I remember like 15 years ago or something, before “Prequel memes” were all the rage with the kids today, I was arguing on the Internet about the Prequels (as one does circa 2010), and I basically created a very similar “meme” (I didn’t call it that), showing one screenshot of Kenobi and Anakin chained up, and another shot of Jango Fett just standing out in the open, next to Dooku. I didn’t add captions or anything, but I just posted the screenshots to make the point.

The responses I got from Prequel fans were something like: “Well… Jango is a bounty hunter. Lots of people hire him! Nothing suspicious there!!” Or “That’s the POINT you idiot - the whole POINT is the Jedi are blinded by their arrogance. Didn’t you pay attention when Yoda complained about arrogance later??? You’re so stupid, George Lucas is a genius.” Or “Well the Jedi had no choice! They HAD to use the clone army! etc.”

Sigh…

The only point that has any merit is the last one. But that doesn’t explain why apparently NO investigation was done after Geonosis. I mean, it’s not like the Jedi/Republic are incapable of fighting a war while ALSO investigating some stuff. If the Allies can fight the Nazis while ALSO working on decoding Enigma, the Jedi can fight the Separatists while ALSO investigating the suspicious circumstances surrounding the clones.

I mean seriously, how hard is it? Go to Kamino. Ask them: “Hey do you have any logs or video footage of your conversation with Sifo Diyas? Do you have any video of him or a picture of him? Do you have the routing number of the bank used to transfer you the money? etc. etc.” Maybe Sifo Diyas paid them in crypto.