The Confederacy of Independent Systems Explained - Featuring the Templin Institute

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Learn the complete history of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, or the Separatists from the Clone Wars, as told by my friends at the Templin Institute!
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[@kingposeidon4535]

I never understood how people thought that the politics of the prequel trilogy were "boring". I always thought they were rather fascinating and easy to follow.

[@absolutelynologic8099]

King Poseidon I really liked watching out for Palpatine's sly grabs for power.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

Me too.

[@cpob2013]

people dont like to think about why explosions are happening, they just want explosions... and so they completely miss the moral of the story, being an analog to both the late roman republic and modern america

[@MrMarinus18]

I do to. I was 8 when I first saw episode 1 and I never had an issue following it. In fact I loved the politics because my parents constantly made me watch the news and I barely understood it. For the first time it were politics that I actually understood so that got me pretty excited.

[@miguelpereira9859]

It was the way they were shown and how they worked within the movies as a whole that people have a problem with. As shown by the Clone Wars, that political side is quite interesting when done properly

[@MrMarinus18]

I always found the CIS quite fascinating. It's this mix between naive idealism and cold hearted business. Made up of a lot of senators that mean well but are dependent on the rich business leaders and who's leader is trying to make them lose.

[@lucasjolly5404]

I like how they explain the events as if it came from a Star Wars universe history book. Sometimes I forget the regular people in the SW galaxy don’t know about a lot of things we know about, like Palpatine’s involvement with the Sepratist’s.

[@obi-wankenobi8406]

When your teacher thinks your texting but your realy executing order 66

[@MovingWaif]

The Confederacy of independent systems is the best faction tbh

[@xy7596]

Long live the CIS!

[@xy7596]

Tyranical Republican!

[@vinndolyn5976]

Correct

[@darthfenrir4892]

FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!!!!!

[@a.morphous66]

You’re all traitors. We all know that the great Galactic Empire is the only true galactic government.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

The Prequels missed the opportunity to flesh out the Confederacy, and show that there were heroes and villains on both sides.

[@Toxin932]

So watch the clone wars?

[@ajzeg01]

It’s a good thing that The Clone Wars did that!

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

AnakinDidNothingWrong Ya.... "Heroes on Both Sides" is a quote directly from the Clone Wars.

[@darthvader8164]

The Clone Wars made some Episodes on that, especially the Season 3 Episode "Heroes on Both Sides." But even then, the whole show was biased towards the Republic being the victorious good guys. Season 1 and 2 were nothing but pure Republic. Season 3 took some steps with the "Supply Lines" episode, having the Confederacy win their probably first on-screen planetary invasion (one where they completely wiped out the Republic forces on Ryloth), but even then, they were still betrayed as powerful villains, not people with goals. And then the Padme arc where she tried to bring the Clone Wars to an end came, giving the Separatist some character. But that was about it. Probably the last time we saw some good guy separatist characters was another Padme Arc in Season 6, with Scipio and the Banking Clan.

[@NathanHiltner983Music]

The opening crawl of star wars episode 3 states that there are heroes on both sides

[@AbjectPermanence]

I really like the way they kind of made it like an in-universe documentary. No one knows what Darth Sideous did, no one knows about Darth Vader and how he found the Separatists on Mustafar, so these highly important story details are just overlooked completely.

[@enoughothis]

The background music make it seem like the CIS were the good guys, which, they really were.

[@Aslatiel4]

No they were just less evil than the empire

[@user-ix6pc5gd7o]

​@@Aslatiel4what so evil about them? It was just a collection of states former members of the Republic who wanted to exercise their right to self-determination and start living without a thoroughly corrupt impotent republican regime. The Republic has been siphoning resources from the Outer Rim worlds for millennia, while giving nothing in return.

[@TemplinInstitute]

Thanks for sharing this! Hope everyone enjoys the video!

[@Louthanjen]

The Templin Institute good channel just subbed

[@holmesjakekiller]

Great video!

[@foodfood55]

The Templin Institute LOVED IT completely changed my view on the confederacy

[@bramarnoes6827]

your channel is awesome, +1 subscriber

[@GAdmThrawn]

Excellent job. Do more of this.

[@Spacedock]

Glad to see the awesome Templin Institute getting a big, well-deserved promotion. Such an awesome channel.

[@willearl7788]

They’re not very good

[@ProvidenceNL]

same, i discovered them from a random reddit post and every video they have done has had superb editing and interesting information, they are very new so they are small yet, but if they keep up this quality they will grow fast without a doubt. Also, the only response i can give to Will Earl above me is, maybe try making a response from somewhere else then your ass, and you might say something less useless.

