Why the Gungan Grand Army Was So Unorthodox [Why Did they Use Tactics Like this??] 

The Gungan Army had their moment to shine by participating in the underwater campaign of Mon Calamari alongside the Clone Troopers.

As someone who doesn't hate Jar Jar or the Gungans as a whole, I always liked the sheer ingenuity they showed during battle. Don't let their funny way of talking fool you, this amphibians are true warriors.

Fun Fact about the Gungan Grand Army: It was the only military force in the galaxy capable of capturing General Grievous.

As we can see in The Clone Wars show, the gungans are actually pretty competent warriors when not being led by an idiot.

I really loved seeing the Gungan army using personal energy shields against blaster fire when the movie came out

You forgot to mention that the Gungans also had an air force of sorts. Some Gungan warriors flew on the backs of Aiwha, where they would be used for reconnaissance or ridden into battle where they would launch boombas from slings or by dropping larger payloads of them like bombs on the backs of their Aiwhas. Aiwhas are also the same creatures found on Kamino, which the Kaminoans also use as transportation on their aquatic planet. Even more bizarrely was how they used floating whales for aerial transportation and as heavy assault ships. The developers for the Galactic Battlegrounds games must have really had some fun when coming up with some interesting ways to put the Gungans on equal footing militarily as the other civilizations.

I loved that George Lucas included Naboo and other planets for the special edition of Return of the Jedi. It was a beautiful way to re-establish Episode VI as the end of a great Saga

When i was a kid Jar Jar was actually my favourite character in the movie. I even had a plush doll of him. I always liked the gungans, i don't really understand the hate for them. I appreciated this video giving them the credit they deserve

"What about the Droid attack on the Wookies?" He's right, the grand army of the Wookies deserves their own video, especially since we were denied seeing part of their culture in that unfinished Clone Wars episode where the Bad Batch went to their planet.

Gungan technology always caught my interest ever since the battle in The Phantom Menace

*Fun fact:* Naboo was not attacked during the Yuuzhan Vong invasions. The extra-galactic warriors have no idea about what they avoided by not facing the Gungan. 😅

Curiously, the Gungan were discovered by the Republic the same year that Darth Nihilus's devastating Sith wars took place. Without a doubt the worst year in history to be alive 😅

The physiology of a Gungan's head makes me ponder what a Mando/Gungan helmet would look like.

I think I see some room for a book portraying one of those gungan-naboo wars w/o picking sides.

I mean.. let’s be real.. people might talk shit about Jar Jar.. but the fact that this Gungan is the only one of his kind to even be able to fight alongside the likes of Mace Windu is pretty awesome.

I always liked the Gungans. Jar Jar was funny (back then I was a kid and did'nt know any better), but when learning more about his species I find them to be one of the most resiliant and brave people in Star Wars.

I recall there is a gungan miny Boss in the ps2 version of the force unleashed. While I think that the two droids where the main problem he was still a pain to deal with. If we saw more of that it would have changed how we saw them.

6:30 I find it weird why the Gungans don't seem to acquire blasters especially when they made peace with the people of Naboo as close friends and also keep up with the current trend of armies using blasters.

Jar Jar is less hated now. We do not speak of whom is now more hated here

It’s kinda wild to consider due to their appearance in TPM, Lore wise, The Gungans actually have one of the most fleshed military doctrines and tactics as far as individual alien species are concerned lol. Like, the only comparable ones (in the films) are Wookiees and Ewoks

I feel like fans are much nicer to Jar Jar these days. Or maybe they're just afraid of him being a Sith Lord, now that the truth is out. Gungans are awesome overall, and a full alien army on display in ep1.

I love too with their capture of General Grievous, they knew that in order to restrain him, a few would have to get close to immobilize him and would die for it and still did it anyway. Tarpals getting stabbed and still having the strength to throw some wisdom at Grievous and then stabbing him as well.

Jar Jar used to be hated, but when I compare him to what we got since then, I can say that people now love him.

In the pre-Disney age, they did get out to the wider galaxy after the Phantom Menace. Many gungans were merchants, salesmen, auctioneers, bodyguards, and even Bounty Hunters. There was one Gungan who was Force Sensitive and kidnapped by Cad Bane in the Clone Wars. Unfortunately, kid never became a Jedi.

As somebody who grew up playing and mains the gungans in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds it was a bit jarring to see designs, names and events I had only known from that game fully illustrated. For the longest time I thought they were game exclusive, made up as they went along!

