I think the 501st didn't have their inhibitor chips activated in the first place. Recall in the comics, Vader killed a bunch of clones after Jo Casta Nu (spelling?) told them that he was the Jedi Anakin Skywalker. This implies that Anakin was targeted by the chip (or, at least, that Vader had reason to believe that was the case). The 501st trusted Anakin with their lives. They respected him more than anybody else; he always led his men from the front, and placed a great value on their lives and wellbeing. If the Chancellor informed them of plot by the Jedi to overthrow the Republic, and Anakin vouched for it, and Anakin was personally leading them to "put the Jedi rebellion down..." They didn't NEED the inhibitor chips activated in order to follow him. This would add to the emotional turmoil of the whole event, as the confused clones follow their great leader into the temple to *consciously and knowingly, with full agency* murder the people they'd fought alongside with for years with Anakin... Another possibility is that they knew Anakin wasn't a Jedi anymore (Palps told them as much in their mission briefing), thus excluding him from the order. Now, if this is the case, why didn't they spare Ashoka? Palps personally, explicitly, ordered her death along with that of Maul. We know he sent personalized messages to the clone liasons of all the council members, and to some important knights. And she's one of the few people who could turn Anakin back at this point, and therefore her death was of paramount importance to his plan for Skywalker. And Maul was just a loose end to tie up.
@@comradekenobi8146 Palps knew Ahsoka was one of the few people who would've been able to bring Anakin back to the light from the dark side. By killing her he believed nobody would be able to bring him back
He didn't tell the clones a clone shot at vader when he returned to the temple after order 66 saying anakin is a jedi other clones stopes him tho after one shot
Yeah, I noticed the same thing about Tup around Anakin and I always figured Palpatine made Anakin exempt from Order 66. We also know Palpatine made Anakin appear as a hero of the Republic loyal more to the Chancellor than the Jedi Order on the media that people saw. Hence why the people saw Anakin as a hero but not the Jedi as a whole because they believed from what they saw that Anakin was a loyal citizen of the Republic first and a Jedi second.
I like how Palpatine makes Anakin this public hero, essentially throwing him to the lions and making him face a lot of pressure to put him off balance to manipulate him but the rebels his Luke's identity as Red 5 to protect him and give the galaxy the idea anyone could become a hero.
I've always just assumed that Anakin was left out in the programming, and the programming itself just says "kill every force user hostile to the emperor." (Or something along those lines.) Since then if the chip included every single target then it'd be updated constantly. That's because the Jedi are always recruiting more members, and also loosing them.
Yes, this makes the most sense. Sidious would have future proofed the programming so that if he had failed to turn Anakin or any other Force user in place of Anakin, Those force users would have been considered a target. That way it would also consider any former apprentices who Sidious failed to kill or have killed a target, such as Maul.
It makes me wonder if Anakin never turned to the Dark Side, and Order 66 happened anyway, would he still be exempt from Order 66, or will Palpatine add him to the list?
@@___von___7377 He'd be an enemy like every other Jedi. Since he never saved Palpatine from Windu he wouldn't be exempt from the "hostile to the emporer" category.
@@___von___7377 I think Sidious would have tried at least once or twice more to turn him. It's clear that Sidious really wanted Anakin as his apprentice. He might have given capture orders rather than kill.
I believe Palpatine programmed the clones to never execute Anakin, but take him prisoner, because Palpatine’s intent was always to turn Anakin to the dark side, even if he was still a Jedi during The Chancellors arrest
She was still raised and trained by the Jedi. It doesn't matter if she's still with the Jedi order or not, anyone who carries a lightsaber is instantly a target in the eyes of the clones.
This actually makes a lot of sense as to why, when Jocasta Nu activates order 66 in Darth Vader’s soldiers, they turned on him inside the dropship. Because while “Anakin Skywalker” was exempt from the order, “Darth Vader” was not exempt because he didn’t exist at the time
@Jedimaster420 Well yes but Order 66 wasn't something that could be modified on a dime, it's a pre-programmed order. "Lord Vader" was the name Palpatine came up with for him on the eve of his victory, but he'd already taken Anakin Skywalker off the kill-list. The point is that the clones didn't recognize Vader as Anakin Skywalker when Jocasta Nu reactivated Order 66 in his troopers, because there was no "Darth Vader" put on the exclusion list in the inhibitor chip's programming, only Anakin Skywalker. But Darth Vader isn't recognizable to anyone as "Anakin Skywalker" anymore.
I would believe that he was protected by the fact that he calls him lord Vader from before the order was sent and told him he is his apprentice. The commander of the 501st was most likely told during the order who the commander of the new structure Was and that they were to fall Anikan as their new leader.
Rex and Jessie knew that the chancellor was the sith lord as they had the final piece of the puzzle and were filled in by obi-wan (Rex was, but probably told Jessie) they knew that the chancellor was grooming Anakin for his role to become an apprentice and that the sith lord was behind the entire conflict along with a few more details which led to them figuring it all out. Which was probably why Sidious paused when Rex replied saying "yes, lord Sidious."
@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 I remmember one of the more recent canon commics about the inquisitors (was it darth vader ?) where a rogue jedi uses mind control on inquisition clones to use order 66 to attack the inquisitors (because they in theory were still jedi).
With this in mind it’s more likely that, like another comment has mentioned, they were programmed not to kill specific Jedi/force users, but instead just to kill those hostile to the emperor, in which case the non-hostiles can be updated when Palpatine needed them to be. But the fact Anakin was never a target in the chip is also a theory I support.
There's at least one story I read where the Jedi wore ridiculously bad costumes to "disguise" themselves, and the Clones managed to self hypnotize in order to not kill them. Highlights included a Jedi master putting on a helmet, and not changing a single other thing of his outfit, and some padawan pretending to be refugees, all without any real disguises.
From the Jedi's point of view it was placed in incase of a mutiny or a Jedi turned to the dark side. If that is the case, then somewhere there must be a clause where you list the Jedi to target. Sidious just probably listed all of them, save Anakin.
Yeah, if there was a version of Order 66 that the Jedi knew about, then it was probably written as something the Jedi Council had control of so if, for example, the troopers under Pong Krell had been able to report his actions, the Council could decide his fate. "Condition 66 initiate. Capture Pong Krell we would prefer, but if killed he must be -sigh- understand, we will"
Yeah to be completely honest I HATED how the clones called the chancellor “Darth Sidious” they should’ve have just called him “Chancellor” I absolutely hate that
When the switch was flipped, they were immediately alerted to his true identity. Just the same way it turned off their humanity in order to allow them to execute their generals.
