B1 battle droid/Legends

"Useless things. A greater danger to us than to Jedi."

- General Grievous

B1 battle droids were the battle droids that made up the Trade Federation Droid Army. It was the successor of the hunter-killer droid. B1 battle droids' heads were designed to imitate the shape of a dead Neimoidian's skull. In this way, they were intended to strike fear into an enemy's heart.

After the Federation joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems, they became a part of the Confederacy's greater war force. They were designed for cheap mass-production. Other models, like droidekas, B2 super battle droids, grapple droids, and air battle droids, were more expensive and powerful. B-1s were usually slaved to a central control mainframe located on a remote starship or some other well-defended facility. However, this could lead to massive failure if the central control mainframe was destroyed, such as during the Battle of Naboo, in which Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Droid Control Ship. The resulting monumental defeat spurred interest in independent battle droids, and this technique gained ground following the battle. Battle droids used E-5 blaster rifles, blaster pistols, and thermal detonators in combat. They spoke with a monotonous, mechanical voice. The voice varied between units around the time of the Battle of Naboo, but by the end of the Clone Wars, the voices seemed to be standardized.

Following the Naboo crisis, the Galactic Republic enacted strict legislation that prohibited the use of droid armies and the development of military hardware. The Trade Federation, however, relocated its droid foundries and laboratories to remote territories far from the Republic's jurisdiction like Geonosis. The Trade Federation also developed a new generation of B1s with enhanced intelligence and independence.

B1s were perhaps the most numerical soldiers ever, and, unlike most organic soldiers, they were capable of action in hostile environments like underwater or in space.

When the Trade Federation became a member of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, it pledged its droid forces to the Separatist cause. B1s would be the Confederacy's most common soldiers, with quadrillions churned out on countless CIS factory worlds. They particpated in many battles including, but not limited to, the Battle of Geonosis, Battle of Muunilinst, Second Battle of Coruscant, and Battle of Kashyyyk. Following the execution of the Separatist Council by Darth Sidious's new apprentice, Darth Vader, the B1s were de-activated. During the Galactic Civil War, B1s left over from the Clone Wars were discovered on Geonosis by Rebel pilot Wedge Antilles after crash landing in his X-wing. Several stormtroopers that landed on the planet in escape pods managed to destroy many droids by using E-Web blasters.

Types and colors
"Roger, roger."

- Typical response of a battle droid

B1 battle droid types are shown by color worn on the droid's head, shoulders, and/or chest.


 * None&mdash;Standard infantry battle droid
 * Blue&mdash;Pilot battle droid
 * Red&mdash;Security battle droid
 * Yellow&mdash;Command battle droid
 * Green&mdash;Droid marine

Some B1 units would be painted with different colors to blend into a certain environment.

Trivia
"Send more droids against the Jedi Knight! Their bodies are making a pile so high that he will never be able to cross it!"

- Sentepeth Findos


 * Due to the abundant mineral resources of Geonosis's asteroid rings, there were many battle droid foundries on that planet.


 * B1s have the appearance of Neimoidian skeletons, with the shriveled up "brain sac" devices like that of a Neimoidian corpse; as well as Geonosian bodies.

Appearances

 * Cloak of Deception
 * Star Wars: Battlefront
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Jedi Power Battles
 * Star Wars Republic: Twilight
 * Outbound Flight
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
 * Star Wars: Republic Commando
 * Odds
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * "Chapter 1"
 * "Chapter 2"
 * "Chapter 3"
 * "Chapter 4"
 * "Chapter 5"
 * "Chapter 9"
 * "Chapter 10"
 * "Chapter 12"
 * "Chapter 13"
 * "Chapter 20"
 * "Chapter 22"
 * "Chapter 23"
 * "Chapter 24"
 * "Chapter 25"
 * Honor Bound
 * Star Wars Republic 64: Bloodlines
 * General Grievous
 * Obsession
 * Brothers in Arms
 * Reversal of Fortune
 * Labyrinth of Evil
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game