The Gigachad Droid Series that B*tchslapped Anakin - Super Tactical Droid Explained

[@PK-Radio]

The tactical droid crunched the numbers and found that the plan with the highest probability of success was to throw hands with Anakin Skywalker

[@demi-femme4821]

Of course, in that situation, every plan had a low probablility of success.

[@topdog5252]

That must have had some serious skills to do that. Like a Magnaguard. What else could have any chance of slapping a Jedi.

[@kevingluys3063]

Super Tactical Droid: *Scott Steiner Math*

[@blakeetter280]

@@topdog5252to be fair, bro did not last long lol

[@Hound831]

Logic, pure and simple.

[@danielferrieri7434]

Super Tactical Droids are just built different.

[@CJ_Welch]

Literally

[@OhOh996]

- Briefly owns up against Anakin - Clarify upon his programming - Refuses to elaborate - Cuts into pieces

[@mamstarstorm]

That droid died with balls of steel

[@GeorgeTyrrell-qm2ep]

literally @@mamstarstorm

[@JohnLover1179]

The best part is that he was good enough that they felt the need to rebuilt him

[@Tocer5]

​@@mamstarstormhe survived

[@decyfer6715]

I can’t believe that you went the whole video without mentioning the fact that General Kalani was smart enough to understand that the shut down order that was given to the droid army after Anakin purged the remaining separatist leadership on Mustafar was a conspiracy against the Separatists.

[@nightraven836]

And let's remember that Kalani survives his tangle with the empire later on, with limited resources and no proper maintenance since the CLONE. WARS.

[@itz.just_nullproductions1038]

Kalani would probably be able to reinstate droid foundries too in that case since his cunning would allow him to predict where he could set up a new droid army

[@hanifloka130]

If Kalani can figure that out, I'm sure there are other Super Tacticals that figured it out too, I'd like to think Kraken probably did and survived since there's no mention of his second destruction anywhere.

[@NetherCrafterSMC]

​@@hanifloka130Just a network of super tactical droids in the shadows of the galaxy

[@doctorcreeps2169]

forget the imperial remnants, i wanna hear about the super tactical droid remnants lmao

[@nsneddon24]

Kalani: Last of the ST-series Excellent Paint Job Coolest voice in the series So much of a Gigachad that he literally ignored the battle droid shutdown signal and refused to broadcast it to his troops Hands down one of the coolest characters in the franchise Probably the most successful of the CIS Super Tactical Droids And likely would have been unstoppable if he had access to a legion of BX-Series droids

[@Soundy310]

He's probably not the Last one... listen, if he could think that the shut down order was a trap, why other Super Tactical Droid can't think the same way? Kraken is probably still alive (since he is the only other Super Tactical Droid that wasn't kill. He was killed once, but he get rebuilt)

[@assemblyrequired7342]

I would like to see what trouble Kalani and his remaining droid army could cause for the Empire. One of my favorite of the Rebels episodes!

[@drakgatru3715]

I'm still hoping for the comebacks of the Kalani, maybe he contacted with the last geonosian and rebuild his army or even maybe reactive some separatist strongholds or at least being a mercenary and with bounty rebuild a small army of IG, even crossing paths with Dinn...

[@Kai-1138]

Kraken: Excellent ST Droid Absolutely beat the shit out of Anakin Had Rex just sit and watch him beat the shit out of Anakin Cool Paint job Rebuilt after being destroyed One of Count Dooku’s main ST Droids

[@Soundy310]

@@Kai-1138 and he know about Sidious and Dooku meetings at Coruscant

[@demi-femme4821]

You know Kalani is hard because the Separatists cared enough to give him a name.

[@ShinigamiSamaH]

If I remembered correctly, Kalani gave himself a name after refusing to go by his serial number. Other sci-fi would have deemed him a dangerous rogue A.I., but the Separatists understood the true value of Kalani gaining an ego past his default programming.

[@chadnarukami1651]

I swear I see you everywhere Star wars videos Shin megami tensei videos And sometimes random other stuff

[@concept5631]

​@@chadnarukami1651 Same.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

He was also made of metal. Which helps his hardness..

