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That's actually happened irl during the Aleutian Islands campaign in WW2. The fog was so thick and Allied intelligence said the Japanese were hiding in the hills of Kiska island somewhere. Unbeknownst to the allies, the Japanese abandoned the island 2 weeks earlier. The Canadians ended up shooting at American forces in the fog and the Americans returned fire thinking they were Japanese. 32 people died and 50 people were wounded. While the enemy was hundreds of miles away.
@@MrJames1034do you like Star Trek? Because interesting fact you know Scotty from the orginal series was actually the victim of friendly fire on D day he was walking amongst some trucks after they landed and a Canadian thought he was a German sneaking in and opened up. If I remember correctly he got hit like 5 times but managed to fully recover
@@goliathgar4985 That's why the chips weren't really needed. Most Clones would have followed the order regardless. Time and time again, the Jedi shown incompetence on the battlefield, throwing their men to death.
This would be traumatizing in real life. To be tricked into shooting your own men by a general that defected to the other side. These men were tricked into shooting their friends, their BROTHERS. Having the innocent blood of their own brothers on their hands will haunt these mens’ dreams for the rest of their lives.
It’s incredibly traumatizing, I’d think everyone who watched this scene made them/you think about it, just a sad tragic circumstance that shouldn’t have occurred
What really sells this scene for me is at even after the reveal at 3:09 you still see and hear shots fired in the background. That delay for everyone to get cease-fire.
Thankfully those still shooting had NVGs and could recognize the faces of their targets once they took their helmets off. Still, utterly tragic and terrifying
I wish part of the arc was anikin finding out and then making his way back to umbara against the Jedi council to clap up krell. Idk how that would have been written but that would've been an insane showdown
I never thought about this but your right he must have been super pissed if krell was still alive I can guarantee anakin would want to have him executed
Not sure if you remember the episode where Waxer (the dying platoon lead) and Boil (nowhere to be seen/heard of) were the clones who made friends with a Twilek kid and rescued her village. Waxer had a drawing of her. Now THAT is sad
I like how even though the fighting against the Umbarans was brutal, it was mostly because of their strange vehicles. And as soon as a clone infantry unit engages another clone infantry unit the real brutality begins. Shows how dangerous the clones really were. And both units reacted extremely quick and aggressive to each other. We didn't get the 212th perspective, but I suppose not long after the 501st reported heavy casualties, the 212th also reported that as a lot of them died on screen as well. Also the dead bodies and wounded after the skirmish.
Even then the clones were still managing to defeat the Umbaran's arsenal without even using their heavier vehicles, literally just their wits and clever ideas were enough to take out a ton of the more deadly weapons the Umbarans had, they really were the best of the best.
I think chips were just a backup plan for those like Rex. For someone like Cody who was just a professional soldier that followed orders or Appo who would have a sour taste in his mouth after this, it was saddening at best but betraying the Republic would have been too much. I prefer the mental conditioning and indoctrination explanation because it makes Order 66 a lot more powerful.
I’m only just getting into the lore and that’s one thing that is interesting, only a few Jedi’s actually valued the clones more than their droid counterparts, anakin being one of them
In legends continuity, not every Jedi was well liked by the clones and vice versa. Some Jedi being too strict, unorthodox, or inexperienced and incompetent. Kiadi mundi is one of the biggest examples while other Jedi like aayla secura were killed with mercy in her clone troopers eyes at least. If it was much like TCW there would be more clones that would disobey the order as Jedi like plo koon kit fisto and of course Anakin and ahsoka are Jedi that have helped the clones grow as soldiers teams and individuals.
The poetry of having it be the 501st, Anakin’s troopers, and the 212th, Obi-wan’s troopers fighting each other. Once again foreshadowing what their generals were fast approaching
So is no one gonna mention how this is basically foreshadowing for obi wan vs Anakin. A sith manipulates everything and causes Anakin’s men and obi wan’s men to fight each other
@@babeatriplepong krell's orders caused the 501st which is Anakin's legion, and the 212th, Obi wan's battalion, to fight each other. Just like how palpatine's manipulations made Anakin fight obi wan. It's like poetry, it rhymes.
