You should respect this ship, but I know a lot of y'all don't 

As someone who's very first lego star wars set (and one of the things that first got me into star wars) was a model of this ship, I always respected it.

I mean, if you want to see a bomber varient of the Geonosian fighter, I think the Solar Sailor would be a good template for that. Each prong could have an sonic cannon, the main weapon in the center like normal, a bomb chute in the middle, and the ship could run with a 2 man crew. One flies the ship and fires the main cannon, the other handles the bomb bay and the sonic cannons. With the cockpit obviously moved to the rear for ease of use so the pilot hive can all learn the same controls for the ships

“Good thing, those bugs can’t aim.” -Unknown Clone Trooper last words

Ever since playing the original Star Wars Battlefront and playing the large battlefield of Geonosis, I’ve been fascinated by the planet and its species. Geonosians were thought as dumb bugs but I love that they are so much more than a hive of bugs. I love their language, the lore, you name it, very fascinating

I love that they use tractor beam projectors to guide the shots of the laser cannon with scary precision. It's an innovation that we don't see on any other ship.

I think the most impressive part about this ship is the fact that it's totally domestically produced. It's one thing to make a top-tier starfighter, but it's even more impressive for one isolated planet to mass produce a design that can rival almost any other. Geonosis is basically the only planet outside the Core to build their own top-tier military with no outside help. They dod did this to avoid becoming dependent on others.

Realizing the Nantex had thrust vectoring and thus can pull off a cobra maneuver makes me wonder if an X wing could pull off a cobra as well

Nothing beats flying this ship out of the spire hangar on Geonosis in Battlefront 1

If a Jedi was ever able to get into one of these and "bond" with its computer, they would single handedly be one of the deadliest forces in the skies and in space. This ship deserves massive amounts of respect for its capabilities, regardless of what we got to "see" in the series/movies. This thing was a beast.

I always liked the Geonosian starfighter solely because of the awesome purple lasers and a cool name

Holy cow I have not touched that SW game in 3 years. But yeah the Geonosian fighters are beastly. I have to love how Dooku just nonchalantly waves his fingers and they just go to action. Its sad what ended up happening to them though.

I always loved the design along with every other ship that was within the CIS.

Eckharts and Vite Ramen: "10% off for *non-bugs*" The insectoid aliens preparing for an invasion: "We have our first targets!"

I wish the Nantex got more love in games and other media, it's so cool and unique looking.

The Nantex is underused and underappreciated, outside of mods it's only been usable in like Battlefront, The Skywalker Saga, and Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns.

“Good thing those bugs can’t aim.” (Immediately Bursts into flames)

The more I learn about some of the thoughts and details of the cultural design of the Geonosians, the more fascinating they become, as well as more alien. Insect and hive species are always bizarre and I respect how some people and some writers are able to get Into that mindset so well. While I complain about writing a lot, I have to admit I couldn't do half the things do e in Star Wars and get even a handful of people to even read it let alone like it.

fast, fighter-sized tractor projector for targeting, maybe a bit underarmed, but it has a laser cannon where a lot of other atmosphere-capable craft have only blasters. Pretty cool

I have the three Nantex starfighter on Galaxy of heroes and yes, they're deadly, especially with a Vulture Droid. One shoot, the others two shoot too. And the Vulture droid do the same

Very cool and unique craft, Its a shame we didn't see more of them because there portrayal in the genndy clone wars series shows them and their pilots to be agile and cunning. It would be cool to have several squadrons of em survive up to the end of the clone wars and they earned the begrudging respect of both jedi and clones who had to fight against them.

I’ve always loved this ship but I love anything CIS and it fires purple lasers (my favorite color)

Can you do more separatist vehicles? Like the Hardcell transport, or the Diamond class cruiser

I've always loved the design of the Nantex-class, it has a unique design that lends itself well to toys and Lego sets (I had a Nantex Lego set and loved it) and the weapons systems had a clever twist

The geonosian starfighter was honestly for maneuverability and speed it was excellent. The main 2 issues I have with it is what is the point of the lower torso of the plane as well as how do you expect people or genosians in this to really see anything occuring below them. Especially if its another star fighter.

