10 Most Pointless Rebel Alliance Deaths 

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Saw Gerrera didn’t want to go because he wanted to find all the studs in the area to get the level’s last mini kit but time went by faster than he thought it would

It would’ve been great if they had given Jek Porkins a heroic role at Scarif. Also, the most pointless death in Star Wars history was Admiral Ackbar at the hands of Rian Johnson.

You forgot about that rebel Ewok that was shot as it ran with another down a trail by a ATST crew. The meat was never claimed by the ATST crew and was left to waist in the forest .

You know it kinda sad that so many rebels died to make the new republic which only 30 years later blew up.

Whoa whoa whoa! Hera Syndula is still alive, she had a baby and was leading the project Starhawk in the early years of the New Republic.

As a Rogue Squadron/Battlefront fan, I can confirm that most rebels who aren't command staff are usually TIE bait. There were no shortages of transports and Nebulon-B frigates whose captains scream for help the moment their transports' shields get grazed by TIE fighter lasers. No shortages of starfighter squadrons that get shot down by Imperial aces, point-defense turrets, or just hordes of common grunt TIE fighters/interceptors. Hundreds of rebel ships were annihilated by remnants of the 501st Legion that escaped the Death Star as it was blowing up. Hundreds more were eradicated by Darth Vader during his raids on Yavin IV. If you're a rebel, and you're not a main character or a command staff member, there's a 1 in 2 chance that you're going to die.

Poor Saw, lost his sister, treated like an outcast, spent most of his life fighting with no purpose, and eventually accepting death.

I remember that the Rebel Alliance also have Separatist remnants among their ranks and used CIS military ships and weapons since they're not picky on anything they can get their hands on. Kalani would have been a wonderful addition to the Rebellion and a fun dynamic between him and Old Man Rex as they were both relics of the Clone Wars who can give the Empire a big butt whooping together.

Saw Gerrera just couldn't go one, due to the rising popularity of _the Strut._

Love how most of the deaths in this list came from Rebels and Rogue One. And atleast 2 of them were because Hera might have been a good pilot but not the best team player

Add Pops, Dutch, and Tiree to the list. If Red Squadron had been flying cover for them instead of "...cut[tiing] across the axis to draw their fire," Gold Squadron may have destroyed the Peace Moon on the first run.

"This is some Star Trek red shirt stuff that should not be happening in Star Wars." 🤣🤣🤣 that got me good 🤣

Soon enough, we'll need a complete breakdown of the New Republic (in canon) now that the Mando-verse has sort of kicked that off. So far, we know that they scout out various areas with X-Wings; and for 2, we've seen a New Republic prison barge, and New Republic Sentry Droids. I can't wait to see the full scale of their military.

5:01 Steela's death saw the rise of Saw Guerrera the Leader of Partisans whose extremist tactics and methods alienated the Rebel Alliance.

I saw Hera on this list and almost had a heart attack, I thought maybe she died and I just wasn't aware!

Saw didn’t run because he didn’t have anywhere to go, he didn’t run because he was already a dead man walking. He had by the point of Jedda multiple debilitating injuries that, while covered by medical cybernetics, were killing him slowly. He even eludes to it on Jedda.

In Saw's defence, the novel states that when he says he wouldn't run anymore, he was being literal; he would never have been able to get out of the base in time, even with help, his physical deficiencies caught up with him.

Did...did you guys just predict Wade?

Murphy’s Laws of Combat 89: Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs. That was the Rebels before they became Professionals. Nothing like amateurs to remind you how unprepared for all the possibilities you are and how miscalculations by those that are on your side that will hurt you the most.

I know this was specifically about pointless *Rebel* deaths, but Admiral Ackbar, former Rebel hero, had the most senseless death in Star Wars, and along with the entire sequel trilogy, should not be considered canonical.

Snap was the one that got me. It shows JJ does not know the books. After his death his step-dad was partying!!

Zev Senesca didn’t deserve to die at all He saved Han and Luke

Damn, I'd hate to be a wingman for Hera Syndulla. The woman has really bad luck, and she's nowhere near as smart as say, Wedge Antilles. At most, she's just a Twi'lek version of Jan Ors, except her bearded Jedi boyfriend bit the dust on Lothal, so she no longer has a guardian angel with a lightsaber.

I'm amazed that you manage to actually *find* ten Rebel deaths. Also, a bit a nitpick but the Republic was never a democracy. The vast majority of the individual planets that made up the Republic were monarchies in some form or another. The Senate existed to basically be the SW equivalent of the United Nations - a means to prevent constant warfare between all these disparate feudal realms (which is also why it was so ineffective at getting anything else done). Even the original script for Ep4 ended with "Princess Leia is crowned Queen of the Galaxy." So the Rebels weren't fighting for democracy at all so much as shouting "For the King!" In the end all the Empire accomplished was deposing a lot of aristocrats and all the Rebellion accomplished was putting those same aristocrats (or their next of kin) back onto their thrones. *Nobody* in Star Wars was fighting for democracy. Your choices where military dictatorship, classic feudalism, crime bosses or corporate states - and even then all of these ended up so packed with nepotism that it makes one wonder why anyone bothered fighting for any of them.