Shooting your own allies is a nightmare scenario from all perspective possible and it happened it real life Back in WW2, the Japanese took an American island, after months of preparation the American along with the Canadian launch an attack on a foggy day only to realize after hours of shooting everything that they've been attacking each other, the Japaneses had already retreaded from the island weeks ago
That really happened. When the fog comes more confusing and anxiety to attack your Allies by mistake it’s very sad but even so the Japanese left that area because lot of spooky not to mention cold and harsh conditions. Think about 501st and 201 as USA and Canadians very sad if they got killed by accident…. Rip USA and Canadian soldiers by falling by your own Allies
Whilst I don't think that Palpatine had anything to do directly with pong quell turning to the dark side, I can only imagine how happy he was when he learned about everything that happened as it gave a precedent that a Jedi could be evil
Pretty sure many Sith were ex Jedi even the very first Sith junta pal was a Jedi so Palpatine most likely already knew this They are called dark Jedi at first then sith
OH MY GOD I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING… At 4:00, Waxer’s helmet has a picture of Numa on it, the little Twi’lek girl he and Boil rescued on Ryloth 😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
When I was like 8 or 9, I was home alone and the clone wars was on. I didnt know anything about star wars back then, but my Cousin always told me how great it is. I didnt understand the concept behind the clones, and especially not friendly fire back then, but this scene really got through to me, I remembered it when I forgot almost everything else I saw in that episode. Im pretty sure it was this scene that laid the groundwork for my love of star wars a few years later
I love how well Dee Bradley Baker’s voice acting combined with the animated expressions of the clones sells the true tragedy of the situation. Rex finds out that the clones, his brothers, are firing at each other unknowingly; and like any good brother would do, he puts himself in direct line of fire and into a position with a higher rate of being shot and killed than the other clones taking cover. He doesn’t know why they’re firing on each other, he doesn’t understand yet that their general betrayed them, but the only thing he does understand is himself and his brothers are gunning each other down. He screams and yells frantically at his brothers as he runs by them, telling them in short, clear sentences to us the audience, but unclear sentences to the clones he runs by on what’s happening and who they’re firing at. Although we the audience understand what’s going on, the other clones that hear Rex as he runs by either hear an unclear message or hear nothing at all and so shots continue to be fired from both sides after the big reveal. Rex tackles Cody, who’s in shock as to why Rex tackles him. Cody questioning how Rex is there and why, not yet understanding what’s going on. Rex takes Cody’s helmet off before pulling him up and frantically shouting and spinning in every direction with Cody in his arms to show the clones of the 501st and the 212th that they are firing on their brothers. After the troopers we see stop firing on each other, shots continue to be fired as the message has not reached all the clones on the field yet. The utter grief and despair as the gravity of the situation finally crashes down completely onto Rex’s shoulders drives him to his knees as he tries to make sense out of the whole situation. The expression of horror, disbelief, confusion, fear, and grief are perfectly encapsulated in a single minute.
I think my favorite part is this is the first time we’ve truly seen Rex legitimately panicking. Rex is usually one of the most level headed commanders out of the clone commanders. The moment he saw they were killing their brothers, he immediately started acting crazy. I also love the sniper. His spotter just putting his arm up and stopping him, right as he realized he was about to kill Rex.
I love how this arc is universally regarded as one of the best in all of Star Wars. The Umbara Arc was truly incredible, especially when majority of the voicelines are done by one person.
@@magmaticgames nightvision as I understand it works similar to heat vision. Given that umbara is a planet with literally no sun reaching its surface, not only do you have basically no natural light but you also have basically no heat.
I agree, the clones committed a military crime by executing a still serving senior Jedi general, whose fate was to be decided in the presence of the highest command and the Jedi council.
212th are under Kenobis command. he probably sent a message to them and informed Kenobi before heading out. makes me wish we wouldve seen Kenobi give the order to arrest Krell for treason. but Rex deciding himself was still a good call too
To think that if Rex waited a little longer to take his helmet off, there was a non-zero chance that the next shot would have hit him, and if his brothers didn’t hear him say ‘they’re clones’, Pong Krell would have won Umbara
This situation comes up way too many times in RL conflicts, probably more than most countries like to admit, there's the obviously made Aleutian Islands campaign (which the examples made left out the previous engagement from the other island since the incident happened on the second one which is why people were on edge) but then there also the blue-on-blue incidents in the Vietnam war.
