The MANDALORIAN'S worldbuilding is BROKEN!! but can it be fixed? STAR WARS

[@shadiversity]

Lots of comments: “LMAO, HE RAN OUT OF AMMO IN THE LAST EPISODE,” before watching to see me address this exact thing and what it will mean in the very next part of the video. . . 12:30 Should probably watch the whole thing before commenting, just say'n.

[@josef-ralfdwerlkotte8333]

Gun jamming is comen in star wars

[@viktorraal]

Hi shadiversity Can i Cleese get you to read the book Series about Eragon. The frist book is called Eragon. It is my favorit book

[@16jknight]

@@EldarPanic Ep 1 of first season, when Mando is given the job by the Client.

[@hikaruvortex]

Straight to the point: Star Wars like any other story has points to improve but it is very important to remember that Star Wars cannot and will never be guided by reality because Star Wars are not and will never be a Science Fiction. Many, many times the authors have made it clear that Star Wars is a fairy tale, a fantasy and does not rely on science or reality to tell their stories and that is what sets them apart.

[@MichChats]

Shad I love you but the fob isn't even the greatest issue anymore. So in episode 5 of Mando we are told that Grogu was trained in the jedi temple (which can have its own issues main one being that Grogu is now 50 and episode 3 was around 35 years ago which would mean that Grogu was either 15 once he started training which is too old or he was training for almost 15 years, if so why isn't he a master already). Anyway the big issue I want to address is Grogu knows how to force heal which means that he most likely learned it in the temple (and Rey knows how to heal too most likely from the jedi texts so the jedi would definitely have this ability on record in the archives) which means 2 things either Anakin is too lazy or too stupid to seek out this ability and we both know Anakin is neither lazy nor stupid since he is literally willing to commit atrocities just for the chance to learn an ability that could prevent death.

[@captainlol1957]

Shad with a gun is somehow less intimidating than Shad with a sword

[@Kazdel1094]

It's because he's out of his element.

[@derrickstorm6976]

Well yea he doesn't know how to use one effectively 😐

[@freepancakes6011]

Indeed Kurisutina

[@afelias]

Less proficiency/mastery and no set bonus with his armor loadouts

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

So uncivilized

[@Scotticus25]

Shad: *grabs gun* so uncivilised.

[@Leonhardt_Nukryst]

He's like a medieval fat Kenobi who makes videos in a crumbling website

[@user-yo4bo5ww2y]

@@Leonhardt_Nukryst He is not fat, he is just not some Mr. Perfect.

[@afinoxi]

Somebody : **makes a stupid comment** Shad : hello there

[@DefinitelyNotEmma]

He's Aussie-Wan Kenobi

[@DefinitelyNotEmma]

@@Leonhardt_Nukryst lol, he's far from "fat"

[@lacidar3752]

Let’s be honest, Shad. You’d pick the sword regardless of ammo.

[@josephburchanowski4636]

Nah, he picks a gun. A gun sword.

[@flamo3961]

@@josephburchanowski4636 i get it... i get it! 😀 🔫 🗡 😮

[@Corvaric]

@@josephburchanowski4636 No A Gahn The Swordbreaker

[@DanielLCarrier]

Not if the ammo is tiny swords.

[@xSkye629x]

Ezra's first lightsaber would be a fine pick for Shad. Just modify it to be lethal if you want to go that route

[@StarboyXL9]

"You can always run out of ammo, but you never run out of sword!" - Anonymous Black Templar

[@Grubnar]

YOUR FANCY SWORD CAN ZOGGIN' BREAK, HUMIE!

[@CriKnight]

Or Thunder Hammer.

[@Lynemn]

Until your energy sword runs out of energy, and your sword breaks or dulls...

[@kratal122]

Breath of the Wild: “Your Traveler’s Sword broke.” Me: “Dang. That was my last sword.”

[@Aatell764]

@@Lynemn while that's true you could still use the bottom part of your sword that still has a hilt or maybe throw the top half haha

[@connorcowan7606]

"Fobs are really good at finding people!" *triggers flashbacks to The Force Awakens, a giant quest to find someone*

[@SereglothIV]

Wonder why the Empire didn't use them to find Obi-Wan, Yoda and other Jedi after order 66.

[@willmungas8964]

@@SereglothIV tbf why would they have their dna, it would probably be something the Jedi kept to themselves and/or potentially records were destroyed in the chaos of Order 66

[@kamenriderblade2099]

@@SereglothIV Moff Gideon is smarter than the average Imperial officer and uses the latest in Bounty Hunting tech and pre-tagged Baby Yoda with a RFID tag just incase he might escape.

[@atmosquake3090]

Hufflepuff for the win!

[@hiroakimaki7701]

I was thinking more of the dumb Knife in the last one

[@fusk7799]

Shad: we have never seen someone running out of ammo me: flashbacks to star wars republic commando

[@Mizizi96]

Republic Commando was amazing.

[@AzraelEntertainment]

Most of star wars videogames too, and even Tartakovsky Clone Wars shows ARC Troopers reloading their DC-15 rifles:D

[@AzraelEntertainment]

@nikolai 1939 Oh true, like that time Cody and Rex tricked Sergeant Slick

[@allister1420]

There is a scene in Knights of the Old Republic II on Onderon where you find a Mandalorian warrior stuck on a rock. He is surrounded by beasts because he ran out of ammo, one of the dialogue options is to mock him about it. His response was "When was the last time you had to reload?".

[@ShuTheIdiot]

@@AzraelEntertainment I literally just watched that a few days ago lmao Ive been binging the clone wars cause I bought Disney plus a couple weeks ago. I forgot how much I love some of the episodes and character designs. Commander jet has a cool armour set in my opinion, but a lot of people don't remember him.

[@seanspain8960]

You can actually seen Mando use canisters in his Amban Rifle, so they technically do use ammunition, but it matters on the type of blaster and how much energy is being output in the shots.

[@UnknownSquid]

His Amban Rifle is a disruptor weapon. Entirely different kind of device compared to a regular blaster. Works fine in the show though since it's kind of highlighted as being unique in needing finite physical canisters to fire.

[@glassramen]

There are a few different ways weapons work in star wars. Most you see need packs that act as heat sinks, some, namely in the clone wars era require actual ammunition. (if you play starwars republic commando you'll use a weapon that uses ammo).

[@brandonguffey5959]

@@glassramen A blaster, also called a gun, was a ranged weapon that fired bursts of particle beam energy called blaster bolts from a replaceable power pack. The most commonly used weapon in the galaxy, blasters' intense beams consisted of compacted high-energy particles and intense light that could kill or paralyze their target, depending on the setting. Blasters ranged in size and power from compact pistols to large, heavy rifles to starship-mounted blaster cannons. Most personal blasters had two kinds of ammunition: a gas cartridge and a power cell. Blaster gas cartridges could typically provide for up to five hundred shots before needing replacement. Most blaster power packs could supply energy for up to one hundred shots. Certain more powerful weapons put greater demands on the gas cartridge, power pack, or both: less powerful weapons, like the Drearian Defense Conglomerate Defender sporting blaster pistol, relied largely on the power cell and used only a small quantity of gas, while very powerful weapons, such as the illegal disruptor, used much larger amounts of gas. Still other weapons, namely those dating from earlier times, employed a kind of removable power cell/cartridge which supplied enough energy (though at weaker levels) to make total expenditure seldom. Most blasters also had a stun setting, which fed power through a secondary emitter, bypassing the gas chamber to create a ring-shaped electromagnetic burst that disrupted the target's nervous system, often leaving them unconscious.[5] Blaster bolts themselves carried no heat. On impact, however, their displacement of matter produced kinetic energy that caused heat: the atmosphere was displaced by the bolt's passage (causing the blaster's iconic sound[6]); materials struck by bolts tended to deform and fuse; and liquids inside organic bodies instantly changed state to steam, expanding and doing terrible damage to surrounding tissue.[7] Consequently, bolts usually dissipated in a small, but violent, explosion of extreme heat and force upon contact with an unshielded surface, sometimes leaving blast points. Weapons such as Han Solo's DL-44 heavy blaster pistol and the E-11 blaster rifle could cause incredible destruction, and had the power to blow large chunks from stone walls and smaller holes and pockmarks out of durasteel bulkheads, as seen in Han Solo and Luke Skywalker's raid on Detention Block AA-23 in 0 BBY.[8]

[@Kwijiboz]

From Reddit: "The trackers work by plugging specific biometric data into the device (a chain code) which will locate any lifeform with that specific data. This is why Mando was incredulous about only getting the age of the asset. Obviously, the more a Target spend time in society, the better tracking data the fobs will be able to have. This is why they have a much easier job tracking mando once he has the child, they are using his information to find them both. This is also why the combination of last known location and the baby Yoda's age was enough to find him. it was simply honing on a life form that was 50 years old" Apparently you need to know a location near the target also (like mando needs to know when looking for baby Yoda in the show) so the are not useful at any distance.

[@kouusa]

I was just thinking about the chain codes. But I did find most of the info on them outside of the show.

[@marshmallowvampire8503]

I was thinking something like that. If these Outlaws were prisoners at one time they might have had trackers implanted into them.

[@MariaC497]

Oh. Thats kinda neat. I wish they would have taken a bit to explain that.

[@antoinelachapelle3405]

A life form "50 years old" from an average location in the star wars universe would potentially point to thousands of people / creatures no ?

