7 HORRIFIC Battle Droid Deaths That Would Have Been Classed as a War Crime

[@Schalu01]

There was also the time, where a psycopathic Jedi destroyed 17 helpless Battle Droids without suffering a scratch… even worse, those droids were retired and even friendly… a dark day, for sure…😢

[@demi-femme4821]

He even took pride in it.

[@a.j.5380]

18, actually

[@amanzeihedioha]

I bet it was practice for the Younglings....🥺

[@christbenitez8797]

They shouldn't put some personality chip on those droids.

[@dwaynesetiawan6529]

A foreshadow of what Anakin would become in the future.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

B1 battle droid commander: "what a terrible shot." B1 gunner: "ah well it's my programming."

[@keller-pe8rd]

Here me out on this the reason he say it was programming is because they were meant to loses.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

@@keller-pe8rd you might say that.

[@TheTeutonicPlague]

Shiiiiit I don’t blame you, clancka!

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

@@TheTeutonicPlague neither do i

[@garg4531]

A likely story XD Though he's not wrong, they weren't made to be perfect

[@slicer940]

There’s only 1 episode where grievous actually treated his troops decently and that was when he had to exterminate the night sisters. He listened to the droids reports, and even joined the battle with them.

[@BRAdriel10]

Only arc when droids win, love that one.

[@tonyc8258]

@@BRAdriel10 Droids won a few times. Though the point of the droids was to never win, Palpatine couldn’t take a chance not being in control of the Sepratists. They were only meant to break down each side while fighting the clones

[@liampender2359]

So the only time Grievous is kind to his troops is when he is committing genocide.

[@Zombotron5678]

@@liampender2359 I mean he always is, not even counting legends books, he actively hunts and pursues Jedi, even going out of his way and risk losing battles to take on a Jedi

[@liampender2359]

@@Zombotron5678 True but it was genocide against a people who he had no hate for as such plus the Jedi are a mix of species so it is genocide in belief but not in the most common way of wiping out a race.

[@taitano12]

The worst crime is that of their programmers. They were given a Comedic Relief personality likely meant for Protocol Droids. The massive tragedy of the B-1 series came from not being programmed properly for their mission. Their programmers could have given them a colder personality like they apparently gave the Droidekkas or a flippant one like the type Astromech seemed to like. But they were so focused on blind obedience that they went with the somewhat easily intimidated, stupidly docile, way too obedient, Protocol personality. Give them a true Soldier's Personality, and the tragedy is lessened or even eliminated. I would have given them something along the lines of a Jack Churchill style personality, that way they could have laughed with the audience. BUT NOOOO. The Separatists had to go with a "We were made to suffer" Cybot Galactica style personality more fitting for a Protocol Droid than a Battle Droid. Seeing C-3PO's head interface so easily with a B-1 body made me facepalm because it tells you that they went with a VerboBrain; undoubtedly an out dated AA-n model like the 3PO line. Either way, their tragedy comes more from their creators than from their enemies. Just as you can train and instill courage, strength, and resolve in an organic, so too should one program a sentient, sapient Droid for their duties. The B-1 was given no such consideration.

[@JustTheJames]

Wasn't the B1s 'dopey' personality because after the battle of Naboo, they were updated to no longer require the central control ship with firmware that their hardware wasn't really designed for? It's actually a neat theory that maybe the only system the B1s could support without significant time investment developing something new was a modified protocol droid OS, although why Baktoid would have such software lying around (given that they only ever made combat droids) maybe diminishes the validity of that theory

[@taitano12]

@@JustTheJames Not really. Remember, Anakin was a slave boy with no resources besides the scrap that Watto let him play with and/or have. But he was able to get an AA-1 VerboBrain for C-3PO. I don't think Watto would have let Anakin have, let alone keep it if it had any value. The Separatists probably got a bunch of them for next to nothing, slapped them in the existing B-1s and called it a day. A few months of programming battle strategy and tactics, patching compatibility issues. And you have a "battle" droid... One that would make excellent Mall Cops, but, soldiers? Not so much. They're not even well suited for military ship security, much less frontline warfare.

