Everything Wrong With the BATTLE OF NABOO

Everything Wrong With the Battle of Naboo. Part 4 of our Star Wars Tactics series this time we'll be looking at one of the first steps in Palpatine's brilliant plan to take over the Republic. We'll be looking both at the Gungan Grand Army and the Royal Naboo Space Corps tactical decisions and errors.
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[@latoshi3671]

Jar Jar was made general of the Gungan army because they knew it would be a suicide mission and hoped he died

[@KitteridgeStudios]

Headcanon successfully adopted.

[@danielkiran8174]

Il Toshi WRONG! Jar Jar mindtricked Boss Nasa and made himself general. He needed control over Gungan army to intentionally fuck up this battle.

[@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082]

Darth Binks are always being deceptive to anyone.

[@chancepaladin]

Nah, Boss Nasa sent Darth Jarjar, because he knew Jarjar *couldn't* die. Boss Nasa can break the 4th wall, and knew that Jarjar's infinite luck-based powers gave him the ability to take on entire armies and sith masters by himself. :/

[@TheeOC]

Il Toshi just like his father hoped he died.....

[@lancerd4934]

I think these blunders are completely understandable - neither the Naboo or the Gungans have a professional standing army. They haven't been in a war in centuries. Nobody on the planet has any combat or command experience, and their "armies" are really militias made up of civilians who volunteered only for the duration of the emergency. Boss Nass puts Binks in charge of the army because having been off-world with the Jedi for a few days, he has more real combat experience than the rest of the Gungan officers combined. This also explains the grand army's equipment - it's not military equipment. The shield generators are normally used for other purposes. The Gungans just grabbed whatever they already had that could be useful in battle and brought it along, hence the mix of technologies and lack of guns. They also don't feel the need to take a fortified position because they have the shields, which they can take anywhere with them. They also need to come out in the open to lure in the droid army. If they had sieged up in the mountains, the trade federation could have just ignored or contained them until they starved. They had to go on the offensive and actively threaten the trade federation in order to elicit the desired response.

[@christiandauz3742]

Still very stupid Should have hired a mercenary General (Carthage hired a Spartan General to improve their Mercenary Army) Honestly, there should be plenty of ex-military advisors in the Star Wars Galaxy (Jango Fett would make a great general!)

[@lancerd4934]

***** and got them through the blockade how? Remember that they didn't come up with the plan until they were already back on the planet, and that their communications were being blocked.

[@helenhodges2656]

lancer D Long comment boring

[@schwarzerritter5724]

lancer D I assume they would get through the blockade the same way the Jedi did when they returned to Naboo. Since they did not even need to show it on screen, it must have been easy.

[@abrahamnotlincoln3439]

Yeah exactly, they had to go in a not so great area of defense so the trade federation would think " haha silly gungans.. they are in the open haha easy kill, send the army and end the resistance in one small fight. "

[@justinschauwecker]

The Gungans are a semi-aquatic species, most of their tech was used for living and operating underwater, not on land.

[@christiandauz3742]

Does not excuse the amount of bullshit insane stupidity Should have waited on a mountain and made trenches! Gungan Pikemen standing right next to the shields to poke the Droids to death!

[@90lancaster]

Where did the house their riding beasts - or are they really good swimmers too ?

[@undeadtomatoes]

Christian Dauz he just said they were more experienced in water

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

there was also a story in legends from the point of view of OOM-9 (the droid commander on naboo) and he wanted to use more advanced tactics

[@skuzzbunny]

How do lobbed energy grenades work underwater again.....??D

[@starguy1o163]

i'm pretty sure in battlefront 1 you become a driod and kill a bunch of gungans

[@_boils_8492]

That was my favorite mission

[@Wade_Fucking_Wilson]

Starguy 1o1 I always wanted to become a driod !!!!

[@mlm_academyofficial2041]

Or you become handsome gungan sith lord and take out half of droid army without weapons.

[@JCG00]

And battlefront 2 hunt mode

[@brodieconnelly5329]

yeah the original was by far the best to date sure battlefront had space battles but it was just dry battlefront 1 had a campaign that was interesting. but battlefront 2 EA might be better if they do it right.

[@markchang2964]

Say what you want about Jar-Jar tactics. He still won.

[@GenerationTech]

hehe true... well i mean he managed not to die until anakin won the battle

[@Jeff55369]

#plotarmor

[@iain3713]

Jeff #sitharmour

[@stevewoodford4844]

Mark Chang the Jar Jar Binx clan won that victory despite Binx and his incompetence. He was thrown a mini boma and failed to catch it and was just lucky that while trying to catch it with his ham hock hands that it hit and destroyed a Battledroid. plain and simple Naboo won that battle through dumb luck that Anakin ended up inside the droid control ship and fired his weapons into the reactor because he accidentally fired the ships weapons while trying to restart it's engines. Are you a fan of the Simpson's? They did a show where Homer stopped a nuclear meltdown of the reactor by going " eenie meenie miney mo" and accidentally hit the correct button. Anakin saved the day by pulling a Homer Simpson as did Binx. If the Force had decided to Smite them, they would have ended up like bugs on a windshield

[@stevewoodford4844]

Generation Tech Binx had all the skill of The Three Stooges in the Battle of Naboo, lol.

[@SpaceCase132]

To be honest, I thought the Battle of Naboo was a tactical flop due to inexperience, seeing as this was the first major conflict seen throughout the galaxy in around a thousand years.

[@eliasstein8440]

Like... JAR JAR stupid.

