# Chris Talks Legends: Latest YouTube Videos & Shorts

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As of 2026-11-10, Chris Talks Legends has 13,400 subscribers, 2,805,142 total views, and 77 videos. It ranks #3,094,119 by subscribers among channels tracked by vidIQ.

The most recent uploads from [Chris Talks Legends](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/). Each video links to its own stats page. The page lists the rest of the channel's videos to signed-in vidIQ users.

## About this sample

- The latest upload vidIQ has for Chris Talks Legends is “Thrawn Explains Why Pellaeon Kept an Empire He Never Wanted”, a long-form video published Nov 6, 2026.
- These are Chris Talks Legends’s 48 most recent public uploads vidIQ has data for, published between May 20, 2026 and Nov 6, 2026 (44 long-form videos and 4 Shorts).
- Median views across these 48 uploads: 32,978. 24 videos are above that median and 24 below.
- Most viewed in the sample: “Thrawn Explains Why the Death Star's Fighters Never Launched” (176,691 views, Aug 5, 2026). Least viewed: “Mara and Corran Discuss Luke Skywalker's Leadership” (2,722 views, Jun 17, 2026).
- Median length: 15:09 for 44 long-form videos; 0:33 for 4 Shorts.
- In this sample, Chris Talks Legends’s consecutive uploads were a median of 4 days apart (shortest gap 0 days, longest 8 days).
- Views are lifetime totals as of Nov 10, 2026, so newer uploads have had less time to collect them. These figures describe only the videos listed here, not the whole channel, and do not show why any video performed as it did. Dates are UTC.

