Why the Empire was AFRAID of the Starhawk Battleship | Star Wars Squadrons

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Ads placement comprehensible and accepted but this was too long ,was thinking of quitting the video.

[@Vortex-295]

Casual Nerd Jason o

[@heathward9239]

I love you Allen ❤️🤩💗💞💕

[@senatorluxbonteri6065]

Love how the footage of choice for the GR-75 is it getting obliterated as it is absolutely creamed by the Devastator

[@GenerationTech]

One of my favorite scenes in Star wars

[@levitschetter5288]

RIP rebels

[@minecat1839]

Best lightspeed entrance ever

[@generaljimmies3429]

@@GenerationTech It's the Star Wars equivalent of the Oberth-Class from Star Trek. Both are constructed from the highest grade of Explodium.

[@52Kalil]

Pay2Win players vs Free2Play players... All the time.

[@Garinovitch]

I was never really too wild about the Disney Canon and how they handled the Rebels post Battle of Endor and the New Republic, but I had to admit seeing the star hawk design all those years ago I thought it was awesome, finally felt fresh to see a more original design. And now it's nice to finally see the thing in action. Remember in Rogue One, during the Battle of Scarif when those star destroyers came in from Hyperspace while the Rebels were retreating, how it felt like the star destroyers were PUNCHING in from hyperspace, you could feel it's sheer size. I can only imagine how that would feel with a Starhawk.

[@alexpembury4307]

The Starhawk (and the Raider class corvette before it) were designed by Fantasy Flight Games, based off text from a book, so the fact that they are made canon is a testament to the FFG design teams. The Starhawk is, from what I had heard before this video, also about the same length as a Venator class RSD, so it may have punch, just not as much as the ISD.

[@TheRezro]

@@alexpembury4307 What? Venator has only 1.1+ km. Starhawk is more then twice then that. Plus it was dedicated SSD killer.

[@alexpembury4307]

@@TheRezro Not from the old information. Before it was added to Squadrons, the Starhawk was the size of a Venator and made to match the ISDs, not the SSD. This size was most likely based off the FFG model for their Star Wars Armada game and the only counter to a SSD is another, too big for the New Republic to crew. I personally prefer this smaller size, as the New Republic would still have been small compared the the Imperial Remenant as a whole. So they would have needed a slugger that could fight on equal grounds and require less than the ISDs to crew. In the story, only three were built by the battle of Jakku: the Concord, the Amity and the Unity. While they were able to punch through the ISDs, the SSD Ravager destroyed the Amity outright and damaged the Concord so badly, it started to fall planetside. So the captain used its tractor beam on the Ravager in an 'I'll take you with me' gesture, which only worked due to the Ravager having its engines damaged during the act.

[@TheRezro]

@Joseph Douek Both has own advantages depending on circumstances.

[@1rotzy]

I don’t think the Starhawk will have the same impact if they appear in a battle. Like Allen said, this ship is slimmer than a Star Destroyer, so it won’t appear with its typical... *BAM* like SDs. Until your ship is caught by a tractor beam, heading straight for Starhawk and cuts through your ship like a mothafucka

[@Seyomint]

My simple answer to the question: “They tore Star Destroyers apart to make this bad boy, then this bad boy tore Star Destroyers apart.”

[@Hastur_the_King_in_Yellow]

Rip and Tear!

[@T3rm1NaT0r_]

"...to make more of these bad boys"

[@DaMatchstick]

it must reproduce

[@Eric-ch6gq]

Circle of life.

[@zealousdoggo]

By the end of this we will have 100 starhawks!

[@Crackmiser]

Tractor beams as a weapon is a very interesting and brilliant concept. Have multiple beams pull something in two different directions and gg no re

[@berryhops]

@brandovlogs Unfortunately a ship the size of a super star destroyer doesn't have a lot of pods spread out across the entire ship, the crew and troops wouldn't be able to evacuate that ship within a day due to the size of it even if it wasn't about to get utterly obliterated by the force of nature called gravity

[@KrypticElement]

It's a bummer the New Republic didn't make many of these ships, the Starhawk is really growing on me in terms of design and aesthetic

[@neofulcrum5013]

Same

[@machirim2805]

They look ugly. Star Destroyers for life.

