The YUUZHAN VONG'S Devastating First Assault | Star Wars Battle Breakdown

We being our look into the Yuuzhan Vong War on today's episode of Star Wars Battle Breakdown!
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The New Jedi Order and the Yuuzhan Vong War was one of the most important parts of Star Wars Legends. From the Death of Chewbacca at Sernpidal to the attack on Kyp Durron and the Battle of Duprillion, I cover the opening stages of the Vong Invasion on today's Star Wars Battle Breakdown!
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[@EckhartsLadder]

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[@thorshammer7883]

EckhartsLadder The Imperium of Man vs the Forerunner empire (Warhammer 40k vs Halo)

[@corydorton2660]

EckhartsLadder cool it's definitely an interesting part of star wars history

[@derrickstorm6976]

EckhartsLadder I hope you continue this series :)) The topic wookieepedia was least interesting about 😂

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

The Yuuzhan Bong War is very interesting. Please do continue this

[@bluerobin2982]

Bellator vs secutorx2

[@darkslash22]

The Yuuzhan vong invasion would have made for a much more amazing trilogy

[@Frostbite_001]

Tell me about it disney just doesn’t know what parts of Star Wars that are interesting like they’ve got all the lore they could ever need with plenty of amazing movie material to turn into a stand alone movie or a trilogy and so on

[@PedroHenrique-wf2xt]

I prefer a animated series

[@garynebus8717]

Yes thank you 🙏

[@TheCorrodedMan]

Imagine that: the first of the sequel movies have ended, the First Order is defeated and the star killer is dead. Then, a lone radio tech gets a communication from a rim world. He turns to Finn and asks him “you ever heard of a ‘vong’ before?” As the radio explodes with activity.

[@thegregitto]

I wish there was a Clone Wars like TV show of it, Disney won't do sh**

[@Camuska]

#rememberSernpidal Chewie.....

[@darthvader4594]

Camuska why you make me cry?

[@Camuska]

i'm sorry Anakin. That was one of the most horrible moment in my reading life. Then I saw Han's reaction, and it got worse

[@wasabyorechy1585]

too soon

[@chrissonofpear3657]

And many others killed off too, including Elegos, and another, noteworthy connection to Han...

[@neofulcrum5013]

That was so depressing :(

[@blackshogun272]

Bro make more. The Yuuzhan Vong War was a tipping point in galactic history bruh ! It essentially told everyone in the EU galaxy, "Stay Woke !" cuz Sith aren't the worst things out there in the void...

[@strikeflyer]

vong, killiks, galactic alliance guard>>>>>>> first order and resistance

[@gerardclarke1001]

strikeflyer aquamos amen to that

[@neofulcrum5013]

And that’s why i want them back in canon

[@hankrearden5460]

Pretty much anything from legends >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Disney Star Wars

[@angelbeatzbell4057]

Amen...Kathleen Kennedy is haha

[@theschwomp4149]

As soon as i saw the title, i went into complete euphoria. I've been waiting for this video so long, and i want to thank you Eckhartsladder, you bloody legend

[@jasons1257]

Emil Stenman finally!!!

[@joshualevy8201]

I’m so happy this is out. This guy is awesome :D

[@Harshhaze]

I remember reading this around middle school. Got a chuckle out of Han and Chewie "flying" a TIE bomber through the asteroids... Rip the big hairy boi

[@BattlestarZenobia]

Maintenance Renegade there was the Dark Nest Trilogy, the Legacy of the Force series and the Fate of the Jedi series, the last novel of the later era of Legends was Crucible

[@That_Guy_Ty]

@Maintenance Renegade honestly, I didn’t like the way he died, just because it was caused by yet another device that can be used to destroy a planet, like woahhhh so original.

[@echosdatacore2056]

All this "Vong War" could have ended quickly if Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade let the Thrawn clone survive. Wait... It could have all been prevented if they acted quickly.

