Why Retreating From Battle Was so Much Worse for the Republic than the Separatists

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Komentáře • 769

  • @geetslys
    @geetslys  Před 4 lety +393

    Republic or CIS? Discuss which is better in my discord: discord.gg/geetslys (Republic clearly!)

    • @MinskyDoxsky
      @MinskyDoxsky Před 4 lety +5

      Attention Sargent on deck ❤️

    • @user-qc8jd5tw6s
      @user-qc8jd5tw6s Před 4 lety +18

      Cis, everything they have look cool and look interesting.

    • @rafaelschaffner
      @rafaelschaffner Před 4 lety +4

      FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!!

    • @cjbray6584
      @cjbray6584 Před 4 lety +4

      Video on how the republic tried to overcome their disadvantages please

    • @arctrooperecho2654
      @arctrooperecho2654 Před 4 lety +5

      FOR THE REPUBLIC!!!!!!!!!
      last words of Commander Thorn.

  • @emperortethysusdacertified8175

    The Republic when they lose a planet: This is a tragedy of a unfathomable scale. This day will forever be remembered as one of our lowest points in this war, one we can only hope to drag ourselves out of
    The CIS when they lose a planet: _Whoops..._

    • @mrvoice3436
      @mrvoice3436 Před 4 lety +160

      [insert clanker propaganda]

    • @Degenevesting
      @Degenevesting Před 4 lety +7

      *lose

    • @mrvoice3436
      @mrvoice3436 Před 4 lety +23

      @@Degenevesting no it's looooooooooooooose

    • @dat1kid763
      @dat1kid763 Před 4 lety +3

      66th like! Lol

    • @mrvoice3436
      @mrvoice3436 Před 4 lety +31

      @@dat1kid763 congratulations
      For such a great action to your government you win front row seats to the new jedi execution, now how does that make you feel

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před 4 lety +2915

    Clone Trooper: "We are Clones, sir. We are meant to be expendable."
    Plo Koon: "Not to me."

    • @SteveSmith-ty8ko
      @SteveSmith-ty8ko Před 4 lety +49

      Vince Lumontad Clone Trooper: K bye

    • @gravytube4099
      @gravytube4099 Před 4 lety +96

      Then they shot him down over Cato Nemoidia

    • @soapsappergaming2891
      @soapsappergaming2891 Před 4 lety +63

      Then they killed him at Cato Nemoidia

    • @cookieman8971
      @cookieman8971 Před 4 lety +66

      Clones later: *Call an ambulance*
      Clones : *But not for me*

    • @Vivigreeny25
      @Vivigreeny25 Před 4 lety +65

      Clone Trooper: "We are Clones, sir. We are meant to be expendable."
      The entire fandome: "Not to me."

  • @The3DW4ffle
    @The3DW4ffle Před 4 lety +828

    Something I didn't realize until watching this video is that Clones have to be raised, educated and trained in combat. Droids literally come off an assembly line. Theres a reason the Republic victory on Geonosis was so costly

    • @twig4661
      @twig4661 Před 4 lety +78

      yeah, because they landed the ships on planet instead of using the turbo lazers.

    • @gravytube4099
      @gravytube4099 Před 4 lety +90

      A clone takes 9 years, and a LOT of credits, a battle droid is likely 200x cheaper and can be made in minutes

    • @The3DW4ffle
      @The3DW4ffle Před 4 lety +82

      @@gravytube4099 your right. But I just thought, something Clones had that the droids never would was experience. A clone can evolve and learn from his mistakes, but a droid does precisely what its told to. That's why I think the Republic and Separatists were so evenly matched. What the CIS had in numbers, the Republic had in training.

    • @draconisthewyvern3664
      @draconisthewyvern3664 Před 4 lety +52

      @@The3DW4ffle ..magma guards...commando droids...assassin droids...those are very smart very flexible droids.

    • @rominkivela9351
      @rominkivela9351 Před 4 lety +34

      @@The3DW4ffle Yeah, but the CIS could alter the code, or allow the code to adapt, effectively allowing the droids to learn, negating this advantage
      edit: grammar correction

  • @alejandroelluxray5298
    @alejandroelluxray5298 Před 4 lety +602

    And that's why destroying droid Factories was so critical on the war

  • @baronvondarkltd5183
    @baronvondarkltd5183 Před 4 lety +1104

    Dooku onboard the malovolence: "Those battle droids are expensive!"
    Dooku above scipio: "Leave them."

    • @MACE_HINDU
      @MACE_HINDU Před 4 lety +37

      Right like wtf

    • @LegoGamer5502
      @LegoGamer5502 Před 4 lety +5

      BaronVonDark Ltd 😂😂😂😂

    • @amransom26
      @amransom26 Před 4 lety +102

      He only said that to keep up the appearance that he actually cared about the war. That or he was just being funny. The only reason he was on Scipio was to give Palpatine control of the banks, once that was accomplished he didn’t care if the Republic took the planet, he and Palpatine wanted that to happen.

    • @DaRKWizaRdGaming0
      @DaRKWizaRdGaming0 Před 4 lety +5

      This always bothered me

    • @Zalgo-hr6qc
      @Zalgo-hr6qc Před 4 lety +21

      Needless loss because Grievous can't control his anger and losses that would ultimately cost more than they're worth are two different things.

  • @jaeger.editz_
    @jaeger.editz_ Před 4 lety +3026

    Even though it was a planned war, I still like this era better than the Empire era.

    • @dvrkmvztxr9636
      @dvrkmvztxr9636 Před 4 lety +50

      PICKLED LASAGNA same

    • @jacobdanner5800
      @jacobdanner5800 Před 4 lety +359

      me too. dont get me wrong i love the characters and the stories of the empire but this era is just so much more interesting to me

    • @newredhoodsyoutube7752
      @newredhoodsyoutube7752 Před 4 lety +138

      it is hard for me to pick, but i have to pick the clone wars

    • @peterstamerra445
      @peterstamerra445 Před 4 lety +119

      Then let’s not even get started on the First Order era 😂

    • @rominkivela9351
      @rominkivela9351 Před 4 lety +44

      @@peterstamerra445 Please, that's already too far... Although, if you gimme a set of Katarn amour and a DC-17m with all the attachments, I could let it slide

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před 4 lety +1325

    When you call a retreat, I prefer the term "advancing backwards".

