Every Battle Droid in Star Wars
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- It's been five years since I covered every battle droid in the Separatist army. So it's time for an update! And this time I'm covering EVERY battle droid in all of Star Wars canon in every era that we know of so far!
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In retrospect, it's odd that we never saw the Hailfire or Homing Spider droids in TCW despite them being in AotC.
It could be because it was too much to make a certain amount unlike the other droids we see. We do see the hailfire droid in the 2003 clone wars miniseries.
@@zachstevenson8655 They were also in a few video games like Galactic Battlegrounds, the 2002 Clone Wars, and the original Battlefronts! Then they practically vanished from the franchise.
The Hailfires were busy collecting taxes.
TCW pretty much ignored those two droids, and those were some of their most powerful artillery droids, so it really makes no sense that they weren't in TCW, most especially since the Homing Spider Droid moves about as slowly as those Octuptarra Tri-Droids, that were in The Clone Wars: the movie, and in TCW S7, so the Homing Spider Droid couldn't have been *that* hard to animate.
My guess is not wanting to have both the Octupara and Homing Spider droids occupying the same niche, especially when the former is pretty much a cooler version of the latter.
The lack of the Hailfires is pretty unforgivable though. They're badass!
I'm glad the Seps recoloured their Droid army in Episode 3, the cool blue looks so much better for the ships and droids.
how are you everywhere
That's true. The colour scheme suited the fleets.
@@bennett4789 You know, if you see them everywhere, it means you're on just as many videos as them lol
They never recolored, the ships with no color are just Trade Federation ships, not CIS. There was some overlap though.
One of the countless cases of ROTS perfectly nailing it.
“They added in jet packs to the new droids”
Come on man, a “they fly now” joke was right there…
They fly now?
@@titan1853 They fly now!
@@jordanthejq12 They fly now.
Roger Roger
No sequel jokes allowed
just kidding
The separatist droid army is so freaking cool
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Yes
Dark trooper wants to have a word with you
Yes definitely agree
Favorite army
You forgot about the infamous formidable Gonk droid!!! It strikes fear in even the strongest of Jedi and Sith.
Gonk
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You forgot to mention everytime you see a Dark Trooper, you hear sick techno bass music pumping around them
Teeechnically, you forgot OOM-Series Battle Droids, which were pre-Clone Wars specialist battle droids in use by the Trade Federation before getting replaced by the B1. Then again, both Canon and Legends can't seem to decide if they're separate models or not.
My thought is that the B1 is a heavily modified version of OOM series. They look identical to each other on the outside, they just have different programming on the inside.
They are mostly the same. The only difference is that they are programmed for only one task other than shooting threats and that is either commanding, piloting, or guarding. B1s acquired these same specialities later on which made them multi-purpose.
weren't the droid used by the trade federation to invade Naboo remote-controlled? I think that is the only significant difference in their design
I thought it would be like military firearms. Take the L85. The A1 variant was absolutely terrible. Ask any British service member and you will get an extremely pained reaction. Then the A2 and later variants were taken on under H&K.
It’s the exact same thing with the OOM and B1 variants
i think he also forgot the little probe droids used by the 7th sister in rebels and also those protocol looking droids that transformed into the assasin droids that the empire used to look for rebel bases also from rebels
Lesser noticed Separatist battle droid fact: the B2s used in the First Battle of Geonosis are different from the ones used during the Clone Wars show and The Mandalorian flashback scenes (the latter being bulkier and having blasters on both arms instead of just one)
Also the clone wars ones have eyes
The hailfire droid is part of the ig- series they are also known as the ig-227.
For those who don't know the ig-lancer droids originally appeared in the 2003 clone wars micro series along side the bounty hunter durge during the battle of muunilinst before it was de-canonized.
RIP Shaak Ti's best appearance
@@ozmarichardson6524 master tiin's best appearance to.
The micoseries made me excited for Star Wars again right before Ep. 3. It was so good. AND the first appearance of one of my favorite characters. Asajj Ventress.
