Why it Was The Naval Battle Over Teth That ACTUALLY Saved Jabba's Son

[@SethPasemko]

People always bad mouth the Clone Wars movie but in actuality it gave us a perfect introduction into what could, and ultimately did, become a masterpiece of television.

[@NicoDiAngelo021]

I agree it's a bit rough around the edges but there's a lot to like

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

I would not say that, The Clone Wars movie nearly ended the series before it begun, luckily the seasons actually saved the ship.

[@indianajones4321]

Yeah, it wasn’t perfect but I never understood or agreed with the hate it got

[@Datch99]

Ahsoka: "Oh, he's so cute!" Anakin: "Just wait until you see what he'll grow into.."

[@amarured]

"Red light. Standing by." . . . "Welcome to paradise rock jumpers!" The landing sequence on Teth ... and especially the tense moment before the doors open up are one of my favorite scenes in ALL OF Star Wars!

[@donnadonniebeneviento9632]

"Ridge your comm's got Static!" "Got it!"

[@TheAntiburglar]

Of all the insults l Anakin Skywalker suffered at the hands of the Jedi Council, being ordered to save the nephew of the slave trading gangster who used to own him and his mother is possibly the greatest. Somehow he managed to accomplish that mission and not murder everyone involved, which is shows very admirable restraint on his part, I think.

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

Dude, what insults…?

[@f5boDag]

I get what you're swaying, but by the time of the Clone Wars Anakin has swapped hatred of being a slave with hatred of the people that would hurt Padme, mainly the Separatists. So even if he wouldn't like it, he'd understand that nephew is just a baby and want to do it to hurt the Separatists and the CIS.

[@ericriley1985]

Since when was Rotta Gradulla's nephew? To the best of my research, there's no such relationship like that between them.

[@f5boDag]

@@ericriley1985 oh yeah, he's the offspring of Jabba, not nephew

[@Mate397]

Anakin was owned by Watto not Jabba...

[@DorsenFilm]

Never ask: A woman her age A man his salary Lucasfilm where the hell Rotta is

[@aster4jaden]

They forgot about him.

[@oriongear2499]

I like to believe he would go on to become a crime lord in the post OT years.

[@marshalllatta2073]

I love the battle of Teth the action was insane and so cool

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

Ventress tried to mind trick rex he was merely pretending, knowing anakin would figure out it was her.

[@Crazy_Talk96]

Man, I remember going to the drive-in & watching this with my mom. Had such a great time. Underrated, possibly underappreciated movie. Start to finish, loved every second of it. I kick myself in the @$$ for ever opening the action figures from this era. 😢

[@snicon]

As someone suffering from tinnitus and at times have a hard time hearing there are no words for how much I appreciate the captions/subtitles. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH.

[@davidordaz5251]

Ah good to hear sorry you have to go through that my dad has tinnitus as well

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

I've had tinnitus a few times after loud concerts, and I know how painful this gets. I'm sorry to hear about that.

[@ciscodadisco6378]

I'm having a hard time figuring out if the 2 replies above me are making hearing jokes knowingly or not

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

@@ciscodadisco6378 🤣🤣🤣 Somehow I didn't notice the joke, AND I MAKE DAD JOKES ALL THE TIME

[@snicon]

@@theevildrummingsithlord1492 haha, subconsciously making dad jokes might be one of the biggest flexes I’ve ever heard of.

[@inductivegrunt94]

The fleet did cover Anakin's jump to Tatooine which allowed for Rotta's safe return to Jabba and thus the Republic gaining access to Hutt trade routes for fleet movement. So this battle, and the Republic fleet that participated in it, were an invaluable victory in the war. And the battle as a whole was an amazing, if underrated, battle.

[@goldeagle6431]

The Senate could have EASILY saved Jabba’s son alone.

[@zexalbrony4799]

Oh, there are plenty of battles from the Clone Wars, both Canon and Legends, that we could talk about. I've always been a big fan of the Battle of Dathomir and while it isn't a battle the mission to the Citadel has always been a personal favorite of mine. Not to mention, there's also all those battles we briefly saw in Chapter 22 of the 2003 Clone Wars micro-series with the exception of the Battle of Bal'demnic, since you already did a video on that battle. And there's also the Battle of Tythe.