[@starsiegeRoks]

@@machirim2805 it's not a political statement lol. "Star destroyers for life" dudes over here about to protest rebel art designs lol.

[@IslamistSocialist371]

@@machirim2805 who tf thinks space doritos are cool?

[@Hartzilla2007]

"Why the Empire was AFRAID of the Starhawk Battleship" I'm gonna go with it being bigger than a Star Destroyer and The New Republic didn't under arm it.

[@zevailes]

That and it Has a Massive weaponized tractor beam.

[@james2be916]

The wookiepedia states its length being “2400m”

[@OP-dy1hd]

I teally feel this ship was a lost opportunity. It really should have been in the last Star Wars movie instead of being sidelined for existing models used in previous movies.

[@iloveplayingpr]

I really like the Starhawk Project, it felt like it opened more possibilities to Develop the Republic Story post-Endor.

[@casbot71]

If you think the Empire feared the StarHawk… you haven't seen the look of terror on the faces of the animators at *ILM* told to do _the battle of Exagol._ They simply refused to have anything to do with the most powerful New Republic ship, and would prefer to send seven copies of Hans post Falcon cargo ship - the Baleen class instead. Along with every other non imperial ship they already had models for.

[@combustedfungus2263]

I think the reason they copy and pasted so many ships was because they were on a time crunch and didn't have time to make the new ship models.

[@MWBalls]

@@combustedfungus2263 Not only did the starhawk not have a digital model yet, it literally did not even have a canon appearance yet. So yeah, way too much effort.

[@ClockworkAnomaly]

@@MWBalls Too much effort for the last movie in the series? SMH

[@personroamingtheinternet7966]

Since they can yeet executors they should have had a scene in ROS where a couple Starhawks just smash a boat load of star destroyers together like rogue one but way bigger.

[@MrAnthonyDraft]

From what I recall, the Starhawk that pulled the Executor ship down, was already super damaged and going down to the planet. It took the Executor with it as a last ditch effort.

[@nickgennady]

@@MrAnthonyDraft correct

[@casbot71]

*New Republic:* We need a new Star Destroyer ASAP, let's design a whole new ship from scratch, go through testing and refining the prototypes and then use a whole bunch of working and damaged Imperial ships for components. *Rebel engineer:* Or we could just retrofit all those Imperial Star Destroyers we have, getting rid of all the flaws we used to exploit, repairing the broken ones and get a new force up with hardly any downtime. *New Republic:* But designing a brand new capital ship should be quick and easy. *Rebel engineer:* What's quick and easy is taking a ISD and fitting a internal bridge with holographic displays, removing all the base building and planetary invasion supplies, fitting point defence quad lasercannons everywhere, and letting the Mon Cala go wild with the shields. Could get one working in a few weeks, tops. Remove the bridge superstructure and _it would look cool,_ just a flying wedge in space. And without the AT-ATs and mobile base inside, we could fit a lot of extra goodies, more big guns… lots of extra X-Wings! [raises eyebrows hopefully]. *New Republic:* Nah, [starts chanting]… brand new ship type, brand new ship type.

[@user-Jay178]

Maybe it was to distance themselves from the empire and that they woukd give more freedom and yeah they probably did use a few and give them upgrade and a rebel symbol

[@jamiewalsh3349]

​@@user-Jay178 Yeah I didn't really like the New Republic using Star Destroyers in Legends

[@ace448]

Retrofitting on this scale can actually take longer then building new. So unless you capture a bunch of hulls that are partially built. It makes little sense to carry out such extensive retrofitting. Eventually you reach a pint we’re it makes sense to just finish building the SD. Also if you just capture a bunch of spare parts or you not salvage worthy SDs and no new hulls you have to build ships out of the parts you have. Hence the star hawk

[@orbaitv5991]

DO YOU WANT NEW AND CREATIVE SHIPS OR NOT?

[@TheImperialAnswer]

To be fair. The Imperial Star Destroyer does not have a good track record in Canon. Maybe they knew the things sucked or were complete shite and didn't want to go through the hassle of trying to make one work. Plus according to Twilight Company an ISD is so resource-intensive that if you destroy Kuat, there are no other ship yards that can handle more than a handful of the things. Plus lets face it, the Empire was so bad off by the time they reached Jakku that the New Republic could have sat around playing charades and the war would still have been won. You have all the time in the world to build a new starship or weapon when your opposition has the combined tactical brilliance that is possibly beneath that of a B1 droid.