[@dreadnought-ai]

Spacedock - yes, i'm pretty sure Star Wars explained introduced me to your channel(or was it Trekyards) and once again I've been introduced to another Channel with excellently presented videos that I know I'm going to love. :)

[@TemplinInstitute]

Will Earl, we make up for it with enthusiasm!

[@ShinJudo]

Listen not to him. Spacedock, Star Wars Explained, Trekyards and you all at The Templin Institute are among my absolute /favorite/ Sci-fi channels on KZbin. Hands down. Thank you all for all the hard work you do to put out such great content.

[@GenkiGanbare]

The CIS will rise again

[@mickel836]

Starsystem rights

[@Noizemaze4]

they sort of did, in the form of the rebellion from 4-6 ~

[@ortherner]

I see what you did.

[@joseluis5055]

"An empire crumbled by its enemies may rise again, but one which crumbles from within, that's dead...forever" - Zemo

[@dlokej310]

@Slav Squirrel! no the new republic was ineffective in defending planets and focused on its core worlds instead of the outer worlds which was the reason cis was formed, since other worlds were being raped by the inner core

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Its so sad to see how Palpatine used both CIS and Republic for his own personal gain in the end.

[@andershusmo5235]

I know. So many sacrifices were made, so much pain was endured on all fronts, yet in the end it would all be for nothing.

[@lucifer2b666]

Plus, the confederation was kinda the good guys politically speaking just lead by a evil man who had other motives than what they had.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Yeah it's like either way his empire in the original trilogy would've become a reality. Only difference being they'd probably have more battle droids and less stormtroopers

[@MDPToaster]

Who thought that space politics would flesh out a galaxy so far far away...

[@aragos32727]

Mr.Dr.Professor Toaster A long time ago no less

[@MrMarinus18]

Many complain about them but even as a child I found them the most interesting part of the prequels. I really wished episode 2 had focused more on the political situation of the CIS, how it worked, what it stood for, how it's relationship is with the republic and all of that. But I think George Lucas was afraid to do that because of the enormous backlash episode 1 had for it's politics.

[@Ruosteinenknight]

This was interesting. I haven't watched the clone wars animation and now i'm intrigued. Especially seeing how CIS Senate was effectively betrayed from within by Dooku and CIS Council. I wonder if there's any short stories of CIS senate members realizing how they had been played after Palpatine declared his new order.

[@geetslys]

Top tier video mate!

[@wunter4430]

I enjoy the CIS. I think it would be cool if the resistance reactivated Droid factors and they used them against the first order it would be cool.

[@karnagefails333]

Fully agreed.

[@lightningboltt5437]

@@karnagefails333 they did in star wars resistance

[@matheusexpedito4577]

​@@lightningboltt5437 there is no star wars resistance

[@SuperPinoy916]

the narrator of this video sounded like she was reading aloud from a star wars history textbook and i love it

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

The Confederacy will rise again!

[@SkiddyGaming]

DeadTroperSociety I hope so... I mean hey, General Kalani is still out there. Perhaps he can reactivate some of the droid factories and get things back on track for the CIS?

[@battledroid7340]

Roger Roger! All hail the CIS!

[@battledroid7340]

Erma Gurd I'm sorry sir it's time for you to leave

[@darthvader8164]

Stupid pawns! The Galactic Empire reins with power!

[@ranger-rj2ym]

Battle Droid What's your number?

[@battledroid7340]

RC OOM- 1576 Battle Droid Pvt 14673892832777777712903 but you can call me Roger

[@aa-jr1fq]

Glory to the Separatist Alliance!

[@jimmyseaver3647]

If you pay close attention to the HUD, you'll note two _Ace Combat_ references. Lower left-hand corner has the display listed as "Sky Eye", while the upper right corner reads "COFFIN N/SYS"

[@ArcturusOTE]

Jimmy Seaver They did make a vid about Ace Combat, specifically about the Union of Yuktobanian Republics, the USSR/Russian equivalent in Strangereal, the main timeline for those reading this who wants to know more about AC

[@jimmyseaver3647]

Yayo' Ariowibowo Watched that one. It was fantastic even with the relatively limited information they had.

[@presidentwoodrow]

it's on every single one of their videos

[@basedbattledroid3507]

The Confederacy would've won if Roger had actually shown up when they called for him. Darth Roger was a formidable fighter.

