The ONLY BATTLE Captain Rex Was Allowed to Wear His ARC Trooper Armor - Clone Wars
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Many of us have been wondering ever since the Clone Wars series began, why was Captain Rex never promoted to the Rank of ARC trooper? Well, today I’m going to breakdown the story which confirms that Captain Rex WAS an arc trooper, and the only ever Canon battle where he wore his ARC Trooper armour.
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The only ever Canon battle where Rex wore his ARC Trooper armour was the Battle of Horain in the Crantori System. Anakin Skywalker’s republic forces are under heavy fire from the separatist droid army and ARC Trooper Rex is in urgent trouble.
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When u you google how old padme actor is in attack of the clones OOF
Fordo is my favorite. He is the OG Rex.
Fordo for sure.
Fives
Jesse
“Bats goes even further, and commits a war crime.” Yeah, this is a true gamer moment right here.
Well, can you prosecute a droid?
Has someone already made a video on all the war crimes in this show?
yeah Anakin also commited a war crime at least 2 other times lmao
@@maestrofeli4259 Let's see, once in Season 1 and in Season 7, um, I can't think of anything else atm
@@samuelmetarko9433 welp, that's "at least 2"
Bats was in the republic for all of 3 minutes, and he's already committing war crimes
Imagine him in the empire. Jesus christ
They grow up so fast
@@itchyslender4587 Nah, more like a rebel move.
Juts imagine the carnage that would happen if BATS was a commando droid
Nice PFP
unit 26 has got some competition
I'd freakin love that
Anyone remember mister bones
@@thes.k.eletonhunter7951 That monstrosity was the best droid ever
The Republic: Buys Rex Arc Trooper armor
Rex: Wears armor
Also The Republic: You weren't supposed to do that.
I heard trump say that in my head
@@atlas1924why?
This is very interesting. It's like how Rex never wanted to be a Commander since Commanders aren't in the battle with the rest of the clones.
**Laughs in Commander Cody, Commander Bacara, Commander Neyo, Commander Ponds, Commander Bly, etc.**
@@cloudhazard2860 yes But they Weren't leading front lines like Marshal bacara. Ponds and Cody didnt lead up front Bacara is the only canon Marshal Commander to lead from the front And "Captain Rex always takes point"
IMB Sdocc Cody has charged into battle with his men on multiple occasions. Also, Ponds has charged alongside his men, and we have _extreme_ close ups from the Ryloth arc to prove such. Commander Wolffe also charged alongside his men. So, no, Bacara is not the only Commander to charge with his men. He’s the only Clone Commander to become irrelevant in Star Wars Media.
@@cloudhazard2860 Im talking about all the time Cody was always on the field but usually at different post/positions I know he has "Charged into battle" but not from the front like Rex ,bacara and Wolfe on smaller assignments. Ponds didn't lead from the front but was seen on the field leading from different postions. Thats what i meant 😂😂
@@cloudhazard2860 I think you miss understood the terms I was talking about
2:50 To be fair, I think committing war crimes is par for the course in the Clone Wars...Obi-Wan did it at Christophsis, Rex did it at Horain, and Anakin did it at...wherever they were at the start of Season 7 Episode 9.
Yeah hahaha, very nice parallels when you think about it!
also in Season 1 to break the siege of Ryloth
To be fair their war crimes are probably different than ours
The Planet Geneva Suggestions don't seem to hold quite as much sway in the Star Wars Galaxy as our conventions do in ours. 🤣
I feel like the concept of "war crimes" isnt a thing yet since the Clone Wars is the largest scale war in the galaxy for 1000 years. The clone wars is analogus to the 1st World War where the geneva covention wasnt created until after the 2nd World War
Separatist B1:
* can't fight worth shit
* intelligence leaves much to be desired
* dies easily
Republic defector B1
* high intelligence
* unrivalled melee prowess
* unstoppable killing machine
I think it's just more plot armor that allows this to happen. There's no way the CIS overlooked a hack that allows B1s to kick enemies in the head, dual wield accurately, take down several enemies, and think much more creatively. Maybe the explanation is that Palpatine sabotaged B1s to be far worse than they could be, but otherwise this makes no sense, and is just plot armor given by the writers.
