The Obscure Droids that the Separatists HATED Deploying

[@toby1061]

Honestly, the droid army should have been utilized by many more factions, they’re ere so effective and yet are seen as one of the worst armies, when just the droid holdouts were enough to keep the entire Empire busy for years.

[@razorionxvii638]

The Crab Droid, the Spider droid from satine’s ship, and the Commando Droids will always have the spot as the coolest droid rig designs of the whole series in my opinion

[@Le-eu4bf]

The industrial output needed is hard. Imagine trying got quietly make a droid factory big enough for war production

[@sheepystopmotion7713]

Because the holdouts were rogue so palpatain could not control them and the army was told what to do and when to do it

[@johnathanthomas9291]

Ncr ranger picture nice

[@pnyhmsmx]

Problem is droid armies were products of entrepreneurs and paid for with taxes. You can't make em if you don't have the knowledge and resources to do so

[@thelonewolf9866]

I remember the Protodeka very well from "Star Wars the Clone Wars" -2002 video game. Felt like I was a mere human fighting hand to hand with a Terminator.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

I remember that game, yeah. The protodeka felt like a floating fortress.

[@hunterkiller1440]

Perhaps they could have suicide bomb droids disguised as Astromechs instead.

[@gladiatorproductions2852]

That's what I was thinking

[@EnvyInspired]

Diffrent models would help so that they can’t easily be detected

[@georgefeser6483]

Remember. No binary

[@elevation9123]

Possibly at the Start of the war but would they get smart to droid infiltration?

[@kamikazekyre6101]

That's a War crime.

[@gbladewarrior6884]

How about making a battle droid cost to kill ratio. It would be interesting to know which droids killed the most clones compared to their cost to build.

[@nerdyspinosaurid]

Pretty sure we are missing info to make that comparison accurate, but guessing could still be interesting

[@DwarfyDoodad]

We don't have a cost to build that I am aware of, and I imagine a "lethality" rating would probably only be in an RPG and thus subjective. For Example: If 4-6 1st level heroes can take out a group of goblins why are they such a threat? PCs/Heroes having better stats is the answer and it makes any "kill ratio" pointless because no basic CSI droid would ever kill a character in an RPG, even if they might kill multiple troopers before being destroyed in combat. tl;dr A cost to kill ratio literally doesn't work for many different reasons. The closest you will have to one is looking at FFG's Star Wars skirmish game.

[@guyfieri148]

In all honesty, IG 100'S and commando droids were probably the best cost/kill ratio, although their effectiveness paled in comparison to some types of clones like commandos and ARCs

[@957543]

To many variables depending on environmental, the commander, and the make up of the enemies

[@Badartist888]

While an interesting question, at some point you need a standing army. If you don't have the boots on the ground but rely on elite units and air power you can take, but not hold, territory.

[@genericname8252]

Imagine the CIS army power bill

[@geetslys]

Oof, almost as much as crypto mining 😤.

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

And they say clones are expensive

[@spider-spectre]

Power Bill = 1 Star

[@evanlephrog7337]

red go flash flash

[@evanlephrog7337]

aka lightsaber

[@justasnacc545]

Honestly I feel like droids were truly the most efficient army, they were mass producible which made them expendable unlike the clones

[@ravenhunter1355]

Also they don't need as much material goods to upkeep and even better don't need pressurized space craft( assuming no organics onboard) thus greatly increasing battle field endurance in space battles

[@geetslys]

Many would say that the clones were expendable...

[@justasnacc545]

@@geetslys “Actions speak louder than words” Than every jedi ever said that other than like Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Plo Koon

[@ravenhunter1355]

@@geetslys Not to me.

[@3B-]

@@ravenhunter1355 beat me to it!!

[@generalkenobi7148]

*"Hello There My Friends! The Force will be with you always!"*

[@geetslys]

And you!

[@pepster3864]

General Kenobi! You are a bold one.

[@ravenhunter1355]

Kenobi!!!

[@razorionxvii638]

CT-2224

[@elix901]

Hmmm

[@fanusobscurus]

Honestly, the infiltrator droids could have been reused. Make them modular, with interchangeable parts and designs. Seems pretty silly that they all had to look the same, just with a different color.

[@sebastiangibson9671]

Yeah

[@thomasnolastname8734]

With you on that

[@theaveragegamer7221]

I love and hated the Protodekka in the Clone War game. Such a unique boss yet so infuriating.

[@lucioordo3647]

It took so long for me to beat it

[@Adam-vu5sy]

All boss fights in that game require like two plays and then you can beat it, it’s just that there’s no other strategy in them other than pacing yourself and moving constantly as fast as you can.