[@swvwc8393]

For running out of ammunition in Star Wars, yes. Clone Wars, Hevy on the Rishi Outpost. Ran out of ammunition and ended up chucking his mini-gun at his opponents

[@Enderia01]

And in the Clone Wars movie, Rex runs out of ammo in a blaster he stole. Kinda bothered me when Shad said it’s never been shown

[@madhatten00]

Yeah running out of ammo isnt an uncommon occurrence. Chad need to watch his star wars. It's just it seems like they dont run out cause each power pack allows an insane amount of shots. 200-300 shots in comparison to the guns we have today where 50 is like the maximum.

[@t-machine3427]

Don't forget that one unlucky mandalorian (Kumus) in KOTOR 2 (to be precise Dxun, the moon of the Onderon) who got stuck on a hill surrounded by bomas. When you mock him for it, he even says: "How many times have you had to change ammo!?"

[@Theadventurebox3]

I know the 2003 Clone Wars animated series isn’t cannon anymore but there were some extensive scenes involving clone commandos loading their weapons before an op.

[@JakeSnake07]

@@Enderia01 Also in The Hidden Enemy, Rex and Cody actually catch Slick *specifically* be removing the magazine from Cody's gun as he "carelessly" sets it onto a counter.

[@Kaiserland111]

It turns out that the fobs allow the user to cast the clairvoyance spell, but it only works if you are a Dragonborn. Obviously Mando is a Dragonborn.

[@climber6420]

Or a fallout protagonist

[@aayushagarwal4138]

Use the Fus Luke

[@naezjinra]

@@aayushagarwal4138 Ro and Dah are more advanced and are reserved for the Dragonborne masters.

[@andrewrobinson8542]

Don’t you mean scrying? Clairvoyance can only target a location you’re already familiar with.

[@Ackalan]

@@andrewrobinson8542 Perhaps you should learn how a spell works in a game before commenting? In Skyrim the Clairvoyance spell lead you to your quest objective.

[@rahrouth]

13:30 Fun fact, in kotor 2 a mandalorian actually has forgot to reload his gun and is stranded on a rock surrounded by beasts. Once you help him out and ask about it he says "how often do you even change the clip on blasters? give me a break."

[@AlessFD]

mando just ran out of ammo in this week's episode

[@darthwalrus4740]

Just finished playing the first kotor again a few days ago, and started kotor 2. Such good games.

[@whitewolf3051]

Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy has ammo packs for different type of blasters was once the one you’re using runs out of ammo, and those were earlier than KOTOR.

[@ericmichels6158]

@@darthwalrus4740 Bought KOTOR for my tablet a few months ago. Fighting off Sith fighters with the Ebon Hawks turret is a pain in the a** with the touch controls.

[@nickromanthefencer]

@@AlessFD we know.

[@kitsuna77]

"Have you ever seen anyone run out of amunition" actually yes, considering all the blasters in the clone wars have magazines. Also lots of the star wars games the blasters run out of ammunition, which was a massive pain.

[@bug1701]

In live action though?

[@arz8901]

@@bug1701 he literally runs out of ammo in the latest episode

[@sebastianjost]

@@bug1701 I'm not sure whether it was shown in live action before this mando episode but clonewars is still canon and therefor should count as an explanation. Although there was still very obvious potential for a short explanation.

[@KanekiKen-fc3qo]

@@sebastianjost Clone wars is just as canon as any live action show/movie. It's a rare occurrence because every power packs holds a lot of ammo but it also depends on how powerful the blaster bolt is. The more powerful the blaster bolt then the less ammo that will be in the mag.

[@josephstalin839]

Well not exactly mags, they use power packs/power cells and sig/tibanna gas cartridges in combination. The Stormtroopers just used power packs which makes them very weaker in comparison to the Clone troopers because they joined them together. Also at bare minimum you have a 100 shots at maximum it can go over 1000 shots.

[@VorlonServant]

Fobs detect points in space-time where the plot needs to move forward.

[@RobertTempleton64]

Warp drives helped ST be less about the long travel between worlds - that would've been rather boring.

[@WatermelonEnthusiast9]

"Hey, i found a plot point" "Lets go there"

[@WatermelonEnthusiast9]

@@RobertTempleton64 but at least star trek didnt make it complete bullshit, warp is explained perfectly And (atleast in OG and next gen) the rules of warp of followed

[@megatto691]

You should be nice to The Mandalorian. It can't be easy carrying an entire franchise.

[@dillonkeller4477]

He's not even the star of his own show lmao

[@megatto691]

@@dillonkeller4477 I meant The Mandalorian as in the show lmao.

[@Gwynbleiddsanity]

@@dillonkeller4477 then who is

[@dillonkeller4477]

@@megatto691 Yeah no worries, I was being facetious

[@dillonkeller4477]

@@Gwynbleiddsanity All of the guest stars, cameos, etc., and Baby Yoda

[@systmerr9445]

It's very simple, and I think Mauler said it well when he said "Rules generate stakes which generates investment". Having established rules dictates what can and can't happen in a story. Setting clear the limitations of characters, their abilities, different technologies, etc. is what determines the stakes of any given situation. The stakes, or tension, then helps to generate the investment of the audience in the story and/or characters. No rules means the audience doesn't know what can and can't happen in a given situation, which means the stakes are indeterminable, and thus it is difficult for the audience to be invested and care about what is happening.

[@leonardomoda9559]

love mauler. his insult supercut is pure gold

[@rebeccaschade3987]

This is something that Disney blows raspberries at. Just look at the Marvel movies. Every character, good or bad, has exactly the level of power they need for any given scene to work, but it's never consistent throughout the stories. Movies and TV-shows generally aren't written as a long coherent story, but rather as a group of "epic" scenes. Whether these scenes fit together in a logical fashion is of little or no importance, as long as each individual scene scores well with test audiences.

[@rufus729]

He runs out of ammo just watched it this morning, this is amazing can’t wait till the followup video

[@afelias]

This point is sadly lost to a lot of people. I've tried many, many, MANY times to explain to people why the original Death Star run at the end of ANH was actually really good in establishing rules to create the stakes that make it so tense when Luke has Vader on his tail, in a trench, with AA guns above the trench. All while referencing WWII fighter pilot tactics, to nail the same kinds of shots in old-timey movies. Some people still think that that kind of WWII reference is just as dumb as the TLJ bombers.

[@calebposterski6377]

@Rufus I think it might have just been the blaster breaking because it’s imperial tech. Kind of a riff on the ‘empty gun click throw it at the enemy before charging them’ trope

[@mando5224]

Look, man... I'm just trying to raise this weird kid.

[@nakknjr9322]

There is a million mandalorians in the galaxy specifie your self

[@matthewwriter9539]

That is what Doctor Who, Star Trek, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Firefly, DnD, and about a hundred thousand other shows, books, and games are for.

[@MariaC497]

Lol! Made my day.

[@TheJaapS]

Did the exact thing in Cyberpunk earlier today. Ran out of bullets, chopped up some bad guys!

[@depressedcheeseburger3598]

Shad a holds gun. Americans: looks like the Aussies hit the industrial age...

[@01_N01]

🤣

[@derrickstorm6976]

So uncivilised

[@DefinitelyNotEmma]

Shad is like a medieval version of demolitionranch

[@01_N01]

@@DefinitelyNotEmma yes haha

[@afinoxi]

@@DefinitelyNotEmma nah , he's more like Ian of medieval stuff. He doesn't have the best arsenal but he's informed.

[@williamdevries3441]

"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; An elegant weapon for a more civilized age."

[@williamdevries3441]

@Call Me Ishmael anyone can shoot someone, not everyone can slice and dice

[@theresnothinghereatall]

@Call Me Ishmael Well you can kill someone in a single swing with a lightsaber

[@spritemon98]

Laser sword

[@marshmallowvampire8503]

SWOOOOOORRRDS!!⚔🗡🗡🗡⚔

[@lanadrey5085]

Light sabers would be easy to use unless you cut yourself. They're weightless. Swing around like a lunatic and you win. Shad has a video on this. Spazzing out with it at arms lengths makes more sense than elegant fencing. Lightsabers are not swords. They're basically plasma torches plus a force field.

[@imaroadcone6207]

“Have we ever seen someone run out of ammo with a blaster?” The episode that releases hours after this video:

[@Legoman1352]

I don't think it ran out of ammo, I think it just straight up broke

[@Dragontrumpetare]

@@Legoman1352 It ran out of energi... kinda

[@chair6703]

@@Legoman1352 they have battery packs.

[@Tydusis1]

I like to think that imperial weapons aren't well maintained in general, especially ABY, and that's why most stormtroopers are inaccurate, and why that blaster ran out. Tho, it seems a lot of the ones Mando runs into are fairly accurate.

[@themountaintoppsychos916]

r/clonewhopunchedadroid has entered the chat

[@Jenjak]

Last episode: Mando just rolled 1 on his shooting roll.

[@carloseot5548]

Lowkey this latest season has being like a DnD campaing, no joke.

[@jdirksen]

“I roll to avoid alerting the commander while he talks down about my squad mates and innocents who died.” *rolls Nat 1* “You end up being unable to hold back your emotions and shoot him through the chest. Everyone in the cantina turns their gaze towards you, having just witnessed what you’d done.” *silence at the table for several seconds.* “I shoot the guy who just walked in!”

