@@whitechili4168 frr someone agrees their voice in Episode 3 and clone wars were annoying can't stand that cringe voice and also the OOMs in episode 1 and 2 act intelligent and had no feelings for anything unlike you saw in the clone wars :(
@@Chiyomi_Anzai599 Yeah, totally agree. I’m not a big fan of the cutesy B1s when they are supposed to be cold, merciless droids programmed for fighting and violence in the clone wars. It kinda takes me out of the moment a bit when they’re shown shooting down a bunch of clones one moment and then the next moment they’re goofing off in their high-pitched voices. I thought they were pretty funny as a kid, but now I kinda wish they had the episode I and II voices and had the more serious demeanors. It is what it is, though. I still think battle droids are really cool, even though they could’ve been a bit cooler had they kept their original voices and demeanors. But who knows, maybe the Clone Wars wouldn’t have been the same if we didn’t get the comedy relief of the battledroids with their squeaky voices. Their voices usually changed across the many games they appeared in, so it’s interesting to see it changed again in TCW and I can appreciate the different takes on battledroids, even though the original ones are still my favorite.
@Commander Cody the 50% of tge doid army are recycled droids (they care about the nature 🤗) so there is a possibility that he was birth and died again and again... Ah and thats the reason why they developed intelligence and a propper mind
Except OOM-9 didn't need some heavy frame to protect him like some weak af beta tactical droid and actually led his troops from the front in an AAT instead of cowering in a war room.
Hard to remember but back during Episode I the B1s weren't COMPLETE comic relief. They weren't super intimidating and had a few comedy moments but for the most part they were fine.
Tbf there is actually a lore reason as to why they became more dumb and became comic relief type of characters when the movies were progressing more and more. These battle droids weren’t manufactured “a lot” (For a robot army having financial support from multiple planets, this wasn’t a huge amount of droids) and they weren’t in a time of war, so they provided more funds in better intelligence and equipment. When the Clone Wars started and the obvious weakness of losing all of your troopers after defeating the capital ship that controls them became apparent, they had to cut some budget and gave them cheaper artificial intelligence which was just enough to follower orders from commanders and cheaper voice boxes because they were mostly gonna shoot anyway and not talk which explains their squeaky voices. If the Clone Wars ended and the CIS won, they would probably return to the OOM droids AKA Phantom Menace version for security and military reserves.
@@uhoh6706 I'm aware of the lore. But ya see that's the Watsonian (in Universe) reason that was divised to justify the Doylist (out of universe) reason that Lucas wanted them to be more comedic. It was kind of okay in the Clone Wars tv series since the basic droids were relegated to cannon fodder while Commando droids usually filled the role of moderately threatening opponents. I didn't care for it so much in the latter two movies but it also wasn't in my face enough to overly care.
@@uhoh6706 if they reduce funds like that then The Senate and Dooku are cheap asf lmaooo especially Dooku doesn't want to put in much money in Politics
Remember when the battle droids were portrayed like unstoppable killing machines, with unprecedented accuracy and cold, calculating strategy? Those were good times.
considering they all use the same programing, you could argue that other droid commanders being bad is just republic propoganda, seeing as the only time we see them make poor decisians is in clone wars, where anakin has a completely different personality out of no where (and wasn't orginally supposed to be canon)
@@DCL14388 George lucas gave an interview shortly before it came out, saying it was supposed to be warped view of the war, and shouldn't be considered canon. the legacy of that can be seen in the propaganda reel style intros for the episodes.
In the computer game Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds this guy had his own campaign. It was intense. He was a true badass. His soldiers took out Naboo’s entire military. In one mission he was aided by Darth Maul who used a mind trick on a Gungan General to reveal the location of the underwater palace. Stuff like that should’ve been in the movie. Less Jar Jar & more of that.
Remember, there was a scene in the clone wars cartoon that explained that most battle droids were given independent AI allowing them to function on their own (with varying results) while these droids required a droid control ship that would render them all useless if destroyed. It's safe to assume the older models were more disciplined and less quirky like we see here, but they also had a giant, easily identifiable, and (for anyone with a powerful navy like the republic) easily exploitable weakness.
@@atransarcticfox No, the CIS had a bigger navy, made of mass produced cheap freighters modified into armoured gunships with vulture droids instead of piloted fighters. The Clones vs the droids is the epitome of quality vs quantity in every aspect.
0:54 “My troops are in position to begin searching the swamps for these rumored, ‘underwater villages.’ *They will not stay hidden for long.”* Single most badass quote from a robot in the Star Wars series. Especially when you consider how these models are portrayed in other movies and adaptations.
Why did they change the voices the CW? Like, why though? Not being funny, WHY DID THEY CHANGE THE VOI- *is sedated - family crying looking into my padded room through reinforced glass*
@@raphaelambrosiuscostco They changed the voices because they decided to make the droid army comic relief. Not a great idea to turn the antagonist force into a joke. It rather removes all tension there could have been. What bothers me so much is that it makes no sense from an in-universe perspective. I doubt any of the organic troops and officers would want to work with battle droids with such annoying, high-pitched, whiny voices. It would drive them crazy.
