Star Wars: Squadrons - “Hunted” CG Short

[@jasonlee2239]

Never thought I'd see the day when the empire gets treated a bit more seriously.

[@Donkey26]

So true

[@corporategunner5972]

Agreed

[@sweetsleeperagent]

This is a story that I've begged for. I want to see members of the Empire either be taken seriously. I hate the Disney polarized form of the Empire: Either bumbling idiots or Evil for the sake of evil. Here we have a pilot that cares about his unit, is smart, ready to sacrifice himself, and wants to see justice delivered.

[@rare_kumiko]

So true! I'm seriously considering getting this game now!

[@sonoftheempire550]

Bro, actually though!!

[@elmatador9086]

Seeing a rebel pilot being treated as a villain was chilling. His visor hiding his eyes was a really cool visual touch.

[@CouragelessOne]

I've always felt like there were no "good guys" in star wars. The rebels killed millions on the death stars and on Starkiller. The Jedi became war mongers, and the Republic slowly grew corrupt. Edit: This comment has haunted me for many moons so let me make one thing clear: I am not saying the Empire is good, just that the rebellion could be as bad as them

[@NordRheinWestfale]

@@CouragelessOne The first two are not really a fair comparison since both the Death Star and this Starkiller were both Superweapons that killed billions, but I totally agree with you about the Jedi and the Republic

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@CouragelessOne No. don’t add moral relativism to Star Wars. There are good guys and there are bad guys, that was the intent. The rebels were rebelling from a tyrannical empire ruled by a megalomaniac described as a back he of essential evil, the rebels were good the empire was bad that is it. Also the Jedi were never warmongers?

[@CouragelessOne]

@@michaelterrell5061 I do agree with the fact that it was initially intended to just be bad and good guys. But I do believe something was wrong with the jedi order because of how many jedi turned to the dark side over the course of 13 years

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@CouragelessOne Only a small amount of Jedi truly turned to the dark side, but really it just shows how tempting the dark side(evil/selfishness) is over the light side(good/selflessness).

[@thedavester6575]

The imperials having more personality and the fact that you want the "bad guy" to live seems like the game is going to have a good story

[@lordvader1672]

There taking lessons from the 501st journal

[@underworldpalacecustoms9889]

EA is finally wising up that not everyone likes the Rebels or Resistance!

[@juice5951]

@@underworldpalacecustoms9889 I actually really liked the rebels but I genuinely prefer the empire

[@underworldpalacecustoms9889]

@@juice5951 me too. I love the Rebels because I grew up with them but the Imperials are just so much more badass

[@thecosmosgames5854]

Good story but he gameplay idk about that

[@NoshirDalal]

I loved getting to voice Varko Grey, and bring a different perspective to the Imperial side. I remember watching this for the very first time the day this short dropped... I couldn't believe what I was seeing, and that I got to be a part of the Star Wars universe. Hope folks enjoyed playing Star Wars: Squadrons, and a special welcome to my new Imperial pilots. Welcome to Titan Squadron. 😊

[@FrostOps]

This is Titan 3 reporting in. Glad to be apart of Titan Squadron!

[@LoxyLight]

Oh man! Thank you for your talents sir!

[@kwamesmith3214]

I also appreciated your role as Admiral Rampart in Bad Batch. The FORCE is strong with your voice acting. 😊😊🥳🥳

[@raveshaw6161]

i love your Imperial Roles in Star Wars! Rampart and Grey are Awesome Characters which bring depth to the Empire, while most Mainstream Series still treat the Imperials as Faceless Incompetent Morons *cough* Rebels, Mandalorian, and such *cough*.

[@NoshirDalal]

@@raveshaw6161 Well I’m flattered to hear you enjoyed my depictions of Rampart & Grey. Thank you. For the Empire!

[@cookiestation4598]

"There have not been such great cinematic shorts like this one since the days of the Old Republic."

[@diegosalazaralvarado7988]

Before the dark times

[@johnlewis2119]

AGREED

[@chancellorpalpatineakathes6130]

Battle of Lola Sayu quote right there lmao

[@JNPollard]

That other tie fighter short was bad ass kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2qqg4yXlJiapNE

[@valkorinkyro4821]

SunOnShine literally unnecessary

[@TerraStone]

This is where the fun begins

[@matepolcz]

Hello There, TerraStone (or) General Skywalker!

[@Jim_100]

Oh this is going to be easy!

[@swisswizard7177]

I am excited, that surely is star wars at is best

[@iceydicey77]

Actually the fact is that chronically ahsoka said that line first in clone wars

[@straythrawn7861]

NO ANAKIN, NOT THE KIDS AGAIN’

[@jessecox]

This was exactly the kind of hype I needed

[@mikewizz1895]

I agree, This makes me even more excited to play this game when it comes out.

[@Stewquisitor]

The Imp is one hell of a space butterfly

[@cyrus425]

Same man

[@sethzimmann9878]

Can’t wait to lose to Jesse Cox on a public server 😂Space butterflies forever

[@ARCFIREBALL]

I thought I was as hyped as possible. Nope.!

[@Azrel00]

Would watch a movie centered around a TIE fighter pilot.

[@SPIRIT-117]

Make it happen, Disney!

[@lolmom6839]

Take my money Disney! MAKE IT HAPPEN! 💵💵💵

[@DoktorKrovh]

@Braden LeVois and also does what is right, like Ciena Ree

[@phillipgouthier5525]

I would love to have Soontir Fel brought into the canon.

[@mr.randomperson9900]

I thought he was gonna start a life on the island. But honestly, hopping back in a tie fighter after you almost died in one is way cooler.

[@faz818]

Rebel pilot: the war’s over, imp Tie pilot: Call an ambulance...But not for me!

[@tybedingfield7248]

oooooOOOOOOOOOOO

[@sG_Paradise]

Lol

[@FXTRT1-1]

Shots fvcking FIRED!! literally!!

[@Trapping_ackbar7]

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[@workdayfiddle]

It’s weird they even have slurs in Star Wars

[@Andrew-sh7]

10 minutes later: 795 things you missed in the new trailer

[@heartie1384]

A Kang I’m expecting this from 90 percent of Star Wars you tubers

[@rogeliosanchez8883]

Yeah...

[@blahblah-hw3xg]

Number 184: the main character has a nose that looks a bit like... (insert obscure legends character here)

[@michaelphillips2044]

Just be prepared for bombastic to milk this trailer for the next month

[@heartie1384]

Dark Star hey overwatch is pretty good

[@mrq6026]

This trailer showed more imperial perspective than all of battlefront 2’s campaign

[@starkiller169]

I wouldn't say that you at least got 30 minutes or an hour

[@darthvader4977]

@@starkiller169 Shut the fuck up, the times as an Imperial/bad guy in the campaign felt empty no matter if there was 30 minutes to an hour.

[@peterbennett1930]

I hope you are referring to the 2017 Bf 2

[@TheRast1234]

Aaaaand 10 seconds from BF2 (when squad sees death star explode) were more emotional than the whole new-new trilogy...

[@jokers101funny9]

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[@ampthebassplayer]

Wait, the Empire is just...people? Always has been.

[@popcornpony8420]

"click" "Bang!" Crap I missed.

[@patrioticcat5768]

(Blaster shot)

[@90skidcultist]

@AMP *are

[@Kharneth88]

*laugh's in Darktrooper*

[@ShepardCZ]

No, Grey admits in the game that mass murdering innocent people makes him hard.

