Downfall of the Republic - Episode 4 (The Hunt) - Lego Star Wars Stop-Motion

The 430th Legion managed to track down the ruthless General PNF-404 to the mining planet Taronda! Now, the Republic troops are preparing for an invasion of the Separatist-controlled planet not only for its strategic value but also to end her rain of terror.
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(作戦遂行)- dova-s.jp/bgm/play13673.html
(歌舞伎町24時)- dova-s.jp/bgm/play11831.html
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[@Gravity_studioss]

The fact that he moced the Y-wing and the gunship is incredible

[@uselessunits]

All the vehicles and sets used in the video are moced up by me except for the gunship. The gunship is David's design. The one you can buy on Brick Vault. It's mildly modified to fit my stop-motion needs as it was a little fragile for my taste but it still is a fantastic build nonetheless.😊

[@AyoRaa]

This was wonderful, sorry im late but if no one understood who the black droid was, it is a special type of leader shown in the 2003 star wars the clone wars!

[@uselessunits]

Looks like someone knows their Star Wars droids. ^^ With the 2003 Clone Wars available on Disney+, more people will get to see the awesome IG lancer droid in action again!

[@AyoRaa]

@@uselessunits yes! Luckily I saw it awhile ago but after watching it on Disney+ it refreshed my memory 😅

[@CaptainAnimation777]

That indeed that is the Ig lancer droid and you guys are right. It is found in clone wars 2003

[@theland2412]

I still remembered it

[@whateverbricks2991]

Yessir, that droid is pretty powerful in the 2d micro series. Nice animation!

[@dragonaffects2599]

I loved all the references, one of my favorites was the BattleFront 2 weapon. It overheats when your right in the middle of battle, hilarious!

[@stormproductions3619]

I swear, I can’t stop watching this it’s just too good!

[@juststopmotionyoutube6898]

10:15 - me playing battlefront II XDD

[@uselessunits]

Happened way too many times for me as well. ^^; Gotta wait for the blaster to cool down.

[@A_random_iron_warrior]

@@uselessunits so true

[@velitelcody]

Nice

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! >◡

[@DerivativeOfJungbluth]

I love how the droids are so wholesome with each other, so cute!

[@hackermaxbs706]

Thats really cool

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! ^^

[@chennysstudios8006]

No one: Absolutely no one: Droids: *worm walk*

[@Meme-um5li]

All the droids are gangsta till lego releases a captain Fordo figure

[@houndbrickproductions220]

Lol

[@TritonAnimations]

Ah yes, an entertaining May the 4th film

[@uselessunits]

May the force be with you as well! ^^

[@salcaccamo10]

I respect the use of the regular movie p1 clones in this animation, the explosions were done great and I love the “shockwave” reference from the bad batch!

[@holdobot2281]

The practical effects and animation was amazing! The blaster bolts, the smoke, it was all awesome!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! The amount of blaster fire in this video took quite some time to complete but I'm glad it turned out nice. ^^

[@holdobot2281]

@@uselessunits absolutely worth it!

[@clonetrooper23]

Yess

[@commander501productions2]

Woah! this is your longest video yet! I love the background sets you built! and the huge battle scene its very well animated. Keep up the great work!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! The ground battle took forever for me to film but I'm satisfied how it turned out. ^^

[@olkkustudio2714]

Nice stop motion

[@uselessunits]

Thanks a bunch! ^^

[@markcramer606]

I love the battle droid voices

[@uselessunits]

Thanks to my relatively high voice, I was able to mimic the B1 and OOM series battle droids a lot easier than voicing the clones. ^^;

[@minibrickfan2018]

Yes! I'm loving this series so much!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! ^^

[@Ytcinema18]

YES FINALLY! May the 4th be with you!

[@uselessunits]

May the 4th be with you too. ^^

[@CloneForceProductions]

may the 4th be with you, and awsome video

[@uselessunits]

May the 5th(Sith) be with you! ^^

[@CloneForceProductions]

@@uselessunits HEHE THANKS

[@wishcoincrab7096]

Super cool!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! ^^

[@HolocronStudios]

This was amazing! The practical effects and the action was great. Also the first hanger scene was still almost as good as the actual battle! And that’s how you make a Clone Wars film

[@Mac2.0736]

Great job dude!!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! ^^

[@Mac2.0736]

Anytime

[@Desidrok]

Incredible, I really love that it is 99% brick build (I love the drawing at 8:51 haha) and that the main villain is a droid from the 2003 show! Amazing, great video!

