Pike Syndicate Scorpenek Annihilator Droids EXPLAINED

[@alphawolfgang173]

when running from a giant slow robot, make sure you run as slowly as you can down the middle of the street for half the episode. do NOT take any side alleys and always stay bunched up and the droid will always miss.

[@KingOfMadCows]

Those droids were incredibly formidable except against Rancors and mud/brick walls.

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

And normal people with blasters. Probably normal people without blasters as well. Lets face it, considering their weapons make no impression on a mud wall something like a Knight from the dark ages, or even just a conscrip with a big enough wooden shield is going to be able to ignore these things with impunity.

[@johnmarshall9604]

The wall had a firing step, implying it was built as part of a compound's fortifications. It's likely that such walls would be built of materials resistant to laser cannon fire.

[@Dlstufguy2]

These droids make no sense for how they were used. Their laser cannons did little damage for their size. The way they were set up it was almost like they were there to intimidate a surrender. They should have sent them in first. They have high durability and low firepower. These things should have been the spear tip.

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

@@Dlstufguy2 They also dont seem to understand the concept of firing at range, they keep holding their fire till their like 5 feet away from the target.

[@levitschetter5288]

Their biggest weakness is plot armor

[@chrisbongiorno9711]

Unless I'm mistaken, the second droid seemed like it took power intentionally from the back to tank the hit from the rankor. The back side was red before it was hit.

[@RichO1701e]

All Trekkies understood that common Trek ship strategy, divert aft shield power to forward shields!

[@TheKamiBunny]

If you ever played starwars rpg(is like q mod of e3.5 DnD) you can divert power from weapon systems to shields like star trek

[@chrisbongiorno9711]

Oh I know star wars is capable of orienting shield strength. The original in 1977 had this during the battle of yavin. I guess I wasn't clear. The video said it was the rankor hitting the shield that weakened the back side. I was pointing out that I think the Droid did it intentionally to strengthen the front to take the hit from the rankor before the rankor swung. I might be wrong, I'd have to rewatch it to check the timing.

[@troubleondemand7703]

It is my belief that the Pike Syndicate Scorpenek Annihilator Droids were created to gaslight the universe into believing that Stormtroopers actually had good aim.

[@AcidiFy574]

the StormTroopers DID have good aim

[@timezerohour8864]

Annihilator Droids might need a software update to its target tracking or maybe because they are so old they could only hit slow or non moving targets.

[@georgemurdock7670]

Or maybe not, after all they are a bad guys robot.

[@pedrokantor3997]

The perfect weapon for if you don't want to hit anything. What were they thinking making them so incapable of shooting that it kills immersion?

[@QuantumShow2022]

I like to think that they were so expensive for the pikes that they couldn't afford the good computer to go with it, and they had to put a gonk Droid brain in it, so they had terrible targeting

[@greggougeon4422]

I watched it with my 10 year old he loved every second of it. So i loved every second of it. I can forget a few plot armour points. I just had fun watching the action

[@justincameron9661]

Loved flying the tri fighter in the og battlefront 2

[@elijahniklaustoys6534]

Boba Fett yelling the droids would wreck the town. Rides a rancor then destroys the town🤔

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

That was and still is an epic fight scene.

[@awesomesauce8083]

It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan. My 10 year old self is geeking out over all this content we are getting and we have part of a theme park dedicated to it. If you had told me that we would get all of this awesomeness back in the late 70's and early 80's, I would call you a liar. Love it, love it, love it. Say what you want to say about Disney shepherding the franchise, but they are the only ones I think who have the resources to bring this to fruition. Can't wait for the second season of Boba Fett and the upcoming Mandalorians.

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

An epic battle of like 30 people and some robots that cant hit a crowd at point blank range running away from them in a straight line with weapons so weak they cant chip mud off an adobe wall. That sure is epic. Kind of reminds me of the epic squirt gun fight my neighbors kids had with eachother on the front lawn the other day. Those squirt guns would have made more of an impression on the mud wall than the Scorpenek droids weapons though. Maybe the Pike Syndicate should consider a squirt gun retrofit to make them more deadly?

[@opratorkilo4649]

I love how they brought one of if not my most favorite droid from the depths of star wars lore out to the main scene. BUT come-on these things where killers in the expanded universe. They aren't stormtroopers that comically miss their targets when its plot convenient. They are droids with literal targeting computers built into them by the Colicoids who spared no expense when it came to droid manufacturing. If it wasn't for plot convenience im sure our beloved Boba and his gang would've been dead before the rancor could've shown its face. If all it take is two of technological terrors to turn a whole battalion of clone troopers and a column of AT-TEs to dust, idk what kinda vibranium plot armor this is but i want it in my life😂

[@adamallen8787]

THANK YOU SOME POSITIVITY

[@mitchellhudson4967]

The black wookie is a MOD too. In his history he volunteered for the gladiator fights, went through trials and received modifications to his fists. He won every match, became champion, owned the modifications, killed whoever ran the matches and took up bounty hunting. Read his history

[@albertbarie5305]

Maybe their targeting was off because the Syndicate needed to update the firmware. I mean those guys are known to use the spice they sell.

