The INSANELY Expensive & STUPIDLY OP Separatist Droid that Could Melt Through Columns of AT-TE's

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

You've really got to respect the Colicoid's willingness to negotiate in business, as well as their ability to make such fearsome droids. When I watched your video on the colicoid's, I was surprised that the colicoid's were so willing to compromise with the trade federation to sell them more Droidekas in exchange for rare meats.

[@ZayZay2023]

Man, finding out about all these different units makes me wonder who would’ve truly won the war if palpatine wasn’t pulling the strings from both sides.

[@gabethebabe3337]

In legends it was rumored they had droids in the quadrillions due to how cheap they were and how many factories they had across the galaxy. It especially helps that they were most designed by insectoid aliens who were either hive species, or close enough that coordination made it easy to mass produce armies, vehicles, and weapons.

[@cjthebeesknees]

Separatists, pretty sure that’s the general consensus anyways.

[@ZayZay2023]

@@gabethebabe3337 makes sense tbh. Almost every clone wars episode opened with the narrator talking about the republic getting whooped 😂

[@rawrxdtonepforme9360]

​@@gabethebabe3337not rumors the official stat for just b1s is 1 quintillion

[@nathanworthington4451]

A derrrrrrrrrr

[@vitorpereira9515]

I still play Star Wars: Clone Wars and i love this game. Weapons like the Protodeka made me believe that the confederation had everything to win but they were just pawns in the hands of Palpatine.

[@tk-6967]

Which was confirmed by ROTS.

[@matthewmartinez3907]

I remember when that thing busted out that rubble and mowed down all our vehicles then later surprised you got to fight two now. Lol

[@inductivegrunt94]

Good thing Paly knew what he was doing, otherwise everything he built up could have been destroyed because of death machines like these made by the based Colicoids.

[@AeronHale]

Something I've noticed is a reoccurring theme in Starwars is that insectoid species are often some of the best at making weapons and vehicles. You have these guys, the Verpine, the Killik, Geonosians, ect. It's an interesting trend.

[@2411509igwt]

It's because they don't have to go through the debugging process.

[@phoenixx913]

One thing all those races have in common to is that they've been making war droids and weapons for thousands of years and have kinda perfected it.

[@aster4jaden]

I'm never too busy to watch a video about Separatist Droids.

[@Cobra1098]

I received the Clone Wars for the Xbox earlier this year, really brought back memories of all the hours I spent playing and replaying Clone Wars on the PS2. Looking back, I love how a lot of the pre-ROTS Clone Wars media, like the PS2 game or the Republic comics, often had unique droids and vehicles like the Protodeka. It really made the Separatists feel like a diverse, Galaxy-spanning movement compared to the massive uniformity of the Grand Army of the Republic, whose only personalized units tended to be Jedi, ARC Troopers and Republic Commandos. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the hell out of the 2008 Clone Wars show like plenty of other people, but the Clone Wars media from those early years leading up to Revenge of the Sith.... sometimes it almost feels like a completely different war compared to the way most modern fans think of what the Clone Wars was like. But then again, I grew up during the Prequel Era and not during the 2010s/2020s era, so a lot of that I'm sure is nostalgia on my part.

[@kipo8454]

Bruh I remember Clone Wars omg, that game was fun as fuck. The battle on Geonosis is one of my most cherished memories as a kid, taking down ships just like in the movie. The Sith construct thing in the campaign too was insane.

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

Just imagining the carnage the Protodeka can create makes me really excited.

[@FastTquick]

Would be great if we ever saw the Protodeka in the Fall of the Republic mod for Star Wars: Empire at War as a Seperatist superweapon. Something tells me that its large size and slow speed made it a liability that was vulnerable to artillery strikes. I would love to see a video on the Scorpenek Annihilator Droid soon.

[@richardched6085]

I think it is in Fall of the Republic. You can unlock it as the Separatists the same way the Republic can unlock the A6 Juggernaut.

[@vulcan0132]

@@richardched6085 It is in fall of the Republic, I've seen it appear in Skirmishes before when I play Republic, and the CIS rolls them out. I was actually watching a friends Discord Stream one day and he asked "What is that" I looked over saw it and told him, I kind of laughed too as it was decimating him. He'd never seen it or knew of it before, since it's appearance in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars game from the early 2000's is kind of obscure and not as popular as many later games. It's still one of my favorites.

[@arlensmith7273]

It is, as a mission reward.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

I remember fighting against these behemoths inside of a star fighter tank.

[@fluffaduck6206]

What game?

[@inquisitorgarza312]

@@fluffaduck6206 the original clone wars game on the original Xbox

[@arbiter11171]

@@fluffaduck6206Star Wars: The Clone Wars

[@jacobhuot3056]

Star Wars: Clone Wars. It was a game that came out around the same time as Attack of the Clones

[@Vectrex368]

I remember fighting two of this mf at the same time in a fighter tank

[@anotherbloodyfanwriter1941]

The protodeka. The first boss battle I ever faced in a video game. Appropriately, it gave 6 year old me fits.

