Which Star Wars Faction has the BEST STARFIGHTERS? | Star Wars Lore

On today's Star Wars lore video, we examine the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Clone Wars Era Republic and Confederacy of Independent Systems to decide which one has the best designed and structured Starfigher Corps.
Tie Fighters, X Wings, Droid Starfighter, Arc 170s and more. Which is best?
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[@EckhartsLadder]

If you guys want, I can continue tomorrow with an examination of the government and leaders of each faction!

[@MrAzkhare]

Maybe you could do the intelligence systems too? Spies, political police, saboteurs and all that? Although I think that's a tad more complicated than raw navies and armies, it could be interesting.

[@greenleader2809]

Do it

[@rolandilosvay9470]

JUST DO IT!

[@ferrisjones350]

EckhartsLadder sounds cool

[@SeriousZerious]

A vehicle video would be very interesting

[@flynnstone3133]

The main fighters of the Empire were never... adequate... for the propose they served. That’s why I recommended to the Emperor that more resources be put into the Tie-Defender program. Unfortunately the Emperor never... agreed with my logic.

[@oleglastad8230]

Grand Admiral Thrawn And the XG-1 Gunboat program as well Admiral?

[@drksideofthewal]

The Empire should have continued with the doctrine of the Republic. Versatile capital ships, filled with high quality fighters, and high quality soldiers. The Rebels never would have stood a chance.

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

the assault gunboats where really much better then the tie bomber and it was when you get down to it an imperial shuttle upgrade so it could also carry a lot of troops into battle. the interceptors did their job well much better then the normal TIE. plus they where design to have a hyper drive and shield to be easily installed if needed the Defender blow every other fighter out of the water in basically every department (even a 100 years after the empires fall in legends) but never got the funding to bring down costs or make to many of them to get out of the prototype phase. i feel that replacing the imperial shuttle and TIE bomber with the assault gunboats and the normal TIE's with Interceptors(with a single squad of defenders on a imperial class) would have been much better then making the failed death star over and over again. even upgrading the imperial class with anti fighter weapons would have helped as they where fighting a foe who mainly attacked with advanced groups of fighters as their main attacking power. you also have the TIE phantom but it's main advantage was it's cloak (alongside it being able to run for 2 weeks without support alongside already having a shield and hyper drive as standard). as the interceptor beat it in weapons ( 4 blaster cannon to the phantoms 3) and speed (the only fighter able to out run a interceptor was a defender). with about the same armour with the phantom being bigger. and of course it was rare they where deployed as they didn't want the rebels to get the tech to cloak their in most cases better fighters

[@DarthVader-go3yd]

You dare defy the empire? Dont make me destroy you admiral...

[@skittlezoreos8534]

You cant destroy him if we get to him first...

[@Milquetoastfireball]

One advantage of the X-wing that is often overlooked: It's hyperspace capable, meaning they can operate independently of a carrier craft. They can jump into an engagement, do some damage and jump out before the empire can scramble fighters or call in reinforcements. It's really a shame that the alliance never took advantage of that (at least not in the films).

[@ygotsvlog3762]

im pretty sure they did but it was probably just some small skirmishes

[@Milquetoastfireball]

@@ygotsvlog3762 I mean it's a shame they didn't show it in one of the movies.

[@ragesquit5415]

*cough first deathstar cough*

[@Milquetoastfireball]

@@ragesquit5415 They didn't use hyperspace to reach the first deathstar, though. They just went around Yavin Prime.

[@yeetyeet5079]

Buy it also made it heavier more expensive and harder to maintain

[@ThunderAndGuillon]

Even though the CIS used mainly droid starfighters, they also used quite some fighter classes that were piloted by organics. Like the Rogue-class starfighter, the Belbullab-22 starfighter, the Nantex-class starfighter and the Umbaran starfighter for example.

[@juancruzmarolda7726]

Thunder And Guillon i wanted to say the same as he clearly oversimplificated the CIS' starships composition

[@juancruzmarolda7726]

Besides the Tri fighter was a beast like the one he said he wished the CIS has

[@metalhead522]

@@juancruzmarolda7726 tri fighters an interceptor. Seriously is everyone in this comment section a bunch of dumbasses?

[@ahumanoidtroodon1074]

A couple of these are relegated to specific factions within the CIS like the Nantex and Umbaran crafts. The Vulture droid and Trifighter were by far the most numerous

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

I knew the X-Wing was my favorite starfighter in Star Wars for good reasons. Plus the fact it has a hyperdrive means you can send in a squadron attack a target and flee into hyperspace before the Imperials respond with TIE Fighters.

[@calebopossum5023]

Love your comment. X wing for life 🖐💚💙❤💛

[@Silrk246813]

1. Reb. 2. CIS 3. Rep. 4. Empire. Droidds cost, no training, upgraded via WiFi, and do not tire. But otherwise agree. Beautiful work my Friend.

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

Also the Vulture Droid is amazing and I am really biased to them. (Plus swarm tactics).

