This is more useful than a Star Destroyer 99% of the time

[@GenerationTech]

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[@cyberpunkzombie9461]

You are one of my favorite creators on youtube. Been watching for years and the way you do these vids, the details you bring up, the jokes you make... just superb.. Thank you.

[@artdent9871]

Hey Dude, if we're all looking for the Long John Silver in Skeleton Crew, what about Nick Frost's pirate droid? The real Long John was a captain pretending to be crew. Jude Law is set up as the one with the agenda, but what was that droid doing on At Attin in the first place?

[@artdent9871]

Foreshadowing: the only plot point of the houshold droid in rich girl's house was to point out droids can be manipulated into lying, which we also saw Andor do to his adopted mom's droid. The timing of that household droid showing up in Skeleton Crew, just before Nick Frost's pirate droid shows up, sure looks like the writers wanted that point about droids lying to be underscored when the kids reactivated the pirate droid. Imho. I think believing a word out of that pirate droid's mouth is very suspect, maybe try analyzing the problem assuming the droid is lying about everything. We had a psychopath droid in Rebels, can't imagine the warrior/protocol droid on a pirate ship is any less warped from it's original programing🤔

[@dccdacicus1243]

Generation Tech is the missing "behind the scenes" for each episode. The Shogun done it officially, but The Scheletton Crew has GT's videos. Well done Generation Tech! Thanks to GT I can understand more details and learn good things about the New Republic in StarWars but also about the New Empire in real life 🤪

[@kyleanderson5120]

Every time Allen doesn’t end his videos with his pledge of allegiance to the Republic, I fear he may be buying into Imperial sentiment… LOL

[@chrisheitstuman6360]

It's not imperial sentiment...it's the Dolphins! He hasn't mentioned them in a LONG time. I am convinced that they are working behind the scenes...humanity may be in jeopardy!

[@Thewatcher-vp7uh]

I feel the exact same way

[@byronhorde5892]

​@chrisheitstuman6360 ... the dolphins, are planning their escape, from the planet.

[@nicobings2674]

He has become the very thing he swore to destroy

[@SomeTheorist9090]

He fell in love with a Mirialian, and they left the Republic after they attacked them for being non alligned in the Clone Wars. Barriss responded with terrorism for the Republic bringing peace to their planet...

[@lordMartiya]

The Empire had something BETTER than X-Wing patrols, the Skipray Blastboat. The fact they didn't use it more in spite of many Imperial officers loving it says everything.

[@orokusaki1243]

The Skipray isn't a fighter, it is larger and less maneuverable, and is also a single ship designed for system patrol (AKA around the main planet's assets and it's hyperspace jump points). The Imperial officers liked to go with the bigger is better (more imposing, more fear, less resistance) mentality, which wasn't always the truth of the matter. The hyperdrive was for micro-jumps within a system, and perhaps escort/transport to other nearby systems. A pair of hyperdrive fighters can achieve quite a bit as a patrol - keyword: patrol. They are scouting for (and being the first responders to) trouble that may be occurring within the space of an established perimeter. They triage the situation, attempt to resolve the situation, and call for any additional support that fits the task, if necessary. The protocol is report in, and retreat if overwhelmed, something not as easily done for a single ship if it is disabled/destroyed. A wing pair has better odds of reporting in, one buys time for the other.

[@lordMartiya]

@orokusaki1243 And yet, the Skipray worked well even on long range patrols.

[@orokusaki1243]

@@lordMartiya Well, which is it: "BETTER" or "worked well"? Would you like to elaborate a bit with an example or such? I'm definitely not knocking the Skipray, it is a good ship - I'm thinking of the tactics and logistics.

[@lordMartiya]

@orokusaki1243 Better for this patrol job, obviously.

[@belgeode]

I hear you on the Costco thing. I used to work for them. I miss when the food was good.