@Twisted Cogitamentum makes no sense especially when you consider that palpatine really didn't care about his sith identity after it served its purpose
Pretty simple, since the clones in comics attacked Vader before knowing who he was, but never "Skywalker", Skywalker specifically must have been exempt. Since all force users were considered viable targets, and clones had knowledge of Sidious, the programming must have the ability to have certain knowledge unlock. Since the knowledge was never used before, and removal of the chip doesn't seem to change Rex's knowledge afterwards, the knowledge must suddenly be dumped into the brain by the chip. The chips were called "biochips" and publicly stated to be for controlling aggression, so I see no reason for the chips data sets to not be editable before its "dumped". We also know Palpatine had a secure galaxy wide communications grid to reach the commanders to execute Order 66. So the mechanism is likely "biochip receives a constant GAR threat and classification feed from one of the constant nearby secure transmission systems that even the clones know nothing about. It doesn't show because it acts only on the biochips. Palpatine can then change information like his identity, and designate force users of his choosing into different classes, hostile and kill, loyal and work with, capture and turn, unknown and kill. Before issuing the final Order 66, Palpatine designates Skywalker as loyal, pushes the final threat update to the troops, then calls them up and activates the order." This would also explain why Cut never activated despite knowing about Order 66. He has not been near a secure GAR grid to get updated orders (like allowong Rex to be able to order Order 66 on the Venator), or have Palpatine activate his last version himself "manually" like what seemed to prematurely happen with Tupp
He was a temple guard so my guess is he lost to anakin but wasn’t defeated but captured and was then turned into an inquisitor by the chancellor (aka sidious)
It makes sense for the order to be “kill all Jedi other than anakin skywalker” as he was identified by palpatine as a child. Maul was basically a dark side Jedi to most as he dressed the part and preferred a lightsaber over everything. In some of the older books there are stories of Jedi surviving order 66 simply by ditching their lightsabers and clothes.
It's probably worth mentioning that the Coruscant Guard did briefly shoot at Vader during his mission to capture Jocasta Nu, albeit Commander Fox quickly paid for that mistake lmao
I always thought of it like this. For most clones, the exact words "execute order 66" is a bit like a post-hypnotic suggestion, which triggers the Jedi murder spree. However, if you gave the order "kill all the Jedi," and they're obedient enough to obey, they'll do it, but still are enough of themselves to know "Ok, Anakin's not a Jedi anymore, so don't kill him." At least at first. Yeah, later, once the initial deaths happen, Palpatine updates the non 501's with the knowledge that Anakin's not a Jedi anymore.
I think you made an excellent case for Anakin being excluded from the beginning. That scene with Tupp’s inhibitor chip malfunction is very compelling. I already subscribe to the idea that Palpatine used the force to create Anakin so I’d assume he had some kind of eye on the boy his entire life. Part of his plan was to craft the perfect tool. The harbinger of his will. And he likely had even bigger plans for Anakin’s force abilities had he not been defeated by Obi-Wan.
Um...I didn’t see any hesitation in Jesse’s response, he repeated that Rex had told him they received specific instructions to kill her..by name. We even see in the movie that Palpatine didn’t just send one vid out to the whole GAR, he sent a separate Vid to the individual commanders, At least the ones with high ranking Jedi. It makes sense that he contact with the five-o first personally and told them to execute Ashoka and Maul.
@@slicer940 that’s the clone equivalent of “Come on man”. Jesse is basically rolling his eyes When he has to remind commander Rex that they have orders to kill her specifically.
@@JonnyBoy3699 Rex made the argument that Ahsoka wasn’t a Jedi so order 66 shouldn’t apply to her ....Jesse rolled his eyes and Reminded him that they had orders to kill Asoka by name, rendering Rex’s argument invalid. In the context of the argument being put forward here, there were no Jedi onboard that ship at all yet the chancellor took the time to contact the ship personally. It stands to reason that Palpatine, not being a complete idiot, gave them specific orders to kill Ahsoka and Maul and Jesse was trying very hard Not to accuse his commanding officer of treason and dereliction of duty without giving him every possible opportunity to come around And follow their extremely straightforward orders.
It makes more sense that Order 66 wouldn't just slay jedi, any Force User in general that was not palpatine himself. Think about it, even if all the Jedi were exterminated, I'm sure there are some Force Sensitives in the Galaxy who are unaligned and pose a threat to the new empire.
Not sure it's mentioned in canon but it definitely is in legends - the wicthes of Dathomir are all force users. In one of the legends books Luke ends up on Dathomir and spends some time with the night sisters where he observes their use of the Force thru spells.
I had always thought with Ashoaka & Maul it was covered by Jesse's statement to Rex "Sir, you said it yourself we're under special order from Darth Sidious to eliminate them both" effectively meaning that Palatine/Sidious could designate people as part of the Jedi order or simply was able to give them orders and the Bad Batch suggest those chips and order 66 made them more receptive to any order. I always figured the reverse was true for Anakin although the point about Tupp does make one wonder.
Yeah, the "exclusion theory" makes the most sense: Even if Anakin Skywalker went by Darth Vader now (the clones would have shot Anakin, not Vader), visually he would've still been Anakin Skywalker to them, not (a pre-suit) Darth Vader.
A comic 9f vader returning to the jedi temple to kill a jedi shows vader is still on a hit list for order 66 as a clone shoots at him calling him anakin skywalker
@@livingglowstick1337 They didn't know it was Vader: All they saw was a shadow in a hole in the side of the Temple after a Jedi already leapt out, and they presumed it was another one of the fugitive Jedi. After realizing who it was, the commander in charge ordered his subordinates to stop firing. Vader's identity was revealed to a few clones aboard the transport, and they were gobsmacked that Vader was Skywalker, a former Jedi. He promptly killed them for knowing too much, but given their reactions to learning Vader was Anakin, they were pretty gobsmacked.
Original star wars battlefront 2 has you play through the order 66 mission. During the assault on the temple after order 66 was issued a clone says over the comms "Lord Vader will be our field commander" Anakin was given his new name and title before the order was given and was likely listed as an ally before the order
I feel like another big point to bring up is what Anakin was doing during the issue of the order. It would have been likely just mere moments after he saved Palpatine from the other Jedi. It's more than likely that the combination of not being near any clones at the time and being in close proximity to Palpatine, who now had direct control over all clones, would have easily let him be spared by any possible execution attempts
Well, the same thing happened with Tup, so likely Sideous implanted Anaking role on the chips. Edit: yet on a Jocasta Nu comic the Shock Troopers were shocked that Vader was a former Jedi when she was in their costudy and Vader seiftly killed those present minus her, until he did.
Problem being that in the newer comics Darth Vader is briefly revealed by Jocasta Nu to be Anakin to some clones who he immediately throws out of a gunship presumably to protect himself from the clones/keep his identity secret. and the thing is I believe in that comic the clones paused for a moment and if given enough time would have either tried to kill Vader or arrest him
True; however, the comics and show have been shown to contradict themselves. Just like the beginning of the bad batch, I wouldn’t doubt sometime in the near future this will be revisited and altered.
How I imagined it went down Darth Sidious: execute order 66.. I am sending my new apprentice..Darth Vader to assist your in squashing the rebellion. Appo: yes my lord. What about anikan skywalker? Sidious: Skywalker is dead. He has been defeated and the traitorous jedis rebellion will soon be.. foiled. do what must be done commander..show no mercy.
It's possible he had a separate order for Anakin if he did not join the dark side and possibly potentially inqusitors such as Baris in the jedi temple prison
I remember a comic that vader asked a clone commander if there was a order for him. To which the clone kinda implied there may be one for him and was forced pushed off a mountain by vader to silence him and preventing him from informing his master.