[@okaythen4784]

I like the vultures since they are mass production done right

[@morgorth3242]

i think federation got best star fighter, no biological pilot in it means it can pull extreame G's make sharp turns ect

[@tablesalt4029]

Even though that's a big advantage, droids are often times dumb in star wars. Manouverability isn't the only factor in making a good star fighter and good shielding and weapons are arguably more important for individual fighters. The crazy manouverability of cis starfighters is also a bit overkill, since most of the fighters are far to dumb to make use of it.

[@danielyesnt3624]

@@tablesalt4029 yeah but a droid can be replaced in minutes, a clone or human takes lot longer

[@davidlewis5312]

@@tablesalt4029 does it matter? Slave all the vultures together and dumb fire concussion missiles with proxy sensors at enemy formations en masse... all the death...

[@davidlewis5312]

@@tablesalt4029 and the Droid brain in the tri fighters was equal to the IG 100 series

[@kirillzakharov7336]

ye but again as Eck pointed out, they lack creativity. Quite significantly

[@tszwunwong4469]

droids have an iq of 500... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@shadowstrider8295]

Tevis Wong Is that bad? That actually sounds pretty impressive

[@shadowstrider8295]

Joaco 21O Oh wait he was making a joke good Lord I'm an idiot

[@raf4933]

They must watch rick and morty

[@faceass742]

They lack the creativity and ability to process it, but some B1 battle droid have been seen using is effectively but either get lost in the story or got destroyed while trying to flee.

[@awesomegaming1678]

Roger Roger

[@Arashmickey]

Best and worst special forces including force users, logistics, infrastructure, popular support and soft power, means relative to goals, and other "intangibles" such as luck and/or the Force.

[@drksideofthewal]

Arashmickey That would go: 1. The Republic, due to Arc Troopers, Clone Commandos, and of course Jedi. 2. The Rebellion, they're built on asymmetrical warfare, so their special forces had to be incredible to do the things they needed to do. 3. The CIS. Commando droids, Magnaguards, dark side adepts. They had a variety of powerful units. 4. The Empire. An entire legion of their "best troops" lost to teddy bears with sticks.

[@apathymanthemundane4165]

imperial special forces weren't just stormtroopers. they had things like storm commandos, and (in canon) inferno squad, and (in legend) the varying hands of the emporer, like Mara Jade before she married some farm kid.

[@Arashmickey]

Yeah, that would be cool to get into more detail. I actually meant special military forces but also spies, diplomats, scientists and engineers, etc. Just trying to fill in areas that haven't been covered.

[@demi-femme4821]

*T H A T ' S T H E P O I N T S E A R G E A N T*

[@jayburn00]

If including legends: Rebels get Katarn Commandos, Paige's Commandos, Winter (aka Targeter), Rogue Squadron (fighter squadron that occasionally did spec ops and commando operations, so successful that operating on their own they managed to take down or capture several star destroyers, and force an executor class to surrender.

[@clarkkent4198]

The SAND speeder is powerful enough to defeat the Chosen One

[@Kawhilight_]

Clark Kent XDDDDD

[@joekent210]

Clark Kent Father?

[@toof7513]

Joe Kent no Joe I am your father -that's not true. That's impossible

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Jajajajaja

[@talhahtaco2035]

I don't like sand it's coarse and rough ,and It gets everywhere.

[@covenantoflegions6825]

U didn't mention the Droid Tri-fighter??

[@Archangelglenn]

Nor did he mention the upgraded Vulture droids.

[@dihoxide]

Or the republic V wing, a ship type he noted as missing...

[@aaronjanestrada9484]

Those are interceptors. It's in another video

[@aaronjanestrada9484]

Except for the upgraded Vultures. IDK where that is...

[@cat157]

I N T E R C E P T O R

[@beakwooda.k.aadregallus8788]

The N1 starfighter. Well armored. Twin rapid fire guns mounted on nose, hyperdrive, shields, torpedos, Astrodroid equipable and downright beautiful.

[@LJChannn334]

But that’s only for Naboo…

[@basteala525]

@@LJChannn334 Naboo pilots kind of sucked, too :|

[@qui-gonjinn3322]

1. Exclusive for Naboo 2. Very expensive

[@ESFNinja]

The Rebels? I mean, how else would have they destroyed not one, but TWO Death Stars.

[@thedarkknight727]

Rebel Alliance starfighter superior, Empire starfighter inferior. 😉

[@revan1911]

Francisco Garcia Shhh Soundwave pleade

[@stevenjenkins3061]

Its called plot armor thats how they did it

[@battlebear7214]

Plot armor?

[@marcus4048]

Captain Cutter luck?

[@teamcybr8375]

This series has been fantastic. I've really enjoyed the ride and would LOVE to see it continue with different factions from star wars or different universes. Keep doing what you're doing man.

[@savinocivitillo8832]

Hiyaaaaaaaa

[@psyoperator58]

You hardly even talk about the CIS fighters

[@YourMom-mt5de]

Goblinator Has I wish he did

[@Jay-629]

Neveah Scottis In this particular episode he’s focusing on the Republic during the Clone Wars. ARC-170s, V-Wings, Y-Wings, Z-95 Headhunters.

