The True Terror of MagnaGuards in the Clone Wars

[@etazeta674]

“Grievous always saw the Magnaguards as inferior to his original guards” Me: *thinks of all the times Magnaguards gave elite Jedi a hard time and what that means for the original guards* mother of hell...

[@ledanoir1239]

Foolish organics, I've been trained in your jedi arts by general Grievous himself!

[@generalgrevious758]

M Lupa Noir remember what I taught you. Just take the two lightsabers and friggen spin them around like ceiling fans

[@Bzhydack]

*foolish meatbags 😉

[@generalgrevious758]

M Lupa Noir death to meatbags

[@chrisa5180]

Szymon Kowalczyk wtf

[@-CrimsoN-]

"The age of the Jedi is over"

[@casualredguard2881]

The frick alloy was called that because when a jedi struck it and found out that He couldn't destroy it in one hit, he said "Frick."

[@loafofbread9400]

Phrik

[@pokemagetech]

Why Me? Funny! But spelled wrong.

[@casualredguard2881]

I know it's spelled wrong. I just did it for fun.

[@casualredguard2881]

@Blitzwing2011 Aw heck. I forgot.

[@RandomGuy0400]

Cortosis actually causes a lightsaber to short-circuit when it's struck, but it is brittle so if you hit it hard enough it may shatter.

[@rileygoddard7181]

8:06 I'd like to point out that the Magna guards didn't attack until Eeth Koth used force telekinesis on Grievous. Before that, it was just a regular duel. It was only when the Jedi used a dirty tactic that Grievous had no access to that the Magna guards acted.

[@esco5842]

As soon as he used the force the magna guards became the refs

[@vitorkennedy1862]

The best version of the Magnaguards was seen in the Star Wars Clone Wars 2003, they were agile, versatile and really threatening to a well-trained jedi as demonstrated during the battle of Coruscant.

[@bemotivated8443]

those were pretty good episodes, I still own the original clone wars on DVD

[@Umbra_Ursus]

The best version of nearly anything is there.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@Umbra_Ursus Well, besides clone characterization

[@Umbra_Ursus]

@@frenchsoldier8485 Yeah, but they made the whole thing a hell of a lot more black and white. Grievous probably got hit with that harder than anyone.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@Umbra_Ursus True

[@OppoRancisis]

“For a sample of how dangerous Magna guards were, even for Jedi masters, consider the following scene” *Dominos pizza ad pops up* Holy shit I wouldn’t want to mess with them

[@unholybeing6414]

DonnaTheHag * They outpizzad the Hut, somehow

[@ccvcharger]

@@unholybeing6414 Messing with the Hutts? That's a ballsy move.

[@frozenfiredarknight3764]

XD

[@Fire5]

Back when I saw revenge of the sith I thought they were the coolest thing

[@bemotivated8443]

They still are awesome droids

[@johnnysun6495]

what's revenge of the site? I think you mean sith

[@stevenflynntheghost4845]

Same here

[@Fire5]

Johnny sun It’s called autocorrect

[@ItsButterBean1020]

The chaddest droids

[@chengzhou8711]

“I fought one once, one-on-one. The only reason I won was because I was in cover and elevated up a hill. Three shots hit him, and staggered him. Then, he looked up at me. I didn’t give up my terrain advantage, and kept squeezing the trigger at him until he didn’t get up. Terrifying.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Former Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

[@cadinnelson5168]

Cheng Zhou what’s the source?

[@chengzhou8711]

Cadin Nelson Me. Like it? I’m writing a book.

[@cadinnelson5168]

Cheng Zhou sounds great! Are you ever planning on putting it anywhere on the internet?

[@vexingrabbit1824]

So a MagnaGuard equals to a Clone Commando. Both can kill jedi but I don't think a MagnaGuard can win against a null class clone.

[@chengzhou8711]

Cadin Nelson yes, I’ve got short drafts and you can find me in geetsley vids

[@TheHawkeye0725]

Magna guard vs royal guard. That would be an awesome duel.

[@hankarnold244]

Cool concept but royal guard would win 7/10 times I think Edit: not h That I think of it 9/10 times. Magna guards won duels, royal guards literally could change a entire battle. Seen several times.