[@GenerationTech]

i still get a glizzy everytime can't beat that price

[@legrosalex884]

Costco beats inflation

[@jacob4920]

Their hotdogs are still good. And those still only cost a buck-fifty. We'll know that Costco is truly going down the drain when they actually RAISE THE PRICE on their classic "Hot Dog/Soda" combo!!

[@thesnowbold1632]

Even with the hardships, Costco is still a solid choice for bulk and family consumption

[@giladpellaeon1691]

@@jacob4920 I heard the founder will not allow the price of the hotdog to go up, period.

[@Alexus1138]

Best episode of Friends I've ever seen

[@TheAtomicCross]

The Y-Wings were missing a lot of their armour, and a lot of their inner components were just showing during the battle of Yavin. Rebels did a great job of explaining that they stole them from a decommissioning facility.

[@gozillabk]

Evidently also helped with fixing shit because stuff was packed tight under the armor

[@stormycatmink]

The plot-firepower on the X-Wing is pretty outstanding. Not to mention the plot-armor. Better than a squadron of TIE fighters. Though, the B-Wing's budget stealth is pretty hard to beat too. You almost never see it, just the wrecked ships on the battlefields.

[@lancepharker]

The plot shields are far more questionable, however, this is made up for with the plot astromechs which can reroute up to and including a missing engine.

[@dat581]

@@lancepharker I was just going to mention that. Plot shields seem to vary from stopping laser blasts completely to doing absolutely nothing! One of the X-Wings in the latest episode of The Skeleton Crew took a single hit to the upper port engine. The shields must have been down because they appeared to have no effect whatsoever.

[@matthemming9105]

Almost as if these spaceships are fictional, and rarely obey the rules of physics at the best of times 😊 but rather, to paraphrase George Lucas himself "there's gravity in space when I want there to be."

[@stormycatmink]

@@matthemming9105 It's a tough thing to balance for art. Art has to be inspiring, but realistic enough it doesn't seem alien. As viewers get better and better educated and more accustomed to things like gravity and how it works in space, sentiments like that won't work as well. But, at least for now, it works. :)

[@matthemming9105]

@stormycatmink pretty sure we knew about gravity in the 70s. My point is that nit-picking on details as "plot armour" frames a standard narrative choice as a failure of the creator that the superior critic has identified. Remember: in Star Wars, laser swords can cut through anything EXCEPT other laser swords. It's as much fantasy as it is sci-fi, and it's about the farthest thing from "hard" sci-fi. If that's what you want, there are other movies and shows that also want that, and thus try to deliver it, like The Expanse. But the Expanse doesn't also have space wizards who can lift rocks with their minds.

[@Atalas5]

In Legends, the A-wing with the Fijisi wood paneling was piloted by former Imperial TIE fighter pilot turned Rogue Squadron pilot Tycho Celchu, He has been attributed to being the pilot of the A-wing that flew into the second death Star with Wedge and Lando and lured off some of the pursuing TIE's.

[@CyberDrewan]

And led said TIEs on a “merry chase around the Death Star”

[@kaspi001]

He probably knew some of the TIE pilots personally so he knew what to do to tick them off.

[@Wolfman053a]

Those panels were in the cockpit, according to Tycho Celchu…

[@jeffreycarman2185]

10:28 the New Republic also had a _ton_ of ex-Imperial infiltrators scrambling up the works of their bureaucracy.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

I finish watching A perfect upgrade to a classic starfighter. Only to transition into this video. With Allen saying hello to his future self from 7 days later. XD

[@angelcortezano7496]

In skeleton crew the X-wings use ion lasers which were cool to see

[@afunkymonke]

Alan we should take it one step further, public servants should be graded on how willing they are to be witnessed to enter Valhalla, shiny and chrome. Got a feeling we'd see an improvement in their attitudes when it's truly performance based for whether they'll be promoted in the afterlife.

[@DonaldWWitt]

Dude, it's public service, as long as the paperwork doesn't drive them mad they've proven themselves enough!

