At Attin is better off with Pirates than the New Republic

[@Chaosm03]

I think you give the Pirates a bit too much credit. Nothing turns brutal faster than an undervalued people who succeed in getting what they want through violence. Those Pirates would probably want to keep things protected at first, but their own greed, mistrust and unfamiliarity with actual governance of a mass population will start to turn them into a terrible option.

[@kirkdarling4120]

I agree. If you've never been a storekeeper or a farmer or a teacher in your entire life, you're not going to become a shopkeeper or a farmer or a teacher after you've succeeded as a gangster. Your children, maybe. But more likely even for them, "Just as I thought I was out, you pulled me back in."

[@Peter_The_Great]

"Give them too much credit" Ha! I see what you did there! 😂 I don't see how a group who won by force is going to change their tactics and be anything more than what's worked for them?

[@jimdaniels7531]

Yeah, the Supervisor might have maintained a surveillance state, but at least the society was peaceful and stable. Under pirates, the At Attin people would basically be slaves. And I don't see pirates suddenly settling down and treating the people with respect -- slaves tend to be treated like slaves. More likely there would be raping and pillaging -- if not up front, then eventually when the joy of endless credits runs out. Jod might have some morals left, but we've seen how tenuous his hold over the pirates can be. Eventually it would likely end up like At Achen: a broken, looted place.

[@Chaosm03]

For the record I can see the flaws in all 3 options the people of At Attin had. Just like in real life there is no perfect solution to any government. I just thought he was being a little too dismissive of the downsides of Rule by Pirates over the other options.

[@NewDealDem2187]

Alan is a Libertarian. Its an easy thing for someone living in the comforts of a system to trash it.

[@mattcat83]

I didn't realize until thinking about it later but Jod's destroying the Supervisor is what made him think that he's now in charge of At-Attin by the Pirate Code.

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

At Attin Citizens: You freed us! New Republic: I wouldn't say "freed", more like under new management

[@pyeitme508]

Ha good one😂

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

Still a much better outcome than if they'd been discovered say...20 or so years earlier.

[@theasianboy315]

First Order years later : Hello there

[@tenn_ore]

Freed his miserable head from his wretched shoulders - King Thranduil 🗡

[@acidburn14145]

The New Republic can just install a planetary shield with just a single entry point they can close off easily like we saw in Rogue One

[@eternalhowl8895]

They are demilitarizing and don’t have the industrial output or currency to do so. They basically scrapped everything and told everyone to fend for themselves like before the clone wars, so rich places get lots of security and poor worlds get nothing but maybe some blasters from traveling merchants that feel pitiful or generous. That’s why when later on when the you zon vong came through half dead and low on resources they still managed to kill trillions in republic territory.

[@timthorson52]

Yeah, a planetary shield is a simple solution, the droid supervisor can probably be fixed pretty easily as well. I suspect they can just claim planetary shields weren't as advanced when at attin was set up, so they used the storm barrier.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

@@timthorson52 Well aside from the fact that planetary shields don't actually hide the planet. If anything it makes it super obvious there's something important there. Still, a planetary shield is better than nothing.

[@ClanDWoolz]

Can't they just turn the barrier back on and give the only ships coming in and out, whatevers letting the onix sender go in and out??

[@acidburn14145]

@@ClanDWoolz At the end of the show the barrier is destroyed not just turned off

[@Dr.Kenobi264]

Allen has exited his “Allegiance to the Republic, to Democracy” phase and entered his “Slavery to a despot is better than the chaos of freedom” phase… Let’s be honest here, try as he might, there is no way that Jod would be able to maintain control over the entire planet, much less his crew, without violence. Add to that the fact that the pirates would certainly leave the barrier and start spreading around the news of At Attin’s discovery, and malicious actors would flock to the planet anyway. Eventually they would find a way around the barrier, and then At Attin would be extra vulnerable, but without the protection of the Republic. The New Republic had its issues to be sure, but Republic rule is a much better alternative to pirate rule.

[@babytoshiro7014]

Unfortunately, yes. Once the others see all those credits, like Jod, they too will lose their minds.

[@NewDealDem2187]

“Think like a Libertarian, one must”- yoda, probably.

[@stevenmcmullan409]

Sadly, true.

[@RyuSpike]

This holds doubly true for the Imperial Remnants. Hell, if Admiral Thrawn were to learn about At Attin, he would absolutely destroy Jod and his pirate crew without mercy. He would not only take control of At Attin's wealth and people, but turn the planet into a base of operations for his new empire.

[@pievanian]

Agreed that the New Republic's probably the best possible 'we found it first' deterrent in this period of time. Jod's gang would have had to form a cartel or pirate syndicate of some kind and tried to keep everything under wraps; but under pirate control it's not an 'if' or even a 'when' it gets attacked and handed over to the next guys, it's a how many times does it happen until the NR finally shows up and at that point is the planet intact enough to care about?

[@starpilot101]

At Attin's supply of credits will cause inflation lol. Pirates trying to learn economics would make a funny short film.

[@benhenderson8952]

Them pirates had some crazy stormtrooper aim

[@kikflipguy101]

They got all that advanced tech and yet the MGs are mounted on hard swivels and appear to require substantial effort to aim, like something from WW1 😂

[@ericmarshall3629]

No formalized training, and probully whatever could be scrounged up %$#@ equipment; they've got better excuses.