Yes but rarely is it intentionally ordered on a unit level, Fragging in Vietnam and in modern day Ukraine was and is somewhat common, getting platoon sized units to shoot at each other less so
@@cursedhawkins1305I can’t say how I’d personally react but during the battle if the bulge the Germans tried such a tactic, there were a few rare blue on blues but for the most part troops were questioned, found to be American and let on their way, tho the Germans they did find usually were taken prisoner or killed, it kinda doesn’t work as a tactic against well trained troops, they can tell the difference pretty quickly and usually aren’t as trigger happy as to immediately start shooting if such a situation has been reported
@@captiancholera8459 In WW2 they had a phrase that was common "Thunder, Flash" when it came to looking for American forces behind enemy lines though even then there was some tension because you just don't know.
Everytime i see this scene i can't stop hearing "Clones" by Ash Mostly the part that says "Shame, that's everyone the same, i though you stood alone, we're different from the clones".
Essentially almost all the non-named ones have just normal hairstyle you can see it in the bad batch in the cafeteria fight scene they just have all the same hairstyle it ain't because of CMC Cody, it's just the clones generic hairstyle, not influenced by Clone Marshal Commander Cody...
For me this arc was the best in the show. It shows how deceptive the sith/separatists were, the clones individuality, critical thinking and ethics. Seeing a whole clone batallion go agaist their rogue commander was incredible, and I think the show should have had more stories like this.
I know this is one of the worst things to happen to the clones but I find it absolutely hilarious that all the 501st guys are all different and special and all the 212th guys are literally the same character model
You appreciate the prequel trilogy as a whole, Especially after everything Disney pulled out of their asses to make the sequel trilogy a thing. At least George Lucas had vision for what to do!
@@Noremac25 A great tv show doesn't make the prequel movies any better. Or what? If disney made a TV show like Clone Wars set in the sequels and it was good, are you going to start thinking the sequel movies are better now???
@@boshwa20 I'll never find myself liking the sequels anytime soon because Disney/Ryan Johnson/JJ Abrams committed so many unforgiving war crimes to Star Wars Lore & came up with the WORST storyline follow-up to ROTJ & made joint efforts to make Rey a protagonist, thus throwing Luke Skywalker straight under the bus (who allegedly from George Lucas was supposed to be 10 shades more skilled & powerful of a Jedi than he was in OT).
It was because of this that the clones were able to execute order 66 against Krell, even though their inhibitor chips were not activated. Their kinship towards one another is unmatched.
Waxer wouldn't want to join the empire. He was a true hero and fought for his clone brothers and the Republic. He would never fight for the Empire if he was still alive.
It was one of the saddest things to see in the series personally Frankly Krell got off too easy not having to face Anakin for what he did to his battalion
This is why perfidy is a warcrime that forfeits your rights as a prisoner of war. (It’s when you impersonate the enemy or humanitarian organizations and conduct combat operations)
Cant believe Dogma was still trying to be loyal to Krell after this, he does eventually realise what's happened and shoot Krell but how could he still be loyal to a general that ordered him to kill his own brothers??
Blind loyalty makes a soldier EASY to manipulate like a puppet. That level of obedience gives a man tunnel vision that’s what differentiates him from Rex. Dogma follows every order no matter how morally wrong it is while Rex follows the right orders
![Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Pong Krell's death [1080p]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WZdTJ_t3bug/mqdefault.jpg)
RIP Waxer.
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Shooting your fellow Soldiers by accident, confusion, or mistake is one of the worst military tragedies in a war.
That’s an unfortunate reality.
That's actually happened irl during the Aleutian Islands campaign in WW2. The fog was so thick and Allied intelligence said the Japanese were hiding in the hills of Kiska island somewhere. Unbeknownst to the allies, the Japanese abandoned the island 2 weeks earlier. The Canadians ended up shooting at American forces in the fog and the Americans returned fire thinking they were Japanese. 32 people died and 50 people were wounded. While the enemy was hundreds of miles away.
@@MrJames1034 I know that story, it was a very unfortunate event for the allies.
@@MrJames1034do you like Star Trek? Because interesting fact you know Scotty from the orginal series was actually the victim of friendly fire on D day he was walking amongst some trucks after they landed and a Canadian thought he was a German sneaking in and opened up. If I remember correctly he got hit like 5 times but managed to fully recover
@@Agente6231 You keep saying "Unfortunate". That's not Fortune, that's tragedy and not understanding your surroundings.
Shooting themselves... such a tragedy... most memorable arc imo.
