Battle droid "bombs"?

[Eddo36]

Well, if you arm the battle droids with a thermal detonator sized self destruct mechanisim that blows up when droid gets destroyed, there's no way a Jedi would be able to strike them with a lightsaber and survive. And if they throw the lightsaber at the bomb droids, the lightsaber would probably be damaged by the blast. Thoughts?

[jodo kast 5]

true , but then they'd lose a lot of droids really fast.

[Darth Rexlar]

What happens when you light the fuse of one firecracker and put it to close to fifty others firecracker? Now picture ten-thousand battle droids neatly lined up, and one stray blaster shot hits one of these battle droids in their thermal detonator.

[jodo kast 5]

What happens when you light the fuse of one firecracker and put it to close to fifty others firecracker? Now picture ten-thousand battle droids neatly lined up, and one stray blaster shot hits one of these battle droids in their thermal detonator.

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that would probably take a chunk of that planet with em' (w00t) .

[Azure79]

The cost benefit analysis must not have been up to par.

[someOldGuy]

Who says the droids have to stand right next to each other? Even today, infantry in combat zones are supposed to march not less than 5 meters apart, to minimize casualties from explosives.

 

But back to the point: you'll never see explosive weapons featured in movies because they're way too effective and as a result boring. Tell me what you would've preferred in Phantom Menace: a big pitch battle between the droid army and Jar-jars with lots of lasers, big machines, and weird animals OR the droid army getting completely consumed within a few seconds by huge explosions from aerial bombardment.

 

- Some Dude

[jodo kast 5]

Who says the droids have to stand right next to each other?  Even today, infantry in combat zones are supposed to march not less than 5 meters apart, to minimize casualties from explosives.

 

But back to the point:  you'll never see explosive weapons featured in movies because they're way too effective and as a result boring.  Tell me what you would've preferred in Phantom Menace:  a big pitch battle between the droid army and Jar-jars with lots of lasers, big machines, and weird animals OR the droid army getting completely consumed within a few seconds by huge explosions from aerial bombardment. 

 

- Some Dude

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trust me,bttle droids would be dumb enough to stand next t each and get blown to pieces. :cool:

[Eddo36]

Suicide bomber!