The Extremely Dark Order ARC Troopers Were Only Allowed to Use in EMERGENCIES 

Killing his own brethren before Anakin made it mainstream

George Lucas: *Says Star Wars is for kids* Arc Troopers: *Willing of killing their younger brothers*

Poor Alpha. Nowadays, he hasn't been recanonized yet.

Man... there’s another order that Involves killing kids in Star Wars lol 😂

That's what I loved about the Alphas they were like a bunch of Julius Ceasars. Intelligence used to fuel pure cold and calculating rational strategy. If the best way to stop the enemy was to kill developing clones they would do it with out hesitation. That said while they certainly would've won the war with Alphas running the show, if they weren't kept on a leash they may have actually concluded to disntergrate the republic and create a military dictator in order to win.

I miss Clone 99, he may have been defective. He was the greatest

The Clone Army is literally the coolest army in the history of science fiction. Just in front of the Mobile Infantry and the UNSC.

"Kamino. The Main Hive of the Clone Army. Distinct lack of Genetic diversity."

The more dark star wars gets, the more I like it. It gets boring always being positive and happy

A big red flag was the willingness to use a slave army.

You’d think the planet where the clones are made would be more protected

Alpha-17, and the Legends Null and Alpha ARCs in general were IMO far more interesting, unique and badass. Sure TCW did a great job humanizing all the clones and giving them lots of bad ass and emotional moments, but when it comes to the ARCs the EU had them beat. Also the Republic Commandos by default.

This was one of the first comic/light novels I ever read. And will always be one of the reasons I got so interested in Star Wars. Its a shame this version of ARC troopers wasn’t fully explored. They where such units and the tech and stuff they used was amazing.

I loved the older legends comics, pre inhibitor chip, the clones, not just ARCs show a very brutal and remorseless ability to follow orders multiple times, it was just a darker undertone that was a bit more adult then "they can't control themselves" bit of a cop out if you ask me, but when I find myself complaining like an old man I remember filonis words "star wars is for children" and I agree so I do see the inhibitior chips need in the plot

Wait, Mandalorians attacked Kamino as well? Bro, i learn so much from this, even if its not the topic of the video.

I just love the Alphas. They‘re pure Jango- badass to the bone! (Though the Null-ARCs were my personal favourites. Nothing beats Ordo, Mereel and the others).

To my understanding, the control chips inside clones heads are a recent addition to the Canon. The clones in legends didn't have any control chips.

"pick up your jaws jedi and cover my back" What a funny thing to hear

An interesting video Given that everything in Attack of the Clones relating to the clones was very dodgy, this should've been a red flag. A bright red flag. A bright red flag being waved frantically by Padmé whilst she's wearing a light up and musical Christmas jumper with "This is dodgy" spelled out in multicoloured LEDs and being sung constantly by both the jumper and Padmé. Denial of assets is one thing, but blowing up the whole facility? That would be tantamount to an immediate strategic defeat for the Republic, as no cloning facility means no clones reinforcements, so eventually the Republic would run out of clones. What could be so important that immediate, total defeat would be preferable? Also, given the amount of crazy crap that surrounded the clones (like the fact their template was working for the CIS, or that it got ordered by a Jedi master who conveniently didn't tell his colleagues and then died, or that they were conveniently ready just in time for the mother of all wars), this should've been rang alarm bells and raised an entire flag shop of red flags. In defence of the Jedi, in the heat of battle, it kinda makes sense. Denial of assets. The Clone younglings could be tortured, used for experiments to develop biochem or radiological weapons, or many other hideous tortures, so killing them would've been a mercy. But after the battle, when everyone is sitting down and having a cuppa tea to calm the nerves, their brains should've put it together.

Makes it that much more difficult being a kid in star wars! You either Get Decaptated by accidently calling some Brunette by the rank of master, being killed by your older brothers who had orders too, r being killed by the clones who you had command over.

My mind just went with preventing their easy use as spies against the republic so I dont blame jedi for using this logic either. The trooper even says "loyal to the republic" or dead so I feel this may have been the truth. That being said Jango may have had this even better reason as well

That was a brilliant reconciliation of canon and legends lore, and as a big fan of the Republic comics, I am most pleased. Everything proceeded as Geetsly has foreseen!

If the seppies can't destroy kamino! We will do it for them!! Says the arc troopers 😂😂

That's just wow

The Alphas were basically the perfect soldiers. Able to think independently with unconventional tactics, but still follows orders.

