The Combat Tri-Droid was a terrifying bastard

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  • Опубліковано 20 гру 2023
  • In todays Star Wars video we take a look at the CIS Octuptarra tri-droid from the Clone Wars and how these droids were a horrifying destructive force.
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  • @yarnickgoovaerts
    @yarnickgoovaerts 5 місяців тому +186

    The Octuptaras on Skako Minor we saw during the Bad Batch arc where the most terrifying of them all. Not only where they massive well armored killing machines, they could also fly for f sake.

  • @randomcenturion7264
    @randomcenturion7264 5 місяців тому +123

    Love the idea of a droid that can pretty much always find and shoot you, no matter where you run.

  • @josephbirrenkott7993
    @josephbirrenkott7993 5 місяців тому +65

    As for ep 3, I'm pretty sure the shield they destroyed before entering the hangar would be a magnetic containment field to hold in the hangar's atmosphere. They were already inside the main shield of the capital ship... if the shield was even up with all the fire being thrown at it. The mag con field would likely also have some kind of regular shield function specifically to prevent stuff like a single starfighter flying inside the main shield's barrier and setting off a chain reaction by blowing up a single starfighter in the hangar bay.

  • @austinkeen4577
    @austinkeen4577 5 місяців тому +369

    Out of all the Droid videos out there, this is easily one of them.

    • @DiiceForeveroO
      @DiiceForeveroO 5 місяців тому +40

      One of the videos of all time

    • @PaulCashman
      @PaulCashman 5 місяців тому +33

      Beyond all doubt, the best video I've seen in the last minute or two.

    • @MariOmor1
      @MariOmor1 5 місяців тому +12

      Out of all the droid videos out there, this is truly the droid videoest

    • @malcolmneil2635
      @malcolmneil2635 5 місяців тому +22

      Out of all the useless comments, this is definitely one of them.

    • @mastathrash5609
      @mastathrash5609 5 місяців тому +2

      Truley

  • @rebelappliance771
    @rebelappliance771 5 місяців тому +214

    #AskEck why don’t we see factory ships in Star Wars? I can imagine it would be very effective for a fleet to have designated salvaging/ resource collection units that can harvest scrap after battles and use it to make new stuff, but for some reason planetary factories are seemingly prioritized over this when it would be far more efficient to do it in space.

    • @fanusobscurus4309
      @fanusobscurus4309 5 місяців тому +1

      Look up a World Devastator. When Palpatine came back in Darth Empire, he basically sicked massive nigh indestructible pseudo Von Neuman factoryships on the galaxy. Only they didn't go after scrap. They straight up would rip entire worlds apart for resources. A couple of them basically permanently screwed over Mon Calla

    • @betsydierlam561
      @betsydierlam561 5 місяців тому +19

      Wasn’t the Supremacy a factory ship?

    • @Lord-Emperor-Vader
      @Lord-Emperor-Vader 5 місяців тому +27

      We have the Supremacy from the Last Jedi, the Star Forge from KOTOR and the World Devastators from Dark Empire are three I can think of off the top of my head. The main reason planets are used is because it is easier to keep safe and easier to maintain. You would need a mobile fleet to protect the station which makes a problem since people would have to transfer on and off and that will take resources away from other important locations. 1 or 2 might not be bad on recourses but you would need hundreds at a minimum and no faction (with the possible exception of the Separatists/ CIS) has the resources to protect that many ships. On a planet you can have a layered defense while on a ship you have two at the most. It is also pointless since you would need shipyards for these ships and why spend the money to make a shipyard that builds shipyards over making a normal shipyard.

    • @maverickgamesalot6968
      @maverickgamesalot6968 5 місяців тому +4

      Palpatines world devastator I’m legends are essentially factory ships.

    • @darthgoku1580
      @darthgoku1580 5 місяців тому +9

      @@Lord-Emperor-VaderThere's also the Arc Hammer from Dark Forces, which not only was a massive dreadnought, but also doubled as the main factory for the Dark Troopers.

  • @sploder1238
    @sploder1238 5 місяців тому +26

    Absolutely one of the best droids. Love CIS stuff, the longer this series is, the better.

  • @zays_mentos
    @zays_mentos 5 місяців тому +30

    The Octuptarra is cool, but I wish we saw more of the OG-9 homing spider droid in the Clone Wars, since it doesn't really show up much outside of a few seconds in both Ep. 2 and 3

  • @Lord-Emperor-Vader
    @Lord-Emperor-Vader 5 місяців тому +27

    Talking about the Destroyer Droid I just finished Survivor's Quest and loved what they did with them in it where they posed a giant threat against Luke and Mara since they did not know how to take it down. Being a Clone Wars fan I was thinking in the moment their weakness is easy then remembered that they had no records of that era and had to figure it out on their own.