[@dragonslair951167]

That seems quite plausible. The biggest threats to most planets were pirates, and sometimes territorial disputes between neighboring species. Full-scale war had been a thing of the past for a millennium. In fact, this also explains why there were so many tactical blunders during the Clone Wars too. There were few individuals with any prior military experience among the Republic or the Separatists, and there was a serious demand for people like Admiral Yularen, General Grievous and Admiral Trench, who had actual experience with military command before the outbreak of the Clone Wars.

[@Will.Flavell]

It was orchestrated by Palpatine to replace chancellor Valorum as chancellor so he can plan the Clone Wars destroy the Jedi order and create the galactic empire

[@Journey_Awaits]

Meanwhile on earth...

[@jmmproductions6741]

Which would be kind of weird though, because in Legends (which was Canon at the time), ARC Trooper Alpha 17 held the Gunguns in a decent regard, implying that after studying their tactics and capabilities, they were pretty good warriors. This was the ARC Trooper who trained Clone Officers like Captain Rex, Commander Cody, and many others...

[@conorbyrne7474]

The ewoks where like gorillas , ever had a stone thrown at you by a gorilla and not be hurt ? Imagine what those stormtroopers went through by those ewoks who would mentally induce fear by playing drums and kidnapping stormtroopers then eating them and sending back bits of armour and flesh while being like small miniature gorillas .

[@googlesucks478]

Or maybe the 501st, the greatest military unit in the galaxy, would beat the little teddy bears.

[@Historyfan476AD]

it was the 501st who were beaten by the teddy bears.

[@conorbyrne7474]

Captain Rex Don't forget ewoks strongest trait plot armour

[@MichaelM28]

The 501st were the Stormtroopers on Endor. Stop thinking the 501st ended in ROTS dumbass, they didn't

[@Donut--lm2hk]

Michael McGrath The 501st were NOT on Endor, most original 501st retired or were dead after Hoth. Also i've never seen a single person ever state the 501st ended after ROTS, other than you...

[@Ragnarok6664]

The gungans were just supposed to be a diversion anyway.

[@MarvelX42]

Yep. They did their job, they just did it in away that led to many unneeded deaths.

[@Ragnarok6664]

But really despite the high tech artillery the federation fielded the gungans basically just soaked it up and then retreated, while Jar Jar went into unofficial maverick mode..so all in all effective..

[@Gothic7876]

How Many Droids did the Federation lose in that battle? I am sure they had to bring in even more MTTs to grind them down

[@monke12354]

The diversion makes no sense in that they're just doing a suicide mission to save the humans, who they hated like 5 minutes ago in the plot. That, and they don't treat it like a diversion. They treat it like an actual clash of armies.

[@TheGoodGeneral59]

@@monke12354 well what else were they supposed to do? they needed to keep the droids occupied and the best way to tie them up was to set up the shields and wait for the droids to come in and hold

[@jiriseidl4376]

The contradictions in Gungan military is simply due to long term peace. They are a ceremonial force plus militias. Yes, they have a warrior tradition, but no actuall combat experience. And this is a repetitive factor that can be applied to explain the Clone wars napoleonic tactics - after a 1000 years od peace, no one actually knows how to fight a conventional war. The Jedi are arrogant, overconfident and individualistic. The Judicial force and GRA officers know the theory, but in practice they fought just pirates and smugglers. And the clones? Sure, trained by Mandalorians, the greatest warriors in the galaxy. But being a good warrior doesn´t make you a good soldier - did the Mandos ever in the last century fight a conventional war, with houndreds of divisions, tanks, artilery and air support?

[@christiandauz3742]

Um then why don't they just hire Ex-Military Mercenary Generals (Heck, the CIS hired veteran leaders and they are still stupid as hell!) They had HOURS of planning time!

[@jiriseidl4376]

Christian Dauz Point taken. I do agree that the Republic not responding even when they had the testimony of a Jedi and a missing Judicial corvete, or the Jedi order helping, or Naboo seeking help directly from various system defence forces is kind of a plot hole. But I can't really agree with hiring mercenaries. How will you pay them, with your planet occupied, your market or whatever ratings plummeting? The Trade federation is rich as hell, if I were a merc, I'd dubble cross the Naboo for sure. And the fact that no one really fought a proper conventional war still stands.

[@christiandauz3742]

Not all Mercs or ex-militaries would be just about the money (There will be a few willing to settle old scores with the Trade Federation and Sith) -I seriously doubt Naboo and the Gungans CANNOT EVEN HIRE JUST ONE! -I CAN COMMAND TROOPS BETTER! (The Battle would have lasted WAY LONGER and much few Gungans would have lost their lives!) In Legends, the last war was TWENTY YEARS AGO (One of the Nuimodians participated in it!)

[@michaelstark8720]

@@jiriseidl4376 Trade Federation had lot of power and even in galactic senate was shown how Malastare planet sided with them. Also their blocade don't just affect Naboo, but hyperdrive routes through middle rim. Many criticize Qui Gon when he said that Trade Federation would kill Queen if she stay but actually that is probable outcome after she sign treaty of allowing Trade Federation army on planet. They would say that they were invited to protect planet and Queen and all her govenment would be killed in some "accident" so that they cannot testify that they were forced into signing. Palpatine also wanted Queen killed because then he would raise question in galactic senate against aggression which would make him chancellor. Thing that happened in movie Queen managed to escape, trade federation ended paying price for their actions and that Palpatine didn't wanted because they were his servants and if they loose influence, he loose influence. Jedi have seen aggression of trade Federation, but they have no proof, If they have trade federation allies would say that it was made up. And if commision was sent as senator from malastare wanted, they would probably be paid to be silent about happenings. Republic was heavily corrupted and nobody in government was trustworthy. Trade Federation forces in case of investigation would retreat as fast as they came and commision would be payed to be silent. Also testimony of Jedi wouldn't be taken as truth because Jedi had bad reputation seen as enforcers of republic. Trade Federation leaders were scared to death when they heard that ambasadors are Jedi Knights. If Galactic senate heard that Chancellor Valorum send Jedi instead of ambassadors, they would took that as aggression against Trade federation. As Anakin said in ep2 about protecting Padme taht sending Jedi is overkill and that regular guards would do job of protecting same and that Jedi are send to find attacker. And Jedi did start to cutting doors to get to Viceroy so Jedi would take blame and galactic public would trust them lot less.