This was interesting. And it makes sense, to some degree, why ARC troopers would be ordered to kill unborn clones. As a sidenote, I honestly believe the Battle of Kamino in EAfront 2 is a combination of this battle and the second (only, if you go by canon) battle of Kamino due the fact that it features similarities to both battles despite being based on the second battle of Kamino.

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The more I learn about this most known part of Star Wars lore the more I see parallels to the modern day Specifically the notion that the bad guys often play both sides & few who are wrapped up in one particular side even notice that

I miss the old good Star Wars Republic comics from Dark Horse

Love the original battlefront intro!

Ah yes. The edgiest clone

Too bad they didn't have Rey back then she could have solved all this clone wars nonsense with a stolen x-wing and 2 light sabers.

Alpha-17 is the closest Star Wars will ever get to Doomguy

The Kaminoans every time another clone is born: *another fatherless child*

Was Tapoca City the only cloning facility on Kamino? If so, it was probably very short sighted of them Why not split them up to various facilities? He's the breeding site in one city, Infantry training here, pilot training their, naval operations there and so on OR have the same facilities on multiple sites and then you can breed and train them exponentially faster?

I’m curious as to the story where the Mandalorian Protectors attacked Kamino. The clones were trained by Mandalorians and were even taught the Mando ways, so there must have been some conflict within the Protectors during this time. Or so you would think.

Now this is a Story that could be told on a live action Clone Wars series. They can show many different missions and stuff that not everyone knows about. Plus live action Republic Commandos!

I remember the ass. Really came close to losing good future Troopers

I actually still have this issue. Got it way waaaaay back.

Can you do a video explaining stormtrooper accuracy? Thanks to the Mandolorian, we have a lot more footage of Stormtroopers in combat to assess their capabilities on top of the movies, Rebels, and other canon sources. Also, from a reddit post: when Ben Kenobi said that line at the sand crawler, he was thinking of the former Clone Troopers who were rebranded as Stormtroopers, who as we all know were amazing soldiers, not the lower quality human recruits the Empire had replaced them with while he was in exile (completely unaware of the change) on Tatooine. Some more data for you to consider.

It's never made sense how jedi could be posted on Topeka city without realizing that the clones were being programmed with orders detrimental to them and the republic

Ah yes, the real ARC troopers; Alpha and Null classes. Not this promotable rank nonsense from the show

Would love to see these guys (alpha) go against a troop of first order or Final order SPL units

Jango didn't give a shit about the conflict between the Sith and the Jedi. All he cared about was that the Kaminoans paid well, and it was an easier job than bounty hunting.

There were no Control Chips in Legends, and this is an Exclusively Legends Story.

They grow up loyal to the republic, or they don’t grow up at all

In the legend the troopers always knew the reality of order 66 right? Maybe this is the reason, he knew the truth and every clone is prepared to kill everyone to complete the orders.

"3 Jedi and an Arc Trooper walk into a bar."

i wished all star wars comics had this quality of artwork

You used the term, 'younglings' for the clones. I thought that only pplied to Jedi kids? I don't really know, just curious.

I just went to your new video to comment on The Front Try and find it.

Okay, first, so glad to finally see you cover this battle, you've covered other battles set during the Clone Wars in Legends, but this is probably one of my favorites. And second, I didn't know there was a Third Battle of Kamino. I only knew of the first two because of the OG Battlefront game and because of Season three of the Clone Wars. I now know what I'm going to be looking up on the Wookipedia site later. :)

I remember this book. I had it once. I don't know what happened

Never been conviced by this ARC Trooper. It was like "YEAH LOOK AT ME! I'M BADASS!" while few panels next, two of his brothers, supposingly as strong, are killed almost off screen like randoms. It felt terribly anticlimactic to me.

Wait, if Jango DNA is so valuable to the confederation, why not pay him for a blood sample? He only worked for them right before he died. Or maybe grab his body on your way off Geonosis? I'm just saying, if they wanted a DNA sample they really didn't need to attack Kamino

It's dark but it makes sense, not only would they do vivisectionist and torture on the young clones for info, but likely it was also seen as a dark mercy on Jango's part. Even though he was distant too all but one of the clones (Boba Fett), he likely still would know that these clones would be butchered and kill even more in humanely than anything the kaminoans could dream of in their darkest fantasies.

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Hey Geetsly’s! Happy New Year!

