These trailers were better than the whole sequel trilogy

I love how someone said this was 100 years before Vader. No, it was 3700 years before Vader.

dontai watching these was something I NEVER expected lol

Darth Malgus remains one of my favorite Sith Lords of all time. His philosophy on the Force and how it’s conflict, and the fact he wants to become one with the dark side rather than asserting himself above it is truly fascinating and makes him an anomaly compared to other dark lords. Not to mention he doesn’t discriminate and actively goes against the Sith Empire and their laws against other aliens joining their ranks. There’s also a novel called “Deceived” that’s based on the events on the cinematic trailer of same name that’s really good and actually features the highly underrated Jedi: Aryn Leneer.

Malgus is different bro. Where Vader joined the Dark Side in order to save his wife, Malgus killed his wife to immerse himself FURTHER into the Dark Side. His wife was the Twilek woman who invaded the temple with him.

These trailers are peak SW content. The action is especially. It's got all the flair of the prequel fights but with better choreography than any of the live action stuff.

How do people not love Star Wars I do for all it’s lore

Malgus is without a doubt one of the hardest mf in all of Star Wars. The man made the entire galaxy his enemy and is still kicking

For the people in chat screaming boring a few seconds in then remaining silent after seeing how dope it is. I'm laughing at you. Talked so strongly on something you had only heard about and got humbled by your own eyes.

This was honestly great I’m glad Tai and some of chat enjoy these trailers man. Hope he does force unleashed or check out more cinematic stuff from games etc.

I remember seeing some of these as a little kid lol and I thought the game was actually like this. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined 💀

31:50 Just noticed, she used what's known as "Tràkata", Tràkata was a form of lightsaber combat developed for taking advantage of a lightsaber's ability to be turned on and off, a unique quality in a melee weapon. This method was greatly frowned upon, and was almost never used by either the Sith or the Jedi. The Sith claimed that it showed weakness and demonstrated a lack of power, while the Jedi claimed that this form was unsportsmanlike.

Crazy how these trailers had me more invested then the entire sequel trilogy

Just wanna point out real quick that when dude ran up with a knife, it was actually made with a mineral called cortosis which is resistant to lightsabers. A pure cortosis blade can actually overload a lightsabers power emitter and shut it off

I am more invested in Satele Shan after 2 minutes than Rey in over 3 hours. Badass Girl!

The twins and girl are all related and belong to the eternal empire which are neither sith or Jedi, they hunted both of them down to damn near extermination so the sith an Jedi team up to take them down and the dad is the siths old emperor. He used the sith as a plaything basically while the eternal empire was his main focus.

Till this day will never understand why Disney didn’t make a trilogy out of the old republic

I've never understood why they have never tried this realistic animation style for a show or movie, when it's done right it's better than live action IMO. As different as the game is from the trailers if you like star wars and story driven games it's def worth a shot, especially if you crave more gritty dark star wars. Never liked MMO's or their gameplay but the story was beyond good enough to make me not care. I was genuinely shocked how great the Sith Warrior, Jedi Knight, and Imperial Agent stories were.

TOR (the old republic), is set roughly around 3660 years before the movies. This is an entirely different timeline and therefore is entirely detached from the movies, both lore-wise and plot-wise if you get what I mean. They needed wiggleroom to make a game as big as this and considering the old Kotor (knights of the old republic) games existed Kotor 3 became SWTOR, an mmo, kinda like WoW. The twins are part of a cool (meh executed tho) expansion and the yellow saber kinda means “fight/servitude for reward” in this circumstance, however yellow has another more cannon meaning.

“How deep does star wars lore go?” Somewhere between 20-40 books my guy😂

Fun fact: After Malgus was buried under that mountain of rubble at the end of the Hope trailer, before receiving the surgery and implants that would save his life, he encountered two Jedi knights _and bested them!_ Think Darth Vader, except increase the speed and give him Force Lightning. That's Darth Malgus, impossibly tough, highly skilled and fully committed to the idea of the Dark Side itself, so much so that he went against his own Empire.

