Adapt or Die: Evolution of the Empire

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Even the most rigid organizations need to evolve in order to survive. We take a look at how the Galactic Empire military adapted to the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War.
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[@BepisQueen]

It’s so cool that Gustavo Fring is a transdimensional teleporter, who was able to transport himself to the Star Wars universe. And what’s the first thing he does? Try to eat baby gogurt and make an army of clones. He really was in the “Empire Business”

[@boulderthebolder6165]

The real genius here is Walter who made a bomb that teleported Gus! Darth Hector Salamanca when?

[@BepisQueen]

@@boulderthebolder6165 this is true. The transdimensional teleportation bomb was a Walter white invention

[@yourstruly4817]

And Oberyn Martell got teleported there after his head was crushed by the Mountain. That's why he wears a helmet now most of the time

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

Grogu is not up to Los Pollos Hermanos standards.

[@dallassoukup5199]

The Gus clones are stored in old meth cooking equipment; spice is way better than even crystal blue and the empire gotta be creative now without unlimited resources

[@strambino1]

Palpatine was so used to being in control that he was unable to share any control with his subordinates. If you fail to give your subordinates responsibility they stagnate, resulting in ineptitude at all ranks.

[@alanhyland5697]

Kreia would have been very critical of Palpatine and his methods.

[@808INFantry11X]

I dont agree I think Palpatine spent so long trying to achieve control through all of his actions before and after the during the clone wars. However he never really had it because his assertion was power is control but he spent so long trying to gain power he never really knew how to use it let alone use it wisely. Thats why as soon as the Empire was established you see the competency level drop on all levels because Palpatine just like any authoritarian are slaves to their own desire for more power.

[@Whoopu2]

@@alanhyland5697 I would love to see Kreia lay into Palpatine, shatter his delusions and ego, and inform of exactly what he is: a slave to power and the Force.

[@TheWarmachine375]

The Galactic Empire didn't take the Rebel Alliance seriously until the first Death Star blew up by Luke Skywalker.

[@lukedalton]

more trying to ignore them because they were not fond to admit someone was fighting them succesfully, even the pre Battle of Yavin rebellion had hit the Empire severely, from the skirmish of Mustafar (where the personal star destroyer of Tarkin was destroyed and the chief inquisitor died) to the liberation of Lothal with the total loss of the 7th fleet; the Death Star was simply too big to ignore or to put under the methaporical rug

[@deewatsoon6036]

They saw them as a massive threat after the 2nd Death Star was destroyed along with their emperor, who was killed on board it... The empire fell into chaos and panicked...

[@hunterkiller1440]

The Empire lost control after the senate was dissolved, Death Star blew up, and Tarkin's doctrine fell flat on its face.

[@rom7245]

I still think about those imperial holdouts from legends fondly. The fact that they held on to their respective sectors so tightly that they survived hundreds of years after the battle of Yavin is so cool to me.

[@Rensune]

A galaxy is a pretty large place On a more practical note, people don't care What kind of government they live under as long as the majority of them have good lives.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

@@Rensune Many would be complacent but plenty would also want to change the system. There's always those that want to improve their nation.

[@barbiquearea]

Despite all his criticisms, I think the Imperial military actually had better troops overall than the Rebels/New Republic. It was just hindered by incompetent leaders when Palpatine was in charge. After Endor, the Empire's brass scambled for control, with most of their lacklustre officers dying out and were replaced due to the pressures of infighting and fighting the New Republic.

[@ddshiranui]

@@user-ox3mj2sr8n The infighting happened in the old canon as well, until Daala tricked and literally murdered the various warlords who wouldn't play ball. I don't particularly consider the new canon more realistic -- on the contrary, stuff like the Empire burning down its own loyal worlds just felt like new writers really wanted to make them look (even more) evil for the sake of being evil, rather than behaving like, you know, *actual* governments with an agenda beyond sheer villainy.

