CIS Droids | DSD1 Dwarf Spider Droid COMPLETE Breakdown

The DSD-1 Dwarf Spider Droid was one of the most feared droids of all time, being used to break up worker strikes among miners across the galaxy. See how it was used before the Clone Wars, against the Republic with the OG-9 Homing Spider droid ally, and even after the Clone Wars with Stormtroopers.
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[@thelonelyturkey7902]

I love how this thing just comes out of the water, instantly targets something and just starts shooting the second the barrel is clear. It just screams efficiency and I love it!

[@thesenate9564]

Not as efficient as the UEF is at exterminating Cybrans.

[@thelonelyturkey7902]

@@thesenate9564 and still not as efficient as the Seraphim invasion.

[@thesenate9564]

@@thelonelyturkey7902 Tbh I never thought I would ever meet another person who even knows about Supreme Commander

[@thelonelyturkey7902]

@@thesenate9564 it is surprising lol I just randomly picked the logo. Do you play FAF or just the regular game?

[@thesenate9564]

@@thelonelyturkey7902 I play both the first game and Forged Alliance but Im not part of Forged Alliance Forever.

[@patchworkfellow]

*Dwarf Spider-Droid* : *Gets attacked by a large Republic attack* *OG-9* : _I’ve gotchu BRUTHAAA_

[@billyboberson9129]

Have you've heard the tragedy of Darth OG the brave?

[@patchworkfellow]

billy boberson 😂😂😂

[@repusstax]

I think that Dwarf Spider Droids are incredibly cute, I mean look at them, absolutely adorable

[@blackshogun272]

I'd make mini versions the size of dogs that can run faster and shoot lil grenades. I'd wear a Hive Master Control Helmet and command my children to wipe out any opposition against the hive ! I mean The Separatist Alliance !

[@epikreaper19]

Lol, same. Off topic question but you ever think the main bugs from SST looked kinda cute?

[@epikreaper19]

@@blackshogun272 damn this is perfect, your gonna be reddit known now

[@epikreaper19]

@@blackshogun272 ok it’s done check out r/randomthingmemes

[@yonkers11]

GONK DROIDS FOREVER

[@lucas-pm8ji]

Fixer - "Hold up, Squad…I'm getting a read on something big headed this way." Scorch - "Hope it's not a spider droid". Sev - "Guess what? It's a spider droid".

[@felipeaugusto2600]

"Having the high ground the spiders had an incredible advantage" Happy/sad Obi Wan noises.

[@Kingofmenaces]

Miner: we found 10 pounds of gold Dwarf spider: hold my beer

[@chomusoba4792]

Hold my oil can

[@a_random_scotsman]

Ok

[@aaronrivas7977]

Never realized how tall B1s were... man that’d be intimidating to see for someone short like me lol

[@ArtificialDragon]

Always love hearing more about the Separatists

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Right? Honestly love the CIS just as much as The Jedi & Clones

[@ArtificialDragon]

I would love to edit future CIS videos for Metanerdz, I'm hoping to work for him. Wish me luck ^^

[@TK--hf6db]

@Baldur That's completely untrue. They only lost the war due to Sidious's sabotages. Every time the Separatists gained an edge over the Republic with like a new droid or ship or tactic they would let it have it's fame then have it defeated by a miracle. Dooku did nothing to stop it because he thought it was apart of some "grand plan" which it was. (To build a empire) The CIS were never meant to win the war so you can't call them sore losers. If Sidious stood back and let the Dooku, Grevious, and the other Sep generals and admirals run the war the outcome of the war would've been different. Grevious with his armada decimated the Inner rim and crippled the Republic during operation Durge's lance. Now let's get to what they accomplished. First of all, the CIS went down in history as having the most powerful droid armies in history.

