“Grievous always saw the Magnaguards as inferior to his original guards” Me: *thinks of all the times Magnaguards gave elite Jedi a hard time and what that means for the original guards* mother of hell...
The best version of the Magnaguards was seen in the Star Wars Clone Wars 2003, they were agile, versatile and really threatening to a well-trained jedi as demonstrated during the battle of Coruscant.
“I fought one once, one-on-one. The only reason I won was because I was in cover and elevated up a hill. Three shots hit him, and staggered him. Then, he looked up at me. I didn’t give up my terrain advantage, and kept squeezing the trigger at him until he didn’t get up. Terrifying.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Former Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
Darth Volt He did so in the other video about the most terrifying droids for a clone to see. Here as there I feel like the original 2003 Genndy series were the best example of how deadly MagnaGuards can be. It’s even more jarring how he shows Shaak-Ti in a clip of fighting the MagnaGuards yet doesn’t acknowledge just how terrifying MagnaGuards can be.
@@pancakecosmos6080 the point of my comment is anyone helping general grevious fight a jedi is going to be op. So its not a good way to show the skill of the robot if it is not trying
"Watch how op these Droids are!" *Footage of Grievous fighting a master while the MagnaGuards walk around them like some kind of high school class watching a brawl*
If I remember my experience of Republic Commando right, the first rule of fighting a Magna Guard is to not engage them head on. Unless you have 2 snipers that'll take that droid out before it gets to you. Also, as far as I remember they have no good way of defending from a well placed grenade.
Imagine if during the siege on kamino, instead of the trident assault crafts being full of B1s and Super Battle Droids, they were full of Magna Guards, terrifying
At that point, you're only hope is that you can hide long enough for the hoard of Manga guards to leave after killing everything. And hope you can escape the planet
Shadow Hunter I know it's not how it's gonna play out, but how awesome would it be if in Rise of Skywalker, Rey comes across an abandoned droid factory, she begins wandering through the derelict facility, lightsaber drawn, to provide even the smallest amount of illumination, she stumbles through the empty halls of the building, until she is brought into a large, pitch black room. As she begins searching for a light switch her small light source falls on something that catches her eye, a tall, deactivated droid holding a large staff, as she admires the advanced and impressive machinery, her eye is caught once again by a large lever, "finally, a light switch, I hope it works" she thinks. She pulls the lever, and a generator starting up can be heard deeper in the facility, she steps back and turns towards the dark abyss that is the rest of the room, and as the lights flicker to life, she stands in awe. Rows upon rows of expertly crafted IG-100 Magna Guards, around a hundred units awaiting their reprogramming and revival. "This..." Rey says aloud, "This is what will save us"
Again, I love RC because you can see just how vicious and resilient battle droids like Magnagaurds and B2s really were. You needed to use anti-tank rounds to quickly kill one IG-100. And Magnaguards are never alone...
@@tocle1851 I still loved the game, but i can only remember the good parts tho. I kinda want a wh40k game with the same squad mechanic... Deathwatch Kill Team
"To show how effective they were consider the following scene:" *Magna guards then proceed to do nothing but cheer greivous on for approximately 45 seconds* "Chilling"
Star Wars the Clone Wars wasn't made by Disney because they didn't own Star Wars at that point. DIsney is not to blame for everything. Other people and companies have, can and will make mistakes, not just Disney. Jeez
@@joyfuluniter5445 Yeah well that's your opinion, but you're blaming Disney for something that they didn't do as the MagnaGuards were created and seemingly nerfed by George Lucas about 10 years before he sold Star Wars to Disney.
I know I am late but one underappreciated attribute of magnaguards is they had a ability to learn. You mentioned it briefly with Greivous teaching them lightsaber combat styles but no other droid in the CIS has this ability I know its a stretch but I think this is what made them so overpowered in my opinion they have unlimited potential to learn anything if there is one thing I do know from tar wars droid sentience can be very dangerous.
Isn’t that scene with Eeth Koth somewhat cheating, since he had to focus on Grievous, and the magnaguards only zapped him in the back without doing much else? That, and it was a 5 to 1 advantage for the droids
Yeah, better examples are definitely around for elaborating the point. Put B1s in place of those Magnaguards in this case, & the outcome would still remain the same, cuz that's just how good Grievous is in a duel.
