Did You Know: Phasma - Star Wars Facts, Easter Eggs, Trivia, Connections, References, and More!

[@EKT_Enthusiast]

Hux: I hate sand. Its coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. Anakin's Ghost: Is this my real grandson? Because the whiny one definitely isn't. Obi-Wan's Ghost: *scoffs*

[@rayquaza_is_da_boi8661]

Darth lol

[@FritzFoxPirate]

* Inserts Mulan ghost ancestors argument scene *

[@anthoniesantic4325]

Also, Phasma has a Valerisn Steel blade which will come in handy when Winter comes

[@lawrencea.6897]

Yeah, probably against white walkers in space.

[@AbrahamArthemius]

I mean imagining Phasma's home planet is a Mad Max type of planet is really cool if you think about it.. No wonder Phasma is so SHINY AND CHROME !

[@Tracer_Krieg]

VALHALLA!!!

[@AbrahamArthemius]

WITNESS !!!

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Ride the roads enternal!

[@weiz8037]

anakins new BFF 2:23

[@jottXD]

Lockjaw he means Phasma

[@fateagle4life]

In the comic, she does erase what she did to lower the shields and frame someone else.

[@uzurpatori_]

Phasma: * Imitates Brendol * Also Phasma: * It becomes her normal accent * Brendol: An Excellent move.

[@grandadmiralthrawn92]

Can't wait to see the video for Leia: Princess of Alderaan. I'm pretty sure one of the planets mentioned in the book, Craite, is seen in the Last Jedi trailer, the one where it's like salt flats, but the vehicles are kicking up red dust.

[@tylerferron9019]

There was a mention of a nuclear power plant in Catalyst, and how it was a primitively technology. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@mmGunTankMAPattonIII]

hell there were oil refineries and tanks with wheels on Kashyyk, so maybe some places in Star Wars is relatively low-tech compared with the rest of the Galaxy

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Tyler Ferron Yes, it was an old fission plant. I think the plant on Parnasoos was fusion.

[@a.morphous66]

Oil is still a commodity. But nuclear power has been obsolete for centuries.

[@KillerOrca]

@@a.morphous66 Im pretty sure the "oil" on Kashyyk isn't petroleum anyway. Its something else. Similarly explosive. Possibly something from the trees? They're big enough the sap could be used as a fuel. Heh. Tree oil.

[@danielreguera1799]

This is most likely me looking way too far into things mixed with some coincidence, but at 5:35 when the image pops up with Phasma on star killer base shutting down the shield generator, the image on screen directly to the left looks a lot like Snoke's new Mega Star Destroyer The Supremacy. I know it's most likely a coincidence, but the shape is uncanny.

[@stealthcamel]

I could be wrong but my takeaways were: Phasma transfer the electronics from her standard issue FO helmet into her prototype model? Also when she take her helmet off to show Cardinal she is described as "beautiful."

[@darkblood626]

Horses are also a thing in starwars asuming the new Battlefront 2 game is cannon. There is a statue of them on the Naboo map on an arch just outside the entrance of the royal palace.

[@grayjedioutcast3550]

I just realized something when you mentioned that the First Order took babies from their families to join the FO "for their own good". Though the motives were completely different, the FO were doing the same thing that the Jedi did when adopting children into the Jedi order.

[@ColeConCon]

True though the First Order didn't give the families any choice unlike the Jedi

[@grayjedioutcast3550]

Mr. Mew oh yeah that's the other difference as well.

[@GonzotheGOAT]

When I read the scene where Phasma dons the Mandalorian armor, I took its description to be Sabine's given the bright colors and no mentioning of any jetpack affixed to the back of the armor.

[@GAdmThrawn]

Looks like I'll be shelving this for later.

[@tristancooper627]

Great video i have been loving all the recent new cannon books its great to finally know more about phasma keep up the great work

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

3:13 War. War never changes

[@mill2712]

But it was a reactor accident.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

mill 27 it's a fallout reference

[@hdvsmith]

@starwarsexplained was just watching TFA and I caught Kylo telling Hux that he was skilled at commiting high treason..... I think that was a stab at he and Phasma plotting to kill Brendal Hux! This is why I love having the back story!