[@Ty-yt3lj]

It's just a robot TIE interceptor anyway

[@constellationd2020]

I really like the CIS tri-fighter which in my opinion is one of the best fighters craft

[@davidlewis5312]

@@constellationd2020 tri-fighter is wicked and really a pure droid fighter. Small as possible and built to achieve tremendous g forces as it has no soft components

[@Primljosef]

I would love to see you do this kind of series for other factions, like from the Old Republic era. Keep up the great work!

[@rabbitparadise]

thanks for letting me edit!

[@itstheeuros9762]

Freighttrain "ONE HECK OF A FIGHTER"

[@Florin_Dark]

I hope you can edit his vids always you are so good at it

[@niklas2851]

Freighttrain excellent editing, loved it!

[@captainrex7655]

Very cool and funny editing :) thumbs up for you!

[@DarkSidePhoenix]

BOI

[@maxwelldanger1929]

I think that the republic had the best star fighters. The ARC-170 is an especially useful fighter, with heavy weapons, rear turret, and relatively high speed.

[@teamcybr8375]

Blitzkrieg Gamer I would agree, but this isn't just about the fighters themselves. It's about how well their force was designed.

[@maxwelldanger1929]

In that regard the fighters are very well designed for large fleet based combat, useful for attacking and defending capital ships.

[@maxwelldanger1929]

not true. The ARC-170 was incredibly powerful, and even considered to be elite craft in legends where it was used by both the rebellion and Imperial forces. It fits in very well with the hit and run tactics employed by the rebellion, as it's heavy weapons and class 1 hyper drive allow it to jump in, hit hard, then jump out.

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

disadvantage was you needed 3 crew member instead of the x-wings 1.

[@maxwelldanger1929]

I have not talked about TIEs at all, however i agree with most of your statements. The ARC-170 was in fact more advanced and more powerful than almost all but the most advanced TIE variants. The only advantage a TIE has against an ARC is it's speed. The laser cannons you speak of are not the average TIE cannons, and rarely ever saw use, as the TIE series was mainly focused on quantity instead of quality. The weaponry most used on TIE ships are L-s7.2 laser cannons, not the SFS Ls 9.3's. This does not mean i find the TIE series to be inadequate. The standard TIE fighter was an excellent close quarters dog fighter, albeit suffering from a lack of shielding. The TIE bombers are able to carry immense bomb loads, and were excellent against most hard targets, excluding MC-80s and other heavy capital ships, where as the ARC-170 or X-wing star fighter were only moderately effective against light cruisers and smaller ships. The TIE defender is my personal favourite variant, boasting heavy weapons and shields.

[@Winterdrol]

Really enjoying this series ,happy to see more like this ,this is definitely one of my favourite channels

[@quetzalphotos5107]

Top notch editing loved it!

[@thes7274473]

I’d like to learn about some New Republic starfighters like the E-Wing and the K-Wing

[@raventhewoodelf8132]

and he should make one with the new republic, the first order and other factions like the criminal organisations

[@happytime2781]

I didn't even hear about them till now 0_o. K-wing look like a badd ass and remind about A-10 Thunderbolt

[@kyuveejunespot3326]

@@happytime2781 he knew k wing

[@EckhartsLadder]

Was too busy to edit today's video, thanks to Freighttrain for helping out - without him, no video today! His channel: kzbin.info/door/63cgt1JjPX5z9b6JqVVFZQ

[@togglefire3537]

EckhartsLadder tell Freighttrain that I'm very greatful of his help.

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

Keep up the awesome work your epic.

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

Your epic to Freighttrain.

[@theimmortalsuperbeing549]

TOP 5 MOST POWERFUL GUNS IN STAR WARS.

[@JamesBond-kq9kj]

No offense but his editing sucks a$$. All of those words flashing up on tjr screen and crap are just corny AF and annoying. Just saying............

[@boyjezus8893]

Your music choice is spot on. I'm finding new music and dank lore from one channel. I'd say you've got a proper system here

[@d.j.p.g.b.9662]

This is by fair the best edited video you ever made in my opinion....just wow. Plus i love the self aware memes...just purity

[@EckhartsLadder]

Let me know your idea to continue this series, I could put a new ep up tomorrow! Sub to the editor: kzbin.info/door/63cgt1JjPX5z9b6JqVVFZQ Without him I wouldn't have been able to get a video out today, so big thanks!

[@richardbug3094]

plz continue i so far have very much enjoyed this series.

[@HyperK7]

More please. I love this series! Maybe walkers or land vehicles?

[@Drakon034]

Ground vehicle comparison?

[@thenoicesoldier4817]

EckhartsLadder which had the best force users?

[@miken7918]

EckhartsLadder Could we do another halo/star wars versus, maybe this one including the elites

[@alexiel4406]

Arc 170 is all I need

[@deceasedcomrade6828]

Alexiel Black x wings are good except they can't shoot down fighters tailing them like our wonderful arc 170

[@fidamdsaini8452]

CIS Tri-Fighter I think you might wanna reconsider your decision.

[@barbatoslupusrex8712]

wrong. Tri-Fighter doesn't have shit unless its given buzz droids.