Captain rank is higher than commander rank when talking in the "navy terms" it goes, commander< Captain < admiral. At least here in earth terms. The rank structure might be different in the GAR. Just my 2 cents
@@jar8240 i havent seen anything official from Lucasfilms/disney on the rank structure, but if based on the US military, those ranks are out of order or dont follow the same chain of command
Why wasn't Anakin executed during Order 66? Take into consideration that before Order 66 was enacted Anakin became Darth Vader, the Clones were made specifically to fight for the Jedi, then later the Sith, this obviously being Darth Sidious and Vader via the inhibitor / Control Chips Other than that if its not proof for you idk either
That and I think it depends on who gives the order because that last batch of Clones that became Purge Troopers tried to gun down the Inquisitors and not the Jedi who gave the order
Well this is another amazing video, I’d like to point out the reason Jesse would have known Sidious’ name is because Rex would have mentioned it to him during the mini briefing after Ahsoka escaped. My personal theory/head canon is that Palpatine or Anakin didn’t activate the chips of 501st Legion on Coruscant, with Anakin informing his men that the Jedi had betrayed the Republic with him choosing to leave the order to attack them. Otherwise in the Vader comics we see the clone shock troopers attack Vader.
What if the clones knew on who to kill because they personally got to know the Jedi they were assigned to, and everyone else was just based on the command structure they knew on paper or were ordered to hunt by their superiors?
There was that one comic where a Jedi who survived was being attacked by Inquisitors who were being assisted by Clone Troopers. He executes Order 66 and the clones fire at him and the Inquisitors so he uses it as a distraction to get away. I only saw a video on it once and don't know if its canon or legends but I think it is interesting that anyone can say the command "Execute Order 66" and it works which actually makes sense when you get into it. Sidious couldn't have possibly told every clone individually so how it worked was he told a few Commanders and then as they relayed the order it triggered the other clones.
Bothers me just a bit how frequently he butchers saying “Tano”, like okay yeah everyone has their own accents and maybe it’s a speech tick, but homie mispronounces “tano” a different way each time he says it...despite hearing the in-universe pronunciation.
Not only do we not see Sidious tell the 501st or other troopers not to kill Anakin, but we don't see him tell them to leave Vader alone either. It's a short time between one and the other but either way it would be a long way to not see the two as different men by the average clone. I'm banking on a program in the chip since having to send an exception to the order in not just one but TWO transmissions is a bit more of a paper trail for even someone as secure as Palpatine.
The rare malfunctions of the chips could indicate a backdoor existed to allow updates, and the malfunctions were random bit errors from received signal noise. This hypothesis allows Papa Palps to: exclude Anakin, list specific non-Jedi as targets, and give slightly different orders/information to that one group of clones who refer to Darth Sidious. A few clones, like Rex, were able to resist the chip because the installer accidentally forgot to toggle the "opt in" on the software license.
Another interesting fact is that in the Darth Vader canon comics, we see a storyline in which Anakin/Vader is ousted as a force user by Jocasta Nu and the clones with him turn and attack. Idk if this solidifies the theory that "Anakin Skywalker" was made safe, but it at least shows that the clones specifically targeted force users.
I don’t think Order 66 was the first occasion that Darth Sidious interacted or communicated with the clones. In the Ep.3 film when Darth Sidious gives Order 66 the clones responded, “Yes, my Lord.” In other words, Darth Sidious was no stranger to the clones when Order 66 was issued. I suspect that Anakin may have given the Order 66 to the 501st himself, and the order was confirmed by Darth Sidious.
I think that maybe it has something to do with the fact that since palpatine’s failed arrest Anakin was not a Jedi because he had pledged himself to the dark side
Darth maul might have been included because of the rule of two, and Palpatine has made it clear he wants maul dead. With the inhibitor chip, I believe he took the list of Jedi fro the archives and just updated it until it was ready. If he is responsible for Anakins birth, he would exclude him from the list.
Jesse knew the name Darth Sidious because Rex told it to him. Rex was present when Obi Wan informed Ahsoka of a Sith Lord who supposedly had orchestrated the Clone Wars and was playing both sides. When Order 66 came down, he connected the dots between what Kenobi told him and what Fives told him
That would have been a awesome moment, "Commander, execute order 66..." The clones just machine gun down Anakin. Just then Emperor Palpatine inquires, "Lord Vader, status report?" The Commander just stands over Anakin's smoking corpse, "Uh... m'lord Emperor we have a slight problem..."
One of the Comic from Canon did revealed that there is an order number that could try to kill Vader/Anakin. When Vader asked one of the 501th Commander if there is one; which made the Commander hesitate to answer, of course Vader killed him by tossing him into the cliff.
I believe that some clones did not know to spare him. In legends, while at the temple hunting Jocasta Nu, some of the clones attacked Vader and this led to him killing Commander Wolf for not informing the troopers that he was no Jedi.
I think the orders were more specific for some squads. Remember the clones with Rex were saying that Sidious ordered them to kill Ashoka in that scene.
By Order 66, Anakin is already identified by Darth Sidious as Lord Vader. Hence, no longer a Jedi and O66 most likely would have included orders that Lord whomever was in command of the operation.
The really great novel "Darth Plagueis" gives some clues: Anakin coming into existence was in DP's eyes a reaction of the Dark Side. Leaving those thoughts aside, Anakin presented himself at the Naboo crisis as the best possible candidate for THE apprentice (as Maul bitterly comments how Dooku and himself were mere pawns, soon to be cast aside). Anakin was: - very powerful in the Force (No, I don't wanna mention the ridiculous Midi-Chlorians...) - quite old - full of fear of losing his loved ones => 1st real father figure Qui-Gon dies, a place to be taken by Palpatine himself So it is not too far fetched that Sidious implemented the command not too kill Anakin Skywalker in the Inhibitor chips.
I have a great explanation for this. I'm just super tired after working all night to articulate it at the moment. My mind is just thinking: food sleep good; Thinking is hard; Just retreat;
I think Palpatine could update a list of Order 66 targets via the inhibitor chips. Much like an operating system update for a computer, he could modify the parameters for the hardware/software to follow. The clones would enter a trance like Tup, probably while asleep, and receive an update.
Simpler explanation: order 66 message include an update. Equipment in SW shake hands all the time. The IDs with doors, Starships with system control, on and on. Could be that the Order 66 message came with a update.
Palpatine was with anakin when he ordered the 501st for operation nightfall. The only clones that knew not to shoot him was the 501st at the time. From other videos I've watched, clones do in fact try to kill him a few times after he becomes Vader. He was later introduced to all the highest ranking and junior ranking leaders at the same time as his second in command to clear up confusion. Many didn't like Vader because no one knew who he was and that he had so much power. Then they started to fear him after a lot of senior leaders died by his hands. Commander fox also was the clone commander during nightfall. Fox really hated the Jedi and became vaders right hand man until he died
What would have made most sense before Disney is that members of the Jedi order, and when Anakin turned he was no longer a member. With Disney's extra info the most sensible solution is that the order is basically against all force users except Anakin, and Sidius. That is why Maul's execution were also ordered. The other reason for this would be eliminating any potential future jedi as well, if the clones are aware of them. If these 2 exclusions were imprinted, then it is also the reason why that clone trooper knew Sidius by name.
In the movie, Palpatine contacts different commanders separately. Such as: Darth Sidious: Commander Cody, the time has come. Execute Order 66. Commander Cody : Yes, my Lord. And then different versions of this were sent out. This implies that Sidious had a very long afternoon contacting each commander to turn on their Jedi. Also, Cody's response of "my Lord" implies that you are correct. Only the Dark Lord could execute the order, and that was programed into them. But the targets were provided to them at the time of the order. This is also why Commander Rex had to provide the "clear orders" to the 501st. So it wasn't just some signal that went out across the Galaxy, but programming triggered by a specific communication with specific instructions.
