Why the 501st Secretly KILLED Their Own Brothers on Kamino - Star Wars Explained

During the Empire's reign, a group of Clones born on Kamino were programmed to rebel, and that's exactly what they did. When Palpatine found out about this, he ordered the 501st Clone Troopers (the same ones who marched the Jedi Temple with Anakin during Order 66) to wipe them out!
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[@TheTrueMorse64]

“We’re just clones sir, we’re meant to be expendable” “Not to me!”

[@gameoflife9576]

Plo Koon 22 BBY

[@palpatinethesenatehog7086]

@@gameoflife9576 Hello there!

[@TheTrueMorse64]

Plo Koon hello there, yes it is a great quote!

[@bacondorito]

Plo Koon Master Koon! You’re alive!

[@colton2680]

General Kenobi hello there!

[@bacondorito]

Battlefront II 2005: *becomes legends* Me: “Not to me.”

[@obi501]

You use reddit, correct?

[@stevenchisari9564]

I refuse to believe that as legends, its one of the best campaigns ever made in gaming

[@El_ACG]

*FOR THE REPUBLIC!*

[@keatonlee9320]

Officially, there never *was* a clone rebellion. Unofficially, about 20 years after our creation, a detachment of the 501st was sent to Kamino to put down a rebellion of newly engineered clones.

[@derrickstorm6976]

"Deal with his bounty hunting dealings" Cha Cha very smooth

[@Wade_Fucking_Wilson]

Jussi Raitoniemi real smooth*

[@SewerRatie]

I wish I could wish away your feelings on the matter....

[@robgagnon9058]

OG Battlefront 2 is the shit. I still play it to this day.

[@diquanspikes3420]

Who else remembers that some of the separatists survived and their was a battle on Mustafar in galactic conquest?

[@white_will_smith]

Yeah

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

Pepperidge farm remembers

[@siegel947]

who remember capturing the broad walk on Mustafa just for a wrist rocket to hit you direct off the platform?

[@siegel947]

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[@white_will_smith]

And you had to kill the geonosian dude

[@planetbob6703]

The original Battlefront 2 was such a great game!

[@martynbealing79]

I still play it from time to time.

[@skaionex]

Honestly, the new one isnt all that bad anymore either.

[@El_ACG]

@@martynbealing79 me too on the ps2 but i remember the pc version had some badass mods

[@Cipher_Nine]

When this is legends, but Disney stuff is canon. Me : [Visible Confusion]

[@no22295]

CommanderCodyHD the game was before Disney, before they changed the lore behind order 66.

[@Cipher_Nine]

@@no22295 It became legends when Disney removed a lot of canon, everything that wasn't a tv show or a movie. The chips doesn't have to do anything with that, it was just there to ease their emotions while executing the Jedi.

[@Guitarded]

@@Cipher_Nine the chips completely rewired their brains to kill the jedi.... their brothers they fought next to for 3 and a half years. why else would the emperor put a chip in a fucking brain?

[@CallumDowney]

Had a very love hate for this mission. Loved the idea/missions in BF2, hated to kill fellow clones.

[@jasonfigueroa8909]

Me before this vid: Yo I’d always wanna be in the 501st if I were a clone Me after this video: Errmmm

[@Positive-Vibes-77]

Me before order 66 and Operation Knightfall: 501st are fucking cool Me after Order 66 and Operation Knightfall: Errmmmm

[@TheNewSoda]

Are you kidding I would still want to be in the 501st

[@jackofalltrades8412]

So u want to die. I want to be in the 501st too!

[@an18yearoldmongolianguy]

The thing is, the 501st directly answered to Vader in the Empire. And we all know how that can go... cough force choke, failure is unacceptable cough. But if I had to choose, it would be the 212th, they're awesome! And having General Kenobi as our general is always nice!

[@skaionex]

@@an18yearoldmongolianguy except vader actually liked and respected the clones, especially the 501st.