[@jasonbarber5885]

It never hits anything with its rear facing emplacement.

[@alexiel4406]

Jason Barber always gets kills for me in Battlefront II

[@cooldude9564]

Love the video man, and I love the background music!! 👍

[@michaelmcgoldrick3439]

Congrats on 100k man! Awesome observant content, keep making quality vids!

[@jayd6038]

That pause. And nice song change.

[@rabbitparadise]

i agree

[@rabbitparadise]

Eck has a playlist of all of his used songs, the second song is called sun

[@jayd6038]

Freighttrain ok

[@aceambling7685]

That funky stuff

[@thedustinmobile1054]

JD Council rebellion did, more advanced versions of the same quality

[@adamchapman7097]

Fleet battle between these 4 factions. Which faction do you think would win in a fleet on fleet engagement against each other and who would win overall? Rank these factions fleets on who would win. Say 10 capital ships each + about a half dozen smaller warships(destroyers and corvettes) + assorted support ship, all with a full fighter and bomber compliments. Pretty please?

[@nicholaslee2602]

I think the empire will win cuz they have the strongest capital ships n dreadnaughts

[@adamchapman7097]

True, but the heavy guns on those capital ships have blind spots and the ships can be easily outmaneuvered. And let's not forget the quality of the fighters. I think that any fight is really up for grabs.

[@horatioamelius742]

Adam Chapman Wouldn't this likely end in a major battle between the republic and Empire? The Rebels mostly taking down the blind larger ships but they were weak overall.

[@thyreradim7885]

actually guys wouldn't it come down to the republic and seperatisst becasue the rebels even with inferior numbers usually kick the crap out of isd's even with like 3 bombers (cough cough rouge one cough cough) and the republic and separatists have swarms of fighters lol (the venator carriers like 400 while the standard isd carries like 40 lol do the math, is 1 tie fighter worth 10 republic star fighters with clone pilots??? NO.)

[@horatioamelius742]

Thyre Radim but cis capital ships couldn't stand up to them. For the rebels this isn't a hit and go engagement they will havevto deal with the swarms of all fighters as they take down isds. Their starfighters can only keep them in so long before their capital ships go down.

[@warriorcrab1319]

Love the editing!

[@melissacorrea8732]

great video series!

[@I3oo1ve]

Which faction had the best special forces?

[@kennywang1707]

Clone commandos, ARC troopers, etc.

[@SirSpangler]

Depends on if jedi count as special forces

[@SirSpangler]

Depends on the Jedi and their mission. We see Jedi being used as special forces in the Clone Wars series all the time. And Legends has dozens of examples of Jedi doing such missions. For instance, Kenobi would count as an officer, but Quinlan Vos would be counted as spec-ops.

[@blundered6731]

I3oo1Ve easily republic, the Jedi Temple guards along with expandable ranked clones makes for the best special forces

[@hearyth]

Thaddeus Beadle I'm agreeing with the above with the Republic winning the spec ops argument. CIS Commando Droids can and will be beaten by any clone spec ops. We've seen Cut (the clone deserter) take down a large number of commando droids by himself, mentioning the fact that he was out of combat for a while and that he was more or less the average clone trooper. With the Empire spec ops I'd still pick the clone's spec ops over theirs although it can go either way.

[@HansHammertime]

Compare the criminal organisations, that would be interesting and awsome

[@mcfch8891]

Hans Hammertime dude he already did that

[@sparkyzoldstuff6317]

Geetsly did that

[@ygotsvlog3762]

jabba the hut

[@percymclean9664]

100,000 subs! Congrats!

[@maskedriderweaver4122]

Once again, love the video. This time, I have no complaints or disagreements with your ranking. I feel obliged to point out that part of the reason for the lack of star fighters for the Empire was due to the Empire's focus on capital ships and the resources that were required both for Star Destroyers and for the Death Star itself.

[@richardbug3094]

could a star destroyer handle an invasion by the Thing in the 1982 movie.

[@anonone7721]

Yes i very much want to see this one, the xenomorph video was good but the Thing is a whole another beast this match sounds like fun.

[@JohnSmith-wq3hz]

lets make this one happen

[@godemperorofmankind7255]

Do it. I enjoy watching watching the blood flow.

[@hydrogenone4926]

Well fire was it's greatest weakness and blasters are bolts of energy. So it would be an effective wepean though the Thing's cells would still survive. You would at least need a flamethrower to make sure it was dead.

[@anonone7721]

I think you would need a wide spread blaster bolt to do any damage, all the plasma would do is go right through it and not affect the organism as a whole. Blasters would be ineffective and stormtrooper would have to use thermite detonaters to do any real damage.

[@juice5951]

Tie Fighter all the way !

[@TheM16NdPregnant]

Holy shit almost at 100k man. Congrats!!!!!!

[@Tazmaina]

here are some ideas to continue cause I do love these videos. you can do: Blaster Types Special Forces (as I said before) Leadership? (excluding the heroes, I just like clone commanders and wanna see more of them)

[@OnePiece-yy1lu]

Personally I think the CIS had the absolute best vehicles.