[@deaconvelos8352]

@@jdirksen Rolling for initiative, 15

[@Jenjak]

@@jdirksen From there every player get natural 20 on all their rolls ^^

[@berkerbuger7578]

I thought that was actually way of showing how even Djarin's equipment was more accurate and well maintained then even elite troopers of empire.

[@arrrun88]

"Limitations are phenomenal" Rey left the chat

[@panzerschliffehohenzollern4863]

@Jan Suchomel Just limitation not the embodiment?

[@calebwhiting6786]

Thanks for that

[@andrewp8284]

It’s the 2010s and in particular post-2016 so realistically limiting a character portrayed by a female is patriarchal, sexist, probably racist and naziistic for good measure. Because fuck actual equality lol.

[@MrJustwatchin9]

I cared less about how fobs worked in Star Wars than I cared about how speeders and speeder bikes float when not powered on, in Star Wars

[@mcfry13]

I guess they are always on a standby mode if they have power. Now the other question is how are they refueled or recharged...

[@CHEF-55457]

@@mcfry13 Tibanna gas.

[@Obversechaos]

Fobs work by pointing in the direction of whatever information is inputted in them. They're like a life detector with specifics. If only a specific race is put in, it'll find anyone of that race. If that race and the sex and age is put in, it'll find that. It won't necessarily find your target, but it's likely to. How they work is hinted in the first episode and further explained later, but it's never explicitly told how they work, just vaguely mentioned.

[@blazethefireboss]

Have you watched Clone Wars Season 7?

[@AltanBlu]

Writing isnt perfect but is still better than the Sequel trilogy tells alot xD

[@mtgleam8723]

To be fair that's not saying much

[@trinwheeler4639]

@@mtgleam8723 Sequels: exist Everyone to the prequels: perhaps I treated you too harshly

[@mtgleam8723]

@@trinwheeler4639 Trueee

[@djdeadbeat4380]

Let’s invent a tracker that can miraculously track an individual person’s life force somehow. I’m sure this will create no problems in the world and questions if it could have been used before in certain applicable situations.

[@squidtron-ck9rq]

To which I would reply, we've seen ships scan escape pods for life forms in the movies. it'd make sense that such technology could be fine-tuned and applied for other purposes. Plus, the show implies you still need the info of a last known position, so they presumably only work at short range. "We can also give you last known positional data. Between that and the fob, a man or your skill should make short work of this."

[@Innomenatus]

They could've also make it have limitations such as - Degradation of the DNA after a certain period of time. - Being unable to track people after a certain period of time due to the person's DNA mutating That way, it would explain why the Empire were unable to locate all the Jedi, if it existed back then.

[@f145hr3831jr]

This is one of the reasons why I hated the magic systems with a passion in most TRPGs: many types of scenarios that could make things interesting become simply impossible to implement without them being instantly broken by a spell unless the DM pulled some countermeasures out of their ass or countermeasures already exist by the rules and make magic pointless.

[@Miyuki2319]

@@squidtron-ck9rq There is a clear difference in the tech required to tell you if a certain area contains a life form and what is required to locate where in the vast expanse of the universe an individual is. You can pretty easily see if there is a person in a room with you or not, but it is much less likely that you know where your family members are precisely at any given time.

[@Sparks7907]

@@squidtron-ck9rq you don’t think that’s a bit of stretch. Being able to track a certain life form in particular with a game of hot and cold? It’s not just a problem for how lazy it is but it breaks every single movie. I think most are ok with the ability to scan an object being able to track a person over a span of a universe is bs.

[@caelus1710]

Shad: "World building is a complicated profession."

[@lacidar3752]

Yeah? Good.

[@dredeth]

It ain't much but is a honest work.

[@perretti2006]

Now, do not mistake my words. I cherish my work: world-carving is a nuanced art.

[@garicb9271]

For a world where guns never run out of ammo, there sure seem to be a lot of ammo belts being worn.

[@99Plastics]

and people reloading lol

[@zeening]

they DO run out of ammo, shad just like usual did 0 research, it's extremely well explained and defined in alot of tech manuals books shows and comics

[@paxulhd37]

Some answers from the Star Wars EU: Blasters require energycells and tibanna gas canisters to operate, one of each usually lasted a couple hundred shots, so as you suspected blasters can run out of ammo Personal energy shields did exist but where not common because of: 1) Their high price, they where prohitably expensive to own and operate 2) Their limited efectivnes, because a person can not lug around a big reactor or battery personal shields could only be active for a short time and would collapse under heavy weapon fire. This is also the reason why droidekas where ideal for carrying a shield the bulb at the bottom was a generator to power the shield and as droids where much stronger and more enduring that living things.

[@petermenzies9193]

I am curious though how it explains the gungan shields though.

[@spadedace9507]

@@petermenzies9193 Yeah the Gungans don't seem like the type to use heavy and expensive technology, considering they were using catapults and rode alien horses and elephants during the Battle of Naboo

[@3.k]

Tracking people in Harry Potter: Send the person a GPS tracker by owl mail.

[@finnmuller9079]

Nö. Because near magic Technik doesn't funktion

[@3.k]

@@finnmuller9079 In Hogwarts, it doesn’t. And yes, this would have been my explanation, too. But I always thought, a resourceful halfblood, or someone like Arthur Weasley could get around it. Since the owl is not very big, and therefore might have a small „magical distortion field“, maybe a long cord between the owl and the tracker would already help. ^^

[@MrSamulai]

@@finnmuller9079 So every time a wizard passes by, everyone with a pacemaker drops dead? No wonder they need to live separately from the muggles.

[@KingStrike777]

Why would you need to do that when you could just follow the owl?

[@3.k]

@@KingStrike777 If you CAN follow the owl, that’s even better.

[@MerlinsBeard91]

The fobs you are referencing are called “Tracking Fobs” and use a person’s “chain code” A chain code is an identification marker that contains biographical information on an individual. The chain code wasn’t put into use until around 5 years AFTER the Empire was started. Now for some assumptions. Luke was taken to Tatooine: a planet ruled by the hutts who are known to be criminals. They are not going to willingly take some kind of universal tracking code and from every piece of cannon we have seen so far, as long as they mostly cooperated, everyone seemed to leave them and their systems alone. So it’s plausible that maybe Luke never got a chain code. Leia’s would have been coded as a daughter of the Organa family and not as a Skywalker/Amidala.

[@darththeo]

Also, fobs seem to operate on a small distance comparatively. We don't see them operate until the person is on the planet with the person they are tracking, so it appears to be nearby to work.

[@davidwilson6577]

Then why do the Empire not immediately know where any rebel bases are, especially those Leia visits? And why do they operate with beeps of increasing frequency?! They are excessively useful and underutilised and unnecessarily awkward to use all at the same time without any of those properties interacting or cancelling each other out. It's bizarre.

[@danielhounshell2526]

@@davidwilson6577 rebels almost always established their bases on remote planets, and Leia was only a known rebel toward the end of the conflict, as that is when the OT takes place. Luke and Leia were also almost constantly on the move unless they were on one of these remote rebel bases. This means that the trackers would be nearly useless in this instance unless the Empire already knew what planet a rebel base was on, but then they could just use the death star to destroy it and save themselves the trouble. This is because, again, the trackers are visually established to only be able to work if the person is on the same planet as the individual they're tracking. The beeps of increasing frequency are somewhat obvious, they indicate proximity, the exact same way that audio only tracking works in real life, such as with metal detectors. The Mandalorian avoids exposition as much as possible, and is better for it. It shows rather than tells, and the fobs are an excellent example of that. What Shad is asking for here is just straight up exposition of things that have already been established visually.

[@davidwilson6577]

@@danielhounshell2526 So why is Mando concerned about staying on a planet in the outback? If the fobs only work while on the same planet, why would they be an issue for him? This was a big concern in season 1. If the fobs only work on-world, which there's no reason to think they should, why not stay with that village of yokels he trained to... poke things with sticks. Or just pick a random planet and stay there. This wasn't an option because the fobs were tracking Baby Yoda. I'm happy to say 'that was a mistake, fobs are supposed to work this way' except in canon the only fobs we see are the Mando ones and they don't work that way.

[@TankHunter678]

@@davidwilson6577 Simple really: a rebel sympathizer could mess with the codes used to track known rebels, so that the tracking fobs are pointed at the wrong targets making them unreliable. If you also take into account that the tracking fobs have short range the user needs to know the planet the target was last on. Rebels were known to pack up their bases and move them to ones without a population after jumping multiple times. This is why the Empire had to rely on probe droids, some luck, and interrogating prisoners they manage to take. This is also why Vader decided to track the ship rather then the people on the ship, as they will not need to rely on tracking code that may be unreliable as the tracker placed on the ship was activated that day.

[@AlistairChiss]

Regarding fabs, everyone tracked with a fab was at some point in custody so I've viewed it as being akin to microchipping a pet with an ID chip.

[@theTYTAN3]

That was my assumption as well seems like a pretty logical leap.

[@silvervelvet8893]

Tracking Fobs were specifically created and introduced by the Empire as well, so they did not have a lot of time to set up a comprehensive database during the relatively short time in which the Imperial Age even lasted. It's exactly the problem of not having had the ability to tag as many people as they wanted to, particularly when it comes to nobodies like Luke. They didn't only tag anyone they had had in custody, but those definitely should have been tagged, like Leia... Although given the circumstances, it's reasonable to assume that even if it was used (And given it's the first movie, let's excuse them for not thinking 50 years into the future), the rebels likely had a specialized way to remove it from their single most important member. The New Republic also took over the system, so while the Imperials definitely had some level of access to it still, the First Order almost for sure wouldn't, not in any useful capacity.

