A novela oficial do filme indica que o Templo Jedi foi defendido no momento do ataque , com a maioria dos soldados Jedi Knights e Masters fora do mundo, que estão comandando clone troopers na batalha.
Há algumas cenas no livro que não aparecem no filme:
- Os Jedi colocaram o Templo no bloqueio
“Master Ti and Gate Master Jurokk will direct the Temple’s defense,” he said as he reached the others. “We are shutting down all nav beacons and signal lights, we have armed the older Padawans, and all blast doors are sealed and code-locked.” His gaze swept the Masters. “It’s time to go.”
- Anakin Skywalker traiu o Gate Master (e abriu a porta principal)
Presumivelmente, então, os Guardas do Templo Jedi foram abatidos pelos milhares de tropas sob o comando de Anakin.Gate Master Jurokk sprinted through the empty vaulted hallway, clattering echoes of his footsteps making him sound like a platoon. The main doors of the Temple were slowly swinging inward in answer to the code key punched into the outside lockpad. The Gate Master had seen him on the monitor. Anakin Skywalker. Alone.
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Jurokk looked past him now. The night beyond the Temple was full of clones. Battalions of them. Brigades. Thousands.
“Anakin,” he said slowly, “what’s going on? Something’s happened. Something horrible. How bad is it-?”
The last thing Jurokk felt was the emitter of a lightsaber