Why Didn't Palpatine Use The CIS Droid Army After The Clone Wars?

Why Didn’t Palpatine Use The CIS Droid Army In His New Empire?

The droid army of the CIS was one of, if not they most powerful army the galaxy had ever seen. Some estimates have put the number of droids in the quintillions: outnumbering every single organic being in the galaxy by an order of magnitude.

The end of the clone wars saw Palpatine in command of not only the Clone Army, but the the CIS army too. However, Palpatine refused to use the droid army and had it melted down for scrap metal. While at first this may seem like a massive waste of resources that could have helped him solidify his new Empire, in actuality, the destruction of the droid army was just another big brain move of Emperor Palpatine. This video will explore all the reasons why Palpatine decided to eliminate the forces of the CIS.

To understand why, we must first look at how Palpatine hoped to cling on to absolute power and how his Empire differed from the numerous Sith Empires from the Old Republic Era. The Sith of Old spent many thousands of years attempting to take over the Republic by military force. However, whenever they conquered a new world, they would soon find that the people of the planet would rise up against them. With a smaller Empire, this may not have mattered. But as their Empire grew and supply lines were stretched to their absolute limit, the Empire would fall victim to uprising after uprising from subjects fighting for their freedom.

This was one of the main reasons that the Sith of the Old Republic era failed. Brute force could only get a Government so far. If the people of a planet did not want to be ruled, then it was only a matter of time before a Republic backed uprising or coup was successful and the Sith were driven from that world.

To rule indefinitely, the Sith needed the citizens of the galaxy to want the Sith to rule them. And that is exactly what Palpatine did. By orchestrating the Clone Wars, he convinced the majority of the Galaxy's citizens that they would rather have the safety and security of the Empire, than the chaos and corruption that the freedom loving Republic had brought.

And this brings us back to today’s question at hand. Palpatine knew that he couldn’t simply rule through sheer military might. Even the combined power of the clone and droid armies would not have been able to subdue the people of the galaxy forever. To truly rule indefinitely, Palpatine had to be both loved and feared.

After the Clone Wars, many within the Galaxy hated droids, particularly battle droids. The integration of the droid armies into the Imperial military would have angered many veterans who had spent years destroying as many clankers as they possibly could. The last thing Palpatine wanted was to make people believe he was behind the clone wars and associate his new Empire with the highly hated and feared, CIS army.

However, this was far from the main reason. Just like in the real world, the best way to cement yourself as a dictator is to introduce a large number of conscripts into your armies. Why use an army of manufactured clones and droids when you can instead enlist soldiers from across the many thousands of worlds that make up your Empire. These new conscripts can then be indoctrinated by Imperial propaganda, fight your Empire's wars, before returning to their homeworld to teach their families about the glory of the peace loving Empire and its benevolent dictator.

By getting rid of the clones and droids, not just within the army, but also within many manufacturing and maintenance positions, the Empire became by far the largest Employer in the galaxy overnight. Unlike the Sith of Old, who simply oppressed and ravaged the populations of conquered people, Palpatine was able to conquer thousands of worlds without them even realising.

Instead of fighting the Empire, the galaxy's citizens actually wanted to join its ranks. Many ambitious young men and women, those who posed the most risk of rebelling against Palpatine, aspired to join the Empire’s military for adventure. Those left behind often found work in one of the Empire's many factories or shipyards.

The more entrenched the Empire was in the everyday life of the galaxy's citizens, the less likely it was to be overthrown. Afterall, you are very unlikely to lead an attack against an Imperial facility if you, a friend or a family member work at that Imperial facility.

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[VadersFortress]

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[echoo]

This video is unbelievably enlightening. I really appreciate your work.

[tsunamifoxy]

This is amazing!
It really shows how much planning and thoughts went into Palpatine's grand schemes

[handouras]

I love the theorycrafting on display here, it's the most in depth and satisfying explanation I've ever heard. One tiny plot hole though: why didn't Sidious make the droids work for the Jedi and the clones work for the CIS, so that after the Clone Wars the galaxy would view droids favorably? Then he could unleash the full strength of the Droid army (stated in the beginning of the video to outnumber organic beings in the galaxy at least 10 to 1, thats what a single order of magnitude means) AND have his conscripted army to deincentivize rebellion. He could have stormtroopers as enforcers with droid backup, organic factory workers with droid backup, and droids to build 100 Death Stars in secret to crush any rebellion with sheer numbers. With QUINTILLIONS of droids he could have accomplished ANYTHING. Sidious was definitely not shown to be stronger in the Force in the original trilogy than he was in the prequels (he clapped Yoda vs. was picked up and tossed by a dying Vader)

[patricioperez]

The republic would be reorganized into the FIRST GALACTIC EMPIREE!!!

(Later the separatist battle droids that reigned terror are now the troopers patrolling the streets)
Citizen: HEY! Aren’t those the droids that the Republic spent 3 years fighting, why are they the new protectors, did we win against the machines or was the chancellor a fraud this whole time?



Hence why sideous couldn’t use the droids. I will miss those hilarious war fighting machines but they had to go even if they would have been a better choice for the empire than the stormies

[NotTheOneBuddy]

Awesome video love the editing and finesse you have in your videos 😊

[SithOfTheNorth]

Did you know the Separatists were making Clone Armour enfused with cortosis that could resist and short out a lightsaber.

[nicholasheath]

Love the video, but unless I just zoned out id like to add the droid army, would be great for resources for the death star too!

[pendekarmando]

Great video, and does anyone think that the Empire could have lasted centuries if they didn't crush rebellions so brutally? Like alderaan was by far the biggest and was a rallying call.

[CacaFartin]

wait is this a Vader's Fortress second channel??

[TheAlphatitan]

I think it’s for two reasons, 1 he’s not fully in control yet and wants to avoid as much problems as possible and using the very army that hurt so many citizens of the republic is a great way to cause problems. Palpatine didnt instantly get rid of the senate for this same purpose. Another is that just like destroying statues of horrible people makes us feel better, destroying the droid army after everything they did would make many citizens of the republic very happy and would send Palpatine’s ratings through the roof.

[kennethmelnychuk]

“Thou shall not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind”

[thatoneguy]

Because in the OT the droid wasn’t introduced in the movies or the old comics

[damonpono]

What happened to the separatists after the war, where their planets forced to join the republic or did they become neutral since dooku was defeated

[ethanwallace]

I really need the COUNT DOOKU LIGHTSABER it's messed up my autocorrect, but it's really worth it

[Judahcohen]

So basically all the droids he melted down he used for the Death Star #1 and #2

[prokagan]

why palpatine didnt use cis because george lucas made original triogly before prequel triogly

[Stranger-glie]

But he could have used them in secret or like for assasinations and then say somting like
I NEED MORE SOLDIERS TO DEFEND U FROM WHATS LEFT OF THE DROIDS
And he could have excuse to have more soldiers or if he wanted it destroy specie he could send droid army since no vitneses no ine would know droids did it

[jkgaming]

I always wondered why they didn’t use clones bc clones were more skilled. Now I know

[Angliscwer]

Although it's not technically canon (but canon is shite anyway), going by the Extended Universe continuity where the Yuuzhan Vong invasion happens, and barring the triumph of the Rebel Alliance, this colossal droid army would have been immensely useful against the them.