[@andrewbroeker9819]

@@theTYTAN3 So remove the chip then. I'll understand if Joe the Tatooine landspeeder thief doesn't bother digging it out of his arm while he's on parole, but Mando isn't going to check for this?

[@andrewbroeker9819]

@@silvervelvet8893 You're thinking small. Leia is going to get the best security and security countermeasures. I'd rather tag the guy who works in the grunt-tier mess hall in the rebel base. Make them really work to find it.

[@mp5046]

@@andrewbroeker9819 they did remove it

[@acewithglasses5746]

We need shad to play TABS to see his thoughts on how "accurate" it is

[@kabob0077]

Agreed, hopefully the French don't swarm him like what happened with Badger though.

[@emperorofnothing1]

Like this

[@Blue-jl1yq]

@@kabob0077 that's tabg mate

[@kabob0077]

@@Blue-jl1yq Ah, they're basically the same game anyway.

[@Blue-jl1yq]

@@kabob0077 not really but fair

[@lukes8557]

Just to clarify more powerful blasters can overheat quickly and that’s probably why it happened

[@carloseot5548]

Also the Empire has cheap armor and blasters. The E-11 was reliable but again, cheap. Lile the TIE.

[@dereckrock5970]

Well never happened before so could be nice to explain in the franchise

[@lukes8557]

@@dereckrock5970 it does happen in the clone wars with the mini gun looking blasters

[@miken.1705]

@@carloseot5548 yea i took it as the empire was always cheap and this was a post empire stormtrooper's blaster so it just failed mando even looks at it like "are you serious?"

[@ViewtifulGene]

I thought the opposite- it jammed up quickly because it was a Dollar Tree blaster for bottom-rung Stormtroopers on a backwater planet. Mando's party played up how shitty the gear was leading up to that fight.

[@Zathren]

Me: I haven't seen a single episode of the Mandalorian. Also me: Ooo! A new Shadiversity video on the show I'll never see. Let's watch.

[@joshuamyers2426]

Same

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

me too.

[@Maverick8t88]

My wife wasn’t a SW fan until she started watching The Mandalorian. I’ve got a couple of friends who are the same way. So, it’s accessible to people who aren’t as informed on all the minutiae of SW fiction. Just saying you might give it a shot and see.

[@Valkanna.Nublet]

Mandalorian episode 1 "The target has an implanted tracker, here's a fob that will help located them." Fixed in a single sentence.

[@Benkw1]

except din djarin has clearly been a bounty hunter and he and greef karga obviously have a pre-existing professional relationship it wouldn't make sense for Karga to explain the fobs because logically both he and Din should be very familiar with them

[@marshmallowvampire8503]

That's what I thought. If these Outlaw was a prisoner at one time they might have had trackers implanted into them.

[@praetorurbanus2917]

That doesn't fix the problem on its own. The first thing any escaped prisoner who knows he's being tracked like that would do is remove it. Episode I established that they can implant things like this surgically, to help prevent removal, but Anakin was building a scanner to locate his, so it can't be that hard to detect it. Once you have that info, just cut open the area above the tracker and rip it out. Only way to keep it in place, despite being found, is to make it part of the nervous system, such that removal is deadly, but that integration would lead to all sorts of protests (and lawsuits) about rights, invasive involuntary surgery, and what to do after the 'sentence' is over. Is it just turned off? If so, who can turn it back on? If it can be removed, that means you can get it removed with the right training and tools, such as would be quite lucrative to an underworld sawbones. Even if you didn't tell the prisoner about the tracker, they'd figure it out quick. Or at least other criminals watching them get found and re-arrested would, and you have to go right back to square one.

[@TonkarzOfSolSystem]

@@Benkw1 "Another fob? Last time time the target cut the tracker out." "This time he doesn't know it's there" It really isn't that difficult.

[@dutbud9049]

"We can only offer you a tracking fob." "What's the chain code?" "We can only provide the last four digits." "Their age? That's all you can give me?" "Yes. They're 50 years old. We can also give you last reported positional data. Between that and the fob, a man of your skill should make quick work of this." Fixed in a single discussion.

[@CalebTWilliams]

Shad seems to forget that The Clone Wars and Rebels are canon. I can think of at least one scene in which blaster ammo was an issue

[@klutzspecter3470]

Yup, I think it was the first season too. About a certain traitor that tried to kill a CO.

[@GeekNewz]

yea right

[@fatthorstumtum6593]

My thoughts exactly

[@tolgayatamturk2304]

Canon? Current Star Wars writers don't care about anything than what they want to write themselves. No consistency, that was always the biggest problem this universe had.

[@cpt.ronaldsparkyspeirs9380]

Yeah, He could sometimes do his "homewrok" before releasing video

[@rulerofthewild7747]

Therapist: shad with a gun isn’t real he can’t hurt you Shad with a gun:

[@traviskrebs7551]

Still can’t hurt you, no ammo

[@rulerofthewild7747]

@@traviskrebs7551 shad with a gun: *pulls out sword*

[@mattaldworth8013]

If you want something scary search up dengar in rise of skywalker. It gives me chills

[@berserkrpascal5217]

Shad: *talks about blasters and ammunition* New Mandalorian Episode: "i gotchu bro"

[@King_atk_darK]

Lol

[@armada9562]

Beat me to it haha

[@Jeff-cg2ku]

Yeah that was weird though I think the stormtrooper blaster was just so bad that it overheated or just flat out stopped working after some use

[@shadiversity]

12:30

[@berserkrpascal5217]

@@shadiversity yeah, back to your point with worldbuilding. Now we are stuck wondering if it jammed, ran out of ammo, or something else

[@flufennuger1]

The wheels and legs comes form extended universe where repulsorlift tec didn't work on certain planets. Also there size and fire power were used for shock and awe.

[@chexwarior]

I think there is also a consideration for weapons that disrupt repulsor fields. Although that still goes back to the worldbuilding question of why the GAR wasn't dropping STAPs and AATs into the ground with it.

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@chexwarior Difficult to use offensively, much easier defensively.

[@andrewli6606]

*AT-ATs exist Me: I just think they're neat.

[@thajac3643]

yes we have seen a blaster run out of ammo before. Clone Wars season 4, episodes 17 and 18, obi-wan runs out of shots during the sniping test, and during the chancellor's kidnapping.

[@IvoryTowerPodcast]

@thaJAC Nice to see a fellow Clone Wars fan.

[@thajac3643]

@@IvoryTowerPodcast ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

[@MsClonetrooper]

Also in the Clone Wars movie. A Clone Trooper that stole a Battle Droid blaster, ran out of ammo during the conflict and so tried to fight a Super Battle Droid in hand to hand.

[@fuferito]

Running out of ammunition in this better 2020 Star Wars? Well, in _The Last Jedi_ they ran out of fuel, zero gravity, and common sense.

[@Y.Moroboshi]

If Disney had not decanonized everything that wasn't the OT/PT, fuel could be explained by pointing at the KoTOR era where fuel cost credits and a character even talks about being stuck in Nar Shadaa because he spent all his fuel getting there and has no money.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Sorry, your comment annoys me with it's blatant stupidity: fuel was directly implied to exist in empire strike's back (Hans line of "it's a bit far, but we should be able to make it there"), and was implied or infered to exist in other film's (which I don't have quotes for) and alll star wars ships are seen to have internal gravity Fields, and by newtonian physics any momentum built up by the bombs within the gravitational field would keep them moving through space, an almost entirely frictionless environment. In regards to the common sense, well, you forgot basic physics, so holding it against them isn't really fair, but yes, in many sections common sense was thrown out the window, such as in the bomber design (which was literally just a WW2 bomber plane with the wings removed and the majority of the fuselage rotated 90degrees, and is exactly as terrible as that sounds) and basically every scene with rose in it, which is unfortunate because casino's can be really fun environments for adventurey type films. So much reckless gambling, so many shineys, and the obligatory criminal underworld you can so easily piss off and have a giant fight with.

[@zach3924]

lmao they ran out of common sense in the last jedi, 100% accurate

[@redstonesteve526]

The problem isn’t that they can run out of fuel, its how the whole chase is put together. They act as if when you run out of fuel you will completely stop... in space. Not to mention that they act as if all of the First Order ships are slower because the Resistances ships are faster and..... lighter? In conclusion, Ruin Johnson has no idea how space battles and space travel works

[@tallietorchersproductions2740]

@@redstonesteve526 If Star Wars space battles were realistic, then it'd be boring to hear no sound and everything... there wouldn't be fire... the rules are not the same as ours

[@DIEGhostfish]

"My armor attracts blaster fire" is silly." Something more like Why do you polish your armor instead of painting it? "At first I didn't have time, now I don't think I will at all, they always seem to aim for the shiny stuff guess it's distracting."

[@DIEGhostfish]

@Bruh-Inator I meant more for Mando himself.

[@lanadrey5085]

@Bruh-Inator I prefer the IRL explanation that Star Wars is badly plotted nonsense and Lucas only cares about special effects and editing. The only actually good one is Empire, which Lucas thankfully didn't have as much influence over.