Crazy thing is: the Kaminoans knew all the plot, and still got played by it, and it was a very delicate plot. They should have implanted their own safeguards. Though, for the Jedi, the result wouldn't be different if it had been triggered earlier.
In the book it says order 66 was issued on every world except for corasant because it was already being carried out there,which means the clones on corasant with Anakin during the destruction of the Jedi temple had no idea about the kill the Jedi order, after the destruction of the temple Anakin went to mustafar and came back as Darth Vader
In the Vader comics, a Jedi used the Force to have clone Purge Troopers execute Order 66 on Sith Inquisitors. It's possible to activate it if you aren't Sidious.
i always assumed that when Order 66 was programmed in, the exemptions were added to not kill Anakin from the start, Palpatines entire end goal was to turn Anakin, and if that failed then he would have had to kill him himself anyway
I mean.... in Rebels when Savage and Maul went to meet Sidious he literally said "You are now a rival"... that sounds like more than just a Sith Assassin. But on topic Palpatine having programmed a list of Jedi excluding Anakin into clones to me would make the most sense
In the xbox game star wars battlefield 2 there's a narration that said all clones knew that they were meant to betray their Jedi commanders and that they couldn't bare to look them in the face when they praised them for a good job done. So maybe the chip was like a driods restraint bolt that stop them from acking on the order until the key word was given by Plapertine himself.
Also, strange but in ROTJ Darth Vader mentions he can't go against his master. I always took that as well, he would force lightning him or something, and he couldn't defend against it. Or maybe it was just a ploy to make Darth Sidious not think he would try and overthrow him. Maybe that wasn't the reason, and that the real reason was Order 66 could be changed at any time to un-protect Darth Vader. And some how or at some point, Vader figured that out and knew he could not go against him.
There is another explanation that covers both why they would not target Anakin when the chip malfunctioned, and also have to be contacted by hologram during the order to frag their commander rather than the chip just activating in silence. That is if the clone's loyalty to the division level commander actually overrides that commander being targeted in Order 66 at all times, and a superior commander like the Chancellor has to take command in order to give that order.
I always assumed that Anakin was that change in the chain of command, that 501 and later other clones were informed that Vader is the head of the imperial military
I just always assumed it was programed in their chip not to turn on him. This is further backed up by the fives arc when despite Anakin being right in front of Tup, he always goes for the other Jedi and completely ignores Anakin.
I believe it was actually an order to kill Vader if he betrayed or would be replaced in the republic/empire command . In the Vader comics , Apollo confirms such an order exist and answers vader questions with questions alongside a very strange code. Thus revealing why he wasn’t targeted as apart of order 66 , The emperor had an order exclusively to deal with the chosen one. In legends a similar order existed for Vader purely and was programmed into clones weeks after order 66 happened , Vader found out when they betrayed him and the emperor tested Vader against a sith assassin.
its possible that the bio chips get an update when the clones go in for check ups on kamino so its possible that they get an updated target list -and palpatine made sure once he was reasonably sure he had anikin under his sway that he took him off the list
@@GenerationTech I'm still not 100% sure though. Was it a Jedi Mind Trick or was it because the clones were new? Your opinion matters to me. I need clarification. 😭😭
Anakin being excluded from the beginning makes most sense to me, since Sidious wanted him as his apprentice from the very beginning
"We will watch your career with great interest" immidiatley after losing maul
I think the 501st didn't have their inhibitor chips activated in the first place. Recall in the comics, Vader killed a bunch of clones after Jo Casta Nu (spelling?) told them that he was the Jedi Anakin Skywalker. This implies that Anakin was targeted by the chip (or, at least, that Vader had reason to believe that was the case).
The 501st trusted Anakin with their lives. They respected him more than anybody else; he always led his men from the front, and placed a great value on their lives and wellbeing. If the Chancellor informed them of plot by the Jedi to overthrow the Republic, and Anakin vouched for it, and Anakin was personally leading them to "put the Jedi rebellion down..." They didn't NEED the inhibitor chips activated in order to follow him. This would add to the emotional turmoil of the whole event, as the confused clones follow their great leader into the temple to *consciously and knowingly, with full agency* murder the people they'd fought alongside with for years with Anakin...
Another possibility is that they knew Anakin wasn't a Jedi anymore (Palps told them as much in their mission briefing), thus excluding him from the order. Now, if this is the case, why didn't they spare Ashoka? Palps personally, explicitly, ordered her death along with that of Maul. We know he sent personalized messages to the clone liasons of all the council members, and to some important knights. And she's one of the few people who could turn Anakin back at this point, and therefore her death was of paramount importance to his plan for Skywalker. And Maul was just a loose end to tie up.
@@comradekenobi8146 Palps knew Ahsoka was one of the few people who would've been able to bring Anakin back to the light from the dark side. By killing her he believed nobody would be able to bring him back
@@GamingOnIce There's also the fact that she was Anakin Skywalker's apprentice, which marked her as a threat to the newly declared Empire.
@@seanmurphy7845 yeah, she was a top priority to kill, like Obi Wan was
I think Palpatine just sent the whole GAR an email saying “execute order 66. PS, Anakin is on our side, don’t kill him.”
That was pretty funny 🤣
and just one clone that did not read the email
Well according to star wars the clone wars that's basically what happened with ahsoka
Obviously
TLDR: This implant is pointless and could've been email.
Star Wars would be a lot shorter if Palpatine accidentally forgot to switch Anakin’s team in match
Darth Maul was a lot shorter when Obi Wan jumped out of that pit
@@cptsteele91 get emmmmm
Yeah. Rip the clone army
He didn't tell the clones a clone shot at vader when he returned to the temple after order 66 saying anakin is a jedi other clones stopes him tho after one shot
@@cptsteele91 General Grievous was a lot shorter than Anakin had expected.
Yeah, I noticed the same thing about Tup around Anakin and I always figured Palpatine made Anakin exempt from Order 66. We also know Palpatine made Anakin appear as a hero of the Republic loyal more to the Chancellor than the Jedi Order on the media that people saw. Hence why the people saw Anakin as a hero but not the Jedi as a whole because they believed from what they saw that Anakin was a loyal citizen of the Republic first and a Jedi second.
Palpatine was such a good propagandist and political speaker and leader, literally like adolf and Goebbels in one character
Basically
I mean, he basically was a citizen first Jedi second so didn't need much help from Papa Palpy for that lol
I like how Palpatine makes Anakin this public hero, essentially throwing him to the lions and making him face a lot of pressure to put him off balance to manipulate him but the rebels his Luke's identity as Red 5 to protect him and give the galaxy the idea anyone could become a hero.
Ahsoka: "I don't want to kill clones"
Also Ahsoka: *releases Darth Maul*
Cuz Maul have sexy face markings
@Sypha Flowen i never said it was, but Maul was a guy that obviously would kill anyone if he got the chance
@@cheeseman6016 maul was the necessary distraction for ahsoka to get off the ship alive.
@@diator2 ye ik but it still doesnt change that fact
Not wanting to, doesn't mean not willing to.
I always assumed Palpy just went “Execute Order 66..... except for this guy. He’s cool. And don’t kill that hot blue chick. Oops too late.”
