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by: Rive Caedo

date posted: Sep 21, 2005 5:28 PM | updated: Oct 05, 2005 10:31 PM

How did the Ewoks beat one of the Empire's best legions?!?

Another blog today which although I've seen before got me thinking. "Sure, the whole point of the battle was showing the meek can overthrow the powerful, but why not have a better in-universe explanation?

"Almost every Stormtrooper at the Battle of Endor was part of "An entire legion of the Emperor's best troops" (based off the quote from Palpatine: "An entire legion of my best troops awaits them! Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive.") thusly it was composed of many of the final clones still fit to fight.

The failing of this was that they were so programmed to only follow orders, that when the Ewoks attacked the clone troops were incapable of fighting back because their only order was "Capture the Rebel scum" nothing about shooting natives. The panicking commanders were too busy fleeing from the Ewok army to bark some orders to the last bit of old-fashioned Jango soldiers (Stormtrooper armor was nigh impervious except upon repeated beating, but the officers were afraid of getting a nasty blow to the head or arrow in the back) .

Thusly the ATST pilots and the few non-clonetroopers in the Emperor's legion (who were less skilled in any case) were able to fight back against the Ewoks, and failed miserably against their overwhelming numbers."

I'm not sure if I like it myself, since I'm currently firmly in the realm of thought that all clonetroopers would be dead and outlawed by Episode IV, still...

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	JadenNightsaber THX 118?
date Posted: Sep 21, 2005 5:40 PM Thanks for the blog. Was it meant to be and answer for my blog? If not check mine out because it's like yours but not as good. Great job. �

	Rive Caedo Rive's Uncharted Settlements
date Posted: Sep 21, 2005 5:43 PM Indeed it was, there's a direct link to yours as the first 3 words in fact.

	jediknight2210 Where did you dig up that old fossil?
date Posted: Sep 21, 2005 5:52 PM Check out my blog. I don't mean to promote it, but it has some very good points in the comments.

smokey3779
Jedi Master Smokey

date Posted: Sep 21, 2005 8:20 PM

why woud clones be outlawed by episode IV? i can see what you're saying and it's a good point. i've always had a hard time believing that these little Ewoks could push back the galaxies GREATEST ARMY. i even found it a bit hard to believe when Han, Luke, Chewie and the gang were held hostage by these little guys. you could punt these guys without a sweat. no effort. just a drop kick and there flies the little hamsters.

warrenTK421
TK421, Still not at his post!

date Posted: Sep 22, 2005 9:15 AM

My question is : How many Stormtroopers, AT-AT's, AT-ST's, Speederbikes etc are in a legion? And whats more is : How many Ewoks are there on Endor that can get to the battle in time? I think the Empire would be out-numbered at least 10 to 1 if not more. The outcome of the battle depends on numbers alone, not training or technology. Unfortunatly in 1983 Lucas did not have the means to show 100,000 Ewoks in battle.(Which I think he should have added to the special editions !)

	warrenTK421 TK421, Still not at his post!
date Posted: Sep 22, 2005 9:18 AM Oh, also. The Empire could have still been producing clones during the OT. No?

swfan123456789

date Posted: Sep 22, 2005 5:27 PM

actulay by that time the empire was acepting ne one to join the army so they wernt programed to follow orders not just clones though they used clones from several different hosts
..(thus explaing y stormtroopers r such bad shots u wouldnt expect that commin from jango DNA)
but i still dont like the role they playd they should just left the log trapts and hid then we could see some rebel vs empire firefights that wouldhave been so much better and they could still help capture the AT-ST
and still there would be a moral about little things standing up and helping to make a difference so itd be cool

swfan123456789

date Posted: Sep 22, 2005 5:35 PM

How many Stormtroopers, AT-AT's, AT-ST's, Speederbikes etc are in a legion?
acording to the
GUIDE TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC just published in the new issue of starwars insider issue 84
9216 troops but that was republic i dont kno how much would change when swiching over to the empire but it dosnt list vehicals i guess they just took what was needed for the mission

	darthgenious7 Chickens only cross the road after coercion.
date Posted: Feb 26, 2006 12:39 PM Glad I am not the only one who thinks like this!!

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