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Posted: 7/25/2023 12:44:32 PM EST
Are commandos considered special forces? The Rebel Commandos on Endor didn't seem that special. They had spirit and were willing to do a very risky mission, but they got captured without a fight!
Guy on the right (in Imperial Scout uniform) should be shot as a spy  They did look pretty cool, and I liked their camo uniforms. The forests of Endor remind me a lot of the forest here in wet Western Washington (we have bigfoot, better than Ewoks. Actually movie would have been better if Endor was full of Bigfoots. Anyway, I think their camo would work nicely here. So, I think their camo / uniforms is really the only thing they had going for them. Rebel commandos looked cooler than they actually were,  The head gear.... does not seem 'protective'  I approve of their ponchos 
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:08:55 PM EST
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The stupid Ewoks had to bail their asses out, so I'll say not tough enough.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:12:39 PM EST
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Looking at that headgear, they seemed to have a serious problem getting shot at from the rear left side.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:26:45 PM EST
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Quoted: Are commandos considered special forces? The Rebel Commandos on Endor didn't seem that special. They had spirit and were willing to do a very risky mission, but they got captured without a fight! Guy on the right (in Imperial Scout uniform) should be shot as a spy https://i.redd.it/bqt6dpn9haf51.jpg They did look pretty cool, and I liked their camo uniforms. The forests of Endor remind me a lot of the forest here in wet Western Washington (we have bigfoot, better than Ewoks. Actually movie would have been better if Endor was full of Bigfoots. Anyway, I think their camo would work nicely here. So, I think their camo / uniforms is really the only thing they had going for them. Rebel commandos looked cooler than they actually were, https://studiocreations.com/howto/endorrebelsoldier/images/endor_jackets_grouped.jpg The head gear.... does not seem 'protective' https://studiocreations.com/howto/endorrebelsoldier/screencapture_images/landingparty04.jpg I approve of their ponchos https://www.senate.rebellegion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/screen40.jpg |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:26:49 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looking at that headgear, they seemed to have a serious problem getting shot at from the rear left side. Maybe that's where everyone bangs their magazines. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:29:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe that's where everyone bangs their magazines. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Looking at that headgear, they seemed to have a serious problem getting shot at from the rear left side. Maybe that's where everyone bangs their magazines. They throw them down the driveway prior to deployment. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:30:54 PM EST
[#6]
You literally have one of the best troopers from the 501st legion in that group.
The battle was one the day he landed. For further proof he defeats the empire with a fuckin bunch of TEDDY BEARS. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:32:11 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They throw them down the driveway prior to deployment. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Looking at that headgear, they seemed to have a serious problem getting shot at from the rear left side. Maybe that's where everyone bangs their magazines. They throw them down the driveway prior to deployment.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:34:53 PM EST
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We had a working theory way back in the day that the best weed in the galaxy grows on Endor. That’s why the entire legion of the emperor’s best troops just kinda muddled around and got smoked by a bunch of Ewoks. They were blazed out of their minds. There’s video evidence of this if you watch frame by frame.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:35:05 PM EST
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The old bearded dude was retroactively ID'd as Captain Rex now. So yeah they were pretty damn good.
 Captain Rex - Experience Out Ranks Everything |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:39:18 PM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The old bearded dude was retroactively ID'd as Captain Rex now. So yeah they were pretty damn good.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k5bdkyOtqYEvery time I see Ahsoka I can't stop thinking of this video  Luke, Did I Ever Tell You About Ahsoka Tano? |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:47:35 PM EST
[#11]
Pseudo, proto, ATACs… didn’t stop them from folding without a fight and dependence on fucking teddy bears (probably noted in the report as “local insurgents”) to save their bacon.