@@commandplay I doubt OOM-9 will ever make a return in official Star Wars content, despite it being entirely reasonable that the budget-minded Trade Federation would go and turn OOM-9 and the rest of the old Naboo occupation force back on from whatever scrapyard world they got shipped off to. The closest you can get to OOM-9 in the Clone Wars would be the fanfic OOM-9's Revenge.
Back when the droids were treated with more respect in the franchise. That's the only gripe I have with Clone Wars, the droids are made to be just comedic relief. That's why we had commander droids and Commando droids start to appear in the later seasons. They needed formidable opposition for the clones.
@@ramblinnernd5905 People seem to forget that the whole point of them was to be cheap and mass producible so a clone likely was equivalent to maybe 5-10 b1s which is why b1s always greatly outnumbered clones but they seemed evenly matched unless one side had a superior strategist.
No I understand that they are meant to be used in hordes I was just saying they are pretty menacing in that capacity even in TCW. Heck there are a few individual b1’s that actually outperform there programming like throwing a grenade into a crowd of clones or the command b1 on Onderon who took out a gunner by firing with one arm stretched out, actually trying to somewhat aim at the enemy & actually succeeding. They’re also used as comic relief but they are still shown to be dangerous in a variety of roles.
Lore wise, these phantom menace ones were trade federation military, with the highest budget spending. The clone wars droids are just really cheaply produced droids to swarm the galaxy. Its normal for a decrease in quality.
Halo took inspiration from the Droid tanks when making the covenant wraith tank I believe, they look similar just no long cannon and different color, and they both hover
Something the prequels had that the recent sequels did not; Imaginative new characters, vehicles, locations, etc. The sequel trilogy uses primarily technology and aesthetics everybody was already well familiar with, mostly from the original trilogy; like slightly upgraded X-Wings and Tie Fighters, New Imperial Walkers, yet ANOTHER Death Star, and even a New Darth Vader. They even brought back the friggin' Emperor, beginning with him repeating one of his most iconic lines. The prequels, on the other hand, are an exercise in bold, new ideas. Where very little is derivative of anything that had come before. George Lucas was able to create three brand new narratives, all simultaneously taking place in the same Galaxy but without retreading on old ground at all. It really is a stark creative difference between the two, one taking bold new steps into territory never seen before in Star Wars while still being so fundamentally Star Wars, and the other seemingly afraid to stray too far afield in ANY new direction at all. Besides Supreme Leader Snoke, "falling to pieces," in The Last Jedi, there isn't even ONE amputation to be found in the entire sequel trilogy. That's bordering on Star Wars sacrilege lol right there! There's plenty of criticism of the sequel trilogy, most of it perfectly understandable, too. But, I'm only offering some clear, very constructive criticism here. Yoda knows there's plenty of criticism to go around when the prequels are concerned as well. 👍
OOM-9 is an underrated character. Spinnaker and Otoh Gunga weren't easy targets. The former was a formidable walled city that had plenty of energy shields, surface-to-air missile sites, and high towers where the defenders can rain down blaster cannon fire. All the while the defenders also had naval ships, troops, and artillery guns. Otoh Gunga was surrounded by heavy defenses and was protected by a fleet of Gungan navy ships as well as squadrons of Gungans riding flying animals, as well as Gungan army bases that constantly tried to push back the droids. OOM-9 defeated them and crushed the Gungan Grand Army on the field. If he was salvaged and allowed to serve in the Clone Wars, perhaps he'd be one of the few droid commanders to be good enough to work under Grievous and Dooku.
@ 0:55 I feel the Command Droid talking to Viceroy Gunray sounds perfectly authoritative, and, one to be a bit afraid of. Sure, the Droids don't look it, but, they do seem a bit more intimidating when You hear them speaking as this one does. Of course, that was all but eliminated in the following Movies, and, the Droids developed a more comical, and, naturally, irritating Vocalization. This is evident in Star Wars Battlefront II - a change I greatly detest.
You missed the scene where Nute and Rune land in Theed and OOM-9 reports that they've captured the queen. Also the scene where OOM-9 orders the queen and her group to be taken to Camp 4. OOM-9 really would have benefitted if they had made him visually distinct from the other droids.
The scenes I selected where those in which OOM-9 was specifically named to be speaking according to the official Phantom Menace script. The scenes you mentioned didn't list OOM-9 as the one to have said those lines.
I'll do a re-upload eventually. I picked these scenes initially because I was going off of the official Phantom Menace script where OOM-9 is specifically stated to be speaking.
@@slyden12 I was referring to making OOM-9 visually distinct from the other command battle droids. According to the old EU lore (specifically Galactic Battlegrounds and the short story Endgame) he was upgraded for commanding a large force and was Nute Gunray's personal guard.
Except they still lost to a bunch of swamp people, two space wizards, a couple of police men, and a kid whos flight experience can be summed up in the words: Somalian aerospace club
@@Scruffii the rice farmers had the Lorax on their side, and the goat herders had rpgs buried in their fields like any good Arab. The swamp people just had blueberries and slingshots.
