Imagine Anakin died during the battle of Geonosis Dooku: "Master, we annihalated the jedi. We even killed Skywalker" Sidious: "Good, good... You did WHAT?!?

Imagine training for your whole life to become a Jedi and then die against a B1 battledroid

5:07 Jedi - Ok everyone strike a pose, just like we practiced Jedi- It's not working. They're not surrendering!

Sidious was right when he said that the Jedi’s arrogance blinded them

His subtle mockery of Ki-Adi-Mundi and Aayla Secura by saying they used forms that were good for defending against multiple people with blasters, while showing them getting gunned down, it's great

It's funny the movie sorta treats it like "Haha fun adventure" when no it was more like a bloody massacre

I wonder how many lightsabers went up on e-bay after the battle? I can see the auction headline now: "The Jedi May Have Gone Down Like Punks, But You'll Never Have to Buy Cutlery Again!"

They forgot their plot armor.

In a deleted scene you see they also had a team going to the command center to turn off the droids, but then discover the new droids work independently. It would have been a nice callback to ep I and show the Jedi actually had a plan

In my best mandolarian voice: They brought swords to a gunfight

Jedi? Arrogant? Everyone hit a pose & looked like they expected the enemy to crumble. I'd say the 30 were lucky to get out of there.

Trains 30 years to control the force, more 20 years to train your lightsaber skills, decades of religious and mythological knowledge, trains dozens of Padawans. Dies by a B1 battle Droid

The high ground is crucial.

“Wait a minute, how did this happen? We’re smarter than this!”

Personally, before watching I'd say there are 3 main reasons why. 1. Unlike the Jedi, the separatists had a relatively unlimited number of droids to throw at thier problem. The Jedi on the other hand had no reinforcements until the arrival of the clone army, leading to them being quickly outnumbered and surrounded. 2. Given that droids don't contain the force in them like organic races do, it was likely harder for the jedi to sense any hidden threats, having to determine thier location by "tracking" the blaster bolts thier precognition alerts them to. 3. Unlike the Jedi of the Old Republic, the forces sent to the arena likely had little to no experience with large scale combat due to the previous millennia of relative peace. This inexperience was likely made worse by my first and second point, leading to the massive losses at the arena.

“The Jedi strike team assembled by mace windu.....” haha now all I can think of is the avengers swinging around lightsabers😂

The Jedi should've learned this quote, "When you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Hence 86% of the Jedi pay the price.

Dude and this is why i feel for the clone troopers...imagine being lead by these monks in robes and seeing ya brothers getting chopped down by droids in a flawed formation/plan and fulling knowing ya leader lacks leadership! . Ah man....

"Ancient weapons and hokey religions are no match for a good blaster by your side, kid" - Han Solo

It had been a long, long time since the Jedi faced an opponent that *wouldn’t* fold after seeing two hundred Jedi with lightsabers. Honestly, the main flaw was underestimating the Sith and their ability to create an army willing and able to face Jedi.

Because the ones they took weren't trained well for armed conflict and likely most were mediators.

“Peace has cost you your strength! Victory has defeated you.” -Bane 1000 years of peace for the Jedi became a weakness.

They have never been in a real battle and had not fought a war in a thousand year. Great video

The very first mistake from the Jedi is that they let themselves to fight in the middle with the enemy around them. By doing that, now they have too many area to defend. And the enemy can shoot at them from every direction. Have they decide to fight in the side of the arena, at least they have wall behind them and they can just focus on the incoming blasters in front of them. Or better still, fight in a confine area like tunnel where large numbers don't have advantage against them.

Or to quote Bane ""Peace has cost you your strength. Victory has defeated you". The Jedi had not seen a serious threat in centuries and had turned from an army to a semi-monastic order. I think the closest we have today is the Shaolin, I wouldn't want to fight one but neither would I want them to lead a war for me.

I bet Mace Windu was the one behind that horrible battle plan, he's the definition of jedi arrogance.

Dooku outright predicted (from experience as a former Jedi Master, often part of strike teams) that the Jedi would bravely yet complacently Leeroy Jenkins themselves into an easily prepared ambush. Even just within the Petranaki Arena complex, 10,000 Battle Droids and hundreds of Geonosian warriors were waiting. Then there were what, like 3.7 million droids outside around the planet, mainly in that area? Dooku outsmarted the Jedi Order but it wasn't exactly that difficult. P.S - I'd definitely watch Count Dooku doing a podcast. Also, George Lucas saw Ridley Scott's Gladiator (and it's success) in 2000, while making Attack Of The Clones, so he was jealous and wanted an arena battle too. True story.