[@uselessunits]

Ah! You got the references. Looks like someone knows their Star Wars! 😁

[@mosqit4324]

The main VILLAIN? No no no i don't think so.

[@GlishSUB]

new spider droid you do tutorial on it 4:10 and the speeder 5:18

[@uselessunits]

I do plan on updating my DSD1 Dwarf Spider Droid tutorial video but I have no plans for the speeder for now. ^^;

[@GlishSUB]

@@uselessunits ok keep it up i love it too

[@ramdog2263]

(Le gasp) Lr-57 retail droids

[@uselessunits]

Looks like someone knows their separatist droids. -_^

[@davinci_5565]

Awesome definitely worth the 9 month wait keep up the good work

[@uselessunits]

Thanks for waiting for such a long period. Hopefully, my next one will come out a little faster. ^^;

[@MNsLegoChannel]

WOW!! This is your best one yet!

[@uselessunits]

Glad you think so. ^^

[@thatguyonline_9896]

YEEES FINALLY

[@uselessunits]

Kept you waiting huh! >◡

[@thatguyonline_9896]

@@uselessunits Yes xD

[@studclone]

Amazing Custom Vulture Droid and The Begging reminds me of the Pixar intro lol Epic Stopmotion

[@jesperjey4007]

this is outstanding amazing! good job!!! :) i enjoyed it had humor,editing,Lego Etc,Cool voices,story,speed,light,quality,time,plot,characters!!!! make more! your such a pro Since im a lego animator i know the difficulties making this And The time to make it and edit i liked the pictures :)

[@uselessunits]

Thanks for the kind words! I know I haven't been posting new videos as of late but I still am working on future stop-motion projects and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. ^^

[@blackbirdmotionstudios7423]

Awesome brickfilm ! Love the practical effects !

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! I love animating with practical effects as it is easier to position your character where they need to be instead of adding in lasers and having it not match up with said characters. ^^ Also, I feel using fewer CGI effects makes Lego feel more like the actual Lego bricks coming to life and moving on their own. Lego is a toy after all.

[@Totallynotbing]

When super battle droid says have fun makes me laugh

[@marinerproductions1315]

Holy crap. That was intense. Excellent job as always, my main man. Really liked the Bad Batch reference you threw in there. Very neat. Have a great day and I can't wait to see the next episode.

[@uselessunits]

The time-line of this episode is set in the early days of the Clone Wars apparent by the Clones still using their rank color different armor and I though the Bad Batch used standard Clone Commando armor before getting their unique armor thus the dippiction of it when the clone CT-2721 explained the "Shockwave" tactic. ^^

[@marinerproductions1315]

@@uselessunits, okay. I just thought it was a cool reference, but interesting all the same. Either way, great job, my man. By the way, not to nitpick or anything, but have you considered giving your clone troopers, or maybe even droids, actual names? Maybe it's just me, but I feel like when they only use their numerical designations, these characters kinda feel stale, robotic, and one-dimensional (And yes, I know that's how these characters are supposed to be, especially the droids, but I personally just don't like it all that much). Take my criticisms as you will, but either way, this is some good stuff, and I eagerly await what wacky SW adventures you take us on next. Have a good day, my friend.

[@edwardthestopmotiongamer7841]

Awesome I have watched your vids like this since episode 1

[@uselessunits]

Thanks for sticking around for that long! Hopefully my next one will come out a little bit sooner. ^^

[@asercc]

THIS IS LIT

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! ^^

[@Andrewdrew492]

Great video!

[@uselessunits]

Thank you! ^^

[@legolover3138]

The green droid’s name means green in Japanese. I love that droid so much! I know this cus I live in Japan now lol.

[@uselessunits]

Nice catch! ^^

[@legolover3138]

@@uselessunits thx lol I love him please put Midori in more future videos!!

