Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps | Star Wars

Rebel Squadrons earned a place at the forefront of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, present at every great victory and becoming synonymous with the rebel cause.
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[@thatrandomguy8157]

We're starting our attack run

[@ISAF_Ace]

I think that the most important part of the rebel alliance was the ground crews. without the maintence workers and engineering staff the rebellion would have fallen. like in Battlestar galactica when chief and his crew go on strike all viper flights are grounded and the fleet left without one of its primary defenders. also love the vid keep it up and cannot wait for stellaris Invicta.

[@neofulcrum5013]

Everyone played their part. The way a true cause should o7

[@DocWolph]

Everyone celebrates the Warrior, but never the Weapons Smith or the Armorer.

[@TheIfifi]

That goes for every war effort. It takes several men to keep one man in the field.

[@paulliston8561]

After the retreat/route at Yavin IV, the presence of dedicated ground crews became extremely limited, exceptions being on Hoth, Mon Cal, and other planetside bases, or on Home One itself. Most squadron pilots became their own "mechanics" out of necessity because it was literally the pilots living/fighting/moving by themselves until the later days of the war when the Mon Cal fleet was in greater numbers to project capital ship support across the galaxy. Thus, a majority of pilots also were their own mechanic, electrician, quartermaster, cook, engineer, and commando/guard, because the squadron pilots only had each other when out on mission campaigns.

[@ISAF_Ace]

@@paulliston8561 true in the lost stars novel we do see the pilots of corona (unfortunate name) squadron patching up holes in their own fighters. but on a larger scale we saw the Rebel alliance making their own X-wings and B-wings. give the Ground crews some credit. also as it says in the cross section of fighters and space ships it says that B-wings were the pain of ground crews and that the engineers had a pain of a time keeping Y-wings in the air. So pre Yavin and even post Yavin as we see at hoth the pilots for the most part just fly the ships and don't maintain them. so whilst yes pilots lent a hand it was up to the deck crew to keep the big picture in mind

[@maciejkamil]

I liked that sentence about overzealous Rebel propaganda. I appreciate that this video treats force as a myth, just like all normal people in SW universe do.

[@LedosKell]

A great number of channels like to retread wiki pages and talk about topics from an out-of-universe perspective. The Templin Institute acting like an in-universe databanks/archives for the myriad of universes they touch on is one of this channel's more unique and endearing elements that I really adore.

[@stahlight]

I find your lack of faith... disturbing...

[@mattstorm360]

@@stahlight I don't get why we trouble our selves with these "mystics".

[@NODnuke45]

Well, it depends on the time period, the period this video is talking about is one where the majority of force users have been killed off, thus the force became more legend than fact. In older and ancient periods in Star Wars though, force users were much more common. And the question of who should be allowed to use it and for what purposes was a major point of contention in many conflicts which was a nice world building detail in Star Wars lore.

[@gladyswangui2201]

@@mattstorm360 There are disturbing.

[@khartog01]

A few crazy pilots, a daring plan, and the will of the Force is all that's needed to defeat an empire.

[@blazinex]

And lots of plot armor

[@im_not_political2026]

Edit: A few crazy pilots, and a *cunning* plan, ...

[@suranae]

Multiple hundreds of thousands of pilots are necessary. Attrition & all that jazz. Supply, refuel & rearm ships too.

[@balabanasireti]

@@blazinex Mayble learn what that word means

[@michaelbread5906]

You could scrap all that and keep the Will of the Force bs, and win against anything.

[@podsmpsg1]

Because the Rebel Alliance doesn't have the resources and/or manpower of the Empire, they have to rely heavily on hit and run and guerilla tactics.

[@sachyriel]

you'd think in the star wars universe they'd call them Ewok tactics.

[@angelrivera2339]

how does the saying goes? It is not about having a good hand, but playing a bad hand well. The rebels had a war to fight with what they had. So they developed a good strategy that worked best with what they had. there is a good lesson in that.

