'Discovering something that doesn't exist...' 'HEY!'

I really appreciate the Pride of the Core design for how different it is. While the EAW Expanded Mandator is certainly more up-to-date, it's not anywhere near as recognizable and ends up blending together with the many other SSDs fairly easily. The Pride of the Core looks more like it really pre-dates the modern Star Destroyer lineage.

By the way for those wondering First Mod: Republic at War Second Mod: Awakening of the Rebellion (my favorite)

I actually like the older design for the Pride of the Core from Republic at War more than the newer one. Looks abit more unique.

*The Yuuzhan vong Invades the Star wars galaxy * Those Super Star destroyers still in service: *Pillermen theme*

Mandators are mentioned in the Incredible Cross-Sections as being able to withstand attacks from one thousand Recusant-class destroyer

3:05 Not just 15 years newer, but 15 years newer and with the benefit of the Essential Guide to Warfare describing its similarities to the Bellator which DID get an illustration.

I remember the website for that other Clone Wars mod, Imperial Assault II listed it under the command of Kohl Seerdon. Considering RaW uses a lot of stuff from that mod, I'm pretty sure they both use the same Mandator model.

Can we just talk about how awesome this name is?

I love you Eck

I want this in cannon in any form I just want a big star dreadnought used in the clone wars called the pride of the core

Pride of the Core is easily one of the most badass names for a ship that I’ve ever heard of.

There's nothing like learning about a quality dreadnought

Pride of Kuat

Great video Eck! I also really wish you could make more versus episodes, fleet battles, galactic versus, and factions compared! Those were the best!

New (ship) lore video: NOICE

Pride of the Core is a very powerful Mandator 1-class dreadnought, it has a length of 8 km, and is easily capable of taking out Subjugator-class cruisers! It was introduced in 42 BBY.

Dreadnought? Laughing in Ruzhan Reformation

#askeck I really like both of the designs you shared here, thank you for always having our backs with the details and information on all things Star Wars, but I have to ask a question ... At 3:40 HOW are they that close to each other 😂 I'm getting some serious collision alert vibes outta that!

“That’s crazy” -Coreyloses from eck’s soundboard

Mandator design team hired a mon calamari who added in the curves.

No idea if he has ever covered it but seeing a Video on the Star Of Coruscant would be rather cool. Would be awesome to see a model of it for a Empire at War mod.

I'm not a fan of the old Pride of the Core. With the rounded and smooth edges it feels like it was designed during a period where fans didn't know what Republic ships would look like, so they mixed a Calamari cruiser with a Star Destroyer because of "republic = good, rebels = good, imperial = bad, republic becomes empire, lets mix some rebel and imperial aesthetics and make it into a ship".

Wow, its been a while since i was this early. Btw: the Pride of the core was in the Star wars republic at war. Awesome Ship. But easy to destroy. Get a Lot of Bombers. Its like killing the musashi or her sister the yamato. Destroy or damage the engines with Bombers, then the shields. After that Take down the guns one by one. Also Look Out for the photontorpedo pieces at the Front. Keep your Capital Ships Out of Range of those.

Actually the Mandator II is canon it's listed in the Star Wars: Complete Vehicles book which is canon and is listed to be able to take on 1,000 Recusant Class Destroyers. It doesn't have an official design or model but it is indeed a canon ship and with the same information as it's legends counterpart for the most part.

That's awesome his work got onto a cover like that but also, Idiots...

Imagine a Clone Wars arc involving this bad boy. Seppies try to sabotage it while in construction.

#askeck I've had this thought about the Clone Wars that's been bothering me recently about Jango Fett and the Clones. In Episode 2 it's shown that Jango was working against the Republic in some capacity when he murdered Zan Wessel to silence him after the failed assassination attempt on Padme, and tried to kill Obi-Wan before fleeing to Geonosis, but was also the genetic template for the clone army. I've been wondering why the Jedi didn't see these actions as a red flag and investigate Jango's activities, which could have tipped them off to the Sith's involvement in the production of the clones and their manipulation of the war. Do you have any thoughts about why this was the case?

When you were showing the comic covers i thought it looked mon calamari.

Thanks, I never knew that

I always loved it and yes I knew about from before I knew about empire at war.

“Evil Jedi” Well that just sounds like a sith with extra steps.

Eck, Just to note that I live in Monterrey, Mexico, and on one of the Dr. Aphra cómics one of the cartoonists made our representative mountain “El Cerro de la Silla” Canon in the SW universe.

They need to make a modern empire at war game ;(

I wonder if the one Pride of the Core got left on the comic cover as a sort of Easter egg...

That ship is glorious!

cool! covering the pride of the core during pride month :-) though it could use some (or a lot) more color. if i had one i'd christen it the "screaming queen" that should terrify the enemy :-D

It's kinda funny if you think about it, a fan design ship that got so popular that people started to think said design was canon, to the point were it was actually made canon (even tho it was by accident/pure lazyness), it's basically a self made meme, lol But I gotta say, that thing (imo at least) is ugly af, Corey and team did a great job making a new and (again imo) better model for said class and ship

Gotta love all the blatant plagiarism in Star Wars these days...

#askeck Why did the New Republic continue to build ISD’s when the Nebula and Republic classes were better, and in the Republic’s case, cheaper? Versus request: Resurgent vs. Starhawk Tie Striker vs. New Republic V-Wing World Devastator vs. Vong Worldship Tie Silencer vs. X-83 Twintail Tie Silencer vs. Tie Defender (legends version) Keldabe vs. ISD II MC90 vs. Nebula class star destroyer Nebula class vs. Pellaeon class Majestic class vs. Bothan Assault Cruiser FOTR’s Mandator II portrayal vs. Subjugator Praetor vs. Subjugator

Is coery going to put the pride of the core in fall of the Republic

3:30 Can you imagine designing and BUILDING an entire capital ship just to show off your "capabilities" Hot damn! We have ppl trying and failing to produce a single CAR let alone a capital ship. Just crazy talk.