[@ralterdrake556]

The ad-hoc nature of the X-wing turned out to be a benefit in this case too. Look closely and see they were able to retrofit the bottom weapons to ion cannons. Something the TIE line could hardly ever do.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

5:42 it makes a lot more sense, from a cost perspective, to have hyperspace-enabled starfighters (or small gunships) to run patrols and response, then even a Gozanti-class cruiser. Because hyperspace travel is so rapid that if the threat is greater than two X-Wings can handle, a quick response could be scrambled from centrally-located sector fleets.

[@FlameDarkfire]

But like, why is it military craft have to be scrambled for what should be routine police calls? Sure a dangerous outlaw with possible hostages might warrant a stepped up response, but scrambling X-wings is like the US sending a pair of F-22s to deal with a highway stop.

[@RoulicisThe]

@@FlameDarkfire Because they didn't have proper patrol fighters at the time it was established. They needed "police patrol cars" to do the routine job, but didn't have any, instead they had a bunch of military humvees lying around in extra number since the war was over. So, instead of scrapping them and wait for a new design to come through, they re-purposed them. Something made very easy by the fact pretty much EVERY former rebel pilot knew how to handle an X-wing

[@GirlPainting]

Well, they basicly transformed an F-14 Tomcat into a patrole Police Car.

[@realsupergonks]

truly a wonderous day when i am notified 10 seconds after a generation tech video is uploaded - love what you do!

[@TairnKA]

Near my high school, there was a drive up that sold a pound of fries, wrapped in a sealed thermal bag for one dollar. Occasionally the AV instructor, after the staff were assigned their duties, he would have the "Head Honcho" go pick up the fries. ;-)

[@Neocobalt]

The chicken bake really hurt.. also when they stopped selling Polish dogs

[@jonathanrivlin6248]

Thank you Friend! Sincerely, Alan

[@mrbushwookie6051]

2:56 this is why you are my favorite star wars channel

[@camomurf5182]

The Costco commentary is beautiful. XD

[@TerrisH20]

the transition for the rebellion to the newr upublic would create an opertuntity to finalize the X-wings design and setup proper production lines for it, reducing it's cost and mantince to more reasonable level. so their cost/benfit would only incresse the longer they were in the service of the new republic.

[@jamesricker3997]

The TIE fighters were intended to be the ISD's point defense system. If the TIEs are out chasing X-Wings the ISD is vulnerable to attack by Y-Wings. We saw that at the Battle of Scariff.

[@davidponseigo8811]

The New Republic would never have failed if there were more people like Carson Teva !

[@tonyjackson4078]

I just would like Carson Teva to reference his myriad of run ins on other shows. Like Telling Hera "By the way, you ever seen an N-1 in action? Thing is fast"

[@ZzaphodD]

The ISD makes perfect sense both as a carrier and a tool of intimidation. Tha prices per ships are often based on the old SW RPG and hence game balance and availability was part of the factor.

[@AvgGamerGuy15]

😂 the way he went about the sponsor… I normally don’t care to watch sponsor segments but that crap made me laugh for no reason in particular

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

Wood panels did not happen since the mid 1960's actually. From there, it was only decals, because wood costs more in a car than steel does.

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

Well, this is the X-Wing we are talking about.

[@oldered5663]

RIP Chicken Bake Foil packaging and supreme pizzas at CostCo....

[@anthonyruby2668]

I don't know about official canon, but it always felt like X-Wings and Tie Fighters were like P-51s and Fokker Triplanes.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Frankly I liked the idea of small ships carrying maybe a single squadron of fighters.

[@AJKecsk]

You're pretty much the only youtuber whose sponsored ad portion I'll actually watch and enjoy.

[@Shadx27]

Empire should have two Tie Hunters, one Imperial Skip Ray Blast Boat, and one transport that carries some troops and boarding ability.

[@GAJake]

Personally I think the lancer pursuit craft is better for patrol. Tractor beam and the ability to dock with another ship/starfighter

[@TheWarmachine375]

0:34 The Kids just want to go for very enthusiastic walks with him.

