Why these FORGOTTEN WAR DROIDS were the Mandalorians' GREATEST Weapons

[@hunterkiller1440]

Nute Gunray: I have an army. Mandalore the Indomitable: I have a Basilisk.

[@magnusthered4973]

Mandalore: come here boy Basilisk: starts fucking shit up

[@joeydahl9594]

It would be cool if this somehow found a way into The Mandalorian. Maybe a long lost war Droid could be found by Mando in a state of hibernation or something. Would be neat. And since we know from his interaction with Grogu that he can become attached, a War Droid would be perfect for him. Instead of a lil buddy. He has a really big, baddass buddy.

[@SandraOrtmann1976]

Mando's new spaceship in a way? Sweet...Hasbro Black Series? Lego set? I smell profit...

[@omegon2540]

Thinking the same thing here I’d love to see one bond and become grogu’s best friend

[@TheAETHER22]

Mando needs a new starship and a droid companion for sure. I hope the next seasons lead to that. How he slowly gains a crew, and ship. Season 1 was about his armament and armor

[@Equinox_NZ]

Agreed. It would also make for great development as he never trusted any droid until the IG unit, so using that trust he formed to give the basilisk a chance would be cool to see.

[@commandercody2980]

@@SandraOrtmann1976 who are you, Hondo?

[@slicerneons3300]

Sadly Modern Star Wars cannot withstand awesomeness of that magnitude!

[@Goldenkitten1]

Indeed the redesign of the basilisk is just...sad. It completely misses the point of these neo-crusaders who lived like techno-vikings killing and taking because they could with the Basilisk exemplifying this brutality. Now they're just another clunky fightercraft you'd see on any world, hell you don't even ride on top of them anymore. If the Mandalorian ever does bring one in I really hope they reconsider that decision and retcon them to the original since technically right now in the Disney canon neither model is canon so they really need to go with the badass one.

[@ArgentWolf95]

@@Goldenkitten1 wait, they re-designed them?

[@Goldenkitten1]

​@@ArgentWolf95 Yeah, just look them up on wookiepedia, they could likely explain it better than I ever could. But the short version is they used to be terrifying and now they're really clunky looking (unless Boba Fett or the Mandalorian changed this as I've not caught up on them after Boba Fett turned into "The Mandalorian and Boba Fett is there occasionally").

[@davidfernandes7109]

The battle never truly starts until the Mandalorians bring out the Basilisk War Droids!

[@geetslys]

Exactly!

[@gameman7871]

*the party don't start fades in but it's violent*

[@yoyobird8427]

@@geetslys could we see one in the mandalorian ylu think?

[@TetsuShima]

Jango showing little Boba an old Basilisk droid in a museum: "Do you see that giant droid here, son? Our people killed a lot of Jedi in the past using those weapons" Boba: "And those Jedi cried just before being horribly murdered?" Jango: "Like total b*tches!" *Both father and son intensely laugh*

[@geetslys]

Bonding 😂

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

They were as much father and son as brothers- Kal Skirata

[@dagdamor1]

Ngl, I could 100% see an unearthed Basilisk War Droid forging a bond with Din Djarin being just as compelling as the Grogu saga. Hidalgo but with a badass Beskar murder machine with enough armaments to take down a frigate? Yes please.

[@Equinox_NZ]

Seeing Din, Bo and company riding a handful of them into battle in a new Siege of Mandalore would be amazing

[@AzraelThanatos]

I'd love to see him getting one via a reimagining of the old WEG scenario involving one with a less disappointing end. I believe it was named "Revenant" I believe the adventure was in one of the Star Wars: Adventures books from right around when the Tales of the Jedi sourcebook was released...stupid Imperial officer finds a Basilisk and rebuilds and rearm it to a "modern" standard. It a mandalorian historian infiltrates the SSD it was being rebuilt on...and the players get assigned by their superiors (assuming they're rebels) to find out what the hell the Imperials were doing. Things go rather predictably, and it ends with the droid active and tearing its way out through the ship as the players try to get the hell out of dodge ...the players escape and the droid either goes down to swarms of TIEs and other cap ships shooting at it or it escapes into hyperspace while the players escape the area. The basilisk coming online during that adventure is a definite "OH SHIT!" moment...especially with the timing of the adventure which was set right around the classic star wars comics involving Mandalore.

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

@@Equinox_NZ though unless Din gives those droids to every important Person, I wouldn't give one to Bo. She is just as likely to turn those weapons against you as against your enemies. And given the way how competent her unit is, she has to train 16 hours per day, eats 120 seconds and sleeps the rest. She has the skill Set required to Master any weapon in around half the time you do. So she will be better than you.

