Magnaguards actually HAVE spoken in canon, in the episode of the clone wars "the box" a magnaguard tells the bounty hunters to place their weapons in the designated container before they meet with Dooku
I find myself going back to videos from years past already. I've haven't had this much free time on my hands for like a decade now. Obviously TH-cam itself has changed since then.
Well we couldn't do this for instance. Their comment reply section has only been around like 5 or 6 years. Plus there weren't as strict rules regarding content as there is now.
Never Mind commandos are far more practical for spec ops and frontline combat but magna guards are just better. They have incredibly strong armor, there head isn’t a weak point, and they can hold off Jedi. commandos usually don’t last as long against Jedi as magnaguards.
@@punctuationman334 yeah, the Commando Droid would probably perform at least as well at being a special forces soldier, but a Magnaguard would stomp one in open combat. An IG-86 would be a fun matchup for sure though
@@SasoriZert Well you wrote Manga and I found it hilarious. (Not sarcastic) Btw, great job using the right "your" and using that phrase right. It doesn't make sense to say "couldn't care more".
@@jackychang9148 yes I know I spelled them wrong but if I edit it now I'll lose the heart and he gave it to me literally as soon as I saw misspelled it
Wait a second, Grievous personally train each and every one of them?!!?! In that case, then, losing a Magnaguard would be the equivalent of losing a clone trooper... Whenever you lost a clone trooper like Fives, Waxer, or Hevy (And Hardcase) you lost their unique personalities that came with each clone... So in a way, whenever Grievous lost one of his Magnaguard, he'd lose the training and skills possessed by that individual Magnaguard...
I think a good explanation for that would be that cortosis in canon can’t really be fitted in to these droids without hindering movement significantly and maybe increasing overall profile to.
Just use an outer layer of the same Phrik alloy as the electrostaves and it'll be fine. I suspect that wasn't the case only because of Palpatine/Sidious and his background machinations. He didn't want these droids, let alone Grievous himself, to be TOO difficult to destroy, just difficult enough that they would serve their purpose in his schemes.
Nice little a Christmas story refrence there. It is phrik technically but I figured that's what you probably meant. That's the only "Frick" that comes to mind. Clever!
Bro instead of the armour they already have, just imagine bescar armour and spears. Also instead of dark troopers in the mandolorian just imagine these droids
Truly fabulous. Your journey has been grand, and the quality continues to improve in leaps and bounds. It has been a pleasure to enjoy your content, even if I don't often comment on the vids
Commando Droids were used for different reasons. Mostly infiltration assassination and stealthy recon. Magnaguards were used as personal defence force of high ranking separatist leaders. Ofc commando droids are more useful for war but the guards could hold their own even 1 on 1 against jedi knights. They would still lose vs masters though.
I like to think of them like this: th-cam.com/video/o6kBOYZmQzc/w-d-xo.html Mixed with the VJ Emmy commentary in "Who Killed Captain Alex?" I've taken to using both ninjas and BX-Commando droids in my AI Dungeon adventures. They get things done. Roger Roger!
@@marrqi7wini54 considering the millenia in technological superiority, materials, matter manipulation and AI, i wouldn't be surprised if a Mouse droid took one down
xX Valtiel Xx that’s a bit much, the T-800s could probably take down up to B2s with their plasma weaponry (very similar to blasters), but I don’t think they would win against droidekas and the more advanced droids
@@agentc7020 you have to take into account their duranium frames, the Terminator wiki doesn't specifically say if their skeletons are made of steel or titanium, but i don't think they would last long against a barrage of a B2s repeater, those things fire rate is insane, also the T-800s don't appear to have a sturdy frame to protect their inner components against the highly refined plasma of SW, Clone Troopers with the heavy DC-15A wich was ion based had trouble taking them down, compared to the primitive Skynet plasma weaponry, i don't think it would pack a lot of punch against the B2s, then you have the rocket variants and the jump jet B2s. But that's just my guess
That fight with the swordsman was actually Ford's idea. It turns out he was sick that day and didn't have the energy for a fight, so he suggested to Lucas "Can't I just shoot the guy?" Which he thought would be really funny and it was. One of the most classic fight scenes in modern cinema was a complete fluke as it turns out.