[@CJ_Welch]

Very enthusiastic walks~

[@rvds2040]

@@CJ_Welch he is a f*ck mothering jedi, he killed a lot of people to get that title

[@josephcornwell8198]

As a Costco employee, I appreciate the digs at the end. We all miss the Combo pizza.

[@robertagu5533]

As i recall the GREATEST think keeping the New Republic together ISN'T Carson at their version of Dunken Doughnuts... Besides that time they did the equivalent of rendering Triple A service post that other equivalent of a routine Traffic Stop ... Cuz its literally what then was the Muscle to securing the outer rim was some pretty pissed off Mandos, and 1 in particular, at Carson's mutual enemy...

[@mazizathaaullah2258]

"Hello Alan welcome to another episode of friends, my name is Generation Tech." Comedy gold

[@bjornancraite2266]

I personaally think it's likely that "crimson jack" may be an order 66 survivor. Not a full jedi, and one who probably did not stick to the ideals of the order post clone wars. It would also explain his attitude about droids.

[@orokusaki1243]

Who speaks "British English" in Star Wars? Certainly someone who was brought up around Coruscant (and/or any of the other major core worlds) would have such an accent.

[@The_Grey_Wanderer99]

Idk why i find it so satisfying when you do that wordplay in the intro.... 😅 Ive been looking forward to this

[@amyneith]

I'm sure you could regard the x-wing as the F-15 eagle or F-16 fighting falcon of star wars

[@daleford8621]

More like the f-14. Especially with the variable geometry wings.

[@the_bean_farmer]

@@daleford8621definitely F-14, both required high maintenance and were absurdly expensive

[@artdent9871]

If we're all looking for the Long John Silver in Skeleton Crew, what about Nick Frost's pirate droid? The "real" Long John was a captain pretending to be crew. Jude Law is set up as the one with the agenda, but what was that droid doing on At Attin in the first place?

[@orokusaki1243]

The ship seemed quite functional (despite landing on it's top), just dormant. Seemed a mutiny occurred. The droid doesn't seem to recall the planet's name - so that ship could've been there for quite some time... ...perhaps there's some history between the current populace and pirates, before the barrier, maybe before the world took it's current name. The ship was buried, and not far from a population center - the admins certainly were aware of it's presence.

[@artdent9871]

Dunno, that much top soil built up on the ship points to centuries in a temperate woodland environment like the kid's hometown, be different in a tropical rainforest, but High Republic origins for the banking culture on the surface should predate that, you'd think. I think believing a word out of that pirate droid's mouth is very suspect, maybe try analyzing the problem assuming the droid is lying about everything. We had a psychopath droid in Rebels, can't imagine the warrior/protocol droid on a pirate ship is any less warped from it's original programing🤔

[@artdent9871]

Oh, and foreshadowing: the only role in the plot for the household droid in rich girl's home was to point out droids can be manipulated into lying, which we also saw Andor do to his adopted mom's droid. The timing of that household droid showing up in Skeleton Crew, just before Nick Frost's pirate droid shows up, sure looks like the writers wanted that point about droids lying to be underscored when the kids reactivated the pirate droid. Imho.

[@orokusaki1243]

Yup, the ship was probably intentionally buried, and being a restricted area patrolled by droids, it was not supposed to be found. It is also a "brand new" model, no previous incarnations in known lore, so that adds to the mystery of who made it,, when, for what, and it's capabilities. Definitely getting that "don't trust the droids" vibe. They too don't look like any other droids in known lore Allegedly the pirate asteroid is in M-6 on the galactic map, in the Outer Rim. The travel time was about 4-6 hours from At Attin. Would be nice if they do eventually identify where these places are, officially.