I am aware about the scenes about "capturing the queen" and "taking the prisoners to be processed". I originally chose the scenes where it was specifically stated that OOM-9 was talking in the official Phantom Menace script.
This scene made the AAT my favorite repulsorlift vehicle! It made it feel like a *tank!* Heavy. Lumbering. Powerful! Despite it being able to repulse! (Float) And the recoil of those primaries! Goddamn!
This is the real voice, starting with Revenge of the Sith to the Clone Wars and onward they gave the battle droids a higher-pitched voice that makes them sound less intimidating.
0:32 *MY TROOPS ARE IN POSITION TO BEGIN SEARCHING THE SWAMPS FOR THESE RUMOURED, UNDERWATER VILLAGES. THEY WILL NOT STAY HIDDEN FOR LONG.* - Man, I love that line. lol
The official explanation is that they are dumber because they are no longer dependant upon an orbiting control ship to guide their every move. In TCW, every single unit is fully autonomous, but due to being cheaply made, they tend to lack advanced systems, and as such perform rather poorly (especially when main characters are on screen for, for obvious reasons), unless the plot requires them to kick ass (and even then, that job generally falls to droidekas and commando droids, who remain consistent threats throughout the series).
The way the droids are presented in episode is more threatening and serious than the other two. They just seem more real and have more gravity to them and aren't just played as squeaky voiced joke characters. Ita impressive how good The Phantom Menace looks for its time.
Man watching this vid on my recommendations unocked a shitton of memories from when i was a kid and even got this guy's name out of pure obssession reading on droids in wookipedia lmfao Imagine my happiness right now
Back when the battle droids could offload processing work to the control ship instead of having to do all the thinking internally. They were way smarter back then.
What if there’s a story where OOM-9’s head is found and taken by somebody. That somebody goes to the Trade Federation and Nute Gunray remembers the droid captain and how good he was during the occupation. Because of that, he orders his memory banks analyzed and that’s the inspiration to creating the tactical droids we see leading battles during the Clone Wars 🤷🏾♂️🤔
I preferred the battle droids when they were this way. Their voices sounded much cooler and they seemed much more intimidating because they were cold and calculating instead of clumsy,stupid, and incompetent later on.
True but it gives them more appeal This feels too cold and out of placefor their skinny breakable bodies It's like how the battle droids have deeper voices in the clone Wars show because of their buffer body That fits better
@@brockrock2359 what are you talking about?! The battle droids had even squeakier sounding voices in the clone wars and their bodies never got bulkier.
@@Seminooos I mean the super battle droids the buff ones with wrist rockets the deep voice and seriousness suits them better than the skinnier clankers
@@brockrock2359 yes I agree they made the super battle droids the right way from the start and they are overall more effective and better soldiers than the regular battle droids but I also think they made the battle droids the right way from the start too and they didn’t need to change them. Yes, I know about the so called canon reason for changing them, something about not all of them being connected to a central computer anymore so that the same thing couldn’t happen to them again where they all got shut down because of what Anakin did in episode 1 and that’s why the separatists gave them the ability to think independently but in my opinion that decision was more of a hindrance than an upgrade for them and the writers should of come up with a better canon solution for them than what they went with. But if you like the annoying less effective and less cool version of the battle droid then so be it.
@@Seminooos well remember clone wars tv show was animated and "for kids" So it needed that appeal And appeal is one of the principles of a good animated show That's why the battle droids became comic relief These droids wouldn't fit well if we got another trilogy or tv show like the mandalorian based on the clone wars And even anakin was more watered down and funnier compared to anakin in attack of the clones and revenge of the sith Imagine it was that anakin on a long running animated tv show It just wouldn't work Same if all the battle droids were serious
The cannon explanation is that in episode 1 they were networked through the droid control ship and OOM commanders (like OOM-9) were upgraded for tactical thinking and input into the droid control system, after the Battle of Naboo the droid control ships were thought to be a weakness. And all droids were given AI upgrades to be more independent and other skills, but not hardware upgrades to account for this. The stress caused them to be more chatty.
Episode 1 was not bad. The second act was a bit slow and boring but the first act was action packed and the third was one of the best ever in a Star Wars movie
We need more OOM-9.
Heck, more OOMs in general, with their cool voices.
Watch the clone wars
@@LozadaPR They don't have the same cool voice unfortunately though
Its Flint_ but the b1s in the phantom menace and attack of the clones has the oom voice
@@whitechili4168 frr someone agrees their voice in Episode 3 and clone wars were annoying can't stand that cringe voice and also the OOMs in episode 1 and 2 act intelligent and had no feelings for anything unlike you saw in the clone wars :(
@@Chiyomi_Anzai599 Yeah, totally agree. I’m not a big fan of the cutesy B1s when they are supposed to be cold, merciless droids programmed for fighting and violence in the clone wars. It kinda takes me out of the moment a bit when they’re shown shooting down a bunch of clones one moment and then the next moment they’re goofing off in their high-pitched voices. I thought they were pretty funny as a kid, but now I kinda wish they had the episode I and II voices and had the more serious demeanors. It is what it is, though. I still think battle droids are really cool, even though they could’ve been a bit cooler had they kept their original voices and demeanors. But who knows, maybe the Clone Wars wouldn’t have been the same if we didn’t get the comedy relief of the battledroids with their squeaky voices. Their voices usually changed across the many games they appeared in, so it’s interesting to see it changed again in TCW and I can appreciate the different takes on battledroids, even though the original ones are still my favorite.