[@AbsolutelyLego]

TIE fighter sound effects are to this day one of the greatest sound effects ever made.

[@JahnDavis2734]

It's absolutely the most iconic sci-fi ship sound effect ever. Everyone recognizes it immediately.

[@nicosool7169]

Ever heard of the Ju87 Stuka Scream?

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

_Top 10 Sounds you might hear before death_

[@Xiox321]

@@nicosool7169 A lot of people think that's just the normal sound a plane makes when it dives. The Tie Fighter however...

[@je0719]

scared the shit out of me as a little kid

[@nahr1441]

Everyone is talking about how good the animation was, but no one is talking about how good the soundtrack was. It was amazing.

[@TheGuardDuck]

Heck yeah! They made the Imperial March sound _heroic!_

[@thegh0st413]

Yeah I wish I could find it and listen just to the score. It’s awesome!

[@OfficialDropRate]

The sound design was incredible as well. i was blown away

[@craigory8123]

i dont think anyone acknowledges the soundtrack in star war games because its always so well done, like its just expected. you know what i mean?

[@TheGuardDuck]

@@craigory8123 I'd say it's because it's either literally just tracks from the original movie, or something intentionally similar, which ends up bland. I've got this game and most of the music is Imitation Williams, and I don't think this piece is anywhere in it. This one, is exceptional.

[@troyvanderwesthuysen2562]

My favorite part is when he doesn't become a rebel

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

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[@ppsarrakis]

we will see..

[@cameronadams1125]

Ha, zing

[@h4dragons152]

@@NebraskaGangCulture that made me uncomfortable

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

@@h4dragons152 im sry bruv

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

When Gray pulled that hard turn creating the wall o' water and the Imperial theme started...I LOVED IT!!!! Such a masterful use of music in addition to an amazing scene and bit of storytelling.

[@darkjediknight2923]

That part was gold

[@andregurkenstein9192]

Finally a loyal imperial that fights on even when the odds are against him

[@giorgitsomaia7492]

Yes, thats what we need))

[@PurgeTrooper]

What are you talking about? We never got a game where the main character wasn’t a loyal imperial that changed sides immediately. Oh wait...

[@authentic229.14]

Iden versio *caught* *caught*

[@ondrejm5042]

@@PurgeTrooper You are too young to remember good old TIE Fighter. The best game for Imperial fans.

[@jacktheflash8478]

ShockTrooper ➊ ....

[@CarlaLR74]

So the X Wing pilot looks menacing. That’s a new twist and I like it.

[@Bobamelius]

The X-Wing is a scary-ass opponent when you're driving the cheapest possible piece of hardware designed to be completely expendable.

[@freddman0135]

well... is like fliying a german third reich messerschmit against a fucking F14 super tomcat

[@williamnixon3994]

@@freddman0135 If it were a TIE/LN (Line) Fighter, I'd say yes, but the TIE/IN (Interceptor) Would be moreso a comparison between the F-4 Phantom and the MiG-21; the F-4 can do it all, but the MiG-21 is cheap, it's fast as fffuuuuuck, and it can still tangle with even the best fighters (granted, the MiG-21 desperately needs modernization to current standards to be at all effective against modern fighters, but c'mon, it's the empire, of course they'd be keeping their stuff modern and applying incremental upgrades to it's systems to maintain combat relevance)

[@TheKenji2221]

​@@Bobamelius I doubt you know much about the Empire to call the Interceptor "cheap" and "expendable" XD

[@walterdayrit675]

Wasn't that Wedge Antilles who got killed?

[@darthdystopian4550]

I like that they make it hard to see the Rebel pilot's eyes because he's the "bad guy," like in the original trilogy when you never see the TIE pilots' faces to hide their humanity.

[@howdoichangemyusername9802]

It’s easier to kill someone when they don’t have a face.

[@Milkman2199]

That was actually a really smart bit of storytelling. Keep the bloodthirsty rebel pilots eyes hidden but have the imperial pilot remove his helmet. It's the first time we've seen star wars actually treated this way. I hope they keep doing stuff like this, giving us interesting new stories to keep the ip alive. So much potential that is yet unrealized.

[@bigj1905]

At 3:05, notice how the Rebel’s face is in darkness, while the Imperial’s face is in the light, cool symbolism.

[@Milkman2199]

@@bigj1905 Exactly! This was a phenomenal short. They made the Imperial March sound heroic! This is the kind of stuff I want to see.

[@orbaitv5991]

No one is the bad guy in this short. Just people following their own sides and ideology

[@mumblecake251]

Having played the game now for a fair while I'm impressed as to how close this cinematic is to the game. It's all there: the Energy distribution, energy dumps to required system, boost, drift turns, counter measures, weapons recharge, etc. I remember the Elite: dangerous launch trailer and then other videos dissecting it: "you can't actually do this", "this is not possible", "oh if only they had included this", etc. Having a game cinematic which actually fully embraces the game is very refreshing.

[@sebbdotexe]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Just like Prototype with it's cinematic.

[@lazmanariffsulaiman7569]

All the items you mentioned already existed in the old Tie Fighter games though. You wanna slow but don't want to lose energy efficiency? Divert power to weapons and shields from the engines (certain Ties have shields. If not, it's just between engines and weapons) (there were 3 energy bars with limited energy distribution. Average was equal but that was weak all around. You fit the according to your playstyle). So, it's more like they putting elements that already existed in previous iterations into their trailers.

[@mumblecake251]

@@lazmanariffsulaiman7569 I wasn't talking about game features though where except for drift turns you could do more or less everything before. I was talking about a CGI trailer which is faithful to the game it is depicting. Have a look at the launch trailer of elite dangerous ... Except for the ship models it does have nothing to do with the game. This one here is exceptional in is authenticity.

[@LordVader1094]

@@lazmanariffsulaiman7569 Yeah we know. This game was bringing TIE Fighter mechanics to the modern day.

[@CinematicCaptures]

A CG short in collaboration with ILM? Can't wait!

[@Gaaf1]

Omg I am subbed to you! Love your videos

[@CinematicCaptures]

@@Gaaf1 Appreciate that!

[@Neelreel]

Your stuff rocks dude

[@codestercf]

What is a CG

[@sc_art5408]

Yeah, this is going to be good!

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

That was amazing. I'd love to watch an entire series with this graphics

[@seamus2059]

Hell Yeah for the Empire

[@geois4u33]

They might as well consider it since the last Star Wars Movies were dreadful. Star Wars is like the DC Universe while Star Trek been kicking ass as of late as if they were like Marvel. At least in CG they wouldn't worry about crappy light saber fight scenes that will lead to someone get cut in half or losing a limb or two. Just voice it and let the CG animation do the rest. One of the few things EA got it right.

[@coffeeman4324]

@@geois4u33 Star trek does have issues though. Star trek Lower decks is a bit dreadful

[@EpicShadow228]

@@coffeeman4324 Discovery as well...

[@geois4u33]

Coffee Man is that the main series to Star Trek?

[@Garlly34]

That's one badass pilot. I love how we see sorrow when a fellow imperial dies. Dissapointment when he's left behind. Skill and determination to survive. Even moments where the rebel pilot seems like the antagonist. Just, lovely.

[@necromorph1109]

You remember good writing? I remember.

[@lulzalfest]

And what's great is according to his official bio, he has a husband. Representation!

[@Garlly34]

@@lulzalfest Awesome!

