Smithers said:

The battle droids are being... hatched from Geonosian eggs... I don't know how the hell that works so don't ask. The Geonosian queen treats them like her children too... and they pose no threat, black R2-D2 kills them in 2 frames. I'm not really sure what the importance of the quest was but it was fun and strange

Your description sounds like the best and the worst thing ever. Alas, this storyline is dead to me, so I won't check this issue out even for the WTF? factor.