Imagine if we got something anywhere close to these cinematics for the sequel trilogy. Would’ve blew people away bruh 😢

Satele Shan, she is like the granddaughter or whatever of Revan and Bastila Shan. She is super strong in force and really good fighter. After all, she's a Shan, that name means something. In galactic Republic era Jarik Shan is a last living descendant of J.K. Revan and Bastila Shan. He was trained by Quai gon and fought alongside Ahsoka and Anakin.

Whoever in chat said this is 100 years before Vader actually dumb as hell. This is like 2000-3000 years before Vader.

That trooper is the true hero. Facing off against sith lords, and still kicking ass.

Sidious: Meticolously plans destryoing the Jedi for decades. Malgus: Pulls up with the boyz. 😂

wow THIS is a pleasant surprise. I've always stood by that the SWTOR Cinematics are the best Star Wars content available

Ion care what anyone says, for me SWTOR will always be my favorite video game of all time. Been playing on off since 2012. If you’re a big fan of Star Wars it’s truly an experience

Love ya dontai, honestly congratulations on the big achievement and milestone, hope for many more of these.. You Finally Got a title right 🎉🎉

This series was so good bro .Need more of this like idc about the Disney movies I want this !!!

If the Star Wars movies were actually like this, I’d actually be invested

Ah yes, the Old Republic era. Back when Jedi and Sith were ON. FUCKING. SIGHT.

19:44 "How is this guy still alive?!" In short... Malgus is too angry and determined to die. Dude might be one of the most awesome and badass sith ever conceived. EDIT: About the fourth trailer, the one with the twins. That was for an expansion to the game that introduced a new enemy in the form of the Empire of Zakuul. In addition to having some wicked technology and a legion of force-users (Those gold-armored guys) that don't bother with the whole "light and dark" crap and harness the Force as a whole. Though as powerful as this Empire was, they were kinda punks. Basically the Zakuul Empire sucker-punched the Sith Empire and Republic while they were distracted with each other and owed much of their success to a fleet of hyper-advanced warships that they didn't even make (It's a long story and I honestly don't have the details down enough to explain it properly).

No one’s gonna read this but this is NOT 100 years before vader, more like 4000

The one thing that never gets old watching these people watch SWTOR cinematics is watching them go "Oh shit!" watching Kao Cen Darach toss his lightsaber at Malgus to save Satele, knowing damn well that Vindican would duck instead of block.

crazy how much chat got wrong lmao

I doubt he’ll ever see this but the lore behind the older father that has the yellow sabers is that he was the original Emperor of the Sith that can body hop. The body that you currently see is the one he switches to after you kill him with your created Jedi Knight . Long story short his spirit gets resurrected and returns to the father that he secretly had been living in. He gathers his secret army and attack both the Galactic Empire (Sith) and Republic (Jedi).

The twin scene just to help you, he was upset his father never too time to appreciate their victories, it angered him that he didnt care about their win or what happened so he wanted to kill him. Blinded by rage he was ready to kill anything that stopped him from killing the father, for seen killing his brother