Agreed
Don't be afraid. They have been reproduced.
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This isn't surprising they abandon eachother all the time in their battles against all their enemies
Doesn't make sense who was the first clone that told them that they were the ones in "uniforms"?
"Neera, It Means Brother"
"We Thought They Were Wearing Our Armour, But it Was You"
Biggest plot twist in the entire clone wars beside order 66
Being pawns by a corrupt jedi who sees clones as nothing
Its also explained why the 501 very loyal to Anakin.
@@goliathgar4985 That's why the chips weren't really needed. Most Clones would have followed the order regardless. Time and time again, the Jedi shown incompetence on the battlefield, throwing their men to death.
@@RyanTheDark but most of the time the clones would give their lives for any mission with any Jedi and has no regrets
Order 66 was not a plot twist. We knew it was coming the whole time. 😥
This would be traumatizing in real life. To be tricked into shooting your own men by a general that defected to the other side. These men were tricked into shooting their friends, their BROTHERS. Having the innocent blood of their own brothers on their hands will haunt these mens’ dreams for the rest of their lives.
And the fact that their clones makes you think that you're killing yourself
I would be a lot more willing to follow the equivalent of Order 66 after this.
It’s incredibly traumatizing, I’d think everyone who watched this scene made them/you think about it, just a sad tragic circumstance that shouldn’t have occurred
What really sells this scene for me is at even after the reveal at 3:09 you still see and hear shots fired in the background. That delay for everyone to get cease-fire.
Most likely not everyone heard Rex during the battle not to mention some of the 7th probably didn’t have comms with the 501st
Thankfully those still shooting had NVGs and could recognize the faces of their targets once they took their helmets off. Still, utterly tragic and terrifying
Does it really matter tho?
We're Clones! We're All Clones!
😢😢😢 💔 such a devastating thing.
@@B3Nara117😢😢😢😢
@@B3Nara117ikr I was shocked when I first saw this episode
A line that still gives me chills to this day.
2:37 the way Rex shouts "WE'RE SHOOTING AT OUR OWN MEN!" will never not hurt internally 😭
I bet Anakin was seething when he heard what krell did to his men. He’s lucky Rex got to him first
That would have been a really good scene to see.
I wish part of the arc was anikin finding out and then making his way back to umbara against the Jedi council to clap up krell. Idk how that would have been written but that would've been an insane showdown
I never thought about this but your right he must have been super pissed if krell was still alive I can guarantee anakin would want to have him executed
Anakin was gonna bring out the Vader.
He dug up Krell’s grave and took a piss on it
This has to be one of Dee Bradleys best scenes in his career. The effort he puts in his voice is perfect
The desperation in Rex's voice though 😢
Waxer's death is a definitely a top 5 saddest moment in the Clone Wars
Have you seen fives death 😢😭😭
@@activxx4571 Hence why I said top 5.
@@blackdwarfstar1246 five's death was definitely top 5
Saddest clone deaths
5th echo (wouldve been higher if he died)
4th heavy
3rd waxer (interchangeable with heavy)
2nd 99
1st fives
@@FredLloyd-Ward-iu4rmnah Jesse has to be in there
Never noticed before Waxer had a little drawing of the kid from Ryloth on his helmet
Numa
Later in Rebels, you can see Numa wearing pieces of clone armor from the 212 Battalion.
@@cardinalchaos2278How do you know adult Numa wears armour exactly from 212 Batalion?
it is boils armor it has the same logo on the side or at least an identical one@@wojtekreliga3881
@@wojtekreliga3881concept art and the episodes show it’s clone armor with 212th markings. On the arm pad she has writing on it that says “Boil”
Honestly, its a shame we never got to see Anakin, or even Obi Wan at the end of this episode when they learned about all that Krell did.
Anakin would turn into Vader for a moment
@@MarvelDCFan4004fr, we’d see his face when he killed Trench.
I say Obi Wan would take his troopers to a therapist
Whereas Anakin- it won't be pretty
Dude I straight up cried a little when I saw this part. This just shows how much depth this show has.
Not sure if you remember the episode where Waxer (the dying platoon lead) and Boil (nowhere to be seen/heard of) were the clones who made friends with a Twilek kid and rescued her village.
Waxer had a drawing of her. Now THAT is sad
@@joshuateoh8966And we saw that little girl grow up in rebels and become one of Cham's freedom fighters.
