Star Wars' Jedi Purge Had a Major Flaw that Explains Its Survivors

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The Jedi Purge was one of the Star Wars saga’s most tragic events, and although Palpatine’s scheme was successful, it had one major flaw. The Clone Troopers who were brainwashed to murder the Jedi, despite the friendships they typically formed on the battlefields, could overcome their directive in some cases, allowing them to refuse Star Wars' dreaded Order 66 and undermine Palpatine’s fledgling Empire. A prime example of this can be found in the Clone Wars Adventures comics, where a Clone Pilot remained true to his morals, despite his conditioning to follow Palpatine’s sinister Order 66.

The Star Wars franchise made a habit of exploring the humanity of the Republic’s Clone Troopers in 2008’s canon Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but the Legends continuity (which became an alternate timeline in 2014) contains the first properties to humanize the elite soldiers. Although the Legends-era ARC Troopers had no behavioral conditioning like the rest of the Clone Army, Legends stories made sure to also portray ordinary Clone Troopers and Clone Pilots as being capable of thinking for themselves. Like their canon counterparts, Legends-era Clone Troopers are fundamentally good men who believe in democracy. One Clone Trooper even had the potential to become a Jedi themselves. They only turned on the Jedi and facilitated Palpatine’s fascist coup as a result of brainwashing.

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In the Clone Wars Adventures story “Salvaged,” by the Fillbach Brothers, the inherent altruism of ordinary Clones is demonstrated by HOB-147, a Clone Pilot who is rescued from his wrecked starfighter by the junk salvager Hurd Coyle. HOB-147 learns during his time aboard Coyle’s vessel that