The Most Elite Army in Star Wars That You've Never Heard of (ANCIENT SITH TROOPER)

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[@zacharyfrierson6972]

I always loved the Ancient Sith Troopers. They have really cool designs.

[@ImperialistFan]

In both old republic and KoTOR.

[@dragonlord498]

Agreed

[@ImperialistFan]

@@zacharyfrierson6972 The ship designs aren’t half bad either

[@Gor85]

Sith troopers are cool. Old era is like fine wine. You can always listen to this. The stories,lore,events. Great holocron. May the Force be with you too😊

[@chrisrucker6951]

Currently reading the bane novels and can’t agree with you more

[@Gor85]

@@chrisrucker6951 cool😁

[@alannajones330]

Sith military officers were often non force sensitive family members. It would make them want to perform better in order to not disappoint their sith family members.

[@theinquisitor8112]

Oh, I'm sure there was also plenty of corruption and nepotism, where mediocre officers that don't suck enough to be murdered/replaced are propped by Sith family because they're family.

[@krystalneko4094]

​@@theinquisitor8112iirc you encounter a few cases of exactly this, a couple even pull the "my x just graduated from the sith academy on korriban don't f with me >:}" card regardless of whether you're also sith

[@marshalllatta2073]

The sith have such cool looking armor they are badass they are one of my favorite troopers variants in all of star wars

[@aster4jaden]

Sith Troopers are cool as f, they actually feel like the inspiration for the Stormtroopers of the First Order instead of the Clone Army.

[@jonahstirbis3408]

I'm a bit sad that we don't have alot of lore on these amazing troopers.

[@dragonlord498]

Agreed along with lore in general

[@user-KR386]

The Old Republic Era is super interesting and filled with tons of cool lore. Ancient Sith Troopers could be a good match for Clone Troopers, Curb Stomp Imperial Storm Troopers, and basic Republic troopers from any era where sub par. Ancient Republic Commandos where another really cool unit that was Equal to Sith Troopers.

[@A350Airways]

The SWTOR expansions treated the agent as a glorified Sith trooper... a special unit much like the Republican commandos were.

[@willy_lime]

That's what I never understood about Palpatine; He came from opulence and should understand and assign value to quality. He was so learned in Sith ways and proceeds over the ages that he definitely should have taken a page out of Vitiate's book. If you watch the Mandalorian and see how vested Jin is in Besteel for his armor, the shortcut doesn't even make sense for how well Palpatine planned stuff out. I always seen that as a story flaw in the original movies moving forward. Jedi, Sith, force sensitives, tinkerers etc... ALL created stuff, and that stuff should be having material upgrades when able.

[@tk-6967]

The Empire was great. The problem was that Palpatine sought to divide society and allowed the influences of the old Republic to remain.

[@cooperanderson4609]

Need to consider why they were commissioned and the context of the galaxy at that time. Stormtroopers make perfect sense. The Old Republic era Sith were preparing for war. Old Sith Empire troops were genetically streamlined with caste systems and bred from birth to not only dominate other soldiers but stand a chance against Jedi. Brainwashed fanatics bred to kill in a winner take all future war. Storm Troopers were meant to essentially be the "peace" keeping bullies of a subdued galaxy after the war was already over. And it was over. Jedi were all but extinct and the republic toppled. They were meant for patrolling cities and standing guard. Even then they did have elite units for anything serious. Sidious believed his enemy was defeated and anyone who rose up would just be the occasional small band of rebels which could be subdued easily by overwhelming numbers. Sidious was also focusing most of his resources on the Death Star. Who needs an army when you can blow up a planet. Any Jedi that was discovered could be nuked from orbit.

[@tk-6967]

@@cooperanderson4609 Stormtroopers were elite units themselves

[@WilliamAGould]

Palpatine did not want anyone to become too skilled, and thus become a threat to him. The Sith Troopers were trained to fight force users. Experienced Sith Troopers had an basic idea of what to expect from both Jedi and Sith. While one on one, Sith Troopers did not stand a chance against a Jedi or Sith, a squad of Sith Troopers would be dangerous enough for a Jedi or Sith to take seriously. A fully equipped platoon of Sith Troopers would give Vader a workout.