[@bemotivated8443]

I think the royal guard would win but it would be bloody

[@agentc7020]

If there was a 4v4 I’d say that the royal guard would win with 2 to 3 royal guards left but it would be rare if no royal guard died

[@397llederson6]

@@hankarnold244 Magna guards take on Jedi on a daily basis while royal guards was Vader's little girls

[@hellonearthiii4671]

Depends on the Royal Guards and their training.

[@zabraknorth]

7:11 “Consider the following scene” -Proceeds to show scene where magna guards only poke master koth in the back-

[@LukeSkywalker-fm1dc]

Still better than me. It jumped right into an ad for me.

[@alfredashford5924]

Darth Volt He did so in the other video about the most terrifying droids for a clone to see. Here as there I feel like the original 2003 Genndy series were the best example of how deadly MagnaGuards can be. It’s even more jarring how he shows Shaak-Ti in a clip of fighting the MagnaGuards yet doesn’t acknowledge just how terrifying MagnaGuards can be.

[@whyarealltaken]

yeah " really strong opponents" and winning a 5v1 doesnt really do it for me.

[@pancakecosmos6080]

They weren't even trying though and it was against a Jedi Master

[@whyarealltaken]

@@pancakecosmos6080 the point of my comment is anyone helping general grevious fight a jedi is going to be op. So its not a good way to show the skill of the robot if it is not trying

[@siegel947]

Manga guards would be acceptable in BF2 against heroes.......

[@dirtyblonde1011]

Personally, I think they would be perfect for either a 3rd enforcer for the CIS or possibly as a CIS exclusive Hero. Hell, replace the Commando Droid with them, because those things are definitely nowhere near as good as the ARC trooper

[@dirtyblonde1011]

@Uganda Knuckles I haven't even bothered with trying them out yet, after I saw the abilities. I'm just saying that, from what I've seen, they're not as viable as the ARC trooper is as an infiltrator

[@RandomLeveledLoot]

We can hope :/

[@BobBob-zg5lz]

@Tay K yeah you aren’t playing them right, the vibrosword allows for very quick kills on most units and good damage against heroes. The smoke bomb may seem pointless, but with the unit detection ability you can throw the smoke then activate the detection mode and see your opponent’s while they can’t see you. The smoke bomb also works to hide unit movement. The detection mode makes hunting down a slippery opponent much easier. In several 1v1 scenarios I have been able to beat ARC troopers without much damage due to high mobility and the vibrosword

[@dirtyblonde1011]

@@BobBob-zg5lz as I said before, I haven't even tried them yet; I acknowledge that they have the potential to be better than most enemies in a 1v1, but I personally have yet to see a Commando Droid played well

[@mistertwister2000]

“We need to show how badass [thing] is!” “Just call it a Jedi hunter/killer, works every time”

[@alzhanvoid]

Jedi are the glory dragons of Star Wars.

[@chrislaurent1137]

“Your weak flesh is no match against the unyielding might of steel” ~ Magnaguard from ROTS game

[@ccvcharger]

You could understand them? The only quotes I remember are "Grgglegrahgllrrrr" and "Gaaggghhhh"

[@michielkudova3887]

Typical human weakness

[@jordanhendrix2619]

"Droidekas had several notable weaknesses..." *has flashback to playing RepCom and just running right up to a droideka and stabbing it, being too close for it to attack me*

[@peterwinkler8888]

I tried to get them while they were still rolling. Got in some good hits, and barely had to shoot afterwards.

[@neoknight9180]

Okay geetslys. But where is the true terror of the GONK droids?

[@canadiangopnik7007]

TemplarRoman ahh, fond memories of the exploding GONK droid and Fast GONK extras from Lego Star Wars 2

[@canadiangopnik7007]

Mammoth Supremacy 55 I don’t know if they were in the og trilogy, but they were definitely in the complete saga 2

[@iamacatperson7226]

Infinite power

[@maxwaspace5348]

They are walking nukes and will kill you if they fall on you

[@miriampakstis3270]

Yes yes

[@remito7839]

"Watch how op these Droids are!" *Footage of Grievous fighting a master while the MagnaGuards walk around them like some kind of high school class watching a brawl*

