The Terrifying Tank Droid That Even Battle-Hardened Clones Would Shiver at the Sight of

This underrated beast gave many Clones nightmares. It's time we expose it for what it is!
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[@geetslys]

Looking for music to use in your own creative projects and like the songs we use in the background of vids like these? Our Music channel should be your next stop 🎶 -- kzbin.info/aero/PLjieRbgds_jTu7Cw965C0ImiMmS3GRl-v Do you guys agree with our pick here? What Tank Droid would have made you shudder if you were a clone?

[@pyeitme508]

Meh

[@aurathedraak7909]

What would make me shudder, is the Droidekas and the Super B2 and those flying Super B2 with heavy lasers or super tactical droid

[@Radneuro]

All of them would make me scared

[@LexusLFA554]

To be honest, I don't like the sound of a russian wwII rocket artillery truck fireing all of it's rockets, but if the hailfire droid would sound the same, it would crush all hope in the clones.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

can we talk about how the clone wars had REAL LASERS??? what happened to them? where they ever mounted on ships???

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Spider droids: 4 legs instead of 8 Death star: not a star Star destroyer: doesn't destroy stars Anakin being part of the council: not a master

[@nikzubyk6396]

How does this only have 22 likes and 1 comment (mine)

[@AsrielDreemurYT653]

23

[@ArielKahane]

Bruh you woke up and chose violence

[@marcelxd1633]

At at: Not all terrain

[@nopeyt3387]

Vulture droid: Isnt a vulture

[@wei5600]

Everybody gangster until the commerce guild's OG-9 homing spider droid shows up

[@geetslys]

"imma head out"

[@Kevin-ek4fi]

The jedi order gangster until darth maul suddenly appears out of nowhere after being cut in half.

[@akosfarkas5586]

A droid version of the "Hello there!".

[@ontasbulent5709]

Clone: Sees a spider *Geonosis flashback intensifies

[@isaacfoster1377]

Calls in artillery while Wilhelm screaming

[@ontasbulent5709]

So that’s why Jedi and Clones hate bugs and spiders

[@geetslys]

They b crawling

[@ghost-dg6tj]

@@geetslys they do be crawling doe 😳

[@conorflynn6666]

Who doesn’t

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

Also geonosians

[@mrlime9526]

“Good thing those bugs can’t aim”

[@akechiv1855]

Clone: Spider droid Tank incoming! Clone 2: Yeah lets light them up! Clone 3 with Arachnophobia: *Sweats*

[@mrlime9526]

Clone 4 “good thing those bugs can’t aim”

[@owensimpson7895]

@@mrlime9526 also clone 4 *dies from homing spider droid*

[@ttry1152]

Clone 3. -alreadu dead cuz kaminoans

[@JaelaOrdo]

The ultra terrifying, slowest vehicle in the og battlefront games (besides the AT-AT and AT-TE)

[@pyeitme508]

And a big target to anti-tank units lol

[@HinokasArabfan1]

Yes. OG battlefronts are the best battlefront games. Not those imposters.

[@aurathedraak7909]

@@pyeitme508 lmao those are non existent

[@geetslys]

We need the graphics of the new ones with the gameplay of the old ones!

[@danbrown5736]

You can't even drive them in the EA game

[@boredward6017]

it's a shame we never see this big boi in the clone wars

[@_ai.dan_8271]

Yeah, why was that?

[@boredward6017]

@@_ai.dan_8271 I guess they just prioritized designing other models for the show

[@drasilvos8461]

I think it was in the lego game though lol

[@Joe-hb6lx]

it was a big missed opportunity that TCW didn't utilize droids like the hailfire or homing spider droid

[@_ai.dan_8271]

Yeah where were they the whole time?

[@isaacfoster1377]

They where defending separtist worlds as defense and manufacturing was slowed on mass after power creep of the republic

[@muramasa870]

Damn i wish they was a open world game where you play as a arc trooper or a just regular clone with good goos story campaign tho not focusing on bitchass jedis

[@crimsoncarnotaurus]

It's also a shame that Dice modelled the OG-9, DSD-1 and Hailfire Droids but not make them playable units.