[@willy_lime]

@@WilliamAGould Thats totally fair, but the latest versions of stormtroopers were modified clones that couldnt disobey right?

[@Gaster_021]

I really wish they would make a series or movies of the old republic as it’s essentially Star Wars ww1 while the clone wars was its ww2 The Sith Empire had such potential and achievement that the only reason they fell was due to mass infighting

[@primal1233]

The Sith Troopers are definitely better than the Imperial Stormtroopers the in the Empire who can't land a shot on their enemies

[@bigchungas747]

Thats only in the shows because plot armor. In the actual lore stormtroopers have impeccable aim but you cant have them one shooing important characters so Disney made them cross eyed 😂

[@TristanTodd-kk9um]

Is it just me or the the sith troopers during the old republic look like darth Vader.

[@danielmcphee2546]

​@@TristanTodd-kk9umit's like the stormtroopers and Vader's army had offspring with each other lol

[@TristanTodd-kk9um]

@@danielmcphee2546 True.

[@DaG.O.A.T.]

I agree 💯. They were stronger and better trained.

[@ericisom5661]

Stupendous we love you. You have done us more of a service than you could ever know. Thank you humbly for your dedication and information. 🙏 ❤

[@vitorpereira9515]

The most elite army in Star Wars history was Darth Krayt's sith trooper. "Death does not… matter. We millions… serve Lord Krayt… linked through the Dark Side. His will is… our will. His life… our life. We obey… Lord Krayt!"

[@DaG.O.A.T.]

Not canon ... And those troopers were mindless force sensitives

[@vitorpereira9515]

@@DaG.O.A.T. Yes, they are canon. What is not canon is bissexual Obi-Wan.

[@yibozhao1012]

"Apes...together...strong!" Sorry

[@Washuluver87]

@@vitorpereira9515 They are Legends Canon, granted for most like me Legends are still Canon and more fun then Disney Canon. Also curious when did Obi-Wan become Bisexual not that it matters cause he's a Celibate Space Monk (Jedi)

[@iech0526]

Never heard of? Anyone who's ever played or watched a SWTOR cinematic has heard of em! Sith Troopers are badass. Respect!

[@theterribleclaw4285]

You know the Sith Trooper armor looks very similar to Darth Vader's armor it makes me wonder if Vader's armor is just a custom version of the Sith Trooper armor.

[@dragonlord498]

Actually his armor was based on the design for Sith elite warbot a super powerful type of droid

[@theterribleclaw4285]

@@dragonlord498 oh wow I didn't know that thanks for the info.

[@dragonlord498]

@@theterribleclaw4285 yep one of the most powerful droid types i know of with few others being as deadly given they can kill skilled force users with training equipment along with being crafted with sith alchemy and top of the line tech. easily better then the MagnaGuard of the cis or most other later droids even advanced unique droids like hk47 would probably have a high degree of respect for their ability to kill. also speaking of cool advanced droids look up the huma replica droid those are another pretty good and advanced droid type

[@yuhboyogteddy6691]

Definitely looking forward to the commando-clone troop video

[@iusefacebookalso]

The Sith Trooper armor just looked really cool and eye catching. I love watching these Star Wars videos from the Old Republic Era. If Disney ever ventures into that era, I hope they find competent directors that will do the source material justice.

[@jeffreyherndon5259]

What if the Sith had the Sith Troopers and the Jedi had the Clone Troopers but WITHOUT the inhibitor chips and the Jedi were in full control of EVERYTHING?

