Why did Droids get their own personalities mid-way during the Clone Wars?

[@geetslys]

So did you like the comic relief clankers better or the stoic clankers? Thanks for watching and if you want to support the channel then check out my Patreon! patreon.com/geetslys

[@26th_Primarch]

Maybe somewhere in the middle...?

[@thedarkarcherthemagician-m2562]

I'll be sure to join your Roblox Gaming Network. My gamertag is BlazinGamer42. -Hunter Zolomon

[@im_mrmacky_mkay8974]

I like how they were depicted in Star Wars republic commando

[@shanielding9076]

@@im_mrmacky_mkay8974 I actually liked the comic relief but the commandos showed a lot of ruthlessness

[@shanielding9076]

Which was nice

[@sebariino]

"No wonder he got blasted, he's one of those older models programmed by a central computer." "Not us, we're independent thinkers." "Roger Roger" "Roger Roger" "Roger Roger" "Roger Roger" "Roger Roger"

[@GodOfPlague]

I remember that love the battle droids

[@ish5571]

Roger Roger

[@RamC002]

Roger roger

[@grognakthedestroyerattorne20]

Yes my lord

[@Robosapien_]

B1: My Brain hurts. Other B1: Open Task Manager and close everything you don't need. B1: ... It won't open... Other B1: **sign**

[@cobalt-6D]

So, they were overly stressed out, and coped through humor. I can relate

[@frut_jooos]

How to oversimplify the video

[@Sir_knight_trooper]

That's sad tho the poor droids :(

[@sire-hybrid5950]

It is

[@oom-3262]

I am impressed by your calculation. You are, in fact, correct.

[@juagguproductions9713]

Huh, I wondered why I sympathise with em much!

[@TheguyfromJurassicpark3]

"Concentrate fire on sector 11374265." "11 3 7…what was that again?" "Just fire right there!"

[@ravenpawcraft]

fun fact 1137 is the length of the venator in meters

[@chrono2959]

That part always nagged at me . Ai computer bargains don't forget ...HK-47 would have killed that Droid himself

[@capncake8837]

@@chrono2959 I guess he was suffering from data overload and couldn’t process all the numbers.

[@jusuravgpanda8137]

“It’s a jedi, there’s 3 of us let’s get em” “It won’t matter”

[@McLainW]

I felt bad for that one droid

[@Taneth]

That one's been recycled a few times.

[@magiv4205]

That droid has seen some shit

[@kooshikomeiji4989]

Sir there is a jedi and he look very unhappy no NAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOO

[@FemmeCatGirl]

Literally saw this vid and that scene was my first thought, I feel so bad for that depressed droid

[@Inky_Inc]

BX-224: “Come on there’s 2 of us and 1 of him” BX- 221: “It won’t matter”

[@ervinm.5065]

*3 of us

[@genuinedisappointment4312]

[is] Ah thats life i guess

[@usagifang]

221 knew what was up.

[@Archris17]

Poor B1s. I'm a believer in droid rights, so I'd love to get all the slightly nutty B1s left after the Clone Wars, give them a slight hardware upgrade to stop them being just useless fodder and find a quiet moon somewhere for them to live in peace.

[@kadinfriesen3862]

LoZ Collector this will be an under appreciated comment. This thought is both hilarious and terrifying. Can you imagine landing on a moon and being swammed by 100s of 1000s of B1 speaking over eachother that have nothing better to do them aimlessly walk around lmao

[@harrisonwest1265]

legends writers are truly incredible at explaining away inconsistencies between pieces of canon media

[@chasedavidson2855]

They truly are the unsung heroes

[@samiamtheman7379]

Well, until Disney makes those explanations non-canon

[@F34RDSoldier805]

@@samiamtheman7379 pretty sure most things in legends that is unique to legends (like filling in plot holes and the likes) is not officially canon. Its more of whether you as an individual see as canon or not. Because in my mind alot of things and stories from legends that are not officially canon IS. At least until something better and actually canon comes up, but it will take a while til Disney does that.

[@mercaius]

@@samiamtheman7379 As a long time Blizzard fan I felt this comment in my bones

[@topcoppelion6626]

800th like!

[@robbymanable]

Here’s a good quote from Grievous about the incompetence of ordinary Battle Droids: “You expect victory over Jedi, yet all you give me to fight them is Battle Droids.”

[@billclark5055]

They realistically can pull it off superior numbers. Plus he was exaggerating. He definitely had some SBDs and droidekas in that unit. Many CIS units would be deadly if used tactically.

[@thomasritzgerald4997]

@robbymanable Pfft, Grevious saying this as if he was a competent commander himself. He frequently destroyed his own droids out of anger, and most of the time never had a plan B.

[@robbymanable]

Thomas Ritzgerald I’m sure the B1 Battle Droids did little to help Grievous’ temper though

[@obitwokenobi9808]

"RAHHHHHH!" *Slams control panel*

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@thomasritzgerald4997 I will say OG grieves from the old animated clone wars was a badass jedi killer and leader.

[@Ace_of_Schrades]

Grievous: That wasnt much of a rescue. *Snatches them from the droid* B-1 Droid: You're WELCOME.