[@isaacfoster1377]

@@crimsoncarnotaurus I cant really blame them with the time constrains they scrapped a good deal of content that would of been great

[@OptimusMaximusNero]

That tank droid terrified the clones because it looked like a spider.

[@geetslys]

It would trigger PTSD for Mando

[@woopstrafel3061]

501st: ‘Sector’s clear’ *’NOT CLEAR NOT CLEAR’*

[@wesleygaray2666]

Just like my mom when she sees a real spider

[@thedogsaremeowing9358]

Nah, most clones are australian.

[@Unkle_Genny]

This droid’s design has gotta be one of the most iconic designs to come out of the prequels.

[@wyattjaron8112]

I still have flashbacks to the first level of battlefront 2. Running and then suddenly dying from a laser beam barely touching me

[@AreGeeBee]

These things are absolute monsters in that game. Any Sep defense on geonosis is a guaranteed win if you use this thing

[@sellyoursoul1742]

*ahhhggggghhhh*

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Especially on the Kashyyyk: Docks map in BF I. How am I supposed to take that down without vehicular support and being out of range for Recon Droid orbital bombardment?!

[@redlight3786]

How sad it is that the og-9 spider droid wasn't in the clone wars either just like the hail-fire droid.

[@NateSceneTV]

Or the AT-AP or AT-OT

[@redlight3786]

Come to think of it there are a lot of things missing in the clone wars series.

[@_ai.dan_8271]

Yeah why weren’t any of these things seen?

[@oom-3262]

@@_ai.dan_8271 Budget. It's not like we see any models of many of the CIS tanks either- confederate armies were much more diverse than clones with their old regular at-tes. If you see the cartoon animated clone wars, almost every droid and republic vehicle make an appearance.

[@gamerguy9729]

@@NateSceneTV don’t forget the turbo tank although it did show up for one scene in S2 E1 or the sphat artillery(?) vehicle which is only seen in aotc or v-wing fighters

[@crimsoncarnotaurus]

It's a shame TCW wasn't very diverse with it's armoured vehicles and battle droids. It would have been cool to see droids like the OG-9 and Hailfire droids along with more use of the Octuptarra and Persuader droids.

[@gmailquinn]

Watch the muunilist episode

[@crimsoncarnotaurus]

@@gmailquinn TCW refers to the 2008 Star Wars The Clone Wars not the 2d Star Wars Clone Wars.

[@allave3000]

If only they had them snow speeders and tow cables.

[@saadghauri7814]

TRUE XD

[@mousermind]

That simply wouldn't work on it.

[@tiredman99]

Last time I was this early the Clones were watching those wristrockets

[@geetslys]

WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS

[@KMCA779]

The platforms map in the first battlefront REALLY drove that through... I killed so many a Windu on that map with nothing but the humble wrist rocket on that center bridge.

[@nerdydevildog8126]

@@geetslys oow! Was it something I said?

[@aurathedraak7909]

I think the second most feared is the octoteradroid and the droideks

[@geetslys]

We need to see more of those creepy crawlies from ship transporting Satine in The Clone Wars. You all know what I'm talking about.

[@aurathedraak7909]

@@geetslys OOF, assassin droids.

[@QixTheDS]

@@geetslys Those little shits are the stuff of nightmares.

[@g.williams2047]

I don't know man, my lego version can't seem to stand up. Still comes with two dwarf spider droids to support it lol.

[@SageSea1]

They stand up perfectly fine🙄

[@HinokasArabfan1]

The spider droids. Remember them from the OG battlefront 1 and 2? I sure as hell remember even though I never played the droid side. It was always empire / republic for me.

[@darthgamer2014]

Fun fact: according to SW Legends. before the clone wars, the Commerce Guilt used the OG-09's to persuade some of those stubborn and powerful and debt payers to pay up, as well as enforcers.

[@crimsoncarnotaurus]

Banking clan used their units in a similar fashion. Make sure to keep up with your mortgage payments.

[@darthgamer2014]

They did, be but the guild created the OG-09's so that what drew my comment on. My memory regrading that "Fun fact" was a little fuzzy on details at the time.

