Originally posted by Enyalus
*sigh* Dude...you're lucky I have the book open.Hehe, kidding:
'Thousands of clone troops swarmed the Jedi Temple. Multiple battalions on each level were not just an occupying force, but engaged in the long, painstaking process of preparing dead bodies for positive identification. The Jedi dead were to be tallied against the rolls maintained in the Temple archives; the clone dead would be cross-checked with regimental rosters. All the dead had to be accounted for.'
So it's even worse than I recall - multiple battalions [b]on each level
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no, you made the statement that Yoda and obi-wan FOUGHT all of those clones. NOT that they were around them. lol, i got the book open too! yay! pg. 369: obi-wan and yoda kill 8 clones to get into a back entrance of the jedi temple. pg. 374, (my quoting time)
"Usually, small patrolling squads--five troopers or less--that still made random sweepts through the Temple hallways, checking every door and window, every desk and every closet. Sometimes when those closets were opened, what was found inside was five dead clones." ..... skip several paragraphs.... (note first that SOMETIMES squads of five died. (doesn't sound like a battle involving thousands) then:
"In the vast misty gloom of the Room of a Thousand Fountains, one of the clones on the cleanup squad caught a glimpse of someone moving beyond a stand of Hylaian marsh bamboo. "Halt!" He shouted. "you there! Don't move!" The shadowy figure darted off into the gloom, and the clone turned to his squad brothers. "Come on! Whatever that was, we can't let it get away!"
Clones pelted off into the mist. Behind them, at the spill of bodies they'd been working on, fog and gloom gave birth to a pair of Jedi Masters....."
They NEVER FOUGHT thousands of clones. Enyalus, if you were holding the book in your hand, you had access to what i just gave you. In fact, its the FIRST paragraph after your quote. So there is no way you can argue thousands of clones against Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, unless you want to concede that Old Ben fought every stormtrooper on the Death Star because they were there.
BEN: "Hold by robe Luke, I think I see some stormtroopers."
LUKE: "Damn it Ben, I really don't think a killing spree is gonna help us out here."
BEN: "'Killing spree...' I'm talking about divine justice here. Reigning down sabers and lasers, punishing the wicked. Yoda's all about this, I know he'd want this done."
Originally posted by Tangible God
BEN: "Hold by robe Luke, I think I see some stormtroopers."LUKE: "Damn it Ben, I really don't think a killing spree is gonna help us out here."
BEN: "'Killing spree...' I'm talking about divine justice here. Reigning down sabers and lasers, punishing the wicked. Yoda's all about this, I know he'd want this done."
That would've been awesome. I think they need to redo the movie just to work that scene in.
And you're right, TJ. I had read the book a while ago, remembered the multiple battalions and figured they fought 'em all to get back to the temple. Heh. Ah well, I still say Sidious takes 150 SBDs with his saber. 😉