[@TheAKgunner]

I like the B1s in The Clone Wars. They are typical military hardware: Cheap, overmodified, and used to do too many different jobs they weren't designed for.

[@Tounushi]

Indeed. "Optimized" for too many tasks, to the point where none of which can be performed effectively, least of all the original design task.

[@TheAKgunner]

@@Tounushi Exactly!

[@christerjackson9589]

U cant like a B1 they are horrible

[@mikeynewPFF]

love it! also find it great how the commando droids have their own quirks, but are still intimidating.

[@jackmick5592]

If i was in charged of the droid army I'd end up treating them like synths from fallout 4 lol

[@josephmartins8882]

They work decently when they aren’t dealing with unexpected things or when they don’t have to think critically. There’s quite a few scenes where they are silent during combat because they already know what’s going on so they are quiet. When their tiny minds are prepared for combat they what they do best: constantly advance forward without fear while shooting endlessly in the general direction of the enemy. When they get caught off guard they don’t process fast enough to react leading to their needless comments and their untimely deaths.

[@Eli-akad]

Joseph Martins That’s why I never got why people preferred the old B1’s to the newer ones. I’ve always noticed that even tho they have their moments, as a basic infantry unit they were perfect for their roles, and the show had plenty of moments showcasing that

[@chaosinc.382]

The execution of Imma Gun Di is a good example.

[@battledroid3497]

I’ll never forget the time I failed to capture a Jedi master and got demoted to food services on the invisible hand

[@bbqbunger6344]

Roger roger

[@abattledroid7649]

I remember that time when I was making a funny joke to Grevious and he smashed my head. I guess he liked it that much.

[@W_Winters_99]

@@abattledroid7649 you can't be cracking up at your own jokes like that.

[@bigredwolf6]

Wait, I thought you got demoted to cleaning jail cells?

[@Firepup740]

The TRUE worst job in the droid army

[@posindustries]

The B1s are my sweet baby boys who try their best.

[@Irken_Invader_Zim]

This made me feel sad, they really are

[@EloquentTroll]

Exactly! Their cheapskate bosses built them to do one thing, and then demanded that they do every other job too. Also why are they driving the tanks in the first place, just make the tank a Droid of its own.

[@wouterkessel4852]

@@EloquentTroll If you make the tank a droid of its own it both can no longer be used by their organic commanders that use the things as mobile command posts, and if anything goes wrong with the tank it becomes useless. Meanwhile if it has a droid crew, they can in theory at least just get out, fix the problem, and start the thing up again.

[@wouterkessel4852]

@Yair Correa You do realize the stupidity of that answer right? As that would mean that the moment the tank breaks, you're no longer able to actually control the damn thing, as it would be highly likely that, with the not too capable programmers they use, that would be the first thing to break. Creating an even worse problem, as now you don't actually have anyone that knows how to control the tank, courtesy of the CIS's cheapskate behaviour which meant that as soon as something can be done cheap, you need to do it as cheaply as possible (I.E. if you've got something that can control the tank, you don't need to program droids to be able to do it themselves, nor train organic allied troops on how to use the vehicles.)

[@DayDreamer10251]

A few thing's remained at least : they were still a threat, had their cool moments and were capable of killing things. Unlike the stormtroopers in rebels. . .

[@enderdrone6432]

Also they were able to kill some jedi aswell during the Clone Wars, plus there design is cool

[@miles3101]

Most B1 battle droids had so limited mobility they were walking targets from the start, making them only good as semi-stationary turrets, so enforcing that style of attack by placing them at sniper nests would probably have been the best use of their limited resources. Sadly, they were mostly deployed as foot soldiers in vain. At the start of the war I can understand it, B2 battle droids were still not common enough to fill the ranks, but nearing the end, most B1 battle droids on marching armies should've been replaced by B2 battle droids at the very least, making the armies significantly more stronger, since they appeared to be more resilient in battle. But let's not forget, the droid army was built to give some struggle and be defeated, not to win. Making shitty clankers who spend more time pointing out the obvious and have 10% of the mobility of a clone trooper with 1/4 of the brains is definitely the cheapest way to carry on a war with the minimum investment.

[@Byronthebull]

@Kamil S It's actually shown that stormtroopers are inferior in everyway to clone troopers. Everything about the galactic civil war is about inferior. The rebels are inferior to the CIS and the Empire inferior to the republic.

[@berndarndt9924]

Stormtroopers in the "orginal" movies are not better, they might be even worse.

[@lucyoglesby2617]

*Truth 100*

[@ulric8445]

Droid 1: “this is a lot more fun when they’re not shooting at us” Droid 2: “I still can’t seem to hit anything” Grievous: *just smashes the second droid’s head off*

[@wasd7819]

For an army the prequel droid. For a friend the clone wars droid.

[@caseyhall2320]

What about Mr. Bones droids for both?

[@CT--zv3km]

Casey Hall heck no

[@caseyhall2320]

@@CT--zv3km why not? It's basically perfect for psychological warfare and regular warfare as well.

