EVERY SINGLE Separatist Battle Droid Type/Variant Explained! 

Roger roger! Which Battle Droid variant is your favorite?

While droids like the B3 and Droideka are certainly awesome and stronger troops, my favourite will always be the B1 The fact that they developed a personality and are more 'sentient' is 1 of the things that made the Clone Wars and other media like Lego Star Wars and Jedi Survivor so great

Honestly if Darth Sideous wasn’t sabotaging the separatist movement the CIS could’ve been the greatest army in galactic history. I might be way in over my head but the CIS Droid Army will always be my favorite. Plenty of amazing droids and excellent variation

The droidika is my favorite battle droid. I love the sound of the blaster bolts, the unique insect look of them and the energy shield.

I love the separatists, the idea every tank, troop, and fighter is a somewhat sentient being capable of emotion is insane. Like take a look at the octoputarra for example, what are they thinking about? What is going on inside there head? Do those “monstrous units” communicate. It’s like the tyranids, where massive vehicles and tanks are living organisms, but these are machines, it’s amazing, and there designs are so cool

Best army in the Sw universe by a wide margin. Has ridiculous numbers which it didn't even need to rely on and probably the best tanks, starfighters, capital ships and infantry of all the factions. The AAT is just fantastic, and nothing beats the agile droid fighters supported by organic Separatist aces and the good old fashioned Providence destroyers with Gozantis and other anti-fighter ships, and the B3 battledroid is awesome.

wasn't it in the Clone Commando game that the commando's actually found out the droid army out numbered the clones something stupid like 10'000 to 1? and they figured there was some kind of plot going on behind the scenes since Doku wasn't just sending millions of droids to straight up wipe out any clone base

My favourite is the BX commando droids… it’s so cool and badass… Their well armed, armored, strong, and quick… If they were the main droid replacing the B1 droid in separatist alliance armies the war could have lasted longer, been more brutal, and many more alternative scenarios could’ve have happened…

As a kid, watching a whole platoon of B1s come out of their transport in TPM was so cool. It's a bit weird that they have tanks crewed by robots instead of robot tanks but apart from that, the theme of a robot army and how it could work was done so well.

I have no doubt that if Palpatine wasn’t manipulating both sides in the war then the droids would have stomped the clones

I remember when the visual encyclopedia for episode 1 from 1999 said the battle droids were made to look like dead mummified neimodians before the invention of geonosians

Droidekas will always hold a special place in my heart when I think of the CSI army.

You can tell Matt Wood had a lot of fun voicing the B1 droids.

You missed the scoreanex aka the Droidekas big brother and the few variants of the Droideka but I really liked the fact you covered droids that I’m sure not many people have heard of before so thanks for the cool video and all the work that went into it hope to see more.

From a lore perspective, alot of these droids that only showed up on one or two missions in total were probably prototypes being given a real world trial. They often failed their missions and therefore never ended up being mass produced. No doubt the Techno Union probably produced a ton more prototypes that never even made it to the real world trial phase. I'd like to think somewhere in the Star Wars universe, there's a Techno Union factory/warehouse where all of these are stored, in case future developments of droids ever require those concepts to be revisited.

My favourite faction in Star Wars, they're highly underrated but it is clear that they would have won the Cone Wars if the Jedis wasn't a part of the Republic Army.

Watching all the shows the Jedi never really struggled with battle droids, they make quick work of them. they really start to become scary when clones are facing them. The only few droids that I notice Jedi struggle with are magnaguards and commandos. Destroyer droids can be overwhelmed or outsmarted quite easily.

you missed a few droideka variants: droideka oppressors and droideka sentinals were both produced too late for service in the clone war (in the same way as the droideka mark 2 or the hk 77) but were still droideka designs that the cis would have undoubtedly used.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="208">3:28</a> The Cortosis Battle Droid, while technically being based on the B2 chassis, *isn't classified as a B2 model.* Its correct model number is C-B3, being one of the two droids pitted against eachother to see which would be the successor to the B2, the other competitor being the B3 Ultra Battle Droid you mentioned immediately after the C-B3.

You forgot the Scorpenek droid that was seen in the Book of Boba Fett, it was made by the Colocoid during the Clone Wars for the Seperatists

Droidekas will forever be called Destroyers in my heart.

I also always loved the separatist droid army and it's many cool variants.

