The Species that Secretly Ruled the Galaxy for 10,000+ years | Bothan Species & SpyNet Breakdown

[@MetaNerdzLore]

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh 😑

[@dalekcaan8495]

Is it still viable

[@ethrsag735]

The Bothan Defense: "Fuck around against us and we will send everyone your browser history"

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

They're the Star Wars equivalent of "I have your IP address, prepare to be doxxed."

[@sadscarecrow5695]

Many Bothans died to bring us this video.

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

Nah they died trying to prevent this from being uploaded. This is top secret.

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

Good riddens

[@perfectstranger1152]

Who's Many Bothans?

[@toddkurzbard]

Damn. I wanted to do it.

[@toddkurzbard]

@@perfectstranger1152 He's the one that died to bring us this video.

[@AtlasFlynn]

Mothma: Many Bothans died to bring us this information... Akbar:Last time we ever hire Bothans. I once sent some Bothans to get me a coffee. Dead. All of them...

[@Star_Commander_Nip_Nup]

Robot chicken reference

[@toddkurzbard]

That's because IT WAS A TRAP!.

[@macwelch8599]

Would’ve been nice if that species ever appear in live-action, along with their Bothan Assault Cruisers

[@TetsuShima]

Yuuzhan Vong: *Kill Borsk Fey'lya* Bothans: "So you have chosen...death" Yuuzhan Vong: "That's cute" *13 years later* Yuuzhan Vong: "FOR THE LOVE OF XENDOR! THE WARS IS OVER FOR A DECADE AND OUR RACE IS COMPLETELY DEVASTATED! GIVE US PEACE, DAMN IT! Bothans: "Peace was never an option..."

[@derangedcrouton1864]

Nerd

[@eren34558]

the most hilarious thing is that the Voong tried to do good for a decade. Bork Fey'lya? Was literally a backstabbing conman

[@eren34558]

my first familiarity with Bothans was Borsk Fey'lya who not only sabotaged the new republic in multiple attempts to gain power, but literally threatened Leia with a blaster to get what he wanted. He even tried to get Luke and Han thrown in prison for getting in the way of his attempted power climb, and tried to frame Ackbar. And it was rumored that HE was the one responsible for trying to kill Wedge Antilles for falling in love with a Bothan female

[@jonathonmaxwell2973]

Yeah Borsk is bad guy for sure

[@generalconsensus2518]

Where did you learn this

[@jonmcgee6987]

Years ago, my RPG group had a long running gag. That if we needed information brought to us. Some one had to die to do so. The character's name was always Manny Bothans.

[@wavestrider2160]

Why do i suddenly imagine one of the bothans saying "Oh yeah my family have many siblings, we have manny wells bothans, manny richard bothans, and manny wilhelm bothans"

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Heh. in the "Tag & Bink" comics, there was a Rebel spy called Manny Both-Hanz.

[@invaderHUNK]

This is hilarious, you’ve inspired me to do same!

[@baconbriqs]

You’re a legend if you remember Manny Both-Hanz from the Tag and Bink comics

[@jayburn00]

I love tag and bink, and parts of it are canon in my head canon 😆

[@glorbojibbins2485]

Lol

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Hells, I'm planning on customising a couple of my RFTs into Tag & Bink!

[@tengkualiff]

They were literally the viet congs in the OG Battlefront 2.

[@greyhoundTex]

I wish the new Battlefront games were as good as the old ones. 😑

[@pennyforyourthots]

@@greyhoundTex i personally think they are, just different.

[@Facetiously.Esoteric]

No, that isn't what literally means. They would have to be actual Vietnamese in a different Galaxy to be "literally" them. You mean figuratively.