@@Extem1I never seen rebels? I decided to skip that because I prefer the force unleashed instead?
I like how even though the fighting against the Umbarans was brutal, it was mostly because of their strange vehicles. And as soon as a clone infantry unit engages another clone infantry unit the real brutality begins. Shows how dangerous the clones really were. And both units reacted extremely quick and aggressive to each other. We didn't get the 212th perspective, but I suppose not long after the 501st reported heavy casualties, the 212th also reported that as a lot of them died on screen as well. Also the dead bodies and wounded after the skirmish.
Even then the clones were still managing to defeat the Umbaran's arsenal without even using their heavier vehicles, literally just their wits and clever ideas were enough to take out a ton of the more deadly weapons the Umbarans had, they really were the best of the best.
Honestly, if the chip thing wasn't canon, this would be one of the many reasons why the clones would have executed order 66 without doubt
I think chips were just a backup plan for those like Rex. For someone like Cody who was just a professional soldier that followed orders or Appo who would have a sour taste in his mouth after this, it was saddening at best but betraying the Republic would have been too much. I prefer the mental conditioning and indoctrination explanation because it makes Order 66 a lot more powerful.
Facts for real
I’m only just getting into the lore and that’s one thing that is interesting, only a few Jedi’s actually valued the clones more than their droid counterparts, anakin being one of them
Except it was only one or two jedi we know doing this
In legends continuity, not every Jedi was well liked by the clones and vice versa. Some Jedi being too strict, unorthodox, or inexperienced and incompetent. Kiadi mundi is one of the biggest examples while other Jedi like aayla secura were killed with mercy in her clone troopers eyes at least. If it was much like TCW there would be more clones that would disobey the order as Jedi like plo koon kit fisto and of course Anakin and ahsoka are Jedi that have helped the clones grow as soldiers teams and individuals.
The poetry of having it be the 501st, Anakin’s troopers, and the 212th, Obi-wan’s troopers fighting each other. Once again foreshadowing what their generals were fast approaching
And again, all because of an evil third party manipulating them.
It's like poetry. It rhymes
N…n…. NnNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
If they didn’t stop fighting the 501 would have won
So is no one gonna mention how this is basically foreshadowing for obi wan vs Anakin.
A sith manipulates everything and causes Anakin’s men and obi wan’s men to fight each other
I don't get it
Yeah i have a bad feelings...🙁
@@babeatriplepong krell's orders caused the 501st which is Anakin's legion, and the 212th, Obi wan's battalion, to fight each other. Just like how palpatine's manipulations made Anakin fight obi wan. It's like poetry, it rhymes.
@@pianoforte1720Krell isn't Sith
If they add cody instead random commander clone i can see the resembleance
I can't even imagine what those soldiers must feel killing their own brothers and the fact that their clones feels like you're killing yourself
Shooting your own allies is a nightmare scenario from all perspective possible and it happened it real life
Back in WW2, the Japanese took an American island, after months of preparation the American along with the Canadian launch an attack on a foggy day only to realize after hours of shooting everything that they've been attacking each other, the Japaneses had already retreaded from the island weeks ago
Dear god.
That really happened. When the fog comes more confusing and anxiety to attack your Allies by mistake it’s very sad but even so the Japanese left that area because lot of spooky not to mention cold and harsh conditions.
Think about 501st and 201 as USA and Canadians very sad if they got killed by accident…. Rip USA and Canadian soldiers by falling by your own Allies
@@spyro91rep.productions22yhea you got the same problem in the first and second gulf war
Whilst I don't think that Palpatine had anything to do directly with pong quell turning to the dark side, I can only imagine how happy he was when he learned about everything that happened as it gave a precedent that a Jedi could be evil
Pretty sure many Sith were ex Jedi even the very first Sith junta pal was a Jedi so Palpatine most likely already knew this
They are called dark Jedi at first then sith
Of course he would be. A lot more Clones would be willing to follow Order 66 without argument afterwards.
Is no one gonna talk about how the music captured the shock and the trauma that the clones felt once they realized they were shooting at each other?
One thing I've noticed about star wars, is people never give the music enough credit.