  • @kalebthehistorian5928
    @kalebthehistorian5928 Před 4 lety +556

    Clones: Well, at least we don't have to face another invasion of (insert world here) again. We took heavy losses, and I don't think we can last.
    Droids: Let's invade that planet again!

    • @prabeshgurung1067
      @prabeshgurung1067 Před 4 lety +10

      Kaleb The Historian droid 1: hey, I have an idea...
      Droid 2: that’ll never work
      [moments later]...

    • @onenerdygremlin
      @onenerdygremlin Před 4 lety +5

      Wanna see me do it again?

    • @Darqshadow
      @Darqshadow Před 3 lety +2

      Lol me on Stellaris
      "Oh you blew up that fleet or missile boats. That's okay here's a fleet of destroyers while I rebuild said missile boats with the space station I took from you next door"

  • @aguy1272
    @aguy1272 Před 4 lety +583

    Clones when they have to retreat: "This is not just like the simulations"

    • @justadummy8076
      @justadummy8076 Před 4 lety +7

      I would assume Clones have also been trained to retreat effectively, so I guess it would still be just like the simulations

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain Před 4 lety +3

      Just start playing the Dunkirk theme😵

  • @braedonhollifield3421
    @braedonhollifield3421 Před 4 lety +472

    Random battle droid: We’re droids sir we’re meant to be expendable.
    Literally any Separatist leader: Oh yeah you’re like... extremely expendable.

  • @RomanHistoryFan476AD
    @RomanHistoryFan476AD Před 4 lety +196

    Another problem we see in star wars except for the battle of Hoth is that for some reason most armies in this series do not seem to have dedicated rear guards or landing zone protection forces. The only time we see this is with the rebels on Hoth.
    Plus with a droid army you can use it as shield to fight the enemy while your organic and vital people and resources are extracted.

    • @bradj753
      @bradj753 Před 4 lety +4

      mrcrippledman yeah the sith empire in the old republic used a lot of droids along with organic troops

    • @JeanLucCaptain
      @JeanLucCaptain Před 4 lety +1

      The rebels were always prepared to RETREAT TACTICALLY 😎

  • @chengzhou8711
    @chengzhou8711 Před 4 lety +255

    “Since we were on the offensive on Cato Nemoidia, had excellent maps of the capital region, and mobile infantry units, we could maintain a flexiblity advantage against the garrison on the planet since we mostly had air superiority. Our subterranean outposts on that planet helped, even though a lot were destroyed.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

    • @Commander23c
      @Commander23c Před 4 lety +4

      Is this just your weird role play in the comments or an actual quote?

    • @chengzhou8711
      @chengzhou8711 Před 4 lety +2

      Helghast7 yes

    • @chengzhou8711
      @chengzhou8711 Před 4 lety

      Helghast7 Yes

    • @michaelandreipalon359
      @michaelandreipalon359 Před 2 lety

      "Mostly"? You encountered buttloads of Vultures, Tri-Fighters, HMP Gunships, and P-38s, didn't you?

  • @oom-3262
    @oom-3262 Před 4 lety +1264

    Imagine having to carefully plan a retreat instead of spending every single unit left on harrasing the enemy
    This comment was made by the separatist droid gang

    • @LegioXXI
      @LegioXXI Před 4 lety +44

      Roger Roger

    • @clone9159
      @clone9159 Před 4 lety +71

      Imagine having to recharge
      This comment was made by the humanity first gang

    • @oom-3262
      @oom-3262 Před 4 lety +59

      @@clone9159 meatbag you have to eat and shit that way worse

    • @rominkivela9351
      @rominkivela9351 Před 4 lety +49

      Imagine being able to be eliminated by an EMP.
      This post was made by the clone gang

    • @abattledroid7649
      @abattledroid7649 Před 4 lety +25

      Roger roger

  • @TheSahaquiel
    @TheSahaquiel Před 4 lety +690

    In other words, CIS would have won the war if it wasn't for Palpatine limiting their power.

    • @techbuildspcs
      @techbuildspcs Před 4 lety +16

      Caique Falcao yep

    • @user-qc8jd5tw6s
      @user-qc8jd5tw6s Před 4 lety +9

      Do you mean in a parallel universe?

    • @ThyMotherInSpirit
      @ThyMotherInSpirit Před 4 lety

      Indeed.

    • @stastu6484
      @stastu6484 Před 4 lety +43

      Yes, but thecis was created by palpatine and so was the clone army, so the clone wars wouldnt have happened

    • @gravytube4099
      @gravytube4099 Před 4 lety +68

      @@stastu6484 it likely wouldnt have been called the clone wars, more like the droid wars, it was bound to happen eventually and was already in the process before palpatine was born, him and plaugeis just sped it up and made it fit their demands, but the droid armies were already being built and thinks wouldve likely played out only slightly different except the republic would have no military

  • @LegioXXI
    @LegioXXI Před 4 lety +386

    The more you learn about the clone wars the more you get to realize, that without Palpatines interference, the CIS would just have wiped the floor with the Republic.
    The CIS had the numbers, the logistics, the decentralized nature, talented commanders like Trench and Grievous, tons of resources and could replace losses with ease.
    The Republic on on other hand would basically collapse with the loss of 2 systems (Coruscant / Kamino), having only a few million troops, no chance of getting reinforcements fast (a clone needs 9 years to be combat ready, the clone wars itself only lasted 3 years) and the Jedi being totally incompetent commanders at the beginning of the war.
    A quick strike from the Confederacy at the republic core worlds before the Jedi could gain war experience and the clone wars would be known as the galactic Blitzkrieg.

