The Death Star Architect Speaks Out

[@littlen8279]

To be fair, a LOT of jedi disappeared the day Vader showed up

[@tyrongkojy]

That just proves his point. Seriously, when you consider how many got away after order 66 in the original EU, the whole thing was a pretty bad failure.

[@deadzone4155]

tyrongkojy Disney execute order: change the lore

[@devansmith691]

I saw... security holograms of him... killing younglings

[@thomaspearson8078]

@@tyrongkojy It killed 99% of the Jedi. Seems like a success to me. It's just that there were 10,000+ Jedi to begin with, leaving about 100 still alive, most of which were killed.

[@bentonmarcum8509]

which explains why no one figured out Vader was Skywalker.

[@suziebarfield1796]

They made rogue one just to defend this guy

[@nathanjora7627]

You mean they made it just to crap on him. Because Rogue One says that this was an actual flaw, just an intentional one, whereas this wasn’t actually a flaw at all.

[@Koniving]

Honestly, I suspect Rogue One to be the only decent Star Wars movie Disney's made...

[@ariancontreras4358]

@@nathanjora7627 Is it really shitting on him when he didn't even want to create it and wanted it destroyed?

[@nathanjora7627]

@@ariancontreras4358 I’m not saying the movie was shitting on Galen, just on the loyalist imperial engineer of that video. I mean, in this video the designer of the Death Star is a competent imperial loyalist, in Rogue on it’s a competent traitorous engineer with zero common sense (because I’m sorry but you don’t need to design a power generator so that it’ll explode when its output is enough to destroy a whole planet, that’s already contained within the very concept of such a powerful generator, what you do need is to find a good way to deliver the info to the resistance and a good way to make sure they can exploit it, and as far as Rogue one is concerned he did neither. Hell, if he had actually that much freedom it would’ve probably been easier to make it so that the whole DS explodes the moment it exceeds certain power outputs), so it’s definitely a step down (from this video’s engineer’s perspective).

[@anarchomando7707]

@@nathanjora7627 , I wouldn't be surprised if there were multiple Death Star designers( hell even Doofenshmirtz probably had a part in it)

[@douglasmurphy1113]

My god. every star war fan in existence needs to see this

[@dorkly]

+Douglas Murphy please forward this to George Lucas immediately

[@douglasmurphy1113]

+Dorkly did. did.... Did senpai just notice me? SENPAI NOTICED ME!

[@dorkly]

+Douglas Murphy ^_^

[@TheMexicanAsiankid]

+Dorkly Hi

[@dorkly]

+TheMexicanAsiankid sup

[@Taverens_Pull]

"I've been forced choked, forced lightning, regular choked." Was anybody else expecting him to say he was regular lightninged?

[@mr.miscellaneous9144]

Every time I watch the video I wish for it lol

[@sovereign9708]

Get out of my head

[@Raison_d-etre]

Regular lightning would not be intentional. Also he probably wouldn't be so animated if he'd suffered lightning injuries. Look it up--it's awful.

[@synshenron798]

I wasnt expecting I was hoping

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

@@Raison_d-etre It really depends. Some people just get a cool scar for a couple weeks, but survive in full health to be lightning'ed again another day.

[@IBW_3000]

ONE exhaust port The size of a WOMP RAT On a MOON SIZED space station Even if Rouge One didn't exist this would silence the critics instantly. Give that man all the medals in the galaxy!

[@t.c.thompson2359]

Nope. They have spent decades mocking that. Their head is way to up their own ass to ever listen to criticism, they are convinced of their own brilliance and no video will ever change their minds. Just look at the new comments and see for yourself.

[@athan13590]

The death star is 1/25 the size of our moon. Also it's spelled rogue

[@SCI3N3N0mber1]

@@athan13590 And It's about 6 times the size of Phobos, the larger of Mar's two moons, so it is in fact still a moon sized battlestation

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

I still think of one word *FART*

[@bikerbob2005]

The death star was not a closed system. Might have been designed that way but the people eat and poop. So daily is at least the caloric volume of heat that the amount of food consumed. A 2 meter exhaust port would be about plasma. Seriously don't think any missile would make it to core.

[@wampower6848]

I blame the soldiers for not shooting a life pod with no life forms on it.

[@osedebame3522]

Waste of a lifepod that might have friendly droids in it. If it is actually empty than maybe get it back instead of wasting money. And again, the possibility of friendly droids.

[@mikea2363]

+Einstien And Enfield friendly droids in an escape pod from a rebel ship that just got boarded and that carries vital information that can be carried by droids?

[@frankg2790]

How the fuck were they supposed to know that any droids on the escape pod were carrying Intel or that there were droids onboard that escape pod?

[@mikea2363]

Frank G they could think, oh, we should destroy all escape pods, you know, just in case those have the info we dont want the rebels to get.

[@frankg2790]

Mike A Vader wanted the passengers alive.

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

Wait, you mean that when you guys build things, you DON'T account for magic space wizards? That's always my first step.

[@mexrell]

+SelfAwarePedant hell iaccount for magic space wizards when building a sandwich

[@SurrealKeenan]

+mexrell "Now! Witness the flavor of this fully armed and OPERATIONAL grilled cheese sandwhich! Devour when ready, commander!"

[@gandalfgreyhame342]

+SurrealKeenan I lolled too hard at that one.

[@thatguythathugspuppies1874]

How to build a working ventilation system handbook Chapter 3 section 7 paragraph 4 titled Ventilation Integrity and I quote "ALL WORKING VENTILATION UNITS NEED TO BE WELDED THOROUGHLY AND SECURED WITH JEDI TEARS TO WARD OFF AND PROTECT AGAINST SPOOKY SPACE MAGICIANS!" I don't write this stuff but rules is rules

[@SurrealKeenan]

That guy that hugs puppies maybe they got an off-brand Jedi tears solution

[@robertogilvy7326]

Notice how in the first scene the audience fires there blasters and throw a tomato at him, but they all miss... who would have such a terrible aim

[@willcc19-18]

You know the answer

[@kizza1054]

The biggest plot hole ever as obi wan states that the shots on the sand crawler were too accurate to be sand troopers but had to be imperial stormtroopers who never hit a bloody thing

[@damienwong2742]

Its hilarious that he wasn't even afraid of being hit because of their terrible aim

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

Because of plot armour, our character can’t get shot by a storm trooper...

[@OriginalAkivara]

Didn't the storm troopers only miss when ordered to take their prisoners alive?

[@ervinm.5065]

I just love how each shot misses the architect, including the tomato

[@_anthrax101_5]

This is an underrated comment.

[@gunslinger2566]

and that he's not even worried.

[@foundationsoversight8479]

It's a room full of Empire Stormtroopers. He has literally nothing to be scared of.

[@loiclangers7010]

@@eliyahubarkhordar6518 you know stormtroopers have a higher hit ratio than most goons in other franchises, right?

[@t.lanfield1936]

6

[@russelltietjen4407]

"The weak spot was so obvious tho" Ok, if I tell you to go find the manhole that causes Earth to blow up if you drop a grenade in it, then good luck finding the right one without stealing the fucking schematics of the Earth!

[@zockingtroller7788]

Good argument

[@BillyBob-xx5jr]

There's also the fact that LITERALLY, TARGETING SYSTEMS WERE UNABLE TO PROPERLY FIRE INTO IT, THE ONLY REASON LUKE DID IT WAS THANKS TO BEING A MAGIC SPACE WIZARD.