OH MY GOD I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING…
At 4:00, Waxer’s helmet has a picture of Numa on it, the little Twi’lek girl he and Boil rescued on Ryloth 😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Love the little details they put into these shows, forever legendary✨
WHAT NO!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
He also has it on his recon division helmet during the second battle of Geonosis in Season 2 Ep.5 😔
@@bonelesswangz1491in rebels, Numa is actually wearing pieces of clone armor from the 212th Battalion
I noticed the first time I watched this episode and the fact that he died made me tear up 😢
The most chilling moment in the Clone Wars. Literally gave me chills with the dark music playing in the background
Yeah me to and the intense music
When I was like 8 or 9, I was home alone and the clone wars was on.
I didnt know anything about star wars back then, but my Cousin always told me how great it is.
I didnt understand the concept behind the clones, and especially not friendly fire back then, but this scene really got through to me, I remembered it when I forgot almost everything else I saw in that episode.
Im pretty sure it was this scene that laid the groundwork for my love of star wars a few years later
I always loved the difference in armor between each platoon
3:11 anyone else think it’s funny that they’re trying to have a dramatic moment while there’s still shots just inches away from their heads
Imagine if rex called obi wan and obi wan said
“We have no choice but to enact order 66”
That’s kinda what I was thinking I don’t remember if Obi wan was still on planet but Cody probably was radio him
@@jameson1239he was, he was leading the Assault on the capital
The shock in there voices, the swelling and sad music, the clones seeing each other face to face ...... waxer, this is great story telling.
This had to actually be hell…the psychological toll this had to take…
One of the most tragic examples of friendly fire on the battlefield
Kind of nuts that scenes like this were basically voiced by one actor. Dee Bradley was crazy good
"For in this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are..." -Jedi Grandmaster Yoda
I love how well Dee Bradley Baker’s voice acting combined with the animated expressions of the clones sells the true tragedy of the situation.
Rex finds out that the clones, his brothers, are firing at each other unknowingly; and like any good brother would do, he puts himself in direct line of fire and into a position with a higher rate of being shot and killed than the other clones taking cover. He doesn’t know why they’re firing on each other, he doesn’t understand yet that their general betrayed them, but the only thing he does understand is himself and his brothers are gunning each other down. He screams and yells frantically at his brothers as he runs by them, telling them in short, clear sentences to us the audience, but unclear sentences to the clones he runs by on what’s happening and who they’re firing at.
Although we the audience understand what’s going on, the other clones that hear Rex as he runs by either hear an unclear message or hear nothing at all and so shots continue to be fired from both sides after the big reveal. Rex tackles Cody, who’s in shock as to why Rex tackles him. Cody questioning how Rex is there and why, not yet understanding what’s going on. Rex takes Cody’s helmet off before pulling him up and frantically shouting and spinning in every direction with Cody in his arms to show the clones of the 501st and the 212th that they are firing on their brothers. After the troopers we see stop firing on each other, shots continue to be fired as the message has not reached all the clones on the field yet. The utter grief and despair as the gravity of the situation finally crashes down completely onto Rex’s shoulders drives him to his knees as he tries to make sense out of the whole situation.
The expression of horror, disbelief, confusion, fear, and grief are perfectly encapsulated in a single minute.
I think my favorite part is this is the first time we’ve truly seen Rex legitimately panicking. Rex is usually one of the most level headed commanders out of the clone commanders. The moment he saw they were killing their brothers, he immediately started acting crazy. I also love the sniper. His spotter just putting his arm up and stopping him, right as he realized he was about to kill Rex.
The most heartbreaking scene in the entire show. Full stop. 💔
This was an unbelievable scene to watch. The tragedy of these Clones is one of the most heart-wrenching things about Star Wars
I love how this arc is universally regarded as one of the best in all of Star Wars. The Umbara Arc was truly incredible, especially when majority of the voicelines are done by one person.
2:06 why were the 212th troopers at the back not shooting? Did they suspect something was off before they got gunned down?
Idk who youre talking abt but
Umbara is INCREDIBLY dark. Even nightvision somehow struggles to increase visibility.
@@magmaticgames nightvision as I understand it works similar to heat vision. Given that umbara is a planet with literally no sun reaching its surface, not only do you have basically no natural light but you also have basically no heat.
@@LucyWest370 Night Vision has nothing to do with heat. it takes whatever ambient light there is, which Umbara has very little of.
@@JondarKorric my friend, light gives off heat, with no exceptions.
That is a war Crime
It’s the commander on the battlefield that should be court martialed; the men were just following orders.
