How Admiral Piett Avoided Vader’s WRATH and Became a LEGEND in the Imperial Navy! (Legends)

[@JC839]

Piett’s career: “must avoid Vader, must avoid Vader, must avoid Vader” Vader: “Piett, you have been chosen to be my captain” Piett: “fuckkkkk”

[@1974heathinn]

Javier Charlier keep head down and work hard to avoid being noticed, end up being super successful and getting noticed

[@MiorAkif]

@@1974heathinn that reminds me of that one BTAS episode

[@absboodoo]

Darth Platypus work hard enough to not get killed. You were supposed to be so average that Vader treat you as a background piece!

[@tanyakasim6521]

Javier Charlier 😂

[@notsoinvisiblelibra]

(spits drink)😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@treystephens4490]

He just kept his mouth shut and did what he was told. That's how you get on Darth Vader's good side.

[@hackman669]

Sounds like the survival tactic of any employee of a big company.

[@treystephens4490]

@@hackman669 yeah I always get fired because I have a hard time doing that.

[@CBRN-115]

@Frank Begbie the image of Piett shining Vader' helmet clean is quite funny tbh

[@RikkiTikkiTavi290]

@@CBRN-115 I don't think that was what he meant.......

[@heretyk_1337]

@Frank Begbie Oh you... Imagine being porked by burnt bacon...

[@geauxburns]

Always liked Piett; he never struck me as a bad guy or evil man, just an officer doing his duty to keep and maintain order.

[@treystephens4490]

The Empire represents Order and the Rebellion disrupts that Order.

[@dylanwight5764]

@@treystephens4490 That is precisely Piett's thinking and what led him to join the Empire. Quite similar to Thrawn's motivation in a manner.

[@treystephens4490]

@@dylanwight5764 it was the Rebellion who drew first blood.

[@Angry.General1461]

​@@dylanwight5764 I think instead of Vader killing Piett, he demoted him from admiral to captain. Notice in the clip of return of the Jedi Piett is not wearing the rank of admiral on his uniform.

[@MinuteLeech2]

He struck me as the Wedge of the Empire

[@victorbruant389]

His theories about bridge deflector shields and the intensification of forward firepower were brilliant.

[@AAhmou]

Pallaeon class in a nutshell.

[@Lord_Akkon]

You could say his idea "went through the window" after he found out the weakness

[@shawnoherron8810]

I think it was a little "to late" though lol

[@deadshot5007]

You are a piece of shit

[@Angry.General1461]

@@AAhmou I think instead of Vader killing Piett, he demoted him from admiral to captain. Notice in the clip of return of the Jedi Piett is not wearing the rank of admiral on his uniform.

[@jackskellington8292]

He kept his life because Vader sensed the main casts sweet sweet plot armor through the force and didn’t blame piette for it.

[@thesenate974]

Tell that to the other imperial officers executed for the same failure

[@dommynation7349]

@@thesenate974 The others failed Vader by being stupid. What was Piett Supposed to do in that situation tbh.

[@thesenate974]

@@dommynation7349 Tbh I dont know either.

[@lord2529]

I don't really remember the events leading up to the escape. Mind refreshing my memory?

[@ryanhodge5770]

@@lord2529 The MilFalc's hyperdrive was supposed to be disabled on Bespin. Lando complied, but then surreptitiously 'uncomplied'. Preseuming that the imps were competent enough to check that the hd was busted and had no reason to assume it'd be un-busted; there really wasn't any Piett could do.

[@bentonrp]

Vader: "My son tried to kill himself just to avoid me. Piett, sad as it is: right now, you're the only family I got!" XD

[@AlexSDU]

Piett: **big gulp**

[@shinyumbreon1774]

benton r.p. Just imagine him saying that out loud

[@ShadeHeart94]

Underrated Comment,

[@cosmicdude8282]

@Rob Roy ...but yes, yes you can son

[@HunterWhoLaughs]

Nice

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Perhaps it was because like General Veers, Piett showed Vader respect, whereas so many other Imperial officers tended to be scornful of the Dark Lord.

[@EchthelionII]

Are there any books about General Veers?

[@EchthelionII]

@@Visitormassacre That's a shame, and if I were you I wouldn't get your hopes up about him in canon.

[@bri55118]

Veers was killed at the battle of hoth. Any story's of him would be back story's.

[@EchthelionII]

@@bri55118 He was?

[@bri55118]

@@EchthelionII yes he was. You can find his death scene from the novel and deleted scene of empire strikes back.

[@JanPeverell]

Let's be honest: we need more Piett. More Veers as well. Overall just more Imperials that are not incompetent or evil for evil's sake, and value the honor and order that the Empire espouses. Obviously many people at the top of the Empire don't really care about those values, but that's exactly why exploring the characters that do makes so much fun

[@treystephens4490]

@André 2.0 that's what Disney wants ...