[@canadiangopnik7007]

Imagine if during the siege on kamino, instead of the trident assault crafts being full of B1s and Super Battle Droids, they were full of Magna Guards, terrifying

[@shadowhunter1429]

At that point, you're only hope is that you can hide long enough for the hoard of Manga guards to leave after killing everything. And hope you can escape the planet

[@canadiangopnik7007]

Shadow Hunter I know it's not how it's gonna play out, but how awesome would it be if in Rise of Skywalker, Rey comes across an abandoned droid factory, she begins wandering through the derelict facility, lightsaber drawn, to provide even the smallest amount of illumination, she stumbles through the empty halls of the building, until she is brought into a large, pitch black room. As she begins searching for a light switch her small light source falls on something that catches her eye, a tall, deactivated droid holding a large staff, as she admires the advanced and impressive machinery, her eye is caught once again by a large lever, "finally, a light switch, I hope it works" she thinks. She pulls the lever, and a generator starting up can be heard deeper in the facility, she steps back and turns towards the dark abyss that is the rest of the room, and as the lights flicker to life, she stands in awe. Rows upon rows of expertly crafted IG-100 Magna Guards, around a hundred units awaiting their reprogramming and revival. "This..." Rey says aloud, "This is what will save us"

[@braidenzurnmarsh1203]

then they get powered on and kill her

[@michielkudova3887]

Sad thing is apparently the magnet guards that grievous regularly used, cost a fortune. If they made magnet in high numbers, it would bankrupt them.

[@tobilp8506]

there is just one thing worse then them those jackal snipers

[@KaiserZERO]

TobiLP I agree. Especially on Legendary in Halo 3

[@Benthino]

Ait... But what about Magna Snipers?!

[@KaiserZERO]

Dino Mulalic They'd be a nightmare

[@kabob0077]

@@KaiserZERO Buddy, have you PLAYED Outskirts on Halo 2 on Legendary? Those things turn and fire at about 0.000001 seconds, they have AIMBOT and are one hit killers.

[@celestialspartan1176]

DON’T remind me of those feathered freaks.

[@darth_dan8886]

If I remember my experience of Republic Commando right, the first rule of fighting a Magna Guard is to not engage them head on. Unless you have 2 snipers that'll take that droid out before it gets to you. Also, as far as I remember they have no good way of defending from a well placed grenade.

[@cloo7300]

Is the cis droid army still collecting rust in old factories in the sequels or would they be restarted to fight the first order

[@GeneralGrievous-1138]

Luke Skywalker If the trailers for The Mandalorian are anything to go by, you might well get a definitive canon answer soon.

[@bemotivated8443]

I thought the empire scrapped The droid army

[@hoogis]

That's probably why c3p0 has wires hooked up to his head in a building full of deactivated battle droids

[@bemotivated8443]

Mark White I knew about commando droids, but thank you I thought they were mostly scraped

[@benalor1973]

@Mark White, but his commando droids came from the last geonosian queen that was more cyborg. But the factory could be repaired if they get a hold of the planet.

[@__-hu1ph]

Who else remembers that one mission on kashykk in republic commando where the magna guards were almost unstoppable?

[@__-hu1ph]

Nevermind it was in the video

[@cypher4783]

That was a fun fight. At the time I was thinking this was fighting a discount Jedi.

[@christophersalinas2722]

Hard to kill man, had to use anti armor grenade launcher and lost all my ammo, they jump so high bruh

[@tocle1851]

I used to love that game

[@GenJuhru]

@@tocle1851 I still loved the game, but i can only remember the good parts tho. I kinda want a wh40k game with the same squad mechanic... Deathwatch Kill Team

[@Crip99763]

7:31 Grevious doing his Slavic Squat again

[@petrsukenik9266]

made my day

[@angrypandable]

A Slavic Squat a day keeps the knee pain away

[@cjthebeesknees]

Slavs are pretty based and hearty.

[@michielkudova3887]

Grievous is a slav. he can do it all he wants

[@Archer-1453]

Again, I love RC because you can see just how vicious and resilient battle droids like Magnagaurds and B2s really were. You needed to use anti-tank rounds to quickly kill one IG-100. And Magnaguards are never alone...