[@kabob0077]

They could have given them the personality of Sir Adrian "Frankly, I Enjoyed the War" Carton de Wiart, like imagine how effective the B1 would have been with better hardware and a personality like THAT.

[@scharftalicous]

I think the cannon explanation is that there was a fine line between making them smart enough to fight and so smart that they'd be like fuck this fight.

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

Having the antagonists be droids definitely help with the show’s ratings. It’s fine to completely blow up your opponents this way, and this wasn’t obvious until I started watching Rebels

[@JediLordNathan]

I find it funny that you brought up HK before the end and one of his best lines in KOTOR 2; its also ironic that many years later after the Clone Wars were over HK-47 attempted to do the exact thing you mentioned and built his own army of droids from the CIS's left behind creations. The fate of the Battle Droids and of the various models is very sad, those that survived the conflict were shut down and turned to scrap by the Empire with the only way to avoid that fate was to have been stationed on some remote world where the commanders realized the shut-down order was a trick like Kalani or to have been abandoned on a world like Iego and taken into the possession of a caring youth such as Jabo Hood. Its one of the sadder parts of the Clone Wars. I'd like to see a video about Iego and about HK's Droid army in the future.

[@marielawrence468]

7:39 “this applies that not only are droids religious” 😂 and roger roger

[@liampender2359]

The battle droids on the Malevolence had to die so Obi-Wan and Anikan could maintain the element of surprise. If this would have been a real world situation then the soldier would most likely have died.

[@DinoCuber]

Roger Roger! Also when I first saw that last scene in the clone wars, of the Droid dying alone in the sand, I was genuinely sad.

[@muellek7]

"Anakin Skywalker was having a bad day, so they lost their right to live." That actually sums up the fate of a lot of people.

[@LudosErgoSum]

I believe the battle droid god is named "Roger". They chant "Roger-Roger" when they receive their orders to call upon their Lords blessing before they march into battle. They behave more like members of a cult than soldiers in a professional army.

[@OutOfIdeas9977]

Nice joke

[@robertagu5533]

Well in the Jedis defense they often aren't given much choice when coming face to face with powerful space sorcerers with plasmatanas often backed by elite combat Clones. Imagine most Droids aren't trusted an shown Mercy BECAUSE they're not only sentient BUT sentient AND the enemy. An the Clones an Jedi aren't underestimating them would be my guess. Who'd thought a droid COULD drop from exhaustion and literally, somehow, apparently, drop dead from that.. you'd think the CIS would know better then to leave THAT in their programing

[@ebenmoore9770]

I always saw droids as equals, and if droids like those in Star Wars are ever real when I'm still alive I'd treat them like another human. Roger roger!

[@GuyInBlackClothes]

"It won't matter." Realist shit ever to come out of a battle droids mouth.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

I can’t help but draw connections between Rick’s cruelty in building that sentient robot who’s sole purpose in life is to pass the butter (in Rick and Morty) and the programming of the B-1 battle droids.

[@HegeRoberto]

One thing to note, that though droids could feel fear, that also should mean they could feel remorse. But they don't. It's not that they were incapable to feel remorse, but they were programmed with a sadistic nature. They were designed to be killing machines, and killing anything, even unarmed civilians or people who surrendered, were shown to bring them joy. They almost never refused or hesitated to execute any immoral order given to them

[@AFlyingEwok]

They could've easily done a Red vs Blue styled show with the droids.

[@patrickiamonfire965]

Droids are like grunts from Halo series fun to kill but with a really sad backstory.

[@withertempestprime8718]

"Droid lives matter" 🤣🤣🤣 to all of my droid brothers and sisters

[@baldrian22]

i remember one of the first episodes of the clone war where duku is anoyed with grevious treatment to the droids (just killed one of them in a simular way)

[@SkyEcho751]

Oh this is good, However I would argue that in at least some of these cases they could be argued as fighting combatants and would NOT be considered killing innocent lives. Such as the battle droids who were guarding Ahsoka and Cad Bane, they were both armed AND were aiding in Torturing a prisoner. So they weren't innocent. But some of these cases they were just cruel.(Then against Blaster wounds would likely also count as a war crime, so there is that, making both sides instant war criminals)

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Droids are machines. They are not alive nor have souls. No war crimes committed 😎 Keep slaying, my clone brothers

[@armannstraughter3296]

Yes sir!