[@galacticfirefly6060]

Oof that's a tough one. That would also mean that the clone army should be trained to fight sith troopers and not droids. The Sith Empire troopers have the tools and training to take on Jedi. So the Clone Army will then also be trained to fight Sith... so Dooku, Ventress and maybe Grievous will be fleeing all the time 😅 Edit: and the jedi will have a hard time fighting them

[@dragonlord498]

Sith troopers >>> clone troopers Clones were mainly trained and geared to take out b1s and similar sith troopers were trained to fight fully combat trained Jedi and other highly skilled soldiers so pretty extreme difference. Plus one thing many forget is the tor era had actually greater tech levels then clone wars given the clone wars was still feeling the affects of the galactic dark age era even the GE+ eras in many ways was still inferior tech wise in many ways

[@galacticfirefly6060]

@@dragonlord498 yeah, TOR era was also the Era of Exploration, Discovery and Experimentation. Loads of Gree & Rakata technology was rediscovered and adapted into the Military of both sides. Isotope-5,... Both sides had sooooo many Superweapons. Such a Wonderfull interesting Era of Star wars.

[@dragonlord498]

@@galacticfirefly6060 nor did they need massive space stations or similar to put them on most could be fit into ships the size of a harrower

[@snakem4a164]

I like them. They have my favourite colour scheme. Black with red trim/highlights

[@optumis1433]

I often wonder what it would be like to play as an Imperial trooper in SWTOR. I like the idea of being a soldier, learning and climbing your way through the ranks of the Imperial military, that even sith have to recognize and respect you. I mean the Republic trooper is an elite soldier that can kill sith. So why not have an elite Imperial trooper that can kill Jedi. And since the Republic trooper is a part of the special forces, I think the Imperial trooper should either be an elite shock trooper or be in Imperial BlackOps. Plus I think I’d be fitting to have both factions that have classes that deal with the military. Both sides have classes that deal with the Force(Jedi and Sith), and both sides have classes that deal with the Galactic underworld(smuggler and bounty hunter). The closest we have to playing as an Imperial trooper is the Imperial agent’s story on Corellia, where we get transferred from intelligence to the military.

[@kevinmeawasige6458]

Always loved the term meatbags...great video!

[@dirtyblonde1011]

I see a lot of people commenting on the blaster technology having advanced notably between the two eras. The perfect way to explain it: during times of war, you get innovative advancements. But during times of peace, you're able to refine and improve said advancements; the actual damage potential of the blasters on 1:1 comparisons for what the average front line soldier had access to would be pretty close if not identical; its the reliability that would have improved (mobility/compactness, accuracy over range, heat build-up/dispersion, maximum effective range, and possibly even velocity. Even "ammo" types would play a factor, as the Clones used a type of energy cells that produced bolts particularly effective against droids)

[@Aliaz93moneyfingerz]

Definitely do the old republic and new republic comparison

[@TheGrunt248]

Major anri and raven squad always get the job done

[@legionary6304]

I love their armor design so much

[@Cmdr_Shaide]

Yes, please. Give us more Old Republic era lore.

[@kingshadow8782]

Amazing!

[@shahidvermont4001]

I’d like to see a video on old republic commandos vs clones. I’m all for it!

[@WarRobots-Apollyon]

Stu, I'm excited about everything you do on this channel. Keep it up and Keep the vids coming.

[@richv1893]

More stuff like this

[@kingcasper4688]

Can’t wait for the commando video

[@kharnthebetrayer1575]

Dudes just Drip coolness!!!

[@LCBK]

I had these guys as a Lego minifiger

[@lego_boba_fett_watch]

Same. I thought he was Darth Vader 😭🙏

[@thathalflatino]

Disney will never bring these to life without nerfing the hell out of them

[@SHARKVADERS]

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS

[@spiffywolf2850]

There needs to be more stuff on the old republic

[@TheRealCapnJack]

I loved this video. Make more like this.

[@kadbenson7540]