I love the gungans l want to see more of their military in future of star wars included the Elders

“Ouch time” -Roos Tarpals

Gungans are underrated and by the way for those who don't know the scarred gungan in the thumbnail is kleef from the force unleashed ps2 version, he was a veteran of the battle of naboo and he served briefly as part of the security detail for jar jar on coruscant.Before turning to a live of crime and during the imperial era he worked for the mandalorian kingpin chop'aa notimo and became his second in command. When they attacked cloud city and kidnapped senator garm bel Iblis but kleef and his boss were killed by starkiller and the senator was saved.

Seriously could make a movie out of this . Star wars is so vast and yet everything has to revolve around the last 60+ before and after the clone wars

Their tactics and weaponry do seem primitive considering galactic standard but it apparently gets the job done. (Especially since star wars is full of primitives punching well above their weight.) Side note, they could probably do really well in a historical or fantasy based military setting and could probably pick up how to engage in combat and warfare really quickly.

"These Gungan tribes fought each other as much as they fought their enemies." Sith: these guys get us!

A video about Wookie warriors would be cool, if there isn't one already. Ewoks too.

“Weesa have a Grand Army” -Coolest Jar Jar quote

gungans just jump in the the Mon Calamari fight. Was a pretty cool scene. Also when they took grevious out.

I always liked the gungans when I played Galactic Battle Grounds. The droids were op tho because they didn't need barracks

“What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?” (This is my way of asking for a vid about the Wookiees’ military)

8:10 problem with their war philosophy is that one can only do so much on Defense. Without being good at Offense or being clever on their attack... Cuz honestly while it was a huge Diversion vs the Trade Fed Battle Force it WAS one they honestly LOST. Displaying little or no attack abilities

I think the Gungan's greatest strategic move was to convince the galaxy that they were a laughing stock. That way when your army is marching along and is suddenly ambushed by a thousand ninjas superman-diving you with electrospears and shutting down your tech with those blue ball thingies, you really have no idea what to do. Seriously though, I always loved Gungans in general. I'd love stories about them serving the Old Republic as a military force, being one of the few truly martial-species that is also, y'know... not evil. The idea of them fighting a stand-up battle against Mandalorians, or being called in to protect a besieged city with their shield generators. Played right, I think Gungans are amazing. Their appearance in the battle of mon cala was wonderful to see.

So to add to what you've compiled here (great video btw), I wanted to highlight the variety of tactics and tech available to the gungan grand army, as well as their likely impact on the wider galaxy. This is a bit of a ramble, but hopefully someone appreciates this: Okay, so before Queen Amidala and her entourage arrived to try and retake Naboo, the Gungan Grand Army was considering a guerilla campaign against the Federation, using the swamps and waterways for cover essentially. As such, it does seem that they are capable of more than just using defensive shields and waiting for the enemy to attack. On top of that, the apparent battle plan was to have the catapults sit at the top of the hilly ridge (the one that the Federation appears from in the film) with the shields and army in front and cavalry as flanking and reserve forces. The hilltop would likely give the catapults added range and force, making them more deadly against the AATs and MTTs, rather than just the battle droids like we see in the film. I only bring that up because it reveals that gungans likely had a wider array of military strategies and tactics than just "lure enemy into shield and drop every single booma on them". Obviously, the very concepts of portable plasma shield generators as well as the fortress city of "Spearhead" as this "fortress that has never fallen" until Boss Rogoe united the gungan tribes, implies that traditional Gungan doctrine centered heavily around defense. This would in turn, have developed into strong offensive technologies and tactics, hence why they have catapults, trebuchets, and cerrabores (beasts that act as battering rams). And depending on how literal you want to take a game like Galactic Battlegrounds: gungan flamethrowers likely made of plasma Oh and in legends, they also had aiwhas for a rudimentary air force, and then post-TPM they had expanded space faring capabilities with at least G-1 starfighters (literally just green N-1s, modified for long range recon and escort missions), space faring bongos, and mantaris transports. Most of that isn't explicitly canon anymore, but thought it worth mentioning as gungan civilization would likely evolve and morph due to the Naboo alliance essentially bringing them into the wider galaxy. Also one last thing, it seems like the Baktoid companies and some parts of the CIS took lessons from the Gungans that were reflected in tech and tactics. Commando droids carried both melee and ranged weapons, along with personal shields to use as a way to charge enemies, much like gungan soldiers do. General Whorm Loathsom from the clone wars movie hid his army behind a ray shield that slowly advanced on the republic position; this is very similar to how gungans would be used in the video game Galactic Battlegrounds, where players would often have their army march in formation with their fambaa shield generators right up to the enemy to wreak havoc. And finally, while they weren't shown on screen, Gungans also ride zalaaca (think panther+horse+gator) into battle, often to devastating effect since they have sharp claws and tusks, as well as speed and ferocity. One of the Baktoid companies (same ones that made most of the CIS droid army and ordnance) made a heavily armored but very agile scout walker based on the Zalaaca, that was mainly used by the Rebel Alliance. Basically, the gungan army definitely was a strong fighting force in both continuities and they seemed to have had a significant impact on the wider galaxy in terms of military and technology. How significant and effective they are is up to you of course, but in-universe they were likely high tier as far as planetary forces go. Just sucks we rarely get to see them fight, so the fact we can get this long and detailed of a video on them is wild in and of itself. Oh and if you somehow made it to the end of this comment for whatever reason, thanks for your time! :D