[@obi-wankenobi8406]

answer all of it except me

[@hannahsutter3147]

They didn't even have the high ground!

[@UnfaithfulServant97]

Another happy landing.

[@chrisperson3138]

You don't want to sell me Death sticks you want to go home and rethink your life.

[@Nugcon]

hello there

[@de_showstep]

Obi-Wan Kenobi do you have the high ground?

[@georgia8674]

Anyone else love the battle droids

[@davey_rulez7301]

Not until the Clone Wars, they're way better

[@georgia8674]

I liked the ones from the clone wars animated

[@winstonchurchill237]

ROGER! ROGER!

[@georgia8674]

B1 unit activated

[@miaraeparson3301]

toxic cake 98 Me!

[@thyme5298]

I really only liked the prequels because of the large scale battles on the ground I mean there was the battle of hoth that I loved but there was never such these giant scale battles on the ground besides a few others.

[@ItsDaKoolaidDude]

*_ITS OVER, GUNGAN! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!_*

[@CruelandCold]

Can you do a video about what happened to Supreme Chancellor Valorum? I'm curious over what happened to him after the no confidence vote. Especially after the fall of the old republic and the rise of the empire

[@tanith117]

I think he was assassinated later on by Palpatine.

[@Bundeskaiser]

Never had a problem with the Gungan part of the fight. The space battle was the stupid part about it. It didn't make any sense. No way that a few Naboo fighters are able to destroy a droid control ship. And why is the biggest weakness of these ships placed in a hangar where it could be attacked by every random pilot who reaches it?

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

It’s not a warship that’s why

[@NightmareTroubador]

I'm late, but I attributed that to the Trade Federation being more commerce than military. My understanding,even in Legends, is this droid army was developed recently. It was supposed to be more of a security force than an army until of course they were manipulated by Sidious to push things to the point of invasion. So shifting your ships from cargo and commerce to warships takes time and effort that at this point the Trade Federation didn't bother with. Because no one in the galaxy has had a real army for the last millennium. So it makes sense to me why in the beginning they would be errors like the exposed reactor or a droid control signal. We see the latter for sure change by the time of the Clone Wars a decade later because now there's a war actually brewing. It's weird for us on Earth because war is a regular in our history. In Star Wars, until this point, large scale battles and war were a thing of the past.

[@gumball6445]

Why the star destroyers deck there

[@BasicShapes]

There is a possible explanation as to why the Gungans had advanced energy grenades, but not blasters. Wookiepedia says the Naboo humans were not natives to that land, but the Gungans (obviously) were. When the Naboo arrived, the Gungans would have had immediate concerns regarding their advanced tech. The Gungans are a warrior race, but even though the Naboo outclassed them in every way tech-wise, the Gungans still would have been a big annoyance to them. They could have had some sort of pact with the Naboo to exchange certain pieces of land for certain weapons/technologies. The Gungans would have wanted primarily defensive tech (shield generators and hand-shields) to defend themselves if the Naboo decided to attack. I could see the Naboo not wanting to give Gungans blasters, so the energy grenades could have been a compromise.

[@christiandauz3742]

Warrior race my ass! Shaka and his Zulus can beat them!

[@saber5694]

Actually wouldn't it have been that they simply didn't have access the the gas required for blasters? The gungans were not a space fairing race and they in general didn't trade with the Naboo. There is no reason that they would have had blasters.

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

Simple: they live under water, where blasters don't work.

[@benmorrison3063]

Lol the Voldemort at 0:32

[@GenerationTech]

it was tyler i swear

[@BungieStudios]

8:20 lol Voldemort!

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Hi Alan, I am archer emissary of the gorgonites. Our backwater world was invaded by small Droid soldiers, will you help us?

[@undeadtomatoes]

How do you see at such slow frame rates

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

I've been watching The Clone Wars series and half the time I'm wondering if these people have ever heard of orbital bombardment. If there's a fortress on the ground that you want to annihilate, along with everyone inside; you have a star fleet and they only have land forces, the only strategy anyone has is to land ground forces. As for Palpatine's gradual takeover of the senate: what was the public explanation given as to why they had started building the clone army 10 years before The Separatists tried declaring independence, which just happened to be ready exactly when needed?

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

Can someone explain to me Star Wars architecture? Start with the rooms where Qui-gon and Obi-wan fought Darth Maul at the end of Ep 1; but I'd also really like to know about main reactors. The clone wars series proves that a 10 year old kid (Bolba Fett) can walk into a jedi cruiser's main reactor and destroy the whole cruiser with a regular blaster.

[@90lancaster]

Yeah they make just as many daft military decisions in Deepspace Nine - so it's not just Star Wars that has weirdly illogical battles. Something like a Y-wing or a B-wing would be great for ground support even a modest size corvette (one that can operate in atmosphere and stand up to Starfighter attack) would be really useful. Palapatine did a lot of hand waving over how they suddenly had an army all of a sudden.