[@DrMutran]

Thank you for this video. Most people just dismiss the CIS as the "other guys in the clone wars" but I think the CIS was a far superior government compared to the Galactic Republic, and it would be cool to see more of them in the future.

[@mr.gentlezombie8709]

Far better than the Republic.

[@mr.gentlezombie8709]

Indeed

[@tristankawatsuma8962]

I respectfully disagree. While the Republic naturally gave in to rich corporations on policy like many democracies in our world, at least they never let the corporations make the military and then command it. Granting all the power to the head of state is also bad, but at least it’s natural. What do you think happens when you give rich men the power to make and control a government’s armed forces?

[@LJLvids]

I loved this video, the cis always goes underapreciated in the analysis front. Altought the background music was a tad too loud in comparison to the narrator sometimes.

[@brokenbridge6316]

This video was interesting to say the least. Liked the girl who spoke about the Separatists.

[@NelsonCoop]

yeah i'm cisgender. confederacy of independent systems gender.

[@tamaribond3434]

Nelson Coop roger roger?

[@mrmidnightturbo4245]

@@tamaribond3434 roger roger!

[@MrOiram46]

We’re independent thinkers! Roger Roger! Roger Roger!

[@this_is_gold_leader2229]

This was an amazing summary of the immensely powerful might of the Confederacy of Independent Systems and how they impacted the galaxy in positive ways also because of many of their senate member's ideals on bringing forth a galaxy of equality. I always like to see people who show the CIS credit:) this was a great video!

[@patryk4266]

Didn’t Dooku betray his own people in TCW show?

[@matthewwheeler469]

Honestly, the CIS, and the dynamic between them and the Republic have got to be some of the most interesting parts of the prequel era to me. The CIS was made up of alot of people with good intentions, but like this video showed, they fell victim to the very corruption they left the Republic to escape. There really wasn't a wholly good side in the Clone Wars.

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

A good ending where there wasn't a shadow council and the CIS actually embraced democracy, liberty, anti-monopoly and anti-corruption measures and finally won over the old, corrupt system, that's too good to be true.

[@henrykjachimski3650]

Great, comprehensive video! I wish we could see the CIS Senate in more canon sources

[@ort94041]

The CIS will always be a very unique faction in the SW universe. Though i gotta say i still like the Republic/Empire/ first order more. The evolution of one terrible philosophy as it keeps changing political systems across time is intriguing. From rotten democracy to rotten centralized government to rotten overly militarized rump state (yeah, the FO is literally north korea) it's just fun to watch.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

If the Confederacy was to ever fail, let it be written in its gravestone that it died of a theory.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

P.S I know that was the CSA but still, just having a link with the CIS and CSA on how they formed their own government against a bigger one only to be crushed.

[@nathanjora7627]

Daniel Ortiz You... You seriously prefer the FO to the CIS ? My god, what we’ll do with you younglings... Bah, I heard Anakin Skywalker was nearby, I’ll call him.

[@maxjenner7812]

The CIS Were the good guys and The betrayal from their leadsership and "loss" of The war is one of the saddest things in Sci-Fi.

[@fatleg1000]

I love the level of cooperation across KZbin channels of the same interests. If it means more sci-fi stuff.....by all means.....keep'em coming

[@andershusmo5235]

This is the best and most comprehensive explanation of the CIS yet, short of spending a solid two hours on the wookiepedia! Thanks for featuring the Templin Institute, I'm going to subscribe to their channel right away.

[@vinndolyn5976]

The CIS are the good guys!

[@dampfgecko5030]

The production value here is nothing short of amazing. Comprehensive, to the point, well presented!

[@riftbandit223]

LONG LIVE THE CONFEDERACY! (only time this is acceptable)

[@wiibrockster]

TBH I wouldn't mind joining The CIS

[@basedbattledroid3507]

Same.

[@imperialistopinions2276]

Amazing video! Stunning in sound, visuals and content.

[@jangustl_wt2358]

You have a nice profile pic

[@setha7066]

Glory to the empire

[@thenobletaco4232]

I don't get why it's called the clone wars and not the galactic civil war. Because the actual galactic civil war was really just a rebellion. They fought with guerrilla warfare, not actual armies. The clone wars are a much better example of a civil war so I just don't get why they named it like this.

[@darthvader8164]

This is, indeed, a galactic Civil War, but the Confederacy had completely succeeded from the Republic. It's like 2 countries fighting eachothers, but in a way, the Separatist was once part of the Republic, so it could be considered a Civil War. As for the Galactic Civil War, you're right, it was a rebellion. But that was only the beginning. After Tarkin blew up Alderaan, half the galaxy got mad and turned on the Galactic Empire. They were donating and joining the Rebel Alliance. They basically turned it from a little rebellion to a big war.

