Hot take?
I believe people tend to over exaggerate the idea that the only reason order 66 worked was because the clones took the Jedi by surprise. I think the element of surprise was essential for the 99.3% success rate, but without it I still think it very few Jedi would have survived it regardless, at least how George wrote Jedi. Like, the GOAT Luke gave his all to beat random thugs in ep. VI and 180+ Jedi died in the Geonosian arena.
Considering just how well trained the clone troopers were, even if the Jedi sensed it coming I still think around 90-94% of them would still have died. After all, the Jedi are supposed to be peacekeepers who are still mighty warriors, not superheroes.
Like, Jango killed a counselor in like three well placed shots, so while having the force and being extraordinary at wielding it give you quite the edge (like Yoda and Obi-Wan showed at the temple) it doesn’t mean you auto-win against non-force users.
Like, for an average knight, only 4-8 clones should be able to kill them.
Imo both the clone wars series’ plus a ton of EU stuff that Lucas approved as “canon” has gotten a lot of people to over estimate Jedis and Sith, and while they have some baller stories and writing, they just don’t often get that Jedis aren’t supposed to be invincible to almost everyone.
Again tho, this is just my opinion, if anyone disagrees I’d love to have a discussion about it.
I believe people tend to over exaggerate the idea that the only reason order 66 worked was because the clones took the Jedi by surprise. I think the element of surprise was essential for the 99.3% success rate, but without it I still think it very few Jedi would have survived it regardless, at least how George wrote Jedi. Like, the GOAT Luke gave his all to beat random thugs in ep. VI and 180+ Jedi died in the Geonosian arena.
Considering just how well trained the clone troopers were, even if the Jedi sensed it coming I still think around 90-94% of them would still have died. After all, the Jedi are supposed to be peacekeepers who are still mighty warriors, not superheroes.
Like, Jango killed a counselor in like three well placed shots, so while having the force and being extraordinary at wielding it give you quite the edge (like Yoda and Obi-Wan showed at the temple) it doesn’t mean you auto-win against non-force users.
Like, for an average knight, only 4-8 clones should be able to kill them.
Imo both the clone wars series’ plus a ton of EU stuff that Lucas approved as “canon” has gotten a lot of people to over estimate Jedis and Sith, and while they have some baller stories and writing, they just don’t often get that Jedis aren’t supposed to be invincible to almost everyone.
Again tho, this is just my opinion, if anyone disagrees I’d love to have a discussion about it.