[@DerricsRevenge]

​@@user-ox3mj2sr8n new canon is not at all more realistic lmao

[@bensaret]

I'd love to see a video highlighting the corruption and incompetence of the New Republic following the fall of the Empire, a look at the people who didn't learn a thing from being under Imperial rule for decades or those who just smoothly moved from one bloated, messed-up government to the next without consequence.

[@lukedalton]

the problem of the New Republic more than corruption and incompetence was the fact that Uncle Palpy had left a mess and i don't talk about the idiotic and petty 'Operation Cinder' where even loyal imperial planets were destroyed to deny resources to the rebellion but also punish them for letting Palpy die. No, the uberidiotic Palpatine basically destroyed the entire state apparate, leaving the liberators to rebuild everything almost to zero...for this reason they are even forced to keep imperials as they need people and there are tons of crisis and request that need to be adressed

[@kinman3051]

Hehehe, if I read the title correctly then there should be a video like that right now

[@Phoenixoflife56]

12:38 I never understood why the empire was so picky about getting the best pilots if they’d be put into a disposable ship. It’s extremely counterproductive the entire idea of the tie line of ships is that they’ve cheep to produce and thus disposable and one would think that they’d reserve the ties for average pilots. It’s kinda hard to replace that kind of talent consistently let alone consistently enough to replace entire wings every few weeks at most.

[@garlic4742]

Bad writing, in the OT the X-Wing shields didnt do much and were usually dead after the second shot, and the Tie Fighter was far more manueverable

[@lukedalton]

The Sith when we are talking about administrate a goverment and not plotting to take over one, well they are not the sharpest mind out there. Palpy preferred keeping the corporation happy after all it's not that he care about the lives of the people under him or things like logistic and common sense

[@Kubinda12345]

That what happens when you've a psychopathic powerhungry Sith as an emperor. Palpatine had his Sith mentality of rulling through brutal terror and religious worship where underlings fight each other for power. He promoted people like Tarkin and Vader to positions of influence and power and the Sith-like mentality slipped down to the lowest grunts. Captains scheme against their superiors (Piett against Ozzel), people scheme against each other which project would get priority (Stardust vs. TIE Defender) or who would get command over a certain project (Tarkin vs. Krennic) etc. And the loser loses not only influence and power but often life. Even the trooper training was affected. During the Republic the Clone Trooper training was focused on teamwork during the Empire the Stormtrooper training was focused on individual performance where sabotage of other cadets was common. Basically Sith Academy principles applied to infantry training.

[@an-animal-lover]

To be fair to Piett, Ozzel was an incompetent who did not deserve his position

[@jello_cudgel9213]

“Peaceful research and development friendship stations” 😂. Love how that audio has been totally shoe horned in there

[@jeffreycarman2185]

In light of the fact that The Sith Eternal had outfitted hundreds of Star Destroyers with planet-busting canons, and this was part of Palpatine’s strategic end-game, and Operation Cinder, I believe that Palpatine did not want his own military to succeed, he just wanted power to kill.

[@willn703]

"War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means" (Von Clausewitz, On War)

[@StevenHouse1980]

With so many factions in Star Wars geting things wrong and failing in so many intresting ways. What would a better more balanced Empire/Republic/Aliance/Federation look like?

[@thebighurt2495]

I think the Imperial sector system under Moffs wasn't that bad of an idea. Replace Moffs with some kind of elected Senator equivalent (a Governor, if you will) and delete the Senate itself entirely. Allow planets to have their own PDFs, Russan-Reformation-style, but place them under the authority of a Sector Command when needed, combined with a medium-sized Republic Navy Task Force in a strategically-central location for quick deployment.

[@imsomewhatcertain1024]

I feel like, with all the Empire’s flaws, if they just improved one thing, they would’ve stood a better chance of winning against the Rebels. For example, if the TIE fighters had hyperdrives and shields, the Empire would have more mobility with its forces.

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

He could've also cut funding for the Death Star and used the money to build more ships and train the stormtroopers better.

[@jazzx251]

Equipping ALL of the basic TIE-fighters with that would have been incredibly expensive - for not much benefit (usually) The TIE fighter has only one advantage - speed Bloat it with "hyperdrives" and whathaveyou ...and you take away it's only advantage.