[@seanathonbilliamsmithson1658]

@@Facetiously.Esoteric people using "literally", when they actually mean "figuratively" is one of my biggest peevs with people now adays

[@theexcaliburone5933]

@@seanathonbilliamsmithson1658 your complains are literally so annoying

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Never trust a Bothan except if you know for sure if they are your side.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

But you can never know for sure

[@tohwangkaien8961]

you can trust a Bothan, only if the Bothan is tied to you because of your connections and the ability to end it’s species with a snap of your fingers

[@AlexSDU]

"Even plants can kill you..." So Bothawui is literally the Australia of Star Wars galaxy.

[@jcarry5214]

Fur-covered: firm copy. Intelligence: I'm getting some static.

[@mpcg102]

You know what they say about Australia if it's not actively trying to cause you bodily harm it's not native

[@earlware4322]

If Bothawui is Australia, does that make Bothans dingos??

[@AlexSDU]

@@earlware4322 Or Tasmanian Tiger "Many Bothans died to bring us this information" - Mon Mothma

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

And the Star Wars galaxy seems to be the Australia of the universe, courtesy of the Rakata most likely

[@TetsuShima]

Borsk Fey'lya was a really interesting character. Despite being part of the Heroes' team, he was an as*hole who only cared about power and not the freedom of the Galaxy. Really miss complex characters like him in the Disney Canon

[@greyhoundTex]

Disney doesn't want people to think that hard, they just want that dollar.

[@BananaRamaPartyTimeAllTheTime]

I absolutely hated Fey'lya haha but that series was a great legends read I still buy legends won't ever buy Disney's new Canon

[@tymoore2117]

@@greyhoundTex they dont want peoppe to think and just go " shiny, pretty, shiny, pretty." Tbh anypne with complex thought doesnt pay attention to disney star wars.

[@greyhoundTex]

@@tymoore2117 Correct.

[@eren34558]

my first familiarity with Bothans was Borsk Fey'lya who not only sabotaged the new republic in multiple attempts to gain power, but literally threatened Leia with a blaster to get what he wanted. He even tried to get Luke and Han thrown in prison for getting in the way of his attempted power climb, and tried to frame Ackbar. And it was rumored that HE was the one responsible for trying to kill Wedge Antilles for falling in love with a Bothan female

[@norsebeast5984]

What if the REAL primary purpose of the creation of the Death Star was to destroy the Bothan homeworld, its impenetrable shield and all? 🤔 Maybe Palpatine was tired of/worried about the Bothan's abilities, and finally wanted them largely wiped out.

[@HIMcules2112]

Bothawui was definitely on the list

[@neilmurphy966]

Maybe will surely see a Bothan in the Andor series, since both deal with intelligence and espionage in different forms..? 😉

[@ryaquaza3offical]

“Writing a collection of wisdom called, The Way” *This is the way*

[@aileenmacnair1254]

You should make a ‘legends’ breakdown series where you explain the storyline, characters and settings from after ROTJ legends such as heir to the empire as I am really interested in this era and have not been able to access the original comics or other media around this time.

[@justinlast2lastharder749]

Just in case you didn't know, there's a Building in your City/Town where you can go and get there bundles of papers called Books. Totally free, but you gotta bring em back on a certain day...Starts with an L or something.

[@austinkersey2445]

@@justinlast2lastharder749 Yeah, but many of those books are out of print (meaning they don't make them anymore) so the amount of copies is less than finite for some of the series. The actual paperback novels are still quite obtainable, but the comics, video games, and other media are another matter entirely.

[@silentfangirl1176]

These guys embody the saying, "knowledge is power."

[@Jayleon72]

I am normally Always hugely impressed with the level of detail you give when you talk about the lore. Imagine my disappointed suprise when I was expecting the story of the great hero of the rebellion Manny Both-Hanz. Instead, I got fake news.

[@tonyjackson4078]

It's almost criminal we haven't had a proper animated or live action Bothan character in Canon media.

[@grandmoffjake6871]

A species of spies so good, we have never been able to spot one on film.

[@eren34558]

my first familiarity with Bothans was Borsk Fey'lya who not only sabotaged the new republic in multiple attempts to gain power, but literally threatened Leia with a blaster to get what he wanted. He even tried to get Luke and Han thrown in prison for getting in the way of his attempted power climb, and tried to frame Ackbar. And it was rumored that HE was the one responsible for trying to kill Gavin Darklighter for falling in love with a Bothan female.