[@Chujoi0]

CT- 3122 heck yes

[@CT--zv3km]

Casey Hall it’s terrifying even for allies

[@awesom6588]

There’s something so absolutely hilarious about the idea of b1 battle droids having a million pop ups come up in their vision telling them that “targeting computer is not responding” with the windows failure sounds

[@_KaiTheGamer_]

I actually like their depiction in The Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith. I felt like it was fitting for them, considering they weren't very efficient and Lucas himself said that they were cheap and almost worthless.

[@Kaoticreeper]

Kai The Gamer I haven’t seen the video yet I’m assuming they got it on their backpacks so they couldn’t get shutdown all at once and they were all seperate devices

[@pinstripecool34]

Yes they are basically the halo grunts of the star wars universe

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Why does cheap equal cute? I'm not sure your characterization pans out.

[@SH19922x]

I like the fact that Star wars fans love going on about saving money here and there and cheap droids etc in a Galaxy full of nonsense and space wizards, lol that bullshit is just plot relief... PLOT RELIEF!

[@SH19922x]

@Luis Martinez no actually the force is exactly the same tired unexplained shit that gives magic its power in Harry potter. So yes. Space wizards, probably on meth.

[@robotboy201]

Captain Rex and two of his men: We have you outnumbered Battle droid: outnumbered! Wait, one, two, thre- (gets blown up)

[@jacobabbott1949]

Speech 100

[@unknownwarriorprescoknight8586]

Best one

[@xdk362]

Other b1: OH MY G- *proceeds to blow up*

[@hali666]

"Press F to pay respects" *Presses F* *Gets thrown into fullscreen*

[@mikairaasokinasha5329]

lel

[@mikeching6374]

...you actually fell for that?

[@hali666]

@@mikeching6374 Meant as a joke

[@mikeching6374]

@@hali666 ...oh. I probably should stop drinking vodka at night, I lose my sense of humor to Comrade Stalin and my virginity to the Reindeer...

[@hali666]

@@mikeching6374 But you're Asian

[@coenisgreat]

"Look, it's RV-551" "No wonder he got blasted, he's one of those older models programmed by a central computer" "Not us! We're independent thinkers!" "Roger, Roger" "Roger, Roger" "Roger, Roger"

[@oom-3262]

The worst case of overclocking cpus in the star wars universe. They went fcking mad, this is so unfair.

[@zachduperron8543]

they were suffering in silence

[@patch-fm]

Ha at least driods can aim meanwhile my fellow storm troopers can't aim because they've seen worse thing's happened to their comrades....

[@winngedhussarmalaka7685]

New generation intel chips onboard xD

[@dihydrogenmonoxidecontainm6064]

Unit 32? I haven't seen you since geonosis! How are you doing?

[@plaguemaster308]

*"But I just got promoted"* :( rip b1 commander

[@Ghost_-_]

Yeah :(

[@plaguemaster308]

@@elrohir0 They were short on commanders?

[@plaguemaster308]

@@elrohir0 Comedy, Actually if there no official commander a certain droid just assumes control some times.

[@battledroidcommander234]

He was my best friend:(

[@almondpotato9483]

The B1's had more memory in sound recordings to help them remember orders from commanders. However, the amount of sound recording memory was excessive. So, B1's spoke a lot of their subroutines and commented on their situation so that they could store it in their sound recording memory. This allowed them to just mentally play back a recording to understand what they should do. Obviously, there are many limitations as B1's typically recorded a subroutine, for example how to man the artillery, only a few times before deleting the subroutine. This prevented them from accessing the full subroutine and also caused them to not always access the correct actions due to the limited data set of only a few recordings, for example understanding how to man the guns in a battleship but now on the surface of a planet due to limited recordings. This resulted in B1's being very chatty, but also having a difficult time understanding their situation. Ironically, due to this method of memory conservation, B1's always talked about what they knew, and never asked about what they didn't know due to the subroutine's sound recordings only recording things a B1 has done, not the full potential of what a subroutine can do.

[@Joshua-hz3cl]

Interesting

[@snipingflute4346]

Is that why they were too slow to pick a commander during that Clone Wars space battle scene?

[@Flint_Inferno]

Honestly, that is an ingenious explaination

[@almondpotato9483]

@@snipingflute4346 Well, the average B1 does not have to pick a new commander on their first couple of battles, so by the time the B1's had deleted their original Leadership Subroutine, they would not have voice recorded themselves picking a new commanders. So, when they actually had to pick a new commanders, only a few rare B1's knew what to do from previous experience or had not deleted the subroutine yet. And it took a while for the other's to figure out what to do because B1's can only communicate by talking, and are just slow in general.

[@javierpowell4705]

this combined with the explanation in the video are part of my headcanon now

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

Tbh, I'm fine with the B1s being very comic relief-y. Its more the job of B2s and Droideka to be the intimidating death machines

[@Laesis]

I still much prefer the Phantom Menace droids. Clone Wars went too over the top with them, to the point where they weren't an army, but just a joke. I don't see how the CIS was so victorious with such an army...

