Why Darth Vader Never Got His Own CORTOSIS Helmet! - Acolyte Episode 6

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[@DaNewWaveLee]

Vader respected the pure technical aspect of dueling.

[@StevenZephyc]

"if I die, I die."

[@Tay_NewNerd]

No darth sid wanted the chosen one killable simple

[@newhybrid101]

​@@Tay_NewNerdHe wanted Vader to be weak to his force lightning but he never wanted to limit Vaders power

[@twitch7406]

Vader respected star wars cannon..

[@CommonSense823]

Vader is canon. That’s it.

[@awesdrew348]

Because it was invented after he debuted on the big screen. Pretty straight forward actually.

[@Darth_Vader_Official]

Cortosis is for cheaters, and I am no cheater.

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

My lord 🧎‍♂️

[@DatKakashii]

@@Blimbus-Blombolmao

[@chudchadanstud]

But my lord, you dueled the younglings.

[@carmenlynn5441]

I already knew the answer before clicking: He doesnt need it. Hes a whole force to be reckoned with, his only weakness is his emotions. I mean the guy wears a suit that big-owies him 24/7

[@CountKibblesNBits]

Exactly, he doesn't need a gimmick to win. The fact this guy got hit on the helmet or was forced to block with the gauntlet says alot about his fighting skill. If he didn't have it he would have died. Needed, that hidden short blade too, to kill the padawan that was pressing him.

[@youssef11223344]

Because Vader aint a power of many babeh hes a MAYHN🔥

[@alexflores-gu8zf]

alex

[@Xfaction1111]

Aside from the listed reasons; Vader was also a skilled user of tutaminis able to deflect, redirect and absorb blasters via channeling the force to his (Prostectic) hands

[@carlospadilla7247]

Or his hands were just made of durasteel so essentially blaster proof

[@rainbowquartz9513]

Unlike beskar, cortosis is quite brittle

[@darylsdesigns6679]

And difficult to mine

[@rainbowquartz9513]

@@darylsdesigns6679 not to mention that’s more rare to find than beskar

[@user78405]

true and requires more cortosis ore to repair any damages ...lot more...also it has more benefits like its very light and not heavy as beskar is very heavy and slow down the wearer ...vadar cluckiness walking makes him breath harder but for corosis...its make wearer do lot more in his moves that make him very stronger and faster with it ...teneborus use entire armor made of cortosis...it makes him make moves you can't imagine how quick he use life saber and use force efficient with red lighting due to effects of cortosis...basically...he the scarry villian not to cross path with...least to qimir ...he force to follow him around but warn him not jump into pool on planet ...it heals his wounds and give his youth almost immortal ...

[@empoweredshemphoward]

Bescar armor with cortosis strategically placed in it would be the way to go.

[@CommonSense823]

On the bright side, while it shorts out lightsabers, it’s easily welded with an electric toothbrush. 🙄

[@kmungal]

If I got that cortosis helmet, I'd turn I into a rapier.... no light Saber, just stabby stabby.

[@daruphir]

Cortosis is too soft for that type of battle alone, you would need to weave it into another material to make it structurally rigid enough while maintaining the flexibility that a rapier is needed to have. Going with in universe materials, to blend Cortosis I would probably mix Songsteel, like Beskar it's saber resistant but a great deal lighter in weight than Beskar, and takes annealing and other metallurgic coloring processes better than Beskar appears to (we've only seen it painted not treated chemically)

[@narucalo3048]

Cortosis is volatile and easy to fracture and break. It may shorten out the lightsaber but is not very effective against a blaster even after shortening out the lightsaber it started to chip off in that fight with the new Disney show.

[@hexPixelStarships]

In The Force Awakens, even a stormtrooper officer has a melee weapon that can block a lightsaber. It’s questionable that why lightsaber proof armors ain’t everywhere 😅

[@HiaLeo]

Video could’ve been 3 seconds long. Script: “Because, no.”