[@havco501st7]

Plus unarmed droids can be just as much as a threat just like ones that are armed they can send distress signals no matter if they have some slight sentience they are still programmed to kill at all costs

[@thatman666]

But Echo is half droid, you’re saying we kill him too?

[@havco501st7]

@@thatman666 he's not fully machine the Techno Union just hooked him up with cybernetic parts

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

@@thatman666 No. When did I say anything about killing people with bionic limbs or implants?

[@spacepiratecaptainrush1237]

knew OM-5 would be on the list. and yeah, Starwars had long had a tonal problem when it comes to droids. they are by and large shown to be sentient beings but are treated like property. then the one droid that tired to push back against it was framed as a joke.

[@cosmix1829]

There's also another by grievous "This is so much more fun when they're not shooting back!" -b1 "Well I still can't seem to hit anything!" -another b1 *beheaded by grievous*

[@NekoSoophie]

Truly dastardly crimes indeed. Heartbreaking.

[@kaidorade1317]

Justice for Battle Droids!

[@lerneanlion]

If Battle Droids do not deserve to have rights, the clones do not deserved to have rights either. After all, they shot these poor droids to dead even after they surrendered. Only when the clones finally learned that these droids are the same as them, that's when the clones deserved those rights.

[@matthewlaflamme9019]

Ventress force pushed a b1 off the cliff... Droid falling: WHHYYYY?!?!

[@Iike_tonk]

there was an episode where a droid surrendered and the clone shot him dead on the spot

[@Iike_tonk]

Ok?🤔

[@Iike_tonk]

can someone tell me is this real

[@Czar_Moss]

7:44 poor sentient b1 prayed to his lord Jesus as his life bled from his circuits, as his terrified comrades watched in horror :(

[@Glacussia]

War crimes? We're pirates, we don't even know what that means!

[@primefamous]

Did the Jedi not know or understand that the BD's were sentiment?

[@WorldWeave]

I *ALWAYS* feel sorry for OM-5

[@strokernut]

Jesus Christ, that was traumatizing.

[@Funkopotomis]

"ketamine addicted gremlin" that is a 20 year old reference at this point =(

[@silist4830]

Didnt Take a Look Like this before: Roger Roger

[@M4ttsStuff]

i swear anakin has committed so many war crimes you cant even count them

[@Sawtooth44]

i have a OOM Security Droid character in starwars... he may not be the best fighter... but he sure can lie his way into the clone army Roger Roger

[@jedijam91]

I'll admit, that last one made me feel bad for them.

[@robbiesommers5049]

C3p0 says something about thanking the maker so they must pray .

[@truemikhailov4162]

What no silicon heaven. Preposterous, where would all the calculators go?

[@beam6499]

This was truly painful to watch 😪. We must lobby the senate for droid rights!!!

[@joimumu]

If I lived in Star Wars universe I would

[@crazyolnewfie2780]

Roger roger

[@romuluszjrhoad659]

Roger Roger

[@jeffreycarman2185]

I would love to have a cartoon series of “Tales of the Clone Wars” where we see a variety of stories from the Clone Wars from a variety of perspectives.

[@DemonPikachu66]

There needs to be lore about all gods in the star wars universe

[@obambagaming1467]

Replace all the Jedi in those scenes with Grievous or Ventress and the droids with clones or other republic soldiers and guards. Suddenly the series will portay the scene as dark and the characters as evil. Probably with some ominous music as well.

[@Gaster_021]

Truly demonstrates that the only real difference between the Jedi and the sith is that the sith admit what they are. Really when you look at the clone wars both factions had slave armies fighting for their selfish interests.

[@richhutchinson2934]

Lol, I thought that was an incredible opening man what r u talking about?? He paused and yelled "DID YOU OR DIDN'T YOU DO IT MAN" at the screen. Haha, I love where this man's mind goes alot and I agree btw, nobody will ever know either way. . . . . But I think he di

[@AndieArbeit]

We never forgive the jedis for they had comitted continous episodes of violence against the robots :¨c

[@Bigjdog0335]

You missed the one on ryloth where mace is on a at rt

[@wingshad0w00982]

There’s 2 gods to the b-1’s. Hk-47 and mister bones. The father and the son.