[@Gloria-victrix99857]

Isn't that too expensive to be a debt collector? I mean why not just use B1s to do the job? Sure they are dumb, but with enough numbers and weapons, I'm pretty sure they can intimidate as well.

[@darthgamer2014]

@@Gloria-victrix99857 Indeed which is why the OG-9's were only sent in to collect debt in the most extreme of cases. Think, heavily armed rebels or planetary governors. Because let's be honest, in Star Wars, you only knock if you have a lightsaber in hand or an army of deadly droid tanks to back you up.

[@Gloria-victrix99857]

@@darthgamer2014 Star wars vehicle design and doctrine just doesn't make sense to me... Oh sure I can enjoy the content, but really, the sheer reliance of walkers is just painful for me. Tracked vehicles can do everything that walkers can and better. Cause with walkers, you have to compensate for weight and movement on the account that you have 2, 4, or 6 feet. Sure that will help with ground pressure, but the more you armour something, the harder it is the move thanks to weight. Not to mention all the suspension and transmission problems. Plus the more legs you have, the more parts you add, parts that could be disabled or fail due to technical issues. Walkers in my opinion have an even lower reliability rate when compared to even the most temportmental of tracked vehicles. Plus, taking that into account, this logically also limits the ammount of armour you can actually put on it, since you can have a well protected walker, but it will be so comically slow and sluggish that it makes it an inviting targets, such as with High Explosive Anti tank. (HEAT) or ATGMs or hell even something akin to an RPG. You could add a more powerful engine, but that thing will have to supply all 4 or 6 legs at once, thus decreasing speed. I'm sorry... But this is just painful for me. I mean no offence

[@kymab.5172]

"The giant enemy spider!" **cue boss fight music**

[@Finngolian]

imagine that saying "prepare to die republic dog!"

[@Gamrison]

Dang I remember how tough both these Spider Droids were in that Clone Wars game from like 2003 where you play only as vehicles. The Dark Reaper conflict. The bigger one's lasers tore through your shields if you were not careful and the dwarfs would straight up self destruct if need be.

[@TheManBehindTheSlaughter6669]

playing through the on foot level as mace on Geonosis was a nightmare as you had to stay away from the dwarf spiders or else they would oneshot you by self-destructing in your face.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Oh, definitely agree on these. Still hoping the game gets a rerelease nowadays. It's rough, yes, but it sure is fun alongside the likes of Bounty Hunter and even the Starfighter duology.

[@chilledspartan1174]

Bro commandeering one of these in StarWars battlefront 2 (old school version) back in the day was legit! zap zapin my way through peeps, *pew pew*

[@Max77Prime]

Renegade Squad

[@Karlos1234ify]

“SUPER BATTLE DROID, TAKE HIM DOWN!”

[@mcstriker]

*WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS*

[@isaacfoster1377]

Look at the flick of his wrist... rocket

[@QixTheDS]

@@isaacfoster1377 no

[@isaacfoster1377]

@@QixTheDSK YeS

[@AreGeeBee]

AHHHHH!

[@goingblargh]

Still not scarier than Jackal snipers.

[@tiredman99]

Halo 2 Jackal Snipers

[@ic4192]

Scarabs would shred this thing anyway.

[@alejandroelluxray5298]

@@ic4192 and then the HailFire droids killed the Scarab with a Rain of missiles

[@supremeleadergnkdroid3202]

Geetsly’s: this spider droid is the scariest droid Me: ok, sounds reasonable Geetsly’s: *proceeds to use meters and kilometers Me, an American: no, that’s the scariest thing

[@isaacfoster1377]

Me as a Canadian "sounds about right"

[@Mabra51]

That's not scary, that's just normal.

[@isaacfoster1377]

@@Mabra51 not really allot of people know their metric system

[@Mabra51]

@@isaacfoster1377 So they don't go to school?

[@QixTheDS]

@@Mabra51 Easy mistake to make given how shit K12 schools are in many areas here. The metric systems isn’t standard here in the US. I learned the metric system out of curiosity and annoyance.

