Why the BRILLIANCE of the LAAT/i Gunships of the Clone Wars Saved the Republic

These bad boys weren't just for show - they were the workhorse of the GAR.
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[@T3rm1NaT0r_]

The greatest weakness of the LAATs: Not having a main character on board, while flying close to a main character's LAAT while in his/her field of view.

[@idunnoagoodone]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thetvbaby83]

True tho lolol

[@g.williams2047]

It's probably safer flying in first.

[@JayJet53]

having a main character on board is not a equal survival as obi-wan have shown

[@T3rm1NaT0r_]

@@JayJet53 I did say "greatest" weakness.

[@lian3101]

The one dislike is a clone pilot without a main character in his gunship

[@fissilepear7805]

I mean... Obi Wan was in an LAAT during the 2nd battle of Geonosis and everyone except him and some other guy died in it.

[@Sephiroth144]

That can't be right- you can't dislike a video from beyond the grave...

[@cptTK421]

@@Sephiroth144 The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities that some consider to be, unnatural. like when *THE DEAD SPEAK*

[@Wally480]

@@cptTK421 just look at the power the darkside has acquired. We can't even see how many dislikes videos get now!

[@kaylahills3760]

What about Ahsoka saving that one pilot in season 7?

[@g.williams2047]

Watching gunships fly into battle during the clone wars were almost always my favorite scenes.

[@jamesanderson5727]

Me too! The landing scenes are awesome.

[@snaplordmeep6748]

Yeah not only is it an amazing scene it never gets old

[@razorionxvii638]

I prefer the Umbara landing scenes. Especially the part where the AT-RTs jump out the back hatch.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Especially when they fire up their rockets and beam weapons.

[@justzillathekingofgames6867]

Same. One of my favorite things from StarWars are the Starships. Their designs are so cool and unique. My favorite Starship is the Star destoryer and LAAT/I 's are my favorite Clone wars Vehicle.

[@Marylandbrony]

Every droid gangster till “ fortunate son” plays out of a gunship.

[@thetvbaby83]

Lmao

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

pretty sure that'd be "Fortunate clone." :P

[@crocowithaglocko5876]

“Good things those bugs cant aim”

[@sithlordshaun_]

Was about to say that 💀💀

[@razorionxvii638]

*Proceeds to get blown out of the sky*

[@michaelandreipalon359]

*BOOM*

[@odst_735]

*Monster’s INC theme starts playing*

[@krzosu]

That was an example of a joke - asking for it :D

[@hunterkiller1440]

What made Attack of the Clones more fun than The Phantom Menace.

[@geetslys]

Nah, it was clearly the amazing dialogue from Anakin!

[@TheLeatheryman]

The one thing I really missed in TPM were soldiers in white armour. But it made the eventual attack of the clones so much sweeter. My favourite sequence in all of Star Wars... even if the film itself never made top dog. 🤙

[@stockpin]

@@geetslys "i hate sand, its coarse and rough and gets everywhere

[@nebcyt-notenoughbraincells419]

Exactly

[@nebcyt-notenoughbraincells419]

@@stockpin it should be Why does anikan not like sand: A)because its course B)because its rough C)because its irritating Or D)Cause it gets everywhere

[@amanzeihedioha]

These beauties introduction along with the ARCs is one of the many reasons why I love that man known as Tartakovsky🥲

[@memesimp3216]

I’m excited for when the series comes to Disney+ on April 2

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@memesimp3216 Hope they don't edit it too much, though.

[@memesimp3216]

@@michaelandreipalon359 there wasn’t a lot violent in this series, beside didn’t bleep out anything in the Newer clone wars series

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@memesimp3216 Actually, I meant the intro and outro, considering the show was from Cartoon Network.