  • @edwardwilliams5460
    @edwardwilliams5460 5 місяців тому +5

    7:20 the hanger shields are used to stop air and anything else being sucked into space. This is why right after they destroy the shield the main blaster door shuts albeit they did not represent that. Anything before the blast door is shut would be sucked out if it was not magnetized. I assume they did because it would most likely not be cannon friendly. A great example of this is in the Clone Wars series, when Obi-wan and Ventress fight Savage Opress and Maul they are stopped by being pulled into space by activating the ray shield! :)

  • @Tigris-ld5ho
    @Tigris-ld5ho 5 місяців тому +7

    So about the question of the Invisible Hand's shields. From what I remember of the 501st journal of BF2 (2005), a team of 501st marines and pilots infiltrated the ship and destroyed the main shield generator (or shot the ship so much the shields failed) and the engines. The purpose of the shield Obi Wan and Anakin destroyed is to prevent easy enemy landing. I'm also pretty sure there was a second shield to prevent depressurization. At the end of the journal mission, the clone narrator literally said the Jedi took all the credit when the clones did most of the work.

  • @TimberWolf99
    @TimberWolf99 5 місяців тому +4

    Shields never had a visual presence in any of the movies until the hangar shields of the Invisible Hand, and very often seemed to either be non-existent or entirely useless (especially for starfighters). So, presumably, those are shields meant to prevent hostiles or projectiles from entering the hangar.
    Why you wouldn't just *close the armoured blast doors* that are the apparent automatic (but slow to deploy) back-up for them after launching your entire compliment of strike craft, which the Invisible Hand presumably had since the hangar deck is completely empty, I have no idea.

  • @kingbubbafatt9945
    @kingbubbafatt9945 5 місяців тому +5

    The Octuptaras had one more scary feature that made it deadly to get in close. Maybe this is just Legends but in the game, Star Wars the Clone Wars: Republic Heroes, there was a massive Octupara droid and it could smash the center of it into the ground. Very dangerous to get in close.
    Great video!

  • @whoshotashleybabbitt4924
    @whoshotashleybabbitt4924 5 місяців тому +2

    “Shields are inconsistent and function however the plot needs them to”
    Fuck you, continuity! - G.L. (Probably)

  • @Sexywrm
    @Sexywrm 5 місяців тому +12

    7:11 it’s a force field to keep the atmosphere inside at a constant level. If you notice when Obi wan and anakin take it down blast doors start to deploy to keep things from been suck into space.

    • @TimberWolf99
      @TimberWolf99 5 місяців тому

      1. If that's the case, why did Obi-Wan specifically call out the shields? Especially since Mag-Cons don't prevent physical objects passing through?
      2. Why would those controls have any *external* access or generators?
      3. There's nothing indicating the atmosphere has vented out when the shield drops, and both Anakin and Obi-Wan are fine inside the hangar afterwards. If the atmosphere had vented, even with the blast doors deployed it would have taken some time to refill that gigantic hangar deck with air and equalize the pressure.

    • @Voltaic_Fire
      @Voltaic_Fire 5 місяців тому

      ​@@TimberWolf99 I have some thoughts on that, just a few points from the top of my head:
      1. If memory serves bay shielding does let things leave but not enter as seen in the Republic carriers when fighters are launched.
      2. I think he shot out the emitters of the barriers, much like a door they have to be on the lip of the bay, both inside and outside the bay just as a house's front door is both inside and outside the house.
      3. Why would there be any indication that air was blowing out into the space? The pressure would not have been high enough to eject heavy machinery, fighters, or Force/magnetically assisted bipeds. As for the Jedi being seemingly able to breathe okay when they hop out of their fighters for the few moments before the bay blast doors close, the atmosphere would not necessarily be gone entirely, thinner certainly but those blast doors shut very quickly.

    • @TimberWolf99
      @TimberWolf99 5 місяців тому

      @@Voltaic_Fire 1. Mag-Con Shielding, far as I've read, does not prevent ships from entering.
      2. He's a little far over to be hitting just the emitters. It looks more like he's hitting a specific generator.
      3. The doors don't close that quickly. Anakin and Obi-Wan are able to beat the doors closing, and while the Eta's are fast they're not flying *that* fast. More than enough time for the atmosphere inside that hangar to vent out entirely.

  • @tmytyson
    @tmytyson 5 місяців тому +3

    In the films droids were typically guilt-free cannon fodder for the heroes but I do love the more recent media depicting how unnerving it would be to get hunted down by swarms of unfeeling non-humanoid constructs that are truly "alien" in every sense of the word.