[@ADKenkel61]

Some of us had our doubts. But we feared Lord Vader more than we cared for our brothers that we hadn't met

[@obi-wankenobi1319]

Watch those wrist rockets!

[@palerider4h66]

GENERAL KENOBI!

[@oxelord3011]

Just like the simulation.

[@adeadmeme8068]

Since a anakin hated sand, I have a question. What if Darth Vader’s had sand in his suit? Would that make him super hateful and the most powerful sith?!

[@robertagu5533]

Yeah... maybe give him the power to finally beat Sideous even

[@theromuluanhunter6976]

I remember this.... I hated and preferred the fact that there were only two Anti-Imperial trooper classes: Jet Trooper and ARC Trooper. Fun, though. Before the difficult times. Before the Rebellion.

[@EvilJ069]

"We never got used to the new guys..."

[@elite_meat30]

Thanos: I used the clones to destroy the clones.

[@boosted.boyo.]

Eban Prado LMFAO

[@SouthernGentleman]

That was one of my favorite levels in Battlefront 2.

[@white_will_smith]

Same

[@SouthernGentleman]

Lari02 I call them levels or maps in the campaign. Like Couracant, Felucia, and Kamino.

[@RiseUpInspired_]

Southern Gentleman uhhhh

[@laurynwalton]

...somehow, after seeing Clone Wars, this is one of the saddest things Star Wars has made. Aside from Mara and Chewie dying...

[@HEAT_LIFE]

Anyone else think the old Star Wars battlefront 2 storyline was the absolute best?

[@sebastiangeido184]

Battlefront II campaign wasn't the best but I really liked it. Especially the Order 66 level

[@silverelk13]

Yeah, holds a special place in my heart

[@aronsmith3417]

That level was difficult though.

[@timothyfutch8162]

When Disney retcons the Expanded Universe Me: WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

[@iceblaze3043]

Wait how did this happen were smarter than this.

[@ItchyTheSwordfish]

Timothy Futch ok I can’t stop thinking of AVGN now!

[@unknownwarriorprescoknight8586]

Money and screwing with a lot people.

[@Tascor1155]

Ah yes, the rebellion that was never revealed to the public eye, but rather it was put down quickly by the 501st, who were assisted by a infamous bounty hunter named Boba Fett. It was a sad time for our brothers, but orders are orders. None shall go against the new order, the new Empire

[@ace360]

Good time's I remember thats game👍 "Good soldier's follow order's"

[@lloydshanahan154]

We technically already saw clones fighting the Empire. It was revealed that Commander Rex was part of Han Solo's strike team in Episode 6.

[@maestro-fifa4446]

Legit the some of the whole story "There's been a rebellion sir!"

[@dannyharvey6594]

This needs to be a TV series! Clones v Stormtroopers would be pretty cool to see!

[@guacamole7989]

Danny Harvey watch Rebels

[@azarzu]

It would be too sad seeing clones die

[@justink-kh3ps]

this was probably one of my favorite missions in Battlefront 2

[@Darth_Tojo]

Anakin marching on the Jedi temple with the 501st is the best scene in Star Wars

[@WhatTheJek]

i totally remember this arc in the game.

[@angelaherman272]

I feel so bad for the young Kamino clones. They did nothing wrong.

[@aronsmith3417]

I still have the original battle front 2 game for the PlayStation 2

[@El_ACG]

Yeah me too

[@aronsmith3417]

@@El_ACG throughout the step of destroying the life support, me and my brother had to constantly watch each other's back cause the opposing troopers we're always spawning in that one room, so while he's supplying me with ammo/health packs and placing the demo charges, i had to cover him the whole time, while hoping the ammo droid dont get blown up.

[@El_ACG]

@@aronsmith3417 I remember that mission was one of the trickiest. Shooting down the LAAT while beeing shot at, then dying and respawning across the map. When you picked up the DNA samples with boba you weren't able to fly gee I already get frustrated just thinking about that mission

[@aronsmith3417]

@@El_ACG and yet, still easier the coruscant ground level with its infinite (though granted delayed) re-spawning Jedi.