It's visually based on one of the background ships from Dark Empire, meaning it does have at least some Legends origins.

Also in regards to lack of a canon (legends) design for the Mandators 1-3. I once asked Fractalsponge if there was an explicit "Don't make a visual for the Mandator" rule and he said "Well, I would have made one if they let me" or something to that effect. It's almost like ever since the introduction of the Mandator in that RotS Cross Sections blurb it's been a running joke at Lucasfilm/Licensing not to actually show what one looks like.

This looks epic

*_[the pride of the core, perfect for pride month]_*

I really dislike the mandator design for the fall of the republic, I just dont really like that type of ssd except for the assertor, I would love to see what a modernized version would look like

Pride of the Core Palpatine is now out of the closet

Thanks for the video

So I have an idea for a video. It was mentioned in the XWING series between Wedge and and I believe Horn. A fleet of ships that are constantly flying in hyperspace. Apparently it was suppose to be a massive fleet of pretty powerful ships. I can never remember what it was called but I think that a video about that fleet would be awesome

would not be surprised if the siege ship from armada is the canon mandator even when the ship is called Onager-class Star Destroyer

Disney is going at it really strong with that blatant uncredited theft of other peoples work again. Capcom would be proud.

Eck, thanks for all your videos explaining Star Wars, HALO and things like that. Your videos are dope Also... DOPE SHIPPPPPPPP

Fantastic video as always

Hey Eck, do you think the Star Wars galaxy (Post-GCW) could survive against a Reaper Harvest from the Mass Effect trilogy?

FINALLY! Some coverage on this awesome ship!

Great video 👍

Good afternoon eckhart ladder even if i dont know you

Can you do a starship ranking vid but for legends ships, kinda like the one live vid you did for canon ships?#askeck Btw this is my second try

It reminds me of the old republic star of Coruscant...

Poor doggo

Oh no, I definitely prefer and like POTC's design and aesthetics over other designs. It looks both slick and dangerous. It's a phenomenal design.

Dripping in swagoo

Long live the corgi!

Awesome

Love the vid as always cause your vids are always good. Continue the good work.

“There’s always a bigger ship.”

Love it

T-65 XJ X-Wing vs. T-70 X-Wing

Hold on didn't he make a video in Eckstoo that featured pride of the core?

More battle breakdowns please, I binged the entire series and now I wish I paced myself on that lmao.

Ohh ya 18kriger that thing toke up half the damn map an was as op as you would expect

Nice (;

Bro fucking finally

What's the mod for the Venator style dreadnaught?

EvilJedi used to work with us on EAW Phoenix Rising and a couple of other mods...him and Z3r0x were awesome at what they did...I did more of the coding than the models but they were were the heart of the mods...I miss those days lol

Nice to see where Awakening of the Rebellion got their ship model. Fun ship to play with. Unless you're trying to to one on one with an Executor. That's bad. Don't do that.

pride of the core vs malevolence who would win

Hay does anyone know of a nadiri star hawk mod for empire at war ?!? I just wanna see my favourite ship in another game 😅

I like to imagine the artist saw the official Mandator IV art ant thought "That's just a pizza slice, it HAS to be a fan design" and then found EvilJedi's.

When new Eckharts Ladder content appear, I click at end screen doge speed

How get this in Project Stardust?

Nice. I got the Republic at war mode like a month ago and found no content to that ship in yt at all. Was hoping you would make a video about it

Another good one .

Aloha

Never say 'over-exaggerate'. Seriously. What does it mean? You might as well mis-underestimate while you're at it.

Just yesterday I got squadrons and saw the starhawk in person, don't give me a reason to download mods for a different game

Would be cool to see this incorporated into thr bad batch

Would have been useful if they used it against the Confederacy strongholds and mope up.

Best named Republic ship in my Opinion.

Fanon is just as "real" as corporate canon. Disney lost the thread of the canon and has no right to tell anyone else what's "really" Star Wars and what isn't. Pick and choose for yourself.

I was just about to mention that it looks more like a Mon Cal ship than a KDY design. I like the design but to me it doesn’t fit what it’s supposed to be if that makes sense. Nearly every KDY design is dagger or arrow shaped (with the exception of ships like the Nebulon B), while the Core looks more bloated and round. The only thing that gives off the KDY aesthetic is the command tower. That’s just my opinion though. Again, I actually like the design, just not the fact that it’s supposed to be from Kuat.

I played the Mandator on EAW. And its just as badass you think it is.

Infinity solos

Been meaning to get back into Star Wars lore

Ah, the good old days playing Republic at War... so many years ago. While the Pride gives me a lot of fond memories of crushing seppie fleets, I'll have to admit that it never struck me as in-line with other Kuat designs of the time. Call me a heretic, but gameplay fun aside, I only ever considered it "a pretty good model". To me, it never did it feel like it could be a canon Mandator design (Lucasfilm artists stealing fanwork aside). I very much prefer the look of the version from Fall of the Republic. Probably because I'm a fan of Ansel Hsiao (I even asked if he would design a Mandator someday), and this is basically if the Bellator (his original work) and Acclamator had a baby. In which case it would be a perfect fusion of the humpback SSD and the (pre) Clone Wars aesthetic that one would expect.

interesting, the design looks like a Hydran lancer destroyer from star fleet battles game system.

Would love to have more star destroyers and dreadknots in poly bag form

I definitely have a preference for Eviljedi's original design, the new one is frankly pretty unmemorable and nondescript, as Star Wars capital ships go. And leave it to Disney to steal fan art. Disgusting.

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