They did in legends they took a droid brain in put In grievous dead body he had the magna guard fighting style downloaded into his brain had a double bladed lightsaber like maul
Man, it'd sure be nice if these were one of the new units for the CIS in battlefront 2, instead of the Commando Droid. Or maybe even as a new "hero" unit because they ARE on par with most Jedi
They should just make a “bodyguard” class that would consist of magna guards, rebel/resistance royal guards, imperial guards, and snokes guards from last Jedi that had the lightsaber whip things
What I would like in the sequels is the resistance finding a small squad of these droids, reprogramming them, then make the knights of Ren in ep. 9 actually good, then have them fight on that star destroyer (with some actually good choreography) with the transmitter thingy instead of fucking horses, sacrifice themselves and destroy the star destroyer. This probably isn't any good but still, could be better than the current clusterfuck the sequels are right now
“For a sample of how dangerous Magna guards were, even for Jedi masters, consider the following scene” *Shows General Grievous actually doing all the fighting while the MagnaGuards stands around and poke at him*
It is my understanding that the MagnaGuards were the first droid models to be considered for populating the Separatist armies. The only reason they were rejected is because Palpatine thought they would end the war far too quickly.
Was playing Republic Commando recently, you're right with the super and magnaguard but I found the droidakas to be underwhelming. I don't recall ever dying directly from them.
Nice, but cutting them in half (top to bottom, not at the waist) will destroy them in one swipe. Granted it was probably hard to get in that position, but still
Also supposed Grevious wiped entire libraries of combat technique from their programming upon getting them, and trained them personality, giving the droids real world experience.
@Geetsly's I think the BX series commando droids is a fair but still inferior comparison of the magnaguard's! They are still very deadly, even Clone Troopers have a hard time taking them down!
"The Republic was lucky that they where never fielded in great numbers" The Republic that literally could have produced Zillo beast armor: "Am I a joke to you?"
i just like how in the first scene showing the strength of the magna guards there just letting general greavious do the work and there like "go general go!" and then he was force pushed and there like "CHEATER, CHEATER!!!" and just shock the jedi (oh who's name i have forgotten sorry)
The way that they are nearly melee proof makes single ones much better then Commando Droids. But Commando droids exploit greater numbers, possibly more frequent deployment, near equal agility, similar armor level in their chest, and voice and disguise tricks. That last trick with a Commando's voice trick would let them lure you to your doom with a phone call. At least Magna guards couldn't do that, but then again they probably wouldn't need to.
Magneguards are the scariest cause when I first saw them in lego star wars the video game for pc I was thinking, "what is that?! What is that??!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???!!!" Especially when they walked around with their heads having just been lobbed off.
My memories are not from Republic Commando, but old modded BF2 versus CIS. Considering magnaguards were almost as strong as jedi, and they were a normal (but expensive) unit, you could end up fighting multiple as a CLONE, and it was fucking scary. The only way to survive was to get the jetpack clone and disengage ASAP. Alternatively, another classic tactic, was to just shoot a rocket on my feet and pray it is strong enough to kill them too lmao.
Yes still watching those wrist rockets since early 2000s. I hated these things in EPIII Game and Republic Commando. Even worse in Republic Commando since it was a game ahead of its time but not to where you could perform parkour or hand to hand like some 1st person shooters of today but the Magna Guards were all over that. Moment they touch you with those staffs forget about trying to aim accurately your visor's a mess.
These guys always remind me of the final boss in the Star Wars Wii game with lightsaber combat. Apparently the final boss was a prototype “Jedi Hunter” droid that was able to take on Anakin. If those things were mass produced the Separatists may have won the war.
I think everyone knows the magna guards are extremely formidable opponents but we've all been waiting for them to display their true potential on screen. As you said, anything stacked up against a jedi master or anakin makes them look like push-overs but against just any knight or non-force-sensitive opponent, they'd be close to impossible to kill. Unfortunately, even TCW tv show didn't flesh them out too much. They're really underrated and haven't got good screen time.