[@meteozek3760]

for me its the empire

[@user-uu7fe9wi2k]

@@meteozek3760 I have two words for you if you think the empire has the best vehicles: tie tank

[@Bone-fd5tj]

Tri fighter is the best star fighter ever

[@lisalemaster2362]

I agree with you one piece

[@tathemrelag3123]

Can you finish this up with a more comprehensive examination of overall military philosophy, and how well they use the tech they have?

[@burakgurtekin6004]

Would love to see more of these vids

[@shawneewulf6270]

It's probably already been pointed out by someone else, but the CIS did in fact have some top tier heavy fighters like the Belbullab-22/24 and Porax-38/Rogue class starfighters. Both being shielded, having strong hulls, and hyperdrive equipped as a bonus.

[@william_brobrine8975]

The separatist did have a shielded droid ship called a Scarab-class Droid Starfighter. they're featured in 2 video games Star Wars Starfighter and Star Wars Jedi Starfighter

[@william_brobrine8975]

chris pearson it does I remember those games really well but yea I can remember playing the game and seeing a blue bubble when shot at and green bar on the target icon on the screen and it does confirm that on the wiki "has Deflector shields"

[@jacobjimenez6753]

Haven't finished but already making a highly likely outcome that the empire is last

[@Raptormon132]

Here's a couple of Verses suggestions for you to do. *1. Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (Star Wars) vs Lucrehulk-class Droid Control Ship (Star Wars)* *2. D'deridex class Romulan Warbird (Star Trek) vs Imperial II-class Star Destroyer (Star Wars)*

[@luukas.n5623]

the editing was fantastic

[@chaosindustry2279]

Sins of a solar empire titan battle royale

[@Louthanjen]

the republic did

[@covalite]

By far and i think the clone wars Y-Wing was better since it had far better shields and armor plus a ion turret gunner vs the rebel y wing was flimsier and was only slightly more maneuverable. Also though a bit clunky i think the ark 170 was a space superiority fighter though an x wing have a advantage over it only due to its maneuverability but if the ark 170 was flown by a good pilot its heavy weapons would take care of a x wing in a few shots.

[@gamingcat4902]

Mic Clank by

[@smiglo112]

Didn't the rebels just throw the armor away because it made it harder to fix their Y-Wings? And not because of manouverability and speed?

[@alexanderalonso-bauer3812]

Covalite the y-wing was a bomber and was much heavier

[@jennytalia6724]

i think eck is using the technological advancement argument and really in this context it's like plot armor you can't refute it

[@kkstudios7877]

That repeat line at the end GIVES ME CONNIPTIONS

[@khangkt1721]

Hey, my first time subscribing to this channel! Great content and explaining BTW. there something just alluring hearing about the info even though i'm not good with the lore myself ANYWAY... suggestion? Space Battleship Yamato VS Imperial class Star Destroyer

[@FriedRyRy]

The generals and leaders of each faction like Grand Admiral Thrawn one Admiral Ackbar

[@abrahamnotlincoln3439]

if you use Grand Admiral Thrawn for the Empire, Admiral Ackbar for Rebellion, use Admiral Trench for CIS and for the republic Admiral Yularen

[@pendragon2544]

Combine soldiers from Half life 2 vs Stormtroopers

[@temiajuwon8893]

Happy to see Freight Train editting another one of your videos.

[@alecgau4792]

Wow the editing on this video was so smooth

[@racerdeuce417productions4]

Do more faction vids

[@a-h1n286]

wich faction had the best officers, generals, tacticians? here's my personal opinion: 1.the empire with thrawn, 2 the republic, 3 the CIS,4 the rebel scum, 5 the empire without thrawn.

[@covenantoflegions6825]

A-H1 n2 I think all the incompetent officers in the Imperial navy cancel out Thrawn's genius lol

[@johnlukan230]

I love the new screenshot for the faction stuff!!

[@sduyhf9399]

I'd like to see a gunships compared video, maybe even with the UNSC? I'd like the officer doge shirt Keep up the great work!

[@RinsedCheeks]

Covenant in their prime vs Yuuzhan Vong!

[@kennethkates3140]

Lore, Imperial Bioweapons

[@lefranglais1313]

This video is a great way to finish the faction comparison I think. However, I would love to see other videos like a comparison of the infantry's weaponry but I haven't got many other ideas :( Maybe you could compare other factions like First Order/Resistance, Old Republic/Sith Empire, ... Whatever you do, you should know you make great content 👍

[@xELITExKILLAx]

As for the Republic. They did have a main line starfighter that was fast and maneuverable. The V-19 Torrent and the Z-95 Headhunter. The Z-95 was pretty much the prototype to the X-Wing

[@kcdodger]

Who had the best blasters?

[@pnbproductions6008]

good idea

[@ReviveHF]

The Rebels of course.

[@gabrielgarcia9822]

The high ground

[@aaronjanestrada9484]

@@gabrielgarcia9822 The high ground needs no blasters when they have Obi-Wan Kenobi!!

[@skyslasher2297]

Rebels you can’t compete with the rebels star fighters

[@barrybend7189]

SkySlasher what are you drunk?

