Star Wars: Droids 1x09.5 - The Great Heep

[@CJVale]

I remember when I was a kid The Great Heep scared the bejeesus out of me, and gave me nightmares that night, but I loved it all the same

[@timetravelfilms727]

This was a very scary cartoon. It gave me nightmares. Goto 14:40 to see what I mean. If I saw this in 1986 - I'd be under 5 years old. I look back at this episode. You had this massive menacing machine that lures R2 units and then it uses them as food. It sucks the life out of R2 units, and our heroes were pretty much stuck there and they were pretty weak. You had no "He-Man" or Luke Skywalker to come in a kick the hell out of this Great Heap. The other thing, is that this is a double episode - you have nearly an hour of this menacing beast! This was rated "U" for audiences above 4 years - the ratings guidance suggest that "threats" are resolved quickly - erm this took nearly an hour! Ha! Character building Episode.

[@chefexcellence322]

I remember watching this as a young kid. I had a toy robot which took four D batteries, so it's battery compartment was big enough to put my R2-D2 figure in it. I used to reenact this episode quite a lot.

[@minicle426]

I want the Heep brought back in some manner.

[@EpicThe112]

13:07 regarding the great heat himself he went to war against the Yuuzhan vong which made them dislike mechanical technology like the Heep and C3-PO. If you are wondering C-3PO is Anthony Daniels

[@lornbaker1083]

the greatest of friends right there. We should all hope to have a friendship like r2d2 and c3p0

[@DrRobotnikPingas]

Long John Baldry is amazing. "I hate that Hedgehog!"

[@toainsully]

More like: SnooPINGAS usual I see?

[@mintyaquagreen1675]

Indeed!

[@CS_Mango]

Droid: make way for your new master. The great heep. C3po: the great what? Droid: *HEEP!*

[@dorian2112]

so much foreshadowing here with the droids destroying things and what looks like the wheel that grievous used later. love this stuff!

[@Charlie94781]

The Silentium/Abominor War made the Yuuzhan Vong into a species of organic technophobes

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

when the Heep's race are responsible for extra-galactic crab-armor wearing psychotic sadomasochists...

[@MaskedMan66]

44:23 Threepio's finest moment.

[@sixshotmark]

A massive thank you for posting this. I have wanted to see the entire movie without interruption for many years. This was the best of the Droids cartoon.

[@daultonmahley4211]

Yea. The very end I had a genuine smile. The two droids have such a cool friendship, and authough this was cheesy as hell, it made me smile.

[@SeantheBlueFox]

The Great Heap was voiced by Long John Baldry..who also voiced Dr Robotnik in The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

[@aromardu]

The surgeon droid seems to have inspired the Imperial "chopper" surgeon droid in ROTS. The combining droid's final form looks like a droideka from the waist up, including the laser arms. "It's like poetry, it rhymes." - George Lucas

[@Djinsin]

Wow, this was at much better pace than any of the episodes.

[@auditect950]

+Djinsin You mean Droids Episodes or Star Wars Episodes?

[@Djinsin]

Redeye Droids episodes. This pales in comparison to Star Wars or Empire.

[@stomper1232]

+Djinsin And the music sounds way MUCH better compared to the normal episodes of Droids.

[@auditect950]

Oh, I completely agree on that.

[@MaskedMan66]

+Djinsin It had to be; they only had 45 minutes to tell the story.

[@Bauglir100]

To quote Nail from Dragon Ball Z Abridged: "Am I the only one who just noticed a huge tone shift here?"

[@Gigas0101]

Long John Baldry voiced the Heep! CALLED IT!

[@Angie2343]

The voice of Robotnik. "I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG!!"

[@GeneralHeavy]

Angie2343 ”I HATE THAT DROID!”

[@toainsully]

SnooPINGAS usual I see

[@vincently1995]

I'll have to give myself a PROMOTION!

[@jdc3860]

11:35 Astromech Droids Relaxing 😎

[@rovdjurx12]

I really like this show.

[@baileydavis1616]

Me too

[@minicle426]

It's rather underated I feel. It has that campy 80s charm. But I can't knock it since this is what got me into Star Wars.

