With Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 wrapping up the Clone Wars series, many of us still
have one massive question, what happened to Commander Cody after Order 66 and the Clone
Wars Season 7?
Although we don’t have a full explanation of Cody’s life after Order 66 was executed,
we have some very interesting information from Legends, which may still be true in Canon.
I’m going to break down exactly what happened to Cody after Order 66 and how he was despised
by the imperial Stormtrooper cadets.
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In the final months of the Clone Wars, Commander Cody fought many fierce and tough battles
throughout the outer rim, with Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the 212th Clone Legion.
After a massive victory at the battle of Yerbana and Obi-Wan kenobi’s rescue of Chancellor
Palpatine with his apprentice, Anakin skywalker, Commander Cody and the 212th were transferred
to Utapau, on the hunt for Separatist leader, General Grievous.
During the battle of Utapau, Cody led his men into the Capital city of the planet, Pau
City, fiercely fighting off hordes of confederacy battle droids.
During the attack on the planet, Cody’s General, Obi-Wan Kenobi, dropped his lightsaber.
The lightsaber happened to hit the ground in front of Commander cody, prompting him
to return the blade to his general shortly after.
This is notable, because moments after, Cody Received the command for Order 66 from Darth
Sidious, causing him to turn on Kenobi and shoot him down while riding his Varactyl,
very high above the ground.
Now we move into legends, to learn exactly what happened after Order 66, starting from
only moments after the Order was given.
We learn from the Revenge of the Sith Novelisation that Cody was extremely annoyed with Sidious
because of the bad timing of the order.
Cody angrily stated “Would it have been too much to ask for the Order to come through
*before* I have him back the lightsaber?”.
So right there, he’s clearly very annoyed that Order 66 was called only moments after
giving Kenobi his lightsaber back.
Let me know down in the comments below if you can forgive Commander Cody for his betrayal
of Obi-Wan during Order 66.
Following that, Cody did not underestimate the survivability of a Jedi.
After fighting many battles with Kenobi during the Clone Wars, he knew that he could survive
a massive fall, and would not die easily.
Because of this, Commander Cody sent several Prowler 1000 probe droids into the depths
of Utapau to search for Kenobi.
After being unsuccessful in locating Kenobi or his body, Cody was left as the highest
ranking Republic military officer on the planet, giving him authority to command the 212th
legion.
Commander Cody quickly rallied his troopers, and within an hour, they were able to defeat
the separatists in Pau City, claiming the capital for the Republic.
Following this, the 212th and Commander Cody were placed on standby until the formation
of the Galactic Empire.
During this time, the Grand Army of the Republic was also reorganized into the Imperial Stormtrooper
Corps.
Commander Cody, and all other Clone Troopers that survived the Clone Wars were transitioned
into the first generation of Imperial Stormtroopers.
Some clones took up positions in infantry, and others took up logistical roles, on board
Star Destroyers.
Commander Cody remained in the service of the Galactic Empire for years after the completion
of the Clone Wars.
During this time, Clones were slowly phased out of the Imperial navy, as more natural
born humans were selected to join their ranks.
In the year 1BBY, Commander Cody was in charge of an imperial battalion that was stationed
in Timira City on his homeworld of Kamino, where he was in charge of training new Stormtroopers
Cadets for the Imperial navy.
In addition to providing security for the training facility, he was placed in charge
of the performing drills and testing the skills of the new imperial stormtrooper rookies.
Cody was shocked at how useless many of the natural born Stormtroopers were.
They were significantly less capable than the standard Jango Fett Clone Trooper, and
did not possess the resolve or determination to become good soldiers.
The stormtrooper cadets that Cody was in charge of also hated him in return because of his
harsh leadership style, and strict command.
The cadets that Commander Cody trained on Kamino absolutely hated their lives on the
planet, as they were forced to be stationed there against their will.
When placed on patrol duty for the city of Timira, the cadets were extremely upset, believing
it was not necessary to protect such a remote planet, with already strong defences.
They also despised the consistent pouring rain on the planet.
While Cody was stationed on Kamino to train these stormtrooper cadets, the Kaminoan staff
on the planet failed to prevent the escape of a Rogue Clone of Starkiller from escaping
Kamino.
I’ll do a full video on Starkiller in the near future, because he is one of the most
interesting characters in all of legends.
The Clone of Starkiller eventually returned to Kamino, but this time leading the Rebel
alliance fleet in a massive assault on the planet.
During the battle on Kamino, the entire imperial garrison Timira City, where Cody was stationed,
was wiped out and Darth Vader himself was captured by the Rebels.
And let me know down in the comments below if you’ve played the force unleashed games.
I want to see how many of you guys have played them and know what they are.
Despite the entire imperial presence in the city being wiped out, the fate of Commander
Cody is still unknown.
So that is exactly what happened to Commander Cody After Order 66 and the Clone Wars Season
7 Episode 12, in Legends.
Either way, I really hope Cody remains alive in Canon, up until the point of the Battle
of Endor, just like Rex.
Maybe they can even have a reunion later down the line, where they could talk about Order
66 and their inhibitor chips.
But let me know down in the comments below, whether or not you think Cody’s legends
story will be kept the same in Canon.
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