[@ddshiranui]

The TIE Fighter simply relied on quantity over quality, the product of relatively few shipyards being tasked with supplying an entire galaxy with a uniform starfighter design. Yes, it performed poorly against the X-Wing (I recall in the old canon it was actually said this ship was originally supposed to become the T/F's successor in the Imperial Navy, until Incom switched sides and took the design with them), but it would dominate the pirates, corporate forces and independent militias the Imperial Navy actually fought against most of the time, and in greater numbers could still take on the rebel fleet. The problem is that by increasing the cost of the basic design - such as by adding expensive hyperdrives or shields - you ultimately get (far) fewer numbers, which means less projection of power. Perhaps the Empire simply regarded any kind of show of force *everywhere* as preferable to having more elite forces that are capable of only covering a fifth of the territory. And then there is the theory that as an additional bonus, the lack of hyperdrive may also be intentional as it makes the pilots dependent on their motherships. It's a lot tougher for pilots to go AWOL and switch sides if they are unable to make a jump to lightspeed on their own. ;)

[@jazzx251]

@@ddshiranui Two of my favourite games ever are "Star Wars: X-Wing" and "Star Wars: TIE Fighter" ... they are both battle flight simulators. In the case of "X-Wing", you get to control how fast your ship goes - more speed means draining the lasers and the deflector shield (which you get to control front and rear) In "TIE Fighter" - you play as an imperial pilot - the basic TIE fighter doesn't have shields! ... a simple celestial event such as "The Eye" would easily destroy your ship! However - the TIE Interceptor and TIE Advanced are awesome -shields, hyperdrive, the lot, but expensive [the plot makes it clear that production of the TIE Advanced on an imperial factory planet is to be defended against the rebels at all cost!] Every mission is accompanied by the very best of John Williams Star Wars music (Battle of Yavin, Battle of Hoth etc ...)

[@ddshiranui]

​@@jazzx251 TIE Fighter was my first ever videogame! It's such a classic. Solid gameplay and an interesting campaign. :) I've recently watched a few videos of the Total Conversion they did for it, based on the engine from X-Wing vs TIE but improved further. I definitely recommend checking it out

[@rom7245]

Alan would you ever consider doing a similar video to your clone wars series detailing the first years of the Galactic Civil War?

[@kingofhearts3185]

I would love to see a detailed breakdown of the early rebellion.

[@baybears9507]

PLEASE

[@TheWarmachine375]

0:01 Alan's Beard is growing back

[@isaackim7675]

I blame those dang dolphins for telling Alan to shave his beard

[@chasepalestrant1264]

Didn't Palpatine almost die when an entire academy of officers basically planned an assaulted attempt while the Emperor was presiding over the graduation ceremony. It over course failed and ended with Palpatine giving Vader cart blanch to clean house of any officers even those not involved with the attempt. It was in one of the older comics before Disney took over.

[@dr.veronica6155]

Was this the one where the rebellious officers infected Palpatine with a flesh-eating virus that almost killed him?

[@chasepalestrant1264]

@dr.veronica6155 I don't know that one but wow that's pretty brutal.

[@smallpppapi6709]

I think Alan is looting lightsabers from order 66 losses and using own a saber as a front

[@baneofbanes]

Hey man not like the Jedi are using them any more.

[@smallpppapi6709]

@@baneofbanes that’s a fair point

[@starpicsmedia]

That desktop background. If there was ever a set of armour from Star Wars I would want, it’d be those nice sets

[@RoadRash89]

That lightsaber Segway.... dang dude that was smooth

[@MrRonald327]

Not every empire stays on top forever. Even Thrawn can underestimate the incompetence of the Empire.

[@triple_ceez]

“The same OEM parts” lmao I love that. I always say when someone doesn’t have any kind of body modification that they’re “stock”

[@DickbuttDirk]

I was always a fan of the EU Imperial Remnant who just kind of slugged it out with the New Republic until both sides decided to stop fighting. You weren't going to rip Imperial hardline planets from the Empire at an acceptable rate, so you may as well just call it after a few years. Honestly, Palpy eating shit was probably the best thing to happen to the Imperials.

