When I originally watched Episode 2, it did not appear to me that Kenobi or Yoda had heard of Sifo Dyas and it made such a cludgly Nick Soapdish for Sidious that I assumed that was what it was. It never sat well with me that the Kaminoans created an army of thousands upon thousands of clones and all their gear and equipment and 10 years of board and training facilities on a promise that the Senate would eventually pass a funding bill (and also whoever build the Acclamators and Dropships), but there seemed to be no other answer.
I educated myself about Sifo Dyas today, because I have known for quite a while that they later decided to have him be a real character. I correctly surmised that Dyas had foreseen the Clone Wars and knew they'd need an army. I incorrectly surmised that he just went and did it and maybe stole a bazillion credits from the enormous Jedi holdings that they hardly even know what to do with at this point and kept it a secret because he didn't think they would approve. Actually, side stories say he was on the council and got kicked off when he brought up this hare-brained scheme. But he did go do it anyway, representing himself as speaking for the Jedi Council. But where did he get the down payment? It matters here for two reasons. One, because I just don't see them getting started without one. Side stories say that Sidious found out about it soon and arranged to get Dyas killed and then Sidious (who had Plaguis money) and Tyranus (who had Serrano money) then paid for the Grand Army of the Republic out of their own pockets. Jango says he was hired by Tyranus, so maybe they DIDN'T get started before Sidious took over?
The other reason it matters is that when Yoda found out about the Army right when he was finding out he needed one, I guess he would have remembered that Sifo Dyas had been trying to get this done and found that apparently he did it anyway. But Yoda must be able to roughly estimate the cost of a bazillion credit army. Did it not bother him that a bazillion credits weren't missing from anywhere?
I educated myself about Sifo Dyas today, because I have known for quite a while that they later decided to have him be a real character. I correctly surmised that Dyas had foreseen the Clone Wars and knew they'd need an army. I incorrectly surmised that he just went and did it and maybe stole a bazillion credits from the enormous Jedi holdings that they hardly even know what to do with at this point and kept it a secret because he didn't think they would approve. Actually, side stories say he was on the council and got kicked off when he brought up this hare-brained scheme. But he did go do it anyway, representing himself as speaking for the Jedi Council. But where did he get the down payment? It matters here for two reasons. One, because I just don't see them getting started without one. Side stories say that Sidious found out about it soon and arranged to get Dyas killed and then Sidious (who had Plaguis money) and Tyranus (who had Serrano money) then paid for the Grand Army of the Republic out of their own pockets. Jango says he was hired by Tyranus, so maybe they DIDN'T get started before Sidious took over?
The other reason it matters is that when Yoda found out about the Army right when he was finding out he needed one, I guess he would have remembered that Sifo Dyas had been trying to get this done and found that apparently he did it anyway. But Yoda must be able to roughly estimate the cost of a bazillion credit army. Did it not bother him that a bazillion credits weren't missing from anywhere?