[@TheFunwichHorror]

That's cause the rebel pilot *is* the antagonist, in this case. Remember, antagonist doesn't always have to be the "bad guy", it's simply the character or thing that opposes the main character.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

The Rebels ARE the damn problem. They are space ISIS, “Rogue One” proves it. (The First Order just sucked, so go Resistance!!)

[@captainfordo8994]

I can’t imagine being left behind like that it would be so scary

[@dewittbourchier7169]

But also heartwarming that Captain Kerrill sent search and rescue after him.

[@sugdolomar]

@@dewittbourchier7169 I'm hoping she sent a Gozanti with those ties (minus the reaper, that has a hyperdrive)

[@EruseanPug]

I just feel the moment you realize your efforts to save the bomber were worthless. Then all the sudden, you realize you might have a slight chance of getting out the grasp of the incoming Rebel fleet. Once you get over to the hangar, you feel like you just dodged a bullet.. then… boom. It’s gone. It’s not coming back. You didn’t make it in time like you thought. It’s hopeless now. You’re the prey of the Rebel Alliance

[@anasshahid224]

Facts

[@timshottakes4673]

5:20 the imperial march with a heroic spin. Ooooooooh that’s good.

[@vatonage1599]

A tune to make the Emperor proud, if he wasn't obliterated.

[@talbertobarbossa75]

The dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.

[@eduardoalves7631]

The music is on point in every trailer until now, same with the sound design.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

For the empire

[@Im_Ish]

I also loved the heroic misdirect at 1:54

[@WoofWoofWolffe]

Wow this CGI Short really makes you feel for the Imperial Pilots. An extremely fulfilling watch! Bravo! 👏

[@DarthEnderX]

Those poor space Nazis are losing everything they hold dear!

[@TheRebelTitan55]

Hey Wolffe!!

[@Gerardo-kr2bl]

Hey woofie

[@skinnyskittle6066]

Hey Wolffe.

[@ryguy8245]

Love your Chanel

[@theginger7148]

As brilliant as this entire thing is, what strikes me the most are the little details. The way the Captain follows orders without any protest and abandons the attack run, it’s perfectly in character with a squadron leader. They need to enforce rigid discipline to have any chance of surviving - given the lackluster state of Imperial fighter tactics - and he probably wouldn’t want to commit any of his pilots to a run where they’ll be under fire from at least two warships the entire way. Then the captain of the Overseer (I assume that’s who she is) actually having a sensible strategy and choosing to preserve her remaining assets and retreat rather than fight against terrible odds. And when Grey (I think that’s his name?) goes to rescue the TIE bomber, it shows the kind of bond that starfighter pilots have. The Rebels and the Empire probably had very similar ideals in that regard, considering the insanity of taking cheap fighters into space and trying to destroy warships. The scene in the wreckage with Grey powering down all his systems is fantastic. There’s not a “power off” switch for every system, he has to individually deactivate everything and rely on what looks to be passive radar (since it isn’t constantly pinging). This is great, passive radar wouldn’t be picked up like active radar would on sensors, so it makes sense. Then the TIE Interceptor starts failing, and the pilot doesn’t seem immediately worried. He’s calm due to extensive training, experience, and the fact that his life support systems don’t require a fully-sealed cockpit unlike the X-Wing. The descent through atmosphere is gorgeous, especially the bow wake. And the quick transition into atmospheric dogfighting is equally stunning. It’s reminiscent of modern dogfights when they’re WVR. Shows off the maneuverability advantage of the Interceptor too, as well as the speed advantage. The water trails from the ion engines are great. They’re spiraling like trails from an actual jet engine, unlike those seen in The Force Awakens. Beautiful stuff. Finally, the way that the TIE slowly tips down when power is lost, and how it just flies to pieces upon contact with the water. And how the Captain looks like he expects to die. It’s so accurate, which is something that you rarely see from Star Wars. The TIE doesn’t just drop and start spinning, it falls forward gradually because it has to have been designed for atmosphere as well as vacuum. And without a FBW system to keep it stable, aerodynamics takes hold. As a final note, it makes me so happy to see that the writers/CG artists chose to keep both the eyes of both the TIE and X-Wing pilots covered until the end. A lot of media will try and humanize one side while demonizing the other just by showing or not showing eyes. As an easy example, having the visors of Rebel pilots in the OT be see-through while the Imperials used fully-enclosed helmets. By putting both pilots here on the same field, the viewer is left to judge them in more unbiased way. To see them both as pilots fighting for their respective sides. Edit: Rewatched it, forgot something. The Rebel pilot taunting/insulting the Imperial pilot - who stays silent - again makes total sense. The Captain is focusing only on keeping his Interceptor up and surviving, plus he’s been trained to essentially act without emotions in combat. The Rebel is a lot more...shall we say, open with his feelings. And obviously he’d despise his opponent, so the spite works perfectly

[@joshuabasco9234]

Amazing analysis my guy

[@rayet2680]

kind of like what star wars rebels did with all the imperials

[@cryo5329]

All of these details just make me love this cinematic even more

[@NST_Binky]

You rly think we wouldn’t notice you’re George Lucas?

[@kadeewtf6200]

One I like is the rebel pilot referring to imperials as imps, it's an expression that I don't remember hearing in the movies, only in the comics, makes me hopeful that they will use other things from the comics as well.

[@NatDOTobj]

it's so sad that ea just sorta abandoned this game after launch because it is genuinely some of the most fun I've had in a star wars game in a long while

[@feds6297]

Couldn’t have been monetized like other games unfortunately. They had to just pull the plug. Probably the best Star Wars game ever imo

[@lliamdavis6950]

the PC controls killed it for me. I get that it is intended to be a flight simulator, and that a stick is the way to go, but it really sucked just not being able to fly and shoot with mouse, you had to pick between flying around or being able to kinda aim kinda straight, and it's a shame because the rest of the game was super cool.

[@AkatsukiBoss13]

It's amazing that they managed to completely reverse the Rebel/Imperial dichotomy in a seven minute trailer like this. A desperate, underdog Empire being driving back by the victorious New Republic. An X-wing pilot coming across like a vindictive asshole chasing after a wounded foe that can't escape anyway while the TIE pilot is the hero, trying and failing to save a wingman at risk to his own life before taking on and defeating the X-wing pilot. And even if Squadrons is a complete and utter failure (which I don't think it will be) it did give us this awesome trailer. My hats off to all the people that have worked on Squadrons and this trailer.

[@stealthnuke1]

Well it make sense, after years being hunted mercilessly. The hunted becomes merciless hunters.

[@AkatsukiBoss13]

@@stealthnuke1 I'm not saying it doesn't make sense. Just that it's amazing that we would actually get to see such a reversal like that. Usually they tend not to show the Empire in such situations or the Rebels/NR behaving like that.

[@stealthnuke1]

@@AkatsukiBoss13 well I'm not objecting either... More of a confirmation..

[@ferstrike2385]

Doubt it will a failure saw some gameplay already and I’m pretty sold lmfao

[@hellboundchaoscommand7567]

Unfortunately it was a failure but god is the gameplay amazing

[@alalalala57]

I love how they reverse the storytelling techniques of making the Rebel the emotionless, near-faceless enemy, thereby dehumanizing him the same way those techniques dehumanized Imperials in the original trilogy. They also made the Imperials have the squadron camaraderie chatter and command tension, humanizing them in return.