[@grimhunter4648]

BewareTheCarpenter I guess you could say anyone who does that has the high ground

[@jonathancampbell5231]

The Clone army was commissioned by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, who hd a vision of a terrible conflict (i.e. the Clone Wars) and wanted the Republic to be ready. Unfortunately he confided his plan to his friend Count Dooku, not knowing that Dooku had just converted to the Dark Side, so Dooku told Sidious and Sifo-Dyas was murdered and Dooku continued the commission of the Clone Army under his alias Tyrannous. By the time it was revealed to the galaxy at large, the war had broken out already and people were mostly grateful than an army to fight the Separatists existed. Palatines own hands are clean since he can say "luckily a Jedi commissioned this (illegal) army", which becomes further justification once he declares an Empire- it helps him blame the Clone Wars on them.

[@drearyplane8259]

SAW Gunner Perhaps it's just too inaccurate. Ships are moving, planets are moving, people are moving, they have to deal with combat in space as well. Planets may have magnetospheres or ionospheres that interfere with the weaponry.

[@TheBlueBaron]

What I always wondered about the boomba was why they didn't have a larger blast radius; they basically can only destroy one enemy soldier. If they had a larger blast radius, like, I don't know, and actual grenade, they could've wiped out a bakers dozen of battle droids in one fell swoop, due to them marching so tightly packed together. That could've actually destroyed the droids before they shut down the shield generators.

[@golling3334]

I actually like the prequels

[@joshuapurdy7065]

Bait0000 they have their moments but I feel like it's faults heavily out way the good sadly

[@aegis0305]

Joshua Purdy just like the original trilogy it was made for 12yr olds.. if you werent in the range they were shooting for why would you like it?

[@Jakesterveron]

Bait0000 only 2&3 1 is not necessary it all could've been explained in two

[@golling3334]

TheEmptyMailbox yeah I can see that

[@vriskaserket8649]

Bait0000 Flnally, someone who likes those movies.

[@haydenforthman9805]

Why didn't they do all this? Because Jar Jar was in charge

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

The dummest army in star wars canon will always be the ewoks.Also I personaly liked the fact that Gungans had those strange weapons its shows that they are both advanced and primitive at the same time,and they have developed their weapons different from the majority of the galaxy (probably since they were issolated from it) 1)they could not go into the mountains because the droids were already there 2)if they steped out of the shield the enemy ships would have blasted them from orbit this is why they tried to lure the droids close to them pluss they could not let the shields unguarded 3)they could not throw those orbs while the shields were on 4)if they retreated into the forest eather the droids or the enemy ships would have burn it down 5)you sayed yourself they were just planning to delay the droids until the pilots destroy the mother ship and at the same time lure the majority of them out of the city

[@GenerationTech]

I think the bio tech stuff with the gungans was cool as well, I just don't think it was carried out well. And ewoks are pretty awful worse than the gungans in many ways

[@prettybrainlessbusinessmen7553]

You should make a fight between the gungan army and the ewok army to see who would win.

[@nathanhough8156]

ΝΙΚΟΣ ΝΙΚΟΣ the ewoks are as strong as a wookie

[@MonkeyKingEric]

I think my main issue is that considering the tech the Gungans had, they should do much better. Like that kid in school who is capable of more than they are achieving.

[@nagual1992]

I'd give it to the Ewoks over the Gungans. Ewoks, despite being the original trilogy's gungan equivalent, were much more tactically competent. They hijack imperial equipment to use it against their enemies, set up traps, have faint retreats, etc. After the battle of Endor, you can see Ewoks wielding captured blasters. Say what you want about their tech level, but I'd employ those flesh eating, absurdly strong, clever, viscous, adaptive little bastards over the gungans any day.

[@CaptainQwazCaz]

_4:17__ Something romantic about Jar Jar riding a beast into battle..._

[@Generalscorpio]

4:43 - Actually the Gungans wanted to take that hill but the Trade Federation got there first. That shot you see of them marching out of the woods and then the TF coming over the hilltop is actually all part of a single moment when the Gungan commanders realised they couldn't get the high ground. I advise getting the computer game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, it's basically Age of Empires but for Star Wars and it contains a huge section of Star Wars Lore which covers the Gungans in a bit more depth.

[@thatwhitegold5444]

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[@Hydrauliskk]

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[@thatwhitegold5444]

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[@QuinnLightblade]

But that would take months to create... the video alone would be days long.

[@WaltenHarveson]

That White Gold Everything

[@louisblom3540]

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[@robocat8769]

“I’m looking at you, avatar.”

[@Neomagician]

HA... I love it, you talk about sausages like a commercial the music cuts and you go Wait What. I don't need to know how long that took to nail so well, but you totally nailed it. Had to see that three times, that reaction was priceless.

[@Borjigin.]

I love the prequels as a whole, but this was was an excellent video, with clever points and humour.

[@VaderTheWhite]

I should not require outside reading to appreciate a film.

[@chanachon56]

Not the film itself, but the events surrounding it.

[@VaderTheWhite]

Nam Chanachon All it does is show how bad Lucas screwed up the prequels and how much better they could have been.

