Why the Droid Army was Absolutely GENIUS 

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“They cant stop us all” - droids

Best army in star wars: Clone officers leading droid armies.

The only reason the droid army failed was because of Palpatine's 4D chess. Clones lulled the jedi into a false sense of security that he could exploit when it came time to take power. He only needed a cost effective army of scarecrows to distract them.

“I... just.. got.. promoted!!!” *sliced to pieces by Yoda*

Plus nobody had to lose their loved ones and friends so anti-war movements is more unlikely

"You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down."

Imagine if the driod army wasn't being sabotaged by Palpatine and had more commando droids they have taken over so quick.

They had a countermeasure for anything the Republic had and the ability to handle any type of warfare due to their versatility. Not to mention having a droid army inflicts little to no organic casualties on the CIS. It really is a case of working smarter not harder lol

Imagine dooku puts on his glasses to see the electricity bill of intergallactic droid army

The droid army was the biggest imaginable army one could create, especially enough to cover a galaxy worth of planets. They are fearless, don't retreat, inexpensive, recyclable and reusable (because the CIS obviously cared about ecological health). It was every single thing that great military strategists and theorists alike have sought for, not perfect tactics but rather fearless soldiers.

I think Gendy Tartakofski did the best job of showing the droids as a threat. By removing the comic relief they became scary as a unified horde

I feel like the biggest advantages of a droid army is that they don’t feel fear, they don’t feel pain and they don’t feel guilt. They would be literal killing machines. [Edit: A droid army like the Cylons or Terminators, the Battledroids are actually bad examples]

“Droids don’t talk back.” You sure about that?

If you think about it the CIS is the least evil most humane faction throughout the entire Star Wars galaxy

“You can make a new body out of the remains of the others” -CIS factory worker. General people: that sounds disturbing. Necromancer: So... you hiring?

Well as far as improvisation goes, there was that one commando droid from the citadel prison arc that, upon having its riot shield blown from its hand, jumped up the wall, took control of a gun emplacement and successfully shot Anakin off his speeder.

I love the CIS. They are actually pretty bad ass. I love when they are taken seriously cause they'd actually be a pretty big threat like holy shit lol

The droid army was genius indeed. However, CIS should have had more competent generals.

Honestly, if the droid army wasn't restrained by palpatine, then they would have won no doubt.

Tbh the droid army was being held back so hard. The argument that droids couldn’t improvise seems odd to me since commando droids could use disguises and have been seen adapting to many situations. More importantly any droid demonstrating superior skills or tactics (accidental or not) could be studied and it’s abilities uploaded to the others. A b1 that was a good soldier could be copied onto others and suddenly they would all be competent. Rex says experience beats everything but then the droids can learn what took decades in seconds. Edit: also the republic put itself into debt just to keep its army large enough to keep fighting the droid army meanwhile the CIS could easily pump out armies left and right that would always be at full combat readiness while clones grow past their prime in a few years.

Think when they built the B2 they should have used the B1 to drive vehicles and star ships where their weaker bodies would not be an issue.

Droids Advantages Never Get Tired Never Get Hungry Never Get Sick Never Get Cold Never Retreat Never Hesitate Cannot be poisoned Can be Stronger Can be faster

I still hope in a future movie, we get to see a small surviving CIS cell somewhere in the outer rim. I mean, there's imperial cells still out there, and we did see some CIS cells still surviving with hundreds of droids during the Empire, so I don't see a reason why a few cells, among thousands of ships, across hundreds of planets with factories, how some mistake could use up some few resources and make a group of droids, or finding a group of them still active. (Yes, palpatine had an order which shut down the droid army, but we still saw how a super-tactical droid thought it was a trick by the republic, and denied it, so who's to say that the less intelligent and more prideful tactical droids didn't do so as well? Or if for some reason, a group of droids didn't receive the orders?)

Biggest advantage: droid AI made for some pretty funny dialogue too

I have always loved the concept of a robot army, especially after growing up with the prequel. Especially when you put clever leaders among them.

