During the Clone Wars, the Confederacy of Independent Systems utilized over thirty different
types of droids to fight the Grand Army of the Republic.
In this video we’ll be going over every single one that appears in the canon.
Starting with the basic droid units, the most common battle droid was the B1.
They were ineffective alone, but could be deadly to even Jedi in large numbers.
Modifications and variations of the B1 existed.
Rocket droids were used to hunt and destroy escape pods.
Command droids led droid forces and were noted by their yellow markings.
Pilot droids had blue markings.
Firefighting battle droids were designed to fight fires, obviously.
After the Clone Wars, B1s and other battle droids were outlawed by the Galactic Empire.
B2 super battle droids were far more powerful than their predecessors.
They were granted more independence, but still required commanders to operate effectively.
They made their combat debut at the Battle of Geonosis.
Like the B1s, variations of the B2 were present throughout the war.
The B2-RP was equipped with jetpacks.
The heavy weapons super battle droid had a homing rocket cannon built into their arm.
Super battle droid rocket troopers had jetpacks and heavy laser cannons.
B3 battle droids have only appeared in the book Dark Disciple.
Nothing else is known about them other than that they exist.
The BX commando droids were much more agile and capable than their B1 predecessors.
They had much more powerful processors and could operate more independently in battle.
They carried blasters and vibroswords, and could even change their voices to imitate
their enemies.
But they never saw as much use due to their extremely high price tag.
Droidekas, also known as destroyer droids, were extremely deadly.
They could curl up into a ball and roll into battle at 75 kilometers an hour.
They were equipped with twin laser cannons and powerful shield generators.
A sniper variant was created that had a single blaster cannon and no deflector shield.
Aqua droids were used to attack water based worlds like Kamino and Mon Cala.
They were very good swimmers, or else they wouldn’t be much use, and they had retractable
laser cannons.
The T-series tactical droid was created to provide strategy and leadership to the various
models of battle droids on the battlefield.
Their programming was very flawed, overconfident, stubborn, and inflexible.
The super tactical droid addressed many of those flaws and allowed them to be far more
adaptable to new situations.
They were more damage resistant as well, but overconfidence still worked against their
overall effectiveness.
The IG-100 MagnaGuards were incredibly formidable in combat, and were often used as bodyguards
by General Grievous.
They were armed with electrostaffs that could counter a lightsaber.
They continued to see use in the criminal world well into the Galactic Civil War.
And a little extra trivia, they were part of the same line of IG droids as the assassin
droid bounty hunter IG-88.
Pistoeka sabotage droids were more commonly referred to as buzz droids.
They were launched onto enemy fighters using missiles.
The droids would then activate and dismantle the ships.
LR-57 combat droids were two-legged heavy weapons droids armed with two blaster cannons
on each arm.
Demolition droids were designed to infiltrate enemy bases.
They could transform and disguise themselves to enter Republic areas undetected, and transform
again into bombs once inside.
D-wing droids were similar in appearance to the B1 battle droid, however they were modified
to have blasters built in, and they had fold out wings that allowed them to fly in atmosphere.
Moving onto the droid starfighters, the Variable Geometry Self-Propelled Battle Droid Mark
I, or as it was more easily referred to, the Vulture Droid, was the standard starfighter
of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
The lack of an organic pilot meant they could perform more extreme maneuvers.
But their programming was not as cunning or adaptable as a living being.
Vulture droids also had a walking mode for operation on the ground.
The Hyena class bomber was based on the Vulture droid’s design, but was altered to make
bombing runs.
They were more built with heavier armor and wings to improve their accuracy during attacks.
The Droid Tri Fighter was the smallest starfighter in both the Separatist and Republic navies.
It shared design similarities from the Droideka and was created specifically for dogfighting.
Their programming was more advanced than the Vulture droid’s.
They were armed with four laser cannons and buzz droid missiles.
The heavy missile platform droid gunship was a heavily armed transport ship that could
carry B1, B2, and BX droids into battle.
They were heavily armed with missile pods and seven laser cannons.
Moving onto vehicles, the DSD1 dwarf spider droid was a small walker armed with a heavy
laser cannon.
They had the ability to self destruct if the battle became too heated.
The LM-432 crab droid was a larger, six-legged walker.
It was more heavily armed with two blaster cannons.
Smaller variations existed that had only four legs.
The NR-N99 persuader class droid enforcer was more commonly referred to as the Tank
Droid.
They were over six meters tall and could reach speeds of 60 kilometers per hour.
They were armed with heavy repeating blasters, ion cannons, and missile launchers.
They could be seen during the Battle of Kashyyyk near the end of the Clone Wars.
The IG-227 hailfire class droid tank was originally built by the Banking Clan for debt collection.
They were very fast and heavily armed with thirty missiles.
One missile was enough to bring down a Republic troop transport or AT-TE.
The Octuptarra combat tri-droid was a very large,three-legged walker.
Their rotating heads carried three mounted laser cannons which could be swapped out for
missile launchers.
The OG-9 homing spider droid was a large four-legged walker that carried a laser emplacement and
laser cannon.
They participated in the Battles of Geonosis and Felucia.
The J-1 proton cannon was made for artillery.
While it could target and fire on its own, it required two B1 droids to manually load
it before each shot.
And that’s all of them!
All of the canon droid members of the Separatist Droid Army from the Clone Wars.
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