Rakata Infinite Empire: FULL History Explained

[@AsiniusNaso]

Hoping the Rakata and the Tusken Raiders connection gets covered. The lore behind the tuskens and what tatooine used to be is my favorite bit of Star Wars history.

[@Foggycallabasashillshelicopter]

No please I hope we don’t see tuskan raiders or the shitty desert set of tattoine for a decade. They really ruined tattoine by overusing the duck out of it

[@mar_speedman]

@@Foggycallabasashillshelicopter You just repeat what others say, or something? Or do you just not know about Tatooine's lore? If we get a look at Tatooine and the tusken raiders during the Rakatan Empire, I promise you it'll look nothing like a desert and you wouldn't even recognize the tusken when they stare you in the face.

[@enriquezavala4946]

@@mar_speedman I guess he didn't play KOTOR 🤷‍♂️

[@austinb1378]

Would love a vid on the tuskens if there isn’t one already

[@Foggycallabasashillshelicopter]

@@mar_speedman yes exactly I don’t care at all about the Star Wars fan fiction or whatever. I also don’t care about tattoine at all like I said they ruined the whole planet and everyone on it by overusing the fuck out of it. How tf is it Star war’s at all when we’re only on one planet every series😂 it’s supposed to be a galaxy not just going to Reno Neveda cause it’s cheap to film

[@darryk4154]

I like the idea of the Rakata being wiped out by the plague. It's like their abuse of the Dark Side caused the Force to strike back at them in order to restore balance.

[@mrconfusion87]

THIS!

[@concept5631]

Like how Plagueis and Sidious created the Chosen One.

[@barahng]

They had some force based technology right? What if they were engineering a force based plague and it got loose? That would be some poetic justice.

[@TYKZY.BRANX._TEEK.SEE.BRANCH.]

@@barahng OOOH ! THAT WOULD B NiCE [NOT YELLiNG, JUZT LiKE TYPiNG iN CAPZ]

[@HylianSith920]

Rakata, Zakuul, Yuuzhan Vong; As much as I love the history of Jedi and Sith, the 3rd party, wild card factions of Star Wars have always fascinated me the most.

[@withiethewither1993]

Lemme also add the Kaleesh to that list

[@DM5550Z]

Zakuul and sith empire are coolest

[@reygonzalez6021]

Yes. I wanna see all those creeps in live action. Or how about the Ancient Sith? But Kathleen Kennedy would probably turn them all into Woke Strong Women

[@fumarc4501]

Mandalorians, Chiss, and The Lost Tribe of the Sith are a few of my favorites.

[@LexYeen]

why would you put the vong on that list? they're _boring._

[@Major98]

Love that old republic seeds continue to be planted in recent years. First Revans name is canonized and now we got the Rakata. Personally I think the era would be perfect for a game of thrones grand scale epic drama series

[@riusu8672]

that sounds like such a fantastic idea a real GOT with the old republic :D

[@themanofshadows]

And Starkiller.

[@cheefqueef6494]

@@riusu8672 cringe

[@cheefqueef6494]

@@11bluekitkats says the kid who liked both his comments criiiinge

[@jasont5636]

@@11bluekitkats damn you know you lost 🤡

[@crestonchi5427]

They made Rogue One because of one line from the Crawl in a New Hope. They made Kenobi because of one line on the Death Star. They can make the Old republic/jedi origin story with one line from Andor.

[@deckzone3000]

Kenobi is based on what line?

[@crestonchi5427]

@@deckzone3000 Darth Vader: I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now, I am the master! Ben Kenobi: Only a master of evil, Darth! Darth Vader: Your powers are weak, old man. Ben Kenobi: You cannot win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. Darth Vader: You should not have come back.

[@deckzone3000]

@@crestonchi5427 So they are talking about their fight on the lava planet. 🤷‍♂️

[@crestonchi5427]

@@deckzone3000 ffs. "obiwan once thought as you did" and 'more machine now than man" im not responding anymore. watch the original trilogy and stop being a 8 month later comment loser ok?

[@alexhansen7309]

​@@deckzone3000bit late but he was a learner with his suit how was annakin a learner when they fought on mustafaar?

[@Arcturus_Reaper]

The Rakata are such an amazing and mysterious race. Playing through parts of SWTOR that have their secret tombs, robots and traps are is amazing fun and then discovering lore for them is an amazing read as well. Their one of the most exciting races to explore.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

The shortest summary of their history is they were so ugly they had to torment everyone. Just kidding. Byt they're ugly.

