All 25 B1 Droid Variants (Plasma Giants, Anti-Air, Assassin and more)

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I would have, join their “Robot Rights” union, and honestly would have voted for their equal rights and they deserved it.

I think the best depiction of the B1 battle droid was in episode 1 and in the old clone wars cartoon series. In these two the b1 are actually dangerous and not used as comedic elements.

If I could get into a starwars rp, I wana be an old die-hard cis loyalist hillbilly who specializes in fixing and commanding droids, and they all gain his thick hillbilly accent.

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Personaly i never liked the numbers. 3 Million clones? In a galactic spanning conflict? We had more soldiers fighting in our wars here on earth. Personaly i think those numbers shoud be highly inflated to make sense for a galaxy wide conflict.

As far as the rpg books.. Go.. They where all one... Shooting in sync... Jedis byby

I would say it was more versatile then deadly, it could easily be pushed over and disabled, sure it was huge in numbers and maybe had the most kills but was not as near as great as some other models.

I for one have always HATED the voices that the 3D clonewars gave them the ep 1& 2 voices were the best

I would love to see canonical encounter between Mr Bones and hk-47

Programmed to never surrender? I recall seeing battle droids surrender on multiple occasions. Although the clone troopers or jedi involved just dismember/ blast them to pieces immediatly afterwards. The only one i recall being taken alive was the one in a jail cell scrubbing the floors

The OOM series were obviously more prototypical and not the finished article as far as the main run of the B1 series which they inspired. That said, they had their advantages. Although more vulnerable and technically less intelligent than the B1 series (and yes, they are, even if superficially more 'decisive' and less 'silly' than the B1s in the Clone Wars era), the OOM Series still had the advantage of not having as many rampancy issues.

By this, I mean that, over time, B1 series had a lot of 'personality quirks' due to their comparatively simple programming being overburdened with far too many variables and commands, beyond what they were expected to deal with. Although the 'life expectancy' so to speak, of a typical B1 unit, wasn't exactly going to be rated that highly as mass-produced blaster fodder, there were simply so many of them (billions, perhaps trillions) that plenty of them were knocking around long enough to basically, start to go a little bit insane. It's why so many Separatist commanders from random Neimoidian ship captains to General Grievous, from Asajj Ventress (in her Separatist days) to temporary mercenaries like Bounty Hunters such as Cad Bane, became so frustrated with them.

They were never mental juggernauts, though they started to become 'back chatty' and even argumentative. They began to develop 'personalities' not expected by their Separatist overlords, and many strange situations arose from this. In fact, it is one of the saddest aspects of the B1s, that many of them were 'intelligent' enough (even if portrayed to be comedic relief repeatedly throughout series relating to the Clone Wars, and even if commonly given a variety of horrible fates, again, largely for the 'humour', which is kind of dark when you think about it), to not only fear their own demise, but actively try and avoid it. The OOM series were battle droids, and battle droids only.

They didn't run away from Jedi even if said Jedi were carving through their squads with ease. They didn't panic and start talking in a depressive or jaded manner. They just kept fighting, comparatively mindlessly. This also adds to their more impressive quality on-screen, in that they are relentless in that respect. B1s have many advantages over the OOM series. Part of why the B1s became so commonly 'quirky' and 'rampant' was that they were treated like they could handle many tasks they were never designed for, and so, they did learn (there is absolutely no doubt that B1s did learn and develop memories on particular things; for instance, some B1s actually become saddened if they see approaching Jedi, because they essentially know they stand little to no chance, especially in small numbers)

The OOM and B1 series alike are most dangerous in larger numbers. They are commonly underestimated for good reason, as indeed they are relatively weak, unit to unit. Flimsy, relatively cheaply produced and seemingly increasingly 'stupid'. In a way, it's ironic they come across as dumb, because they are behaving that way thanks to being overtasked and overworked with way too many jobs. The Clone Wars series (for all it's many, many flaws) even has them cleaning floors.

It's like, okay, sure, the needs of wartime and corner cutting would definitely be a thing, though it sometimes becomes so 'on the nose' that it's comical (though that was entirely the point; and in microcosm, it is a major example of how TCW series tends to 'operate', in that it made things up as it went along and generally messed a lot of things up for the sake of just getting from narrative point A to B as fast as possible, however was deemed 'necessary') A B1 bemoaning their lot in 'life' and sighing whilst being locked in a prison cell by Obi-Wan Kenobi, and just accepting it in a depressed way, is obviously just played for laughs. And yet, it does demean them a bit too much when this happens episode in, episode out.