[@amirmoradi9595]

Question: Who's face is that you keep showing when talking about Brendol Hux 1:52 ? Was there an actor slated to play him at one point?

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

I hope we get to see Gwendoline Christie's badass side in The Last Jedi. We didn't see near enough of it in The Force Awakens.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

I think chickens where also mentioned in the book. Goats wer metioned twice.

[@mr.umbreon308]

That was a great book

[@jrscientist8783]

Interesting theory: What if Snoke is Palpatine's first discarted apprentice?Is there greater revenge to your old master than taking over of what left of his empire? ps 3:00 Alex i knew you are a great guy but a LOST fan too? Cheers mate!

[@kuhpunkt]

Some like it Hoth!

[@mmGunTankMAPattonIII]

Interesting theory, but I would have thought that Plapatine would be more careful with any force sensitives, and also Dooku was quickly replaced with Vader, and there would be no need of another apprentice. Also, seeing how that Jade woman went as the apprentice of Vader, I don't think that they would anyone else with force powers slip through

[@starwarscanonhub99]

Are you going to cover leia princess of alderaan?

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

At 3:48 I see the roller coaster that got wrecked by Hurricane Sandy back in 2012.

[@jordanhicken7812]

On the holoscreen showing the Starkiller Base's shields, is that wing-shapped image to the left the Supremacy? Caught my eye during the video

[@pavanbhartt923]

Amazing video again, Alex! Keep it up bro!

[@theonelegend]

Cardinal notes Phasma's appearance when he sees her for the first time, and doesn't suggest she looks like anything other than a woman like Gwendoline Christie (not noting scaring or any such from her beating)

[@rosiex2757]

gotta love those sand references lmao

[@evancrum6811]

Always love when you do this!!!! :)

[@brickinterviewertv]

i saw it at my target

[@Tracer_Krieg]

As someone born and raised from a desert state (New Mexico), I simply cannot believe she'd be pale skinned like that, especially since she'd be travelling the desert constantly for at least twenty years. A tan like that doesn't just disappear.

[@RR4711]

Jacob Sailer her skin was never exposed to the sun. They explained in the book that the sun would cause severe burns straight away so they keep all their skin under wrappings and where masks.

[@Tracer_Krieg]

I stand corrected.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Jacob Sailer She didn't grow up in the dessert area. She lived by a humid coast on Parnasos.

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

Did you know Phasma is no longer a dork anymore?

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

So I was right all along; Phasma WAS running her own agenda. Had nothing to do with cowardice or incompetence. SHE NEVER WAS A DORK.

[@omarperez2172]

May the force be with you

[@noahwyse2299]

star wars explained: i do believe that Kath hounds where mentioned in another book (either aftermath or bloodline) where a character is called a cold hearted Kath, could be wrong.

[@brickstarmaniacs4682]

Can you make all lightsaber alternative gems(to kyber crystals)?

[@Gyarretto7]

In Legends, there were so many alternatives to Kyber Crystals (which didn't get that name until the new canon, btw), I think you could use a piece of glass as a lightsaber crystal :P In the current canon, I don't believe there have been any alternatives established yet.

[@theonelegend]

Like Gyarretto7 said, in the legends it seemed more like the crystal was necessary for focusing, so many things were possible. The canon indicates the crystal has more to do with amplifying the energy passed through it with the force. So without that property the lightsaber wouldn't be possible.

[@goteemgoteem6431]

Theoretically. Lightsabers are basically blaster bolts held in place by a force field. Kyber bolts are really strong and can cut almost anything (while also holding a spiritual connection with the Jedi that use them) but I imagine you could make a sort of crappier lightsaber using other crystals as well. They probably wouldn't be able to cut things as well as a kyber lightsaber but they could probably still kill people or burn things.

[@gundamheavyarms4879]

Star Wars Explained, have you read Star Wars Battlefront II Inferno Squad? If not, I highly recommend it! Personally, it is my favorite canon novel.

[@madisonbadger9454]

Brilliant random facts. Thanks.