“Do we have to kill secura, I wanted to get her holo number.”
@@fulcrum7455 there was no reason for them to make her that thicc😩
@@gabez95 frankky needs to do a thicc aayla secura.exe😏
Oh wait that was order 69 that would keep the blue chick alive
@@gabez95 on top of that she got a french accent, pretty attractive if you ask me
I've always just assumed that Anakin was left out in the programming, and the programming itself just says "kill every force user hostile to the emperor." (Or something along those lines.) Since then if the chip included every single target then it'd be updated constantly. That's because the Jedi are always recruiting more members, and also loosing them.
Yes, this makes the most sense. Sidious would have future proofed the programming so that if he had failed to turn Anakin or any other Force user in place of Anakin, Those force users would have been considered a target. That way it would also consider any former apprentices who Sidious failed to kill or have killed a target, such as Maul.
It makes me wonder if Anakin never turned to the Dark Side, and Order 66 happened anyway, would he still be exempt from Order 66, or will Palpatine add him to the list?
@@___von___7377 He'd be an enemy like every other Jedi. Since he never saved Palpatine from Windu he wouldn't be exempt from the "hostile to the emporer" category.
@@sashabraus9422 Maybe Palpatine will try to turn him the Dark Side again, but you're right
@@___von___7377 I think Sidious would have tried at least once or twice more to turn him. It's clear that Sidious really wanted Anakin as his apprentice. He might have given capture orders rather than kill.
I believe Palpatine programmed the clones to never execute Anakin, but take him prisoner, because Palpatine’s intent was always to turn Anakin to the dark side, even if he was still a Jedi during The Chancellors arrest
He wasn’t a prisoner he was still their general
@@Deathmare235 Palpatine would have the clones take him prisoner so Palpatine could “interrogate” him
@@thetotaldramaking5427 why would he interrogate him he’s his loyal apprentice
@@Deathmare235 you dumb or something?
@@kollekciorozsdas6110 explain
THINK JESSE, THINK!
HOW CAN ASHOKA BE AN ORDER 66 TARGET IF SHE’S NO LONGER A JEDI?!
“7 mores years.. can always make another clone.”
She was still raised and trained by the Jedi. It doesn't matter if she's still with the Jedi order or not, anyone who carries a lightsaber is instantly a target in the eyes of the clones.
*Invisible meme*
Good soldiers follow orders.
*EJECTED
This actually makes a lot of sense as to why, when Jocasta Nu activates order 66 in Darth Vader’s soldiers, they turned on him inside the dropship. Because while “Anakin Skywalker” was exempt from the order, “Darth Vader” was not exempt because he didn’t exist at the time
@Jedimaster420 Well yes but Order 66 wasn't something that could be modified on a dime, it's a pre-programmed order. "Lord Vader" was the name Palpatine came up with for him on the eve of his victory, but he'd already taken Anakin Skywalker off the kill-list. The point is that the clones didn't recognize Vader as Anakin Skywalker when Jocasta Nu reactivated Order 66 in his troopers, because there was no "Darth Vader" put on the exclusion list in the inhibitor chip's programming, only Anakin Skywalker. But Darth Vader isn't recognizable to anyone as "Anakin Skywalker" anymore.
I would believe that he was protected by the fact that he calls him lord Vader from before the order was sent and told him he is his apprentice. The commander of the 501st was most likely told during the order who the commander of the new structure Was and that they were to fall Anikan as their new leader.
"All those times I said "Kill all Jedi", I always whispered "except one." Anakin was that one. And I never told him so.
Sees the thumbnail
Me: “Short answer: Palpatine.”
The true Force was the plot armor we constructed along the way
@Giovanni Roman yes
@Giovanni Roman
Disney Star Wars apparently. So nowhere good.
The plot armor constructed we true the way along
I mean, it's not really plot armour. Palpatine had been betting on him all along, it'd be silly not to make an exception for Anakin in the order.
I agree ... The plot armor is strong with this one . 👍
Rex and Jessie knew that the chancellor was the sith lord as they had the final piece of the puzzle and were filled in by obi-wan (Rex was, but probably told Jessie) they knew that the chancellor was grooming Anakin for his role to become an apprentice and that the sith lord was behind the entire conflict along with a few more details which led to them figuring it all out. Which was probably why Sidious paused when Rex replied saying "yes, lord Sidious."
Commander Cody responded the same way...They all knew
Problem: Anakin’s wasn’t the only Jedi spared. Both in Legends and in canon there were Jedi who defected and turned to the dark side under Palpatine
Legends arent exactly canon to the movies...
@@pikathemimikyu6655 it’s in the current canon, not just the movies, hence the inquisitors
@@kristiansudbury9158 maybe they were given some sort of secret code by sidious that reverted the clones' jedi-killing instinct.
@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 I remmember one of the more recent canon commics about the inquisitors (was it darth vader ?) where a rogue jedi uses mind control on inquisition clones to use order 66 to attack the inquisitors (because they in theory were still jedi).
With this in mind it’s more likely that, like another comment has mentioned, they were programmed not to kill specific Jedi/force users, but instead just to kill those hostile to the emperor, in which case the non-hostiles can be updated when Palpatine needed them to be. But the fact Anakin was never a target in the chip is also a theory I support.
It’s because he was wearing a hood, so they couldn’t tell it was Anakin. 😏
He was Darth Vader by then
There's at least one story I read where the Jedi wore ridiculously bad costumes to "disguise" themselves, and the Clones managed to self hypnotize in order to not kill them.
Highlights included a Jedi master putting on a helmet, and not changing a single other thing of his outfit, and some padawan pretending to be refugees, all without any real disguises.
It's death sticks
@@area609joe7 That's the story's title?
@@torg2126 is it? I'm a Crayon eating Marine. It's death Sticks.
From the Jedi's point of view it was placed in incase of a mutiny or a Jedi turned to the dark side. If that is the case, then somewhere there must be a clause where you list the Jedi to target. Sidious just probably listed all of them, save Anakin.
Yeah, if there was a version of Order 66 that the Jedi knew about, then it was probably written as something the Jedi Council had control of so if, for example, the troopers under Pong Krell had been able to report his actions, the Council could decide his fate. "Condition 66 initiate. Capture Pong Krell we would prefer, but if killed he must be -sigh- understand, we will"
@@ZoeMalDoranindeed.
Yeah to be completely honest I HATED how the clones called the chancellor “Darth Sidious” they should’ve have just called him “Chancellor” I absolutely hate that
When the switch was flipped, they were immediately alerted to his true identity. Just the same way it turned off their humanity in order to allow them to execute their generals.
@@VelaiciaCreator
Right stupidity
@@tyheavenlywings7760 If you don't like the canon reason that's fine. Pretty sure this was before Disney entered the scene.
@@VelaiciaCreator That's what they want you to think. Just like Sidious, mickey was controlling everything behind the scenes.