2:43 If it weren't for the main characters' plot armor, Grand Admiral Thrawn would have wiped out the Rebellion right there.

Why is Hera Syndulla even on a list of pointless deaths? She didn't die. Sure, the crew of the blockade runner would absolutely count, but to list the entry under Hera's name is not only inaccurate, but misleading.

After tonight’s episode of kenobi, you can throw one more Arsehole onto this list

that was an interdictor cruiser, not star destroyer. The interdictor Star destroyer was was way bigger and less vulnerable.

From the visualisation I would say Vangross Grek was actually going very much slower than the speed of sound (an odd measurement to use in space too)

Salute for Vangos Grek. A true Starfighter Ace of the Rebellion. 😔🙏🎗️🪖

A series exploring the early era of the Galactic civil war with a more gritty and unbiased view would be awesome. I see a scene exploring the morality of lying to your troops about the meaningfulness of their sacrifice just so they can throw themselves at the empire to buy you more time being really interesting

6:33 Saw Guererra: "Save the Rebellion! Save the Dream!"

“The tree of liberty must be feed regularly with the blood of patriots and tyrants alike, it is a natural manure” Thomas Jefferson.

Saw was basically the star wars version of Ultra Magnus from the Transformers. 2 Soldiers fighting without a purpose, adapting as they get older to make more brutal choices, and always serving the good side of their series.

Jek Tono Porkins is one of my favorite characters.

*The Porkins maneuver …* Ramming an enemy ship in a strafing run. You just have to commit, no matter the relative sizes - which is how he also approached _getting into the cockpit._ That struggle inspired that attitude, and that _altitude._

I got a request for you generation tech. 10 Stormtroopers who had dishonorable deaths.

These are ALWAYS done so well. Thank you

Loved this! As always keep up the great work Alan/Allen whichever way you spell it.

Proof the Rebel alliance was evil or just plain dumb the Massassi Group was named after Sith warrior-slaves who were the bulk of Naga Sadows army and the sith link is canon thanks to the Rise of Skywalker book confirming Naga Sadow as canon.

Great vid GenTech. RIP to all those brave rebels.

Are there anyone who happended to be the Separatist heroes to be seen in Star Wars? I felt bad that the Separatists do not get much mention.

A few rebels went out like if the didn't even try to survive. Saw went out like a boss, because he was old and he was sick too, as he had all that medical stuff on and with him. He made a final stand

Thanks for another great video. What about Admiral Holdo’s silly and arrogant self sacrifice?

The GR-75 COULD be down right scary... IF the rebels knew how to employ it. Heck, they could likely take on/down a star destroyer on their own. Here's the thing. The GR-75 is a very very common freighter. They are everywhere. First, we look at all the cargo pods... Those cargo pods could carry anything... up to and including.. shield generators, power supplies etc. You could Easly mount a massive shield generator in 1 pod, and power supplies in several others... connect them, then when needed. open up the pod with the generator and deploy a large shield, much like the shield at pheonix base, or somethnig akin to a large gungin shield. Next, look at the number of "forward cargo pods.. if you look at one "head on" there are at least 15 unobstructed forward cargo pods... each cargo pod is more then large enough to hold at least 4 missile or torpedo launchers. (with reloads, litterly the launching system on a y-wing, x-wing, what ever, just rigged up in clusters of 4.) Now remember those gungin shields, stop energy blasts but not solid objects. again, fire off the shield "down" create a sphere around the ship to protect it from a few turbo laser blasts... give it more then a few minutes, BUT all those torpedoes/missiles, would fly through the shield now thats 60 torps or missiles in 1 volley.... a CR-75 opening up with 60 torpedoes on 1 star destroyer all of them hitting in a fairly localized area... thats more then enough to do critial damage to the ship espeically if the leading few are ION torpedoes. THEN the ship opens up 3-4 more times... this is the equvilent of 30 Y wings or xwings making a run on a single destroyer. And all to often destroyers are running without their tie fighters deployed. So yes, properly deployed CR-75's COULD be a true terror weapon.

I personally would have put the rebels who engaged in a shootout with storm troopers who were boarding their ship along with Darth Vader in the beginning of A New Hope. Did they really think they would be successful? Especially since they were stuck in a Star Destoyer with tens of thousands of storm troopers and Vader. Than after Vader boards the ship, Princess Leia tries to claim they were on a diplomatic mission. Well if they were on a diplomatic mission they wouldn't fire on storm troopers attempting to inspect the ship!

Your whole this is a dedication to all thoughts who die is laudable but cool

Not surprised about Star Wars Rebels having a high body count, they really wanted to leave the Galaxy Far Far Away.

You'd need a whole other video to list the ACTUAL needles clone deaths.

“Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I am willing to make”

Is there a video about pointless Imperial deaths? All I can remember is Ciena Ree's thoughts about pointless deaths during Lost Stars book, for example, the Tie Fighter pilots trying to capture Millennium Falcon.

