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in the bad batch season 2 trailer we finally get to see Cody once again since his betrayal of obi-wan in revenge of the sith during order 66. Cody was talking with Crosshair and he was explaining how a lot of clones are questioning the order. To me this is something I always wondered as a kid when revenge of the sith came out, I Was 15 years old and I wondered if any clones felt bad for what they did to the jedi, or if any even didn’t follow orders. Now we really start to dive more into that with the bad batch and even with the clone wars season 7. I think it’s a huge worm hole to dive into and explore why some disobey, and why most obey. In Rex’s case, his attachment and love for Ahsoka bought her a few seconds before he pulled the trigger. However with Jesse, he never hesitated. Why the discrepancy? I believe some inhibitor chips either weren’t put in properly in the ones disobeying, or it wore off over time.
There’s also the question of, what happened to them in battle? For example when Crosshair had that explosion near his head, did that burn out the chip in his brain that forced him to execute order 66? Is he acting on free will? I personally think he just hates his brothers and has a different way of thinking about how the galaxy should be run. I think this is probably one of my biggest questions about the clones which I am excited to have answered. Why some disobey the order, or question it, while others follow it until the end of time. For example when the empire switched to regular enlistees from all over the galaxy, there were still clones getting very old in the ranks as storm troopers now. They were responsible for training the new humans and aliens that enlisted as storm troopers for the empire. Now, there is also the case where clones may not even see or hear order 66 be executed. Like Cut the clone from the first season of the bad batch who lived out on that farm and didn’t get any access to Palpatine’s Orders. Now when Crosshair replies and tells him that they are all traitors just like the jedi, cody gives him a side eye look like he’s starting to question things himself. As if he’s thinking, what if they’re not all traitors, what if we should be questioning the orders given to us. I believe the clones, while being programmed to follow orders blindly due to the chip and their training/cloning, are also able to see the vast difference in their relationship with the jedi, and some may even question why this discrepancy is taking place. Why were they once loyal and fought along side their jedi generals, only now to have killed them all and are ordered to do so due to the Jedi’s alleged betrayal.
Now you might ask what exactly did they betray?
Well, Palpatine made it very clear at the senate hearing after the JEdi attacked him that the attempt on his life was treason, and left him scarred and deformed. That the Jedi tried to spy on him and that had his protector not been there to save him, he’d be dead. He made the galaxy and the clones believe the Jedi were on a quest for power and control of the senates, and that they were going to take over the galaxy if not wiped out.
I think Cody’s relationship with Obi-Wan Kenobi perhaps may make him second guess things now that some time has passed. Cody to Obi-Wan was like Rex to Anakin almost. And if Rex paused ORder 66 for Ahsoka, I’m sure he would have done the same for Anakin. So I like to believe that Cody, while not as close to Kenobi as rex was to ahsoka or anakin, will eventually come around to at least questioning why so many clones are questioning the order, and this in turn will lead him to question his own beliefs and way of living through ORder 66.
As for Crosshair, I think he’ll continue to just hate his brothers and want to keep fighting alongside the Empire.
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