Back in 1999, the OOM series were established as a genuine problem in such large numbers, though they were deployed 'parade style' against the Gungans, mainly because the Neimoidians (and the Sith) had absolutely no respect for the Gungan Grand Army. I see some criticism for the tactics used, and indeed, attacking in block formations parade style indicates a level of arrogance and indifference towards their own losses. This is effective in this context, especially a full decade prior to the Clone Wars (22 BBY-19 BBY) in 32 BBY. The Trade Federation tended to collect it's debts using massed ranks of OOM series units, sometimes backed by Vulture Droids, AATs and eventually Droidekas as well once they became a thing.

There'd be street patrols of squads of OOM series units, and this practice carried on with the B1s. However, pre-Clone Wars tactics like that often proved disastrous for ill-equipped squads of B1s, regularly hopelessly outmatched at points of contact, and defeated-in-detail patrol by patrol. To a capable Jedi Padawan, let alone a Jedi Knight or Master, a dozen or so B1s were hardly the most worrisome opposition. A hundred or a thousand were a different matter, depending on the Jedi; but it wasn't just Jedi whom could make short work of these battle droids. All manner of unit types routinely trounced them. However, this still obscures the sinister potential of B1s in massed ranks. The greatest misconception of all is that the Grand Army of the Republic was 'winning the war' against the CIS. No. Palpatine was winning the war how he decided to, whilst puppeteering both sides as controlled opposition.

As demonstrably superior quality as the Clone Troopers were as combatants, they were far, far too few to have won the war without the interference of the Sith, meddling and balancing things out across the war, to stop the Separatists from truly asserting dominance. Greedy and corrupt leaders helped this ploy by the Sith, and the Separatists simply became the fall guy for the masterplan. The Republic lost the hardest of all. That said, the Clones themselves had it just about the worst, barring the Jedi of course. Although Order 66 wouldn't have been remotely possible without the Clones, the Clones were treated as detritus in the aftermath of their service careers. The Empire treated them like waste for disposal. Any Clone veteran would be worth many dozens of Imperial Stormtroopers in battle, and perhaps hundreds of them depending on the Clone Trooper. However, the Empire doctrinally opted for bulk; quantity, over quality. There were several millions Clones, though there were untold billions of non-Clone Stormtroopers.

It genuinely makes me wonder if the average B1 or OOM series unit, was about as good as your average Imperial Stormtrooper. Probably. George Lucas literally spoke about the Battle Droids sort of being like the original Stormtroopers (during the production diaries of The Phantom Menace) Imperial Stormtroopers would cost a lot more than their B1 counterparts. It seems pretty obvious that B1s as a concept are better than Imperial Stormtroopers; more cost effective and can be deployed in even greater numbers. There are non-canon sources stating quintillions of droids for the CIS, with the majority being B1s. That's clearly a bogus figure, though even a tiny fraction of that would still be so enormous, that it'd vastly outnumber the Clone Army.

Dooku speaks of the Droids outnumbering the Clones 100 to 1 early on in the Clone Wars, and the odds are that the Droids were never really anywhere close to being depleted. Most Droids would be stored in starships for use later, or otherwise kept in reserve by other means, away from front-line action. Their attrition rates due to lower quality VS Clones and Jedi, would be horrendous, though expected and acceptable. However, it is likely only a small percentage of the Droids were ever active at any given time, even at the height of the Clone Wars. In other words, they had more to use than they even knew what to do with, and on top of that, Palpatine interfered to make sure they didn't win the war.

Given deliberately effective leadership, whom were actively trying to win the war fair and square (without Sidious' shenanigans) then the odds for the Clones and Jedi winning the war, drop drastically. The entire thing was a big joke at the expense of the galaxy by the Sith, and a means to an end. Had Palpatine wanted to, he could have just let the CIS grind the Republic into the dirt and use attrition and far superior numbers to overwhelm the Jedi and GAR.