Note: "BBY" stands for years Before the Battle of Yavin (the events of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope). *Return* Timeline: 3,681 BBY This cinematic depicts the return of the Sith Empire. Prior to this event, it was believed that the Sith Empire was eradicated in 5,000 BBY at the end of the Great Hyperspace War. At this point in time, the Sith were many, with there being hundreds or thousands at a time. Darth Bane's "Order of the Sith Lords" (or just "Sith Order") was not established until approximately 1,000 BBY. We also see an 18-year-old Satele Shan (descendant of Bastila Shan and Revan) and her master Kao Cen Darach (who is the same species as Darth Maul, but an Iridonian Zabrak instead of a Dathomirian Zabrak). Darth Malgus is human, but his master Darth Vindican is a Sith Pureblood (the species for which the Sith are named). *Hope* Timeline: 3,667 BBY This cinematic depicts the Battle of Alderaan (a Sith invasion intended to destroy the Republic's "symbol of serenity" to demoralize them). Satele Shan (now 32-years-old) is a Jedi Knight. And the abilities you see her using against Malgus are Tutaminis (the same ability Yoda used to absorb Palpatine's force lightning in the Senate Chambers, but MUCH more powerful) and Force Burst (basically a super-powered Force Push). 13:07 He was thinking Malgus could catch these hands. *Deceived* Timeline: 3,653 BBY This cinematic depicts the Sacking of Coruscant, a surprise attack on Coruscant during a false ceasefire after the Sith Empire offered to end the war peacefully. The blue-armored Mandalorian you see in this one is Shae Vizla (also known as Mandalore the Avenger). Her last name is NOT a misspelling of Vizsla. She is unrelated to Clan Vizsla. 20:35 That move Malgus did was DIRTY AF. Pretended to be stunned by that face-bash then immediately skewer him. *Sacrifice* Timeline: 3,636 BBY This one depicts the Eternal Empire, a third "Force Order" that is neither Jedi Order nor Sith Empire (but definitely dark side). They are led by Darth Vitiate/Emperor Valkorion, an immortal Sith. The two boys are his twin sons, Arcann (the one wearing white) and Thexan (the one wearing black). Short story about them: Basically, while the Sith Empire and the Jedi-backed Republic were fighting each other, the Eternal Empire came in and third-partied them both, basically conquering the whole galaxy for a time until everybody teamed up to destroy them, then went back to their own war. 26:10 A moment like this was supposed to happen in Revenge of the Sith. When Anakin is dismembered on the lava bed, his eyes are blue as he begs Obi-Wan for help one last time, but they fade to the blazing Sith red-orange-yellow as Anakin "dies" and Vader is truly "born." But it was cut. *Betrayed* Timeline: Around 3,630 BBY. Basically what's happening here is that Vaylin (who as you can see is the younger sister of Arcann and Thexan) was discovered to be immensely powerful (far more so than even Arcann, and potentially Valkorion himself), so Valkorion locked her away and tortured her to ensure she would never betray him (spoiler: she does, eventually, with Arcann's help). Also, the mother (Senya)'s weapon is a Lightsaber Pike (basically a lightsaber spear). Of course, it can also be detached from the stick and used normally. 28:20 A bit more elaboration: Objectively-speaking, the dark side is not "bad" and the light side is not "good." But because the Sith (bad) use exclusively the dark side, the dark side is labeled "bad" and opposite to the light because the Jedi (who oppose the Sith) are "good." In reality, there is *only* the force (this is also the viewpoint of "Gray Jedi"). But it is true that it easier to use the dark side since it requires no discipline and offers fast power, whereas the light requires years, if not decades of training to be "strong." 31:10 There is no real explanation for why the Eternal Empire's Sith used yellow-bladed lightsabers. Also, it's hard to see, but Senya actually carried *two* lightsabers on her (both blue-bladed). One is the lightsaber pike, which has the ability to extend the hilt into the pike length at any time. The other is a standard, single-bladed lightsaber. Also, the reason her lightsabers have blue blades is because she is a Knight of Zakuul. Zakuul Knights used blue blades (and the more powerful ones used orange. Seemingly, only royalty used yellow blades, such as Arcann, Thexan, and Vaylin). *Disorder* Timeline: 3,626 BBY This trailer was animated not by Blur Studios (who did all the previous trailers), but by ILM (Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects department of Lucasfilm). It is meant to show that even the Jedi are flawed individuals. 35:35 Not purple. Magenta (pink), like Mara Jade Skywalker's lightsaber. 37:26 This is NOT 100 years before Vader. This is 3,600 YEARS before Vader. 39:30 Believe it or not, but Malgus wasn't lying. Note: Satele Shan was promoted to Grand Master of the Jedi Order in 3,645 BBY, almost immediately after her promotion to Jedi Master.