[@Equinox_NZ]

@@biggsdarklighter0473 Fair point 😄

[@falseseto3892]

“I don’t know how you did it, Canderous, but you managed to UNDERSELL these droids!”

[@varangiangaming7178]

The Republic should pray that the Mandalorians never figure out how to mass produce these back into existence.

[@jamiewalsh3349]

We should pray these droids get re-canonised. Maybe reappear in The Mandalorian

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

@@jamiewalsh3349 how about some mandalorian scientists somehow getting their fingers on an archeological find from Planet Taris?

[@warhawk4494]

"Parry this you frakking casual!" a mandolorean yeets a nuke at a jedi

[@BleachFan9891]

I hope the Basilisk war droids come back in a new canon story, they’re awesome

[@geetslys]

I hope so too!

[@matthewchristian9591]

They kinda cant after Revan and the republic won he made the Mandalorians destroy them and their creators are long gone so unless they spirted a few away they are gone.

[@spencersholden]

@@matthewchristian9591I like to think a shadow cabal of collectors took a few and keep them safe. It’s full on headcanon, verging on fanon.

[@matthewchristian9591]

@Spencer Holden they would have had to kill the Mandalorians to get them i like the idea a few Mandalorians refused the order and escaped with their droids

[@marshalllatta2073]

I wish we seen these war droids in star wars mandorians are one of the greatest warriors that ever lived

[@Kaminoextragalactic]

Love the Mandarinians and Mondolarians

[@TetsuShima]

5:40-6:39 Canderous' voice is just badass! Shame the KOTOR Remake won't count with the voice actor due to the latter's death 😢

[@CameronHuff]

😢

[@pieter-bashoogsteen2283]

Can’t they take snippets of audio from the original game and use it in the remake?

[@minicle426]

Same VO as Dash Rendar.

[@creapyalbinofish]

@@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 that's a bit morally questionable, not to mention that would require the whole game's voice acting to be handled that way, audio quality has only improved over the years and reusing old snippets of a voice actor from 2003 would definitely be jarring for a modern remake.

[@v.m.7859]

Anyone can tell me what is the name of the soundtrack of that part?

[@smeagollotr]

I recall there was a basilisk war droid boss fight in the force unleashed ps2/wii version of the game. The cloud city level.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

Most people: “Basilisk war droids are truly terrifying weapons of war” Me: “I wonder if you could keep one as a pet?”

[@AzraelThanatos]

I'm not sure if a Mandalorian from the time would agree or get ticked off from the comment...might depend upon the Mando and what Basilisks they're talking about.

[@starlight0313]

why are you everywhere i go

[@mcflyingfury]

less of a pet, more of a lifelong companion

[@moriskurth628]

Basilisks are a thing that is completely original to Star Wars, both in concept, and execution. I mean, who'd think of having elite troops literally ride on the backs, not in an enclosed cockpit, of robotic dragons, which, in turn, are stuffed full of heavy ordnance, and dropped onto planets from orbit. "Crazy Awesome" would be an understatement. I remember spamming these in the Mandalorian Mod for Empire at War. There, they *count* as ground troops, but can also easily be used in space, since, unlike other ground units, they deploy as-is, not in dropships, and operate like single-entity fighter or bomber units, spewing rockets and blaster bolts everywhere. It was always fun seeing them tear apart enemy capital ships or space stations like a swarm or angry hornets.

[@Naofumi-Iwatani]

I could imagine some fanatic/insane members of galactic society trying to fuse themselves with the basilisk. Like Aksis, Archon Prime, who fused himself with a heavily modified Fallen Spider Tank.

[@geetslys]

Yep, I could imagine that happening as well 😂

[@Naofumi-Iwatani]

@@geetslys wait, so you understand who I'm referencing?

[@side-beeetaloniswolfwolfac4179]

@@Naofumi-Iwatani Did he stutter?

[@TugiFox]

"What if we were to tell you the Mandalorian's greatest weapon did not appear in the mainstream cannon?" me: "Huh, sounds like Disney"

[@smokejensin1662]

I absolutely NEED a game where I get to control me one of those beauties!!! 😍

[@minicle426]

SWTOR does, technically.

[@smokejensin1662]

@@minicle426 Never played SWTOR sadly.😢

[@MarcMagma]

Interesting. While reading the 'Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith' comic series, I did not realize these were more than mere flying vehicals. Since the events of the 'Tales of the Jedi' comic series have been somewhat recanonized thanks to the RP sourcebook 'Nexus of Power' published in 2016, I wonder if that includes these droids. And if writers will use anything from these storys. I mean, Solo did have a reference to Exar Kun...