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

Teth was a textbook example of Jedi incompetence. It was the perfect opportunity for an Airborne assault using jetpacks and LAATs but instead they wasted time and lives climbing a bluff.

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

Skywalker and Tano arrived in an Acclamator transport. They were informed that there were at least two droid battalions guarding the Temple. That indicates approximately 5,000 droids without armor support, instead using STAPs and DSDs for scouting and fire support. The Scouts say they can't land there but they don't need to. The 501st is demonstrated to be highly trained in the use of jetpacks. So the obvious answer is to take the 66 LAAT/i gunships that an Acclamator has, load them up with about 2,000 clone troopers outfitted with jetpacks, and then drop them from around 11,000 meters altitude. They freefall until they reach about 1,000 meters or less (I'd suggest freefalling until only about 250 meters to minimize exposure to ground fire). The advantages are numerous. First, it removes the need to make a multi-kilometer climb up a sheer cliff face that provides the numerically superior enemy force with a defiladed position while denying the attacking force any sort of cover. Second, it removes the risk of enemy ground fire, since the CIS has not installed heavy cannons that could reach those altitudes and the DSDs lack the necessary range. Finally, the freefall and low altitude of jetpack activation combine to given the battle droids only a few minutes warning that the attack is underway, leaving them little to no time to organize a defense or call for reinforcements. More importantly, the nature of jetpacks and the 501sts demonstrated capability with them would allow troopers to take commanding positions along the walls, towers, and rooftops of the Temple, allowing them to engage the droids from multiple angles while gaining full benefits of cover and rapid access to the temple interior from multiple points. With the first wave deployed, the gunships can return to the waiting transport and deploy additional forces, even landing the tanks to provide an air defense perimeter against any CIS reinforcements. In any event, the droids will be forced to spread out their forces to deal with the attackers already on the ground, leaving them more vulnerable to follow on landings

[@viperson9818]

You could explain it was a rushed job. Anakin was informed by the scouts just mere hours before the rescue operation since the mission was time sensitive.

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

@@viperson9818 then just fly the transport down and drop the whole complement out of the landing bay with jetpacks on.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

I have a similar issue with the attack on the capital city on the Twi'lek homeworld (forgot the name). No AA was ever mentioned, so it should have been pretty easy to do instead of the risky bridge crossing.

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem they do this stuff all the time.

[@viperson9818]

This movie showed how insanely powerful dwarf spider droids are. Something that the movie did very well showed immense intensity during the battle of Teth especially during the cliff assault sequences.

[@indianajones4321]

Hey Geetsly’s, do you know if the GAR had medevac designated LAATs?

[@aurathedraak7909]

You know one thing we don't know about, the maintenance of all of these war machines on both sides.

[@merafirewing6591]

This movie is what got me into Star Wars The Clone Wars.

[@mrenzyme9715]

Welcome to the Jungle!

[@flyer3154]

We got fun and games

[@ronjon7942]

We know the names

[@Andy_the_Collector925]

"We got berry throwing!"

[@brokenbridge6316]

Yes please discuss other Clone Wars battles. They're so riveting.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Ah, yes, I remember this battle... I'll never understand why they introduced Oddball too early, let alone *named* too early despite the lack of Alpha-17's influence. Guess Filoni and co. weren't too well versed with the Obsession comics of yore.

[@richardched6085]

As Anakin already had his scar. It can be assumed that Oddball, Cody, Rex, and all the others had recently completed their enhanced training under Alpha-17. Program probably didn't last more than 2 weeks lol.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@richardched6085 Yes, but Anakin's duel against Ventress on the Coruscant underlevels happened near the last year of the Clone Wars (specifically 20 BBY), while the Battle of Boz Pity happened on 19 BBY, which is essentially said last year.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

*This movie just had to be set back in the very beginning of the war, 22 BBY.*

[@richardched6085]

@@michaelandreipalon359 The dates can be adjusted of course. Boz Pity was gutted heavily by Filoni's retcons. No reason why the 2+ years of Clone Wars media (2003-2005) can't be compressed into the first year of the war. Though anything post Rendili would be difficult if not impossible to reconcile.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@richardched6085 That makes the late years an unnecessary dark age of unrecorded nonsense. At least the CWMMP had a fair share of events for every year, and I'm not fond of TCW 2008 leaving the late years of the Clone Wars still being unfortunately offscreen cancelled stories.