So basically OOM-9 was the original tactical droid.
Yeah, pretty much, he was in the battle of Kashyyk too when the trade federation was slaughtering Wookiee’s (before the phantom menace)
@Commander Cody the 50% of tge doid army are recycled droids (they care about the nature 🤗) so there is a possibility that he was birth and died again and again...
Ah and thats the reason why they developed intelligence and a propper mind
You're the droid I'm looking for
Except OOM-9 didn't need some heavy frame to protect him like some weak af beta tactical droid and actually led his troops from the front in an AAT instead of cowering in a war room.
@@danielliew8698
Yessir
Hard to remember but back during Episode I the B1s weren't COMPLETE comic relief. They weren't super intimidating and had a few comedy moments but for the most part they were fine.
Tbf there is actually a lore reason as to why they became more dumb and became comic relief type of characters when the movies were progressing more and more. These battle droids weren’t manufactured “a lot” (For a robot army having financial support from multiple planets, this wasn’t a huge amount of droids) and they weren’t in a time of war, so they provided more funds in better intelligence and equipment.
When the Clone Wars started and the obvious weakness of losing all of your troopers after defeating the capital ship that controls them became apparent, they had to cut some budget and gave them cheaper artificial intelligence which was just enough to follower orders from commanders and cheaper voice boxes because they were mostly gonna shoot anyway and not talk which explains their squeaky voices.
If the Clone Wars ended and the CIS won, they would probably return to the OOM droids AKA Phantom Menace version for security and military reserves.
One if the reasons why phantom menace was my favorite
@@uhoh6706 I'm aware of the lore. But ya see that's the Watsonian (in Universe) reason that was divised to justify the Doylist (out of universe) reason that Lucas wanted them to be more comedic.
It was kind of okay in the Clone Wars tv series since the basic droids were relegated to cannon fodder while Commando droids usually filled the role of moderately threatening opponents.
I didn't care for it so much in the latter two movies but it also wasn't in my face enough to overly care.
@@uhoh6706 if they reduce funds like that then The Senate and Dooku are cheap asf lmaooo especially Dooku doesn't want to put in much money in Politics
@@Chiyomi_Anzai599 ?
Remember when the battle droids were portrayed like unstoppable killing machines, with unprecedented accuracy and cold, calculating strategy? Those were good times.
Now they feel like cheap twigs
@LegoGuy87, and magna-guards and I suppose DarkTroopers also add to their general inferiority as well.
And Droidekas. After watching episodes one and two again almost every time the heroes are cornered there’s a few Droidekas there.
I mean Assassin Droids and Commando Droids are pretty ruthless, but I see where you’re coming from.
@@izzycoile5082 ?
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forget obi-wan, when's OOM-9 getting his own show??????
Yeah
Then you should read OOM-9 Revange a very good fanficion.
But he died... R.I.P, but if he wasn’t 👌🏻
I'd honestly watch that - I'd like to see an efficient droid villain.
@@ventilatorlp9171 i can't seem to find it at fanfiction.net
One of the few actually skilled droid commanders
considering they all use the same programing, you could argue that other droid commanders being bad is just republic propoganda, seeing as the only time we see them make poor decisians is in clone wars, where anakin has a completely different personality out of no where (and wasn't orginally supposed to be canon)
@@matthiuskoenig3378 Never knew it wasn't originally meant to be canon, very interesting
@@DCL14388 George lucas gave an interview shortly before it came out, saying it was supposed to be warped view of the war, and shouldn't be considered canon.
the legacy of that can be seen in the propaganda reel style intros for the episodes.
You forgot General Kalani.
@@matthiuskoenig3378 i agree he had a different personality but i would say That’s the better one of them
OOM-9 > Hux
Of course
Commander Hux? More like commander sux!
COMMANDER Hux- GENERAL.HUX
Hux was just a pre pubescent whiney ginger who got rejected by his step dad and his mom was a addicted to death sticks.
Anything is better than that screamy loser.
In the computer game Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds this guy had his own campaign. It was intense. He was a true badass. His soldiers took out Naboo’s entire military. In one mission he was aided by Darth Maul who used a mind trick on a Gungan General to reveal the location of the underwater palace. Stuff like that should’ve been in the movie. Less Jar Jar & more of that.
Bruh I used to play that game all the time as a kid, basically age of empires with star wars
@@gregbagel791 damn, with that description alone I'm sold. wish I'd heard about this game sooner
I still play galactic battlegrounds
Try the Expanding Fronts mod.
Or just no Jar Jar
Remember, there was a scene in the clone wars cartoon that explained that most battle droids were given independent AI allowing them to function on their own (with varying results) while these droids required a droid control ship that would render them all useless if destroyed. It's safe to assume the older models were more disciplined and less quirky like we see here, but they also had a giant, easily identifiable, and (for anyone with a powerful navy like the republic) easily exploitable weakness.