8:23 The bomber verson could be essentially two fighters connected via a central "wing". The armament would be the two standard laser turret, with bombs etc housed in the central wing. You could even make it so that the "wing" isn't permenantly fixed in place, allowing the two halves to detach and revert to normal fighters.

I've always liked the design of the Geonosian fighter, but I've also always liked the underrated Geonosian cruiser from Republic Commando.

I remember this being one of the BEST ships to steal on the Battle of Geonosis in the original PlayStation 2 Battlefront 1 (or whatever other console / emulator). When I was in elementary school, my friends and I would fill a LAAT to the brim and rush the droid bunker to steal it. It was REALLY fast, great guns, and took focus fire to really put it down. The AI was too derpy to really counter it, which we considered a valid reward. Far too many times have I sent LAAT after LAAT to their complete deaths. We were scrubs and meat to the meat grinder.

I just love Prequel era ship designs. Such a unique aesthetic

I always loved the slim design and how fast those fighters could maneuver through the sky. It honestly makes me wonder which would be harder to fly, the Geonosian Fighter or the Umbaran Fighter?

Ventress' fighter and the solar sailor are, of course, also Geonosian designs!

When my brother and I were kids we would split screen on BF2 (2005) and I would always go right to the spire hangar on Geonosis to get this thing, I was obsessed with it but would always crash trying to straf the AT-TE

the new thumbnails and titles are funny liking the new work keep it up, the geonosian starfighter is definitely one of those ships that is extremely unique and that makes sense the geonosians themselves are unique

Galaxy of Heroes players always respect this beauty of a starship.

Anyone who plays X-wing respects (and hates unless you are personally using it) that ship.. or atleast did on release, that shit was broooookeeeeeen

The symbiotic link between Geonosians and their ships sort of reminds me of this lore that I'm not super sure us true about droid fighters gaining some degree of independence after the war and forming bonds with mechanics and scavengers for parts in exchange for protection.

Love me the Nantex. Last time i was playing Star Wars Saga-Edition i played as a Geonosian who survived the gassing and joined the rebellion in my Nantex. Absolutely fell in love with it.

There is a Geonisian cruiser that hasn't been made canon along with other ships also.

I shall respect this ship now, thank you.

When this thing was released in X-Wing it took the game by storm. I can promise you every X-Wing player knows this ship extremely well.

For the longest time my favorite starfighter was the A-Wing; it's light, maneuverable, and just about every source put in front of you shouts how it's the fastest thing out there. In recent years, however, I took a second look at the CIS (as a lot of the internet seems to have done lately) including at the Geonosians and the Nantex. If some sources are to be taken with even a grain of salt, they put the Nantex well above and beyond the previous top dog positions on speed alone (20,000 km/h under optimal atmospheric conditions). Beyond speed you've got a shopping list of traits: its array of tractor beam generators for pinpoint weapon accuracy; its frictionless ball thruster and laser cannon that allow for unmatched dynamics in dogfights, as well as its bubble cockpit for optimal line of sight. The lifetime worth of synchronization between pilot and flight computer (which has adaptability programming with more in common with a droid brain), their ability to communicate reflexively via pheromones, and the fact that Geonosian pilots don't need to sleep and are ready for duty at an instant (whether from a ground spire, or an orbital asteroid field) is a level of dedication to perfecting starfighter combat like nothing any other military culture can match, not even the GAR with its specialized clones and years of flash training. Simply put: while the Nantex may arguably not be the best starfighters overall, they are among the best designed interceptors and most personalized dogfighters, and are paired with the most dedicated, specialized, and perhaps finest corps of non-force-using pilots in the setting, bar none. My new favorite.

this and Naboo N-1 Starfighter are my favorites in star wars that race car aesthetic. the Geonosian fighter is like a fast and nimble sport bike and the N-1 Starfighter is like a Lamborghini nearly endless speed and power with beauty for days.