[@pupulauls]

@@kikflipguy101what advanced tech? The pirates were shown to have shitty hardware the entire time

[@kikflipguy101]

@pupulauls i would consider antigravity and energy weapons to be advanced tech, compared to the manual hard-mounted machine gun 😂

[@timthorson52]

@@benhenderson8952 slapping a gun onto a mount or turret is easy enough, and good enough when thryvare preying on civilians, but not against the military. Military hardware with targeting systems, sensors, motors, stabilization, and full integration of those systems is expensive.

[@nathanieljackson5554]

Now that the New Republic knows about At Attin, it won't be long before the Imperial Remnant learns about it too. The New Republic's priority should be to reactivate the barrier and the Supervisor to find a way to keep the planet safe.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

I can imagine Thrawn showing up and occupying the planet. That could lead the Skeleton Crew cast to play a role in Dave Filoni's movie

[@isaackim7675]

I was expecting a Wizard of Oz moment where the Supervisor was actually a PIT Droid

[@smokey4287]

that was a great episode of clone wars lmao

[@MrSheckstr]

I thought the supervisor was going to be Sm33’s old captain….

[@Peter_The_Great]

​@@MrSheckstrI did too. Kinda glad to be wrong. And appreciate the mint workers knew the overseer droid instead of being deceived.

[@charliedulin]

I was kinda hoping to find out that Sm33s rat squirrel is a member of a highly intelligent little known race and was the real old Pirate captain.

[@isaackim7675]

@ I love the dynamic relationship between that furball and Ne’el. Especially given to how elephants are supposed to be scared of mice

[@Specter5053]

Jod seems like a guy who has had it rough and chooses to do bad things because it's his best option. Killing Brutus was definitely cold, but the guy was threatening to space him like every 5 minutes. He also could have just killed Furn back at the spa plant and taken the ship, but he he didn't. A central theme of Star Wars is that you can always choose good over evil, even if you are the right hand man of the most evil guy ever. So ya. Give me session 2! Jod redemption arc! I'll watch it!

[@timthorson52]

@@Specter5053 yeah, a redemption Arc could be a fun route, but it might take a few seasons, I think he has to hit a rock bottom where he realizes money csnt solve all his problems. Edit: I'd enjoy all those seasons, plus I might enjoy a few other routes they might take, as long as they keep doing it well.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

With how little viewership the show got, unfortunately it's unlikely we'll see a direct season 2. That being said, Jod and a few other characters could appear in other shows. This era of Star Wars tv likes to have characters cameo in their sibling shows. We of course saw this with Book of Boba Fett, we saw Morgan Elsbeth hop over from Mandalorian to Ahsoka, and even one of the pirates in this show was brought over from Mandalorian season 3. So we may have seen the last of Skeleton Crew, but probably not the last of Jod.

[@timthorson52]

@AceSpadeThePikachu it might, depending how viewership goes over the next couple months. If numbers climbed during its run, that'll help. If it's numbers are healthy afterward, that'll also help.

[@SpottedHares]

As much as it might go against the “themes” the reality of Starwars even under Lucas(so you can’t claim Disney their just keeping up tradition) Jod is right about the galaxy. It’s a truly awful place.

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

I don't think we'll get a season two exactly but I hope we'll get an xwing tv show. It's been being teased for a minute. There's always "scrappy simple folk doing their best xwing pilot is the real hero" in every one of these shows. And wim becoming a fighter pilot would make a great main character

[@leorblumenthal5239]

Counterpoint: Jod would become a paranoid wreck, constantly on guard for mutiny. Assuming he isn't shot in his sleep, he would have to become the very tyrant he doesn't want to be in order to keep his crew in line. Meanwhile the people of At Attin would be vulnerable to any of the less moral pirates. Ultimately, the treasure of At Attin would turn pirate against pirate, and it would look like At Achrin. Compared to this, the benign neglect of the New Republic is definitely preferable.

[@NewDealDem2187]

Especially when the poor showing of the NR is because it was being actively sabotaged from the inside. Alan loves to not give ‘bad guys’ any agency in how they act.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

@@NewDealDem2187 He's more of a contrarian, or perhaps anti-establishment... granted modern star wars has a bit more gray in it's light vs dark definition of good vs evil so it certainly helps his case.

[@NewDealDem2187]

@ you just described Libertarianism haha

[@pyeitme508]

Maybe 🤔

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

Yep. Just because you want to be good doesn't mean you can handle power. Jod showed this repeatedly

[@TheWarmachine375]

Jod and his band of pirates would have drained Attin dry of everything valuable and leave everyone on that planet homeless and destitute.

[@SpottedHares]

Just like the republic

[@kirkdarling4120]

If it could be only them, probably not. But it's unlikely they could have kept the secret or kept from turning on each other...the same as happened to Tak's crew.

[@Influence_Force_99]

Nah I don't think so.

[@Influence_Force_99]

@kirkdarling4120 yeah pirates

[@NewDealDem2187]

Its like he skipped the At-Achran episode, except we know he didnt coz he posted 3 vids about it.

[@ArcNine9Angel]

Thought I had: what if this becomes a key target for Thrawn? This is exactly the kind of thing he would take interest in, and poses a very lucrative strategic fulcrum to establish a stronghold from.

[@theasianboy315]

And I think years later the First Order milking At Attin's mint so they can fund their military.

[@darthnihilusthebestsith]

That is genuinely the best thing that could happen to At Attin. Being under Thrawn is waaay better than being under the New Republic

[@patty4349]

Honestly i sould rank the options: 1. Keep barrier 2. New republic 3. Pirates

[@chadbouss]

alan i dont say this enough you are absolutely the best star wars youtuber. your insight and research applied to this series is stand out!

[@charliebr0wn82tv2]

Slowly becoming my go to for Star Wars content.