[@legolover3138]

Maybe you could make a new droid guy named Aao. That’s blue in Japanese

[@mandalorian5553]

I gotta say i enjoyed it The only thing that bugged me is the vulture droids I wish they acted more like in the show spraying gunfire instead of shooting slow like u made them But still its awesome to see them

[@uselessunits]

Yeah, I definitely could work on the tempo of the space battle a little bit smoother. ^^; Hopefully I can improve it next time.

[@mandalorian5553]

@@uselessunits im sure u will my friend Im sure u will Or else 🔫😊

[@COMMANDERFOX31]

Great work! This was very entertaining! Subscribed!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks for the support! I have no idea when my next one will come out but let's hope it doesn't take another 9 months for it. ^^;

[@karmaps8433]

A lot of detail good stop motion

[@CloneForce66]

This is epic I love Your special effects

[@mosqit4324]

Hell yeah. Nice job! I love the stop motion and i really would like to see the republic fall.

[@Enderbrick]

Wow, this must have taken a very long time to make, great job on this, looks fantastic!!!

[@uselessunits]

Seeing that my last episode for this series was uploaded 9 months ago... Yes, it did take quite some time to finally get this out. >◡

[@Enderbrick]

@@uselessunits lol

[@theanimatedbrick2891]

THIS IS SO GOOD!!!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks!

[@theanimatedbrick2891]

@@uselessunits My Pleasure friend

[@scoutanimations.]

Just found this channel and I'm loving it! I really like the custom models. Where did you get them from or are they built by you? plus one sub and love from Beckham's Cool Builds

[@megapicsxl9232]

Nice job! I love how the explosion and electricity effects are all done in actual Lego! That's hard to do.

[@okwstudios]

Great job!

[@stormtrooperanimations3241]

Dude sorry i missed this. Dont get the notification

[@uselessunits]

KZbin notifications doing their thing again. ^^; Well, at least you got to see it now. Thanks for watching! ^^

[@stormtrooperanimations3241]

@@uselessunits ur welcome. Nice vid btw

[@zboi4859]

This is so awesome! The scale of some is sets is amazing!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! Took me 9 months to finally get this out but I'm happy how it turned out. ^^

[@CC--iy4gf]

Hello there and may the 4th be with you.

[@brickblastproductions6498]

This a rely good stop motion. I love the story and practical effects! The audio work perfectly!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! It took some time to finally get this out but I'm happy how it turned out. ^^

[@josuemorales5919]

Mmmm qué buena animación. Te quedo excelente

[@uselessunits]

¡gracias! ^^

[@bluegemini3265]

This was incredible!

[@tyleriguana2450]

I really love all the detail you put in your videos... INCLUDING this one! One thing I have noticed which I think is a good touch (I am a huge Star Wars and clone wars nerd but mainly for the military lol) is how in the beginning in the hangar scene with the astromech droids huddling up so a droid can give them orders. That small bit is actually accurate to the Star Wars universe because a lot of droids during the clone wars were used for military forces and droids were even used to carry out missions alone as they were actual soldiers. I haven't found any fan made media sources that portray this.

[@JoseCruz-wm7hk]

Please keep making more videos I like to watch yes

[@uselessunits]

Will do! I have no plans on stopping. ^^

[@unoriginalbrickname2526]

This is one of your best videos your animation has gotten even better and I love the editing!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks! Still got a lot to learn but I hope to be able to make even better stop-motions in the future. ^^

[@Enderbrick]

17th!!

[@TomBrady000]

This was incredible i love it best stop motion of clone troopers ever!!!

[@epik8126]

Dude this is so cool

[@Tackyfication]

I like the emotion put into the voices of the characters

[@maximefernandez465]

Very good work 👍🏻

[@e-brickproductions9355]

really nice stopmotion man what fps do you use

[@uselessunits]

The video is exported in 30fps and some scenes are indeed shot in 30 fps like when characters are running but most of the video is filmed in 15 fps. ^^

[@e-brickproductions9355]

thanks dude

[@ianparker794]

Happy Star Wars Day!!

[@uselessunits]

Happy May the fifth be with you! ^^;

[@rodgersstopmotionstudios7792]

Wow amazing 🤩

[@Mark-ff8ck]

Wow! This is was epic!!! It sounds awesome it looks awesome it's...!! How did you get those awesome models?( Y-wing, Gunship, Spider droids, At-rt,...) Can you make a behind the scenes video??? I would really it if you do!