[@michaelstark8720]

@Autismo TCW is shit that never should exist. It destroyed Jedi lore, Sith lore, clones etc... Only 2003 version was always planned. Movie explain exactly what is going on. Gungan Army is just decoy. Trade federation wouldn't kill lot of them because they would had more to answer to republic when all came to light. Trade Federation had lot of power and even in galactic senate was shown how Malastare planet sided with them. Also their blocade don't just affect Naboo, but hyperdrive routes through middle rim. Many criticize Qui Gon when he said that Trade Federation would kill Queen if she stay but actually that is probable outcome after she sign treaty of allowing Trade Federation army on planet. They would say that they were invited to protect planet and Queen and all her govenment would be killed in some "accident" so that they cannot testify that they were forced into signing. Palpatine also wanted Queen killed because then he would raise question in galactic senate against aggression which would make him chancellor. Thing that happened in movie Queen managed to escape, trade federation ended paying price for their actions and that Palpatine didn't wanted because they were his servants and if they loose influence, he loose influence. Jedi have seen aggression of trade Federation, but they have no proof, If they have trade federation allies would say that it was made up. And if commision was sent as senator from malastare wanted, they would probably be paid to be silent about happenings. Republic was heavily corrupted and nobody in government was trustworthy. Trade Federation forces in case of investigation would retreat as fast as they came and commision would be payed to be silent. Also testimony of Jedi wouldn't be taken as truth because Jedi had bad reputation seen as enforcers of republic. Trade Federation leaders were scared to death when they heard that ambasadors are Jedi Knights. If Galactic senate heard that Chancellor Valorum send Jedi instead of ambassadors, they would took that as aggression against Trade federation. As Anakin said in ep2 about protecting Padme taht sending Jedi is overkill and that regular guards would do job of protecting same and that Jedi are send to find attacker. And Jedi did start to cutting doors to get to Viceroy so Jedi would take blame and galactic public would trust them lot less.

[@rilke5536]

@@michaelstark8720 I've seen this comment somewhere else in this page

[@nexusofice9135]

(being the devils advocate) If you look at it in a tactical point of view the Gungans had major disadvantages. Although it was implied AND stated in the movie that their goal was to never win the battle through force. If the Gungans could do that then they wouldn't be hiding from the Droid Army in the first place. The goal was to DRAW OUT the Droid Army out of the city. How to you do that??... You make a tempting target. An open field with no tactical advantage make that a tempting target while at the same time overwhelming shows the enemy your army. Forest can't do that (thats why the natives were hiding in the forest to begin with) and if you draw the droids to the forest then they would not waste time with an artillery barrage because of the cover. An open field on the other hand would make them try with artillery( wasting even more time... like they were trying to do). That is why the Gungans employed a sheild tactic in the field. without talking your ear off even more I urge you to look at the tactic again and think of it in a DEFENSIVE mindset of them just being a decoy like the movie says that they were suppose to be. On the topic of the Nubian pilots taking on a Droid ship.... Yes it is a bit far flung but that stays with the Star Wars theme of far odds against overwhelming force. Although a small argument could be made of Quality vs Quantity with a droid army. It has been well established that a living trained being is better than a droid.

[@christiandauz3742]

Though when I watch Star Wars, I think George Lucas' creation is the EXCEPTION to the rule!

[@nexusofice9135]

*****​ exception to what rule?

[@christiandauz3742]

Humans being smarter than Sci-Fi robots Trench warfare would be horrific for B1 Droids!

[@nexusofice9135]

***** Trench warfare would probably be GREAT for droids. No phycological effects on your forces compared to living beings.

[@SwordsmanMercenary]

Also not needing sleep, can replenish numbers easily, wear down your living enemies. Which is the whole point of a war of attrition

[@redphoenix2m101]

Man your channel really need more subs your channel is just awesome 👏

[@beerenmusli8220]

Awesome Video!!!

[@DerpyTurtle0762]

(TWO EPISODES LATER...) 'The One Thing Wrong With The Battle Of Coruscant' IT WASN'T 2 HOURS LONG

[@felflamel5196]

Oh god it's fucking JAR JAR EVERYONE RUN! ITS THE TRUE LORD OF THE SITH!!!

[@SergeantC2]

One thing I always remember about the Battle of Naboo is watching the Trade Federation Troop Carriers (if you can call them that) pause and unfold those long arms with the battle droids attached, then release the droids, which then unfolded themselves and stood up, and so on, taking probably a minute or more to fully deploy while the Gungans just watched. I watched that and I thought, "What the Gungans need is a small, lightweight guided weapon that will destroy the Battle Droids while they are still attached to their holders." If you can destroy even 50% of the droids before they can deploy, that gives you a huge advantage.

[@lastswordfighter]

You know one of the best things I learned regarding how to ounter an armored attack came from the movie Red Dawn. When dealing with an armored or tank attack/pursuit you ambush then counter attack. Some basic fighting holes with an anti tank weapons would make even the Trade Federation AATs rubble.

[@elementaljedi9335]

Everything's wrong with the battle of Naboo, easy, have Jar Jar as a general boom! The end

[@harryzimmerman7991]

Jar Jar being there in the first place is a major problem! and i don't just mean in the battle scene either, i mean the whole movie!

[@markguardiana600]

Cuase hessa *DARTH JAR JAR*

[@grimaceispurple]

“Darth Play-jus”

[@andrewmoncrief9262]

This video is an example of why this channel represents all that is great in the life of SW lore.

[@viskaar1124]

I honestly like the fact that rather than talking about mistakes made in the making of the movie you talk about mistakes made in the tactics of the movies.

[@wolfweight69]

The United States Coast Guard has a long history of doing what it must even when the government cuts our funds every year. Give us a quarter of the air Force buget and we can do a lot more.

[@wojciechpedzinski1521]

0:33 *cough* Lord Voldemort *cough*

[@glazgogprime6905]

I agree. I always wondered why the gungans didn't fall back to the tree line and into the forest to draw in the Droid army and nullify the tanks. When I saw them throwing their weapons at first I thought that was the plan, because I too thought they were just hiding their more advanced weapons in the forest, like repeating fire weapons.

[@somesinger1575]

Just like LOTR battle at Helms Deep and Minas Tirith I've thought about these battles too much and what I would do . . . I completely agree with the majority of your tactical ideas! :)

[@radmandude3925]

304th No one cares if you are first

[@fzzy5739]

501st

[@trashkeem2950]

212th

[@bigpete6882]

theres only 184 comments 2 hours after you made that comment so stop lying

[@ryl0_or934]

Trash Keem 501st

[@r0bw00d]

I can't read the rest of your comment; it contains too many unnecessary hard returns.