[@jegvids101]

I kinda agree. The Galactic Civil War should've been called the Galactic Revolution or something

[@MrDrProfPuce]

theNobleTaco it's called the clone wars because obi-wan mentioned the clone wars in ANH.

[@JERMAN4]

The Rebel Alliance had a (semi-)proper army. However, the original movies offered a VERY limited view on the wider conflict. You can check the book "Battlefront: Twilight Company" as a canon example though (it's very good).

[@Wintermute01001]

Basically, they're called the Clone Wars because that war was already established to exist in the original trilogy. The "clone wars" was a random term that George Lucas threw into his script back when he first made Star Wars with no immediate plans to flesh them out. For decades, we knew nothing about them except they somehow involved clones and that Obi Wan was involved.

[@EarlGreyBeatz]

Both narrators are very good and easy to follow. Thumbs up!

[@Drace90]

That was AMAZING! Thank you so much for introducing us to this cool new channel. I will subscribe!

[@Titchius101]

I liked the perspective it was told from. And the shots used as background were pretty nice.

[@pavelmarchand9458]

Nicely done well edited video I really enjoyed. All that information. The way it was presented was simply new and refreshing. Hope more people join this new channel and hope to see more Star Wars lore and content

[@spazatronian22]

The space south will rise again!

[@Blind_Eye22]

Man, this new channel looks awesome

[@anderazkuna6698]

Sir yes, sir

[@johnsummers9660]

One of the best SWE videos in a while. Whoever did the narration should continue. They have a pleasant but authoritative voice.

[@EricTheKartoonKing]

I really like the concept of this video, how it presents this almost as a report by a historian within the universe, considering they act "unaware" about the Sith and Sidious, and only "speculate" about the Death Star's history. It's very cool!

[@ghostgreen7823]

6:44 I never noticed that sign

[@anthonydivon5571]

This video is great. It is one of the best explanation videos I've seen. Keep up the good work

[@justinschauwecker]

That was a great video. Essentially a brief history of the CIS.

[@ct_leopold1276]

This is really cool. I'm glad that you brought them to my attention.

[@kaptainrogers]

Man this is super informative! I'm writing a story where Kylo Ren is tossed back in time and trains under Dooku and leads parts of the CIS military. This is an awesome video. Love it :D

[@jackflashmclain]

Fantastic video. I love historical overviews like this

[@michaelreed5416]

My favorite group in Star Wars

[@ascendant2-7]

This video is very well made. I've already subscribed to The Templin Institute. Well Done!!! Keep it up.

[@aryakk1314]

This wa amazing! Hope you guys are make one about the republic too

[@RTL2L]

Alex, you are a good man! You just helped this guys a lot.

[@warlikesoad]

This was perfectly done. Beautiful work.

[@carlkingsnake7166]

One of the best Star Wars videos.

[@nitro99x]

I didn´t know about them so far, but they got my subscription now. Great Video.

[@yeetus2448]

One of the best star wars explained videos ever. Goo job

[@diegueinsc]

Beautiful narration thumbs up

[@grafffuller3265]

This was a great video. Thank you.

[@NiraSader]

6:55 that repainted Recusant-class destroyer and that repainted Providence-class destroyer look awesome, and not only because those are two of my favorite battleship designs in the series :D

[@Autofire-nw5ty]

Fantastic video!

[@thinkdontfail2809]

This was very fascinating

[@taylorbeckett9686]

I'm a believer in the CIS! Count Dooku is my Count!

[@JasonBellows]

Awesome!!! Can't wait to see them do videos on the organizations like Project Monarch and the Earth Defense Force in the Godzilla universe!!!

[@easterbrooks7480]

That was a really cool video!

[@erichaner7980]

Awesome video!!!

[@zachdisador3093]

My Favorite new channel, I love you guys!!!

[@jarencascino7604]

Good choice of video. If people watched this before seeing the geonosis portion of AOTC they would've liked it much better

[@emirwattabor6991]

You made quite an accurate description. I appreciate your accurate and unbiased statements. This documentary also highlights some flaws in the confederate doctrine, which could be reexamined and improved for our second coming.

[@ggCA07]

Fun fact: the Death Star was secretly built during the clone wars by both the CIS and Republic. Dooku told the Separatists Council that the Republic was making a similar weapon so they had to build the DS1. Palpatine told the Engineering Corps of the Republic the same thing. The Death Star was built by those two factions that is why we see it almost finished at the end of Episode 3.