[@bretthodson9465]

Do you think that before they reshot some of rogue one, in the scene from the trailer where Jyn Erson walks across the platform and sees the tie fighter, Cassion was piloting it and that was their way off the planet. Keep in mind before they reshot the movie

[@wiibrockster]

Salone is a Badass too

[@joshuaschaller4400]

Use that audible credit on phasma! Totally worth it

[@wiibrockster]

Phasma is a Badass Girl!

[@Palpatine001]

Hang on Alex I think one of the novels not sure if it is Catalyst where the first time nuclear technology is mentioned. That is if I am recalling it correctly one of the planets occupied by The Empire had a nuclear reactor planet side that exploded (nuclear reactors dont explode anyway (a hydrogen or steam explosion is not a nuclear explosion)) spreading radioactive crap everywhere. Also a proton torpedo was meant to be a supped u nuclear warhead

[@CaneMcKeyton]

That is rather interesting that nuclear power, specifically nuclear fission is still used in parts of the galaxy. It had to have been fission as a fusion power plant wouldn't have caused such a nuclear apocalypse like that. I wonder what the rational is for using what would be considered such an archaic and dangerous power source when newer, safer, and probably cheaper power sources were available.

[@bilalhoward1657]

Did Phasma find Sabine Wren's helmet on Parnassos? "It wasn't much like the smooth, rounded stormtrooper hemets. Beat-up and painted in bright colors, it had a black line across the eyes, another black line from the nose to the chin, and a tiny antenna poking up from the top."

[@rudydragoo8422]

After Mace survived his fall from Palpatine's window he uses the force in the form of force crush which his anger allowed him to tap into and crushed the heads of a few clone troopers who were at the bottom casually talking with each other until their surprise death. He puts on the aromor of a clone trooper to disguise himself even though he had a missing hand which he explained using the jedi mind trick that a jedi had cut it off in a fit of anger. Then a medical droid builds him a mechanical hand and he then put on a clone trooper glove and joined a group of troopers that headed for a transport to Mustafar to set up a command post. He finds that these troopers had a collection of light sabors from fallen jedi who were killed at the Jedi temple, he hides one of them inside a weopons pack and waited until he could break away from the other troopers. After the ship laded behind Darth sidious' ship, he takes the opportunity to steal the ship and escape. He makes it to Yavin 4 and takes an escape pod after he set the onboard computer to continue on until it runs out of fuel. His escape pod crashes to the surface of Yavin 4 and Mace Windu goes into the woods where he hid out from the empire. A few years later an empire prison shuttle crashes on Yavin 4 and it stranded a group of prisoners and a couple clone troopers. One of the clone troopers ended up mating with a Chis female prisoner and has a highly force sensitive son and, due to his inherited accelerated, he was a young boy about five years old within two years. The boy was named Castrian and one day he got lost in the woods where Mace Windu found him and kept him hidden from his family. He took the boy as a padawan and soon an imperial ship comes and picks up the survivors of the prison shuttle and the two surviving clone troopers rejoin the other troopers and takes the recaptured prisoners to their former destination. Mace and Castrian became very close like a father and son and he trains Castrian to be a jedi like himself. Then when Castrian was approximately 25 he and Master Mace Windu take the now repaired prison shuttle on to Tatooeen where they stay until Luke Skywalker is of age and Mace and Kenobi agree that they go on separate missions against the Empire. While Kenobi takes Luke on their mission Mace and Castrian board another trader ship and go to another group of rebels to help them on their missions.

[@VaughnL]

This theory is great. It felt like a story that really could have happened. Nice 👍

[@mmGunTankMAPattonIII]

Proton torpedos and warheads ARE nuclear, they are just "focused", i.e in a smaller blast radius but more concentrated

[@jay__birdie]

I nearly jumped out of my seat when this pooped up on notifications!

[@themadladorian4364]

Theawsomesadie 70627 pooped up ?

[@ggt47]

Giving us a bit more lore in the star wars universe

[@imperialistopinions2276]

I'm sure Dawson had a lot of fun writing that sand passage from Hux Senior

[@KillerOrca]

Probably one of the better books to come out of the intermovie time period. Pity it was technically a waste buuuuttt we dont really know what happened to Cardinal and the spy so... TBH Im wondering about nukes now.