[@Fleechin]

They probably got rid of the cleaning droids after one too many Neimoidians mistook them for an actual droid

[@jacksone5856]

That feeling when the bug creature you despised from ToR ends up advancing to the point of making a doom tank.... *rustling of ancient sith jimmies*

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

wait, when did you meet colicoids in ToR?

[@psychic882]

@@johnj.spurgin7037 Late af but you encounter them when you travel to Balmorra and do the Heroic mission "Project Hexapod."

[@mckenzie-grayeevans5876]

*.Suggestion: Go through all of the CIS’s organic units ( Nemoidian Gunnery Soliders, Koorivar Fusiliers, Umbaran militia, etc). Could also do lesser known Republic units.🙃

[@deadmanwalking971]

I second the Republic unit idea.

[@Maria_Banks]

7:14 now that brings me back. Star Wars The Clone Wars (the game) deserved a sequel so much. It was a better version of Halo Wars but for Star Wars.

[@NitNitx]

Same that game was so amazing I wish it would get a sequel 😔

[@vader1883]

The separatists could’ve won the war if they made more units like me

[@leandersearle5094]

Boys, boys, there's plenty of E-11s to go around. No need to fight.

[@alpha-1730]

I mean prolly not really because all the Republic would have to do to win every single battle is just blow up the droid control ship in each system.

[@Noah-zz8uw]

@@leandersearle5094 E-5s*

[@leandersearle5094]

@@Noah-zz8uw Oops. I guess I should submit my application to the Stormtrooper corps with a miss like that.

[@Eastwood007x]

@@alpha-1730 just need giant swarms of vulture droids

[@EdaugEthanbYT]

I guess even Darth Sidious hates the obscure. But then again that’s probably why Vader killed him. You can’t have Unlimited Poweeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!! if you don’t know all the obscure art forms

[@AverageAwesomeDude]

True he never mastered the stay away from edges and long falls Force power, or the pragmatic interior design force power

[@Joseph.12378]

anakin : gets several limbs cut off and gets burned alive, and survives Padme : is sad, dies

[@WisdomThumbs]

Sadly, people can die of extreme grief. It causes heart damage, sometimes immediately. But Padme, being fictional, died because of the Force.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

@@WisdomThumbs I like your explanation more than "muh force"

[@Bobdd0]

It's almost as if the writers couldn't come up with a good end for her

[@BierBart12]

I always wondered why those droid tanks never appeared anywhere but in my favourite childhood Gamecube Clone Wars game. The ONLY other place I've seen them was in a 2005 battlefront 2 mod that added a concept map, which also featured an AT-XT(Same deal, it only really appeared in that Clone Wars game) Those tanks just seemed to be a perfect match for the Republic's TX-130s in that game, despite being more fragile That said, Protodeka also came from that game. It was the sixth boss(as seen in the vid, holy shit that's nostalgic)

[@dmcepeda]

Ahhh the Protodeka.. I remember those boss fights in the Starwars Clones Wars game as a kid. Good times

[@syntheticsamurai]

Can you really call a self-detonating droid designed to do so a "suicide mission"? Would be like calling any guided missiles kamikaze pilots.

[@CosmoKraemer]

There’s one droid that’s quite the opposite of an obscure droid that no one wanted to deploy when OOM9 got deployed there was rejoice among the droid ranks but then he had a very tragic end .rip OOM9 32bby -32bby it just isn’t fair

[@GeorgeWaltonLucasJr]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of OOM9 the wise. I thought not it’s not a story I would usually tell you it’s a Star Wars legend OOM9 was a B1 battle droid who was so powerful and so wise he proved that he wasn’t just a normal droid he was a tactical genus and quite the lady’s man. You might be wondering what happened to him he became so powerful that it left little anakin no choice but to blow up the central control ship to stop this rain of terror

[@CosmoKraemer]

@@GeorgeWaltonLucasJr shit man that was really beautiful I’m crying

[@vader1883]

Thank you for the kind words I’m actually not dead I’ve just been hanging out with my bitches

[@yoanbouchard4013]

A video covering the whole hutts empire would be really nice , btw keep up the good work!

[@AndreaMMc]

Could you do a video about obscure clone battalions?

[@Barrobroadcastmaster]

"The same trick would never work again" unless the plot needed it to.

[@justinschreiber2074]

Always making work so much better!! Much love ❤️

[@geetslys]

Thank you so much!

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

Yeah But... Comments Aren't For Compliments They are For Saying Some Actual Stuff Ex: A Suggestion

[@mikd157]

I remember playing against the stupid hover tanks in the GameCube clone wars game

[@kabob0077]

That game was fun on the Xbox...