It basically turns organic ground troops and pilots to jelly if shot with their sonic weaponry

I played Jedi Starfighter for the PS2 before Attack of the Clones released in theaters, so that's where I met the Geonosian Starfighter. I know it's legends now, but the game's version of the ship had a missile launcher of some kind that would absolutely tear you apart if you let it get within firing range. It did in fact blend in vwith the asteroids around Geonosis very well. I not only respected the Geonosian Starfighter, I feared it. I'm actually a little sad to hear the missile launcher is gone in canon.

I know not a lot of people liked AoTC but i did. When I was a kid I was in the hospital a lot, one of the only movies we had was Phantom Menace on VHS I think? And the TV had no sound so my brother would do all the voices and SFX (we had no idea what was going on) so when AoTC came out we went to see it. It was the first movie I ever saw in theatres. There were lines and neon lights and popcorn and people in costumes and when John Williams iconic fanfare hit the theatre ERUPTED, masks and lightsabers went flying. It was so amazing no other in theatre experience ever came close after that

I honestly love the Genosian fighter and the little cruiser as well. Good looking ships.

The ones that weren't piloted by Genosians were flown by droid pilots on occasion in the clone wars, which was the only other kind of pilot that could fly them somewhat effectively. They had good long range accurate firepower and decent maneuverability, but they lacked in other areas. One problem were the limited weaponry it would have for dealing with larger ships like Star Destroyers. Given the Empire gassed Geonosis, whatever defense fleet was there couldn't stop the Empires heavy ships from decimating them and it was to hide the 'Death Star' project that the Geonosians had helped create. This would be the largest genocide committed by the Empire leaving 100 Billion dead, with one survivor that Darth Vader eventually stole a battle droid factory from, that being the sterile last Genosian and Queen known as Karina. The Genosis Fighter also had lengthy production times being hand crafted, the absolute need for specialized pilots which were in limited supply and were primarily made to be used in atmosphere more effectively than in space. If the fighter loses it's pilot, could it even be used by another Genosian or would it need a droid pilot from that point on? The ships not having interchangeable pilots wouldn't help the limitations of actually piloting one by sense of smell. Genosians had poor eyesight. Palpatine really didn't like the Genosians given the way they basically suffered total extinction that only a Kaminoan would be able to fix if they got a hold of some genetic material and the Kaminoans didn't fair any better either.

This thing was actually one of my favorite ships to fly around in SWB classic, as soon as the match would spawn, I'd immediately sprint as fast as I could to it. I just HAD to fly it.

When I first saw Attack of the Clones, I thought those ships were droid controlled based on how Dooku seemed to key in some commands on his goofy speeder bike thing (why didn't he have a shuttle???). Given Eck's explanation on how they integrate with their ships, this wasn't too far off the mark.

I agree with you on the innovative and cool design. The rotating parts are somewhat akin to my favorite Rebel era starfighter, the B-wing.

Mon Calamari designs are consistently the most interesting in Star Wars, as they are such an organic divergence from the angular, WWII-inspired Imperial and Rebel ships. Would be cool to have a TV show focus on their homeworld's shipyards, just so we could get a break from all the human-centric storylines.

I always loved the Geonosian starfighter, ever since I first saw it while my brothers played the first Battlefront.

These videos about CIS ships and weapons are great awesome!

I often imagined them as being present in the swarm war along side the similar shaped needle ships the killiks would use to kamikazi effect.

When I was a kid I thought Dooku escaped in a Geonosian Starfighter, which made sense to me because he was on Geonosis so he had one here.

In the OG Battlefront, I would run to these things when playing the CIS every match because they were always so fun to fly. So much about Geonosian aero/space tech is so unique amongst other Star Wars ships and such, I wish we'd see a small resurgence or homage to them in say, Mando or even Andor. Just giving someone a speeder like Dooku's or his solar sailor to a side character would be awesome. Hell, giving someone a geonosian Sonic blaster would be amazing for the VFX crews to work with in a live action show!

