Was this complete nonsense?

[@AJadedLizard]

One of the things I've always liked about the Prequels is that, on their face, the Trade Federation aren't entirely in the wrong. They're being brutally victimized by pirates and when they try to defend themselves, the Republic hobbles them, and to add insult to injury, turns around and raises taxes on them after refusing to protect them. Taking that out on Naboo as they did was obviously not the play, but they have every right to be angry: rebellions have been born over far less.

[@kuunt6065]

true, what would probably have been a matter that would have eventually had to be addressed by the senate, was most likely exacerbated and the trade federation manipulated by Palpatine to think nothing could be done and that they had to take action

[@alexsch2514]

On top of that, "trade taxes" usually mean tariffs which are one of the worst tax types

[@AJadedLizard]

@@kuunt6065 The same thing happens with Grievous. He has a very legitimate grievance against the Republic and the Jedi, but it isn't until the Banking Clan rewires his brain that he becomes a violent psychopath.

[@masterxak]

I mean, real world ships get hit by pirates quite frequently, but they aren't exactly allowed much more to defend themselves than small arms . I'm sure many nations would be very concerned if a private ship started sporting heavy artillery. Plus you can't deny that the free trade routes were more of an "exploitation zone." Honestly if the Russian reformation wasn't a thing the taxation would probably have been used to increase patrols along certain routes. But that's a whole different discussion.

[@AJadedLizard]

@@masterxak Real world ships get hit by pirates, and then the US Navy shows up and kills them. That's the distinction; American taxpayers at least sometimes get to use the benefits of their money. Here, the Republic _refused_ to protect the Trade Federation, refused to let them protect themselves, and then had the audacity to turn around and demand more money from them. Like I said above, that's literally adding insult to injury.

[@kenanureeves2693]

>eternal copyright issues with the outro music >changes it to Nintendo music shocking power move

[@samp9720]

best series, wish resonance was still in the outro

[@SoremRasmussen]

Indeed, while this was cute, I miss the other outro. (I have had 2 Corgis....)

[@ezramenard8479]

The old one is nostalgic now I watched a video and thought something was wrong with my speakers at the end because it wasn’t what I expected

[@jedispartancoolman]

Copyright strikes

[@kenasuma61]

Me too 😢

[@johnnyringo5777]

Me too homie

[@soupordave]

I know it's kind of a meme to say "what I would have done differently in Episode One," but I think Lucas really could have drove home how dangerous the Trade Federation blockade was by bring up that there was no Republic Navy. The only way to defeat the blockade militarily would be to convince the few member worlds that had system defense fleets to gather together and attack the Trade Federation.

[@gabriellopesguimaraes3513]

Yeah that's why only after ordering the invasion Viceroy asked "is that legal?" and not when he was making a blockade, and why the Jedi were there to negotiate the terms and not to just arrest them

[@CT-7567RexMan]

Justin, thank you so much for your response. I’ve been watching you for years and truly have fallen in love with the deep lore you explain. I’ve been wondering about that question for so long but never knew the concrete answer so thank you again!

[@zogar8526]

Sad as it is, it likely won't be long before corporations are just literally allowed to have seats in government. Honestly, I'd not be surprised to see a us president one day just be a corporation.

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

Almost part of the premise of "Continuum" that national governments had become replaced by companies in the Corporate Congress. Just seeing how society has changed since the series began in 2012, it definitely seems like corporate-run governments will occur

[@chrisdaily2077]

Though I'm curious at what point does a galactic company become just a government. I mean the Trade Federation had a military, multiple worlds under it, and a leadership system based on wealth. Sure it had trade relations with multiple systems but so does any country. At the point you could argue it's just a plutocracy which is a governmental system.

[@damedusa5107]

Trump

[@libertariandragon9142]

​@@chrisdaily2077 Agreed. It honestly wouldn't surprise me if the reason the Trade Federation had a senate seat was because they had such governmental power. Power that likely allowed it the legitimacy to choke out their genuinely private competition.

[@TommySkywalker11]

In the US we already have that, where do you think George Lucas and other writers got the idea for it

[@noahbennett8792]

Hey Justin, I’ve been subbed for years now and I always enjoy your videos. I love that you’re returning to your roots with the lore videos that made me subscribe in the first place. One thing I will say tho is I’ve noticed a steep drop in quality of your content. You Used to have fun animations and graphics in the background of videos and you had REAL titles. It’s just some things I’ve noticed as a fan It breaks my heart to see you not rake in as many viewers as you used to but it might be because of this reason. I love you and your content and I’m proud of you for sticking with it.

[@joshuacollins9316]

The titles are intentional, it’s for the YT Algorithm. A phrase like “this is crazy” or “what was the point of this” makes people interested and creates some drama esk aspect. And titles like these are very popular right now in YT, even among SW channels.

[@noahbennett8792]

@@joshuacollins9316 OK that makes sense. But still I just miss and quality that used to be in the videos. Now it’s just broll of video games.