@Twisted Cogitamentum makes no sense especially when you consider that palpatine really didn't care about his sith identity after it served its purpose
I’m so proud (and a bit disappointed) that you didn’t make any cut puns when you were describing maul
Pretty simple, since the clones in comics attacked Vader before knowing who he was, but never "Skywalker", Skywalker specifically must have been exempt. Since all force users were considered viable targets, and clones had knowledge of Sidious, the programming must have the ability to have certain knowledge unlock. Since the knowledge was never used before, and removal of the chip doesn't seem to change Rex's knowledge afterwards, the knowledge must suddenly be dumped into the brain by the chip. The chips were called "biochips" and publicly stated to be for controlling aggression, so I see no reason for the chips data sets to not be editable before its "dumped". We also know Palpatine had a secure galaxy wide communications grid to reach the commanders to execute Order 66. So the mechanism is likely "biochip receives a constant GAR threat and classification feed from one of the constant nearby secure transmission systems that even the clones know nothing about. It doesn't show because it acts only on the biochips. Palpatine can then change information like his identity, and designate force users of his choosing into different classes, hostile and kill, loyal and work with, capture and turn, unknown and kill. Before issuing the final Order 66, Palpatine designates Skywalker as loyal, pushes the final threat update to the troops, then calls them up and activates the order." This would also explain why Cut never activated despite knowing about Order 66. He has not been near a secure GAR grid to get updated orders (like allowong Rex to be able to order Order 66 on the Venator), or have Palpatine activate his last version himself "manually" like what seemed to prematurely happen with Tupp
I think he left Anakin out because he was planning all this from the start, and he was confident he could defeat Anakin if his plan went awry
I wonder why the Grand Inquisitor didn’t either since he was the first among them.
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He was a temple guard so my guess is he lost to anakin but wasn’t defeated but captured and was then turned into an inquisitor by the chancellor (aka sidious)
Probably because he helped kill the Temple Guards allowing the clones execute Jedi with ease.
Yeah I remember him being a temple guard my question though is why did Vader spare him.
Along with all the other inquisitors, did the 501 accept surrenders
It makes sense for the order to be “kill all Jedi other than anakin skywalker” as he was identified by palpatine as a child. Maul was basically a dark side Jedi to most as he dressed the part and preferred a lightsaber over everything. In some of the older books there are stories of Jedi surviving order 66 simply by ditching their lightsabers and clothes.
Only Jedis deals in High grounds. That’s why Anakin survived.
Maybe a really massive mind trick that said “no clones, I am Lord Vader.”
It's probably worth mentioning that the Coruscant Guard did briefly shoot at Vader during his mission to capture Jocasta Nu, albeit Commander Fox quickly paid for that mistake lmao
not canon
@@shawnhutchinson479 it is canon
@@shawnhutchinson479 its treason then
I always thought of it like this. For most clones, the exact words "execute order 66" is a bit like a post-hypnotic suggestion, which triggers the Jedi murder spree. However, if you gave the order "kill all the Jedi," and they're obedient enough to obey, they'll do it, but still are enough of themselves to know "Ok, Anakin's not a Jedi anymore, so don't kill him." At least at first. Yeah, later, once the initial deaths happen, Palpatine updates the non 501's with the knowledge that Anakin's not a Jedi anymore.
Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities, some consider to be...unnatural.
And the poolside for certain characters
hi daddy
@@cassielov3 stand down, trooper
@@The7thFleet i’m no trooper i am your commander now let’s go behind the gun ship before general kenobi sees us again😏
I think you made an excellent case for Anakin being excluded from the beginning. That scene with Tupp’s inhibitor chip malfunction is very compelling. I already subscribe to the idea that Palpatine used the force to create Anakin so I’d assume he had some kind of eye on the boy his entire life. Part of his plan was to craft the perfect tool. The harbinger of his will. And he likely had even bigger plans for Anakin’s force abilities had he not been defeated by Obi-Wan.
Also, Jessie hesitates as if Rex were right but then the chip seems to take back over immediately. Getting rid of the free thought Jessie had.
Um...I didn’t see any hesitation in Jesse’s response, he repeated that Rex had told him they received specific instructions to kill her..by name. We even see in the movie that Palpatine didn’t just send one vid out to the whole GAR, he sent a separate Vid to the individual commanders, At least the ones with high ranking Jedi. It makes sense that he contact with the five-o first personally and told them to execute Ashoka and Maul.
@@Matt-yg8ub he lowers his weapons and shakes his head slightly. Look closely
@@slicer940 that’s the clone equivalent of “Come on man”. Jesse is basically rolling his eyes When he has to remind commander Rex that they have orders to kill her specifically.
@@Matt-yg8ub I honestly interpreted it as him momentarily considering Rex was right as well.
@@JonnyBoy3699 Rex made the argument that Ahsoka wasn’t a Jedi so order 66 shouldn’t apply to her ....Jesse rolled his eyes and Reminded him that they had orders to kill Asoka by name, rendering Rex’s argument invalid. In the context of the argument being put forward here, there were no Jedi onboard that ship at all yet the chancellor took the time to contact the ship personally. It stands to reason that Palpatine, not being a complete idiot, gave them specific orders to kill Ahsoka and Maul and Jesse was trying very hard Not to accuse his commanding officer of treason and dereliction of duty without giving him every possible opportunity to come around And follow their extremely straightforward orders.
It makes more sense that Order 66 wouldn't just slay jedi, any Force User in general that was not palpatine himself. Think about it, even if all the Jedi were exterminated, I'm sure there are some Force Sensitives in the Galaxy who are unaligned and pose a threat to the new empire.
Not sure it's mentioned in canon but it definitely is in legends - the wicthes of Dathomir are all force users. In one of the legends books Luke ends up on Dathomir and spends some time with the night sisters where he observes their use of the Force thru spells.
Everyone who id against palpatine is basically a target from order 66
It’s “good soldiers follow orders” not “good clones follow orders.”
2:25 I really like how they didn't get lazy, if you look closely, every trooper's helmet paintings are different and have some inconsistencies
The force is a very powerful plot armor.
I had always thought with Ashoaka & Maul it was covered by Jesse's statement to Rex "Sir, you said it yourself we're under special order from Darth Sidious to eliminate them both" effectively meaning that Palatine/Sidious could designate people as part of the Jedi order or simply was able to give them orders and the Bad Batch suggest those chips and order 66 made them more receptive to any order. I always figured the reverse was true for Anakin although the point about Tupp does make one wonder.
Yeah, the "exclusion theory" makes the most sense: Even if Anakin Skywalker went by Darth Vader now (the clones would have shot Anakin, not Vader), visually he would've still been Anakin Skywalker to them, not (a pre-suit) Darth Vader.
A comic 9f vader returning to the jedi temple to kill a jedi shows vader is still on a hit list for order 66 as a clone shoots at him calling him anakin skywalker
@@livingglowstick1337 They didn't know it was Vader: All they saw was a shadow in a hole in the side of the Temple after a Jedi already leapt out, and they presumed it was another one of the fugitive Jedi.
After realizing who it was, the commander in charge ordered his subordinates to stop firing.
Vader's identity was revealed to a few clones aboard the transport, and they were gobsmacked that Vader was Skywalker, a former Jedi. He promptly killed them for knowing too much, but given their reactions to learning Vader was Anakin, they were pretty gobsmacked.
Original star wars battlefront 2 has you play through the order 66 mission. During the assault on the temple after order 66 was issued a clone says over the comms "Lord Vader will be our field commander" Anakin was given his new name and title before the order was given and was likely listed as an ally before the order
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Is it that retarded "make girls chase you" ad? XD
@@mappingshaman5280 no lol, but that is a stupid ad.