@@Noah-zz8uw The most boring comment ever. True but very boring.
@@user-yh7gd6wm2o ? The reason I explain this is to distinguish between B1s being garbage, and bad writing. When the average fodder is terrible in every way shape and form, it's difficult to make the "bad guys" in a story actually feel like a threat, and Star Wars in general suffers from enough plot armor already.
Makes you wonder about Stormtroopers who defect to the Rebellion...
@@thegreatjedi309 or the Resistance...
Bats being hanged for his crime at the Nuremberg Trials (circa 1946)
Bats being hanged
Bats: I’m a droid I don’t breath
Everyone else: oh yeah 🤦♂️
Lemme just say, Bats is fricking AWESOME. Like for Bats
Edit: I'm not a clanker. I'm not an enemy of the Republic.
someone doesnt want to be 66'd xD
*clanka*
The edit sent me omg
you are a commando droid in clone armour lol
Dang. It's been 2 years since this post. But yeah, Bats is awesome, and I'm a clanka.
Bats, Bones and Roger, no finer trio.
@@victimi6623 freemaker adventures
”ARC Trooper Rex” somehow it actually sounds good.
Rax, not Rex
@@goodputin4324 its rex
It does sound good. It has a ring to it
@ARCTrooperRex501 dude, I'm sick of not being able to wear my arc trooper armor, I'm going to modify my armor and make it more durable
“You guys are arc troopers now. Go get better armor.” - Cody
Rex: why don’t I just MAKE better armor
the little giggle you did after saying 69% of watchers weren't subscribed
you thought we wouldn't notice xD
you have 69 likes now
@@joako3733 this is badass
Echo is my fav ARC Trooper. It’s so cool to see him start as a rookie/shiny and then a normal 501st trooper and finally an ARC Trooper.
And then end up in the bad batch
I think a cool theory that I just thought of was that batz was the leader of r2-d2s droid squadron when they went to the citadels and that since batz circuit was destroyed which was at the top of his head the leader of the squads head was blue to replace unlike the other 2 droids
Good teory!
But that wouldn't make sense, since they had had phase 1 Armor at the citadel
Johan what about echo and fives
@@felipemercado7528 Arc Troopers have different Armor, but you can see the normal clones also have phase 2
Johan is their any information on when Thai battle took place
I am very confused. This armor looks so close to what he normally wears, and it doesn't look like the armor other ARCs wear. The pauldron and kama I considered markers of ARC trooper training, which basically meant to me you could be classified as an ARC. And I never considered ARC Trooper really be a big promotion. Like if you were a private that got promoted to be an ARC they would give you a rank of like sergeant, or some other NCO rank, but I always considered it more of a specialty trooper not so much a rank. Rex definitely outranked Echo and Fives, bur he was below commander like Captain -> Commander -> General.
because this is probably just artist error. There are so many both Dark Horse and Marvel SW comics where clone armor is just straight up drawn wrong (fins on phase 2 helmets, phase 1 helmets during order 66, phase one helmets with BARC trooper visors) or clone troopers are drawn with the wrong guns (the clones in the Kanan comics all carry E-11s because those are what the artist used as reference material).
@@chataclysm2112 id assume it was just error and they blanked and gave him an Arc phase 1.5 helm instead of his phase 2.
Best Jedi and Captain: Anakin and Rex.
Best Sith and Commander: Vader and Appo.
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Who is appo?
@@BlackAbdi you dont know? Seriously? He was the clone commander that stormed the jedi temple with vader the clone that goes "I'm sorry sir it's time for you to leave."
@@maltahighjacker9842 Tbh anyone who hasn't watched tcw or read the books wouldn't know who he is either.
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The question/idea that popped into mg mind was. "Maybe rex was an ARC troopers befire gaining rank, and wentbto regular armor so as to stay closer to his troops?"
