10 Highest Casualty Battles | Galactic Empire Military

We take a look at some of the worst moments in Imperial military history. From the Battle of Yavin 4 to the Battle of Jakku the Galactic Empire sustained massive losses during these battles.

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[aymericdeascalon]

Hawkeye Pierce: "war is war and hell is hell, and of the two, war is worse."
Father Mulcahy: "why do you say that Hawkeye?"
H.P: "who goes to hell father?"
F.M: "sinners I believe"
H.P: "right. There are no innocent bystanders in hell."

[ABadassDragon]

We hear shots being fired on DS2 when Luke was pulling Vader as it was about to blow. As far as we know, there were no rebels on the station, aside from Lando who was blowing it up. That can only mean that in all the panic, the imperials were killing each other to get the chance to get of the station before it is destroyed.

[chexwarior]

Listening to Imperial ship names always makes me wonder if any Imps in the navy had an "Are we the baddies?" moment. "Persecutor", "Devastator", "Ravager", etc...

[sourmain]

Wish we had a Star Wars movie that just shows how terrible war is like from the view of a Rebel or Stormtrooper

[roger]

I would honestly love to see how Lothal turned out, in the aftermath of the battle. I wonder if it became like a base of operations for the rebels, or did they keep Lothal neutral after the fact, so that the Empire wouldn't be encouraged to strike there again?

[akend]

Very impressive. Now do one for the Republic during Clone Wars. The Battle of Hypori was probably the Republic’s greatest defeat in either the canon or legends timelines. 99% casualties!

[Christian_Hrnandz]

I'm honestly getting a lot of WWI or WWII vibes in The Mimban Campaign. The battle looks so cinematic in the Solo movie, probably one of the best moments of the movie. I also really love the realistic appearance of the armor the Imperials were wearing in that battle.

[Dire_Pack]

As an imperial fan (not a die hard one, just like them) this deeply saddens me because just because they were shown as evil doesn't mean there weren't innocent ones among them...

[BordeauxFalinks]

Mah boy Alan always turning up with the quality content ✌🏻✌🏻

[bkam]

Anyone else find it ironic that the end of the 501st would come in a battle where their opponents were in part being commanded by Captain Rex, the original commander of the 501st?

[dwainavance]

Sadly though if the first DS hadn't been destroyed, there is nothing that would lead me to believe that trillions wouldn't have died in the hands of Tarkin.

[garrettharriman]

"Expended." That word perfectly encapsulates the real tragedy of war. Not lost. Not killed. Expended. A person who was born, who grew, who lived, and whose death is treated like a spent round of ammunition or an empty battery.

[Aegis]

Han solo wasn't "pressed into service" he volunteered for military service and subsequently was derelect from duty and went awol for cowardice. Leaving his brothers and sisters on the battlefield when they needed him most.
See Solo:A Star Wars Story.

[braysonlilburn]

I honestly want a star wars strategy game that gives a proper scale of the battles and lenght of the the empire era and stuff like it. Mods for star wars empire at war forces of corruption do a decent job of it but they can only do so much with it sadly...

[Andernol]

What's kinda insane to me, is think about how many planets have been just wiped out in the ~7000 years of history that the Jedi and Sith have been at war. Between the Death Star, , Malachor V, Darth Nihilus, Vitiate's Rituals, Bane's thought bomb, and just all the other stuff. There's 104 articles on destroyed planets in both legends and canon on wookiepedia. There's gonna be like 5 habitable planets in the whole galaxy given another 7000 years.

And to think, it all could have been avoided if the Jedi weren't self-righteous dickheads.

[QuintusAntonious]

Operation Cinder was ostensibly to punish the Imperials for not protecting Palpatine. But I can't help but wonder if it's REAL purpose was to extinguish enough lifeforce to allow Palpatine to pull a Vitiate/Valkorian/Tenebrae and resurrect himself in another body.

[luisemoralesfalcon]

The Battle of Jakkut should be the focus of SW Squadrons 2.
Edit: we were gonna have a few CW episodes focused in Mimbaan

[charlessaint]

When I first watched Star Wars, I thought the Empire had been around for hundreds of years up until Yavin. I was surprised when it was just 19 years old up till then.

[codiwonkanobi]

I would like some content from Disney showing what a galaxy that just went through 40 years of war would be like. Post empire would be a hard scrabble existence for everyone except for the most well off.

[McC.]

I'd like to actually see a star *wars* movie, with very little if any involvement from force users. They're meant to be a rare thing, even at the start of the clone wars there's only 10, 000 Jedi which really isn't a lot of people whilst the sith have the rule of two. Ofcourse you have inquisitors, but there's only like 15 of them. A gritty, brutal movie or series about an Infantryman fighting for the empire in a large scale campaign or even one about trying to fight insurgents in a backwater world would be really cool. Unlikely, but cool.