[@M-elephant7777]

@@noahbennett8792 If it was Empire at War mods that showed what he was talking about I'd be far happier with the game footage

[@samc9133]

​@@joshuacollins9316Yeah, personally I hate this trend as it makes it harder to parse content. At least for me it usually makes me less likely to watch something

[@JohnArceane]

Something that's often glanced over when discussing why the clones in Legends and later Canon didn't try to rat out Sidious in the wake of O66 was the idea of clone sovereignty or individualism. Most members of the Senate probably never even knew what a clone's face looked like; they were the white armored soldiers of the Republic and quite literally nothing more than that. They had no Senate representatives because to their creators, they were not a people but a product to be sold to the Republic war machine. Senator Burtoni and to a lesser extent Nala Se say as much in their dialogue during TCW. Clone sympathizers like Padme and Bail Organa were the miniscule minority, and we see how that perception of clones is perpetuated to the full and Senate endorsed termination of the clone contract with Kamino in TBB. Clone anonymity within the political realm is something that I wish TCW had explored more because it's a really fascinating thought piece and fits right in with the other dark themes and material explored in the show.

[@fineadditions]

#AskEck If we could get more legends books to be released alongside the Disney Canon, what stories would you like to be told?

[@bluehero-96]

Sword of the Jedi.

[@dizehjvegnomis]

and the je'daii series that was starting with dawn of the jedi

[@alexiserlexcc]

Darth Bane

[@rollin340]

My head-canon was that the clones were programmed to obey Sidious, but it was always "blurry information" to them. If they thought about it, it's like a haze blocks them; it's never clear. So they never made the connection between the 2. They remember being given the order, but nothing more.

[@Gravinus]

I think the blockade itself was technically legal, which is why the Republic senate was tied up in debate and unable to intervene officially. They were be arrested at the end because the invasion itself was illegal, and the Nemoidians expressed their concerns over its legality.

[@Hartzilla2007]

Plus they did it again to Pantora in The Clone Wars and the Senate didn’t do anything.

[@BierBart12]

It's wild that physical military blockades could be legal in the Republic

[@Gravinus]

@BierBart12 that's why I figure it's only technically legal. Like, maybe it's illegal for sovereign systems to blockade each other or military actions like that, but says nothing about independent corporations because at the time the laws were written, it wasn't conceivable that it could happen. Granted, that's not in the film. All we get is that their blockade is legal and invasion is not.

[@loonytunescrazy]

@@Gravinus It was all Sideous plan

[@Gravinus]

@@loonytunescrazy I know, but the discussion was centered around the legality of the blockade.

[@AJadedLizard]

6:05 And, as you helpfully pointed out a few years ago, Disney refused to pay him royalties for most of his books, something they ultimately started doing again in the summer of '21 thanks in no small part to you using your platform to put pressure on them.

[@baron7755]

I love how you effective tell everyone to just read the opening crawl, its all there

[@splat-trainproductions]

But they do, and they despise it because they don’t want Star Wars to be political. Nostalgia Critic’s comparison of the title crawl to the stupid live action remake of Aladdin’s Sherabad plot is likely used by him to justify his reasoning for why it sucks…even though America’s freedom only happened because of our ancestors’ frustration with the taxation of stuff including tea due to King George’s ignorance of the colonists.

[@RykerDavis123]

"In the real world that's an act of war" )._). if only that was the case. [Insert currant conflict]

[@vyran7044]

Well Istrael and gaza are at war. The problem is that its a warCRIME, which isnt propperly adressed/punished.

[@KyleDavis328]

Currants are a fruit, and the conflicts you're referring to are indeed part of a current and ongoing war.

[@michaellane5381]

8:15 ummm... Did you really get this song cleared past nintendo lawyers? I only ask because i recognize that classic Yoshi's island tune and they are extremely litigious, great song though and if they are cool with it it is a good reminder of the series they really need a new entry in if they don't end up working more into stuff like Mario Wonder.

[@OctopusWithNoFriends]

RE-RE-RE-REEEMIIIIIX

[@quentinking4351]

Wooly World and Crafted World are true successors just with an adorable graphics change

[@Blitzwing-ne1ru]

Growing up is realizing and understanding the subtle political machinations of Sidious leading up to the Rise of the Empire.

[@Meritania]

I just find it amusing that the Star Wars story (as presented in cinematic canon) starts with a dispute over tariffs. All the exciting politics of civil wars, kidnapped Princess and genocide prevention happens later.

[@Adelina-293]

The French Revolution and therefore Napoleonic wars initially occurred because of a financial crisis.

[@s7robin105]

Personally I always interpreted order 66 with the clone wars canon being that the clones blacked out once the order was given. In a sort of trance state. I figure the name of Sidious is trapped somewhere in a clone's subconscious and not actually known to them. I might be wrong but I don't think any clones ever referred to the emperor as Sidious. The only time we hear clones say his name is during order 66.