[@butterman59]

"To show how effective they were consider the following scene:" *Magna guards then proceed to do nothing but cheer greivous on for approximately 45 seconds* "Chilling"

[@akumaking1]

Disney nerfed the whole Star Wars Canon.

[@bemotivated8443]

Yup,I miss the old story’s like death troopers or maul lockdown

[@OfficialNube]

Star Wars the Clone Wars wasn't made by Disney because they didn't own Star Wars at that point. DIsney is not to blame for everything. Other people and companies have, can and will make mistakes, not just Disney. Jeez

[@OfficialNube]

@@joyfuluniter5445 Yeah well that's your opinion, but you're blaming Disney for something that they didn't do as the MagnaGuards were created and seemingly nerfed by George Lucas about 10 years before he sold Star Wars to Disney.

[@OfficialNube]

@@joyfuluniter5445 I understand that people do hate Disney. I just find that a lot of the time it is unjustified.

[@Umbra_Ursus]

Gotta make their shit look better. Even if they damn well know it isn't.

[@ProbablyMors]

"Only a jedi is able to get through a squad of magna guards" You, bacta now

[@Groza_Dallocort]

Ace combat 7 ?

[@ProbablyMors]

Republic commandos

[@Groza_Dallocort]

Very well in Ace Combat 7 the "You solitary now" have become a meme

[@nathanflinchum1153]

Psyclops get yourself some bacta, soldier

[@smokestack3327]

“The magna guard had no weaknesses” ahem have you met my friend the Z-6 Rotary blaster. Or my best friend an Aware AT-TE or even more my jedi leaders.

[@CaptainRexCT--rd7eq]

I wonder if the Rebels ever got Reprogrammed versions of these Droids

[@MaxHDAvenger]

That is a good question. Lore has it each one is prohibitively expensive and Commando droids are second on the price tag of how expensive in comparison to Magna guards.

[@pinstripecool34]

Jason Keane It would be cool if the ex seps joined the rebellion and made a droid army to fight the empire.

[@CaptainRexCT--rd7eq]

@@pinstripecool34 Maybe

[@themngreensteve3454]

@Gaius Wyrden found the space-facist

[@samuelbishop3316]

They'd be an absolute nightmare for the imperials

[@garrettlittle5502]

You should have used the scene where Magnagaurds assigned to Count Dooku on Naboo brought down Anakin Skywalker with help from Dooku.

[@hydradude3989]

Imagine a magnaguard with the personality of mr bones

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

That’s terrifying.

[@RaydoBaconslayer]

Imagine his personality matrix became a virus and infected the CIS.

[@sibren9874]

He did have some programming from grievous

[@aguy2990]

I’d prefer not to

[@__-hu1ph]

I think the most dangerous Droid was the vulture Droid, because of the fact that it was smaller than other ships due to not needing life support and due to its small size could out-manuever almost all ships, add the fact that they severely outnumbered the clone's ships and that they could look 180° around them makes them in my opinion the deadliest droids of the CIS.

[@Fulcrox]

Tri-droids where better in Space superiority, but vulture droids could ve used as fighters, bombers and Infantry support (they can be used as literal walkers)

[@andrewmunro4884]

Don’t forget they can also be used as for land based combat as well

[@slowassassin2610]

magnaguard are one of my favorite droids but I really wish we saw the grapple droid in the clone wars show

[@naisagathefirstdestronmand8559]

Good, somebody else remembers their existence.

[@slowassassin2610]

@@naisagathefirstdestronmand8559 yay there actually my favorite sucks that there only main spot light was in the revenge of the Sith video game

[@gabrieltejada1697]

slow assassin I was shocked that they weren’t even in the movie.

[@mitchdickerson4782]

I know I am late but one underappreciated attribute of magnaguards is they had a ability to learn. You mentioned it briefly with Greivous teaching them lightsaber combat styles but no other droid in the CIS has this ability I know its a stretch but I think this is what made them so overpowered in my opinion they have unlimited potential to learn anything if there is one thing I do know from tar wars droid sentience can be very dangerous.

[@drak-thul-3400]

"Consider the following scene" Me: ... "Get two Whappers at your local Burger King" Me: ....