[@El_ACG]

@@aronsmith3417 protect the jedi holocrons At all costs 😂 you could repair them with a clone technician which I learned later on

[@bigyoshi5170]

3:17 The nightmares...

[@solowingsjet]

501st Journal: We never got used of the new guys 😑

[@henrykkeszenowicz4664]

It was the hardest Battlefront mission for me, because I like clones much more than stormtroopers. The 501st legion stormtroopers were still clones, but still it was hard to kill your own brothers. Clone rebellion would be far more interesting than the rebellion that we had.

[@maxstone3779]

This was a hard level in Battlefront. The uniforms were similar so it was hard to tell friend from foe. It made me appreciate armies having different uniforms.

[@digheanurag]

We can retrospectively add: Could be commentary that they were brothers 😢

[@perfectcell5613]

One of the most interesting missions in the origin Bf2

[@l4dcrazy5658]

I'd love to hear more about Commander Cody and his exploits within the Empire after the Clone Wars

[@bradyperkins3684]

I really like how you're exploring more Legends (expanded universe) keep up the good work

[@josephbarber6261]

When I played this I loved the story line Pls can u do some more fan theories

[@Pikaroth]

I'm glad you called them stormtroopers as Lucas himself calls them "stormtroopers" in Attack of the Clones when you listen to the commentary. Stormtroopers is their proper name from Episode II onward... at least from the creator's point of view.

[@joseluiscamacho5168]

This is one facet of Legends that should become canon again. It’s so dark and it makes so much sense with the chips in the clones’ heads.

[@solidraven6986]

Ooo great sorrow ooo such pain..hearing the villains of Disney buying these great franchises has broken my heart..such such pain and ooh such sorrow.. R.i.p star wars and now R.i.p dragon ball movies

[@solidraven6986]

@@ItchyTheSwordfish nothing right now but it'll been ruined like star wars.....oooo great sorrow ooo such great pain

[@gustavhls5739]

SwTheory can you please make an update video on the progress of your second fanfilm episode or how your thoughts are and how you feel about it in general

[@samcummings261]

Imagine having a Vader series about his encounters between episodes 3 & 4!

[@DanBen07]

There are lots of Canon Comics and novels about Vader between 3 and 4.

[@samcummings261]

Dan 23 yeah I know, I mean as a tv show.

[@DanBen07]

@@samcummings261 If it Canon there most likely not going to make one of those stories into a a film or TV show because they've already told it.

[@samcummings261]

Dan 23 probably, unless they used the stories from the comics and built upon them

[@YohanBlake-hy7gb]

Since the Kaminoans could speed up the life process, could they slow it down?

[@Vader111797]

I have some really good speakers hooked to my computer and this new intro was mastered so well! The sounds in the left and right was so cool!

[@swgeek4310]

Videos are so helpful and informative. So much out there and little time to view it all, these really help keep up.

[@palpadur1112]

"Officially, there never was a 'Clone Rebellion' on Kamino. Unofficially, approximately twenty years after we were created, a special detachment of the Imperial 501st Legion was dispatched to Kamino, with orders to eradicate an army of clones that had been bred to take arms against the Empire. Our mission commander, an expert on the inner workings of Kamino, was a young bounty hunter named Boba Fett. The bounty hunter left after the battle was over. He said something about tracking down a smuggler on Tatooine. After the Kamino uprising, the Emperor decided that an army of genetically identical soldiers was too susceptible to corruption; future troopers would be cloned from a variety of templates. Though the 501st itself remained pure, the rest of the Imperial Army gradually became more and more diverse. We never really got used to the new guys." 501st Journal - Kamino: Changing of the Guard.

[@iceblaze3043]

Killing their brothers Me realises their killing themselves.

[@achinthmurali5207]

I love Battlefront 2 (2006). Best Star Wars game in my opinion.

[@britishempire9778]

George Lucas Star Wars movies Disney: activate order 66

[@loganwalker9475]

Make sure to watch those wrist rockets.