    • @rominkivela9351
      @rominkivela9351 Před 4 lety +26

      Good news though! The Republic DID have forces outside of the GAR, albeit, small ones. So at least we can rest safely assured that the GAR would've been completely decimated with the recruits from the civilian population's mangled corpses sitting right on top of the pile for the entirety of the galaxy to see

    • @halofighter111
      @halofighter111 Před 4 lety +6

      Still noncanon that they only had a few million that was units not men*

    • @drfye
      @drfye Před 4 lety +29

      Also think of the CIS retreat. Important stuff and personal leave but you still have to fight thousands if not millions of droids which never surrender, probably aren't taking prisoners and continue attacking. Keeps costing you lives and resources while the CIS attacks another planet a week later as if the previous battle never happened.

    • @rominkivela9351
      @rominkivela9351 Před 4 lety

      @Victor Nikolai i know that

    • @mondaysinsanity8193
      @mondaysinsanity8193 Před 4 lety +3

      @@halofighter111 even if a unit is a whole platoon(likely is a squad or "batch" thats stil 60 max per unit thats not even a billion troops thd cis had billions to trillions and could make them stupidly fast, and had a better navy. Along with many projects and such that were hindered by palpatine.
      They had an army for every clone platoon. Realistically the cis couldve attacked more worlds at once tham thd republic could defend easily exhausting the republic in an endless tide ending the war as quick as it began

  • @phamthienphuc3951
    @phamthienphuc3951 Před 4 lety +48

    most drone don't beg or grasping for air when they near dead, so the upside of leading a Separatists army is that you don't have to deal with PTSD

    • @naemek9675
      @naemek9675 Před 3 lety +4

      Why is the first part of your sentence so bad, but the rest not?

  • @DrVadGun
    @DrVadGun Před 4 lety +110

    “Retreating is essential in warfare”
    Stalin: No

    • @raptorreviews9897
      @raptorreviews9897 Před 4 lety +8

      If anything Stalin would say yes.

    • @miniaturejayhawk8702
      @miniaturejayhawk8702 Před 4 lety

      @@raptorreviews9897 it's still funny ! 😂😂😂

    • @felixluna4184
      @felixluna4184 Před 4 lety +6

      Are you referencing the battle of stalingrad? The reason why stalin refused to retreat was fact is if Germany took that city it would of been over for the Russians.

    • @ibqn4647
      @ibqn4647 Před 4 lety +5

      his tactic was retreating bc he knew german troops where underequiped. He gave orders to burn down farms etc

    • @demonslayer6588
      @demonslayer6588 Před 4 lety +5

      FelixLuna Stanlingrad itself, was not a strategic city (for the most part). The capture or defense of Stalingrad was a dick measuring contest between Stalin and Hitler.

  • @T.H.0601
    @T.H.0601 Před 4 lety +414

    By all intents and purposes the CIS would have won the war if Palpatine wasn't staging it.

    • @chrisalvarez4575
      @chrisalvarez4575 Před 4 lety +41

      Dr.'sorders That doesn’t matter since the droids can overwhelm them

    • @T.H.0601
      @T.H.0601 Před 4 lety +66

      @@chrisalvarez4575 That and the fact that jedi were shit generals. In a fight they're pretty useful but in a commanding role, not the best strategists. Maybe if they were only used as negotiators/envoys or at the worst, spec-ops.

    • @Cooperace44
      @Cooperace44 Před 4 lety +49

      Tudor The Wolf this is why they had clone commanders/captains and admiral to help them, very few of the Jedi wanted to be generals anyway so this was the best possible arrangement in that situation. (Palpatine did this to make the Jedi look useless as defenders of peace)

    • @rotto2868
      @rotto2868 Před 4 lety +5

      Without plot armor it’s anyone’s game

    • @troo_6656
      @troo_6656 Před 4 lety +13

      That is a matter of debate. The CIS wouldn't have such precise informations from the inside, but I still think that Durge's lance would devastate the Republic if not for Palpatine.

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před 4 lety +86

    It did not help that Palpatine had played both sides of the Clone Wars all for the long term plan of becoming Emperor and turning the Republic into the Empire while having Vader wipe out the CIS leaders and deactivate the Droid army.

    • @steezburger609
      @steezburger609 Před 3 lety

      Why didn't Palpatine/ the empire just take control of the droid army afterwards? 🤔🤔🤔

    • @omega5179
      @omega5179 Před 3 lety +3

      Because humans in the empire both hated droid and needed jobs so the droids got deactivated

  • @aurathedraak7909
    @aurathedraak7909 Před 4 lety +275

    Unlike droids, these aren't replaceable.
    Droids are easy to make and they have a plethora of them. Clones are expensive and take a lot of time to equipment and training. That's how I role.
    It's quality over quantity.

    • @n3mezis979
      @n3mezis979 Před 4 lety +16

      But eventually quantity beats quality
      At least irl

    • @Hinokassaudifan1
      @Hinokassaudifan1 Před 4 lety +16

      While true, enormous amounts of droids will eventually destroy quality if we're talking logic. If we go with star wars logic though, good guys > anything

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Hinokassaudifan1 in many ocassions, that wasn't the case

    • @aurathedraak7909
      @aurathedraak7909 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Hinokassaudifan1 not true

    • @aurathedraak7909
      @aurathedraak7909 Před 4 lety +1

      @@n3mezis979 yeah you're funny

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před 4 lety +79

    Imperium of Man: "That is good. Retreat is never an option. Press on and obtain victory no matter the cost."

    • @chasespringer7471
      @chasespringer7471 Před 4 lety

      They will all die, attack them with everything we have

    • @jacobgreene9073
      @jacobgreene9073 Před 4 lety +3

      And if that doesn’t work just blow the planet up

    • @hanslim7652
      @hanslim7652 Před 4 lety +2

      for the emperor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @hanslim7652
      @hanslim7652 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jacobgreene9073 if such is the emperor's will

    • @hanslim7652
      @hanslim7652 Před 4 lety

      @@chasespringer7471 our death will be magnificent!

  • @ontasbulent5709
    @ontasbulent5709 Před 4 lety +125

    The clone wars is if the Vietnam war was a world war. I think the CIS would have one the war without Palpatine. The economy of the Republic would have collapsed and the public would protest for the war to end.