[@professionalnerd4055]

Omg 😂

[@iamacatperson7226]

Seems legit

[@Kingofmenaces]

I feel like the small normal sized droids like the commando, deystroyer, magnaguard are treated more powerful then larger droids like Tank, hailfire, homing, and Occtupptara magna tri droids

[@__-hu1ph]

Bigger droids (and vehicles in general) are bigger targets and easier to spot and avoid, while smaller ones can be stealthy and hard to evade.

[@Kingofmenaces]

@@__-hu1ph well yea but they are still very powerful and durable

[@__-hu1ph]

@@Kingofmenaces True

[@__-hu1ph]

I guess there just wasn't enough positive factors compared to making maybe 100 droids with the money and resources it took to make one Hailfire or AAT

[@Kingofmenaces]

@@__-hu1ph yea

[@RhantheSlayer]

Isn’t that scene with Eeth Koth somewhat cheating, since he had to focus on Grievous, and the magnaguards only zapped him in the back without doing much else? That, and it was a 5 to 1 advantage for the droids

[@kamilkartuski4733]

Fully agree

[@RhantheSlayer]

@Gaius Wyrden definitely something grievous would do, though it doesn't exactly prove their capabilities is what I'm saying

[@RhantheSlayer]

@Gaius Wyrden fair enough. Four arms, four aces up his robotic sleeves

[@rustkarl]

Disney Canon fucked over both Grievous and Magnaguards with mega nerfs.

[@vincentbeton]

Grievous is really great at countering the "Coward" accusation here. Then again, he did only complain about being called a Murderer

[@UncleMikeDrop]

Imagine if they had put a Magna Guard's systems in a Grievous type body. Also, imagine if they had coated some Magna Guards in cortosis.

[@alphacommander428]

Cortosis Magna Guards ohh damn

[@lilscotty11]

They did in legends they took a droid brain in put In grievous dead body he had the magna guard fighting style downloaded into his brain had a double bladed lightsaber like maul

[@sweeney2415]

@@lilscotty11 NK-Necrosis?

[@lilscotty11]

@@sweeney2415 yes indeed

[@TenthSgtSnipes]

Republic commando is just a demonstration of how many flips the magnaguards can do before landing

[@cjthebeesknees]

Put the Commando droids to faulty shame.

[@netrolancer1061]

Magna guards and Super battle droids are toughest opponents to fight in Republic Commando.

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Good thing Commando Droids didn't exist back then other wise that would be a prelude to Magna guards.

[@tomywijaya304]

@@MaxHDAvenger not geonosis or acclamator mission I think they haven't appears yet maybe on Kashyyyk they should add them lol

[@MaxHDAvenger]

@@tomywijaya304 tbf commando droids didn't exist back when the game was made and only been introduced in the Clone wars tv series.

[@tomywijaya304]

@@MaxHDAvenger wish they remake republic commando from Geonosis mission to order 66

[@marcelxd1633]

The guy with the mini gun was tough af too

[@antoine121]

No offense but that was a terrible example he was fighting General Grievous.

[@themngreensteve3454]

And all they did was get in weak hits while he was dueling

[@tofuteh2348]

"Magna guards were able to exploit the weakness of jedi" Magna guard: cheeky staff exlectrocution poke

[@darth_dan8886]

Yes. Should have put some footage of Kenpbi getting pushed around by the droids.

[@rustkarl]

This was basically just the most bullshit example of nerfing Grievous and his guards.

[@FalconWindblader]

Yeah, better examples are definitely around for elaborating the point. Put B1s in place of those Magnaguards in this case, & the outcome would still remain the same, cuz that's just how good Grievous is in a duel.

[@AngryPlushNest2018]

The cloaked Magnaguard looks sick

[@jcrews8582]

In terms of the most terrifying Separatist droids, I’d go with MagnaGuards and/or commando droids!

[@BoSPaladin-102]

Hell, you can add some B2 Super Droids in the mix.

[@cjthebeesknees]

Pack of Commando droids would be near death sentence. 1v4-6

[@Freeseraphim]

I feel theres a correlation between having played RC and having droid fueled nightmare. It's such an amazing game!

[@CollinMcLean]

Seriously. If not a sequel then at least a remastered version.