[@bluehero-96]

They don't know who Sidious is. They only ever refer to Palpatine as "my lord."

[@pwnorbepwned]

Remember, the chips ARE their brains. Engineered brain tissue that grows itself as the clone ages, not artificial implants. The chip is basically a physical manifestation of their mental conditioning. It does nothing narratively other than give that conditioning a surgical off switch.

[@datguy3581]

Obi wan informed Rex of what Dooku told him on Geonosis about Darth Sidious controlling the Senate. Rex was smart enough to put two and two and realize that Palpatine, the man telling him to execute the Jedi, was Darth Sidious.

[@kjhuang]

What's the issue with Order 66? Palpatine gave the order and the clones were designed to obey Palpatine.

[@vyran7044]

The Problem in canon is that the clones go from "we must hunt darth sidius down at all cost" to accepting order 66 FROM darth sidius and never mention this to anyone of importance afterwards. Legends does it better since its palpetine who invokes O66, the emergency order to eliminate the jedi after they have gone rouge, RIGHTFULLY since the jedi just attempted to assasinate him. Thus there IS nothing to report from the side of the clones.

[@pwnorbepwned]

⁠@@vyran7044On the contrary, Canon has it that the chips are a manifestation of mental conditioning, and that conditioning is triggered by the phrase of “Execute Order 66.” They are sleeper agents. Killing the Jedi, loyalty to Darth Sidious, knowing that Sidious is Palptine; these are all buried pockets of information that actively alter the clone’s brain-personality and memories included-when it’s triggered. It makes total sense, and meshes with what we see in RotS, with Cody going from a servant of the Republic and Jedi to “Yes, my lord” in seconds. Sleeper agents. The Legends EU explanation that it was consciously planned all along was…an idea, and it was one the EU struggled to justify and make work for its whole Clone Wars run. It was a departure from the sleeper agent coding we see in RotS. A made up idea. Inhibitor chips are a return to form, and make perfect sense.

[@lordwisehammer]

The Clone Wars explained that pretty clearly. They have a Biochip in their heads that forces obedience. Not the most elegent or nuanced of plot points but it is the in universe reason and i also don't get any confusion surrounding it.

[@datguy3581]

​@@vyran7044 In canon, most of the clones actually don't know about Darth Sidious. Only Rex figured out that Palpatine was Sidious because: A) Fives accused Palpatine of using the inhibitor chips in a plot to kill the Jedi prior to Order 66 B) Obi wan informed Rex that a Sith lord by the name Sidious was playing both sides of the war from the start C) Palpatine ordered the execution of the Jedi

[@vyran7044]

@@pwnorbepwned 1) The EU didnt struggle with the idea. (Or at least in non of the stories if read. ) The idea is that they were extreamly indoctrinated soldiers following an emergency protocoll. Which is why some clones (and especially the more independent commandos and arcs disobeyed) 1.5) It was exactly that. An idea. Or to say it in another way it was ONE plan. If things had played out differently (aka if palpies sith identety wasnt uncovered) it would have played out after another plan. (unless he had other plans to enrage the council...) 2) the canon biochip was stupid, forced the writers to come up with more and more convoluted answeres to get around the idea to justify deserting clones and, worst of all, invalidated the entire idea behind the clonewars show. Aka humanising the clones. Showing that this is, in fact NOT a war where they throw unliving, identical droids against waves of similarly unthinking biodroids. 3) With the cip any instance where the clones actively disrupt palps plans make 0 sense. It means Palp willingly lost valuable assets for no reason. 4) If palp had access to, what is essentially mindcontrol technology, why didnt he use it MORE? A little surgerie here and there and he has a lot of perfectly loyal henchpeople.

[@TheTb2364]

Clone inhibitor chips is the worst decision ever made. There is certain poetry in the idea that evil rises in the plain sight through mundane, institutional means. I imagine jedi checking the list of special orders early in the war, seeing order 66 amongst all others and just shrugging while mumbling "this is never gonna happen lol" to themselves. I'd say this is the core part of the prequels.

[@GoranXII]

OTOH, just going with training and _proposed_ loyalty is a good way of getting your orders ignored by clones who've grown attached to their jedi leaders.

[@pwnorbepwned]

RotS frames the clones as sleeper agents responding to a trigger phrase for their mental conditioning. Inhibitor chips change nothing about this except adding a surgical off switch for that conditioning. The clones “knowing it all along” in the Legends books was always a weird departure that struggled to justify itself. The Jedi seeing Order 66 and ignoring it, psychics ignoring the multitude of their own soldiers always ready to kill them, Palpatine leaving it up to faith that no one would disobey the Order, those who do disobey doing nothing substantial to prevent it, clones being unwavering meat-drones until suddenly a story needs them to be actual characters with independence in order to work…it’s all just so convoluted and contradictory, and it reads more like parody than something engaging. The inhibitor chips were a return to form, not a change.