[@EternalYuki]

Roger ro- ITS A JEDI I’m dead :(

[@AdmiralDevil]

commander 224s death made me laugh in truma

[@karisu4598]

Deaths? Droids don't die.

[@bin4rym4ge]

Droids aren't part of the force so the Jedi cant feel their emotions, pain etc. Also who's bright idea was it to program fear and pain in to droids?

[@SesshaXIII]

B-1 God, yes, I want to see that

[@gamercode1206]

I know this is a month late but I have been trying to show my dad that the droids are aware but want have of it

[@DfiftyMusic]

Damn.. that made me think

[@davidordaz5251]

No such things as war crimes in star wars plus this is star wars for a reason the droids are meant for war not for anything else

[@mathiaspimentel7571]

roger roger

[@SgtTikka]

Rodger rodger

[@DarthPlague_067]

droids are literally programmed to fight till death though, though not unarmed of course

[@DarthPlague_067]

it was also stated by Padme many times that there was no, 'Good side' in the war, it should have ended long ago. Clone wars had to make either side seem evil in a way

[@christianhernandez2025]

love these videos

[@TheMerciless187]

You should advocate for Droid Rights and establish some kind of Affirmative Action bill. 😋

[@DeniseJohnson-tr9if]

Roger roger!

[@Star-ko2kb]

What about the droid scared that wreker killed on the season 7

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Eh, Legends universe battle droids deserve more pity than these dumbbutts. I still remember that wayward B1 that later became a farm droid from the Clone Wars Adventures stories. Except for the likes of R0-GR and Mister Bones. They're the exception to the rule.

[@iluminumfalcon8619]

I don’t think they where Sentient there just programmed to act like that or use Algorithm Words to make the Jedi look bad & not just to say ERROR every time like a Ringtone you don’t want a Cellphone Ringtone to beep Error or command call all the time.

[@b1battledroid854]

How true!

[@LuCallofDuty1]

4:50 cgi error

[@SpikeForrestGaming]

I’ve always liked the Battle droids.

[@neofulcrum5013]

I wish there were more stories of rogue clones and reprogrammed battle droids helping the rebellion. It’s like they get a chance at taking revenge against the empire.

[@isaackim7675]

Kalani would’ve been a valuable asset to the Rebellion

[@shanoncg]

Totally agree. But I also like that they are all rotting away, forgotten, so much like real life veterans. Clones begging for money. Droids holding on to whatever purpose they may have now.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

There will be in Disney Canon, that I'm sure. If only Legends did them more...

[@josiahgoodnight5077]

Me too bro

[@dannyinferno6747]

actually, commander rex and a few other clone commandos went rouge in star wars rebels

[@anthonycobbett2899]

Roger roger

[@salgigante]

Roger Roger

[@ishothegreat4180]

Roger roger!

[@elricthebald870]

"Ketamine addicted Gremlin with a laser sword" DAMN! That roast was brutal. 🤣

[@AzguardMike]

Yoda: Addicted? Addicted, say you? Hmph when 900 years YOU reach, rely on Ketamine you will too!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

They had me at "gremlin."

[@MyPS4IsOnFirePleaseHelp]

*Hmmmmm! Another hit, I must take!* *MMMMMMMMM!!! High as shit, I am!*

[@hungtheheroluu]

I used to think Yoda is a goblin, but that sure was a funny roast to accurately describe his agility and prowess, even if pouring water on him won't make more clones of himself, which would outclass clone troopers and turn the tide of the Clone Wars instantly.

[@ACloneOfThe501st]

Roger Roger

[@isaackim7675]

B1, “Yep. This is the worst job in the Droid Army.”

[@goingblargh]

_Curiously, the only thing that went through the B1 Battle Droid’s mind was, ‘Oh no, not again…’._

[@b1battledroid854]

Indeed

[@isaackim7675]

@That's captain, sir. Roger. Roger. 😢

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

@@goingblargh "Again" implies some of them were destroyed and reassembled.