7:12, ngl this doesn't feel like that good of an example of how deadly they are. It's mostly Grievous that's doing all the work and the guards are only getting free hits in while he's preoccupied
They would be even better with a phrik armguard(or shield) and blaster as a main weapon. Have we ever seen them kill people aside from a couple of clones in the original clone wars?
I likely that they are able to detect threat said over the scene where kenobi drops a massive metal box on them guess they didn’t see that threat coming
Well no wonder Koth lost. He was busy fighting Grievous (the same guy who probably killed more Jedi masters than the rest of the Separatists combined) while the MagnaGuards boxed him in. The second he started to win, they electrocuted him from behind. We have no proof that even Obi-wan (the guy who killed Grievous as I'm sure you know) could win in this scenario. He was almost in it too, until Grievous ordered the MangnaGuards and other droids to stand down and decided to face him 1 on 1 for whatever reason.
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“Grievous always saw the Magnaguards as inferior to his original guards”
Me: *thinks of all the times Magnaguards gave elite Jedi a hard time and what that means for the original guards* mother of hell...
Foolish organics, I've been trained in your jedi arts by general Grievous himself!
M Lupa Noir remember what I taught you. Just take the two lightsabers and friggen spin them around like ceiling fans
*foolish meatbags 😉
M Lupa Noir death to meatbags
Szymon Kowalczyk wtf
"The age of the Jedi is over"
The best version of the Magnaguards was seen in the Star Wars Clone Wars 2003, they were agile, versatile and really threatening to a well-trained jedi as demonstrated during the battle of Coruscant.
those were pretty good episodes, I still own the original clone wars on DVD
The best version of nearly anything is there.
@@Umbra_Ursus Well, besides clone characterization
@@frenchsoldier8485 Yeah, but they made the whole thing a hell of a lot more black and white. Grievous probably got hit with that harder than anyone.
@@Umbra_Ursus True
The frick alloy was called that because when a jedi struck it and found out that He couldn't destroy it in one hit, he said "Frick."
Phrik
Why Me?
Funny!
But spelled wrong.
I know it's spelled wrong. I just did it for fun.
@Blitzwing2011 Aw heck. I forgot.
Cortosis actually causes a lightsaber to short-circuit when it's struck, but it is brittle so if you hit it hard enough it may shatter.
“I fought one once, one-on-one. The only reason I won was because I was in cover and elevated up a hill. Three shots hit him, and staggered him. Then, he looked up at me. I didn’t give up my terrain advantage, and kept squeezing the trigger at him until he didn’t get up. Terrifying.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, Captain and Former Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion
Cheng Zhou what’s the source?
Cadin Nelson Me. Like it? I’m writing a book.
Cheng Zhou sounds great! Are you ever planning on putting it anywhere on the internet?
So a MagnaGuard equals to a Clone Commando. Both can kill jedi but I don't think a MagnaGuard can win against a null class clone.
Cadin Nelson yes, I’ve got short drafts and you can find me in geetsley vids
7:11
“Consider the following scene”
-Proceeds to show scene where magna guards only poke master koth in the back-
Still better than me. It jumped right into an ad for me.
Darth Volt He did so in the other video about the most terrifying droids for a clone to see. Here as there I feel like the original 2003 Genndy series were the best example of how deadly MagnaGuards can be. It’s even more jarring how he shows Shaak-Ti in a clip of fighting the MagnaGuards yet doesn’t acknowledge just how terrifying MagnaGuards can be.
yeah " really strong opponents" and winning a 5v1 doesnt really do it for me.
They weren't even trying though and it was against a Jedi Master
@@pancakecosmos6080 the point of my comment is anyone helping general grevious fight a jedi is going to be op. So its not a good way to show the skill of the robot if it is not trying
"Watch how op these Droids are!"
*Footage of Grievous fighting a master while the MagnaGuards walk around them like some kind of high school class watching a brawl*
Okay geetslys. But where is the true terror of the GONK droids?
TemplarRoman ahh, fond memories of the exploding GONK droid and Fast GONK extras from Lego Star Wars 2
Mammoth Supremacy 55 I don’t know if they were in the og trilogy, but they were definitely in the complete saga 2
Infinite power
They are walking nukes and will kill you if they fall on you
Yes yes
If I remember my experience of Republic Commando right, the first rule of fighting a Magna Guard is to not engage them head on. Unless you have 2 snipers that'll take that droid out before it gets to you.