@@dustrahne cool
Certain segments from the micro series are canon again. Like the capture of the chancellor and when Shark Ti went to rescue him. :)
Same with the battle of Hypori. :D
Glad to see me and my droid brothers on this list. The Separatist Army is really underrated in my opinion. If it weren't for Palpatine holding the reins, and of course, the Plot Armor, I believe the war would have ended much more quickly with the Confederacy crushing the Republic.
The republic was much, much larger in terms of both population and planets than the cis. And the jedi who fought on their side were really powerful, especially the guys we see in tcw and the movies. They didnt have plotarmor though, real plotarmor didnt occur until the Reign of the Empire.
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@@abraham2172 In Legends the Droid army is estimated about 50times as big as the clone army. This makes sense its much easier to produce droids and with that nunber advantage you cant loose. But plot armor so the cis only wins when they should
@@johannesgrote270 1st the cis only existed because of Dooku, Sidious and the Sith that came before him. Its due to their schemes that the cis had such a huge army and that the republic only used clones and jedi (except some officers). 2nd these massive numbers mostly consist of B1 droids, wich are really not that dangerous, especially not to powerful and highly experienced jedi with their clone legions at their back. No plotarmor needed to deal with them. 3rd the republic couldve easily mastered a huge army consisted of recruited citicens or bolster up its planetary defense forces, but Sidious wanted the military to be under his absolute controll. They even couldve built an own droid army. With their superior industrial capabilities, they would quickly surpass the cis in terms of numbers.
@@abraham2172 Your first point isnt even a point. Yeah it’s because of Sith Business so what? That does not make them stronger or worse. The second Point is just dumb. Put one clone against 50 B1. I am definetly betting my Money on the B1s. They in fact were outnumbered by that much. And even worse: In space combat they were outnumbered too and clones had little to no advantage while flying. To the third point. No they could not just mastered a huge army. They wanted that but money and some politicians were a big issue in that process. Besides the fact, that armies like planetary forces need decades to grow. Yeah they could have just builded a droid army but close to all fabricants who build battle droids were building them against the Republic. So they would have needed to build their own factories and they would be forced to design new droids. And while they do that the Cis doubled their droid capacity. I really really like the prequel era and I‘m a big fan of the republic at that time but there is simply no way they would have won that war if george didnt wrote it the way he did.
You could have also mentioned Doza's droids on the Colossus from Resistance, not the female right hand one, but those bodyguard-like droids.
Have you ever noticed that the imperial police droid has the same body as the separatist commando droids?
I did too but they were more lethargic compared to the regular ones
There's three that you missed:
The commando droid diplomat basically served as an advanced version of the B1 security droid, guarding important military and political figures.
There's also the flying version of the Octuptarra droid that was introduced in TCW season 7, which otherwise seem to function identically to its grounded cousin.
Lastly there's the OOM series Battle Droids, which are the one's I'm most surprised you missed. They're the visually similar predecessors to the B1s, and unlike the B1s which operated independently were controlled entirely by a single command ship. The droids involved in the Siege of Naboo were all OOMs, not B1s as implied by the video.
he also missed EXD-9, a recon droid that only appeared in rebels warhead.
@@Charles-7 I believe that's technically an assassin droid, not a battle droid. There is a distinction between the two
@@ClonedGamer001 Well i don't know about this statement, to draw a comparison BX commando and SD-K4 droids are known to assassinate too, plus the EXD is kinda similar to the imperial probe droid, minus the part where the EXD has its weapons completely hidden.
@@Charles-7 I don't know why there's really a different either, but there is for whatever reason a distinction between battle droids and assassin droids even if they do more or less the same thing. IG units are all assassin droids for example (except maybe the MagnaGuards, I think those may be battle droids), but are perfectly capable of direct combat. And yet they are very specifically assassin droids and not battle droids.
@@ClonedGamer001 not to be a nit picky, yet i think the difference between assassin and battle droids are often blurred, _from a certain point of view_ .
Every battle droid in star wars:
Well there was this one b1
And this other b1
And another b1 from this one from this one episode
And this other one from….