[@jeffagain7516]

Considering the supposed excellent quality of the "stealth generators" used for the "Chameleon Droids", I'm actually quite surprised these SGs were not used more frequently in service of other, more valuable Droids, such as the Advanced Tactical Droids, the Commando Droids, the HK-series and a few other models. They could have proven scarily efficient in that service ! Thanks again Folks! Great vid! :)

[@AYEcorolla]

The CIS valuing quantity over quality often times seems to be forgotten with some of these.

[@jasonwolfe4205]

I'm pretty sure that had the whole war not been a pantomime excuse for the Sith to seize power, the most effective strategy for the CIS would have been to simply buy or steal a crap ton of 3PO and R2 units, retrofit them with scanners, covert weapons and infiltration, combat and assassination protocols and seed them into Republic distribution lines. The jedi and senate would either have to throw all their staff droids away or risk being recorded or shot in the back every time they walked past one.

[@zerrierslizer1]

the greatest infiltration droid of all time? *Astro mechs*

[@AngelDust6969]

The Infiltration/Demolitions droids really give me Transformers vibes. What I find interesting is how most of these droid units weren't used often due to them costing more than they were worth. I'm not sure if that was the Confederacy not having money, or it's leadership just being greedy.

[@pmchad]

the 3rd is is literally the droid embodiment of "i am fluent in 6 million ways of kicking your ass"

[@bradwolf07]

Hello there... anyway, I would love a second part to this. I find all these different and unique droids fascinating. I would also love a video (or part of a video) on that R-unit Goldie Anakin and Ashoka used when R2 was lost/captured

[@shanenolan8252]

Loved the infiltrator droid. Well I spotted one in the season 4 death watch episode

[@BendakOGStarkiller]

Exclamation: All Of those droids are no match for My fellow HK units. Fierce and very effective.

[@MrDibara]

Title: "The Obscure Droids that the Separatists HATED Deploying" Me: _>sees thumbnail

[@richardlew3667]

*me turning around while running to see a protocol droid chasing after me Military C-3PO: "I'm coming for you bitch!" *starts running faster

[@guyfieri148]

"I am fluent in 6 million forms of kicking your ass"

[@omegakyle_fgc]

A Geetsly AND an Eckharts video within 20 min of each other?? 🧐

[@michaelandreipalon359]

9:28: Yep, a Part Two of this would be nice, and so does the Quinlan Vos video.

[@PikaJayMason]

My favorite of these rare droid models is the BL-series Battle Legionnaire. They're pretty formidable and I wish we could see more of them.

[@DrMutran]

I actually came up with my own droid army by quantifying the number of droids used in the battle of geonosis into credits and then looked through every book and webpage for superior droids for my army. It was fun😁.

[@zacharygerken4387]

Hmmmm, sounds fun and interesting.

[@Espartanica]

Cost isn't everything. The geonosian army was so big because it was the epicenter of the factories producing them, and a home base and meeting place for many different groups that made up the CIS. You gotta factor in all the different things like sourcing materials, the factories too, trade deals, etc

[@simplycinclair8979]

Truly one of the best Star Wars channels I know of, keep up the good work!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

My theory on why all of these weren't used is because they're a bit too expensive. The CIS is full of cheapskates, you know.

[@doomwhiz]

The Protodeka seems like something that would fit into the Descent series as a boss robot, both in its looks and its heavy armament.

[@nicocatalano5807]

Props to going back to your roots bro that's why I started watching you in the first place

[@HazopGaze]

My own headcanon revolving around the Protodeka is not unlike that of the Lich from the Halo series. Those things annihilated anything in their way, with the exception of the jedi who piloted the TX-130s in the two fights we see them in. (Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu, if I remember right) It stands to reason that, like the Lich, almost all encounters with a Protodeka left no survivors, making it seem like a rarer unit not only because of their fewer numbers, but also the lack of confirmed sightings, due to no one living to tell the tale.

[@profsrlojohn635]

Survivor bias basically, similar to some of uparmoring programs on WW2 bombers?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

5:48: Stop. Mentioning. That. HELLHOLE!!! Still, love the A-series design.

[@randallpetroelje3913]

C3p0 with an attitude. I’m loving it. The IG series is another favorite of mine.

[@bpdmf2798]

The C3PO looking droid that hangs out with Darth Vader and Doctor Aphra in the comics is such a maniac. He gets off on killing and torturing and he's written like a psycho.