[@deathsticksaddict7756]

I like to think this detail is kind of a callback to the Tarkin comic. Tarkin challenges a young imperial to fight him in order to "toughen" him up and set an example to the rest of the imperials. But the young man hesitates and after showing him his scars all around his body Tarkin says to him, "You think you can opt out? We're fighting for survival against rebel traitors who would murder each and every one of us in our sleep and dance on our graves. Now stand up and fight or I'll kill you where you squat." It's this type of thinking and propaganda that was taught to every loyal imperial and we finally get to see it in the perspective of a tie fighter pilot. I guess a bit of it in BF2 too. You can really tell that Grey thinks these rebels fight without honor and they're ruthless.

[@silkyjohnson4208]

@@deathsticksaddict7756 i mean they had some evidence to back that up as well, the rank and file would see the rebels as crazy terrorists.

[@hanshaperle6075]

@Roman Bellic Alderaan wants to chat with you or the other planet the new Deathstar destroyed.

[@aidenboyle3573]

Why did that guy sound like Hask?

[@andresamaya6187]

@Roman Bellic Bro...2 billion people deliberately killed on Alderaan, the brutal treatment they had with the Wookies, the imperials looking down on non-human species (SW equivalent to racism) child soldiers (although this was just Gallius Rax on the fall of the Empire, it wasn't a widespread practice) plus, the death star was a military station crewed by military personnel, although I'm all in for humanizing Imperial soldiers and pilots without them deserting, as they are the lesser echelon, but the Empire was in general unredeemable

[@milkybuutter6956]

Finally a actual person who doesn't change at the first sight of losing, a loyalist

[@thegunslinger966]

Unlike Finn XD

[@rennac3152]

@@thegunslinger966 And Iden versio

[@claritycontrol1530]

It always like too much for us to actually get a story from the perspective of the Empire.

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

@@claritycontrol1530 This is why I love SWTOR. Granted, it's not the Galactic Empire but the Sith Empire, but I love that you can actually experience several full storylines from the villain's perspective.

[@cato_sicarius]

@@rennac3152 in my opinion idens was understandable because they destoryed and genocided her homeworld if that was earth what would you do

[@mviouscosplay]

Hoping we get a series on Disney+ showing an entire Imperial cast that DOESN'T defect. Like a some troopers going into the Academy or Imperial Navy for a means of living.

[@sonicicecream8159]

So an imperial version of the arc troopers episodes from the clone wars?

[@McCaroni_Sup]

Trails of Cold Steel but Star Wars

[@rsalceda]

SCAR SQUADRON!!!

[@DatTran1]

Well The bad batch ep3 proved that in a way

[@BeeBait]

So like, a video of American troops?

[@harreepottah3186]

I mean, why not making a film with this kind of storyline? I’d 100% watch it

[@gregorylumban-gaol3889]

Time and money, don’t think Disney would want a film like this humanizing Imperials.

[@laughingkuma]

@@gregorylumban-gaol3889 They almost did with the recent turd of a trilogy. Such an absolute waste of the universe and story, all for the sake of pandering.

[@enskje]

@@gregorylumban-gaol3889 Correct. The Empire was from the first Star Wars film supposed to be the Evil Overlord that the heroes had to defeat. They where not supposed to be viewed as complex or caring. Lucas even deleted a scene from episode 6 where an Imperial questions the destruction of the Moon of Endor because they have troops present. The Empire is supposed to be Evil, and the Rebels are supposed to be good. They new movies made a few points out of this, and many fans hated it. Understandable it was a change from the baseline of the orignal Star Wars universe of Good vs Evil.

[@gregorylumban-gaol3889]

barunedpat That’s because times have now changed. Back then during the original trilogy, rebels were seen as heroes by the mass. But these days, rebels are seen as evil who practice terrorism. We are now the Empire. That’s why now more Star Wars fans have sympathized with the Empire. It’s also a nice change getting different perspectives. It should be gray, not black and white.

[@HiddenPalm]

@@enskje No. Star Wars is more complicated than that. The original trilogy was about redemption. You even see it in the the original script, where Vader joined forces with the rebels to stand against imperialism and for honor. The prequels was about the rise of fascism, imperialism and the long road towards evil paved with good intentions. War. The Sequels was about the roots and the balance between the light and the dark. Family and truth, intertwined with a revisit to standing up against imperialism and again, redemption. Star Wars was never just about good and evil. It was the hero's journey drowning in complexity and always ahead of it's time. Always.

[@SebsterMS99]

This is perhaps the best Star Wars cinematic I’ve ever seen. If not, perhaps on par with the best of the Old Republic ones.

[@2KOOLURATOOLGaming]

Better than the entire Sequel Trilogy XD

[@yankeenoodles]

@@2KOOLURATOOLGaming ladies and gentlemen we got them

[@phillynation2906]

The Amethyst Wizard well it deserves all the flack it gets, it did nothing original, it just copied and pasted pretty much all of the original trilogy

[@marvelswatcher1765]

It looks beautiful

[@LowResBS240p]

Agreed 100%%%

[@medicburdy7791]

"Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story." - John Barth

[@Spo8]

Nah I'm more of a supporting character.

[@medicburdy7791]

@@Spo8 I mean, Fair I guess.

[@kirbit5909]

@@medicburdy7791 Nah I'm more of the villain, cuz I have a tendency to screw myself over.

[@medicburdy7791]

@@kirbit5909 Also fair.

[@sovalouX]

Lol

[@chr0min0id]

5:20 Finally, a TIE Pilot who takes advantage of his fighter’s Insane maneuverability…

[@AVGyerra22]

It's worth noting that in 5:04 the Interceptor can make a tight turn but the X-Wing struggles to keep up and is forced to take a different route rather than complete the tail chase

[@rocketpack1749]

Exactly! I love how much more nimble and fast the interceptor is.

[@alex-ragnarson3482]

@@rocketpack1749 Well, it sacrifies everything for this manœuvrability... X-wing is still the best, thanks to his versatility

[@d4rktempl4r20]

Which it shouldn't really have in atmosphere, as it would have serious yaw problems, not as bad as a TIE fighter but still a significant impact to lateral movement. Plus that little slide maneuver would of most likely snapped the wings off the pylons

[@tk-909]

@@alex-ragnarson3482defender is way better (sadly not in the game)

[@Megalotron]

Anybody else get chills when they hear a orchestrally triumphant Imperial March when a Imp beats the odds? Nothing like it am I right?

[@CrowderHatingConservative]

Indeed.

[@dimenzed]

It was GLORIOUS! All hail the Empire!

[@Megalotron]

@@dimenzed The Empire provides and protects.

[@themandalorian6999]

GLORY TO THE EMPIRE!!

[@ЛытановГригорийВладимирович]

yes

[@timizod5528]

Rebel: “The wars over imp” Tie pilot: “I’m going to do what’s called a pro gamer move”

[@_Charles_LeClerc_]

Lol good meme

[@mathisntmybestsubject8440]

Shows how intelligent and improvisational certain death can make a person because I never would have thought to use a wave against my opponent like that.

[@PsYChOtlC_ShArK]

The war is over imp. Proceeds to keep blasting at tie 2 seconds later

[@user-Jay178]

This is awesome

[@mr.waiyanlin1791]

Imposter

[@eoftar3192]

I'm actually surprised that they showed more human face of the Empire.

[@kirbit5909]

Ikr

[@zacarribuffet8882]

So far the only other stormtrooper face that’s been shown is Finn

[@colinsmith5373]

@@zacarribuffet8882 I'm still mad they didn't develop Finn as the face of troopers. We had all the story potential of humanizing Troopers, because if he's human under there then that hammers home that SO IS EVERY OTHER MOOK CASUALLY GUNNED DOWN, because war is awful and it's Star Wars... but him turning on the men he was raised alongside because what they were doing was WRONG was never really emphasized, he just shed the armor and oh cool he's a rebel now. They didn't even give him any kind of character arc; TFA set things up perfectly for him to be that lens through which we could see troopers as something other than guilt-free cannon fodder, but instead his personality just reverted to "haha, he's a coward" the very next movie.