    • @blunderabluez
      @blunderabluez Před 4 lety +13

      Öntas Bülent it’s pretty much the Civil War with certain elements twisted. Republic (Republicans) are trying to fight the Separatists (confederates) that have already split from the union and want nothing to do it with it (excluding the slavery debates). The republic’s courts, in both cases, propose a truce to reduce the already extreme bloodshed of said horrible war. Only this time Abraham Lincoln (or Sheev) is controlling each side to rise in power and has rigged a republican victory from the start, forcing the confederacy into submission.

    • @ontasbulent5709
      @ontasbulent5709 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes but it has parts of Vietnam too it‘s a mix inspired by both

    • @wambold2369
      @wambold2369 Před 4 lety +6

      @@blunderabluez Lincoln controlling the confederates to gain more power? What the fuck have you been smoking

    • @mondaysinsanity8193
      @mondaysinsanity8193 Před 4 lety +3

      @@blunderabluez also the slavery side is similar as well. The republic while notionally against slavery didnt actually do much about it while many seperatists were slavers themselves and was part if why they were rebelling

  • @user-nz2vk9rq6y
    @user-nz2vk9rq6y Před 4 lety +43

    So bassically:
    Clones: Retreat now, for victory later!
    Droids: If I am to die, I'll die standing!

  • @Fi_Sci_
    @Fi_Sci_ Před 4 lety +26

    Despite being labeled as Republic property Clones are independent thinkers with their own personalities and beliefs, even if some of that is engineered into them. Clones have everything to lose in a battle. Battle droids have nothing to lose, they can be salvaged from their scraps, and since they have no sentience they suffer no severe emotional loss when a battle is over. In spite of being enhanced not to have Stress, most Clones regardless like Rex carried that over from the many battles he fought in, and as a result carry a heavy burden when they lost their brothers.
    Battle Droids also proved more cost effective in the long run whereas clones despite being smarter and adaptive could be overwhelmed by large numbers of droids, and in the Clone Wars we see just how deadly the droid army can be in large numbers.

    • @lenkagamine4145
      @lenkagamine4145 Před 4 lety +2

      battle droids are at least as sentient as clones and they show personality *all* the time.

    • @Fi_Sci_
      @Fi_Sci_ Před 4 lety +3

      Len Kagamine for _comedic purposes._

    • @dalkay
      @dalkay Před 3 lety

      @@lenkagamine4145 mostly for jokes tho

    • @lenkagamine4145
      @lenkagamine4145 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dalkay being comedic cannon fodder doesnt change the fact that they're clearly sentient in universe. Joke or not, its still canon.

    • @lichking3711
      @lichking3711 Před 2 lety

      The droids are sentient enough to do their task, I'd call that semi-autonomous AI. The large numbers start to count because of what's called "critical mass" in RTS, maybe irl too. A critical mass of X unit is sufficient to destroy any opposition, or inflict very heavy casualties on them. Droids can attain that number quicker, even if it is higher because of their limited intelligence and feeble bodies, simply because they're built on an assembly line and factories are far easier to deploy than cloning facilities.
      As an example of quick facility deployment, during the hasty Soviet retreat on 1941-42, they would construct factories behind the front lines with whatever equipment they salvaged/received in unprecedented amounts of time. Often the facility would go online and begin production before the rest of the building was complete, that's how much they needed equipment and vehicles. Once the critical mass was there, it was a steamroll. The commanders were fairly evenly matched skill-wise and technologically similar but the economic and military critical mass proved victorious, although at the cost of completely annihilating that generation of military aged men and, to a lesser extent, women.
      The dilemma in the clone wars makes you wonder why the republic did not recruit regular soldiers, human or alien, to augment the clone troopers. Yeah the losses would take even longer to grow without growth acceleration but you have access to a much larger pool and no need for a fancy facility. Institute a draft and go, militarize the economy and build more fleets. You could even use the natives of the planets as a standing army, or at least have them trained and with maintained equipment to hold their own/delay the raids.

  • @Barrobroadcastmaster
    @Barrobroadcastmaster Před 4 lety +19

    The Republic being so disadvantaged only makes me respect the clones and Jedi more.

  • @adorimable9690
    @adorimable9690 Před 4 lety +76

    And there goes another plus in my book for the Separatists

  • @adams.2407
    @adams.2407 Před 4 lety +20

    Count Dooku when losing Ryloth
    “That is...unfortunate.”

  • @inquisitorgarza312
    @inquisitorgarza312 Před 4 lety +104

    Showing the enemy your back is a prime target, and moving back and giving up land sound as bad it sounds. There always be a need to fall back or retreat, but there has to be a combine arms into protecting your forces. For example, the ground forces needs air cover for their retreat, but heavy loses are expected.

    • @OrDuneStudios
      @OrDuneStudios Před 4 lety

      Not much difference against droids. But showing yoyr back dehumanises you and againat organics means theyll pull the trigger much more easily.

    • @mondaysinsanity8193
      @mondaysinsanity8193 Před 4 lety

      Ehhhh theres ways to retreat without to many losses but sometimes it doesn't work.
      The main one is a "peel" if you know what bounding is its essentially that but backward. It takes a shitload of ammo to do right though

    • @Aqueox
      @Aqueox Před 4 lety

      This is so generic and meaningless it would have been better if you said nothing.

  • @kylenu8311
    @kylenu8311 Před 4 lety +25

    I believe the term "strategic regroup" sounds much better than retreat

  • @lifevest1
    @lifevest1 Před 4 lety +51

    So if you are someone who knows when to retreat and do so with minimal casualties, does that mean your “Pull Out” game is strong?
    I’ll be here all week

    • @bionmccool
      @bionmccool Před 4 lety +1

      Pull out game implies you're fucking, not getting fucked. I'd say you have ass of steel if you retreat successfully.

    • @TheAntiYuu
      @TheAntiYuu Před 4 lety +2

      @@bionmccool No I think this analogy makes sense.
      You gotta pull outta there before you birth another problem.

  • @brettvonklock3206
    @brettvonklock3206 Před 4 lety +11

    as much as I would love a video about how they overcame this, it would be quite short and boil down to simply: The Jedi (and to a lesser extent the clones themselves) were just elite on the battlefield.