[@chrismartin583]

@Bombblaster01 did you walk the entire area of the planet to find EVERY manhole cover? You’re not a space wizard man

[@thedman1754]

Fair enough, my guy

[@chebochevato8336]

It was obvious. Because you don't have exhaust ports in space.

[@theopenrift]

"Yes make it Millennium Falcon sized, but just small enough to shave off a radar dish."

[@wilfridmasgnaux1078]

To be fair, the death star wasn't finished so the huge holes make sense since they wouldn't be a part of the final product.

[@theopenrift]

Wilfrid Masgnaux I wasn't criticizing the flaw, I was just being a nerd and also pointing out how it was just small enough to snap the radar dish on the falcon off.

[@-Big_Big]

i was more puzzled how they found out it was able to fit all the way inside it

[@theopenrift]

Killaim well it definitely made for a really kickass scene right?

[@epsleon]

"i was more puzzled how they found out it was able to fit all the way inside it" The same way nerds get sex, they use "force".

[@luciferkotsutempchannel]

Fun fact: the moment my brother found out the hole Luke shot was the exhaust Port (it's been some time since he's watched it) he immediately asked "wait, how is that a flaw, it would need an exhaust port". Not in those words exactly, but that was the sentiment.

[@rhysjonsmusic]

Because the rebels were a bunch of dumb fucks whos plans only succeeded due to copious amounts dumb luck and space wizard magic that defies the laws of physics

[@EdwardHowton]

Wow, the Stormtroopers' aim is getting pretty good!

[@data83035]

Ayy lol

[@olstar18]

+EdwardHowton Are you kidding me. Anyone can see they were aiming for the monitor.

[@data83035]

+olstar18 It's a star wars joke. Stormtroopers just have awful aim in the star wars series in general.

[@olstar18]

ArmorGeddon Are you stupid?

[@data83035]

+olstar18 No. Stormtroopers literally have awful aim

[@gold4963]

"Magic space wizards" Lol. XD

[@johnnygyro2295]

The Jedi really are when you think about it...

[@TaigaXsenpai]

@Senior Batman yep they use mana (force) which is energy of universe to cast spells. They are total wizards.

[@goldenboy9182]

That sounds like something Alex Jones would say

[@Scarletraven87]

Star Wars and WH40k are Fantasy With Lasers and Dark Ages With Lasers

[@darthrevan2410]

That's Wright Jedi scums well said !!!

[@jare3459]

For real this guy got point also managed keep one exhaust port as well dude should get medal

[@Matt-lk5ng]

@@frankyanish4833 why would they care about the life support?

[@foisopracurtir6389]

@@Matt-lk5ng Don't know, after all, the crew that operated this stacion do not need breath, right?/sarcasm

[@Matt-lk5ng]

@@foisopracurtir6389 yeah but why would luke care? The entire thing was going to blow up regardless, so the life support is kinda useless

[@foisopracurtir6389]

@@Matt-lk5ng HE wanted that the Death star got destroyed, the EMPIRE wanted a weapon to WIN THE WAR. Don't confuse one by the other

[@Matt-lk5ng]

@@foisopracurtir6389 i dont. We were always talking about luke.

[@ananda9133]

Props to the Death Star Architect. He survived Darth Vader and the Emperor. That took a lot of guts right there.

[@NoahHopkins-cq9jz]

In Legends, the Emperor went through several rounds of killing the guy as punishment and then transferring his mind to a new clone body.

[@someflatsoda9879]

I brought this argument to my grandfather, who loves star wars. Now I'm not allowed there for the holidays.

[@perfectcell5613]

Good your an idiot it dosnt take a genius to figure out if you shoot a reactor it will blow up

[@someflatsoda9879]

@@perfectcell5613 A.) Reactors blowing up doesn't happen too often often in real life, let alone blowing up after being shot at B.) Why would the most important part of ANYTHING be exposed without protection? C.) The original post was a joke

[@mcp7158]

@@perfectcell5613 I think you're the idiot here pal

[@spacehitler4537]

@@someflatsoda9879 Star wars reactors are VERY different from modern day reactors. They blow up all the fucking time.

[@Nicoder6884]

J4Y C33 Chernobyl: Am I a joke to you?

[@LSCrazyCabCo]

i blame the defense systems coordinator for not putting enough turrets

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Or not simply launching the 600 fighter squadrons on board!

[@LSCrazyCabCo]

a good defense is a good offense

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Guardian Znex ding ding, we have a winner!

[@bthy384]

Coordinator? In that case u can't blame him/her. 1 guy in charge of the defense of a planet sized battle station?

[@PizzaManager101]

+Brendon Tan a small moon sized battle station

[@StickBreightley]

I always picture this conversation when I hear Star Wars Emperor: Did we make sure that the exhaust ports aren't the size of a bomb? Architect: Of course Emperor: Good Architect: Now it's big enough to fit an entire ship in it!

[@0My0Channel0]

+7339man probably, after the first time, the death star exhaust port wasn't tight anymore

[@GideonGleeful95]

+7339man Have you seen the Return of the Jedi HISHE?

[@Jimpiedepimpie]

+7339man The second death star wasn't completed yet.

[@StickBreightley]

Jimpiedepimpie I know.

[@Henryevogt]

+7339man The reason it was bigger the second time is that it was not finished. If they managed to finish the second Death Star, it would have been shielded to nobody would be able to enter anyway.

[@thesomalistrawhat]

The fact that he got the weapon that generates enough energy to destroy a planet to only use one exhaust port, and then shrink its size to that of a rat... The empire sucks at recognizing talent lmfao

[@Doctor_Odin]

Not to mention maintaining the various life support systems and artificial gravity for an extremely large area.

[@EthanThomson]

the weapon could just exhaust heat while firing the life support systems and power generation for the death star though

[@kaiserhundkek2531]

Actauly whomp rats are around the size of a small cat

[@MrCoolguy425]

The Somali Straw Hat the Death Star actually had ~ 21 exhaust ports (possibly many many more) the one fired on was a small secondary exhaust port.

[@jackcutter2]

Well done for repeating what the video said but in a shitty way.

[@josephpentony4804]

Not to mention Vader let the rebels escape with the plans, so that they could learn its weakness.

[@hardcoreking52]

I blame the Imperial Officer, who said not to fire on the escape pod. Vader did his best to stop the ship from leaving, but caught up with them.

[@mr.l8723]

HardcoreKing52 funny canon fact. The imperial who allowed the pod to escape was having second thoughts on allowing this, and fearing he’ll get in trouble. So he orchestrated a scapegoat plan with help from some other imperial who handled datawork to prove his innocence

[@hardcoreking52]

@@mr.l8723 no way, really?

[@fightingmedialounge519]

@@hardcoreking52 I mean he could assumed droids were on board and sent a ship to follow them.

[@steelsaber54]

Mr. L Oh yeah it’s from the Certain Point Of View book right?

[@jerichooblivion5406]

New headcanon: After firing the guy skilled enough to miniaturize the exhaust ports beyond all reasonable belief. The millennium falcon sized hole was a result of them not knowing how to make smaller ventilation.

[@walnut6684]

And also because the second one was like 70% finished probably

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

@@walnut6684 But why leave a huge hole to the center of The Death Star 2 fit for a Millenium Falcon?

[@walnut6684]

@@shinigamiphantom1391 it was actually unfinished

[@walnut6684]

@@shinigamiphantom1391 i thought it was obvious it wasn't finish yet

[@walnut6684]

@Cat Egorical thats exactly what they did actually Problem is The proton torpedo pass through it

[@YoshiFawful64]

It feels _so_ good to see people ranting about things in the right way. Good job, Dorkly.