[@t95kush27]

The Rakatan Empire was mentioned in the High Republic book series several times as well as Manaan and Kolto

[@rello2x]

Key word “IF” they had a brain, surely hope we get to further expand proper and unique SW history, and historical events such as this… again properly

[@EclipseClemens]

This video: *if Disney has a brain* Sorry to have to sayy this, but you need to seriously lower your expectations here star wars theory lol

[@thewu910]

Well, we all know KK doesn’t know of any lore resources that SW has to draw upon…

[@AndreNitroX]

Only if Disney sells Star Wars someday

[@deckzone3000]

@@thewu910 They can make up their own. That's where all the info from this video came from.

[@rolinc.8405]

One of my favorite star wars comic series

[@maartenkeus8627]

The fact that they are responsible for the diversity of species in the universe is wild

[@AndreNitroX]

Yes I kind of like that concept. That through evil, so much good was done. Like the force balanced it out

[@segundorespaldo7892]

​@@AndreNitroXDiversity is not exactly a good thing.

[@AndreNitroX]

@@segundorespaldo7892 what we mean by that is so many species that would have remained isolated were thrown into a melting plot, making for a world of so much variety

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

@@segundorespaldo7892Depends on the situation and culture compatibility.

[@ArnoldValentino]

Thank you for this video. I was introduced to the Rakatans from KOTOR and been curious ever since. So glad Andor made them canon.

[@ezdub5762]

11:00, In Kotor 1, Jolee theorized that the Wookiees were also evolved alongside Kashyyk to serve as gardeners or slaves that were best suited to work on such a lush world.

[@wadeskywalker6391]

If Disney wants to avoid the Skywalker Saga they should definitely make a show about the Rakatans. Like how cool would I be to see the Rakatans in Live action?

[@bryanmanuelbaes7871]

cause it's a lose lose situation

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Well. Expecting any good results from them is like expecting the Rakata to be nice people.

[@rokmun680]

It would be cool if they were to sound the same way they did in kotor with subtitles.

[@wZem]

Rakatans are cool and all, but I'd rather see a show about ancient Sith, Dark Jedi, The Hundred-Year Darkness, Proto Lightsabers etc.

[@Ytomany]

Why so they can hire horrible writers and ruin it. I don’t want them touching kotor they’ll just ruin it man literally just hire people who don’t do the research and don’t care and will write bad fan fiction, let theory write a kotor series least then it will be good.

[@darthnutsack6717]

I always thought it was crazy the Rakata would eat the people they conquered and would even eat their own kind. The infinite empire was evil x2.

[@AndreNitroX]

Agreed in the dawn of the Jedi, it even mentions they eat their own young

[@nemdenemam9753]

those Rakata ships look awesome. Thanks for this history, every since Kotor and Swtor I was interested about about them but never really checked. I never realized the early jedi were such a force to be reckoned with

[@jmannxiiiaaron]

Loved the Rakata ever since I played KotOR the first time. Game introduced so much amazing lore.

[@Farbautisonn]

Having only come across the Rakata in SWTOR this was a very interesting backstory. Thank You.

[@nichtmal5208]

I literally freaked out when I heard about the Rakata in Andor, I really hope we will get more information and content about the time before the Galactic Republic was founded. I mean we know so little about this time and there’s endless opportunities for shows and maybe movies!

[@kevinharwood123]

Incredible work with this video Theory. You carry Star Wars on your shoulders and we're grateful for you.

[@eiden5778]

Aint no way boy

[@budwyzer77]

The hyperspace ramming scene from The Last Jedi would have been *vastly improved* in a lore-saving way had Leia used The Force to manipulate the Hyperdrive and sacrificed herself. Hell, have her converse with a Rakata among the crew if you want to set groundwork earlier in the movie.

[@АлексейМомот-щ7о]

Uh, there are no Rakata in the movie, only Mon Calamari

[@AndreNitroX]

I am a fan of the dawn of the Jedi comics and the Rakata are particularly standout villains since they are so brutal in their tactics.

[@sovereigndayyouthkafir3943]

I'd honestly love to see both the Rakata and the Yuusong Vong in live-action or animated Star Wars productions, but Disney has shown itself inept to the degree that I wouldn't trust them to do more than name drop either species.

[@gamingwitharis8859]

A very interesting and informative video, definitely need to read more about the Rakata.

[@Darth--Malak]

"If Disney has a Brain" Thats a big IF

[@muhamedquraishi]

For real.