[@DogeCop]

Helps scrap those clankas faster

[@TK--hf6db]

@Baldur Clearly you have no knowledge on the subject if you can't even come up with a rebuttal point except rephrasing your original point plus acting like a little bitch. I'll tell you again in a way so your small mind to handle it. You can't call them losers when they are rigged to loose from the beginning.

[@siimkivisild2251]

I like that the CIS has so many really unique looking droids because so many SW factions have very little diversity in their weapons.(compared to other factions)

[@benjaminbrockway5998]

I love the notion that the Empire would recomission these guys. It seems like such a waste of material that more Clone Ware-era surplus isn't in use more frequently, i.e. nearly everyone wearing armor should probably have at least some element of Clone armor, because given its mass production, it should have been ridiculously cheap.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

in legends the empire often used CIS stuff as security and training assets, and alot of it was also sold to undercity gangs...

[@deeya]

IIRC, many of the droids were destroyed to prevent rebelling forces from acquiring them. Since the clone troopers back then were hardwired into loyalty to the Empire, they were seen as the better mobilization force than droids which could be captured, mined for information, and reprogrammed. Thus used sparingly, and even then K-2SO...

[@vast9467]

2 year old comment, but a lot of the stuff that the empire didn’t use was completely destroyed to prevent people from using the super useful surplus

[@mikkelnpetersen]

I would love a "empire at war" set in the prequels, The DSD would be a perfect fire support.

[@bluerobin2982]

Use the Republic At War or Fall of the Republic Mod

[@Herstal8389]

Or the clone wars mod and its submod

[@gigaspheal9439]

Another important thing with these lovable little monsters is that on some occasions, it seemed like they could almost sense that danger was approaching and warn it's allies, even of it didn't know what was wrong it knew something was, and their warnings saved some smarter tactical druids who heeded the warnings I love these things, they're such great units, 1 of my all time favorites for CIS units

[@t65bx25]

I love how anything with any level of obscurity in Star Wars gets like 3 videogame counterparts, one of which literally just has more guns, and another one of which is just bigger.

[@coolgreenbug7551]

And don’t forget the exact same, but it comes in black

[@zetastreaker47]

What I remember about the Spider Droids from Republic Commando, was how terrifying they were to me as a child. Every time one of those things would appear I felt like I was gonna shit my pants while fighting those things.

[@neofulcrum5013]

Hunter and Rex straight up killed ones on their own. That’s really impressive.

[@JustFun-mm9in]

Nah...just clone favored writing...typical to clone wars sadly

[@neofulcrum5013]

ReallyX why so pessimistic about clones?

[@JustFun-mm9in]

Cause I like the droids more

[@neofulcrum5013]

ReallyX enough said

[@Sleepy_Apocalypse]

@@JustFun-mm9in TRAITOOOR!!!

[@darthdystopian4550]

They also seem to have a flak firing mode, which is used as early as Geonosis and Teth.

[@johnbuczkowski5628]

Great, like spiders couldn't get more terrifying than they already are on their own.

[@tumage8592]

I like them because they are multi-Purpose, enough firepower to be a big threat to any medium-level-Riot, and powerful enough to even serve in real wars, by beeing cheap enough to deploy them in some numbers

[@darklordfalcon3670]

The spider droid was one of my best droid in Star Wars but I do like how some of the CIS droids survived order 66 and after rise of Skywalker stunning army

[@yagdtigercommander]

I like the attack dog reference to. Because on Teth a B1 says good shot good shot to a dwarf spider droid as it takes down an ATTE. Then it reply's to the B1 if it were a dog or a pet. Also those advanced Dwarf Spider droids were a pain the ass in republic commando. So taking them down must have been a great feat for even clone commandos. In addition to the heavy cannon and missiles it could also do a stomp attack that sent waves of electricity that could zap clone troopers and commandos alike to death and working as an emp to a troopers gear i suppose. The standard Dwarf Spider droid might stealthy and quick firing mowing clone trooper ranks like its nothing but also a bit of glass cannon. Where is the advanced Dwarf Spider Droid is its slow tanky cousin from hell. It maybe slower and shoot a lot slower but it has a lot more punch to it and it can also charge up its cannon like a standard dwarf spider droid but again has a lot more kick to it. Its essential a light tank on legs that has a droid brain which is scary. So even in limited numbers paring them up with standard dwarf spider droids would make for one hell of blood bath for the clones even if they do win the fight that would leave terrible memories for the clone surviving veterans. As if the standard wasn't bad enough and the ability to call upon an OG-9 if that wasn't enough firepower lol.