[@clairemadeinheaven]

@@colinsmith5373 haha finn go REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYY!!

[@kikietmeme79]

Human face? What do you call human dude? The face of slaves, submission, conquer free people? I am surprised that they reverse the side, like rebells are bad killers, and empire are "humans" that just do their job.

[@chr0min0id]

3:50 Can we talk about how the TIE Pilot literally said, “No U” to the enemy missile? *That’s one hell of a countermeasure…*

[@Mazryonh]

Ingame it's good, but you only get two uses of that countermeasure before needing a resupply.

[@deathsinger1192]

*slowly pulls out uno reverse card*

[@brambo3011]

*EA prematurely ends support for Battlefront 2* Me: “War’s not over. Not for me.” tbh tho that trailer was fire and I am SO looking forward to Squadrons! Please give it post-launch support and more eras!

[@MynMinora]

*The ashes of the inferno...*

[@toolizawesome]

Only mode I played in BF2 was Starfighter Assault. This game is made for me and yes I've seen the gameplay mechanics.

[@davindestroyer]

TwT

[@陳心晨-i6q]

oneTopbbloveyou.link

[@theOneandOnlyhomieG]

@@toolizawesome i hope they add the option for 3rd person. I loved bf2 starfigther mechanics. I never played in 1st person tho.

[@doogle2923]

This is literally the first time I felt bad when a TIE pilot died and the first time I felt happy over an X-wing pilot's death

[@custodianguard749]

@Another Monke the tie bomber

[@redfireball7858]

I've always liked the bad guys better in starwars. And since the game has come out I'm glad that it wasn't one of those games were you defect to the Rebellion 3 missions in.

[@acepilotx2733]

I’m always sad when a beautiful tie dies

[@wistals3deniks]

My first Star wars game was Star Wars: TIE Fighter. From a young age I knew the empire was the good side fighting against the evil rebels.

[@kirbit5909]

@John smith Wdym?

[@AirsoftAlfonse]

This was AMAZING! got goose bumps multiple times while watching! Thank you for this!

[@NamNamNguyen]

ABSOLUTELY PUMPED FOR MANDALORIAN! Check out my trailer break down including a lot of easter eggs! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXOceIyapbyXrNk

[@funnysonicman]

This was seriously a masterpiece for just a CG short

[@PetrilloCinema]

A surprise to be sure. But a welcome one. A shared experience man. The quality got me emotional.

[@MunkeyBeans1082]

Shame it's woke. It's full of forced diversity. Won't be good.

[@johnselig8598]

@MunkeyBeans1082 Just because it has an Asian protagonist doesn’t make it “woke”.

[@dankmemer2774]

There’s 2 things I like about this. First, they chose to show this in the perspective of the empire pilot instead of the rebel’s. The rebels were always portrayed as the good guys and the empire were always shown as the bad guys. However, this time, the gave the “bad guy” a face so that we can see the fear and desperation in his eyes and sympathize with him whereas the “good guy” had his eyes covered by the visor and remained stoic the whole time. At the end of the day, both are pilots fighting for what they believe in. The second thing I like is that they chose to show a tie interceptor instead of just an ordinary tie fighter. Tie interceptor pilots are generally more skilled than your typical tie fighter pilots.

[@user-yx2sx7nl1m]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@chriscarrete5303]

I'm dying for a Starfighter tv series of this quality.

[@glennappiah5230]

I'd would love to see it let's hope it will happen

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@glennappiah5230 Or a Rogue Squadron series! Or heck, both. Or a mixture.

[@chuckchuck4016]

Vietnam style in the jungles of kashyyk

[@chriscarrete5303]

@@chuckchuck4016 hell yes... 😁😁😁

[@diadokhoi5722]

I doubt they can do a tv show with this level of production

[@Maphisto86]

3:52 Nice to finally see that starfighters have countermeasures against incoming missiles.

[@akarawaturaisin2400]

Seems like they have electronic warfare built-in too.

[@akarawaturaisin2400]

But no RADAR jamming is kinda questionable.

[@themanhimself3117]

@@akarawaturaisin2400 I'm pretty sure you can get smthn similar to that for some ships in the game

[@nervousquirrel]

Why didn’t they do shit like this... in the MOVIES.

[@markdillon5494]

Too expensive

[@HtHNightwolf]

Rogue One was the only one that tried.

[@paprskomet]

@@markdillon5494 It is definitely not because of "too expensive".

[@riderofthemark6661]

@@markdillon5494 Nothing is too expensive for Disney...

[@cj-3810]

Mark Dillon how? CG isn’t expensive nor is shoving an actor in a cockpit set

[@legomandalorian6487]

5:21 does anybody else think that this version of the Imperial March is awesome?

[@knutup2976]

Bad Guys finally having an heroic theme and action in Star Wars is absolute GOAT, it’s just too good at 5:22 !

[@xxcaptninjaxx4301]

Knutup ever played battlefront 2005 campaign you can as played 501st legion in empire.

[@moneybaglifts1944]

@@xxcaptninjaxx4301 He means in the Modern Era of Star Wars

[@kainoctis7724]

If the Galactic Empire was a thing, do you honestly think they'd lose to a bunch a peasants.

[@ii-vadersfist-ii501st3]

we need more cinematics like this across everything in star wars lmao

[@libebcnofne100]

@Monika Tramp thank you Monika Tramp Very Cool

[@jaqueble7516]

Yes! They should even do like Legends material!

[@funnysonicman]

Jaqueble It’d be cool if they made a CG short for Jedi Fallen Order, I’d watch the heck outta that lol

[@ii-vadersfist-ii501st3]

Nah no more jefi stuff we need to see shxt from the empires view, I want to see a with for once not all about the jedi

[@libebcnofne100]

@Marina Stephani Thank you Maria Very Cool

[@lyonspell]

Every battle has two sides, two different stories. I'm glad they're doing this, finally showing us who are the lives fighting for the Empire.

[@slewone4905]

It was a flaw of Star Wars from almost in the beginning. I think too many people were involved. The Force was suppose to be like the Taoist religion. It's dualistic and mystical. The fact they keep saying there must be balance in the force also comes from Taoism. But in Taoism the Dark side is not evil. Some theory stated that The Emperor was doing this for a good reason. That he was trying to prepare the galaxy for an invasion, that Admiral Thrawn warned the Emperor of. but Disney wiped away the old books.

[@atownicpepperoni7217]

@@slewone4905 Star Wars was never really good at humanizing figurants

[@atownicpepperoni7217]

@Domenick Masiello Think of the destruction of the Death Star. For them, it’s worse than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 united.

[@slewone4905]

@Domenick Masiello Yeah, and that's partly because The Rebellion started with the CIS. both the old and new republic was run by the core world who abused the outer areas of the galaxy and was ineffective. through out the star wars timeline, all sides tolerated slavery. I think the reason why Han Solo left Leah, because the New Republic refuse to help liberate Kashyk. Also , you should understand, the force, is based on Taoism, and the dark and light do not correspond to good or evil, and considered necessary. Jedi philosophy is to bring balance to the force, not to have the light side over run the dark. Although, Star wars screw that up. .

