Andy867 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 JediMonk: Wasnt it actually the Droid Army that fired at the Republic Army in the Geonosis Arena? (going off memory) But I agree with everything else you said. Palpatine, from the OT, seemed to have a gift for foreshadowing a possible future, and whether or not everything he predicted came true is trivial at this point. His main goal was to start a Galactic Civil War which would seriously diminish the Republic Army, which would enable him to start up an Imperial Academy that would take recruits, aka Stormtroopers. Palpatine most likely had Dooku erase the Kamino planet for the Jedi Archives, but didnt expect Kenobi to find someone who knew about it (Kamino). Near the end of Episode II, Dooku says to Palpatine: The War has started, in which palpatine replies something along the lines of good... (as if he was expecting it, which shows that everything was planned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 The Jedi were the first to unveil themselves when Padme, Anakin and Obi-wan were surrounded by droidekas, and the Jedi all activated their lightsabers and began to attack the droids first, I BELIEVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Well, the very fact of the Separatist holding a Senator and 2 Jedi alone is an act of war, and the fact they were going to be executed (which failed). But in terms of the 2 armies, Jedi-controlled Clones an the Droid, I believe it was first the Droid Army because Mace walked up behind Jango and raised his saber and said this party is over, and Dooku (being surprised for once) said something along the lines of Master Windu. You are hopelessly outnumbered. And Windu replied with I don't think so. And thats when the super soldiers appeared from the shadows and made their way into the arena and started blasting. (all this is from memory, mind you) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 It's possible, I'm running off memory too, it's been awhile since I saw episode 2, though Mace DID have his lightsaber at the throat of Dooku, which is threatening enough that Palpatine could manipulate that to put the blame of the war on the jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Actually, it was the throat of Jango, and thats when Dooku turned around (that I remember) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 Hm, I need to bust out my DVDs and watch again, though I am pretty sure you are in fact correct... Either way, it seems a simple matter for palpatine to put the blame of the war on the jedi, regardless of who fired first, facts can be easily manipulated, especially by someone as clever as Palpatine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy867 Posted July 9, 2004 Share Posted July 9, 2004 If anything, he could point out that it was a JEDI who went behind the Council and had the clones made, as if the Jedi were "expecting" a war, which means that, in his own words, the Jedi knew something the council didnt. So he could easily point fingers at the Jedi for perpetuating the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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