[@dorkly]

+YoshiFawful64 our pleasure

[@SuperDaveace]

you guys should really do a follow up to this video, because of Rouge One.

[@chinangel]

in the legends series, the original architect said basically this and was punished in a way that is best described in 'horrifying'. First time it failed he was sentenced by palpatine to be eaten alive by carnivorous beetles. Then something else happened, I don 't remember what but he was sentenced to be bathed in molten bronze. Palpatine had him cloned after each of these incidents.

[@Pluddergnyf77]

It would make a lot more sense to clone him before the incidents. I don't imagine any of those types of punishment would leave much of anything to be cloned..

[@chinangel]

@@Pluddergnyf77 it didn't say how teh cloning was done :p

[@Pluddergnyf77]

@@chinangel Ah so true, yes.. You know what I mean though ;-)

[@flrs5858]

@@Pluddergnyf77 oh man that story was weird, basically palpatine was using Sith alchemy to transfer the consciousness of the architect into new bodies to continue torturing him.

[@Pluddergnyf77]

@@flrs5858 Kinda like the Itchy & Scratchy cartoon, where Itchy creates a cloning machine.. :-D

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

A friend criticized the Star Wars movies for this. I showed him this video. He bought me ice cream. True story.

[@nasser3141]

Michael Mello what Flavor

[@jeskler]

R/thathappened

[@Robotboy8486]

Neat

[@apersonnamedjune]

r/thathappened

[@endercreeper8394]

And then everybody clapped. Also the friend’s name? Albert Einstein.

[@jackcutter2]

Not to mention Anakin was the best pilot in the galaxy. It's literally canon

[@libraofscales846]

His piloting is only so good because of the force and his connection to it

[@libraofscales846]

@Star Boi It's also the reason why Han Solo is so lucky as he is force favored and also the reason in the books his daughter was so strong was because of how much the force favored him. Han Solo's scoundrel luck is actually just the force liking him. If that is the case for Han is more then enough also the Case for Anakin and Luke think of there skill as a weaker form of Battle Meditation

[@curtisjackson4090]

@@libraofscales846 Good analogy with the battle meditation bit

[@familiayoutuber4769]

At least until double X jesus came along

[@LucianDevine]

He was indeed a great pilot, but he couldn't shoot for shit!

[@pcachu]

Well, at least he wasn't lobbying for a Millennium-Falcon-with-a-big-radar-dish-on-top sized hole. That'd just be an obvious safety hazard.

[@NFITC1]

+PCachu But then it's endangering the Millennium-Falcon-with-a-big-radar-dish-on-top demographic which NEEDS access through that tunnel. It's unnecessarily discriminatory. It needs to be AT LEAST, super star destroyer sized.

[@adambrien896]

Well, they were still building it.

[@frankg2790]

The Second Death Star was still under construction.

[@Windclaw]

+Frank G NOT. AN. EXCUSE! A hole that big, leading DIRECTLY to the core!?! Thing should have had it's own shields or some MASSIVE guns to protect it at ALL TIMES! Hell, some freaking cross currents or defensive laser weapons INSIDE the hole would have made sense!

[@frankg2790]

Windclaw I already told you it was under construction, as in they would not be implement those defenses in time.

[@illummulli8176]

a $15 grate would have prevented this. that is all.

[@joshd2013]

This is such an underrated comment its absolute gold you sir win the internet today

[@10INTM]

This comment is nothing new and the response is always something along the lines of "it would easily smash through something so cheap."

[@joshd2013]

@@10INTM yes thus stopping the projectile or diverting it from it's path so in this case its an excellent strategy

[@10INTM]

@@joshd2013 -_-...no. I just explicitly said the projectile smashed through the screen, making the screen irrelevant to the outcome.

[@joshd2013]

@@10INTM its not irrelevant if the projectile has to take only one possible course and any deviation would make it not work that deviation would be caused by the grate the only reason it worked in the first place is because there is no grate

[@Daerento]

Just how do you account for Magic Space Wizards when building anything?

[@jmvt3]

He could make the exhaust pipes stents and wind so that a Jedi couldn't know how to force the bomb down.

[@SiggyTundra]

Or a grate

[@jmvt3]

double tap would get around that.

[@fanusobscurus]

+Ryan Colgan Many more and smaller than all know bombs

[@TatsurouKaos]

+Ryan Colgan Several grates within the exhaust port that open and close at random intervals.

[@eantropix]

We should blame the core designer who didn't make it bombproof

[@jamesanthony8438]

I'm blaming magic space wizards. :)

[@ThorirPP]

You mean Galen Erso?

[@stm7810]

exactly, any core I know of, fusion, fission, zero-point energy, none explode.

[@cyborgcatrj6794]

Or the guy that decided that the exhaust port on a space station needed to always be open, without any kind of vent cover that would constantly suck the air out and allow random bombs free and easy access.

[@ethanrossignol4718]

It’s a fucking core it’s not gonna be bomb proof

[@josem9175]

They really needed a sign on that exhaust port stating 'Magic Free Zone'.

[@skylerstevens8887]

An actually underrated comment.

[@gladyspenaloza7722]

100 LIKE

[@Frontline_view_kaiser]

Maybe the space wizard would not have been successful if: -The Death star had even a single dedicated point defense cannon -A ventilationshaft that had a single angle -An actual defense fleet

[@kyle18934]

A simple grate inside the exhaust pipe of the exhaust port

[@awddfg]

*_-Better Special Pilots that aren't noobs at flying Ties_*

[@Frontline_view_kaiser]

@@kyle18934 You mean like literally every other ventilation system in the galaxy...?

[@kyle18934]

@@Frontline_view_kaiser yes lol

[@adammcfall5133]

@@kyle18934 actually luke fired 2 shots down the port. The grate wouldn't have worked, without the angle in the ventilation shaft.

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

That moment when a 2-D parody video makes more sense than the entire fan base...

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

I'm absolutely terrible at giving things names Ehhh good point

[@lyingonthemoon792]

But, but why didn't he just put a vent cover over it

[@StorminNorman322]

In the EU the designer actually gets executed by Palpatine, cloned, and forced to redesign Death Star 2. Just a little known fact.

[@JoseGonzalez-hp9uy]

+Patrick Blank wow

[@petelee2477]

+Jose Gonzalez it's not canon though

[@matiascarrpizza]

We live in a Galaxy When we have Magic Space Wizards -This Guy

[@marandamulroney9041]

Lets call him bob

[@itayker22]

@@marandamulroney9041 much better than "this guy" LMAO

[@Sharkakaka]

His name is Deck check the subtitles in 1:40

[@sethhowell3067]

this guy would be great at cinema sins

[@TheKpa11]

Probably so since Cinema sins didn't mention this

[@ArsyaUtomo]

TheKpa11 and rogue one happened

[@TheKpa11]

Arsya Utomo how was that by the way based on the thumbnails I've seen I'm gonna say............great?

[@apples6684]

+Seth Howell DING!

[@xavierdillahunt5749]

Agreed

[@danielknapp159]

They literally made a movie to address this. Which makes this video so much better.

[@Xeacons]

"Nah... we'll just put a shield around the new one, generated from the nearby moon. Problamo solved. What? Those little teddy bears? They won't be a problem!"

[@frankg2790]

"How the fuck could a few savages armed with sticks and stones possibly be a threat to our technologically superior army?"

[@-Big_Big]

sticks man... they just never saw it coming. like.. super laser weapons. light sabers. artillery. all these things they went head to head with. in gigantic battles, but sticks and stones??? that the complete different way of their defence. of course they lost. they where flabbergasted by it.