[@goodmind4940]

I wouldn't say NoP canonized the events, it treats them like in-universe myths

[@MarcMagma]

@@goodmind4940 You do have a point there. Though since Exar Kun has certainly been recanonized thanks to Solo: A Star Wars Story and the sourcebook 'Gadgets and Gear' (crediting him as the inventor of the double-bladed Lightsaber), the possibility of it all being explicitly recanonized is certainly higher than in the case of most other Star Wars Legends-stuff.

[@joeojeda4651]

They are the hybrid between flying mounts, war animals, drop pods, cavalry, tanks, gatling guns, Artillery, and attack craft. Yeah they are OP as fuck, *insert parry this meme* vs jedi

[@neonbatteries4389]

I can just imagine the Jedi just internally screaming at the sight of the war droids

[@joeojeda4651]

Yup try blocking 8 plus laser, you filthy casual 😆

[@kasen338]

@@joeojeda4651 And Missiles😂

[@halyoalex8942]

*INTERNALLY* screaming? 😂

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

"I thought we agreed to never use those weapons ever again!"- Master McBitch of the jedi council After his entire batallion of jedi Was obliterated by a Single BWD. "You forbade us from building New ones with Beskar Armour"- Mandalore the restitutor, formally known as as Sarah of Clan Chad, "This one carries Cortosis plate armor, and is as such not affected by such old treaties!"

[@ElTwOJaY]

If you played force unleashed on ps2 you know them VERY well.

[@leobezard5998]

a mandalorian game where you assault worlds and you get this type of shock assault units would be amazing, especially with the over the top style of the comics, that would be a pretty cool experience

[@aykutuckan1665]

Basilisk droids...been waiting for this since you started the channel 👍👍

[@lukedragan7859]

Just another great reason to love mandos.

[@siphonicstorm7191]

I always loved Mandalorians and they're Basilisk War Droids. I would have loved to pilot one and not be the receiving end. If the Mandalorians still had these during the Civil War, it would have been more bloody. Also if they still had them during the days of the Galactic Empire, they would have been able to stay independent. That would have been an awesome What If. Like if they released a Star Wars version of "What If".

[@xXFaZe_DoNgLeXx]

everybody gangster till the sky starts speaking mando'a

[@mattiasfaust2746]

I think you forget that the Mandalorians were the Mandalorians greatest weapons.

[@LoveShaysloco]

whats funny i love these droids for there like guard dog puppys. love there owner but make a threat to there owner and they will hurt you lol

[@zexalbrony4799]

Okay, we better see at least one Basilisk War Droid when Mando, Bo-Katan, Ahsoka, Ezra, Sabine, Rex, and the rest of their allies fight Thrawn's forces to take back Mandalore, otherwise, that battle will not be as cool.

[@Loth_Wolf]

Din Djarin is looking for a new ride. Can a Basilisk droid fit in a gauntlet strarfighter?

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

Nah, sadly not. The gauntlet is way to slim

[@goldeagle6431]

The Senate was a weapon in itself that was challenged by no one.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Wasn't one of these used against Starkiller? Wonder if we'll see these things on the upcoming Eclipse game? 1:17: Kind of a missed opportunity to do a Katara there. 4:16: Speaking of ODSTs, do the Mandalorians have their own war chant for such a situation? Man, we SO need to have a short animated film about those Basilisk drops. (Off-topic here, but I'm really surprised that Death Troopers is part of the fourth wave of the Essential Legends Collection. It's good, but not essential in my view.)

[@mauricerose3082]

...could a Jedi Knight...like General Obi-wan...be completely clad in armour made of Beskar Iron...?

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

I'm unsure how many mandos would have to Die in order to supply the jedi with the beskar required.

[@churlishchurch4223]

Anyone else expecting him to say “everything changed when the fire nation attacked” at the beginning?

[@theserpent8667]

Never been this early, so that's interesting. Let's see how this video goes. Edit: it was awesome!

[@dreamingflurry2729]

"...all of this changed when the Mandalorians attacked..." - Hm...Avatar - Star Wars Version? :D ^^

[@smokejensin1662]

This WAS the way.

[@IANF126]

*sees title and card on the side* basilisk? please be basilisk, basilisk basilisk basiliskkkkkk these things are soooooo fucking cool man.

[@DMDserria118]

I'm still amazed that this guy referenced Halo ODST's in this video. Also, is there anyone else that wants to see a Hall Spartan duke it out again a Jedi?