[@JanPeverell]

@André 2.0 The First Order is all about being cult-like and fanatical, as could not be more obvious from the way they brainwash their stormtroopers from infancy. They really aren't supposed to be nuanced, but that that makes for a shitty faction should be obvious to anyone. Older Imperials like Moden Canady from TLJ are probably being sidelined, and I hope to god that this entire approach will come back to bite the FO in the a**. Internal strife, civil war, and what have you. The Empire is still far, far superior

[@michaelramon2411]

@@JanPeverell The FO themselves are not terribly interesting, but some of their interactions with outsiders are, especially people who are sympathetic to them. The Resistance cartoon, for example, took steps to show how the promise of order and security can be appealing, even if everyone in the galaxy should be aware that Imperials are bad news. First Order supporters also have a bit of a Lost Cause attribute to them, where the distance 30 years provides has allowed them to whitewash the Empire while demonizing the New Republic, leading to a "grass is always greener" situation.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

*Disney:* No

[@JanPeverell]

@@michaelramon2411 I agree that Resistance has done quite well as far as the First Order is concerned. The Phasma novel also establishes that many of their stormtroopers are 'saved' from poor worlds in the Outer Rim and the Unknown Regions. Purely from a storytelling perspective, there is huge potential with the FO. The possibility of First Order vs Chiss Ascendancy is just one example. Thing is, so far there is very little to like about them.

[@tdrewman]

The look on Piett 's face when the Falcon got away is priceless.

[@EchthelionII]

"I am going to die now, this is how I die, well it was nice knowing you guys, hey wait, where are you going, aren't you going to kill me?"

[@Angry.General1461]

@@EchthelionII I think instead of Vader killing Piett, he demoted him from admiral to captain. Notice in the clip of return of the Jedi Piett is not wearing the rank of admiral on his uniform.

[@EchthelionII]

@@Angry.General1461 That is interesting, I never bothered learning the rank and insignia plaques on the officers.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

he wears a Captain/commander plaque, with two rank cylinders - but so does EVERY officer in ROTJ, so it appears to have been a costuming error. John Mollo invented the plaques, and, as a military historian, presumably had as system worked out.

[@rokassan]

It was. 😬

[@danielhaire6677]

Ozzel and his ilks were sycophants and incompetents. These were two traits that infuriated Vader above all else. Piett, in general, was exceptionally competent and loyal to the Empire. Thus, he lived.

[@Tacoguy1000]

culversketch There was another. A confident Vader kept alive by the force when half of his face burned off through an ambush.

[@SantomPh]

he was not a psycho like Tarkin and not an ass kisser like Ozzel. Just a professional admiral.

[@isaned]

That's the problem when you rule through fear and death: you create a culture of kiss asses and cowards, who suck up to the most feared person and are too afraid to say no to them. The Empire is based a lot on WWII Germany and Vader is like Himler or Goebbels. If you so much as looked at them funny, you need up dead, and those 2 sucked up to Hitler, so if you made their life hard, the big guy would make sure you died. Piett was like Rommel, he was respected and a good commander without being a suck up.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

Ozzel screwed up the Hoth attack and gave the rebels enough time to fortify and evacuate. That's some unforgivable shit.

[@gwpattrick]

Ozzel i do believe had sympathy for the alliance. I think that was in one of the books. Don't ask its been awhile since I've read them

[@StoneCresent]

It should be noted that the failings of Ozzel and Piett in the Empire Strikes Back differ greatly in magnitude. Ozzel made a tactical error in deploying Death Squadron deep into the Hoth system. This alerted the rebels to the Imperial presence before the Empire could organize a plan of attack. The rebels then had time to organize a defense and retreat while the Empire had no time to gather more intel on the base before their assault. Vader immediately recognized the boneheadedness of Ozzel's maneuver and made an example of him for his lack of foresight. Ultimately, Ozzel's blunder resulted in most of the rebels escaping. Piett's failure was minor in comparison or perhaps nonexistent. Imperial personnel on Bespin (possibly under Piett's chain of command) did what they could to insure that the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive was disabled. Unfortunately, things did not go to plan as the hyperdrive was fixed mid-flight and the ship escaped. Sure it had Luke on board, but it would be useless to punish Piett for a failure that was outside of his control. Besides, what's one rebel ship escaping compared to the WHOLE of the Rebel Alliance escaping.

[@SkiddyGaming]

Yes, Piett was a highly competent officer who just got saddled with unfortunate situations repeatedly. His "failure" at the Battle of Endor too was not really his own, as he was given effectively no control over his fleet, which the Emperor had explicitly ordered was to hold position and not move to engage, no attacking, turning his capital ships into sitting ducks. Had Piett had the freedom to maneuver his ships as usual, or select his fleet composition, I imagine the Battle would've ended rather differently. As it was, he was stuck with what the Emperor gave him, told not to move, and essentially just made to command his giant fleet as though it were nothing more than an object of intimidation with no real combat purposes beyond getting the enemy to stay away... Most of the Empire's loses come down to these ridiculously ill convinced plans to impractically test super weapons or to the imperials broken naval doctrine relative to their opponents TBH

[@forgottenfamily]

It's also worth remembering that it wasn't just that he disagreed with Piett on what the probe droid found. When Vader came over and declared they'd found the rebels, Ozzel tried to respectfully disagree with Vader the way you might respectfully disagree with your boss when you think he's a moron. It is plausible that this belief that Vader was wrong directly influenced his mistake at Hoth - why bother taking precautions when it's just a wild goose chase, right? And then there's the fact that it was General Veers who made the report. You'll note that at no point in the movie does Ozzel make a report directly to Vader until Vader calls him. Contrast that to Piett who gave reports directly to Vader every single time. It's possible that it was legitimately Ozzel's place is on the bridge and it was inappropriate for it to not be given in person rather than through an internal comm, but it's also possible that those are excuses so he doesn't have to confess his mistake to Vader directly.

