Pallaeon is one of, if not the best imperial character in EU/Legends. Learned from the best, but was able to chose NOT to make the same mistakes of this predecessors.

Such a shame that Pellaeon had to lose all the gains from this campaign years later thanks to idiotic Moffs being too greedy, seems like no matter the time and place greed will always be the fall of an Empire

Right after Orinda is probably the best time if you want to play an Imperial party in an RPG. Your faction is the Underdog, but not a completely doomed one.

This nice map just calls for an "Imperial Civil War-Every Week" time-lapse! Would be so cool since we have so few of these for Star Wars Legends on KZfaq. Anyways, nice video as always, the visuals, the information given, your voice, it's perfect.

This made me realize how fun and immersive the orinda GC must be in the current version of TR as you get to fight of the republic and try to rebuild the empire by increasing your legitimacy. Not as challanging withour rivals maybe, but way less of just a brawl with the NR as it was in earlier versions. Gonna do that for my next campaign for sure!

I love also how this is driven by doctrinal and political issues. It's things like this which make this era 'feel' more real. And years down the line it also shows the New Republic adapting over the coming years - making bigger and stronger ships.

5:43 awesome animation of the orinda campaign pic. i never was much interested in the post dark empire period but videos like this really help. ik Pellaeon from thrawn books ofc but after that i kinda lost track of him, was more interested in dark empire and not had much xp with lore until some entries from young jedi knights onwards.

7:00 And then you have Darksaber where a single MC90 and some corellian gunships go up against an Executor class and 25 Victory-IIs.

Love these _vignettes_ into the fictional military history of expanded universe lore. Maybe one of the best artistic off-shoots of the Petroglyph modification.

Another lovely documentary! It's really interesting to hear about the lasting impacts some battles/events have on the later doctrines and behaviour of factions.

Error: the Lusankya was not captured _by_ the Empire during the Bacta War; it was captured _from_ the Empire during the Bacta War.

Orinda campaign was a watershed moment that stopped the rot and put Empire back in the game. It Pelleaon had been allowed to consolidate gains and then strike out as he saw fit, instead of immediate continuing offensive, black fleet crisis would have occurred and given empire opportunity of maximum potential to regain enough territory while new republic was distracted with Yevetha to make a negotiated peace workable.

Interesting video of battle of orinda we will never have anything that good in Disney canon, I can’t wait to see you do the Yuuzhan Vong war next.

In truth the Empire could easily crushed the New Republic rise to power if they put aside their differences and actual pull their resources to defeat the New Republic. Pallaeon was the hero that the Galactic Empire desperately needed to survive, and without him the New Republic would have crushed all resistance against it.

Excellent vid. Pellaeon was a good commander but could lack aggression, at times.

Great consolidation of all the limited info we have on this pivotal campaign. I've been fascinated by the late period of the GCW ever since I read the Essential Atlas and the Essential Guide to Warfare a decade ago and the Battle of Orinda is the most fleshed out element of the period. It's a shame we never got the Orinda, Celanon, and Final Imperial Push campaigns in proper narrative form in novels or games and have to settle for gleaning tidbits from short sourcebook summaries. If they ever start publishing Legends material again... One thing that always bugged me though, I feel like it would have made more sense to have the Final Imperial Push follow shortly after Orinda and then have the Celanon campaign and the New Republic's final offensives against the Imperial Remnant come later. And Anx Minor should probably be a tactical stalemate rather than a total NR victory to explain why the NR didn't wipe out the remnants of the Remnant while they had the chance.

Cool to see more about that period, great video!

Slightly misspoke there you said Lusankya was captured "By" the Empire in the Bacta war, you meant to say "From" the Empire.

The amount of plot armor towards the Rebels and New Republic, even in the old EU, often makes me furious. This was a perfectly placed and executed trap where the Lusankya should have been destroyed in this battle. The loss of this ship wouldn't have been a huge blow to the very much superior military of the New Republic and would have been an important wake up call for them to get their tactics straight.

The quality of this channel went from 10 to 100 in such a short time I must say I'm amazed.

Finally, I recognize the origin of the wallpaper. Aaaah, wondrous knowledge. Thanks, Corey!

An avoidable NR debacle, if I say so myself. Still, at least this wasn't galaxy-endangering this time around. And all this interservice rivalry better stop. By the Force, I hate such trifles.

Maybe this video will explain why Scarl of all places is on the map for this GC in your mod. Total far side of the core, and I hadn't thought it was any use since the fall of the TIE Phantom project.

These map graphics are beautiful, reminds me of Modi work in the Essential Atlas and the Essential Guide to Warfare

You'd think the E-wing's teething issues would be ironed out by now. Also WHY WAS THE ENDURANCE POISTIONED WHERE IT WAS?!!?

Great breakdown Corey

I love this series.

2:22 - We call it "Imperial Center"

Love these videos!

I’m looking forward to the animated campaign for The Hunt For Zsinj

Oooh so Crimson Empire 3 is after the Orinda Campaign.

I love how this planet is named after a city in the Bay Area, didn’t even try to alter it 😂

Can you explain that the empires fleet had been reduced by 12 ABY but Natasi dala reunified the fleet after that time but she was defeated at Yavin? Was she defeated at Yavin first then 12 years later reunified the fleet?

Who would play him in live-action? Cliche as this may sound, I genuinely think Patrick Stewart could do it.