Something I've always wanted to see was this fighter with a hardened drill-type nose, just for flying directly through bigger ships, like a star destroyer, and completely wrecking it from the inside (think Holdo Maneuver, but smaller and less suicide)

Geonosian pilot inside the starfighter, inaudible, while gunning down Republic gunships: _Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay_ _My, oh, my, what a wonderful day_ _Plenty of sunshine headin' my way_ _Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay!_ Mace Windu, a few miles away, actually sensing this happening: 👁👄👁

Clone trooper: "Good thing those bugs can't aim" Geonosian pilot: "And I took that personally"

Geonosian ship is definitely unrated and awesome looking. Despite not as much love, i think it's very unique and one of my favorites ship.

Geonosians were always so interesting. They look like gross bugs, but they were hyper intelligent industrialists

I've always loved ship's use of tractor beams. I also like how it resembles the solar sailer. I'm a sucker for a consistent language 😂

I never gave much thought to this fighter. To be completely honest , I didn’t even know it was Geonosian. Kinda cool to knowing more about it.

this was my first starwars lego ship as a kid so it grew on me because the mandibles were very usefull pieces for many other ship builds

I always loved the design but never gave it much thought until now. Thanks for another fantastic vid!

😍 The first time I saw those ships was in the game Rouge Squadron for Nintendo 64, always caught my attention because so different from other ships on the universe.

My memory is not that great but pretty sure those tractor beams could be used to move small asteroids in the system to block blaster shots.

I do like the geonosians designs as they have a clean and Sleat look to them. In my own sci fi book concept I based the enemy ships droid fighters like them but with wings that join in a diagonal form.

I loved finding this ship on the OH BF2 such fun to use

As a child, the Battle of Geonosis was the coolest thing ever. It got me into Star Wars tbh xD.

I always liked the Geonosian Starfighter as a kid, better than regular TIE fighters, in fact. In general, I think the aesthetic of the Prequel era tech appeals to me more.

Every Vite commercial gets me fiending for that Massaman Curry Ramen. Even Geonosians would suckle on the broth of it

Nah I dig the geonocian starfighter! When some concept art came out before episode 2, I saw that starfighter and loved it

It almost seems like it fills the same niche as the N-1 Starfighter. Both artistically designed, and meant for territorial defense, rather than mass production and distribution. Contrasting the Geonosians against Naboo from the Phantom Menace. We went from serene plains and lakes, to harsh desert sun and dunes.

i like the design, this is what i call astrike fighter, not and intercepter or fighter, but strike kinda like the aurek strike frighter. the manuevering+speed+multi directional guns. like this can shoot front left and right. and the aurek can shoot front, top, back and down...

A few years ago, the best list in the tabletop game Star Wars X-wing was just five Nantexes. They absolutely slaughtered everything for a few months before they nerfed them. They're still a lot of fun to fly today though!

I think a key reason we don't see this ship (or similar models) outside of the Geonosis scenes is due to the extremely niche design, which capitalizes on unique Geonosian traits. Most obvious to me is the use of pheromones to convey information, but there are other species-specific features that other races likely could not easily replicate. The cockpit, for example, is very form-fitting, almost claustrophobic; the bubble canopy, unlike many other craft, somewhat impedes forward vision but enables 360 degrees around, which complements the Geonosian eye structure; I'm sure there would be other features along those lines that other races simply could not replicate, even to their own anatomy.

I remember in the very first star wars battlefront I managed to actually do an entire playthrough of the geonisis level just strafing and blowing up clones and their at te and gunships in one of the geonisjan fighters

Idk y but it looks like a borzoi, and now I just have the song stuck in my head

One of my all time favorite ships largely due to in being one of my favorite Lego sets as a kid and the simple fact that it’s piloted my a bug man

Imagine a bigger anti-capital variant with a nearly identical overall design being sent out in groups alongside the regular fighters. Maybe slap a few torpedo pods on for good measure and swap the laser for a single heavy ion cannon but otherwise I could see a design like this performing very well in the role.

I love the ship in its complex simplicity. I could probably never pilot it, but I love it all the same.

I always thought that they looked like bespin cloud cars on their sides, and that geonosis looked like the reverse of bespin; a city in the sand.

To be fair, it looks like an old-style clotheshanger clip that someone flipped on its side, replaced the knob with an engine and the hinge with a gun, and stuck glass on one side.