[@thelastknightultra]

I will say though at least he survived. Maybe

[@Obiwan7100]

Fun Fact:Did you know that the Hyperdriver range of a Venator-class Star Destroyer is 60,000 Light Years, a venator can cross half the Star Wars galaxy without fueling

[@capncake8837]

Cool.

[@hendrafour7824]

neat

[@michaelandreipalon359]

If that's how it goes, what about its successor the Imperator/Imperial?

[@Obiwan7100]

@@michaelandreipalon359 unfortunately, I also wanted to know, we have information about Hyperdriver range only from prequel ships like the ARC-170 or Acclamator-class.

[@sebastiangibson9671]

@@Obiwan7100did you get this info from the skywalker collection?

[@peaveyst7]

b1 droid: i wanna surrender jedi: best i can do is execution

[@garg4531]

Pretty much yeah

[@drxtale9446]

In the phantom menace, B1’s were efficient war machines, but once their central command of the lukrehulk was shut down, they went down, and so, the sepretists gave them their own ideas, with them being (mostly) independent thinkers. Good news: no central computer. Problem was, now they had emotion, scared shitless when they saw their incoming minds, of course, CIS engineers had no idea how to fix this, so they rolled with it to keep cheap.

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

6:16-6:18 Let's keep in mind that same unstable Jedi also cut down 17 friendly battle droids that were not even attempting to fight back. Meanwhile, his master just watches instead of trying to hold him back. All Obi-Wan said was wait. There was no grabbing him, yelling at him that they are not violent, or pulling him with the force.

[@SimpyOnThat]

Which episode was that?

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

@@SimpyOnThat I don't remember the title, but it was when Obi-Wan and Anakin went to Iago to get a cure for the blue shadow virus.

[@JayVasco2282]

It was "The mystery of the thousand moons". That's after the blue shadow virus, and before liberating ryloth from wat tambor.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

[another droid collapses] Oops, that makes 18!

[@scienceisthewaytogo8645]

Just a little nitpick here - I'm pretty sure that the droid who said "oh my god" while he was chopped in half (sort of - more like in 3/4 and 1/4) did so as a figure of speech, like how people throughout the real world say "oh my god" regardless of their faith. I, for one, know this, as I am an atheist/humanist, and I use "oh my god" as an exclamation sometimes.

[@26th_Primarch]

Agreed but the fact he said it has interesting implications...

[@foxmcqwerty608]

"can you imagine this sort of scene being played for laughs if it were an organic commander?" yes, having said that i'm a sith so... yeah.

[@transformersfan8923]

Nute Gunray’s death comes to mind.

[@condedooku9750]

@@transformersfan8923 To be fair, Nute Gunray had it coming.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

@@condedooku9750 Gunray: The war is over! Lord Sidious promised us peace! We only want-- [screams as Vader kills the Viceroy of the Trade Federation]

[@condedooku9750]

@@Jeremiah_Rivers76 The ROTS novelization version is even more hardcore: Gunray: "The war is over--Lord Sidious promised--he promised we would be left in peace…" Vader: "His transmission was garbled. He promised you would be left in pieces."

[@tristankawatsuma8962]

Yeah, even a clone trooper fan like me can see that the only other characters in all of Star Wars they can find a reflection of themselves in would be the battle droids. Both were made for war, both were eager to fight, both still maintained their duty and loyalty to their faction after being exposed to war, both were part of the first two large militaries in the galaxy, and both get tossed aside. Clone Troopers die out without their home while battle droids are deactivated, with most of the lucky few staying active being programmed to serve groups like the Warbird Gang years after the Galactic Civil War. Not to mention both would be demonized by the Galactic Empire and the New Republic. Hell, the only difference is the clones had leaders who encouraged them to be individuals. It’s kind of why I get a little annoyed when in Canon as well as fans of the CIS say that the faction was at least more moral in terms of its troops, sending programmed battle droids instead of forcing organics to fight. Dooku himself even uses that to rally Separatists to the cause. This basically runs into two issues. Either A: the statement is true and the army is made up of mindless machines that will do any horrible thing without a second thought. Or B: the Battle Droids are basically just like the clones, making them a slave army. In fact, the CIS would be guilty of having an even larger hand in slavery if you interpreted that way since they made millions to billions of droids. Sure, just like the clones the droids didn’t take much issue with their lives and found some things to like about their jobs, but it kind of crushes the idea of a robot army being more humane than an organic army. And it highlights how even though I see the Galactic Republic as more moral, it barely wins out over the CIS. The Jedi are the only thing that shows any light of goodness in this grey conflict. And they themselves were becoming more grey overtime. Barely more moral and heroic compared to their enemy. That certainly says something about the Clone Wars and Palpatine’s machinations. It’s like the war between the Autobots and Decepticons in the IDW series. Until the last few years of the war on Earth, the Autobots weren’t that much better than the Decepticons, even under the command of Optimus Prime.