[@idcproductions56]

My theory about at acrann is that the statue is their leader, which also explains the lack of an ai structure on the planet, but that leader eventually was forced to open the barrier causing the outside galaxy to discover it

[@THX-C]

Between the three choices of barrier, pirates, or The New Republic, I choose the barrier.

[@DragonJax29]

We need a video on how this effects the economy of starwars

[@themanyouwanttobe]

The only outcome that really makes sense is if the First Order ultimately gets possession of the credits. I expect a future story set during the rise of the FO to make a reference to skimming credits from a "huge stockpile"

[@kirkdarling4120]

The At Attin "old" Republic credits were instantly recognized by both pirates and legitimate functions as inherently valuable, apparently more valuable than New Republic credits. If anything, they appear to be useful as a monetary standard (like a "gold standard"). The smart thing for the New Republic would actually be to hoard most of them like gold at Fort Knox to back the "fiat" New Republic credits.

[@SkullLeader]

Star Wars has no economy, You can just print infinite credits that don't devalue.

[@DragonJax29]

@@themanyouwanttobe what if it explains how they can afford new ships

[@WolfRamAndHart]

@@kirkdarling4120 the At Attin Gold standard. Problem, is what happens when stolen?

[@miguelsantiago1276]

Kudos to Jude Law because the face Jod made when he saw the vault full of credits at At Attin would have put Gollum to shame. I think there’s a bit of romantism about pirates in this vid. Greed is insatiable and why settle for one small kelp farm, when unlimited credits can get you a kelp farm empire? No number of credits was going to satisfy these pirates. And, perhaps we’re ignoring why all the citizens of At Attin were somehow in these highly skilled analytical roles? It seems like cubicle hell, but maybe there’s something more complicated about this mint then just making more credits. I don’t believe the pirates would understand or even care about the nuances of this process. They would have a pillaged this planet, trashed everything and left nothing but misery. Jod may be trying to be a good person, but as a pirate leader, every attempt he’d try to make things better (or at least less bad) will compromise his ability to remain a leader. He knows this. Jod Na Nawood is no Greef Karga. The situation is not the same. That said, I have zero faith At Attin will survive the New Republic stewardship and remaining in a bubble is just not an answer (or an option anymore). No matter how we see it, this poor planet is screwed. That said, I really liked Skeleton Crew. Thank you Alan and your crew for the introspectives throughout this and other shows.

[@Peter_The_Great]

I'm sure if At Attin was really concerned about security and couldn't restore their barrier. They could always use some of those newly minted credits and buy a fleet. That would certainly help them maintain their security. They don't technically need to join the New Republic? That's certainly one option. But not the only one.

[@miguelsantiago1276]

Maybe... But I just don't think the New Republic is going to allow so much wealth to be independent. These folks have been so isolated they can't fully grasp what a tempting target they are for everyone.

[@darthnihilusthebestsith]

they would not understand the process, right, but they would absolutely not replace local managers. They want unlimited credits? Planet's gonna keep farming, they just need to come take what they need twice a year. And what's already in store would be plenty enough for a life of luxuries anywhere for all of them. Of course knowledge about the planet would easily spread within a generation or two, but that would be enough time to keep it safe from another galaxy-wide conflict: New Republic vs First Order.

[@darthnihilusthebestsith]

@@Peter_The_Great they don't "need" to join the New Republic but they now have a military and diplomatic presence of the New Republic having effectively conquered the planet in war

[@stephenwood6663]

History is full of examples of marauders who succeeded in toppling a civilisation and then immediately decided something along the lines of "You know what? These guys have a pretty neat setup going on, and to be honest, I kind of enjoy living in a palace and having hot food whenever I feel like it. How about we everything running as-is, and just install ourselves as the new ruling class?"

[@jamiemerian9736]

I slightly feel bad for Jod, but only because of clever camera editing and a music score for his brooding. That said, I'd like to see his character again, Jude Law is great.

[@runswithphantoms]

Jod, if he can be reformed, ought to join Luke's new Praxium.

[@Kurayamiblack]

Or, the New Republic could look into the probable mountains of planetary data the Supervisor was sitting on and figure out how to repair the barrier and reprogram it to recognize specific New Republic vehicles as authorized for passage so that they don't need to dedicate an overly massive defense operation. In fact, a big enough but not exactly massive fleet stationed inside the barrier where aggressors sensors can't reach could be a really nasty surprise for any ships that manage to successfully penetrate the barrier only to walk straight into a Mon Cal cruiser or two. 😅

[@SplashOfOrange]

Consider At Acherin... I think that is what would eventually have befallen At Attin as well, especially since the barrier was shutdown -- and oddly easily and permanently despite how important it was.

[@SplashOfOrange]

Jod himself might've been ok, but like the Sith there's always someone else in the shadows who wants your power and will backstab you to get it. Jod's temperance at the end was presumably based in his experience and rapport with the children, that he honestly didn't want to hurt them, but that temperance would have been challenged by someone more ruthless and then At Attin would become just as conflicted and ravaged as At Acherin.

[@ancan963]

Nope, as one of the new financial source of the New Republic. There will probably 1-2 battlegroup prottecting the planet with heavy cruisers and all that. The planet will be one of the safest place in the galaxy At least until the first order. But the planet may survive even after that.