[@Kirifuki]

Kraken was another ST tactical droid and he was important enough to be recovered and repaired.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

Imagine how different the Clone Wars would have been if Super tactical droids were left to direct the war effort for the Confederacy, and without the involvement of the Sith themselves.

[@sable-eyesonixdragon8642]

The super tactical droids would not be enough with or without the Sith. Keep in mind Ventress and Dooku were key leaders in their battles. The separatists or the CIS part would wallop without the Sith because they already own most of the resources in the galaxy. They'd win by out-bidding the Kaminoan's projects over the republic without a Sith tactician puppeteering the war and proceeding to curb stomp by having all of the superior armies.

[@Goc4ever]

The CIS would have wiped out the Republic if it weren't for Darth Sidious's machinations

[@cioplasmmajic8327]

​@@Goc4everthe CIS wouldn't have had an army if it weren't for Darth Sidious' manipulations.

[@robertagu5533]

No way Sideous is gonna let a range of glorified appliances dictate a critical part of HIS an by extension every other Sith's Grand Plan.

[@coolguy8069]

@@cioplasmmajic8327 the republic wouldnt either

[@GGBlaster]

Why did the super tactical droids have three eyes? Literally speaking, no idea. But from an artistic standpoint, the third eye is symbolic of enlightenment, so it definitely makes these droids look intelligent, even intimidating.

[@tylere.8436]

I believe the Super Tactical Droid's head was based on plague doctor masks

[@concept5631]

Good point

[@MarvinHartmann452]

It would have been interesting to see one in live action as a vilain or as an allied in a battle. It would have made a good character, and I agree, they do have an intimidating presence.

[@Arkimedus]

Their voices are also very intimidating, theyre probably the most imposing droids in the war, alongside that, unlike really any droid models present in the clone wars up to that point, they were actually unique individuals and are some of the most overtly-sapient droid models in the whole of star wars (alongside the more well known individual droids like r2d2, c3po, K-2SO, HK47, or IG88) General Kalani in particular stands out amongst other Super tactical droids.

[@jack_themansv4944]

That would make sence. Regarding the droid's improvment to calculate organic strategies and unorthadox plans, the third eye can symbolise the STD's upgrades. But design-wise, I believe the third eye can do something else.

[@DanTheYoutubeAddict]

As soon as I saw this droid in the show I immediately knew that they were a new, much more dangerous threat than the comically arrogant tactical droids I was used to seeing up to that point.

[@neofulcrum5013]

Droid army or not, he was ready to give anakin the discipline he never got from a dad.

[@baki484]

This comment made my day 😂😂😂

[@BlueKatanaWarrior]

Bruh

[@notmyregret]

One thing I never understood... was when there were no organic CIS members on board the ships... why did they have life support modules enabled? I mean, a lot of the nonsense that jedi and other boarding crew caused could have been limited if they were required to wear space suits while inside the ships.

[@logan-9900]

The atmospheric pressure likely needs to be maintained for many systems to operate and is probably controlled by the same system that provides air

[@jayronauron4042]

If pressure was needed then that's fine, but perhaps they should have considered an emergency gas deployment system for when enemy organics board the vessel, something that can knock out or incapacitate enemies not using proper protection (and preferably a non-explosive gas).

[@phillip6083]

I always wondered that myself.

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

@@acevant7535 that’s a good answer.

[@LeetleToady7]

Because sometimes there were. And why make variations to any given ship for the for CIS organics when it’s easier to standardize life support?

[@XPproductions365]

In bad batch season 1 they describe how big of the threat standard tactical droids were. To the point where they had first priority for smelting. Taking that information into account I imagine the imperial protocol for collecting deactivated super tactical droids was just destroy it on the spot (so they don’t even risk any of them getting stolen from a smelter).

[@劉致雍-o1x]

almost as dangerous as a jedi. lol

[@Marshall1914]

​@@劉致雍-o1xI would say they are far more dangerous than a Jedi.