## Recent uploads

| Video | Published (UTC) | Format | Views | Duration | Outlier score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Pellaeon Kept an Empire He Never Wanted](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/P_6j346l7ZE/) | 2026-11-06 | Long-form | 33,080 | 22:05 | 2.06x |
| [Pellaeon Explains Why the Empire Lost Adumar by Saying Yes](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/NKS9pUwlpaY/) | 2026-11-01 | Long-form | 23,570 | 34:14 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Every Super Star Destroyer After Endor Was a Throne, Not a Warship](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/R5DaHptMCeU/) | 2026-10-26 | Long-form | 56,294 | 44:07 | 1.17x |
| [The Emperor’s Files: The Debriefing of Mara Jade](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/kDlWvujmibg/) | 2026-10-21 | Long-form | 25,264 | 13:41 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Yoda's Retreat Was the Only Victory the Jedi Had Left.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/KXgup_wgMWM/) | 2026-10-18 | Long-form | 79,537 | 43:45 | 1.83x |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Endor Was Not a Battle. It Was a Decapitation the Empire Designed.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/KKjJ6_NZiuo/) | 2026-10-14 | Long-form | 44,521 | 1:03:26 | 1.01x |
| [Thrawn Debates Kreia on Whether the Force Uses Everyone Who Holds It](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/KKN5JVtnypc/) | 2026-10-08 | Long-form | 42,261 | 19:49 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Yoda and Obi-Wan Lied to Luke and Vader Did Not](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/apsa2SlbIUI/) | 2026-10-02 | Long-form | 163,368 | 24:05 | 3.04x |
| [Thrawn Explains - Why Palpatine Closed the Senate and Went Blind](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/wD5kmQwjCYA/) | 2026-09-27 | Long-form | 95,410 | 33:30 | 1.78x |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Neither the Jedi Nor the Sith Believed Their Own Code.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/zupyV1ozI3E/) | 2026-09-20 | Long-form | 118,121 | 34:40 | 2.32x |
| [Thrawn Explains What Coruscant Confesses About Its Builders](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/DsC-tDv4e-Y/) | 2026-09-18 | Long-form | 50,175 | 19:06 | 1.11x |
| [Thrawn Explains Why Darth Bane Wrote the Rule of Two and Never Let It Bind Him.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/YWRfNG6qA1k/) | 2026-09-12 | Long-form | 49,972 | 31:18 | 1.06x |
| [Revan and Kreia Explain Why The Jedi Council Would Not Fight The Mandolorians](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/s_2bxFVKfxo/) | 2026-09-08 | Long-form | 29,370 | 27:27 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains: The Empire Replaced The Clone Army On Purpose](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/anQXE0SCEYI/) | 2026-09-04 | Long-form | 51,557 | 24:34 | - |
| [Prince Xizor Explains: The Empire Banned Trust. Black Sun Sold It.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/QZ09e7yeTUY/) | 2026-09-01 | Long-form | 24,488 | 16:09 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains Dooku: Palpatine's Greatest Agent](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/TdPsUhqPVjs/) | 2026-08-27 | Long-form | 109,067 | 42:39 | 1.91x |
| [Thrawn Explains Why He Destroyed Outbound Flight.](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/z54UVpvzxKA/) | 2026-08-20 | Long-form | 55,921 | 28:07 | 1.52x |
| [Thrawn Explains Grievous: The Manufactured Monster](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/d2uy2C2T52w/) | 2026-08-15 | Long-form | 82,725 | 33:09 | 1.77x |
| [Fel and Phennir Put the 181st's Perfect Victory at Derra IV on Trial](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/LojyBlptWRY/) | 2026-08-13 | Long-form | 12,585 | 9:11 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains: Why The Death Star Was a Mistake Before It Was Built](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/aQGxNsRywrU/) | 2026-08-09 | Long-form | 58,534 | 23:54 | 2.28x |
| [Thrawn Explains Why the Death Star's Fighters Never Launched](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/6-mQjmHi_Wk/) | 2026-08-05 | Long-form | 176,691 | 21:01 | 4.89x |
| [Thrawn Explains: Order 66](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/of35dY7pl-E/) | 2026-07-29 | Long-form | 66,412 | 18:22 | 2.43x |
| [Thrawn Explains Csilla – The Frozen Discipline of the Chiss Ascendancy](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/cc1p3s599O8/) | 2026-07-21 | Long-form | 17,481 | 5:22 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains His Imperial Fleet Doctrine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/AwzKd_BXZgI/) | 2026-07-19 | Long-form | 39,388 | 14:20 | 1.65x |
| [Thrawn Explains His Imperial Fleet Doctrine Trailer 2](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/GkAe7LM6hOA/) | 2026-07-19 | Short | 5,644 | 0:18 | 1.57x |
| [Thrawn Explains His Imperial Fleet Doctrine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/0F4rbKn7SV4/) | 2026-07-17 | Short | 7,001 | 0:35 | 2.81x |
| [Thrawn Explains: The Burden of Command](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/LnH6zrf8KYM/) | 2026-07-14 | Long-form | 32,876 | 11:44 | 2.39x |
| [Winter Explains: Agent Tiree](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/YcjnuNJmGj4/) | 2026-07-09 | Long-form | 3,921 | 10:00 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains: Palpatine's Hidden Empire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/ZXUycdPJhlQ/) | 2026-07-03 | Long-form | 54,291 | 15:59 | 3.73x |
| [Thrawn Explains: The Rise of Palpatine - Trailer](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/sfEue5UGJFc/) | 2026-06-28 | Short | 2,911 | 0:32 | 2.9x |
| [Thrawn Explains The Rise of Palpatine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/egrtoJsWcxo/) | 2026-06-28 | Long-form | 47,996 | 20:50 | 3.32x |
| [Winter Explains: The Rebellions Shadow Network](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/OWkyX5wezls/) | 2026-06-26 | Long-form | 4,424 | 8:29 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains the Yuuzhan Vong: The Battle of Ithor](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/J6Rw8489xqc/) | 2026-06-24 | Long-form | 21,918 | 8:20 | 1.5x |
| [Nom Anor Explains: The Seeds of the Galaxy's Destruction](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/T-9jON-zWBg/) | 2026-06-22 | Long-form | 3,772 | 6:20 | - |
| [Karrde Explains The Hutts: The Real Power Behind the Underworld](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/ICznX4CjIaY/) | 2026-06-19 | Long-form | 5,572 | 8:08 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains The Noghri](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/EUlnYyjOdTM/) | 2026-06-18 | Long-form | 25,740 | 9:27 | - |
| [Mara and Corran Discuss Luke Skywalker's Leadership](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/bMmcCi0RRgk/) | 2026-06-17 | Long-form | 2,722 | 3:14 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains How He Would Reforge Imperial Doctrine](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/EkVQ-ehx4Fk/) | 2026-06-14 | Long-form | 39,482 | 11:14 | 1.71x |
| [Isard Explains: The Sabacc Deck of Rebel Traitors](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/OIohIrmzzXw/) | 2026-06-11 | Long-form | 7,229 | 5:41 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains How the Empire Used Black Sun (And Why Its Fall Was Devastating)](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/XWHQzMDOor0/) | 2026-06-09 | Long-form | 28,926 | 10:00 | 1.5x |
| [Thrawn Explains The Yuuzhan Vong: The Threat I Tried To Prepare The Galaxy For](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/XHNco2VdoNg/) | 2026-06-08 | Long-form | 62,652 | 9:04 | 3.31x |
| [Corran and Tycho on Why New Republic Pilots Still Hate the Y‑Wing](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/pVWuu0xiIj0/) | 2026-06-04 | Long-form | 4,984 | 6:15 | - |
| [Isard Explains Her Imperial Intelligence Methods](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/cEHn2yvA_FY/) | 2026-06-03 | Long-form | 7,773 | 4:42 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains the Tie Defender](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/94f0hq2EgGQ/) | 2026-06-01 | Short | 9,258 | 1:07 | - |
| [Thrawn Explains the TIE Defender: The Starfighter That Could Have Saved the Empire](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/yqzo00nGCtI/) | 2026-06-01 | Long-form | 70,301 | 11:15 | 3.72x |
| [Thrawn Explains How Hoth Became a Strategic Defeat](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/DfLCJcHYETg/) | 2026-05-28 | Long-form | 87,322 | 8:37 | 4.62x |
| [Thrawn Explores The Unknown Regions - The Navigator's Burden](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/XDMFw9L-h-4/) | 2026-05-24 | Long-form | 16,761 | 9:39 | - |
| [Thrawn Explores the Unknown Regions — The Gathering](https://vidiq.com/youtube-stats/channel/@christalkslegends/videos/lOkQHobv2vk/) | 2026-05-20 | Long-form | 17,377 | 8:11 | - |

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