[@dillonkeller4477]

Yo remember that episode of Clone Wars where one clone caught a traitor clone by tricking him into grabbing an unloaded blaster?

[@darthchopper9016]

I wish he would have done his research before making this video. Now I doubt all research he puts into his videos. Seriously all he had to do was google: Do star wars blasters run out of ammo.

[@ValosiTiamata]

@@darthchopper9016 Actually, he gives a disclaimer about this at the very beginning. He acknowledges that his nitpicks may well be established in other canon materials, but that his problem was that they're not explained HERE. It's the same as how I've had to explain all the Rebels and Clone Wars references to my wife because she refuses to watch either series, so things like Ahsoka's appearance are lost on her without outside explanation. Most fans (be they Star Wars Trilogy vets like me, SE/prequel era Legends, or DC) can list a lot of examples to explain most of his plot holes, but the average person whose introduction to Star Wars is the Mandalorian won't understand any worldbuilding beyond what they're exposed to. And us old folk who were using UseNet, TelNet, and various undernets long before the World Wide Web (AKA Internet) existed have a deeper understanding of why it's important to establish firm worldbuilding every time you do something new. Good examples of this are the Pern books or any of the continuities (except the movie) of Hitchhiker's Guide. A bad example of this is Dune, where literally half the book is just a recap of previous books. The former examples are enjoyable by all, no matter where you begin, but the latter is incredibly tedious for anyone whose read one or more prior books in the series. Shad's whole point was that there should be a throwaway line (very useful things indeed) to explain some concepts. I would say shoe leather is more important (i.e. the act of marking the beats between one event and another - a bad director has someone storm out the kitchen and immediately start the car and drive off when in reality it takes multiple actions to get from the door to starting the car), but throwaway lines can also be very effective. The only thing he actually messed up on in this under his rule of "the explanation must take place in the show itself) was regarding fobs. He correctly surmised it involved a DNA sequence, but missed the fact that this was actually explained in the show itself. Also, give him a little leeway. The whole reason he made so many missteps in his vibroblade video was because he used Wookipedia as a resource. He's not a big Star Wars fan, so his sources for SW-related videos are often sketchy at best. The boob armour one was mostly on point, though (except he thought the detail over the breastbone was a cutout), and he DOES have some good arguments in this one based on his criteria.

[@stlsheepgames4231]

If you look at the clip cody is holding it looks like more of an energy source if im wrong im sorry

[@almostunliketea]

Yeah this could have been fixed by just showing people reload small arms throughout the series then it wouldn’t have seemed improbable

[@darthchopper9016]

@@ValosiTiamata The tracking fobs haven’t been explained in the series, but then again the series hasn’t ended yet, still 2 seasons to go. So it feels a little unfair to already come with this criticism. So much surrounding Grogu hasn’t been explained yet. The Mandalorian series is part of the star wars universe, not everything has to be explained in this series. It’s not a stand alone show, so it shouldn’t be judged like one. Nobody goes to see Age of Ultron and then complains about Spider-mans web shooters not being explained in full technical detail. I get his point about the blaster but it feels extremely nitpicky, anyone who sees that scene will get that the blaster is empty/malfunctioning. Most viewers will assume blasters don’t have infinite power, even if they never see anyone reload an imperial blaster. How often do we see a stormtrooper fire 100 shots or more from a simple blaster in anything star wars anyway. Most blasters in star wars have obvious cartridges/cells for power sticking out of them, that should be enough info for the viewer. They have to put a lot of content into these short episodes, I like how it doesn’t get lost in small details. Saying something like “oh no what a bad time to run out of power for this poorly maintained blaster” just isn’t something the Mandalorian does. A lot of Mandos acting is done nonverbal, he hardly ever comments on stuff that goes on during fights when he’s by himself. But yeah I get Shads points. :)

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

The mandalorian is nowhere close to perfect but it’s much closer than the sequel trilogy. (Edit: fixed typo)

[@zygo0]

Do the Mandalorian a favor and never use the argument ‘it’s better than the sequels’. It’s not hard to be better than hot garbage by simply being garbage, for example.

[@Magistrex-zt5he]

Yeah it is way better than the sequels, that's maybe why I'm so defensive over this show, just the fact that we have an actual decent star wars media. I find the mandalorian more than enjoyable.

[@ajstyles5704]

Heh, the only one comes closest to near perfection is The Giver. And the best Sci Fi world is still only left in books of, Dune. They tried to bring it to life, and now the new one is the third attempt. Here we go again. Biggest hit like Avengers to me is the worst, making Villains retarded seems to be like their only card. Star Wars destroyed their own canon and made a Mary Sue. Star Trek literally just copy and paste several parts of their predecessors. And now they are trying to make Dune again,FFS. Here I am just wishing the new generation of Morons that is us to stop trying to bring what our predecessors made, and come up with something better, is only wishful thinking.

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@ajstyles5704 I don’t even count the sequels in my personal head-canon. Just the first 6 episodes, all of the clone wars, and the mandalorian. I don’t know what to think about the rest, so I just keep it simple.

[@ajstyles5704]

@@nathanishungryanimations7206 The Mandalorian just made a part of the sequels canon by making Grogu have healing powers at 50 years old. A baby that cant talk, is making Mary Sue more believable or possible. Prove me wrong.

[@nuclearsimian3281]

Shad voicelines if he were an NPC; "Backswords don't work that way." "Shields are probably more important than you think." "Guns are okay, but swords don't run out of ammo."

[@Pokemankalos]

The gun jammed tho. Luke's blaster got jammed in a new hope when they were in the garbage compactor.

[@adambielen8996]

That was my first though too.

[@andrewbroeker9819]

Good point, though that really begs the question of how a blaster jams

[@tianamaycry]

This just creates even more questions!!

[@jtnachos16]

@@andrewbroeker9819 Blasters do fire a projectile made of plasma, IIRC. It 'jamming' could be as simple as 'part slightly out of alignement, so safety feature blocks trigger'.

[@andrewbroeker9819]

@@jtnachos16 Not all weapon malfunctions are jams

[@WishedWash]

An Australian promoting "campfire blaze" seems inherently dangerous to me...

[@DrTheRich]

oof

[@theangryMD]

too soon

[@afinoxi]

Shad : **makes a video about fixing Star Wars** Everybody : Ah , the Negotiator.

[@imperialgaming3689]

it would take hours to fix star wars

[@merkavamkivm3373]

@@imperialgaming3689 upon hours, upon hours, upon hours....

[@imperialgaming3689]

@@merkavamkivm3373 just to scratch the surface

[@merkavamkivm3373]

@@imperialgaming3689 maybe just the first few minutes of the VIII movie (IT'S NOT FUCKING CANON)

[@peterdagata1610]

@@merkavamkivm3373 The 8th movie is the best of the new trilogy IMO, but that doesn’t mean it’s good either.

[@emperorofnothing1]

And there was an episode in the clone wars where the took the ammo out of a blaster, also I’m pretty sure a clone wars blaster has 300-500 rounds depending on the power you put it on

[@TheJoker-qo4fg]

Clone commandos use projectiles and have a chamber for 300 projectiles

[@Meczyk]

Before Mando, many characters were running out of ammo in books. We had even melted barrels, melted mags...

[@theresnothinghereatall]

You missed his point. That's never been explained or shown in live action

[@Meczyk]

@@theresnothinghereatall If we want to stick only to "live action", in Rogue One we have many characters with magazine pouches, and we have Malbus with his giant "battery" on the back allowing him to keep up the high rate of fire (so we know, if you do not have such battery, you will be able to use your weapon for a shorter time). And if we want to go further - did we see anyone using a toilet? :)

[@Yakasuki]

​@@Meczyk Wondering if weapons have ammunition is an objectively valid thing to think about rather than the redundant thought of if people have toilets to take a shit. Especially in a live-action movie and show series where we never seem to see anybody reload their future SciFi tech weapons that spew lasers instead of lead.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Finally! A person who can see flaws in what they like.

[@pyeitme508]

Cool

[@learning2727]

It's sad that this seems to be becoming rarer. I like some terrible movies and tv shows. Nothing wrong with that.

[@Thurnmourer]

Someone hasn't spent enough time in the real world.

[@sethfeldpausch4337]

I LOVED last week’s episode, especially the Boba bits, but I was so enraged that Din didn’t freaking grab his jetpack. Hell, he wouldn’t have even needed to grab it, as its REMOTE CONTROLLED! Grogu would have been fine if not for that plot contrivance! I do understand that he needed to be kidnapped, but that was just kinda lazy writing!

[@joshuapowell6822]

Seth Feldpausch Thing is, the plot still could’ve gone the same way but the writers could show off how effective the darktroopers were by having them fight off Boba or at least fight off Din and win. Say he jetpacks there, and he grabs Grogu only to then be knocked out or otherwise defeated by the Darktroopers who then take Grogu up to the ship. It could’ve established the darktroopers as a threat, and it’d be using consistency to make another cool moment in the episode.

[@azrasashima3733]

"why did they run out of ammunition suddenly?" well the series already established some blasters have dramatically different firing mechanics, like mandos signature rifle is a singleshot breachloading rifle or watever. other games and media has also established many blasters overheat to varying levels depending on the blaster. so i guess the only way to answer that question is with another question. "well, wat kind of blaster was it?" i think theres also a big correlation to the strength of the blaster and the number of times it can be fired without overheating. u know, that how balancing issue in video games lol.