[@artdent9871]

That "exploring" the unknown (to us) parts of outer rim element is almost Trek-like;) Disney has been doing that lately. I assume they're getting that rather good idea from the graphic and literary novels. I don't mind it disconnected from the larger universe for a while, it builds up the impact when they finally interact with the known universe. imho😊

[@TheWarmachine375]

New Republic's Defense Strategy: *introduced* First Order: "Lol. Lmao."

[@TheWarmachine375]

Skeleton Crew is just Goonies in Space.

[@harvmate]

The 3,978th person to say that, thank you

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

You're not wrong

[@justafloofbean2342]

Goonies is a good movie so I'm assuming this is a compliment

[@mrt88music]

just??

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

Goonies x Treasure Island in space.

[@AllanPorter]

As an Allan, I'm playing Allen's intro on a loop.

[@Spectacular_Insanity]

T-65 X-Wings have always been used as light patrol craft. Even as far back as the release of Rebel Assault II, the X-Wing had been established as a fighter that works in pairs both in battlefield formations and on long range patrols.

[@BreandanOCiarrai]

sequels, Bah! Legends forever :D Seriously, they missed a chance to make bank by mining the books set after the Battle of Endor and giving us well-written and popular stories. The Yuzhon Vong and Thrawn books alone would've been amazing on screen

[@Peregrin3]

Tie fighters not having hyperdrives isn't a real problem at all. A carrier provides a lot of advantages such as fire, logistical and tactical support that lets the pilots rest when not in combat which means they have better reaction times in battle. The X-wings hyperdrive is great for hit and run but even X-wings need a carrier for longer term missions, it lacks facilities and advanced sensors which makes it a lousy scout for anything longer than a short range fly-by. The X-wing s true strength is as a multi role strike fighter which was essential for the rebels because of their lack of firepower but that isn't that important for the imperial navy. There is a myth that is really popular that the Rebels were a major thorn in the Empires side with a lot of support and they were slowly bleeding it to death which is completely wrong. The Rebels were almost always on the losing end of any engagement, they were always a hair breath away from being completely eradicated, the battle of Endor was a hail Mary, they committed everything that they had and if they had lost the Rebellion for all intents and purposes would have been finished. Another myth is that if the Empire only had different ships or a different doctrine they could have won but this is ridiculous, the Empire was on the verge of winning, the reason they lost was because of arrogance. If Palpatine hadn't died or if he had set up a successor the Rebels had near zero chance of surviving let alone winning. Once you understand this fact it makes the story so much better because the stakes are so high.

[@simula152]

You can't equate a carrier IRL to the star destroyer. A carrier isn't 10km within enemy range when launching fighters, rather 100km.

[@JasonGuySmiley]

Damn is that purple voyager?

[@crispincain1665]

TBF, the X-Wing isn't 100% prototype. Incom also made the Z-95 Headhunter, and while its base form is atmosphere-only, it's clear where the design team drew inspiration for the X-Wing. There's also the fact that the controls and cockpit are largely kept the same for Incom ships, which is how Luke was able to transfer his skills from the T-16 Skyhopper to flying the X-Wing.

[@CurtisWT]

In Legends Incom produces the X-Wing as the successor to the Z-95 Headhunter. Planetary & Sector police forces used them for law enforcement and freight companies used them for convoy escorts. The Y-Wing was produced by Koensayr Manufacturing starting during the clone wars and were used similarly to the X-Wing following the galactic civil war. The A-Wing was created as the next generation of the Jedi's Delta-7 from the Clone Wars, when the empire went with the Tie-Fighter the prototypes were sold off and eventually ended up in the hands of the Rebel Alliance and more were made in private workshops. The B-Wings were the brainchild of Admiral Ackbar and built in the Mon Calamari shipyards.

[@viatorius]

What would be your opinion if the Empire improved the level of the fleet and not only consisted of huge ships but also smaller ones, and the fighters were more like the TIE Avenger or the TIE Silencer, which is closer to an X-wing?

[@joeybavis]

my only critique of the standard 2 x wing patrol, is what if u are detaining a captive/captives? x-wings cant carry passengers, so they need something like a small shuttle or patrol craft for transporting prisoners or extra troops.