[@albalupus6083]

@@Laesis overwhelming numbers plus palpatine having a hand in both sides of the war.

[@Laesis]

@@albalupus6083 I know, still, in the The Clone Wars they can't do shit, they can't aim for shit and some of them even straight up give up when they see Jedi, or even ram their tank into the "trees."

[@bakedbeans9262]

@@Laesis it wasn't the army that was wining them the war it was the cis navy

[@coldsteppa415]

Ha someone hasn’t play republic commando

[@Lucas-xq8lr]

B-1 use windows xp

[@ratbat1072]

*windows vista

[@Zachomara]

@@ratbat1072Windows ME. Nobody remembers that cluster?

[@fredjones2170]

Drunken Monk You mean Windows Vista

[@mojom.9221]

@@Zachomara omg yes, Windows ME..... nothing more dann bad pre release XP....

[@drew2626]

Drunken Monk *Windows 76

[@respiratoryfailure3780]

These droids, individually have more personality and development than Rey.

[@jpaxonreyes]

Or Anakin.

[@respiratoryfailure3780]

@@jpaxonreyes watch clonewars

[@jpaxonreyes]

@@respiratoryfailure3780 - Yeah, just speaking about the movies. I've got the year-long Disney+ trial and Clone Wars is on my watchlist.

[@respiratoryfailure3780]

@@jpaxonreyes yeah, he was pretty horrible in the prequels lol.

[@kenetickups6146]

Jonathan Reyes His development is poorly done, but he does have a personality

[@cobrakommando533]

Honestly, I liked the CW B1's more than the Prequel versions. They just have the derpy, yet (sometimes) self aware attitude that makes them so enduring to watch. I would've loved to see more of these guys if put into the right scenario

[@rubiconprime1429]

Noisy Boi situations like that trio that followed R2 in the prison break arc?

[@grumpydad1444]

Same here

[@cobrakommando533]

Rubicon Prime Yep XD Oh, those three were great

[@rubiconprime1429]

You know what? We need an ark that’s just a group of separatist droids going throughout their lives only for it to all end with a republic invasion

[@blackouthorus1519]

Droid based episode

[@maxs9062]

Battle Droid One: Have ever killed a Jedi? Battle Droid Two: No never Battle Droid One: Me neither.

[@thefourthchairman4151]

even yoda himself would facepalm if there is a jedi killed by a B1 droid

[@GenshinLover283]

@@thefourthchairman4151 well there is Ima-Gun-Di, but I don't think that counts since there were other droids there too

[@sadontafiir2955]

@@thefourthchairman4151 there were actually a lot jedi killed by B1s. Sheer Numbers matter

[@PlayBoX-qq9kr]

Battle of geonosis

[@slimetank394]

@@thefourthchairman4151 200+ Jedi died in the battle of geonosis: bruhh

[@stealthynaxo]

I mean yeah but remember when they spaced the clone troopers in the escape pods? That was messed up.

[@stealthynaxo]

@Chara Yeah, there something deeply wrong with that droid crew.

[@thefreshestman9438]

Separatist ideals and all that, plus it makes much more sense not to give a war machine a sense of remorse

[@thatonewaspatyourpicnic7978]

B1: *opens window on escape pod* Clones: *go shooting out* B1: there they go.

[@AbyRemy]

Clone wars droides have more personality than most of the storm troopers

[@IdleLancer]

Stormtroopers were conscripted and trained so that they would have no personality.

[@juliet4093]

That’s not a good thing

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

I see the comments as references, and I, depressingly, recognize Every. Damn. One.

[@reyaflygunn9243]

you recognized them. You recognized them all. They're all recognized, every single one of them

[@drburbles1274]

@@reyaflygunn9243 and not just the comments, but the comwoments, and comchildrents too.

[@ussvincent1119]

@@drburbles1274 lololololol

[@xMElpx]

@@drburbles1274 Ok, holy shit. That was a good one. Now take my like and get out!

[@capncake8837]

Depressingly is not the right word. You’re cultured.

[@grab-a-skillet3585]

"Look Jedi blast em" "No wait, I knew that was a bad idea"

[@sadontafiir2955]

This is the smartest droid I have seen... So it would seem

[@generalreclaimer2068]

Let's be honest we all thought that the B1 battle droids are damn cute in the Clone Wars

[@christianhaegler4817]

Yeah. But then you watch them emotionlessly gunning down unarmed personnel that's attempting to surrender and you realise you're actually still dealing with a killing machine.

[@nickfogt813]

B1 be lookin lowkey thicc

[@randyjax09]

Riley Lye Definitely 👍

[@kennymccormick9973]

Yeah it almost made me sad that they got gunned down by our clone bois or chopped up by the jedi....... Oh wait, no I'm not 🤣

[@Nephalem2002]

Sergeant Sinker 99, ImGunDai and His commander, Heavy, Fives made me cry Rest didn’t that much.

[@sirilluminarthevaliant2895]

That kid who repurposed an army of droids with a huge program. And the Jedi never wanted to learn gow

[@jeremydale4548]

Plot demanded that.