[@chengzhou8711]

“I can’t tell you how many times I have leapt or ran out of one of these, only once have I crawled out from one. They were incredibly important for every facet of our battlefield operations, from troop and vehicle transport to air support to logistics, and without them, I don’t know if we would’ve stood any fighting chance on any of those battlefields.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

[@christophersalinas2722]

Cheng is a Sus guy

[@chengzhou8711]

@@christophersalinas2722 If you say so

[@lukedragan7859]

As Darmen said one of the sweetest sound in the world was the sound of a larte when you were in a tight spot, man I love that ship. I remember as a ten year old i built one of with legos, maybe I should rebuild it...

[@michaelandreipalon359]

I admit, hearing their engines is just so relieving.

[@rosalbafuda447]

The LAAT, the perfect mix to efficiency, firepower and commodity. It's so perfect 🤩

[@geetslys]

It really is!

[@eruk4678]

Gotta love em

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

only downside it's it's vulerable to fighters ,but otherwise it's an excellent craft

[@chickenwing6748]

bro imagine if they put a shield generator on that, would like saved 75% of the clones that died during the war

[@chickenwing6748]

@Samuel Dimmock not really slow it down, if we sacrifice a few things. but I am pretty sure most clone incombat deaths were by LAATS

[@chickenwing6748]

@Samuel Dimmock If I may object, didn't clone troopers have a chance to escape a ship?

[@manuelcjr52]

Some variants has shields Depending on which clone unit tho Ex: special forces

[@EdaugEthanbYT]

They were brilliant as long as a character with plot armor was in them

[@lukedragan7859]

obi wan got shot down once or twice

[@EdaugEthanbYT]

@@lukedragan7859 but the gunship wasn’t destroyed completely with no survivors like those without plot armored characters

[@lukedragan7859]

@@EdaugEthanbYT yeah you right, still gotta love em thou

[@rafaelschaffner]

I know this a joke, but you see many gunships without plot armored characters land. And you can also assume that many do land without getting shot down because there are hundreds of clones on battlefields that we can logically assume got there from an LAAT. Like both battles of Geonosis, the battle of Ryloth, etc.

[@EdaugEthanbYT]

@@lukedragan7859 I agree with that

[@darkhope97]

Flying in a laat on geonosis while hearing the song swallowing dust (soviet song on Afghanistan)would be the climax of my existence

[@Danspy501st]

The LAAT/i is one of my favirouits ships from Star Wars. Models after the real life "gunship" Mi-24 Hind, which also could carry troops to the battlefield. Although, not so many as the LAAT ones

[@wtxoutdoors4493]

It's pretty close. The Hinds have room for 8 in the troop hold. Albeit, it's a little tighter in the hind

[@g.williams2047]

I can see the resemblance.

[@marshalllatta2073]

The gunships are always so cool one of the best ship ever made

[@indianajones4321]

The LAAT gunship was the Huey/Black Hawk of Star Wars

[@TheGgrrmanning]

Actually Mil Mi-24

[@peterbrungardt5434]

That looks like a binder clip.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

naw more like Mi-24 Hind due to armament.

[@DIEGhostfish]

It's a HIND-d given the heavy weapons load and the cockpits being straight up HIND-d based.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

@@DIEGhostfish The entire design is clearly directly inspired by the Hind.

[@justintime3384]

How did the Kaminoan plans to raise an army like this go undetected? The clones, sure, I buy that. But their orders of thousands of modern assault craft and battle ships must have raised an eyebrow somewhere..

[@_Boobear_]

With the dark lord of the sith pulling all the strings it was easy to hide the orders for ships

[@Enchie]

I imagine they were order it for their one militia and navy. It would make sense for worlds to have their own navies and armies to defend themselves from pirates.

[@DIEGhostfish]

In Legends at least most of the vehicles and ships were built on/around a Kuati colony world called Rothana, way out in the outer rim in a tricky to navigate section of space. Some may have built at Kuat itself under false pretenses for delivery to other (Fake) clients.

[@timberwolf1575]

I would also add the thought that they needed clones trained for maintenance as well. So they could have ordered a relatively small number of complete units and a lot of spare parts. Then they put the maintenance clones to work assembling the parts into complete vehicles. Also, aside from the weapons, many of the other parts could reasonably be written off as civilian parts. Fast shuttles for search and rescue, heavy vehicle chassis for heavy construction/mining/agriculture, etc. It's the starships and heavy vehicle weapons that would raise more eyebrows.