[@rebelappliance771]

Would be cool to have these in battlefront 2 as a counter to the at rt. They already have the model for it.

[@danielbandeira5472]

The cutest droid without a doubt

[@ponkey349]

bruh the scariest thing in star wars is darth sidious' naked body oh god no noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@massivelegend6610]

"Heads up boys we have a naked Palpy on the loose, Fire at will!"

[@sheevone4359]

Adult swim

[@massivelegend6610]

@@sheevone4359 No there's an episode of the Clone Wars where Yoda pulls off Sidious's robes and he runs around the streets of Coruscant naked

[@mathunit1]

@@massivelegend6610 Are you fucking serious? lol

[@hib7295]

probably looks like WW1's trenches

[@arandomperson7713]

on the scene that the at-te falls down the cliff,u can see that the spider droid punched through the window of the cockpit and (somehow) detonated some kind of fuel or ammunition, exploding the interior and disabling the walker. I can tell that is hit the glass because a spider droid later on did the same thing to another walker on a relatively fast fire rate

[@clean.shotmedia]

I look forward to any possible season 7 content to be evaluated and explained👍👍

[@MetaNerdzLore]

How do you see this?

[@clean.shotmedia]

@MetaNerdz Lore I think a video on those winged battle droids from the new Bad bAtch Arc would be pretty cool. I really liked this video tho! Keep up the good work!

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

Metanerdz: uploads Separatist related video Me: *I am speed*

[@princesscadance197]

'And weigh nearly as much as 2,000 Goliath Bird Eater Spiders.' Yes, because everyone owns a Goliath Bird Eater spider for weight reference lel

[@Centurion0419]

I love these things, always a cool droid to see, keep up the amazing stuff guys I missed watching these, I love you guys so much, you guys are awesome.

[@parkerprotaskey6646]

Hey, I just watched the new episode of The Clone Wars, and I would love to see a video on the new droids seen throughout the second half of the episode, as well as on the ship which the Bad Batch use as their personal shuttle :) thanks so much for making such awesome content!!

[@marcusjenkins3941]

One of the things i like about star wars is that there is schematics of the technology, wich first of all is cool, and it just makes everything seem like we could eventualy become the star wars universe

[@techticianlarsproductions6180]

the chirping in happiness in the movie always gets me

[@hynre5894]

As an experienced clone trooper I can say first hand that these droids were trouble.

[@rebornskeleton5232]

Imagine them being reinforcements in Bf2

[@LiliaArmoury]

hay ads that aren't for raid shadow legends and that are actually for a decent looking product

[@johnwilliams9179]

Loved the challenge of the advanced spider droid, it felt relatively unstoppable to my younger self

[@LoneWolf20213]

Venator, munificent, Providence, ATTE, LAAT, BARC speeder, and the bad beaches ship Those are what I want soon

[@partyman5797]

Anyone else think the spider droid would be a sick reinforcement that could combat the clone commando in a fair fight in battlefront 2? Probably like a reinforcement or tank or something?

[@lord_hemp]

5:23 That's it! I had that game on the old Xbox when I was a little kid and I could never remember what it was called after that

[@christophernguyen8083]

This brings back old memories of me play Star Wars Clone Wars on my PS2. These little guys were easy to destroy, but they would always explode so I had to destroy them using the force or by throwing my lightsaber at it. Having them explode while other battle droids were standing close by was a good tactic. So it doesn’t make any sense to put an army of Dwarf droids close to each other because if one of them blows up then that could cause a chain reaction where they all blow up. Also before this video I did not know that they can climb walls like an actual spider that’s crazy.