[@SplashOfOrange]

@@ancan963 agreed, I'm disagreeing with Allen on this one since his title and video convey it would be better off under the pirates. I think the only way to prevent another At Acherin would be exactly the full protection of the New Republic. Even that's not a guarantee, but it's a better chance than the cutthroat nature of piracy. 🏴‍☠️

[@gl0bal7474]

Jod is incompetent and could not even lead a siege of an unarmed planet filled with riches. Ultimately, he would have lost control and the pirates would splinter off into groups for control of the planet

[@Actalzy]

Personally view it less as incompetence and more a lack of being able to take that step across a moral line needed to be a full on Pirate Captain. Example as said in the video even, if he had just taken out the kids and parents when he had a chance he would've won, this though wasn't done because he couldn't or didn't know that was the most effective way to handle it but because something in side him wouldn't let him cross that line into murdering innocent people and children which is why he failed in the end. Had it been wolf guy I can't remember the name of, he would've probably done it and won because he didn't much care about the details like them being kids or innocent.

[@ForestRaptor]

I feel that to a degree. Only a loyal crew would allow him the kind of control he wished for. Had I been Jod, I wouldn't have pushed for the Pirate ship to come in. He should have grabbed the creds, met the Overseer and "explain" the rather precarious position the planet was in. And once every year would visit for a loading with the Cinder and just take the crew to adventures! :)

[@timthorson52]

If he had a crew of his style of pirates, maybe. He didn't have the right type, he couldn't even control Sm-33.

[@timthorson52]

​@@ForestRaptoryeah, if he researched a bit more ahead of time, or had the chance to. He might have been able to just get the credits on a regular basis with the droid rule intact.

[@jiffypoo5029]

Jod will be fine, he's force sensitive and has a lightsaber. New Republic will probably give him the ultimatum, become a Ranger or go to Jail.

[@isaackim7675]

He only has his blaster now. Wym confiscated his lightsaber

[@F0XD1E]

Naw dog. He's in jail full stop.

[@jiffypoo5029]

@ He needs to convince some judicial board that he's reformed. New Republic is a disorganized mess that is recruiting Imperials, Smugglers and Pirates to become outer rim republic rangers. They tried to recruit an outlaw mando bounty hunter.

[@darthnihilusthebestsith]

he hasn't even killed anyone who didn't have a pending death sentence

[@F0XD1E]

@@darthnihilusthebestsith He ordered his crew to bombard the planet. They blew up entire busses.

[@jasonmarbach]

The title of this video is a hottttt take, dang. I also don’t think the NR is any good, but to say slavery at the hands of pirates is better is wiiiiii-yuld

[@Peter_The_Great]

Yeah, why would the pirates "free" the population when they could just secretly enslave the population into continuing to produce more credits?

[@ForestRaptor]

I wouldn't say slavery. The planet would have just continued to do what it was doing. With the possibility of getting into a crew of the ships Jod would have eventually assembled. Turning his outfit into a legit business I imagine, hidden, where some of the pirates could retire on At attin, others who would decide to be too greedy promptly air locked, and use this unique opportunity to build what they wanted for their own lives. Jod would recruit those who showed merit through one shape or form, either by sweeping through pirate dens or some other method, who knows. He would have had all the choices.

[@Peter_The_Great]

@ForestRaptor But if he's chosen to capture the planet through a hostile takeover? I don't see why he's going to let them do anything beyond continuing to make him more credits? I don't see him wanting to liberate the planet for their benefit. He just wants to cash them in. Make them an infinite supply of credits.

[@babytoshiro7014]

@@ForestRaptor It is slavery. If someone forcibly took over your way of life and being, and then say you have to do this and this or you will be punish than is that not being enslaved?

[@kielweiss3606]

​@@babytoshiro7014 you're describing the state of the At Attin population before the pirates too with that logic. They literally confined to a planet and must assist in the production of creds or they're punished. Only the leaders at the top are changing.

[@planetofthepete]

"All watched over by machines of loving grace" ... and Steven Fry at the helm... what more could you want.

[@heidifedor]

Even though he probably would have tried to become a benevolent dictator like the AI computer, I doubt the pirates would have been. Also either Pirate Urkel or Vane would likely try and overthrow Jod. I’m wondering if the only reason why At-Attin was still around was because it was run by an AI computer with no emotion. On At-Arkhan there was a war torn statue that Wim referred to as, “King No-Head”. I’m wondering if that was the planets supervisor.

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

So slavery to murderous pirates (they first opened fire on enclosed vehicles that could've held dozens of people in them , they're not just trying to intimidate, that was actual murderous intent) who can't defend against less than a squadron of fighters making credits is better than "slavery" to the Droid brain governing them since time immemorial making credits while hidden from the rest of the galaxy that isn't affecting them because they should know about those events that aren't affecting them? Eh...I find it hard to go with your stance in this entire video.

[@estherabrams7274]

Jod is an actor. Both his words and body language are contrived for his audience and cannot be trusted. He failed to tell his ship full of pirates to not pirate. They came down and did what they do, and he could have prevented that, just as he chose the tactics that his pirate ship used at the beginning of the series. Pirates don’t balance the needs of the individual against those of the group or society, and Jod doesn’t either. Any working together that they do is an extremely fragile peace with distrust on all sides. Staying hidden probably would be best for At-Atin, the adults all knew what the planet was about. I trust the motivations of the former rebels more than those of the pirates. Jod could have chosen to stay on At-Atin and retire in comfort. He could have loaded up his one ship with credits and continued coming back in the role of emissary for the rest of his life, sharing generously with his crew. But no humble option like that was enough for him. He had to set himself up as planetary crime boss/warlord and try to enslave the people as well as taking all their wealth. Yes, their future is very uncertain now, but Jod is ultimately, as shown by his entire pattern of decision-making, a bad guy.

[@Janellelle]

He should have just taken over a ruler and left out his crew. Or why did he have his crew attack the planet at all? He could have just stacked his gold.

