[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by Black Dynomite

I used to agree with Jason on this but how I have read it numerous time, Treble's quote sums it up. I haven't read any novelization on this directly from the movies but I took it a step further in how I see it. Sidious's grand scheme was not just to wipe out the Jedi but to make a statement doing it. If he wanted to, he had their judgement in the Force so clouded, he could've killed any one of them (Yoda included) any time he wanted. He actually wanted to give them a false sense of invincibility. I think he purposely commisioned "dummy" droids that would help him overcome the weak but give the Jedi just enough of a fight so they wouldn't suspect anything. Lol I tell myself the only reason they have Special Forces, etc versions is due to Grevious's constant complaints. I could see him walking the ship during an after battle assesment like "Seriously....there were like 50 of you dudes and only TWO of them!"

That's a really interesting idea- that Sideous wanted to make a statement wiping them out.
I think he had to degrade the Jedi Order through warfare- making them war weary and stretched so thin that when Order 66 got sent, each Jedi was outnumbered 10-1 by the clones, with no two Jedi working together, always leading their clone troops solo.
It also made setting the Jedi up easy- no Jedi were left to dispute the charges after Sideous was done with them.