I need to use this video as a platform to discuss something unrelated from Wookieepedia: I just noticed that they added pronouns for everyone which may be a nice thought. I have 2 thoughts on the issue: 1) I can't think of a character in Star Wars who doesn't use the pronouns of their gender so making a distinction seems arbitrary. That said I can see how it shows solidarity for the people who really care about how they're gendered. I think my second thought matters more. 2) People are making decisions on behalf of characters who largely never stated their pronouns. It's possible that the characters in their respective books and shows were misgendering them, possibly as a sign of disrespect. Who is to say? Well, in some cases the person with the say is not the creator of the character. Warlord Zsinj is a great example of this, the author of his book has died and someone decided on his behalf that Zsinj's pronouns were he/him. We don't know if Aaron Allston intended for Zsinj to have nonninary or female pronouns and it seems disrespectful to potentially alter any aspect of a character on behalf of a dead author. I'd like to hear another's thoughts though, at least try to change my mind on this being utterly disrespectful. I think in theory it's good but in practice it's like someone arbitrarily assigning gender pronouns which is exactly the way that real people get misgendered and offended.

I feel like the main fighter is definitely an air superiority fighter, but I shiver to think what a ground support variant would look like. Good luck shooting that thing down.

I would like to see wind tunnel tests of this craft. As sleek as it appears, it looks highly unstable. Rolling in particular would put a lot of torque on the hub between the tines. Scissoring would tear the craft apart.

These things literally dominated the X-Wing tabletop game meta for months. Mad respect for them :D

I play a game called space engineers. In this game I like to make agile and specialized ships like this!

Eck bro I grew up on your channel , literally went from 16 to 20 watching your videos , and I absolutely love how your titles have went from choreographed thought out titles , to just the first shit you think 😂 from “why the rebels loved this ship” to “this ship is goofy as hell”

I respect it! It was one of my favorites as a kid, with the lego set. I have a soft spot for the smooth, weirder-looking ships; they feel much more alien in my eyes

Always a fun challenge to fly in OG battlefront because it was so fast and its gun (ingame) was so weak you had to score multiple hits to down an infantryman. But magnetically suspended engine go brrrrrrrr- it was fun to fly

Might be cool to see a Geonosian bomber, but at the risk of being boringly realistic I don't think a defensively-minded isolationist planet would have the need for offensive space or air power. If they had anything in reserves during the war just in case, they would probably just buy some Hyenas.

At least when it comes to the engines, it probably is one of the most realistic starfighters in Star Wars, being able to redirect its thrust like that. Same applies to the weapon turret #askeck did the New Republic switch to more proper military ground vehicle force and if so, what vehicles did they use that differed from the Rebel Alliance? Lore ship Versus video request: Resurgent vs. Starhawk Tie Striker vs. New Republic V-Wing World Devastator vs. Vong Worldship Tie Silencer vs. X-83 Twintail Tie Silencer vs. Tie Defender (legends version) Keldabe vs. ISD II MC90 vs. Nebula class star destroyer Nebula class vs. Pellaeon class Majestic class vs. Bothan Assault Cruiser EAWX: FOTR’s Mandator II portrayal vs. Subjugator Praetor vs. Subjugator EAWX: TR’s Mediator portrayal vs. Resurgent Starhawk vs. Bulwark MK III

So essentially the Bugs version of the A Wing

it was weird but neat. I have a special soft spot for it as well becuase of the battlefront game. one online battle I joined I was basicaly the last character to spawn, i stole one of these things and proceeded to just slowly pick off the enemy droids. I ended up failing... but still i got close!

The fact they're hand crafted makes them even cooler!

It's a predecessor to the Eck-maligned Cloud Car

This thing was a superweapon on Geonosis in BF1. PS2 of course.

Oh, no, I fear that. That killed me plenty of times in battlefront 1. Respect the flying insect bois.

DUDE I love the Geonosian Starfighter, one of my favorite Lego sets is the 2003 Geonosian Starfighter, I remember wanting it when I was 4 years old and saw it in Zellers, then on my 21st birthday my Mom got me the set :3