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

How would Jod rule the planet without an army?

[@domavner9321]

Tbf, I do think that this was caused in part by the Supervisor figuring out something was off with the whole Jedi Emissary thing - he might have otherwise conned the droid into accepting his crew of pirates as republic operatives.

[@ishill85]

yeah i do feel like the biggest flaw in how it ended was that with the droids in charge it seems like jod very easily could have had the droids load his ship with credits, fly out and transfer the load to the pirates, and then fly back in and do it all over again as many times as he wanted. also i don't see why they made him the apprentice of a jedi survivor instead of a surviving padawan. just felt like an unnecessary separation, like if they were gonna make him not a jedi they should have given him a telekinesis device and made him a full on charlatan.

[@rickjames5998]

​@@ishill85telekinesis device dont exist in sw and would be lore breaking and just a cliche

[@mondaysinsanity8193]

​@@ishill85because he's too young to be a Padawan survivor? Order 66 was 28 years ago. He is not 40+ lol. Remember this is a scrounging pirate his whole life those don't age well

[@tripitaka5444]

Jod the Diplomat ("We're sending someone in to negotiate!" see 5th Element). Jod the Peacekeeper (see Farscape). Jod the Pirate (see Blackbeard). Pirates/Scoundrels/CRIMINALS make TERRIBLE rulers/administrators. See 45 (Trump) for example. "I LOVE democracy", see Palpatine for example.

[@jhonylg4045]

I do hope that this series to branch out in to two series. "Jod Na Nawood", were you see the entire history of the guy since he was a little baby and exploring in to the future after this. And then the series of "At Attin" were we see the history of the formation of the nine "jewel worlds" and the demise of them all, untill this point and in to the future of At Attin.

[@Dragonfist12185]

I think Jod was trained in Form 1 (Shii-Cho), with some footwork of Form 2 (Makashi). Just look at how he cut the head off of SM-33, and his fight with At Attin's Supervisor+Security Droids.

[@eggmancorp]

ALLEN: "At Attin would be better off with the Pirates" ASLO ALLEN: "My allegiance is to the Republic, to democracy."

[@short72hp1]

Thanks for all the coverage Alan

[@short72hp1]

correction ALLEN

[@Chadwick805]

For the first half of this video, I couldn’t tell if you were trolling or not, but I should know after watching you for for years lol. Great point of view.

[@davidstrangeDMC]

That goes back to the reason the Barrier is Down ( the Pirates are inside of it) and if they don’t show up the world is at peace) cause and effect. The Children are the ones to blame for this mess!!!

[@rippingtons60]

Could always be worse. Imagine if the Thrawn and the Imperial remnant got their hands on At Attin. Or maybe even the First Order. A MASSIVE amount of credits to finance their military and a whole crop of well disciplined and conforming kids that could easily be raised and made into Stormtroopers.

[@joshuawells835]

8 X-Wings + 2 B-Wings + 1 CR90 Corvette = more than what the New Republic did in Mando Season 3.

[@SpottedHares]

Well there was money at stake in this case so you bet they would care.

[@scottn2046]

"It's going to be very hard to keep At Attin a secret once the New Republic finds out about it" - the problem is the same is true about the pirates. Pirates are going to tell there friends and family about At Attin, other Pirates are going to notice that Jod's Mob are seriously cashed up and take an interest - and well "There's always a bigger fish" - I could see the whole thing spiralling out of control and eventually turning into At Achrann 2.0

[@AshinEys]

Which could lead to a proper pirate fleet, funded by the endless treasure, and crewed by the dregs of new republic society. A perfectly defended fortress planet of endless wealth shining out as a beacon calling to the downtrodden masses, a perfect storm for a new galactic power~ Or could've been... heckin way she goes eh? 😂

[@lulu_TheWitchBoy]

@@scottn2046 this is how the corruption starts-forming the new order.

[@xyreniaofcthrayn1195]

Am I the only one who thought jod might have decided to settle down and "plunder" fern's mom eventually as well as becoming a dictator...

[@sonicguyver7445]

I just don't see things going well under the pirates. The fact they started shooting randomly and rounding up the citizens like slavers had me worried as to their fate. I mean yeah, he needs them to work the mint, but how quick before they start seeing some of those people as trade goods if they don't work directly for the mint. It becomes run amuck capitalism where unless you produce, you are feed. I mean if they had just brought the ship in, claiming it was a Republic freighter to move more credits, I would have been more at ease. His best move would have been to keep the citizens of At Attin ignorant that anything had changed. The planet had putted along just fine for decades or more, you don't fix a well-oiled machine by taking a bat to it.

[@MrJustwatchin9]

Here’s a theory: Jod gets incarcerated and becomes a political prisoner. Wym visits him frequently and learns about the force during the visitations so much so that he himself unlocks his force sensitivity. At attin becomes reintroduced to the Republic in the form of the New Republic. Territory is established politicians and bureaucrats plot on what to do with the new found territory and the citizens grow weary of the extended presence. Some of the politicians of the New Republic are integrated into the society of at attin and eventually the citizens themselves devise a plan long with new Republic allies to take back control over their peaceful planet to build a new foundational galactic position for themselves with all the mint they have in their possession. Trade routes, banking etc, I can see them becoming a planet that mirrors two of our countries we have on earth. One being Switzerland and the other the fictional wakanda from the marvel universe as they reactivate the barrier to ward off unwanted entities from entering the planet. I can see the the parents of the skeleton crew being government officials on their planet and I can also see them enlisting the consultation of jod himself. They could release Jod and make him an ambassador to go seek other planetary systems as allies for exchange for business ie trade routes banking services and technology etc. At attin like Africa will become a target for other planetary systems to exploit and usurp the riches in the planet and the people residing there will get caught up in an age old tale of having to retake their home and manage it themselves for it to benefit themselves. At attin could be a pocket of the universe with its own set of stars wars adventures. The skeleton crew could be at the center of many of these stories. I would’ve mind if we didn’t have a season 2 until the kids have grown to older teenage to adult age in this timeline. Maybe this is how the first order we’re able to afford star killer base and all the rest of their massive post imperial fleet. They may have seized at attin.