[@darthdabious4919]

“All ways take a Heavily armed hover tank if you can” that’s what I always say.

[@thalmoragent9344]

Honestly, the Republic and later Empire should've taken a few notes from some of the Seperatist Droids. Sure, not all of them, and not too many of them either, for political reasons of course, but stuff like this could've been very useful. Maybe a Rebel Cell with one or 2 of these bad boys, stored in perhaps an Acclamator repurposed to be a mobile Rebel Base could've done wonders on the slightly tougher Imperial outposts they stumbled upon across the 23 years of Imperial rule.

[@tk-6967]

The Empire did take notes. In the EU the Empire used a few CIS models in the early to bolster their troops, but politically it was difficult to get new droids, although there were plenty of prototypes. The same is true for canon, and the Empire even had their own version of the AAT.

[@thalmoragent9344]

@tk-6967 Yeah, the usage of Droids in combat certainly left a bad taste in the mouth of many worlds across the galaxy so, makes sense the Empire would only have a handful of Droid units on hand. Hell, same for Republic vehicles. The Venator as an Imperial Carrier should've been around in greater numbers than they were.

[@zexalbrony4799]

That poor Clone Commander, he lost all his bros at the battle of Axion. Poor Commander Brolis. Oh, I get the name now. Shouldn't be surprised we have someone with this name given we have Jedi known as Sha'Gi and Ima-Gun-Di.

[@vynsyxx]

this is the comment i was looking for

[@RampantPuppy]

How does the Protodeka stack against the Hav6 Juggernaut? Pretty curious since it sounds somewhat similar in terms of firepower and role

[@marcelxd1633]

Juggernauts can shoot rockets so strong how a nuke with a 50km range

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

You know a war machine is a bit OP when even the Separatist high command thinks it’s overkill.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

Maybe it could melt AT-TEs, but the A5-TE is still better. Why? Because it was able to be just about everywhere it was needed, unlike the Protodeka. Having the fanciest stuff doesn't mean anything if you can't have it everywhere you need the stuff.

[@Saltasaur]

AAT is better then by that logic. Cheaper, mass produceable, decent firepower, repulsive lifts for difficult terrain, etc.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

@@Saltasaur I would somewhat agree, though they are close enough in capability, cost, and purpose that I don't see one as being much better than the other.

[@topdog5252]

How about a video on General Grevious’ terrifying special units, that camouflaged as cleaner droids before taking over the Coruscant power station and then self destructing in a suicidal explosion.

[@AdamTehranchiYT]

This is the most information I've heard about this droid. 👏🏻 Some thoughts: I wonder if it's spaceworthy? Seems big enough to skip the carrier. The Colicoid that designed this might have seen things like the MTT and AAT and decided that they weren't murderous enough. Imagine if they polished up the designed so it wasn't prohibitively expensive, which seems the way of all the good stuff according to the Trustworthy Sith Accountants.

[@seifer447]

Being a machine, it could survive vaccuum, but last I knew, repulsors don't work outside of planetary gravity. Also, as slow as it is, travelling any distance in space would be miserable.

[@JediLordNathan]

Ah the mighty Protodeka my favorite weapon in the CIS arsenal and I'll tell you what these things were intimidating as a kid when I played the Clone Wars Game, of course I was bit annoyed they didn't show up in other media afterwards and really the game is a bit dated as it states Raxus Prime is a backwater when its in the same system as Raxus Secundus the CIS capital but I will cut the game slack on that because well it wasn't a concept until 2009, that said with that lore in mind it makes one think that Palpatine leaked the information on the Dark Reaper because he knew that Dooku would actually have a means to not just win the war for the CIS but also kill him, just deploy the Reaper and its harvester on Coruscant and death. Also I'm fairly certain Palpatine is the reason these didn't show up often, much like he made sure the C-B3 Cortosis Battle Droids didn't become mainstream because well he was deathly terrified of them which by the way it says a LOT about CIS engineers that they created weapons that made even Darth Sidious terrified of the prospect of facing them which it says a LOT if you can get one of the most terrifying characters in the setting who can destroy planets with Force Storms (Which by the way renders the need for a Death Star pointless when he can just do that with the force) is terrified of a droid mass produced and made of cortosis. So yeah one of my favorite units in the CIS, glad to have them in Fall of the Republic which so far is the only mod to have the things and they handled the implamentation of them well as you cannot build them you earn them as a mission reward making them formidable. But one question remains would an A6 Juggernaut be able to take a Protodeka down?