[@phairecouchpotato3912]

There are soooo many things wrong with the battle of Geonosis the video should take an hour to watch...

[@stevewoodford4844]

Darth Binx! Haha haha! Alan, I laughed so hard when you said that I nearly spit out the mouth full of iced tea I had all over my TV screen! you are most definitely my favorite KZbinr and I NEVER miss when you put out a new video. I have spread the word about your channel to all of my friends. You ARE the best and never fail to make me laugh even if I'm having the most crappy day of my life. I hope you're still working on getting those Generation Tech t-shirts made because I want one

[@elliottbarth]

I would have liked to see the gungan shield system display properties of a magnetic field, that has layers that strengthen as you come closer to the source. That way the shield emitter itself wouldn't be exposed immediately after the droids pass through the initial layer.

[@benhudson7991]

I love the last movie of the prequels personally. Best Star Wars movie ever in my mind.

[@nomorepartiezz]

Ben Hudson revenge of the sith? yeah same for me. i feel like it's actually really underappreciated. granted it's still flawed of course but it's nowhere near the level of TPP or AotC. I personally love how huge the scale is for everything, it truly is the most 'epic' star wars yet. everything is so grand and dramatic, from the huge war scenes, to order 66, to the fall of the republic, to the rise of the empire, to Yoda Vs Palpatine, honestly everything about sidious was incredible. his acting was superb, he was so overly evil, you could really tell this was a guy who fucking LOVED the dark side. aside from that the Palpatine side of things was also great, his manipulation of everyone from the senate to the jedi to Anakin was all so brilliant, and watching it all come together was like watching a house of cards collapse. and how could anyone forget Anakin Vs Obi-Wan! I still get a bit emotional when i see it, even though it's been memed to death. anakin is a beautifully tragic character, it just sucks that most people think of TPP or AotC anakin rather than Clone Wars and RotS Anakin. while the force awakens is a more objectively well made film, it was just *hollow*. it had absolutely no substance and relied on original trilogy nostalgia to evoke any sort of emotion from the audience. I'm so fucking sick and tired of the 'small band of rebels defeats big bad space Nazis!!1!1' storyline, Disney can't seem to create any content that doesn't revolve around that. the force awakens takes place 30 years after the originals, but the world still feels exactly the same. at least the prequels tried something NEW! they added to the lore! they gave us new characters and planets and concepts! they built the world! revenge of the sith was all I ever wanted from the prequels, it's a shame the other two movies were so bad.

[@benhudson7991]

Have you heard Weird Al Yankovic's song "The Saga Begins"? He tells the story of Phantom Menace to the tune of "American Pie". Listen to that song, then watch Attack of the Clones and truly attack of the clones becomes a mediocre movie rather than as bad as it is coupled with the actual Phantom Menace. Hell I'd even give Phantom Menace the nod for the best Star Wars song ever. You know the song I'm talking about. The fight song. Disney does not create. They manufacture. Hell even Warner Brothers seems like a haven for artistic freedom. Why else did Joss Whedon agree to Batgirl and taking over the Justice League helm after the Snyders backed out because sadly their daughter died? I completely agree about the epic scope of Revenge of the Sith. It is extremely difficult to encompass such a huge scale in a small movie. I think Lucas did a great job at balancing so many aspects and keeping track of so many threads. Yoda and Palpatine was as epic as I always imagined it would be. The music filled the space with tension, grandness and foreboding. The finale frenzied fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan was exquisite. Just the right blend of fierce, chaotic but followable, emotional, frightening and hot. The opening space battle was incredible and rich with various engagements and inter-twining combat.

[@90lancaster]

Disney doesn't seem to have noticed the role reversals - but then Lucas did as the Empire/Trade Federation was analogised with America in ROTJ & TPM as much as it was Nazi Germany / Imperial Japan - other wise the Vietnam comparisons wouldn't work. The problems start to happen when you think If America is the Empire - who are the rebels... Hmmm ?

[@franciscoandrada412]

90 Lancaster every single country that calls it for it's real name, United States

[@Louthanjen]

Please do battle of geonosis

[@GenerationTech]

that comes next

[@oscarfoley511]

Generation Tech battle of scariff

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Mace windu director of shield!

[@JeanLucCaptain]

You are the chosen one, you will bring balance to the plot.

[@elendil95]

You are the epitome of sympathy :D Awesome vids :) You got a new subscriber today :))

[@flawlessbinary7449]

3:06 Wrong!

[@helenhodges2656]

Flawless Binary it was a joke

[@bent9399]

Everything.

[@r0bw00d]

that has a beginning has an end, Neo.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Mr Anderson! I see you are as predictable in the comments as you are in the forums!

[@slavsquatsuperstar]

Darth Binks? What a Jar-Jarring revelation!

[@chrisbritt4266]

You're right about everything you said on that one

[@obi-wankenobi8406]

where's jar jar binks !?!?!???

[@babaythedog2045]

Obi-Wan Kenobi speaking of what happened to him

[@Louthanjen]

I killed jar jar in Lego Star Wars

[@babaythedog2045]

That I really doubt

[@MikeWasThere]

Mic Clank once I stepped on a jar jar lego head

[@obi-wankenobi8406]

Mic Clank god bless you

[@tigrovica8417]

My younger brother: From my point of view the prequels are better! Me: Well then you are lost!

[@Nova-vk5qb]

Nazi zombie Princess Kenny 27. Face the truth, the prequels were better.....you are a traitor. Take him away.

