Articles by Gulliver Foyle

The idea for this sprang out of a discussion in chat one day about what, exactly, the Rebels could have done better on Scarif to change the climax of Rogue One from a suicide mission into something vaguely resembling a proper raid. Star Wars has never been what one might call a masterclass on...

The Battle of Hoth goes down as one of the most iconic moments in Star Wars history for a few reasons. It was the first time we caught a glimpse of the true might of the Imperial war machine on a scale the audience could comprehend and appreciate. The power to destroy a planet is great and all...

The Battle of Scarif will likely go down as one of the bleakest moments in Star Wars history. We all kinda knew going in that there was a really good reason why K-2SO and his less memorable companions wouldn't be appearing in subsequent movies, but I don't think anyone was really prepared for a...

When you think of The Phantom Menace, the phrase "unqualified success" doesn't often come to mind. To even write the words in conjunction with Episode One causes physical pain, not unlike the pain I felt having to sit through it as an adult. And yet, the Battle of Naboo can hardly be considered...

You know, I'm noticing a trend: if it's nonhuman and meant for comic relief, it's set up to be a huge military success in the Star Wars universe. First, the Gungans played the part of diversion perfectly against the droid army on Naboo. Then, the Ewoks on the forest moon of Endor proved just how...

Having gone over the Star Wars movies, I figure it's time to branch out in a new direction. For the second series of Chaos War College lectures, I had originally planned to cover a few historical battles and the lessons that could be learned from them. I probably still will go over them in...

It's one of the oldest and most reliable truths of warfare: no plan survives contact with the enemy. As soon as bullets start flying, everything goes to hell, and it's up to the commanders on the ground to make as much out of the resultant mess as possible. This is one axiom, however, that I am...

At some point, you will have to defend your territory. If you're a Major Faction, that's just a part of life. At some point, someone is going to try to wreck your stuff, and you're just going to have to deal with it. With that in mind, you would think more factions would rely on fixed...

In a startling change of pace, this is going to be a short entry. See, here's the thing. I could go over all the various different troop leading procedures out there, discuss different schools of thought in regards to small unit tactics, discipline, and other related subjects, but all that is...

Asymmetric warfare is one of those buzzwords that gets thrown around a lot, but isn't really well understood by most of the folks who use it. At its simplest, it refers to a conflict in which the relative strength of the belligerent powers is wildly mismatched, or less commonly, one in which...

For as long as there have been soldiers, there's been bitching about being a soldiers. Soldiers, specifically lower enlisted, gripe mercilessly about everything. Although their leadership might find it annoying, it is, in fact, an important barometer of morale. If your soldiers ever stop...