[@hidanprime]

2:06 Woah, is that Twi'Lek basically naked? In universe I'm not surprised but in reality I'm shocked they put that in on Cartoon Network and got away with it.

[@ronjon7942]

Hmmph, given all the shit garbage kids are exposed to on d+, I wish I could say I was too. But yeah, I hear you.

[@jasonscott4749]

Hey greetsly’s, did you know that there is a rare weapon in the cis. It’s called the j-10 dual blaster cannon. The weapon made its first appearance on the battle of ryloth.

[@cerealsgames3118]

This one was what I needed today

[@nathanoutdoors7981]

The dog name TOT

[@ronjon7942]

I chuckled when Ventriss just bailed after the little crumb cruncher made it to Tatooine. Fuck the Munificient, it wasn’t her money, and fuck the droids cuz they’re, well, just droids. She learned from Grievous well to not risk herself for a bunch of disposable durasteel. Kinda irksome ~135 Clone brothers had to die over a future criminal despot for a current criminal despot. Ya I know, clearly the reward outweighed the cost. Still, I hate it when good men, good soldiers, are taken for granted.

[@isaacandy1116]

I don’t understand people talking bad about the movie the movie is literally a banger start off to the franchise and to me it will always be good

[@quantemwensday]

I'm addicted to nostalgia (snoring noises)

[@lerneanlion]

How about talked about the Battle of Dathomir next? Just think of the consequence of Mother Talzin managed to kill Count Dooku!

[@RayHardman7567]

Love this video, but it felt more like a battle recap, than an explanation of why it was so important.

[@greatazuredragon]

Nice episode.

[@ONLINEJUSTICE45]

And also the ARC-100 "Alligator" The shorter-range version of the Arc-170

[@ignite015]

But why it so purple??

[@mill2712]

Atmosphere composition, mineral composition, vegetation, and star wave length maybe.

[@thecatfather857]

Cuz it loves bein' purple.

[@ignite015]

@@mill2712 So is Teth's star purple? Does it look like 🟣

[@DarthVages]

👍

[@ONLINEJUSTICE45]

Just a suggestion you guys have covered the torrent starfighter. but you have never covered its cooler cousin the V-21 Cyclone here's some cool info The Slayn & Korpil V-21 Cyclone was a starfighter designed by Slayn & Korpil to complement the V-19 Torrent in battle during the Clone Wars. It was an evolution of the Torrent design and featured enhanced targeting software, more powerful engines, and improved weaponry. I hope this information helps!

[@doctorcreeps2169]

i dont believe this is an official ship unless it’s extremely obscure and appears in like one comic or scene or something it was probably made by a fan or something and probably wouldnt be covered

[@kyleknight9686]

I tune out any and all noise about what is considered "objectively good" SW content, primarily due to how story arcs like this are treated today. People look at this battle and go "sweet that's badass." But it isn't and never was. Rotta the hut was an awful storytelling device, never shows up again, and Anakin casually helping rescue the son of the enslavers of him and his mother is just such shitty writing. I personally think the writing has come a long way and love the later seasons, as well as the new shows. But this shit? This storyline was just garbage, and why people hate on Book of Boba Fett while praising early Clone Wars content is beyond me. Sheep/herd mentality is a hell of a drug. EDIT: OH and let's not forget Ventress showing up with ZERO good reason or explanation. Jesus Christ this show was rough in it's early years.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Oh, the show's still rough when it comes to the Clone Wars Multimedia Project that came before. Makes me cringe when people still praise this continuity snarl over the sagas of Quinlan Vos, the MedStar takes on Barriss Offee and Luminara Unduli, the Republic comics' bloodthirstiness, and so on.

[@Bigjdog0335]

Isn’t this the same place Gregor got lost?

[@OverTheTop85]

You're true to the lore and the characters, you tell the stories and you include ALL Star Wars! Thank you for all the hard work that goes into these videos. I enjoy the hell out of them. Definitely more than Disney Star Wars. Any of it

[@nathanoutdoors7981]

The dog name TOT