[@KillerOrca]

I still like the original Legends version of how the Rebellion got the X-Wing. The lead designers stole the six working prototypes, all of the data, and blueprints, then virus-scrubbed the storage systems and accidentally butchered their way out of the docking bay. Depending on who you talk too, they either left under gunfire and killed the Imperial soldiers there with thruster wash...or as I like to think of it, shot a hole straight through the landing bay door and vacc'd the entire thing.

[@NODnuke45]

It's also way more inspiring and ingenious than just having it handed to them by dissatisfied corporate executives. It adds more to the rebel alliance's "do it yourself in spite of adversity" attitude that gives their faction it's character.

[@KillerOrca]

@@michaelandreipalon359 No, that was the Rand Ecliptic I think. Which in and of itself was pretty sweet.

[@KillerOrca]

@@kubli365 Legends had at least three different stories on how it happened, same as how the Rebels got the Death Star plans from like four different places. All of it got rugged when Legends was made. The version I like to think was canon was the one where they shot their way out of the side of an orbital station and suffocated the entire Imperial crew there.

[@sammywhite5127]

@@KillerOrca The weird thing is the Legends version of how they stole the Death Star plans still feels like it makes more sense than the canon one despite the fact that it was retconned together from multiple sources. The rebel alliance sending out multiple missions to gather whatever they can about the Death Star and then piecing that together just sounds more reasonable than them being able to sneak into an imperial research facility that has not only information about the Death Star but also apparently every other imperial secret project that was going on at the time

[@KillerOrca]

@@sammywhite5127 Okay so Im NOT the only one who thought that part of Rouge One was kinda strange...

[@RockSplitter]

"Never in the field of galactic conflict was so much owed, by so many, to so few."

[@mingchoi8369]

This is perfect for the release of Star Wars Squadrons. I think this is going to bring back memories of the old X-Wing vs TIE Fighter and Rogue Squadron games. Now all we need is a video on their rivals from the Imperial Starfighter Corps and a couple of dossiers on some legendary starfighter pilots.

[@travisbishop782]

Yes! I agree!

[@skepticalmagos_101]

I wish the Rebellion used some old Venators, they would have complimented rebel doctrine quite nicely.

[@otavio8566]

probably none where available for them, since those ships would be in the empires hands or scrapped to build more ISDs

[@Argascend]

It's kind of a yes and no. Because the Rebellion's starfighters are not dependent on carriers for transport, part of the usefulness of the Venator (massive hangers) is already less useful. Still good as a staging area away from their actual bases and it does extend their range by quite a lot, but not nearly as useful as it may seem initially.

[@Faras-km5xz]

@@Argascend true, or as a mobile base if converted

[@Charlie-js8rj]

The only real use for them would have been as mobile bases and command posts

[@nucleargandhi3759]

Unfortunately despite the number made during the clone wars, very few Venators were actually left in the time of the Rebellion. Most had been scrapped or were planned to be, and in contrast to most former clone wars technology, kept under heavy guard by the empire.

[@kurisuuu48]

Proud member of the Rebel Legion Starfighter Command here :D It's probably the closest we get to the Starfighter Corps...

[@thecouncilofnine4692]

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[@TemplinInstitute]

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[@imitationcrabmeat474]

They did the CIS on star wars explained

[@thefuzzyvulpine5945]

Is there anyone who knows of Star Wars that _hasn't_ daydreamed piloting an X-Wing or Y-Wing?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Me! Put me in a TIE anyday!

[@delb2192]

Me, capital ships for the win. I'd take a Endurance class Fleet Carrier over a starfighter any day.

[@DauntlessProductionz]

Personally have a soft spot for the republic T-wing

[@traze3286]

Star Wars Squadrons is only 4 days away. I’m so hyped

[@theskullboy8700]

Yeah. I’d love that.

[@Volume_Halome]

X-Wing is to the rebel alliance, what the M4 Sherman was to the allies.

[@Cowboycomando54]

Or today's US Navy F-18s

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

@@Cowboycomando54 Nuh uh. I’d compare the X-Wing to the F-15 and its variants.