Darth Malgus is easily one of the best star wars characters ever

I love how half of chat immediately assumes every sith from the Old Republic is Revan lmao

Those trailers were the hardest videos of all time when I was a kid. Loved these so much and I’m glad dontai found these fire af too

Struggle Nation also started with these…. I have hope that at some point Dontai might open himself up to Clone Wars just like they did, and discover just how FFFFUCKING GOOD those stories are.

This isn't the "Empire" that you know from Star Wars, this is the original "Sith Empire" that was finally defeated by the Republic 300 years before the Skywalker era.

Kathleen Kennedy: "We have no media or books no lean on for our movies so we will just create our own vision" EA Arts: "Kay but no"

These trailers are some of the most entertaining and rewatchable pieces of Media of all time. They beat out even movies and games. And they are MERE TRAILERS. Shit is impressive.

there is unironically 30k years worth of star wars lore and all of the cinematic universe takes place during just a 40 year period

I will always rewatch these trailers when people watch them for the first time. They are excellent and I wish Star Wars could live up to their hype. They have yet to do so. I feel like a full animated Star Wars movie would hype as hell!

If he watching these cinematics, he should definitely check out the World of Warcraft cinematics. Those are some good quality trailers too

“Wtf happened to you?” He caught a grenade to the face and you weren’t paying attention. Lol.

Ngl they def shoulda made themes specifically for the sith of SWTOR, but hearing Maul’s theme again is always a plus

"A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one." - Chancellor Palpatine

So glad Dontai watched these, hope that when he's done with Jedi: Survivor he plays Force Unleashed 1 & 2. I think he'd like them since it plays similar to the old GOW games from the PS3 era and also I think Dontai would fw Star Killer because he's a OP menace also to say in simpler terms he's Star Wars version of Kratos.

Malgus a menace lol

The two twins were sent to end the conflict between the sith and the jedi to create the new empire for their father.

About the yellow sabers: They’re used by Jedi Sentinels later in the future, but at this point in history they were used by the organization we see the twins working for and the father leading, called the “eternal empire”. They’re at war with both sith and Jedi, and so use a different color to differentiate themselves. Plus, they’re really into the gold aesthetic apparently

This game's levelling is really good. the 8 class stories range from pretty decent (Jedi consular) to masterpiece (Imperial Agent). As the imperial agent, it's like playing an evil version of James Bond, it's very cool. the Bounty Hunter is fantastic too. it's odd, I like the non-sith and Jedi class stories better than the Sith and Jedi ones, but as I said, the worst one is still decent. the voice acting in this game is top-notch, except for 1 NPC, I don't remember his name.. it's a flash point boss I think. Vodal something or other. That is true, the purple saber exists purely because of Samuel L. Jackson or it wouldn't be in Star wars lore at all. it is my favourite colour along with... what's it called... Cyan, which my favourite character in star wars wields who is Meetra Surik, aka. the Jedi Exile.

Ngl alderaan trailer is so badass. the commander took that force lightning like a boss and then just took a grenadeblast to his face, like he is really selfless its crazy

The mother is also the mother of the twins. She's the the commander of the old dude's elite guard and his consort. He banished her because she kept the girl's powers a secret. Also, it's not a 100 years before Vader. It's thousands.

Malgus seems to have a gentlemen’s agreement with Death

This is so random wtf, these cinematics were years old dontai is the last person id expect to react to this Guy at the end is real asf for calling and stopping tho

Ain’t that darth malgus in all the trailers

the symbolic contrast of the jedi apprentice giving her lightsaber to her master and the sith apprentice taking his master's is one of those small things that I appreciate...and I probably make it more important than it actually is.

The darkside is like a cancer it slowly corrupts you the more you delve into it and eats you away even if you had good intentions you will always fall

Dontai playing The Force Unleashed games would be hype af.