@@Gamerafighter76as good soliders follow orders
@@Gamerafighter76thats why he was executed
Yea but commander have the knowledge of this while clones do not have that info
I agree, the clones committed a military crime by executing a still serving senior Jedi general, whose fate was to be decided in the presence of the highest command and the Jedi council.
Pong Krell would have been interesting seeing him against a Jedi
The music, the atmosphere, the direction: absolute cinema 🙌🏻
212th are under Kenobis command. he probably sent a message to them and informed Kenobi before heading out. makes me wish we wouldve seen Kenobi give the order to arrest Krell for treason. but Rex deciding himself was still a good call too
Man the music hits very deep when Rex realises and starts running waving his arms
Waxer was a sad death man😢
Genuinely cried
I would love to know how Obi wan would react to this
He'd somehow would've held onto his restraint. Anakin would've just sliced Krell in half and be go on to his next mission.
@@Jon_from_LIlol fr
13 years later and I still haven’t Recovered from this 💯
To think that if Rex waited a little longer to take his helmet off, there was a non-zero chance that the next shot would have hit him, and if his brothers didn’t hear him say ‘they’re clones’, Pong Krell would have won Umbara
This situation comes up way too many times in RL conflicts, probably more than most countries like to admit, there's the obviously made Aleutian Islands campaign (which the examples made left out the previous engagement from the other island since the incident happened on the second one which is why people were on edge) but then there also the blue-on-blue incidents in the Vietnam war.
Yes but rarely is it intentionally ordered on a unit level, Fragging in Vietnam and in modern day Ukraine was and is somewhat common, getting platoon sized units to shoot at each other less so
@@captiancholera8459 Intentional or not, if your orders are "enemy is wearing our colors" are you going to trust when you get shot at by "friendlies"
@@cursedhawkins1305I can’t say how I’d personally react but during the battle if the bulge the Germans tried such a tactic, there were a few rare blue on blues but for the most part troops were questioned, found to be American and let on their way, tho the Germans they did find usually were taken prisoner or killed, it kinda doesn’t work as a tactic against well trained troops, they can tell the difference pretty quickly and usually aren’t as trigger happy as to immediately start shooting if such a situation has been reported
@@captiancholera8459 In WW2 they had a phrase that was common "Thunder, Flash" when it came to looking for American forces behind enemy lines though even then there was some tension because you just don't know.
Hey, did you see that? Waxer has Numa's image on his helmet 4:00
212: We have the high ground!
501: You underestimate our power!
I can still remember how horrified I was when this episode first came out. This was one of the darkest moments in star wars history up to that point.
If Krell survived, he wouldn’t have lived much longer afterwards, as Anakin would let Vader out.
Everytime i see this scene i can't stop hearing "Clones" by Ash
Mostly the part that says "Shame, that's everyone the same, i though you stood alone, we're different from the clones".
I like how the 501st has different hairstyles and then the 212th jjst all have cody’s haircut 😂
Essentially almost all the non-named ones have just normal hairstyle you can see it in the bad batch in the cafeteria fight scene they just have all the same hairstyle it ain't because of CMC Cody, it's just the clones generic hairstyle, not influenced by Clone Marshal Commander Cody...
Damn, sometimes I forget how good this show was.
NOT WAXER! NOOOO
Yeah fr I’m still shocked and sad about this 😢
Disparar a tus Compañeros de Milicia por accidente, confusión, o por error es una de las peores tragedias militares en una guerra.
For me this arc was the best in the show. It shows how deceptive the sith/separatists were, the clones individuality, critical thinking and ethics. Seeing a whole clone batallion go agaist their rogue commander was incredible, and I think the show should have had more stories like this.
Seeing Waxer crying immediately before he died was so emotional.
Imagine shooting your own brothers... This is just so unimaginably traumatic.
I know this is one of the worst things to happen to the clones but I find it absolutely hilarious that all the 501st guys are all different and special and all the 212th guys are literally the same character model
God seeing Waxxer dying was just terrible he was a good man and a great soldier.
Still clone
@ Regardless despite sharing the same face they were people. Men not just clones okay Prong Krell.
I will never forget watching this for the first time when I was twelve. For me this was a big plot twist at the time.
One of the best arcs ever!