[@austinbradley8551]

Great video and interesting

[@Fi_Sci_]

*the bigger secret* was boba Fetts involvement in purging the Cloner rebellion in my opinion, especially how he just flew away after the job was done. And playing as the Empire fighting the separatist remnants on Mustafar was one of the most exciting missions. There will never be another game like Battlefront 2 2005.

[@diegoserrato6421]

No matter how you cut it, the 501st is badass

[@NEROcpe]

Love the extra information on a classic ps2 mission from my childhood. Super cool intro with the lightsaber parts! Keep up the good work

[@artix13x95]

I love this mission in bf2. I think that campaing is masterpiece.

[@BODLive08]

Palpatine is a evil Sith genius. He probably orchestrated the "rebellion" on Kamino so he could begin recruiting all over the Galaxy and begin his massive, galaxy wide build up. Sigh, Sith always have the strategy advantage when not burdened with morals

[@stillwaterstyx762]

I’d really like to see a video on “what if yoda was with the Jedi who fought palpatine, but anakin arrived in time to fight with palpatine”!!! A battle between palpatine/anakin vs yoda/windu!!! Please make that vid!!!

[@jasonderes9877]

You should do a emperor Palpatine vs hermit yoda

[@ydrahydra7392]

HENCEFORTH WE SHALL TRAIN MORE AND MORE NONCLONED HUMANS

[@duncanmcgee13]

A bunch of 20 year olds in 40 year old bodies fight a bunch of 10 year olds in 20 year old bodies

[@derick9357]

What I dont get is why dont the Kaminoians just use there new gen of Clones to infiltrate the empire, secretly much small numbers of them in the batches made for the empire, that way they can basically have a man on the inside.

[@ultragodzillafan]

I prefer this reason for discontinuing of Jango’s clones opppsed to Palpatine viewing them as ineffective and to expensive.

[@TheMoxinator]

Can you imagine if they made a movie about this or have it be in a Live action show. Have some of the stormtroopers question what’s right and wrong with killing their brothers, and then the empire decommissioning all the clones from the empire and telling us why they switched to recruits rather than keeping clones.

[@flyte707]

"good soldiers follow orders"

[@Falco561]

What a great fucking mission that was in the game. And to top it off boba fett led that attack.

[@szyszus4683]

Oh those Kaminoans....

[@xxcaptninjaxx4301]

Honestly that mission kamino uprising in original battlefront 2005 was really sad and emotional😔😔. We never really got used to the new guys.

[@syo782]

They should make this into a movie

[@austinc.6893]

What if Disney uses this idea in Rise of Skywalker, and the Resistance uses a new batch of clone soldiers to help fight the First Order? Of course, on the other hand, the most recent trailer showed the Resistance to have grown much, much larger in numbers since The Last Jedi, so maybe I'm getting my hopes up. I mean, how amazing would it be to see the former Grand Army of the Republic do battle with the (in my opinion) inferior foot soldiers of the First Order?!?

[@skywalker2652]

15 dislikes were clones from Kamino.. Love your narrative skills Starwars Theory

[@David-zj8ki]

Not sure when you added those intros, but they look sick mate 👍

[@acekillers3872]

In my opinion if kamino was smart they would have continued to make the anti-empire clones and fill the ranks of the empire so it would have been easier for them to break off from the empire or even destroy the empire from within just like sidious planned for the Jedi

[@Syberz]

That story would make for an amazing anthology movie. The atmosphere and hopelessness of the anti-clone's situation would be interesting to explore on screen.

[@briguy8997]

I’m tired of hearing that Dave faloni should be in charge of Lucas film when we all know it should be this guy

[@farmerbill5079]

What a brutal Star Wars story.

[@stormz202]

Diversity leads to diffrent viewpoints there will be more traitors with a diverse army although I guess Palpatine thought it was better if there was a traitor then a entire army of traitors

[@DarknetDude]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Clone Trooper #1599803, the wise?