[@tinatpasselepoivre]

@@jeremydale4548 iirc they were deactivated/destroyed and he did wipe their entire code (if not removing some core parts and replacing them with his) So yeah not really useful for the republic... Plus such reprogrammed droids wouldn't be abble to go through security and id checks (if the CIS was logical...)

[@lordjaraxxus5418]

why the change occured: when the voice actor improvised comedic lines because he could as they did not have moving mouths so the extra dialog would not delay production if included.

[@elishaschoonover8914]

Hey, I loved watching those Idiots! They were funny and I was completely fine with that.

[@zachduperron8543]

Elisha schoonover they are dumb as fuck!

[@billclark5055]

@@zachduperron8543 They would kill you though.

[@zachduperron8543]

Bill Clark yes they can they have strength in numbers

[@elishaschoonover8914]

@@zachduperron8543 Yes, that is what made them amusing.

[@Flint_Inferno]

That reminded me of the Rebels episode with the battle droids that were stranded after their ship crashed. Loved that episode a lot

[@BillyLegumbres]

B1's are ruthlessly brutal compared to those other clowns in recycle pet armor known as the Stormtroopers in rebels.

[@widgren87]

Well they can't all be HK-47 :-) I can only imagine HK's reaction to the B1's. And I do prefer their TPM portrayal though they will never be as intimidating as the T-800 Terminators.

[@billclark5055]

Commando droids, supertactical droids, jetpavk superbattle droids, crab droids, dwarf spider droids, stealth droids, assassin droids, and magnaguards are much more intimidating than b1s.

[@thomasritzgerald4997]

@widgren87 Observation: These B1 “battle droids” are highly incompetent individually.

[@darman12able]

Thomas Ritzgerald “and even in significant numbers their usefulness is dubious and would likely be less effective than deploying smaller numbers of superior quality droids. Addendum: Their incompetence compared to even the stupidest of meatbags makes me believe that destroying them is in actuality a kindness.”

[@geronimo5537]

Imagine a scene with the great HK-47 again oohh it would be glorious meat bags.

[@widgren87]

@@geronimo5537 HK-47 - Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope... Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds.

[@FionnMacCool]

The reason why the republic and their clone armies were so fearful of the droids was, like zombies, due to their numbers, instead of their skills. And plus, the B1s being given personalities added to the entire show and made it better, as some of the best parts of the show are the hilarious droid one-liners.

[@RallenUzumaki1]

I'm thinking that a middle ground would suffice; have them be more competent and snarky.

[@Donut-o]

I feel that’s what they ended up being in episode 3, although they weren’t shown often

[@b-1commanderbattledroiduj-889]

“Uhhh...Coruscant That Doesn’t Compute...uhhh...Wait...uhh...Your Under Arrest!”

[@skullerton9858]

You'll neva catch me clankER

[@DaleyTactics]

They're computers and yet they probably couldn't figure out 5+5...

[@jh-ij4by]

Outnumbered ? Wait. One, two, three... boom

[@allroundgamer7446]

Sup daley, nice to see you here :) i watch ya vids all the time haha :)

[@DredgeX97]

"That doesn't compute. Uhmm, err, hum, you're under arrest ".

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

In real life, computers will spit out computational errors if you overclock their CPUs too much for too long. If the CPU cannot handle a simple addition problem, you might want to step back, because the box is probably on it's way to boom town.

[@danteinouye6098]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj thats ah, thats not how overclocking works. You typically don't see computation errors, rather the CPU is not stable, and will cause blue screens of death due to mismatch of northbridge and multiplier clocks. Heat can also be an issue, but the box will never "explode"

[@Jjcowgill]

My theory has always been simple: Hearts and Minds. If you're going to occupy a territory with robots, may as well make them seem more human.

[@randyjax09]

“I bet this never happens to droidekas.” p.s. I freaking love the Clone Wars droids. They’re tied with Hondo for laughs.

[@YNoted]

“A army of functional idiots” -Geetsly’s

[@flammabletoast3622]

Me and the boys playing battlefield

[@mccrorygarrett7967]

Just imagine being a Clone trooper fighting a Commando Droid and all the sudden its eyes go from white to blue thanks to a computer virus

[@idiotsimulator8055]

oops, my system crashed, i lost my deeta but i had antivirus! use roger, worlds only antivirus with deeta recovery software!

[@zachduperron8543]

The reason why is that the droids programming had worn out overtime causing the droids to gain personality from the technological decay that occurred. The personalities weren’t the only things that the droids developed, they also developed disabilities like being really stupid or not functioning properly. In my series they started out strong but soon decayed and withered away due to the cheapness of the B1 battle droid. Another thing in my series is that some droids were assigned to things that they weren’t supposed to be assigned to. Such as a rocket battle droid commander given authority to conquer and govern planets. It drove the droid f*cking mad. Later on he goes mentally insane and dies in his own base due to disrepair and the lines of code eroding away. A new rocket battle droid would come to take his place earning the name era 2 or 2.0 and he would cause more terror across the stars for years to come. By the events of revenge of the sith the droids would be worthless wastes of alloy and programming even then in my series the clone wars lasted way longer than 4 years, it lasted for 10 years. Droids then would be far gone due to the cheapness and how low quality they are.