Also, as far as I remember they have no good way of defending from a well placed grenade.
Imagine if during the siege on kamino, instead of the trident assault crafts being full of B1s and Super Battle Droids, they were full of Magna Guards, terrifying
At that point, you're only hope is that you can hide long enough for the hoard of Manga guards to leave after killing everything. And hope you can escape the planet
Shadow Hunter I know it's not how it's gonna play out, but how awesome would it be if in Rise of Skywalker, Rey comes across an abandoned droid factory, she begins wandering through the derelict facility, lightsaber drawn, to provide even the smallest amount of illumination, she stumbles through the empty halls of the building, until she is brought into a large, pitch black room. As she begins searching for a light switch her small light source falls on something that catches her eye, a tall, deactivated droid holding a large staff, as she admires the advanced and impressive machinery, her eye is caught once again by a large lever, "finally, a light switch, I hope it works" she thinks. She pulls the lever, and a generator starting up can be heard deeper in the facility, she steps back and turns towards the dark abyss that is the rest of the room, and as the lights flicker to life, she stands in awe. Rows upon rows of expertly crafted IG-100 Magna Guards, around a hundred units awaiting their reprogramming and revival. "This..." Rey says aloud, "This is what will save us"
then they get powered on and kill her
Sad thing is apparently the magnet guards that grievous regularly used, cost a fortune. If they made magnet in high numbers, it would bankrupt them.
Again, I love RC because you can see just how vicious and resilient battle droids like Magnagaurds and B2s really were. You needed to use anti-tank rounds to quickly kill one IG-100. And Magnaguards are never alone...
Who else remembers that one mission on kashykk in republic commando where the magna guards were almost unstoppable?
Nevermind it was in the video
That was a fun fight. At the time I was thinking this was fighting a discount Jedi.
Hard to kill man, had to use anti armor grenade launcher and lost all my ammo, they jump so high bruh
I used to love that game
@@tocle1851 I still loved the game, but i can only remember the good parts tho.
I kinda want a wh40k game with the same squad mechanic... Deathwatch Kill Team
"Only a jedi is able to get through a squad of magna guards"
You, bacta now
Ace combat 7 ?
Republic commandos
Very well in Ace Combat 7 the "You solitary now" have become a meme
Psyclops get yourself some bacta, soldier
"To show how effective they were consider the following scene:"
*Magna guards then proceed to do nothing but cheer greivous on for approximately 45 seconds*
"Chilling"
Disney nerfed the whole Star Wars Canon.
Yup,I miss the old story’s like death troopers or maul lockdown
Star Wars the Clone Wars wasn't made by Disney because they didn't own Star Wars at that point. DIsney is not to blame for everything. Other people and companies have, can and will make mistakes, not just Disney. Jeez
@@joyfuluniter5445 Yeah well that's your opinion, but you're blaming Disney for something that they didn't do as the MagnaGuards were created and seemingly nerfed by George Lucas about 10 years before he sold Star Wars to Disney.
@@joyfuluniter5445 I understand that people do hate Disney. I just find that a lot of the time it is unjustified.
Gotta make their shit look better. Even if they damn well know it isn't.
You should have used the scene where Magnagaurds assigned to Count Dooku on Naboo brought down Anakin Skywalker with help from Dooku.
I know I am late but one underappreciated attribute of magnaguards is they had a ability to learn. You mentioned it briefly with Greivous teaching them lightsaber combat styles but no other droid in the CIS has this ability I know its a stretch but I think this is what made them so overpowered in my opinion they have unlimited potential to learn anything if there is one thing I do know from tar wars droid sentience can be very dangerous.
Isn’t that scene with Eeth Koth somewhat cheating, since he had to focus on Grievous, and the magnaguards only zapped him in the back without doing much else? That, and it was a 5 to 1 advantage for the droids
Fully agree
@Gaius Wyrden definitely something grievous would do, though it doesn't exactly prove their capabilities is what I'm saying
@Gaius Wyrden fair enough. Four arms, four aces up his robotic sleeves
Disney Canon fucked over both Grievous and Magnaguards with mega nerfs.