As a kid when episode 1 came out, I actually liked jar jar and the gungans and I still do.

Star wars needs more jar jar and lets not forget that 1 gungans sacrifice almost killed general grievous. Gungans are COOL 😎

[listens to video, forces self to remember that in Star Wars 'plasma'=='magic', not actual plasma]

The Gungan army really is one of the best armies in all of Star Wars. They were just misused in an open battle in Episode 1. But in The Clone Wars on Mon Calamari they showed their true strength fighting in an environment they excel in fighting alongside the Clones. The Gungan Grand Army is really amazing, has unique and interesting weapons and technology, and effective tactics they employ in combat.

The shield generators create an interesting possibility in that they created a barrier that the trade federation had to go through. Deploy ground troops at the edge in whatever the naboo equivalent of a testudo formation and use electrolances to dispatch droids as they pass through the barrier. Tanks and droidekas are the obvious counter to this, boomas offer limited response, the issue is collateral damage, so it basically boils down to how effective your shield wall is. Threat could be mitigated by improved artillery. Deploying artillery in a flanking ambush, with catapults outside the defenses in concealed positions also has the potential to be effective, particularly if protected by cavalry. The risk is this leaves the flanking element exposed, would require a more effective means of exfiltration, possible assistance from Naboo resistance?

The Hapan military would be a cool one for you to do! For instance. The Hapan Battle dragon is a freakin epic Battleship, could match a Star destroyer pretty decently!

The Gungan Army might be unorthodox but you have got to respect them nonetheless. For they are warriors at heart.

The gungans captured general grievous alive and imprisoned him disabled his whole strike package and didn’t need Jedi help to do it!

I actually really like the tactic of using those big animals to carry their shield generators. Imagine how much more effective the Imperial Army would be if they got AT-ATs to do something similar.

Word of advice, don't adhere to the hate bandwagon and TRY YOUR DARNDEST to make the Gungans and Ewoks loyal to your side in a war if not history.

Imagine how OP it would be if there was an army of wookies, gungans and ewoks against either the Trade Federation or an Imperial Garrison.

It would be cool to hear about the wookie army nobody ever talks about what the wookie military is like

Everybody gangsta 'till the Gungans build the aethorophasic engine in Stellaris.

I've never hated the gungans. But anyone who's fought a gungan with two vibroblades and an eye patch knows what they can do, guy was cool as hell.

Unlike the regular fandom I never hated Jar Jar Binks.

Anyone who's played the original Battlefront 2 knows how much of a colossal pain in the ass the fuckers are to fight

Their weaponry is the definition of rugged and reliable. For comparison each little blue ball is the equivalent of 40k plasma gun shot. Their tactics might be outdated but are nothing to scoff at, the Gungan endure. Also they look like the Rakata so extra points?

I forgot, did you guys ever do the Naboo Royal Security Force(s)?

Honestly if they got blaster forms of boomers that’d prolly be a powerful tool for their armies

I still like the Darth Jar Jar being Darth Plagueis theory. Would make his slapstick make cooler sense. Disney could`ve done right by them by making Snoke a Jar Jar Play

For being an entire civilization on one of the core Republic planets built completely around EMP technology in a time period when the main ops were droids, gungans were severely underestimated and underutilized imo. I ain't saying they should've just sent frogmen out to battle the Separatists, but their engineering and weaponry could've easily be built into the Grand Army's arsenal. Imagine a destructive bomb with like a city-wide radius that only damages droids and can safely be employed with clones on the field.

Damn i donno much about star wars, but these salamanders have the perfect skirmishing loadout

the Gungans defeated Grievous in battle while loosing only 3 Gungan soldiers. Meaning they are good enough to be called effective.

Makes you wonder if any Force Sensitive Gungans really came into the Jedi (or sith) Fold, since they were a rather reclusive species before the events of TPM. Yet in Legends (i belive) there were named Gungan Jedi and Sith. Imagine if the Gungan Grand Army had Jedi Generals, years before Jedi Generals were a thing in The Clone Wars. "Bombad Jedi General" just sounds badass in a way. Get to have Republic and Gungan Grand Army tones to it.

