Why the DESPERATE Battle for Kashyyyk Hid a Dark Truth 

CIS: "We've almost got the Wookies on our team." General Grievous. "Check this out."

Clones: *free the Wookies* Wookies: Hooray, we’re free now! Empire: well yes, but actually no

"With the timely arrival of Master Yoda, the 501st was able to hold the line against the Seps on Kashyyyk. We left as heroes. Years later, we'd return as conquerors."

"When we arrived on Kashyyyk, things were just as bad as we'd feared. The droids had us outgunned, outmaneuvered, and outmanned by a five-to-one margin. What none of us had counted on was the Wookiees. We'd all heard the stories, of course, but we'd never fought next to them, never seen them rip apart a droid with their bare hands. They were magnificent. Even so it was still a suicide mission, at least until Master Yoda arrived. Then it became a battle; a winnable battle." -501st Journal

It’s pretty amazing how essential Chewbacca was to the whole Star Wars story

"I took a long look back over the battle that continued to wage above the planet and wondered why so many had to die for a bunch of walking carpets..."

CIS: *sends in an army* Republic: *sends in delta squad* CIS: :0

my man General grievous pulled a pearl harbor on the wookies

I've played enough empire at war to know how important Kashyyyk's location is

“We left as heroes. Years later, we returned as conquerors.”

Geetsly's: "The deactivation of the droid army at the end of Clone Wars made the battle a victory for the Republic... or should we say Empire." Wookiees (translated into Basic): "Yay, wait what?"

"What about the droid attack on the Wookies?"

Clones: *Free the Wookies* Wookies: "Hooray, we’re free now! " Empire: "More like under new management"

finally Ki-Adi-Mundi gets an answer to his question

Clones be like... Trained in highly skilled combat and clone of Jango Fett Runs out of ammo and first instinct is to punch droid with bare hand

So Chewbacca pretty much saved the rebellion? Good on ya Chewie, we all love you.

"Delta squad... let's go save some wookies."

Wookies: Thank you for freeing us, Republic! Empire: oh I wouldn't say freed, more like "under new management"

Boba Fett: "One hundred, Two hundred, Three hundred, you guys are going to make me rich!" Jango Fett: "At this rate, i'll be able to retire soon!"

Hmm, so if Grievous hadn’t forced the Wookiee’s to war, they may have been at an advantage to fight the empire. Since they would’ve had time to prepare instead of the 41st turning their blasters on them right after order 66. Though they would’ve still lost in the end, hard to win without a standing navy.

The Empire low-key pulled a uno reverse card out on them just like that LOL

Trandoshian Slavers: *Captures wookies* Delta Squad: I'm gonna stop you right there.

No one: Ki Adi Mundi: 'But what about the droid attack on the Wookies ?'

Finally! Someone who cares about the druid attack on the wookies!

"The 442nd Battalion almost got deployed as reinforcements for the 41st. They fought nonstop for weeks in the city Kachiro, and maintained good supply, and didn't get themselves encircled, and they didn't suffer when they lost Commander Gree, since that droid deactivation order only got sent out days after that." -ARF/CT-8711-12 "Cheng", Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

So what I’m getting from this is that Wookiees aren’t just walking carpets. They’re intellectual waking carpets

Really wish we could have seen Chewbacca go up against Bossk in the OT, especially with their species' history.

My boys in Delta Squad did so much... I miss Sev

CIS: Well general grievous negotiations show that we have almost gotten the woo- General grievous: Kill the guy's son.

,,And what about the droid attacks on the wookies?"

Any Jedi on Kashyyyk: "Hooray, it's Delta Squad!" Palpatine: "Execute Order 66" Any Jedi on Kashyyyk: "Oh no, it's Delta Squad..."

Any idea what happened to the rest of the maps? The rebellion would end up searching for wookies around the galaxy to find more hyperspace lanes if Chewie shared where he got his information from from.

Dark Secret. me: *starts erasing rule 34 Chewbacca fanart*

I think we need to see a “Chewie: A Star Wars Story” film. Related to that, did Chewbacca’s parents fight during the Clone War? ;D

I’m not first I’m not last but when I see geetsley I click fast

The wookies will forever be my favorite thing about star wars

Forget alien vs predator I wanna see a Wookiee vs trandoshian movie lmao

So in other words, L337 being shoehorned into the Falcon is 100% unnecessary since Chewie already has vast knowledge of navigation routes. Good thing I don't consider that movie canon.

The depth and detail of the known universe of Star Wars is truly astronomical. With the EU, Legends, and Canon combined; the stories, the places, the characters, seem legitimately endless. There's already well over 100 novels alone, and there's honestly enough source material out there for at least 100 more. And that's not even considering graphic novels. Which are mind blowing these days. It's an awesome time to be a Star Wars fan, even if you don't care for the new movies.

Imagine if we got a first-person horror game in the style of outlast where we're an imperial with no weapon or means to defend ourselves on kashyyyk when the wookies caused an uprising and we had to survive until reinforcements arrived.

Just the slideshow of pics shows why animation/good drawing is important: Clone Wars show Wookies=tough Comic/custom drawn pics Wookies=tough Rebels Wookies=What in the name of Mandalore is that?! Anyway yes nice nod to Delta Squad and their good work. I remember the days as a wee kid. Republic Commando what a game ahead of it's time in some cases still is.