[@nicklehne7486]

Frank G also they were backed by a small rebel force

[@chucknorrisismypal]

Emperor: So we have a stolen Imperial shuttle filled with Rebels heading toward the moon which generates the shield for our new Death Star... how about we let them onto the moon so my elites can take them. Stormtrooper: Wouldn't we be better off just blowing up any unauthorized ship that tries to enter the moon? Emperor: Nah, my elites totally got this.

[@felynecomrade]

To be fair, a construct's size isn't always indicative of how complex it is. They probably started from the core, noticed the vent shaft, and followed it to the external surface.

[@comandercarnis]

Alderaan shot first, the Death star run is an inside job. Proton torpedoes can't hit exhaust ports.

[@TheCedricnet]

xD this is hilarious melted a steelbeam with my hands

[@wowdogememe1541]

lol not true anymore

[@MasterofVirology]

He makes many good points!

[@liaminator4950]

Let's ignore him and leave a Millennium Falcon-sized hole in the new one.

[@TheSpiralProgression]

The reason for that hole was because it was still under repairs.

[@liaminator4950]

But we weren't gonna fix it.

[@kevindong9999]

the second death star wasn't finished yet and it was cover by a shield generator

[@enforcerhank805]

* Port. lol

[@fireteamalpha3754]

Galen Erso was tired of being criticized, he called a meeting to vent his thoughts

[@Myuutsuu85]

* Bevel Lemelisk

[@Risen_Star]

@@Myuutsuu85 Legends brother, legends. Hes referring to Canon.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

@@Risen_Star Bevelm is canon because disney does not get to decide that.

[@Risen_Star]

@@trazyntheinfinite9895 I agree.

[@Sergeantmajormario]

Ha... vent

[@magmablock]

A grate wouldn't hurt, though.

[@nerdydude1.882]

magmablock probably melting

[@firebirdchild975]

or just a second torpedo nr 1 blows up le grate nr 2 blows up le dead star

[@Quincy_Morris]

They did. It was ray shielded. That's why they had to use torpedoes.

[@admiralspire8867]

David Umstattd A big ass metal grate then. Multiple grates. And a zizgagged tube instead of a completely straight one

[@notzyx5270]

magmablock The Torpedos are made out of plasma and would melt throught them

[@corruptangel6793]

For those watching after Rogue One: The thermal exhaust port itself was not the trap made by Galen. The trap was the chain reaction that was caused by such a shot obliterating the station rather than just crippling it. You really think the empire wouldn't notice a thermal exhaust port going straight to the main reactor? Not that such an explanation was needed. To reach the exhaust port one had to A- fight through hundreds of imperial ties B- get past hundreds more turbolasers, of which the slightest touch would vaporize a star-fighter C- navigate a long trench while dodging turbolasers and enemy fighters with little to no room to dodge And D- somehow, while dodging fighters and turbolasers as stated above, successfully shoot at least 1 torpedo through a miniscule opening in such a perfect way that it wouldn't impact the surface of the exhaust port or angle on its 60 kilometer decent down the shaft and impact on one of the inner shaft walls WHILE flying several tens of thousands MPH Han's claim that the shot was "one in a million" is an vast understatement. That shot is literally impossible without MASSIVE plot convenience aka the force literally holding Luke's hand and guiding his aim and timing.

[@TheByQQ]

And literally bending it's trajectory fucking Wanted style.

[@johnnygyro2295]

Yep, the Force is almost limitless/overpowered when you think about it...

[@perfectcell5613]

No dumbass there was no trap no weakness if shoot.a reactor it will blow up retarded fisheepeople

[@tifforo1]

If Galen was responsible for making the death star so that one hit to the main reactor would blow it up instead of just causing a power outage or a small explosion near the main core... Did they just copy the exact same reactor plans for the second death star after they failed the first time??!!

[@EvilRyuGuy]

I don't think it was literally impossible because the plan was that any pilot who got there take the shot, not just Luke. That's what the additional computer was for.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

they should of at least put a grate over the exhaust port

[@KopperNeoman]

+Christian Weibrecht They probably had five. Those magic space wizards, man.

[@SilortheBlade]

+Christian Weibrecht But that would look terrible. we have to be thinking of resell value.

[@Minscay]

+SilortheBlade What are you talking about it's oceanfront, 20 minutes to the beach, 20 minutes to downtown.?

[@Madara8989]

+Christian Weibrecht Literally wouldn't have mattered if they had a new grate every 20 feet. Luke would have still managed the shot because of the Force.

[@sinsinkun]

+Minscay There's nothing to do downtown!

[@sm5574]

I've been saying this for years! It wasn't a design flaw, and if that's the best a saboteur could come up with, I'd be questioning his allegiance. The fact that the rebels even attempted the maneuver was suicide.

[@JacobL228]

Literally. The entire rebel fleet was reduced to Luke and like one other guy.

[@yuridhjeeyn9034]

i still believe, that the exhaust port ISN'T the vulnerability he put into the plans as in: there is a real vulnerability that you can realistically exploit the rebels just never found it, they overlooked the real design-flaw and for some reason became fixated on the exhaust port

[@retloclive9118]

Dorkly should come out with a "The Death Star Architect Speaks Out: Part 2" due to Rogue One.

[@worldofthought8352]

Be surprised if they weren't working on it.

[@AGloomySchizo]

Could be awkward considering how Rouge One went down though...

[@hardcoreking52]

Well exhaust port still means Push Out. Therefore how could Galen know there would be a jedi to do it.

[@jfrudge3732]

RetlocLive Naw he dead.

[@Timeward76]

hardcoreking52 proton torpedoes are torpedoes. meanign they are self-propellant. unless the exhaust at the time the bomb was inside was enough to counteract it's thrust (which I doubt considering the problem that required the vent in the first place was radiation build up and proton torpedoes are FUCKING FAST) then the exhaust would not have enough force to push the bomb out in time. unless the station fired while it was going down to generate the extra exhaust, which considering the 24h charge time, wasnt reaaally that feasible...

[@DB6195]

Rogue One doesn't invalidate this video. Galen stated that he rigged the reactor to be unstable, not that he planted the exhaust port. Even then he put it in a trench covered with gun turrets. Also, keep in mind that everyone who made that run *died*. Some of which were legitimately prodigy pilots. Also remember how Luke stated that the computer could hit it? He. Was. Wrong. Red Leader, with a perfect shot and lock from the computer *missed*. The exhaust port *can't be hit conventionally*. Even then Vader would have killed Luke had Han not shown up. So even with the powerful force sensitive in the history of the galaxy, guided by the spirit of one of the greatest Jedi in galactic history, escorted by two of the best pilots in the Empire *Failed*. Why is this a thing? It was a *fluke*. Also, to address the second Death Star. They solved the design flaw. Instead of one exhaust port, several thousand millimeter wide ones were spread throughout the station. The reason there were holes in it is because it was still under *fucking construction*. How do you think they are going to get large parts and supplies to the deeper parts of station? Heck the work on the reactor was only completed *hours* beforehand (remember at the start of the movie the Moff was begging for more time).

[@grandempress1947]

DB6195 finally someone fucking gets it.....

[@Jakc_Tk]

Star wars fans are real troopers!

[@nightwalker174]

did you mean *Bevel Lemelisk?*

[@infinite6339]

Did you get it Negative it just hit the surface So in other words it's basically impossible to get a clear shot if they added some metal plating around the core. Luke would've lost because they only had time to make one hit. In short. If that hit failed the entire empire could redouble there efforts and retake control of the situation. Hence why ben said "Use the force" I can see why george had no hope for this series after reading this. Atleast on Star Killer there was actual strategic weakpoints.