[@perfectionbox]

why didn't they just drain the falcon's tanks or destroy it? Why didn't vader bring along guards to capture luke? Why all the rigamarole?

[@StoneCresent]

Because space fuel wasn't a thing yet. Plus given Han's custom hypderdrive, Imperial engineers would be working without a manual and would take some time to figure out how to safely make the device permanently inoperable.

[@paulmccoy5396]

The Rebels were already alerted when Han & Chewbacca discovered the Imperial probe droid

[@jackychan92]

The Millenium Falcon did get away, but technically Piett did not fail. Vader asked if the hyper drive had been deactivated, and it had been. No one could have foreseen (not even Vader) that R2D2 or anyone else would reactivate the hyper drive. A mere technicality, but Piett was not at fault.

[@karlsmith2570]

jackychan92 that's true, no one could've determined that R2D2 would've been onboard the Falcon and having been informed by The Bespin Central Computer that The Millennium Falcon's Hyperdrive had been deactivated and R2D2 would've reactivated The Hyperdrive

[@jedediahgordon4064]

besides, the falcon took off right in front of Vader, hes at fault too lol that door wouldn't have stopped him if Vader wanted to get through.

[@jedediahgordon4064]

@@karlsmith2570 they also didn't plan on a spontaneous noise down the hallway and deactivate the tractor beam. lol

[@karlsmith2570]

Jedediah Gordon that's true also

[@karlsmith2570]

Johnston Steiner do you realize how much work that would've been to completely remove the Hyperdrive as opposed to simply disabling the system

[@CCJJ160Channels]

Admiral: “Congratulations Piett, you’ve been promoted to Death Squadron!” Piett: ‘Oh, God d@mnit.’

[@mish375]

Piett: Sh*t. This is exactly what I've been trying to avoid.

[@TARDISTIMEROTOR]

Piett:I will die

[@sugdolomar]

Vader: I always liked Captain Piett, he seems like a good and smart man. Unlike that incompetent moron of an Admiral who's trying to copy Captain Pelleon's mustache.

[@cortd5273]

Admiral Piett survived cause he was one of the few admirals that earned his position through hard work and not by knowing influential people. And cause Vader was heavily thinking about Luke.

[@johnkeith8072]

When Vader killed Ozzel, he told him: "You have failed me for the last time." Clearly, with Vader, you have to fail him more than once before he kills you for it...

[@tbd3058]

A first time can be a last time at the same time.

[@andrewvincent7299]

@@tbd3058 Probably depends on the severity of the failure

[@briangleason5597]

He's kind and understanding after all he is a father.

[@joecarter1486]

Captain Needa begs to differ.

[@LetsHavePun]

Remember: vader is more forgiving than the emperor

[@wendypierce5621]

My film only impression, Piett was truthful with Vader, that was why he lived. The excuses and BS that some other officers tried only enraged Vader because with the Force he could see through deception.

[@moshpitfuneral]

Wendy Pierce everyone was terrified of Vader and his executions. Piett knew what could’ve and most likely would’ve happened, and accepted it. That’s extremely rare around Vader, so I think Vader sort of respected that.(movie only impression as well)

[@achievementart]

I object, since this theory contradicts what happened with Needa

[@goner9696]

@@achievementart I heard in the books that Captain Needa fired upon Vader from another ship if I remember right, so Needa wasn't in Vader's good graces.

[@achievementart]

@@goner9696 my main point was at that moment, Needa was truthful with Vader and stepped up for the sake of his men. Although yeah, that previous mistake may have compounded and made Vader snap.

[@drugaddicter]

@Batarn Do you mean what happened on the Invisible Hand? I personally doubt Vader would've remembered since it had been so long ago... He might've not even known who was the captain that ordered to fire upon them.

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

Yeah, I always assumed Vader simply just forgot about him, lmao.

[@Killercoldice22]

well he did,,,vader was shocked that luke had just escaped. Vader was in no mood to execute officers on the bridge. This whole video is stupid and pointless lol.

[@tsukopara2054]

I just assumed Vader liked the guy, as much as someone like Vader could like someone, since he was otherwise extremely competent.

[@ObsessedKangaroo]

I can just imagine Vader a few hours later, getting out of his low mood over Luke and thinking "I never killed that guy" and then Piett just begins choking wherever he is on the star destroyer.

[@TARDISTIMEROTOR]

@@tsukopara2054 yeah like the clone deserter hock

[@deadend1041]

@@tsukopara2054 I agree with that I also think he liked general Veers as much as he can like anyone.

[@TommyRibs]

Piett actually did everything right, and Vader knew it. He knew Piett was competent.

[@ChristianVillamil]

Exactly. He obeyed and followed Vader´s orders and unlike most of Imperial officers, he treated Vader with respect instead of fear.