    • @thetwilightgamer
      @thetwilightgamer Před 4 lety

      “Yes, but from what I’ve been told, a Jedi is worth over one hundred battle droids”
      -the king of Toydaria, season 1, episode 1

    • @Underworlddream
      @Underworlddream Před 4 lety +6

      I'm guessing that when I Jedi are on the field they are mark as high priority target drawing attention from most of the enemy. This Leave the Clones to take advantage of it.
      Also notice when Jedi are leading the Charge with clones the Jedi become the main target and not alot of shots are focus on the clone. Probably to support the possibility that they are mark as high priority target.
      I believe lot of charge attack are done by Clone, Jedi, and clone vehicle is because the Droid are program to focus fire in one direction so they are better at siege. Charging Troops probably overclock there AI so they have a hard time focusing there fire. Infact most Droid are terrible at close range. So Droid are always trying to fight on open field with no cover where clone are better at city fight and area with lots of cover

  • @underconstruction6436
    @underconstruction6436 Před 4 lety +11

    Defeat for the Republic would've probably been worse without the Clone Army since the citizens would be outraged and demand an armistice since their own citizens are bleeding and dying en mass even when a victory is won. Also is a video on the logistics of the Clone Wars possible?

  • @nahx6205
    @nahx6205 Před 4 lety +11

    "Retreat is an essential part of warfare. Though there are plenty of fools who will tell you otherwise."
    Soviets in WW2: "Watch me."

  • @TheWarmachine375
    @TheWarmachine375 Před 4 lety +22

    Oh, "The Struggles of the Grand Army of the Republic" in the nutshell.

  • @SticksInStilts
    @SticksInStilts Před 4 lety +18

    Why does it seem like all these futuristic worlds have a very hard time building large amounts of ships. They would have tech that would easily find the resources, or even make high quality materials from common materials. There would also be tech to build everything. Just look at how we can mass produce cars, they would have machines making enough cars as if they were bullets.

    • @Underworlddream
      @Underworlddream Před 4 lety +7

      Military disarming? Like the new Disney Star Wars did they say that the New Republic forced all the planet in the republic to disarmed? I don't know anymore sense they chance things all the time. Mass Effect there was regulations by there Galactic Government to minimize how big a space fleet is.
      So I'm guessing these futuristic world wanted to bring peace so they pass laws to limited the military build up.
      Like during the Russan Reformation it effected the size of the Republic military. The Jedi disbanded there military and they movie to a peace keeping role, so military training they had was decreased. Things like forming attachment and lots of the critisim people had forJedi came because of the Reformation.

    • @SticksInStilts
      @SticksInStilts Před 4 lety +5

      @@Underworlddream Yeah, if there would be a reason to have less ships, that would do it. Also makes sense why droids would be superior in the long run if there were such laws.

    • @Underworlddream
      @Underworlddream Před 4 lety +2

      @@SticksInStilts many of the ship if not all of the CSI ship were actually armored trade ships because the Outer Rim was very law less, so they had to fight off pirates.
      There large size was to carry lots of Cargo. There lots of planets who military were weaker then the pirate that operated there, there planets who are lucky to have a few fighters and those with ships were heavy obsolete and underpower. The CSI were basically the closest thing to a military or a galactic govement out there.
      At that time the republic don't really have a real anti- pirate operation sense Tarkin Uncle and his anti-pirate fleet got destroyed and he chose to do create the fleet himself because he wanted to rebuild the republic military. The head of the republic at that time wanted to be know as a great negotiator so he didn't like to invest in Military.
      Also from what I remember the planet in the core world were generally peaceful and prosperous. They didn't want to spend money to create a Galactic miliary because they did want to pay the taxes to created it. Instead they used the money to get richer and richer. It like how Europe don't have a big military because they expect the US to help them so instead they invest the money else where.

    • @lenkagamine4145
      @lenkagamine4145 Před 4 lety +1

      well for one their ships are freaking ginormous. Any given capital ship is orders of magnitude larger than any real-life cruiser or battleship, and real-life cruisers and battleships cost alot. Also your making assumptions given their capabilities, star wars seems fairly technologically backwards, while they're very advanced in some ways their automation and industry leave alot to be desired. Plus, they dont seem capable of making very good composite materials and mostly just use metal.

    • @SticksInStilts
      @SticksInStilts Před 4 lety

      @@lenkagamine4145 If you can make machines to make fleets, it wouldn't be tough to make such large ships. Not making enough fleets? Make more machines to make them, or even make machines to make those machines to make the fleets. We are already automating so much, and these guys with a few decades or even centuries more advanced can't mass produce at least a hundred times more than us?
      There are people who live in huts today, and people who live in skyscrapers. So, yes, it makes sense what you mean by "technologically backwards" because its truly accurate, but we're not talking about the people in huts having to build these fleets.
      This is a fictional world, so there will be flaws, but my whole argument is not just with Star Wars, but just about all futuristic civilizations in fiction being severely lacking in manufacturing capabilities. Its just so cliche, and if you could produce large quantities of fleets, wouldn't that make for a better story?
      There is a game called Planetside 2. In this game, in the future they made this technology where when you die, you are kind of cloned back (kind of like Borderlands and a few other games, but this game applies this concept better for the purpose of where I'm going with this). So the whole concept of this game is that there is this never ending war because the soldiers never die, and rebuilding equipment is also rather easy (nanites). It would make for an interesting world. But nope, I may be super advanced but I've got to make a death star by hand, perfect sense.
      CORONAVIRUS! LEAVE! I'M SO BORED!

  • @rominkivela9351
    @rominkivela9351 Před 4 lety +26

    Now that I think about, the Clone War is kind of like the American Civil War, the Republic being in a spot similar to the Confederates (in a military sense) and the CIS was in a spot similar to the Union (again in a military sense. Basically the Republic is the Confederacy and the CIS is the Union). The CIS badly outnumbered the GAR. The CIS could replace their losses, the GAR couldn't, at least not nearly as quickly.