[@vanguard6498]

No, hes right.

[@angelajerding901]

I think Republic

[@vanguard6498]

Whys that?

[@HalfDemonInuyasha]

TIE Avenger and TIE Defender would like a word with you.

[@gojira7824]

Those droids must be watching a bunch of rick and morty to have an IQ that high.

[@fririkrafngumundsson3240]

please do more i love these

[@allib610]

Give more credit to droids

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

Alli B I guess, the Droid HMP Gunship was what you were looking for in your examination of the CIS

[@kennethkates3140]

Top 5 Imperial commanders from canon

[@fly672]

Thrawn, Tarkin, Tagge, Vader, I can't find anyone else worthy of being on this list

[@lupu_owo]

I think a video on the factions ability to make decisions would be quite nice, like having an in-depth look at each factions ability to make decisions within itself like the Republic's Senate.

[@bode6795]

Dude that editor is great!

[@user-Jay178]

The republic and the rebels had the best starfighters.

[@TheRezro]

Sort off.. point is that Empire did have good reason to use TIE's. TIE's have that gimmick that they could be easily dismantled and keep in thinner storage then other fighters. That way Stardestroyers could operate independently with fighter support. Rebels couldn't. They usually operate own fighters from bases what give them regional advantage but they still did need run from Imperial carriers caring good stuff like TIE Defenders and TIE Avengers what were even better then Rebel fighters, but empire couldn't use them if they didn't know that attack is coming.

[@thyreradim7885]

+TheRezro, no not really the average isd carried about 40 ties and that is fucking nothing lol because they had literally no point defense whatsoever lols, and the rebels had fighters with hyperdrives that traveled with the fleet and they had lots of carriers so yah lol. And the defender was not better just on par and the avenger was close but no.

[@TheRezro]

@Thyre Radim What was the point of stating banal stuff irrelevant to the subject? Also TIE Defenders also did have hyperdrive and a shield, and they "lots of carriers" was one stolen form Empire and one they get after the war. That still doesn't change the fact that Empire did use carriers and equal superiority fighters, so they did have equal fighters (and claim that 40'ty fighters is nothing is so ridiculous that I literally ignore it, as half of that was usually whole forces of Rebels have). The reason why they couldn't use it efficiently was because Rebels jump from planet to planet, so they usually bump on more universal Star Destroyers paroling region, instead some serious forces.

[@thyreradim7885]

+TheRezro, it was in response to *" That way Stardestroyers could operate independently with fighter support. Rebels couldn't."* I was just proving you wrong. Yes but the TIE Defenders were never used by anyone except for thrawn. It's like saying the millennium falcon was used by everyone and they had dozens of them. No all of the rebels ships had carrying capacity at least equal to that of an isd and no they had the quasar fire class carrier and lots of acclimator's and Lucerhulks from the clone wars lol. After the war they had hundreds of thousands of ships and they had several of their own lines of carriers. And the empire did not use carriers lol they were not used in tandom with isd's because the empire is stupid. And they did not have equal superiority fighters. And they were outnumbered a shit-ton. OMFG THEY CARRIED 40 ACTUAL TIE FIGHTERS THEN LIKE 1 SQUAD OF BOMBERS. THE REBELS HAD MOSTLY FIGHTERS AND THEY USUALLY HAD LIKE 90 AND THEY USE HIT AND RUN TACTICS DIPSHIT. Actually rebels do not jump from planet to planet they make a home base and then have all of their ships there lols and usually other than that they have self proclaimed rebels who are just militia on their home planets. And they had 25,000 isd's in total lols and 2 mil combat vessels in total your telling me with the billions upon billions of probe droids they have they couldn't find a rebels blase and blow it to shit. They do not have a serious force actually lol their most powerful mainline combat vessel is the is the imperial star destroyer (isd), and then they have their 11 ssd's (super star destroyers) many of which were tactically idiotic. The empire is honestly the worst faction in all of star wars history simply because they always lose to fighters because you know they didn't learn from world war 2.

[@TheRezro]