[@alancarnell2747]

They should call the Mods, The Mos Vespas

[@humanfilth666ify]

Thanks to Japan, SpaceX, and a lower gravity coefficient on Mars, we may actually have giant robot fights.

[@greggougeon4422]

I was also thinking maybe these droids were not meant for anti personal use. So the aiming was slower because it was never meant to fight individual soldiers. Just armoured vehicles.

[@MandalorV7]

But then its laser cannons should have blasted those buildings and walls to shreds. In the end of the day it was just good fun action and the main characters had plot armor stronger than the droid’s shields.

[@Alan_Skywalker]

So these street fighters and walls on Tatooine are much stronger than clones and their tanks.

[@naomishelton1960]

I love all of your videos

[@michaelschuster4869]

Would have been more effective if Boba hopped in Slave1 and rammed some concussion missiles into those droids.

[@RichO1701e]

My first thought on seeing them, it reminded me of the The Enforcement Droid ED-209 from the 80's Robocop, mixed with a vulture droid.

[@Kitkat-986]

I am very happy they are canon now, but damn, the plot armor was strong in that episode. And it's weapons seemed incapable of penetrating a thin brick wall.

[@naomishelton1960]

Great video

[@geohound777]

these will always be my favorite types of droids their design is awesome

[@hoarder66]

I think I need to make one out of Lego for my collection

[@AgentGB1]

Nice!

[@msp5616]

They made for s fun filled sci-fi hour so job done...

[@Inkbleedful]

If he had a blaster bolt coming towards him that spin would make since or like when Megatron was fighting Optimus, Optimus shot Megatron causing him to spin and then he returned fire.

[@eaglegundam1873]

First thought when seeing scorpion droid i thought the droidicas from the separatist

[@isaacgriffin5690]

I thought that too. Except even droidikas have their blasters sticking out just beyond the shielding. Not these guys though, they can shoot through their own shielding 🤦

[@eaglegundam1873]

@@isaacgriffin5690 idk maybe they make a breaf opening big enough for cannons rounds to go through just befor it hits the shild and closes as soo as it exits the shirld maybe

[@peteypiranalover]

The internal logic broke this episode for me. While there were many great scenes and moments. Like i love the super droidekas. They arent scorpion droids to me.

[@CounterLink]

Oh and at this point I think it's safe to say baby Yoda might possess the shatterpoint ability. His ability to strike at the weak point is also a possible nod to who saved him during order 66, think about it. What other jedi possesed shatterpoint and was unaccounted for after getting his arm cut off?

[@dylanthomas385]

This should have been a blank fitures video

[@jakeschindler1762]

Oh hey first view, also love the video

[@gundamwarrior]

I think its pretty neat looking though they went a bit too brushed gunmetal for my taste. They should've left it more like its original counterpart and its smaller brethren as the reddish browns

[@AdmriaVanNova]

Me: I'll take 6 please.

[@MarvelX42]

Jedi spinning around for no reason every ten seconds in every movie they have ever been in and noone says anything, but a Mod does it once and everybody loses their shit about how stupid it is. Yes, spinning around, thus turning your back to your enemy, is dumb AF, but it is ahell of alot more dumb when you are right next to them and they are holding a laser sword that can cut through almost anything including your soft "crude matter" like a glowing hot razer sharp blade through very warm butter.

[@wallacepgames3246]

Can anyone vouch for the course? Looks like something Mike Winnet shows on his Contrepeneur Bingo series as the price ends in a 7 😂

[@eichler721]

The droid was great and not expected. However they made the aim slow and pathetic for plot reasons. They need to do better then that.

[@Yehoshua66]

It’s the Pyke Syndicate

[@madmadimadison7542]

Didn't Robot Wars die from COVID?

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

Why were these droids programed to shoot everywhere exept where their targets are? That seems like a strange design choice for a battle droid. Normaly when you give something a gun its because you want it to shoot your enemys right? Were these things just a big practical joke or something?

[@shanenolan8252]

Gismodo ( nuff said )

[@cercaz]

I love the soyboy comment about Gizmodo

[@drakko26]

So in other words a dumber version of a Protoss Immortal complete with the ability to reinforce shields?

[@sirblue5586]

Aren't they supposed to be like 10 meters tall

[@merlinwizard1000]

33rd

[@ditzydoo4378]

I believe the correct spelling is Pyke, not Pike... buuuuuttt Tomato/Tomato as it were... 0~o

[@envynemo4170]

you clearly do now UNDERSTAND the meaning of the words "soy boy"

[@fixedcog2496]

Ben, you're pronouncing droideka wrong. I guess it's on purposeXD

[@CounterLink]

Loved the video, hated the way you said droideka. I don't care if that's the proper way to pronounce it or not just doesn't sound right.

[@JustinGold96]

firstttttttttttttt

[@michaelwheeler7293]

Spin move was gay, giant droids v. Rancore was awesome, mods still suck, book of Boba Fett gets 5 outta 10

[@mrbonjangle]

They sure annihilated that sand. Really stuck it to the feet of the randoms. Terrible episode.

[@steelshanks1265]

Terrible droids... terrible episode... Sad times to be a Star Wars fan...

[@isaacgriffin5690]

I couldn't stop laughing during that "battle." So cringy

[@dudewatches6125]

The book of Boba Fet was absolutely terrible.