  • @zexalbrony4799
    @zexalbrony4799 Před 4 lety +5

    I for one would like to see a video on how the Republic overcame this weakness. (I got a feeling the Spartak Clones played a role near the end to bolster their numbers so they finally had the numbers advantage).
    Although I personally wish you waited a week to upload this, since next week I was going to upload the final chapter in my Battle of Jabiim fanfic where I try to make a version of the battle for the new Disney canon, and this chapter was going to involve the retreat and how the Republic managed to get everyone still alive off the planet by going to an unlikely source to provide them with the extra ships they lacked. So it would have been cool that I got out something involving retreats the same day you did. LOL. :)

    • @ledanoir1239
      @ledanoir1239 Před 4 lety

      Ninja spamming

    • @zexalbrony4799
      @zexalbrony4799 Před 4 lety

      @Adam and Eve Well I only mentioned them because I remember Geetsly talking about them when he talked about 501st Journal entries and how they allowed the Republic to finally overcome the numbers advantage of the Separatist and push their forces back to the Outer Rim completely and winning several battles in a row

  • @Godzillawolf1
    @Godzillawolf1 Před 4 lety +2

    The interesting concept here is that this was likely intentional on Palpatine's part:
    He needed the Republic to be desperate and look feeble to accumulate emergency powers and wanted to weaken the Jedi. This set up works very well to accomplish both of those goals.

  • @claspe1049
    @claspe1049 Před 4 lety +6

    I can't see the utility of clones for an war army, a clone takes 10 years to grow, a battle droid maybe a day. In peace yeah i mean they are less maintance intensive, but in war you are going to run out, fast.

    • @lenkagamine4145
      @lenkagamine4145 Před 4 lety

      Regular people take even longer to grow, so clones are still better than conscription. If your just constantly cloning new soldiers then you'd constantly have an influx of new recruits, just like how armies in wartime just recruit new people as they come of age.

    • @claspe1049
      @claspe1049 Před 4 lety

      @@lenkagamine4145 A clone trooper is a tiger tank, the droid is a T-34, google who won.

  • @lukamarko1037
    @lukamarko1037 Před 4 lety +6

    3:00 space engineers lol

  • @warlordofbritannia
    @warlordofbritannia Před 2 lety

    There's a maxim in war that the hardest military maneuver is a retreat and disengagement from an active enemy--the disorganization incurred in even a planned withdrawal gives the foe a priceless opportunity to turn that retreat into a rout

  • @RYUZAKILL117
    @RYUZAKILL117 Před 2 lety +1

    Republic when retreating: I am never going to (financially) recover from this.
    CIS when retreating: Oh no, anyway…

  • @curtboi9358
    @curtboi9358 Před 4 lety +19

    "Just like the simulations"

  • @bg_9112
    @bg_9112 Před 3 lety +1

    The word 'retreat' is a horrible thing to hear for any soldier. It not only hit the state of the galaxy but the morale of the clones would be destroyed. That's why soldiers never use the word except if the situation is completely lost.

  • @JoshGamingZone
    @JoshGamingZone Před 4 lety +4

    who gets more action clone pilots or clone troopers? that would make a good vid to talk about

    • @momolord8619
      @momolord8619 Před 4 lety

      joshmaster11 Pilots I think? it’s a nightmare to be a clone pilot in the clone wars.

  • @richardlew3667
    @richardlew3667 Před 4 lety +7

    Other armies: Retreat means massive losses and heavy casualties for their troops.
    Separatists: "We can rebuild them. Make them stronger, faster, and more cuddlier than ever before."

  • @EthanDarke
    @EthanDarke Před 2 lety +1

    I always wondered why the Republic didn't supplement their forces with droids, or the CIS with clones. Maybe it's just to make the storytelling easier, but I could see large benefits of the Grand Army of the Republic bolstering their clone forces with droid troops.

  • @PutYourQuarterUpGaming
    @PutYourQuarterUpGaming Před 5 měsíci

    Me at work, on my way out the door, after three weeks of iterative changes to a project that leads nowhere: “I have decided that this venture, is no longer profitable!”

  • @samfrancisco1564
    @samfrancisco1564 Před 4 lety

    I like how the clone wars is showed like an ancient war that went on for decades but has never been really noticed by anyone in the original trilogy or sequel like what.

  • @soveless963
    @soveless963 Před 3 lety +1

    A Space engineers picture? I never thought I would see the day

  • @Daubeny777
    @Daubeny777 Před 4 lety

    Epic. Love how there is so much lore for the clone troopers explaining thier humanity. Favorite part of the clone wars

  • @despicableocelot8459
    @despicableocelot8459 Před 4 lety +1

    3:03 is an excellent screenshot from Space Engineers.

  • @Kjf365
    @Kjf365 Před 3 lety

    One other thing is that healing wounded troops was pretty much the only way the republic could bandaid the slow production of their troopers. Retreating generally makes that impossible. To emphasize this, the beginning of the malevolence arc was about stopping the secret weapon from destroying a medical station which was treating thousands of wounded republic troopers. Definitely a big worry for the republic.

  • @captaincoolness55
    @captaincoolness55 Před 4 lety

    I'd like to see a video about any non republic/separatist forces who played a part in the war, whether just defending their home world, or actively taking part in the larger war. What were their tactics, species, and reasons for fighting?

  • @Straswa
    @Straswa Před 3 lety

    Love that classic SWBF1 intro. Great vid!

  • @dimond360_
    @dimond360_ Před 4 lety +10

    Top 5 Jedi generals? Just an idea

    • @geetslys
      @geetslys  Před 4 lety +9

      Yoda, Windu, Obi-Wan, The High-Ground, Anakin

    • @joshuaredwan7606
      @joshuaredwan7606 Před 4 lety +1

      @@geetslys The high ground lmao

    • @legna3407
      @legna3407 Před 4 lety +1

      You said the same General twice

  • @5h0rgunn45
    @5h0rgunn45 Před 4 lety +2

    40% casualties? That not canon, is it? Because there's no way the Republic would've lasted for more than a year taking losses like that. What most CW fans don't seem to take into account is that clones aren't just *slow* to be replaced. They're practically *irreplaceable*. They take 10 years to grow, which means the Republic would have to rely solely on the troops they had at the beginning of the war and whatever clones were already almost finished when the war started. Meaning there's no way they could account for the casualties they'd be taking, because they can't speed up production.
    I've always figured that the only way the GAR would make sense is if the vast majority of it was made up of non-clones, freeing up the clones to act as an elite strike force that can be kept in reserve to be used wherever they're most needed.