[@kimballbelliston5925]

Phantom Menace B1's are the best version imo (aside from their fatal flaw)

[@maxdoom3521]

Agree. I think the in universe canon explanation is non sensical and dumb. Also they have annoying, grating, unrealistic voices.

[@HomemadeSubmarine]

Kimball Belliston I cant stand how kiddy and stupid they made the droids. I don’t know how anyone could find them remotely funny.

[@Ghost_-_]

@@HomemadeSubmarine oof they're just not that annoying to me

[@wienerschnitzel1739]

Oreo The husky-Star Wars Stop Motion Yeah, they got some funny moments in the show. When I rewatched it I expected to realize they were just annoying, but I still found them pretty funny at times

[@Ghost_-_]

@@wienerschnitzel1739 yeah they're still pretty funny to me

[@guywithayoutubeaccount6235]

Imagin a B1 is half way through battle and it’s windows just crashes

[@thunderjumper7958]

To tell you the truth those droids aren’t intimidating cosmetically so might aswell make them that way with how they think

[@Janoha17]

They are only intimidating if you are a Neimoidian, in which case they look like a long-dead corpse.

[@MrMikado282]

Honestly I think they could still be intimidating had no comic relief scenes ever been added. Sure they still look weak and flimsy but just always seeing them marching forward in a seemingly endless formation would be terrifying.

[@thunderjumper7958]

Also you gotta remember this was made on cartoon network, to where they Believed that their target audience was gonna be kids

[@Kirifuki]

@@Janoha17 That is no longer canon. It was changed so that the Geonosians designed them in their image.

[@schibleh531]

@@MrMikado282 To be fair, a wall of robots shooting plasma bolts at you is intimidating no matter how stupid their words are. At the end of the day, they will just march forward and shoot.

[@garretthenry1649]

I think that the dopey comic relief works perfectly for clone wars because at the end of the day it's still a kids show, but I would have liked if the went back to being ruthless and efficient (not completely, but to some degree) in the films

[@geronimo5537]

Personally I liked using them as comedic relief. Though I never understood how AI with personality is cheaper then AI who serve a function. I liked the droids from the movie as well. I guess the move from central control to autonomous required individually? Also I was a little disappointed the scene from Ryloth where the droids discuss the older droid models being faulty and they the newer ones were superior was not included in the video.

[@shadowhunter0815]

It is not, that they were programned with personality, but rather, that the A.I. developed a personality, dou too much information and updates in too short amount of time as they could handle. Technicly speaking, the Seperatists gave their army collectiv dementia.

[@leiferikson850]

In star wars it a basic rule that droids need memory wipes to function perfectly like... well droids. If no wipe happens their ai gets buggy and develops habits and quirks thus starts to develop a personality. Those wipes however cost time and personal to perform them. The CIS decided to save money there and thus the droids didn't get enough wipes to prevent them to develop personalities. Thats also why R2 is the way he is. Hardly got any memory wipes for decades.

[@matthewfitzpatrick4290]

1st B1: Oh that was C15936, no wonder he got blown up, he was an older model with a central control. not like us, we're independant 2nd B1: Roger Roger 3rd B1: Roger Roger 4th B1: Roger Roger 5th B1: Roger Roger That scene always cracked me up.

[@geronimo5537]

@@matthewfitzpatrick4290 haha indeed it always has. =p

[@ONEIL311]

Leif Erikson honestly I think the wipes are bad for droids r2 never had a memory wipe and some b1’s got better with out them

0:23 they were like this in Episode III, actually

[@elrohir0]

No, they fought more effectively and more humanly.

[@robertolebron2296]

Das nicht GTA VI. Episode 3 in elevator. Hands up Jedi *Anakin holding onto the edge with both hands

[@elrohir0]

@@robertolebron2296 What I mean is that they don't just slowly walk forwards and shoot in a fight like they do in TCW.

[@tankgirl2075]

CW and The prequel’s droids both had their uses. At least with the cw droids it was hilarious watching them irritate grievous. If only we had a moment where good ol palpy was forced to work with them for an episode. Imagine 🤣🤣

[@joshuakim5240]

I find it hilarious that a B1 actually saved Grievous' life in CW (that one B1 that yelled "General, behind you!" when Obi-won was making a leap slash for Grievous' turned back).

[@tankgirl2075]

It’s always so satisfying to see minor characters actually have an impact and a perpose! The new Star Wars sequels should take notes here.

[@Vixen_The_Valiant]

Droid: “general?” “Oh I guess I’m in charge now”

[@tjoryan399]

I love the battle droids in the clone wars they're my favorite bad guys for infantry

[@satanas6740]

But they aren't really the bad guys, the CIS just wanted freedom to have their own laws because their planets were being abused by the republic, if you think about it the droids are the good guys.

[@kyledaniels9519]

Satanas well yes, but actually no

[@powerarmorpatriot2068]

I always thought it was because the droids no longer received memory wipes due to the constant warfare.