[@alexfischer7876]

But hey, *Star Wars Comics* is what it is. _Steadily losing credibility with every single posted video._

[@goatkiller666]

In Mandolin Season 2, when Din defended himself from Asokha, he used his forearm bracers for defense, and the jet pack, flame thrower, and rope thing. When Satine was ruling the Mandalorians, it would have been easier (though not EASY) for any Jedi in the war to get such a set of bracers. Blocked blasters like Wonder Woman, and still have a light saber. Stun guns built in, maybe even a small this blaster, like a pistol. Store the lightsaber there, instead of hanging it on your belt. Life sign trackers, with some kind of distress beacon. The Jedi are like Starfleet. “Oh, we don’t make warships, we’re peaceful.” Except the Klingon war, the Borg war, and the Dominion. Just because you don’t want to be on a war footing, doesn’t mean you aren’t. And the way to save more lives in a war is to win it very very quickly. Intentionally limiting your own abilities isn’t honorable, it’s just more collateral damage and death so you can pat yourself on the back for not being a heartless killer. That’s vanity, not honor.

[@viktorgabriel2554]

Cortosis is a brittle metal that could brake from normal blunt force trauma as well

[@robertmueller2023]

I don't think that the Impeacher's wish list was seriously thought out.

[@joshvii5073]

Chainmail with Beskar and Cortosis would be unstoppable

[@daruphir]

You misspoke bruv, Qimir has both the helmet which is much more obvious but he also in the first appearance had one forearm covered by a vambrace of Cortosis as well

[@Bigdaddyhubcity]

Acolyte ep 7 in T- minus 35 minutes baby!

[@jeffsizer9359]

Because none of the previous writers thought of it.

[@ALph4cro]

Cere got quite close to f-ing him up.

[@boomingbob1579]

Because he doesn’t have the power of Maany

[@ozmozis6073]

Knowing what we know of Cortosis, did the Mandalorians in their flicked relationship with the Jedi, ever use it in their weapons, maybe mixed in someway with Beskar? Was it used on the DS1 or 2 as a shield etc

[@KingCookMike]

The real question is why doesn't ALL of the Clone Troopers working directly under Lord Sidious & Vader have their suits made out of Cortosis?

[@robertmueller2023]

The "schedule" post? I'll have to reread that one. They really tried to make hay out of it, along with the "winning" post.

[@lowlifeangler]

Probably the style wasn't in during the late 70s

[@knightzix_01]

thats because the metal is impractical against blasters

[@jonathandavis-po6js]

Because it didn't exist in the late 70s when star wars was created, there was no jar jar either thank god

[@benwest558]

Cortosis is only new cannon, that’s actually why, and it wasn’t intended to be in Star Wars

[@RichiePajooh-r8i]

i wonder if each tooth on the mask is a jedi he killed idk. trying to make sense of the herp a derp look

[@psychotech3927]

Vader never had it, because it never existed until not long ago. Vader been around since Episode 4. pretty easy to answer.

[@thehalfricanguy]

Simple answer: It didn’t exist when Vader was originally created. He then became too iconic to change before Cortosis was a thing in the EU.

[@freelancenerd4804]

Because of retcons. That’s it.

[@McFly8245]

Because the acolyte broke all lore

[@Perkunas_1]

It did? wait was cortosis previously mentioned somewhere in the franchise, but mentioned that lightsabers could actually penetrate it? or another reason?

[@McFly8245]

@@Perkunas_1 how about the sith being extinct for a millennium? How about ret conning Ki Adi Mundi? How about ruining what made Anakin skywalker special? Everything about this show is lore breaking. An no cortisis couldn’t block mind reading it only shorted blades. This show is a joke it’s not Star Wars it is in name only.

[@carminegraves]

boba fett shot vader in the forehead of his helmet with a blaster when they were dueling in the comics. Although it might not be canon anymore im not sure /shrug

[@olivergaither]

I’m sure he’d need Palpatine’s permission and he’s not gonna armor his apprentice in a material that turns off lightsabers and absorbs energy

[@robertmueller2023]

Is it time for the first video edification?

[@NobleGuardianW]

Because he didn't need it.

[@waryace2]

What about something like a personal shield like the ones that cover a entire body? Could that be more reliable than cortosis?

[@user78405]

he has mandorllins metal instead ...but it only protect his head and chest stabs but not arms and legs

[@MandoGamer157]

He has mandalorian armor?

[@T.A.S-t1e]

What do you mean why? It is a newly invented helmate shown on the latest SW show. Why do you need a reason? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Zakori]

Cus it hadn’t been made up yet

[@shadowminor]

Could have still upgraded non life essential components like his limbs.