  • @projectarduino2295
    @projectarduino2295 5 місяців тому +3

    I always thought that ship shield was just for an airlock purpose. Keep fast moving things out and the air in. You can see the air rush out when taken out, so it just keeps the hanger pressurized in the event of some critical failure somewhere else. Even if the movie was not particularly consistent, it always made sense to me.

  • @DRFUZY1
    @DRFUZY1 5 місяців тому +3

    Merry Christmas Eck! I have no problem with these shorter videos!

  • @reginaldshort8486
    @reginaldshort8486 5 місяців тому +14

    #AskEck do u mind doing vids on the cost of ordinance? Concussion missiles seemed to be less powerful but more plentiful while proton and ion torpedoes seemed to be the opposite. Could u do a comparison between concussion missiles and proton torpedoes?

  • @AbrasiveHippo
    @AbrasiveHippo 5 місяців тому +1

    ive been loving the content lately, its a good as ever

  • @YahBoiCyril
    @YahBoiCyril 5 місяців тому +1

    That 360 field of view plus a huge processor for good threat recognition would be a huge trump card in urban warfare or coin ops. If I’m going in any high cover environment in universe, I want one of these near me at all times.

  • @josephbirrenkott7993
    @josephbirrenkott7993 5 місяців тому +2

    One thing I think you're overlooking is the fact the height of the tri-droid eliminates a lot of protection you're afforded vs most other CIS units. It can hit you when you think you're safe behind cover. And by keeping the legs light instead of adding more weapons or a shield lets you increase unit density of your armies (like a spider droid AND tri-droid where the Republic could only fit one mech in the same square footage).
    Then there's the fact adding more stuff to units means longer manufacturing time. So instead of making 10 "ultimate" droids, the CIS goes with making 50 "ultimate" unit combo's so to speak - where the cheaper units that are manufactured faster can just *theoretically* complement each other's strengths and weaknesses to achieve the same goal... while fielding more of them.

  • @jackbussen7924
    @jackbussen7924 5 місяців тому

    the shields on the hangar doors are used to seal the hanger from open space allowing oxygen and/or other atmospheric like conditions (like temperature) that would protect whoever was on the ship, but it allowed ships to pass through them without having to use some big door, (I've seen it used this way in battlefront 2, star wars force unleashed, etc.) which is why when they shoot it you can see a vacuuming effect as the large heavy doors are shutting, my theory is it would allow for certain ships to go through but not all, that's why they had to shoot it out, then race the door to get inside. or it may have an alert when detecting republic/non-separatist ship which could have caused more alarm when entering the ship.

  • @gilbertoez1994
    @gilbertoez1994 5 місяців тому

    Happy holidays 🎄 and interesting video.

  • @macwelch8599
    @macwelch8599 5 місяців тому +3

    Love this model of battle droid

  • @bendavis3778
    @bendavis3778 5 місяців тому +12

    #AskEck
    If you could use the Death Star on 5 planets, which ones would you blow up?

    • @randomcenturion7264
      @randomcenturion7264 5 місяців тому +1

      Dathomir
      Zygerria
      Don't have any others yet, but the Galaxy would improve immeasurably without those two shitholes.

    • @Lord-Emperor-Vader
      @Lord-Emperor-Vader 5 місяців тому +1

      I am assuming this question it is from an Imperial perspective so my list in order is Lothal (if Legends then whatever planet that either gained independence from or a won a major victory against the Empire) Mon Calamari, Chandrila, Alderaan and Nal Hutta

    • @bendavis3778
      @bendavis3778 5 місяців тому +1

      For me, it would be Trandoshia, Nal Hutta, Oba Diah, Eriadu, and Tatooine

    • @Lord-Emperor-Vader
      @Lord-Emperor-Vader 5 місяців тому +1

      @@michaelandreipalon359 Coruscant has real consequences you would destroy the galactic economy and throw the Galaxy in chaos since most of the important people in the Galaxy live on the world. You think getting on the bad of the Dark side is bad imagine getting 90% of the Galaxy on your bad side.

    • @bendavis3778
      @bendavis3778 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Lord-Emperor-Vader Nah, just Ecks personal opinion

  • @billwilson1225
    @billwilson1225 5 місяців тому

    3:18 "Quick, get out! Get outta here!"

  • @kajn3206
    @kajn3206 5 місяців тому +1

    visually very interesting The droid, my only problem with this model is 3 legs in order for it to work, so it should contain repulsion technology, which is half refuted after cutting off 1 leg, he would still be able to see in the air

  • @yub0
    @yub0 5 місяців тому +31

    #AskEck People always talk about the flaws of the Republic and Imperial fleets, but what about the other guys? What would you say were the biggest flaws of the Separatist and Rebel Alliance fleets?

    • @selectthedead
      @selectthedead 5 місяців тому +2

      Well the separatist must have not been good at automation if they cannot get dumb AI or VIs smarter then let a ship be controled by B1 Battle droids.