    • @Samuraiedge2
      @Samuraiedge2 Před 4 lety

      That is unless you tell Legends until account where the Republic made use of Spaarti clones.

    • @5h0rgunn45
      @5h0rgunn45 Před 4 lety

      @@Samuraiedge2
      I have no idea what those are. I've never read any of the books or comics.

    • @Samuraiedge2
      @Samuraiedge2 Před 4 lety

      @@5h0rgunn45 Spaarti Clones are clones who are bred and trained in under a year with billions pumped out in one year.

  • @Insanity6419
    @Insanity6419 Před 4 lety +42

    Who does the art for your thumbnail’s

  • @WingsaberE3
    @WingsaberE3 Před 4 lety +1

    Sometimes I wish the confederacy just said screw it we’re gonna take this seriously now.
    Palpatine: Oh....shit

  • @erloriel
    @erloriel Před 3 lety +1

    Fun fact: In the modern German Armed Forces, the word "retreat" (Rückzug) is no longer used. Instead the word "evade" (Ausweichen) has been adopted to replace it. I don't know exactly why this is the case, as there certainly isn't a huge offensive spirit in the military, its just one of those things that are the way they are and you will get shit for saying it incorrectly.
    Just remembered that, when you said that people who don't accept retreating as a part of warfare are fools.

  • @fabovondestory
    @fabovondestory Před 4 lety +1

    WAIT WHAT!?? how did I not realised that this is the same guy from 'the front'

  • @fillupleung
    @fillupleung Před 4 lety

    Tactical Droid: But sir, our forces are still engaged in battle on the planet's surface.
    Dooku: Leave them.
    Me: LOL

  • @iamfresh5032
    @iamfresh5032 Před 4 lety

    When CIS retreats, they only need to evacuate living commanders, every robot can be abandoned or destroyed because CIS has quite a lot.
    But for the Grand Republic Army, it is another story.

  • @christopherthompson8951
    @christopherthompson8951 Před 4 lety +1

    YES! I loved this video dude! I love tactics. I love how you pointed out in everything theres a plus and negative. The only issue is I wish we could see more negative for the CIS in the idea of retreat. Though the issue is CIS had the advantage in almost everything. As you stated if they retreated it still was a win. They were able to waste time and resources for the Republic AND more would rally to the cause.
    I guess the only negative they would have is prolonging the war if they choose to retreat. Which was (unless I have this wrong) not the CIS goal.

  • @genesect44
    @genesect44 Před 4 lety

    Pong Krell watching this video when the part about 40% casualties rate comes up:
    "You Gotta Pump Those Numbers Up, Those Are Rookie Numbers"

  • @chubibi06
    @chubibi06 Před 3 lety

    To evacuate the allied army from Dunkerque, roughly 80 000 men ; mostly french, were left behind to slow down the enemy's advance ; and earn as much time as possible to allow the retreat. . . Rougly half of the defenders were killed, and the other half, captured. All material left behind was seized and used for the Nazi war effort ; and prisonners were sent to work camps.
    This illustrate very well at wich cost a hasty retreat can come to

  • @jeffthebovine4158
    @jeffthebovine4158 Před 3 lety

    Hey! That’s space engineers at 3:01. Thanks Geetsly

  • @godofchips6288
    @godofchips6288 Před 3 lety

    The best thing about the confederacy is their cost, whilst we do have tangible numbers on how much an unit costs, most sep factories were self sufficient which made the cost of running apart from the cost of rnd and repairs almost zero, they were not bleeding credits like the republic only productive days

  • @Kochie11
    @Kochie11 Před 4 lety

    Playing strategy games like Halo WARS 1 and 2 uses this idea actually. Some of the maps or gamemodes have you as the controlling force dealing with tons of wasteful, fast, guerrilla warfare type attacks.
    I feel like the republic should’ve had stations of huge fleets in different sections of the galaxy. So when a planet nearby is under attack, they would drain the station/fleet and send units that way.
    Kind of like having multiple police stations spread out across a city

  • @lichking3711
    @lichking3711 Před 2 lety

    This is like Stellaris where Republic is the fallen empire and CIS is a machine intelligence/synthetically ascended species

  • @purplep9150
    @purplep9150 Před 3 lety

    lets not forget the CIS could just return when the dust settles to retrieve b1 droid parts as b1s were recyclable and easily fixed (example - temmin wexley and mister bones from aftermath)

  • @plasticballs
    @plasticballs Před 3 lety

    "-caused quite a few casualties for the retreating force"
    me, knowing it's just 10 seconds and then the ships all go into hyperspace to the nearest friendly planet:

  • @martin4374
    @martin4374 Před 4 lety +2

    "Retreat" is to lower the flag at sunset, and signal the end of the duty day. Outside of that, the word does not exist anywhere in the army either in practice or written doctrine. Of course, we all know that is silly. So, the army calls retreat, "falling back." If you're an English major with a butter bar, "tactical retrograde maneuver."

  • @hed142
    @hed142 Před 4 lety +2

    Hardcase: "Live to fight another boys. Live to fight another day"

  • @valtiel2589
    @valtiel2589 Před 4 lety

    For those interested, the screenshot seen at 3:00 is from a video game called Space Engineers.

  • @jackr4009
    @jackr4009 Před 4 lety

    And it is said by the end of the clone wars the CIS had over a Quintillion or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (18 zeros) battle droids in service. that’s a lot of droids! So even losing 1 million wouldn’t be that big of a loss. And there was 1.1 million droid during the battle of Geonosis.