[@mintyaquagreen1675]

12:27 Still can't believe Long John Baldry voiced the Great Heep!

[@Duragizer8775]

What in the Maker's name did I just watch?! Droid harems ... Artoo's pink girlfriend ... Artoo's mini-lightsaber ... the Great Heep himself ... it's all too much!

[@JustCallMeHeavy]

How did you get here?

[@indieflower9810]

I haven't even watched this yet but yeah, me too

[@r2-kt743]

R2-QT?

[@baileydavis1616]

KT-10

[@matthewstoneback9]

I just realized this was directed by Clive A. Smith. Director of Rock and Rule!

[@Brickman1000]

Really! Wow

[@avremirine8986]

Honestly it's not that surprising. Considering both Rock & Rule and Star Wars: Droids were made by Nelvana.

[@toainsully]

Fun fact: The Great Heep was voiced by Long John Baldry (who also voiced Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)

[@minicle426]

He was also quite a famous Blues singer back in the day.

[@toainsully]

@@minicle426 Especially with "Let the Heartaches begin"

[@joshuakorynta3385]

​@@toainsullyHe's also the reason why Elton John and Rod Stewart have their place on the music map.

[@teddybetts3254]

This is the only episode of Star Wars: Droids that I had ever seen. I saw it LONG ago when I was a kid; over 35 years ago.

[@minicle426]

This is oddly what got me interested in Star Wars in the first place.

[@mikulaszima4181]

This is the true great Star wars history!

[@baileydavis1616]

I would like to see the complete Star Wars timeline

[@darthstarkiller1912]

17:21 They had Walkmans, cassette tapes AND baseball caps in the "Star Wars" universe? Awesome! Then again, this was made in the '80s. XD

[@benlhyenethehyena9947]

It was the highest of technologies back then XD

[@MrPoke]

Funny how the The Great Heep turned out to be one of the droid species that the Vong fought

[@PokeDude011]

The Great Heep is Dr. Robotnik from The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

The best Droids episode IMO.

[@Lightscribe225]

If only The Great Heep didn't look like a fusion of Tonka and Transformers gone horribly wrong...

[@stomper1232]

ⰎⰋⰕⰜⰑⰓⰡⰁ225 he also looks like an Ewok

[@greatgatsby0174]

It’s a cool design but I honestly hope not all abominors look like this. Like I hope some of em look more like that giant oil rig robot from Nier automata.

[@minicle426]

Always wondered if the World Devastators could have been made from Abominor technology.

[@Gigas0101]

@@minicle426 I'd think so, considering both of them having that building-esque profile.

[@Sompeetalay]

Quality of these vids is excellent !

[@captainpipsqueak9223]

Oh no! It's...UNICRON!

[@vincently1995]

No, no. That's the Great Heep.

[@Bauglir100]

@@vincently1995Who is a member of what are basically a race of Unicrons.

[@minicle426]

It's Robotnik. :P

[@bigbird2240]

This scene is like when the Vong take a planet

[@Bauglir100]

The Great Heep is an Abominor, so he’s part of the reason they left their galaxy in the first place.

[@acrazysheepdog1555]

3:51 so it seems he found the Tesseract, what a find!

[@trentjamison5380]

@32:05 R2 has a lightsaber?!

[@MaskedMan66]

+Trent Jamison More like a cutting torch; they just used the sound effect for a joke, I expect.

[@baileydavis1616]

Yes

[@vitorkennedy1862]

Much better than anything than Disney call pull out of the sleeve

[@JonSnow-hm4ch]

Yup they ruin it and think they can dictate what's canon or not and theirs idiots on this comment section that r dumb enough to agree with what Disney considers canon smh it's pathetic really

[@PozerAdultRacingTeam]

I agree

[@ryanodonovan9497]

@@JonSnow-hm4ch *”idiots on this comment section that r dumb enough to agree with what Disney considers canon smh it's pathetic really"* Says the person who hasn't thought this through and feels the need to insult others for having different opinions. The canon that you think Disney are denying _does_ still exist. It hasn't been erased. It's just known as the Legends Canon now. And look at it logically. With all the stories that came out in books, video games etc, there's no way Disney could've done a new story without it violating the stories that already existed. In order for it to make sense, Disney had to create a new canon surrounding what happened in the films. It's just like in Marvel and DC comics - not everything exists under one canon. And nisa_rouge below me, I’ll say this here as an edit since my other reply to you seemed to get shadow-banned and not worth having where it is now - you’re not funny or clever by ignoring me stating facts and twisting my words into something nonsensical. It’s you and JonSnow-hm4ch who are butt-hurt, because I’m not the one crying over a work of fiction not sucking up to me. And if you can’t be bothered to read and take notice of what someone says, that’s your problem. And it won’t give your retort any credibility.