[@jacoblansman8147]

"Alright men, we've been assigned to clear up the droids littering this Clone War battle zone. I want 3 piles of droids; B1 basics, B2 supers, and destroyers in the first pile, BX commandos in the second, and tactical droids in the third. We need the metal, so we're gonna smelt them." "Sir yes sir!" "And one more thing - if you see any Super Tactical droids, make sure the head doesn't function. We can't risk any of that knowledge being stolen and used against us. Standard tactical droids are too arrogant and easy to fool, that combat knowledge isn't much of a threat but we're still gonna smelt them first."

[@劉致雍-o1x]

@@jacoblansman8147 It's funny that standard tactical droids acts smarter than most imperials in shows. And Kalani along pretty much outsmarts all imps beside Thrawn. lol

[@DakkaScrappa]

​​@@劉致雍-o1xagreed plus along with tarkins arrogance and pride of his superweapons without addressing their flaws even make kalani or kraken a run for their credits which is how likely tarkins downfall will come if both of them joined the rebel alliance kraken will be akbars vice admiral, and kalani will lead the rebel troops as vice general

[@XPproductions365]

As a collector of Star Wars figures it is a crime we still haven’t gotten one of these bad boys yet. According to leaks kraken was planned to be released in a wave that was set for late 2013 but sadly the clone wars line ended up getting cancelled prematurely.

[@DCPTF2]

Star wars legion has them

[@XPproductions365]

@@DCPTF2that’s a miniature (but I guess it’s a start).

[@DCPTF2]

@@XPproductions365 I know it is, I had a lot of fun building and painting it

[@jacoblansman8147]

I was thinking of 3d printing one, but the only file I can find is a low-res Star Wars Legions model. Got a fair few poses though, so maybe I'll scale it to 200mm and paint it to look like Kalani.

[@fridge-dweller]

Man. A set that included one of these bad Bois and maybe like 2 magnaguards would be sick

[@IBW_3000]

I’d love to see an interaction between a super-tac and a regular tac. It’d just be a one-sided roast.

[@jakemerchant950]

"You went up against a bunch of unarmed Twi'leks with a FUCKING AAT and lost." *vineboom* "You just stood there and talked shit as a mine stuck to a super-tank went off right next to your head." *vineboom* "You tried to press a button on your sliced-off arm even tho your were HOLDING IT IN YOUR OTHER HAND." *vineboom* "I can't even count the number of times your head gets ripped off and used to fuck us over." *vineboom* "Oh, and you lowkey look like you have lordosis." *VINEBOOM*

[@IBW_3000]

@@jakemerchant950 You be cooking Monster Hunter style!

[@fridge-dweller]

*regular tactical droid starts crying*

[@tylere.8436]

Seriously! I'd imagine the Supers would oversee the entire fleet, while regulars commanded certain check points and ships.

[@princeofpokemon2934]

I wonder what would happen if a super tactical Droid was programmed with the same intellect as Grand Admiral Thrawn. And if Thrawn was put up against that Droid, do you think a battle between them could end in a stalemate or one could beat the other?

[@hyper1-k6f]

Why would they fight if std was programem to be similar to. Thrawn they would team up and rebels would be fucked

[@jimjam5570]

I don't think Thrawn would voluntarily allow his mind to be scanned, point blank.

[@qrowbranwen775]

@@hyper1-k6f That has to be the worst way to shorten the name

[@ABadassDragon]

​@@qrowbranwen775oh god😂

[@NearQuasar]

The problem is the more intelligence you make a droid, the harder it is to control them.

[@marshalllatta2073]

I love the super tactical droids they are so cool badass looking and fighting with there hands l love there voices

[@toainsully]

8:22 "Do not underestimate our memes" --- General Kalani

[@SamuelissaxtheDragon]

If the rebel armies falls, the citizens will lose their cringe

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

Given that Anakin's tactics consisted exclusively of suicidal frontal assaults and hail mary commando raids with little more than a hope and a prayer for success, besting him isn't exactly complicated.

[@krystal20delight61]

If I was starting a rebellion movement in Star Wars I would get my hands on few of those droids like get 10 of them in one room

[@amanzeihedioha]

Kalani calculated that he had the high ground.

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

Tactical Droid: "I am always right." (Dies soon after this statement due to his own errors)

[@cjthebeesknees]

Super Master Tactical Droid grants you.. Anakin, the rank of Jedi Knight. Much to learn, young one.