[@SmoothTeeVee]

How do I like a comment more than once?

[@yuridhjeeyn9034]

i still believe, that the exhaust port ISN'T the vulnerability he put into the plans as in: there is a real vulnerability that you can realistically exploit the rebels just never found it, they overlooked the real design-flaw and for some reason became fixated on the exhaust port

[@John_the_Paul]

I’ve heard that the real vulnerability was how the blowing the reactor up would blow the entire station up as well.

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

Dont criticize the people who are the experts on this stuff for a mess up because you forgot to give them crucial details

[@talltroll7092]

As much as engineers hate feature creep, they hate taking the blame for failure modes that were never even brought up as DISTANT possibilities in the design or build phases *at any time* even more

[@jamesharding3459]

@@talltroll7092 ”Why isn’t this valve suitable for use in hard vacuum?” “It wasn’t designed to be.” “But we’re putting it on the Space Station” “YOU SAID IT WAS FOR A REFRIGERATOR” “Yes...on the space station.” “**screaming**”

[@estebanramirez1178]

It’s like ordering food from a restaurant, not read or ask about the ingredients, get an allergic reaction, and then get angry at the restaurant for causing it.

[@commanderjames5564]

Like the fact that imperials call Vader Lord Vader instead of darth?

[@Immajeanyus]

His mustache isn't evil enough to be the death star architect.

[@bkackmagic555]

prepare for the inbound hate comments for u being all over utube

[@blissfullyawake]

i loves you

[@tyrant-den884]

Actually the Death Star architect is a expanded universe character. No mustache, but had a cyborg eye.

[@tomatooverlord2764]

+Tyrent Den Unfortunately, Disney has declared nearly all Expanded Universe material, minus the Clone Wars show and Star Wars Rebels, to be non-canon. While this did get rid of a lot of awful storytelling and insane shipping wars being published for all the world to see, it also got rid of some great storylines, such as the Thrawn Trilogy, or the Fate of the Jedi series, and some excellent characters, like the Solo twins and Mara Jade.

[@bkackmagic555]

legendarygamer no it didn't. Just because Disney said so doesnt mean it just is

[@Loafy07]

I never thought the exhaust port was a design flaw for the reasons stated in the video. Going to add the fact that the rebellion would never have even known of the exhaust port if they never got the Death Star plans.

[@rustyjones7908]

Not only that, there were dozens of identical exhast ports that wouldn't cause a chain reaction like that.

[@Waftey]

Yeah, and I don't know.... based on Rogue One, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN GOTTEN A CHANCE OF GETTING IT IF VADER STOPPED BEING DRAMATIC AND JUST RAN THROUGH THE HALLWAY STABBING EVERYBODY INSTANTLY INSTEAD OF JUST WALKING SUPER SLOWLY TO THE GUY WITH THE PLANS WHILST LETTING HIM SIMULTANEOUSLY PUT THE PLANS ON LEIA'S SHIP WHEN HE COULD HAVE EASILY JUST FORCED CHOKED AND PULLED HIM FROM AFAR TO GET HIM AWAY FROM THE SHIP'S DOOR...... I blame Vader.

[@cakeboss4194]

It was pointless fan service and one of MANY problems with Disney Star Wars. Rule of thumb; ignore Disney canon and use Legends when possible. At least Legends was made by fans and not by a psychotic old hag who wanted Lucas' legacy to go down in flames.

[@anna-flora999]

@@cakeboss4194 being made by fans isn't a guarantee for anything

[@sandal_thong8631]

​@@cakeboss4194 Right. If Kathleen Kennedy was any good at movies, she would have realized Willie Scott was unlikeable in Temple of Doom and used her influence to change that by movie's end. Like if Indy was going to leave all those kids, but she decides to risk her life to save them and Indy follows.

[@giantWario]

Ok so apparently, 99% of people in the comments didn't understand Rogue One at all because this video has absolutely nothing to do with Rogue One. Nothing at all. The weakness that Galen intentionally added is that an explosion in that specific reactor would cause a chain reaction that would blow up the entire station. They outright say its ''below the main reactor'' so its not even the main reactor they are blowing up to get this result. Thats the plot hole Rogue One fix, the fact a single torpedo could blow up a space station the size of a planet, not the frigging exhaust port! They litterally never even talk about an exhaust port! Galen probably expected them to sneak in and plant a bomb there, they just had to go with the exhaust port because they were out of time.

[@jarjarbinkssithlord834]

A lot of Star Wars fans don't count what Disney is doing as cannon anymore. They mostly consider theirs as more of fan-fict. Movie quality fan-fiction but still. Mostly due to Kathleen Kennedy and other screwing with Star Wars so much so that they had one of their most profitable and a fan favorite character, Han Solo, movie flop. So this just goes to show yeah they might have made a decent movie, Rouge one, but I do not believe that is the way George Lucas would have taken it.

[@giantWario]

...Absolutely nothing in your comment has anything to do with anything in my comment.

[@jarjarbinkssithlord834]

I was jut commenting on rogue one saying that referencing it and to the death star which are from two different creators is like saying DC changed something in Marvel. Assuming DC bought Marvel some how.

[@maxbuster1508]

Good points.

[@Crilyte]

the solo movie was good still

[@sjcommander9127]

I noticed he keeps calling it a bomb, but a proton torpedo is technically a self-propelled explosive device akin to a missile. They are more manouverable than they seem, and are easily able to make a downward turn like they did in the trench run. According to the wiki, the exhaust port was ray-shielded (resistant against lasers, but something the alliance torpedoes could penetrate) as normal shields would not allow the exhaust port to vent properly.

[@GeorgeMonet]

The port wasn't shielded any more than any other part of the ship. Watch the movie. Don't read the nonsense headcanon someone wrote.

[@Gurkha73able]

In other words, a smart bomb, right SJCommander?

[@GrapeCheckerBoard]

A New Hope explains that the exhaust port is ray-shielded during the mission briefing scene. The wiki was merely mentioning what the movie told us.

[@codename1176]

@@GeorgeMonet it was ray shielded they outright say so in the pilots briefing.

[@matiaspereyra9392]

What is a missile, but a bomb with a propeller

[@exiegelastweekgamer1571]

This man gets my respect.

[@thomassommerfeld7373]

Press F to pay your respect

[@slyninja4444]

If you actually do the math (trig) the room for error on the photon torpedo is less than 0.00003 of a degree. Measurements (according to wookiepedia) -Death star diameter = 140 to 160 km (being generous lets say its 140) -Exhaust port Diameter = 2 m CALCULATION arctan[2/(140000/2)] approx. 0.00002857 of a degree

[@vyor8837]

It wasn't a bomb tho. It was a missle.

[@stormalexandrioz4308]

F

[@lyric7379]

F

[@t65bx25]

1 year later: *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*

[@dargaronsoftsong3193]

Funnily enough, "Rouge One" would've fit in just fine with Rebel naming conventions. I mean, don't they usually use colors for squadron designations? I want to be in Beige Squadron!

[@catchara1496]

I think ya meant rogue

[@lilwisp4974]

Can someone explain this to me? Like, what actually happened then 😆

[@t65bx25]

@@catchara1496 Uhh… Yeah. I did.

