The CIS was never supposed to win. They were composed of factions Palpy wanted to destroy, so he would have complete dominance over the universe. Sidious started the Trade Federation attack on Naboo, used Dooku to organise an Alliance of Bankers, Trade Federation, techno Union etc... That way he would be justified to send in his new clones to wipe them all out and KABOOM: the Empire is on the way.
Originally posted by queeqThe Universe? It's only one galaxy.
The CIS was never supposed to win. They were composed of factions Palpy wanted to destroy, so he would have complete dominance over the universe. Sidious started the Trade Federation attack on Naboo, used Dooku to organise an Alliance of Bankers, Trade Federation, techno Union etc... That way he would be justified to send in his new clones to wipe them all out and KABOOM: the Empire is on the way.
Originally posted by Rampant ox
The CIS was stinking rich, im sure they could have employed a new military commander. Besides, that Geonosion Commander (Poggle?) looked like he has seen a few battles in his time 😛The Republic had better ships, the CIS had more ships. Again, the CIS had strength in numbers.
By the time of the Battle of Geonosis, about 1.2 million clone units were ready for duty. (AOTC Novelization) It is speculated that "units" refers to military units rather than individual clones, as the GAR was able to keep Separatist strongholds under siege for months at a time. This theory was disproven in the novel Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover, though the credibility of the film is greater than that of novels, the first theory should be the more reliable. In it was mentioned the fact that the Republic only had enough soldiers to place one on each of its planets and have few to spare.
Given that quadrillions of droids made up the CIS forces, the clones number deficiency was partially complemented by their overwhelming heavy weapons advantage, embodied by vehicles like the Turbo Tank and the AT-TE (although the CIS produced large quantities of powerful vehicles like Baktoid's Droid Gunship and the Corporate Alliance Droid Tank), as well as the general Republic space superiority. While one on one a clone was equal to a battle droid, and inferior to a super battle droid (AOTC Novelization), their superior creativity, ability to seize the initiative,and space superiority(AOTC Novelization), when combined with precision strikes and insurgent actions of the specialized clone units such as the Republic Commandos, ARC Troopers, and Clone Intelligence units, the GAR was able to slowly gain ground in the war.
Just a little info I found on wikipedia referring to the 1,200,000 clones.
Originally posted by Nellis MunnDude, the 7 year old sitting in the row in front of me during the ROTS screening recognized (loudly) that the CIS sucked.
CIS woooooo..............they were cool....i didnt like it when when anaikin murders all the CIS council members.
and when they kill dooku and greivios....im sure CIS fans can agree.
But teh clones didn't go "one on one" with droids.
By the looks of them, they used small units tactics with mobility focus. Sooner or later George tells us about the "Thunder-war" doctrine that was invented by some Republic leader. Once the air superiority is taken, tanks of some sort make a breakthrough followed closely by mechanized clone units. Behind them, conventional infantry pours in.
This will be all covered in the upcoming tv series... I fear...