The Complex Social Dynamics Between Droids in the Separatist Army

When one looks at the Separatist Droid Army it's easy to think that it's just one large metal robotic mass. But the reality couldn't be further from the truth. Each group of droids had their own specific programming and each individual unit would eventually develop their own personality especially when they haven't had their memory wiped for a while.

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[Dazzle_Novak_]

I believe that B1 treats BX like cooler older (technically younger) brothers, with slight envy, because they are same yet "built different"

[isaackim]

B1 on Ryloth, “We’re independent thinkers.” Another B1, “Roger. Roger.”

[rexlumontad]

I hope we see these Battle Droids in Bad Batch Season 3 as forces of General Kalani who refused to obey shutdown code and kept fighting.

[lordadmiralcorden]

I like the idea that droids in the CIS had a similar relationship/interaction pattern that one might see with the various alien species in the Covenant from Halo. One type of droid liking/not liking another class of droid, knowing their roles, having personalities, etc.

[tristynbishop]

Clankas: a super battle droid smacked a B1 in Attack of the Clones

Also Clankas: B1s and B2s never interact

[Virtual_Jester]

I’m still so happy that Roger became canon to Star Wars lore. Freemakers was one of the shows I grew up on.

[ShurikenSean]

7:09 speaking of b1s treating other droids like pets it reminds me of the dwarf spider droid in the clone wars movie when it shot a LAAT gunship and the b1 spotter with binoculars said
"good shot boy" and the spider droid chirped almost like a dog barking in agreement/thanks

this was right before Battle of Teth when anakin and ahsoka accended vertically on AT-TEs

[ShurikenSean]

the discussion of K2-SO and how fast droids process things and have deep thinking reminds me of how I played my IG-87 assassin droid in a star wars D&D game.
he was an experimental model with moral programming (to prevent turning on its master)
at some point our darkside user deflected a detonator with the force sending it flying towards a populated part of town.

my droid was fast enough to not only spot/track the denotator, calculate that it would most likely hurt civilians and was able to 180 turn and shoot it out of the air.
he was angry at his team for being so reckless and not being careful, this was one of the few times he had a big argument with the party.
the jawa droid mechanic pointed out that IG was probably the only one fast enough to even process what was happening and stop it

[MrTechnin]

part of the reason the B-1s were so quirky personality wise was because to keep costs down, they were given some of the cheapest droid brains available. All the different jobs they were given overtaxed their processors and resulted in them quickly gaining personalities and being "chatty" to process data overflows.

[omage]

A detail I love in Jedi: Survivor is that if you sit around near the battle droids, you can overhear their conversations that really show a neat level of personality. My favorite is one where a B2 droid calls a commando droid “old timer”

[Superhornet]

I can confirm battle droids have emotions and personalities. I’m also still trying to figure out why they programmed us with pain receptors.. 😔

[TheMrEvs]

Damn Alan having you explain that rogue one scene made me tear up with the added context

[BespinGuard]

Imagine you, a simple B1 battle droid goes up to a droideka in the cafeteria deciding to strike up a conversation about how annoying it could be to go weeks without an oil bath, your cup of oil swinging side to side in your hand as you talk, only for the droideka to respond by talking about how fun it is to chase down a fleeing clone running them over doing wheelspins and such

[hammygaming]

When the b1 said “you should have left them alone” that made me feel bad for them

[akumaking]

Here’s an idea for a series:
On a Lucrehulk starship a group of battle spires that avoided the shutdown command try and figure out what to do afterwards. I think a mix between “The Office” and “Bad Batch” would be a good start

[nathanieljackson]

I like how droids of the Syar Wars universe gain personality if they go without a memory wipe. Our own memories and experiences is what shapes our personalities as well.

[lerneanlion]

Rune Haako: Droids cannot be bribed, they don't talked back and they don't complained being sent on suicide missions.
Alan: Hello there. Do you missed your droids? I certainly missed them.

[jackmasterpunk]

K2SO4's death was genuinely one of my favourite moments in Star Wars media history because of how emotional it was despite it being a robot

[Eligon_]

Jedi Survivor also shows that there is hostility between B1s and BXs.
The BX Commando droids are annoyed by the B1 droids, and even blame them for the separatist losing the clone wars.

[TheCoyote]

The B1 battle droids are one of the greatest things to come from the prequel era. The Clones as well. Especially for those who have served in the military. They both represent perceptions of the military experience. The B1s being what politicians think an army is, and the Clones an ideal army in the eyes of the public.
In truth, the Imperial Army and Navy and the Rebel Alliance are a lot closer to reality than people think, especially with the expanded lore of legends stuff.