Why Did this Staple Separatist Light Vehicle Become Almost Completely Irrelevant by the End of CW?

The jet engines exhaust directly into the pilots crotch. 10/10 design.

A reimagining of the STAP as a Droid with a droidica style shield... could have been pretty effective. Think about it.

That speeder was so cool. If you played Lego Star Wars the complete saga, those things were fun to steer and wreak havoc with.

The STAP was so cool in Star Wars and I really liked them in both Episode 1 and TCW. They really fit the Trade Federation and CIS aesthetic as a whole.

It's a wonder how Anakin was able to ride one of these things on Alaris Prime without falling off. Bear in mind he had to outrun the blast radius of Dooku's Force Harvester while also having to navigate a dense forest with the constant risk of hitting a tree while under fire from defense turrets and enemy STAPs.

So is No One gonna Talk about the Fact that the Thrusters Would Roast Off Your Legs at the knees?!?!

Most Fans : "STAPs are just speeders." Geetsly's : "Hold my beer."

Make it a tad bigger and give it a metal shield in front in style of droideka snipers and you have a speedy little anti personel vehicle. These things are pretty cool

This will always be pretty iconic to the Battle of Naboo.

the strange thing is the STAP could have been a great mobile anti infantry turret, as you said it has about the same damage output as a Destroyer droid, if you put a good quality shield Infront of the driver they could in a offensive action, fly in lockdown onto the ground and deal out suppressing fire then when the attack is ready to move rather then having to pack up the gun it can take off again and fly forward ahead of the advancing troops land and repeat, while in a defensive action the STAP could be used as a force multiplier a portable highspeed turret that when defending from multiple points of attack can change position rapidly depending on where they are needed most

Remember Battle For Naboo when you were in the resistance against the TF occupation and got to fly a Nubian STAP

You could say that it was a STAPle of the CIS army.

Absolutely terrifying giving a standard B1 the power to mow down squads.

They'd also lend themselves very well for the other purpose of the Droid army - garrison duty. Patrolling, policing, keeping the peace... just like how police ride motorcycles.

The CIS Also is the organization with one of the best causes! Government threw representation, something the Old Republic lost by this time period! I’m not talking about the Mega Corporations or the Sith manipulation of it! I’m talking about the actual cause of the CIS. That I would support 100%!

If you haven’t already can you do a breakdown on the Hailfire droid, and why we didn’t see any throughout the clone wars?

Eh usually in recon you want to say unnoticed and report back locations so the probe droids they used were probably way better in the role, they see like something to do hit and run skirmishes or rear guard/ delaying actions

If they sucked as much A$$ as they did in the original Battlefront 2 there'll be no questions from me chief 🗣️🗣️

Never ever ride a glorified superheated engine with a driver's seat. No, I'm not talking about either the R-22 Spearhead or its RZ-1 A-Wing successor.

I love the small stab at the seguls in the beginning