Imagine if the gangun grate sheilds were able to deflect the progectals of the droid tanks agents them like they smaller ones

That's so funny, the thumbnail on the left has literally been my profile pic for years.

the Mon Calamari fish army starship corps!!!

I love Jar Jar. The majority of hate come from the internet telling you to hate him

Gungans need a much better PR Campaign.

I loved JarJar when I was a kid and the movie came out

they all mysteriously disappeared shortly after the repuplic became the empire no one knows why

I don't hate Jar Jar I never understood the hatred for him

A grand army indeed

I'm pretty sure many Gungans would've joined the rebels against the Empire.

In defense of the Gungans, pretty much everyone in the Prequel Era fight pretty badly when it come to land engagements, and it‘s way less rational for the clones and droids than it is for the Gungans.

Because the Gungans and Naboo had to save each other in order to demonstrate the theme of symbiosis present throughout the Phantom Menace. Yeah, I think a LITTLE too much thought went into prequels. Lucas: Yes, what is it? Little boy: Can I just watch the movie? Lucas: No, you cannot "just watch the movie". You won't enjoy it on as many levels as I do.

They get a bad rap because George Lucas and Dave Fioni hate General Grievous from the OG Clone Wars Mini series.

Could you try dig up info on the doug army, they seem to be the only faction to use railguns

Huh, Force Commander makes an appearance!

I like the theory that Jar Jar Binks is actualy a sith

I mever hated jar jar.i liked his character from the first time.

How many planets have planet-scale development (like we’ve seen in the Mandalorian episode in Book of Boba Fett)?

0:12 Darth JarJar deserves more hate

Jar Jar is the true dark lord. He has fooled everyone.

Gungans during Imperial era next?

This is what bothers me about people sayin "cW gRiEvOuS wAs bEaTeN bY gUnGaNs" like something pejorative He lost to them because he, just like that breed of people, didn't take them seriously. Let's see YOU take on an army of amphibian warriors armed with EMPs

Remember when the gungans could of took out Grevous but decided to trade him

I liked playing the gungans campaign in galactic battlegrounds or whatever the age of empires version of Star Wars was called for pc. I still hate jar jar binks.

Do the Umbarans mann

I always liked jar jar lol

The Galactic battle grounds story was cannon??????

You're forgetting Jar Jar is a sith

Prefer when he was Darth Jarjar an was subtly manipulating the force allowing him to do his shenanigans

Awesome video though it was very well done

Who’s the new narrator? Forgive me for asking but I’m paranoid about RU-vidrs changing. (Or I’m just dumb)

36 hours? That might be viable for Otoh Gunga and its environs, but I hardly think that's believable for the entire Gungan civilisation. Further, there are 3.24 billion Gungans (72% of the total of 4.5 billion inhabitants of Naboo), so their whole army should rank in the _millions_ I mean, even assuming the military accounts for no more 0.1% of the eligible male population (assuming 'eligible' accounts for ~1/4 of males, excluding children and adolescents at the low end, and those no longer fit enough at the high end), you're looking at a total in the _hundreds of thousands_ .

This is Canon for me!

Star wars galactic battlegrounds?

This an example of on paper one army looks pitiful in nature. Yet is probably the one the most robust and effective militaries by any race of society by making the best use of it its resources and defeated enemies that seemed more technologically advanced. But the thing about Organic soliders is yes they can break and even desert their lines if the stress of battle can get too great for them. However equally such dire situations in battle can rally some troops to fight on because they know the alternative is much worse. Battledroids at least in the battle of naboo for the most part were simple and programed they really lacked the personalities to they developed later. Thus made them less adaptable and more inflexible if shit hit the fan. Sure the Gungans could have made better use of the terrain but do to due the abilities and even blunders of some individuals like Jar Jar actually stalled the trade federation army long enough for the naboo strike team to captured Vicroy Nut Gunray which in tern probably cut off communication with the trade federation fleet with various other factors that led to the trade federations downfall at the battle of Naboo with its leadership disorganized it meant a lone start fighter could fly inside the droid control ship destroying it cause the army to shut down. The Vicroy was too afrogant and greed for his own good that he fell for the bait that was Gungan Grand Army. It was never meant to out right defeat the trade federation simply stall for time for the real fight else where."

I don't see why everyone hates Jar Jar... personally, I'll take him over Episode 1 Anakin *any* day. 😀

I've always liked jar jar.