[@VegetaLF7]

In the old EU, absolutely. It was a rough couple of decades following his death, but after all the die-hard Palpatine loyalists were killed or arrested, those remaining were willing to try something new and become an ally of the New Republic rather than their enemy. After a long series of events, Jag getting named the next emperor was a huge step forward for them.

Tie Fighters are highly agile, manned fragmentation charges.

[@arbiter690]

I feel that this video while good jumped ahead of an important stage of this evolution of the Empire was what occurred immediately following Order 66 and leading up to Andor to show how the doctrine, tactics, units, droids, vehicles, weapons, equipment and mindset had changes for the Galactic Empire from the former Galactic Republic.

[@benjaminbierley2074]

I think Tarkin was leaning toward backing Thrawn's TIE Defender project, but a combination of his production facility taking a brutal hit and Thrawn himself being rendered MIA removed the program's advocate. Had Thrawn remained on the board, Tarkin would almost certainly have had a wing or more of Defenders on the Death Star, and the Defenders would have lived up to their name come the rebel attack.

[@ianpgmusicfanfictionart]

Great Video. I am curious if you’re ever going to make a Galactic Republic versus earth series like you did a Galactic Empire, and a Confederacy of of independent systems versus earth?

[@lerneanlion]

Sorry for coming here late. I had other things to do. However, the Empire did not only fight the Rebels Alliance but they also fight the Grysk Hegemony as well. If anyone here has no idea what the Grysk Hegemony is, they are a race that control a swath of space and they also possessed the abilities to control minds of other species. The point here is why the Empire did not focus more on the Hegemony instead of the Rebels?

[@jasonsaddison]

Thanks for the work you put into these, man..

[@user-Jay178]

Love your in-depth videos on the empire. Great video

[@shanenolan5625]

Tarkin had promised thrawn that when the death star was completed, the funding would switch to the defender programme. , but it never happened with both of them out of the picture

[@supremefankai5480]

Tyranny really is so much effort for so little profit I feel sorry for dictators who think they can crack the system.

[@1977rodi]

Excellent analysis!

[@sendittobrandon2012]

I gotta say man your channel is incredible iv been watching you for years but keep it up always a joy to watch

[@juliandesaulnier9480]

First like and comment. Generation tech is 95% of what I watch on KZbin. Thank you for existing

[@an-animal-lover]

You're actually not, there's a comment that's older than yours

[@juliandesaulnier9480]

@@an-animal-loveryour right but when I opened the comments there was nothing there. Probably because it hadn’t updated yet.

[@majjegaming5927]

This is why I love Alan

[@reedcoffman3210]

The stormtrooper core beginning to become more common and widespread is very similar to how the SS gained power during WW2 in the earlier phases of the war SS units were very rare to be present on the front lines but by the end Hitler had lost almost all his trust in the Wehrmacht and a large portion of the German military was made up of fanatic SS units

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Seriously, this entire channel could be dedicated to pointing the Empore's flaws and would still have just as much content. 😂

[@Teardehawkee]

Great story!

[@Tigerpanzer6666]

i just realized in this scene when the guy looked thro the window he defiantly could see at least see the guy directly infront of the door (not the guy touching the door) 0:36

[@clueless4085]

I love the running gag that Alan is selling black market lightsabers looted from war casualties.

[@isaacdunn6589]

I love your dig on China at 2:07.

[@thesharpercoder]

I watched the entire video. I am Generation Tech, and my allegiance is to democracy and lightsabers.

[@aariuswins]

Best video yet.

[@theromanorder]

Please do more tactics videos

[@shanenolan5625]

Cool hand, Luke. ( classic) Paul Newman. ( failure to communicate)

[@Bodya_CN]

Any empire evolving is a terrifying thing.

