B2 Super Battle Droid

An advanced model of battle droid belonging to the same line as their B1 counterparts, the B2 Super Battle Droid is designed with a heavily armoured chassis and improved processing ability, making them far more durable and somewhat more intelligent than the B1 Battle Droid. B2 droids are typically equipped with heavier weaponry than the B1 droids. Initially deployed during the battle of Geonosis at the beginning of the Clone Wars, B2 droids were eventually shut down along with every other model of battle droid utilised by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. However, a number of criminal factions acquired and utilised B2 Super Battle Droids for use as enforcers.

Despite their superior intelligence to B1 Battle Droids, B2 droids display indications of emotion and personality less frequently than the former. However, they have at times displayed frustration and disdain for other droids on occasion. For example, a B2 Super Battle Droid is seen during the battle of Geonosis fatally punching a damaged B1 Battle Droid simply for standing in its way. Further examples are given by a pair of B2 droids lifting and verbally insulting an astromech droid (R2-D2) during the battle of Coruscant, with a third later kicking him in retaliation for electrocuting its arm.

Like their B1 counterparts, B2 Super Battle Droids had several variations available. These include the B2-RP; B2 droids capable of flight, and the B2-HE; B2 droids with one arm replaced with a rocket launcher.