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** Sorry...but no. First off, neither the clones nor droids actually use bolt-action rifles (not sure why you then brought up 19th century one-shot rifles..different story entirely). Its very obvious that both sides have at the worst semi-automatic weaponry and in most cases weapons seem much closer to full auto. However, even with bolt-action rifles there would still be absolutely no excuse for the lack of any sensible tactics in the entire Star Wars saga. Anyone who thinks Lucas knows what he was talking about in a military sense knows even less than him, he has never even tried to be realistic and has always said he intended to tell a myth-like hero story. Regardless, if they had [[WW 1]] or [[WW 2]] era weaponry then why wouldn't they use tactics from those eras...? Lucas' idea of a battle is two sides lining up and marching at each other head on, and its only due to other circumstances when a SW battle isn't like this. Even...IN SPACE.

*** Also, cut World War I Generals some slack. After the bloodbaths of the Franco-Prussian war and the US Civil War EVERYBODY knew that marching in ranks was really really dumb. The official tactic of all squads of all relevant Great Powers from 1870 to today remains "Fire and Movement." Some people stay behind cover and shoot to keep the other guys' heads down (helped by the bolt action allowing soldiers to stay prone), and then the others not giving covering fire advanced to get better firing positions. They did this with bolt-action single shot rifles.

**** You mean that battle that took place ''over 20 years later'', which had been filled with low-level conflicts and military actions involving a standing military force?