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There were a shit ton of them

>>3949

Even so they didn't seem very effective.

All the Jedi had to do was get to the people in charge of the command ships like in TPM.

>>3960

That stopped being effective shortly after TPM. The droids stopped being controlled by a command ship and had more intelligent models added to the ranks, some of which were very reliable. So if you killed their general and/or blew up their mothership they'd still function and still need to be wiped out. Time consuming considering their numbers.

>>3962

I still don't really see the Jedi having trouble with Droid Armies.

Jedi were meant to be more stealth than fighting directly away, the droids never seemed a worth adversary.

There were 10,000 Jedi, and the CIS had trillions of droids. Most Jedi weren't even that skilled in open combat, just look at how the arena fight in Episode II went for them. A few hundred droids vs a few dozen Jedi, and most of the Jedi were gunned down.

>>3971

The arena fight was a bit stupid, you'd think the Jedi would be able to get out of there rather than being trapped.

They could have sent in a few Jedi to close off the entrances or something.

>>3972

Seemed reasonable to me, consider that it had been over 1000 years since the Jedi Order did any real fighting. They had only been acting as diplomats, mediators, and peacekeepers; not warriors in that time. I would also think that Droids pose a unique challenge for them, since they can't read them through the force like they can any living opponent.

>>3974

ding ding

You lose your manipulation of the living force. When half of the reason you're a threat is your ability to (essentially) read minds, it becomes more difficult to defeat an opponent that doesn't work on

>>3976

>>3974

>>3972

pretty sure obi-wan says it himself that the jedi were becoming more and more arrogant of their abilities, even some masters

>>3965

never have i heard of jedi being more focused on stealth than direct attack. nevertheless, all jedi were given commanding ranks in the clone army so stealth was kind of not an option unless it fit in the mission, but that's what arc troopers were for.

The way the Jedi were built up in the prequels I don't think it really worked for them be getting wiped out by a bunch of dumb droids made by greedy idiots.

The standard Battle Droid should not have been around after Phantom Menace.

>>3947

I ask myself the same question

But more importantly

Why does droids in TCW and ROTS are programmed for cowardly slapstick humor instead of military etiquette and efficiency ?

that pisses me off so much

I can let pass C3P0 as he is programmed to act human and all, but the combat droids, main reason why I hate the prequels.

>>3980

>The standard Battle Droid should not have been around after Phantom Menace.

which is why they made super battle droids

>>4243

Remember we also got Jar Jar? I think that might answer your question……

>>4244

but they still had standard battle droids acting like clowns in ROTS which was 20 years later.

All through the war they were using those dumbass droids that posed no threat to Jedi. Lucas should have introduced different droids like the tactical ones in Clone Wars.