[@LaneCorbett]

1 competent Camander is worth countless incompetent Commander

[@gargoyles9999]

Considering Vader had Luke “disarmed” and cornered and still failed to capture him he couldn’t really get mad at Piett.

[@phantomsidious2934]

Luckily for Admiral Piett Vader's mind was elsewhere at that moment, all other officers during that time were offered no mercy from Vader because of their failures, Vaders encounter with his son awakened feelings Vader thought were long forgotten, he had bigger things on his mind then killing piett, luckily for the Admiral...

[@cloudftw113]

I always kinda had the impression that Vader chilled out somewhat after Empire Strikes Back.

[@treystephens4490]

Vader liked Piett a little bit.

[@treystephens4490]

@@cloudftw113 I think he saw hope for a brighter future.

[@NoLifeArcade]

Phantom sidious Yeah I always had the impression from that scene that Vader, was too sad about Luke rather dying than joining him and than escaping on the Falcon to do any executions.

[@treystephens4490]

@Craft Zeppelin how so closer to his goals?

[@fairydoll8970]

Piett was not just ruthless but cunning I like him. 😊

[@crisisamonginfinitedarthsa4220]

(Cough)Thrawn(Cough).

[@treystephens4490]

He did his job well.

[@Angry.General1461]

@Sub for Trump 2020 I think instead of Vader killing Piett, he demoted him from admiral to captain. Notice in the clip of return of the Jedi Piett is not wearing the rank of admiral on his uniform.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Or it was due to an infamous costuming mishap...

[@MrRen847]

The Angry General Really? Are you sure? Btw I like Piett more than Thrawn although that my opinion

[@urbancombat1000]

Admiral Piett: shall I hold them. Vader: No...leave them to me. I will deal with them myself. Admiral Piett: as you wish my lord.....carry on

[@WashuHakubi4]

Vader was helpless. Piett could hold his breath longer than Vader could maintain his Force Choke.

[@hotsauce8780]

Holding your breath wont save you from a crushed Throat

[@buttahXD]

@@hotsauce8780 bacta cures all

[@comradneptic4740]

Piett held an incredible ability to survive without oxygen 😂

[@capncake8837]

@@comradneptic4740 Grievous in disguise.

[@mish375]

@@comradneptic4740 Are you saying that Piett is still floating around in space after the Battle of Endor? That would be an impressive amount of time to hold your breath.

[@Bentron88]

You missed one thing about Piett: he was trained by Grand Moff Tarkin. There is proof of this in the novel Star Wars Lost Stars in chapter one. When Tarkin was talking to the main characters as they were children Tarkin turned to a lieutenant and said “You see Piett? We must never fear using the lash, but there are times when the lure works far better.”

[@darylsdesigns6679]

“Don’t fail me again, Admiral.”

[@redjive_industries3760]

Piett: fails again Vader: “I’m frankly astonished we even got that close considering how much bullshit this guy is capable of, although that also makes me unbelievably pissed; you live, Admiral... for now.”

[@tophercaesar5375]

I never noticed that Vader actually looked at him when he was walking off the bridge. Wow! Such a powerful moment I had missed.

[@steelrarebit7387]

Now to turn it into a comedic moment... Don't think that Vader was looking at Piett, notice the double take that Vader did as the Falcon disappeared.

[@nobodyimportant2510]

I like to think that Vader was secretly glad Luke escaped, and smiled upon R2’s abilities.

[@johnpatrickfay5288]

Exactly, he reached out to Luke, knowing it was only a matter of time before he would reach back. We can rule the galaxy as father and son...

[@moshpitfuneral]

He also gave Luke a choice to join him. Vader knew how everything would go if Luke was captured or forced to become his apprentice, so he took the safest route and offered. Luke denied, and jumped. Vader could’ve stopped him dead in his tracks with the Force, but he didn’t, so when Luke got away, I think Vader didn’t exactly... care, but not like he didn’t CARE but he was willing to let it slide in order to see if Luke would eventually “come to his senses”(from Vader’s perspective)

[@akmayernick3722]

@@moshpitfuneral you should send this to How It Should Have Ended

[@moshpitfuneral]

Ak Mayernick yessssss

[@3Rayfire]

That always aggravated me about the prequels. Vader's lack of reaction to R2 and 3PO when they were so involved in the prequel irked me.

[@calvingreene90]

Piett did not have a history of stupid screw-ups. And it was obvious that the hyper drive had been deactivated and did not work when initially called for.

[@montana3200]

I’m sad Admiral Piett had to go out the way he did. Would have been interesting to see him play a role in the first order

[@FallenKnightXIII]

Bring back Admiral Piett with mcgoffen armor

[@NCRVeteranRanger]

I would’ve loved to see Piett live in Legends continuity, maybe serving under Pellaeon’s Imperial Remnant or Thrawn’s Empire of the Hand. Those two Imperial factions would’ve been perfect for Piett, as they genuinely believe in the ideals & values of the Empire far more than Palpatine himself did.

[@pandepanda31]

Piett wasnt a fool, just another victim of plot

[@Vchk1917]

I prefer to imagine him in legends, in the Imperial warlords era and beyond, instead of the new canon.