Grievous is really great at countering the "Coward" accusation here. Then again, he did only complain about being called a Murderer
No offense but that was a terrible example he was fighting General Grievous.
And all they did was get in weak hits while he was dueling
"Magna guards were able to exploit the weakness of jedi"
Magna guard: cheeky staff exlectrocution poke
Yes. Should have put some footage of Kenpbi getting pushed around by the droids.
This was basically just the most bullshit example of nerfing Grievous and his guards.
Yeah, better examples are definitely around for elaborating the point. Put B1s in place of those Magnaguards in this case, & the outcome would still remain the same, cuz that's just how good Grievous is in a duel.
"Consider the following scene"
Me: ...
"Get two Whappers at your local Burger King"
Me: ....
Omg 😂
Seems legit
Republic commando is just a demonstration of how many flips the magnaguards can do before landing
Put the Commando droids to faulty shame.
Imagine if they had put a Magna Guard's systems in a Grievous type body. Also, imagine if they had coated some Magna Guards in cortosis.
Cortosis Magna Guards ohh damn
They did in legends they took a droid brain in put In grievous dead body he had the magna guard fighting style downloaded into his brain had a double bladed lightsaber like maul
@@lilscotty11 NK-Necrosis?
@@sweeney2415 yes indeed
Man, it'd sure be nice if these were one of the new units for the CIS in battlefront 2, instead of the Commando Droid. Or maybe even as a new "hero" unit because they ARE on par with most Jedi
True but they don't possess individual characters in the same way as Jedi and Sith, so they might not fit into the hero role.
Battlefront
@@pauln.p.4426 True, but still. They could do it as Manga guards... Where else do they fit? I mean... Hero just fits them, doesn't it?
They should just make a “bodyguard” class that would consist of magna guards, rebel/resistance royal guards, imperial guards, and snokes guards from last Jedi that had the lightsaber whip things
@@nathanflinchum1153 that's a great idea
I wonder why they were never deployed in greater numbers or in units with commando droids. They could’ve done some real damage to the clones.
Probably because that programming was more expensive
They were uber-expensive and their staffs were made of a very rare alloy.
Maybe palpitine didn’t want the cis to defeat the republic yet
Adam and Eve making more commandos and arcs is considerably more difficult and expensive than making a legion of magna guards
General Grievous1138 they didn’t have to use staffs only tho
What I would like in the sequels is the resistance finding a small squad of these droids, reprogramming them, then make the knights of Ren in ep. 9 actually good, then have them fight on that star destroyer (with some actually good choreography) with the transmitter thingy instead of fucking horses, sacrifice themselves and destroy the star destroyer.
This probably isn't any good but still, could be better than the current clusterfuck the sequels are right now
There is no such thing as an overqualified bodyguard.
In terms of the most terrifying Separatist droids, I’d go with MagnaGuards and/or commando droids!
Hell, you can add some B2 Super Droids in the mix.
Pack of Commando droids would be near death sentence. 1v4-6
“For a sample of how dangerous Magna guards were, even for Jedi masters, consider the following scene”
*Shows General Grievous actually doing all the fighting while the MagnaGuards stands around and poke at him*
The magna guards are overrated. They don't have wrist rockets
They have wrist grappling hooks
They have purple electric bo staff and space kung fuu.
*WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS*
they have handheld rapid firing rocket pistols though
WATCH OUT FOR THOSE *Pokey pokey staves*
I wondered why some of them wore cloaks and some didn't. I assumed it was budgetary, but fun to hear they're an honour in-universe.
It is my understanding that the MagnaGuards were the first droid models to be considered for populating the Separatist armies. The only reason they were rejected is because Palpatine thought they would end the war far too quickly.
The reason the republic commando game is so good is because it shows how effective the super battle droid,droidaka,and magnaguard were in combat
Was playing Republic Commando recently, you're right with the super and magnaguard but I found the droidakas to be underwhelming. I don't recall ever dying directly from them.
Agreed, I just ran right in between there guns and they couldn’t shoot me, I always knifed them to death
Geetsly: magna guards are the best droid
Ultra battledroid: am I a joke to you
HK-47 : *observation* "This is great opportunity for slaughter"
Commando: you both are slow and funny looking.