If Mister Bones’ programming survived after the commando droid body and he was rebuilt post TROS only to figure out that Snap had died on Exegol it would make for an interesting story
11:10 Woah, I never realized that Viper Droid in Solo was a new model/variant to lore. That's cool
I was really hoping we would see the spider droid and hailfire droid in clone wars season 6 7 and 8.
If Disney didnt evapurate the originally planned, real seventh season of TCW, this dream wouldve probably come true.
@@abraham2172 It was because of the Cartoon Network deal it wasn't their fault.
8?
@@Golden_Flower_1 yes there was meant to be 8 seasons
I want to say that the ships that Vranki the Blue races against Hype Fazon in Resistance Season 2 are a variant of Vulture Droids, but you know, after being iterated on for 60 years. Seems to me like they were definitely once war droids, and I was really hoping to see them return had there been a Season 3 and the show had a chance to wrap up all its loose ends, Vranki being one of them.
Imagine watching resistance😂😂
@@tylercat4746 Yeah, imagine watching a show that makes the entire universe feel whole with its use of Prequel, Original, and Sequel aliens and ships, puts in references to things from Legends, and actually gives explanations to the First Order that the movies never gave...
It's not perfect, but it had a lot of potential that was squandered by Disney trying to have this show come out while the Sequels were still being made, so had no clear end goal, and then aired it on Sundays at 10pm with a target demographic of 7 year olds. So yeah, while it's the worst Star Wars animated outing since the 80s, I think the deck was stacked against it from the start, so I'm much more lenient in my criticism.
@@MCLegoboy the sequel trilogy is the most flawed era of Star Wars
@@MCLegoboy same! I love star wars resistance! Wished we got to see a season 3
@@tylercat4746 Without a doubt, but say that Resistance came out in place of Bad Batch, they would at least have all three movies to work with, and actually formulate a plan and do more of the work the Sequels never did in making that era more coherent. It's a hard sell, I'm not much of a fan of The Force Awakens' start to the Trilogy, The Last Jedi feels like more of a natural continuation off that but is still stuck in this weird world that was set up from before, and Rise of Skywalker takes everything off the rails, but at least with the broader picture, it's possible a team of writers could make a corresponding show that weaves through them all and makes better sense of what's happening. Season 1 of Resistance does this by starting 6 months before TFA, and we get to see the state of the Galaxy, and some of the First Order's tactics to gain support and power. Hosnian Prime's destruction also carries more weight. Season 2 explores the Galaxy even more and what's at stake, why people would support The First Order while others oppose it, allegiances with the show's cast and other people in the Galaxy that could one day unite to take down the First Order together, not just the Resistance. It seemed like perhaps we would even meet up with the main cast of the Sequels pretty soon, but then it kind of just ended. It had a satisfying Season Finale, but not really a Series Finale. We never got to spend a whole year's time between TLJ and TROS, and having Resistance's finale end at Exegol would actually be pretty neat.
Again, it's not perfect, TROS really throws a wrench in a lot of things, but perhaps there could be some better setup to it in the show had they been able to plan the show after the three movies had come out. A lot of people praise Clone Wars for exploring the politics more than the movies could and recontextualizes a lot of the stuff that wasn't as clear in, or even just cut from the movies to be very narratively satisfying. That could have still been the case with the Sequels in Resistance.
We need a story of a group of B1 battle droids that just *travel*
Roger roger
I’ve been looking forward to this
Killer thumbnail! Love the purple color grading done on the droids. Also, has it really been five years already?!
Wish people talked more about “Highsinger” absolute beast of a droid
Yess! Droid videos are my favorite. I'm just so into robotics and stuff.
Very great video! I love clear cut videos like this, which mention every specific unit in easily defined sections. Its very neat & tidy. A few things I want to mention:
The unknown vulture droid variant mentioned at 9:23 personally I refer to that type of vulture droid as a “Hunter vulture droid”, since it appears adept at stalking and tracking targets, much in the same way a Hunter tracks their prey.
The dwarf spider droid also can also be equipped with a flamethrower, and a heavier blaster cannon than standard.