[@condedooku9750]

Well I think the CIS committed much worse mass atrocities than the Republic and much more frequently, but I get your point.

[@benimel3204]

Nobody won the clone wars. Especially these brave droid troopers.

[@condedooku9750]

Palpatine won

[@Anonymoususer44569]

I always felt terrible for all of the battle droids that were killed during the Clone Wars. From Malastare to Onderon, they were all mercilessly slaughtered by Clone Troopers, Jedi, and Rebel scum when they were just following orders. After all, that’s what good droids do 😢

[@broketoon7996]

Good droids follow orders. Roger roger

[@marshalllatta2073]

Those poor battle droids they deserve better

[@Kaltar_]

I mean tbf if they had the upperhand they would've shot at the jedi and clones so in the end letting them "live" is asking for a shot in the back

[@julianozaur444]

@@Kaltar_ I mean, not necesserily. B1 asked the others : "Do we take captives?" Instead of instantly killing Heavy, same goes with the Anakin on the bridge. At first they let him negociate but then tactical was like : "Since when would Anakin not lie to us on the battle front?" And summed this up. Not to mention Gungans on Naboo, which weren't killed as well. And also Obi-wan at this crystal planet (forgot its name).

[@MrLandShark55_55]

Out of all the war crimes the Republic committed, Anakin was responsible for half of them.

[@jonathonh6021]

I honestly feel bad for the droids and the clones. They were both used to fight in a war that they didn’t ask for

[@jeffreycarman2185]

Ironically the clones tended to have less fear of death than the droids.

[@DarthPlague_067]

@@jeffreycarman2185 well, not really, the droids were programmed to die, especially the B2 battle droids and the Bx droids who did not give af. B1s in large invasion armies also fought till death though

[@blackblack1167]

I've been hoping for years that one day, we'd get to see them expand on the Droid Army a bit especially since they expanded on the Clone Wars

[@danielferrieri7434]

Video Idea: Why Droidekas are Awesome

[@fallentitan9811]

THEY ARE SOLD FOR MEAAAAAT

[@Kurama420]

Another idea: Why Ketamine is the secret to Yoda power

[@Kirifuki]

@@fallentitan9811 they were given a large discount in exchange for meat. How hard is that for 90% of Star Wars fans to understand?

[@snorlaxmunch8675]

I feel like all seven scenes are classic examples of what can happen in a war regardless of who is in command

[@badgamemaster]

The Jedi compassion don't count when it comes to droids like so many inorganic... Just ask the Shard species from legends... Also I believe that Geetsly's is being run by IG-88A sended far into the future and after the Death Star blow up.

[@thesenate5770]

I always felt worse for the droids when they died, even more so than the clones.

[@ghostnappa2012]

"A ketamine addicted gremlin with a laser sword" 🤣😂🤣😂 That's an awesome and hilarious description of Yoda

[@inquisitorgarza312]

In truth the Battle Droids were made to be expendable and by human nature we are sympathetic to lost clauses.

[@JediLordNathan]

I'll also add that he cruelty shown to the soldiers of both sides by the enemies is just a tantemont symptom of just how evil Sidious was, all of these deaths were all a result of Sidious's dark corruption and starting the conflict. A video on the many crimes of Darth Sidious and a comparison between him and Valkorian whom Sidious obviously tries to emulate in every way would be nice to see

[@SimpyOnThat]

If Geetsly was in Star Wars, he would’ve been an supporter of droid rights.

[@FastTquick]

Being assigned under General Grievous is a fate worse than death for any B1 Battle Droid.