Yes, do one on the rebellion if they have different ranks/ variants of soldiers.

Droidekas are still the most awesome ones, and the B1 could have been effective if they had more CPU power to work with

The droideka was one of the main things that got me into star wars as a kid.

I like how you use both cannon and legends, it makes your video's even better

honestly the b1 had the potential to be amazing multi-purpose droids for the cis. just some modifications and different programming to fit the role they are assigned to and they will be amazing droids to have.

That’s what bothered me in TCW. The B1s should’ve been treated like an actual threat from the beginning.

this vid came up while i was searching for battlefront vids im so glad it did this could be my new fav star wars channel on here have subbed and pressed the bell hello from Scotland

You also missed the Scorpenek Annihilator Droid, basically a mega Droideka that was able to take down 100 or so clones in a single second. The factory that made them got destroyed by clones tho.

Very cool designs!

great video. its quick and snappy but informative enough on each droid so we can gain good knowledge on them

Amazing video! Keep up the great work! EZ sub

I just really love the ingenuity of the battle droids, my personal favorite will always be the b1

A fine addition to my collection (saves video in droids Playlist)

What about doing the Grand Army of Republic vehicles next?

I like how you used the sprite from the GBA version of Star Wars episode 3 for the grenadier droid

All of the variants from every group interest me.

Honestly, the droid army seems like a much better idea. The clones are a literal slave army who have to fight to the death while always being heavily outnumbered. The droids are not sentient beings so there are no casualties. They don`t feel hunger or tiredness or cold or need air etc. They should also theoretically be better shots. Their brain is basically a computer that can just auto aim and fire. You can`t really beat them in hand to hand combat either. It would be like a human having a wrestling contest with a terminator. The only thing clones have on their side is imagination and the ability to think on your feet (not exactly military valued qualities) and we don`t really see them using that. Instead they go out in Napoleon era like battles to shoot each other.

I love the droids, the CIS is my favorite faction. I wish they weren't dumped down in the clone wars and constantly losing battles, which most of the battles they should have won.

Great video.

Little fun fact HK47 was well over 3,600 years old before episode one

I love the droid army the best and the coolest powerful droid army the Galaxy as ever seen Capital ship CIS starfighters tanks and turrests Don't curisers underestimate droid army in star wars universe

what about just a normal assassin droid?

A few Droid Gunships toting commando droids and some Droidekas would have been amazing to see on screen.

WOAH WOAH YOU CANT JUST SAY "CLANKER" WITH THE HARD R LIKE THAT MAN

I rlly love the commando droids

I loved the commando droids because of that one episode in clone wars where they attack the base so the separatists could sneak by without the republic noticing

Unlike the stormtroopers droids actually hit their shots and dont miss.

Nice video about movie, very good.😊😮

The Infiltrator Droids sound terrifying! I would have loved to see them in action in The Clone Wars series!

You should do another video on every droid ship and tank

I must say I didn’t know about many of these. I suppose they tried so many variants to try and get them an advantage.

The magnagaurds were one of my favorite droids

In Episode I, after the defeat of the gungans, captain tarpilas (dk how to spell) and jar jar binkers were led to a group of others to be executed. In the shoot we can also see some other droid fixing parts or smth. If I missed this out please tell me the time stamp and if not, idk give me a fact.

do the droid vehicle army next!

I don’t have autism, I swear!

*WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS* and also here's a classic *Just like the simulations*

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="142">2:22</a> Yo that E4 Baron Droid looks so familiar! Is it from the Phantom Menace video game?

Can u cover the clone and storm troops

Why didn’t the rebels just build droid armies too😂😂

Never expected to see the grenadier droid on here

B1's may be cannon fodder but if you take away their blaster rifle they're actually extremely cute

Can you do every First Order troopers?

When will you make a part 2 with the rest of the cis equipment like vehicles and larger droids

Do a vid in CIS canons and artillery

we need a how it's made series that shows how each battle droid is created

I think my favorite is the sharpshooter droideka or whatever it's called

Do Kotor Sith faction next

Can you make more videos about the droids 🙏

Do a video of every star war rebel tank

Good points overall - but how do they stand upon against the clones' plot armor?