Yes.
Nice, but cutting them in half (top to bottom, not at the waist) will destroy them in one swipe. Granted it was probably hard to get in that position, but still
How did the MagnaGuards lose so easily to jedi master fisto’s padawan in general grevious castle?
“Magna guards often ganged up in groups in order to boost their chance of victory.”
Me a For Honor veteran: *Skirmish PTSD intensifies*
Definitely one of the coolest Droids ever
In the 2003 clone wars, fighting hundreds of these dudes are a pain. They're even more badass in the 3d clone wars.
Truly the pure embodiment of lethal efficiency.
Another Clone to take down a Magna-guard: X2 from Star Wars battlefront for the DS
Perfect timing, at 7:17, when Grievous jumps onto the console thing, l get a Joe "Boom Boom" Rogan ad.
Once again more republic commando flash backs them magna guards were so fast
And just imagine that we were gonna see an awesome duel between Obi-Wan and these guys in a deleted scene in ROTS.
Magnaguards: Time to die fleshlings! The mechanical race will rise again!!!
Grevious: You what comrade!?
Also supposed Grevious wiped entire libraries of combat technique from their programming upon getting them, and trained them personality, giving the droids real world experience.
@Geetsly's I think the BX series commando droids is a fair but still inferior comparison of the magnaguard's! They are still very deadly, even Clone Troopers have a hard time taking them down!
"You fool, I have been trained in your jedi arts by General Grievous, himself trained in your jedi arts by Count Dooku".
why were they "trained" to fight shouldn't they have been innately programmed with these fighting abilities?
They were. But that rpgoraming had t9 come from somewhere. Grievous was reasonable for it.
@@samuelbishop3316 somehow I had not thought of that thanks for the answer
They learn by fighting, thats what make their programing so dangerous
"The IG-100 Magnaguards were some of the most deadly droids that the Separatists had to offer."
*Laughs in Jedi.*
I think you have to be a minimum of a Jedi master to defeat a magnaguard
Jedi: *strikes magnagaurd staff*
Staff: *doesn’t break*
Jedi: “FRIK”
The next video in this series should be on commando droids
I've always wanted an unbound one that had its own personality and motives. That would be really cool.
"The Republic was lucky that they where never fielded in great numbers" The Republic that literally could have produced Zillo beast armor: "Am I a joke to you?"
i just like how in the first scene showing the strength of the magna guards there just letting general greavious do the work and there like "go general go!" and then he was force pushed and there like "CHEATER, CHEATER!!!" and just shock the jedi (oh who's name i have forgotten sorry)
Who else is Reading the comments while listening to this Video
Ye
I do it all the time
Jason Keane yee me
0:03 *IS THAT THE PILLAR MEN* ?
Aieyaiyaiyaee
In original canon the droids had some kind of force sensitive electric eal, if i remember correctly
Now that would have been cool.
That is an entirely different droid, that is literally called the Jedi killer droid
The way that they are nearly melee proof makes single ones much better then Commando Droids. But Commando droids exploit greater numbers, possibly more frequent deployment, near equal agility, similar armor level in their chest, and voice and disguise tricks.
That last trick with a Commando's voice trick would let them lure you to your doom with a phone call. At least Magna guards couldn't do that, but then again they probably wouldn't need to.
Watching with subtitles is comedy gold:
,,[...] made of frick alloy, a lightsaber proof metal."
Mana gaurd, commando droids, and droidacuss fighting all together is a nightmare
Hody: Not these assholes again!
Commander Heavy: One thing I can’t kill with my z-6!
Magneguards are the scariest cause when I first saw them in lego star wars the video game for pc I was thinking, "what is that?! What is that??!! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT???!!!" Especially when they walked around with their heads having just been lobbed off.
I think it's funny in that one clip how Greivous takes issue with being called a murderer, but doesn't even try to argue against being called a coward
*Force pushes a MagnaGuard* See? They ARE pushovers.
I’ll see myself out.