[@lordgong4980]

I thought you already covered this droid?

[@holeshotshane5692]

I feel like the submersible dsd variant's larger barrel is probably designed to allow the water to drain faster. Guns CAN fire underwater but the barrel MUST be filled. If you just put the barrel top in the water and fire it will create an overpressure in the barrel turning it into a pipe bomb.

[@personthing88]

the long barrel was probably a Psychological weapon as well. What is more scary than a Droid with a VERY LONG gun?

[@301_tyron5]

person thing a clone with a very long...

[@flare9757]

Thank you for acknowledging the upgunned variant I mentioned on the previous iteration of this video.

[@Spamton_G_Spamton...]

I always loved this thing as a kid, I don't know why, but I did

[@darth_dan8886]

Well Another droid for my "to build" list. Thanks!

[@lordofcreation3498]

Hey metanerdz lore there was a droid in a ds game that have a buzzsaw for a head in the CIS army as well another model with drillers for feet.

[@Generalphoenix8438]

Honestly let's build these for real. I've always said droids will be the future of military defence systems and even having a design based on these would be practical. Design the carterage to be an anti tank and anti aircraft. These can be used on top of buildings and having it designed for infered sensors would make it able to detect heat and mainly target vehicles. But an anti capture system should be made so other milletary systems cannot utilise them. A way of reducing rogue units. But seriously if the droid army was real and stationing the factories in outer areas to prevent known enemies unable to sabotage the assembly line.

[@jessehorn6180]

The Heavy Dwarf Spider droids, and the Advanced Dwarf Spider Droid needs to be canon!

[@jakesabin6752]

I love how one of the droids nods his head at his death

[@ibeastee2435]

Can you do a Breakdown of the Droids that were used on Sako Minor in episode 2 & 3 of season 7 of the clone wars. Im reallly interested in these droids for their unique design & abilities which makes me want to know more about them in case theres any details that are hidden. So far of what i know of these droids are their multiple integrated laser blasters, the ability to fly, & their ability to speak in both basic & their own encrypted language between themselves & potentially other droids.

[@promptedleek4829]

It is a very simple design. Take a gun, give it something to move about on, give it ai and wala, spider droid

[@lindsaydessent329]

Ah galactic battlegrounds now that's a game I played religiously I absolutely loved that game

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

B1 battle droid: "good shot boy."

[@jakeb.7997]

Why did they make it look so darn cute x3

[@neilmurphy966]

The photoreceptor a key weakspot..sounds like central eye of a buzzdroid (ROTS Battle of Coruscant) 😉

[@AccessDenied20078]

Aw their adorable. I wanna give one a personality and keep it

[@leonardocaicedo1273]

Same I'll just keep it in the yard

[@HazySkies]

I always thought they seemed more octopus-esque than spider. Regardless of leg number. Maybe it's those two big eyes...

[@BrownFoxWarrior]

Republic Commando and Galactic Battlegrounds are such good games.

[@NickKerr-e7v]

On geanosis in battlefront 2 in the background there r some fighting clones and gunships

[@barryosullivan5255]

I mean, with those big eyes and that single turret, it is the droid that I could see being puppy like cause it is sort of cute like a dog. Personal 2nd favourite droid in star wars after the octuptarra

[@Ravencos]

Damn. I had no idea these things were so popular!

[@ferriusnillan5323]

Will be dope if Dice adds any spooder droids when they gonna promote Season 7

[@Rosteg2406]

Clone gunship, used by Rex, Cody, Kicks, Jesee, the bad batch and an unnamed pilot, who they didn't even try to rescue

[@lechse4648]

I really like this thing

[@pyeitme508]

Please make video about the Zeffo species in the future?