[@johnnyjoestar22]

I did not know the Star Hawk was that big

[@karrasjohnson1217]

Dude, you completely ROCK at ALL of this Star Wars commentary!!! Thank you!!!

[@indianajones4321]

The starhawk looks awesome

[@Tzar1]

Most people- Allan is a 9er's fan, that explains why I like these videos! Me - Humanity first!

[@user-Jay178]

Looks cool really glad we can finally see it in action and maybe in future content we can see stories about the surviving new republic fleet fight the first order. Great video

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

BOW IN AWE AT THE AWESOME POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY GR-75

[@minecat1839]

Devastator joined the game.

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

@Jax Taylor what are you on about besides being a salty star wars fan for no reason.

[@battlefieldcustoms873]

@Jax Taylor again. what. are. you. on. about.

[@isaackim7675]

So cannot wait to see the Starhawk in action. Especially after watching several breakdowns of that ship

[@Raeinok]

Star Wars is like a crazy ex gf. Most of the time it lets you down and hurts you but every so often does something good that gives you hope.

[@1701basil]

Allen never seen a channel give such detail about starwars

[@Boringspy]

Kind of looks like the gravestone ship from the Star Wars the old republic MMO

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

I think that might've been the source of inspiration. Honestly, it does make sense; it scared the Eternal Empire.

[@The_ATF_]

I thought the star hawk was like the same size as a standard corvette

[@ragnerschwarzmane3412]

Harry King me too. I thought it was an updated version of the old republic hammer head ships and the empire feared them because well, those where the most effective ships for hundreds of years. Then i realized how overkill the star hawk is lol! If these where about a message, they didn’t just send it, they screamed it from the roof tops.

[@mr.mumbless]

Now it makes sense why I always liked his videos, Allen is a Niners fan.

[@Eric-ch6gq]

I hate when the videos have to be interrupted to try and sell things, but I am glad there are sponsors paying for the content to bring us more videos.

[@radosaworman7628]

1:44 newsflash! Polish military adopted ford raptor as light troop/equipment carrier XD

[@roc5552]

I'm pretty sure vanguard squadron are stationed on an mc75 called the temperance, not the lodestar

[@casperlambregts5645]

Coming from an eagles fan it’s a tough season for the both of us my sincere condolences for all your losses

[@dylanmcnab3479]

The tractor beam is actually a really cool feature. Since it’s in the front it can keep a star destroyer pinned down right in it’s kill zone without taking two much damage since all the armor in the front would protect it

[@Ampwich]

Imagine how cooler it'd be to see the Resistance have one of those instead of the Raddus

[@nickgennady]

Yha but the starhawks armor is mostly in front. So running away seems really dumb.

[@KK-ro7gx]

That won’t do it, Mon calamari cruiser always known to have powerful shield. Raddus literally ran away from first order fleet while tanking countless powerful turbolaser shot. The starhawk would easily destroyed and the last Jedi would end sooner.

[@LiliaArmoury]

good guy acclimators! as a clone wars fan and empire at war veteran acclators are one of my favorite cruisers and damn do they serve well not just as a troop carrier but also as an aggressive cruiser

[@jonathanmarcus1096]

I hope that the engineer who came up with this design was promoted, for saving the New Republic years of work.

[@GenerationTech]

Yeah true

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

In my personal canon, the StarHawks will have a bigger and (more logical) role. Giving the number of battlecruisers that the Imperial Remnants all across the galaxy will have after the disruption of the Empire and the death of Palpatine, the New Republic will desing and build the StarHawk battlecruiser in order to counter it´s imperial counterparts (most notably the Preator MK2) For this role the StarHawk will be bigger (4,660 m long) more heavily armed, but will mantain the rest of its characteristics, and will require 4 to 5 ISDs to be build. This canon is based around Legends canon with the inclusion of some ships and other few cool stuff of Disney´s canon

[@booki7057]

My mum is gonna pre-order star wars squadrons! I'm so excited to get it 🤩🤩🤩

[@johnpaulsanchez3517]

Sorry for your loss Allen I know what it’s like to lose four starters in one game to a team you should be shambling

[@jonathanmarcus1096]

Great video Allan! I loved it! Keep up the great work!