Let’s face it - the rebels sucked at war, and so did the Empire. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 1:51:04 PM EST
[#12]
that scene is responsible for my love of atacs-fg
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:00:23 PM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pseudo, proto, ATACs… didn’t stop them from folding without a fight and dependence on fucking teddy bears (probably noted in the report as “local insurgents”) to save their bacon. Let’s face it - the rebels sucked at war, and so did the Empire. At least the Rebels wore different uniforms for different environments. The Empire wore artic camo everywhere. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:01:00 PM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The old bearded dude was retroactively ID'd as Captain Rex now. So yeah they were pretty damn good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k5bdkyOtqYI fucking hated Krell. I couldn’t wait until that motherfucker was executed. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:15:39 PM EST
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Quoted: The head gear.... does not seem 'protective' https://studiocreations.com/howto/endorrebelsoldier/screencapture_images/landingparty04.jpg Appears to me it provides the exact protection they require. Left side ear. Not sure why they like to keep looking right... |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:25:40 PM EST
[#16]
Rebel scum, the empire was right.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:28:43 PM EST
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:33:14 PM EST
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: At least the Rebels wore different uniforms for different environments. The Empire wore artic camo everywhere. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Pseudo, proto, ATACs… didn’t stop them from folding without a fight and dependence on fucking teddy bears (probably noted in the report as “local insurgents”) to save their bacon. Let’s face it - the rebels sucked at war, and so did the Empire. At least the Rebels wore different uniforms for different environments. The Empire wore artic camo everywhere. Even if it was spray paint and bedsheets… |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:38:49 PM EST
[#19]
Might have been better with the deleted extended raid scenes (5:26). Or not:
 STAR WARS: Return of the Jedi Deleted Scenes HD |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:41:36 PM EST
[#20]
As much as the script allowed.
They faced a Legion of Palpatines "best" troops. LOL |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:45:41 PM EST
[#21]
The headgear was an adaptation of hats used by British commandos (?) in WWII.
And this scene I swear was lifted from a movie about some British commandos raiding a nazi bunker in France pre D Day And I’m sure Ronald Reagan had a bit role as maybe an OSS agent who was working with them. The commandos in the movie wore the same style cap. Complete with the Nazi officer calling the captured commandos English scum. It was exactly like the raid on the shield generator bunker, sans Ewoks. Maybe partisans instead |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 2:46:51 PM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: As much as the script allowed. They faced a Legion of Palpatines "best" troops. LOL In this case, I think Palpatines "best" troops = loyal and merciless. They were not Top Men |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 3:17:34 PM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: As much as the script allowed. They faced a Legion of Palpatines "best" troops. LOL Well, they started as clones… you know when you make copies of copies, and eventually they look like shit? |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 3:25:38 PM EST
[#24]
I have seen India's Army border troops wear helmet that looks just like that one.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 3:25:41 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, they started as clones… you know when you make copies of copies, and eventually they look like shit? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: As much as the script allowed. They faced a Legion of Palpatines "best" troops. LOL Well, they started as clones… you know when you make copies of copies, and eventually they look like shit? IIRC most of the troopers were recruits and conscripts by that time. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 4:35:47 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Even if it was spray paint and bedsheets… Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Pseudo, proto, ATACs… didn’t stop them from folding without a fight and dependence on fucking teddy bears (probably noted in the report as “local insurgents”) to save their bacon. Let’s face it - the rebels sucked at war, and so did the Empire. At least the Rebels wore different uniforms for different environments. The Empire wore artic camo everywhere. Even if it was spray paint and bedsheets… If it is stupid and it |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 4:59:20 PM EST
[#27]
I had a friend who served with the Empire on Endor. He always said, never get out of the ATS transport. Not unless you were going all the way. He ain’t been right since he got out. His wife called me one night and asked me to take the blasters out of the house. I just told her they were his blasters, ask him.
