Commander Grey was a Clone Commander who served under Jedi master Depa Billaba, and her apprentice
Caleb Dume in the final months of the Clone Wars.
Commander Grey fought at the battle of Kaller against the separatist droid army, before
turning on his Jedi general and executing Order 66.
So, I’ll break down the entire story of Commander Grey and why he couldn’t finish
Order 66.
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Commander Grey, just like every other Clone was born on the planet Kamino, where he was
given the serial number CC-10/994.
He began his service in the Grand army of the Republic as a Clone Commander at the battle
of Haruun Kal, where he led a battalion of his Clone Brothers.
Unfortunately, the battle was a severe failure, with Commander Grey losing almost every member
of his battalion.
Grey and his Jedi General, Depa Billaba were able to escape battle with one of their lower
ranking Clones named Captain Styles.
Following this, Depa Billaba, Commander Grey and newly rescued Captain Styles then formed
a brand new battalion after their tragic loss on the planet.
Following that, the newly formed Battalion of Survivors had their first mission on the
planet Kardoa, and were now accompanied by Master Depa Bilaba’s new apprentice, Caleb
Dume, who later went on to become Kanan Jarrus, from Star Wars Rebels.
On the planet Kardoa, the battalion’s mission was to investigate the surface of the planet
to determine whether or not the separatists had reached it yet.
While they were searching a major canyon on the planet, a massive explosion blasted the
area, killing many members of the newly formed battalion.
Immediately after this, B1 battle droids began to flood the canyon and attack Bilaba and
Commander Grey’s battalion.
Fortunately, Commander Grey narrowly escaped death, with the help of his Jedi general and
the other Clones.
After the escape from Kardoa, Grey’s battalion were moved to the planet Mygeeto, where they
were given the order to reinforce Republic forces at the third battle of Mygeeto.
During the battle, Master Bilaba, Caleb dume, and Troopers Styles and Stance were trapped
on a platform, surrounded by a horde of battle droids.
When Grey was alerted to their danger, he rushed to the scene to rescue them, but arrived
to find that they had already been saved by Mandalorian protector, Fenn Rau and his Skull
Squadron.
Following this, the small group that Commander Grey rescued returned to their base camp to
recover, but unfortunately, they were quickly ambushed by General Grievous.
Grievous was accompanied by Separatist Colonel, Coburn Sear, and a number of battle droids,
who tragically killed trooper Stance.
After Grievous began to attack the base camp, Grey called for reinforcements, while Depba
Bilaba fought Grievous and Caleb Dume fought Colonel Sear.
Dume eventually defeated Colonel Sear and Bilaba forced Grievous to flee from the battle
with his battle droids.
Now we move into the tragic final mission of Commander Grey.
As his battalion arrived on the planet Kaller, they engaged in a fierce battle against separatist
forces.
General Kleeve was the leader of the droid army on the planet, and eventually was forced
to surrender the planet to the Republic, because of the overwhelming force of the Clones.
The locals on the planet were not happy with either the republic forces or the separatists
forces, because they didn’t see any difference between them.
As they returned to the base camp later that night, Depa Billaba and Commander Grey began
to argue over why she would not stand up for herself when the locals claimed that the Republic
were just as bad as the separatists.
Before the argument could continue however, Commander Grey received a chilling call on
his comms device.
He then moved away from the main camp to answer the hologram call, where he was greeted by
Chancellor Palpatine.
The haunting words, Execute Order 66 were spoken by Palpatine, activating the inhibitor
chips in the brains of every Clone in the Republic.
Unknown to the Clones though, Depa Billaba had received the same force vision as Master
Yoda had received on Kashyyyk, warning her of the impending doom, and preparing her for
the situation.
Bilaba and Caleb Dume were forced to kill many of their Clones including ones they had
formed deep friendships with, in order to survive.
Commander Grey then ordered the rest of his men to surround the two Jedi, causing Bilba
to warn her apprentice to run.
Caleb Dume managed to rush out of the campsite to relative safety, but Depa Billaba was unfortunately
shot in the back multiple times by Commander Grey and the other clones, killing her immediately.
In the days after Order 66 was given by chancellor Palpatine, Grey and his second in command,
Trooper Styles continued to search for Caleb Dume on the surface of the planet Kaller.
Dume had joined up with a local on the planet named Kasmir, as a scoundrel, participating
in many criminal activities to survive.
Unfortunately, after a job Caleb Dume was given went wrong, Kasmir immediately sold
him out and gave up his location to Commander Grey and Styles.
The locals on the planet were holding Caleb Dume in a prison cell, awaiting the arrival
of Commander Grey, but fortunately Kasmir came back to rescue Dume because he felt bad
for giving him up to the Clones.
As Kasmir travelled back to the cell where Caleb Dume was being held, Commander Grey
found him and held him at gunpoint, demanding to know the true location of Dume.
Kasmir refused to give up the young Jedi’s location, claiming that he had separated from
him long before.
The two Clones continued their sweep of the planet, eventually managing to ambush Caleb
Dume, who had joined forces with the separatist general Kleeve from the earlier battle on
Kaller.
They then knocked Dume unconscious so that they could take him prisoner, aboard their
ship.
While transporting Dume back to the planet Kaller, where their base camp still was, Commander
Grey and Styles decided that they would have to execute him on the spot, because he was
too dangerous to be kept alive.
Caleb Dume begged for his life, reminding them of the friendship they had only a few
short days ago.
His begging managed to buy enough time for Kasmir and the former separatist, Kleeve,
to catch up with Commander Grey’s ship, hoping to rescue him.
Once his two allies arrived on the ship, Caleb Dume force pushed the two Clones away and
managed to make his escape.
Now it is very possible that this force push actually damaged the inhibitor chip of Commander
Grey, because he began having huge doubts about executing Order 66 and killing his former
friend, directly after.
It really is heartbreaking to see Palpatine’s mind control wear off Commander Grey, and
see him realize that what he is doing did not come from his own mind.
Despite easily having enough firepower to kill Caleb Dume, more serious doubts clouded
his mind about why the Clones really obeyed Order 66 so easily.
He shared his doubts about Order 66 with Trooper Styles, but he disagreed, stating that the
Jedi attempted to kill the supreme chancellor and take power for themselves, and are therefore
traitors to the Republic.
After failing to convince styles that Order 66 was not a decision of their own mind, Commander
Grey snapped and decided to completely disobey it.
Grey pulled his blaster rifle out and destroyed the controls of their ship, crippling its
defences, and allowing it to be brutally attacked, without protection.
After Caleb Dume was brought to safety, Kasmir and General Kleeve fired upon Commander Grey
and Trooper styles’ ship, destroying it, killing both of the clones.
Commander Grey’s heroic actions ultimately saved the life of Caleb Dume.
We don’t fully know whether it was a damaged inhibitor chip or pure willpower, but Commander
Grey’s mind refused to accept the command of Palpatine, causing him to disobey Order
66 and save the life of a Jedi.
I really think that after Caleb Dume force pushed Grey, the inhibitor chip was damaged,
allowing him to disobey Order 66.
Either way, let me know why you think Commander Grey was strong enough to disobey Palpatine’s
Order.
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