Clones: the wookies will RIP your arms out your sockets if they lose Wookies: *put hands behind their heads* Droids: I have new plan *looks to other droids* let the wookies win

Oh god that intro got me. It brought be back to playing Star Wars Battlefront.

The Battle of Ruusan and why Lord Kaan valued that world in particular

Could you do a video on the battle of Jabim from a CIS and Republic trooper.

“Get this walking carpet out of my way” “Bitch, I’m a hyperspace genius...”

Everyone: bring up battlefront 2 reference Me: "The prosecutor was our first home, we were stationed there for a long time".

I always thought it was just because Palpatine needed a good slave species.

I admire your willingness to stick to script even if the script has a typo (Woolie):D

So you could say that Chewbacca was a "Guild Navigator", interesting...

Trandoshans: "We are the Trandoshans from Trandosha." Wookies: "We are the Wookies from Kashyyyk." Trandoshans: "HOW DARE YOU CONFUSE US."

Chewbacca never got his due for everything he did makes me mad

I love how the intro is literally lifted from Star Wars Battlefront. LOL

What if Yoda's Clones never betrayed him and he and the Wookies led the Rebellion

So now I understand how the 12 parsects being a measurement of distance was used to tell speed. They had secret hyperspace lanes so they literally made the trip shorter

Chewbacca just got even more badass!

I've always wanted to live in the Star Wars universe you know

dude that is sooo cool I didnt know that at all, chewbacca is one of my favorite characters in star wars he has been through soo much and my respect for the character just keeps expanding.

Clone Commander: Check your shots because Wookies don't take kindly of friendly fire.

It's good to know that Chewy was far more important than just the big hairy wooly smart dog👍

Everyone's raving about Chewbacca. Me: Who made up the rest of the Katuvak guild?

Of all the Star Wars lore videos I have ever seen on youtube, which is so many now, this one kinda blew my mind the most with knowing Chewy was part of this sub-clan of hyperspace Wookies. SOOOOO cool

Another excellent video. Thanks

The dark truth was the Senate.

Knowing this upsets me even more considering the rebels didn't give Chewie a medal at the end of episode 4

... it amuses me greatly to learn that the big furball Chewwie was an accomplished astrocartographer in one of the most exclusive guilds around.

Thank you for the video it was informative

How about a strategic video on Selucamai during the Clone Wars, sorry if I miss spelled that planet, or maybe Onderon or Utapau.

It's ridiculous how under-estimated the wookies are for their prowess and space-faring ability. Everyone looks at them as mere warriors and slave labor, but they are a lot like real life Native Americans who charted the Americas long before colonists did and were instrumental for early explorers.

Woah thanks for this nugget of knowledge!

Wookiees are the most abused species in Star Wars.

I have a feeling someone else already said this but....” have you heard about the droid attack on kashyyyk!?!”

Nelvaan, please do a video about Nelvaan and the Nelvaanians. It's an overlooked planet and species.

It genuinely got me with the intro how it zoomed in twice.

4:30 In those images where we get to see the landscape is looks like a painting of feudal Japan

(Commander gree) the droids set up there main power generator (Yoda) then the time is now (Commander gree) Yes sir (Wookie) AAAHAAHAAAAAA (Wookies charging) AAAAAHHHHHHH (All clones) lets go lets go lets go .......aaaahhh.........move move move .......over here

Man I wish he would link the thumbnail art pieces

I did notice that chewbacca never said anything about master Yoda In any of the other movies.

Wookiees keep getting more fascinating.

And yet, Chewy never got that medal...

I've got to say that these backstories are a lot more interesting than the real movies produced by Hollywood. This is why comics are so important to human evolution and understanding!

Good background information on the Millenium Falcon and Chewbacca's contribution to the Rebellion!

Every time your intro plays I think its the song from that spongebob robot episode. The one that goes "BEE-BOO-BOO-BOP-BOO-BOO-BOP"

damn i came early

Hello.

❤ learning new things about that galaxy far far away.

With the delta squad story and grievous I think he was there around the time they first showed as there is one part of the kashyyyk mission where you can see him at his starfighter with 2 magna guards

Grievous:gets impatient and kills wookies king Me:"ahhh the negotiator" Ya get it? Cause you know...thats grievous line hehe funny right?

"Black people are underrepresented in Star Wars" *me showing the video*

Great lore videos as always Great job. 👍 😊

wish we could of seen more of the battle Kashyyyk in revenge of the sith

WRONG! IT WAS THE OIL!

Actually the war with the CIS was started when a probe droid patrolling kashykkk accidentally shot the Wookiee prince thinking it was a wild animal but he was really just on a hunting retreat the Wookiee king was furious and declared war so general grievous had no choice but to fight them

Till this day I never understood why it was so easy for anakin to just shut off all the droids like why didn’t they send all the jedis to just shut them off before the war even started

damn this whole video is awesome content to Legends

As far as Star Wars videos go... fkin awesome

Jedi at Kashyyyk before 66: Its the Deltas! Deltas at Kashyyyk during 66: Take some bacta!

It's also important because a certain Jedi Master was focused on the droid attack on the Wookies, which caused Yoda to leave Courasant

3am upload. I love it😌😉

Cool hearing about kashyyyks history