YES! First view! Anyways, why didn't they use lightsabers? Or maybe that semi-canon lightsaber rifle?? And also, we don't see them kill that many Jedi... They mostly just capture them or fail to kill them.
Commando droids: can go without waist an arm or hands as long as it has a head Magna gards: can operate without its head arm and leg as long as it has its chest
The scariest to fight would be the b3 battle droid. I think it is canon at some point. Some reference in a novel or somthing. Anyone be welcome to tell me. lol
7:03 If in Canon then yes you are right, but in Legends we first saw them in Star Wars: Clone Wars Micro series. We also have technically seen them talk in Canon it was just in the unfinished Crystal crisis arc. I always found it weird that they are suppose to be able to keep fighting even without their heads, but when that one Magna guard survived from being crushed by that weight he was killed as soon as Kenobi cut off his head? Think Lucas instantly forgot that he made them able to fight without their heads in a short amount of time.
I still have the Lego Star Wars Magnaguard starfighter that came with these little minifigure Magnaguards. Very cool and intimidating design, especially with cloak, completes the look.
Like a cockroach, cutting off its head won't kill it. Grievous and the CIS have so much in common with bugs. And lets not forget Admiral Trench. Raid would've made a fortune using clone armor as advertising space.
Grab the Magnastaffs after a battle and you can get a nice supply of Phrik alloy to reforge into useful gear. There's Lightsabers and Lightstaffs, shields and armour and even blasters. And post Clone Wars maybe a quick raid on Baktoid Armor Workshops while it's chaos when the CIS is shut down - although if you're Jedi, getting out of dodge would be priority number one.
holowan labs also produced IG Lancer combat droids who did make up a major part of CIS army being the troops of banking clan, aloong with hailfire droids, for example
One huge omission was their introduction to the star wars universe via the 2003 clone wars animated series when they helped in the capture of Palpatine during the attack on Corusant.
Cowardly? Yeah, for a sentient organic that has a concept of honor. The droids are designed to protect Greivous, regardless of how they achieve it. I'd assume if it meant keeping him safe, they'd destroy themselves in that pursuit or even other droids or Magnaguards if it meant being in a prime position to protect their charge. Jedi are well known for fighting 360 degrees around themselves, making the surrounding formation not only optimal for providing the Jedi with 4 targets at once in their attack zone, but also constantly having those targets moving in and out of their blind spots and peripheral vision. Greivous has obviously had his Magnaguards tweaked to facilitate his desire to fight Jedi rather than outright protect him in 1v1 encounters. If anything Greivous is the coward for not having them set to stand down in a fair, 1v1 contest... But, we kinda already knew he was a bit of a pussy.
It does beg the question as far as the ig droids. If you're building an assassin, why advertise what it is to God and everybody by giving it a distinctive chassis? It would make much more sense to put the skills and hardware into something much more innocuous...... Like maybe a protocol or astromech.....oh, wait....
if they fused the combat and speed of the commando droids and the ig 100 magnaguard no clones would be able to defeat them since they are fast and are very combat adept (both magnagaurd combat + commando droid combat JUST IMAGINE how much lethal the combat it would be if you combined both of them (both droid body and combat skills
Magna guards sound like Megatron when they speak Lmao I played Battlefront 2 so I have played with the Bulldog R, the grenade launcher and the recon droid. The BullDog R is like an automatic rocket launcher, all the rest are self explanatory
Great clip I really did the they would be much much better. Personal the driod commando units were better on security to officers in my opinion. I would have made there swords out off a light saber resistance metal and went with that way. If I were in the CIS.
I'd love to see other "factions" of magnaguards like a group of rebels or stormtroopers that have modified their cape/colors to match their faction jedi survivor is a start from what i heard with battle droids being employed by a certain faction that i wont say because spoilers
You made a mistake at around 5:44 ish VI is 6 and IV is 4 you made the mistake when talking about the mark 4 or 6 (dunno what it is at this point) recon droid
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Magnaguards actually HAVE spoken in canon, in the episode of the clone wars "the box" a magnaguard tells the bounty hunters to place their weapons in the designated container before they meet with Dooku
No better way to pass the time in quarantine than to learn more about the Star Wars universe
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@Anzu Wyliei Banning Anime!!!
