>>725067601
Me too. I'll defend the portrayal of post-TCW clone troopers because the depiction of them as stone-faced and silent professional badasses, as if they're all Spartan IIs or something, basically only existed in media contemporary to AotC; the film itself (wherein they had about 5 minutes of screentime), Genndy Wars, and the first Battlefront, the latter of which had very subdued characterization for all factions in comparison to its sequel. In RotS the clones were a lot more emotive, and in vidya of the time like Republic Commando and Battlefront 2 they were portrayed as wisecracking jackasses in the spirit of the Colonial Marines or what have you, constantly chattering, complaining, or hyping each other up. There was a very clear shift in characterization over time, and the silent "meat droid" style of clone was overwritten and obsolete long before TCW came out.
All that said, the shift in characterization of the battle droids is a lot less defensible. They had ALWAYS been used as comic relief, in basically every piece of media besides the first Battlefront, but they were able to fill the role without having an obnoxious helium voice, making inane comments every 5 seconds, or partaking in Three Stooges acts. If anything, the almost emotionless, monotone robot voice made a lot of the lines in media like Battlefront 2 and Genndy Wars more amusing.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHB5oWc1dp0
It's not even a matter of them no longer presenting a threat, now you just outright feel bad for the damn things.