[@indianajones4321]

Droid’s just doing what’s called a pro gamer move

[@lerneanlion]

Anyone wondered whatever happened to General Kraken after the Battle of Ringo Vinda? I mean, we never get to see him again after that. Was he still active like Kalani or was he already destroyed by the Empire when the Imperial task force invaded Ringo Vinda from the remnant of the Separatists under his command.

[@tk-6967]

Rewatch the episode bro. Kraken attempted to leave Ringo Vinda with Tup and was then destroyed by Skywalker. We see him again on Dooku's ship above Scipio

[@lerneanlion]

@@tk-6967 Oh yeah! I forgot about that. but what happened to him after the Battle of Scipio? I mean, why was he reassigned to be somewhere else and no longer by Count Dooku's side?

[@tk-6967]

@@lerneanlion Who knows. Maybe he was destroyed above Serenno or one of the other few remaining Separatist worlds, or perhaps he returned to the reserve fleets in the unknown regions where the vast majority of CIS forces were stationed.

[@mirakil7636]

Kalani: "Do not underestimate our MEMES.."

[@Gaarafan007]

Kalani sounds a lot like a certain Reaper when met on Virmire..."Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh. You touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding."

[@brenobassocenci6571]

Anakin: Surrender! Tactical droid: what about no?

[@Lavalord1160]

At the start of the clone wars series a tactical droid somehow decided to make a deal with the Jedi and betraying the droids until his death

[@thatlittletrainguy8678]

Kalani is the single most underused and underrated character of the entire franchise.

[@dr.veronica6155]

I love how apparently Kalani figured the droid shutdown command was a Republic trick (which he was tech correct about) and just refused it. Who knew they could just ignore a command to shut themselves down? Droid Central Command: "All units, shut down immediately." General Kalani: "No."

[@scarletcrusader5431]

0:00 Gotta love how the Droideka doesn't have its eye stalks in this pic because they use the low poly versions of the models

[@GGBlaster]

Okay, but now I’d love to see a super tactical droid (Kalani, maybe?) try and brave Grand Admiral Thrawn. Of course Thrawn would win, but how it would go is what I’d love to see.

[@smoothcheeky8910]

I could see Kalani beating Thrawn tactically in some battles however would lose in overall strategy in a large scale war

[@tylere.8436]

​@smoothcheeky8910 I'm so annoyed that Disney never followed up on Kalani after that Rebels episode. For all we know, he could have started his own realm elsewhere in the Outer Rim. A fight against Thrawn would be so fascinating.

[@thehappycockatiel9568]

Count Dooku: "I want you to secure the clone and bring him back to me. Any other resources you need to achieve this?" Super tactical droid: "No" Count Dooku: "No? A jedi will probably infiltrate your ship. You need some melee droids. More commandos? magna guards?" Super tactical droid: "No need for that" Count Dooku: "No need? What will you do against those jedi? They have lightsabers." Super tactical droid: "I use my fists and beat the shit out of them" Count Dooku: "Pardon me?"

[@happysamoan97]

Super tactical droid had more free will than the average clone.

[@thalmoragent9344]

I wonder why Palpatine didn't have more of these droids aiding his Imperial Officers. Vader speaking of Imperial incompetence surely would've seen Super Tactical Droids deployed throughout the Empire Not gonna lie, Anakin taking those punches like a champ and then getting fed up and swinging back was dope too. Super Tactical Droid was "really like that", but Anakin is still HIM

[@minc1236]

I think it was because he didn't want the empire to come off as an extension of the C.I.S.

[@tk-6967]

You forget that Palpatine had purposely made the CIS pretty shitty and had them commit many war crimes. Imagine how much hate he would get from Republic loyalists if he just started reusing Separatist droids. Instead he chose to leave it to core world militaries, which have the shitty Republic officer culture which brews incompetence and pay to win attitudes.

[@TheUncivilizedNation]

Easy. Vaders opinions ain’t worth a damn thing to Sidious. If they did he would’ve shut down the Death Star and poured all resources into the Tie Defender program as Vader and Thrawn were pushing hard for it

[@davisdf3064]

Probably because Super Tactical Droids are TOO smart, if Kalani and probably others figured out the plans of Palpatine during the Clone Wars, then they would probably do it again and find ways to frustrate him.