[@huntclanhunt9697]

It's called a jam.

[@johnsledge3942]

Krennic’s blaster worked like a revolver too, he had ammunition on his belt

[@TheLarknessMonster]

Series never established that. It's already been established. Blasters run out of fuel in the energy cells. Rockets or missiles, etc obv have ammo. You just don't see it in the movies because blasters don't really need to be reloaded like a conventional weapon. Solely depends on the weapon. Heck we've seen droids reloading a turbolaser on a ship in episode 3. Shadversity just isn't paying attention to star wars lore as much as he thinks he is.

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@TheLarknessMonster that’s not Star Wars lore though. The things being reloaded are not blasters and do not use blaster machinery

[@MusetheInsomniac]

See I assumed that the weapon Din was using was an Imperial weapon, and thus a lower quality than his normal blaster. So when it didn’t shoot, I assumed it was shitty Imperial weaponry jamming

[@budgetbajur]

J. J. Abrams just called, apparently he says it's the force

[@amisfitpuivk]

Rian Johnson called, he said this was intentional to make sure half the people hate the show, because that’s apparently his idea of a great movie

[@Voidicusoffical]

Shad: "I'm a sucker for fan service" Me: "oh no" Backroom Weeb " DID SOMEONE SAY FAN SERVICE????"

[@tulkdog]

Definitely more than one kind of fan service

[@samuelfeder845]

There is a Clone wars Episode where Clone actually use shields, there is also one where commands droids use shields

[@tigerbesteverything]

in clone wars, they uses also metal shields on season 5 or 6.

[@justinthompson6364]

Of course, that still raises the question of why _everyone_ doesn't use personal shields.

[@cavalcojj]

@@justinthompson6364 Probably they are expensive as hell to make, but that still should be stated or shown. It would be so easy to talk about this in the show, have a vendor arguing with a customer as mando walks by and overhears... Like that is how easy. But I shouldn't have to do the bloody world building for these guys.

[@justinthompson6364]

@@cavalcojj Right, and even that explanation would have problems. Like, what about Darth Vader? With his cybernetics and suit he must represent a significant expenditure, and he's basically kitted out for battle all the time. Why wouldn't he have one? Or Captain Phasma? Honestly, big franchises like Star Wars should have people whose job it is to preserve the integrity of the canon, imo. Plenty of writers/creative staff have proven they'll do stuff that's totally illogical if there isn't anyone to rein them in.

[@maciekmiktus]

@@justinthompson6364 Vader's suit was intended by Palpatine to be made of older technology and also to be heavy and painful for Vader. For one, that Vader would be weaker (and so easier to defeat if Vader revolted) and painful to further fuel Annakin's hate and downfall into the darkside. I believe that Vader's suit was also weaker to force lightning. I can be wrong though ;)

[@ShrimpKing3333]

Anybody remember the episode Rookies in Star Wars The Clone Wars when Hevy ran out of ammo. Or in Star Wars Rebels when Zeb had a Z-6 Rotary Cannon and ran out of ammo.

[@unhandydaddy5117]

It's quite obvious he's not familiar with the animated series.... If he is then he didn't do his research correctly but the ammo concept is also available in every Star Wars shooter game ever including Republic commando although that game is no longer canon....

[@forestwells5820]

@@unhandydaddy5117 Except those aren't consistent with the show. On screen we see one clip lasting WAY longer than video game counter parts.

[@dernwine]

@@forestwells5820 You mean completely unlike all movies using guns where guns have wildly incosistent magazine sizes compared to real life and even within a single film?

[@lordofthesithvader9430]

In the latest episode of the Mandalorian. Din ran out of battery packs during the fight with pirates.

[@Mandalorian_of_Christ]

@@unhandydaddy5117 If he's smart he'll STAY unfamiliar with those crappy animated shows

[@1Psycho2anotherHBWS]

Shad: “I’ve never seen someone run out of ammunition in Star Wars” The Mandalorian episode the exact same day: Hello there!

[@tigerbesteverything]

that's a bit why he talked about it...

[@WebSpyder777]

Nothing about what happened in that episode established that a blaster can run out of ammo. Just as easily a weapons malfunction. We see tech of all sorts malfunction all the time in Star Wars.

[@toby1061]

The thing is imperial blaster have bend established to have low blaster shot counts especially pistols.

[@sjmcc13]

I am certain there are episodes of Clone wars (and maybe rebels) where at least 1 blaster runs dry, If I recall they are just supposed to have really high (compared to modern rifles) amount of shots without reloading

[@dragnus12]

The irony of a blaster "running out of ammo" the day shad points it out lol

[@barethor5869]

I love world building in fiction, it definitely helps immersion in the story, as well as making the story and setting have more depth and feel more thought out. But not every story needs it, there are plenty of amazing stories that barely touch into world building if at all. It is really more of a bonus if it is there, rather than a flaw if it is absent.

[@SneakyBadAssOG]

"Guns never run out of ammunition" The latest episode: Hello there

[@shadiversity]

12:30

[@kennantjessavi7648]

It can also jammed... Probably

[@judofry]

I couldn’t tell what happened, I think it broke which goes in line with that a lot of empire blasters are garbage

[@SneakyBadAssOG]

@@judofry That would explain why no one reloads. You can't differentiate between malfunction and running out :D So they are effectively Schroedinger's guns.

[@KaiserAventus]

Out of Ammo? or the weapon is broken at this moment ... we dont know ... because no one explained it

[@rogerbaker9353]

I assumed that the fobs worked like every other sci-fi work: the target is tagged with something like a chip and the fob tracks the chip itself. I didn't really think about it until this video. EDIT: So after reading some comments, and re-watching Episode 1, my conclusion is the tracking fob is essentially a bloodhound that is short-range (like 200m or so) that can't track through dense material. Mando had to get infomation from a data puck to get to the right planet, talk to a local Ugnaut to get to the right building before the fob actually did anything useful. So it's almost as useful as normal dog with the convenient size of a car key.

[@mariushorn8730]

Yeah, sth like: Oh hello citizen, you want to register in this city? We have that new requirement for you to take this chip into your skin, don't worry, it won't hurt.... same for newborn -> "badboys" wouldn't register so they can't be tracked

[@CptnCardboard]

Doesn't explain why Mando thinks he can't avoid them by just hiding in another planet tho

[@Rothana76]

@@CptnCardboard like the guy above said: Mando needed a planet and a bunch of other information to get somewhere close to his target area. He was probably hoping people wouldn’t be able to track him without any info

[@crownlexicon5225]

Not in Mandalorian, but in The Clone Wars animated series, I've seen plenty of speeders that were sitting on the ground start hovering. But yeah, its usually when they're first started

[@dietaryfibre6038]

“We never seen anyone run out of ammo” Next Mano episode: hold my beer

[@User-dj2if]

😂😂😂

[@derekhofstetler3998]

In my opinion, Stormtroopers get shot dead way before they even reach six shots. Anyone who doesn't die that quick is a pixel in the scene. Doesn't really bother anyone.

[@CHEF-55457]

CT-782 aka Hevy: Hold my gonk droid.

[@dahleno2014]

@@derekhofstetler3998 Six shots? Lmfao

[@joshuatyler4657]

Blasters work on charges. This has been established in Clone Wars.

[@cavalcojj]

But why not revisit this in the live action? All you would need is one line. There are many people who have never seen the Clone Wars. I mean I have but still a small reminder. Or better yet why not just show Mando reloading? Boom just like that we know that they have to be reloaded every once in a while. :)

[@joshuatyler4657]

@@cavalcojj The Mandalorian is chalk full of references to CW and Rebels though.

[@seandabest4329]

@@joshuatyler4657 that doesn't mean it has referenced the consumption of ammo yet though.

[@dillonkeller4477]

@@joshuatyler4657 that's exactly his point, not everyone has seen those things...

[@wilberdebeer4696]

@@cavalcojj You mean like how he was reloading his rifle in the first and second episode, example when he was fighting the Jawas.

[@SuperGamerCody2224]

Shad: "Name something that shouldn't exist" Me: "The title of The Rise of Skywalker... There's no Skywalkers left by the end."

[@mandaloretheultimate3691]

CP-3O

[@Signal_Lost.]

C3-PO

[@mikemyers3489]

Skywalker machine broke

[@SuperGamerCody2224]

@@mikemyers3489 😂😂😂

[@daenor7807]

Ummmmmmmmmm I don’t know if I consider c3po a skywalker but I will have to think on that

[@Belial1125]

Expanded universe it happens but is a rare thing, where some one forgets to recharge either the charge pack or the gass cylinder.

[@Xavilithwolffe]

Yea man, people who play battlefront 2 or the classic version, guns have a charge pack but you do have to stop shooting so the gun doesn't over heat and shut down, and like you said it depends on the weapon and item (jetpacks or advanced equipment), so reloading really isn't much of a thing unless you purposely break, overheat, or the gun was in poor condition anyway, great take buddy

[@Mark-in8ju]

There was a novel in the Yuzahn Vong war when a guard had an empty blaster cartridge due to extreme supply shortages.