Don't we have also this for rebel faction ? I mean it could be cool if they had some elite trooper too

I like the retail droids they look kinda funny and are probably good at ambushing

I would crap my pants if I ever saw one of those huge super weapon B2 looking battle droids that are like 25 feet tall or something crazy

Hi there! First time commenter on your channel, but thought I should bring this to your attention! In Jedi Power Battles for the PS1, there are actually three more forms of battle droid for the roster! - In the Palace of Theed level, there is a giant mono-grey B1 Battle Droid that specialises in melee only (might well have later evolved into the KX!) - On the Return to Naboo level, there is a Battle Droid with green markings that carries some sort of virus or plasma-spewing heavy weapon! - On the end of the Theed level, the box is a large, quadrupedal droid that closely resembles the Grenadier Droid but uses blasters instead - might have been an earlier variant! EDIT: I've found a video and timestamped them for your convenience! Grey Melee B1 Droid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BX5WMA09Jmo.html Plasma Thrower B1 Droid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BX5WMA09Jmo.html Theed Boss Droid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BX5WMA09Jmo.html Great video as always! : )

I always wondered why the CIS ships had atmosphere it seems unnecessary and if it was needed just use nitrogen.

I thought magna guards where designed by General Grievous after his kaleash body guards from before the clone wars.

You should cover the Gungan army in a video

I like the rolling droids that have force fields.

watch out for those wrist rockets

What about the new battle droid prototype seen in the battlefront 2 (2005) mustafar campaign mission?

From memory, you missed one. So, the flying B1 you showed? Back in Legends it had a MUCH different version which was shown first in a PSP game, before being adapted as canon to the old continuity, the B1-A Air Battle Droid. Thicker than the usual B1, with an integrated jetpack that has four folded wings that extend during flight for better manoeuvrability in atmosphere. They have two wrist-mounted blasters (one on each arm) alongside doubled-edged blades, one on each arm as well. They were meant to harass Jedi from the air to then swoop down for the kill with their own blades. Their main weakness was that while thicker than a B1, they were still vulnerable as fuck, their speed being the only thing keeping them alive, and that their blades weren't anything special. For whatever idiotic reason, the CIS didn't think of using vibroblades on them. Back then, they were popular enough that they even showed up on the tabletop RPG that Wizards of the Coast made with Lucas Arts. For comparison, B1s are a Challenge Level 1 enemy, B2s are a Challenge Level 2 enemy, B1-A are a Challenge 4 due to how much they move and how devastating their charges can be if they catch you with your pants down. Honestly, it sucks that Disney changed them for those bitch ass winged models. The old designs were WAY cooler, straight out of Transformers with the folded wings.

Clankers incoming!

What about the Hailfire Droid from Episode II?

Next (Rebels) !

CIS had the coolest army, shame they seem to lose every battle for whatever reason. Even though in reality I think they would curb stomp everybody

A Droid army is like a necromancer's, casualties can be irrelevant when the battle is won at the end.

I think it's quite possible that the B1 were designed as a dissuasion or an occupation force (though still capable of fighting), when the separatists still thought that the Republic had no army to speak of. All subsequent models were vastly more efficient in combat, and also lacked similar personality quirks (which would have been useful for a temporary occupation force, as it would interact with people better). The high numbers, high mobility and versatility of the B1 made it a very good army to cover a lot of space fast without looking too "threatening", it was the perfect droid to occupy a few Republic worlds until they'd settle for advantageous negotiations. Meanwhile, the clones were designed to fight actual wars. The Separatists probably had to refit a good chunk of their military industry to produce B2 and other droids en masse instead.

b1 and commandos are the best droids b1 for their stupidity and drama commandos for their looks

You forgot my favorite the mouse droid

For reference, there's approximately 100 billion stars in the milky way galaxy...

B3s still give me nightmares from republic commando

I'll always love the hail fire droids 🤙

In Star Wars episode 3 for DS there is a lot of B2 types but I don’t know if they are canon

I mean 10-1 is literally like what? 30 million max. Ain’t no way they thought these numbers through when taking into account how massive the Star Wars galaxy is.

Assuming there was 1 quintillion of battle droids, then the clone were outnumbered not 10 to 1, but almost three billions to one.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="545">9:05</a> OMG CAMERAMAN😱💀

My fav are the infiltrator demolition droids because imagine your roomba suddenly Turns into a damn terminator and does a fusion dance with another roomba to make a bomb

in clone wars i always thougt the red light from the super battle droids was an eye, i noticed like 1 year later the head💀