[@uselessunits]

All designs in my video are my own design except for the Republic Gunship. I haven't taken any clips to make a behind-the-scenes video but let's see what I can do about it. ^^;

[@raymonddelacruz199]

Like seriously make building with droids episode 3 making general pnf-404 please very please ☺

[@uselessunits]

I currently have no plans to make instructions for the IG lancer droid but let's see what I can do about it. ^^

[@dr.kokiri7013]

Animan, great stopmotion, and comedy. Best brickfilm so. Far!😱

[@raymonddelacruz199]

Please make a tutorial on the black droid please very please ☺

[@uselessunits]

Currently I have no plans on making instructions but let's see what I can do about it. ^^;

[@omarbaba9892]

How many parts will be in this series?

[@uselessunits]

Probably around 8~10. I'm still working on my future scripts so I can't say for certain but the series will end when the Republic falls and transforms into the Empire as the title of this series suggests. ^^

[@omarbaba9892]

How much did it cost you to buy the pieces for that custom y wing?

[@uselessunits]

To be honest, I really don't know. This Y-wing is my latest ver.3 design and I've tweaked it throughout the years to fit my stop-motion needs and I've built a total of 9 of them so well... let's just say I've been collecting for quite some time. ^^; Also, I've got a 2nd hand Lego shop nearby, where I used to shop for bulks before the pandemic so that helped out a lot!

[@Toto-TK88]

Finally the best everything is done and use like the recharge of blasters and the droids poopers😉👍👌

[@pickles5986]

Damn u r really good at this

[@isaiahjackson25]

Just the best

[@whomi2108]

This was awesome! The stopmotion looks so smooth and great! Love all the vehicles you used! +1 sub from me :)

[@admiralsnaccbar624]

It's really cool to see how much your channel has grown!

[@uselessunits]

Thanks for the continuous support! ^^ Uploads have been slow as of late, but I'm always working on future projects and I hope to upload one soon.

[@pretzelstudios7401]

Ive been looking forward to this. This was just wow. You realy did a great job. First the bad batch and now this. Today is a great day for star wars fans. Alos the part with the droid poppers it that a real thing or did you make it up? i asume it's real cuz i don't think you would make something up like that. Anway you did an fantastic job. Give yourself a big patt on the back. Just one more thing. What did you think of the bad batch? and Happy May The 4th be with you always.

[@uselessunits]

The droid popper maneuver called "shockwave" was used by the Bad Batch in the Clone Wars episode by the same name. Also known as "Plan 82", the tactic was used to neutralize a platoon of droids in the episode and I wanted to do something similar here but to a lesser extent as my clones are just generic grunts and not Clone Commando units, let alone the unique Bad Batch. ^^ Also, speaking of the Bad Batch, the premiere was awesome! Can't wait to see what they have in store in the next episodes! ^^ May the 4th be with you as well my friend! >◡

[@pretzelstudios7401]

Oh yeah thats right the bad bacht used it. I kinda forgot i don't realy remeber those things. Glad you like the bad batch i also found it to be awsome can't wait till the next episode.

[@amosinaction1001]

Its very good!

[@xerniax8985]

Oh my yes! also what do you use for sound effects?

[@uselessunits]

Empty sprite cans and Ramune bottle, blaster audio ripped from Battlefront 2, a kazoo and triangle, my own voice pitched to the extreme, a lot of improvising. ^^;

[@cardboardclips5036]

@@uselessunits if your actually serious, that’s ridiculously impressive great job

[@uselessunits]

@@cardboardclips5036 Thanks! ^^

[@liamcluff7605]

i like how he is just having fun with this animation and not making it a job. p.s keep up the good work :)

[@liamcluff7605]

oh ya love the stay on target reference.

[@bennygsstopmotions]

This is good

[@leeeverest9795]

How did you build those Y wings and gunships they look so cool

[@blackbirdmotionstudios7423]

the AT RT animation was fantastic ! you used tack or something or the balance of your design avoid it too fall ?

