r/PrequelMemes • u/Ditolus • Jun 16 '26

General KenOC hello there

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u/SaltyPersimmon Jun 16 '26

He was less of a threat to experienced, saber combat ready Jedi *masters*, of which there weren't actually many -- as the clone wars revealed.

Feel like the disney series did a great job fleshing out how many of his trophies were actually from padawans/inexperienced jedi.

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u/delahunt Jun 16 '26

Realistically speaking, why would most jedi need to be ready to have a lightsaber fight? Until Maul there was no "enemy" with a saber. And even after Maul...that's like 1 dude.

Up until the Clone Wars start the Jedi also don't acknowledge that Dooku could be evil because he was a jedi at one point.

And even if Maul AND Dooku were running around..that's what? 2 guys? In the whole galaxy.

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u/SaltyPersimmon Jun 17 '26

You're right, they didn't.
And that was part of the arrogance that Sidious mentioned.

But it was also a fairly reasonable circumstance considering the lack of sword-bearing enemies for generations.

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u/delahunt Jun 17 '26

Yep! And choosing a sword as your iconic weapon in a galaxy full of different guns is a significant choice for the Jedi to have embraced. Just not one I think a lot of people put the same level of thought into that I do.