[@taylorolson8557]

I have played and still play the 2005 battlefront 2. In my opinion, it is the best one ever created. RIP the old canon

[@lawrenceiacona4753]

Cool vid bro!

[@corbinskywalker]

This is Outrageous!!!!!!!

[@Ragnar_5522]

What if Jango Fett's DNA was kept safe by Palps, and either he, or the Resistance go to Kamino and get the cloning facility back up and running. Or you know, they could go to the World Between Worlds and bring back clones like Rex, Fives, Gregor, Wolf etc.

[@xendordawnburst9969]

This was one of my favorite missions in SWBF2, because of how incredible, deep, and dark the story is!

[@dimond360_]

I just rewatched your Vader shards of the past and finally realized that Vader’s eyes go blue when he said “as he wishes” great touch I’m excited for episode 2

[@Dark-wv7eh]

now that i think about it, we need a star wars game where we are the clonetroopers or stormtroopers (not like battlefront)

[@Commander_Shepard.]

Republic Commando

[@Dark-wv7eh]

@@Commander_Shepard., I'm speaking something singleplayer and open-world upgrade gear work with over players on 6 player raids fighting Jedi or sith)

[@luissantiago5163]

Awesome. Haven't watched a star wars lore vid in a long time. Really good

[@miket3827]

I was just watching the fight of Ahsoka and Darth Vader. I was wondering if you could do a video on that. Compare fighting styles, habits, mental state, etc. because we know that the fight never fully finished. I'd love to see what your take on who would/could win is.

[@Briar27]

It would be interesting to see in the coming Mandalorian series, if the original Fett clones formed their own military or mercenary organization solely made up of troopers from the Fett bloodline. The previews show that Stormtroopers serve as bodyguards to powerful or influencial people apparently since the fall of the Empire, so it makes me wonder if they might use this Legends and Battlefront content as a part of the history in the new show? Which I think would be cool and make for some very interesting episodes.

[@SHARKVADERS]

ORDER 66

[@TheRAYdustin]

What if the kaminoans secretly pulled an order 66 on the empire? Making all clones listen to the kaminoans above the empire but never make it clear until they had enough clones inside the empire to overthrow them?

[@SienjorQueso]

TheRAYdustin I wonder if the order for the chancellor would work on Palpatine... of course order 66 wasn’t the only order so could there be one that the Kaminoans could have used

[@brandonvortex995]

legends: kamino rebellion the clone rebels, brother Vs brother and marked the end of clone army generation due to emperor distrust and concerning on the clones in the end empire enlist human recruits canon: introduction of inhibitor chips that execute order 66, clone army were decommissioned due to them being expensive and age quickly while the last batch of clone were use as purge troopers and the remaining clones still serve in imperial ranks while some as civilians

[@goodmind4940]

Wait, it's possible to disable quick aging

[@brandonvortex995]

Андрей Шурочка in legends there was the mandalorians that train the clones did have a cure for it in canon there were none soo far

[@Sobeewan]

Good game. Original xbox had great games compared with most of today's just run and gun. Storylines are important.

[@gold-818]

It's amazing how many people don't know about this but yeah I loved the Kaminoan Army all had the best equipment from the clone wars but had the design of the first generation of clones.

[@nicholasschnider5192]

I played the old Star Wars Battlefront games, 1 and 2 in fact. It was quite interesting.

[@king0vdarkness]

"and everything came to peace" end of video @ 7:24 afterwards there's some non-canon info.... outro at 7:26

[@jesus.9878]

Since Disney is bringing back Palpatine; they might as well make the Sith Troopers come from that retrieved Jango DNA. It would be cool.

[@charadreemurr8673]

I loved this mission, it was so fun! (Insert psychotic laughter)

[@6cosmic722]

THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS BATTLE FRONT 2 THATS LOKE THE BEST STAR WARS GAME EVER

[@hunterandre6616]

It's sad for the clones on kamino to fight against the imperial clones there own brothers and were easily snuffed out and like you said the mission never went on record so the only ones who know about that battle is Boba Fett and the imperial stormtroopers who fought there