“We train young clones to destroy whole planets, but their commanders won’t allow them to write “NERFHERDER” on their TIE fighters because it’s obscene!” — Grand Moff Tarkin |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 5:28:09 PM EST
[#28]
The camo ponchos were probably modeled after Waffen-SS camo smocks.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 5:43:20 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The headgear was an adaptation of hats used by British commandos (?) in WWII. And this scene I swear was lifted from a movie about some British commandos raiding a nazi bunker in France pre D Day And I’m sure Ronald Reagan had a bit role as maybe an OSS agent who was working with them. The commandos in the movie wore the same style cap. Complete with the Nazi officer calling the captured commandos English scum. It was exactly like the raid on the shield generator bunker, sans Ewoks. Maybe partisans instead The original movie rebel Endor helmets were made from surplus AN-H-15 Flight Helmet with a brim and embellishments sewn on. I don’t know if the donut was cast or cut from foam. British WWII commandos almost always wore Cap comforters. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 7:04:18 PM EST
[#30]
The early British Para training helmet was similar with Sorbothane protective ring and A9 flight helmet chinstrap
 Attached FileThese were phased out by the Helmet, Steel, P-Type or Mk 1 with the fiber/rubber 30mm band around the helmet rim to mimimize noise? when bumping into objects. Brown leather chinstrap. The Sorbo training helmets were used in in training as well as used as protective equipment for parachute insertion of OSS agents behind the lines.  Attached FileThe Helmet, Steel, Parachutist Mk II eliminated the wide fiber/rubber in favor of a simple metal band crimped around the rim, and the leather chinstrap replaced by webbing.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 7:04:30 PM EST
[#31]
Other than Rex being re-connect, the Revel Commandos were the space version of the Indian Army.
 Same fucking worthless headgear. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 7:07:39 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had a friend who served with the Empire on Endor. He always said, never get out of the ATS transport. Not unless you were going all the way. He ain’t been right since he got out. His wife called me one night and asked me to take the blasters out of the house. I just told her they were his blasters, ask him. “We train young clones to destroy whole planets, but their commanders won’t allow them to write “NERFHERDER” on their TIE fighters because it’s obscene!” — Grand Moff Tarkin  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 7:09:44 PM EST
[#33]
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Posted: 7/25/2023 7:32:07 PM EST
[#34]
 Star Wars directed by Guy Ritchie |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 10:11:49 PM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Other than Rex being re-connect, the Revel Commandos were the space version of the Indian Army. https://www.deccanherald.com/sites/dh/files/styles/article_detail/public/article_images/2017/07/14/622573.jpg?itok=qilztZrz Same fucking worthless headgear. The patka helmets are for Sikh soldiers iirc. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 10:29:10 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, they started as clones… you know when you make copies of copies, and eventually they look like shit? They were not clones. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 10:30:57 PM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The stupid Ewoks had to bail their asses out, so I'll say not tough enough. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 10:32:25 PM EST
[#38]
“Then the insurgents appeared to use some .5 scale bears as their QRF and we got rolled, Sir”
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Posted: 7/25/2023 10:52:31 PM EST
[#39]
If I’m not mistaken, the original script called for the planet to be inhabited by wookies, which makes a lot more sense. Apparently it was changed to be more appealing to kids and/or easier to make toys from.
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Posted: 7/25/2023 11:16:36 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Every time I see Ahsoka I can't stop thinking of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTibALwfNgBest Star Wars content since 1980. |
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Posted: 7/25/2023 11:23:27 PM EST
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: that scene is responsible for my love of atacs-fg You are not alone |
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Posted: 7/26/2023 10:18:28 PM EST
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They were not clones. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Well, they started as clones… you know when you make copies of copies, and eventually they look like shit? They were not clones. Disengage the nerd rage - My version is better. It explains why the empire’s elite troops sucked so bad more than any canon theory. |
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Posted: 7/26/2023 11:28:19 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Disengage the nerd rage - My version is better. It explains why the empire’s elite troops sucked so bad more than any canon theory. ok |
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Posted: 7/27/2023 8:44:37 AM EST
[#44]
The Rebel Alliance was mostly a bunch of broken misfits that were either Space Marxists,Kleptocrats, or Religious Fundamentalists. You had one segment that wanted to restore the Republic, a broken system of government that was utterly fucking corrupt to the core. You had a bunch of idealistic youth who believed that can spread equality amongst the stars and that there would be utopia, with them being the political commissars. And finally, you had the Jedi Fundamentalists that wanted to restore an order that space kidnapped kids and brainwashed them to be child soldiers.