[@TheTb2364]

@@GoranXII but that's the thing. Original clones would not disobey. For all their human facade they were closer to sophisticated meat droids than real humans. I think this plays perfectly into the idea that both sides of the war are actually the same, despite their outward differences. It also makes the effort and achievement of those clones who did disobey so much greater and more meaningful than just being lucky enough to get relevant surgery.

[@GoranXII]

@@TheTb2364 Mm, I don't buy it. The stresses of combat going for years at a time, it does things to people. And the clones weren't trained for war, not really. Sure they were trained how to fight, but not how to deal with their brothers getting butchered before their eyes. I don't think there's any way that secret obedience would still be good three years later.

[@TheTb2364]

@@GoranXII why not? They were essentially brainwashed by kaminoans for 10 years while also being genetically conditioned for obedience ("they'll execute any order without hesitation"). I think if anything, the horrors of war proves their obedience. Clones had no stake in the Republic system, no families or homeworlds to protect. The fact that they didn't rebel and desert en masse only reinforces how pervasive the control over them was.

[@nevermore1701]

Under a minute. Gotta be a personal best

[@An_Alias]

Darth Plagius might just be my favorite Star Wars book. James Luceno put so much work into it, it makes sense it turned out so amazingly.

[@reidcunningham5906]

#askEck So we have lightsabers, light whips, lightsaber staffs, pikes, crossguard sabers, double blades sabers and even lightsaber guns. Which ones do you think were the easiest to combat as a standard jedi, and which would have been the hardest?

[@JohnMasterCheif]

lightwhips were seen as the hardest as they were among the rarest variation. I think there are about 5 users if we count both Legends and Canon

[@michaellane5381]

​@@JohnMasterCheifI think it was closer to 10 or 12 counting unnamed users.

[@phoule76]

Imagine if Amazon had a seat in the Senate.

[@jacknotfound1]

#AskEck What exactly made ryloth such a strategic benefit to the Separatists that they decided to so heavily blockade it while setting up so many strongholds on the surface. also goes for why the republic so crucially wanted to regain control after losing it. thought it had something to do with shipping routes or hyperspace lanes but i want to hear your input. thank so much and keep up everything you do!!!

[@JohnMasterCheif]

iirc, it really wasn't. at least in TCW it was Wat Tambor's greed that made it more of a CIS resource sink than it should've

[@leslietarkin]

Ryll and slaves are why the CIS wanted Ryloth. Ryll is a medicinal spice that was very potent. To keep it out of the hands of the Republic, & to be more specific, the GAR, Wat Tambor was tasked with taking over Ryloth. Why the CIS needs slaves goes without saying.

[@jacknotfound1]

@@leslietarkinthat actually makes so much sense, thanks!

[@boc120]

Flower Fields is a great music choice!

[@Molfra]

Day ten of asking Eck my question: #AskEck Why do you think the pirates kept grogu, there was quite obviously a bounty on him considering all the hunters with tracking fobes and I doubt they wouldn't have known about it, so we're actually protecting him. My theory is that after he was saved after the purge, so senator or rebel group hired these pirates to protect him, but was eventually captured by the empire or forgot about grogu, (why he was never given to the new republic after the war), and the pirates not knowing he was a jedi just kept and raised him till mando showed up, killed them and stole their kid.

[@Ebroglio2]

It's a good questions but you need to shorten it a bit. The show never really asks the question. Why did the pirates at the start of The Mandalorian have Grogu? Were they actually protecting him?

[@derrickstorm6976]

0:35 Bro didn't read the opening crawl to Phantom Menace lmao

[@ElJorro]

I like those senate scenes in Phantom Menace.

[@ThatOneBiologist-mj7ff]

It's not a major plot hole. Rex is probably one of the only clones who knew about Darth Sidious. The jedi kept the fact that the Sith had returned as classified info.

[@pwnorbepwned]

The chips altered their minds, including their memories. Other clones knew the name Sidious because they were mentally conditioned to know and obey him unquestioningly. They just didn’t know it until their mental conditioning was activated via trigger phrase.

[@thatdude9588]

I don’t think most, if any, clones would have the political adeptness to realize “hey this dude that told me to kill all the Jedi is the same dude that might’ve been controlling everything from the start” and actually use that against the emperor

[@pwnorbepwned]

Especially when their minds, memories and personalities have been altered to be the minions of Sidious. It becomes, “The Jedi tasked me with helping them topple my master. They had no idea what they were in for.”

[@datguy3581]

Exactly. I think the only clone who actually knew about the existence of Darth Sidious prior to Order 66 was Rex because of his discussion with Obi wan in the final hours of the clone war. But there's not much he could do with that knowledge given the inhibitor chips are in play.

