Nute Gunray is by far the most realistic villain in all of Star Wars.

You’re right he’s probably an underrated antagonist. He was vital to how the Sith Grand Plan turned out.

Nute Gunray was also one of the few individuals in the Galaxy who knew that DC-15A had a folding buttstock and used it to knock out Commander Gree with it's presumably intended purpose.

Nute Gunray: Lord Sidious promised us peace Darth Vader: Yes, peace in death

Gunray is so greedy and yet so cowardly that he can be so funny at times! His line "Open this door and I'll buy you a planet!" is just gold

Nute was intelligent...but short sighted. Brutal in decisions, but cowardly in physical confrontation. Ambitious but limited in how to actually attain his goals alone. He was just good enough at his job to be the perfect pawn.

1:00 why do the Neimoidians look like they are about to drop the sickest mix tape ever?

Gunray is very underrated. He is one of the major players that allowed the Sith to gain enough power to enact the final phase of the Sith Grand Plan. The build-up to that was masterful. But don't take my word for it, have Plagues and Sidious explain it themselves: Plagues: Let's go over what will lead to us being in a position of power to be able to enact the final phase of the Sith Grand Plan one more time. Step one, ruin the reputation of Chancellor Volurum and use Senate oversight to prevent him from legally sending any Jedi to interfere with our plans Sidious: Check. Step two, get the Trade Federation an army and replace their leader with someone we can control. Plagues: Check. Step three, blockade Naboo. Preventing necessary supplies from getting to the planet. Sidious: Step four, capture the inexperienced teenage Queen we put into power and have her sign a treaty legalizing the Trade Federation occupation, thus preventing the Senate from legally intervening. Plagues: Step five, you will complain to the Senate that your people are suffering and starving, and place all the blame on Volurum for giving the Trade Federation so much power in the first place. Sidious: Step six, convince someone to call for a vote of no confidence to get Volurum out of power, relying on his ruined reputation to ensure no one will oppose it. Plagues: Step seven, convince someone to nominate you for the Chancellorship, ensuring with both our connections and some sympathy votes for the plight of your people that you will be elected and then order the Trade Federation to back off and emerge a hero. Sidious: Step eight, get Plagues really really drunk and once he passes out, electrocute him to death and claim the title of Dark Lord for myself, and rule the Galaxy with Darth Maul by my side. Plagues: I'm sorry, what was that last part? Sidious: Oh, nothing, nothing. Hey, want to go out drinking to celebrate our near victory? First twenty rounds on me. Plagues: Oh dude, nice. Let's do it. But you know what would be cool if we could somehow get the Queen here during the blockade to pled the chase to the Senate. A little girl would get a lot more sympathy than you and would accelerate our plans. Sidious: Yeah, that would be cool. Shame there's no way that could happen. I mean, it's not like Volurum will go behind the Senate's back to ask the Jedi Council for help, and they'll send a Jedi who is known for defying the orders of the Council and the Republic, along with his British Padawan to save her and get her here.

Lets just remember that Nute Gunray is FAR more physically dangerous than he appears. After all, he did knock out Commander Gree.

Nute Gunray: What about the Senator from Naboo? Is she dead yet? Patience Viceroy. She will die in agony. Her spirit so broken she can't even live for her children. Oh but you won't live to see it. Nute Gunray: She can't do that! Shoot her..or something! This isn't how it's supposed to be!

The Senate knows his ways in aggressive negotiations.

Geetsly's: *Says nute gunray is an overshadowed antagonist * Me: I was not aware of such failure?

nute gunray is a bird keeper oddly wholesome

idk why i always like him as a kid, as well as a bunch of other separatist council members. i liked this guy more than maul

Only thing left out is that Sidious used force choke on Gunray during one of their first meetings. Both to establish the pecking order of their relationship, but also for Sidious to prove to Gunray that he wasn't just all talk.

Palpatine was basically Santa Claus to Nute Gunray

Oooooooh that ending…. That is SLY, by manipulating and playing Gunray into blockading Naboo, it places Palpatine (aka Sidious) PERFECTLY for his ascension to Chancellor. After all, how could Senator Palpatine be behind the blockade of his OWN planet!