[@erlingurhjaltason9715]

thats why we need a season 2 to show how incompetent the new republic governing and defending at attin, and the plot could be the crew seek jod for help. also disney loves to depict how terrible the new republic system actually is so that the sequels would make more sense

[@JacobFortin]

I think the pirates would implode as an organization killing each other and the people of At Attin would bury the ships and figure it out from there. So I think Allen is right but for different reasons. There would be short term difficulty but long term stability again. I'm now wondering if At Attin is how the First Order got the funding to build their forces?

[@keithcurtis]

I could not agree with pirates in charge of an essentially enslaved population. My allegiance is to the republic. To democracy. ;)

[@Influence_Force_99]

Not just mutiny, dude told Jod he was going to kill him no matter what... Brutus has it coming.

[@WolfRamAndHart]

Jod should have kept to his two deals...with the kids originally, and then his say that he just wanted to fill up the Onyx with credits. Use that to become a billionaire, stealthily exchanging them for a year. Then come back with new armada.

[@Jamall_Toys]

Yeah, I felt uneasy at the "happy ending" of the show. When those ships came thru the clouds, I was like "I got a bad feeling about this".

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

For all we know, the First Order used the At Attin mints to fund their military.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Dude, they had a whole asteroid full of reasons the planet would not have been better off. Jod's crew was just one group. We saw how quick Navaro went to hell in the Madalorian when Pirates took over. Once the word got out (and it would because pirates aren't great secret keepers what with people tattooing maps on their backs and stuff) every other pirate group, the imperial remnant, AND the New Repub would be lobbing lasers across their sky. The point of the whole show was they couldn't hide forever. At some point they needed to join the galaxy again, better to do it where they can actually discuss it without guns pointed at them, and who knows they could become a huge banking world which would technically make them even more worth protecting.

[@johnhodgson4216]

I think the 'bad jedi' gonna get all the credits that were dumped, and the ship take off. That's what I hope for if there a 2nd Season. Yeah, I wondered why the Pirates started shooting, they just have just landed. there was no resistance.

[@Renkencen]

I'm pretty sure the citizens wouldn't want to be enslaved by the pirates and worked overtime.

[@MonteGruhlke]

I think that the story arc could have been better served with Jod actually succeeding in taking over and subduing the planet, leaving a major cliff-hanger. Season Two would have him in a redemption arc where he cannot help but be affected by the wholesome people of the planet and the children and eventually becoming the hero that jedi originally sensed in him.

[@kirkdarling4120]

That goes beyond the story, however. The primary story is about how Wim finds a way to have a meaningful life and career. They successfully concluded that story by opening up the galaxy to Wim, giving him a chance to be "one of the real good guys."

[@bigma5e]

Another well made thought provoking video. You by far are my favorite Star Wars KZbinr. And you seem like the kind of guy who would be awesome to have a drink with 😂 keep up the great work boss!

[@stuearth5076]

This poses a bigger question of what timeline exactly does this fit into within the SW universe, and how are the economic effects of that many credits being suddenly made available going to be reflected into the rest of canon? Are they taken and used to fund the first order? (it might explain their sudden rise and the starkiller base funding). Are they used by the new republic and to what end? This is waaaay bigger than Aldhani and that was a big deal to the emperor. Will they be taken by the new republic and just put in a new safe place (a galactic fort knox somewhere on Coruscant)?

[@SpottedHares]

Well we know the IGBC has returned, so most likely all that money is given to them to “keep it safe” then after the destruction of the New Republic all that money just “disappeared” since the government that owned it is technically gone.

[@KingEdwardtheTurbulentNeill26]

This takes place between episode 6 and 7. And star killer base was funded by the empire before this takes place so even emperor Palpatine and the empire wouldn't of had the shiny gold credits from At Attain to fund there war machines and army which they were funded by different credit mint.

[@freddiegalvan4168]

There's also a Bad Batch episode that showed cities under the newly minted (pun not intended) Empire had to exchange Republic credits for Imperial credits. It's unknown if the New Republic went back to using Old Republic credits, or if they once more reinvented the currency exchange rate possibly making Old Republic credits useless once again without a proper means of exchange outside of black market/underground value amongst pirates, crime syndicates, and other such dealers.

[@nickcody7257]

I think what happens really has to do with the big unanswered question: What is the Great Work? Was it just printing a pile of money? That seems simplistic and somewhat "ungreat". Was the training of all the analysts a key part of the work? Are they supposed to manage how the money is spent? If the people of At Attin actually understand what The Great Work is, they will most likely try to follow though with that.

