What would have happened if Obi-Wan had not found Kamino? Or if nobody in the Republic would have found Kamino? Like, let’s say that Obi-Wan found Jango Fett in another planet, then followed him to Geonosis and then the story goes as we know, but without anybody knowing about the clones.

padawanlost:

That’s not
a possibility because Obi-wan didn’t find the clone army by accident. Palpatine
needed the army to be found so if Obi-wan had been too slow to follow the clues
he would’ve tried something else.

Sidious had
the ability to see deep into the future, but there was always the unexpected.
With the power of the dark side, however, came flexibility. Having traced Fett
to Kamino, Obi-Wan Kenobi had turned up on Geonosis. All at once, here was
Qui-Gon Jinn’s former Padawan, right under Dooku’s nose. But when he had informed Sidious of Obi-Wan’s presence, Sidious had
only said, Allow events to play out, Darth Tyranus. For our plans are unfolding
exactly as I have foreseen. The Force is very much with us. [Labyrinth of
Evil. James Luceno]

Without the
army, the war would’ve been a very short one and that’s not what Palpatine
wanted.

If the Jedi hadn’t
learned of the clone army, Dooku’s Separatists would have suddenly appeared on
the scene with tens of millions of battle droids, fleets of warships, and
seceded from the Republic without contest. But there would have
been no coexisting with the Confederacy. Ultimately it would have bled the
Republic dry. War would have been inevitable, and the Jedi would have been
caught in the middle, as they were now. [Labyrinth of Evil. James Luceno]