[@EckhartsLadder]

They did decide to let it survive, they were forced to destroy it to escape and it would've died anyway

[@echosdatacore2056]

@@EckhartsLadder, I see. I'm hoping to get the Thrawn Duology soon. Just got the Thrawn Trilogy for Christmas :)

[@leonmarple2521]

Please keep up the yuuzhan vong stuff

[@user-Jay178]

This is going to be great and I wonder if they are coming back to canon. Great video I like it

[@ApsalusSigma]

I have NO hope for that, but in its place I really want to see the this series.

[@18Krieger]

If I remember correctly there are certain hints in the new canon that the Yuuzhan Vong might appear.

[@anglozone3562]

Was it Canon Before then

[@sharko4093]

If I had the reigns over the sequel trilogy I would have done Episode 7 with the New Republic having little skirmishes with the Remnant but then discovering a threat from another galaxy on it's way and then for Episode 8 and 9 to be the Yuuzhan Vong invasion and war.

[@catmani2]

While I would love to have them come back to cannon, I doubt that they will. I just don't see Disney going the dark route that would be needed for their species with their love of pain, their disturbing bio-tech, and their culture of self mutilation.

[@fullmetalpoitato5190]

Just seeing the cover of Vector Prime again makes me both sad for and proud of Chewbacca. It took a moon to take down the most awesome Wookie of all time after all!

[@warden-3699]

Idea: do an episode where you describe your “perfect fleet”, with access to ships from Star Wars, Halo, Mass Effect, and/or other sci-fi universes. (27th try)

[@noellesato311]

Ah yes, the Yuuzhan Vong’s initial assault on the allied planets with intent to commit total genocide on those who lay in their warpath towards the activation of the halo array for their divine ascension into- wait.... Oh right, that’s not the Yuuzhan Vong, that’s the, uh... Reapers from Babylon 5. Roight.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

You have fine taste, at least. Remember when the Cylons tried to turn Jacen Solo into a believer in their one god...?

[@darwinxavier3516]

That reminds me of the shirt I got with a Dalek that says "OMG it's R2D2. I loved him in Star Trek."

[@keisufederationmapping2748]

I know right? And remember when ikrit piloted a q shaped spacecraft to destroy the emperor’s ship in warhammer 69k?

[@iprofox3758]

@@keisufederationmapping2748 oh yeah. And when the ferengi defeated the systems commonwealth after allying with mandalorians.

[@TheThegoldenspatula]

Yuuzhan Vong have always been the big bads I knew nothing about but always really wanted to. Never found time to read the books myself but now Eck can finally convince me! *clicks play*

[@robertoleary5470]

NotQuiteEnglish same

[@luisacosta1628]

NotQuiteEnglish what books?

[@HCUhardcoreUnited]

Luis Acosta The New Jedi Order series is about the Yuuzhan Vong. Though wouldn't recommend reading it if you haven't any idea of the Imperial Civil War/Post Endor era.

[@morromenos1016]

I read them out of order, and I think I missed a few, but I highly recommend Traitor.

[@bensinex7725]

I actually liked the Vong. I feel like it gave the Emperor’s actions justification besides being evil. Decades of work, all to fight these threats.

[@TobeWilsonNetwork]

The Vong are in the mid rim! Borsk Fey’lya: But are they really though?

[@nirek3676]

Vector Prime is incredible!

[@tiagogaming5803]

Palpatine understatement Of The century. The book is absolutely breathtaking!

[@fontainus7302]

It's ok. There are way better EU books.

[@pbstarwars9596]

Vector Prime is also an autobot from transformers

[@TouringWolf42]

The vong were extremely powerful but somehow a fractured galaxy was able to even compete with them.

[@tallerstond8105]

Touringcarton42 the vong were weakened too

[@donder172]

Don't forget also the logistical problems that come with a wide front.

[@joebloggs5318]

The Vong were somewhat overrated. Their biotech was more of a novelty than a threat. Only the poor leadership by the New Republic let them get nearly as far as they did. As a species they are stagnant and have little going for them.