    • @ShinigamiSamaH
      @ShinigamiSamaH 5 місяців тому +2

      Definitely the command ships. They should have spread out multiple control nodes both in the fleet and on the surface, all independently controlling a portion of the army. This way, if one gets destroyed, the others can fill in to take over the troops and not have the entire army just drop dead on the spot.

    • @ShinigamiSamaH
      @ShinigamiSamaH 5 місяців тому +3

      ​@selectthedead
      One very big factor to consider is that the war was a sham planned out by Sidius. Both the Separatists and Republic forces are controlled by him in the shadow, with the droids never meant to win in the first place.
      As for the B1 being so shitty, if I remember correctly, it was due to the accumulated junk files that kept taking up space in their already limited processing power. Something about improper maintenance whenever the droids need their memory wiped.
      In The Bad Batch, the Separatist remnants' B1s performed perfectly as intended, accurately taking out the transport in one volley and showing the difference between proper upkeep of the locals.

  • @quox3987
    @quox3987 5 місяців тому +1

    A looooong while back there was this online game for the Clone Wars that was like Club Penguin. It had a sort of tower defense game where the Octuptara when damaged enough would explode its head and stun your towers before it kept going. Going off of the description here this is not canon but it would be interesting if there were variants that were intentionally made with bombs for heads as a trick for people who expected a weak spot.

  • @ivyl3146
    @ivyl3146 5 місяців тому

    @EckhartsLadder to my understanding hangar sheilds are to isolate the hanger from the vacuum of space and perhaps to isolate the gravity generator effect within the ship, for numerous possibel reasons. I do think this is consistent across all ships (In the shows and MAJOR games only) accross all ships.

  • @mcfixer9503
    @mcfixer9503 4 місяці тому

    the shields on the Invis Hand were for stopping vehicles from entering or exiting the hangar, unlike environmental shields they weren't necessary for stopping air leaks, just stopping invading craft

  • @zekeweis6529
    @zekeweis6529 5 місяців тому

    The question at the end about the shields on the invisible hand. If you look at what happens when the shield goes down, the air is sucked out into vacuum. It makes sense that a hanger there would be atmospheric shield, more to keep not just a one way passing for say ships to go out and assault while keeping enemy ships from coming in, it is also to contain the atmosphere. Since shields are not fully explained, in theory there can even be a signal that would let a ship pass through the shield, something the enemy ships couldn't have. Possible but I don't know, seen that in other types of sci-fi but not sure if that would be a thing in star wars itself.

  • @AnimeVampire234
    @AnimeVampire234 5 місяців тому

    to fix this droid you should move the core components to that area between the three legs into a more tube like design, aswell as to now add an armored plate to the furthest most part of the legs to act as a shield while walking and could be brought into itself to completely enclose the core when sieging. with those two things added you can re-design the head in it's smaller state and add an interchangable mod piece for either a personal shield or a AA like turret.

  • @gearandalthefirst7027
    @gearandalthefirst7027 5 місяців тому

    "There's really no limit to how big you could scale these things" I mean they only have three legs with really small feet so surface pressure's going to be a MAJOR issue with these. As it is, the large and maybe even smaller sized ones would be an absolute nightmare in any swamp or sufficiently bombarded dirt battlefield. I'd imagine that even asphalt is going to have a really hard time supporting the weight of these droids at that larger scale, let alone bigger.

  • @Guderian218
    @Guderian218 5 місяців тому

    To the question in the end, I think it's called the rayshield. Something like what we seen in the clone wars Battle of Umbara, when Fives, Jessie and Hardcase were attacking the CIS support ship. It's a small shield protecting little important arias, somebody just made a mistake when they placed the rayshield generator next to the hangar bay on the Invisible Hand.
    Also, maybe we can also see something similar in the Star Wars: Republic Commando, The Ghost Ship map, when we have to block the hangar from CIS forces landing.

  • @dmann5938
    @dmann5938 5 місяців тому +1

    We’re all mostly acquainted with the bigger Octuptarra Magna Tri-Droid from the Clone Wars (Christophsis, Skako Minor and Yerbana in the series finale briefly) and Revenge of the Sith (Mygeeto) rather than the smaller Combat Tri-Droid as seen in Revenge of the Sith (on Utapau) and the 2003 Clone Wars series (Battle of Coruscant). In Empire at War mode we mostly see the Magna Tri-Droid a lot but I feel like the Combat variant deserves much more love tbh

  • @homemadecringeycontent6363
    @homemadecringeycontent6363 5 місяців тому

    AND NOW WE’RE GETTING A NEW SET WITH THE SPIDER DROID! LET’S FUCKING GOOOO!