[@howilearned2stopworrying508]

one of the mimban natives first seen in splinter of the minds eye is a wingman in Squadrons

[@violetlight1548]

#AskEck - at the End of "Survivor's Quest", Mara Jade seriously considers leaving the New Republic, and by extension the Jedi and joining the Empire of the Hand, and Luke, as her husband, offers to go with her if that was what she wanted. How do you think that would have effected Legends lore afterwards -- so the New Jedi Order books and beyond -- if Luke and Mara had left the Jedi Order to join the Hand?

[@charleylagarce1156]

Keep doing these! I love them 😁

[@Nichrysalis]

I need a browser addon that detects when an eckhartsladder video doesn't have a resonance outro and then replaces it with resonance.

[@MandalorV7]

It somewhat makes sense that Sidous would make it so only he could command Order 66. What if Dooku did try to issue the order, causing confusion in the Republic’s ranks and sweep the galaxy with the droid army and install himself as Emperor.

[@nathansheldahl]

The third question can be answered by the inhibitor chips and how they work. Mainly the clones don’t consciously know who Sideous is but subconsciously they do like how they all know every order on the chip. This is shown in the famous death of Fives arch and Tups chip executes order 66 early.

[@bluehero-96]

Or because it's just ill-thought out fanfiction. The clones don't know Palpatine is Sidious, and there's no inhibitor chips. The orders are plain old contingency plans.

[@pwnorbepwned]

@@bluehero-96The EU novels had poorly thought out fiction, constantly contradicting themselves as to how everyone and no one simultaneously knew about Order 66, and never knowing whether the clones should be unfeeling drones or actual characters. The brain chips are nothing more than a physical manifestation of mental conditioning. “Execute Order 66” is a trigger phrase for that conditioning, and the clones are all sleeper agents. Their minds-memories included-are altered by this activation. It makes complete internal sense.

[@pwnorbepwned]

Exactly. Lots of people don’t seem to understand that the chips actively alter the minds of the clones, including their memories.

[@Adelina-293]

I thought Bester reprogrammed the clone troopers to be loyal to Palpatine.

[@bluehero-96]

@pwnorbepwned The EU doesn't contradict the movies that often, and the real Clone Wars Multimedia Project cleaned up the internal contradictions. TCW, however, seemingly goes out of its way to contradict the movies, the EU, and even itself constantly. Ok, good soldiers follow orders, then you don't need the chips even by TCW logic. They've never been unfeeling drones until the chips were introduced. Even droids have personality, but giving a character personality isn't the same thing as autonomy. The chips just don't make logistical sense.

[@randybentley2633]

I thoroughly loved the Nulls.

[@RykerDavis123]

On that last question. Look what almost happened to senator chuchi. She was almost assassinated for looking into the clones too much

[@matthewflanagan9097]

I think that the clones didn't say anything about Palpatine being Darth Sidious because if anybody found out and removed Palpatine from power, then the troopers would lose their Palpatunes

[@ZeKermet]

0:23 is that resurgent in Thrawn's Revenge?

[@mrzirak792]

Hell naw it cannot be💀

[@rustyshackleford5591]

I would be willing to watch the acolyte 100 times on loop, I would accept that torture, but if only they cannonize the plagueis novel

[@GabeUSA07]

#AskEck What happend to Valorum after he was given the boot?

[@TheBrowncoat1]

I categorically reject the clone chip story idea

[@isaiahmcneese5766]

where's the old outro song 😢

[@leow193]

... You do know the Blockade situation also got some current canon in new books ?

[@roguerifter9724]

Were they actually starving Naboo though? Based on what we see it looks like Naboo would be the kind of world exporting food not importing it. Blocking trade will hurt the economy sure but I doubt food supply was an issue. Alan Dean Foster is one of the masters of scifi novelizations Alien, Star Trek, Star Wars, Terminator, Transformers, The Last Starfighter and many more that he's written novelizations or standalone novels for. What's funny is there was a huge gap in his Star Trek novelizations too because he started writing the novelizations for the 70s Animated series and the first movie then wrote the novelization for the 09 movie. Looking at it there are a lot of huge jumps in his franchise writing. There was more then twenty years between his third and fourth Alien novels, a Twenty Four year gap between Splinter of the Mind's Eye and the Prequel era novel Legends novel The Approaching Storm set just before Attack of the Clones followed by thirteen years until The Force Awakens, and a thirty year gap between his two Star Trek movie novelizations.

[@leslietarkin]

Starving people of food, perhaps not. Naboo could have been blocked from getting any medical supplies. Also, by the time of the blockade, Naboo was exporting plasma. The TF were blocking the rest of the galaxy from this plasma that was used to make various things from creating lightsaber blades, weapons or bridges (as seen on Ryloth).

[@roguerifter9724]

@@leslietarkin True but the point of the blockade was to pressure planets to turn against taxing trade routes. If they aren't losing something they have no reason to change their mind. The point of policies in a disagreement like this is to make the drawbacks from supporting taxation worse then the perceived benefits.

