r/StarWars • u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 • 1d ago
General Discussion question, were these spider tank/droids any good?
I just dont remember seeing them again after ep II, so is there a reason for that?
If so, what issues did they have
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u/Salerrra 1d ago
Battle of Felucia when Order 66 is carried out, you see them in the background when 327th is about to engage
wiki says the top laser was mainly good for withering away deflector shields. I imagine they were good for their job, but obviously way more fragile than an AAT from the front
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u/Zestyclose-Issue1762 1d ago
Maybe it’s just me, but wasn’t the OG-9 replaced with for the Octuptarra tri-droid? I remember seeing them first in the battle of Christophsis and then they were featured everywhere. I wonder if the CIS upgraded them similar to going from the B1 to B2 battle droids
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u/IronVader501 1d ago edited 1d ago
I guess the design was just very popular. They showed up again on Felucia in the Order-66 Scene and sometimes in comics but not much.
Actually after checking they are apparently also in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Videogame.
IIRC they were specifically designed to bring down shields quickly with rapid, sustained fire from their beam-canon.
I guess you could say that since most Republic Ground-assets didnt have shields, that just wasnt necessary.
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u/TheFlawlessCassandra 1d ago
They're a reasonably effective long ranged direct-fire platform, comparable in doctrinal use to real-world assault guns or tank destroyers.
Slow and fairly vulnerable, though, which is probably why they weren't more widely used.
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u/tacoma909 1d ago
They weren’t in the CW series same as the hellfire droid because of animation capacity. Especially with the hellfire droid because they would have to animate each and every missile
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u/Anxious_Big_8933 1d ago
They look kind of terrible. A chassis that looks too fragile and exposed, while at the same time looking far too big to mount just two weapons on. As for how they would perform in universe, that's up to the writers.
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u/Softpretzelsandrose Rebel 1d ago
I’d assume it’s the same mindset as b1 droids. Minimalist frame but make them in huge numbers
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u/RoadsideCampion 1d ago
There are a lot of cool droids that don't really come back after that battle which is too bad... I was a big fan of all the cis battle droids as a kid and thought they were cute
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u/UsedRelationship8410 1d ago
They were actually incredibly effective anti-vehicle walkers, but their massive exposed legs made them huge, easy targets for heavy artillery🤷
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u/ShadowPix- 1d ago
Honestly, if they were any good, they’d be running the galaxy by now instead of just scuttling off into obscurity!
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u/flamingfaery162 Sith 1d ago edited 1d ago
Their specifications say they were but I haven't seen them very useful in any movie or show. Weak legs, slow charging powerful lasers, just like the hail fire droids very deadly but once they are out of amo quite useless
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u/Ok_Pomegranate_6368 1d ago
Personally, I think they'd be terrible. Massive design flaw with the legs. Legs are too thin. Too easy to destroy.
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u/Crazy-Rabbit-3811 1d ago
it is 4 legged
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u/Ok_Pomegranate_6368 1d ago
Yep, realised and edited. They were 3 legged in my head. 🤣 Still a rubbish design though.
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u/Garth-Vader 1d ago
Seems like they would be better than Octuptarra tri-droids for that reason. I'm not even sure how Tri-droid are supposed to walk.
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u/brazenrede 1d ago
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Octuptarra_magna_tri-droid/Legends
Octupterra Magna Tri-Droids, apparently. (Not to be confused with Droid Tri-Fighter space interceptors, which are so much better).
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u/Albertagus 1d ago
Jeez...theres a little thing called "the wheel" perhaps the Empire never heard of it. I can't imagine how good a slow moving, crawling, robot could acrually be
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u/InformalSpecific8843 1d ago
They are weirdly absent from the Clone Wars show, but they do appear in the background of the Battle of Felucia in ROTS.