[@masc6287]

Would be cool if one of the next Mandalorian seasons was about Mando on a quest to track down the lost Mask of Mandalore after learning that it still exists as he learns about the old Mandalorian culture and technology as he goes through the forgotten Mandalorain worlds from the old republic where he encounters old secrets about his people or the Sith.

[@AGaiman]

I'd love to see Revan 1v1 a basilisk.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

That avatar the last Airbender reference in the beginning did not go unnoticed

[@mobbofmobs8937]

I do vaguely remember a version of the basilisk. It was in the force unleashed game for the ps2 as part of a boss fight. Probability no something many people no about. Don't know if that fight even happened in the ps3 version.

[@eren34558]

when? i only remember the modified at-st. which planet?

[@wildchrisman1494]

It wasn’t in the later versions.

[@wildchrisman1494]

@@eren34558 it was on the ps2/wii Bespin level, which was different than the later gen console and pc versions, both in when it happened in the game, and the purpose of the level.

[@raztaz826]

That was a fun bossfight. Won by pummeling him with boxes :)

[@roflguy114]

Space cavalry for the win. The ugnaught in season one who's name I can't recall off the top of my head mentioned the basilisks. I can see Mando running into one. I'd love to see one decimate Gideon's arquitens cruiser. I know feloni and the crew know the droids. I couldn't see them passing one up while they mentioned it in season one.

[@Sorfex1]

I believe he referenced the Mythosaur, not the Basilisk. Mythosaurs were these gargantuan monsters similar to a Krayt Dragon the Mandalorians hunted to extinction on Mandalore when they conquered the planet and their skull became the overall symbol of the Mandalorian faction. Clans have their own unique symbol also.

[@chaotixthefox]

@@Sorfex1 Ah so the Mandos pulled a Britain

[@frankcabanski9409]

If the Basiliskin War Robots were so great, then how did the Mandalorians defeat them?

[@tamaranck5558]

Just speculation, but I don't doubt the Mandalorians with their fleet at the time had massive space superiority over Basilisk, probably due to sheer numbers alone. Combine that with a surprise attack and I can see how they could be forced into a surrender.

[@chaotixthefox]

Additionally, the ones spoken of are the Mandalorian models, not the originals. The Mandalorians added Beskar armor and more weapons.

[@galaxy-eyesgarchomp9478]

Now this is an in depth explanation I have been waiting for you to do for a long while. I'm so glad to finally see it.

[@Shatterwings060]

Holy shit... The man describe the experience like a holy avenging sprit coming from the heavens to smite down any who dare raise a hand up against them. No wonder they were so jacked up like drug addicts while on these walking tanks, I would be too to be honest.

[@ayiza8511]

why did the Mandalorians' not make n ew war droids in the centuries after Revan? did they forget the knowledge?

[@custodianguardofthemagyari216]

Everybody gangsta until the basilisk wardroids appear

[@johnquach8821]

The Jedi are probably thankful these didn't appear in other eras...

[@minicle426]

Oddly one does appear in certain versions of the Force Unleashed.

[@fumarc4501]

They literally rode through space on the backs of metal dragons… that’s Metal af

[@Tyrexthecreaturedesigner]

These droids look so cool. They’re almost like mecha-dew backs in a way. Wish these were in the Mandalorian

[@vilheimtheunsinkable9646]

As someone who is running a SWTOR-era SWRPG table, I'm thinking of having a recurring Mandalorian NPC task them with retrieving one. EDIT: I know you're watching this Talani, and I want you to know, I spent the last month researching and discovering what I can. You'll see what I mean when we get there in the campaign.

[@SegaRihdan]

Mandalore: "Put arms and legs on a bunker, so I can drop it on them from orbit."

[@mr.forgottenone9910]

So now that The Mandalorian has shown Mythosaur do you think they will show this next

[@Jawwzzz808]

I remember fighting one of these as a boss on the force unleashed for ps2 it was a pain in the azz loll

[@necfreon6259]

Did he just make a every thing changed when the fire nation attacked joke right now

[@nickvinsable3798]

Just the real world equivalent of the Mandalorians, & the subsequent Clone Troopers 🤷‍♂️, in your other channel: _Front, The_ …

[@dariustiapula]

If dogs are mechanical beings. This I will choose.

[@josephwelch547]

There was a basilisk War Droid in Force Unleashed.

[@sylph4252]

I get real Titanfall vibes from this and I'm here for it

[@Ulvetann]

I down a shot ecerytime basilisk was mention. I regret now. **HIC!**

[@halyoalex8942]

My condolences to your liver.