I feel like another big point to bring up is what Anakin was doing during the issue of the order. It would have been likely just mere moments after he saved Palpatine from the other Jedi. It's more than likely that the combination of not being near any clones at the time and being in close proximity to Palpatine, who now had direct control over all clones, would have easily let him be spared by any possible execution attempts
Well, the same thing happened with Tup, so likely Sideous implanted Anaking role on the chips.
Edit: yet on a Jocasta Nu comic the Shock Troopers were shocked that Vader was a former Jedi when she was in their costudy and Vader seiftly killed those present minus her, until he did.
@Giovanni Roman thanks.
Problem being that in the newer comics Darth Vader is briefly revealed by Jocasta Nu to be Anakin to some clones who he immediately throws out of a gunship presumably to protect himself from the clones/keep his identity secret. and the thing is I believe in that comic the clones paused for a moment and if given enough time would have either tried to kill Vader or arrest him
True; however, the comics and show have been shown to contradict themselves. Just like the beginning of the bad batch, I wouldn’t doubt sometime in the near future this will be revisited and altered.
How I imagined it went down
Darth Sidious: execute order 66.. I am sending my new apprentice..Darth Vader to assist your in squashing the rebellion.
Appo: yes my lord. What about anikan skywalker?
Sidious: Skywalker is dead. He has been defeated and the traitorous jedis rebellion will soon be.. foiled. do what must be done commander..show no mercy.
Im pretty sure the clone would recognize darth vader as anakin skywalker if they saw him
NOT, bad. Not bad.
You know they can totally see that its Anakin under the robes right?
I asked my friend this question last week, well done youtube recommended
It's possible he had a separate order for Anakin if he did not join the dark side and possibly potentially inqusitors such as Baris in the jedi temple prison
I remember a comic that vader asked a clone commander if there was a order for him. To which the clone kinda implied there may be one for him and was forced pushed off a mountain by vader to silence him and preventing him from informing his master.
@@willwolf8436 I think it was commander fox of the coruscant guard
Captain rank is higher than commander rank when talking in the "navy terms" it goes, commander< Captain < admiral. At least here in earth terms. The rank structure might be different in the GAR. Just my 2 cents
The rank structure is different. Clearly established
@@jar8240 i havent seen anything official from Lucasfilms/disney on the rank structure, but if based on the US military, those ranks are out of order or dont follow the same chain of command
The clones were programmed to be loyal to Anakin and Palpatine
Thank you GT for discussing questions I had never thought of before.😁
Why wasn't Anakin executed during Order 66?
Take into consideration that before Order 66 was enacted Anakin became Darth Vader, the Clones were made specifically to fight for the Jedi, then later the Sith, this obviously being Darth Sidious and Vader via the inhibitor / Control Chips
Other than that if its not proof for you idk either
Plot hole/sloppy writing
wrong fandom, get back to the facillity
That and I think it depends on who gives the order because that last batch of Clones that became Purge Troopers tried to gun down the Inquisitors and not the Jedi who gave the order
@Sypha Flowen That’s the best part about soft cannon you can take it with a grain of salt until proven otherwise
@@Theepicspartan55 this is funny asf 😂😂🤣
2:41 “when palpatine orders order 66” it sounded like he was ordering off a lunch menu
What about order 37 we know it was used sometime after order 66 to hunt down a jedi survivor.
Well this is another amazing video, I’d like to point out the reason Jesse would have known Sidious’ name is because Rex would have mentioned it to him during the mini briefing after Ahsoka escaped. My personal theory/head canon is that Palpatine or Anakin didn’t activate the chips of 501st Legion on Coruscant, with Anakin informing his men that the Jedi had betrayed the Republic with him choosing to leave the order to attack them. Otherwise in the Vader comics we see the clone shock troopers attack Vader.
Because Palpatine already told him to do it so it didn’t matter.
What if the clones knew on who to kill because they personally got to know the Jedi they were assigned to, and everyone else was just based on the command structure they knew on paper or were ordered to hunt by their superiors?
The 501 where told to obey the new commander Darth Vader when they went to the Jedi Temple.
There was that one comic where a Jedi who survived was being attacked by Inquisitors who were being assisted by Clone Troopers. He executes Order 66 and the clones fire at him and the Inquisitors so he uses it as a distraction to get away. I only saw a video on it once and don't know if its canon or legends but I think it is interesting that anyone can say the command "Execute Order 66" and it works which actually makes sense when you get into it. Sidious couldn't have possibly told every clone individually so how it worked was he told a few Commanders and then as they relayed the order it triggered the other clones.
Because plot armor lol 🤣
Please stop mispronouncing Tano I'm begging you
WTF Alan i was just thinking about that after watching your Anakin takes over video. XD Perfect timing, love it.
Bothers me just a bit how frequently he butchers saying “Tano”, like okay yeah everyone has their own accents and maybe it’s a speech tick, but homie mispronounces “tano” a different way each time he says it...despite hearing the in-universe pronunciation.
Not only do we not see Sidious tell the 501st or other troopers not to kill Anakin, but we don't see him tell them to leave Vader alone either. It's a short time between one and the other but either way it would be a long way to not see the two as different men by the average clone. I'm banking on a program in the chip since having to send an exception to the order in not just one but TWO transmissions is a bit more of a paper trail for even someone as secure as Palpatine.
The rare malfunctions of the chips could indicate a backdoor existed to allow updates, and the malfunctions were random bit errors from received signal noise.
This hypothesis allows Papa Palps to: exclude Anakin, list specific non-Jedi as targets, and give slightly different orders/information to that one group of clones who refer to Darth Sidious.
A few clones, like Rex, were able to resist the chip because the installer accidentally forgot to toggle the "opt in" on the software license.
I always felt the Tup incident was basically a sign that the chip never included Anakin or Palpatine
Nice detail
Tups "kill the jedi" didnt trigger while looking at anakin, but on the other jedi sister he didnt allready kill.
Another interesting fact is that in the Darth Vader canon comics, we see a storyline in which Anakin/Vader is ousted as a force user by Jocasta Nu and the clones with him turn and attack. Idk if this solidifies the theory that "Anakin Skywalker" was made safe, but it at least shows that the clones specifically targeted force users.
I don’t think Order 66 was the first occasion that Darth Sidious interacted or communicated with the clones.
In the Ep.3 film when Darth Sidious gives Order 66 the clones responded, “Yes, my Lord.”
In other words, Darth Sidious was no stranger to the clones when Order 66 was issued.
I suspect that Anakin may have given the Order 66 to the 501st himself, and the order was confirmed by Darth Sidious.
I think that maybe it has something to do with the fact that since palpatine’s failed arrest Anakin was not a Jedi because he had pledged himself to the dark side
Darth maul might have been included because of the rule of two, and Palpatine has made it clear he wants maul dead. With the inhibitor chip, I believe he took the list of Jedi fro the archives and just updated it until it was ready. If he is responsible for Anakins birth, he would exclude him from the list.
Jesse knew the name Darth Sidious because Rex told it to him. Rex was present when Obi Wan informed Ahsoka of a Sith Lord who supposedly had orchestrated the Clone Wars and was playing both sides. When Order 66 came down, he connected the dots between what Kenobi told him and what Fives told him
That would have been a awesome moment, "Commander, execute order 66..." The clones just machine gun down Anakin.
Just then Emperor Palpatine inquires, "Lord Vader, status report?"