[@piotrmiler234]

@@atownicpepperoni7217 If not hyperdrive it could be like big odp .

[@cinematicgoodness7325]

4:18-4:22 is my favorite shot in this entire short. I just love the handheld look of the camera in this entire dogfight. Such a badass short.

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

Can we just point out how the tie rolls through the water when it crashes at 5:45 because the wings are rounded and designed to protect the cockpit? Idk that's just really cool

[@TransMera]

The wings are actually rounded to make it more aerodynamic I believe but ya I guess it doubles as some light protection. I really do like the crash physics of the TIE Interceptor

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

@@TransMera how could a tie fighter be aerodynamic it's made for space and limited atmospheric and the design really wouldn't work as far as aerodynamics in an atmosphere.

[@TransMera]

Cabnbeeschurgr well limited atmospheric is still atmospheric . I just looked it up, and it said that the bend of the wings allow for greater surface area for solar collection. So I guess it doubles as that

[@cabnbeeschurgr]

@@TransMera ok

[@TransMera]

Cabnbeeschurgr I’m not saying your reason isn’t valid or true I just think it wasn’t the primary function of a bend in the wings

[@nilok7]

*Electronic Arts* "Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time..."

[@STEVE-hd9ly]

❤️⸂⸂⸜👊⸝⸃⸃👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aordooR-qLOab7s

[@Orc_Remover]

@@STEVE-hd9ly wat da faq

[@siryassenius1783]

That's the most resilient TIE Interceptor I have ever seen

[@dimenzed]

Make no mistake, most Imperial TIEs may not be equipped with a hyperdrive or shields, but they are fast, agile and deadly, especially in the hands of an Imperial veteran Ace pilot such as Grey.

[@siryassenius1783]

@@dimenzed We clearly see the mastery of Grey and he is no doubt a great pilot. All I am saying is that with the amount of hits that thing got from the X-wing it wouldn't have survived the opening battle

[@luketanker6074]

@@siryassenius1783 I mean it all the shots it took went right through it. Look at the Sherman Tank In WW2 it tooks loads of shots and the bullets that went right through and because the armor was so weak it didn't splinter as much and the Drivers could get out unscathed or keep running. (i'm not saying this was always a good thing because it was a small chance it didn't hit the explosive part of the tank. I'm just saying maybe that's what happened here)

[@dimenzed]

@@siryassenius1783 another thing about TIEs is that they have stronger hulls than most rebel fighters to somewhat compensate for their lack of shielding.

[@liamdalemon1525]

@@siryassenius1783 actually you do make a good point. if he was still in space when the shot went through his hull the guy would be dead!

[@spark1400]

I think one of the things I like most about this is how, on his radar, the imperial ships (the “bad guys") are blue and the rebel ships (the “good guys) are red. Really drives home the point that, from their own point of view, the imperials are the heroes of this story.

[@zqfmgb4335]

Indeed, and if one looks closely enough, one might notice that the Imperials are not killing themselves, a truly shocking and nuanced element which shows that they believe their existence to be a good thing.

[@spark1400]

@@zqfmgb4335 hardy har har

[@CptVanguard]

Honestly one of the best star wars cgi's ive seen in a long time, loving it.

[@MichaelJaeYT]

Wowww...most impressive. Everything about this looks so good

[@rbartow22]

@Victor Nikolai But don't forget majority of this game was done by Motive before EA even gave them the green light. This was a passion project they basically had to beg EA to do. Aka why it's $40 and not $60 and a few other things.

[@CaptainSnackbar]

sure the cinematic looks impressive, the question is how the game play will be ?

[@samson7294]

@@CaptainSnackbar theres already tons of gameplay footage. It looks great but if youre expecting a long story campaign then its not for you. Its multiplayer focused. Only has 2 online modes, squadron battles and dog fights.

[@CaptainSnackbar]

@@samson7294 your right its not for me too bad the story looks impressive

[@Anonymus_M8]

That Pilot is Japanese. It makes it epic when he takes off the helmet

[@Sudupe16]

I've never rooted for an imperial so much.

[@ayoutubechannel1413]

Im glad they went for the Imperial This time instead of the cliche “Imperial Bad” Crap

[@funnysonicman]

Yeah this was really creative with its storytelling, I love it lol

[@straythrawn7861]

“FOR EMPIRE AND EMPEROR!” “TEN THOUSAND SYSTEMS RELY ON US!”

[@rommepomme13]

Šᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴛᴇxᴛ † † Well the Empire is bad

[@rommepomme13]

Šᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴛᴇxᴛ † † But im also really happy with this since the empire is more badass

[@thesneesh1534]

Here 7 months later. Still love this game to death. Wish it had gotten more support. Hopefully we get a sequel

[@archmagosdeciuskronen1501]

FINALLY. A GENUINE IMPERIAL LOYALIST THAT DOESN'T TURN TO THE DAMNED REBELLION!

[@liamdalemon1525]

I got to say, that moment when Grey's cockpit got shot and he took off his helmet was pretty cool. it showed that the pilots in the ships aren't just droids or something like that, they are actual people with their own faces and their own lives who are fighting for what they believe in. everyone has their own story and from the empire's point of view, the rebels were the ones breaking the peace, and if they wanted a war, *THEN* *SO* *BE* *IT!*

[@themandalorian6999]

For the empire comrade

[@alvarosanchez5970]

yeah, too sad that when you finally play the game, you discovere that a lot of characters were imperials. Sincerally, the game is really fun, but the story mode is very disapointed. All characters are really forgetable except from grey and shen and the content of the game is very poor (like 6 multiplayer maps and 4 spaceships on each team). Still waiting for a clone wars game instead of the "new republic´s age"

[@titan_tanker]

As much as I liked the Empire, I’m not that edgy to ignore how they’re wrong. Sure, having some cool-badass moments for the said character as an Imperial is awesome but for Iden Versio’s case, she did the right thing. Turning to the Light Side/Rebels has always been the entire point of Star Wars story since the Original

[@randallsanchez3161]

@@titan_tanker The Empire was never wrong. The Empire was the legal government of the Galaxy. Voted in by Senators who were voted in by the people. The Rebels were literally terrorists trying to topple the legal government without the support of the people. Many of the plots Disney created to make the Empire look worse often were nonsensical. Why would an Empire shoot itself in the foot by plundering from itself? The only thing that made sense was anger over the destruction of Alderran but even that should have been easy for media to explain away before the Death Star was announced. They would simply make the Rebels sound like Alex Jones.

[@LoreFreak]

This just proves how much potential there is in exploring different POVs and narratives within the Star Wars IP. I am really hoping we'll get more stuff like this, be it a live action series or an animated one, something like the Alphabet Squadron.

[@puppetstudio4989]

Yea the rebels still win and they were all fucking sociopathic of shits compared to the imperial pilots

[@srgamesalot]

4:41 “...We lost something.” “Not to worry; we’re still flying half a ship”

[@jon700]

Another happy landing

[@AVGyerra22]

*Explosion*

[@sauronthedarklordofmordor2990]

Finally, imperial soldiers who are not useless and are also human, if the villain is not powerful, it diminishes any victory of the hero. That's the way it should always be.

[@Basedlocation]

Who said we are the villians and not the terrorists ?

[@zDqvid]

“The wars over IMP” *dies*

[@mathisntmybestsubject8440]

"Well, it's over for *ONE* of us..."