[@andrewbryant4259]

Well it’s Star Wars. So probably

[@zacharytrosch3406]

Underrated response

[@AlternativePractice]

Facts 😂😂😂😂

[@russellharrell2747]

Yeah, I don’t think it was ever stated that the clones knew what Sidious looked like, or that he was also Palpatine. They were following the Chancellor’s orders, not some random old man.

[@mystic-malevolence]

I don't think that the senators were necessarily informed about Sideous's activities.

[@Robert-hz9bj]

To this day, I still can't figure out why Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon weren't at the senate building for this hearing. I mean, weren't they sent to Naboo SPECIFICALLY to determine what the situation was? It's like, WTF was that Trade Federation talking about when he said "there was no proof?" There were tons of eye-witnesses, two of whom were the guys who were sent by the fucking senate to report on what was happening!

[@seb2750]

Their involvement was illegal. The Jedi were not allowed to interfere. That was why Valoran sent them under the pretense of Republic negotiators. The Jedi cannot admit to involvement.

[@Robert-hz9bj]

@@seb2750 And at what point was this mentioned anywhere in the movie?

[@seb2750]

@@Robert-hz9bj Think about it, what you said made sense on the surface. Why didnt they? Watch the movie again, other than the beginning where Quigon stated clearly they were there to force a settlement with short negotiation. After that, the Jedi did not care a hoot about the trade dispute or any senate involvement with this issue. The Jedi only cared about the Sith and the boy. And the protection of the Queen. That is it. Valoran never did call upon the jedi to make a testimony if it was legal. And Palpatine said the jedi should never have gotten involved then ordered the TF to kill them. And speaking of that, why didnt the jedi bring this up that the TF tried to kill them? And the TF did not even bring up that Valoran sent Jedi. Everyone swept it under the carpet to prevent escalation. And Quigon clearly told the Queen many times they cannot get involved in this, only for her protection.

[@Bauglir100]

@@seb2750 Besides that, they were busy bringing Anakin to be tested by the Jedi Council and they probably didn't want to just drop him off and leave him. It wouldn't be good moral support for him, considering he was already homesick and on a strange planet he'd never been to before.

[@Ebroglio2]

​@@seb2750*Valorum

[@jonasbrumley8184]

When I read the title my first thought was "you mean padmes hair"

[@obsidian179]

She *does* look like a court jester in that picture… 😂

[@patricktorres4226]

Frikin Valorum, amirite?

[@thesharpercoder]

#AskEck - When Yoda blasted of from Kashyyk in ROTS, he gave the Wookies a frown and a hard, grim stare as the hatch was closing. What was that all about? Did he do something? To the Wookies? Did he wipe their memories of him surviving Order 66?

[@thesharpercoder]

The closes conducted an extensive search for Yoda. Yoda’s last words were telling. It was a final goodbye, not an until we meet again.

[@claudioforjan1743]

I always thought the Trade Federation blockaded Naboo in order to blackmail the Senate by blockading a trade rute. Nevertheless blackmailing Palpatine as one of the main senators supporting the tax act makes sense. It's even a simpler plot.

[@alexriolover9531]

#askeck I was recently rewatching The Clone Wars and during the Season 1 episode, "Rookies", one of the clones yells out, "What the hell was that!?" And that got me thinking... Is there a Heaven and Hell in Star Wars? I know the Jedi have like a Heaven, aka the Force, when they die, but I'm wondering if regular beings have Christian like religion and believe in a good or bad afterlife. (I remember Poe saying Hell a couple of times in the sequel trilogy.)

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

That's a great question, I haven't really paid much attention to that

[@tehrulefoo]

My understanding is that there's no official afterlife thats known to exist in Star Wars, but several worlds including Correlia believe in them, hence why Han uses the term in Empire.

[@JohnMasterCheif]

there have been several different "beliefs" that have cropped up in the Star wars galaxy, but none that are really detailed or really as close to any of ours (though the ideas of the Force are mainly founded in more Eastern religious traditions). Though for "Hell" he might've had a Corellian trainer, as I believe the 9 Hells of Corellia is where the term comes from. Han says, "I'll see you in Hell!" in Empire Strikes Back

[@pwnorbepwned]

Han says he’ll see someone in hell in ESB. This is an ooold question. Could just be “localization” from Basic to English. A slightly different phrase that still gets the point across.

[@Bauglir100]

@@pwnorbepwned They say Hell even in A New Hope.

[@FertonFletcher]

#AskEck What is your favorite and least favorite retcons?

[@PhillieCheezeKC]

What was the Trade Federation shipping to or from Naboo that they were so dependent on it?

[@openfly4u]

#AskDaddyEck Tell us about the difference between male and female Twiilek ears? Is it a Rakattan thing? Does it have to do with the reason why the Galaxy seems to be insanely horny for Twiileks? I gots ta know!

[@presidentlove7462]

#AskEck Were there any members of the separatist ruling council we see in episode three that didn't really contribute to the cause? I.E. we never see ships from their corporations or troops fielded?