@Thyre Radim Then you miss my point. And my point is that Star Destroyers having small fighter squad on deck (even if inferior ones) could use them at any time. Rebel fighters could operate only in close range to they basses (hyperdrive have own limits) and most Rebels ship didn't have landing decks. That is simply a fact. Star Destroyers in general were standard get go patrol ships, so they were on first line of fight with Rebels. But presumption that Empire didn't have more legit fighter forces are mostly ignorant (also we do know that they have). They simply couldn't use it because Rebels avoid direct battles. I presume for obvious reasons. "It's like saying the millennium falcon was used by everyone and they had dozens of them." Wait.. so you don't know that it was a standard freighter? It was highly modified, but it wasn't uncommon sight (maybe outside that it was quite old). "all of the rebels ships had carrying capacity at least equal to that of an isd and no they had the quasar fire class carrier and lots of acclimator's and Lucerhulks from the clone wars lol." No they didn't. Maybe you forget but it was a Empire who was a Republic, not the Rebels. Most ships we really see are modified civilian freighters. "After the war they had hundreds of thousands of ships and they had several of their own lines of carriers." After war they weren't really a rebels anymore. So that doesn't count. "And the empire did not use carriers lol they were not used in tandom with isd's because the empire is stupid." Or because it is stupid to use capital ships to hunt local pirates and rebels. Star Destroyers were more then enough. Rebellion win only because Empire was designed to rely only on Palatine orders, and without him it end as most dictatorships usually do. "And they did not have equal superiority fighters." Defenders and Avengers were better. We only see X-wing's as OP because we watch story from perspective of ace pilots.. but in reality many x-wing pilots also did die whole time. "OMFG THEY CARRIED 40 ACTUAL TIE FIGHTERS THEN LIKE 1 SQUAD OF BOMBERS. THE REBELS HAD MOSTLY FIGHTERS AND THEY USUALLY HAD LIKE 90 AND THEY USE HIT AND RUN TACTICS DIPSHIT." I would not comment such dipshit comment.. 90'ty fighters probably was all what rebellion have. In which movie you see more then quarter of that? "Actually rebels do not jump from planet to planet they make a home base and then have all of their ships there lols and usually other than that they have self proclaimed rebels who are just militia on their home planets." Thanks for stating obvious.. your point? "And they had 25,000 isd's in total lols and 2 mil combat vessels in total your telling me with the billions upon billions of probe droids they have they couldn't find a rebels blase and blow it to shit." Do you know what is size of Galaxy? So shut up and go back to school 0_0 " They do not have a serious force actually lol their most powerful mainline combat vessel is the is the imperial star destroyer (isd), and then they have their 11 ssd's (super star destroyers) many of which were tactically idiotic." Yes, judging you level of intelligence I'm sure that you believe to be expert in space combat.. 0_0 "The empire is honestly the worst faction in all of star wars history simply because they always lose to fighters because you know they didn't learn from world war 2." They didn't have WW2.. yet. Also tell that to Marines who back from Iraq, just replace fighters with homebrew traps. Just don't blame my if they kick your as for stupidity and ignorance.

[@gododoof]

A-Wings for life

[@angelusumbra5741]

Another potentially massive advantage of droid piloted fighters, bombers, and interceptors is that droids can pull maneuvers that a living pilot couldn't do, or even not be able to survive doing, like turns and such with really high g forces.

[@fitzgerald297]

Starviper attack platform vs either the ARC 170 or the B wing please and thank you. Big fan of your videos.

[@CareraDrift]

Wich Blaster is the Best or Top 5 Blasters in Star Wars

[@kennywang1707]

Z-6 (clone trooper minigun) by far!

[@covalite]

Definitely a z-6 it could 1 shot battle droids and it had an extreme rate of fire.

[@thyreradim7885]

han solo's blaster pistol (IT CAN BLOW UP WALLS!!!)

[@monoclesquid9667]

I would say the Republic wins due to the ARC-170. You said that it would win in a 1o1 dogfight with an X-wing in your vs video, and this advantage is only exacerbated in an open battle situation, due to the heavier armor and rear-facing guns. Furthermore, republic fleet design philosophy allows them to deploy MORE of these starfighters, which are basically crossbreeds of superiority fighters, torpedo bombers, and gunships, taking almost all of the positives from these three classes with very few of the negatives. IMO I think you give the X-wing a bit too much credit in this video, especially in the context of your previous VS video.

[@battlebear7214]

I agree with you here. He said in the Navy video a few days ago that an Imperial Class Star Destroyer would beat a Venator class star destroyer because the Venator had less cannons. But in reality, especially against an Imperial-II style, a Venator would have a comfortable win in my opinion. Real life has shown that carriers revolutionized naval combat. One battleship (Imperial-II Star Destroyer) cannot defend itself against dozens or hundreds of aircraft attacking at once. An Imperial-II with only 72 starfighters would have no chance standing against a Venator's full complement on 420 starfighters, many of which were bombers. Eckharts even said in a previous video that the Imperial Class was vulnerable to starfighters.

[@vanguard6498]

I still call that complete bullshit, the things a big ugly target, the X-Wing would rip em apart.

[@monoclesquid9667]

Eck explains how the rear-facing gun would allow the ARC to beat the X-Wing. X-Wing basically has to get behind its target to win. ARC counters that with the rear gunner. Not to mention it is more armored and has more powerful forward-facing guns as well, in addition to a copilot AND an astromech who are able to aid the pilot. It's basically a compact gunship

[@vanguard6498]

The rear gunner would not be as effective as you would think, in real life that same train of thought was used while constructing WW2 heavy fighters. Yes the tech is more advanced in star wars but it still applies here. And if the rear gunner was so effective why didnt it help at the battle of coursacant. X-Wing still wipes the floor.

[@monoclesquid9667]

Literally watch Eck's X-wing vs ARC-170 video

[@harrysoper7173]

yes please more that would be great

[@kjhammer120]

The guest editor did awesome. The flashing white text gave me a real banger of a headache though XD

[@ZeDitto3]

what about master chef

[@rabbitparadise]

tru dat

[@aaronjanestrada9484]

Who has the best Chef?