[@peco0012]

Bothawui just sounds like a more humid Australia when it comes too the wildlife

[@Cwronaga216]

*Palps creates DeathStar* "The Shadow Broker would like to know your location."

[@918Mitchell]

Let's all remember the sacrifice made by Manny Bothins, you may have been small, but you had a big heart.

[@siegeturtlez3497]

The fact that the VA for the Bothan in the intro is Tank Dempsey from CoD Zombies is shattering, I cant unsee Dempsey as a Bothan

[@Ocara115]

I would love a longer video about Vitiate and Valkorian. I've always really liked his story, so it would be cool to be able to watch a video about him that goes in depth

[@riolufan2249]

The Emperor Palpatine level in EaW was fun

[@marshalllatta2073]

The Bothan are one of my favorite species in the star wars universe

[@micah5918]

Same they are so underrated in Canon

[@RDAScout]

I like the bothans because they look l like dogs with mustaches.

[@phukhue289]

Very expansive background on the species I knew very little about, thank you!

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Sun Tzu did dedicated an entire chapter to spies and warns about the use of spies

[@grantt1589]

Bothan spy network: exists NordVPN: I'm about to end this man's whole career

[@trekstarsam2494]

I would love to see you do a video detailing the non-Jedi training that Jedi padawans received. For example, in addition to Jedi training, what other education did they have? I'm sure they had to learn at least basic math, and what about the native languages and cultures from their various species? Since they were taken so young, and since the Jedi was an intergalactic group with all sorts of different species, I'm sure republic basic was spoken throughout the order, yet, Jedi travelled throughout the galaxy as peace keepers, so I was wondering how many languages they learned. A lot of species could understand but not speak Republic basic. Was it simply through protocol droids translating?

[@Strider182]

I mean just thinking out loud, but it'd make a lot of sense about Bothans providing intel on the planetary shield on Scarif lol. I'd like to think that they had a similar set up on Bothawui as Scarif was, shield gate so they know whose coming and going... Seems like something the Spymaster Species would do!

[@CT-5736-Bladez]

Anybody else want to see a break down of the Havoc Mauroder the bad batch shuttle

[@AshanBhatoa]

The lore surrounding the Bothans is so intriguing.

[@anotherfriendlyshikikan6960]

The Bothan’s attack plan is MAD

[@blakena4907]

How pissed off does Palpatine need to be to personally go to the Bothan home planet and slaughter hundreds of them?

[@Calebre_]

I’d say pretty damn pissed

[@eren34558]

you can actually trust palpatine....borsk Fey'lya is proof you cannot trust a bothan

[@the_biggest_chungus7508]

That Mission in Empire at War was both cool and a pain in the ass

[@redjirachi1]

The mad lads extrapolated an entire species from just one sentence in a movie

[@austinkersey2445]

They also made Quinlan Vos from one second of screentime from the Phantom Menace. Vos being one of the best Clone Wars era Jedi in terms of character and "cool factor". At least in Legends he is.

[@chaiwarrior11]

Your content is always quality, thanks!

[@ykqmoonchild]

Fantastic coverage. Loved it.

[@normal_exe]

Dang I didn't know sun tzu was bothan

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

Judging by his genius, yeah he was.

[@jameskosusnik1102]

To be fair the swizz are more like bothers than sun tzu, as their strategic neutrality during both world wars acted essentially the same as bothuwi did

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

"Dox your enemies" - Sun Tzu

[@ComradeCorvus]

2:50 Nah, they just chose the xeno-compatibility ascension perk.

[@Ginlock45]

Rip Manny. A true hero of the republic.

[@tonyjackson4078]

Holonet- this interface uses cookies to access sites. Bothans- I eat all cookies.