[@Tegawe]

Droid armies and clone armies both were good ideas. Although inhumane to a sense using the clones. Both have their downsides.... you destroy the factories and incubators, then they can't be produced anymore.

[@HOOVYSsandvich]

Oh I didn’t realize this video is new, I’m just watching to much of your great content

[@TheManBehindTheSlaughter6669]

fighting the protodeka bosses in the clone wars game was a nightmare, one of the hardest bosses I've ever fought.

[@zexalbrony4799]

Would Droid models in production, but never being finished to be used before the war ends count as obscure? Because if so then there are those schematics for those new Droid models Genzor Delso was planning to make until Vader's Fist stopped him the OG Battlefront 2.

[@GetPucked]

there was a game where you could play as the GAT droid tank thing in the multiplayer, its also the game where the protodeka footage came from. it was a pretty fun game

[@astralFox]

I definitely would love to see more. It's nice hearing about some of the first Star Wars games I ever played talked about!

[@mememan301]

The last time I was this early the empire was still the republic

[@geetslys]

Prettty early.

[@mememan301]

@@geetslys yah like 32 BBY to 19 BBY early

[@deph5183]

Evil C-3PO? You must mean Triple 0. Both he and BT would make a lovely video.

[@SuperPRguru]

9:00 it was hell to fight this thing one on one in the game. I that thought it was some sort of star ship but a tank?

[@SuperPRguru]

If you played the game you know what I mean

[@TomasioTV]

The second obscure droid presented looks like an Earthbound enemy lmao.

[@DIEGhostfish]

8:20 What specified that the crab droid and Tri Droid replaced the GAT? The GAT has a pretty different role.

[@maxnobles6498]

Well there were different factories that could make a giant version of the crab droid for anti tank use. The GAT could be use against the AT-RT. However it could also be used as a ambush tank to attack convoy like targets.

[@NitNitx]

At 8:23 those droids gave me hell on Star Wars the clone wars game for the original Xbox 😂

[@ARC--Fives]

Can you do a video on the less well known species that remained neutral during the war? And maybe talk about what happened to them when the Empire took over?

[@jeremiahcastellano1964]

bruh the bf1 map sounds at the start made my jaw drop..... you my friend have a loyal sub

[@TheTrueMr.Chicken]

Even if not used to infiltrate again, the infiltrator still seems like a deadly droid on the battlefield. The fact they can turn into bombs and transform into a smaller form seems like they'd be a good rear guard capable of taking out clones as they took control of a village or city

[@accywacky2699]

If I remember the show correctly, the infiltrating cleaning droids where used for a 'false flag' operation, supposedly sent by a sub-faction of the separatists or some other group to fan the flames of conflict and generally line the pins up for getting knocked down the way Grievous (acting more or less unknowingly on behalf of sidious) wanted. Thus using them again later would have exposed the lie for what it is and, of course, the model would need to be redesigned to resemble some Other model of maintenance droid in which case, to avoid the aforementioned secret from getting exposed, you might as well pay people to make a new infiltration droid from the ground up. As for the Chameleon droids... An obvious reason for why they where rare later on is... Their cloaking did not work. Both Yoda and the other jedi in that one episode they got used in saw through the cloaking and quite successfully engaged the sneaky droids. And while sure, getting past Yoda of all jedi is a tall order, the other two jedi, one of which was a padawan, did pretty good on their own. Ergo the stealth field just isn't worth it against an enemy army being commanded by people who can literally see through the cloak and/or sense the ambush before the trap can be properly sprung.

[@rexiudecem280]

You should do a video covering droid models that were abject failures

[@kingcookie9777]

The 2nd one in the thumbnail reminded me of the tank from the incredible video game

[@leeholcombe9533]

Like 111 means I’m three times as cool as the first guy👍

[@geetslys]

Uh, sort of.

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

No, It Means You Are Three Times *Less* Cool

[@leeholcombe9533]

@@geetslys nah I’m just playing everyone who subscribed to your channel is equally as cool😎

[@leeholcombe9533]

@@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 you salty or really just want some attention?

[@mediademon90]

Funny is that the Separatist would have won if it wasnt for Palpatine. They could quickly build an army compare to the clones that would take many years to create even with the birth acceleration.

[@Aqueox]

I had an action figure of that A-series Assassin droid used on Jabiim, as well as the ARC Trooper that was with Obi-Wan and Anakin there.

[@WjC00LEY]

The GAT were fun to play in Clone Wars on PS2!

[@danshakuimo]

I remember playing that on Xbox, it was included with the console. Man, the nostalgia.

