Hey guys this is eckhart hello and welcome to another video before we begin i just want to take a second to thank owen paris for becoming the first one of my patrons to join at the star destroyer level tier of course if you guys want to join the Eckart slaughter patreon i’ll put a link down in the description and i’m also going to create a new tier before this video goes live it’ll just be like two or three dollars where you can join for just access to videos that i don’t post on youtube Because i want everyone to get as much of the at least basic content as possible with that being said yesterday i picked up the new audiobook release of shatterpoint for those who don’t know shatterpoint is a novel from the perspective of mace windu set during the early years of the clone wars It’s very dark and very interesting we learn about mace windu’s shatterpoint which is basically a unique force ability which allows him to see how reality is connected and the fissures that can cause things and situations from the human body to the clone wars to fall apart at this point we’re just a few Months out from the battle of geonosis mace windu is still feeling very guilty about not killing count dooku when he had the moment because in hindsight he saw that as a chance to end the war before it really began we get some interesting insight from window about The early months of the clone wars and specifically why the republic despite having much much more territory and influence was not able to quickly and decisively end the war with a quick invasion against separatist space and that’s even with the full clone army and new recruits and ships being taken From other planets at all times so he lists several factors each of which i’m going to explain and detail the first is that the confederacy was prepared for war and this one is obvious palpatine designed the clone wars so the republic would be forced to militarize in an emergency situation Where the confederacy on the other hand had to come off as a powerful adversary and thus had spent a lot of time secretly upgrading their capital ships turning their lucra hulks into battleships producing secretive armies of war droids and after the battle of geonosis they were ready for all-out war The republic were not only surprised by this war because they weren’t expecting it from the confederacy they weren’t expecting war period sorry for the baby noises the republic had seen at this point a thousand years of peace it had become ingrained as sort of a central part of their everyday life Even the jedi were caught unaware because their ability to see the future began to diminish as the sith made their re-emergence known after the events of the phantom menace all right so as i said the first big factor was the surprise next is the control of separatist space and this was some really Interesting and intelligent tactics from the point of view of the cis the cis had a core of worlds within which were many of their important resources for example the book describes secret shipyards hidden in separatist space pumping out geonosian dreadnoughts there were a limited number of hyperspace lanes in The cis territory which is true of really anywhere throughout the galaxy and the separatists defended these lanes very very heavily with droid starfighters and other picket ships now despite the fact that we don’t really see this in the movies the expanded universe describes hyperspace as a much more arduous long and difficult process For example hyperspace travel would frequently require periods of jumping out of hyperspace reorienting your ship and re-engaging hyperspace in order to follow the somewhat complex hyperspace lanes which dictate travel across the galaxy so the separatists kept these very highly defended with small mobile fleets especially droid starfighters then they Had larger ships in reserve which could come and back up any of the smaller fleets should they so require however this strategy only worked because the separatists were also fighting a strong offensive game which is the third point the fact that the cis had already marshalled a fleet gave them a massive advantage After the battle of geonosis there were a few months where the republic did not have a proper response force and in that time separatist fleets spread across the galaxy while the core of the separatist space was still well protected and this is why the defensive strategy works as the republic built up Their military forces it is true that they could have penetrated separatist space but it would have required all-out war and a major allocation of resources so many resources in fact that it would have left republic worlds vulnerable to not only the marauding fleets but also in a case where the republic Manages to break through the separatist line the station defensive fleets fleeing their systems so just to sort of summarize these points together because the separatists had a mobile offensive fleet so to sort of summarize this the cis early on had a huge advantage they were prepared for war and by the time The republic was able to marshal their own fleets an incursion into separatist space would have required so many resources that it would have left other parts of the republic vulnerable and that was the space situation the republic was also suffering early on from not having enough clone troopers Clones are often forced to the front lines the most important battles leaving other planets to fend for themselves without a proper militia sometimes and ordinary soldiers struggled against the variety and numbers of cis battle droids clone numbers and star wars elections also just make no sense at the beginning of The war there were said to be less than 2 million clones there are 2 million active and reserved soldiers in the us military alone so the early blitzkrieg of the cis allowed them to capture a lot of territory while the scant republic resources were being moved around only to the most important planets After that you had planets being lost through negotiation and nutrition and a loss of faith in the republic and that’s where the early difficulties of the clone wars began and why the war would end up becoming very convoluted and bloody that’s all i have on this topic though before i end The video however i’m going to end with a hashtag ask question today’s question comes from gibberish who says why did the separatists join the rebels the rebels full name is something like the alliance to restore the republic but the separatists don’t like the republic this is pretty simply just a case of the Enemy of the enemy is my friend the average cas supporter or civilian really would have a lot more in common with a citizen of the republic and would be more in favor of republic rule than something like the empire i mean a lot of what the cis had a problem with Was specific things that version of the republic was doing how certain policies were being ignored and certain planets were being ignored the fervor of course being stoked by dooku and palpatine and others really the issue was with the republic not being representative of their wishes and being what they saw as an obtrusive And dominating government that of course is all quite small in comparison with the empire especially former separatist worlds the empire came down very hard on so you take that plus the fact that members of the rebels typically want similar things to members of the separatist i.e to be ruled by a fair Government that represents them and it makes sense why they allied that however is just my opinion let me know what you guys think down below and of course leave any hashtag ask questions and hopefully i can get to them in a future video that’s all for today though guys As always you can support me on patreon patreon.com eckhart’s ladder be safe have a good one and may the force be with you So You Video Information
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On today’s Star Wars Battle Breakdown, we take a look at how the Separatists dominated the early years of the Clone Wars, and …