[@GrandMarshalTrion]

That was a smooth transition into the sponsorship

[@chasingbadger3340]

Failure is a great way to describe it

[@realquadmoo]

The intro to this is... damn.. well said

[@snipingflute4346]

Had Maul’s rise to power after Mandalore been successful, given he defeated Palpatine in that duel, could he have ruled better than Palpatine?

[@majjegaming5927]

Notigangg

[@momaw_C1-10P]

How do you think the galactic civil war would have played out if Tarkin wasn't killed in the destruction of the Death Star? Would it have harmed the rebellion or helped it?

[@lordMartiya]

Nitpick on Ozzel: he survived three years under Vader, he was competent at whatever Vader had him do. Enough it took the Sith three years to decide to execute him.

[@dietricklamade7417]

The endor books were my favorite

[@JKH133]

I always listen out for “checks and balances” in these videos 😂

[@SOS_JA]

4:45 This has a thousand tabs open

[@aztecwrrior1997]

Is Generation Tech just Allen now cuz i haven't seen American or British Ben in a good while?

[@BillChryslerSr]

cool hand Luke

[@Invalidcookie-bv4cx]

1:50 To rule the people, Limit what everyone wants. even if it's limitless. If i have control of "X" and everyone wants "X" even if i have the ability to make an unlimited amount, I can buy people's loyalty while i keep the millions of people fighting over the scraps while i control the mass.

[@mariuszmiroslaw2290]

8:36 Constantine's decision was not good, but it was not bad either (seen on a strategic scale). In a situation where the Empire had the upper hand, it could afford the luxury of suffering losses comparable to those of the Rebellion in a war of attrition. For the empire, it was simply an acceptable loss, de facto bringing it closer to victory.

[@shanenolan5625]

Are we so different ? Prick us, do we not bleed ? , tickel us do we not laugh ? Wrong us, shall we not revenge ? ( Shakespeare ) .

[@deltajay92]

You moved Cody over for Rex in the background? This republic used to mean something!

[@Venom3254]

2:09 😅😅 This made me crack up

[@Operator214MerchantMarine]

so basically allan here is not looting light sabers from dead jedi on order 66 😂😂😂 hes just basically SCAVENGING surplus jedi equipment left overs 😂😂😂

[@dark9hunter89]

1000 years of planning to rule only 23😂😂😂

[@noahtylerpritchett2682]

Technically 153 If we count the fel dynasty of the imperial remnant.

[@LeiseLupus]

See your building captain rex's helmet

[@rckoala8838]

Trying to read the tattoo on your arm -- "Without the bitter there is no sweet"?

[@rainingkind]

Aren’t space whales just very large space dolphins? You did that on porpoise.

[@WhatIsSanity]

Well as you said it, Imperial military forces were too busy with insurrections and infighting to overthrow Palpatine a balance of power that had to be maintained. Authoritarian regimes can't allow their best and brightest to rise to their highest possible potential, because then they become a threat to the authority. The empire had to remain in this artificially de-evolved state to maintain it's power structure, even at the cost of the empire itself. You can see real life examples of this phenomenon every day. Russia is an obvious example, but less obvious to people are examples like the US and other neo-liberal states. Harmful overspending in the military despite a history of tremendous failure, constant efforts to erode civil liberties and massive cuts to education and infrastructure grinding down the individuals ability to understand and work within the nations systems of power further concentrating the power of the ruling class. It's almost like Star Wars was some sort of allegory or something...

[@motherteresa8418]

Why didn't the Empire restrict travel

[@abscess7476]

Jawa jerky for sales

[@xxxlonewolf49]

Selling looted things from war corpses? Wow...such a sith thing to do

[@ChairmanKam]

7:05 Don't you mean the Rebel sympathizer Admiral Ozzel?

[@warmox1215]

4:40 HAHAHA

[@arturoherrera1386]

What Allen does not realize is he is 98% dolphin

[@an-animal-lover]

No, it can't be true! That's impossible!

[@arturoherrera1386]

@@an-animal-lover Search your feelings. You know it to be true.

[@an-animal-lover]

@@arturoherrera1386 NOOOO! NOO!