[@samthesith6631]

Starhawks have been a physical thing for years (in the tabletop game Star Wars armada)

[@naboo2677]

I was do surprised at 9:20 because I am reading a book about a star wars squadron and it takes place at troithe and the lodestar was there etc

[@frozon3247]

The Starhawk kinda looks like a hammerhead cruiser...I think that its meant to represent a shield like the hammerhead does

[@ethancarlson1973]

At least we now know the starhawks weapons compliment.

[@pvrvlyze_02]

What if Anakin’s mother survived slavery on Tatooine? OR Why couldn’t General Grievous use the force?

[@lpg12338]

I believe that flesh is required inorder to house the midichlorians, you can see this when Anakin Skywalker loses his legs and arms, he is no longer as powerful.

[@ryandegrave8978]

Hey! I'm an east coast 49ers fan! Although, when you recorded this I was still living in California.

[@murderouskitten2577]

starhawk - a one for one copy of gravestone from The Old Republic 😂😂😂

[@neofulcrum5013]

I was thinking that too

[@galadato7425]

So is the hammerhead, even the venator is based on mandalorian original capital ship design

[@murderouskitten2577]

@@galadato7425 inspired and copy is not the same

[@harvbegal6868]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@murderouskitten2577]

@Rising Horizon Gaming yeah , the mega cannon is swaped for kid friendly tractor beam and that is it. Put them on one picture and ask who is who ....

[@LexCinnabon]

It's a shame we didn't get to see one or more Starhawks in the big fleet at the end of Episode 9 taking on some Stardestroyers.

[@terrenceseidman2587]

How did they change the ISD to the Starhawk? How long did it take to complete the reconfigurations? I barely see the ISD in it.

[@minecat1839]

I think it's just some parts rearranged

[@echos5823]

Maybe all the recycled ISD parts are the internal bits? Reactors, targeting system, turbolaser internals etc.

[@mistermadmachine6311]

I finally learned what the holed part of the front section is for

[@geolefleur4908]

You should make a snowboarding vlog this winter!!!

[@robfox2041]

Super exited pre ordered the game last night

[@davidmiddleton7958]

The Rebelion needed blockade runners. Small, fast ships were favoured. Smugglers were sometimes hired for sesitive runs.

[@Straswa]

Nice vid! I really like the Starhawk as the design reminds me of SWTOR's Gravestone.

[@SecretAgentE]

Actually the Vanguard Squadron flagship is the "temperance" an MC-75

[@shunyuanliang4397]

Of course the empire should be scared. If a farmboy piloting a snubfighter has enough plot armor to not only survive a starfighter battle with a sith lord and still blow up a battle station that has the power to blow Alderaan to smithereens, imagine what kind of havoc a 2.4km battleship will cause. Surrendering the moment one of these ships show up is the only viable strategy as the empire can at least delay the inevitable by forcing the rebels to process the surrendering crews and impounding the captured star destroyers.

[@aidenlee8755]

This is the first time I’ve seen someone diss a football team in a Star Wars video

[@jmfowler9062]

An acclamator for campaign would have been very cool.

[@TetsuShima]

Legends New Republic: a powerful government that, despite its inner conflicts, it's capable of defeating dangerous foes like Thrawn, Daala, Dark Jedi and the Yuuzhan Vong. Disney New Republic: a pathetic system that was easily destroyed by a bunch of neo-nazis.

[@akumaking1]

Mickey Skaven is a greedy, lazy, traitorous Verminlord

[@stanneary6748]

disney just suck at star wars

[@walterdayrit675]

Yup, Disney did f*ck up Star Wars for many long time fans.

[@murderouskitten2577]

lets not offend neo nazis 😂 they are far more competent than new republic in disney shitshow

[@TheTrueAdept]

Early New Republic in Legends was on its way to be Disney New Republic... until Thrawn kicked it in the balls hard enough to get it out of its complacency.