I find myself going back to videos from years past already. I've haven't had this much free time on my hands for like a decade now. Obviously TH-cam itself has changed since then.
Well we couldn't do this for instance. Their comment reply section has only been around like 5 or 6 years. Plus there weren't as strict rules regarding content as there is now.
they need to add these guys in battlefront 2 2017
And that is bloody A S A P
If they do then they need to add clone assassins
@@greatwarriorstruggler9447 Aye man, also we need another IG unit for the Empire era as well!
Yes indeed
They have them in the original 2005 battlefront 2. Exept that they where a blaster unit and did´nt have the staff :(
They're the most overqualified droid in Star Wars.
That's kind of Holowan"s trademark lol
Sicivi Shoelace commando droids are probably better
@@nevermind3630Wut?
Never Mind commandos are far more practical for spec ops and frontline combat but magna guards are just better. They have incredibly strong armor, there head isn’t a weak point, and they can hold off Jedi. commandos usually don’t last as long against Jedi as magnaguards.
@@punctuationman334 yeah, the Commando Droid would probably perform at least as well at being a special forces soldier, but a Magnaguard would stomp one in open combat. An IG-86 would be a fun matchup for sure though
I love how you refer Palpatine as "the Senate" lol
Well, he _is_ the Senate
No, *this is the Senate*
Dafydd Rees-Jones this is the correct way to respond by someone. Calling someone by name is the way.
@@Slasher865 damn, you're right
@@Slasher865 this is the way
Manga guard where easily my favorite specialist droid in the cis arsenal
Magna*
Were*
@@jackychang9148 dude take your grammar police ass and leave I couldnt care less
@@SasoriZert Well you wrote Manga and I found it hilarious.
(Not sarcastic) Btw, great job using the right "your" and using that phrase right. It doesn't make sense to say "couldn't care more".
@@jackychang9148 yes I know I spelled them wrong but if I edit it now I'll lose the heart and he gave it to me literally as soon as I saw misspelled it
@@SasoriZert Ah. Didn't know that. I've rarely gotten a heart.
imagine the separatists as an armada of BX Commando droids and Magnaguards.
An army of badass droids? Check, please.
_Oui, monsieur!!!!!!!_
They would have probably destroyed the republic but they were too expensive
I think using these as a standing army is too expensive, these are special forces units
The effects will be devastating...
Edit: Especially with something like this: swtor.fandom.com/wiki/The_Foundry ...
The fact they can fight without their heads is truly frightening
And then there is clone war
Ohh the IG-100s. Probably one of the most badass bodyguards you could possibly get
Jedi: lets just cut through these magnagaurds weapons.
Magnagaurds: Frick
Make no mistake though, that Bulldog RLR is an evil weapon that can rack up a ton of kills if used skillfully.
Magnaguards are maybe my favorite droids and the Electrostaff is my favorite non lightsaber melee weapon on Star Wars!!!
cooltriplets_2 I love the force pike bit like electrostaff 😉
"To save the Senate"
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Wait a second, Grievous personally train each and every one of them?!!?! In that case, then, losing a Magnaguard would be the equivalent of losing a clone trooper... Whenever you lost a clone trooper like Fives, Waxer, or Hevy (And Hardcase) you lost their unique personalities that came with each clone... So in a way, whenever Grievous lost one of his Magnaguard, he'd lose the training and skills possessed by that individual Magnaguard...
Pity weren't plated in cortosis..might've helpd against the Negotiator aboard Invisible Hand 😋
Or mandalorian iron a.k.a. beskar.
I think a good explanation for that would be that cortosis in canon can’t really be fitted in to these droids without hindering movement significantly and maybe increasing overall profile to.