[@jacksonpollard4106]

I thought this was a great summary, but before anyone goes getting audible subscriptions for this series, I would personally not recommend the New Jedi Order audio books versions to anyone without mentioning the caveat that they are severely abridged and cut out roughly 2/3 of the contents of those books. If you know that going in and are okay with it, that's fine I guess, but people should at least know that before signing up for audible for a series like this.

[@3710stormwolf]

Yes, if you want to listen to it then get the Epub and use a text to speech reader. For example the entire battle of dantooine is cut out of the second book.

[@Davrn54]

I think pretty much every star wars book that got an audio book version was abridged until after the Legacy of the Force series. The only exceptions, at least that I know of, were the novelized versions of the movies. Since Legacy of the Force they started making unabridged audio books, or at least around that time at any rate. So far as I know, the only pre-Legacy of the Force stuff to get unabriged audio books were the Thrawn Trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn Doulogy, and the Darth Bane Trilogy.

[@jacksonpollard4106]

Davrn As far as I know, all the audio book adaptations of the Dark Horse comics were unabridged, but otherwise yes, those are the only other unabridged productions I am aware of.

[@madalyndonahue99]

I truly hope that Penguin House Audio re-records the abridged novels. There are so many that I would love to read again but I just dont have time. Audio books are the best thing ever for adulting.

[@Davrn54]

At this point, I highly doubt it.

[@IrishPhoenix7]

Not knowing much about the vong, I think this series will be informative for people like me who don’t know a whole lot of legends lore

[@chrissonofpear3657]

We'll let fans pick as they wish, I think.

[@surprisedchar2458]

Lockjaw Lucasfilm beat them to it by giving the okay to the garbage that was the Vong. While losing books like the X-Wing series, when Disney purged fanon into Legends I was extremely happy that the Vong weren’t canon anymore.

[@jimmyjohnsontheiv8980]

Chris sonofPear fuck no this aint a democrazy

[@jimmyjohnsontheiv8980]

Surprised Char so just cuz u hate one thing about legends u decide its a ok for disney to purge it and replace with this sequel garbage

[@SEIRRA035]

The New Jedi Order is one of my favorite series in all of Star Wars, and I’m glad you’re covering it. Particularly excited to hear about some of the major battles that had little/ no screen time in the main books

[@yashametlaudna]

*Hears avengers* "Yoda...I don't feel so good..."

[@derelict06]

Love it. I never read the EU but I’m fascinated by the Yuuzhan Vong idea. Keep it coming

[@darthvader4594]

Why do their ships look like cheese?

[@thomas.02]

They look like cheddar when they arrive, Swiss cheese when they're shot and blue cheese after they're all dead and rotting away

[@tiagogaming5803]

Great analogy.

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Yorick coral - a semi-biological substance, for their ships. Rock-like.

[@vataiakos7881]

Darth Vader they came from the moon

[@ratbat1072]

They look more like random exotic foods

[@adrianlibert9682]

Having never read the novels, I really appreciate your work. It helps to put things in order and explain the whole Star Wars universe

[@lordinvictus793]

Have been waiting for this series for a long time! The YVW has a lot of battles and engagements I think you could cover. I am hoping to see this series continue!

[@adamcarpman]

I love your channel but this is one of my favorites so far! More videos on this subject would be awesome!!

[@Shadowhunt005]

been waiting ages for your coverage on the Yuuzhan Vong. Please keep going with it and go into as much detail as you can.

[@zacimusprime4865]

That outro is the best thing ever😂😂😂!!!

[@silentjolt3210]

Zacimus Prime I was dying when I saw that hahahahaha : )

[@joshualevy8201]

Yesss!!! I’ve been waiting for this video to come out for such a long time! I kept searching Eckharts Ladder and Yuuzhan Vong but nothing much was coming up except for Thrawn, the Empire and some hypotheticals... until now! This was my favorite conflict to read! Made me fall in love with reading Star Wars books. Please post more Yuuzhan Vong videos!!!

