Praeothmin wrote:3 million might seem low, but do we know the size of the galaxy she's working with? In the SWG size thread, there's EU evidence for it being over 100,000 to as small as about a 1,000 LYs across.
Yes, but the US currently have over 170 000 troups right now in Iraq, and that the Clone Army was created to fight of the Separatists' Army, comprising over 10 000 systems.
It's like the US sending 1 soldier to fight in Iraq, against the one Iraqi insurgent send to defeat him.
That's ridiculou, and totally illogical.
Not all of these systems would need to hold military industrial assets.
They may just be names and funds added to the CIS' allies list.
Plus all depends on the ressources of the other side, and their strategies.
Looking at the efficiency of the droids, from the lame model to the rare roller droids (droidekas), their aim is not fabulous.
A close trooper maybe be able to take down three or four of them (more if they were just mere battledroids, considering their level of incompetence against the Naboo soldiers).
If the Republic managed to keep the advantage it got when attacking the CIS by surprise, it could theoretically overwhelm and surpass the CIS on most occasions.
Plus fear and air superiority, as pointed out by Gstone, will also help here.
And remember that the GA had the Jedi on their side.
Btw, he 10,000 Jedi figure came from the novelisation of TPM I believe.
Probably a frange of them being Masters, others being Knights and all the rest Padawans.
Considering that Masters were seen leading squads, and that Masters can train many Padawans, it would make the number of Masters the smaller percentage.
Now, looking at how many clonetroopers a Master would lead (look at Windu, who would likely be the one leading the largest squad), you may know how many clones could be composing the Grand Army near the beginning of the war.
However, I believe that less and less Jedi would be in control of even more growing legions.