[@WildWeavile]

If it weren't for disney, star wars would have faded into obscurity. Like, I prefer george's stuff but a lot of fans didn't even know about the clone wars during it's original run. They thought it was a "kids" show.

[@futuremaster1251]

🤣

[@WildWeavile]

@@BriFiConnections What- Didn't kenobi end in July? Which was 3 months ago...

[@WildWeavile]

@@BriFiConnections Ahsoka hasn't even came out my guy! That's NEXT YEAR!

[@Tanjams]

Even in KOTOR the Rakata seemed to be super ancient and an almost completely lost civilization, which seemed to predate any of the ancient Sith in the game. I don't know much lore about them past KOTOR but was actually surprised that they are actually known, even just in name, to anyone in Andor. OMG . . . I hope one of the next big threats is a resurgence of the Rakata! Maybe like a Yuuzhan Vong lite, or a pre Yuuzhan Vong, scenario. I remember being so excited when first seeing the unique Rakata and Selkath species on the KOTOR box. Super cool to see more ties to those games.

[@nico_53]

Before i saw your videos about these legends species i didn’t know much, it would be certainly interesting to have a multiple season series about them, like their beginning at first, then their conquest of the galaxy, then the beginning of the jedi order and their fall at the end

[@swedishbloke]

Me, who hasn’t watched any andor yet, being absolutely psyched by this

[@danwhitton162]

The music in the background is insane and really helps making you feel like you’re in the star wars universe

[@GaseousSnake2]

I haven’t finished the video but based on what I’ve seen this idea seems to dark for Disney to use, it’s just not in their realm, and although it would be great to use… *they introduced Rey and kept her as a protagonist for 3 films* I don’t think they’d do this idea justice

[@foxhound5699]

Rakata love slaves. Disney won't even give Boba's ship its proper name on a toy.

[@GaseousSnake2]

@@foxhound5699exactly, plus they can’t even create new planets “jakku” is just renamed Tattoine

[@Cmoondog1]

Did you watch Obi wan? They literally showed Vader snapping a little kids neck with the force. And they also are greenlighting a bunch of gory stuff for the MCU, ex. Werewolf by Night and Deadpool 3

[@GaseousSnake2]

@@Cmoondog1 well yes but movie wise….they gave us Rey

[@jbgaming3221]

@@GaseousSnake2 true, but we’ll see how they do after andor, I don’t trust them but I hope they do more gritty stuff like what they did with obi wan and andor.

[@thegamescout]

Amazing video! I would love to see a film/TV series made about this.

[@THMstudios]

Hello there!!! Hey Theory. So a while ago I went on your NerdTheory podcast and tried to get you to watch/react to my fan film and you essentially told me you’d “rather do something else” which really disappointed me because you’ve truly made me into the Star Wars super-fan that I am today. Like Star War has become a huge part of my life so much so that I even made my very own fan-film. And although it’s not great and I want to reshoot someday I thought you’d at least appreciate the effort. Like cmon man you can’t take 5 mins to watch a film about Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus, a character of whom you clearly think is both really cool & criminally underrated. Like bruh I literally said “dedicated to StarWarsTheory” in the beginning of the video & you still wont take 5 mins to watch it. Idk man, I may sound like a jerk now but I really thought you cared a bit more. Like bruh, this is (at least to my knowledge) the ONLY actual Count Dooku fan film in existence. Again, it’s not some amazing professional looking film but like it’s 5 mins & it’s something I worked really hard on. Ok whatever just needed to get this out. May the force be with you ig.

[@s.w.a7609]

I haven't played kotor in so long, thx for this.

[@jibril2473]

I’m playing it now. Such a great game. Waiting for aspyr to drop the dlc for kotor 2 on switch

[@ColinForBooks]

the pure newness of the star wars world was the essence of its greatness. nothing since has been so original, and sci-fi depends upon presenting new kinds of life, not just funny-looking aliens, but entirely new and unusual settings. concentrating on the first Je'dai and Rakata would be a great choice. Or imagine how cool it would be to feature the Rakatan invasion of Korriban. Has there ever been a movie featuring evil vs. evil? I guess Alien v. Predator - and that was cool!

[@toxic_0159]

One of the most interesting and intriguing videos I’ve watched containing Star Wars lore. Great video Theory!

[@zaaya7719]

I find the "strange pathogen" wiping out the majority of them to be too convenient and unsatisfying of an "end" for such a cool and dominant empire/species, I wish there was more to it like maybe the Sith or some other species or organization engineering it or maybe the pathogen being a pushback from the force itself against them

[@mrconfusion87]

I think the latter theory makes sense...