[@greysonbeato5919]

Ok seriously Star Wars canon needs to show us the damn schematics of these ships cuz I haven’t a singular clue where these armaments are

[@DMCM1]

I love the rebel motor bike helmet alan

[@drewjackson3858]

Here's how much of a geek I am. The starhawk reminds of the Kuun Lan, the hero ship in Homeworld Cataclysm. Specifically when it jettisoned it's ore pod. I need to get out more.

[@galadato7425]

The video: talking about ship from after rotj Generation tech: still somehow put clone wars era at 1:28

[@kenross7593]

In the early books the moncal star cruisers were originally designed as luxury passenger liners although later they would be purpose designed as war ships

[@lesvernornvienas8232]

been playing this its great liked being on the empires side post endor i find the ending hilarious though

[@greenelmo7678]

Question about dem Mon Cala ships, weren't they underwater buildings that were inhabited by water-breathing creatures, therefore, water would also be present inside said buildings right? So they wouldn't have needed to be constructed to withstand high underwater pressures since the pressure inside and outside the building would have been the same.

[@thestormcraft4012]

Umm the Hammerhead corvette was originally a capital ship during the old republic era(canon) during the mandolorian wars and the jedi/sith wars. It was later used as a diplomatic ship when it's size rendered it obsolete compared to the bigger capital ships.

[@selfelevation7]

good series bro.. no doubt..

[@briannashoemaker1962]

Hummers are the civy model of the mil grade Humvee

[@anonymousrex5207]

I believe this ship is why the empire switched to brown pants

[@shannondavis3686]

The Early Rebellion incapsulated Captain Jack Sparrow’s idea of Pirate Nobility… “Fight, to run away”. 😉😉🥴. They led the Empire of a Universal Wild Goose Chase. “Nuhhuh can’t catch me, almost got me, nope too slow, bye 👋, see you next week for our cat and mouse game chapter 479.”

[@wiccapriestess]

the Starhawk Looks like the Gravestone from Star Wars The Old Republic

[@orckingi1208]

I've always thought the Starhawk looked like the Gravestone ship from the Star Wars: The Old Republic game.

[@benjaminromshak2921]

Would have been nice to see these beasts battle the first orders resurgent class ships

[@CaidenClass]

The lodestar was destroyed in the 2nd alphabet squadron book so will this take place before that bookseries??

[@daanvos194]

look up ec henry's forgotten star wars ships, gives an extra perspective

[@emperorpalpatine2957]

When I first saw the Starhawk I almost thought it was a Omnicannon combat Frigate. like the Gravestone in The Old Republic.

[@Boomehilda]

I'm kinda new to the channel, have you or will you explain why in both Star Wars and also Star Trek they hide their ships underwater? I understand that in Empire that Luke crashes and his X-wing sinks. Why did why did the emperor hide the final order underwater? And wouldn't there be a ton of maintenance problems to go with that?

[@Ariaelyne]

Wasn't that fleet hidden underground, not underwater? Scene was so dang dark it was hard to tell.

[@chromaticturtle8657]

new disney writers legit, made the new republic so OP that they could just replace good stories with "starhawk, rey, and an entire galaxy showing up for a final battle"

[@asheer9114]

Small question... why is Star Hawk looking kindof like ToR's Gravestone? 🤔

[@marioivoci1782]

Love your channel

[@NicolaiVE]

The starhawk already exists as a model in Star Wars Armada since 2019 ;)

[@wolfie5135]

omg i didnt know star wars squadrons is launching in 2 days

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

1) its an awesome NR ship and 2) it's how the Empire should have invested it's resources instead of a Second Death Star after the failure of the first one oh, they could also have invested in anti Starfighter corvettes.

[@rc59191]

Please review the clone wars medstar books they're like MASH in space

[@Kvantovy]

Just making sure: in old canon, Mon Calamari cruisers were repurposed civilian transport ships, not frickin buildings, right? That's what I remember from the Thrawn Trilogy.

[@ironviper72]

Starhawks loaded and sent! For the Emperor!!!.......wait a minute

[@johnashton4776]

Fantastic video pity the rebellion hasn't had a plan to use the ship to invade the empire dry dock and destroy their battle cruisers.

[@alem1655]

2:41 What game/tv show/movie is this shot from?