[@sluggerbutter]

dunes plots within plots r so much more interesting

[@AlternativePractice]

So a trade federation that just doesn’t do trade ….. alright

[@rolypoly4920]

I don't know that I liked the neuro-chip thing that was done with the clones. In older stuff, they knew that Palps and Sidious were the same person from the beginning and knew the end goal was always Order 66. All of the friendships they made with all the Jedi like Obi-Wan were just a cover so they wouldn't suspect it.

[@datguy3581]

Do all clones know the Sidious is Palpatine or is it just Rex? It seems believable that Rex could put two and two together and realize the chancellor was Sidious given he's a high ranking politician who was fighting the Jedi from within the Republic.

[@zzwiebel]

the US is doing a blockade of Cuba right now. it's giving Trade Federation vibes.

[@nathanielzarny1176]

6:00 I got the book right on my shelf, for the original Star wars George wrote it

[@EckhartsLadder]

ghostwritten by alan dean foster.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

​@@EckhartsLadder Is the name of this book simply "Star Wars," or does it have another name? You know, I was 16yrs old when the original "Star Wars" came out in Australia, but I'm a total virgin when it comes to the books, cannon, non-cannon, legends, all of this kind of thing I only ever discovered in the last two years by watching you, Stupendous Wave, and Star Wars Comics, and I'm bloody well hooked now!! It's the closest thing I ever experienced to actually being a teenager again in, um, er, .. Let's just call it "one or two years." But if you or someone else could point me in the right direction as to the name of this book, I'd really appreciate, mate!! Anyway, cheers, from the arse end of the World, Australia!! 🦘 🍺

[@EckhartsLadder]

​@@frenzalrhomb6919 the original novel was simply called Star Wars and attributed to George Lucas, the one it sounds like you have. I recommend you pick up Heir to the Empire and start the Thrawn Trilogy. www.amazon.com/shop/eckhartsladder/list/3I584UQDT5MFL?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d

[@thetankcommander3838]

#AskEck Kind of a dumb question, but how was it that ship design “evolved” throughout the Star Wars history? I find it strange that when you look at how so many non-Republic or non-Empire ships, excluding the Mon Calamari, you see a very unusual menagerie / cacophony of outlandish designs (prime example: CIS vessels seen during the Clone Wars). Any thoughts on how these lines of vessels evolved/devolved over time?

[@Bro_aint_no_way]

#askeck would you be interested in doing a more in depth video about the separatists and how they ruled over planets

[@gusguy00]

#AskEck how many clone commandos do you recon left the empire like Gregor or the bad batch? Another question I have is how many clone commandos on tanits base?

[@EstablishedFlight]

Just realized you got to 1 mil. Late congrats!

[@irishmilk42069]

#AskEk Hey I was watching the clone wars again and I was wondering if you would talk about the corona frigate/ cruiser that the weequay pirates use. The big and little saucer ships. There isn’t much that I’m finding and was hoping maybe you knew more.

[@N0TYALC]

Wait a sec, are you that PEAK football guy?

[@JustPanda2305]

#AskEck Out of all the capital or star ships in the entirety of star wars history, which 2 would you combine to make and how long do you think would last in any fleet battle?

[@bfin]

Hey I just noticed the Outro has a different soundtrack....It's different, TBH it kinda threw me off, but its a nice change up.

[@Ebroglio2]

He's been using different retro game theme songs in every new video. Trolling the copyright algorithm that keeps flagging him for using the song he actually has permission to use.

[@bfin]

@@Ebroglio2 ahh ok

[@RayHardman7567]

Saw a title of a video a couple days ago by a star wars KZbinr that said Mara Jade and Ben Skywalker were still canon? Or still in the current canon? one of the two. You know anything about this?

[@fazbrogaming7776]

If you where to ask me this same question in the title about all 3 sequel movies and the acolyte, I would say YES!! 💯%

[@lordMartiya]

Why would the Clones even be told Darth Sidious is the name of the guy behind the CIS? Operational security is a thing, and that means a soldier doesn't know what they don't need to know on the off-chance they're captured and tortured into spilling the secrets. All they needed to know is that "Darth Sidious" is a codename/password that ranking Clones would use with the others to confirm that yes, Order 66 has actually been activated (thus triggering the chips, but the Clones don't know about those), and since Order 66 is publicily known to exist as a contingency in case one or more Jedi turn traitors (Order 65 is the same thing for the Chancellor. Bet he had a good laugh) anyone torturing this information out of them would have no use for it.

[@datguy3581]

As far as I remember, I don't remember many clones actually using the name "Sidious" besides Rex who was at the time commander of 332nd Company.

[@gavinboyer4634]

#AskEck What were the rules on cloning before the clone wars? How was this technology used before then? Was the Republic's clone army the first clone army, or were there others?

[@tristankawatsuma8962]

#AskEck How does the galaxy view the Clone Troopers during the Imperial Era and the New Republic Era in Canon and Legends? Did most people truly not see the difference between Clone Troopers and Stormtroopers and if so, what’s with the few people who retain a positive view of the Clones?