[@mish375]

​​@@NCRVeteranRanger Knowing Thrawn, who valued talent and hard work with his officers, he would have welcomed Piett. Piett was one of the few in the Empire that reached the top by merit.

[@GerchMod]

"Captain Piett" "Yes my lord" Vader proceeds to give the instructions to Piett ...while force choking Admiral Ozzle ...through a vidscreen. Ozzle drops to the floor, like a sack of shit. "You are in command now *Admiral* Piett." Without a doubt, the most hilarious scene in all of Star Wars....

[@akmayernick3722]

How true! But there is also "The empire will compensation you if he dies. PutHimIn!

[@davidwholly5209]

Followed only by "apology accepted, Captain Needa".

[@johnO21]

Story of Piett, the explanation, his backStory (for me) probably the best I've heard in All Star Wars Galaxy. Admiral Piett-respect.

[@Spartan120]

"Intensify forward firepower!" - legendary last words

[@robertmoore8076]

Thank you for this. I’ve always wondered about that. I liked Admiral Piett. He was one of my favorites in Star Wars (both the Rebels and the Imperials)...

[@TheCatWatches]

IRONIC, Piett could cheat death by avoiding Vader, but he could not save himself during the Battle of Endor

[@TheKain202]

Not surprising, considering he had no actual command. Sheev wanted have the Rebels Death Star'd one by one and the fleet was just there to stay in place, hold fire and look scary. If he had control over the battlefield and formation, he would have won, the advantage was overwhelmingly on the Death Squadron's side - but you don't go against Sheev. Instead, when put between an operational DS and a fleet, the Rebels bumrushed the fleet, the situation became an absolute clusterfuck, and then the Executor got focused.

[@LaneCorbett]

It's simple. Fleet surrounds the rebels on 3 sides, Death Star on the 4th with enough interdiction cruisers to prevent escape. Then it's picking fish from a barrel

[@johan9428]

@@TheKain202 The Empire fleet returned fire when the Rebel's fleet engaged it. There is even onscreen a shot of a rebel frigate exchanging broadside fire with the Executor (RIP, Rebel frigate). The order Admiral Piett had was to not engage the Rebel fleet while the Death Star was shooting the Rebel ships one by one, but should the Rebel fleet engage them (presumably in order to escape), then revert back to the old way. Even then, the Rebels were on the ropes, thus took the risky bet of focusing on the Executor, knowing the Empire fleet would fall into chaos if they succeeded in destroying it. Then, the Rebels destroyed the Executor by sheer luck, the Empire fleet lost all cohesion and what remained decided it was not worth keep fighting when the Death Star was destroyed as well.

[@ethansolomon2126]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Admiral Piett the Competent?

[@TheCobaltLegion]

Admiral Piett, was everything an Imperial Officer should be. The first Order could have used a Commander like him. Great Vid! glad your giving some much needed props to this Officer.

[@SantomPh]

the First Order is full of psychopaths and very few professional admirals. The massacre of the remaining Moffs and Admirals at Akiva made it worse.

[@FatalShadow13]

Imagine how terrifying the FO would be with a few Pietts, Veers', and Palleons....

[@Xebelan]

I think Piett would have been disgusted by the excess and stupidity of the First Order. Veers as well.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

General Hux could've learned a lot from Admiral Piett.

[@mish375]

​​​@@SantomPh The only two professional Imperial Admirals that I can think of were Piett and Thrawn. Both earned their positions by merit, treated their subordinates well, were excellent at their jobs, hated nepotism, and were not involved in the synchophantic games other officers played to get ahead.

[@emix1010]

My impression from Piett’s reaction is that he was angry when the Falcon escaped, even before he was scared. I always thought that that was enough for Vader, as they had a good plan until it failed, and not because of any clumsiness on Piett’s part. It’s the sort of loyalty he would have, I suppose. And maybe Vader even appreciated that burst of anger ... a change from the usual fear.

[@WednesdayAddamsMW]

"You are in command now, Admiral Piett."

[@JIMvc2]

I'm so glad the Piett voice lines are in Empire at War and in FOC. Such a great character. Heck, Piett vs First Order, Piett wins!!!

[@AstroCreep77]

He didn't execute him because R2 was flipping him off as they went into hyperspace. It's in a deleted scene.

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

Chaos A.D. OMG! 😩😫😆😂🤣 I died reading that I could not stop laughing every time I think about it LMFAO

[@AstroCreep77]

@@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003 Well, we know C3PO warned him about his language more than once, and even Luke did in Ep. 8. It would fit with the character, I mean, who knows what all those little arms do..😂

[@anthonyspellman4260]

R2D2 had a very Shakespearean script, full of wise and well written lines. Better than Picard's best. Sadly, the droid they got to play him had such a dirty mouth they had to bleep out everything. And thus, R2 goes down in history as the character that cussed the most. Even more than George Carlin and Snoop Dogg. Made Gordon Ramsey look like a Boy Scout.

[@AstroCreep77]

@@anthonyspellman4260 Legend has it that scream he makes is actually from an ancient dialect long since extinct in the galaxy, that, if translated, is the most blasphemous phrase ever uttered.