[@dirtyblonde1011]

Man, it'd sure be nice if these were one of the new units for the CIS in battlefront 2, instead of the Commando Droid. Or maybe even as a new "hero" unit because they ARE on par with most Jedi

[@pauln.p.4426]

True but they don't possess individual characters in the same way as Jedi and Sith, so they might not fit into the hero role.

[@heitordiogobraga1234]

Battlefront

[@shadowhunter1429]

@@pauln.p.4426 True, but still. They could do it as Manga guards... Where else do they fit? I mean... Hero just fits them, doesn't it?

[@nathanflinchum1153]

They should just make a “bodyguard” class that would consist of magna guards, rebel/resistance royal guards, imperial guards, and snokes guards from last Jedi that had the lightsaber whip things

[@shadowhunter1429]

@@nathanflinchum1153 that's a great idea

[@ShadowHunter120]

There is no such thing as an overqualified bodyguard.

[@ItsDobbie]

I wonder why they were never deployed in greater numbers or in units with commando droids. They could’ve done some real damage to the clones.

[@trulykustom]

Probably because that programming was more expensive

[@GeneralGrievous-1138]

They were uber-expensive and their staffs were made of a very rare alloy.

[@khalilb9864]

Maybe palpitine didn’t want the cis to defeat the republic yet

[@agentc7020]

Adam and Eve making more commandos and arcs is considerably more difficult and expensive than making a legion of magna guards

[@agentc7020]

General Grievous1138 they didn’t have to use staffs only tho

[@jacobdignall4404]

What I would like in the sequels is the resistance finding a small squad of these droids, reprogramming them, then make the knights of Ren in ep. 9 actually good, then have them fight on that star destroyer (with some actually good choreography) with the transmitter thingy instead of fucking horses, sacrifice themselves and destroy the star destroyer. This probably isn't any good but still, could be better than the current clusterfuck the sequels are right now

[@trollytrouble1926]

The reason the republic commando game is so good is because it shows how effective the super battle droid,droidaka,and magnaguard were in combat

[@dalekrenegade2596]

Was playing Republic Commando recently, you're right with the super and magnaguard but I found the droidakas to be underwhelming. I don't recall ever dying directly from them.

[@trollytrouble1926]

Agreed, I just ran right in between there guns and they couldn’t shoot me, I always knifed them to death

[@StarboyXL9]

It is my understanding that the MagnaGuards were the first droid models to be considered for populating the Separatist armies. The only reason they were rejected is because Palpatine thought they would end the war far too quickly.

[@aceofspadesguy4913]

“Consider the following scene” *is magnaguards standing around as grievous fights a Jedi*

[@toeseater2855]

“For a sample of how dangerous Magna guards were, even for Jedi masters, consider the following scene” *Shows General Grievous actually doing all the fighting while the MagnaGuards stands around and poke at him*

[@PerovNigma]

I wondered why some of them wore cloaks and some didn't. I assumed it was budgetary, but fun to hear they're an honour in-universe.

[@805mctrailrider8]

Cool. Imagine a army of them.

[@trulykustom]

Grievous traveled with a small army of them. About 100 if the Wookiepedia was right

[@805mctrailrider8]

@@trulykustom imagine a million of them

[@805mctrailrider8]

@Adam and Eve how bout a million of them🤯🤯🤯

[@vexingrabbit1824]

sounds too expensive to make. Plus if an army like that exist the Republic would just stay away from that and bomb it from space. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

[@805mctrailrider8]

@@vexingrabbit1824 just imagine if they had 10 million of them. Spread them out

[@Ashberryvillage10]

The magna guards are overrated. They don't have wrist rockets

[@hoogis]

They have wrist grappling hooks

[@Mr-Ad-196]

They have purple electric bo staff and space kung fuu.

[@jonathancantwell6353]

*WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS*

[@lenkagamine4145]

they have handheld rapid firing rocket pistols though

[@iamacatperson7226]

WATCH OUT FOR THOSE *Pokey pokey staves*

[@sorcererberoll4641]

Geetsly: magna guards are the best droid Ultra battledroid: am I a joke to you

[@rejvaik00]

HK-47 : *observation* "This is great opportunity for slaughter"

[@cjthebeesknees]

Commando: you both are slow and funny looking.