[@simon2493]

Or what if the pirate ship has a god anti Starfighter defence?

[@GAJake]

2 X-wings + Lancer pursuit craft. Space for prisoners & tractor beam

[@orokusaki1243]

The "Patrol" mission versus the "Transport" mission. The Patrol can call in a Transport if needed. Depending on the intel, the Transport might arrive with the Patrol. Why risk a Transport, or fly it without explicit purpose? The wing-pair can assess the situation on-site, and call for any specific support vessels as needed. Gotta think of it being similar to motorcycle cops. Most of the time, they're targeting infractions that don't require arrest, and when they do, they call in a transport.

[@GAJake]

@ That’s a really good point so I guess say a new republic coast guard base has a bunch of patrol starfighters and then just a couple transports like u-wings or lancer pursuit crafts

[@joeybavis]

@@orokusaki1243 fair point. but in the situation with our force sensitive pirate friend, they should have brought a transport to detain him. and some ground troops wouldve been nice to cut off their escape, IE block the ships ramp.

[@rojaws1183]

Now you made me hungry.

[@simon2493]

I do think crovete or s high end destroyer sized ships with some good point defences would be better for anti piracy. Pirates can't really move toward a destroyer sized vessel it's just too big of a logistical footprint, but they can employ Corvettes. Meanwhile with destroyers you can outgun pirate corvette and have your corvettes as screening ship or for pursuing fleeing pirate ship.

[@bear8696]

i like this video, you make some good points about cost effectiveness. could you modify a YT style freighter so that those two X wings could dock and the pilots could walk around and take bio breaks? i'm also thinking that same YT would make a good post battle rescue recovery for anyone that had to eject because their ship got shot up. just thinking

[@GenerationTech]

funny enough yt1300 series was originally built as a tug boat and to move freight containers

[@RLaci81]

Rebels had shown YWings docked with The Ghost on the side docking ports.

[@orokusaki1243]

@@GenerationTech I still think that is a bit silly when actual tugs exist. Looking at the YT series, they're all freighters and transports. Some dude in Legends made the case that the "mandibles" of the YT-1300 were for docking with containers so as to move those containers, and somehow it stuck. A case of having to explain everything - with varying quality - in this case a bit out of step, awkward and impractical. The containers would have to be specifically designed to fit that ~3-4 meter space, and it would prevent the use of the larger freight loading/unloading doors. Meanwhile, in Solo, we see that Lando has an escape craft in that spot, also blocking those freight doors. The "mandibles" aren't seen to open and close, but granted - if they can hold a craft, they could probably hold something else that specifically fits that space.

[@joshm3484]

Only problem, let's say you do rescue the kids. Where are you going to put them? How will you transport them? Do they need a medical droid? Or food? Do you have those in your X-Wing?

[@zebfirehd9102]

no but a quick call can get the U wing in quick and it has enough space for at least 2 squads of troops.

[@orokusaki1243]

Seems the owl-lady in the observatory was a friendly, with shelter, probably food and water, probably a medpack. X-wings have rations, as well as medpacks. Seemed they were about 10-20 minutes away at class 1 velocity, so really not much of a problem. Know the lore and these things are obvious.

[@serpent08n]

Something grabbed me about the gozonti cruiser you said that it cost about 200K on the civilian market but when a military gets their hand on an air, or in this case space frame, they equip it with weapons, sensors, comsys, and ISR equipment turning that ship from 200k to a couple million credits just look at the USAFs warden aircraft

[@Dafeaz]

Allen slowly losing his mind gives me life.

[@GödekeMichels_72]

The empire hat more approriate cost efficient and fit for the task options though. Like the Cantwell Cruiser.

[@vic5015]

Really enjoying his rant about Costco food. That Supreme pizza was *awesome* for the price!

[@garofuerstenberger64]

Carson also runs one of the best galactic convenience stores as well.