  • @bellidrael7457
    @bellidrael7457 5 місяців тому

    I feel like they had enough space in those big ball heads of theirs for some pretty powerful shield generators. It would have been the perfect platform for bubble shields, given that being tall tripods meant they could stand high above the forces they were protecting without taking up space that could otherwise be taken by vehicles and other forces.
    As you said, shields are inconsistent in Star Wars, and I feel like this would have been way too powerful. A Jedi wouldn't have much issue dealing with a bubble shield being carried by these, but you have to keep in mind that not every conflict had a Jedi leading the way, and even when Jedi were present, many of them simply sat back and controlled their forces from afar.
    A bubble shield allowing the droids to walk right up to their enemies would have been a bit too powerful... let alone if it was a one way shield where the droids could fire through it, but nothing on the outside could penetrate it.
    It's unfortunate that we never really got to see the Separatists as an actual threat. They were always played off as 'the dumb cheap droids, where a single clone is worth a hundred droids'. When the truth is, not only did many Separatist droids massively outnumber the clones, but many of them were actually just plain superior too. Droid Fighters were in most cases better than Clone Fighters, while at the same time having way more. But naturally, we never get to see that portrayed because 'good guys gonna win'.

  • @fluffaduck6206
    @fluffaduck6206 5 місяців тому

    The shield on the providence is similar to the shield gate on the station on Scarif, acts as a gate of sorts

  • @chrisreilly1290
    @chrisreilly1290 5 місяців тому

    7:31 Yeah the invisible hand main shields weren't up. Either they were worn down by excessive fighting over the hours to possibly days, or as a Rise of Skywalker would insinuate, main ship shields cannot be deployed in the atmosphere. It is presumed that the battle of Coruscant might have been in the upper atmosphere at the time of the movie due to the large explosions which would not be as big with a lack of oxygen. This is stated in the behind the scenes I believe, and possible that the CIS was out in space and pushed back down into the atmosphere by arriving republic forces.

  • @Benflyn
    @Benflyn 5 місяців тому

    Agreed one of my favorite vehicles in all of star Wars, and I'm so glad lego remade it in the newest clones vs droids battle pack.

  • @brenobassocenci6571
    @brenobassocenci6571 5 місяців тому +1

    Ah yes, the 360 degree no scope droid, my favorite.

  • @Nobody.exe50
    @Nobody.exe50 5 місяців тому

    Merry christmas everyone

  • @dhaburuk6494
    @dhaburuk6494 5 місяців тому

    Regarding the hangar shields at 7:19, I'd say it's most likely to be prevention of boarding actions and to dissuade munitions. While the droid crew don't require atmosphere retention I imagine that clever meatbags would certainly try to dump a salvo of missiles or torpedoes in an unshielded hangar. That might require getting small-craft under the main shield envelop or momentarily busting the shields in that area, but its worth a shot if you can hinder enemy starfighter rotations. If it were possible to negate shields for long enough I imagine a decent navy commander wanting to drop a cruise-missile in there to try deal serious internal damage. That said, yeah, it's probably just a one-way particle & energy shield exclusively for the massive central hangar.

  • @-Protector-Union
    @-Protector-Union 5 місяців тому +1

    Aren't those shields meant for holding the air inside the ship? That's why a blast door were then replaced the destroyed hangar shield, so that the air wouldn't come out

    • @Kzorith
      @Kzorith 5 місяців тому

      That’s exactly what they are. They are atmospheric shields to allow ships in and out but keep the atmosphere in for your flight crews.

  • @Aronre
    @Aronre 5 місяців тому

    I think they look odd, but the sound they make when they fire is truly imposing!

  • @Toffee-Nug78
    @Toffee-Nug78 5 місяців тому

    This makes the one in the new Lego Star Wars battle pack a lot cooler now 💙😎

  • @wyattderp2835
    @wyattderp2835 5 місяців тому

    One way shield doors are to protect the hanger bay from incoming fire and the vacuum of space, while also allowing outgoing support fire and ships to safely leave the main ship, without having to endure 0Gs so regular maintenance doesn't need specialized equipment like mag boots or thrust packs. It makes more sence for the republic to use them (considering oxygen) but i see why they are used on every ship

  • @Cody_L._Brock
    @Cody_L._Brock 5 місяців тому

    6:53 I would imagine instead of it being battered, they had like diverted shield power away from that side to like defend against other attacks. At least that’s how I always envisioned it in my head.

  • @challenger3
    @challenger3 4 місяці тому

    Believe me, I know how terrifying these things are. The CIS throws a good 12 units of these at you each ground battle in Fall of the Republic. That's a good 24 of these nightmares you gotta fend off with their disgusting anti-armour cannons.