@ButterdCrump3ts Beskar is blaster-proof
Just use an outer layer of the same Phrik alloy as the electrostaves and it'll be fine. I suspect that wasn't the case only because of Palpatine/Sidious and his background machinations. He didn't want these droids, let alone Grievous himself, to be TOO difficult to destroy, just difficult enough that they would serve their purpose in his schemes.
*FRICK* alloy
I’ll let that speak for itself
hEyHEY
Just in case anyone decides to search that up, it's *phrik* starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Phrik
You mean if you stick your tongue to it in the cold it will get thtuk?
Death By Design Graphics genious
Nice little a Christmas story refrence there. It is phrik technically but I figured that's what you probably meant. That's the only "Frick" that comes to mind. Clever!
imagine if the magnaguards had lightsabers
There actually were IG series Lightsaber Droids, and they were used by the CIS and looked similar to MagnaGuards.
swse.fandom.com/wiki/IG-110_Lightsaber_Droid
@Noa Nefarious that’s awsome thanks I would have never known about this!
Why didn’t grevious give his guards lightsabers, he had collected enough
@@australiangamer7956 he had a comtempt for droids, also they could loose the sabers.
0:00 sometimes going for the head isn't enough?
Thanos parallel?
Probably not considering most organic beings can't live without one.
@@DeathBYDesign666 weak organics
The markings on the capes also look like vulture droid photoreceptors
If we want Magnaguards they need the Clone Assassins as a counter.
I hated these things in LEGO Star Wars, they where so annoying
Seraph Diaz pretty sure I always killed them by jump-attacking to do the lightsaber slam, or something
@@australiangamer7956 me too
I can imagine these things punching through walls to kill someone.
Fighting these in Lego Star Wars really freaked me out as a kid, I hated who they didn't die...
This is a good video realy wanted this
Bro instead of the armour they already have, just imagine bescar armour and spears.
Also instead of dark troopers in the mandolorian just imagine these droids
Actually in canon they also used E-5 blasters and rocket launchers. Also what’s up with IG droids always self destructing
I can still hear the buzzing of the staff in my sleep
Im in quarantine and i feel just like that famous separatis general
The staffs are made of Frik Alloy because whenever a Jedi saw a Magnaguard that’s what they’d say...
Truly fabulous. Your journey has been grand, and the quality continues to improve in leaps and bounds. It has been a pleasure to enjoy your content, even if I don't often comment on the vids
hey that comes a lot coming from you! Nice to see you again
Nice to see another member of our great Empire!
@@MrNGTfan123 As you were, Admiral
Director Orson Krennic yes sir.
Did Cad Bane ever get his Rogue Class Starfighter with Elite Weapons and a cloaking device?
Cool droids but I'll always love commado droids better, deadly ninja droids ftw!
Commando Droids were used for different reasons. Mostly infiltration assassination and stealthy recon. Magnaguards were used as personal defence force of high ranking separatist leaders. Ofc commando droids are more useful for war but the guards could hold their own even 1 on 1 against jedi knights. They would still lose vs masters though.
I like to think of them like this: th-cam.com/video/o6kBOYZmQzc/w-d-xo.html
Mixed with the VJ Emmy commentary in "Who Killed Captain Alex?"
I've taken to using both ninjas and BX-Commando droids in my AI Dungeon adventures. They get things done. Roger Roger!
*Skynet:* I'll take your entire stock!
I wonder how they'd fare against T-800s?
@@marrqi7wini54 considering the millenia in technological superiority, materials, matter manipulation and AI, i wouldn't be surprised if a Mouse droid took one down
xX Valtiel Xx that’s a bit much, the T-800s could probably take down up to B2s with their plasma weaponry (very similar to blasters), but I don’t think they would win against droidekas and the more advanced droids
@@agentc7020 you have to take into account their duranium frames, the Terminator wiki doesn't specifically say if their skeletons are made of steel or titanium, but i don't think they would last long against a barrage of a B2s repeater, those things fire rate is insane, also the T-800s don't appear to have a sturdy frame to protect their inner components against the highly refined plasma of SW, Clone Troopers with the heavy DC-15A wich was ion based had trouble taking them down, compared to the primitive Skynet plasma weaponry, i don't think it would pack a lot of punch against the B2s, then you have the rocket variants and the jump jet B2s. But that's just my guess
Expensively effective, dangerous and damn cool looking. A IG Mangaguard is worth every credit and then some.