[@failedrevolutionary9497]

I think that what we should take away from this is that Boba Fett is probably pissed about his armor.

[@flickruskin786]

You should do another video on darth talon

[@Dotseoem]

I never seen Lost soooo.... Didn't know that there'd be Lost spoilers...

[@paulking9476]

I wonder if phasma will die at any point in the sequel trilogy

[@finnishmetalfreak]

Paul King maybe Rey will at some point force punch her to tatooine straight into sarlac pit

[@TheFallinhalo]

Stan Tweddle just because she fell into the pit of fire doesnt mean shes dead. or did you forget we thought she died with starkiller base in TFA. or did you forget apparently people can survive being chopped in half in the star wars universe only for maul to pop up again in the clone wars and survive til the empires days? ya dont rule her out.

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

I believe rain Johnson described her as the Kenny of the trilogy or something. So maybe expect another comeback....MAYBE. It would be funny if she did come back though I'd like to see what they force EU writers to make to explain it only for them to kill her off a third time in a really stupid way.

[@bullrun2772]

@@GreaterGrievobeast55 lol go home

[@cameronschmit6472]

She picked up Mandalorian armor? I didn't hear that when I listened to it. The helmet I remember being described as different with a "straight line" by the mouth or something, but I assumed it was like a biker scout helmet.

[@cameronschmit6472]

Also of course that was before she got LE's ST armor.

[@bilalhoward1657]

"It wasn't much like the smooth, rounded stormtrooper hemets. Beat-up and painted in bright colors, it had a black line across the eyes, another black line from the nose to the chin, and a tiny antenna poking up from the top." That sounds like Sabine Wren's helmet. vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwarsrebels/images/9/93/SABINE_Helmet.png/revision/latest?cb=20140725104451

[@cameronschmit6472]

Bilal Howard sure does! Thanks!

[@mrpelon1000]

Sweet do I still have to the read the book lol

[@lepetittofu]

How do you think they will manage to set the Phasma comic at the same time as the events of Last Jedi which are both starting right after Force Awakens ? Phasma is chasing the officer during the events of the next movie no ?

[@jonathancarmack1545]

Can someone please explain the life cycle of the Gand species, spoiler this dude was chilling in a nuclear sand wasteland for 180 years with out food or water... I was thinking bindu when I first read until I googled Gand and it's just a normal species?? How was this possible

[@SepaoCanalNovatops4]

Muy buen vídeo like

[@kaijuhero7115]

I want to know the story of how that mandalorian armor got their!

[@Darkwintre]

What's your opinion about Frey, Phasma's niece? It doesn't state when Frey left Cardinal's care, I'm thinking Phasma dumped her on Jakku after realising she's force sensitive rather than have Snoke discover her. Now regarding SKB what if she did that deliberately because she wanted it destroyed? Given how little loyalty she has would you pass up the chance to have the Resistance eliminate a major threat should she want to leave the FO as there's no way she'd want them having the means to wipe out any inhabitable world at their whim... Remember what Brendol did once he got to his ship? He bdzed every place he visited now imagine Phasma's reaction to that!

[@FirstnameLastname-df5ef]

The novel says that Frey was killed in a "training accident" under the care of Phasma, but in truth Phasma wanted to erase all witnesses

[@Darkwintre]

Inimical Goose 11235 he assumed she died, there was no indication when she left his care because she was supposedly 6 years old back when Phasma met Brendol, the book is set a year before TFA so why didn't he say Frey left his care a year before roughly around the time Phasma returned to Parnassos to use Brendol's ship to create her chromium trooper armour and weapons! I think Cardinal only agreed to encourage his prisoner to talk if you were going to make stormtroopers to answer to their numbered designation do so from childhood not once Phasma gets to teach them!

[@Guns1313]

they also mention chickens lol

[@MissUpsetterDesigns]

Hmm, I don't think this book confirms that Snoke led the first order 10-15 years before TFA like you said. Snoke is mentioned approximately twice in the book and it's in present-tense and says nothing about when he started his rule. This book doesn't have a specific time frame of when the current date is, but it does take place after Bloodline. Sorry to nit pick - great video, though!

