Why are B1 battle droids so dumb?

B1 battle droids are less intelligent because they didn't need to be smart, nor were they designed to be. As a matter of fact, they were originally designed to be coordinated by a Droid Control Ship which would coordinate and direct their strategy, fire patterns and overall tactical movement.
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Why do B1 battle droids have personalities?

The gist of it being that ontop of their basic intelligence, they were given more and more data to process and this overloaded their abilities. In attempting to resolve this, it led to them manifesting the appearance of (individual) personality.
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Do B1 battle droids have feelings?

"They are clearly sentient beings. By any objective criterion for what sentience is, they'll pass the test," Travis Langley, a professor of psychology and lifelong Star Wars fan, said. "There's no simulating [emotion], they have an awareness to the degree that we do.
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What does the B in B1 battle droid stand for?

Confederacy of Independent Systems. Darth Sidious. This article is about the basic Trade Federation and Separatist infantry unit called the "battle droid".
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Do Star Wars droids feel pain?

What's more, droids in the Star Wars universe also seem to feel suffering and pain. Battle droids cry out when they are killed, and a dismembered C-3P0 berates Chewbacca when he accidentally knocks his head while carrying the droid on his back.
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Do clones feel pain Star Wars?

Droids after the Clone Wars had chips added to make them feel pain, to avoid them being used as soldiers again. The Clone Wars likely terrified the galaxy. Sure, highly trained clones could take down droids easily, but for your average civilian, even a basic B-1 droid could be a deadly threat.
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Why do clones call droids Clankers?

According to Wookieepedia: Clanker: Clone troopers sometimes used this term to describe CIS battle droids in reference to the clanking sound they made while marching.
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Why do GONK droids say GONK?

They were most commonly found on under-developed worlds that did not have an expansive power grid, or in mobile military operations. They often made a low honking noise that sounded like the word "gonk," resulting in the nickname gonk droids or simply gonks.
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How tall is a clone trooper?

Most clone troopers had the height of 1.83 meters, or 6 feet, however some clone troopers had different heights. A clone pilot Axe was 2.08 meters tall.
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Are droids slaves?

Amid its feeble collection of corporate fan fiction, however, the film does inadvertently open up one truly fascinating can of worms, acknowledging something that has been an open secret in the franchise for four decades: Every droid in the Star Wars universe is basically a slave.
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Do Star Wars droids have genders?

It's arguably unnecessary for BB-8 to have a gender at all, given that BB-8 is a robot. But it's established that droids in the Star Wars universe have gender, and so far the only prominent ones we've seen in the canon, C-3PO and R2-D2, have been male.
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Do Star Wars droids have free will?

Droids are the only beings with free will, in fact. If the Force is as deterministic as we would be led to believe by Rogue One, it would seem that free will in the Star Wars universe is, at least to some extent, an illusion.
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How were B1 battle droids named?

The battle droid was named by Steven Melching, who is credited as story editor in "The Last Battle," after his birthday.
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What are the Roger Roger droids called?

R0-GR was just one of millions of battle droids manufactured during the Clone Wars until the Freemakers found him rusting in a garbage heap one day.
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Why does Obi Wan not remember R2?

By claiming he's never owned a droid before, he's apply the same tactic as his embellishment about Anakin. He hasn't owned a droid before because R2 is his friend and peer. No one can “own” him, and to claim to have done so disrespects the countless ways the little astromech droid has saved the galaxy with his heroics.
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How old is Luke in A New Hope?

In A New Hope, Luke is a naive farmboy of just 19, and by the end of Return of the Jedi, he's 23.
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What is a PK droid?

A PK-series droid. The PK-series worker droid was durable and versatile, able to perform basic tasks such as: simple repairs, organize supplies, clean up offices, and inventory cargo. They were very common and retailed for about 1,000 credits.
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How much did it cost to make a battle droid?

If you consult the Role Playing Game books by George Lucas as single B1 battle droid cost 1,800 credit so you could say the army is expensive but easy to repair.
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How many B1 battle droids were made?

They were composed of 1,232 battle droids and support droids and consisted of eleven MTT companies and a squadron of 18 repulsortanks.
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Did any battle droids survive?

Despite the deactivation of the Separatist Droid Army, its legacy still lived on in battle droids that survived the Clone Wars. After the Clones Wars various Separatist holdouts survived and attempted to fight the Empire. Nevertheless, the Empire ordered all surviving battle droids to shot on sight and melted down.
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Do droids have AI?

All droids are powered by AI; their 'thoughts' and actions are driven by a computer system. In many cases, they seem to have thoughts and feelings that almost mirror those of organic beings.
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Can droids use the force?

After all, in General, Leia Organa's final appearance in Star Wars canon, she says, "Never underestimate a droid." See. Leia knew. Droids can use the Force.
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Does r2d2 remember Anakin?

Star Wars Theory: R2-D2 Didn't Know Anakin Skywalker Became Darth Vader. R2-D2 served Queen Amidala and later Anakin Skywalker, accompanied by C-3PO. Unlike the golden protocol droid, R2-D2 never had a full memory wipe, so he was well aware of all events that happened around him.
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