How the New Republic won the Battle of Jakku | Star Wars Battle Breakdowns

On today's Star Wars Canon episode of Battle Breakdown, we take a closer look at the Battle of Jakku, which saw the New Republic destroy the Ravager Super Star Destroyer and seriously weaken the Empire.

The Battle of Jakku, (which, as much as Endor, could arguably be regarded as the end of the Galactic Civil War) has been featured heavily in Star Wars Battlefront II and I, the Star Wars Aftermath Trilogy, and in a way Star Wars the Force Awakens. It featured the New Republic, led by Starhawk Cruisers and Admiral Ackbar, and the Galactic Empire's Ravager Super Star Destroyer.

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[SChinkenLOLO]

"The new Republic is famous for its demilitarisation" Well thank god this is so well expalined in the new Movies- wait a second..

[ezraclark]

Star wars orbital mechanics 101
1) Ship moving very slowly
2) ship is shot
3) ship quickly plummets to the planet

[iaincampbell]

“However it would soon be reborn in a new pure from”

*loses planet sized super weapon and mega star destroyer in the span of 36 hours or less

[juhaszmatyi]

0:25 "The Battle of Endor saw the Death of Palpatine"
Star Wars IX: -

[crackedjabber]

The Empire really does suffer from an acute lack of aggression in space. In all of your videos so far they could have carried the day by just using their size and superior firepower to bull their way into the enemy and attack key targets, but every time they seem to sit passively and let things happen to them.

[teodordimdal]

Couldn't the star destroyers have used their own tractor beams to keep the ravager up?

[lucasclark]

Could you do a ground battle breakdown at some point

[kermitthehermit]

Would love to see a version of this for the Battle for Coruscant.

[DickbuttDirk]

Gallius Rax: I'm a genius!
Also Gallius Rax: Oh no!

[FatalShadow]

So the Alliance to Restore the Republic built hundreds, if not thousands, of ships within a year, as well as create a new class of ship with "bleeding edge" tech. The only thing I can say right now is, "WITHIN A YEAR!?"

And why the hell didn't the Ravager's concentrated fire not immediately the Concord?

[JacatackLP]

God I want official images of the Starhawk...

[MJ-jdrs]

"There's nothing that can be done, gravity takes over"

As 30+ Star destroyers sit around, each with their own tractor beam, with their thumbs up their buts.

TURN ON THE DAMN TRACTOR BEAMS AND PREVENT THE SUPER STAR DESTROYER FROM FALLING TO THE PLANET!!

[ThatOneGuy]

Rest in peace last officially documented Executor controlled by the official Empire.

[Taco]

I’ve been waiting for a video properly explaining the Battle of Jakku since I read Empires End. All I can say is... FINALLY.

[ZKP]

I like the little touch of the Raveger falling due to a combination of gravity and a tractor beam.

[justinjeffries]

Holy crap, I've only been a subscriber for a few months but I went back and watched some of your earlier videos, using them for my own research and I've got to say the effort you put into making these videos is clearly evident. Your videos before weren't bad, but the audio quality, confidence and over all content associated with the videos now is light-years better than where you started. :) Keep up the good work

[tennoshenaniganizer]

I don't watch your videos for the content anymore. I watch for the doge

[fernandomarques]

I really want a movie about the battle of Jakku. It was absolutly amazing seeing the Ravager crash on Jakku in SWBF, now imagine that on a movie with the full crash on screen not only the contact with the surface.

[andrehenrique]

The new trilogy should have showed this battle. That is mentioned so many times books and other medias that not show it in the movies was a big missed opportunity.

[Blind_Eye]

I always wanted to understand this better with a clearer picture!



Thanks Eck!