Stupendous wave you should do audio book readings you have a great very smooth flowing voice and great inflection cadence and story telling instincts, you could do chapters of specific Star Wars books that we don’t all have the time or resources to find. Just an idea for possible future videos or a new or different revenue stream for your channel. Love your videos I hope you ride an a wonderful gargantuan and indeed stupendous wave right to the top of the KZbin algorithm and KZbin Star Wars community. Star Wars theory used to be great but all it seems he ever does nowadays is complain and brag about how rich he is how much cool stuff he owns and promising that his other fan Made Vader and mace windu videos are “still coming” and “in progress”, can’t say I’d mind if you dethroned him, it seems like now he’s made Star Wars his business and is mostly concerned how new and old projects can bring him more money in which I understand and all but sometimes it doesn’t seem like he even likes Star Wars anymore, even the old stuff not normally Disney hate, but your deep love and interest in Star Wars and it’s lore is still very apparent, you can tell your genuine interest and excitement when you find a new snipit of lore to express or most of all in your in depth deep discussions on different themes meanings and different view points on certain scenarios and events in the lore when you’re discussing them with the archivist. Best of luck mate and cheers🥂🎉 and of course as always, may the force be with you.🫡

[@cosmiccar667]

Real goats had the Lego figures of these guys 🗣️🔥

[@blackpanthermotherofdragon5980]

Sith Troppers where awesome, like Major Pierce was absolute badass as Companion in Swtor :)

[@Joseph-js9zz]

I remember when I was younger,I had this one old republic Lego set with the sith troopers,I always wondered what they were

[@michaelbarnes2126]

Sith Troopers were beasts. Some could handle Jedi and a squad of Sith Troopers were dangerous

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

SWTOR now has the Sith Trooper armor now available, I'm going to get a set for my Agent since his storyline placed him in the Imperial Army during the Battle for Corellia

[@Peregrin3]

Like in the Galactic Civil War, the Empire's weakness wasn't the Army, it was the SITH.

[@forcelightningcable9639]

Their ethic reminds me of the sardukar

[@INFStiff]

When he said “deployed” he made a fart sound

[@dragonlord498]

You seem to forget though that the tor era was a galactic height where the clone wars and the GE was still suffering from the effects of the galactic dark age so the blasters were likely superior or at least even not inferior during the tor era also personal shielding tech was more common as well it seems Also given how somewhat common force sensitivity was in the sith empire i wouldn't be surprised if some of the elite troopers and such were some of those who had some force sensitivity just not enough to be trained into a full Sith but were able to enhance themselves a bit to give them a edge over most others same with some of the sith agents or officers

[@mikemandeville4680]

I would love to see you guys do a lore on Republic Commandos.

[@dimitryrostov6482]

Actual bucketheads

[@cleny217]

Id say the old SIth troopers were more similar to the Clone troopers than to the storm troopers. Both basically born to be warriors and trained from childhood to fight. Though the old sith troopers did have to contend with Jedi unlike the clone troopers, so thats something extra.

[@gavinlinville9691]

i love this guys just like Zaku II

[@gavinlinville9691]

@check_profile774 eh?

[@reviews.7399]

Imperial Troopers would curb stomp Clone Troopers, Storm Troopers, and most definitely First Order Troopers 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@TrentCottingham]

I would love a Old Republic battlefront game

[@DerekMoore-y3f]

They could give the Republic clones a run for their credits for sure

[@larryroberts3598]

Best Sith Trooper company that's ever been, the Gloom Walkers, once led by none other than Darth Bane before he became a Sith Lord!

[@Sashman1234]

As a SWTOR player I have to add: The Sith Empire fights against the Republic for about 55 years as of now. But hey: They didn't lose yet! I hope the game focusses more on the war!

[@A350Airways]

All too often, Star Wars material make me feel like warfare was waged with special units front and center (Force-users were treated as special units). And treat them as if the special units did the heavy lifting for their respective factions. The Old Republic writers actually knew that, even though Force-users may not have always been able to assume the responsibilities of command, special units couldn't do everything at war.

[@crazymulatto8981]

From what I know of the Sith Troopers, is that yes, almost no military entity in the history of the lore, minus force sensitives, could even compete with the absolute overwhelming force that the Sith Troopers were.

[@thealphaomega4888]

Disney SW don’t you fucking DARE lay a finger on the Old Republic Era. You don’t deserve such a legendary part of SW history

[@michaelmacleod6517]

Time to log onto Swtor and make a imperial trooper.

[@Gaarafan007]

I'm curious how the troops of Kaan's Brotherhood of Darkness compare to Storm Troopers, etc. Judging from what we can see of the Gloom Walkers led by Sergeant Dessel (before Lieutenant Ulabore had him arrested) I don't recall seeing much in the way of armor, or at least no helmets.