Gunray after the battle of Naboo: Soooo are there any more rare birds coming my way? Sidious: Sure, I'll send Darth Maul along to deliver them- oh wait

Palpatine took the strongest trade Union in the Galaxy and managed to use them to gain power in the Republic. THEN he took out his biggest obstacle in maintaining power in the Republic, and he also manage to take their banks. Pure genius

Anakin: Slaughters Seperatist Council on Palpatine's orders. Nute Gunray: He can't do that! Shoot him....or something.

Nute Gunray's rivals: *drops dead* Nute Gunray: "politics is easy! I'm going to go up against the Republic!" Sheev Palpatine: "all part of my Great Master🅱️lan"

I’d love to see videos on San Hill and Wat Tambor. Other underrated villains who were responsible for advancing the Sith Master Plan.

Honestly I'm just interested in learning more about the Star wars universe in general but I also did always think gunray looked like a bug sumbag and one that was always greedy

Darth Sidious: I AM the Senate! Nute Gunray: My lord, is that legal?

Viceroy Gunray is one of the most under rated Star Wars villains, I would love to see more videos covering him.

Viceroy Gunray: My Lord, is that legal? Darth Sidous: I will make it legal.

Imagine in a few decades someone does this with Amazon irl…

Do you think Canon's Durge is 2,000 years old just like its Legends counterpart?

Something I want to say, Rune Haako Nute's second in command was a lot stronger then anyone relished, as a child or in this case grub he was stricken with a debilitating palsy that effectively crippled his left arm and leg that left both near useless, in the hives something like that would mean the grub likely wouldn't survive to adulthood and would usually be some of the first to die because they wouldn't be able to get as much food. But in fact Rune lived despite being weakened and managed to make a life for himself. So I think in a way Rune was one of the strongest Star Wars characters.

Darth Sidious called him a "Sniveling Toady!" Not the words I would choose, but hey when you're a Sith Lord and all.

Darth Sidious: I have a deal with you Nute Gunray: No thanks *CUE STAR WARS END CREDITS*

I love how in the thumbnail he's just like "There is a sith lord outside of my home"

Taxes and Naboo: Classic Palpatine. Being involved in leading both sides of a conflict. One could say, he is quite in-sidious 😁

nute gunray is like the grand moff tarkin of the prequels. hes a very important villain who gets overshadowed by anakin and palpatine just like tarkin.

He becomes such a sassy diva in the clone wars

That upbringing got me. That's crazy. I almost feel bad for him......almost.

A great synopsis of an important player in the clone wars.

“Duel of the Fates but everytime you assassinate a banker it gets slower”

And it all started with a Red Spotted bird. Nute couldn’t resist Sugar Daddy Sidious.

"In time, the suffering of your people will persuade you to see our point of view." -Me

I was actually into the politcal side of Star Wars when I was younger so I always liked this guy

MAAAN!!! THE CHARACTER SIDDIOUS IS A BEAST 👌

Love your videos! However this one is amazing!!! Nute gunray is one of my top favorite characters! Keep up the good work. Also is there anyway you could do videos on other Nemodians like lot dod or rune hakko??

Such irony: The Jedi fought alongside the Battle Droids. Years later, they fight the same battle droids.

Though he looks like the aliens in the movie "Spaced Invaders"

Fun Fact: George Lucas named Nute Gunray after Newt Gingrich.

So basically the nemoidians are Star Wars’ equivalent of the Ferengi?

10:22 So basically Palps rehearsed Order 66 on the directorate.

Viceroy, I don’t want this stunted SLIME in my sight again. The viceroy of the trade federation was once in league with this “darth sidious” but he was betrayed, 10 years ago by the dark lord. He came to me for help and told me everything.

You even hear him say before anakin kills him. “Lord sidious, promised us peace, we only want….”

Nute may have found the pathway to immortality and is now a Force Ghost.