[@aidenheinz4237]

Imagine a movie about the battle between the ancient Rakata and sith or Je’daii. That could be so good.

[@Adam-----]

Haven't watched the video but I absolutely agree

[@SkiveWalkerYT]

Bringing in the Rakata all but guarantees, at least in my opinion, the arrival of Revan, Malak, and the Star Forge. I would not be surprised if in a few years that show takes place.

[@bellandzoey]

Honestly, if a show like this was to happen, I'd probably be paying more attention to the Force Hounds than anything else lol

[@Rhyto]

I've started learning about the YV and now there's another force to look into? Jeez, may as well mesh them both against each other with the Republic shaking in their boots in the crossfire.

[@commandercjw]

I would DEFINITELY be interested in a movie about this

[@dwaydethomas6860]

You should be a movie producer

[@broman2277]

I want a TV show either live-action or animated on the Infinite Empire and after that, a Star Wars trilogy of the Yuuzhan Vong.

[@anthonyjames9150]

I'd love more Old Republic lore videos. Great video!

[@michaelcristel3060]

Got some serious Carl Sagan/Cosmos/Vangelis vibes from this one - well done. I only got a bit of info on the Rakata playing the Old Republic MMO, but this background helped immensely.

[@trevorzimmerman9398]

THIS WAS SOOO INTERESTING LOL!! Like bruh can we please get a movie or show on these guys! So so interesting!

[@fudalefu1]

So much amazing lore, that's already fleshed out and written... But Disney gives us Vespa's on Tatooine.

[@iamdarthketa]

I would deffinitly like to see more with these guys as well!! There is so much to learn yet and a lot of time if you think about it. so there for it could be done lol

[@bradonsklegstrong8500]

Awesome video! Really interesting and a new thing to watch about Star Wars!

[@starwarsarchitect]

With as violent this species was toward each other it’s a wonder they were able to have so much power when they were killing each other. Real interesting!

[@MultiArchangel]

This is interesting. I've never knew ancient Tattooine was so glorious.

[@jthomashair]

Didn’t know about this before but the TRUE deep ancient history here is fascinating. Who knew the Tuscans and Jawa were once one advanced race?

[@michaelbread5906]

This video is classic Star Wars Theory. Excellent work my dude!

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

The Rakata are the ultimate version of riches to rags in Star Wars lore

[@TheEliasNoel]

This is giving me an idea to write a whole trilogy on this time period. Though we’d have to figure out how to fit space battles in .

[@JLiL4949]

This is a very needed video. Thank you for putting this together!! 🎉

[@alecanselmo]

This is classic Star Wars theory content

[@ywmbaily]

I HOPE YOU COVER XESH AND HIS CONNECTION TO THE RAKATA FORCE HOUNDS ARE SICKKKKK

[@patriot0278]

I love this idea.

[@BlockdaCoolguy]

no

[@MonarchLMC]

It's been out 1 minute and it's a 16 minute long video,you have no idea🤦‍♂️

[@Relic__dimish]

Theory please keep dropping these long ones!!!

[@JauStudioFR]

In Kotor, there is a faction trying to fix their connection to the force and be better, help prevent this disaster from happening again. I wonder what they gave become. This could be cool in a show.

[@zwleathers]

I haVE ALWAYS wanted to know exactly all of this info about the rakata.

[@paulmcqueen367]

Thankyou for sharing this SWT its a part of StarWars i knew nothing about,i would be very interested if Disney decided to explore these stories and their connection to the Tuskens,May The Force Be With You.....Always!!!!

[@BioShrog]

The crystal reveal got me so dang excited!

[@tristanlanphere7736]

I loved SW theories lore video’s so much. I wished he’d go back to them

[@mrm6607]

Fascinating! I love this kind of deep lore. Great vid, Theory

[@mikecobalt7005]

Very Good, When I noticed this video I was thinking of a few key notes in their history/era, you hit every one :).

[@AlcaginRaizen]

King Adas is my FAVORITE Star Wars character!!

[@necrodex_4659]

It would be so cool to see these Dark Side Engines and Techs getting used to travel and fight the galaxy

[@RYANMMcBEAN]

Thanks for the background. That was awesome!

[@DescendantsSupremacy]

Already copped me an order 66 and jaig eyes hat yesterday let’s go!

[@jlj945]

Every time I play through Kotor (still the best game of all time) I always go out of my way to get the Rakata and the Tuskin’s to tell me about their history. Its probably my favorite historical lore out of Star Wars.

[@phasomyr]

Legends continuity is so incredibly broad.

