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Battle Droid Army
In this cut scene, after landing on Geonosis, Obi-Wan watches from a distance a fleet of parked Trade Federation core ships being loaded up with thousands of Battle Droids.
Here is the excerpt from the screenplay included with the "Art of Episode II" book...
Scene 111- EXTERIOR GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL-NIGHT
OBI-WAN arrives at the head of the trail. Far below, a flat plain stretches into the distance. He stops, peering into the darkness, where strange shapes loom indistincly.
OBI-WAN takes a pair of electronic binoculars from his belt and puts them to his eyes. He sees a cluster of great towers like fantastic stalagmites rise from the plain below.
SLOW PAN with the binoculars, and suddenly a line of Battle Starships come into view. OBI-WAN touches the viewfinder. Between fifty and a hundred Federation Starships are in neat rows. Some are
on platforms that are carrying the Starships down to an underground facility. Other platforms are rising to the surface. They carry THOUSANDS of BATTLE DROIDS that step off and file into the waiting ships.
A fully loaded Starship takes off. OBI-WAN swings the binoculars upward, to see more Trade Federation Starships.
The first picture below is from Star Wars Insider magazine #56, the second is from the AOTC Scrapbook and the third is a Miniature of the Droid Factory entrance from the official site's Image Attack series. The forth is a Erik Tiemens production painting of the Core Ships being loaded with Droids. Notice the miniature entrance matches the entrance in the painting.
Sources:
-Script & Artwork from Art of Episode II book.
-Star Wars Insider magazine #56.
-AOTC Scrapbook.
-Image Attack.
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