“I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire”

These are infinite empire guards with the yellow lightsabers normally Jedi who use yellow lightsabers are sentinels who spend equal time focusing on their force powers and combat

"Sometimes it aint about what's good or bad, its about what's right" - Imdontai

I was deadass JUST rewatching these W Chat for recommending it to dontai the old republic era is so PEAK

One of the greatest MMOs with what you can do as a sith.

The need to make a old republic movie based of of these games

The old republic is actually 3600 years before the movies

That man is the most loyal clone trooper there is and his group were ragdolling the sith at the beginning honestly clones shouldn't be underestimated at all

The person that said this is 100 years before vader is wrong this is actually 3000 years before the events of the movies.

40:36 If you don't know, this was the temple of Darth Nul, who combined both Sith and Jedi teachings. That holocron has techniques that can augment a weak Force user's powers. Oh and he didn't steal Satele's lightsaber. In the background you can barely see her throwing it to him. Hard to see, thought like you did at first too.

bro fr said “i think this is before revenge of the sith” bro like it’s a whole 4000 years before the phantom menace 😭

I want the clone wars team to make a show on this stuff

Dontai going through a Star Wars arc. I'm proud.

At this point in history, the sith Lord had been hiding on the outskirts of the Galaxy building up the empire over hundreds of years off the grid, then invaded republic space. There are still nuetrals systems and unexplored areas of the Galaxy. This is a thousand years before the movies. Vibroblades we're still common, as well as shields.

Man i loved old republic I remember i played it once when i was younger, but then i tried playing it again now that im older now but dawg the graphics is just made me die inside and rhe fact it was an mmo too

Finally Dontai spelled the title right

these are soooo good. if only the sequels could've learned from some of the combat in these

I havent watched much Donte content but past few days I’ve been LOVINGGG the reactions to movie scenes, your appreciation for cinematography is truly appreciated!!! I lovee these trailers back from the first release all the way back in college for me. The more ppl catch onto these and enjoy them makes me happier 😇

Old Republic is almost 4000 years before Vader, not 100

Ive been playing this game for a decade, seeing dontaii react to these trailers is the last thing i expected to see🤣

Dontai posting a vid covering these just made my day dude

If nobody explained it in accurate detail Dontai. For The Old Republic the yellow sabers were simply an in-between for light and dark. Not part of the Sith, not part of The Republic. In later canon, yellow was for the Jedi Sentinels. The guardians of the Jedi Temples.

Imagine an Old Republic update for Battlefront. Thanks for reacting to these Dontai.

You gotta finish The Force Unleashed Cinematics!! 🔥💯

Mace windu became a Jedi master and was on the high council because he could tap both into dark and light side. I mean obviously more but that played a big part in his victories

"Been a menace since the 1st trailer" that has me rolling

Fun fact: the old republic is the sith at their peak, and the High republic is the jedi at their peak. Also mace Windu used both sides.

this man dontai really bout that sith life XDD

This is the old republic 3000 years before the empire ur familiar with , this is the era is of the sith empire of 10,000 sith and Jedi each , the yellow sabers belong to knights & guards of the Eternal empire a separate empire against the sith and republic. The eternal empire ( 1000 year empire ) was led by Lord Valkorian aka Darth Vitiate or Lord Tenabre who was a sith species like the red skin guy in first video who killed his entire planet at age 10 and learned to live for 1000 years by stealing the force from all living things and transferred bodies , when he took a human body he had 3 children twin sons and daughter , thexan ( white ) arcaan ( black ) and valin the girl who became a sith

haha “100 years before darth vader” that’s cute

I'll never understand why they didn't just make a show series on Sateel and Malgus

These trailers are better than the last 2 episodes of the new trilogy by A LONG SHOT

Always used to watch these when i was younger. Thought these were new movies that were about to drop.

BRO DONTAI U A W FOR THIS I BEEN WAITING FOR U TO WATCH THIS

he wasn’t thirsty for hunger though, he was literally mad because they were never getting their fathers approval.