[@tankskicommander5079]

The way he explains it on a battlefield you’ll apparently see a group of dwarf spider droids using a leash to bring an og 9 to shoot at a cool thing they found... I love it

[@yusriyahbagheri8843]

Imagine this thing charging you at 90km an hour.

[@ScoutTheSpartan]

Hail-fire droid: has ammo capacity OG-9 Homing spider droid: I don’t have such weaknesses

[@CommandoBrickLEGOstarwars]

I don’t know how he makes quality videos so often

[@geetslys]

Haha we have team members dedicated to each aspect of making the video!

[@pyeitme508]

@@geetslys no wonder, lol

[@Squidkid25]

This droid: exists Me: laughs in lego AT-TE

[@KirbyBWebb]

YES ! I would LOVE to see more on these spider droids. This was really good. Thanks !

[@chuckmangione4747]

Strange that we didn’t see them throughout the entire clone wars series. They were alway one of my favorite separatist droids.

[@jerichooblivion5406]

_The Battlefront gameplay footage-_ _Holy hell the nostalgia-_

[@ffatmausl7404]

I swear, those OG-9s tank so much damage

[@h21lad13]

Damn look at their precision when they shot ,shooting their lasers barely passing through their driod legs wow now thats an underrated vehicle right there I wonder what is the best vehicle that the cis ever created including prototypes

[@ajra6143]

SW suddenly seems to have it out for arachnophobes

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

Bro, these were nearly impossible to destroy on _Clone Wars Adventures,_ even with Rank 5 Power Surgers and ARC Troopers.

[@Roberto-el3wu]

I love me some geestlys especially when I am feeling down. Geestlys keep up the great work 👍👍

[@johngiron1270]

My boy just said every single planet like he was fluent in every single language in every single planet given the pronunciation was on point such confidence

[@DarthWall275]

Weird... You'd think an army of New Zealanders would be used to giant spiders.

[@mitchcoleman1238]

I would really like to see more about the CIS droid tanks!!

[@inshasha6217]

Seeing the geonosis battle again reminds me of how unreal it was. Both parties just running at eachother instead of searching for cover. And i'm aware there was not alot of cover in the open fields but the clones could have lay down and they could have used advancing techniques. Oh well its a movie after all.

[@marrqi7wini54]

That tactic benefits the droids far better than clones. Cheap and numerous units that aren't alive.

[@lordgaroro]

The discord has brought me here again on time. Btw good work

[@geetslys]

Aww, thanks for being on our Discord! Just a heads up, we upload at the same time on Sundays every week!

[@lordgaroro]

@@geetslys no , thank you for making such amazing content

[@comradeluke2721]

Spider Tanks gangster until an M1 Abrams roll up

[@MLPGamer44]

My favorite Star Wars meme was one where the spider walker had timbs photoshopped onto its feet and it had top text like “oh shit here comes dat boy” Bottom text: “what will he do???😳😳😳” And it was a little bit of a deep fried meme.

[@ReaperDCC]

Do a Kashyyyk vs Trandosha video! NO HELP from the Republic or CIS!

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Why did we never see them in The Clone Wars series.

[@akumaking1]

Budgeting

[@pucfjf9537]

Disney said no, we need these useless underground sisters

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

@@pucfjf9537 yeah no there were already so many missed oppertunities to implement these before Disney bought that.

[@aidanderson53X]

@@thimovijfschaft3271 yea we literally only saw them in the battle of genosis. Wasn't even used in ROTS.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

@@aidanderson53X they were in RoTS. On Felucia far in the background

[@senatusx6427]

Another victory for the Separatist Alliance. For the CIS!

[@naturalist4life396]

Ok, fun question: how do you think these things would do against land mines? In my opinion, they'd be utterly trashed. If they step on the mines and blow their feet off, they won't be able to walk, sending their bodies falling down into the other mines. What do you think?

[@michaelandreipalon359]

"I hate spiders! Crush them like the bugs they are!" - X1 from Battlefront: Elite Squadron, which was supposed to be Free Radical's Battlefront III

[@davidhaas3111]

SWRC does a good job making these things as scary as they should be. In the first level in the battle of Geonosis you are just wrecking droids left and right as a commando before rendezvous with delta squad, and you turn a corner and there it is. A spider droid the size of a 4 story building just decimating clones left and right and you immediately go from kicking ass to hiding while you wait for a LAAT to save your ass. I’d love to see a tally of how many times an LAAT has been the one thing that saves an entire mission in the clone war.