[@Mandalorian_of_Christ]

All instances that show why the EU was better...tried to be more realistic. This Disney crap starting with TCW and Filoni just pulls shit out their asses

[@enderdrone6432]

@@Mandalorian_of_Christ Dude, you don’t need to express your disdain to the Canon Star Wars. We all have our own preferences and don’t pretend the EU doesn’t have their moments in being unrealistic and illogical. It doesn’t matter if either Legends or Canon is perfect or not. So keep your opinion to yourself.

[@jimbob1017]

but shad the clones run out of ammo several times in clone wars for eample when there at the monestary on teth

[@mepper91]

or when hevy was defending the base on rishi

[@timothycuddy2541]

And in attack of the clones and revenge of the sith, more than that Chewie carries ammo with him everywhere... this isn’t that crazy it’s just most main characters don’t use blasters and they avoid interrupting fights with reloading because it’s boring

[@atomicash2475]

@@timothycuddy2541 and a lot of blasters have good amounts of ammo

[@justchilling704]

This backs his point. We hardly ever see Clones reloading. However, since they're in combat regularly. It makes sense for there to be a few occasions where they run out of ammo.

[@jimbob1017]

@@justchilling704 we do however see them prime their blasters before combat

[@4dragons632]

I'm pretty sure there was a throwaway line in the very first episode of Mandalorian where it was implied that the trackers only work if you know the genetic code of the target.

[@notapprovedtrash1628]

Yeah that’d make lots of sense considering most of the people being tracked were bail jumpers (which implies that they’ve already been in containment so it makes sense they’ve had their DNA traced) and Grogus fob was set to track his last location (and was probably later switched to track him after the empire got his DNA)

[@markkarlo4869]

I have just remembered one rule in Magic: The Gathering that has been wierd for me until now, "Can't" is more powerful than "Can"...

[@mariostoynov]

If "can" was more powerful than "can't" , there wouldn't be a point to having "can't" in the first place. "Can" works on its own, "can't" only exists to cancel "can". Now, I don't play magic, so I might be missing something, feel free to correct me.

[@brian0057]

@@mariostoynov It's a writing advice. Brandon Sanderson made it part of his Laws of Magi, but it applies to writing in general. More specifically, the Second Law, which states: "Limitations are more interesting than powers." This refers to the fact that what a character CAN'T do is far more interesting than what it CAN do. Limitations force you to be creative with what you have and can result in a far more compelling character because it proves they're resourceful. You can show a character overcoming an obstacle that other characters think he can't because he was creative with what he or she had. A character that can fly is boring. A character that can fly only at night, now that's interesting.

[@shadfacts6465]

Shad Facts: Shad has been practicing with throwing knives by targeting individual asteroids with in the Kuiper Belt.

[@WishedWash]

Shad Facts Facts: Shad Facts is not Shad Facts, it's the real Shad pretending to be Shad Facts which further promotes himself, Shad. That's a fact

[@Nicitel94]

@@WishedWash, he also didn't "heart" it, so it's not too obvious.

[@janjarous]

In that case, Shad owes me new cat.

[@elirave4027]

@@Nicitel94 it's been hearted tho lol. He's on to you

[@Nicitel94]

@@elirave4027, he only did it to make me look like a fool, because i've seen through his tricks.

[@stefano-b-3125]

From what i understand, in the Star Wars universe, the blasters have ammo. Two type of ammo: the Tibanna Gas and the energy. The energy is contained in energy cells, probably rechargeable, used for convert the Tibanna gas in plasma, and then shoot it. The Tibanna gas is the actual material that is shot and which forms the blaster bolt. At least, this is the most credible explanation for me.

[@Rothana76]

“Take out the legs! They’ll be useless!” Have fun with the AT TE

[@nuclearsimian3281]

Also, just in general, good luck shooting the legs of anything that's moving.

[@ShrimpKing3333]

Captain Rex approves

[@TheKyrix82]

The AT-TE was a perfect example of how Imperial tech was, in many cases, a downgrade from Republic tech

[@NoReTr3aT]

@@TheKyrix82 Tarkin Doktrin. Scary > Function

[@TheKyrix82]

@@NoReTr3aT Yes, but things stop being scary when a 15 year old badly maintained motor home full of old men takes down three state of the art walkers

[@lowit9875]

I’m sorry, I missed half the actual content I was staring at all the cool stuff on his shelves (nice dragon btw)

[@jammbbs1688]

The fobs makes sense to me even in the last episode they say that everyone has post empire coded DNA or some shit so fobs makes sense now

[@jackwalters5506]

That doesn't explain how they are actually able to track people though. How would a device that can fit into your pocket can track people from across the galaxy

[@brotherben15-88]

@@jackwalters5506 But at no instance are the fobs actually shown to operate across the galaxy. The two key moments of fob use that stick out, and Shad points at both within this video, are at the beginning of s1e1 where Din pulls one out while standing outside the cantina where the target is sitting, and when speaking with The Client who says "we can give you his last known location." Oh, and also the moment when Din is talking to Greef Karga and all the other hunters' fobs in the cantina start to go off. So, a simple line implying they only work within a relatively short range would do wonders to clear up Shad's grievances.

[@luhrsen8105]

@@brotherben15-88 What about the episode where the bounty hunters track the baby to that random forest planet? Nobody knew they were going there but somehow they found him using the fob.

[@hanalexcranealister6799]

Clones are going to be a pain in the ass xD

[@brotherben15-88]

@@luhrsen8105 You raise a good point, so I went back and rewatched that episode. And, it's another instance of us not seeing the hunter using the fob until on planet, not out in space. This takes place only after Din and Grogu have spent significant time there, I estimate about a month based on events shown and dialogue. While talking with Cara Dune after defending the village from the raiders Din says, "We raised hell here a few weeks back. Word travels fast." That line can easily be read to imply that any reasonably resourceful bounty hunter could've put together the information and infer that they were there.

[@knitecodex]

The tracking fobs ability to find people is explained when Kuiil removed a tracker from Grogu towards the end of season 1.

[@Zack-bl2gg]

When does this happen? I’m not farmiliar with that point, maybe it did happen but I don’t remember it. Anyway that would cause another problem/question: why didn’t mando or the other people being tracked remove the tracker earlier? And why don’t they always remove the tracker?

[@madestmadhatter]

Seriously do state the episode please

[@erikjarandson5458]

@@Zack-bl2gg "why don’t they always remove the tracker?" - See, now, we're gonna put a massive bounty on your head, and man hunters from all over the galaxy will come gunning for you. In that regard... Would you mind hanging on to this transmitter? - Um... Yeah? - Are you sure? Do you promise? - Um... Sure, it looks like it'll fit in my pocket, no problem. - Cross your heart promise? - Yeah, fine, cross my heart. - See, this is really important... - Oh, for fucks sake! I promise! Scout's honor, OK? And that's why they don't remove the trackers. Scouts honor. Even the most depraved wouldn't violate that!

[@DIEGhostfish]

He didn't remove anything.

[@soldner4738]

Coming from the EU/older lore, legs were used over repulsors(the hover technology) because the legs provided all terrain capability without sacrificing as much in terms of stability and/or mass capacity. Repulsors are pretty much just a scifi-fantasy-magic technology that provides a repulsive force against nearby objects like the ground, think of them as space tech/magic balloons as they are agnostic to the direction they're applying their force. That was a limiting factor on them as they can only provide so much lifting/repulsing force over a specific distance and provide no propulsive force. The CIS tanks had to have additional thrusters and stabilizing technologies built into them that severely limited their performance. In the original lore ships like Imperial Star Destroyers were too massive to be able to land on planets or even come too close to a planet's gravity well because they lacked sufficient thrust to do more than slow down the ship as it was going down. The largest warships that were able to land on a planet safely in the old lore were the Victory Star Destroyers, which were the designs that were coming into use at the end of the Clone Wars to replace the Venators, Dreadnoughts, etc and were then replaced/supplanted by the Imperial Star Destroyers during the reign of the Empire as the Emperor continued to build the fleet larger and larger. The idea of an Imperial Star Destroyer purposefully entering the atmosphere of a planet was ludicrous until the utter tripe that was the Force Unleashed and it just went down hill from there. Of course none of that matters with Disney holding the reigns now.

[@eziofalcon2105]

I'd like to add, in Star Wars, blasters "jamming" has been a thing. They could play it off as the blaster jamming rather than maybe retconning the addition of ammunition.

[@victormiguelmaprelian7286]

I actually tought that was why he dumped his weapon... But go figure...

[@TrueGamer22887]

Ammo is not a retcon

[@tylerellis4947]

Also in multiple games they have the weapon heating up after being used.

[@thecobracommander169]

Blasters using ammunition has been a thing since Republic Commando, it’s in the clone wars animated show and movie too.

[@eziofalcon2105]

Yeah, I guess @ESullivan714 @The Cobra Commander. Idk, it just hasn't been really a problem shown very often. As Shad said, it doesn't seem like something that runs out very quickly and therefore wouldn't be something you'd see all that often. So I guess maybe the stormtroopers forgot to reload. But I feel like the blaster jamming idea is more likely.

[@tylerkowalchuk5458]

You know, I love how Shad usually talks about and explains his sponsors in a manner that shows that’s he’s really enthusiastic about them, not just wanting their money and doing the dance for it.

[@tianamaycry]

Shad, you seem to be forgetting one very important detail: Plot armor covers every part of the body.

[@hpizzle1]

Legends state the walkers exist because of varying gravity fields that disrupt repulser lift technology.