[@nisa_rouge]

Ryan O'Donovan tl;dr “i realize he’s talking about me and i got extremely butt hurt ”

[@ryanodonovan9497]

@@nisa_rouge You talk as if you’re funny or clever, but you’re neither. The real joke’s on you for not knowing what being butt-hurt is, which is you. You’re the butt-hurt one, just like the one I replied to, because I’m not the one crying over a work of fiction not sucking up to me. Also, if you can’t be bothered to actually read what I say and take notice, that’s your problem, and you’re nobody to twist it into something nonsensical.

[@augusto____]

this makes me love R2D2

[@baileydavis1616]

Me too

[@tetsuoswrath]

"He's aiming the ship right at the tower!" Okay, somehow 9/11 imagery in an 80's cartoon. *cues X-Files theme :{O

[@thecatfather857]

Nobody: tetsuoswrath: Looks like a spooky 9/11 prediction to me.

[@avremirine8986]

Was anyone expecting the Great Heep to say "You Nimcom-Bots!"

[@YuiFunami]

best anime

[@thecatfather857]

Cartoon. Not Anime. Big difference.

[@JohnStewart223]

A droid Harem😅 I didn't know the meaning of Harem as a kid, now though damn this show was kinky😅😅

[@baileydavis1616]

I don't know the meaning of the word harem

[@samgassaway6129]

17:30 androids can feel love?

[@baileydavis1616]

A romantic moment

[@dorian2112]

3Po blinks? hmm....

[@magicmariotv7772]

The Great Heep is actually Dr. Robotnik

[@georgewelsh9222]

I love r2 and 3po they are just like Abbott and Costello ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@White_Night_Demon]

Holy shit, C3PO is noisy; he won't last long in a stealth mission! hahahaha

[@NoahBisson]

The Great Heaps Death 45:07

[@SepticTankExplosions]

truly a masterpiece 👌

[@DarthWill3]

Screed lost his eye in the Battle of Anaxes during the Clone Wars.

[@auditect950]

DarthWill3 Wait, the same Anaxes that appeared in Star Wars: Rebels?

[@DarthWill3]

Redeye The very same.

[@auditect950]

Interesting. The Galaxy is smaller than you may think...

[@auditect950]

+DarthWill3 Wait a second. The same Battle of Anaxes we see in the deleted Clone Wars Story reel?

[@DarthWill3]

Redeye I wouldn't say that.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

The great heep and the rest of the abominor droids, along with the silentium, are responsible for the yuuzhan vong becoming an extremely dangerous warrior race, which resulted in loss their galaxy, which led to the yuuzhan vong invading the star wars galaxy.

[@EshaanVaidya]

I live in india and the Star Wars Vintage Collection has not been released yet here and I was really excited and looking forward for it to come and I was really disappointed when it didn’t come....

[@graciebolt1275]

C3po is relaxing

[@baileydavis1616]

Yes

[@tetsuoswrath]

@17:11 Geez the sexual innuendo is strong in this scene. Watch the tool go in and out @18:00 . The one droid is egg shaped while another is phallic. :{

[@penguinmaster7]

the moment i saw the pink droid, i knew what would happen lol

[@baileydavis1616]

R2's in love with a pink astromech Droid

[@baileydavis1616]

KT-10

[@Heyitztinny789]

R.I.P Great heep (1986 - 2024)

[@jdc3860]

Star Wars Animated Series Years The Clone Wars (2008) 08 - 14 Rebels (2014) 14 - 18 & Resistance (2018) 18 - Present

[@gollygoops6693]

Is it just me or is C-3PO in love with R2?