[@TheDrunkenPhaeron]

I would love to see more of the Vong and hope you continue it beyond this week. Keep up the awesome work you do!

[@WMM-td4pk]

I hope you keep these up these battle breakdowns! They’re so cool!

[@3rdGamerPlays]

YAASSSSS!!!!!! I loved reading the eu novels, and this conflict! So glad that you are going through this!

[@facelesscleric2744]

I'm glad we finally got an in depth video about the Yuuzhan Vong

[@Discovery173]

First time commenting, but been subscribed for a while. Keep it up with this series, I always wanted to know more about the Vong invasion! Love the content!

[@avyva6325]

Never really knew much about the Yuuzhan Vong until i came across your channel, keep it up.

[@DansCriticalReviews]

I've been looking forward to a video series covering the Yuuzhan Vong War. Keep it up!

[@jaimiekasper4466]

Another great vid good job eck!

[@constellation64]

I’ve always been interested in the yuuzhan vong. Keep the vids coming!

[@tjmcfadden5137]

Love this please keep this series going till the end love the yuuzhan bong war

[@stuartmcclurey9926]

Awesome video, lovely work!!

[@Keeginator117]

Love it! Bring on the next battle!

[@jonstachon4921]

Love the videos! Keep them coming!

[@mattj6222]

Love you covering this. Read the series last summer and it is freaky and complicated with all the battles and worlds.

[@Chtulhu1204]

Tears of joy, no but seriously I've been looking forward to this day. When EckhartsLadder starts a series on the Vong.

[@13BadKarma]

This is a great video I'd like to see the series continue

[@kanskejonasidag1]

Yuuzhan Vong is some of my favorite things from the star wars universe. Please make more!

[@jedimik5123]

Fantastic vid!!! The New Jedi Order series was one of fav Star Wars series, looking forward to more!!

[@wolfee4422]

I loved the New Jedi Order series, one of my favorite in star wars actually. Can't wait for more great videos like this one! Keep up the good work :)

[@Wren4123]

Loved this! Please more! I read these books quite a few years ago!

[@truthagent7605]

So glad you’re starting this series, I’m on Rebel Stand right now aka the Battle of Borlias

[@chrissonofpear3657]

One of my faves from the series...

[@RoccoGermani]

keep this series going! I have always been interested in the yuzaan vong!

[@patrickyaffe4662]

This is something i've always wanted, coverage of the Vong as a series. This would be amazing as a regular series!

[@gaddielpacheco6976]

Keep up the good videos I love Star Wars and this channel is a go to for that

[@skidmark2704]

Yes! Ive been waiting for this!

[@onefadedgunner3281]

Keep these coming, I want to see more on the Yuuzhang Vong war

[@michaelkotcher5491]

Such a great arc, bring it all on!

[@toddwax9330]

AWSOME!! Love the stories with the Vong!!👍

[@luxwray4878]

It's so good to hear about the Vong! Yes! Fantastic

[@LogicalMan6]

Yes please more. Love to know more about the Yuuzhan Vong and the war

[@MrSteviej893]

This is the type of stuff we need to see. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this series

[@urzathehappy72]

So glad u did this series on Vong

[@vincemesaboogie6572]

Awesome work . I'm not very knowledgeable of these battles. Totally enjoyed this . Thank u sir 🤘

[@danhaas9730]

I'm so hyped for this mini-series! I'm a big star wars fan, but I know very little about the Vong and their invasion. Looking forward to learning more!

[@iamzomb.]

Yesssss I've always wanted an in depth yuuzan vong war

[@drp1bb856]

Great topic for a series of videos! 👍🏻

[@johnnybobonny9306]

This is my favorite conflict in Legends. Keep it up!