[@AntasmaTheBatKing]

@@AstroCreep77 FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

[@NinjaBuddha503]

I like to think that Vader knew R2D2 would eventually reunite with his creation C3PO and heard Artoo scream as the Millennium Falcon would jump into Hyperspace.

[@smansam]

It's so amazing how the few seconds of this scene so beautifully convey the inner turmoil of Vader.

[@Blood-Fartz]

Vader didn't kill Piett in Empire because his encounter with his son had already started to change him. In ANH Vader doesn't kill any of the imperial officers, but the opening crawl of ESB tells us that he's obsessed with finding Luke Skywalker. Between ANH and ESB Vader had discovered Luke's identity, and he became desperate for a reckoning. In his eyes he had already vanquished Anakin Skywalker, but Luke's existence left a loose end to reconcile. The film is nuanced and brilliant, and any expanded universe explanation that explains this otherwise has clearly missed the nuance.

[@Zellio2011]

It could also be that Vader sees himself in Piett, a guy who came from nothing and rose to the top thru skill and intellect

[@trhendricks2216]

Part of me wonders if deep in Vader's mind was...."Crap, I forgot to tell Piett about R2D2's abilities"

[@karens8633]

16bit Classics, 23 years, at most. Obi-wan’s “certain point of view” has always been a bit fuzzy on facts. 😉

[@trhendricks2216]

@16bit Classics Good point, but at 20K + on his Midi count, would he not have the memory of Marilu Henner?? :)

[@Alpha-106]

@@trhendricks2216 That and R2D2 was worth more than family to him considering it took him like what 4 episodes and almost a padawan to get him back. I think R2 would still be on his mind.

[@WhoIsTadhg]

Piett was a great character: cool, calm, collected and effective at his job. Piett is the total opposite of General Hux. That character was straight up annoying.

[@winternow2242]

He was force sensitive. He actually survived RotJ by using the force. Piett's knowledge of the force was so great that he could float through space like Mary Poppins.

[@josephgrube]

Piett:I’M MARY POPPINS Y’ALL!!!

[@lumbagoboi1649]

​@@josephgrubegreat reference 🤣

[@chriscarrete5303]

Can't forget about General Veers. You know Vader had respect for that man too. 😁😁😁👍👍👍

[@tanyakasim6521]

Chris Carrete Exactly! The actor who played General Veers was also in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

[@napoleonsolo5929]

Veers exuded confidence.

[@nuggetmaster8131]

My idea is that Vader was still recovering from his duel against Luke and his mind was still reeling from the realization that a piece of Padme was alive. This realization revealed to Vader tat Anakin was still alive, just buried deep under Vader. In addition, Piett is almost the exact opposite of Needa and Ozzel. Piett wasn’t arrogant or acting extremely sycophantic. Piett was so terrified, he was honest and respected Vader. He was also pretty competent and smart. Lastly, he didn’t fail. He succeeded in having his men disable the Falcon’s hyperdrive. R2 just defied all odds and repaired the hyperdrive, thus escaping Vader.

[@linkdude55]

I'm not super big into the comics, so I have no backing for this, but I always interpreted Vader sparing him as a moment of true devastation for Vader. I mean, you spend all this time hunting down your son, failure after failure, then you finally manage to get a perfect situation to capture him, all your work and obsession leading up to this moment, and then Luke goes "nah fuck this ima die now" and essentially attempts to end his life when he falls off that thing at the end of their duel. The one attachment he had left to his former happiness said they'd rather die than join him. Imagine what that must be like, especially considering what his implied mental state was.

[@_Dovar_]

An interesting character, just like moff Jerjerrod. Both died too soon.

[@gameoflife9576]

Damn a-wing

[@tanyakasim6521]

Dovar I'd be interested in learning Jerjerrod's backstory, too.

[@absboodoo]

Jerjerrod's hesitation to fire on Endor was a great scene that got cut.

[@davidw.2791]

absboodoo Apparently, more people know about the guy in episode iv who keeps saying "Standing by!" is a secret empire hater than this moff.

[@avelus5984]

“In my field, experience outranks everything.” -Captain Rex

[@edsonvalenca4214]

Ken Colley, the Jesus of Monty Python's Life of Bryan.

[@Chirp296]

Man, I could watch these videos all day long. Thanks for the great post.

[@samuelfawell9159]

I always loved the double take of Vader, watching it vanish and then looking again.

[@1974heathinn]

Unfortunately, he lost his life when an A Wing went kamikaze on the bridge

[@ComicBookGuy420]

He knew how to polish Vader's helmet juuust right😏

[@jhellert1]

I think before all the comic book malarky was written, the scene was showing the glimmer of humanity that Vader still possessed.

[@prion42]

I always felt that in that moment he just couldn't be bothered

[@z.z3925]

@@prion42 he was mad they got away. He could not be bothered. And the big powerful jedi said ships were nothing compared to the power of the force. So Vader was to blame.

[@snapmalloy5556]

You nailed it

[@drugaddicter]

@John H Now I'm interested what was in those comics malarkey about this scene? Any different perspective?