[@timthorson52]

I'd say pirates could be better, specifically Jod might work well, but his "enforcers" are pretty bloodthirsty and won't just take it easy on the populace. They'd want palaces and everything. Since it's a "safe" world they'd use it as a base, build up fortresses, the secret would get out eventually, they aren't all unified people, they'll argue over stuff and fight each other. Jod kept thinking he was in control, but kept failing in that regard. He wasn't the right type of pirate for the group he was with. I don't think Jod could manage the world assuming the pirates work. He has a few ideals, but is flawed, winging things as he's going, and doing it decently well. But he makes mistakes, he's greedy, he wants money for money's sake rather than wanting money for what it can give him. He might learn over time, but he might have the populace build him a palace and a horde, could turn into a mini palpatine. If the barrier were intact, they could have operated for the new republic like they did for the old republic, without the barrier, it's going to be more complicated. It's at least likely to be well protected as long as they mint money. The droid brain was fine, the adults knew about it. Presumably they have a degree of control, might even have a possibilityof voting it out. The republic, or those who set it up, were probably not corrupt when it was established.

[@Actalzy]

I loved this series and for once in a long time the kids didn't annoy me, with that said I would love a season 2 but I think the kids story for the time is over or at least I wouldn't mind if it was. But I would love very much to see more of Jod's story and evolution as a character. As for the kids, would be great to see things revived after the kids have grown more and are young adults, fixed up the ship and then leave the planet to do more exploring of the galaxy. Just my two cents.

[@m1903rotc]

The plant would have been better off if Jad hadn't killed the supervisor.

[@BandClarinet3]

The supervisor ordered the droids to attack him. He has to attack.

[@todddammit4628]

I don't think that was his intention when he went in there. He was probably hoping to convince the supervisor, but once he was found out he had no choice. The supervisor controlled every aspect of that world.

[@AgentGodzillaRP1701]

I hope this isn’t the last we see of At-Attin

[@ScaryBaldMan]

If Jod had played it cool, he could have come and gone as he pleased, taken as much as he wanted, and no one would have been the wiser. But he got greedy and that led to his downfall.

[@Linkzelda99]

Wait this could actually be an incredible explanation for how the first order got the funding to build its fleet and star killer base 😮

[@tedrex8959]

I don't know first it was popcorn buckets and now it is microphone covers, Arrakis isn't even in the Star Wars universe!

[@traviscoyle-o2j]

Hey it was cold in there

[@kevinvandal8595]

If I was Jod, I would keep up the ruse of the Emissary and load up the Onyx Cinder once per month. You got a stable cash flow.

[@stevenmcmullan409]

Nope. Just nope. In the words of Master Luke Skywalker, "Amazing every word of what you just said was wrong."

[@tcfuzz]

Saying the pirates taking over at attin could be good, is like saying Russia taking the US could be good

[@nandoman4769]

Honestly I think it came down to choosing either living as slaves or losing some safety. I seriously doubt that the pirates were interested in fostering any sort of trust with the population. They clearly wanted to farm as many credits as they could for as long as they possibly could. Yes destroying the barrier was forever destroying their chance at complete safety but at that point it was already finished. There’s basically zero chance that the pirates would have been able to keep the secret of At Attin safe. Eventually more people would have found out and then there would basically have been a repeat of what happened to every other mint planet. At least now the people of At Attin can have some level of control and shaping over the fate of their planet. In my opinion even if it’s not ideal that’s still about a hundred times better then being brutally enslaved to ruthless pirates

[@darwinskeeper421]

We tend to give the canonical New Republic a lot of hate because it's not as badass as it was in Legends, still, it was a lot better than the governments that were formed after most revolutions. My limited study of history suggests that many revolutions don't really involve plans on what the new government would be like, often leading for revolutions replacing one tyrant for another tyrant. The French Revolution led to the Reign of Terror under the Jacobins and ended with a dictatorship under Napoleon. The Russian Revolution of the early 20th centuries replaced the Tsars with the Bolsheviks under Lenin and later Stalin. While these revolutions may have eventually improved things, for the people on the bottom, I would argue that Mon Mothma's new government was better at picking up the pieces after the Empire was defeated. The New Republic had its failings and blind spots but it was better than most revolutions on our world.

[@TYBOBREED]

I think I'd take an AI droids leadership right now. . .

[@chris12412345123]

My guess is that the mint would have been kept in operation on At Attin, and all of the old republic credits would be taken to different banks throughout the New Republic and used as a reserve currency by pinning the New Republic credit to a fractional value of an old republic credit. This would make the New Republic credit increase in value and stave off future inflation and allow the new republic to make large purchases or leverage large loans off the value of the old republic credit. This would also let the New Republic use the old republic credits for large transfers of money. This way it would make the New Republic much less volitile and not increase inflation. As for what would happen to At Attin itself I imagine that they would rapidly develop being a source of immense wealth already. Each citizen of At Attin is highly educated and most have extensive managerial or technical experience and probably possess the wealth that they could do anything they want with a galaxy of new markets to absorb their money with minimal inflation. The New Republic would probably build a huge military base on the planet, if not invest in a planatary shield and all the employees of the mint could; start new businesses, build towns, invest in cities with their wealth on a planet that is mostly uninhibited other than the city around the minting facility. I can see At Attin becoming like Switzerland, Luxembourg, or Liechtenstein. A tiny planet with one the best GDP's per capita in the galaxy, where everyone is relatively wealthy based on the banking activities with droid automation removing any incentive for the existence of an underclass. I see it being much like the planet Plaizir-15 from the Mandalorian, but not nearly as dense or built up, and existing within the New Republic.

[@shifty0212]

We didn't see the planetary defense barrier destroyed, just turned off. So a simple solution would be to just turn that sucker back on and re-assign the New Republic forces that came as a Planetary Defense Force. Then really the only loose end is the Owl lady (forgot her name).

[@firestar-p1o]

skeleton crew was a great show. me and my family, all adults, liked it. sadly many people are getting rid of their disney accounts. we got rid of net flix and the only reason we keep disney is because of the star wars and marvel franchise.