[@mypenisisverysmallbut1070]

6:28 PHASMA ARAYN CONFIRMAND

[@6Kubik]

Hux and Phasma = best murder friends 4-ever.

[@timkoglin6875]

When was Sloan mentioned? I missed that reference.

[@bilalhoward1657]

When Cardinal went to A.Hux's office to "tattle" on Phasma.

[@nemerice]

For q and a next one why don't we see clones reload their blasters

[@brickinterviewertv]

roller coasters are cannon in star wars lol

[@kenanschwoebel8626]

Any canon books that I should pick up?

[@DragonisPrime]

Thrawn.

[@alifhikmawan1318]

Kenan Schwoebel all of them are great buy em all

[@tylerferron9019]

Lost stars. But my favorite book series of all is the legends series called republic commando.

[@Blazecap]

Kenan Schwoebel The After math books are really good.

[@kenanschwoebel8626]

Force Within TV havent

[@Warden_Vtel]

Is she single, tho?

[@Louthanjen]

Donsmacker1 yep

[@Warden_Vtel]

Force Within TV Maybe (waggles eyebrows)

[@themadladorian4364]

Donsmacker1 You can watch her nude scenes in Game of Thrones.=)

[@renoutlaw8371]

Nah man she got giant babies wit tormund.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

She's 2 much woman 4 any man.

[@UnluckiestGrim]

Why does captain cardnal look exactly like gaylen meric?

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

3:13 200 years? When is Bethesda gonna sue?

[@ConorCarlisle]

So I guess Phasma is Lanius from Fallout New Vegas? I am okay with that.

[@hezet9966]

#linktothebast is cood game

[@kaleeshmatriarch455]

Excellent video!! Phasma has a lot of great potential coming her way and has become ONE of my favorite Star Wars characters. I hope she doesn't get wasted in The Last Jedi or Episode 9 like other characters who had defective characterization. Phasma does need to experience SOME character growth as she becomes popular with fans and not become a weakly handled character who receives unnecessary praise in moments that dub cheap performance. That would be a cringeworthy end for Phasma. 😝😒😡👎 On the OTHER hand, these are depressing, yet interesting, facts about Phasma. I can't wait to read the book (and comic) till then. For now, the Canon books I'll be spending time reading are the third book of the Aftermath trilogy and Inferno Squad, next to creative writing. I love reading and hope to be an amazing writer someday. Star Wars does indeed have a rich history of storytelling. Keep IT up on the exploration of Phasma's character. #PhasmaRocks 🙂👍☄💕

[@latina_fangirl]

Damn, I really wanted Phasma to be an android.☹☹

[@hugo-garcia]

If Phasma dies in the last jedi, I will not buy this book, this will make her is a useless character

[@Arclight104]

I keep feeling that they are trying to push Phasma as this badass new Boba fett but totally ruined her character in the force awakens. I mean she is a non-entity for much of the film and her big contribution is helping lower the shields on starkiller base and getting thousands of her own soldiers and Senior officers killed as a result. People argue that she had a gun to her head but soldiers are expected to lay down their lives to preserve their nation or way of life. Heck, some of the recipients of the Congressional Medal of honor faced similar or worse circumstances with literal multiple guns/bombs etc to their heads but chose to go down fighting in the, sometimes completely futile, hope that they could save the lives of their comrades and fellow citizens. Phasma should have set a better example here and I find it extraordinary that the First Order would still keep her around if they know about her role in all this.

[@tylerferron9019]

Watch his other video about why she does it. She has no loyalty to the FO and only joined to get out of her nuclear wasteland world. Also, it is clear that she's going to be more prominent in TLJ, so just chill.

[@diesenutss]

She lowered the shields because she has no loyalty to the First Order, she just wanted to survive.

[@WatcherMovie008]

That pretty bad story writing if a movie needs novels and books to help understand. If you need to read a book or a novel to understand why this or that occurs in a movie, that is just simply bad story writing, plain and simple.