Throughout all the Star Wars videos I've seen on RU-vid, there's one topic I've never seen covered by any content creator, and I would love if you could make a video on it. *What does it mean to fall to the dark side?* In one of your Revan videos, you note that "Revan did not fall to the dark side. He chose the dark side." I've noticed a recurring theme across Star Wars media (notably dramatized in some of the video games like Knights of the Old Republic and Jedi: Fallen Order) where light side force users who end up embracing the dark side seem to undergo dramatic shifts in their personality and outlook, to the point of joining forces with former enemies. It's always been a big elephant in the room for me because the changes go beyond the psychological effects you would expect to see when someone becomes mad with power. An example: In Episode 3, Anakin has no problem marching to the Jedi Temple and murdering dozens and dozens of children after his fall to the dark side, something he would have considered unthinkable before even if he was frustrated with the Jedi. Even his desire to save Padme would not have made "kill younglings for Palpatine so he'll teach me" an acceptable solution to him prior to his fall. Something about the dark side fundamentally changed who he was as a person. I've seen many videos on dark side vs. light side powers and differences between the Jedi and Sith, but this is one area I've never seen explored; getting right to the core of one of the most fundamental differences between the light side and dark side of the force: *Why and how the dark side changes people in ways the light side does not* *Why do most dark side users fall to the dark side, rather than choosing the dark side? What makes those individuals who are not corrupted by it, such as Revan and the Nightsisters, different?* *What is it about the dark side that inherently tempts force users; why is it a struggle to resist even if you've never used or embraced the dark side before? (like being addicted to a drug you've never used)* *How does falling to the dark side change someone to the point of them even turning on former allies or joining forces with former enemies? For someone who is being actively converted or corrupted, such as the Inquisitors, how much of this change results from coercion or brainwashing techniques, and how much of it is due to the nature of the dark side itself?* I really appreciate your videos. They're some of the most informative on RU-vid and helped me find out about so much Star Wars media I would have otherwise missed. Thank you for continuing to make such great content.

The Senate had all dark power on his side.

i like how your intro is the classic star wars battlefront 1 loading screen

I love that line: "they grow up loyal to the republic or they don't grow up at all"

No wonder Anakin liked the clones so much

If this guy was canon this conflict wouldnt last that long Costing some clone younglings

Jeez...I had this comic...it was a hard back special

Alpha 17 is a Mad lad what can we say

I always love watching geetsly's videos

I had this book when i was a kid, wish i kept it :/ ...no idea where it even went, shiz just vanish when you grow up.

'Good soldiers follow orders'

EMERGENCY MEETOMG

If I can’t have it, no one can

Really young ones could be used to infiltrate and be double agents

I mean this isn't the first time they had to kill their brothers. The Clone Rebellion that the 501st had to put down was another time

Truly there is no stopping the ARC troopers.

Principles of war. Resources can be destroyed to deny them to the enemy.

Anakin: *Happy noises*

for beings with such foresight it's kinda funny how little they questioned the red flags that were pretty.... worrisome

Geetslys do you have a favorite Jedi and why

I remember reading this comic back in grade 2

They grow up loyal to the republic or they dont grow up at all. Fuckin ice bro love these darker comics

Dont forget about learning of the orders as well and jedi could have put forth order 65

How was order 66 implanted or indoctrinated into the clones?

0:42 bruh x'D

i have a hard copy of this book! got it when i was a kid

From what I know the jedi knew about order 66, just like about all if those 150 orders just they didn't find it likely happening (but it's nit surprising).

Perhaps it would've been better for the Republic to use droids and regular soldiers rather than clones

The clones did not know about their programming chips.

Star Wars Legends is bringing abortion arguments into Star Wars lol.

Alpha Class ARCs were literally the greatest troopers in the old lore. A damn shame the tv series ignored them entirely.

What was this clones number? I would like to do more research on him

I don't know why Jango bother with his order. Knowing the Jedi they would have done absolubtly nothing upon learning about Order 66, which is kind of what they did in the end

Victory or Death that was the way of the Clones of the Grand Army of the Republic.

Hey Geetslys I'm attack of the star wars I hope you have a great life

I love your stuff keep the great work up!!!

I can't see the source material listed anywhere. Why does all sw channels civering comics never show what series the story is taken from?

I thought Alpha 17 was Captain Rex

Brutal

Hey, the title doesn't make a lot of sense, I would put "That" In front of "Were", but besides that another great video

I agree that should have been a big flare for the Jedi that something was wrong with their absolute programming

The join our brotherhood, or not at all