[@NordicRonin_]

Love the New Jedi Order series and with how you breakdown Star Wars battles and events this series was made for you. Please do more

[@HarryPotter-lz7ni]

This is perfect I have always been interested in this part of legends but never found a real series of the entire war

[@winglessviper]

Good job as always. Been years since I read these books.

[@kurisuuu48]

I'm so glad you are doing this series! This were some of the first books I read from Star Wars and I really liked the series, even though I'm still missing 8 or so books from the middle of it, they have become a bit hard to get here in Germany. Looking forward to more videos!

[@Brirko]

The video hasn’t even started and I’m so excited!!!

[@JakeraxForever]

Excellent video Eck, can't wait for the assault on Coruscant.

[@pilchard8741]

Definitely carry on with this series!!!

[@theemperorofmankind7706]

FINALLY the yuuzhan von wars I've been looking forward to this

[@spartnmarcen5110]

Love this series idea. That set of books was huge in scale. A perfect way to showcase the war.

[@MrQuan2u]

keep these stories coming man, loved this era of the star war saga.

[@TevinH]

I don't know much about the Vong war, but you would be a great person to learn from. Keep making these please.

[@officialtomfroud]

Keep doing these!!

[@dylanfrady3251]

I loved this video. I think this series should stick around for a while

[@domminicamalan8713]

I enjoy this series greatly!!

[@shayneletendre9451]

Keep going! I never knew about these guys!

[@marsar1775]

I approve! Please do more of this! Have I mentioned I like the presentation of these battle breakdowns, because I do

[@marckrieger3277]

I have waited a long time for this my little green fr... err i mean eckhart! The vong war is the biggest and best arc in legends. I would love to see all battles cover in future video espacially the fall of coruscant!

[@petree50]

Yuuzhan Vong is my favorite part of Legends. Keep these coming!

[@TheSaoMagnifico]

So glad you're doing the Yuuzhan Vong War! Some of the best and most interesting sci-fi battles ever in the NJO (I'm sure I've plugged Ebaq 9 before).

[@AnimexFiendFullmetal]

I like this series idea. I've always wanted to learn more about this war

[@the_bohemian4536]

I demand more pizza shaped planets

[@ratbat1072]

Pizza time

[@jacksonclark3111]

BXOTROT ___ you said it wrong I want a planet made of pizza

[@the_bohemian4536]

jackson clark shit you right

[@Hiyama420]

email me if you want a pizza roll

[@darwinxavier3516]

But would this pizza planet have any crust on the surface? What's beneath the crust? Is it deep dish? Is the molten core mozzarella cheese or marinara sauce? Does the planet have edible wildlife? Would it be smooth or rough with toppings? These are important considerations!

[@kendraroxanawaide6107]

I'm ready to finish the 3rd book in the NJO series with the next two ready to go. Thank you for producing these videos. Reading them for the first time starting a couple weeks ago. I look forward to watching more of these. Thanks

[@leonmarple2521]

Great content as usual !

[@Starman-qj1wt]

Please keep up with this topic. I don't plan to read those books but would like to understand that species

[@ajcox6549]

One of my favorite arcs in Star Wars Legends. My vote is to continue your series. I'm especially looking forward to your breakdown of the Battle of Ebaq 9, which I have suggested in the past. Cheers!

[@RedPilgrim.]

Keep Vong coming, never really dived into it before... good to hear the abridge ver.

[@redhairdavid]

this is amazing. i know so little about this section of starwars.

[@jjk28141984]

I sold my entire collection of New Jedi Order books a few years back...I'm regretting it now... These are great videos! I'm catching up on a lot of stuff I've forgotten or never read about. You really do a great job on these videos!

[@nicktsunami]

Keep these coming! Just started Star by Star.

[@ketvisker2452]

Nice, im excited for next episode

[@stars9084]

Love it! Keep it up!

[@jesusislord229]

YO! Just got Empire at war and it’s absolutely amazing!!! Thank you sir for getting me into it!!

[@mateuszborkowski22]

Great video as always

[@Jifty]

Keep it going! The NJO was one of my favorite series.