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That fight with the swordsman was actually Ford's idea. It turns out he was sick that day and didn't have the energy for a fight, so he suggested to Lucas "Can't I just shoot the guy?" Which he thought would be really funny and it was. One of the most classic fight scenes in modern cinema was a complete fluke as it turns out.
I've always wondered why Obi-Wan had so much rivals (Grievous, Maul, Ventress, etc.), and why Anakin didn't. Then I realized Anakin kills them all.
I love that IG units always come with a very nice self destruct sequence
Think I'll use a slug thrower loaded with frik rounds instead.
YES! First view! Anyways, why didn't they use lightsabers? Or maybe that semi-canon lightsaber rifle?? And also, we don't see them kill that many Jedi... They mostly just capture them or fail to kill them.
Commando droids: can go without waist an arm or hands as long as it has a head
Magna gards: can operate without its head arm and leg as long as it has its chest
They talked in the Crystal Crisis animatic arc for the Clone wars.
th-cam.com/video/3-yFiqokbaM/w-d-xo.html
One min 35 second mark.
The scariest to fight would be the b3 battle droid. I think it is canon at some point. Some reference in a novel or somthing. Anyone be welcome to tell me. lol
7:03 If in Canon then yes you are right, but in Legends we first saw them in Star Wars: Clone Wars Micro series.
We also have technically seen them talk in Canon it was just in the unfinished Crystal crisis arc.
I always found it weird that they are suppose to be able to keep fighting even without their heads, but when that one Magna guard survived from being crushed by that weight he was killed as soon as Kenobi cut off his head? Think Lucas instantly forgot that he made them able to fight without their heads in a short amount of time.
Brandon Travis Rodriguez we see them talk as well in the clone wars episode in season 4 “the box” @metanerdz
I still have the Lego Star Wars Magnaguard starfighter that came with these little minifigure Magnaguards. Very cool and intimidating design, especially with cloak, completes the look.
MagnaGuards exist
The metanerdz empire I take your entire stock
BX Commando droids and Magnaguards Tagteam?
Yes please.
Too expensive.
Uhhh... The manga guards first premiered in the original clone wars animated series before the movie was released
Like a cockroach, cutting off its head won't kill it. Grievous and the CIS have so much in common with bugs. And lets not forget Admiral Trench. Raid would've made a fortune using clone armor as advertising space.
I remember a video saying Grevious hated the guards and he gave them the cloaks to make them more Kaleesh like him.
Shaak Ti defeated a whole army of them
You are wrong that the magna guards first appeard in revenge of the sith. It was in the Clone Wars mini series that they first appeared.
A famously congested Kaleesh...
Lmao
If I was Koth I would've taken the opportunity to take out a few magnagaurds when I pushed Gerevious back.
These guys are so hard to kill in Disney infinity wait no one remembers that only me ight
5:40
That’s a Mark 6 Recon Droid
IV = 4
V = 5
VI = 6
Also in Legends there's IG-179, a personal unit for Iron Knight Luxum.
I love the IG-100s
You should've gone for the stomach
If I ever had a friend in Star Wars it’d be a modified Magna guard
Also an r3 unit , Twi’lek and maybe a Devilranian
Grab the Magnastaffs after a battle and you can get a nice supply of Phrik alloy to reforge into useful gear.
There's Lightsabers and Lightstaffs, shields and armour and even blasters.
And post Clone Wars maybe a quick raid on Baktoid Armor Workshops while it's chaos when the CIS is shut down - although if you're Jedi, getting out of dodge would be priority number one.
You should have said at the beginning, "Sometimes, going for the head just doesn't cut it."
I remember back when these guys didn't have names and were just called Grievous Bodyguard.