These droids are like soldiers under command of the Jedi using battle meditation.
Very exploitable weakness especially if you try spinning, everyone knows that's a good trick
Doesn't make much sense to me considering the CIS had the better navy.
@@atransarcticfox No, the CIS had a bigger navy, made of mass produced cheap freighters modified into armoured gunships with vulture droids instead of piloted fighters. The Clones vs the droids is the epitome of quality vs quantity in every aspect.
@@zigzaghyena the CIS has a more diverse navy with better ships, venators are cool but they don't do shit against a Lucrehulk.
“Where are you taking them?”
“Coruscant.”
“Uhhh, that doesn’t compute. Uh.. wait.. you’re under arrest!”
That was a different droid commander.
Pretty sure they stole that saying from JFK
@@robsmith961
What do you mean by that?
@@smileydog5941 I mean John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the one who came up with the above quote. The droid commander stole that saying from him.
@@robsmith961 my favourite OOM-9 quote has got to be "Ich bin ein Jedi"
0:54
“My troops are in position to begin searching the swamps for these rumored, ‘underwater villages.’ *They will not stay hidden for long.”*
Single most badass quote from a robot in the Star Wars series.
Especially when you consider how these models are portrayed in other movies and adaptations.
Undah watah villages
@@jimmy22334 brooklyn ahh droids
OOM-9 is unfortunately from Jersey
My troops are in position to begin searching the swamps for these rumored undawadahh villages
OOM-9 is the best Star Wars character by far
OOM-9 is the Droid that sits in the AAT..
Only the gonk droid would survive a battle with him
@@pkshox8880 just barely
I'm sorry does jar jar not exist to you
Thanks
0:13 the way he said "yes viceroy" was SOOOOO fucking badass, that voice is so intimidating.
"if they're down here sir we'll find them"
"Open fire!!"
Yes. That is the way droids should sound like.
I mean it sounds ok but I don't think it's intimidating. What people find 'badass' is interesting though...
The Chad of the Droid Army.
This
This video is sacred
Yes, Imagine if the Clone Wars had OOM-9
Why did they change the voices the CW? Like, why though? Not being funny, WHY DID THEY CHANGE THE VOI-
*is sedated - family crying looking into my padded room through reinforced glass*
Different droid models
B1 =/= OOM-9
@@raphaelambrosiuscostco They changed the voices because they decided to make the droid army comic relief. Not a great idea to turn the antagonist force into a joke. It rather removes all tension there could have been. What bothers me so much is that it makes no sense from an in-universe perspective. I doubt any of the organic troops and officers would want to work with battle droids with such annoying, high-pitched, whiny voices. It would drive them crazy.
@@commandplay I doubt OOM-9 will ever make a return in official Star Wars content, despite it being entirely reasonable that the budget-minded Trade Federation would go and turn OOM-9 and the rest of the old Naboo occupation force back on from whatever scrapyard world they got shipped off to. The closest you can get to OOM-9 in the Clone Wars would be the fanfic OOM-9's Revenge.
If OOM-9 was still around the time of the Clone Wars, those republic clones would have surrendered in 2 months.
Yeah I agree
Probably. He would be also pretty usefull in times of the Empire.
Or it would have degenerated into a brutal stalemate that lasted for decades.
@RubiiX yeah but OOM-9 is one of the best tacticians in star wars history
Nah
Boys sit in regular chairs
Men sit in GAMER CHAIRS
Gods sit on stacked chairs.
OOM 9 sits in a AAT
Underrated comment
The viceroy sits in a spider chair
I wish I had more competent commanders like him later in the war.
Im in retirement but i think…(SYSTEM ERROR) you can have me as a commander i have no erro…(ERROR) im the best thinker better than general kalani.
This guy was a Tactical Droid before the Tactical Droids were even a thing.
Fun fact : OOM 9 was actually my grandfather
@@legotacticaldroidWelp, can’t argue with a primary source.
Back when the droids were treated with more respect in the franchise. That's the only gripe I have with Clone Wars, the droids are made to be just comedic relief. That's why we had commander droids and Commando droids start to appear in the later seasons. They needed formidable opposition for the clones.
B1 droids are cute and I hate how everyone treats them. Jedi and clones are heartless, killing every droid they see. #savethedroids
Formidable, just like me.
The droids can still be seen as a rather menacing force in TCW. Though they definitely should’ve had more victories than what we got.
@@ramblinnernd5905 People seem to forget that the whole point of them was to be cheap and mass producible so a clone likely was equivalent to maybe 5-10 b1s which is why b1s always greatly outnumbered clones but they seemed evenly matched unless one side had a superior strategist.
No I understand that they are meant to be used in hordes I was just saying they are pretty menacing in that capacity even in TCW. Heck there are a few individual b1’s that actually outperform there programming like throwing a grenade into a crowd of clones or the command b1 on Onderon who took out a gunner by firing with one arm stretched out, actually trying to somewhat aim at the enemy & actually succeeding. They’re also used as comic relief but they are still shown to be dangerous in a variety of roles.