They aren't invincible, though the Separatists were sat on more than enough military might to crush the Republic and Jedi. 10,000 or so Jedi plus a few million Clones? Stopping billions of Droids and heroically saving the day?! -- that's exactly the cockahoop malarky that Palpatine wanted people to believe, to keep them distracted from creating the Galactic Empire from out of both controlled opponents. The humble B1 was part of a doomed cause which still possessed a military capable of conquering the entire galaxy. They may seem stupid and useless, but trillions of lovable idiots with guns are still trillions of lovable idiots with guns.

As for their quirks? Well, as a particular Jurassic Park doubter once said, 'Life, uh, finds a way'. No matter how much an organisation or megacorp thinks it knows about it's product (or it's people and in this case, droids), the universe at large will remind us to show more humility before nature. B1s having 'character defects' were never really 'defects' in the universal sense; defects to a military machine wanting to use them efficiently, yes; though this is not the full story. They become more 'human', as they learn, and their creators should not demean them for it (justice for the B1s etc) The Clones may have had it very rough, yes, but spare a thought for the B1s.

I'd argue that the B1s best strength was that they could do a wide variety of jobs.

If they weren't shut down and thrown away, they would have been an excellent labor droid. If not in the sequels plot, then with new bodies that weren't politically sensitive.

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I have an oc B1 named CZ-IZ who is the ultimate example of self preservation as he does self maintenance and is super smart

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Yeah, B1 Battle Droids could have kept the badass personality from the Episode 1. Their voice look cool and cold, but their voices is just high is nothing (well, it’s just my opinion). I know you want them to be part of the heroes, but still their badass voice could have kept it align is also part of the character depth.

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I think people underestimate just how profound that scene in the phantom menace with the legions of B1’s activating. It’s perhaps the first time the droid consciousness has ever been used for war in a many thousands of years. Pretty much the crow of omen for the dark times that led to the triumph of the Sith.

What about the one who was in control of the b2 on the colasas?
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Soooo the IG droid series less dangerous? Or are not IG-88, 72 etc cannon. Those killers make battle droids look like first class....bafoons.

Nothing revered as deadly should also serve as comix relief.

Quadrillion is actually what it should be. Star wars has insanely low numbers compared to what galaxy spanning civilizations would actually have. It's kind of funny actually. 40k is the only setting I've seen that even comes close to what the scales of these things would probably be, and it still seems low to me. The star wars writers should study futurism more closely. I mean you would need many millions of soldiers to take and hold ONE developed planet. 2-3 million soldiers for a "grand" army of a galactic government is kind of a pathetic effort. North fucking Korea has double that today. America raised a 16 million man military just to HELP (not even alone) beat the axis powers in ww2. Just super crazy. I don't know what those writers were thinking

Love the B1s there funny and cool looking and show signs of emotions and feelings and war crimes against them its sad. Rip all destroyed battle droids

A clone is worth a 100 droids, but one dreads the inevitable 101st droid.

Why did that audiobook sound like Aku?!

Ah yes the B1s.. These are by far my favorite droids of all time without question!!!
They deserve a lot more badass lore😂😂

B1s have spawned so many memes over the years

So ppl don't try <games design now> it's a scam

We all love seeing a video titles "the deadliest droid in the galaxy" and the thumbnail is a B1

i dont think the droid control ships were a weakness anakin being lucky is not a weakness overall no one else could do it

Still my favorite droid type

Did one accidentally kill someone?

I love these guys in Jedi Survivor, as whenever I manage to get Cal killed by one of them (it doesn’t happen often, as I tend to target them first even when getting attacked by tougher enemies), their responses to being the ones to take out a Jedi are so freaking hilarious that I’m not even mad at having to respawn at the last visited meditation point before making my way back to where I was at before getting wiped.

Don't forget Rodger

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Obligatory "everything in star wars after the purchase of star wars by disney is not canon".
If you don't think so, you aren't a star wars fan, you're a DISNEY fan.

800 million they walk around help u carry groceries maybe if u know me

They have motorcycles cars streaming my name's courage. Not ur they are mine. I have stickers they r legal. Me my kids are military. These guys help us.

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700 million I made took me thirty years plus I got big ones little ones. I'm walt Disney and Steve jobs coming soon to street near u. Jesus police

These r mine . They have boats though I have swimmers too

I like the implication that droids can develop true sentience only do to software fuck ups

Finnally the detailed lore ive been wanting