[@sn0wgnome]

another advantage of the x-wings is that if one gets disabled you still have one guy who can complete the mission, if the Gozanti gets disabled your whole squad is dead

[@orokusaki1243]

Yes, this.

[@Dragonseer666]

I zoned out for a moment, and then you suddenly start talking about pizza

[@ltothepark]

Same but what snapped me back was something about public servants huffing paint lol

[@iainballas]

At first I thought "Two new videos in one day!" Then I realized you just changed the title.

[@NauticalCoffin2404]

0:00 My name isn't Alan. Or is it? 12:51 An X-Wing isn't a snubfighter, it's a starfighter. A snubfighter would be like the Imperial Tiefighters.

[@AlexanderHamburg]

X-wings are referred to as snubfighters in both A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. Remember the line "What use are snubs going to be against THAT?" in A New Hope? That was referring to X-wings.

[@williamwhitney7395]

Loved the intro =) Friends was for Dolphin lovers.

[@TheOfficialFivervex]

Did you see the bottom guns of the X-Wing

[@EggyBuilds]

Thanks for a great video. Watching your video made me realize how big Star Wars fan the Star Citizen developers are and how they satisfy Sci-Fi fans. I was wondering why their Mirai Fury ( Tie Fighter) was small snub ship without quantum drive and why their Scorpius (X-Wing) was interceptor tuned heavy fighter but now I know.

[@Snagabott]

Star wars has three kinds of ship: 1) Fighters 2) Targets 3) Millennium Falcon (which was target class, but still got fighter rules for some reason).

[@Forsworcen]

4:21 that smile was fucking creepy and I love it😂

[@KrypticElement]

Love the X-Wing

[@robertagu5533]

Episode off Friends...." So no one told you the Force was gonna be this waaaaayyyy....."

[@kumiho4970]

🎵Your Council's a joke, the Repulic is broke and your love life is DOA🎶

[@busydadscooking001]

it was kinda neat to see some X wings fitted out with ion cannons. because until thst point, I thought the idea of shooting back at an X wing to provoke it is generally know as A Bad Idea :P

[@Jacen32272]

The T-65B may have been a prototype rushed into inefficient production, but what about later models? When did a model optimized for mass production and easier maintenance come out, and how different was it from the prototype in appearance and performance? We've seen the T-70, and heard of the T-85. But was there a T-65C?

[@MikeA817]

It's always funny to see Alan clean up his beard and hair from one video to the next, like you know when he gets a haircut

[@Sufferingzify]

The X-wing Patrols are probably more cost efficient, but the Imperial Patrols are more cost effective. If you see a Gozanti and its 4 TIE's, the required force to engage, damage or defeat that force is quite out of reach for most. This is compared to the 2 X-wings, to which only requires at least 3 Starfighters to be able to engage, damage or defeat, to which is very within reach for most. The cost to engage, damage or defeat for an Imperial Patrol could easily be worth more than 400,000 credits, while the X-wing Patrol could be something as lows as 200,000. You must also place in perspective capability disparity, the Imperial Patrol can Fight, detain ships (Tractor Beam), detain personnel (Mothership), deploy personnel (Complement), disperse operations (more hulls), while the X-wing patrol can only Fight.

[@orokusaki1243]

Good assessment. Though if strictly a "patrol", it would depend on the nature and scope of that patrol. A single installation, a single system, a portion of a sector, it further depends upon what kind of incursions are being patrolled for, and there may be additional factors to determine the correct vehicles to be made available. Thus a task force may be more appropriate, with patrols searching out any incursions for the task force to respond to.

[@dolandarkxgrandayy6953]

Skelton Crew is very good. I'm just sad that in 2025, we are only getting Andor and Visions. Nothing else until Mando and Grogu movie in 2026.

[@anthonyruby2668]

I am getting Empire of the Sun feelings. I can see some liberated kid shouting "X-Wings!!!! (Cadillac) of the skies!!!"