[@GreMnMlin]

This reminds me of building fighter only fleets in Empire at War. Good times

[@meowistforlife]

65 Y-Wing squadrons can tear apart an entire imperial fleet in very short order

[@zcorpalpha2462]

3:11 - 3:15 🔥 Z-95, The ship of my childhood, Thank You for respect & remembering 💥

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

It's cool how in legends many suriving beings that were part of the CIS during the Clone Wars joined the Rebellion and many joined the Starfighter Corps too.

[@casbot71]

Never forget *Porkins.* Creator of _The Porkins maneuver …_ Ramming an enemy ship in a strafing run. You just have to commit, no matter the relative sizes - which is how he also approached _getting into the cockpit._ That struggle inspired that attitude, and that _altitude._

[@gaiusbaltar8915]

No matter the relative sizes, lmao

[@Alex_FRD]

5:18 Ahhh, Rogue Squadron memories...

[@victormontes7007]

WHERES OUR COVER?!

[@Cowboycomando54]

@@victormontes7007 THE AT-PTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED, REPEAT THE AT-PTS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED!

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

Though I remain a steadfast Imperial I will always respect The Rebel navy and Starfighter corps.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Lando Calrissian: "All wings report in."

[@ericmorang3903]

Red Leader, standing by.

[@olorinmagus4479]

Gold Leader, standing by

[@vader7467]

Rogue Leader, standing by.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

Blue Leader, standing by.

[@mrtotoro123]

Ewok Leader, nub nub!

[@jlassijlali290]

Hera Syndulla! how dare you forget LMAO

[@hornetmagtfVMFA314]

I hope we see videos of the other branches of the Alliance military.

[@manuelvalentin2648]

'Stay on target...stay on target...!'

[@terrythompson1873]

The 12 prototype T-65A X-wing fighters were given to the most elite at the time...Renegade Squadron: Wing Commander Arhul Torus Narra.

[@adrianrodriguez3026]

8:12 I miss the days when they called them 'snow speeders'.

[@heirofrohan7865]

YES, I've been requesting this video for ages!

[@autumnnnn]

As per usual, the videos are awesome man!

[@berndb3141]

Thanks for another star Wars video!

[@TemplinInstitute]

More to come!

[@darth_cole9581]

I am a simple man. I get a notification and I click

[@cb-yc6gg]

Loved it! Great to have ya back

[@mkosmala1309]

My boy General Salm getting a shoutout in the video! Someone read the X-Wing books.

[@ravager2-636]

Imperial Pilot: Correction, Rebel Scumfighter Corp..

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

War's over, Imp

[@ravager2-636]

Imperial Pilot: Ha, The Empire will always strike back..

[@Iknowtoomuchable]

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of my hyperdrive.

[@48some]

@@moblinmajorgeneral not for me..

[@QuaeNullaFortuna]

@@Iknowtoomuchable And my life support, and my shield generator, and my sturdy hull and armor plating...

[@nerowulfee9210]

Its all fun and games untill space starts speaking mon cala. For the Alliance! For the Republic!

[@uberwildy]

MY MAN DOES IT AGAIN WITH AN ABSOLUTE BANGER

[@thehighguarduk4820]

Fantastic video, really well explained and discussed.

[@TemplinInstitute]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ANDREBONONIGSOUZA]

Amazing work. Congratulations

[@orbaitv5991]

Just in time for squadrons

[@MiketheTzar]

R.I.P the E Wing a work horse of Legends. Although pound for pound I was a Y-wing fan myself

[@TheBenduOrder]

*Star Wars fans after recent controversy with Disney "Hope is the only thing left"*

[@LTMaverick27894]

What controversy? Is it the one about the Mandalorian?

[@orbaitv5991]

stfu

[@starwarsnerd100]

The Bendu Order when *hasnt* there been a Star Wars related controversy?

[@KillerOrca]

@@starwarsnerd100 ...cant think of a time myself, not even back in the 70s.

[@nunobarros3629]

Damn you, guys....how can you always make me cry with your videos ??????