[@Mike01029]

I just love dorkly, you guys are awesome, the humor you guys create distract a lot of us from our mediocre, miserable lives

[@dorkly]

+Alias Fakename we do this because we love you guys and making you laugh. appreciate your honesty, Alias Fakename

[@Mike01029]

Dorkly thanks, I know what I said was really awkward, but really, a lot of us are going through some hard situations that brings us down, and it's content like this that brighten up our days, at least that's how I feel

[@dorkly]

+Alias Fakename no we totally get it! life can suck pretty hard sometimes, we hope we can bring you a couple laughs and make life suck a little less every now and then.

[@Mike01029]

Dorkly you already do 😏

[@etocadet]

+Dorkly here's a Star Wars sketch for you When Luke realises Leia is his sister he starts raging at Yoda and obi wan for not telling him asap considering he lusted after her for almost 2 movies. They even passionately kissed in empire strikes back. We all know Luke definitely kept a picture under his bunk of Leia. Or glued under the bunk above Luke.

[@mathiashaggstrom5854]

0:00 I love how the sormtroopers miss the shots

[@vera-ej6kj]

just came back from rogue one. i came straight to this video.

[@SilentBudgie]

Et moi aussi.

[@aaallliii3338]

That was funny . Well done .

[@dorkly]

+Ali Alabdrabalnabi thanks Ali

[@MrAxeswinger]

+Dorkly better than fantastic 4 dick jokes..

[@dorkly]

+MrAxeswinger harsh bro

[@Lumicatti]

+Ali Alabdrabalnabi Fuck off Ali (GET IT LOLOLOOL IM SO FUNNY)

[@crocodileman94]

+Dorkly The truth is sometimes harsh

[@MrGlenbw]

I can imagine Galen Erso just looks around and whistling his way during this meeting. (Spoiler) If he were alive at this point.

[@ziobarion2262]

Glen Wang XD

[@taylorvanhorn5333]

I know this video was posted a long time ago so I don't know if anyone's going to see my comments, but the Death Star was actually coated in a couple hundred exhaust ports, all of them shielded. It was complete pure God all f****** Mighty luck that one port happened to have its shielding down and they just so happened to end up firing at THAT one specific port

[@Tonypikmin]

Maybe it's Senator Amidala the one to blame for opening her exhaust port if you know what I mean...

[@Omegeddon]

+Tonypikmin u mean her ass?

[@Tonypikmin]

+Omegeddon The other exhaust port.

[@Tonypikmin]

+ZoneG4 General Pretty much exactly.

[@generaljimmies3429]

+Tonypikmin You mean her mouth, because that's more of an intake port. ... ... Ohhhhhh! You mean her docking bay, you know for storing things?

[@AmoebicMagician]

+Tonypikmin vaginas are intake, buttholes are exhaust- get it straight bub

[@michaelwolfe9496]

If the rocket was required to make a 90 degree turn downward after being fired, how was anyone in the rebellion expecting the mission to succeed? They had the schematics, and so they had to have known about this. At this point, no one in the Rebel Forces knew of Luke's Jedi abilities, and therefore could not have known he would be able to make that impossible shot. And if someone, somehow, did know of Luke's abilities, then why were other pilots also trying to make the shot instead of just providing cover fire for Luke? What if Luke had died in the battle? The Rebellion would be royally fucked!

[@s.e.111films3]

Two words: Targeting systems.

[@poachedpenguin8170]

two words, fucking jedi. only a jedi could turn a bullet like that :D

[@michaelwolfe9496]

perfectly poached penguin You didn't read my whole comment did you? -_-

[@wowdogememe1541]

it was a chain reaction that blew up the star.

[@hraesvelgML]

You guys don't understand, he is right. They had the schematics and therefore had to know that the shot was impossible. Even if they knew he can magically bend rockets, the other guys were wasting their time firing at the vent.

[@sarahd2623]

This video mostly taught me that people can't spell the word Rogue

[@creativename6795]

Rouge is a meme

[@bobbob1876]

What? People can spell Rhoaghue. What are you talking about?

[@winnerchickendinner7004]

This video was make from 2015 at that time no one know what Rouge One is

[@servantofaeie1569]

its a hard word to spell you got silent U

[@antitheist3206]

@@winnerchickendinner7004 There's only one Rouge, and she's a bat thief

[@KolchaksGhost]

I agree, it’s like saying “plug up exhaust pipes on cars with bananas” like do you really not see what’s wrong with that statement?

[@seb2750]

Axel Foley wants to know your location

[@NashTheBlade]

I smell a Film Theory in progress

[@ggt47]

Go "spread your wings "

[@briancahill9594]

+warren byrne x-wings

[@ggt47]

Yes

[@sharkymcsnarkface6642]

Film theory: the sign of somebody running out of plausible theories.

[@the1andonlytitch]

+DartsTheMonkey That nothing compared to Game Theory

[@RepublicofE]

Luke Skywalker couldn't have destroyed the Death Star because it was made of steel beams.

[@Ameya274]

Eyewitnesses say there was a can of jet fuel nearby!!!

[@swiftone219]

Clearly it was an inside job.

[@someguy9227]

Jet fuel would have been a better choicer.

[@luisd.mancilla8169]

X-Wing fuel cant melt steel beams

[@someguy9227]

Steel fuel can't melt jet beams

[@14sok]

Darth Vader: DAMN YOU ERSO!!!!

[@nightwalker174]

14sok you mean Bevel Lemelisk

[@Jack-zz7bc]

'Rogue one' explained the first Death Star, but I'm still waiting on 'Red six' to explain the second one.

[@willcc19-18]

Jack it was under construction. Makes sense for their to be parts missing

[@Thoralmir]

Another fun fact: This guy suffered far, FAR worse at the hands of the Emperor for the screw-up. He was first executed by being sealed in a tube with flesh-eating insects. Then, through the magic of cloning and Sith Alchemy, his soul was placed into a clone body to be executed AGAIN, I think by being slowly lowered into a vat of molten copper. This kept going for like another seven or eight times before the Rebel Alliance found him and put him out of his misery for good.

[@briancahill9594]

+Thoralmir Geez, and I thought Prometheus had it rough lol

[@Thoralmir]

Brian Cahill There's no kill like overkill. And keep in mind that throughout all this, Palpatine forced the guy to correct the problem for the next Death Star, which would've had a number of MUCH smaller exhaust vents with several layers of metal grating and special particle shields. this in addition to the large onboard shield generator it would carry by the time it was completed. So they were covering their bases this time around. Palpatine made sure the Rebels would know this, forcing them to attempt a strike while the Death Star II was still under construction, and throw everything they had at it.

[@briancahill9594]

Thoralmir That's actually pretty clever on Palpatine's part, in the sense that on paper he would've come out ahead regardless of what the Rebels did (before Vader's conversion/redemption and the Endor base raid of course)

[@Redskingman]

Was this the expanded universe?

[@Thoralmir]

Redskingman I think so.

[@l.watson3406]

That doesn't look like Galen...

[@peedaphilebuzzlightyeer5253]

L. Watson this was made a hole year and a half before Rogue One, idiot

[@luigi369]

Exactly idiot

[@rainbowdash9388]

PEEDAPHILE BUZZ LIGHTYEER hehe "hole" not "whole"

[@user-tk5ry9fh1v]

PEEDAPHILE BUZZ LIGHTYEER Dude, i think you forgot to turn on your sarcasm detector this morning

[@atomix1876]

I might be

[@laserwolf65]

I like this answer better than the Rogue One answer.

[@kvn8907]

Exactly. I heard the explanation they gave in Rogue One, how he was simultaneously doing his job and including a flaw that could destroy the station, which happened to be a tiny port which could only be destroyed by magic space wizards and was like "Wait, that doesn't make the slightest bit of sense."