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

@14:50 This sounds awfully familiar.

[@edwardsmith7131]

Alan is much more subtle than ST:TOS when he does this

[@TheLeatheryman]

The T-47 speeder should have been made a space going fighter. At least it has room to hold an arrested perpetrator. It really the x-wing is quite big and it has that hatch at the rear.. I’m starting to think it may have paddy wagon capabilities to make an arrest!

[@Colonelenclave12]

It’s better 99%of the time than a star destroyer but that 1% of the time is firepower

[@jacob4920]

I love how the end of this totally serious Star Wars video devolves into a low-key rant about the downfall of Costco at the end. lol

[@arturoherrera1386]

We need 100 more Carson Tevas in our lives

[@dustybunny6716]

Im still wondering about those disabling shots. They didnt look like ion torpedoes.

[@animalazx7239]

1:12 they wouldn’t do anything because the primary magical predator in the Imperial era were the inquisitors ain’t no way they gonna dispatch on their own special operations

[@theconfidentchicken3414]

fun fact, the actor that plays Carson Teva, is around 52 years old, and the average life span for a human is around 80 years old, aka in 30 years so around the time Carson Teva would've retired or passed away, the sequels begin, so I fully believe Carson Teva was the only reason the New Republic lasted as long as it did, and it immediately feel apart once he was out of the picture furthermore, if he did retire instead of die, I fully imagine 80 something year old Carson Teva showed up to the final battle in Rise of Skywalker, and his presence alone was enough to fix the New Republic, from total ruin

[@GenerationTech]

lol the second he passed the first order was like its go time!!!

[@Delusionaryvisionary_407]

@GenerationTech I know it’s blasphemy to talk about the sequels, but because I like the design of the T-70, did that fix the irregularity problems and how would that fair against the Tie Dagger?

[@SpartanAnimations.]

Maybe In The Next Decade He Will Make An Video About This

[@davidponseigo8811]

I thought that the owl lady looked like the owl from the old Tootsie Pop commercial from 40 plus years ago.

[@christinearmington]

Hey, there’s my headband! 😆🤦‍♀️🤩

[@jamiewalsh3349]

X is a variable that can mean anything. The X-Wing can do anything.

[@orokusaki1243]

That's just the shape it makes in our roman alphabet (aka high galactic alphabet), but looks nothing like the aurebesh letter "x". It is a "multi-role" star fighter, but there are certainly others.

[@JMPT]

Very Nice

[@thesharpercoder]

Hello there! I watched this entire video and my name is Genration Tech. I believe in The Republic and Democracy. And I am Allan.

[@fusionmechanic1]

The key thing to remember is the strategies both side were fighting. The rebels could never win a stand up fight 1on1 they lacked numbers and firepower so they could not stay and conquer a planet. They needed to always be on move running away from the empire. Va empire they already owned everything and so only needed to hold the planets and let the rebels come to them. Obviously you’re not going to leave a bunch of fighters floating in space for days. It makes sense to have a carrier and lots of fighters and just sit them in a star system ready to react to a rebel attack.

[@MeNoOther]

We probably could build T-fighters in real life. The window of a T-fighter is similar to the big window on the ISS-International Space Station. The side panels are maybe solar panels And we have ion engines That design might be good for an in orbit, short travel space craft

[@paintMonkey_]

The voice on the communicator that the Owl was speaking to sounded like Daisy Ridley.

[@phyroukann3764]

I would like to see a star ship that looks like a zeppelins. And a star fighters looking likes a missile shapes rockets. 😊

[@alancarter41]

100% correct. The ending of the Supreme pizza marks the ending of civilization.

[@jacob4920]

No. The true end of civilization will come when Costco FINALLY RAISES THE PRICE ON THEIR HOTDOG/SODA COMBO!!!

[@codyfairbanks7P269]

For the record, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Legendary Ford Crown Vic!

[@giladpellaeon1691]

Not returning your cart to the corral is a sign of true evil.