[@cat157]

On this episode of master chef the flood has consumed the kitchen

[@EvanRTedesco]

Next time on master chef, our boi cooks teambag biscuits

[@wilson8565]

Should do a vid on who had the best weapons.

[@MercenarianWolves]

I know there isn't so much info about them, but I would enjoy a video about the mandalorians compared to other factions, specially when talking about ships and the new mandalorian fighters. But also a comparison with mandalorian crusaders and modern mandalorians would be cool.

[@simonwillis1529]

Great vids

[@samdale3937]

For me it goes: Empire had the best navy, Republic had the best ground forces (because of the clones),the Rebels had the best fighters and the CIS had the second best of all of those.

[@thyreradim7885]

well your wrong lol the empire had the worst navy by far.

[@petesperandio]

The Empire's fleet wasn't a wartime fleet. It was meant to project the Emperor's power and look scary, both of which it accomplished. The inadequacy of the Imperial Navy can be seen throughout the Galactic Civil War, where it ultimately proved ineffective against a force multitude times smaller than it. The Rebels built their fleet, tactics, and strategies around fighting the Empire. The Empire didn't do the same. Ergo, the worst fleet.

[@Dalipsingh111111]

So if you take the Rebel-Starfighters, the Republic-Troopers and the CIS-Navy in one army...... They would still loose a war against the Empire! :p

[@Chipmunk_of_Vengeance]

Watched all 3 of your videos on the comparisons between the fleets, armies and starfighters and I find myself in agreement. A combination of a Clone Army, backed by Separatist ships and Alliance fighters, you could come out with one of the best military set ups in sci-fi that could potentially rival the Imperium of Man.

[@ben501st]

Something I think is often overlooked with the empire's decision to keep with the standard TIE is pilot training. There was no need to teach astronavigation, long term life support management, shield management, or any of the intricacies required to stay in a fighter for long periods of time. Most of the advantages of the TIE defender only apply if the pilot knows how to use it properly.

[@sovietunion6439]

Most powerful wmd's?

[@awacslongcaster9188]

Lewis Slaven shawken device

[@milomateer6565]

Your gameplay should actually go with the faction. The whole time you play on the same map, Rebels vs Empire even though you are talking about the Republic. Why not show us gameplay of the ships you are talking about. Makes sense right? Or am i just asking for too much?

[@rabbitparadise]

makes sense, will try to do if theres a next time

[@drewbeck5725]

I really liked that captioning

[@praiserofthesun7672]

Listening to “That Funky Stuff” is almost better than praising the sun...I’ve got to get my priorities together.

[@maarten9272]

Raider class Corvette vs 10 X-wings and 5 Y-wings. (Third attempt).

[@GhostLink92]

Maarten Pennings From what I've experienced in the X Wing Miniatures game, your rebels would take down the Raider very quickly. Actually, those 15 ships come in at 300 points, standard for an Epic game. But they have no upgrades. But with sheer numbers and firepower, that Raider would be lucky to last 1 round.

[@maarten9272]

GhostLink92 I kind of based it on regular star wars. I assumed the game made star fighters a bit overpowered.

[@RoughnecksSTCfan]

If anything regular Star Wars backs up the whole OP starfighter trope. A flight of A-Wings managed to take out the Executor's shields, after all, and time and time again in books and movies a flight of Y-Wings is sufficient to disable a star destroyer. All that has to happen is the X-Wings draw enough fire for a single proton torpedo run by the Y-Wings and it's all over for the corvette.

[@maarten9272]

RoughnecksSTCfan That's good guy bias.

[@RoughnecksSTCfan]

Seems to me you're more biased to think a single corvette could fend off a whole squadron of X-Wings and Y-Wings, especially if they have torpedoes. I've explained my reasoning; what is yours? I even have an imperial example; when a flight of TIE bombers escorted by TIE fighters took out the Korolev, a Rebel CR-90 corvette, as described in one of the X-Wing books.

[@jordanhendrix2619]

Star Wars Republic Commando Squad VS Halo Spartan 2 Squad!!!!!!! This is my 66th attempt. Also Star Wars Republic Commando Squad VS Halo Elite Squad!!!!!!!

[@thyreradim7885]

dude Red Team consisted of 18 spartan 2's AFTER the fall of reach and consisted of about 25+ BEFORE the fall of reach lol so no, and no star wars special forces can rival spartans. What kind of elite squad?? and what rank elites?? if they are spec ops elites then elites win if they are standard REP. wins.

[@silvertandsebitus6602]

More of this series please. With legends only factions if possible.

[@iidirectxii7545]

Always loved the design of the Naboo starfighter.

[@jacksonphillips2075]

cheap and expandable... Like me!!! Huzzah!

[@everettsmith5953]

Jackson Phillips same bro

[@DooTSweeT]

Expandable? 😏

[@Playback9256]

The Driod fighters were unfortunately no match for the republics fighters it was very rare we one a battle with just driod fighters however with our capital ships the do stand a chance we also had a lot more numbers the the republic

[@minliu9999]

Can we appreciate the effort for the edit of this video for a sec.

[@johnviola718]

Almost 100k!!