When I was younger he was the one I always wanted to get rid of first. He was the quiet one and you always have to watch them and shit turns out I was right 😂🤷‍♂️

you can tell this was legends, other than the stark hyperspace war the fact there's another tarkin and nute apparently DID meet another Jedi despite saying otherwise in episode 1 are both huge hallmarks of legends stories

If Gunray seriously couldn't pick up on getting that kinda aid... Cuz what important leader won't and doesn't catch on to the fact that each time they set out to do things in certain way they seem to get quite alot of help an ALL they rivals start having unfortunate ends or get moved out the way... Kinda makes one question just how good an competent he truly was. Seems his whole Race is fundamentally disposed to being bad or least questionable. Since sounds like "grubs" is just their way to say "kids" very few Human societies actually acted like this and those that did are pretty extreme in belief an conduct.

The literal dirty sneaky grunge that he got tossed into is insane, I don't like him, but he did right by his hive! Lol

I first heard of Gunray in 4th grade in a legends book. I've always known a out this green alien guy lol.

Everyone thinks that the pawns are the most useless pieces on a chessboard. The reality is, when played right they could be one of your most pivotal players.

It would be great if you can do a video about Mas Amedda. Like Gunray, he is underrated and he was a essential part of the Sith Grand Plan for Palpatine.

A business man with many allies.

I've read this story. Very confusing but I loved it

Lol this is like convergent evolution. I wrote a fanfic about an alien race who had this same culture. Didn't know it already existed. Only difference was, mine were chitin/exoskeleton creatures.

He sure had some memorable lines tho.

He was a master of diplomatic negotiation

he was a pawn a decades-old galactic game of chess.

Would love to see a series on the Nemodians, a history similar to Southern Europeans

I remember bits of the novel Cloak of Deception, nice.

Ah, Cloak of Deception. Actually becomes way better if you read Darth Plagueis and Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter as well; here's hoping CoD and DM: SH become part of the Essential Legends Collection too. Also, Maul: Lockdown, if you want, although it's a bit skippable in my opinion.

Overshadowed? I always knew he was one the main antagonists of episode 1 and became the most prominent of the Confederacy’s Corporate Leadership. In fact I knew him even while I was a naive 6-9 year old.

We need a live action show that leads up to the events of the prequels

Oh my gosh. That guy was so fat that I didn’t actually know he was Nemoidian until now. I always thought he was some other other species.

5:38: I thought "Ranulph". Also, you forgot his other part as Wilhuff Tarkin's potential cousin. 7:32: The bird was also a clone made by the Kaminoans.

Nute Gunray is America personified

Im curious about how people in starwars universe measured years and there points in time I know we usee bby and aby but its not like people in 50 bby would be calling the year that for a battle that hadn't been conceived yet ?

Everytime he says Nemoidian drink!

Everything... Because of the FUCKING TAXES! I HATE TAXES I HATE TAXES I HATE TAXESAAAAAAAARGH!

“What makes you think he is a Sith?” “Well, he turned me into a Nute!”

Gunray's Middle name I hear is 'Patsy'

Please more videos on the Neimoidians

Is it just me or does the count dooku at 6:36 look like he’s done in the style of Star Wars rebels?

I’m guessing the next few videos will also be about the separatist council members. Cool.

Can you do Wat Tambor next?

You should get revenge on that senator from Naboo lmao

biggest pawn ever

I love the politics of the clone wars, thats why it's my favorite era

Definitely do more videos on Gunray and his buddys!

Can you explain the different lightsaber styles used by various Jedi masters?

I just liked his eyes

I feel what would be kind of a cool topic is the face transformation tech used in the deception episode, season 4 episode 15 that obi wan used to become rako hardeen

I just think Neimoidians are awesome! One of my favorites!

Would love to hear more of this

This has similar energy with helping your followers is Shadow of War.

Hey guys, who ordered pineapple-...oh -gunray

Hello there

More about the techo-union

Id love to hear the rest!

He knew wayy to much 🤣

So; with All The Lasers and Rockets that Missed Their Mark in Space, wouldn't that be like, Dangerous for Others Traveling Beyond where the Shots were Fired? They'd keep moving until Hitting Something? Right?

Join the Knights of Melvin!!

I just read this in the SW novel Path of Destruction: I think Darth Bane may have been inspired by his blade master Ka’sim who killed his master after learning everything he could from him🤔(obviously this isn’t connected with the Thought Bomb, just the Rule of Two and Bane’s Master)

Could Nute Gunrays race be force sensitive?