Giving them a personality in ROTS was a good idea, but I like the robotic cold distinction of these early droids
The earlier models were definitely then these recent jester droids
Lore wise, these phantom menace ones were trade federation military, with the highest budget spending. The clone wars droids are just really cheaply produced droids to swarm the galaxy. Its normal for a decrease in quality.
@@legotacticaldroid definitely what
@@Killerbee4712explains why their fleets are also almost entirely Lukrehulk battle-command ships
Imagine a battle droid being more intimidating than general Hux
😂
The Droid tanks are such a cool design.
Throughout my childhood, that was what I saw when someone said "tank"
Halo took inspiration from the Droid tanks when making the covenant wraith tank I believe, they look similar just no long cannon and different color, and they both hover
When he said "open fire," I felt that
I love when he says "Open fire."
And then they open fire.
1:13
*the high ground!*
YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWERS!
0:58
This droid has the best Boston accent I’ve ever heard
When he’s talking about the underwater villages it sounds like he has a New York accent
He sounds more like he has a cold
He kinda reminds me of Fauci a little bit
OOM-9:Yes Viceroy?
Rune Haako:Captain we se......
OOM-9:Iam Speaking whit Viceroy not whit you Liutenat
This character is underrated as heck.
The Boston Droid
Underawarter villages
Undawadduh villages
Surprised not to see more comments about this
“They will nat stay hidden for lanng”
Jeez it feels so weird seeing everything in live action after watching the clone wars for so long, especially the tanks
Something the prequels had that the recent sequels did not; Imaginative new characters, vehicles, locations, etc.
The sequel trilogy uses primarily technology and aesthetics everybody was already well familiar with, mostly from the original trilogy; like slightly upgraded X-Wings and Tie Fighters, New Imperial Walkers, yet ANOTHER Death Star, and even a New Darth Vader.
They even brought back the friggin' Emperor, beginning with him repeating one of his most iconic lines.
The prequels, on the other hand, are an exercise in bold, new ideas. Where very little is derivative of anything that had come before.
George Lucas was able to create three brand new narratives, all simultaneously taking place in the same Galaxy but without retreading on old ground at all.
It really is a stark creative difference between the two, one taking bold new steps into territory never seen before in Star Wars while still being so fundamentally Star Wars, and the other seemingly afraid to stray too far afield in ANY new direction at all.
Besides Supreme Leader Snoke, "falling to pieces," in The Last Jedi, there isn't even ONE amputation to be found in the entire sequel trilogy.
That's bordering on Star Wars sacrilege lol right there!
There's plenty of criticism of the sequel trilogy, most of it perfectly understandable, too.
But, I'm only offering some clear, very constructive criticism here.
Yoda knows there's plenty of criticism to go around when the prequels are concerned as well. 👍
If Rey was a Skywalker, she definitely should have lost a hand at some point.
Wait, Palpatine's opening line in the Sequels was the legendary "I AM the Senate!" ??
Yeah three great toy adds. Nothing more
The sequel trilogy actually does have an amputation - an amputation forgotten immediately in the following shot, however.
It looks like they’re gonna continue that Trend with Rogue Squadron… I’m so tired of seeing X-Wings everywhere 😩
OOM-9 is an underrated character. Spinnaker and Otoh Gunga weren't easy targets. The former was a formidable walled city that had plenty of energy shields, surface-to-air missile sites, and high towers where the defenders can rain down blaster cannon fire. All the while the defenders also had naval ships, troops, and artillery guns. Otoh Gunga was surrounded by heavy defenses and was protected by a fleet of Gungan navy ships as well as squadrons of Gungans riding flying animals, as well as Gungan army bases that constantly tried to push back the droids. OOM-9 defeated them and crushed the Gungan Grand Army on the field. If he was salvaged and allowed to serve in the Clone Wars, perhaps he'd be one of the few droid commanders to be good enough to work under Grievous and Dooku.
Agreed. OOM-9 would have been a significant adversary for the Republic.
Play Star Was Galactic Battle Grounds much?
@@Not-Ap Yep
@ 0:55 I feel the Command Droid talking to Viceroy Gunray sounds perfectly authoritative, and, one to be a bit afraid of. Sure, the Droids don't look it, but, they do seem a bit more intimidating when You hear them speaking as this one does. Of course, that was all but eliminated in the following Movies, and, the Droids developed a more comical, and, naturally, irritating Vocalization. This is evident in Star Wars Battlefront II - a change I greatly detest.
I seriously do not understand why George changed the Battledroid voices in Episode 3. OOM-9's voice is the coolest and most intimating.
Because they were mass produced during the war and cheaper copies
OOM-9 the first droid commander before general grievous.
Plus this and the original BF2 had the best droid voices
Huh, the voice makes him sound almost competent.
You missed the scene where Nute and Rune land in Theed and OOM-9 reports that they've captured the queen. Also the scene where OOM-9 orders the queen and her group to be taken to Camp 4.
OOM-9 really would have benefitted if they had made him visually distinct from the other droids.
The scenes I selected where those in which OOM-9 was specifically named to be speaking according to the official Phantom Menace script. The scenes you mentioned didn't list OOM-9 as the one to have said those lines.