I actually do wonder how different things would’ve been if Steela survived.

Hera survives the rebellion, why is she on this list?

I know I'm going to chop up names but I thought Hiru lived and had a son.

No Jek Porkins death was because he flew with his gravity compensator at maximum and could not tell he wasn't pulling out of a dive fast enough and crashed into a tower on the Death Star, this is very clear in X-Wing Book 1: Rogue Squadron.

Please do more five stenths and weaknesses count downs

Phoenix Squadron for sure--supposed to be the best pilots in the Republic and they were taken out like amateurs. And Ackbar got did dirty, FU Rian Johnson.

“Have you ever heard the tragedy of the rebel heroes?… I thought not. It’s not a story worth telling… honestly, it’s pointless really.”

“A lotta people died during the battle of Skarif” Wrong…EVERYONE died during the battle of Skarif

NO WAAADEEEE!!!!

Imagine beeing overweight and having "Porkins" for name.

Snap wexley (I know he's technically resistance) was what really soured Ep9 for me when he died. It seemed so forced, like they were just trying to really hammer it down that Poe was on the brink of failure, only to pull the curtain everyone was already expecting to happen. Like what was the point of killing a good sequel character for a forced death that amounted to nothing?

The GR75 always reminds me of the Rebel strike GameCube games because you always had to protect them

Nice a new vid

Hera Syndulla didn’t die . Also the spider we see in the Mandolorian isn’t the same as the ones in Rebels.

Another pointless rebel death was of Dicer on Atollon. She was snatched by a krykna and presumably eaten.

I have been in Saw Gerre's position before, I am retired law enforcement and combat security contractor and I fought for money for multiple companies private military units in multiple conflict zones and when I retired I was kind of lost and didn't know what to do with myself and when a F-3 tornado was coming down my street and I clearly saw it I put my dogs in a safe place and I stood in the middle of my living room and watched it come through the window until it hit, when it was over and my home half destroyed but I was fine I felt like I was given a new chance and I changed and focused on my wife and kids and have been a different person since. Well I still carry a open sidearm and I'm quick to put my hand on it in certain situations in public but I haven't drawn it in years. Also my dogs were just fine and my family was not home at the time.

13:16 Something tells me they made her flight suit red specifically to reference the 'Red shirts' of Star Trek lol.

Why is Hera on this list? I don't recall reading or seeing anything about her dying.

Nice

2:48 "...Imperial Interdicter Class Star Destroyer..." Curious that the ships in your video look more like the much smaller Immobilizer 418 Cruiser.

5:41 Losing my identity, wondering have I gone insane? Just to find the truth in front of me, I must climb this mountain range. Looking downward from this deadly height and realizing why I fight.

In high school i was so mad at my mom for not letting me mount machine guns on the mini van

Now, just think of how some of these, like Saw woulda been like.. an additonally felt IF again ALL odds, given what then happened to Jedda afterwards Saw Guerra DIDN'T DIE and actually somehow survived.. or if maybe Porkins hadn't an somehow flew off to base? Or that Star Destroyer that didn't eat an A-wing?

You know I feel like some members of Blue squadron survived, we still saw a lot of X-wings fighting the sky when the shield gate went down, I bet some of them survived

Okay, #5 was very misleading and freaked me out cause I’m not all caught up on me Star Wars stuff and thought she’d actually died.

i need to know what this music is lol its amazing

Please make a were the galactic republic with the jedi attack earth

Im sure by the end of Andor S2, it will make more sense as to why Saw just let himself get killed.

WAAADDEEE!!!

Blue 13 didn’t slam into the shield at many times the speed of sound, because There is no sound in space!!

Can you please continue the sepratist alliance vs earth series please

9:50 Defecation is a REAALY strange word. To my understanding it could also mean pooping.

Lmao I would love to hang out with you dude

Should have mentioned how dicer shared ahsokas voice actor

Damn the dig on star trek was brutal

Isnt hera still alive?

Hera Sindulla didn't die according to the video

Hera is probably the most incompetent star wars character.

You gave the impression it was Hera herself that died; but in reality you were on about the Corvette. Might want to re-label that.

I'd say saw was a boon to the empire. He was a rebel that they could point to and thus justify their actions.

Lies! Deception!

"The Separatists turned into the Empire..." My guy... what?

How the hell do you suffer “well over 100% casualties on a regular basis”?!

He fell apart after his sister died He forgot right and wrong and he risked a lot of good personal

No man who dies in the defense of their morales, beliefs, or fellow compatriots should be considered amid a "pointless" loss. Slipping in the bathroom while brushing your teeth is pointless. Pointing your crippled vehicle at the largest enemy target you have before your final breath is the act of feeding the fire that inspires your brethren and burns the enemy from existence. "How can a man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods."

Him: saw died a pointless death Me: least he's with his sister....

Hara.sadola is a great leader who had the common sense to learn from her mistakes and she except full responsibility and she worked hard to make sure that it never happened again

All Rebel deaths have a point, they needed to be put down for the good of the Empire!