I love this idea
@@StarForceOne my head Cannon is that it just got massively screwed up because of one of Anakin's crazy plans and so he just used regular armor from then on because his stuff was broken
It’s never actually mentioned that ARC troopers are higher in command so they could just be special forces and that’s why he never actually wears the armor.
“That’s the point sergeant”
That's what I was going to say
I thought like ARC Trooper Fives was acting as a Lieutenant since he was basically 2nd in command of Torrent Company as seen in the Umbara arc
69% not subscribed huh? I mean, we can KEEP it that way right?
I heard him snicker
Would’ve been better 66% not subbed 🤣
Yes, I definitely want more Bats, cause he seems like a really unique character and would Love a backstory for him
Actually I never wondered this, I thought once a clone was a commander or leader of a clone legion etc, I thought they couldn’t be an arc trooper
It's not really said whether this is a yes or a no, but I doubt that they would promote an officer to be an ARC trooper. ARCs are usually picked for showing independence due to them being a special operations unit.
No, Rex just didn't give a damn. He does whatever he wants.
Rex was just a command liaison. He was still technically a captain at this point.
Bats not the hero we deserved but the hero we needed
Who wants to see where commander wolfe was when order 66 was executed
Maybe we get to see it in the bad Batch series🤔
He was probably having a panic attack on the bridge of a venator after realising he partook in the murder of a man who he deeply respected and cared for, meanwhile the rest of his battalion were celebrating like they had won the Super Bowl, RIP Plo 😣
@@elchbert5102 I hope we can see it in bad batch series
Maybe we can find out in legends
Commander RK 12 yeah man I hope they bridge the gap between clone wars and rebels, Wolfe seemed to be hit the hardest by order 66 out of all the clones that removed their chips
Rex's original design was that of an ARC Trooper. That changed just before the show started.
Rex's phase one design *is* the original ARC trooper armor from when he was supposed to be called Alpha. the TCW ARC trooper armor only became a thing in season 3
I’d like to imagine bats was 1 of R2’s reprogrammed droids, from citadel arc.
I don’t think he wasn’t ALLOWED to wear it, I think he just didn’t wear it.
I love that you laughed a bit when you said 69%
Honestly I wounder if he became one of R2s Battle droids in the Citadel Arc
How is this armor different from his usual phase 2 armor? The only difference i see is the helmet fin, but not even that is normal arc armor since rex still has the t shape visor. I love you man but you trippin on this one
Well, could be wrong, but notice the armor and notice Obi wan's armor. In the show season 3 is when we first see Obi and Anakin change to more Jedi like robes, but Rex still had phase 1 armor. Here is prior to that change for Obi wan, but Rex is clearly wearing the phase 2 arc armor. It's not exactly all that special compared to phase 2 armor as far as I know.
Both Rex and Cody are technically ARC troopers as they’ve had previous training on Kamino. It was used as to help further their careers as officers in their respective Legion/Regiment
He took Arc trooper training and easily deserved the rank. Love the content
69% are subscribed, nice
The tally marks symbolize brothers lost in war.
I used to think it was campaign or kill marks for all the battles fought, but it was confirmed by Canon sources to be homage to those lost.
well personally i believe this was just this artist's interpretation of Rex's phase 2 clone armor. it does share hybrid similarities with the armor we see in the show. Notably, it has the phase 1 visor and standard phase 2 grill. The only differences are the added crest and no tally marks. He is also not sporting the double pauldrons. One could even argue that this is his armor earlier in the modification process. And while yes canon sources call him an ARC trooper he was certainly never called one in the show, which leads me to believe this was a retcon made later on. On top of all this, an even stronger argument that this is merely artistic liberty is that clone armor in modern star wars comics has been nothing if not inconsistent. In the vader comics for example, the issue where he kills Jocasta Nu, the shock troopers visors switch between phase 1 and 2 style over the course of a few panels and sometimes even had a flat surface on top like a stormtrooper. Also Fox's helmet was just shaped oddly in the comics as well. I doubt they are verifying the accuracy that closely. I mean this comic even shows 501st troopers with highly irregular markings.