[@ReavyPlaysHD]

Battleftont 2

[@alem1655]

@@ReavyPlaysHD Huh, when?

[@alem1655]

@@ReavyPlaysHD Don't recall it happening....

[@ReavyPlaysHD]

@@alem1655 it's the intro for the singleplayer

[@alem1655]

@@ReavyPlaysHD Ohhhh, ok thanks mate

[@demon7574]

Always liked watching your videos until I found out you are a NINER fan. Now I love them. We did great against the Giants. Can’t wait to see what they do against the Eagles with all the new players coming on.

[@attilathehun5067]

Small correction *DO NOT READ AHEAD IF YOU DON'T WANT ALPHABET SQUADRON: SHADOW FALL SPOILERS*, you will not be located on the Lodestar in Squadrons. You will be based on the MC-75 cruiser Temperance. Squadrons takes place at the same time as Alphabet Squadron, Shadow Fall, during which Hera leaves Alphabet to assist Vanguard Squadron in their mission, leaving the Lodestar behind in the Cerebon system, where it is destroyed by the Star Destroyer Edict.

[@DEADCASTdragonuff]

that looks alot like my gravestone flagship from star wars the old republic eternal alliance and if they somehow got the blueprints for it i understand the empires fear

[@mbpaintballa]

the only thing that makes a military vehicle is if a military uses them.... a hummer is made from the same materials as an escape

[@thecowboy2541]

Awesome 👏

[@Basil-Spice]

These comments are pretty cleanly divided between "Huh, that's a pretty fun design" and "STAR WARS IS DEAD! DISNEY IS RUINING MY LIFE!!!" Nothing against people who don't care for the Disney stuff, but geez... it's either "huh..." Or "AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!"

[@GenerationTech]

Sounds right

[@robertharris6092]

Because everything disney has made is just flat put inferior to what already existed.

[@Basil-Spice]

@@robertharris6092 whether that's true or not, my screaming point still stands.

[@knucklessammich3875]

@@robertharris6092 let's see people love mandalorian. people like a good chunk of the comics and novels they've been making. people like rouge one. people are actually enjoying rebels. people are starting to like solo. jedi fallen order is a really fun game said by a lot of people actually. battlefront 2 got their shit together real quick. and by the way it looks people are likeing squadrons. Literally the only reason most people are pissed off right now is because of the sequel trilogy.

[@robertharris6092]

@@knucklessammich3875 except as voxis explains. You could make the mandalorian in any universe and itd be the same. Iv only seen people disliking the comics and agregious novels. Rogue one was good. But not great. Which can be thanked to the fact it basically ignores what disney has done. Rebels is ok. Iv seen a lot of people disliking it too. Same way a lot of people dislike the new clone wars season. Solo? I havnt seen anything changing with that. Battlefront 2cis a wholy inferior game to the original. Abd it took them years to finally produce a game thats not complete shit. And squadrons is just poor mans war thunder with a star wars skin over it. With simple power systems management.

[@axtothemax38]

Wait Allen is a 49ers fan? Well damn I'm an east coast Seahawks fan. Who will win this year?

[@pyeitme508]

Well that explains some reason.

[@Spartan3D213]

If they made this from old isd's how would one look if it was made from venators?

[@shayneboucher4909]

so, all you need to do is flank the starhawk and drop a few torpedo's into the engines + launchbays, and bob's your uncle, home for tea time

[@Admiral_Grufus]

Who else is hyped for squadrons?

[@nfldend501]

The starhawks had a couple different designs right?

[@GenerationTech]

There was a mk1 and mk2 initially when the aftermath novels came out I believe but that’s been changed now I

[@steffent.6477]

The outlander wants his ship back.

[@hughmungus5529]

* minor spoiler, not even related to the actual story of the game * I couldn't actually see any aclamator sadly, might've missed it, would've been awesome to see a modified aclamator of some sort, at one point there was a minor cameo of a destroyed venator, and ass the rebels you are stationed of a mc-75, hope i didn't spoil anything for you, have fun playing this awesome game

[@peterwright5358]

The Starhawk is cool but the Nebula-class is my preference. :D

[@sternguard8283]

Glory to the Nebula Class star destroyer and its pocket size and immense firepower, would prefer over starhawk to be honest