The only good guys in Star Wars were the Separatists and the parts of the Empire that weren't all Religious Fundamentalists themselves about their sect. But even then, the Sith were better than the Jedi. Since the Jedi was against families, love, companionship, etc... |
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Posted: 7/27/2023 1:01:30 PM EST
[#45]
I think they’re technically rebel pathfinders. They’re kind of like green berets.
Also the guy with the white beard is technically captain Rex |
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Posted: 7/27/2023 1:05:03 PM EST
[#46]
Actors acting like space troopers is hard to get right. Seems like most folks with a blaster in star wars didn't have the best aim.
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Posted: 7/27/2023 1:15:22 PM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The original movie rebel Endor helmets were made from surplus AN-H-15 Flight Helmet with a brim and embellishments sewn on. I don’t know if the donut was cast or cut from foam. British WWII commandos almost always wore Cap comforters. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The headgear was an adaptation of hats used by British commandos (?) in WWII. And this scene I swear was lifted from a movie about some British commandos raiding a nazi bunker in France pre D Day And I’m sure Ronald Reagan had a bit role as maybe an OSS agent who was working with them. The commandos in the movie wore the same style cap. Complete with the Nazi officer calling the captured commandos English scum. It was exactly like the raid on the shield generator bunker, sans Ewoks. Maybe partisans instead The original movie rebel Endor helmets were made from surplus AN-H-15 Flight Helmet with a brim and embellishments sewn on. I don’t know if the donut was cast or cut from foam. British WWII commandos almost always wore Cap comforters. Maybe not commandos. But I know I’ve seen photos of British military from WWII in Europe - and pretty sure not regular army - wearing similar style hats. A billed cap and some sort of soft/wool roll above the brim. Maybe like a balaclava Eventually I will find a photo. But I’d really like to find the name of the movie |
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Posted: 7/27/2023 3:24:18 PM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe not commandos. But I know I’ve seen photos of British military from WWII in Europe - and pretty sure not regular army - wearing similar style hats. A billed cap and some sort of soft/wool roll above the brim. Maybe like a balaclava Eventually I will find a photo. But I’d really like to find the name of the movie Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: The headgear was an adaptation of hats used by British commandos (?) in WWII. And this scene I swear was lifted from a movie about some British commandos raiding a nazi bunker in France pre D Day And I’m sure Ronald Reagan had a bit role as maybe an OSS agent who was working with them. The commandos in the movie wore the same style cap. Complete with the Nazi officer calling the captured commandos English scum. It was exactly like the raid on the shield generator bunker, sans Ewoks. Maybe partisans instead The original movie rebel Endor helmets were made from surplus AN-H-15 Flight Helmet with a brim and embellishments sewn on. I don’t know if the donut was cast or cut from foam. British WWII commandos almost always wore Cap comforters. Maybe not commandos. But I know I’ve seen photos of British military from WWII in Europe - and pretty sure not regular army - wearing similar style hats. A billed cap and some sort of soft/wool roll above the brim. Maybe like a balaclava Eventually I will find a photo. But I’d really like to find the name of the movie  The knit balaclavas go back to WWI IIRC. |
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Posted: 7/27/2023 3:34:59 PM EST
[#49]
You DO realize they weren't real, right?
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Posted: 7/27/2023 3:36:16 PM EST
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You DO realize they weren't real, right? The real world inspiration for the costumes and the design and construction of those costumes is interesting and is all very real. |
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