I'll do a re-upload eventually. I picked these scenes initially because I was going off of the official Phantom Menace script where OOM-9 is specifically stated to be speaking.
Commanders are marked with a yellow insignia
@@commandplay Ah, I see. I haven't had the opportunity to see the script before.
@@slyden12 I was referring to making OOM-9 visually distinct from the other command battle droids. According to the old EU lore (specifically Galactic Battlegrounds and the short story Endgame) he was upgraded for commanding a large force and was Nute Gunray's personal guard.
Still more personality than the characters in the Sequel Trilogy.
I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or if you’re just stupid
@@tyranusarchive6984 He’s telling the truth deal with it
@@NM-du6nw You are truly ignorant if you think that
@@tyranusarchive6984 Nah we’re both smarter than you for sure
@@NM-du6nw Ha! Because I have a different opinion than you?
You’re starting to sound like a democrat
I wish they used this same voice for all the droids in the clone wars. Clone wars droids are too whiney.
Yeah almost like grunts from halo😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
I think these and the b2s have similar voices
The only droid with an IQ above room temperature
Ah, back when droids were more effective.
Except they still lost to a bunch of swamp people, two space wizards, a couple of police men, and a kid whos flight experience can be summed up in the words: Somalian aerospace club
@@MrCoolguy425 so did the us army against a group of rice farmers or the Soviet union loosing to a bunch of goat herders
@@Scruffii the rice farmers had the Lorax on their side, and the goat herders had rpgs buried in their fields like any good Arab.
The swamp people just had blueberries and slingshots.
@@MrCoolguy425 which explodes*
@@unhandydaddy5117 and additionally: the swamp people lost initially until said kid won the war for them.
So specific.. so good
I am aware about the scenes about "capturing the queen" and "taking the
prisoners to be processed". I originally chose the scenes where it was specifically stated that OOM-9 was talking in the official Phantom Menace script.
This scene made the AAT my favorite repulsorlift vehicle!
It made it feel like a *tank!*
Heavy. Lumbering. Powerful! Despite it being able to repulse! (Float)
And the recoil of those primaries!
Goddamn!
undawaddah villages
ROGER ROGER
ROGER ROGER
@@thesenate2676 Not yet
It’s treason then
He sounds like he's from Boston when he talks about those undawatta villages
Chestnuts roasting, on an 1:26
best comment haha
@@delfink4333 Roger roger!
Ahahahah
@@Harry69a Its my programming
OOM-9 is the most competent, capable, smart and serious B1 battle droid I have ever seen
I miss when your standard battle droid was actually somewhat competent and intimidating
OOM-9: a Star Wars story
*Roger, roger.*
B-1 Firefighter *roger roger*
Open fire roger roger
Roger-Roger
cease fire
His voice sounds bass boosted in this and that bothers me a bit.
This is the real voice, starting with Revenge of the Sith to the Clone Wars and onward they gave the battle droids a higher-pitched voice that makes them sound less intimidating.
@@mattgerrish908 Yes, I know, and I much prefer the older ones. I was talking about the video's quality.
@@MechaKnuckles Oh, I thought you were thinking the battle droids voices were supposed to be high pitched right here.
I've seen this movie a ton of times, that's exactly how it always sounded
@@mattgerrish908 Yeah, the deep voice for the droids in TPM is so much better than the later prequels.
0:32 *MY TROOPS ARE IN POSITION TO BEGIN SEARCHING THE SWAMPS FOR THESE RUMOURED, UNDERWATER VILLAGES. THEY WILL NOT STAY HIDDEN FOR LONG.* - Man, I love that line. lol
0:57 That New York accent though.
Brilliant acting from OOM-9
OOM-9, the only battle droid with a Boston accent!
I know he's saying: "Cease fire!", but it sounds like he's saying: "Z4"
When a battle droid seems more competent and smarter then normal tactical droids
The most underated antagonist from the Prequel Trilogy.
Best voices for the droids hands down.
I remember getting an OOM-9 Battle Droid Commander right when Episode I first hit films. Very tough toy, just as his movie counterpart.
I miss the cheap marketing ploys to promote movies such as the Szechuan sauce to promote Mulan, and toys at blockbuster that promoted movies.
OOM-9 was your major hero for most of the Trade Federation campaign in Star War Galactic Battlegrounds.
That tank bombardment is one of the best scenes in Star Wars the sounds and looks
I never even realized this was the same droid lol! Very competent indeed!!
I cant believe the guy who voiced Mario is this voice, crazy
huh, after all these years, I never realized OOM-9 was on screen, I was only familiar with that B1 from Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds.
Love the trade federation March song
I hate what the Clone Wars show has done to battle droids.
The official explanation is that they are dumber because they are no longer dependant upon an orbiting control ship to guide their every move. In TCW, every single unit is fully autonomous, but due to being cheaply made, they tend to lack advanced systems, and as such perform rather poorly (especially when main characters are on screen for, for obvious reasons), unless the plot requires them to kick ass (and even then, that job generally falls to droidekas and commando droids, who remain consistent threats throughout the series).
