The Aiwha squad were an elite group of Clone Commandos who served in the Grand Army of
the Republic Special forces.
The Aiwha Squad were forced to execute Order 66 during a rescue operation where they were
returning a Young boy to safety on his planet, killing their Jedi General right in front
of him.
So how did this happen and how did the boy react?
I’m going to break down the story of the Aiwha Squad and how they left a young boy
scarred for life after Order 66.
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The Aiwa Squad was made up of 4 Clone Commandos, with each playing extremely important roles
in the group.
The Leader of the group was RC-1013, nicknamed “Sarge”, with the other members including
Di’Kut, Tyto and RC-2088 “Zag”.
Sarge actually served at the first battle of Geonosis, which began the war, fighting
alongside the Jedi inside of the arena.
Fortunately he was able to survive all the way to the final day of the war, which is
where we are now.
Tyto was an extremely skilled sniper, one of the best to come out of his batch of Clones
on Kamino.
The other two clones were more standard in their abilities, but each played vital roles
in the survival of the group and the stability of its operations.
On the final Day of the Clone Wars, the Aiwha Squad were deployed to the planet Garqi, where
they were to perform a search and rescue operation.
In the days before their deployment to the planet, the Republic was involved in a massive
skirmish with the Separatist droid army, but everything had gone wrong when they accidentally
detonated blast charges and exploded a local farm house on the planet.
The squad of Clone Commandos were ordered to search for women and children, with the
hopes of bringing them back to a local refugee camp in the area.
The commandos quickly entered the burning compound, searching every corner of the burnt
out rubble until they came across a young boy sitting in the corner.
The Clones pull the young boy out of the rubble and ask what happened to his parents.
He sadly tells them that they were killed long ago.
The boy also tells the Clones that his name is Evan, but he refuses to go with them because
he didn’t want to leave his home.
The Commandos understand the boy’s worry, but state that they have orders to bring him
to the local refugee camp, and that they will never in their life disobey an order.
The Aiwha squad argue this point very fiercely, stating repeatedly that Orders are always
to be followed, no matter what.
This is very clear foreshadowing of Order 66 and the complete loyalty required to follow
it.
Because this Comic is in Legends, there were no inhibitor chips inside of the heads of
each Clone, making Order 66 a simple matter of trust and loyalty to the orders of the
Republic military.
After turning away for a single moment, the boy rushes away from the Clone Commando and
encounters a massive spider spider droid.
The commandos, being extremely worried for the safety of the boy, started making noise
to distract it, while returning fire to the droid.
All four commandos awesomely open fire with their heavy weapons and destroy the spider
droid, but they are shocked to see that the boy Evan was lying unconscious in the river
stream nearby.
Fortunately the Boy is ok, and wakes up, extremely excited that he was able to witness the Clones
team up to destroy the spider droid.
After the successful rescue Sarge questions why he survived the Battle of Celestial Wake
just to perform rescue missions like this.
The group eventually make it to a campsite, where they light a fire and begin to introduce
themselves properly to Evan.
They each tell their names to Evan, and in response he tells them how his parents were
killed in a battle between the Republic and the separatists.
Unfortunately Clones were responsible for the death of his parents, leading Sarge to
apologise, saying that it was a lousy introduction to the Clones.
The boy doesn’t fully understand what it means to follow orders no matter what, so
the Commandos begin to explain to him that none of them have homes, mothers to raise
them, or fathers to guide them.
They really have nothing except each other and their orders.
Awesomely, Sarge then hands his helmet to Evan and allows him to try it on.
Very awesome to see.
As morning rose, the Sarge and rest of the Aiwha squad arrived at the Republic refugee
camp, where they delivered Evan to Jedi General Traavis.
The Commandos salute General Traavis, and in return, he gives them great news.
General Grievous has been defeated on Utapau - the war is almost over.
Sarge finally kneels down and places his gloved hand on Evan’s shoulder, saying “be careful
now.
The Galaxy can be a hard place, unforgiving, keep your head down and always do what you’re
told.”
As Sarge is waving away Evan, something chilling happens.
The communications system in his helmet activates and sounds the words “Execute Order 66”.
Anger flows through each of the Commandos of the Aiwha squad, after hearing the message
that the Jedi had attempted to assassinate the supreme Chancellor, committing treason
against the Republic.
Sarge then gives the Order to fire on General Traavis, immediately gunning him, before he
can even block a single blaster bolt with his crisp yellow lightsaber.
The little boy Evan witnessed the Commandos shooting down the Jedi general and, tears
began to fill his eyes.
Sarge explains to him that it had to be done because the Jedi were traitors to the Republic,
but the boy was not convinced.
So that is the story of the Aiwha Squad, the Clone Commando squad that were forced to execute
Order 66 in front of a small boy that they had rescued.
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