During the Clone Wars, Clone Brothers from every single legion, battalion and
squad came together to fight the onslaught of the separatist droid army across the galaxy,
believing they were born to protect the republic side by side… Some Clone units however gained
more hatred and disgust from their fellow clones that others. So, lets break down why the Coruscant
guard were despised by the other Clones, and why Commander Fox took the brunt of the hate.
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So the first reason Commander Fox gained hatred throughout the Clone Ranks was not even something
he did personally, but merely the fact that he was a member of the Coruscant Guard. The
coruscant guard themselves were widely disliked all the way from the the young cadets on Kamino
through to the battle hardened veterans serving on the front lines of the war. As a result of this,
young cadets in the training facilities of Kamino would sometimes even be bullied for
dreaming of joining the elite unit because of its reputation of a laid back, easy life,
compared to those troopers who were sent to the frontlines of harsh battlefields. Troopers who
dreamed of that life instead of the front lines were often seen as weak by those around them.
And after that, we have the reason that many members of the Coruscant guard were pompous,
elitist and just generally thought very highly of themselves because they were given the prestigious
position over other clones, and because they served the Chancellor of the REpublic directly,
which was Palpatine at the time. Their elitist and self-righteous attitude simply
didn’t sit well with the other Clone Troopers, especially since the Guard
primarily served in a military police type of role, rarely ever facing any real danger.
They got to live a much easier life than pretty much all of the other Clone Troopers,
on top of likely getting much more break time to visit the various Clone Bars and establishments on
Coruscant. And since the Clone Troopers don’t get paid, they can just bill it all to the Republic!
Moreover, the Coruscant guard and by extension Commander Fox were severely criticised by the
other troopers for having blind loyalty to Palpatine himself and carrying out any orders
given to them by him, regardless of what they were. All of the Clones were trained on Kamino
to have loyalty to the Republic, and serve solely to preserve it, no matter who was leading it.
Many regular CTs however started to believe that the Coruscant guard were more loyal
to Palpatine than the Republic, and that they were disrespecting the sacrifices made on the
front lines by everyone else, who wasn’t lucky enough to be assigned to the Coruscant unit,
like commander Fox Was. and this isn’t really surprising, since Palpatine chose only the
most loyal and dedicated Clone Cadets from a young age to serve at the capital. Publicly,
this was to keep the Senate guarded by the most highly trained and loyal clones,
but privately, Palpatine wanted more control over the most talented Troopers.
On top of that, once Clones were assigned and accepted into the Coruscant guard,
they rarely ever had communication without troopers in different units for safety and
logistical reasons. Not many troopers really had constant contact with the troopers in the guard,
meaning no other members of the Grand army of the Republic even had a chance to form friendships
of bond with them, except on a few occasions, and even then they simply had their prior
beliefs too deeply ingrained into them, thinking the guard were highly elitist and
not appreciating of any other clones. For this reason, hatred and disgust for Commander Fox and
the rest of the guard brewed deep in the minds of most other troopers.
To add to that, the Coruscant guard were widely seen to have the easiest and safest job in the
Galaxy for a Clone Trooper, bar maybe the Janitors on Kamino like our boy 99. The Coruscant guard
served as personal protection for Palptine and other senators because of Corruption amongst the
senate guard corps, as well as performing policing duties across Coruscant and it’s lower levels.
This meant that these troopers pretty much never saw highly dangerous actions
and definitely never saw what it was really like for their brothers to serve on the front lines,
in the heat of battle against hordes and hordes of battle droids, without a moment’s rest.
Because Coruscant was literally the most guarded location in the Galaxy,
as the capital of the Republic and the seat of power the senate, the Coruscant guard never
had to face a threat of invasion or a huge fleet of separatists arriving without notice,
like the other troopers… until the literal dying stages of the war at the battle of Coruscant.
This led the regs to become jealous and look down on Commander Fox and the guard even further.
And the next reason has more to do with the regular citizens of the Galaxy,
rather than fellow Clones but, The deeper you went through the sprawling lower levels of Coruscant,
the more despised the Coruscant guard became among the people and the residents.
The guard were seen as brutal, oppressive troopers who had no right patrolling anywhere lower than
the first few levels of the underworld. Their horrifying policing tactics and riot suppression
methods left many citizens of Coruscant absolutely terrified at the sight of the Red armor and pretty
much left a collective memory of fear among the people. Commander Fox of course being the leader,
took a large brunt of this hate… and word likely very quickly spread to the other troopers.
Even from the earliest days of the Clone Wars, the Coruscant guard, led by Fox
were sent out to put down peaceful protests about life in the lower levels of the planet,
deeming them violent, separatist insurgents, only protesting in the name of Count Dooku. This
was obviously false in most cases and it lead to horrific force being justified on the protestors,
making these red and white troopers some of the most feared and hated members of the Clone army.
And further, one of the biggest reasons Commander Fox himself was brutally hated by most of his
brothers was for the killing of ARC Trooper Fives, after he discovered crucial information about the
inhibitor chips inside of every trooper and the looming Order 66. Many troopers found the act of
killing his own brother to be disgraceful, regardless of what Fives might have done.
Most clones believed that the only time they should ever kill their own brother was through
a court martial resulting in a sentence of firing squad. Any other killing of brothers was seen as
disgusting and almost traitorous. Fox also of course had the option to stun Fives in that
situation, but that’s definitely a huge debate and one for another time… So let me know if the
comments if you think Fox was right to use live fire on Fives , or should he have stunned him.
And to finally put the nail in the coffin for Commander Fox,
he remained a coruscant shock trooper after the events of Order 66 and into the formation of
the new Galactic empire, even serving directly alongside Darth Vader when he was on Coruscant.
On one of these occasions where Vader was on Coruscant, he was sent by his master Darth
SIdious to hunt down and capture the former Jedi Librarian Jocasta Nu, who was believed
to have returned to the temple to steal back some very important and secretive Jedi Archives.
During the mission, Vader ordered Fox to secure the perimeter, and make sure no Jedi was able to
escape the temple without having hellfire rained down on them… Fox agreed to this, and sent two
full companies of shock troopers to surround the temple, waiting for the moment a Jedi appeared…
Now this is where Fox made a mistake even bigger than killing his own brother Fives.
When Darth VAder exited the Jedi temple to chase down Jocasta Nu,
Fox idiotically saw Vader’s lightsaber and ordered his 2 companies of men to fire on the Dark Lord,
and rain down a hail of blaster bolts on his location. Once Fox realized his grave mistake,
he immediately ordered his men to cease fire, but Vader was absolutely brimming
with rage at this point, and was not going to take any explanation from Fox.
As a result, Vader summarily executed the Clone Commander by snapping his neck and brutally
ending his life. After this point, he was seen by the remaining Clone Troopers as incompetent,
dumb and just plain stupid. Rumors began to spread about how a trooper at the highest rank of the
Coruscant guard who has served for years could make such a brutal and dumb mistake… Especially
after already shooting down one of their brothers during the clone Wars... And for that reason, he
became one of the most widely hated Clone Troopers in the early Imperial army, even after his death.
So those are the many reasons why Commander Fox was hated by his Clone Brothers across the Galaxy,
along with his fellow shock troopers serving in the Coruscant. Let me know
what you think of Commander Fox down below. THanks so much for watching, I really hope
you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!