[@rebeldropper8933]

Thanks Meta!! I miss that Swash Buckling Jedi Master V. Farfalla...At least he decapped quick and easy.. I wonder if we'll see some of these slick espionage smooth snitching Bothans in the new Andor show?..Finally show some savy Bothans(the snitches who saved the galaxy).

[@krystvnarco]

I really want to see if there were any invasive species of plant in star wars

[@InventorZahran]

Those incognito tabs might not keep the Bothans out of my search history, but Private Internet Access does!

[@tacticool_weeb8450]

Me after watching rouge one: “was bothan a slang term for renigade fucktard this hole time?… becouse I saw no bothans, did everyone get it wrong?” 😂

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

Always reminds me of the Battle of Bothawui.

[@NovaWarrior77]

Thank you for these!!!

[@hazeroth]

Fantastic lore video. I wonder though, that if one particular species is famous/infamous for their spy network, then that species really isn’t that good. After all, isn’t “not being noticed” a big part of espionage?

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

My exact thoughts. Being known as good spies is a really bad thing lol. Wouldn't everybody just avoid these guys and shun them?

[@javionblade21]

I've been loving this channel I had to subscribe thanks for the knowledge

[@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45]

Invaders: "We will destroy your world!" Bothans: "Don't care + Didn't ask + I have your IP address + Get doxxed lmao"

[@gehrigstory6674]

5:33 When Obi-Wan Kenobi mentioned "The Way" in his own show (Episode 3, I think), I was wondering If Disney had just Canonized this piece of Bothan culture? Or, is it just another nod to "This is The Way", spoken by Din Djarin, instead?

[@imnotusingmyrealname4566]

Private Internet Access seems like the best VPN out there.

[@rickybobby6028]

Manny Bothens was a good dude.

[@palamabron2481]

Their absence in the so called new canon is really weird, especially since their existence is established in ROTJ.

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Another amazing video but can you do a full history breakdown of zuckuss and 4 lom because of the comic zuckuss is amazing or do zuckuss species the gand

[@carissamace]

The bothan spy network reminds me of the Zentharim from Faerûn. I think Manshoon would like them

[@austinfuller8323]

Big W on the anti spying ad on the Spying Species Video 👌

[@synergy90t]

Another great one, thanks!

[@Neochrono]

Steve Blum is my favorite voice actor.

[@glennlaroche1524]

Space doggos do a heckin' sneak, tho.

[@kaibooker4782]

Can you pls do a video on the Complete history of the Rakatans I feel like I need to know more abt them sense they play such a big role in where many species came from

[@Scribbles69]

Great video as always

[@furankusama]

Damn. Didn't notice until now that it's Steve Blum doing the voice for that character at the beginning. Pretty cool.

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

The Bothans have one of the best assault cruisers

[@josefishytv4237]

Why don't we have a tv show on them... they seem to be main characters toooo

[@alluringming]

Would make sense that their would be a race or faction that had a spy network that could be equal to if not superior to that of the galactic empire and possibly even the hutts.

[@demi-femme4821]

"That's the last time I send Bothans to do anything. I sent Bothans to get me coffee, all dead."

[@neilmurphy966]

Do u think the Empire planned to replace/undermine the network by training more and more Kubaz as agents..? (May be hinted at in Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina book,..tho know is non canon now)

[@BartyCrease98]

0:00 sounds like tank Dempsey from cod zombies

[@Pixelkip]

and brimstone xD from valo

[@phalanx3803]

was that Steve Blum at the start? it has to be no one else pulls of that voice so well.

[@feralprocessor9853]

Right off the bat, a bothan congratulation.

[@casualsleepingdragon8501]

Person: youxre not that intimidating really Bothan: I KNOW YOUR IP ADRESS!

[@AFROJOE2323]

If a bothan had a child with a chiss, it’s offspring would be an intrigue tank the universe could have never seen

[@Reyma777]

Humans being able to breed with Bothans is really stupid part of legends. Not to mention the half-bothans look like satyrs for some reason.

