Battle Droid Thread

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Why did Lucas make these? Why did he make weak and ineffective comic relief characters the main enemy?

>>81885433
They were meant to be cheap and easy to mass produce. That's what made them effective armies for mega corporations like the Trade Federation.

They could just buy a huge, cheap army and overwhelm an enemy with numbers.

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>>81885432

>>81885433
Toys

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>>81885433
>Why did he make weak and ineffective comic relief characters the main enemy?
You now realize that Stormtroopers in the OT
1. couldn't shoot for shit even though Obi Wan says they are very precise shooters
2. The Emperor's best troops got raped by teddy bears

I really don't get why people think the OT does all these things the PT does "wrong" right.

>>81885433
There's a lot of things to bitch about but the battle droids are not one of them

>>81885433
>>81885434
They were also funded by somebody who was building an army to fight them as part of a giant publicity scam. Why would Palpatine want to build enemies that the Republic couldn't beat?

>>81885433
Because the Trade Federation were essentially a false flag for Sheev to manipulate the Republic with.

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CIS/TF > Rest

>>81885442
Battlefront II, Fuck yeah

>>81885443
Which one?

Seriously what the fuck were EA thinking with the title

>>81885443
Battlefront 1 was better

>>81885444
The original Battlefront II. The one that is worthy

>>81885445
Yeah because not being able to run was a great fuckin feature

>>81885432
RIP Star Wars

You had a good run before the Mouse got its claws in you

>>81885433
Because they weren't meant to be a big baddy threat, merely look like one.

No the true evil plan was the clone army.
Designed ahead of time (including the secret Order 66) the clone army was the true evil supply. The droids were merely the threat to make the DEMAND so that the clone army wouldn't be questioned and instead accepted as a miracle.

>>81885446
>The original Battlefront II
>original
>II

>>81885448
>He didn't enjoy the recent movies
Hating something because it's popular?
Since when did hipsters start coming to /co/?

>>81885432
>ywn command a ship of droids
>ywn find immense joy watching them chatter among eachother and bumbling about in general
It hurts.

>>81885442
>have the weakness that they can't move with shields up
>Clone Wars was them walking with shields up all the itme

>>81885451
They were here first.

>>81885450
There is two BFIIs now Anon.

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>>81885450
Are you retarded? You're trying to do the whole "dissecting a stupid statement with green text" schtick, but "original battlefront II" is a logical statement. Are you implying that because it's a sequel then it isn't original in any way? Are you saying that BF II is BF I? What the fuck are you trying to say?

Also, I love Battle Droids. At least their episode 1 and 2 carnations.
>check it out, corporal, we'll cover you
>Roger, roger!

>>81885433
>Why did he make weak and ineffective comic relief characters the main enemy?
Disney did the same thing with TFA

>>81885432
>In Legends its estimated that around 2 quintillion battle droids were made during the clone wars


If Sheev wasn't pulling the strings, the CIS would have murdererd the republic.

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>>81885432
Watch it jedi

>>81885432
ROGER ROGER

>>81885451
This is /tv/, but yeah I guess you'd be a hipster for not liking the new star wars on /co/.

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>>81885433
>he doesnt like the battle droids

>>81885441
>>81885449
True; I am not even a fan of the prequels but this is true. Make them truly invincible would have the audience ask "wait, why don't just produce more droids and conquer all?"
Palpy needed a false flag of mastodontic size to seize the galaxy.

roger roger

Imagine being a captain of a Trade federation ship with crew of episode I / II battle droids.
>Be sitting in the captains seat in the middle of the bridge
>Ventilation humming softly.
>One or two droids tapping on their consoles.
>faintly hear a droids knees clicking in the distance as it marches in a corridor.
>start to get sleepy...
>almost fall asleep...
>A FUCKING COMMANDER DROID SNEAKS UP TO YOU AND READS HIS HOURLY STATUS REPORT!
>Get spooked badly!
>Yell: What the space fuck?!?!
>The droid finishes the report and stands there silent, because 'What the space fuck' isn't part of the protocol.
>Remember their strict programming and say: Thank you. You are dismissed, OOM-420.
>Roger roger
>The droid marches away.
>This happens once every hour, every day, whole week.
>Call the one and only, Poggle the Toggle-bug, and tell him that, you would like that if the battle droids had little bit more personality.
>Then The Clone Wars and Episode III happen.

OOM-9 best droid ever

The episode where they find an old droid hideout was one of the high points of the last season of Rebels.

>>81885432

The droids were some of the best additions to the prequels and had 10x the amount of personality than StormTroopers

>>81889066
roger roger

>>81889066
roger roger

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>>81889066
>Those digits

>>81885433
Look at how Palpatine works:

> Make a robot army
> Fails
> Make a clone army
> Success
> Political manipulations on Naboo
> Fails
> Manipulating the entire Senate
> Success
> Make a Death Star
> Fails
> Make a Deather Star
> Fails but almost doesn't

The guy iterates. He tested the droid army just to see if it could work in battle.

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>>81885432
This. Is. Your. Commander.

March. Towards. The. Clone. Trooper's. Position. In. Perfect. Parade. Formation.

These. Are. Your. Orders. My. Strategic. Ability. Is. Infallible. General.

The. Clones. Will. Be. Destroyed.