[@christianresel8051]

3:08 "heavily armored" * everyone sees one of them getting oneshotted via mistake, not even aimed *

[@the40scall90]

This thing is like the Tiger Tank of the Confederacy. Well armored, incredibly destructive, and were feared to an extreme.

[@salavantias1948]

Wish it was as strong in the og battlefront 2

[@geetslys]

fax

[@WikiHL]

Well, at least it was pretty strong in LEGO Star Wars III The Clone Wars

[@ABadassDragon]

Horizon Zero Dawns machines vs the Clones?🤔 I think it would be interesting, especially Thunderjaws, Deathbringers, Corruptors, Stormbirds, Rockbreakers and the acurssed Fireclaws

[@bradmorales4002]

Clones would hace a more massive PTSD than those fights with the Confederacy ones. Yesterday I had hard time bringing done the one the breathes fire and throws fireballs. I shoot arrows, arrows, arrows, also those small bombs and. After I killed the annoying tracker ones I kept shooting it with random arrows. Until it died. I still dont have really strong weaponry. Today also had a hard time at a bandit camp. Now I have anti armor arrows and a new bow. If clones fought one of those or worse the giant ones like T Rex looking one with no tanks and few explosives, includings the bird one and a Corruptor which are a real pain in the ass some of those are gonna end up in a mental asylum ( if there're ones in Star Wars) .

[@marrqi7wini54]

How do you think they'd (the clones) fair against the terminators from the terminator series? Also how do you think other machine armies in fiction do against the clones? If you have any knowledge on them.

[@wokeup28]

Senate: were going to send a army to do what needs to be done. Separatist: lets send the OG9 spider droid. Aka the fuck around and find out droid.

[@senatorluxbonteri6065]

Always reminded of the Skeeters from Mario 64

[@Allangulon]

Oh my, and all that implies!

[@omrigutnick4208]

Great video!

[@Joe_Potts]

Anyone else find the dwarf spider droid rather cute?

[@WelloBello]

I remember many a time walking around geonosis when *BUUEEW* and I’m dead.

[@nodgamer1915]

Republic at war PTSD are what i get from these things. The AI Loved to use these damn things and only the heaviest ordiance would do anything to them

[@goldeagle6431]

People shivered even more at the Senate.

[@Greenbird314]

Could you imagine these beasts with energy shields? Like holy f*ck that would be terrifying😳😳

[@revvingnoodle7192]

It's a shame that the homing spider droid and the hailfire weren't shown in TCW show, many possibilities could been

[@Straswa]

Great vid Geetsly, yes please do a vid on the Hailfire, it's my favorite Confederacy Droid unit.

[@johnpatz8395]

I’ve always loved how the legs of the OG9 look so primitive.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

Patrick: "SPIDERS."

[@mrbigglezworth42]

"Walking weapons platform" doesn't that pretty much describe ALL mechs and walker style vehicles?

[@thorkillthered6595]

I'd love videos on the Hailfire, dwarf spider droid and other tanks, vehicles and droids.

[@masongohman2773]

It’s always a good day when Geetsly upload❤️ Especially when the video is about the CIS 💪 Separatist!!!!

[@maddogmadden23]

Baktoid makes my favorite star wars vehicles

[@mitchcoleman1238]

WOW!! I never knew the Homing Spider Droid worked like that!! So in a sense they were mobile command centers!! Way cool!! ❤️😵❤️😵❤️

[@Smalltimestrategy]

The droids you really fear you dont live to tell the tale

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodb7585]

They call this nugget a spider yet poor fella has 4 legs

[@ntfoperative9432]

I still have nightmares about the dwarf spiders in Republic Commando

[@cheesetouchgamingtwo4619]

Al of this guys titles: the country that even Germany was to scared to fight

[@joshkruckow7701]

This was their- THEY GOT A AC130 IN THE AIR!