[@danielmcphee2546]

If I recall from what my brother told me they were decent soldier and the brotherhood didn't backstab each other as often as previous sith before them and were more unified. If I'm wrong someone please correct me as I didn't delve as much into legends as my brother did

[@phoenixx913]

I don't know about weapons technology being lesser during the old republic era if anything they fielded more powerful weaponry on a more consistent basis if your using what we know from the SWTOR game. Lots of troopers carried around immensely powerful blaster rifles, plasma rifles, disintegration weaponry, heavy blaster pistols, disruptors, rotary blaster cannons , assault cannons with barrels bigger around then a mans arm and plasma cannons to name a few. Not to mention most troopers carried a variety of grenades from incendiary to cyro, thermal, etc and utilization of highly advanced personal shielding technology and medical tech was fairly common, even personal cloaking tech. In a infantry on infantry battle the old republic era would decimate most modern star wars armies easily. Only really losing with vehicles enter the fray.

[@ericblue5436]

Stormtroopers are like Cobra troopers.

[@isengarde9490]

I dunno, I like the rest of the design from the neck down, but my GOD that helmet just looks so goofy.

[@koraegi]

The sith troopers helmets looked so damn big and their designs were way over designed Man the og sith troopers in kotor CLEAAAAN

[@YourLifeWasting]

This video makes me miss the SWTOR old way they ran things

[@nerdwatch1017]

Replace KK with a die hard fan of Star Wars and knows to find amazing writers he’ll go looking for some of the best Star Wars fan fiction writers who are very good. Find directors that are massive fans and wants to make a story stand on its own but can also add to the galactic story. Also to not be so afraid to make some more hardcore and violent shows in a movie or series. I heard the acolyte was originally going to be more centered around the Sith but the higher ups thought people didn’t want that and we saw how it blew up. When it finally comes time for old republic movies/series about the old republic with thousands of darkside users against thousands of Jedi we want things to get dark and crazy. Me personally would love a game of thrones level of adult brutality and killing

[@AnkhWolf]

Always preferred the Daimanate Sith Trooper armour, shame its in so little media

[@peterharmon28]

They should make it to several varieties of action figures imagine sith empire trooper 6 inch Black series to vintage Black series 5.3 inch I don't know

[@CheeseTriangles]

Stormtroopers are crayon eaters confirmed.

[@Starfleet8555]

The old Sith Imperial troopers were better primarily because the mission and enemies they face. For example the Galactic Empire didn't have any rivals that could, militarily speaking, go toe-to-toe with them, therefore there mission was more of peacekeeping. Where as the Sith Empire, however, did have an enemy that could, militarily speaking, go toe-to-toe with them. That enemy the Sith Empire faced was the Galactic Republic, the Republic at the time had a one hell of a military a military that does match the Sith Empire's own forces.

[@AlexSteel-o9s]

In and Era that had armies of powerful force users, the common soldier needed to become powerful themselves and that is why you have soldiers charging sith/Jedi head on because half the time they could probably take them

[@christopherhanton6611]

i like the ANCIENT SITH TROOPER MORE THAN THE STORM TROOPER

[@ACEnBEAKY]

Visually, the Sith Troopers look like a mix between a StormTrooper and Battle Droid. Recruitment and training seems to gravitate towards First Order Stormtroopers instead of Imperial Stormtroopers. Their helmets look even more bucket like than Imperial Stormtroopers. I wonder if the rebels in the Galactic Civil War called Stormies "Bucket Heads" to insinuate or imply that they had more in common with Ancient Sith Empire troopers than Old Galactic Republic ones.

[@TheRevan1337]

We've heard of it.

[@codexviolet7663]

So much potential with the SWTOR era but I’m worried Disney would botch it so hard if they tried.