[@Hartzilla2007]

It’s Papa Plapatine, not Papa Sidious.

[@lightspeedvictory]

#AskEck can’t remember if I’ve asked this or not so apologies if I’m repeating myself but what was the endgame for victory that the Rebel Alliance had for defeating the Empire (asides from the disastrous Operation Domino as well as the Battle of Endor)? Did they have one or was it just going to be perpetual gorilla warfare? Plz cover both Legends and Canon

[@snakem8ker]

#AskEck What are your thoughts on the post sequel movie series? And, do you think the galaxy would go back to the singular governing entity or would it be "Balkanized"/split into different ruling powers?

[@jervisjavier]

Justin should collaboration with Allen from Generation tech to do star wars content

[@bsgfan1]

#askEck How would Disney’s Resurgent-Class Star Destroyers stand up in the old Legends/Expanded Universe? I feel like their specific construction to resolve the design flaws of the Imperial-Class plus added firepower would put them on the level of New Republic Nebula-Class Star Destroyers

[@DarkVaati13]

#AskEck since you mentioned them in your last video what are your thoughts on the Jedi Order during the Tales of the Jedi era? The order didn't have a proper temple on Coruscant (just an outpost), their main temple was out in the Outer Rim, and there were many small Jedi Praxeums led by Jedi Masters scattered around the galaxy like Arca's on Arkania, Thon's on Ambria, and Vodo's on Dantooine.

[@thecommandant2831]

#AskEck What would your overall strategy be to defeat the Rebel Alliance if you were made an Imperial Grand Admiral in 2 BBY?

[@nicholaspearce2250]

#askeck I really like the design of the Resurgence-Class Battleship. Maybe it’s just because it’s my favorite map in Battlefront 2 but who knows. I was just wondering what your favourite Sequel-Era Capital ship is and more importantly how you would have used them as the First Order is notoriously bad at utilizing their frankly unbelievable navy!

[@Juel92]

The prequels had a lot of nonsense. The whole Palpatine plan is pretty much nonsense.

[@Mariou-rk9dh]

Where is Resonance????

[@quinnjackson9252]

Hi Eck!

[@BradyCoffin]

#askeck Why do you use the original song for your intro but don't use it for your outro anymore

[@gavinboyer4634]

He answered that in his last video. The short answer is weird copyright issues.

[@TazOnTheReel]

#AskEck Can you talk about some of your favorite diegetic Star Wars songs (songs that the characters can actually hear like the cantina band or yub yub)?

[@SquirrelT3ch]

Lot Dot? more like "......................................................" lmao. lot dot get it? lmao. nice...

[@laverniustucker8198]

#AskEck With Rey's movie taking place 15 years after TROS, what enemies could they do as it would be 50-something ABY?

[@ShiftyFacts]

#AskEck What do you think the genuine odds are that Keanu Reeves does at some point play Revan in a live-action Star Wars film or TV show?

[@baschdiro8565]

I read Splinter of the Mind's Eye once and can hardly remember anything, even though I once knew pretty much every character and location in SW I read about. So I guess it is and always was rather irrelevant.

[@DirtyErnie989]

#AskEck Eck, what are your thoughts on a movie/tv show adaptation of the Darth Bane trilogy? Is it a pipe dream?

[@carlosperez-rb8ow]

#askc what do you think of the new Lego Star Wars remake the galaxy special referencing legends?

[@carlosperez-rb8ow]

And how are you feeling?

[@jacindarajas9934]

I hate Kyber crystals. Honestly, the thing I hate most about the new star wars is rewriting lightsaber crystal lore. I liked that colors were just from a natural process and red becoming associated with the Sith was because of the synthetic production of them en masse in the old republic until it became a tradition. Now, it feels more removed from what sci-fi elements Star Wars was grounded in, and pulling much more strongly from a fantasy magic element. With so little sci-elements left, it starts to break suspension of disbelief. For all of Lucas' faults, he generally hit that right balance of sci-fi and fantasy for the story he wanted to tell in the setting he wanted to tell it.

[@monarchsub8884]

Well then guess who's idea it was for the current version .... I'll give u hint name starts with an L.

[@RickBerman-iv2il]

I think it’s hilarious that to ‘understand’ Episode 1 you need to rely on a book written over a decade later - and ‘fans’ accept that. Let’s lower the bar to the extent you can’t even trip on it.

[@mrkz69420]

Except you don't need to rely on anything other than the movie to understand it. The people whining about the politics of the Prequels, and especially Episode 1, are just telling on themselves: they're there for the boom-boom and the cool lightsabers; politics, meanwhile, goes over their heads.

[@christophernemeth421]

​@@mrkz69420exactly, the opening scrawl explains everything that we need to know about the current situation. The later novel just adds more details

[@samc9133]

Why so angry exactly?