I would argue that droids actually had too much creativity in many cases and even seemed to display far too much emotion for the conditions they were in. They would stop short of the killing blow to gloat, they would flee or break ranks or otherwise hesitate when presented with a daunting challenge or intimidating situation, and they would even question orders or show displays of curiosity and would seek rewards for doing well, even occasionally going so far as to put self interest before strictly completing the mission in some rarer cases. To truly become effective, they needed to have only the means to communicate info to their command units, target enemies, and attack until there are no more enemies. The fact that B1s had the autonomy to be confused and question what to do with an enemy or to not place the goal of killing the enemy with rapid efficiency above all else undermined their ultimate combat effectiveness. The best ones on the battlefield would have been tactical sociopaths with only a sense for what would cause the enemy as much death and destruction for the longest period possible without eliminating targets that were not meant to be eliminated. The first line deliberately huddling down in a stable position and providing cover for the ones behind them when little forward cover is available. Firing until they are inevitably disabled while using their body to block shots from hitting the droids behind. Many advancing under cover of tightly packed droids until a droid with many explosives was close enough to hurl them at enemy positions in a suicidal charge. Firing more lasers instead of yelling in surprise or trying to block it with an arm. Simply ensuring that an enemy making a deathblow would be adequate opportunity to make their own as trading lives is just cost effective. They were too human, too relatable. I enjoyed their goofy banter and antics but I know the better battledroid is one that would not react to the idea of their destruction as long as it was mutual with the enemy. As long as it caused the enemy pain or allowed others to inflict even more. At the end of the day, the republic won not just because of the sith schemes, jedi involvement, or clone enginuity. They won because the droids weren't truly the emotionless monsters they were supposed to be.

True, robotic armies have a lot of cost-saving advantages, but like any technology, it depends on what you use it for and how. Thrawn in Zhan's Outbound Flight novel was able to study the Trade Federation's attacks to figure out the predicable patterns of the droid attacks before the droids commanders could adapt. Then again, Thrawn was a one-of-a-kind commander compared to the less-than-capable Trade Federation commander. Like Patton said, "Wars are fought with weapons but they are won by men."

CiS is the BEST Star Wars faction: -Cool Droids and amazing living Troops combined -Awsome Technology (Malevolence, Umbaran Staff etc.) -Survivors created the REBELLION so they bassicly WON after all -THEY were Good Guys in the Clone Wars and Galactic Civil War All hail Confedaracy!

I also remember someone pointing out that while it's easier to wage more costly battles with droids, the homefront would usually not feel so bad as it's not family dying. They probably even saw the big tech companies as using their assets to prevent having to send their children to war.

Best option is to have both. Droids as a main source of power, and clones as special forces to take important targets.

Imagine if CIS had a cadre of elite organic soldiers/commanders able to remote control advanced "avatar" droids in the crux of important battles. Kill the avatar droid, its driver simply transfers to another. Then you get the advantages of both an endless droid army and keen organic combatants/tacticians to direct them in advanced maneuvers, who can't be taken out of the fight. Basically, think Grievous only with his meat sack safely aboard a ship or in a hidden bunker somewhere while he operates a lethal droid body remotely with dozens or hundreds of backups available.

Could you do a what if it thousands of clone commandos weren't killed at the battle of Geonosis

The droids were pretty goofy at times but even B1 droids could be brutal

1:02 "Droids aren't very good at improvisation." with snarky comedic dialogue like Theirs I'd think otherwise

The Droid army..... was genius Are we thinking about the same droid army

Not to mention but they also could have won geononsis if it weren’t for dooku making them retreat and how they probably could have lowered down the price astronomicaly for commando droids. 💴💴💴💴💴

If they had realistic AI rather than "herpaderp, gotta make a bad guy with shit aim and low intelligence", a single droid would've been a better soldier than a handful of clone troopers.

*_Not gonna lie, the droid army and the clone army are good._*

I never understood why the Fandom thought the CIS's Droid Army was bad. In more realistic terms if the Sith wasn't just using the Droids to weaken the Jedi over time to set up Order 66 and instead actually focused on defeating the Republic as a whole then I could really see how the Droid Army could win the war. As seen in Star Wars cannon with the number of factories the CIS actually had to supply the war effort was insane and even when the CIS was losing because of Dooku following Palpatine's plan they still had loads of Droids that helped fend off the Republic's aggressive campaign into the end of the war. And when Order 66 happened Palpatine knew the CIS Droid army wasn't going to fall without the shut down code and taking the main command point for the Droid Army.

The CIS would've won if the Clone Army wasn't being equipped with plot-armor.

If only the star wars universe could discover that novel concept of aiming, seriously the safest place in the star wars universe is in front of a blaster.

When you llok at reality and history, you realize how an army that never needs to eat, sleep, and rest, never experience fear and never question orders would be INSANELY OVERPOWERED. Also, it would spare humans life... Just swarm the clones 24h/24h until they are all exhausted, which can happen in a matter of minutes in intense fighting. They would have no chance. Undead in fantasy and droids in SF are the most insane armies you could get. Glory to the Omnissiah

7:48 when I was a kid I thought this scene was so badass, really showcased the advantages of the droid army

One of the major criticism of the prequels was the droids weren't much a threat. But it's nice to see that a lot of people including me realize what a brilliant and formidable army the droid army was. Got to gave Mr Lucas his due. Millions on millions of droids being churned and manufactured out.