[@biglawngnome]

9:00 try telling that to @GenerationTech the guy is obsessed with Storm Trooper superiority

[@discover1114]

The republic troopers back then looked cooler than the clone wars troopers

[@knighthawke5605]

The Sith Troopers would destroy the galatic empire stormtroopers

[@DocMadfox]

Could literally have opened up SWOTR and find out he was called Vye-kin, but no. Vaykin it is.

[@ireesemoore-giles]

Darth Vaders Armor looks super similar to the sith troopers armor

[@kevin-2.1]

I wish we could have seen the sith troopers from tales of the Jedi.

[@ericcrabtree7075]

The first order stormtroopers would definitely loose the old sith troopers as well

[@ev7813]

Can we please have a video on drommund kass after swtor

[@robertagu5533]

Would say itd probably take the ole GAR Clone Troopers to match or beat these Ancient Sith Forces if they was basically born an bred like evil Space Spartans..

[@Richard3rd665]

The only reason they didn't finish the war completely and with absolute assured victory was Emperor Vitiate ordered the sith to make a peace treaty. Both sides knew the republic and jedi were screwed. Jedi historian Gnost Dural even openly admits this. But the sadistic sith emperor had no interest in complete victory. He craved more war and death to come.

[@jumangi2322]

Sith Troopers!? How good are they? Drop them buck naked on Hoth they be on korriban in 1 cycle talking junk to you in a speedo. ❤️‍🔥🇺🇲🇹🇹 SITH RUN THIS

[@OrangedinoTrexBundle]

Can you do a Whole analysis of General Grievous Personal lightsaber style?

[@yachtman87]

I'm a SWGoH player, of course I know what a Sith Trooper is

[@mauricebarlow4844]

Thank you for making the video 📸📸 please make one about the clone troopers and Old Republic Troopers.

[@ericblue5436]

Cool!

[@martinbauzon7450]

The Most Elite Army In Star Wars That You Never Heard Of- which is the strongest

[@vegvisir9276]

Star War Kriegers then

[@DaG.O.A.T.]

The blonde hair guy that built the ancient sith empire military was a lot like Governor tarkin in the new canon

[@venkelos6996]

I think it is important to take into account the purpose of each force. The nerdier of us know that Stormtroopers are NOT the rank and file soldiers of the Empire; they just rarely, or never, show us these, and so what we see is the Stormtroopers, as the representative of the Empire's military might. On the other hand, what do they typically have to fight? Some groups, like the Corporate Sector Authority, the Hapan Consortium, and the Hutt Cartels, when they exist, might have some military force, but the only big force in the galaxy is the Empire's; this is part of why the Rebellion struggles to find troops to fight them with, but then the Stormtroopers, even when capable, aren't expected to fight long, protracted military engagements, against a similarly capable foe. In some ways, the purpose of the Imperial military is indoctrination, and oversight. If the sons and daughters of the important families in the Empire join the Stormtroopers, then they can be molded into loyal soldiers, and are less likely to rebel, or if they do, get killed by other loyal soldiers. It basically pens up the Empire's best, and brightest, and either makes them sycophants, or ar least keeps them under surveillance, leaving the Rebellion to pick through scraps, and dregs, and othe uninspiring types. It obviously doesn't always work that way, buy I feel l8ke it was the on paper goal. The Empire didn't see itself as opposed by an equal; just idealistic fools, and the civilians they could dupe, but the Sith Empire needed to fight against the power that ruled the galaxy, and win, and both sides had good troops, capable Force-users, available tech, etc, so the skull of their individuals was much more important than 4,000 years later.

[@PackHunter117]

Would they beat the Sith Troopers from The Rise of Skywalker? How would they fare against Death Troopers?

[@anthonyp6896]

That'd be interesting to see a video about the commando from the Republic anybody else agree

[@markmiguel1000]

If you've played or is currently playing SWTOR, then you 100% have heard of them 😂

[@sebastianvergara9543]

The Sith Empire is cruel but fair

[@westongarner-qo2ez]

157th like!👍 Awesome video!🤘 Keep up the awesome work!🤘😎🤘

[@TheStupendousWave]

Rock on!

[@westongarner-qo2ez]

@@TheStupendousWave You too!🤘😎🤘

[@donaldbell2554]

cool