Lastly, there are some droids you didn’t mention, such as the LIN demolition mech, imperial infiltrator droid, and the ID-10 seeker droid. Additionally there’s a bunch of in combat support droids that I can think of, such as the PK series working droid & FX series medical assistant droid. However those units are unarmed, and as such shouldn’t be included. They only provide support in battle.
Awesome video! Keep up the great work!
roger roger
I love how he included the firefighter droid
Jedi Power Battles not only introduced the Grapple Droid but also 4 other droid variants. The Flame Battle Droid which had orange markings and big gauntlet like arms equipped with flame throwers, the very tall Plasma Battle Droid which had green markings and like the Flame droid had big gauntlet like arms that launched bolts of plasma, Grapple Destroyer droids which were in essence like the Grapple Battle Droid but in Destroyer Droid form, the T4 Turret droid which walked on 4 spider like legs, and was equipped with rotating laser arms as well as a long laser sight weapon that acted similar to a lightsaber. The game also introduced us to the gigantic Loader Droid which was armed with two swinging arms and a flat head that could be used as a batter ram. Also in the Expanded Universe the Empire employed two droid starfighter variants, one being the fully automated TIE Fighter known as the TIE Droid and the other being dubbed and the other being the Shadow Droid which employed surgically implanted organic brains (usually that of grievously wounded, dead or incapacitated TIE pilot aces) rather than an AI CPU. Both were created by Emperor Palpatine.
For the Rocket Droid in the mobile game, the footage and images could also be borrowed from Star Wars Battlefront I & II since there was a trooper class that included Rocket Launchers.
thank you so much for making this video
I’m so glad someone made one of these videos
iv just come on your Chanel and i really appreciate how you explain your vids. Very impressive
I've always had a soft spot for the Dark Trooper. Phase Zero was really messed up. Phase 3 was great.
I like how the most of the separatist vehicles were droids besides the like 3 things
I was surprised to find out that the B2's in the Clone Wars show are actually a different model rather then simple artistic licence.
I also wish we got to see the Grapple Droid varient onscreen. They were always my favourite.
B2's appear in both Episode II and III.
Did you not read his comment? The ones we see in TCW are a deferrent model type then the ones in the movies. The slender smooth ones were in II and III but the bulky looking ones were in TCW
@@DarkRavenWolf50 Both the slender ones (B1) AND the bulky ones (B2) were in the movies ep2 and ep3.
@@Daniel-Strain im not talking about the B1s. Those are the clanky dumb ones. The B2s from the movies and TCW look drastically different. And as OP stated, its likely cuz they are different models but not different variants
@@DarkRavenWolf50 Yes, the B2-RP and other variants appear in CW. But the normal B2 also appears, and differences between them and those in the films ARE just artistic license.
Phase III dark troopers were a thing. Only few were made in the ship Arc Hammer. No more new ones made after the ship's destruction.
I don't think here enough people to remember Dark Forces.
1:01 God what a terrible sight...being in that terrible situation. Hunting escape pods has the same energy as shooting parachutes. Absolutely tragic, RIP CLONES.
I really do hope that we see the Dark Troopers again sometime soon; maybe it's possible that Moff Gideon sent the schematics for the Dark Trooper model to Thrawn???
They're just one of many troopers that are made to look cool but end up doing nothing of significance.
@@scoutman66 Well they could probably annihilate whole Rebel bases, as long as there's no Jedi around at the time lol
The thumbnails recently are so GORGEOUS
I never get why B1 battle droids were thrown away, maybe it's illegal but pirates or scavengers could easily use them for protection or sell them on the black market, for A LOT of credits.
In Star Wars Resistance pirates use B2 droids to take control of space station. Yes not B1 but almost same thing
If you need Droids for muscle, there are more effective droids you can use. Also, it's not smart to use droid imagery of the last army that tried to overthrow the Republic/empire. It's an easy excuse to have imperials eye you more closely.