[@tranquilclaws8470]

I love how the truly "OP" things in Star Wars all look like the least practically designed showpieces one could think up.

[@crimson1million]

Did somebody say, sun crusher?

[@joshuakolton9955]

"This was a bit too easy. It feels like... a trap."

[@quantemwensday]

it was basically a mini mobile fortress

[@geophrie8272]

God the lower wings look amazing. The downward slope in some of the images works so well

[@TheEventHorizon909]

Palpatine probably used any left over for his dark empire creations

[@willk8717]

I thought I was the only one who remembered that amazing machine.

[@joshk96]

I got one for doing a mission in Empire at War Fall of the Republic, thing was Awesome!

[@w1ndgeneral226]

The Protodeka, the PTSD for Star Wars Gamers.

[@ninjamasterbuilder8675]

I only heard about this vehicle when I watched a play through of Fall of the Republic from XP Gamers before this video

[@SmithJohn-o5j]

I thinks the super tanks are better solution when compare to protodeka.They have almost same armor and firepower, and sharing design and parts with MTTs so being easier to produce and matain, they manage to produce a platoon of those things even being sieged, that's definitely impressive.Too bad they just have super tanks appear in only one episode.

[@9051team]

Honestly, at this point, why doesn't Palpatine just have a trillion droids kill the Jedi order and take over the Republic by force. Yeah some Jedi escape but having trillions of droids to be your policing force seems far more effective than a few million humans (not even aliens cause racism).

[@davidordaz5251]

Yeah never knew why he didn’t do that

[@kaimagnus5760]

Hell, as hard as they were to destroy, six of these things could have probably leveled The Jedi Temple along with everyone inside.

[@theliato3809]

For the same reason the separatist cause fell apart. People can brick or shut down the droid systems en mass. Or worse turn them agaisnt him

[@tk-6967]

Because of politics lol. Palpatine would have been an extremely unpopular leader who would have had to share power with the corporate leaders and stuff. Also the Separatists would have rebelled against him and turned the droids on him.

[@elderliddle2733]

Protodekas were monsters. I remember that first time “This was a bit too easy… it feels like… A trap!” Protodeka melts attack force. Personally I believe Dooku did the Dark Reaper Crisis specifically to give a middle finger to Palpatine. There’s no way palpy have permission to use the Dark Reaper.

[@trevoranthony3018]

That protodeka droid made that Clone Wars 2002 video game the most difficult Star Wars game ever created

[@danielvitale7788]

This thing was so epic looking but tough as hell in the "true" clone wars game, for me at least

[@marshalllatta2073]

I love your channel it's so cool l wish we seen this species in future of star wars l want to see more technology advanced species in star wars

[@thejarredhog3936]

I was legit afraid of these things in Clone wars. So bad I didn't even play the 3rd Raxus mission for a long time.

[@nfinity1421]

Thankyou for this video! I love the Protodeka, it reminds me of Keith Laumer's Bolo tanks.

[@jonathanwells223]

The nightmares are back

[@GiovanniVarriaIe]

I never thought that something as OP would exist in the clone wars

[@CHRF-55457]

I still remember the first time I had to fight the protodeka as a boss battle on the GameCube in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. That fucking shit blew up the fucking crane I tried to hide behind.

[@kfcroc18]

I wish we would see one outside of that one game.

[@Cheattoe]

7:57 look at that realistic 2003 cinema

[@schurerest7661]

If there isn’t one already can you make a video on the Colicoid I’m very interested in them now and there droids

[@alasiadarthe001actual9]

That looks like a tank form the ADVENT faction from XCOM. It would be a really cool mod to fight it in XCOM 2.

[@dingaling487]

Imagine trading the galaxy's most dangerous weaposn for some steak

[@lerneanlion]

If the Protodeka were deployed in the Battle of Umbara, how much possible it is for the Separatists to win this battle?

[@tk-6967]

The CIS could have won that battle easily. Heck they could have won the war. But that wasn't part of Palpatine's plan.

[@Angel05433]

​@@tk-6967 I disagree the Juggernaught that the clones had would destroy this tank.

[@tk-6967]

@@Angel05433 What Juggernaut on Umbara?

[@Angel05433]

@@tk-6967 the kasykk Juggernaught

[@lerneanlion]

@@Angel05433 There is no way they could deploy that kind of tank on Umbara in large number. Umbara is eternally dark and it is largely unknown. In other words, the invading Republic forces know so little about Umbara aside from the fact that it located on a major trade route that they needed to use in order to begin the Outer Rim Sieges later on in the war.

[@Dontblamethemonkey]

They need to remake/remaster that game

[@RedShift323]

I wonder if the chassis could be converted into a space fighter variant with a (significant and heavy) bit of R&D by the New Republic or Galactic Alliance.