That last tear drop before waxer died was heartbreaking
I like how the scene where rex says ATOP SHOOTING STOP AHOOTING THEYRE CLONESS
This is the saddest scene in the entire series
Actually fives death is
A truly heartbreaking experience for clones
Waxer 😭😭
It's terrifying. Imagine seeing your brother face as he die by your hand
Pong Krell is right up there with Umbridge in my opinion. Screw that guy!😤
Yeah fr
The Clone Wars is so much better as a prequel than the movies
Revenge of the sith was the best of the trilogy
You appreciate the prequel trilogy as a whole, Especially after everything Disney pulled out of their asses to make the sequel trilogy a thing. At least George Lucas had vision for what to do!
@@Noremac25 A great tv show doesn't make the prequel movies any better.
Or what? If disney made a TV show like Clone Wars set in the sequels and it was good, are you going to start thinking the sequel movies are better now???
@@boshwa20 I'll never find myself liking the sequels anytime soon because Disney/Ryan Johnson/JJ Abrams committed so many unforgiving war crimes to Star Wars Lore & came up with the WORST storyline follow-up to ROTJ & made joint efforts to make Rey a protagonist, thus throwing Luke Skywalker straight under the bus (who allegedly from George Lucas was supposed to be 10 shades more skilled & powerful of a Jedi than he was in OT).
@@Noremac25 Same stuff can be applied to the prequel movies. Only difference is that the prequel movies are extremely boring and will put you to sleep
This reminded me a lot of our Civil War. I imagine this is what the Confederate and Union troops thought and said as they were shooting each other.
This is tragedy. A good soldier falls orders yes but a good leader supposed to protect his men in the battlefield😢
It was because of this that the clones were able to execute order 66 against Krell, even though their inhibitor chips were not activated. Their kinship towards one another is unmatched.
Most emotional scene of the original run
RIP waxer 😢 you were a true hero, you should of been there fighting the empire with us bud 😢😢
Waxer wouldn't want to join the empire. He was a true hero and fought for his clone brothers and the Republic. He would never fight for the Empire if he was still alive.
2:00 Aaaaand that’s a sign something is wrong.
We never saw it coming
This hurt a lot 😢
PTSD goin wild with this one 💀
Bro everyone is doing a friendly fire but atleast they realize they were allies for now
Does anyone know the name of the track that plays at 2:35? I’ve been trying to find it for years with no luck
It was one of the saddest things to see in the series personally
Frankly Krell got off too easy not having to face Anakin for what he did to his battalion
This is why perfidy is a warcrime that forfeits your rights as a prisoner of war. (It’s when you impersonate the enemy or humanitarian organizations and conduct combat operations)
Cant believe Dogma was still trying to be loyal to Krell after this, he does eventually realise what's happened and shoot Krell but how could he still be loyal to a general that ordered him to kill his own brothers??
Blind loyalty makes a soldier EASY to manipulate like a puppet. That level of obedience gives a man tunnel vision that’s what differentiates him from Rex. Dogma follows every order no matter how morally wrong it is while Rex follows the right orders
My man why do you refuse to render the shot of Rex and his men approaching the airbase
0:12 was that transmission fake?
Surely, it sounds like a droid
It could be real as he made many platoons patrol thinking they were the only one and making sure platoons would fight each other.
Maybe he mind tricked the clone into sending the message.
Best way to piss off clones. Sad about Waxer.
So I guess there are no IFF tags for the Clones' HUDs?
I think only the arc troopers and clone commandos had the IFF systems
Blue on Blue is the worst thing someone can do.
This was such a raw moment for 12 year old me
This foreshadows their Generals fight on Mustafar and Waxers death foreshadows foreshadows Kenobis Death with 501st Clone killing Waxer
Except kenobi wasn’t killed by the 501st
@@SavvyMon4 no a 501st Clone (Anakin) kills Waxer (Obi Wan)
@@SavvyMon4I was referring to their Generals final fight on the Death Star
@@haydenfowle7576 then why does your comment say “501st clone killing Kenobi” ?
No. 😢
Fortunately there is a sub-Reddit dedicated to trash on Pong Krell for things he did like this
This is a serious case of Friendly Fire or "Blue on Blue" as they say in the military.
Blue on blue, just like the clones’ blasters.
This was one of the saddest scenes in Clone Wars!!!
Aspyr should've added this mission in Rise of the Empire
I’m disappointed we never saw more use of the mortars, they were fucking cool
THEY'RE NOT UMBARANS!!! THEY'RE SLIPPIN JIMMY!!!