During the first battle of Geonosis almost everything what could go wrong went wrong: - If the Jedi used the terrain to their advantage, like retreating to the small corridors, luring the geonosians and droids into narrow passes they would have to deal with much less blaster fire. 2-4 Jedi could deflect blaster bolts, while another, who is protected by the 2-4 other Jedi, uses telekinesis creating mobile shields out of the battle drois or throws them back into the enemy ranks like devastating projectiles. - Fighting on open ground, against an enemie force which outnumbers your own troops more then ten times is a guaranteed death sentence. Especially if your troops are sorrounded. - If Mace Windu, Ki Adi Mundi, Plo Koon and Shaak Ti decided to team up, engaging Dooku in a lightsaber duel the war would be over in minutes. Not even Dooku could defeat this amount of duelists. During the battle outside the arena the list goes on: - Instead of bombing the sh... out of the droid army, which outnumbers the clone troops to an ridicolous amount, the Jedi decided to do Leeroy Jenkins and charged the enemie head on. That`s foolish, stupid and borderlines insanity. - If Yoda decided not to follow Obi Wan and Anakin and saving them from Dooku both of them would be dead. Someone as wise as Yoda should have know that capturing Dooku would be the key to everything and that only he and Windu are a threat to him. So why wasn´t he following his former padawan?

Because massed infantry charges over massively open and flat terrain with effectively non-existent combined arms tactics is a bad idea.

30 of the Jedi remembered to put on their Plot Armor, and therefore survived.

This party’s over -Mace Windu

Because the lightsaber is a great self-defense weapon but a terrible weapon of war.

I’d also add that their strict “defense only” use of the force prohibited them from wholesale shredding the droid army with their minds. The OG Clone Wars showed that the Jedi corrected that mistake quickly

Master Jedi: "we must work as one..." "Jedi's dying in the background..." Also MASTER JEDI: "everyone for himself!!!"

1:52 And the Jedi-Shows Anakin.... Were committed to preserving the - Shows Padme... Republic.

Something I've thought about is that the Jedi were known for their wisdom. However, wisdom has a weakness in arrogance, and unfortunately, the Jedi succumbed to wisdom's weakness.

@generation tech at 8:12 this is the best sarcastic joke I've heard. Perfect timing with a straight face. Cheers

Mace said that I don't think the Sith could return without us knowing about it

Coleman Trebor sounds like a Ken who calls the cops on you for loud music at 5pm during the weekend

If Rey was around in this battle... R: "It's ok guys, I got this" Everyone survives, and while contemplating the victory you hear a scream in the background. Reeeeeeeeey!!

Damn being a Camera man has it's perks, you rarely die even when tons of blasters are firing around you!

Let’s be honest tho, George Lucas just wanted to creat a seen of hopelessness before the clones showed up to save the day...

What I love about all these EU/Lore videos is that they literally put more thought and research into them than either Lucas or Disney did in the actual movies.

"Let's just do what we normally do, despite Dooku being a former Jedi, what's the worst that could go wrong?" -Jedi Council

*The arrogance of the Jedi blinded them*

Most skilled Jedi in the order getting mowed down like womprats by a kid in a T16 Padme: E-5 go pew pew

I usually try to watch Generation Tech videos the day they come out so I was really confused as to why I hadn’t seen it.

1. They didn't swoop in, rescue the hostages, and get out. possibly zero casualties 2. They didn't converge on the enemy leadership and force them to surrender end the war with possibly few casualties 3. What were they even doing? 4. Profit?????? 5. seriously, they must have believed that their opponents would throw their hands up at the sight of a lightsaber... the way most people had responded to their presence in 1000 years

"the other problem is they vastly overestimated their enemy's strength" You definitely meant underestimated. I mean, you immediately follow it up with describing how they expected it to be a walk in the park. ;)

Nah, the logic was this; “I think it would look cool if a bunch of jedi fighting only the infinite droid army, then when the hope is lost for them, suddenly yoda shows up with the clones” “Wow good idea, lets do it”

Dooku is such a savage when criticising form VI

So much for one Jedi being worth a thousand battle droids. Edit: Thanks guy I've never gotten this many likes before.

*Jar Jar Binks:* This a here is called a Gungan Force Shield. Very useful for protecting da Force users. We Gungan don't get a shot when holding them, can be a used one handed, like so. Many of them we have as gift for Jedi, after battle of Naboo. As well we have Boomas, which can _whoa!_ [A Padawan uses Telekinesis to lift a Boomas grenade] Hmm, methinks a atlata throwing stick, you will not need.

Kinda funny to think the queen of Naboo managed to survive over 130ish jedi

Thank you, Alan! I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you for attaching names to faces involved in the Pretenaki arena battle. What a horrendous loss of life. Irresponsible of The Jedi! On a different note; glad you're feeling better. May the Force be with you. Thanks for posting! 😊

Wow. I just learned more about the Jedi in the past 10 minutes than I think I have in the past 30 years. Where to find the info on all there forms and Jedi specialties? Thanks!

A lot of the Jedi who died only knew the basics of form 6 Niman. They never mastered the form and took it to it's highest degree.