Well in the first Aftermath book it's said they are well known and laughed at for being the most notoriously incompetent combat unit in the galaxy. So I guess that reputation made them largely unwanted for protection or as enforcers. However Babu Frik had one hanging in his workshop, so I suppose some units still saw use in the black market.
@@CheeseRunner Yeah werent B1 just cheap to produce and CIS used massive amount of them to overpower enemy forces
Yeah the only example of this I can think of is in a comic where some jawas had battle droids
Forgot the micro probe droid used by Imperial special forces, like Inferno squad and the inquisitors
Included a lot of Imperial probe droid, but forgot the one that discovered the rebel base in season three of Rebels.
Star wars Rebel, there was a bule green robot which was essentially harmless in scout mood, but transforms into assassin. It had a self destructive bomb build in.
The music and narration is giving me how its made vibes
Great video, don’t mean to be that guy but you forgot the Infiltrator droids from Rebels. The type that Zeb, Chopper and AP-5 fought against in that one episode
Sup iceberg man
This is the content I’m subscribed for
I really like these list videos, have missed them. Every GONK droid next?
In regards to this list was wondering would the weird protocol droids that transformed from Rebels count? E-XD Infiltrator Droid. I think they were not on this list?
I always like the OOM-9 voices on phantom Menace lot more fierce then the annoying droid voices of later shows and films
I wonder how the armies of the Republic,the Droid Armies, and Separatist Armies would do against the most deadliest enemy in Sci-Fi. The Daleks?
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They fly now?
They fly now.
THEY FLY NOW!
Great list! I thought though that since the Buzz Droid was included, so too might be the Scav Droid from the High Republic era. Maybe it's out of scope since it's a scavenger tool being misused for combat, but the Nihil use it so much in their raids that I thought it might count.
The colossus had its own security droid, which were either blue or black, and had either 2 or 4 wrist laser cannons.
I also love the N5 sentry and that R1 like security droid.
It’s so weird that a power like that empire didn’t have a droid army imagine having absolute obedient military that doesn’t need to eat or sleep
I was literally looking to see if u had made an updated list yesterday
Yay! Thank you!
I’ve been waiting a thousand years for this updated version and it’s finally here, i know it’s been one month since release but shush.
I like that you make a video on something like a couple year back but later you make a update
13:30 I sometimes refer to this droid as a “Cobra Probe Droid” because since it doesn’t have a name, I decided to give it a name I created.
Star wars commander, omg i love that game so much, so much nostalgia. Its a shame it doesn't exist anymore, i just gotted Darth Vader to lvl 7 and he was a monster with the modification "501st legion", its was so broken.
A good video with a lot of content.
Only thing I have to add is that I think you forgot to mention the B1 also had a sniper variant.
It had no defining coloring as far as I remember (possibly to help them blend in with the regular B1 droids in battle) but they were modified to enable them better accuracy with their sniper rifles.
Can't wait for you gotta do the update of the clone troopers and stone trooper variations!
The mention of Mr. Bones warmed my heart. 😂
Finally, a video for me.
Ngl, a battle droid wielding a Z6 rotary laser cannon seems kinda terrifying if used in large enough numbers
The best Droids in Star Wars (Military):
1- IG-100 Magnaguard, the jedi killer deserves top 1, i mean, a droid that can duel with a jedi, normal troopers couldn't defeat one of them.
2- BX Commando Droid, i don't have a lot to say, they was able to defeat multiple troopers, and in Jedi Survivor, we can see they're really stronger than Purge Troopers in meele combat.
3- DT Sentry Droid, this walking tank is just overpowered, a single unit can handle a battle for a lot of time.
4- Droideka, only granades could take those monsters down.
5- Dark Trooper, those guys are really strong, able to fly and can tank blasters.
6- B2 Super Battle Droid, we all know them.
7- Super Tactical Droid, they was skilled in combat but mainly used for strategy and tactics, deserves a place in the tier list.
8- B1 Battle Droid, they are underrated, they was effective against regular troopers, most because of their numbers.
9- Vulture Droid, well, a ship.
10- KX Security Droid, this imperial droid was really strong, not like a DT but effective as a guard.