[@baptistem2978]

Like, it’s easier to have walkers than adjust the anti-grav engine of every speeder before a planetary assault ? That would make sense, but why did the droid army have floating tanks ? Or maybe if the thing is too heavy, it can’t go over rough terrain / takes more time to adjust ?

[@forestwells5820]

@@baptistem2978 I got an easy idea for that; first time anyone tried to use the tech on full on military vehicles. Proved to be INSANELY time/labor intensive to maintain. Possibly mega expensive too. Not a problem if you have an army of droids and entire banking clans on your side. Less easy if your resources are limited. Future armies decide it's not worth the hassle even if you did have an army of droids and loads of cash. May also be less stable on uneven terrain, or more prone to movement problems. You notice the recoil actually made the whole tank float back a little. This suggests the tech doesn't keep them in place as securely as treads/legs. Potentially, a strong enough storm could become a problem. And I question whether a hover tank could scale a cliff like the Clone's walkers did.

[@lordcarnorjax8599]

The other reason for walkers was that repulsors can't travel through shields like one that was used by the Rebels at the Battle of Hoth.

[@Zanderguard]

Simple. Intimidation. The slow steady advance of a walker combined with it's hulking size hammer home the fact this thing is on its way to literally crush you. The sound of the pneumatic / hydraulic systems moving the legs and the fall of each heavy foot step are akin to war drums of ancient armies and tribes as they advanced. The same can be said for the smaller ones too. You hear them before you see them, usually.

[@Ifitmovesnukeit]

Much as I hate having to refer to the Sequel Trilogy as a source, the ability to disrupt repulsorlifts has been ported over into canon too, with the whole "jam their speeders" thing. It would appear that legged vehicles offer greater overall flexibility in where you can deploy them (hence the "All Terrain" thing) and an invulnerability to effects that can disrupt repulsorlifts, enough to compensate for the weaknesses.

[@MChief123]

Shad saying we never seen characters run out of ammo. Republic commandos to the other characters: "You guys don't run out of ammo?"

[@nickromanthefencer]

He like, literally said that he hasn’t watch much Star Wars outside of the trilogies and mando

[@MChief123]

@@nickromanthefencer I know. I'm making a joke. Relax

[@mckinleymorton]

I am always stunnes by how big budget productions let obvious logical flaws live into the final product. Looking at you GOT.

[@Brave_Sir_Robin]

My explanation for at-ats is that the hover technology can’t hover very high off the ground, because whenever a speeder bike goes over a cliff, it falls. You also never see hover technology above like 2 feet. At-At’s need to be very high up to shoot down into trenches, so they use legs. 🤷‍♂️

[@MrSinny]

"We need something to attack our enemies from high up !" "A starfighter, sir?" "No, it needs to be strong !" "A gunship with some good shielding ?" "No, it needs to show the might of the emperor and bring terror to our enemies !" "A bomber fleet ?" "A gigantic steel horse with laser cannons ! You're a genius !"

[@mikesully110]

But the fact we see the Star Destroyer just hovering in the atmosphere under the planets gravity means they can hover as high as they like, it seems? unless that Star Destroyer was actually using its engines to keep floating there (and so if they were turned off, the star destroyer would collapse onto the ground) - where as the speederbikes use some kind of neutral boyancy tanks (like a blimp has), that allow them to float without using any power at all. I guess that is why we see many crashed star destroyers; if the star destroyers had speeder-bike like neutral boyancy tanks (that allow them to float) then we should see numerous derilict, abandoned star destroyers from the war, but still floating in the sky rather than crashed. Kind of like the Prawn Mothership in District 9, that had some kind of neutral boyancy / antigravity system that functioned without power too - like a blimp - when it lost electrical power (and we know the prawn mothership had no power because the prawns were burning stuff in barrels inside the hold for light and warmth), it just carried on floating in the sky. If a blimp loses electrical power it still floats in the sky (granted it would get blown around a lot though)

[@danieltilson4053]

The fob is a short range tracking device, and with the one used for Grogu, it most likely locked onto something in the cradle he was stored in. Or possibly his unique energy signature.

[@twangypeppers4531]

"You see, with a gun, the target can get lucky. A bullet can miss what's important. But not with this. You slide it in, you guide it through... and you rip right into the parts of a man that make him dead" -Frank Castle

[@this_mind_of_mine]

Shad: "Have we ever seen anyone run out of ammunition in Star Wars?" Mandalorian episode released same day: "Yeah."

[@danniandersen5858]

Lol aye, perfect timing :D

[@navarog378]

Disney operatives are gonna be like: Oh noooo, it's getting too good, we've got to shut it down to keep the quality bar low!

[@GeekNewz]

and the clone wars and rebels, bouth of those shows also show vihacols run out of gas

[@klutzspecter3470]

Clone Wars: Kinda yeah.

[@shadiversity]

12:30

[@CMCustom112]

Mando was asking about "Chain Code" of the target in episode one. I guess the FOB somehow sniffs out people based on their DNA and other factors? But you have to be close to them for it to work. Did I solve it?

[@VespoLiveGaming]

I suspect that the writers realized that the fobs were creating issues like this so they just memory holed them and agreed to never speak of them again.

[@RealMiniLink]

Or maybe they just haven't been very relevant?

[@koltenstrauss3588]

@@RealMiniLink Well spoiler if you haven't been watching the show, but if you're caught up: they just spent an episode finding Gideon's cruiser, but they are actually looking for Grogu right? Well since he is still a huge bounty, or at least was recently, why don't they use an old fob locked onto him to find him? There are a billion possible answers to that question, but the show has given us none.

[@notapprovedtrash1628]

@@koltenstrauss3588 fair point. it might’ve been to inconvenient for them to find one of these trackers, but also didn’t Greef agree to deactivate them when din freed nevarro?

[@RealMiniLink]

@@notapprovedtrash1628 It would make sense, they could have definitely been remotely deactivated

[@petervitale4431]

"The writing isnt perfect." Looks at Disney. Yeah...

[@godzillacc5]

There's contradictions in star wars. In other news, water is wet

[@Star-Gazor]

water is not wet though

[@shrikebutcherbird]

@@Star-Gazor You tryna say water is dry?

[@Stegibbon]

@@shrikebutcherbird I think these people are confusing it with water being sticky not slippy.

[@shrikebutcherbird]

@@Stegibbon Possibly, but it just grinds my gears when someone says 'hurr durr wodder naht weht'

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

Water isn’t wet, water is more like wetness. The opposite of wet is dry, water can’t be dry, so dry is the absence of water. Thus water isn’t wet, because being wet implies that the wetness can be removed, causing dryness. Water can’t be dry, so by definition it isn’t wet, either, but it causes wetness.

[@warrendourond7236]

They are limited to finding a character that is critical to the plot, at the time they are needed. Can’t use it to track your cheating wife.

[@chrisdawson1776]

lmfao

[@SaintJimmy61]

Shad, you neglected the animated series, Clone Wars and Rebels in your discussion about running out of ammo in a blaster. That came up a few times in those series.

[@huntclanhunt9697]

Shad... I hate to break it to you... But... Guns can jam. In the old EU lore blasters actually jam more often than ballistic "slugthrowers"

[@boxman9033]

In the 2003 clone wars cartoon we see clone ARC troopers reloading their blasters before a fight

[@willmungas8964]

Hevy in the first season of the other Clone Wars cartoon runs out of ammo on a machine blaster

[@Jfk2Mr]

@Brad Whitcomb Clone Wars 3d series? It is still canon in its entirety

[@necroseus]

@@Jfk2Mr 2003 was Gendy's 2d clone wars. That's what they're talking about here. The 3d show is still very much canon, and is even getting a sequel!

[@Jfk2Mr]

@@necroseus I know, but "those episodes were legends" sounded like both series were discarded by Disney

[@jesperburns]

Can't have plotholes without a plot. **taps forehead**

[@facundocorradini]

Did he run out of ammo, or was it a malfunction? 'cause I can totally see drivers neglecting their guns.

[@bropil7545]

Makes sense.

[@SirVival]

Toy Sales > World Building. Until Hasbro figures out how to make toys hover.

[@johnnylams3948]

Thats a very good point, but toys may hover in imagination.

[@davidwilson6577]

Take a look at Disney's Star Wars Toy sales then. Not looking so hot, is it?

[@H34rtLikeDavid]

Shad: We've NEVER seen them run out of ammunition Hevy: Am I a joke to you? (Love your content!)

[@vilheim9508]

RIP Hevy

[@toastpuppy3491]

Hevy’s blaster jammed according to lore. Apparently

[@H34rtLikeDavid]

@@toastpuppy3491 SOURCE THIS! ARE YOU TELLIN ME MY BOY COULDA LIVED?!

[@Ewafingmyth]

@@toastpuppy3491 if Hevy’s blaster jammed canonically, couldn’t Djin’s gun have jammed as well cause its ‘Inferior Imperial tech’?

[@toastpuppy3491]

@@H34rtLikeDavid I remember reading somewhere that Hevy’s Blaster malfunctioned or jammed. I don’t remember where

[@Obversechaos]

Fobs are hinted at how they work in the very first episode and hinted at more later, though they're never explicitly explained, you can piece it together. They detect lifeforms. To use a fob the information for a target has to be input (race, age, sex, etc.). The location its self isn't something that can be input, which is why we see that information verbally told to those with fobs. The fob won't necessarily find its target, but it drastically narrows it down.