What about when Rex says that’s why he’s the arc trooper to Anakin about fives that insinuates he isn’t an arc trooper
I was gonna comment about this
I don't think he was insinuating that he Isn't an arc trooper but rather justifying to Anakin why he an Cody chose to promote Fives to Arc trooper following the battle on Kamino. I could very well be wrong but that's what I got out of it when I heard that line.
ye i agree with mason
I think this is a situation kind of like the US Army right now where phase one (the US Army case old UCP) is no longer authorized for where and the only two that are offered for where are arc trooper armor and phase two armor (scorpion and OCP for the US army) sorex probably told armorer what modifications he wanted done and turned in his phase two so he could do the work and he had to have armor to wear and he couldn't wear phase one because it was no longer authorized but he has arc armor so he wore it why his phase two was in "the shop".
Would be cool to have some stories about his arc trooper days!
I think we need more bats
This is very interesting add to rex's life story
So many W A R C R I M E S
Out-Of-Universe War Crimes ;)
At first I was confused at the mention of a B2 Super Battle Droid when the comic picture showed a Droideka/Destroyer Droid. Then it happened again.
This was a great video, i really love bats he's one of my favorite b1 battle droids ever besides bones
Glad you enjoyed!
Anyone else wish the ARC Troopers had more unique looks? They all wear a pauldron, kama, same number of pouches and bags on their belt, use DC-17 pistols primarily, etc. That's why I appreciate Jesse when he became an ARC Trooper because he didn't use a rangefinder like the rest of the ARC Troopers (Colt, Blitz, Fives, etc), so he was a bit more unique. It would've been cool to see more ARC Troopers in general like Boil being promoted to ARC Trooper, or seeing one that didn't use a pauldron and/or kama. Maybe his helmet has a visor like Cody's helmet.
Hey man I have a Q, you mention this is the only canon battle where Rex wears his ARK trooper armour but to me, it looks like his normal attire, am I missing something? Keep up the good work :D
See the fin on the helmet, that is the only difference between the two. I reckon most likely an error.
I never knew rex had ark trooper aromor great video like always!
Awesome, glad you enjoyed :D
Rex wearing arc armor in the clone wars show wouldve looked cool
Rex's hair looks so fluffy in this art style omg
Captain Rex kind of deserved to be a full on ARC trooper
That would be a downgrade. ARC troopers are lower in rank than a captain or commander.
@@Sean-gi5vs how come it sounded like it was at the same level?
@@Sean-gi5vs Including Arc Commander Colt and Havoc?
1:40, A yes my favorite droid in the separatist army, totally a B2 battledroid nothing to see here no droidekas in sight just good old B2 battledroids
I like converted clankas, wish we had more of them. So far we only had Bats and R2's squad from the Citadel.
"And we all know how much clone commandos LOVE bacta" @zanny *inserts Bacta meme here*
This blew my little mind
My fave arc trooper is Fives all the way
This is honestly such an interesting video! Especially considering the fact it’s so much later on in the day this video! Great work SF1!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wish for the clone wars we got a few arcs in the very early war in the few months Anakin had his short hair as a Padawan
Rex and Bats are fucking awesome
That is possibly the most wholesome content to come out of a clone trooper and battle droid
I know there is stuff that says he’s an ARC trooper in cannon, but there is also a lot against it. I also think the ARC helmet was the artist’s mistake because people do accidentally put fins on P2 helmets sometimes. If they were intentionally making him an ARC, they would have given him the rest of the ARC armor like the extra chest armor. If this took place with P2 armor, that old ARC helmet would be phased out for a regular P2 helmet like fives had and books usually make some mistakes in them so I think he probably isn’t an ARC trooper. Just my Opinion.
I hope Bats survived the War... I wanna see more of Bats
This the only time that I see Rex without his dual pistol
It is breavly says in some comics and the Clone Wars that he had a Arc training, this was always canon.
Something so treasonous that pong krell is more innocent than this
The battle where Bats became a loveable droid
When u were live streaming I was sleeping😛 I love the content.