The Commander just stands over Anakin's smoking corpse, "Uh... m'lord Emperor we have a slight problem..."
One of the Comic from Canon did revealed that there is an order number that could try to kill Vader/Anakin. When Vader asked one of the 501th Commander if there is one; which made the Commander hesitate to answer, of course Vader killed him by tossing him into the cliff.
I believe that some clones did not know to spare him. In legends, while at the temple hunting Jocasta Nu, some of the clones attacked Vader and this led to him killing Commander Wolf for not informing the troopers that he was no Jedi.
I think the orders were more specific for some squads. Remember the clones with Rex were saying that Sidious ordered them to kill Ashoka in that scene.
By Order 66, Anakin is already identified by Darth Sidious as Lord Vader. Hence, no longer a Jedi and O66 most likely would have included orders that Lord whomever was in command of the operation.
When your headset is broken and all your brothers start shooting the jedi:
The really great novel "Darth Plagueis" gives some clues: Anakin coming into existence was in DP's eyes a reaction of the Dark Side.
Leaving those thoughts aside, Anakin presented himself at the Naboo crisis as the best possible candidate for THE apprentice (as Maul bitterly comments how Dooku and himself were mere pawns, soon to be cast aside).
Anakin was:
- very powerful in the Force (No, I don't wanna mention the ridiculous Midi-Chlorians...)
- quite old
- full of fear of losing his loved ones => 1st real father figure Qui-Gon dies, a place to be taken by Palpatine himself
So it is not too far fetched that Sidious implemented the command not too kill Anakin Skywalker in the Inhibitor chips.
I have a great explanation for this. I'm just super tired after working all night to articulate it at the moment. My mind is just thinking: food sleep good; Thinking is hard; Just retreat;
I think Palpatine could update a list of Order 66 targets via the inhibitor chips. Much like an operating system update for a computer, he could modify the parameters for the hardware/software to follow. The clones would enter a trance like Tup, probably while asleep, and receive an update.
Simpler explanation: order 66 message include an update. Equipment in SW shake hands all the time. The IDs with doors, Starships with system control, on and on. Could be that the Order 66 message came with a update.
I’m sorry sir you’ve been marked for termination by order 66
Anakin : how could you do this,
this is outrageous it’s unfair !!
I always just saw it as 'kill all force users but spare this short list of Palps, Anakin and those that were selected for Inquisitors'
Palpatine was with anakin when he ordered the 501st for operation nightfall. The only clones that knew not to shoot him was the 501st at the time. From other videos I've watched, clones do in fact try to kill him a few times after he becomes Vader. He was later introduced to all the highest ranking and junior ranking leaders at the same time as his second in command to clear up confusion. Many didn't like Vader because no one knew who he was and that he had so much power. Then they started to fear him after a lot of senior leaders died by his hands. Commander fox also was the clone commander during nightfall. Fox really hated the Jedi and became vaders right hand man until he died
Order 66 started with anakin's betrayal, he was the comander of order 66
What would have made most sense before Disney is that members of the Jedi order, and when Anakin turned he was no longer a member.
With Disney's extra info the most sensible solution is that the order is basically against all force users except Anakin, and Sidius. That is why Maul's execution were also ordered. The other reason for this would be eliminating any potential future jedi as well, if the clones are aware of them. If these 2 exclusions were imprinted, then it is also the reason why that clone trooper knew Sidius by name.
In the movie, Palpatine contacts different commanders separately. Such as:
Darth Sidious: Commander Cody, the time has come. Execute Order 66.
Commander Cody : Yes, my Lord.
And then different versions of this were sent out.
This implies that Sidious had a very long afternoon contacting each commander to turn on their Jedi. Also, Cody's response of "my Lord" implies that you are correct. Only the Dark Lord could execute the order, and that was programed into them. But the targets were provided to them at the time of the order. This is also why Commander Rex had to provide the "clear orders" to the 501st.
So it wasn't just some signal that went out across the Galaxy, but programming triggered by a specific communication with specific instructions.
Crazy thing is: the Kaminoans knew all the plot, and still got played by it, and it was a very delicate plot. They should have implanted their own safeguards. Though, for the Jedi, the result wouldn't be different if it had been triggered earlier.
In the book it says order 66 was issued on every world except for corasant because it was already being carried out there,which means the clones on corasant with Anakin during the destruction of the Jedi temple had no idea about the kill the Jedi order, after the destruction of the temple Anakin went to mustafar and came back as Darth Vader
In the Vader comics, a Jedi used the Force to have clone Purge Troopers execute Order 66 on Sith Inquisitors. It's possible to activate it if you aren't Sidious.
i always assumed that when Order 66 was programmed in, the exemptions were added to not kill Anakin from the start, Palpatines entire end goal was to turn Anakin, and if that failed then he would have had to kill him himself anyway
I mean.... in Rebels when Savage and Maul went to meet Sidious he literally said "You are now a rival"... that sounds like more than just a Sith Assassin.
But on topic Palpatine having programmed a list of Jedi excluding Anakin into clones to me would make the most sense
In the xbox game star wars battlefield 2 there's a narration that said all clones knew that they were meant to betray their Jedi commanders and that they couldn't bare to look them in the face when they praised them for a good job done. So maybe the chip was like a driods restraint bolt that stop them from acking on the order until the key word was given by Plapertine himself.
Also, strange but in ROTJ Darth Vader mentions he can't go against his master. I always took that as well, he would force lightning him or something, and he couldn't defend against it. Or maybe it was just a ploy to make Darth Sidious not think he would try and overthrow him. Maybe that wasn't the reason, and that the real reason was Order 66 could be changed at any time to un-protect Darth Vader. And some how or at some point, Vader figured that out and knew he could not go against him.
I've long believed that only Order 66 was actually on the chips.
I have been waiting for this video for 7 years (that is half my life)
There is another explanation that covers both why they would not target Anakin when the chip malfunctioned, and also have to be contacted by hologram during the order to frag their commander rather than the chip just activating in silence. That is if the clone's loyalty to the division level commander actually overrides that commander being targeted in Order 66 at all times, and a superior commander like the Chancellor has to take command in order to give that order.
I always assumed that Anakin was that change in the chain of command, that 501 and later other clones were informed that Vader is the head of the imperial military
I just always assumed it was programed in their chip not to turn on him. This is further backed up by the fives arc when despite Anakin being right in front of Tup, he always goes for the other Jedi and completely ignores Anakin.
I believe it was actually an order to kill Vader if he betrayed or would be replaced in the republic/empire command .
In the Vader comics , Apollo confirms such an order exist and answers vader questions with questions alongside a very strange code.
Thus revealing why he wasn’t targeted as apart of order 66 , The emperor had an order exclusively to deal with the chosen one.
In legends a similar order existed for Vader purely and was programmed into clones weeks after order 66 happened , Vader found out when they betrayed him and the emperor tested Vader against a sith assassin.
its possible that the bio chips get an update when the clones go in for check ups on kamino so its possible that they get an updated target list -and palpatine made sure once he was reasonably sure he had anikin under his sway that he took him off the list
I do remember a Jedi told the troopers to execute order 66 and the clones attacked Vader.
Ah that’s right on mon cala
@@GenerationTech I'm still not 100% sure though. Was it a Jedi Mind Trick or was it because the clones were new? Your opinion matters to me. I need clarification. 😭😭