The Definitive Guide to the Malevolence & the Devastation - Masterpieces of the Separatist Army

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0:00 Intro
0:56 Schmong’s Masterpiece
3:10 First of Her Class
7:10 Rampage
11:41 Outro

[EdaugEthanbYT]

I’m fairly certain all anyone remembers about the Malevolence was the constant anti droid actions undertaken by Grievous and the so called “Protagonists”. Oh and the minor detail about Grievous attacking wounded meatbag slaves with a slave army.

[alwaysplotting]

Republic: YOU are the bad guys.
CIS: It's not that cut and dried.
Republic: You have ships named Malevolence and Devastation. Case closed!

[MuShinnen]

It's weird to me that after seeing how incredibly effective the Malevolence was when crewed by mere droids, that they didn't at least make 2 or 3 more ships of the same class. They had time to make adjustments in the design to combat the flaws of the original. They would have utterly obliterated the Republic with a handful of these ships. Imagine one of these commanded by admiral Trench.

[stephenlaarkamp]

Being the history nerd I am, it's easy to see the inspiration of the Malevolence saga being taken from a real event, namely Operation Rheinubrung, the sole mission of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941. Both were superweapons for their time (though Bismarck was quickly outclassed by the Japanese Yamato class and US Navy Iowa class battleships), both scored surprise victories that damaged morale short term, but fueled a drive for revenge, both were rendered impotent due to battle damage to a weak spot (Bismarck being when a torpedo from a Swordfish biplane disabled her rudder), and was quickly destroyed. I can even draw comparisons between their sister ships, since both did sweet nothing after their sisters were destroyed.

[ixkahn]

I've always loved the Malevolence, but I didn't know it was _that_ big! Three whole Imperial Star Destroyers long lmao.
The Executor is a classic, and the Eclipse is pretty cool, but the Subjugator -class is probably my second favorite dreadnought now

[Nessie-mfxg]

Sounds a lot like Bismarck and Tirpitz.
In fact, that is probably where the whole story arc of the Malevolence is derived.
The HMS Hood was lost with all but three of her crew. There were three survivors on Plo Koon’s flagship.

The Y-Wings tried a direct assault but ended up essentially jamming her rudder. A design flaw prevented her from running away.

The fleet catches up to her and starts pummeling her with everything they have.

It’s really cool how the writers sneak in stuff like this that is heavily inspired by historical events.

Great video, as always. Would love to hear about the Malevolence’s sister ship, Tirp-Devastation.

[cjhott]

That poor engineer. All his hard work in bringing his dream to reality just to have it twisted and warped into a massive war crime.

[marshalllatta]

Malevolence is one of the coolest ships in star wars

[TheWarmachine]

Shame that Anakin Skywalker sent The Malevolence crashing into the planet than capture it.

Because even if they won't use the ship, they can just simply dismantle it and use all of the abundant source of metal and spare parts for lots of Republic ships, vehicles and weapons, etc.

[wingedangel]

Sullust Engineer: My mind is wasted, my plans are expendable

Seperatists: Not to me. (Gets two of the ships)

[silverfoxdelta]

the malevolence is similar to the Bismarck. a massive, powerful dreadnought of a ship that earned a feared reputation, but an important rule of any navy is to always support your big ships.

[BaxterAndLunala]

"That is one big cruiser crusher."

-Ahsoka Tano, 22 BBY

[lerneanlion]

If the Separatists decided to launch the Subjugator-class heavy cruisers during the Outer Rim Sieges and the Battle of Coruscant, will this help turn the tide in the Separatists' favor?

And yes, this warship is certainly the coolest warship in the Clones Wars series!

[muttproductions]

Since there were two _Subjugator_-Class Dreadnoughts built, and _Devastation_ was kept in reserve while _Malevolence_ went out to strike fear in the Republic, it is safe to assume that _Devastation_ is still lying in its underground drydock by the time of the Empire, meaning that it is also possible that the Rebellion, if made aware of it, could locate and restart the _Devastation_ and use it to a frightening advantage over the Imperial Navy. Makes you wonder if a _Subjugator_ could conceivably do some major damage to the Death Star if the ion cannon was fired at the right place at the right time

[Ptaaruonn]

Thermodynamics: Degradation of energy and Entropy exist.
Schmong: Pfft, nah.
Thermodynamics: Wait, that's illegal.

[ButterWolf]

A very similar story of Bismarck and Tirpitz from world war 2. Especially how Bismarck was sought out and sunk, and Malevolence was the same

[admina.r.]

At around 5:00 there should have been placed indications showing what the narrator was talking about and obviously where the areas are.

[shanenolan]

I love how malevolence is like Bismarck in ww2 .

[Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan]

fun fact. the malevolence ark was inspired by the story of Bismarck

[johnrickard]

I don't know why they didn't make more of these. The reason it got destroyed was not because of anything wrong with the design but because the Republic sent the FREAKING Y WING after it. I guess at that time the Y wing was also brand new so the CIS didn't expect to see such a potent starfighter.