly‘s for never dropping one bit in quality
I accidentally stumbled across this video and I'm extremely glad I did! So informational, and you can tell you have a great passion for the series.
*Mandalorian spoilers*
17:45 This is why I was so disappointed in Luke when he made Grogu choose between his "heart" and his destiny. Because after his father's sacrifice and incredible feat of overcoming the dark side by choosing "heart", Luke, over the former. I thought Luke and the Jedi order would see the value of not being so rigid but no they still hold on to rigid ideals to this day apparently.
You're talking about the disney fan-fic right?
@@vexile1239 Yup.
Definitely a win! I love the detail. Please keep making videos like this. I had to watch this one over a few days but I still enjoyed every bit. Another video like this, and as long, on everything post the new republic would be cool
Thank you so much for this priceless historical data! May the Force be with you!
Did the Star Wars channel really mispronounce Kuat as Kuwait?
I saw the length of this video and thought, “damn, this is a long a$$ video… I have to watch this because that must mean he’s not leaving much out!!”
Really appreciate the time and effort you put into this. 👊🏾🍻
I remember being shocked when I learned of the genocide committed on the Sith by the Republic, and how it then made sense why all the Sith we see are fueled by hatred and fear and other negative emotions.
By trying to destroy the biggest threat to the Republic, they only made an immortal enemy that would always come back, and eventually destroy it completely (in Palpatine and the Clone Wars).
The only flaw in the lore is the true sith empire not attacking right after the triumvirate nearly wiped out the Jedi and the republic. It was the golden opportunity to take them out in a single year.
this is the only stuff I watch related to star wars at this point ive moved on to 40k lol
I love you for this, please keep doing what you're doing, I look forward to it all the time.
Excellent . I've seen quite a few SW history videos and none have delved into the expansion periods. They usually just name the expansion areas and Times .
Love this
Best Star Wars lore video ever
Every bit of this is truly canon
I know more about Star Wars history than actual world history.
12:03 Don't think it, don't say it...
I enjoy the cacophonous rattling of all those planet names!
Man, you have my undying love and respect for this one.
Another well researched and well produced video, keep up the good work.
It makes me weep that Disney just tossed all of the south window in order to establish their own stuff and has done such a bad job at it.
Just nearly a thousand years, but the people of the Galaxy forgotten how many times the Jedi saved them all from Sith subjugation and other tyrannies.
To be far they've also caused many problems for the Galactic Republic throughout it's history too.
attention Sergeant on deck
Love your channel definitely in my top five favorite Star wars UA-cam channels. Your voice kicks ass and your content is brilliant.
Long Live The Republic!
For the Republic!
lots of storys to made into Starwarz series
A movie length history of the Old Republic? Yes please
Disney will ruin it
@@alsimmonshellspawn6021Yup.
The Pious Dia Crusades sound very familiar, love the 40k Art by the way. They even had a "Heresy" that screwed them over 😂😂
I’ll never understand how one position in government allowed the rise of a theocracy in such a big galactic empire. Also is all of this history written outside of LucasArts? Because it’s so much better than anything written by Disney or what I know George Lucas has written.
No, this was all canon until George sold the franchise in 2012 and everything was put into trash.
Yea this is Georges story read a book or a Wikipedia page sometime.
9:51
*confused 40k fan noises*
"the Leviathans only bought the dark jedi a few DECADES" 😭😭😭
I wonder if some parts of the Galactic Republic's wars are inspired by the Thirty Years War?
Definitely A LOT of inspiration from real historical events, you can detect hints of the Crusades, the American Civil War etc....
I just listened to some star wars game soundtrack with similar video length and so I first thought this was another star wars ambience video when I saw the thumbnail and the length. Then I realized it was from Geetlys and was immediately stunned...
Will leave a like. Have seen all there is to this flawed yet ultimately influential and somewhat necessary long government of a grand galaxy.
Flawed, absolutely. Still better than the Empire and actually did some decent good for a decent amount of people in the galaxy, also yes.
@@zexalbrony4799 I mean to be fair the Sith & Galactic Empires did a far share of good too but yes the Galactic Republic was & is definitely the better ruler of the Galaxy.
Who would win? A Government that lasted 25,000 years or one Senate Boi.
This was truly epic. Kudos to you. I can only imagine the time and work that went into this particular project. Thanks, I watched it twice cuz I kinda got interrupted during the first screening.🤗🙏🙏🙏✌️
1:00:23 remember that time when Star Wars went a bit WarHammer 40k
This is excellent, very detailed historical documentary style content.
Well done guys, enjoyed thoroughly. 👍
paias daya: when 40k fans write star wars
Do you think Palp would still be as evil as he was if his name was "Darth Niceguy"?