  • @patricksawyer9779
    @patricksawyer9779 5 місяців тому +1

    That shield generator in Episode 3 always looked like the magnetic containment field they use to hold air in the hangar. I wonder if they modified it with some sort of normal shield generator so that enemy fire doesn't have a clear shot into the heart of the ship?

    • @Tigris-ld5ho
      @Tigris-ld5ho 5 місяців тому

      It's not modified. The Lucrehulks in Episode I were mainly used for deploying armies and muscling rivals out of the way of trade. The Providence class CIS cruiser was a warship, and those shields were to prevent enemy landing craft.

  • @nyxknight7555
    @nyxknight7555 5 місяців тому +1

    What gameplay footage are you using? I’d assume it’s a mod for bf2 or some kinda fan project. Looks good

    • @MarMarBunbun
      @MarMarBunbun 5 місяців тому +1

      It's just a Battlefront 2 Classic mod, I looked for a christophsis map I could record footage for the video. I believe the name was base game plus christophsis, hope this helps

  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 5 місяців тому +2

    I thought the Tridroids were flying units. (Maybe I’m thinking of something else…)

    • @markgallagher1790
      @markgallagher1790 5 місяців тому +5

      Tri-Fighters probably

    • @jacobshore5115
      @jacobshore5115 5 місяців тому +3

      @@markgallagher1790 thank you! Tri-fighters. That’s it.

  • @foxydefnaf3206
    @foxydefnaf3206 5 місяців тому

    my favorite CSI droid

  • @darthmeta6445
    @darthmeta6445 5 місяців тому

    Hey, Eckharts. Bit of an off-topic question, but after seeing all of these mods for the original Battlefront 2, do you have a site that you would suggest downloading them from?
    Also, cool video on a (sadly) underrated droid. Don't really think that three legs is a good idea for stability reasons, especially if one is taken out, but it's still better than two...

  • @Ic3q4
    @Ic3q4 5 місяців тому

    _starts dancing in his head_

  • @Blastarr1
    @Blastarr1 5 місяців тому

    #AskEck The shield in Revenge of the Sith is like an airlock shield. It protects the bay from the vacuum of space and keeps it pressurized. It may also protect a limited area like a ray shield from matter coming in from space. You see the air go out, and then the shield door slides over quickly to seal the bay. Like how bulkhead doors always close when a breach is detected. Remember we have seen many ships leave a bay right into space with people still in the bay. It passes slowly through the shield. We have seen shields stop fast or energy from passing through. Think how the Droids pushed through the Gungin Shields but it stopped fast-moving or repulser craft. Kenobe's ship was damaged and couldn't slow down. I am betting if they could have slowed to docking speed they could have been able to enter the bay.

  • @McCoyFromSpace
    @McCoyFromSpace 5 місяців тому

    #askeck so this video on the tri-droids got me thinking, have you done a video on the Super Battle Droid? Those ya have always been my favorite and when I did a quick search I couldn’t find one! Where’s the love for those WRIST ROCKETS?

  • @MRDLT00
    @MRDLT00 5 місяців тому

    Hey Justin have you looked into the SW Legends book series called “Galaxy of Fear”?
    There’s some interesting spooky creations throughout the series, and good ol Thrawn even shows up in one of the books.

  • @TheGrantGuy
    @TheGrantGuy 5 місяців тому

    I say leave the big one as it is but add a 360 degree rotating turret right off the bottom to cover when people get too close and the 3 higher guns can’t reach it, then add one missile launcher box on top with like 10-20 anti vehicle rockets, and add some upgraded sensors and communications equipment and use them as a mix of sentry’s, anti personnel anti air/anti vehicle, look out towers, and radio towers, then put them in pairs of two at key points of formations during assaults or perimeters when on defense

  • @banzaikoowaid9301
    @banzaikoowaid9301 5 місяців тому

    What battlefront II mod is that in the background footage? It looks interesting!

  • @belphodeus
    @belphodeus 5 місяців тому +2

    just a quick question about the smaller shields on the providence and most other ships. Are they not basically airlocks that protect the inner hangers from the space vacuum? I always thought they were just a barrier that lets ships and fighters into the hanger but protect the people inside from space. I mean please correct me but that makes the most sense to me.

    • @EckhartsLadder
      @EckhartsLadder  5 місяців тому +2

      Usually, but you could just fly through those

    • @user-un1ui1ht2b
      @user-un1ui1ht2b 5 місяців тому +2

      In the X-wing series novel Starfighters of Adumar, there was a brief of a magcon field, if I remember it as being called that, while Wedge Antilles was standing by the entrance to hangar bay of the ISD Allegiance looking at Adumar. I believe that field keeps everything in the hangar from sucked into space. I believe that was what Anakin in that scene in Revenge of the Sith. I believe you can see what happens when the field was disabled

  • @error5202
    @error5202 5 місяців тому +1

    Always thought it was weird they needed an atmosphere in the CIS ships

    • @Svevsky
      @Svevsky 5 місяців тому

      the cis werent a droid rebellion, they still had lots of organic personnel

    • @romanlegionarius9089
      @romanlegionarius9089 5 місяців тому

      There are fully automated cis ships with only back up life supports so...