[@uselessunits]

Nope. My AT-RT is strong enough to hold itself and a minifigure without collapsing to the ground. I could see it falling if I used some loose older clip pieces but the hinges are mostly new and can even hold itself on one leg if positioned correctly. ^^

[@jonedward5376]

Why did you build costome AATs instead of the official lefo ones from episodes 1 and 2

[@uselessunits]

If you are referring to the AAT's used in my previous videos, they are custom vehicles I made from scratch. The same ones are seen in this video as well. ^^ Well, maybe slightly modified for better stability but they are almost exactly the same ones. ^^;

[@jonedward5376]

@@uselessunits oh, sorry, I thought they where the the ones designed by lego and released during the airing of the clone wars show.

[@uselessunits]

@@jonedward5376 No problem! That AAT was a great Lego set. ^^

[@thepartydontstoptilliwalkin]

Those are some damn fine MOCs

[@jonathanmiller6381]

Great work dude!!! Keep up the hard work!!! Can't wait to see the next one!! Also I subbed to your channel as well dude!!! Maybe you can have some Earthlings fight on the side of the confederacy or maybe fight against everyone maybe? That'd be cool and awesome dude! Not many people do Earth Vs. Star wars videos. That'd be cool and awesome for you to do dude! Imagine the people of earth from throughout Earths history and with different kinds of weapons from throughout it's history against all the lego star wars people. That'd be fun dude to see! URRRAAA charges by the soviets! Banzai charges by the Japanese. All kinds of people and charges dude! That'd be cool and awesome dude! I really hope you can do that dude and hope you like my idea too dude!

[@BrickArmyProductions]

This is a great Stopmotion, the sets, droids, and ships are excellently made! Is the gunship your own design?

[@uselessunits]

Only the Gunship is not my design. ^^; The Gunship is designed by David Buchholz, the one sold on Brick Vault. I mildly modified it to fit my stop-motion needs but I do plan on making my own custom ver. sometime soon. The rest are all my own design. ^^

[@raymonddelacruz199]

ok

[@matthewlavoie3548]

Those clones you used look newer if so where did you pick them up at so I could get some for myself love the coloured ones their so Rare if their old ones.

[@dr.felixou8428]

I love the animation and the at rt moc, will you make a video on how to make it?

[@generalstory9938]

Awesome, I love how you made the Drawf Spider Droid and some of the other ships hand made accurate, but The Vulture Droid, not so much, but I noticed the fire rate and sounds on Both The Vulture Droids and V-19 Torrents, were not accurate And why did all the Battle Droids have Pistols instead on the Medium/E-5 Blasters? Plus, I see for the Super Battle Droid firing, I wasn't the only one to think of that

[@IronElephantProductions]

How do you get the blue lightsaber piece to fit on the light blue stud? is there a hollow light blue stud? Or do you use clay? Or something else? Awesome Video! Loving the series P.s. mad respect from a fellow animator to get the video out by May 4th. I know making deadlines is extra tough for animation

[@uselessunits]

You are correct. ^^ There is a transparent light blue stud piece with a hole to plug in the lightsaber piece. Lego piece #(85861). Also, thanks for the kind comment. I was able to finish this stop-motion 2 hours before my set deadline, so it was indeed a tough, yet enjoyable project. ^^

[@MrMorgan316]

Good video. Earned a sub. But when is the next episode? I've noticed it's been a while

[@lukevb55]

I can't wait for part 5! How do you do the green screen effect?

[@uselessunits]

Can't give you specifics as I don't know what editing software you use but to put it simply, you need to chroma key(erase) out the green screen for your video. Well, technically I used a black screen for my video but the procedure is the same. ^^

[@lukevb55]

@@uselessunits : )

[@stiglapoint5672]

How did you make the Lancer Droid commander?

[@squidcraft313]

your effects are great, but you should put some bounce effects over the droid voices.

[@acephotino]

Amazing stop motion Just one suggestion: Maybe make the minifigs move their arms or head when talking, so we know who is.

[@Thywhocook]

Is that a custom or modded? 5:44

[@liamcluff7605]

it was released on on may the 4th.

[@LegoStorm-eh7zk]

Do you plan on making tutorials

[@landonrutz8820]

Where is part 5 this make a part 5 now

[@landonrutz8820]

Nice j

[@BadBrickCreatives]

SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL! He deserves it. Salute! Great animation! Good work buddy. I'm waiting for the next one.