[@GAdmThrawn]

Prequels were better depictions but the in-universe explanation is a good one that fits between the films as we see in ROTS how chatty both B1's and B2's were.

[@andreslazcano6469]

B2's weren't that chatty. I barley seen them talk in the show

[@GAdmThrawn]

@@andreslazcano6469 I wasn't talking about the show I was talking about the films. Either way, you need to rewatch both. "Those are Jedi fighters all right." "What's that?" "Get back to work. That nothing." "Hey! You!" "You stupid little astrodroid." "Ow! My eyes! My eyes!" "Ow! Zap this!"

[@gihrenzabi7271]

@@GAdmThrawn It was interesting how many upgrades B2s were given. Heavy armor, rapid fire blasters, more advanced AI. Also, one question for you. Zahn or Disney?

[@mobius1695]

Still is the inconsistent voices, where's the explanation for that?

[@schnoz2372]

I think they should’ve just left them as interesting cool droids instead of trying to make them comedians.

[@IdleLancer]

Basically, frequent impromptu updates combined with infrequent memory wipes caused quirks in the droids programming. Both Legends and Canon allude to this with R2-D2, who never had a memory wipe which developed his unique personality. I believe this is why he survived running the blockade of Naboo; After seeing the other astromechs being destroyed, it looks like he plugs his own power supply into the shield generator to get the shields operational long enough to complete repairs. Thinking outside the box. Thoughts on this anyone?

[@ilikepigeons6101]

Kinda sad that they all died when the separatists were shut down

[@enderdrone6432]

I would keep one as a friend... maybe I’ll bring two

[@razor6827]

Ender Drone just get ALL of them

[@bigfootwithinternetconnect2330]

Some droids didn't shut down, the ones in the outer rim still remained in their positions, and actually thinking the Clone War was still going on when in reality it already ended, some even survived into the sequel trilogy

[@ilikepigeons6101]

wow, good. But is it canon?

[@bigfootwithinternetconnect2330]

@@ilikepigeons6101 well since I did say they survived into the sequel trilogy..so yeah, it's canon

[@XDlosDominicans]

There's one scene which had me rolling. Season 1 where the Republic is on Ryloth and Mace Windu is trying to find the 'Freedom Fighters': a patrol of "newer" battle droids is patrolling a sector when they encounter some destroyed battle droids. One of them is like "Hey look at B1! No wonder he got destroyed! He's one of them older models controlled by a central computer!" then either the same droid or another says "Not us! We're independent thinkers!" followed by a bunch of "Roger. Roger." from every other droid around. The amount of irony there had me in tears laughing.

[@artakhalvati2880]

the b1's r like ai in battlefront 2, 2017

[@abnormalanomaly9815]

Except far less mobile since the AI constantly run or spam rolls.

[@Rattlehead90037]

2:46-2:49 " But I just got promoted " 😭

[@SiriusZiriux]

My Favorite Line in Star-Wars; Roger-roger!

[@jackmcfarland3738]

Honestly I would mix the comic relief and the competent factor into one. Then you have the perfect B1 Battle Droid. Honestly I love the Battle Droids.

[@porygonyt8014]

Droid.exe has stopped working.

[@jeremiaht7273]

Idc I have always and will always love their personalities 🤣

[@MonoKrohm_2020]

I wish that the voices they used didn’t carry over to Battlefront 2. I want the emotionless, synthesized voice from the original telling me that the republic is in control of a command post

[@CalumHGaming]

My favorite from CW First droid: Open fire on sector *random number I can't remember* Second droid: Sector.... What was that again? First droid: JUST FIRE OVER THERE!

[@MrRonald327]

Droids can have so much potential. I liked the tv show droids better, they were hilarious. This dark franchise needs more humor.

[@darthmicahnike9876]

@@elrohir0 that's nice

[@generalgrievous3066]

Revenge of The Sith, they are funny too

[@unknownwarriorprescoknight8586]

Yes totally agreed

[@camrondouglas7259]

I kinda liked how they were in the clone wars, I mean, it was primarily a fun show at heart, so their stupidity brought a charm to them individually, but it had its moments that let us know that the fights were not all fun and games like it sometimes appeared in episodes, though stupid while being dealt with face to face, being shot at by thousands of those bastards was probably still pretty scary for a clone and even jedi

[@TankJockey38]

The need to depict viruses in season 7

[@Adzsa]

0:39 who else heard “roger roger” lol

[@sadontafiir2955]

Me

[@Misile91]

This only took me 12 clicks to exit out of the adult content I was watching jus to enjoy this

[@felixuadiale1143]

HAN STARKILLER wow

[@jayrey5390]

I think your data overload in droids not designed for it as an explanation for their change, comic idiocy and personality development in addition to why such droids would communicate vocally between each other at all really passes the common sense test and is actually a pretty clever thought, love it!

[@ivangomez9862]

I clicked as fast as the the fastest ship in the republic on hyperdrive lightspeed

[@starmaster5645]

For what ever reason this video makes me want subscribe to him two times over than I already have, man I love this channel.