Magnagaurd gets back up “typical human weakness”
My memories are not from Republic Commando, but old modded BF2 versus CIS. Considering magnaguards were almost as strong as jedi, and they were a normal (but expensive) unit, you could end up fighting multiple as a CLONE, and it was fucking scary. The only way to survive was to get the jetpack clone and disengage ASAP. Alternatively, another classic tactic, was to just shoot a rocket on my feet and pray it is strong enough to kill them too lmao.
Yes still watching those wrist rockets since early 2000s. I hated these things in EPIII Game and Republic Commando. Even worse in Republic Commando since it was a game ahead of its time but not to where you could perform parkour or hand to hand like some 1st person shooters of today but the Magna Guards were all over that. Moment they touch you with those staffs forget about trying to aim accurately your visor's a mess.
Fought Magna Guards in Republic commando, indeed those were a nightmare of an opponent.
Worst battle droid to fight? B3.
A shame we diden't get these as renforcements in bf2.
*ptsd flashes from Star Wars: Republic commando*
Remember how these droids were terrifiying even for the Delta Squad?
I like that he say they were train, but they were more to program
That poor Jedi stood no chance. But he would have slaughtered Grievous in a fair fight.
Magnaguard‘s are bad ass war machines.
These guys always remind me of the final boss in the Star Wars Wii game with lightsaber combat.
Apparently the final boss was a prototype “Jedi Hunter” droid that was able to take on Anakin. If those things were mass produced the Separatists may have won the war.
3:08
Are you implying these things could shoot electrical lasers like a gun?
That would be awesome!
I do love the MagnaGuards they were damn bad ass.
Funfact: A magna guard with a white cloak was an early design for Grievous.
5:10 that animation is cool got link to the show or movie
Those were also a nightmare to fight in republic commando
It's kind of sad Grievous loved his boys so much he made his droid bodyguards in their image
I'd like to see one of these buggers take on a Mandalorian.
The moment I saw one of the guards still operate despite getting the head cut off by Obi-Wan, I instantly loved them as my favourite
Let's consider that a jedi could just crush grevious and the MagnaGuards with the force.
i have a perfect solution to the magna-guard menace for clones. it's called explosives. turbo laser fire is also another option.
“ only a Jedi can break through a squad of magna guards”
I believe delta squad would like a word with you on that detail.
Imagine if these things were made of cortosis. Jedi’s worst nightmare.
I think everyone knows the magna guards are extremely formidable opponents but we've all been waiting for them to display their true potential on screen. As you said, anything stacked up against a jedi master or anakin makes them look like push-overs but against just any knight or non-force-sensitive opponent, they'd be close to impossible to kill.
Unfortunately, even TCW tv show didn't flesh them out too much. They're really underrated and haven't got good screen time.
If you too see how deadly they are consider the following scene... "if you want burgers without moving your buns:
“for a sample of how dangerous magna guards were, here’s an example” *shows clip of jedi being jumped by grevious and magna guards*
The Jedi Hunter droid. Its like a magna droid but scarier and uses red lightsabers.
7:12, ngl this doesn't feel like that good of an example of how deadly they are. It's mostly Grievous that's doing all the work and the guards are only getting free hits in while he's preoccupied
They would be even better with a phrik armguard(or shield) and blaster as a main weapon. Have we ever seen them kill people aside from a couple of clones in the original clone wars?
If they were capable of fighting jedi masters in a squad of four or two I wonder if the older models were capable of fighting jedi knights
Magna Guards are probably one of my favorite type of droid
I swear, if you gave these guys staffs with vibroblade tips instead, the Clone Wars would've ended very differently and very quickly.
I likely that they are able to detect threat said over the scene where kenobi drops a massive metal box on them guess they didn’t see that threat coming
This just goes to show ho incredible ashoka was from the begining when she fought two of them and one.
8:42 it’s true it still haunts me
This video give me republic commando ptsd
Well no wonder Koth lost. He was busy fighting Grievous (the same guy who probably killed more Jedi masters than the rest of the Separatists combined) while the MagnaGuards boxed him in. The second he started to win, they electrocuted him from behind. We have no proof that even Obi-wan (the guy who killed Grievous as I'm sure you know) could win in this scenario. He was almost in it too, until Grievous ordered the MangnaGuards and other droids to stand down and decided to face him 1 on 1 for whatever reason.