[@Paolo_A]

man, if they're going to make a series about this, it's better be sci-fi opera epic with high budget and quality stories, starting with the kwa's journeys to the rise of rakatan empire and their highest peak and their horrible actions (such as tatooine turned sands), Tython arc, war with the Sith, invasion of Tython, rakata's decline (civil war, corruption, plague), slave rebelion/uprising and formation of galactic republic. that would be interesting and awesome to see.

[@jakwon11nw]

If they want to pull it off they’d be smart to make it rated R the beginning will start off with a brief depiction of the rakatans origins basically the Qua teaching them the force and small scenes of their conquests If I had a hand in filming I would make the Dark Side or the use of the Dark Side very terrifying enough to make a casual fan look away the abilities such as creating or mutating beings through the force the alchemy all of those things should be displayed then we fast forward to a mixed perspective of the jedai & the force hounds

[@daniel-paulkhalil5411]

SWT: BIG VIDEO ABOUT TO DROP! Also SWT: uploads a legit normal SWT video. Audience: it’s treason, then…

[@موسى_7]

7:00 Ten billion Rakata warriors? That's the population of the Earth in 2050. Quite little for an interstellar species. But 3 million clone troopers isn't enough to invade a continent, let alone fight on tens of planets, especially considering the number of droids which the CIS had.

[@starwarsshorts235]

Got to say I'm a sucker for SW lore and anything legends EU. This was an exceptional video.

[@tobi6457]

You are the best Star Wars KZbinr that i now

[@dylanmccullough6770]

A video on Cade Skywalker would be dope

[@jessehorn6180]

I’m glad they made the Ramadan canon so far. Hope they’ll make the pre-Republic era canon soon.

[@gabrielsanchez3901]

Finally more will learn of the Rakata infinite empire. They will rise again from the ashes

[@780Wil]

More of this kind of video please.

[@ryanb9749]

I wonder if they'll be in this new galaxy. There is the dathomir connection.

[@noahtrogdon1303]

Star wars is finally learning from the past which is the best for the future. Keep referring to legends and our interest will peak leading to a true old republic adaptations

[@joshrandor4371]

Well...that evidently was quite a name drop from Luthen.

[@nickw4368]

This is a story that doesn't involve the skywalkers they could do. This would be a great trilogy, building into episode 1

[@rayvintankerson6818]

rakatans got hit wit tht Genophage from mass effect

[@omeronel12]

I have this exact comic, wow! Great Video Theory!

[@RedLeaderYT]

Good Video! May the Force be With you!

[@gerrymcwilliam]

Man would be nice if Disney did

[@ryanranga8484]

Disney seems to be smart enough to know there are things in legends they need to introduce. Thrawn is the prime example, but we'll probably see anything "new" in novels and comics

[@elizabethkenobi1365]

"The Trandoshans," he says, as the camera focuses on Greedo--a Rodian. Though we are then shown some actual Trandoshans, I'm not sure what Greedo had to do with them or with the Wookies. Perhaps he got his bounty hunters mixed up and meant to show Bossk?

[@MaxxadTV]

Where's the big video at bro? Let's go

[@Fenris77]

I'm a fan of both the Rakata and the Yuzhan Vong though I am warry of how any movie or series involving either by Disney. But they finally admitted that the KOTOR games are canon... And if they are to bring the Vong then they'd have to retcon the Disney trilogy into oblivion (No problem there).

[@thebrowneyesofmandalore]

This was a very good video. Thanks for putting it out! I really do think that Lucasfilm will sometime soon make a Rakatan centered project because 1 they just name dropped them in Andor and 2 they went on about Tatooines past and it’s once water filled world in the BoBf. Hope they do it. It’d be great!

[@Ascended13]

A Clone Wars style series would be perfect.

[@TheStefannafetS]

Imagine a live action series by Dave Filoni based the infinate empire.

[@bhaveshjugnauth]

It'd be the best star wars show, better than the clone wars.

[@SpartacusTheHumble]

I liked the story of the Rakatan Infinite Empire, recently read the Dawn of The Jedi comics a few months back. I honestly never knew that tatooine used to be a earth like planet. With lakes, forests, and such. Palpatine: The Republic will be reorganized into the first, Galactic Empire!! Rakatan Empire: Am I a joke to you? Love your videos SWT. Love getting into the lore of everything star wars.

[@АлексейМомот-щ7о]

Also Palpatine: Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy

[@Mitsoxfan]

Disney slowly realizing "legends" is better than the crap they've been pumping out.