[@michielkudova3887]

Yes.

[@THATGuy5654]

I remember thinking that it would have been really cool if Rey had used an old salvaged electro staff. Maybe it's not even obvious that's what it is, until she has to get into a fight with Kylo, and even then it's running on some kind of inferior battery, so it fizzles out, and she uses the force to grab the lightsaber.

[@leeboyles4480]

Nice, but cutting them in half (top to bottom, not at the waist) will destroy them in one swipe. Granted it was probably hard to get in that position, but still

[@GreenOnions681]

Definitely one of the coolest Droids ever

[@ivanblack7450]

If Magna Guards had a lightsaber like the Temple guards I think a lot of Jedi would've died when they were around

[@jamiewalsh3349]

Their appearance in the Clone Wars micro series really showed how lethal these droids are

[@BobBob-zg5lz]

Another Clone to take down a Magna-guard: X2 from Star Wars battlefront for the DS

[@DeltaSquid]

Once again more republic commando flash backs them magna guards were so fast

[@jdpragmatic8644]

Obi Wan: “You’re the expert Anakin, what would you say those are?” Anakin: “Remember what you were saying about ‘Worse than destroyers?’ I think we’re looking at them.” -Obi Wan & Anakin regarding Magnaguards (Excerpt from RotS novelization)

[@mhume0221]

I played a clone wars game on the wii and I remember seeing so many magnaguards that were like not really mini bosses but sorta were. Most of my memories are from them in that game and rewatching the clone wars they barely ever show up. They had more screen time in that one game than in the clone wars series lol.

[@fantecktsa8458]

How did the MagnaGuards lose so easily to jedi master fisto’s padawan in general grevious castle?

[@joelhayes3166]

If I were a cis commander I would have manufactured a modified version that could fit in clone armor (preferably riot trooper) so they could go into a republic base and Assassinate Jedi

[@vexingrabbit1824]

Those are called Commando droids The smaller version/fast version of Madgnaguard that uses blasters instead of melee. I don't think they can make an actual MagnaGuard small enough to fit into clone armor.

[@jerec1267]

Congrats, your strategy fails instantly once the magnaguards fail to follow orders and get instantly found out by the clones. You've now just sent a magnaguard to die in the middle of an enemy base

[@austing3893]

Lol if you were a star wars character it would be jar jar binks. Your intelligence is about his level maybe lower 😂

[@Apoc_Bone_Daddy]

I will always love the electric buzzing sound they made when spinning the spear thingies

[@pancake5707]

The droid with the most terrifying appearance (although not used solely by the CIS) is the *G* *O* *N* *K* All shall tremble in fear before him!

[@michielkudova3887]

Sith Proceeds to force crush gonk droid…and cause massive explosion

[@RailroadEngineer123]

@Geetsly's I think the BX series commando droids is a fair but still inferior comparison of the magnaguard's! They are still very deadly, even Clone Troopers have a hard time taking them down!

[@kevinpoe8137]

The next video in this series should be on commando droids

[@zexalbrony4799]

I always thought the MagnaGuards were cool and powerful, but I never realized they were that much trouble for the Clones. Well, now I feel stupid for having that Arc Trooper kill that MagnaGuard with one shot after disarming it, in my Battle of Coruscant fanfiction, during the chase scene in the train station.

[@trolltothebank]

Crazy reflexes - “Hello there!” - CRUSHED

[@grievouslygaming2551]

The best 👁

[@Jedi_Spartan]

0:04 Tell that to the Battlefront 2 version...

[@AbyssalMerc]

You say that but if you mean the 2005 version: Droideka, Magnaguards, and SBD's are all you need to crush every opponent in a battle that doesn't have AT-TEs

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@@AbyssalMerc they didn't even have electrostaffs though... also the AI always deployed Recon drones at point-blank range.

[@AbyssalMerc]

The ai is a bad comparison, a player match of only those three droid types will bulldoze the republic every time

[@EpicStopMotions1]

Totally agree with you magna guards are awesome and difficult to deal with in Republic commando I had the hardest difficulty in the game and it was fun but it took forever to defeat them.