[@angrycotchnillollin4758]

I remember having a conversation with my dad about Ozzel's execution about a year ago, he came up with this theory that Ozzel wasn't as incompetent as he's portrayed, and was wrongly executed. The theory was that with the probe droids was found by the rebels, they were on alert, long before the imperial fleet showed up. With Vader assuring the admiral that Hoth was the system, and that Luke was there, Vader was thinking more of finding Luke, rushing the fleet to the system, and causing Ozzel to 'come out of hyperspace too close to the system'. The theory went on a bit further, but the rest is a bit far-fetched, but stated that Vader executed Ozzel to cover his own failure (alerting the rebels to imperial incursion with a probe droid). Hearing that Ozzel was hated and known for getting his position via influence and connection does make me believe he was less valuable than officers like Piett, but I choose to believe that he wasn't "As clumsy as he is Stupid".

[@napoleonsolo5929]

There's also the theory that Ozzel was actually a Rebel sympathizer.

[@mitthrawdoritos30]

I counted them... It was all plan from the very beginning... There are exactly 50 Piett in this video not 51 or 49, exactly 50. O_o outstanding move.

[@sanstheskeleton8104]

the force is strong with this one.

[@siyacer]

what's special about it

[@thejollypirate5669]

Definitely one of my favorite imperials! 👍

[@starwarsreadingclub]

Mine too! Thank you for watching TJP, I hope that you enjoyed the video.

[@thejollypirate5669]

You're very welcome and yes this explained was highly enjoyable SWRC, thank you! :)

[@Paerigos]

Well... just imagine the Empire which puts Veers, Piett and Thrawn in overall command.

[@Angry.General1461]

@@starwarsreadingclub I think instead of Vader killing Piett, he demoted him from admiral to captain. Notice in the clip of return of the Jedi Piett is not wearing the rank of admiral on his uniform.

[@FatalShadow13]

In my mind he's right up there with Gilead Palleon.

[@SpartacusTheHumble]

RIP ADMIRAL PIETT. He was pretty chill. Tho a sad wad to die via kamikaze. From the rebel pilot who was Twirling into the superstar destroyer.

[@ConfirmedCynic]

I think Vader was distracted by his inner conflict regarding Luke at that moment.

[@atridevi137]

He just pretended he's being choked and then wore a moustache

[@williamanderson5437]

'Admiral Piett' - Ken Colley - Wonderful actor (and great friend of the late Great Michael Sheard 'Admiral Ozzel', perfect character actors for the Star Wars Stories).

[@radixz11]

I think he wasn’t mad because he realized luke chose his path and didn’t want to force him to come back to him at the time, so in a way he was fine and also sad that his son would rather die than join him

[@manuelgrothe608]

Garrick Versio: “Piett, you fool”

[@Paerigos]

Anyway thinking about it... Vader was in somewhat special state of mind with other things bothering him more. Thus Piett was lucky - if Vader was angry he might have killed him anyway, however since he did not get into rage he simply failed to justify it later even to himself. So - the formula of surviving Vader was in fact relatively easy - dont be afraid of him (as that is pointless), dont be completly incompetent, and do your very best. And well still you need a bit of luck not to fail at something which pisses him off. With Ozel Vader was not angry... it was just execution for utter incompetence. Cold and calculated. That was unlikel for people like Veers, Piett or Thrawn... there it would have to be either stroke of Vaders anger, or actual treason.

[@treystephens4490]

Vader knew their escape was not his fault.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Not that that saves every innocent officer from his... outbursts.

[@medieval8893]

Piett is one of my favorite imperial officers, not because of any tactical genius, but because of his relationship with Vader and his defined human traits. Great Video!

[@putinscat1208]

He sneaked Vader's favorite cookies to him.

[@Amadeus8484]

I mean Darth Vader isn't exactly patient but perhaps Darth Vader understood that Piet isn't responsible for the fact that the Falcon eventually made the jump to hyperspace, as it took awhile and they almost got caught, Vader being both a force user and a legendary pilot perhaps knew they fixed it.

[@metalc.s3170]

He may have been able to survive Vader. But he did not survive one surprise spiny star fighter boi

[@samuelschomacker6071]

I was thinking about this exact thing the other day. Great video and great stream today!

[@ghostman5620]

I'm pretty sure I've thanked you for pronouncing "Executor", correctly. Not stopping me from doing it again..... Thank You!

[@Emperor_Augustus123]

Admiral Piett never was seen as a bad man in my eyes. He seems to be just a man doing his job, not war crimes and shit.

[@darthcaedus9130]

"Intensify the forward batteries, I dont want anything to come through"

[@PhysicalSciences]

Legit, I love reaching this video every so often. "The officer so valuable to the Empire he was above even the wrath of Vaper." Great line!

[@waverleyjournalise5757]

Vader: Did your men deactivate the hyperdrive aboard the Falcon? Piett: No, my Lord, they tore it from the rebel ship's very chassis and brought it aboard to prevent any sort of last-minute reprieve." Vader: "most impressive" If only :P

[@vksasdgaming9472]

And Han & co get in, see scorched hole where hyperdrive should be, shrug and steal a ship which has intact one in place.