[@WorldWeave]

It’s weird how Spider Droids seem to be so iconic, but I have no memory of seeing them outside of video games, Attack of the Clones, and various LEGO media……same goes for the Hailfire Droids

[@OliverFlinn]

now thats a real OG

[@KyKy1of1]

The Tiger II of the separatist army

[@dudewatches6125]

Gotta fear the OG! Respect!

[@chancebrown106]

So proud I picked up 2 of these at retail back in 2008👨🏽‍🦳

[@slaydad_3904]

I like how you use the og battlefield loading screen as your intro

[@reneeknights3896]

spider tank does what spider tank does

[@AB-bg7os]

You know what I realized that I haven't seen anyone mentioning? They don't appear in the clone wars

[@JanuaryLies]

I’m in a garc unit the 91st if you are wondering but we run into these things not very often but when we do we get shot up immediately. The spider droid is very scary.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Really hate fighting against these on the original Battlefront duology and, back in the day, The Clone Wars 2002 video game. Thank goodness we don't get to fight these in the likes of Republic Commando (though we see them in the background of the Geonosis surface levels).

[@merafirewing6591]

If we get a new updated version, imagine they just add these to the mix.

[@Matt-lk5ng]

Would love to finally hear a bit about the hellfire droids

[@siriusa4404]

I wonder if you could reasonably fit a few of those on a ship (like with the AT-TE or AT-AT), would it work?

[@leumas5476]

Interesting question

[@g3n3ral1nsanity5]

Huge it vibes just looking at it

[@Kimeraaidoru_gurifon_CH]

Nobody: Programmers in Star Wars: 💵💵💵💵💵😎💵💵💵💵💵

[@mistersandwich0034]

so basically it’s just mini death star with legs

[@zexalbrony4799]

So that's the Droid Clones feared the most. I never considered them such a big threat. I'd only ever faced them in the original Battlefront games campaigns on Geonosis, Felucia, and Kashyeek, and in those cases, they didn't cause too much trouble. In the case of Geonosis, it was because well there was so much going on during that battle I would barely come across them too much. For Felucia I was too distracted by all the other horrors like the Acklays, to notice them. And on Kashyeek I had Wookie backup and would try to use the trees to my advantage to snipe people so I never came face to face with them. So I guess I was very lucky.

[@loganalm5583]

Incoming giant enemy spider.

[@shaldurprime7154]

now I want a short film highlighting the destructive potential of a spider droid group, unstoppable force, slow, methodical, relentless, DSD1s slowly hunting down the enemy, completely unaffected by their small-arms fire, not even bothering to fire back, just staring them down, tanking the hits with only cosmetic damage as it calls in the OG9 to burn everything to the ground, no amount of cover can save you now

[@xShifty38x]

Yes more please

[@pyeitme508]

Still extremely easy turkey shoot targets for 21st century main battle tanks and anti-tank units, 😂 lol

[@geetslys]

Like the side of a bantha!

[@pyeitme508]

@@geetslys sort of lol😂 but WAY more vulnerable.

[@nobleman9393]

It goes both ways.

[@StellarSci]

@Grenzer 23 One of the big issues with the Clone Wars’ ground combat tactics was that... There weren’t any. Or rather, there were, but they were geared towards Jedi. I think Geetsly made a video on it, but the Jedi were using tactics in the Clone Wars from the last war they’d been part of, which consisted of ONLY Jedi versus combatants. This meant that the tactics used during the Clone Wars were designed to be beneficial to Jedi as it would let them close the distance so they could use their lightsabers against the enemy. Clones, of course, were not Jedi but were still beholden to follow their General’s orders, and so they charged with their General. This tactic got a lot of clones killed, but the Jedi were winning battles so they saw it as just a normal cost of war. The droid army of the CIS, on the other hand, didn’t really NEED to use tactics since they outnumbered the clones by a LOT during the war, and the droids weren’t alive so if they were scrapped, it was just a matter of replacing them which didn’t take very long or as many credits compared to making a new clone. So, they just said “alright, charge the enemy directly and crush them under the sheer numbers of droids we have” as their standard ground combat tactic.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

And outrange them while being more moblie and hit most their shot and being hard to hit themselves with their low profile