[@draxiss1577]

Generation Tech, you should take a look at Spacedock's analysis of the Naboo Fighters. It adds to your point, since those were basically pretty ceremonial fighters with glaring vulnerabilities.

[@benmasta5814]

great points dude. It made absolutely no sense to me as a kid and it makes even less sense the more i think about it now.

[@nathanhough8156]

actually only a small portion of the community don't like them

[@GenerationTech]

small and vocal

[@MrChickennugget360]

go fuck of you pansys anyone can cover anything they want.

[@nathanhough8156]

yea, and the oh prequals are bad comment mad eme lost alot of respect for this channel and this host. I honestly don't consider people like that real fans all the best stuff in star wars takes place before a new hope. saddly for those who like the prequals and the old timeline, people like jj Abrams are running it now. when jj was making the star trek movies, he demanded that parament, the company that owns all the rights to the old content stop selling products. things like the old republic and the true sith, not these petheic people who rule from the shadows

[@Jaqen-HGhar]

wtf are you talking about? Are alternate facts taking over pop culture now too? Do we get to just make up our own realities now to whatever suits us? Actually a majority of Star Wars fans don't like the prequels, that's why they bent over backwards to not reference them at all in Episode 7 and made only passing references to them in Rogue One. If so many fans liked those movies and they sold as well as the originals then George Lucas wouldn't have sold his babies. I don't care how small and vocal a group of haters are movie studios don't make decisions unless they feel it will hurt their bottom line. The only people that like the prequels are ones that saw them when they were kids and didn't know what good filmmaking was. Now they can't look at them objectively because of nostalgia. I've never met anyone over the age of 23 who likes the prequels. Maybe someone who saw them as the first Star Wars anything. Oh and here is what Simon Pegg has to say about Prequel apologists (especially those that will unsub from a channel cause they make fun of them. "I don't really have any respect for anyone who thinks those films are good. They’re not. (They’re) a monumental misunderstanding of what the (original) three films are about. It's an exercise in utter infanticide ... (like) George Lucas killing his kid." - Simon Pegg

[@MichaelM28]

The BEST portion of the community. The part of the community with working brains who can actually judge the quality of a movie without being biased like the retards who LIKE the prequels.

[@theyoutubecoach6541]

Hi

[@voizen7879]

The part about the sausages being a part of a balanced breakfast made me laugh alot

[@escapedfate13]

You make excellent points! But everyone seems to forget how bad this battle was when they put the avengers in the place of the gungans in infinity war

[@321gman3]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read up on the legends and cannon info on the battles before you do them! The gungans WERE going for the high ground but the Trade Federation beat them to it, Jar Jar was NOT in command, he was 2nd in command, read before you speak Generation Tech, I love this channel and it hurts to watch you guys make fools of yourselves.

[@christiandauz3742]

Then it makes them even more stupid that Jar Jar wasn't in command (Since the Gungans are doing stupid things during the battle) Still other problems with the battle Even if the TF had taken it, the Gungans should have advanced! (They haven't deployed the Droids yet) Greek Phalanx would be effective against Droids (Especially if they are close to the shields)

[@90lancaster]

Yeah the Guy who arrests Jar jar when he returns to the city (Roos Tarpals) and face palms when jar Jar surrenders was in 'operational charge' - But he is just a Captain and Jar Jar is Bombas General (just I know that sounds crazy) but Jar jar is technically the highest ranking person there - a scary as that sounds.

[@DakkogiRauru23]

321gman no, they're not. Not enough people know the books, even then it doesn't matter. The film needs to be criticized by itself.

[@saber5694]

@@christiandauz3742 the gungans would have never reached the hill be for the tanks wiped them out. They could easily beat the battle droids in cqc but with out the shield the tanks just tore them apart.

[@hyper2high]

Battle of naboo,s biggest problem was how cgi ridden it was. It looked like a disneys bugs life

[@90lancaster]

Wato ?

[@hellohelloington5952]

About deploying at the base of the hill, they actually had to. They were trying to block the droids off from attacking so they engaged them before they could go any further. They couldn't deploy earlier and if they deployed later they'd be too late.

[@GoranXII]

From what I've read, the Gungans were aiming to gut up the hill, but the TF caught them flat-footed. And in the space battle, the situation for the Naboo was _worse_ than for the Rebels at Yavin IV, because the TF had hundreds or thousands of droids against a couple dozen.

[@Kurai_69420]

3:06 To be fair, the French are speaking German today. It's just that the official language of Germany is now Somali.

[@rnrailproductions5049]

DovahSpy Lmao!

[@UnfaithfulServant97]

Hahaha! Good one.

[@friggerx3150]

oh man that made me laugh so much bahahaha

[@gabe6550]

Are you fucking kidding me?! We don't have a war here! What news are you are you watching? Fox?

[@SK-tr1wo]

gabe6550 cat news

[@PedeGames]

first

[@bigpete6882]

I DONT CARE

[@nobody4248]

I have a theory pre-clone wars tactics resembled those of pre-ww1. That is the reason nobody was taking cover.

[@ProlMLGJoe]

Gotta love how Allen takes into account how both armies fought.

[@AllenLinnenJr]

"new age demographic"? Star Wars has always been aimed at 8 year olds.

[@AllenLinnenJr]

Still aimed at eight year olds...

[@bigpete6882]

torture the cone wars animated show made for 8 year olds my cousin whos 15 cried when asohka left the jedi *8 YEAR OLDS*

[@MrChickennugget360]

Ewoks are NOT for 8 year olds. that is more like 4 year olds

[@MichaelM28]

Han Solo dying in TFA is more torturous than those 2 things

[@AllenLinnenJr]

"burning anakin? child slaughter?" Maybe for 8 year olds of my generation. Remember, the never ending story? Remember when artax dies? Off screen infanticide followed by the burning of the murderer is nothing. Go watch Artax die in the swamp of sadness. Go watch The Dark Crystal and see a Gelfling have the life sucked from it. Go rewatch ep 4 and see the charred bodies of uncle Owen and aunt Beru. Eight year olds can handle that stuff. At least they could back when I was eight.