That vulture droid with the circular antennae on the roof of it looks like a real world AWAC aircraft which is also used for reconnaissance
So many Battle Droids. And more yet to come in the future of Star Wars.
Great video, you kidna left out the Droideka Mark II but it was great informative content!
To the point. Liked.
This video is missing the Droideka MKII, which was a massive upgrade to the original, with stronger blaster cannons, thicker armor for protection while rolling AND ion cannons. It was produced too late play a role in the Clone Wars. One of their factories was discovered by criminal elements during the civil war and re-enabled, though.
Also, the Phase II Dark Trooper showcased in Empire at War is my favourite imperial droid. It's just a massive stormtrooper triple the size of a man, holding a massive laser cannon usually only seen on tanks and heavy fighters.
There is another BX series commando droid that wasn't seen much or even put into comic issues, the BX2 super commando droid was also produced late in the clone wars, even though 40 units were ready to deploy not much were used before the clone wars end and after the clone wars most of them were put into storage by the empire and some were taken by pirates or smugglers.
Nice vid
He's like those battle droids from Star Wars that roll around.
For the record, battle droids were really effective. Sure, they are dead meat if near a Jedi, but they almost massacred the Gungans on Naboo. Their versatility made them a good model of droid for numerous reasons, one is that they compose most of the CIS' army. The reason the CIS lost was because of Darth Sidious pulling the strings.
There’s also the IG-RM Bodyguard and Enforcement droid seen in Rebels, used by Cikatro Vizago and the Mining Guild
the unknown fighter at 9:25 is a vulture droid with a radar on it's head for recon.
It is likely styled after the real life E-3 sentry plane, which has a similar radar on it and operated with the same purpose.
I wish they can do a new Star Wars franchise were only the battle droids are either the good or bad army that I’m looking forward to.
Dude I'm not sure why I haven't subscribed sooner, thanks for the great content.
I like how you can see some technological similarities between the republic, separatist, and imperial vehicles, weapons, and armor
“ive been looking foreword to this”
Ah you forgot the famed battle droid from Episode II at the Battle of Geonosis, B1-3PO!
@Star Wars Explained
This is a very interesting video: however, there are a couple you’ve missed: a dark trooper variant, and the droideka mk2 from the game Star Wars empire at war forces of corruption.
Forgot to mention commando droids can mimic clone troopers with voice box
7:51 Hailfire Droid: *"BEEP BOOP, DEBT DETECTED. EXTERMINATING."*
3:06 “The factory that produced them was destroyed”
A funny way of saying Palpatine didn’t want the separatists winning the war.
Not sure if I missed this or if it could be lumped in with the S-43 Enforcer Droid or IG series, but I feel the IG-RM Enforcer Droid deserves a mention. Other than that, I really enjoyed this video. Totally my bread and butter. Gotta check out of you got ones like these for clone/imp/first order troopers.
I would have included a special mention to the micro-droids used in the Jedi Temple Bombing, as they had dramatic ramifications on the end of the Clone Wars and could have had widespread ramifications on life if more widely used
Pretty good video
You forgot to mention the Prowler-1000 and the ID-10 probe droids. You should make a video on them as well as other probe droids.
I love all of the CIS droids, that's why I play them in legion
Your moving background is pretty cool, could you mayyyybe make it official. I would love to have this as a Desktop background
Please, a legends Version of this video, you need more legends videos
I just thought of 2 comprehensive videos you could potentially make.
1 about different weapons manufacturers in the galaxy
1 about different starship manufacturers
In one Sw Comic there was Shadow Droids, they where fast and heavy weaponized
There was a variation of the manga guard that wielded yellow electro-staffs that was only seen in one instance in the clone wars tv show (I believe it was grievous’s attack on Naboo)
The N5 Sentry Droids are awesome
You Missed The Droideka MK II
Love this thumbnail
I'm a little sad that there isnt any info on the new Vulture droids we saw in Resistance. it was really cool seeing an updated version of a design from the prequels
Aqua droid has always been my favorite
My favourite droid is the BX Commando droid. I like how it is stealthy.