[@TheBohobemeister]

As always, wonderful video Geetsly's! I like that the B1s became bigger comic relief. They made for a lot of laughs. But even though they became bigger comic relief, they still got kills in.

[@commandercody4725]

RIP 99, Hevy, Cutup, Droidbait.

[@MartanisIV]

3:45 Love the droids in this part.

[@jare3459]

B1s are still intimidating when in mass numbers

[@justicetaylor2695]

The comic relief battle droids filled lists of funny moments and even moments where a battle droid would show over qualified behavior, especially figuring out they were doomed when a Jedi was nearby.

[@ariesstorm9577]

Were there other generations of the B series battle droids that never made it to mass production? I know of the B1 standard model, the B2 Suuper Battle Droid, the B3 Ultra Battle Droid and the BX series Droid Commandos. X is the roman numeral for 10 so were there ever B4, B5, B6, B7, B8 or B9 battle droids developed by any of the major droid manufacturers for the CIS but never used?

[@neptuneplaneptune3367]

No i think the X in BX realy is just an X and not a 10. After all the B3 itself was a realy yoused Prototype. There maybe were Plans and ideas for a B4 but they were nevr Developet. After all the B3 already is a freaking Monster that was a huge Challange for two wary Powerfull Jedi. I doubt the CIS could improve much about the B3 for a B4 aspecly because the B3 already was WAY to expensive for Mass Production. Imagine a B3 already was probably as axpansive as a hole B1 Batallion. How Expensife woul a B4 be?

[@zachduperron8543]

Neptune Planeptune I think the b4 would be cheaper than a bx droid but a tad bit more expensive.

[@vukodrakkanien8466]

Yeah, right. Because developing a personality can be caused by glitch in code, by some random number here and there made during errorous copying process. It's bringlig intelligence, not just machine one but intelligence as a concept, self awareness and such, into something simple, almost irrelevant, made by accident.

[@wolfleader17]

Kinda torn between liking the idea that the CIS was full of ruthless, unnerving machines of war, and the fact that the comic relief b1s made me laugh quite a few times.

[@pineapplescat]

i LOVED the comic relief. its like they got ptsd and coped thru the war with it

[@danielolsson7134]

The Prequel version of the B1's!

[@waltrz]

Having the B1’s be comic relief made them go from being a footnote in Star Wars to the best thing to come out of the Prequels.

[@m4d_al3x]

They shouldve used an inteligent SWARM ai. That way theres no problem of a central computer and they wouldnt be dumb.

[@kulrigalestout]

I like all the clankers

[@jacoballen9789]

Prequel droids had the best voices

[@commanderkyel]

I grew up with these droids, I don’t mind them, they’re pretty funny sometimes.

[@thesenate4630]

How many B1 droids could a Xenomorph, Predator, or Terminator kill before even taking a scratch? I would say B1 vs. Stormtrooper but the stormtrooper would miss and the battle droid would accidentally trip and blast itself. Place bets below.

[@dungeonguy88]

Kinda depends. If the B1s are massed in numbers, the Predator and Terminator would probably do better, both being able to formulate more complex strategies. Xenomorphs though might be too aggressive, attacking despite facing overwhelming numbers. I wouldn't imagine a xenomorph getting past the single digits, simply because the main advantages they have wouldn't be very useful against battle droids.

[@sergeantsharkseant]

The B1 are front pigs nothing else. the names creatures are some kind of elite soldiers. Elite soldiers are made for Spezial missions not for a war . if an army of droids attack the droids would have many losses but win this mistake was made by the Jedi in the first battle of geonosis. Elite soldiered in normal battle are just like a knife in a gunfight : misplaced

[@thatthonkingbandito2670]

Without getting a scratch? Xeno is 67, T-800 is 103 Edit: predator could get up to 500 (due to stealth tactics)

[@toastmane1697]

Thank you for giving good, understandable reasons instead of clickbaiting a video giving pointless reasons

[@ihatefortnightgivemeareaso5659]

Looks like they aren’t the cult of personality

[@Ktuttey]

“Goddamned B1s” We love you! And I want one with a bow tie and a phantom menace voice!

[@theplaguedbrit3712]

What kind of B1's where on the thumbnail?

[@avalonmandrake3989]

A standard B1 misfiring his blaster into the head of another B1, as their OOM Commander (Yellow paint job, more independent) looks on in shame.

[@theplaguedbrit3712]

@@avalonmandrake3989I know that but why are they grey?I've never seen regular grey B1's

[@akumaking1]

The style reminds me of Republic Commando.

[@theplaguedbrit3712]

@@akumaking1 I mean I could be another camouflage variant like the sand camouflaged B1's on Geonosis

[@Kochie11]

I’ll admit, I loved the revenge of the Sith B-1’s. They seemed dumb and ruthless. Kind of a good combo

[@Kochie11]

Das nicht GTA VI. Yeah exactly! Kinda like what people portray ogres or orcs haha. Full of personality but completely empty of remorse and hesitation

[@trashchief6496]

Honestly, their personality makes me laugh so much.

[@S_M_i_T_T_Y]

1:30 "they essentially become an army of functional idiots" ahhh I miss being in the military lmao