[@thecatfather857]

Gay droids? Let's not go there and just leave it at Astromech Droid with Masculine Programming + Astromech Droid with Feminine Programming.

[@RobotInSpace]

It's not just you

[@shrubxe]

not just you trust me

[@baileydavis1616]

R2D2 is in love with KT-10

[@gollygoops6693]

Oh gosh. This is an old comment. Please ignore this y'all.

[@sTIGERTIGER]

Brilliant!!😄👍👍

[@1TW1-m5i]

Is there any reason all the blaster weapons in this series look like handheld vacuums?

[@georgeowain]

Something about Network censorship.

[@FDJustin]

Astromech necromancy...

[@SepticTankExplosions]

Artoo becomes bald 6:05

[@Saulseal]

Watching 3cpo move fluently scares and confuses me

[@legogeneralgrievous1173]

12:21 HEEP!

[@FurryEskimo]

33:03 wtf am I looking at? How thick is this plot armor??

[@ליאוראהרון]

make out of star wars droids a torrent, its very importent of the whole series,this cartoon is the best thnks for the upload.

[@derekbates4316]

Its been a long time since I watched a Star Wars that reminded me of why I fell in luv with the series. Is it possible that the force flows through droids, as well?

[@zaccarmichael7437]

I remember this used to be a bit creepy

[@prowlus]

Wonder what would happen if the great heep took on say a city former like metroplex or trypticon from transformers?

[@RajinderSingh-cs1nu]

Kids nowadays don't know what a cartoon is,

[@timewarpdrive77]

This show seems like a warning for the prequals in a way.

[@YourLocalGummiBearsFan]

24:58: R2 is in Love!

[@davebooshty299]

Their owners name almost sounds as like Beowolf.

[@animemangafan1987]

R2 had a parachute!

[@Angie2343]

17:57 Astromech droid kiss.

[@RadRat1138]

Disney "Star Wars" is big-budget fan fiction - this, however, is genuine canon

[@comdickinson5964]

This episode is surprisingly dark.

[@MaskedMan66]

+Com Dickinson It's a telefilm, not an episode. And you have to expect that in SW now and again. After all, they had an on-screen death in the series; a peaceful passing in silhouette, but a death nonetheless.

[@comdickinson5964]

True, but I'm said that it's surprisingly dark out of joy. When you watch nine episodes of C3PO and R2-D2 just stumbling their way into victory when facing with the weirdest of circumstances, it's pleasing to find a "telefilm" that puts the two characters not only in legitimate paril, but to see them succeed through their wit and resolve. Having said all that, thank you for the clearifiation. It's nice to discuss media every once in a while.

[@MaskedMan66]

Com Dickinson You're welcome! It's a pity that this series is so difficult to reconcile with the movie canon, given that they seem to have been in the labor pool of the Tantive IV from the end of ROTS to the beginning of ANH. Then again, a lot can happen in 18 years...

[@immortalcosmoterran7225]

+MaskedMan66 They were separated from the _Tantive IV_ during a pirate raid and and spent many years wandering before being recovered.

[@MaskedMan66]

Immortal Cosmoterran Sounds good. :-)

[@NoahBisson]

Cruuuuush yoooooouuuuu 44:48

[@Lucasfan375]

32:05 Did R2-D2 just use a lightsaber??? 🤨

[@baileydavis1616]

Yes

[@tetsuoswrath]

The city at the end looks like Jedha. Seriously, someone at Disney/Lucasfilm is a hardcore Droids fan. :{

[@minicle426]

Kybo/Kylo Ren...🤔

[@tetsuoswrath]

@@minicle426 yeah that one is the prob the most obvious. We were pointing out that one back in 2014 when the name for the character was announced.

[@baileydavis1616]

43:46 C3PO is crying

[@Charlie94781]

The Stormtroopers would’ve easily subdued the droids and given the Biituans water

[@masongohman2773]

This is gangsta

[@jdc3860]

Choco looks 👀 like a BB-8 10:56

[@nanomouraodeusdascreches3349]

BB-8 Father

[@fragwagon]

In a perfect world, Ben Burtt would have directed the sequel trilogy. Him and Dave filoni, let's say.