[@tk-6967]

@@davisdf3064 I think it was more related to stigma and Republic-era biases, but you aren't wrong that STs were way too smart for their own good.

[@NorthropFan1997]

So basically the Super Tactical Droid is a reincarnation of OOM-9, aka the badass droid commander we see in Episode 1 commanding his forces to run over the trees on Naboo and to fight the gungans in the plains.

[@itz.just_nullproductions1038]

Kalani was by far my favorite and I hope to see him used again.

[@sunbabybull]

I think the perfect droid for the CIS would be a combination of the body and maneuverability of either BX commando or the I G 100 magna guard with the intelligence level of the super tactical droid.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Someone ordinary creates something that gives even a Jedi pause you know you have to respect it.

[@christianvennemann9008]

I've been loving these titles lately 🤣🤣

[@lokilaufey1189]

Does anyone else just love the cis? Everytime I see a video on them I have to watch it cause I just love em so much their ships their droids everything

[@codename618]

Just out of curiosity, have MagnaGuards ever assumed command positions, and if so, how would they compare to other droid commanders?

[@Soundy310]

I think the one with capes are like "commander" or veteran among Magnaguards. I'm not sure about that, but...

[@awesomebird7558]

@@Soundy310 The caped magnaguards are Grievous' elite bodyguards that he personally trained. They're the most powerful magnaguards we see but I don't think they or any other magnaguard assumed a command role. They primary programming consisted of front-line fighting and protection of key individuals.

[@matthewmatthew981]

I would not be surprised if the explanation behind Magnaguards was that they were excellent at fighting only because their intelligence processors were dedicated ENTIRELY to knowing how to fight and guard people. They don't even have vocoder units as far as I'm aware.

[@michellerahe4853]

This is where the fun begins

[@jackwillard4]

General Kalani sounds like the Cyclops from Subnautica

[@Hexodroid]

8:21 "do not underestimate our MEEEMES, if the rebel army falls the citizens will lose their *cringe* "

[@jasonscott4749]

I really want to know what happened to tactical droid kalani after he help the rebels escape. It will be epic if he gets his own series and if he does I want him to make a last stand for the confederacy as he’s fighting stormtroopers.

[@TheGenericavatar]

The Super Tactical Droids sound like the inspirations for the T-2SO style Imperial droids.

[@blueraccoon1088]

Fun fact: the KB24 tactical droid is reference to late lakers basketball player kobe Bryant

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Kinda wished Kalani joined the Rebels. They could've used his CPU full of tactics. But then again he would've been a bit of a doomsdayer

[@secretconsumer8836]

Central Command: Shut down. Kslani: *But I refuse. *UNDERTALE MUSIC INTENSIFIES*

[@chemi169]

I feel like their three eyes may be a reference to the third/inner eye, especially with how the extra eye is positioned on the forehead. If that is the case, its a cool extra nod to their heightened intelligence and ability to think in ways other droids can't.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Super Tactical Droid wake up and chose to be gigachads. They aren't underrated, they're just underused in Star Wars media.

[@AdamTehranchiYT]

Some of Star Wars' best droids! Can't unsee the torso face though

[@scarecrow2272]

Bro had the transistors to throw hands

[@mannofdober873]

"Do not underestimate our memes." - Kalani

[@chaos2542]

Kalani and kraken is one of my favorite character in Star Wars

[@Rofgad]

Do not underestemate our MEMES

[@Ouroboros_609]

3:41 he’s just standing there… MENACINGLY

[@KuDastardly]

Yeah, Gen. Kolani had the most awesome voice in SWCW until SWR came and neutered him... 🙁

[@georgecrowcroft9260]

"You were experiencing Drag in thd vacuum of space?"

[@tickytickytango5634]

You're making me want to rewatch the clone wars

[@ilovemonkeyos]

Still can't believe they nerfed the hell out of Kalani's voice in 'Rebels'. What a crime.