[@Mate397]

I wouldn't call that droid from the Mandalorian episode a big deal since it was utterly useless even though it was supposed to have high powered cannons.

[@rob2540]

Probe droid video :)

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

A real case of getting what you pay for

[@yokai333]

I forgot about that monstrosity. Massassi, that was a pain

[@goldeagle6431]

The Senate is retartedly OP.

[@goldgodryukendo913x]

Obscure Vehicle: Wayferer Class Medium Transport. Something I would actually use in the Star Wars Galaxy.

[@dmann5938]

You can use the Protodeka in Empire at War’s Fall of the Republic mod

[@princeofpokemon2934]

If just one of those things showed up during the battle of Kamino, the Republic would've lost for sure

[@tk-6967]

Can you make a history of the Colicoids video at some point. I am very confused about their lore since they are supposed to be top notch droid engineers, but in SWTOR I have encountered them and they seem like a primitive species and are treated and act like non-sentient of semi-sentient animals.

[@thomaspaine7098]

Wonder if there were any oversized buzz droids for attacking capital ships

[@chaoscommentary2179]

In the arena mode for clone wars on the final wave are 2 prododecas and I don’t use the fighter tank i used the ancestor to the ATST to beat it

[@STGXBOX]

Ahhhh playing SW:TCW on OG Xbox made me love and hate these things with a passion.

[@Zaymations-OFFICIAL]

This is crazy!!

[@maxtermind5110]

A SPHA would definitely be a counter to this thing

[@minicle426]

How about the Bio-Cannon from Galactic Battlegrounds?

[@malekzayed6433]

Thumbnail looked like something out of Terminator

[@lordMartiya]

Well, now we've found something that Grievous was too decent to deploy in battle.

[@greatazuredragon]

These bugs were the true abckbone of the separatists.

[@brightlord-ov7cm]

I'd love to see Spider-Man get sent here.

[@merafirewing6591]

I wonder if it could wreck an AT-AT.

[@albertlamar5938]

So, basically, an atmospheric battle cruiser. I still don't get why they imprisoned its designer. They wanted a weapon. He gave them an awesome weapon. Just because some got destroyed is no reason to imprison him. All types of designed weapons got destroyed under the right, or wrong, circumstances. Great video.

[@jiyuhong5853]

Can you cover droideka oppressors and senteniels?

[@grasshopper-ln9us]

They kinda look like mass effects Rachni

[@treavy1]

Need huge bug spray

[@theaveragegamer7221]

Died to tjis thing SO MANY TIMES

[@blakeetter280]

I feel like the main problem with Star Wars bad guys is being cheap. Like, yeah they’re expensive, but send one of these things to wipe a battlefield and then just move it. You could have won the war with like a hundred of these things if you’d tried, can’t cost more than those little battleships they lose all the time. And I think skywalker blew up a dozen of those with a star fighter

[@emilsinclair4190]

I have a mausoleum to sell you.

[@brokenbridge6316]

This thing sounds like something out of a nightmare. Good thing it didn't appear that much.

[@bsgfan1]

I remember fighting these things in the Clone Wars game and wondering why the separatists never deployed them everywhere 🤣 seriously though, fuck protodekas. Controller destroying levels of frustrating.

[@AdrianMartinez-ho6db]

The droid army vs the machines from terminator. Who yall got?

[@wither5673]

to be fair...having a glass canopy makes the AT-TE not as tough as it should be, still dont understand that design oversight.

[@anonymousgaming.]

I wonder if they fought against the empire

[@kaimagnus5760]

But could they stand an orbital strike? Use a high powered proton torpedo dropped on it from Orbit and I bet it would have smoked the Protodeka.

[@tk-6967]

That is true for any tank in SW lol.

[@clydecraft5642]

I hated the scorpanek is tbobf it literally hurt a rancor but the actors we barely care about got to live behind a sand wall, and the scorpanek should have yeeted a rancor instead of only shooting once

[@princesscadance197]

I HATED these things in the Clone Wars game. Seeing TWO of them side-by-side in the open fields of Thule had me wishing I could just like, not fight them.

[@MBP1918]

🤯

[@vikingsword3485]

My fav aliens that i would never want to visit

[@Cl-2048]

average colicoid creation

[@YaniBro]

Hi

[@DarthVages]

👍

[@sonnsobek7633]

Cis must win cw 😉

[@IBW_3000]

Probably could’ve taken over the whole galaxy of they were given the chance. God help you if you’re up against a force-sensitive.

[@Unholy_XII]

Remove palpatine and the droids would've won the war

[@chuckchalmers4960]

Book of boba fett isn't canonical. Nothing disney makes is canonical, don't acknowledge them again.

[@Spencerpolly]

This poster is not cannon. disregard all posts by him, don’t acknowledge him.

[@chuckchalmers4960]

@@Spencerpolly XD disney shill detected.