  • @ToxicBastard
    @ToxicBastard Před 3 lety

    The Republic losing a platoon: "These brave souls died honourably, may the force be with them, always. The seps will pay for this one."
    The CIS losing 30 platoons and 5 tank companies: "Oh no! Anyway,"

  • @Catvader-cz8qp
    @Catvader-cz8qp Před 4 lety +31

    Hey. Anyone else remember when the discord was taken over by generation tech for a day? Ah good times. Also I feel that battle droids would be better as they are cheaper and I think that the CIS would have won if Palpatine hadn't of interfered. Another pro minimal human lives lost. Humanity first.

    • @itstrick1502
      @itstrick1502 Před 4 lety +2

      Actually, the droids were a stupid idea, the jedi wouldn't kill organic lives and taking prisoners of that scale is not exactly easy.

    • @pelinalwhitestrake8195
      @pelinalwhitestrake8195 Před 4 lety +3

      @@itstrick1502 explain the Jedi Civil Wars,The Sith Wars,The Mandalorian Wars,the Clone Wars were they did kill organic beings

    • @Catvader-cz8qp
      @Catvader-cz8qp Před 4 lety +2

      @@itstrick1502 OK well. If you can kill a jedi then you wouldn't need to worry about being killed yourself. This is why the CIS should have had jedi killing Droids that used ballistic weapons. Generation tech KPOP. Humanity first. Save lives

    • @LegoGamer5502
      @LegoGamer5502 Před 4 lety +1

      Catvader2077 tbh if Palpatine hadn’t interfered the separatists may not have even existed. Palpatine did push Dooku towards the Dark Side (in legends) so he could become the leader of the separatists. Plus many other reasons ofc

    • @Catvader-cz8qp
      @Catvader-cz8qp Před 4 lety +1

      @@LegoGamer5502 yes, but I mean like if he died during the clone wars like during the battle of courosuant and anakin and obi wan were a little less successful in their mission to save him. Also what if that ship that engaged in a broadside with the ship Palpatine was on actually destroyed it before anakin and obi wan landed on it. Many problems would be solved with that.

  • @piotrjadrzyk365
    @piotrjadrzyk365 Před 4 lety +2

    "Quantity is quality itself"

  • @kibukaj2956
    @kibukaj2956 Před 4 lety

    Me at 9 PM: Just one more video.
    *Me at 2 AM:*

  • @Someoneelsestag
    @Someoneelsestag Před 3 lety

    Beautiful episode. Thank you.

  • @mowtow90
    @mowtow90 Před 3 lety

    Well this is pretty much the case with the Empire vs Rebles. The Empire had the biggest navy ever build but it could never used it becuase it was tied up garrosing and suppresing territories. Even when they amased a fleet for attack it was not a correct fleet because their support ships ware not available.

  • @ImperialZorn686
    @ImperialZorn686 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow an underdog faction has more troops than there are living beings in the damn galaxy lol

  • @radias2589
    @radias2589 Před 4 lety +12

    Wassup guys

  • @OliverCovfefe
    @OliverCovfefe Před 4 lety

    In regards to the strategic value of planets and losing/winning territory, I think there’s a very strong comparison to be made with the Confederate States in our world, especially if you study the various generals and outlook on war in the North at the start vs end

  • @itsashane1552
    @itsashane1552 Před 4 lety +1

    All of your videos just convince me that droid armies are much better than organic ones

  • @kytexgd1463
    @kytexgd1463 Před 4 lety +2

    How the hell *did* the Republic overcome all of these disadvantages?

    • @LAV-III
      @LAV-III Před 4 lety +2

      Short answer: Palpatine
      Long answer: sheev Palpatine

  • @lordMartiya
    @lordMartiya Před 4 lety

    Personally, I'd like to know how did the Republic overcame the disadvantages. My theory, based on The Clone Wars, is that they did thanks to commerce raiding deep into Separatist space after they got the Nexus Routes and by nationalizing the Banking Clan, but I could well not know something even more decisive.

  • @ImpSkellyBoy
    @ImpSkellyBoy Před 4 lety

    Love to see/hear videos of Star Wars. That put a smile on my face everytime

  • @demetryrex225
    @demetryrex225 Před 4 lety +1

    this was amazing keep up the amazing work

  • @dapperfield595
    @dapperfield595 Před 4 lety

    So basically Clone Troopers are those decent and pro players with 300 ping while Battle Droids are those who spam the respawn button.

  • @josesosa3337
    @josesosa3337 Před 4 lety +1

    I want to see a rogue one movie set during the clone wars.

  • @AaronDarkus
    @AaronDarkus Před 4 lety

    I don´t know which of this two wars were more grim and devastating in context....
    The Great Galactic War (3681 - 3653 BBY) from Legends or the Clone Wars (22 - 19 BBY)?.
    Too much loses, too much chaos, despair, destruction and consequences in every corner.....

  • @S386LWBNM
    @S386LWBNM Před 4 lety

    I had to stop the video for a second because one of the Separatists space photos was oddly blocky...and then it hit me, it was a screenshot of crafted and operational Star Wars space Craft from Space Engineers XD at 2:59

  • @battlefieldcustoms873
    @battlefieldcustoms873 Před 4 lety

    this is an interesting concept in that universe. Makes you look at ol’ Palps plan a little scratchy headed

  • @user-dn5kh1fz5i
    @user-dn5kh1fz5i Před 4 lety +2

    In my book, experience outranks everything

  • @tedmyers8005
    @tedmyers8005 Před 3 lety

    The brutality of their leaders allowed the CIS put their defeats to political use as well. For instance, when it became clear that the Republic was going to liberate Ryloth, Dooku ordered Wat Tambor to bomb villages so that its citizens would still suffer, illustrating the cost of a Republic victory.

  • @noontide1209
    @noontide1209 Před 3 lety

    I wonder how many species got fucking frogsromped on their homeworlds just because their planet was a strategic location. The fighting on their world got so bad that they died off but the armies kept fighting anyway.

  • @magallanthepenguin9132
    @magallanthepenguin9132 Před 4 lety +1

    China wants Taiwan and Hong Kong to reunite...boy sounds like the republic in star wars