[@arturoherrera1386]

@@an-animal-loverAllen can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is his destiny. Join him, and together, they can rule the galaxy as dolphin and son.

[@RJLbwb]

I do find your deep dives into the workings of the Empire quite interesting and insightful, but I believe there is a weak point in your thesis; what is the peer state rival for the Empire that justify all these super weapons? Since Lucas meant Star Wars as a metaphor for Vietnam; well, the US Army had all those armored divisions, B-52s and nuclear weapons for a conflict with the Soviet Union in Europe. Right now, it's coming across like Grand Motiff Tarkin figured out how to hide his thinking from The Force and was pushing the Death Star as an anti sith weapon for Tarkin's own coup d'etat.

[@josephcopeland2343]

My dude you're on fire Philadelphia as serious Star Wars let start off with mon mothma now I'm a World War II buff in certain ways to remind me of Neverland Chamberlain but she has such a level head she is kind of like the conscience of the Rebellion and other people of War she would get no respect but however she is the voice of reason is 2 side of every coin they need to do a series on her alone I bet you any more money she has sleepless nights worried what the emperor is going to do next

[@TheMitchyb61]

Peaceful research and development stations! 😂

[@Tigerpanzer6666]

whats this 0:58

[@northernseeker1822]

Maybe from Star Wars Visions.

[@DobroDed76]

Did you just placed KGB and Gestapo in the same line? What about CIA or MI6? Maybe Mossad?

[@shanenolan5625]

I'd say isb is more like ss . Imo

[@glamourweaver]

The scale of the Imperial military is of course central to its problem “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some fifty miles of concrete pavement. We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . . This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.” - Dwight Eisenhower

[@KaiHung-wv3ul]

3:46 it WAS built to fight the last war, the Clone Wars. Imperial Army Troopers as cannon fodder against droids, and the ISDs to deal with massive Separatist fleets. A war with static fronts and gruelling battles rather than the guerilla warfare of the Galactic Civil War.

[@sagenod440]

“Soulless xeno hivemind race” sounds awfully… HERETICAL

[@josephcopeland2343]

I'm sorry about the Philly I mean generation

[@poil8351]

what about a war against tiny psychopathic cannibal murder teddy bears. eat or be eaten.

[@mikec3820]

just say no to jedi asssalt sabers

[@swpopculture]

9 a.b.y not 11 a.b.y

[@arc5040]

its cute when the young discover old truths as something new

[@GenerationTech]

It’s cute when the old forget they are once young

[@smartass0124]

If we're all the same then There's no individuality

[@tommiegunn2043]

buy U silver while U can ..... just saying

[@abscess7476]

ANDOR is BIS. I'm PRO-HUMAN. /eats crayon

[@PhantomQueenOne]

No, we all don't all pray to 'some kind of god' when all options have run out. Some of us do not need any kind of god. Only religous people do.

[@NotDustyDrB]

Most 'gods' I've learned of are cruel. Even if they were real, they would deserve to be cursed to my dying breath.

[@smartass0124]

The empire was designed to fight the Usagvong

[@simmyjester]

1:27 I get what you're trying to do here, but this is atheist and agnostic erasure.

[@adamloverin231]

You’re getting way political lately, bro. By the way, I agree with everything you’re saying. Heading out to knock out some dolphins.

[@analerma3837]

Long live the empire

[@Shimra8888]

Wrong. The Imperial military was not designed to crush a rebellion but rather designed to fight and repel an extragalactic existential threat who’s weapons was based on organic technology. Palpatine was preparing the Galaxy for the Yuuzhan Vong, he was a hero, pity the inhabitants of the Galaxy were so stubborn and blind to the threat. They paid for it under a weak New Republic and quadrillions had to perish at the hands of Vong warrior caste.

[@lukedalton]

that interpretation is very fanon, at most there were Palpy vague aknownledge of the possible extragalactic menace and more to keep Thrawn on a leash but not in a single movie or episode we have seen this angle

[@inuboy867]

Xenocidal people are truly sad.

[@elijahcaro4774]

Allan I'm sorry you're not an activist... It's kinda cringe tbh