[@admiralterrinaldscreed2591]

I increasingly implored the Imperial command for better-trained soldiers and starfighter pilots but Palpatine had to waste valuable resources on his superweapon.

[@EgorKaskader]

Should've asked for better fighters to not waste trainer personell in deathtraps.

[@SimpleNobody2420]

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[@AwesomeSheep48]

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[@SulliMike23]

For the Rebellion!

[@DABViktor]

Thank you for the English subtitle.

[@travisbishop782]

Does the Ace Combat series count for flight experience?

[@TemplinInstitute]

yes!

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Appropriate for the upcoming Star Wars Squadrons game.

[@esseline]

Video okay, non the less the community call is superb!

[@blindinghornet9079]

I love this channel!!!

[@CptPhilippnes]

Something just occurred to me. Was there any in-lore reason why the Rebellion used the snowspeeders on Hoth rather than their heavier armed and armored starfighters? I imagine the Y-Wings would be able to punch through the AT-AT armor better than the snowspeeder's cannons.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

Cpt.Philippines Their fighters where needed to escort the transports through the Imperial Fleet blockade.

[@piotrd.4850]

Speed pilots had their X-wings waiting for them, parked. But why? Well, why use A-10 if you have SR-71.... oh, wait :)

[@user-wt5dx7ox9n]

They mention off hand in the actual movie that the cold was messing with alot of their ships and they hadnt adapted them all for the cold.

[@rustyshackle8000]

"Red One, standing by!"

[@luminoustedium]

Outrun, outlast Hit 'em quick, jump out fast Remain relentless 'til the imps take flight...

[@wannabemexican]

I haven't watched a TI video in a few months. No real reason why, I have just been consuming less KZbin. Suddenly a new voice and Star Wars videos. I am back. Glad the Institute is still going strong.

[@traze3286]

STAR WARS SQUADRONS IN 4 DAYS PEOPLE

[@orionise9715]

Would love to see a video on the Cabal, in Destiny. Still great Star Wars lore video.

[@neovoltron25]

I'm here after the announcement of the new Rogue Squadron movie!!

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Well the good guy's for once

[@jonbaxter2254]

How can you forget Porkins!

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

You forgot the glorious r-41s of the early war

[@adrianrodriguez3026]

i only come often because I like the narrator's voice.

[@lyravain6304]

Ah, so pleased to see this lore... With none of the Disney-Wars trash mixed into it too.

[@starwarsnerd100]

Nickolas Ganadakis . . . You realize this video used several bits of footage from stuff made post Disney buyout, right?

[@lyravain6304]

Yes, yes, I know they used some footage and mentioned a battle. But at least there was no mentioning of the entire series. Rogue One is the one 'Disney Wars' movie I'll allow. It actually had a point.

[@starwarsnerd100]

@@lyravain6304 "I'll allow" oh thank thank god, it meets your high standards, otherwise Templin wouldn't be allowed to use it in their video. If they ever do decide to do a video on a faction from the Sequel Trilogy, I supposed they'll have to fill out a form to ask for your permission first.

[@lyravain6304]

@@starwarsnerd100 Oh, cut it with the pretentiousness. It doesn't translate to written word any better than sarcasm does. Oh, the depravity, the chaos, the pain, the inhumanity of one person expressing one idea or another, different from the penultimate glory that is yours. See what I mean?

[@starwarsnerd100]

@@lyravain6304 I don't give a shit about you having a different opinion. Hell I don't really like the sequel trilogy either. But A) you're lumping in everything together. saying everything made under Disney is garbage is as simplistic as saying everything Lucas made was garbage. B) On a video that dosn't have anything to do with the Sequel Trilogy you're bringing it up, which makes you sound whiny and entitled.

[@evantuberecap]

Nice 👍

[@chucknorris4thewin257]

You should do the division!!!!!!!!!

[@kubomshila7274]

I Love Wedge!!!

[@ArmouredProductions]

So, Imperial Navy next?

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

For the ALLIANCE!