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

14:48 Kenner R5-D4

[@MaskedMan66]

+RockyRailroad Productions "Kenner?"

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

Kenner made all the vintage Star Wars toys.

[@MaskedMan66]

RockyRailroad Productions Yes, but they didn't create R5; he was in the first movie.

[@RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS]

I know, R5-D4 is actually one of my favorite characters. "Uncle Owen! This R2 unit has a bad motivator." The one they drew just happens to look extremely similar to the Kenner one.

[@MaskedMan66]

RockyRailroad Productions Interestingly, when they did the "New Hope" radio series, the specification of the red Astromech was changed to "R5."

[@levitan71]

i wonder how the yuzan vong would have reacted if they meet the last of the Abominor

[@steveinsanity1]

According to the EU the Abominor are the race of droids that drove the Vong from their galaxy and are the reason they are so technophobic. Crazy right?

[@GoldenHelmet100]

steveinsanity1 so they are the reason the vong war started?

[@Charlie94781]

The Silentium and Abominor war consumed vast swathes of the Yuuzhan Vong galaxy and the people of Yuuzhan’tar appealed to their gods for aid: the pantheon gave them organic technology enabled them to drive out the mechanical factions

[@meeper46]

The Silentium still exist (I believe mostly in the Unknown Regions, I know Lando travelled with one for a while), but I’m unsure of the fate of the Abominor. Perhaps they also reside in the Unknown Regions?

[@fishapiller]

droids love the show but ya I know why was it not longer

[@fishapiller]

thank you foe that is there more out there??

[@fishapiller]

for sorry keybord glitch

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

17:18 - Is that a super battle droid bartending? ;-) 17:20 - Didn't we JUST see that droid drained by The Great Heep 2 minutes ago?

[@jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847]

Probably an inspiration for the official Super Battle Droid. As for the sacrificed R2 unit, probably the same model or mistakenly added and forgot to recolor it.

[@MIKA-cy1cb]

C3POが人間らしいの草

[@casperbrenneche8264]

How much shit can R2D2 have inside

[@darthstarkiller1912]

More than you think...

[@indieflower9810]

He's a Stuffie ((I really hope you understand this))

[@2bluegems]

stormtroopers are back

[@Laughin9M4N]

didnt one youtube theory video say jedha was based off a planet in this series?

[@mansharker8]

so thats where Heep is from :D

[@auditect950]

mansharker8 Why, what did you know him from?

[@mansharker8]

Redeye I read about him in the older droid guide from the early 90s and I was always curious about him.

[@auditect950]

Oh, alright then, thanks.

[@thecatfather857]

Well he was in this, true enough. But as an Abominor Droid, he (like the Silentium Droids) are from the same galaxy as the Yuuzhan Vong.

[@jacobwayman2246]

OMG Star Wars

[@vincently1995]

The Great Heep (episode) = The two-part episode of Star Wars: Droids

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Hmmmmm I woder if them green skinned aliens r a subspecies of Mirialans

[@auditect950]

+MrPete8680 One of them looks suprisingly much like Luminara Unduli.

[@MaskedMan66]

+Redeye Lacking the facial tattoos.

[@minicle426]

Oddly some elements of the Prequels were inspired by this show. Grievous' wheelbike for one.

[@tetsuoswrath]

Lube crew? SMH. :{

[@JDueler11]

Since when did R2 had a built-in lightsaber?

[@baileydavis1616]

That's a very good question

[@minicle426]

R2 is a true Skywalker.

[@davebooshty299]

Winder why at 7 26ish it seems as like one of the monsters sametime says monsters as c3po?

[@shrubxe]

the 9 dislikes is screed and the stormtroopers

[@vinmanr2d2]

Thall Joben , Your username kicks more ass than Chuck Norris !

[@torreeric499]

Hmmm... Moisture eater huh, it would be cool if we had such technology in real life. Such technology might be able to reduce the strength of tropical storms formed on our planet to reduce its destructiveness...

[@benlhyenethehyena9947]

It would sadly be inevitably used as a war weapon to take water out of places that need to be invaded or taken down