Kanan the Last Padawan #5

[ozaline]

Skipping over number 4, it's a fine issue and you should buy it if you like what you've seen thus far, but I want to get to where the clones finally capture Caleb.









Caleb blows himself out an airlock trusting the Force, "one last time," and is rescued by Kasmir, who along with another smuggler in another ship try to get Caleb away from the Clones.







Caleb decides he needs a completely clean break and leaves Kasmir taking the other smuggler's ship as payment for the job they did earlier.

Comments

[captainbellman]

Up-nostril count: at least 7, including that final page.

[icon_uk]

A good end to the first arc, I especially like the fact that Order Sixty-Six was something that some Clone's remembered later with self loathing, something that has also been addressed (somewhat, so far) in the Rebel's cartoon with the re-introduction of Rex.

[ozaline]

Yeah, I really like that part. Though I am a bit confused about how things went down with him since his Jedi was of course the one Jedi exempt from the order, wookiepedia makes it sound like he removed his chip before the order was given, but there's still a lot of confusion there. (Perhaps this will be explained better as Ahsoka uncovers more of the mystery surrounding Vader).

[starwolf_oakley]

So Order 66 was some post hypnotic suggestion or something?

[ozaline]

In the Clone Wars cartoon, it was shown to be caused by a control chip secretly implanted in each clone's brain, that compelled them to obey and believe they were doing the right thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XghR4HMAYl0


This almost got revealed to a Jedi when one Clone under Anakin's command's chip malfunctioned and activated prematurely causing him to assassinate one of the generals Anakin was fighting with (seen in the link above). This lead Fives (CT-5555) to discover the full truth of Palpatine's plan and try to warn his fellow clones. It's shown that a few of Anakin's clones removed their chips and by their own testimony (did not betray the Jedi)... again though since they were under Anakin's command I'm still wondering if there was more to their story.