[@leonrussell9607]

They were built on rothana, a planet kept secret by kuat drive yards

[@speedy4574]

It baffles me that the Empire didn't continue to use the LAAT and the ATTE.

[@bogustoast22none25]

It stopped using a lot of vehicles, mainly because of the cost of operating them and what they were meant for/ best used for, which was full frontal war.

[@speedy4574]

@@bogustoast22none25 ok but that doesn't justify replacing it with the stupidly designed ATAT.

[@bogustoast22none25]

Speedy It depends how you look at it. The ATAT was at first deployed during the clone wars and it was meant to be Imposing, have an overhead view of the field, and armored enough to survive getting shot at due to its sheer size. In this respect, the ATAT surpassed the ATTE. When it came time to use in the Empire, who mainly had to deal with untrained rebels, protesters, and other mostly civilians, who would flee at the mere sight of such a beast, while the ATTE wouldn’t inspire as much fear. If you break their spirits, they won’t think of ways to beat you. That was the thought process, which aligned with Palpatine. As for the LAAT, even though it had build itself a reputation, it was still pricey to manufacture and maintain, far more than other Imperial troop transports, and it could not justify itself being a multi-role war machine when there was no war going on.

[@michaelramon2411]

The Empire didn't have to do troop landings under heavy AA fire nearly as often as the Republic, so the LAAT wasn't as useful while still being a pain to maintain or train pilots for.

[@spiritvdc5109]

@@bogustoast22none25 The issue being, they forgot that fear is caused by the ability to crush them, not a scary appearance without the power to back it up... the scariest thing in a fight is an opponent who you know is capable of destroying you easily even if they don't look the part, and that raw power can make even unassuming vehicles terrifying if their reputation is allowed to accumulate.

[@casbot71]

The pilot and copilot had difficulty escaping from a damaged LAAT… _tell that to the ball gunners._

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

Looks like the ball turrets can split in half for easy escape?

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@5peciesunkn0wn Be best to just slap some exploding bolts on the armature and a grav chute (Repulsorlift or conventional parachute) on the ball. Maybe even that crash bubble stuff from TCW.

[@mcoractualcustomsreviews5266]

"Good thing those bugs can't ai--" (Static)

[@FilthyRedds]

*They Start To Scream Only Go Be Cut Off By Static*

[@Bamsi-tl4nk]

we know how Brilliant LAAT was because it had a 900 dolars lego set

[@geetslys]

LOL facts

[@Bamsi-tl4nk]

@@geetslys lol indeed :),

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

was that the original LAAt set, though? there were like 3 sets of it.

[@TheJedaiHero9000]

One of my MOST ABSOLUTE favorite ships in the Grand Army of the Republic!!!!! MOST DEFINITELY fraking enjoyed watching this one right here.

[@AngelDust6969]

I think my personal favorite LAAT/i has to be the ARC variant.

[@qr-code6334]

The Muunilist 10 one from 2003 Clone Wars? Agreed.

[@AngelDust6969]

@@qr-code6334 Yup.

[@whee38]

You wanna talk underrated talk the IFT-X repulsortanks. Dual blaster cannons, turret and missiles make it deadly

[@JustAnotherUser565]

Not to mention that the LAAT Gunship continued to serve well after the Clone Wars by both the Empire and Rebel Alliance. I'm surprised you never mentioned its variants, most prominently the LAAT Carrier which was used to quickly transport heavy vehicles (like the AT-TE) onto the battlefield and was quite prominent during the early stages of the war.

[@thetaker6086]

" this is delta squad where gonna crash Brace for impact!!!"

[@abraham2172]

Its astonishing how well thought out the prequel vehicles are, especially compared to the imperial vehicles in the OT.