Thanks for the compliments, I'm truly flattered.

0:35 I had flashbacks to my childhood just hearing that sound.

"CIS droids aren't all that intelligent and lacked imagination" Just described like every army lol Source: The Army

I don't know how old Grand Admiral Thrawn would've been in Disney-Canon, but can you just imagine him with a cabinet of Super Tactical Droids leading the Separatist Droid Army if the CIS had wound up allying with the Chiss Ascendancy? A military so fantastical, even Sun Tzu would be spinning in his grave out of sheer jealousy.

Another great thing about them is they had far more new tricks up their sleeve by the minute. One battle, they could have massive tanks with super-shields. The next, they could have a large battle cruiser with a devastating ion cannon. Their limitless amount of plans and blueprints for weapons and tools of war was surely a factor to their benefit.

The droid army at its full potential and creative with massive funding would be the greatest army in the galaxy. Imagine if the Empire or the First Order created trillions of YVH droids, B3 Super battle droids, HK-47 droids, and Phase 3 Dark Trooper droids.

You gotta love how he saying that the droid army was genius but then he also has a video called “Why Commander Droids were almost always wrong”

Clone army was the slave army; the CIS droid army was a much better idea

It always bothered me how many clone lives were taken by these freaking robots.

It's not commonly known, but the B1 "Battle" Droid was actually designed as an ornament by the eccentric droid engineer Heinrich Battle.

This is what I shout when I reach climax: "FOR THE SEPERATIST ALLIANCE!"

Do a video on the alien species and they’re real world influences

“They had a lot of bad and good leaders. Some had brilliant, tactical minds and some knew the true capabilities of the droids and how to account for their weaknesses. Some knew both, and they were fearsome.” -ARF/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

Not to mention, each droid is unique in what it can do. For example, b1s are thin, easy to kill , and expendable. They shoot center mass, no rapid fire. Super battle droids can fly shoot bombs and shoot rapid fire. Their gun is a part of them, so they'll never drop it and are durable and expendable. Droidekas are fast can roll which allows them to protect themselves before being ready to fight they're durable have a shield so blaster shots are worthless on them, they can take a few lightsaber hits and are able to shoot rapid fire. You get the picture. In my opinion, the droid army is the best army ever in Star Wars history. I love their looks, and from a tactical sta nd point droids are better than organics if only the empire had spent the money to make them they would've been able to effortlessly crush the rebellion.

I feel like battle droids had an AI of a regular droid tweaked and modified to be used for battle. Not a soldier's AI built from scratch. That's why they still had "clumsiness" and emotions left, which led to slapstick humour

My only question is why droid armies aren't more common. Seems really effective actually.

"can take more damage than any living organism could possibly ever take" *doubts in zilo beast*

The CIS had low cost, logistics, and time on their side with their droid army, but you can't beat sentient and smart ingenuity.

I was playing a Star Wars game (Empire at War) with a mod that allowed me to make droids and CIS ships, i invaded nabbo with a horde of B1's and AAT's and i was surprized on how effective they were at killing Elite infantry. I whent looking for a vid like this and now i know more than i did about the Droids and the C.I.S at the start of the vid. Thank you for explainning this.

Of course a droid army is the best idea! Just ask Skynet.

Also Consider that in most instances those droids were being commanded by an Organic who did posses the ability for imagination and thus the droids can be used beyond their programming by their Organic Commanders.

“Dirty clankers“? Oh boy now you gonna get it *jumps into his land speeder*

I’ve always really liked the idea of a droid army IRL. No draft.

Droids were infamous for walking slow due to the enormous balls they had that weighed them down. They even had Droidecas that were litteral balls in transit.

0:37 brought back a major wave of nostalgia, I remember sitting in my room playing Star Wars Battlefront on my ps2 all the time

I always found it odd that the Rebel Alliance didn't incorporate Battle Droids into their ranks. After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Reprogrammed, the Battle Droid army could have seriously done damage to the Galactic Empire's army.

Well I guess we should just raid area 51 with droids

"We shall restore order by superior force," General Marder Titanfall 2. The droid army truly is the superior force.