[@ort94041]

not when it's part of a trilogy. The best thing about a trilogy is that you can spread info and answers around all three movies instead of turning the first movie into an exposition fest. TLJ doesnt need much to give the same explanation to movie goers. She just has to say that she cares more about her own life than the order's

[@Arclight104]

Tyler but that's even worse. Having no loyalty and allowing thousands of people who may also have dubious loyalties to die just to save your own skin is outright callous. In addition, it still does not explain why the First Order keeps her around in TLJ, she should at least be demoted to the lowest rank for her role or much more likely outright executed for lowering the shields and being mainly responsible for the catastrophe. I mean what would Vader have done in this context? Force choked her death as he did to Navy officers for much less crimes I would think. As for the books, they don't mean jack...in a few years they could be de-canonized as the legends continuity was. Only the movies do and should matter and from what we see Phasma has no motive other than incompetence for being ambushed and cowardice for agreeing to lower the shields without a fight. It basically all stems back to very poor writing for her character as others have noted.

[@Palpatine001]

Okay Disney totally suck at naming classes of ships in the Post Battle of Endor Era (Resurgent is good but Mega Class?) but dang those Resurgent Class Star Destroyer Names are great: Finaliser (Finalizer for my USA counterparts) and now the Absolution. Bit like the Royal Navy with the Victory, the Indomitable, the mighty Hood (who then got sunk by Bismark), the Illustrious and the HMS Indefatigable.

[@bullrun2772]

Hm no

[@heatherbladefemboy989]

this book ruined captain phasma for me, also captain cardenl is way cooler

[@sansfi]

Suddenly Im thinking... why are they called The First Order? For a organisation that LOVES so much the empire and it's based so much on the Empire you would think they wouldn't call themselves FIRST order, as if the Empire never existed. Usually goverments that admire a past goverment usually call themselves something related to it.

[@Mattgorman996]

First

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Strange that Phasma receives such hatred - there's no other word for it - when General Hux BLEW UP A STAR SYSTEM. So the genocide of trillions committed by a man is OK, but a little self-preservation by a woman is somehow a mortal sin? This says far more about the people complaining than it does about the character.

[@rosiex2757]

they're sexist. don't listen to them. their ''opinions'' are invalid.

[@thebacons5943]

People don't hate her because she did a bad thing, people hate her because she is a lame character. Also, she essentially blew up Starkiller base, hardly "a little" self preservation. It was a whole planet and the heart of the first order.

[@4TheWinQuinn]

What General Hux did was in line with what you expect his character would do. What Phasma did was just really lame. It's got nothing to do with her being a woman (sigh there's always one isn't there) or her actions in general. It's the fact that it did not match with her character and she got no screen time.

[@ccody-long6915]

To be honest, Hux did more than Phasma and Ren combined in TFA....

[@heatherbladefemboy989]

what phasma did was more personal and ezer to imagen but hux blowing up the planet is harder to imagn

[@thephilosophicalphilswift8677]

I'm early

[@Ibrahim_Mir]

GUYSY WE NEED AND ETERNAL EMPIRE VIDEO AND IF ANIKAN WAS KILLED BY DUKOO IN EP 2

[@Cybermat47]

Internal Gaming that sounds more like Star Wars Theory's sort of video.

[@tommoolenaar3901]

Internal Gaming You need some spelling lessons first.

[@josephyml]

he doesn't do "if" videos

[@dragonsword2253]

I honestly wish she was actually loyal to the First Order instead of being some kind of freelancer

[@schlymfrainkestxchieftains2623]

Nice sand joke

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

capt phasma is one of the worst under developed characters ever. she's barely a featured extra in the force awakens & comes off like a boba fett knock off. lucasfilm & Disney really did not need phasma & she has no real story link or is vital. just bad.

[@rosiex2757]

admittedly some things in TFA were not handled the best, including some of it's characters. and unfortunately Phasma was one of them. But I think we can all expect for her to show up a lot more in TLJ and be more fleshed out.

[@FirstnameLastname-df5ef]

Disney did need Phasma... for the toys.