[@samuelolson9230]

Jod realized moments too late that he could have let At Attin continue on business as usual and spent every credit that they made.

[@Shaggy815]

Jod wouldn't have stayed in control forever

[@gregopedia]

I found it odd that the "good guys" the New Republic, did not give an opportunity for the Pirates to surrender. No attempt to communicate.

[@babytoshiro7014]

They dealt with pirates before

[@tenn_ore]

They knew it was Jod/Brutus' crew, there was likely a bounty on them anyway.

[@andrewkeller2842]

I was thinking At Akron is meant to show what would happen if pirates took over At Attin

[@NewDealDem2187]

Think like a wannabee Libertarian and it will make sense

[@PassiveAgressive319]

Star Wars loves creating the anti hero, and I’m sure Jod will redeem himself in the movies if the rumors are true. We get a hint that he was burned by the Jedi council and I’m looking forward to his character arc.

[@jiffypoo5029]

I wish the Supervisor called for assistance instead of the kids and the Imperial Remnant showed up instead of the New Republic. Have the Pirates free At Attin from Imperial control and setup a protection deal with the planet.

[@kirkdarling4120]

That would be far beyond the range of a story about four kids, which is what this was about.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Jod would have kept all that to himself if he didn't betray the cast. You can bet this string of planets were likely attacked by the FO. Edit: I guess the NR got: a much needed win agaisnt Pirates, a credit printing facility, a Droid force that can get the planet back on track, the planet shields. They have a few tools to keep that place hidden from the FO.

[@BandClarinet3]

I think that barrier switch can be turned back on. The satellites weren’t destroyed or self destructed.

[@tenn_ore]

Right? This is what I've been wandering.

[@darthnihilusthebestsith]

but the governing computer was

[@BandClarinet3]

@@darthnihilusthebestsith the barrier was still on after the supervisor was stabbed. They appear independent. The manual switch override should be able to be able to be switched on.

[@Forsworcen]

I was honestly surprised by how personable the droid brain was to Fern. I was expecting a lot more logic and less concerned relief. I’m betting the brain was sapient, probably one of the first fully sapient droid outside some outliers that have been around for 10’s of thousands of years.

[@NathanWeeks]

I get the feeling all that money must have ended up in the hands of the First Order or Palpatine since they both end up with huge fleets and planet killer weapons. That or the New Republic spent it all on booze: “Somehow, Palpatine returned. We were too drunk to notice.”

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

I'm sure after all those Dathimiri witches get revived, At Atton will be Thrawn's next top priority.

[@udhavbhatia6424]

I was waiting for that plot to unravel, the New Republic has no chance against an army of night sisters and inquisitors, there's like 4 jedi around(2 stuck in another galaxy) the only saving grace the New Republic might has if Cal Kestis shows up with his jedi

[@716Spyder]

Jod planned to keep the people as slaves. Maybe they wouldn't have been the worst kept slaves ever but he said he needed them to keep making credits for him. Sorry but Jod isn't good for At Attin. I do think Jod could have a redemption arc in him. It seems to me that at the end of the series he almost has a look that he's not that sad it didn't go his way... And maybe he has a secondary scheme. I would love to see a redemption arc in the larger Star Wars world for him... But if he was running At Attin he'd have been a full blown slaver and I think the people of the planet are better off working willingly even if for droid than being forced by an overlord wanna-be Jedi.

[@jonathansidden4294]

Another thing i wish they would have answered unless i missed it was are there other cities on at attin. i know they said it's other vaults but is the vaults under cities.

[@mkhud50n]

I think this was intended to be thought about. It’s supposed to be a victory at the end but that victory puts a target on their planet.

[@arctic_haze]

Can't say I know no At Attin.

[@matthewsauder7133]

This just made my day 😂

[@randomdude4505]

For everyone claiming Jod is not so bad, rewatch the introduction to the first episode. My comment stating what a fictional character did in a TV show keep getting deleted by KZbin, while KZbin keeps playing adds for scams. Good job Alphabet.

[@darwinskeeper421]

I doubt that releasing At Attin's vaults of credits to the New Republic would provide much help to the government at large. The main effect of releasing a supply of Old Republic credits on the galaxy would be reducing the value of old credits and probably iridium itself. It may provide some wealth to the people who get the hands on all of these ancient credits, but it would provide a lot of economic instability in the New Republic.

[@ericcousino2068]

One fundamental mistake about At Atten mint. Unless the currency itself is made from some precious metal/substance with its own intrinsic value it is worthless. Currency's value is supported by the nation state is from. In this case the Old Republic no longer exists so its currency no longer has any value. For example, if you find a vault full of East German Deutch Marks they would not be worth the paper they are printed on. In order for this to work in the wider galaxy At Atten would need some sort of precious resource that the currency is made of or at least to base the currency on.

[@charliedulin]

That acid pool thing.... Yeah that thing.

[@geoffreyblack3817]

The New Republic X Wings came in and killed surrendering pirates. On a kid’s show. Who is the bad guy if the good guys do this?

[@charlessorocco2900]

Pirates shoot up too much property and destoried too much... hopefully atattin has the money for repairs

[@gregdaley2661]

No reviews have mentioned Brutus promised to kill Jod immediately before entering the Onyx Cinder. Jod was taking advantage of Brutus' incapacity to survive.

[@ralphmilano1703]

now we have questions, like who was behind this and the other planets that where destroyed, why were they lost to the greater galaxy ?.

[@metawolf987]

I posted a whole theory on the subreddit, about how Jod actually wanted the kids to defeat him. Part of my theory addressed how Brutus told Jod that "the crew loves plunder".