[@Jamesjones-hi5qu]

@Stxr KillerX flys into mountain

[@manuel5570]

I thought he said SIMP

[@陳心晨-i6q]

oneTopbbloveyou.link

[@tias6215]

PickedMedal lol

[@rhpiggy123]

We all knew that Tie Bomber was never going to survive to the end.

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYq7lWN5mqZ_gKs

[@bl00dix82]

Well our Charakter needs a Spot in Titan squadron

[@thelonious2213]

It's a fairly sturdy ship and it's just as nimble as an X-Wing. But of course, it's the same case as Red Five.

[@atownicpepperoni7217]

NEBRASKA GANG CULTURE Pretty much it yeah

[@straythrawn7861]

Why do bombers never survive, lol

[@Mio248]

3:26 That’s pretty cool. Star Wars movies don’t usually show when aircrafts enter the planet’s atmosphere. I’m glad they added that little detail that can make a big difference in space anatomy.

[@charles-olivierdenis6633]

The X-Wing not having the same re-entry effect is also pretty interesting, since that ship has a shield that, in addition to doing what you'd expect it to do, also significantly reduces atmospheric drag. The Interceptor doesn't have that sort of shielding and therefore legitimately burns in the atmosphere like, well, everything that exists in the real world. In-universe consistency is just as important as realism.

[@dynestis2875]

Space does not have anatomy XD

[@harbour2118]

​@@charles-olivierdenis6633that just makes this short even better, the tension knowing the imperial's fighter isnt as capable as the X wing, but managed to beat the odds

[@william_brobrine8975]

Rule 47 any crash you can walk away from is a good one -Delta 62 "Scorch" This was an amazing short

[@lofvers8907]

Okay, this just got me a whole lot more excited for this game. This short is amazing oh my god!

[@SPIRIT-117]

5:07 the howl of the TIE's engines is music to my ears

[@liamdalemon1525]

I love how the noise is logically from the speed the fighter is traveling at, but it also sounds like the ship itself is expressing the pain and desperation of the situation as it tries to stay intact because from the looks of things at that point, that was the end of the line

[@samuelhaverghast2442]

if you loved that, wait till you are in a cockpit of a TIE, the feeling is better, everyone likes the X-wings, but a true test of skill is piloting a TIE, since there isn't any life support, no shields, just you in a pressurized suit, and the hull plating to keep you from the harshness of space

[@ForTheBacon]

5:01 😩😩

[@chr0min0id]

1:08 “We’re not handing the enemy one more Destroyer, Captain…” **Shows destroyed Destroyer in the background** God I love this short film!

[@lukas9031]

Wasn’t that Captain Kerill because her flagship is the Overseer

[@lliamdavis6950]

@@lukas9031 yep!

[@lordpeanutthegreat2957]

They better not have him defect to the rebels

[@dustinjones7458]

And no cop out with "The Empire betrayed me, but to remain edgy, I must become a mercenary."

[@redfireball7858]

A report from the future. He didn't defect and neither did the character you chose to play as. Thank goodness

[@samuelbejarano3422]

THERE IS NO DEFECTION!! YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@HalfBakedHeroes]

@@samuelbejarano3422 Thats not true, First mission your wing leader defects because he doesnt want to kill fleeing rebels, he ION Missiles you and another TIE then drops boulders on you. Becomes the main bad guy / Main good guy for the rebels

[@sternguard8283]

HBH Gaming That was the prologue that helps introduce the characters

[@MasterSnakeTamer]

Credit for an honestly triumphant reprise of the Imperial March. That was incredibly well done and fitting!

[@TheGuardDuck]

Yes!

[@themandalorian6999]

Yeah it was like "FUCK YOU The Empire Is Not Dead Yet!!!"

[@SNOWSOS]

It's about time they humanize the other side. I tired of all this Jedi and Republic are always the good guys and always win.

[@shadow-squid4872]

Charlie Vetsworth Dude why the hell are you so hostile towards him over a fictional army? Calm the hell down. Besides, the Empire weren’t exactly good considering how they blew up an entire planet full of millions of innocents all because they wanted to make a point, I don’t exactly remember the Rebels slaughtering millions of innocents

[@SNOWSOS]

@Charlie Vetsworth conservative? I assume you've never read any of the star wars books, the Jedi you consider the good guys are willing to let entire planets fall because it isn't their place to protect people but keep balance.

[@bigslurpee2078]

@Charlie Vetsworth "Clearly I'm the kind and tolerant one because I call people pieces of shit for saying they want a different perspective" also, why sensor Fuck but not Shit? Seems kinda pointless.

[@praetorian9823]

SNOW SOS or the Sith genocide... but they don’t speak of that do they?

[@seamus2059]

@@praetorian9823 Na Jedi Genocide in Russan is greater than the entirety of the Empire

[@schizo6986]

where girls cried: titanic where MEN cried: When the star destroyer boosted without him

[@clonecoric4140]

Where everyone cheered: When the X-wing pilot crashed and died.

[@CorrupToast]

the fact that Grey saved Titan 3 but the X wing pilot killed her

[@LyonPercival]

@@CorrupToast We are her replacement in the game!!!

[@luckyno888]

The sound of heartbeats while he's hiding in the space debris was cool.

[@steeledge9946]

They could make an entire animated series about this. Very epic.

[@steeledge9946]

*I would pay good money for this*

[@NebraskaGangCulture]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYq7lWN5mqZ_gKs

[@noir2601]

Very costly and time consuming.

[@xLeeroycranex]

Unfortunately, it'd be expensive as hell. Unless we're going for Rebels/Clone Wars style quality, I read that high quality CG videos like this one costs around $1 million per minute.

[@eddieram435]

An anthology would be nice.

[@megaawesomegamer127]

I was excited, then realized it premieres in 2 days Note: Since some people don’t realize, I meant this video

[@CT7056]

Same

[@tias6215]

47 hours for me

[@SpacehotelMusic]

fukin' hate premieres... so annoying and a time waste clicking through.

[@nazonrev5087]

Yea i thought it said 39 minutes

[@alem1655]

Same 😆😆

[@Zazume_]

We NEED another game like this. The singleplayer campaign of Squadrons was amazing.

[@Del-Dokan]

Everyone: We weren't expecting a CGI short with a compelling story that makes us empathize with a Tie Pilot in less than 7 minutes. EA: *ThAt'S tHe pOiNt SeRgEanT*

[@seamus2059]

For the Empire, This is the way

[@i1C4RU5]

I almost thought they were gonna pull the "Oh, the Empire *IS* bad..." thing when they had him sitting in the sand.

[@plaguemaster308]

When EA can do it in 7 minutes and Disney cant do it in 3 movies :/ (Opinion)

[@480JD]

Theres a TIE Fighter short animated in anime style that shows an Imperial customs patrol defending an Imperial sector from Rebel smugglers.

[@GODzbleach]

@@i1C4RU5 I mean they still can they might have him turn like bf2

[@Star_Maks]

Outstanding CG Short! The best Star Wars cinematic which I've seen in a while. Love the cinematography, music and truly movie experience. Best promotional material for this game to this point.

[@jesseomollo9405]

Video game star wars cinematics are always good. Unlike the recent movies which is sad...

[@jordanjamison97]

I know this is a promo for a game, but DAMN I wish we had more of these in general

[@SpacenoidCentral]

Imagine a show about just this one guy

[@K_Rich7]

I would like to see an anthology series that just bounces around the galaxy following different stories of rebels and imperials.