To be fair, it had started with Episode 3
@@bluethunderbolt9631 thanks, most people dont get that
This droid is a veteran of many trade federation battles in legends
0:57 OOM-9 is from Boston confirmed
The way the droids are presented in episode is more threatening and serious than the other two. They just seem more real and have more gravity to them and aren't just played as squeaky voiced joke characters. Ita impressive how good The Phantom Menace looks for its time.
A masterpiece of a character 👌
Best droid voice ever those guys fucking scare me
This movie’s CGI is absolutely incredible
Remember, OOM-9 won the ground battle on Naboo against the Gungans.
1:26
No lie I was actually rooting for OOM-9 to kill Jar Jar and the Gungans
Same
This Dude is more badass than rey *skywalker* .
Man watching this vid on my recommendations unocked a shitton of memories from when i was a kid and even got this guy's name out of pure obssession reading on droids in wookipedia lmfao
Imagine my happiness right now
The real joke here is a democracy that has a queen.
Constitutional democracy
Its good for tourism.
Like the British
The real joke here is your comment.
The Queen of Naboo is an elected position
Upon rewatching I did notice an unusual uptick in this droids intelligence. It was all downhill from here. Thanx for vid
Back when the battle droids could offload processing work to the control ship instead of having to do all the thinking internally. They were way smarter back then.
The old droid voice was so cool
A droid commander nearly got more screen time than maul
The vast emptiness of that battlefield makes me feel so sick just grass and great big blue shields
What if there’s a story where OOM-9’s head is found and taken by somebody. That somebody goes to the Trade Federation and Nute Gunray remembers the droid captain and how good he was during the occupation. Because of that, he orders his memory banks analyzed and that’s the inspiration to creating the tactical droids we see leading battles during the Clone Wars 🤷🏾♂️🤔
It would be a pretty cool idea for OOM-9 to fight on in the clone wars. He even cpuls just be uploaded directly into a tactical droid frame.
I preferred the battle droids when they were this way. Their voices sounded much cooler and they seemed much more intimidating because they were cold and calculating instead of clumsy,stupid, and incompetent later on.
True but it gives them more appeal
This feels too cold and out of placefor their skinny breakable bodies
It's like how the battle droids have deeper voices in the clone Wars show because of their buffer body
That fits better
@@brockrock2359 what are you talking about?! The battle droids had even squeakier sounding voices in the clone wars and their bodies never got bulkier.
@@Seminooos I mean the super battle droids
the buff ones with wrist rockets
the deep voice and seriousness suits them better than the skinnier clankers
@@brockrock2359 yes I agree they made the super battle droids the right way from the start and they are overall more effective and better soldiers than the regular battle droids but I also think they made the battle droids the right way from the start too and they didn’t need to change them. Yes, I know about the so called canon reason for changing them, something about not all of them being connected to a central computer anymore so that the same thing couldn’t happen to them again where they all got shut down because of what Anakin did in episode 1 and that’s why the separatists gave them the ability to think independently but in my opinion that decision was more of a hindrance than an upgrade for them and the writers should of come up with a better canon solution for them than what they went with. But if you like the annoying less effective and less cool version of the battle droid then so be it.
@@Seminooos well remember clone wars tv show was animated and "for kids"
So it needed that appeal
And appeal is one of the principles of a good animated show
That's why the battle droids became comic relief
These droids wouldn't fit well if we got another trilogy or tv show like the mandalorian based on the clone wars
And even anakin was more watered down and funnier compared to anakin in attack of the clones and revenge of the sith
Imagine it was that anakin on a long running animated tv show
It just wouldn't work
Same if all the battle droids were serious
One of my favorite characters!
Phantom Menace Droids actually feel like a threat what happen to them
A quote unquote "UPGRADE"
They had the same voices in Attack of the Clones too. Revenge of the Sith made them comic relief
The cannon explanation is that in episode 1 they were networked through the droid control ship and OOM commanders (like OOM-9) were upgraded for tactical thinking and input into the droid control system, after the Battle of Naboo the droid control ships were thought to be a weakness. And all droids were given AI upgrades to be more independent and other skills, but not hardware upgrades to account for this. The stress caused them to be more chatty.
@@EWLR89 That moment when being a soldier also drives machines to stress and probably space cigarette addictions
@@trevorwoolson3860 they wanna buy some death sticks, but all the dealers went home and rethunk their lives.
my favorite star wars character.
1:26
“ *Åpn fuire* “
He is one of the best
Episode 1 was not bad. The second act was a bit slow and boring but the first act was action packed and the third was one of the best ever in a Star Wars movie
Finally somebody who appreciates it for what it is.
But let's be honest,the cgi effect for the phantom menace still look amazing and aged like fine wine
We capture a command post.
For no reason the Battle Droid suddenly gained a Boston accent at 0:57 when he said they underwater villages
Undehwateh
Rumahed undewateh villages with fahkin Dunkin Donuts
OOM-9 and the other autonomous command and security models after the command ship is destroyed:
"f***"
Wait where's the scene with OOM-9 saying they captured the queen or for security to take the prisoners to Camp 4?