[@zexalbrony4799]

Ah, those good old Gunships. Like everything else cool from the Clone Wars, the Empire replaced them with more scary-looking but less effective versions. Also, I would love a video on the AT-TE. Also, also: 5:30-5:43: I did not know that. That info could prove useful to me. Thank you, Geetsly.

[@Firealchemist24]

I have always been a fan of attack fighters like the Harrier or pure fighters like the Mig 29, so I was really confused when this ship came into scene and for some reason I fell in love with it at first sight. But then I just thought about it and it became simple: you have a fast, maneuverable and well armored vehicle that also packs a punch and can land troops, basically an MI-24 Hind.

[@joaoayala7022]

one of, if not the objectively best design of spaceship in the star wars universe

[@sebiloard]

The way you pronounced acclamator triggered my fight or flight response 🤣

[@mauricebarlow6198]

Yes please it would be nice if you did a video about the At Te and More Clone Commando videos would also be nice thank you and may the force be with you.

[@bamarine247]

“Delta Squad, gunship inbound.” “You’re late to the party, pilot.” “You should be happy I got here at all! It’s a nightmare out there!”

[@JC-zj2is]

Y’all know our first LAAT’s where those metal paper clips in elementary school

[@thepissedoffcombinesoldier7853]

No cap, the LAAT/I was a great drop ship.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

They were as iconic similar to the Clones themselves.

[@barnettmcgowan8978]

Great video! I'd love to see the same treatment of the other weapons systems and vehicles used during the Clone Wars.

[@JotapeRR]

I really, really love this ship.

[@unlistedhail5022]

You'll definitely have to follow this up with a AT-TE overview, good stuff 👍

[@isaackim7675]

"They got nothing we can't handle" (Umbaran cannon fire)

[@darcyrobbs6866]

This ship is by far my favorite sci-fi ship. Even though it doesnt have shields. Even though it doesnt have FTL. This ship is bt far my favorite of all time.

[@geetslys]

Good to hear!

[@bogustoast22none25]

Just have droidekas clamp down on it and you have more turrets AND shields.

[@averyphilemon6381]

Would love to see more videos about the different vehicles in the Star Wars universe. The ARC-170 is my personal favorite.

[@ThePanzerKorps]

The LAAT/i, AT-TE, Venator, and Assertor-Class Star Dreadnought are my favorite Star Wars vehicles. I play the original Battlefront on Geonosis: Spire just to pilot the LAAT/i.

[@zeratul____1228]

Love this ship, enough features to safely get the troopers to the landing zone, with enough firepower to clear one and cover the troopers disembarking.

[@Man-df2zh]

why can i imagine the clones listening to like what would be their version of 'fortunate son' in these gunships on their way to the battlefield

[@Zakvadr1995]

I would 100% have a LAAT/I as a personal transport vessel. Loved it ever since Episode 2 dropped!

[@KirbyBWebb]

YES ! More like this please !

[@lionheartt15]

thinking about it this thing is almost the perfect transport/assault vehicle ever thought up. pretty amazing really

[@CassassinCatto]

I play a LAAT clone pilot in a Star Wars RPG campaign - a barnstormer whose 'Larty' is called the Leap of Faith. This is a really useful guide, including an explanation of how the pilots get in the flipping thing! Thank you! 😽

[@kingkaijugaming2841]

Where?

[@WesleyB-Rook]

You should do a March madness themed string of videos pitting either different vehicles or just starwars characters in general against one another, bracket style. You can either create polls to see who wins and then make a video supporting the poll’s victor, or just decide yourselves who wins each round and moves up until eventually there’s the Geetslys Starwars Madness 2021 champion. Idk just a thought 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ronniewestherly3435]

I noticed that the rear gun in the back is always forgotten when people talk about the weapons on the gun ship.

[@Straswa]

Great vid Geetsly, I really like the design of the LAAT/I. I'm curious as to why the Empire stopped using gunships.