[@worldtraveler930]

So what was their power source?!? 🤔

[@jasonlauritsen5587]

So ya know, they would hit you ling before the sonic boom. Sound travels at 761.2 mph at sea level, and creates a sonic boom due to the sound waves smashing into each other from the object moving faster than the sound can possibly travel. So from entry into atmosphere they would reach several times the speed of sound at the very least. Possibly reaching 15,000 mph, but far higher than 5000 mph. Point being if you hear the boom, the $hit hit the fan several seconds ago

[@isaackim7675]

Vader, "Remember, I want no disintegrations."

[@justsomewitcherwithalongsw4233]

Love these things!!! I remember fighting one and its Mandalorian master/rider, Chop’aa, in Force Unleashed on PSP.

[@Getsugaru]

And like all the best weapons, they began their existence as farming tools. XD

[@biggsdarklighter0473]

They were called war droids for a reason, and were used that way even before the mandos got their gloves on them.

[@justjoking5841]

Almost like Titanfall

[@Casey-jn3ib]

Balancing reasons

[@გიორგიმოსაშვილი-ო3დ]

Give us more mandalorian crusade please!

[@aster4jaden]

Basilisk War Droids are one of my favorite Droids.

[@mrsmith570]

Imagine ....the nuclear bunker bomb test going off as the overseeing general officer said "Yeet..."

[@ArgentWolf95]

Did you just say ODST? Now i'm imagining Halo ODST's with Basilisks working with aMandalorians.

[@minicle426]

TSL then decided to change them into Starviper lookalikes.

[@beowulf.reborn]

I love the idea of Basilisk War Droids, but _hate_ the design of them. I know this would anger a lot of fans of the Expanded Universe, but I really hope they are redesigned to more like Walkers (or even ATTE's). A Vehicle/Mech that the Mando's pilot from within.

[@Furonanator139]

Okay I really wanna see a live action battle from the mandalorian warrs with a ton of these. but even sooner, we could see on in the mandalorian. S3 is supposed to go even more into the mandalorian stuff and they've shown they know the extended universe, plus from a purely marketing perspective, throwing one of these in and having Din slowly bond with it would both be great for press and future toy sales. Plus I really really reallllly wanna see him riding on one with Grogu

[@justinschmitt5850]

Nice to see that even the star wars galaxy uses the metric system 😁

[@Icspiders247]

It's even more convenient they speak English!

[@headhunter5363]

Excuse me geets but if you use cutscenes, could you add bigger subtitles? While Im using phone they are so small... Btw great vid as always!

[@johnnyfives5416]

Wasn't one appear in raxus prime by junkers in force unleashed ps2/wii version as a boss fight?

[@eddyj.70]

So these beasts were almost.... LIKE A BANTHA, yes ?

[@marceloaugusto9787]

Ok, how Mandalorians defeated the guys who created those droids?

[@mitchmaule6517]

Listening to some kotor npc dialog is genuinely breathtaking

[@jimmywhite7325]

Yes alotmore of this made stuff.... hung on my seat during this vid

[@Ash-2449]

*Meanwhile casually rides the bassilisk mount in swtor* x

[@matthewthiebaut6188]

Not in major games yet forgets Kotor2 when you return to onderon. While using quotes from kotor1.

[@theyeastwiththeleast4718]

That’s maybe my favorite canderous war story

[@tamashorvath224]

Imagime in Mando season 3 they find one in some underground vault and just go crazy on the ipms.

[@JoshuaC923]

Sounds like someone brought 40k into star wars

[@adamstala7816]

What were the strongest mandolorian mele weapons from this Era

[@BaxterAndLunala]

ODST onto a planet from space means dropping in fast and hard.

[@Oscar-qj7uc]

I just realised after watching a video from thefront, that these 2 channels are from you haha

[@DARTHKNOWS76]

I hope BOBA finds one of these in Jaba's palace or imagine since the razor crest is now gone one of these becomes The Mando's new ride oh man !

[@kingjellybean9795]

Not six legged, two legs and 4 bug grabby jawns like a scrimp

[@KirbyBWebb]

Like, TOTALY COOL ! More like this please.

[@mrquake7789]

This could be good for the Mandolrians TV series

[@wallywest7800]

I like that Avatar the last air bender reference you snuck in.

[@mattiasfranskandinavien8154]

Imagine if they returned in the mandalorian season 3

[@flyingvct7214]

Those sound about like the best damn thing ever made

[@ded8353]

whats the comic at 7:01 pls tell me i want to start getting star wars comic books