[@ZinXlX]

Im surprised they didn't design the thing to be extremely mobile and agile kind of like jumping spiders. Imagine these things scurrying around the battlefield quickly hopping left and right to avoid heavy fire while at the same time firing on the move. It would have been quite a scary thing to fight against. But somehow in the story its walking like its a heavily armored walker...which it isn't 😑

[@SquirrelASMR]

Smaller than I always thought

[@glenr7393]

Dam displates are pricey, like twice what they should be

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

It sucks that Shu Mai has never been on The Clone Wars.

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks for the vid sir.

[@adampask4029]

You should make a video about the mantis

[@MichaelAnyaegbunam]

Imagine going to work, wondering if a mechanical spider will attack you. OSHA violations...

[@literalj2245]

Anakin crying that’s the scariest thing in Star Wars

[@CT5555_]

2:07 I'm going to start using Goliath bird eating spider as a measurement for weight.

[@a_random_scotsman]

I love these guys I have one as a pet

[@patrik9328]

Its like a walking one droid Heavy weapon squad

[@dwarfspiderdroiddsd1108]

I really feel appreciated

[@Jerytheorc]

Blackwing virus is the scariest thing in Star Wars

[@nicholasberhorst485]

I’ve could’ve swore you’ve done this before

[@CaptainJY01]

Nicholas Berhorst it’s a complete breakdown, the other one was a rundown

[@devingendron2287]

10:36 Sir I am a chemistry teacher. I am the plan.

[@QuestGiver]

They be good boys

[@seraphinprotsenko275]

PLEASE,make a video about First Order Xi-class light shuttle and some Resistance show ships! That would be awesome!)

[@keyabrade1861]

It's basically a tankette.

[@LMG1792]

Nice halo pic in the start

[@britalone4375]

checked the displate store for that dope halo 1 poster with the banshees flying overhead but sadly I couldn't find it

[@starpilot101]

Add a thruster on the bottom, and you'll get a nightmare - the fucking spider that jumps in your face. Yup, a giant ass spider that jumps on your vehicle and blasts you.

[@themerchantinblack6157]

i feel bad for any miners who have to deal with spiderdroids.

[@Its-Av3rage]

I want to see an actual movie or show with The First Order fighting the separatist.

[@brightlord-ov7cm]

I wonder how good a tachikoma would do up against a dwarf spider droid.

[@Arcanespaghetti]

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[@legosam2067]

It looks cute

[@m_teo]

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[@angry_eck]

i got the corelian corvette and slave one would recommend buying and would buy more from displate

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

does anybody remember the game "Star Wars:The Clone Wars - Jedi Alliance" pretty sure there was another variant of swarf spider droid in that game. but I can't find any wikis or other in depth stuff on the game. of course that game also had a giant variant of Buzz droids...

[@coinz2400]

I want this guy in BF2 so dang bad

[@adamofblastworks1517]

I find it VERY strange that the Commerce Guild would be purchasing droids with long range sniping capabilities to go after miners underground. Then again, I suppose they probably bought them as an existing droid design with digging capabilities, rather than designing or commissioning a brand new design just for hunting miners. However, that then begs the question, who designed a droid with both sniping and digging capabilities in the first place? I suppose it could be a useful and sneaky sniper, but it feels more like Lucasfilm just gave it a bunch of cool abilities that are half out of tune with each other. Echo location sensors make sense in caves, but not so much at sniping distances.

[@boowoho762]

Cool! ^^

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Can you tell me how you found this video?

[@boowoho762]

@@MetaNerdzLore The Video is unlisted but i can see it because i have the Playlist added ^^

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Oh thanks lol I didn't know that

[@dalekemperor4407]

Why are they so cute?

[@noprofilepicture205]

We need this in battlefront 2

[@jasonblack2825]

Damn. They are smaller than b1's in some games I've played.