Throughout the Clone Wars, we got to see the many gruelling battles where Captain Rex and
Commander Cody fought alongside their Jedi Generals, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
But many of us are wondering, How did Captain Rex and Commander Cody actually get their
nicknames?
I’m going to break down exactly how Rex and Cody got their nicknames, as well as how
the most well known Clone Commanders got theirs.
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Before Captain Rex and Cody Commander Cody were deployed to the battlefields of the galaxy,
they underwent a special training program on Kamino that was designed to make them the
toughest, and most resilient soldiers ever created.
This program was called the ARC Trooper training program, and was led by Alpha Clone, Alpha-17,
with the help of many Mandalorian warriors for combat training scenarios.
The Kaminoans created the ARC Trooper training program shortly after a massive attack on
the planet, where Alpha-17 and the other Clones were forced to defend their home planet from
the hordes or separatist droids that swarmed the skies and oceans of Kamino.
When placed in charge of the rigorous training program, Alpha-17 took a lot of the lessons
that he had learned from working alongside Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi during
the defence of Kamino, passing down their knowledge to the Clones he trained.
During the attack on Kamino, Anakin was not happy calling Alpha-17 by his Clone Serial
number, believing that it degraded him down to just another number.
Instead, Anakin gave him the nickname Alpha, to show that he truly cared about the Clones
that served under him and that he would never leave one of his men behind.
After Alpha began to train the other Clones on Kamino under his program, he passed down
Anakin’s thinking to the men that trained under him, allowing them to all become more
closely connected with their Jedi generals, and not believe that they were simply expendable.
Let me know down below in the comments if you want to hear more stories about Alpha-17,
he’s one of the Coolest clones that we never saw in the Clone Wars and was originally going
to take the position of Captain Rex in the series, before George Lucas decided
against it.
So basically, if you’re trying to imagine Alpha-17’s personality, just think of Captain
Rex, because they’re very similar characters, just with different names.
Alpha’s program consisted of grueling, rigiour training, mainly focussing on giving each
Clone he trained an individual personality and encouraging them to think independently.
This would allow the men who trained under Alpha to become highly skilled decision makes
under the stress and pressure of battle scenarios.
Participants of Alpha’s ARC Training programing went on to become the highest ranking officers
in the Grand Army of the Republic, with every single Clone Commander or Clone Captain being
required to go through training before they could be deployed to the battlefield..
As a reward for completion of the program, all graduate Clones were given the right to
choose their own individual nicknames, instead of being forced to use their Clone production
line number in battle.
The Clones that took part in this program were assigned to the best Jedi Generals in
the Grand Army of the Republic, like Council members and other incredibly powerful Jedi.
The clones who took part in this elite program include: Commander Gree, Sergeant Appo, Commander
Fox, Commander Bacara, Commander Cody, Commander wolffe, Commander Thire, Commander Bly, Commander
Neyo, Pilot OddBall and Captain Rex of the 501st legion.
All 11 of these clones successfully graduated in the first ARC Training Class of 100, giving
them the exclusive right to choose their nickname.
Following successful completion of the program, CT-7567 chose the name Rex, and CC-2224 chose
the name Cody.
Its Honestly pretty cool to know that these two amazing Clones earned their nicknames
through hard work and passion, and that they were two of only 100 other clones to complete
the program in the first batch.
Of course, many other clones who did not complete Alpha-17’s arc trooper training also gave
themselves nicknames, meaning this program probably faded out as the war raged on, in
favour of simply selecting ARC Troopers who naturally showed great independence and skill
on the battlefield, like Fives and Echo did at the battle of Kamino.
After the program was disbanded, other, regular Clone Troopers probably joined in on the tradition
and took their names based on their traits and personality.
Or some, based on their Clone serial number, like fives.
So that is how Captain Rex and Commander Cody earned the right to use a nickname instead
of being called by their Clone Serial number.
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