Alan sure knows how to drive a point into the ground. In all seriousness, love the content and you have gotten me back into the lore of Star Wars :D

*Ryan George* : Because.

This annalisis, I believe, is sharply accurate, and a good example of how becoming complacent, in your defense arts training and development, can; "..be your undoing ".

You say the Jedi had no chance of sneaking in when they LITERALLY snuck in. 😂😂😂

generation tech: no paowon is skilled enough to make it out alive Barista Ofea: OIII I made it out

Dooku on Rogan is the funniest thing I've ever seen Rip Christopher Lee you absolute king

8:10 caught me so much by surprise, I had to rewind to fully appreciate the barb. Awesome stuff. ;)

*Count Dooku:* Master Windu, how pleasant of you to join us. You're just in time for the moment of truth. I would think these two new boys of yours could use a little more training. *Mace Windu:* Sorry to disappoint you, Dooku. This party's over. *Count Dooku:* Brave, but foolish, my old Jedi friend. You're impossibly outnumbered. *Mace Windu:* I don't think so. The Geonosians aren't warriors. One Jedi has to be worth a hundred Geonosians. *Count Dooku:* It wasn't the Geonosians I was thinking about. How well do you think one Jedi will hold up against a thousand battle droids? [Battle commences, the Jedi get some pruning. After they are whittled down to 30 and Dooku calls a pause…] *Count Dooku:* Master Windu, you have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the archives of … *Nute Gunray [interrupting]:* All droids _FIRE!_ [Afterwards back at Corescant] *Count Dooku:* The force is with us, Master Sidious. *Darth Sidious:* Welcome home Lord Tyranus. You have done well. How went the battle? Young Skywalker was suitably chastised as we planned? *Count Dooku:* Umm, yes about turning him to the Dark side…

Even with laser swords & magic, most jedi are peace loving beatnik hippies. Hippies are worse than dolphins.

6:47 I love the fact that Kenobi shudders at the thought of fighting six sabers at once, and would later go on to battle and defeat Grievous, who used 4 sabers

Dude thank you for this video! I had been wondering about this for sooo long!

I remember as a kid while watching episode 2 thinking that the jedi that survived the battle were the only Jedi left any where

It's a shame that they weren't as combat ready or force imbued like they were from 5,000 - 1,000 BBY.

If I remember, Windu brought along 212 Jedi and only 30 survived. Basically Windu got 182 Jedi killed just to save 1 lol

I love this! Excellent work. Probably one of your best videos.

The Jedi should have mastered Shien and Soresu Forms for Blaster deflection considering it the main weapons in this era.

It’s like the Transformers Bumblebee Cybertron scene, All background Autobots and seekers died, Only the main cast survived.

I'd like to point out that Shaak Ti was a master of form II and IV. Neither of which are considered ideal for the arena, yet she still survived. She's just that good.

I just realized that Padme survived in a battle what many jedai could not which makes one think how much deadly Padme is and maybe she could be good as a bounty hunter or a jedai killer.

They were skilled but not experienced but also were over confident of their mystic. Meer mention of jedi usually won many conflicts.

"Brave but foolish." - Count Dooku, 22 BBY

That was an excellent analysis of the battle. Thanks!

The fact that so many Jedi got clapped but Padme survived is just hilarious.

"Plans are worthless, but planning is indispensable"

Because they weren't trained to fight, oh they where trained the lightsaber forms but there's a little bit of difference between actually fighting and being shown how to fight, we saw a ton of this last year on yt when martial arts experts got there butts handed to them vs MMA fighters as one is trained to beat someone up the other is shown the moves that could in theory work in a fight but they have never tested it so they don't know how to use them in a real fight.

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Do a lore video on all the survivors and their light saber forms!

Why didn't they throw their lightsaber like Darth Maul liked to do? It takes out many enemies at once. Particularly if the opponent has no lightsaber and force skills.

The worst Jedi battle it may be, but the various lightsaber battles in the background were (and still are) worth repeated viewings imo

Great video very detailed

"Ki-Adi-Mundi was profiecient in Form III" gets killed by like 5 clones

3:47 Silly Jedi. Using plastoid armor. Did they not know that diamond and netherite armor are much more protective?

always thought it funny that padme somehow survives

Didn't know there were 215 Jedis. I thought about maybe 100 or so. What a devastating defeat

Excellent analysis

Little large scale combat experiences at the time, overconfident with their force abilities, and for the most part a leeroy jenkins battle plan.

Because they ran in there BEFORE THE CLONE ARMY EVEN ARRIVED

So skilled that he let blaster round penetrate his defence loooool

Informative video! Earned a sub :3

If the cloaks were to conceal their movements, why do they always take them off at the advent of battle?

8:11 I'm not a person to laugh at many things but this made my morning :D

FYI. Those 86% of the dead Jedi's lightsabers ended up to make a fine addition to General Grievous' collection.

I’ve often pondered this myself. You’d think 50 - 100 jedi vs. droids would have gone much differently