[@researcherchameleon4602]

4:00 *GASP* IT'S CREEPEO

[@somedudewhowatchesyoutube5705]

The GAT looks like a Scorpion Tank from the HALO games

[@Sephiroth144]

With the I/D Droids, WOULD they have been useless afterwards; the personnel at the facility seemed to think they were regular cleaning units, meaning they were likely based on a standard model. Did the Republic destroy thousands/millions of cleaning/maintenance droids because a handful infiltrated a facility, (which would cause problems as well), or were the I/Ds based on a common model? After all, if the I/Ds were based on something ubiquitous, which they seem to have been, they'd have every reason to try again.

[@johnlynch2011]

This Channel deserves more subscribers

[@aDeprivedSeal]

Im willing to see as many parts as there is droids!

[@MikMoen]

8:50 Ohhhh the nostalgia.

[@sobanmirza2717]

keep up your amazing work i know ur channel is gonna get super popular and you’ll be really successful so keep at it

[@yeetyeet5079]

The i/d droid still had a use as it was formidable in combat mode so they could have been used as battle droids

[@Transit0422]

Infiltrator droids be like: Transform and roll out!

[@TheJTBrand]

The Last 4 droids I never knew existed. I love them , but I understand why they wrrent deployed as much

[@KirbyBWebb]

YES --- I WANT PART 2 !!! Droids can make for better Everything as their only basic needs are Energy .

[@generalkenobi3189]

Love the og battlefront intro

[@oEndxr]

imo the LR-57 combat droid was used less than the commerce guild chameleon droid

[@princefoxv]

Here's a rare droid machine, now it wasn't a droid, but it was controlled by them: The giant crusher ship from the 2003 animated series

[@diet_dr.demoncore]

I recently discovered the protodeka through the Galactic Contention mod for SQUAD, funny to see it here.

[@gaydragonsq4101]

The Chamaeleon droid is my favorite. If they focused all their energy on just that model... maybe they could have won more battles

[@dragon091327]

The suicide droids were probably hella expensive as well. It’s not like you bring it back for repairs it’s blown up.

[@darthtyronus7027]

It's called the fucking GAT XD

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

6:55 This Thing In SW: EaW Is OP In Some Mods. Why? Low Cost, Fastest Land Unit, Efficient Against The Republic Counterpart, If Used Correctly It Can Take On Almost Evrything Even In 1v1, Good For Early Rushing AND Mid-Battle Encounters, If You Are Attacking And Have Orbital Bormbardment Ready You Can Easily Destroy The Entire Enemy Base In 1 Blow With 1 Tank, AT Defenses Are Not a Problem Most Times Because You Are Too Fast For Them To Kill Ya. It's Perfect.

[@mrmarksman4965]

Oh man, that game is a blast from the past.

[@YorktownUSA]

I LOVED the GAT... though it had some serious weakness and design issues, but hey this is star wars, little if anything makes real world sense.

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Not gonna lie, the Protodeka was quite a monster of a droid (didn't know it was a droid thought it was an Overpowered Tank)

[@MrDarthRex]

Just my take, but the GAT would have had potential if the CIS/Separatists found ways to try to upgrade it's weaponry, acceleration, and possibly hull strength. I actually think that droid tank could have caused more casualties against Republic clone infantry if exposed in open combat, especially if massed in larger numbers against larger numbers of GAT squads (4-6 per squad with more squads deployed). I think that was the biggest disregarded droid platform for the CIS. I think hail-fire droids (not mentioned on this video post list) also had potential if the CIS had taken into account earlier the re-supplying/logistics of that droid after it exhausts it's disposable weaponry in the open battlefield. Won't lie, I definitely root for the CIS. The Geonosians kind of remind me of my Roman/Italian ancestors in an analogy type of way to an extent.

[@petervanheerden2133]

Would love to see a part 2. Would've loved to have seen a protodeka in the clone wars series.

[@yuligamein5502]

that prodo decker is pretty damn big..im not shocked that it cost a lot..

[@mithridates1005]

The CIS could use mole like droids that could did holes and flank enemy positions.

[@Lukedub]

I remember having a toy of the a series assassin droid when I was a kid, not really even knowing what it was. I didn't even think it was a star wars toy m

[@Adam-vu5sy]

Two if these came from one if the most goofy Star Wars games around, Star Wars: the clone wars on Xbox one. This game has some if the most ridiculous droids and concepts

[@Crim_Zen]

That stealth power seems pretty nice, but I feel like it wouldn't really work on force users. The Miraluka have no eyes and see through the force, but they can still perceive droids locations. Strong jedi could likely do the same.

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

the cannons were fix to chest so basically crawling would render them useless 3:04