They were bred to fight for the Republic, so if the Jedi were reclassified an enemy of the Republic, that seems like enough. On some level, you don't actually need to tell the Clones that Palpatine is also a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious. Prior to The Clone Wars finale, it mostly seemed like the Clones were loyal to the Republic, and had been told that the Jedi tried to kill Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, and thus, the Jedi were all guilty of treason. Were Clone Troopers loyal to the Sith or the Empire?īecause the Clone Troopers mention Darth Sidious by name, you've really got to wonder if their programming comes from some of Palpatine's "Sith Loyalist" stuff that ends-up showing up in The Rise of Skywalker.
But why? If you weren't on the kill list, how did the Clones interpret Order 66? What did they do, check your midi-chlorian count? There must be tons of people with Force abilities that weren't touched by Order 66. Maz Kanata and Chirrut Îmwe cannot be unique cases. But why?Īs the larger Star Wars canon shows, there are plenty of people who can use or feel the Force who are not trained as Jedi. So, you've got two people, one a former Jedi, one a former Sith, which one do the Clones shoot? Turns out, they go after the former Jedi. So, this is the question: Would the Clones have hunted for her anyway? What were the criteria for killing a Force-user? The Clones aren't particularly interested in killing Darth Maul once Order 66 comes through, only Ahsoka even though Maul is probably more dangerous to Palpatine than Ahsok - partially because he actually wants to screw up Palpatine's plans. Had Ahsoka not run spice with Trace and Raffa, she wouldn't have been on that ship when Order 66 came through. Turns out, Ahsoka was with a bunch of Clone Troopers when Order 66 happened. Basically, Rex floats the same fan theory we've all had before this season happened: The Clones didn't go after Ahsoka because she wasn't on the list and or part of the Jedi Order. One of the best scenes in the Clone Wars finale is when Rex tries to talk his fellow Clone Troopers out of killing Ahsoka. How did the Clones determine if you were Jedi-enough to kill? Good enough for Order 66, but not good enough for the Jedi Council. These new revelations raise three major questions.
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The Clone Wars Season 7 lingers on the events of Order 66 for nearly a full hour, revealing a bunch of interesting new details and raising some major new questions. In Revenge of the Sith, the whole thing happens in about three minutes. The four-part Clone Wars finale was essentially Order 66: The Movie.