[@BungieStudios]

Everyone bags on TPM, but this one has the least mistakes out of all of them. Clearly it is the best Star Wars Episode and OT fans refuse to acknowledge it. Their childhoods were lacking and now they are jealous!

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

HaloModder555 lol that's a pretty good joke, you ought to be a comedian

[@90lancaster]

My Favourite Star Wars Movie is The Last Starfighter (joke)

[@Antonluisre]

I love getting in that mission in Battlefront 1 where you become a droid and kill the gungans.

[@catmani2]

Actually, according to the lore the Gungans wanted to get on the high ground and use the catapults at range, but the droid army arrived before they could get into position on the hill and they had to set up on the plains area.

[@Midnights46]

the prequels are better

[@Mk-hr6bm]

And here comes a fight

[@Arclight104]

Only from a certain point of view. :)

[@archie7307]

From a certain point of view..

[@qubox692]

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[@LyghtningStryker]

Midnights46 it's treason then

[@Kj16V]

0:57 lol, that arrow didn't even try to fly in a straight line!

[@shadowchaser8786]

Two lines cited from the Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds databank entry on the Gungan civilization: "General Ceel planned on taking position along Shaak Ridge, where the Gungan energy catapults could hold off the Droid Army." "OOM-9's forces, freshly away from Theed, had arrived before Ceel along Shaak Ridge, forcing the Gungans to forgo the tactically superior high ground. Remaining in the valley reduced the effectiveness of the Gungan's catapults." I also don't remember where I read it, but apparently the lack of sufficient air support (if any at all) was due to the overloading of the central computer trying to compensate for a starfighter attack and a land battle. The Federation's biggest mistake here was sending away their fleet and leaving a lone control ship to take charge of occupation, an act of over-confidence. This was some context that I had missed growing up. Little modifications to the lore like this are always interesting to find.

[@carolineaoyagi7698]

I don't know how this only just occurred to me, but if you look into it, Darth Maul isn't the main villain of The Phantom Menace. The main villain is technically Nute Gunray.

[@bowb5880]

You should do some about the battles in the clone wars, like the second battle of geonosis or the battle of Kaamino

[@tickleson8661]

"-I think that's one more point for the Jar Jar sith lord theory." *thumbs up*

[@theexploringphotographer]

2:48 I hear Uber's business model being mentioned here lol

[@dynamickhaoss1631]

battle of geonosis I can't wait for that one

[@bleachmon1]

Generation tech. What you have to remember when you compare the Battle of Naboo to the Battle of Hoth, is that when the Battle of Naboo took place war was a foreign concept to both sides. Peace had reigned through out the galaxy for a millennia with only a few small local disputes breaking galactic tranquility. Although both side had armies neither side had generals with any experience with actual battles. The Battle of Hoth took place after The Clone Wars with both sides having veterans from who knew the realities of war.

[@ironstarofmordian7098]

Actually, a beast mounted cavalry, if used properly, could be effective against the Droid army cause they're mostly infantry. In an ambush it could be a real knock out.

[@starpilot101]

If you watched the mon calamari episodes in the clone wars you'd understand the gungan army. They rode beasts because... Well normally when fighting underwater they just swam around. They didn't use blasters because it's hard to make waterproof ones. Also heated plasma bolts produce steam which can obstruct vision.

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

In the gungans defence. The Naboo May well have prevented them from accessing blaster technology since they seem to own trade on the planet. As well as the underwater setting may render such weapons useless

[@topshaggeralfieg9130]

The thing you gotta remember about prequel battles is that before the prequels there wasn’t much of threat in the galaxy that warranted a standing military, so no one had any proper military training/tactics, and in the original trilogy there are rebels that have tactics and are strong military leaders most likely got their experience from the clone wars

[@S.W.01]

This battle should be in the new Star Wars Battlefront 2; I wanna go crazy with a blaster and mow some Gungans down.

[@alecadanglao8386]

Jar Jar at the head of an Army, *VICTORY GUARANTEED*

[@attilathehun5067]

Jar Jar being the ranking officer of the Gungan grand army is equivalent to that one point in The Office where Michael Scott becomes Dunder Mifflin's highest ranking employee after the company is bought by Sabre.

[@dragonsword7370]

I honestly think setting up on the open hills was the only way to draw out the whole army leaving a token guard in the. Maybe.

[@jamessalins9470]

The bonus level “The Great Plains Battle” in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds portrays the Gungan Grand Army as a lot tougher and more well equipped than they were in the movie. If this level wasn’t a simulation of how the droids could have won and you didn’t have Darth Maul to help you lure the gungans out, you would most likely not win the battle for the droids (on moderate difficulty and hard at least)!

[@CalumHGaming]

The point of the Gungan tactic was pretty much a distraction tbh, so that the queen could get to the hangar and capture Gunray. It was risky sure but most distractions generally are a gamble

[@anysnail6390]

“Wait what?” I laughed so loud I woke up my two year old in the room next to me.

[@robertwoolley9360]

The droids had the hi grind 🤣

[@emanuelgonzalez1975]

Smart use the gungans as a diversion and also deplete they’re numbers.

[@smigoltime]

Whats the music in the background?

[@fireball111121]

The main reason I like the prequals is the Clone Wars. Because of the show, the universe feels more fleshed out. And also Nostalgia.