  • @Voltaic_Fire
    @Voltaic_Fire 5 місяців тому

    If I was going to upgrade that droid then I could add anti-personnel weapons on the tips of the feet so it could stick a leg down a crevice or into a building that the main body could not fit into, and get any clone hiding in there.

  • @hunterpowell2637
    @hunterpowell2637 5 місяців тому

    Mr. ladder your videos have been a stable of my nighttime routine for years now sincerely, a random Star Wars weirdo

  • @Tarotb
    @Tarotb 5 місяців тому

    It looks cool, but a tall robot with a vulnerable head is a gift to the enemy

  • @MBP1918
    @MBP1918 5 місяців тому

    Must have been crazier than the spider droids

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 5 місяців тому

    With a few modifications, this droid could probably be an artillery/ weapons platform for the rebellion. Could probably even penetrate the armor plating of an AT-AT. Only downside is it’s mobility.

  • @eliasnunez9864
    @eliasnunez9864 4 місяці тому

    El tema de los escudos me los imagino como barreras independientes que se pueden acomodar segun la circunstancia, pero al mover una de ellas dejas descubierta esa seccion
    Un ejemplo: sentrar la energía del escudo al frente dejaría descubierto los laterales de la nave

  • @andreykuzmin4317
    @andreykuzmin4317 5 місяців тому

    I will definarely give a war horn to Octuptarras in my tabletop games. War of the Worlds ftw!

  • @arturpulkkinen9181
    @arturpulkkinen9181 5 місяців тому +2

    #AskEck
    If you were a bounty hunter, what ship would you choose? you can customize how it looks, but the performance has to stay the same

  • @Tomreese130
    @Tomreese130 5 місяців тому

    #AskEck: What are your thoughts on Operation Domino and how the Galactic Civil War would've gone if it was successful? I wish we could've gotten more lore about the "Secession Worlds" mentioned in The Essential Guide to Warfare that the Empire crushed early on.

  • @CloneScavengerVulpin8389
    @CloneScavengerVulpin8389 5 місяців тому

    Battle droids equipped with jetpacks can ride on top of tri-droid and provide cover fire and surround any jedi or clone troopers who might get near it.

  • @arillwiltker
    @arillwiltker 5 місяців тому

    What version of Battlefront was being played in this video? I don't recall Ahsoka or playing those droids in either Battlefront 2004 or 2005?

  • @jeffyracks1463
    @jeffyracks1463 5 місяців тому

    Still hurts my head trying to figure out how these things walk

  • @joeykirkpatrick224
    @joeykirkpatrick224 5 місяців тому

    The Head also has an EMP

  • @luzfire7523
    @luzfire7523 5 місяців тому

    Maybe it was misunderstood, maybe those where just beefed up MagCon fields, that stopped a Ship from flying into the Hangar? They had enough time since Phantom Menace to install the "Anti-N1 Infiltration measures" at least on the Flag ships if not on all Lucrehulks

  • @CloneCommanderCrater1102
    @CloneCommanderCrater1102 5 місяців тому

    4:52 The droideka wasn't made by the Techno Union, it was made by the Colicoids.

  • @RayHardman7567
    @RayHardman7567 5 місяців тому

    The gameplay of crystal city looked like it was taken from the 05 battlefront II game. Is it a mod for the PC remastered version?

  • @joshzdybel2780
    @joshzdybel2780 5 місяців тому

    #AskEck have you done a video on the ship from the clone wars that could turn invisible... i would love to hear your oppinion on such a unique ship

  • @THECHEESELORD69
    @THECHEESELORD69 5 місяців тому

    “Yeah the CIS are cool- oh the tri droids? Oh those tripod bastards? Those little shits will pound your rear into the next galactic civil war!”

  • @ryanmeakins2993
    @ryanmeakins2993 5 місяців тому

    Im still kicking myself for not getting that cross section book from a second hand shop while i haf the chance hehe

  • @mattwoodard2535
    @mattwoodard2535 5 місяців тому

    Star Wars seems to have have atmospheric shields that are just intended to keep an atmosphere inside a docking bay. I'm 99% sure we saw these in Star Wars when the Falcon was brought aboard the Death Star. sm

  • @dr.felixou8428
    @dr.felixou8428 2 місяці тому

    I wonder who would win between the tripod and the strider from hl2

  • @enisra_bowman
    @enisra_bowman 5 місяців тому

    Take a *SIP* of Mulled Wine or Hot Rum everytime Eck says Octuptarra in the Video

  • @phantomredbeard1670
    @phantomredbeard1670 5 місяців тому +1

    #askeck Which army and navy would you combine to be a good opponent against the Yuuzhan Vong?