[@mongster5780]

Nice video, man! It would be gnarly if you did a video based on Nym and his Lok Revenants. He appears in not one, but *three* video games, and multiple comics.

[@orionwesley]

That was fabulous.

[@emilkaapola7191]

I like the style of this video, being kinda a history documentary made in the Star Wars Universe

[@brianschwarm8267]

amazing video!

[@lukedavis237]

Really good video! Will be sure to check The Templin Institute out!

[@seethenero2555]

God everytime I see a video of the Templin Institute, I feel like im being briefed for an all out campaign or infiltration mission.

[@virgoolokun3088]

Laughed when I saw C-3PO marching with the battle droids at 3:33, Haha!!

[@kieronspoors1608]

I love this video. Well done. Do this again?

[@blantonnewman1259]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do 3 videos: one on the Confederate States of America in Harry Turtledove’s Southern Victory 10 part book series; one on the German Empire in the same series; and finally, one on the United States of America in the same.

[@thatguyoverthere468]

Roger Roger

[@kaleeshmatriarch455]

Stunning video!! The music and breakdown of the Separatists during the Clone Wars. The CIS is definitely my favorite faction along with the Rebel Alliance. Even though their ideals might have been off-track, they did have differing reason, determination, principles, and naturalism to identify the Republic's inward, growing corruption. Portraying the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS/Separatists) and Galactic Republic as cookiecutter villains and heroes does nothing or little to justify their body of motivation, being on either faction usually boiled down to personal opinions/belief/ideals etc. and political/societal influence over one's planet. To me, there are TWO sides, ONE war in the Clone Wars, while faction has a virtue and vice unto themselves. Good and evil are melded by a single goal while still separate in unity itself. No one's true purpose within a faction should be defined by "just" the galaxy's principles of good and evil from a worldly, political, and/or social point of view. Only the Almighty (or in Star Wars terms, The Force) has the determination to define purpose and human nature according to faction. That is what and how TCW's "Heroes on Both Sides" taught me about the Separatists vs. Republic without looking at it through black-and-white terms, just diversity and independence. Battle of good vs. evil are motivated by one's choices, thoughts, and feelings. One battle cannot win a war and freedom is the right of all sentient beings. In conclusion, neither "side" won the Clone Wars. The Empire was the "dark horse" in the race through war, power, and control.

[@seynkrosis9658]

Such a beautiful voice.

[@TheMathestar]

Great Collab! Only saw a little bit from that channel before, never really watched a video, but instantly subscribed when I saw how good their content really was. There are way too few good youtubers that cover Star Trek and Star Wars both...

[@99jarjarbinks]

Very well done! :)

[@puddlescondor]

This video felt like a legitimate documentary while watching xD

[@brettgb1314]

Well done!

[@lightblueyoshi1990]

The CIS is my favorite faction in the star wars universe.

[@Havok450]

she narrates so well

[@daniloalmeida9541]

I wouldn't be surprised if here in Brazil some politicians and people who are dissatisfied with it's government become to start some kind of revolution to change the way of rule here like the Separatists have made... really man!! It's beeing hard to live here, politicians only do things for their own benefit and the list of thieves that shows everyday on TV... it's unbelievable!! Wish that things started to get better here =/ but anyway, I just wanted to make a comparison with Star Wars, because it's really similar to what is happening here... By the way, I loved this new format of video, I've always watch them, you're really good at what you do!! Thanks for the videos and may the Force be with you!!

[@martinbriceno9109]

Outstanding video! megalike!

[@JasonBellows]

Awesome!!! Can't wait to see them do videos on the organizations like Project Monarch and the Earth Defense Force in the Godzilla universe!!! :)

[@greenmilklatte]

That was actually amazing

[@alexmercer2743]

Damn, I could listen to this narrator read the dictionary. She has a great voice.

[@danm8403]

So uhh...#TheCISDidNothingwrong anyone?

[@mickel836]

@@maximumeffort7096 #TheCISwasgoodbutShadowCouncilwasevil

[@brickstarmaniacs4682]

Good video!

[@dinocha0s]

The CIS is my favorite faction in all of Star wars, and this was masterfully crafted...i like the female voice for a change and thanks!

[@Darkapple93]

It’s the Separatist Parliament not the Separatists Senate . It seems from that clone wars episodes that the separatists used a more parliamentary form of government rather than a senate structure of the republic, plus it is mentioned as the separatists parliament in the episode.

[@xbaumann]

I really liked this type of video.