Please do the KX series Security droids seen in Rouge One and Jedi: Fallen Order
holowan labs also produced IG Lancer combat droids who did make up a major part of CIS army being the troops of banking clan, aloong with hailfire droids, for example
There was a version or variant called the SUPER MAGNAGUARD. From the game renegade squadron.
for some reason when you said Asimo I thought of Awsomo from south park
Thank you for putting the words Into aurebesh as well as english. It's helpful for me so that I can get better at reading aurebesh.
remember when Anakin grabbed ones fist and crushed it? That was epic.
One huge omission was their introduction to the star wars universe via the 2003 clone wars animated series when they helped in the capture of Palpatine during the attack on Corusant.
WHAT IF THE MAGNAGUARDS HAD LIGHTSABER PIKES!?
Or bo-rifles.
8 views and 11 likes in 50 seconds. What
I often find that Intimidation Tactics can end an entire war with ease.
i wish i was a magnaguard
Wasn’t this a remake of your second oldest video?
Yeah actually. Awesome you know that
MetaNerdz Lore I remembered watching it a while ago
I wish they where in Battlefront ll
Ewoks should be a measurement unit lol
I always saw these droids in the special forces division.
The magnagaurd was one of my favorite droids of the series
You need more emoks height comparison
So they’re like Assaultrons then
Cowardly? Yeah, for a sentient organic that has a concept of honor. The droids are designed to protect Greivous, regardless of how they achieve it.
I'd assume if it meant keeping him safe, they'd destroy themselves in that pursuit or even other droids or Magnaguards if it meant being in a prime position to protect their charge.
Jedi are well known for fighting 360 degrees around themselves, making the surrounding formation not only optimal for providing the Jedi with 4 targets at once in their attack zone, but also constantly having those targets moving in and out of their blind spots and peripheral vision.
Greivous has obviously had his Magnaguards tweaked to facilitate his desire to fight Jedi rather than outright protect him in 1v1 encounters. If anything Greivous is the coward for not having them set to stand down in a fair, 1v1 contest...
But, we kinda already knew he was a bit of a pussy.
It does beg the question as far as the ig droids.
If you're building an assassin, why advertise what it is to God and everybody by giving it a distinctive chassis?
It would make much more sense to put the skills and hardware into something much more innocuous......
Like maybe a protocol or astromech.....oh, wait....
7.33 think that was megatron
if they fused the combat and speed of the commando droids and the ig 100 magnaguard no clones would be able to defeat them since they are fast and are very combat adept (both magnagaurd combat + commando droid combat
JUST IMAGINE how much lethal the combat it would be if you combined both of them (both droid body and combat skills
Magna guards sound like Megatron when they speak Lmao
I played Battlefront 2 so I have played with the Bulldog R, the grenade launcher and the recon droid. The BullDog R is like an automatic rocket launcher, all the rest are self explanatory
Great clip
I really did the they would be much much better. Personal the driod commando units were better on security to officers in my opinion. I would have made there swords out off a light saber resistance metal and went with that way. If I were in the CIS.
I'd love to see other "factions" of magnaguards like a group of rebels or stormtroopers that have modified their cape/colors to match their faction jedi survivor is a start from what i heard with battle droids being employed by a certain faction that i wont say because spoilers
The IGE: WHOA that's it (grabs a P1151 badger sword) YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THE POWER I HAVE!
Did you mean Mark 6 Recon droids? You verbally said Mark 4 but the Roman Numerals at 5:45 says Mark VI droid.
hk 77 will be the scariest
I remember fighting these assholes in Republic Commando. They’re so agile that they were damn difficult to hit
It makes you wonder how bad >the average< jedi was in light saber dueling that a droid could possibly beat them.
Great video again, but I must ask you who your allegiance is to? I do hope you pick the ride side for your sake...
People always say the US needs to switch to the metric system but u think we should switch to the MetaNerdz system if measurement.
I thought the first time they were featured was Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars cartoon?
3:11
I think (the Jedi bitch ally) is a better expression
I’m pretty sure the Magna guards are the lucky ones I don’t think grievous ever
Punched any of these things
Hey I know I’m 5 months late but if you happen to see this can you cover the V2 series commando droid
You made a mistake at around 5:44 ish VI is 6 and IV is 4 you made the mistake when talking about the mark 4 or 6 (dunno what it is at this point) recon droid