[@matt0044]

Considering that the Rebels were going to make that plan without knowing that Luke would do just that, I'd say it fits with A New Hope for all it's worth.

[@revimfadli4666]

kvn8907 wasn't the explanation like "give hard enough impact on any part of the reactor, it'll set off a chain reaction that would blow up the whole death star"?

[@yaboiferret8681]

laserwolf65 I prefer the rogue one answer. This one makes it actually seem like it was impossible to make that shot. There’s no way it would’ve happened. By purposely making it a weakness designed to destroy the station makes it more believable

[@yaboiferret8681]

Al3xh413 the universe has space magic. The weakness was designed as a weakness. I think he could figure some bull out to make it work

[@rotz394]

(This video takes place in an alternate dimension where Galen Erso wasn't killed off, and actually supported the Empire.)

[@mixey01]

The architect should become a Sith Lawyer

[@lendial]

makes sense. How exactly did those bombs travel in a perfect straight line for miles.

[@Hero_2222]

Magic space wizards

[@ggt47]

+green magma (green magma) 👋👐 "jazz hands" 👐👋

[@Betrix5060]

+lendial Werent they "plasma torpedoes"? I assume there was some sort of tracking in them as they tend to be represented with some sort of homing in star wars media.

[@SiggyTundra]

Space has no gravity and if you throw something, it can never change path unless something alters its path in a direct way

[@ggt47]

+Siggy'sTundra I know that's what I thought, even if their is a ventilation systems it would not work for their is no gravity in space

[@w.d.gaster4986]

I wonder what would be George's reaction if he was confronted with this at a star wars event.

[@moviemaker2011z]

He would probably laugh at it.

[@perfectcell5613]

He would laugh at your stupidity and lack of basic understanding of a reactor

[@LordMoonshadowGaGa]

“Take it up with Kathleen and Dave because that’s not my problem anymore.”

[@Rmoore4444]

Huh.....neat.

[@MasterUxi]

It matches the on screen evidence: experienced pilots like Gold Leader and Red Leader couldn't make the shot or were killed trying.

[@GarrisonGoldberg]

Whoever threw that tomato, their throwing aim is worse than their blaster aim!

[@tammysilverwolf1085]

Next you'll be telling me tie fighter fuel can melt steel beams! Hyperbole and blasphemy! (Great video, guys. Keep it up

[@asyb9440]

9/11 was an inside job!!

[@asyb9440]

Sorry, force of habit

[@Ultimalocked]

m2k did 9/11

[@bkackmagic555]

u mean plasteel beams :P

[@simunator]

+Asy B 4chan is mainstream, going to 2^3chan

[@michaelhall5208]

I'm guessing that guy was a relative to Kevin the intern.

[@daymatrian2604]

He's probably a long lost cousin since they haven't had some coffee or something.

[@andreaspaghetti7342]

This is akward to watch after Rogue One

[@frosthounded]

ElSlimeHipster Rogue One basically vindicated all Engineers working on the death star

[@endersdragon34]

ElSlimeHipster Very lol

[@moviegamefan1]

True, but remember, even though it was supposed to be a design flaw, it was still an actual exhaust port. So it would still have to have the properties of one. If it didn't, it would have been easily spotted. So the same rules would have to apply. Also keep in mind that making this type of flaw would be a last ditch effort, and the success of it working would be low.

[@flametitan100]

What was really nice about the flaw was how Galen describes it. He doesn't say that there's an exhaust port that conveniently leads to the core. As I remember it playing in the film, he says that the weapon has been rigged so that destroying a certain reactor would set off the chain reaction needed to destroy the system. The exhaust port was merely one way to set it off.

[@aaronhapgood6383]

Rodney/Rosetta wait so that would turn of the exhaust?

[@whatisupmyfellowamericans8808]

Okay my question is this: _did_ the pipe _have_ to be straight for miles on end? I mean, a single angle or turn would've made it impossible for a bomb to go all the way to the core.

[@rahmatbanua7009]

Freethinkers Politics/discussion let me ask you this, does a sharp turn stop a bomb driven by a universal power ?, If according to the video

[@Varsocona]

First, I agree. Second, I think there may be a reason for this. This exhaust port was for the main reactor which powered the Death Star laser. Considering how much energy is required to blow up a planet, we're talking a great deal of heat build-up as a side effect. Like they mention in the video, the fact that he limited it to one tiny exhaust port the size of a womp rat is a miracle of engineering in and of itself. If you take into account the sheer amount of heat they're trying to disperse, and in such a small and confined space as the exhaust port (to try and limit entry for exactly what happened in the movie) then a straight shaft would be necessary. If you had a bunch of bends and turns it would have built up heat in those corners, damaging the station every time it fired.

[@yulfine1688]

@@Varsocona a proton torpedo is particles of light itself. It was ray shield the first shot made probably disabled it somehow magically and then luke shot two which made a 90° turn down for miles defying all laws of physics etc.

[@emperorkiron3470]

Well, the torpedo took a ninety degree angle anyway, sooooo...

[@timthorson52]

@@emperorkiron3470 Why can't a guided weapon turn 90 degrees and follow a route using sensors to map the direction it needs to take. Even in modern earth cruise missiles can have radar to "see" the ground ahead to be low altitude and avoid hitting the ground. a 90 degree bend doesn't seem that impossible for an advanced missile system.

[@CrissAssasin7]

Who else is here after watching Rogue One?

[@rsslltrmblismyname]

Cryope First thing I thought when the movie explained this.

[@mathiasalexander6597]

Cryope Me

[@rockmacher]

same

[@jhibbert6627]

Diddo

[@RB-qq1wu]

lol

[@jimbonuetrin2593]

This does a better job of defending that “plot hole” than rogue one, except you guys pulled it off in two minutes and the movie had two hours

[@musicalaviator]

Rogue One could have done with some spectacular script trimming. The entire "child Jyn Erso" plot needed to go, and a good portion of the Saw Gerrera stuff. Basically anything that didn't sit inside the viewpoint of the main plot (so no need to see the pilot get captured or tortured, just run into him unexplained in the holding cell) and cut all backstory related trash. It's a good 5 script doctor streamlines short of final draft.

[@kaligathdraklore207]

Rogue one was made by disney the same people who thought Ray was a good character when in reality she's literally the definition of a Mary sue.

[@TSR1989FF]

"But the effects were decent" - Sokka

[@nicolassteckert7149]

@@kaligathdraklore207 Rey* Learn to spell before screaming what incel KZbinrs tell you to do.

[@kaligathdraklore207]

@@nicolassteckert7149 Oh how original maybe you should learn to be a bit more creative.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

This makes me think that the plot for Rogue One doesn't make sense as the exhaust port was obviously not a real weak point, unless Galen Erso was counting with the magic space wizards, which I doubt.

[@TheExecutorr]

I actually made that mistake too at first, but it was already commented somewhere on this video that this is not the case. The weakpoint that Rogue One is about is not the vent that leads to the reactor, but the reactor itself. Because this is only a small side reactor, not the main one, but if an explosion is caused inside this side reactor, a chain reaction will blow up the whole station. That is the actual sabotage. The intention was probably to sneak in and plant a bomb there.

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

BTW, you got the whole "force choked" and whole multiple death's thing. Cuz the Tarkin was the Architect. And he was cloned just to die many times by Emperor's hands for his mistakes.

[@yarpen26]

Not Tarkin, it was Lemelisk. He never showed up in the movies but did in some of the EU novels.

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

@Mustiboi Salman you keep forgetting who was reviving people. And cloning them. Palpatine, not Vader.