[@edwardstevens80]

Another well thought out and scripted video. Never get tired of these. Keeps the geek in me up to date....Always Loved the RGS....I am hearing a difference in Geetsley's voice lately. He sounds much more refined, and has picked up his vocal pace.....Slow down bro....easy does it. We want our 33LP voice back.... you've gone 45 😆😂.

[@jingojango9220]

Apparently it’s his brother

[@powerofanime1]

Huh, it was way more impressive than I thought. Pure quality! Thanks for the video!

[@geetslys]

Glad you liked it!

[@powerofanime1]

@@geetslys :D

[@user-uv4xm1lw9c]

You know the crew if possible is gonna be blasting fortunate son in this things

[@StrikerFX47]

Easily one of my favorite vehicles from that era.

[@tarektechmarine8209]

Everytime i think of the laat, its chasing Grievous with guns blazing saving both the arcs and jedi.

[@HGBMD]

Also it was a training requirement that all clone pilots knew the lyrics to fortunate son by creedence Clearwater revival

[@dragonweyr44]

The biggest problem I have with the LAAT/i is one scene from Attack of the clones just after the clones and their gunships rescue the Jedi from the arena, just after Anakin directs the pilot to fire on the fuel cells of a Hardcell ship, he spots Count Dooku and tells the pilot to fire on him. The pilot says he can't because they ran out of missiles Even if that's true, the ship still has two chin mounted cannons, two door gunners, four wing mounted turrets, two dorsal mounted mass drivers and a tail gunner, not to mention all of the clones inside with their own blaster rifles to shoot at him Were THEY dead as well Also, how the hell do the clones and Jedi able to stay inside with just those subway style ceiling handholds holding them in? Especially with the side doors open

[@nobleman9393]

Well, Dooku must survive and George is kinda lazy

[@tarektechmarine8209]

PLOT Armour. In truth they never show a laat use all its weapons because they are overpowered.

[@Lazarultos]

That's definitely a plot hole they didn't even try to address. The only possible explanation I can think of is that the Gunships had a limited power source and they were going at full speed just to keep up with Dooku (if they could go faster they would've tried to outrun and cut him off), meaning if the pilot redirected energy to the ball turret lasers and the chin blasters, they would have to reduce Engine speed and power, which would cause them to lose the pursuit of Count Dooku if they missed. Rockets/Missiles on the other hand would be a quick burst of power to launch and then that was it. Still, you shouldn't have to rely on fans thinking of explanations and theories to explain apparent gaps in logic. If my explanation was correct, it could have easily been solved with a quick exchange of "What about the blasters?!" and "We'll lose speed if we power them up. The target will get away" and then Obi-Wan ordering them to maintain pursuit.

[@dragonweyr44]

@@Lazarultos The problem with that is that, as far as I can tell, the ship and the blasters use two completely different types of fuel sources as far as I can tell Blasters run on tibana gas, this applies to hand blasters all the way up to ships turbolasers. These are stored in magazines. I don't know what type of fuel that ships run on but I don't think that it is but I seriously doubt that it is tibana gas as we have seen plenty of ships in Star Wars fire their weapons while flying, Just watch any X-Wing vs. TIE fighter battle for instance, or any of The Mandalorian's space battles. No, this is just lazy writing

[@commentator4515]

It's basically the Hind helicopter of the Star Wars Universe. And yes, please...Do the AT-TE next.

[@Official_Kayde_Games]

I would love an in-depth look into the republic battle-plans

[@ghosttrooper1157]

the LAAT gunship is probably in the top 5 or top 3 best Star Wars ships ever

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

I love those beam turrets, mini deathstars

[@RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes]

My beloved battle paper clip

[@owencarey2954]

I’d definitely like to see the AT-TE next, and any other vehicle really. Maybe the TX-225 GAVw “Occupier” combat assault tank?

[@hyenafur]

Every time I see one, CCR starts playing in my head... Chandrilla Clearsky Revival.

[@dhwwiiexpert]

Hmm, that would be a cool reference were it in Canon.

[@hyenafur]

@@dhwwiiexpert it’s only non-canon until Dave Filoni puts it in as an Easter egg.