[@verminlordsoulberry8823]

Wow that little gameplay footage literally would have been enough for us to understand why they were a terror, like you said the animations does not do them justice!

[@hampdog5716]

They really to make a co op survival mode of Season 1 Episode 5 from the clones wars

[@boneybaron2508]

why were they "trained" to fight shouldn't they have been innately programmed with these fighting abilities?

[@samuelbishop3316]

They were. But that rpgoraming had t9 come from somewhere. Grievous was reasonable for it.

[@boneybaron2508]

@@samuelbishop3316 somehow I had not thought of that thanks for the answer

[@Fulcrox]

They learn by fighting, thats what make their programing so dangerous

[@lucariopokemon13]

In the 2003 clone wars, fighting hundreds of these dudes are a pain. They're even more badass in the 3d clone wars.

[@varun009]

Truly the pure embodiment of lethal efficiency.

[@lolfreakwaca4328]

consider the following scene : ad comes in

[@bobbylopez722]

In original canon the droids had some kind of force sensitive electric eal, if i remember correctly

[@cypher4783]

Now that would have been cool.

[@michielkudova3887]

That is an entirely different droid, that is literally called the Jedi killer droid

[@kaede4292]

Magna Guard pokes Eeth Koth in the back while he is defending against grievous Geetslys's: So we've established how dangerous Magna Guards are

[@SES77]

The anti armor attachment or the wookie rocket launcher were the best things to use against them in republic commando, assuming you land your shots...many shots

[@CaptainRexCT--rd7eq]

Who else is Reading the comments while listening to this Video

[@zed147itsdatboi3]

Ye

[@StableLies]

I do it all the time

[@assassininyoursandpit1626]

Jason Keane yee me

[@apuffofpink8484]

*Force pushes a MagnaGuard* See? They ARE pushovers. I’ll see myself out.

[@michielkudova3887]

Magnagaurd gets back up “typical human weakness”

[@michielkudova3887]

7:06 actually there were a few that could in fact do that. But two of them were the grandmaster (Yoda) and master of the order,(Mace Windu) respectively. and the third was the standard blade instructor for the temple (Cin Drallig). Those however, are special cases and they all make sense.

[@ursatzotschew7541]

I think the magna staffs are one of the absolute coolest weapons in SW. Right after Cortosis blades, and right before lightsabers

[@romancapulus5577]

“Magna guards often ganged up in groups in order to boost their chance of victory.” Me a For Honor veteran: *Skirmish PTSD intensifies*

[@michaelgladitsch1519]

Perfect timing, at 7:17, when Grievous jumps onto the console thing, l get a Joe "Boom Boom" Rogan ad.

[@juancabardo21]

And just imagine that we were gonna see an awesome duel between Obi-Wan and these guys in a deleted scene in ROTS.

[@Optimaloptimus]

Move faster than any living being, unless of course it’s a pissed off Anakin Skywalker with a lightsaber and room to fight.

[@Jew-Gi-Oh_419]

Magnaguards: Time to die fleshlings! The mechanical race will rise again!!! Grevious: You what comrade!?

[@smeagollotr]

I would have chosen the scene between anakin vs Dooku with 4 yellow eye magna guards on Naboo. I think that had the best representation depicting magnaguards as a threat in the 2008 clone wars.

[@TheLeatheryman]

I like these guys in the OG Battlefront II, where they just have a blaster. Easy to kill, but more badass looking IMO

[@Lalaxbo]

The Magnaguards are so awesome bodyguards for General Grevious :) ! The electro staff sound and the weapon itself is awesome :)!

[@cooldog8580]

Magnaguard: Haha spinny spinny Thor staff Obi-Wan: haha head choppy choppy Magnaguard: *Haha spinny spinny Thor staff*

[@treblazer]

magna guards are just amazing i think they’re the coolest droid

[@GodzillaFan-zi3ih]

These guys always remind me of the final boss in the Star Wars Wii game with lightsaber combat. Apparently the final boss was a prototype “Jedi Hunter” droid that was able to take on Anakin. If those things were mass produced the Separatists may have won the war.

[@XX-sp3tt]

Also supposed Grevious wiped entire libraries of combat technique from their programming upon getting them, and trained them personality, giving the droids real world experience.