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

@Mustiboi Salman what part of "SECRET clone lab" you missed?

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

@Mustiboi Salman yes, but that idea they stole from legends. In legends his return was much mote cooler. With mystery, suspense, crazy revelations(including said cloning factory), and sudden twists(including his final death).

[@TheDoomsdayzoner]

@Mustiboi Salman no. Because, unlike KK's shitty handywork, Palpatine's return in Legends was done RIGHT. He was sudden, but foreshadowed through many stories. Everything, including Thrawn's saga, was leading to his return. Not gonna spoil, but everything is connected there. And Emperor's return wasn't so shoehorned, unlike Sequel Trillogy. Try reading Legends. You might like'em.

[@giantdouche7642]

Who came here after Rogue One?

[@rockmacher]

me

[@walkoff2]

To troll this video and say it doesn't follow canon.

[@comicbookreviewer4856]

Pretty much

[@carultch]

I saw Rogue One two days before the day after tomorrow.

[@AFishOuttaWater]

Randy Marsh me!!

[@meatblaster2156]

Dad: what do you want to be when you grow up son? Me: I wanna be an architect for moon sized battle station.

[@ooeygooeygoodra3068]

This by far had to be the most educational video I have ever seen.

[@cooperross9495]

It's so frustrating to watch them correct a common misunderstanding so effectively, just to see them make a much bigger misunderstanding right at the end. The "Millennium Falcon sized" hole was because it was UNFINISHED.

[@mangosteak]

It was unfinished on purpouse, to lure in the rebels.

[@thatbloomer5642]

The old man literally leaked the plans on to the rebels. It doesn't really matter how big the stupid hole was, when you put that in the perspective.

[@potato_723]

Wouldn't you build it in layers though, starting from the core?

[@girlgarde]

Yeah, the 2nd Death Star wasn't finished. If it had been, it would've had a very large number of VERY tiny ventilation shafts far too small to shoot anything down thus making the 2nd Death Star impossible to destroy by a couple dozen enemy fighters.

[@SeedlingNL]

@@girlgarde There shouldn't be exhaust ports to begin with... you cool the core by using a supercoolant loop that absorbs heat at the core, is pumped around to the surface where it goes through radiators to radiate the heat into space. Or you dump it into a heatsink, jettison it at the nearest enemy starship and watch it cook the crew instantly at first contact with the hull... Then again, a magic space wizard could use a photon torpedo to take out the coolant loop controls through that same hole, resulting in the same outcome..

[@paulstaker8861]

Lol @ the ending. But seriously tho, what the Falcon flew through in the 2nd Death Star was an unfinished section of the thing. Exhaust pipes don't have metal gratings and other pipes and wires hanging inside it.

[@mikea2363]

true, the emperor should have waited

[@-Big_Big]

meh he thought the shield on the planet could protect it. but only like made a small tiny base on it.

[@mikea2363]

Killaim im pretty sure he could have putted it inside the death star.

[@-Big_Big]

Mike A yeah....i always wondered about that one... guess a projected field is stronger than a enveloping one ?

[@mikea2363]

Killaim then put it a station right next to the death star, or in a super star destroyer

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

I was always more concerned with how rebels even found such a small thing (less than 2 meters of diameter) on plans of battlestation in size of a moon (900 KILOMITERS diameter) that would take years!!!

[@JavierPerez-cx4jw]

Well they have Droids and super computers. They probably just ran it through until any kind of weakness was found.

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

Javier Perez But once again 900 killometers in diameter!!! the pipes, cables, and ventilation chanels in this thing got to have billions of kilomiters in lenght! Even with droids (who proove their incompetence in every episode of star wars) it would take a lot of time to find such a small detail. And they just put the data right in, and pop the answear immidieatly.

[@somebuddyX]

it's 160 km but i see your point. something something droids, calculations, something something complete.

[@narudan]

i think they stole the plans to it beforehand or sth.

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

Florian W That's true with the second one, but not with the first. After all it was the R2 who had the plans of the first death star.

[@bobhi2668]

judging by how terribly those lasers missed him...they were actually trying to kill him!

[@DragoonDyte]

1:34: With laser swords, don’t forget the laser swords

[@a_businessman]

Movie Parody Sins: This guy would be great at Cinema Sins. (ding)

[@NDOhioan]

And the Rogue One comments come flooding in in three, two, one...

[@concon6012]

Then woooshhh

[@AndersonNeo12]

Trooper: Sir, there are 30 rebels ships in attack formation heading towards us" Vader: 🤔 send out a like a squadron or so.. " Trooper:" but Sir, we have like 7000 Tie Fighters at our disposal, shouldn't we.. " Vader:" I said. Send out a small squadron!"

[@wastelandlegocheem]

I SAID WE SENDING A SQUAD

[@JacobL228]

To be fair, he went out personally and shot down like ten of them.

[@polishscribe674]

Too many fighters could cause chaos. Even if they deployed all, only one-two squadrons could engage at the same time.

[@darthbane3937]

In the Death Star novel, there was a similar conversation, but Tarkin didn't think they could even hurt the Death Star. He even tried to talk Vader out of going out. He thought fighters could do nothing so they could watch them fly around helplessly until Yavin was wiped.

[@GeorgeCowsert]

Here is a very overlooked quote from A New Hope: "It is a small thermal exhaust port, *right below the main port."* It was never a plothole. It was never sabotage. It was a very minor detail that was overlooked by the Empire.

[@GaryLuKOTH]

It was not even overlooked, because it was heavily guarded by laser cannons. Not to mention that Dodonna also said in the presentation that the shaft was ray-shielded, so the types of projectiles that they could use to target the port were limited as well. This does not even account for how the Rebels would not even have found the weakness or even have known that it was ray-shielded had they not been lucky enough to obtain the Death Star plans. The defense was actually well-planned. The Rebels were just lucky.

[@andromededp5316]

The fact is, even in the new canon, it’s not the exhaust port's fault. The sabotage consisted of rigging the core to explode the entire station. It should also be pointed out that the designers never thought it would be possible for any fighters to get anywhere near the station, firstly because they just never thought of hyperspace capable fighters, and because the station should have been equipped with so many TIE fighters that the rebels would never have been able to gather a sufficient amount of pilots to take it by force. The loss of the Death Star was more due to the fact that it was understaffed, and because the entire Imperial military doctrine was flawed

[@gravethebeyond]

Sounds about right. ^_^

[@Dragonlover553]

Having just rewatched A New Hope, I distinctly remember the first attack run consisting of Y-Wings. Those are bombers, right? The X-wings didn’t move in until the Ys were dead already. So clearly the X-wing attack run was a desperation assault made when the desperation assault was looking even more desperate than before. They were probably only there in the first place to protect the Ys.

[@Slafeys]

A video with 2 million views ruined by a new star wars movie.

[@5150rain]

Cat Slave we could always remain commentators, at least its interesting

[@SydneyPawYT]

OH WAIT WE LIVE IN A GALAXY FULL OF MAGIC SPACE WIZARDS

[@bUll3t4MyVAlentineee]

I seen a pic on the internet with some world prominate figures wearing blue dresses with yellow polkadot emblems ( you might call wizard gowns) that go by w.o.t.c. You may not believe it but some prominent ppl believe it enough for men to put on a dress like a girl.

[@peak_trolling2729]

@@bUll3t4MyVAlentineee Dude are you talking about wizards of the coast cosplayers, you need to add context especially since most people don't know wotc.

[@bUll3t4MyVAlentineee]

@@peak_trolling2729 this pic was only of prominent world leaders no 1 ever sees at a cosplay lol.