[@hyperiongm330]

The 'half-Bothans' came about in an early phase of the EU, when the current canid look for the species wasn't fleshed out fully and WEG's version was still being commonly used.

[@LordBackuro]

Bothans would be like the ultimate doxxers. Enemy Race: "we will destroy you." Bothans: "no" *leaks military intel across the Galaxy.*

[@SebRoseWolf]

they are just the Star wars' version of Khajiit from the Elder Scrolls series. Sneaky, good at gathering intel, Feline-like, and have names that have family and clan names in them

[@commandergrumbo2319]

The auto-generated captions are wild for this one 😂

[@MaxWelton]

I recognize the Bothan’s voice at the very beginning…who voiced him?

[@MaxWelton]

It’s Steve Blum, isn’t it?

[@G59forlife.]

I bet it's the same guy who voiced scott Mitchell in ghost recon Edit: yup, googled it

[@enfyr4600]

What is the name of the background music? Love the vids btw

[@bluebird3670]

Steve Blum (Dempsey actor in cod zombies) !!! I recognize that voice from a mile away.

[@DobleWhiteAndStabley]

11:40 Oh. That is what the cheeto cat looks like without his glasses.

[@vidalott]

I always thought Bothans were the long necked hammerhead types. So, what are the hammerheads called?

[@hollowinuyasha01]

Ithorians

[@vidalott]

Right on.

[@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner]

Star Wars has a lot of cool intelligent species. Bothans are one of these!!! Very cool species!

[@jamesdupuis7125]

Outstanding video

[@HistorywithTy]

Hopefully he does the canon life of boba fett or obi wan or anakin

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah all hopefully this year

[@hatinonyou8260]

Dang I didn't know Tank Dempsey from Black Ops zombies was a Bothan

[@adognamedbird]

RIP Manny Bothans!! You will be missed sir! 😭🤣🤷‍♂️

[@TomMcD71]

Fascinating video and lore they remind me of the Kilrathi from the Wing Commander franchise at least in looks. This video proves that Legends is the real sequel trilogy and that Legends is awesome but that's just my assessment. The Bothan Assault Cruiser looks like a UNSC ship to me.

[@maryuma7]

So Valenthyne Farfalla was part Bothan? How did I miss that 🤔

[@schnebot]

yeah well they may have some merit when all we knew about them was that many of them died to help rebellion as mon mothma sai, but borsk feylya was the perfect example of their species, backstabbers all of them, bothawui, not alderaan shouldve been the test of the death star in episode 4 - and palpatine would be instantly loved by the galaxy.

[@philgrazi]

Star wars galaxies video game had Bothans as a race you could play as. Fun game.

[@Regulus985]

Great video!

[@Ryecrash617]

The thing I don't get about Bothans is that they are known for their spy network, and they are noticeably different looking than most other humanoids, wouldn't you just avoid them when discussing sensitive information? The ideal look for this race would be as boring looking as possible, something that just kind of blends into the crowd.

[@SirTorcharite]

They can turn invisible

[@hyperiongm330]

Bothans utilize contracted non-Bothan agents (who answer to Bothan operatives and are often blackmailed in an attempt to keep them from selling information off) in a large variety of situations. Likewise, not all Bothans (of which there are billions, making profiling about as pointless as trying to profile humans as a species for the same thing) are overt agents for the SpyNet, but many are societally pressured to provide information to Clanmates who are as they come across it.

[@austinkersey2445]

They have personal cloaking technology, as well as holographic devices that can shift their appearance.

[@stubbornspaceman7201]

They also used various other aliens, droids, and bribed officials.

[@gadaadyn8190]

This is the way

[@Gobblin_Goblin]

I love that if you try to fight a Bothan they just dox you.

[@FigFirearms]

My strategy would be to launch false attacks on bothans home planet, disguised as my enemies, so that their secrets get leaked

[@FoxySoda]

IS THAT DEMPSEY IN THE INTRO

[@EthanFrowen]

Awesome video bud