The Greatest LEGO Pirates Faction 

I see the Imperial Soldiers as French, and the Imperial Guards are English. While the Imperial Armada is obviously Spanish.

Lego lore goes so hard

Never underestimate a Pirate! That Imperial Flagship is gorgeous!!

My head cannon is that the imperial soldiers are the French, the guard the British, the armada the Spanish, the islanders natives obviously, with the pirates pirating around the Caribbean and running into multiple factions on their adventures. This reflects history as well because the 3 European powers held multiple possession within the Caribbean. I can’t tell you how many guards and soldiers I bought on eBay growing up to stage epic Napoleonic line battles.

Instead of the two factions being different nations I think they're part of the same empire, with the imperial soldiers being the sovereign and the imperial guard being a private trading company based off the British East India Company.

2009 already had upgraded hats with gold and red on it too, so Eldorado fortress using plain all black hats for the soldiers is a step backwards..

look at all those beautiful minifigures

I love your headcannon of the 2 factions being British and French, also when you think about it you can have battles between The British and the Legorado soldiers for that American revolution feeling

I think there's something important to consider While yes, the British are known for their red coats, however their navy wore blue coats. My personal head canon for all this is that The Imperial Soldiers are the primary military, they're doing their thing, posting in forts and what not. But when the pirates became a problem, the Imperial guard was established to focus on combating pirates.

WOW! I didn't know there was so much lore around LEGO pirates! It makes all my pirate sets have to much more meaning, especially Barracuda Bay! Thanks for the thorough explanation!

I really enjoy how you involve the placement of sets to help theorize the ongoing lore! Helps make a super strong narrative for the theme!

You can't have a good pirate story without the British royal navy and or east India trading company

For months i scoured the internet for info on these guys to understand the lore and build my MOCs accordingly. Great video!

I like to think that the imperial flagship marks the end of captain brick beard and that the imperial guards were transporting him to be executed for his crimes against the imperial crown and that his crew and ship were defeated by the imperial guards earlier on and that they were sailing away into the sunset as the brick bounty burned and sunk beneath the waves with the crew left behind to drown or get eaten by sharks and is probably the reason why he is never seen again in the next wave of pirate sets since his crew is dead and he has no one to come to rescue him from the imperial guards leaving him to be trapped with a horrible fate awaiting him when he arrives at the imperial guards fort once at the fort he is led to a court house where he is sentenced to death by hanging he is then dragged to a cell where he spends the night and then in the morning he is led to a crowd of people who are gathered to watch him hang he is then greeted by the governor who then addresses the crowd while a noose is put around his neck the governor then points to the executioner who pulls the lever which drops him he dangles for a few seconds then suffocates and dies the crowd then cheers since he is a pirate the imperial guards toss his lifeless body into the ocean instead of giving him a proper burial and watch as sharks feed off it the governor smiles as he watches the sunset over the ocean thinking how he has finally put an end to brickbeards reign of terror in the Caribbean kind of dark but pirates didn’t get happy endings in real life like they do in movies

So ready for a Lego Islanders video can’t wait!

Great video as always bro!🔥🤜🏻

I have always favored the Bluecoat Soldiers sets. Better equipment and figures in most sets. I don't like that Lego felt it necessary to include Pirates in most of the Imperial sets in general. Both factions were already significantly outnumbered as it was to begin with.

I always just figured: red = British, blue = French, Armada = Spanish

thank you for this breakdown

Hot take on the imperial guards: they did nothing wrong.

The Red Coats are Infantry, from the Army, and the Blue Coats are Marines or Naval Infantry. It's pretty much exactly like the British Uniforms of they time, they varied from Regiment to Regiment.

nice lore compilation and connection with the treasure chest on the pirates’ new flagship with the defeat of the imperials. Would you mind sharing what kind mic you use for your videos?

It feels so great hearing someone like you using the proper name soldiers and guards. The laman just calls them imperials and i’m too invested in the lore of pirates to not get triggered by that

I have to admit I do insanely love the imperials and I have to add it’s nothing to do with being English 😀

I really like this kind of video

Rrrrrrrrr such a historical paradox

Also forgot to mention the 2015 pirates having the bluecoat soliders back

What if in future Lego would added a new Pirate faction which would be Asian theme pirates based on( or inspired by) China(Ladrones) and(or) Japan(Wokou)

Lego blue coats are one top

Who's better the redcoats or bluecoats?

I agree..

Any word yet when your gonna do the lego islanders video?

I look at it like the western and eastern roman army. They roam different parts of the Caribbean under different leaders whilst having similar purposes 🤷

I strongly prefer the og imperial soldiers, in my lore however, the imperial factions are allied against the pirates as one faction.

Recreate the 7 years war

:3

Yo

Islanders, the answer is islanders!