[@johnleach4649]

It didn’t exist in cannon yet lol

[@brooklynsmokes151]

It was in the Darth bane series he use to mine it and a few thrawn books too

[@AssassinGTM]

Shhh don't tell the haters that they think Disney made it up

[@fallcomb3279]

Why did he not just get beskar armour

[@ysltah9726]

Cause Vader don’t need it

[@daveonwheeler7412]

Do you think they will do Star Wars vs other cinematic universe film crossover like with marvel? Star wars vs Marvel

[@brooklynsmokes151]

God I hope nope

[@daveonwheeler7412]

@brooklynsmokes151 yea ik right they should but how would that work

[@daveonwheeler7412]

How the clone Civil War work in star wars?

[@cvo7617]

Vadar was a pure duelest he did not want no chests lr advantages in his fights if he lost the other guy was the better man thats it thats all.

[@drewbilling11]

Nice use of the word "frangible"

[@crow9665]

Didn't you know? The power of MaAAAAaAnYyYyYy makes anything possible.

[@cheshire147]

lol

[@jack1235ify]

finally someone with sense.

[@LordGadwin]

The down falls of Vader are. This character came before the lore. So now everything has to match up to 3 very old films.

[@andrewjohnson5407]

Umm the real reason Vader never used better armor is dude to emperor . He made Vader weaker in a sense to make him stronger. Vader could have been made into the perfect super soldier but empy didn’t want him like that . He wanted Vader in pain and weak

[@overdriver99]

... as some pointed out there was no concept of cortosis when original trilogy released in 1970's. of course Vadar has 0 idea at that time. now you guys plug this new concept back into original story... omg.

[@Ranz90]

Why? Because it is nonsense

[@amirkurtovic6941]

Because it never comes in black

[@SantiagoDunbar999]

No such thing as star wars until disney releases the ip.

[@RainSpitter]

This response no longer holds any valid points because we have seem Vader out of his suit twice in disney star wars.

[@flinx58]

"useless as armor" um.. there are litearlly WHOLE tribes who use this stuff as a rite of passage. The Jannisarri (sp?) come to mind, and I know they were not the only ones whom did so. Not the I believe that the ones whom were writing The Acolyte would either know or give a care about anything that Fans do. Funny how Fans come up with 1000 ideas for EVERYTHING related to the IP, where the writers and owners can not seem to write their way out of wet paper bags. *sigh*

[@pyrolight7568]

Cuz it did not exist. God I hate when people try to explain stuff added after the fact that makes no sense.

[@Cortesevasive]

*COPE* just make a cortosis blade infront lightsaber impossible to block

[@jasondiend4248]

I mean that did happen. Someone pulled it on Vader. His saber was deactivated. He grabbed them and snapped their neck took the blade proceeded to kill every Jedi that was there with it.

[@ghostinyourattic3545]

Well because this is Disney... they cant improve, only destroy the work of more creative/imaginative people

[@mercury13]

vader could have doen a lot of thngs but he lost his potential, being able to see the future dark side clouds everything

[@brianloco9987]

8:20

[@landonletterman831]

I remember when Phantom Menace came out, and some gay reviewer likened Darth Vader to a 7ft tall walking asthmatic penis! That one's right up there with calling Batman "The original Spec-Ops furry, in his futuristic rocket car!"

[@torrensnado]

Why didn’t Vader have one of these helmets? Cuz the writers of this show are hacks.Simple

[@macsenju]

The word canon is so triggering now 😭😂 it don’t even matter anymore

[@jasondiend4248]

Canon not cannon. I know its nitpicky. However wrong word. Canon is officially recognized history. Its meaningless to everyone. Cannon on the other hand is a weapon that can and has killed people.

[@DrewLSsix]

Canon not cannon, and you have no idea what is actually canon.

[@viktorgabriel2554]

if canon dose not matter then there is no reason to write the story in the Star Wars universe

[@macsenju]

@@viktorgabriel2554 i agree with you. Disney has bastardized Star war so bad canon and non canon has literally lost its meaning. Thats was what i trying to convey before 😂

[@TheToonpimp]

Acolyte is just utter garbage, everything Disney has done, besides the Mandalorian has been utter garbage.