[@xtralargegamer7167]

Coming back to this trailer makes me realize how many features in the game they revealed to us. Stuff like being able to shoot missiles out of the sky, drifting, and the HUD. Man this game had so much potential

[@primecoconut4204]

5:20 I just love how the Imperial March theme gets an uplifting tone for once instead of the typical Star Wars heroic theme in the scene where the X-Wing crashed to that rock. It's as if the Empire is saying "I'm not gonna die here, Rebel scum!"

[@straythrawn7861]

Exactly, it’s perfect, I kinda want a complete version of it, fingers crossed maybe we’ll get one in the actual game

[@damiansaucedo9951]

Wars over, Imp! "Yah..... For you."

[@mattboesch8907]

I always love the militaristic theme they used in one of the trailers for Rogue One. That was my favorite rendition of the I.M.

[@shirolee]

AGREED!!

[@Hound831]

Man that hit me in the feels when his fellow pilot got blown to atoms after trying so hard to save her. Not everyone in the Empire was evil. There were many good men and women who only wanted to restore order and avenge those lost to the Clone Wars.

[@lukes8557]

Fun Fact: The pilot that got blown to atoms was Titan 3 which is your role call in the campaign mode

[@dewittbourchier7169]

I think as one reaction video put it well the Empire is clearly bad and the Rebellion/Republic clearly good but you can craft interesting stories and conflicts out of the fact that not everyone who fights for the Empire is a bad person and not everyone fighting for the Rebellion is necessarily nice or fully good. Like I'm sure that rebel pilot hates the Empire for being tyrannical and genocidal but also takes a pleasure in or has an indifference to killing that Grey and other Imperials don't.

[@alricmalicorne321]

@@dewittbourchier7169 Palpatine's Empire is obviously evil. That doesn't make the Republic good. If anything, they were just as bad. They were just hypocrit enough to hide beneath a veneer of virtue.

[@GreenNinj4]

Women? The Empire is sexist

[@Ismavolt]

@@GreenNinj4 Yeah but sexist institutions and organisations can also have women.

[@Finalzero0000]

They did an amazing job portraying a clean, glorious Empire on the hunt in the beginning, and then gradually transitioning to a fragmenting, diminishing force on the run for survival. It's basically the state of the Imperials captured in one skirmish.

[@HeierMr]

2:40 Fearing the X-wing like it’s a shark in the water was brilliant

[@charles07km83]

He’s not fearing the X-wing alone he is fearing that the X wing will bring to him a Whole Fleet

[@HeierMr]

@@charles07km83 well no shit Sherlock

[@trufuzeyt1850]

“Wars over. Imp.” “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move.”

[@alecd8676]

Because or ur profile, I imagined that in a samuel jackson voice lol

[@trufuzeyt1850]

Lol I did myself while writing the comment

[@obi-wankenobi7098]

Hello there master window 😳

[@trufuzeyt1850]

Hello there master kenoboi. Are you getting the game Star Wars squadrons set in the aftermath of the endor moon battle where the second Death Star was blown up, and emperor senate died along with take a seat young Skywalker?

[@alecd8676]

I know I am

[@overmim9813]

This is perfect way to make customers still hyped

[@damondgreen2239]

And maybe the story can actually make Star Wars fun again like Jedi Fallen Order after what Disney did to the movies...

[@SoontirFel]

All part of the EA ploy

[@djhollis8841]

1:28-1:33 really sets the tone for the whole short. Now the rebels are the faceless killers. Also the way he says “imp” is just fantastic. It gave me real “the skies belong to me” vibes.

[@sansarici7446]

what exactly is "imp"?

[@lucasart328]

@@sansarici7446 imperial more a slang term for it

[@dennisganim8587]

@@sansarici7446 short for Imperial like how the Clones called the droids "Clankers" or "Seppes"

[@datniggakermit5287]

@@dennisganim8587 we call em imps or bucket heads.

[@Boldard]

"There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere."

[@logicaltips4107]

Disney: "Impossible. The TIE Interceptor didn't blame the Empire for the death of the TIE Bomber pilot and instantly defect to the Rebel side."

[@koberyan2880]

This... is licensed by Disney... DISNAE BAD PLEASE LIKE MY COMMENT

[@MagicSpaceWizard]

This is the kind of stuff we need in Star Wars movies. You devs do such a better job than Disney. I would totally watch 3 hours of this.

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

Same

[@sollomon]

100%

[@bluesam8514]

A better job than Disney, I totally agree dude

[@joemomma2189]

Abso-fucking-lutely

[@mrmacho41]

Do you not read any of the books. You are sooooooooooooo late to the party. You must just follow whatever the internet tells you.

[@seanthenerd08]

The way the imperial march plays triumphantly as he kills the rebel is... *muah* magnifique.

[@Lancor84]

That rebel killed himself.

[@seanthenerd08]

@@Lancor84 I know but if it said "The way the imperial march plays triumphantly as the rebel kills himself... muah magnifique." That'd be pretty weird.

[@kirbit5909]

@@Lancor84 Technically, the destruction of the astromech droid(i.e. the x wing's primary sensor and copilot) killed the pilot, as he didn't know there was a mountain there.

[@inarencommander4663]

Imperial Pilot: Oh! Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance! *BUT NOT FOR ME!*

[@darkjediknight2923]

Now THIS is Star Wars. Whoever made this should have been given the honour of making Star Wars saga sequels. So many feels, a proper story and context. Very impressive visual quality and soundtrack as well. Imperials were the good guys all along!

[@lock8030]

This imperial pilot’s 7 minute story was better than the entire story of the battlefront 2 campaign

[@lukefox718]

@DDDA CREW I've seen the 1 star reviews on fallen order people say the story's shit and then don't list a single bad thing about it lmao

[@snakeboy1912]

EA Battlefront 2 had a campaign?

[@damondgreen2239]

DDDA CREW Fallen Order was Respawn so don’t get too excited.

[@StarLeader44]

@@snakeboy1912 ikr! I almost forgot! XD

[@Zero_Zero_0_0]

To be fair Battlefront 2’s campaign wasn’t THAT bad (at least in my opinion). I mean many people would’ve liked it if the story trailer hadn’t fooled us saying it would be a full imperial campaign only.

[@xikarik7941]

5:20 the imperial march theme gave me goosebumps listening to that.

[@STEVE-hd9ly]

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[@DonaldBinks]

大頭鬼もきもき Why?

[@xikarik7941]

大頭鬼きもきも any reason you linked me that video?

[@SW_ordinaryperson]

ここ鳥肌えぐいw

[@Crocogator]

they brought back the x-wing's purple engines. i'm in love.

[@AVGyerra22]

Pretty sure that's magenta.

[@Crocogator]

@@AVGyerra22 Or is it fucshia

[@AVGyerra22]

@@Crocogator One of those.

[@yorkzyn8960]

regardless of his side , i really admire his power of will to survive

[@TheTruthIsGonnaHurt]

*Han Solo - "I was kicked out of the Imperial Navy for having a mind of my own.."* *Commander Grey - "Millennials.."*

[@alligatorboy2000]

Han Solo, pilot of the Millennial Falcon

[@TheLiamster]

Ok boomer

[@milan_gielis]

Millenial Falcon

[@90skidcultist]

I think you mean Gen Zs. Millennials are the largest, most skilled, and educated group ever 🤣. Boomers ruined the nation that was handed down to them. Useless Gen X are forgettable and did nothing to reverse the mistakes their parents did. Millennials actually get sh$t done!

[@spartacussmith7070]

I see what you did there but wouldn't it be "okay boomer" since Han was gonna be a pilot 30-40 years beforehand?