[@TheRebelTitan55]

It's For the REBELLION

[@chally2mbt12]

CUT THE CHATTER Red 2!

[@peacekeeper1413]

Do the Fel Empire from legends

[@mammothmk3355]

And then all of the strengh and foundation of the New Republic, the successor of the Rebel Alliance, *end up wiped out by The First Order* . Yes, that's right. The First Order, manage to finish what the Galactic Empire, which is more powerful, didn't in the past. XD

[@patsfreak]

Now do the Atlantis Expedition from Stargate

[@spencersholden]

For the Republic!!!

[@mixmaster3028]

In the Eu they had broad support.

[@imperialfist2304]

The Aeronautica Imperialis is looking different from what I remember.

[@i-40282]

I wanna see the Amarr Empire. Aka the clearly good guys from EVE Online. I want to hear about those big superlaser Avatars.

[@starman825]

you guys should do more kaiserreich stuff

[@speedygonsales1043]

Interesting 👍🙂👍

[@victormontes7007]

ROUGE SQUADRON where's our cover?!

[@MercenaryPen]

your cover was supposed to be Silly squadron and Dinner squadron- at least according to Captain Loran's briefing

[@DiehardMechWarrior]

IN BEFORE I GET NOTIFIED THANK GOD FOR TWITTER

[@dingir2386]

Never been this early wow. So when is that episode on the Great Gamilas Empire coming out?

[@mechcannon]

Honestly I fuckin' love the rebels. People don't give them as a faction nuff credit

[@michaelmacleod6517]

I feel the need...

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

Y-Wings FTW!

[@silentwolf6555]

Please do the COG from Gears of War

[@Exile2347]

The Alliance had a FAR superior Starfighter Corps. The Empire was not just the military, but law enforcement. Those outlaws who joined the Alliance, brought their knowledge of Imperial weaknesses.

[@eduardomarrinhas7942]

Cant wait for the empire star Fighters Last movies/cartoons show them weak But from the early movies. we see them as good and fearless pilots with good strikecraft. I hope the new games give them justice

[@TheRebelTitan55]

At leat we will have a Rogue Squadron film

[@idiotsandwich3713]

You forgot one, Jev Porkins

[@josephstalin839]

I hate flying.

[@lastechocorp1841]

dammed rebles

[@Youlie2142]

Do czerka Corp from knights of the old republic

[@Jenacide]

I like the videos with that woman narrator best.

[@neofulcrum5013]

Bet Anakin would serve with these pilots if things were different

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Do the rebels get paid other than stealing imperial credits?

[@the_freebeard]

It's decentralized nature was one of the Rebellion's greatest strengths. You would think the Alliance leadership would have realized this when forming the New Republic. Sadly, they chose to repeat the mistakes of past, and were as quickly toppled as the Empire before it.

[@kylebell7323]

Or as I call them pho cuz they TIE food

[@theagency2358]

Just use a Lancer-class frigate against them.

[@MercenaryPen]

that only works until they have an X-Wing hotshot willing to be a target for a squadron of Y-Wings

[@donwebber9071]

chicken wing standing by

[@clash3583]

bet

[@imperialgaming3689]

Is this channel a secret society?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Yes.

[@imperialgaming3689]

So are they going to take over the world, over throw a government or established a shadow government to control a government from a far.

[@mail2257]

Give me 20 regiments of the imperial guard and 2 chapters of adeptus astartes and I will burn tho whole star wars galaxy

[@Gothic7876]

How? You don’t have ships to transport them. With ships of the Imperial Navy (IoM), then you could burn the Star Wars galaxy

[@chally2mbt12]

Brother I am pinned here

[@mail2257]

@@Gothic7876 emperor will deliver us

[@starwarsnerd100]

"My franchise can kick your franchise's ass, hur hur hur".

[@Jeff-tw7jk]

@Chris George /death korps training

[@BlizzardofKnives]

6:29 I find your lack of faith disturbing...

[@BenedictTanShanWen]

RIP Star Wars 1977-2015