[@ichigen511]

I enjoy your videos but let's be real. What you are trying to do in this video is spin canon to make it make sense. The real reason (the one everybody knows) is that Cortosis wasn't "thought" of or "created" until decades after the Original Trilogy. It wasn't in the mind of Lucas when he created Darth Vader. I appreciate you trying to find a narrative that fits but let's all come back down to Earth for just a minute and understand that all of this is a retcon. You are retconning the Original Trilogy to make a good story. I don't have a problem with retconning becasue the story is always more important. Also, I'm used to George retconning left, right and center in every movie he made after the first one. Most importantly I just wanted to point out to all the angry fans who hate retcons and care more about canon than a good story. You sir, care about a good story, and you will retcon to make one. That's the point. The fandom needs to chillout and enjoy the galaxy far, far away (like you do). Anyways. Good luck with your channel, cheers!

[@joshuacollins9316]

A new element being added to a story isn’t a ret-con. It’s only a ret-con if it conflicts with previously stated cannon. Cortosis existing does not conflict with the training for why palps made vaders suit the way he did, and why he didn’t ever upgrade it. Those facts were established later in cannon and did not conflict with the movies either. By your logic anything added into a franchise or universe later on would technically be a retcon, and this is not the case. Yes ofc cortosis was not in the OT, but it being added on is not a ret-con, it does not conflict with how we know his suit was made, or why he never upgraded it, it’s just an addition to the lore.

[@ichigen511]

@@joshuacollins9316 I feel like you just jumped through some Olympic sized hoops in your head to make sense of adding new story beats to an existing story. If that's not a retcon you and I will have to agree to disagree. The point of my post was to say that story is more important than canon. But that's just somethinig George and I agree on that the fandom simply can't wrap their heads around.

[@joshuacollins9316]

@@ninetiesrelic2975 so by that logic and “facts” that you are stating, only the original movie “A New Hope” is part of the original source material? Or wait is it the full OT right? Oh but wait the holiday special came out around that time too so better through that in there. And oh yeah there were also some books written so all of that must be the original source as well. Or wait am I getting it wrong and it’s just a New Hope? So Yoda is a retcon, oh and Boba Fett, dang Jaba the Hutt too. WOW that’s a lot. Retcon Definition-Google : (in a film, television series, or other fictional work) a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events, typically used to facilitate a dramatic plot shift or account for an inconsistency. Things that drastically change the story or force you to Interpret it in a diff way are retcons, “like palps arriving after episode 6”, but small things like adding cortosis as a new type of metal that existed when Vader made his suit is not. It is simply and added story element that can be used to speculate on how it integrates with the cannon we already have. It does not impose (or force) a new Interpretation of events. Because it does not change how his suit was made, and why it was made the way it was.

[@joshuacollins9316]

@@ninetiesrelic2975 also yes when things are added by the owners of a franchise/IP to the cannon they are automatically a part of the world. Disney owns the SW IP, so they get to dictate what cannon is. And whether or not people may see it that way, that’s how it works. In the same way that DC gets to dictate what’s cannon to the current Justice League comics, or James Cameron does with Avatar. Whoever owns/creates the franchise gets to decided cannon, not the fans.

[@farrahburns6434]

Darth Vader is above & better then this show

[@derekwebb7577]

Because none of his writers were so terrible as the ones doing the Acolyte, lol. I just heard that the short run times of this show were mandated by Disney execs, which further explains how this show ended up so bad. How are you supposed to tell a coherent story when you don't even have enough time for it to develop? This is by far the worst of all of the Disney Star Wars shows, even BoBF's supreme cheeseball writing was better than this convoluted clusterfuck of an attempt at a show.

[@againstalladsgames]

Lore breaking nonsense. If this had existed Vader would have most certainly used this and every advantage he could get. Not for some dueling purity. 😂 He was a Sith. Disney Star Wars is awful.

[@RezaQin]

Ugh, disney star wars...

[@theknightjester]

Because The Wokolyte is Fan Fiction. One day all of these explanation videos will be irrelevant with a reboot.

[@hristokaishev4665]

Could you explain what was woke in the episode?

[@cheshire147]

This dude in the comments nailed it LOL @crow9665 5 hours ago Didn't you know? The power of MaAAAAaAnYyYyYy makes anything possible. @cheshire147 30 seconds ago lol