You really never do think about how much more efficient having a droid army on a battleship is. They probably saved so much space not needing crew quarters, med bays, cafeterias and kitchens, places to store food and water, etc. that on a ship of the same size but crewed by living people, you could put like twice as many guns and ammo and a bunch more hangers. Especially since they had compact, pilotless/droid fighters it was way easier to store a lot of them in one spot. Also their landing craft was more efficient as droids can fold up way better than a person (like the droids on the racks in MTTs or those squid ships that attacked kamino). A ship of that same size deploying clones would only hold like 5 if they have to stand as opposed to like 12 folded up droids

I love the CIS, especially from Episode 1 when they had those dope voices. 10/10

0:07 Correction, "The Clone Wars" show's portrayal of the Droid Army is shit. All the media that portrayed the CIS before it was great.

I would say having organics fighting along side the machines would be an asset because they could be the creative, intuitive, and humain touch that would help counter clone troops and work for the greater good. But of course this is if no one was pulling the strings

CIS in Legends was good. In Cannon, the whole war makes no sense making it garbo-IMO.

“Droids don’t talk back” Also Droids “but sir we need power...”

Dude, you’re the first person to actually understand my amazement for the CIS and the battle droids

The droids will always be my favorite army in the Galaxy

One of my questions that I have is what if the droid army wasn’t planned to loose, they were meant to loose from the start in darth sideos’s plan, what if they actually won

Video in a nutshell: "Quantity beats quality"

“Quantity has a quality all on its own.”

Here's an idea - why didn't the Rebel Alliance, New Republic, or Resistance use battle droids to compensate for their smaller numbers against the Empire or First Order?

Now just imagine if the CIS was allowed to overcome the imagination flaw with droids is just make very small teams of commandos that can be on site coordinators for the droids given tactical situations that arise. All you need to do is put this guys on a ship with sensors that let's them see what's going on you can do this through small drones going around with cameras or simpler idea put cameras into the sensors on the droids like B2s and a the yellow B1s that where like the squad officers plus make all special units like driodekas, commando driods, etc and maybe heyena bombers for air support needs. I know they had those Command droids but I still don't see with people admrial trench around they couldn't teach organics how to command their droids

7:45 There droid army DOES have logistics to worry about. Rest: They need space when they aren't active. Also, they need down time for routine maintenance. Food: They need power. Medical attention: Both routine maintenance and repair of battle damage are required. They also (like Republic forces) have weapon logistics. Supply of weapons and ammunition and their maintenance and storage. If the commanders ignore maintenance they will soon lose their forces. Battle droids have on board power. Such power couldn't be maintained for years of down time, even if you disconnect it from the droid. The same goes for their blasters. Overall it comes down to resources. A droid army needs more refined ore and production facilities, and human army needs more biological material. Whichever you have in abundance dictates which army you go with.

Imagine if grievous had fought against the empire, that would’ve been amazing to see 2 powerful militias battling each other

Every clone story in a bar starts with “there we were, outnumbered one to ten…”

Me: droids hah worst fighting force in the whole galaxy Dark troopers: Am I a joke to you?

Accually in episode one s1 in the clone wars a droid tank driver was like lol I have better plan then that officer droid and went another way so I guess they do have imagination He gets the tank stuck in the end

To sum up: PROS Droids can be mass produced faster, cheaper and nearly anywhere. Droids allow faster, cheaper and easier logistics for deployment, supply and coordination. Droids are faster, cheaper and easier to customize for evolving operational conditions through hardware/software adjustments. Droids are more durable to battle damage and can withstand environmental conditions biological units cannot. Droids do not disobey orders or lose morale. CONS Droids need dedicated tactical and strategic guidance against situations outside original mission parameters. Droids need access to specialized maintenance infrastructure on site during prolonged operations. The plot turned the droid army, especially the B1s, into ineffective comic relief. But in a real scenario, even against Jedi and Clone Troopers, the CIS would have creamed the Republic through sheer numbers alone.

I can imagine how cool would be a game in which u create ur own factories and droids and u conquer the galaxy. From a squad of droids to armies with tanks, bombers and capital ships.

In my opinion nothing in all the Star Wars galaxy would be as terrifying as a Jedi led droid army imagine having the combat prowess of Jedi backed by the overwhelming numbers giving by droids

This sounds like some C L A N K E R P R O P A G A N D A to me

For the confederacy of independent systems!

If B1's recibed the proper programming and better bodies with good armor like the Commando droids they can be some of the deadliest of The C.I.S.

Droids do not lack Imagination, B1s have the best sense of humor of any army footsoldier

"Who knew you were better as a sand bag than a soldier?" - Count Dooku, 1943

But jedi are peace keepers, they wouldn’t mow down living soldiers like they do droids