[@waverleyjournalise5757]

@@vksasdgaming9472 They didn't check until they tried to operate it

[@michaelvoisey8458]

The Actor who played Piett also played Admiral Lord Nelson in a British TV play about The Battle of Trafalgar

[@TK-4174]

He became a legend in star wars legends Seems legit

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Where legends(TM) are born...

[@shackilleuhdeal7462]

@@chrissonofpear1384 Star Wars Legends™️: The TRUE Canon.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

I do love Legends. The new films I just try to take as their own story - good and bad.

[@ghostknight2011]

"Piett, you fool" - Admiral Garrick Versio, at Endor after the destruction of the Executor.

[@mOS3s__]

"Thank you, Lord Vader."

[@nathanharms3778]

You do a great job putting these videos together!

[@johannesmakila2459]

I always thought it was just good luck from Piett's part but turns out he was actually smart and he managed to make himself valuable to Vader.

[@TheBohobemeister]

As always, wonderful video!

[@desertstorm272]

Admiral Piette will known as the greatest admiral of the Imperial Navy

[@edwinhernandez9276]

Piette life was spared because he was the only loyal officer to polish Vader armour with Turtle Wax on a daily basis. 🐢

[@gabrieldjatienza6971]

Kenneth Colley played similar earth officers in Firefox (Russian) and Scarlet and the Black (German)

[@mariagloriadelcarmen]

Garrick Versio: Piett, You Fool.

[@Richard-Espanol]

Completely wild theory but something fun to think about. Vader somehow knew R2 was on the falcon and was the one responsible for fixing the hyper drive. Thinking back on how many times R2 saved his ass from seemingly impossible situations he couldn't be that mad lol.

[@steelgoodwin]

I always thought it was the droid R2 and Vader laughing at himself that R2 outsmarted him again.

[@TwoFace123-f2n]

First. Star Wars's quiet nowadays, I just end up watching a bit of anime, One Punch Man and Naruto. Such Mythology of Saitama, Naruto and Star Wars, I'll at some point draw myself with my favorite friends (Saitama and Naruto).

[@EchthelionII]

What do you mean by quiet? That there's barely anything new or coming out, or something else?

[@sebastianb.3978]

@Blitzwing2011 Well the comics are still good imo.

[@TwoFace123-f2n]

@@EchthelionII I guess so, but I think it's just me not reading the Star Wars comics and books.

[@EchthelionII]

@Blitzwing2011 Yeah, I've only read maybe 4 good/decent canon books, everything else sucked.

[@Indecisive2]

That 'on the bridge' scene between Piett and Vader is really quite amazing. I didn't absorb it the first time around because I was only 8 years old: but when I see it as an adult I get shivers.

[@Android3008]

my favourite interaction between the two of them is in return of the jedi when the shuttle with Luke is flying by, very realistic.

[@frankdees507]

He’d grown incredibly cormfortable in the presence of one he’d seen kill others for failure

[@napoleonsolo5929]

Piett even admitted he was about to let the shuttle through and Vader was like "Nah, it's okay..."

[@facelessman9224]

Failure due to incompetence and failure due to circumstance is something Vader understood. Vader was merely looking for an excuse to remove incompetent officers.

[@maryuma7]

He was a smart man. This was interesting :) and love the, for apologies actually being accepted 😂

[@gawthic1]

Piett's sunken eyes, as he expected Vader to kill him at the end of ESB, were a brilliant touch. The actor did an amazing job. It's really cool to think of these Imperial officers as individuals with unique backstories and relationships to authority. This revelation also shows that Vader had some restraint and that the Imperial officer corps wasn't just a monolithic pool of high-level temps that he saw as interchangeable and disposable.

[@enbyjedi]

In the films, Vader doesn’t kill anyone after he meets Luke. Foreshadowing his redemption?

[@fezzadork]

There was a deleted scene in ROTJ where he force-choked Jerjerrod for attempting to disturb the Emperor unannounced.

[@sidnew2739]

@@fezzadork But would he have killed him?

[@drugaddicter]

No

[@a.d.clarke4990]

0:41 “Apology accepted, Captain Needa!” 😂

[@damiand8551]

I always thought he kept his life because Luke brought some of the good left in Vader to the surface. Setting up his light v dark conflict in Return of the Jedi.

[@lungbutter361]

Yeah, Vader is very distracted in roj. You really can't say enough about the way Vader was written and portrayed. No one can tell a story anymore.

[@drugaddicter]

In the ROTJ final fight, Vader seemed to have forgotten how to use his lightsaber. He doesn't even try to attack Luke. His defense is stupid and incoherent. And he ends up falling on his a*s with his hand chopped off. That was presumably the moment when Darth Vader ceased to exist. And then the one who clumsily rised and stood next to Palpatine sadly picking his nose and watching Luke being tortured, was none other but Anakin Skywalker.

[@AntasmaTheBatKing]

Spin it any way you want. He still killed Palpatine! Return of the Jedi will ALWAYS be the end of Star Wars for me. ...Well, the one with Hayden Christensen as Anakin's Force Ghost.

[@JohnnyCashFanatic]

Kenneth Colley was born to play Piett

[@dev5x382]

Cool vid