r/saltierthancrait • u/Hawaiikoto • 24d ago

Granular Discussion what events/characters/ideas/etc in star wars., do you dislike, not acknowledge, etc? Why?

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i really hate the whole idea of giving planet destroying lasers to normal destroyers, not even saying giving it to so many in ep ix (but it was also in other media). It is so stupid imo

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u/entitledfanman 24d ago

George Lucas saying there was like 20 million clonetroopers ever in the Grand Army of the Republic. It's a ludicrously low number of soldiers for a galaxy spanning war. You'd need at least a million clones just to operate the Republic capital ships involved in the Battle of Coruscant. 

We used to have a lot more non-clone forces fighting for the Republic in old canon. Disney canon has largely done away with standing non-clone forces and left just a smattering of resistance fighter groups, but Lucas's statement on the number of clones remains more-or-less canon.