This is why Jango Fett was against relying on the use of a fully automated droid army
0:21 NICE!!!
I love the idea of a pet clanker
BATS IS MY BOY
While I find this interesting, it's likely the design of Rex's armor in the comic is either a developers oversight, continuity error, or both.
There was a comic set in 22 BBY that featured a Super Tactical Droid, despite the fact that the Super Tactical Droid wasn't created/deployed until 20 BBYm
Are Droidika’s called B2 as well or was it just a mistake?
It was a mistake
Evios62 Thought so but I was questioning it because I’m on very little sleep😂
The others says that its just his normal phase 2 armor i think they just look at Rex's armor not the helmet , the helmet does look like ARC trooper helmet its just with the phase 1 visor but Rex's helmet is a combination of phase 1(visor) and 2 helmet maybe he also added the phase 1 helmet fin but remove it after this event maybe?
Also, you’re my favorite UA-cam!
I love how he chuckles as he says "69% of you arent subscribed"
The 31% that are not subscribes: I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it
I always saw Rex's Blue Should pad as his ARC Trooper variation in the 501st to match his personality.
I never knowed captain rex was a Arc....
3:42 i guess you could say he went BATSH*T CRAZY!
I love BATS he was a legend!
Spectacular
Bruh that small laugh when he said “69%” was precious.
In my head canon this is what inspires Rex to make his custom armor and when completed preferred to wear that since the custom set was more durable than the arc trooper armor
Oh look it’s that conscientious battle droid again!
Rex actually has always worn his phase 1 armor, his helmet from phase 2 is a combination of his phase 1 and 2 armor. In the show and models you can actually see the welding marks. The armor featured in this comic is probably the same armor just before he cut off the phase 1 fin
Because he's the hero The Republic deserves, but not the one it needs right now.
Great video dude keep it up!
Thanks! Appreciate
In tcw series sometime after Ahsoka leaves the Jedi council, Rex, anikan, and fives go on a mission and fives attaches his hook to a ship and Rex says “this is why *HE’S* the arc trooper”
Bats is now my favorite star wars character along with R2d2's battle droid squad
You have to remember Rex is an ARC, almost all commanders trained by Alpha-17 were all made ARC troopers
Yep, that's the most recent video on the channel 😁
I think its 2 things about why he doesn't wear his arc trooper armor, 1 can be he saw it as a death trap, like yes it's a lot of protection but he couldnt be able to move like he use to or 2 he sees it as a suit like how we have our every day clothing and our nice suits so when ever he goes to certain meetings he wears it to show his status vs his "fixed" armor his is every day armor
Seeing rex in a p2 arc helmet is so so dope but bats is just as dope
It would be great as an episode
At this point im convinced that its a requirement that you commit warcrimes if you want to join the republic
I wonder if this was before or after Citadel Rescue because it would be fun to see if Bats was one of the 3 droids that sides with the republic
Great video ! The B1 just killed me 😂
I would have thought it was obvious he was ARC considering he’s the one that promoted Fives and Echo to ARC Trooper.
What if Bats was one of the droids in R2's droid unit during the Citadel Raid???
He WAS an ARC trooper for the longest time, i think he was in the same ARC Class as Cody, and a few others I cant remember off the top of my head.
While this arc trooper armor does look like a arc trooper’s armor it can’t be cuz the helmet is like phase 2 heavily alike. So this this just a early concept of his new armor? Because in the clone wars series he made his armor. And this is in the beginning of the clone wars. Or Kinda
Bats was badass. The missions he went on were nuts. It's odd how, as soon as bats was no longer being controlled, his battle prowess increased dramatically. Imagine if the separatists learned to give their droids some form of freedom, they would be a serious threat.
That's why I don't like this comic personally. Wouldn't the CIS know of an exploit in their most fielded droid that allows them to dual wield accurately, kick enemies in the head, think far more creatively, etc.?
Love the Sith holocron merch
I’m hoping to see Bats in the Bad Batch series. I never read the Star Wars books. Thank you for introducing me to this badass droid.