[@ninjamasterbuilder8675]

Uh oh the super tactical droids have the weapon their predecessors never had, the killer T pose

[@Erue2008]

The bully getting his ass rocked by the nerd:

[@goofyah153]

Super Tactical Droids Also known as S.T.D.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

I hope they make into the black series, and vintage collection.

[@b1-horse-droid]

8:21 do not underestimate our memes

[@devaneyjohn5349]

Terrible synopsis: Anakin gets bodied by an STD.

[@varickjiang3986]

Bro he just slapped a Jedi that’s crazy

[@MaestroCinnamonSugar]

Aut-O had the besk paint job. Kraken best name. I think the coolest ST Droid would be General Kraken. The voice of Kalani, and the paint of Aut-O

[@EJF743]

the super tactical droid just did some looks maxxing

[@ABadassDragon]

Love these guys. Look cool, sound cool and are an actuall threat even to Jedi

[@akumaking1]

Will Kalani ever return?

[@hypotree6132]

They need to do Star Wars droid funko pops I would buy these super tactical droids

[@secretconsumer8836]

I like droids. I especially respect non-humanoid ones, but I love Super Tactical droids for their intelligence and the idea to have a whole supercomputer which can fist fight the chosen one. Also, the droids could (or even can) share their data with each other, which makes them more and more dangerous with time by logic (thousands of battles, millions dead, it definitely level-ups tactical and battle abilities. And you can just recycle or make a new soldier in matter of hours or less with production network.

[@Tariko]

Kalani also has the best paint job, he just stays winning

[@aster4jaden]

One of my favorite Droids!

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

3:58 ? ? Seriously? Reasons unknown? Its so obvious a toddler would be able to figure that out.

[@ahumanoidtroodon1074]

You forgot to mention that some ST droids like Kalani also have ungodly levels of sex appeal

[@aurathedraak7909]

Super tactical droids in the rebel alliance.

[@This_awesomeguy64]

Super tactical droids were SMART AS HECK,and I mean SUPER SMART.if they get in a fight with the flipping chosen one,you can’t run or try and escape,you’ll just get destroyed with the force.the best tactic was to fight,and hit in the weak spots.

[@gehrigstory6674]

A thumbnail like that, and yet, you missed the opportunity to use the line: "Take a seat, young Skywalker". This is OUTRAGEOUS! It's UNFAIR! How can you make a thumbnail with a line of dialogue involving Anakin sitting down; and NOT use the correct line?!?!

[@trapperjohn6089]

8:17 auto tune mr crabs! 🦀

[@PabloHedning]

Kraken obviously had the best paint job ^^

[@TueyAmos]

i just realized that the super tactical droids had third eyes because they could basically see the future

[@Unholy_XII]

These titles been getting funnier 😂

[@greatazuredragon]

Awesome episode.

[@vassagonorthernoverlord5262]

I love the fact, that everybody is shitting on Anikin for being bitchslapped by a tacticaldroid

[@kevingluys3063]

Super Tactical Droid: *Scott Steiner Math*

[@thomasford2032]

Mr Bones had the best paint job.

[@hypotree6132]

I think either kelani or kraken had the best paint jobs

[@filippohl9097]

"I calculate that our best chance of victory is for me to throw hands with the 'chosen' one" "But sir he is a jedi with plot armor!" "Fuck plot armor I calculate that my first punch has a 95% chance of crushing his ribcage and giving him internal bleeding! And the follow up combo has a 99.9% chance of snapping his spine and or severely crippling him it is simply the only way to achive victory!"

[@MireiTokisaki]

no ahsoka episode 5 review?

[@Fortnite_Frost_Clips]

Super Tactical Droids were practically sentient

[@Captain_Rex1805Xbox]

R-0 looks a lot like Emperor Vitiate

[@badgamemaster]

Well fighting against R2-D2 is a battle not even a mighty Super Tactical Droid can win... And yes Kalani is cool, just a shame that he is op against some of the most boring opponents.

[@madvulcan8964]

3:31 What are we chasing?

[@D3J_WasHere]

Chassis

[@MireiTokisaki]

the timing of this video tho-

[@cbear3476]

Kraken best paint 🎨

[@Darkfist007]

As a Legion player I'm biased towards my man Kraken. But he's not tactically the best sadly.