  • @darksidegryphon5393
    @darksidegryphon5393 5 місяців тому

    3:20 those things already look like bacteriophages.

  • @SeventhSwell
    @SeventhSwell 5 місяців тому

    Weren't those "shields" just the, I dunno, force field? magnetic shield? they use in hangars to keep the atmosphere in? When it goes down you see the air rush out. Personally, I saw that less as them bringing the shields down so they can get in, and more of them clearing the hangar bay though explosive decompression. I dunno.

  • @jacobsalter8653
    @jacobsalter8653 5 місяців тому

    The ones we see at 4:12 are the rocket variants

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 5 місяців тому +1

    Troops armed with anti-tank weapons be like: "Terrifying? More like target practice!😂".

  • @Gufupandi09th13
    @Gufupandi09th13 5 місяців тому

    Badass killing machine ever

  • @spikedpsycho2383
    @spikedpsycho2383 5 місяців тому

    It vets taller, it gets shorter... carousel 🎠 of doom.

  • @user-rs3jn1sg9z
    @user-rs3jn1sg9z 5 місяців тому

    I know this analogy is a bit corny, but i think shields in Star Wars function like shields in Fortnite, talking about ships here. Essentialy a sort of invisible layer of protection.
    The whole shield thing is confusing in Star Wars because the term is refering to different types of shields: armour, shield that you place down to block blaster bolts, hangar shields, etc. Wish the whole shield thing was explained better.

  • @kylepessell1350
    @kylepessell1350 5 місяців тому +1

    #AskEck This is a bit more of a theory rather than a question but... "What if Luke and Leia were raised together rather than separetely?" Whether on Tatooine or Alderaan, I think that it would have significant ramifications for the plot of the Original Trilogy that would be fun to speculate on. What do you think?

    • @selectthedead
      @selectthedead 5 місяців тому

      You could always ask @TheStupendousWave he also does Star Wars content

  • @calebcoleman6138
    @calebcoleman6138 5 місяців тому

    Hey what's the name of that clone wars mod for battlefront 2 classic? I'm keen to play it

  • @ryanbrook8384
    @ryanbrook8384 5 місяців тому

    Are the squid droids in the separatist invasion of kamino a variant of the magna tri droid.

  • @luzfire7523
    @luzfire7523 5 місяців тому +1

    #AskEck
    Question about Salvage. If you found a crashed Venator and were able to make it Spaceworthy again, could you just own it or would you get problems with the Republic? How was it handled with the Empire(Both Venator and ISD).
    Or more broadly, how was the Ownership of lost "Goverment" Property handled. Was there a big difference between Republican Salvage or Imperial Salvage in the Empire? Would an active Venator under civil Ownership be a problem in the Empire?

    • @BrickStopmotions
      @BrickStopmotions 5 місяців тому

      The Empire wouldn't have none of that! No such thing as personal property here, especially not a personal warship!
      And the Republic would probably reclaim it for further war use, maybe give you some compensation.

    • @luzfire7523
      @luzfire7523 5 місяців тому

      @@BrickStopmotions That kinda goes against what we see from the Mandalorians and the Zann Konsortium having some. Also, the Amount of Republic Tech in private Hand seems to be staggering, for example the ARC-170's ( at least the Empire, the Rebellion and Naboo had those) and the V-Wings were either sold or scrapped.
      Not even talking about the Moffs, but they aren't all that private and aren't really Imperial either

    • @BrickStopmotions
      @BrickStopmotions 5 місяців тому

      @@luzfire7523 True, there's no way the Republic could keep track of all their ships they lose. I doubt, though, that they (or the Empire) wouldn't realize that you'd recovered it and I even more doubt they would let you keep it.
      As for the Moffs, they have enough power in the Empire to stretch any rules about salvage.

  • @felipedelrioalvarez6335
    @felipedelrioalvarez6335 5 місяців тому

    2:40 i pretry sure thats are more tiny versions

  • @jiyuhong5853
    @jiyuhong5853 5 місяців тому +1

    Day 3
    #AskEck
    If you could add a ship, land vehicle, or Imperial Army Unit from the Warhammer 40k universe to Star Wars what would it be?

  • @DismayingHades6
    @DismayingHades6 5 місяців тому

    to make the tri droid scarier get rid of the head and disperse the components through just the legs, a gun and batteries with a sensor on each leg looking like just a tri-pod and since the legs are always moving it'll make the target harder to hit, and add in some smarter droid brain for better shooting while moving and idek what kind of monster this would be lol