[@hyenafur]

@@dhwwiiexpert it’s only non-canon until Dave Filoni puts it in as an Easter egg.

[@dhwwiiexpert]

@@hyenafur Oh hey, it’s the double reply glitch!

[@SsgtTucker]

Any plans for Galactic Civil War era lore vids? Don't get me wrong, Clone Wars Era is cool but it's like it's the only thing people truly care about

[@Storm1A11A]

Nice vid

[@deadmanwalking971]

A-clam-itors, Geets? A-clam-itors? Are they giant clams now, mate?

[@Fleechin]

We all made a LAAT out of black binder clips as a kid

[@tf2664]

Amazing ship

[@arcblitz7783]

I would most certainly apretiate an ATTE video

[@DanBen07]

Good video👍

[@irondoggo8572]

I have the LAAT Toy and I love it, it reminds me of black hawk or Vietnam era Huey

[@benotar358]

Isn't the picture at 6:05 from DaleyTactics? I think that was one of his Rico's Brigade thumbnails.

[@faustblitz9033]

This is my favorite Vehicle beside the Venator in the Clone Wars Era.

[@rajeevkoppolu3118]

This video makes me like the LAAT/i even more.

[@chrisdietrich4627]

Those ships had immense firepower and we're able to reinforce

[@MLPGamer44]

I love the gunship, a fun fact is that the gunship is based on a Soviet era helicopter.

[@MrCauseEffect]

The hind I believe.MI 23 or 24.

[@MaskedCrusadr]

My favorite Star Wars vehicle. So pumped for the LEGO UCS Gunship this year

[@-CrimsoN-]

I love how you have a hard on for Clone pilots... because so do I 😂

[@diegomarquez4340]

The chad LAAT vs the virgin Lambda shuttle

[@Wally480]

We need these in Squadrons!

[@ArgentWolf95]

The LAAT gunship is the Mil-Mi 24 Hind D of Star Wars in my opinion, it has a similar role, can clear landing zones just as well, and drops and recovers troops just as efficiently. So I think the Hind D is a good comparison. A shame the Empire retired it in my opinion.

[@Im_restlessnot_actually]

The LAAT ships were absolutely brilliant

[@timothymaddox1957]

Probably my favorite vehicle in the Star wars universe

[@qr-code6334]

There are two variants of the LAAT, the ones seen in AOTC and ROTS and the ones seen TCW. Movie versions got turrets on both sides, 1 part doors on both sides and extra openings on both sides, while TCW version lacks the turrets, has 2 part doors on both sides and lacks the openings.

[@andrewcharles6489]

I miss flying these things in battlefront. Air support and drop off some troops to capture a command post.

[@nickvinsable3798]

Well, I was hoping you’ll be covering the LAAT/c before covering the AT-TE. I’m also pondering about the 3rd LAAT variant which was specifically designed for combat & not transportation whatsoever…

[@peterbrungardt5434]

The LAAT/i is when you take an oversized binder clip and make it into a science fiction Hind.

[@CD-Freedom]

I’m hoping for a video on the Venator-Class soon.

[@bobsempletank5362]

Bro the empire should’ve kept using these bad boys

[@casbot71]

What is the difference between a blaster and a constant beam weapon? Is there a performance penalty to using constant beam, because it seems to be more effective than slow moving bolts in hitting targets - and it would be a nightmare for Jedi to block/reflect … not a bonus for the GAR, well, not initially. … …

[@darthirfan5581]

Do droid gunship next 😊

[@boredomstudios5464]

I agree that you should talk about the At-te it’s my favorite republic vehicle

[@chrono2959]

I just made these for my Star Wars Minecraft mod they're pretty awesome ships

[@DarkRider117]

Yea please please do a video about the AT-TE and maybe one about the AT-AT

[@wafalme851]

Can you make a video on the different types of sith in the reconstituted sith empire

[@the_catstronaut7037]

Great ship and great Lego set

[@heragon58]

My favourite ship in star wars hands down