With Star Wars: The Bad Batch releasing very soon and Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi coming
after that, we have gotten some pretty massive leaks about how the two shows might connect,
and why Commander Cody will probably be the character that bridges the gap.
So, I’m going to break down the massive Commander Cody Bad Batch rumours and how he
will likely be one of the main villains in the Kenobi series.
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A few days ago, the trailer for Star Wars: Bad Batch released and with it, we were given
a pretty awesome look into the life of the Clone Troopers after the Fall of the Republic
and after many of them had just engaged in the horrible betrayal of Order 66.
We get to see Palpatine’s powerful speech, declaring the creation of the Empire, and
all of the Clone Troopers on Kamino are brought in front of a large broadcast screen, where
they are shown his message and accusations of Treason against the Jedi order.
Because of this, It’s pretty likely that Palpatine is going to extend the previous
Orders, and actually send squads of Clones around the Galaxy to hunt down fallen Jedi
and deserted Clones.
Some, like the ones in the Darth Vader comics and Jedi Fallen Order will certainly become
Purge troopers, and follow the inquisitors in their hunt for the surviving Jedi, but
some may even be turned into the Covert Operations Troopers from the Republic Commando novels.
I’ll explain exactly what the role of the Covert Operations troopers are very shortly.
But in the Bad Batch Trailer, we see a group of Clone Troopers marching forward in Darkened
armor.
This armor honestly looks very, very similar to the armor that the Cover Operations troopers
wore in the concept art and Toy Figures created along with the Republic Commando novels.
Because of the Covert and secretive nature of the missions given to the Cover Ops Troopers,
they were handed incredibly specialized and highly modified stealth armor.
They armor was coated with a highly-advanced, classified material known as Reflec, which
would warp light that bounced off it, prevent sensors from scanning them and also stop radar
from being able to detect their presence.
We already know from the Mandalorian that Dave Filloni loves to bring characters from
Expanded Universe books into the spotlight, and they have now even brought several vehicles
from old toy lines into the show, so this is very likely Dave Filloni sticking to the
source material.
Further to this, many leaks have recently surfaced claiming that Commander Cody is the
Clone Trooper in the darkened armor, with the Antenna on his head, leading the Covert
Operations squad form the Bad Batch trailer.
If this is the case, that would almost perfectly match the role of the Covert Ops troopers
in the Republic Commando Novels.
So, I’ll quickly breakdown their highly secretive and honestly pretty horrific role
in the Grand Army.
The Covert Operations Units of Clone Troopers were chosen from the most Elite Troopers of
the Grand Army of the Republic, and were very strictly tested and checked before being covertly
recruited.
Most of the clone Troopers that were selected for this role were the ones that would be
able to perform the Republic’s “dirty work” without question or without being
disgusted with their tasks.
These Clones were given tasks that almost every other Clone troopers would find extremely
questionable, horribly unethical and pretty gruesome.
Once a Clone Trooper was selected for the Cover Ops role, he was brought into a secret
training facility, where he would then be assessed and trained by the Null ARCs N-10,
Jaing Skirata, and N-5, Prudii Skirata.
They would be taught commando tactics and how to perform covert missions as a group,
and alone, if the worst case should ever happen.
Once these Covert troopers were placed out into the line of duty however, the “dirty
work” they were asked to do was not always exactly what they expected and created a lot
of tension and turmoil within many of the Covert Operations units.
The most horrid task that all Cover Ops troopers dreaded to be assigned to, was to eliminate
and assassinate their own brothers.
Most often they would be sent out to execute any Clone Trooper who had deserted from the
Republic to live their own life, on sight, without question.
This would certainly match with what the rumours and leaks say about the dark armored troopers
from the Bad Batch trailer.
Many of these Covert Operations Clones obviously had a lot of trouble accepting these orders
to kill their own brothers, but they remained loyal and carried out their tasks.
On top of that, This Variant of Clone Trooper was among the most tightly kept secret in
the republic, with only the Chancellor, and very high ranking republic officials even
knowing about their existence.
Their activities were required to be kept off of both public and military records, so
that their actions could not be traced back to a single person, commander.
The Republic Director of Special forces even ignored that this group existed for a long
period of the war, leading them to only take orders directly from the Office of the Supreme
Chancellor.
Again, this would fit pretty well with the rumoured purpose of the Darkened troopers
from the trailer.
So if the role of the Covert Ops troopers are actually placed on the troopers from the
trailer, I can see a plotline where the Empire somehow discovers that Rex did not actually
die on the icy moon, after his crash.
Maybe this is partially helped along by the fact the inquisitors discovered that Ahsoka
did not die after the crash, when the Sixth brother discovered her on the farming moon
of Raada, not too long after Order 66.
So along with Cody leading this group for the purposes of hunting Rex, or other new
Clones who managed to desert the Republic and Empire, it’s very possible that Palpatine
transitions Cody’s undercover clones to go on the hunt for Obi-Wan.
Palpatine will definitely realize how much of a threat Obi-Wan is to his plans, both
because of his immense power and because of the potential for him to turn Anakin back
to the light.
For this reason, I think Cody and his Cover Ops troopers will go on a long hunt for his
former General, under the conditions that if he does not kill or capture Obi-Wan, he
will be executed by the Empire for his failure.
Because of this condition, and the fact that he obviously can’t kill Obi-Wan, I think
that this might be the potential turning point for him, where he realizes that the Empire
is not the force for law and order that it claims to be, before defecting to either the
Rebel Alliance, or more likely, he will go off on as his own man and live his own dreams,
almost like Cut Lawquane.
Because we don’t see Cody in Rebels or any post Return of the Jedi content, like we did
with Rex, I’d say it’s more likely that he lives a life of peace in some remote world,
maybe with more Clone Survivors that Dave Filloni hasn’t revealed yet.
In The Republic Commando Novels a small unit of 2 Covert Ops troopers were sent to the
plane Gaftikar to hunt down and execute their fellow Clone Brother, Alpha-30, nicknamed
Sull.
Sull had deserted the Grand Army of the Republic during his mission on Gaftikar, in order to
start a new life there, away from the clone army.
He even got a job in the main city of the planet, but the Republic soon realized that
he was missing in action, and sent the Omega squad to look for him.
The OMega squad didn’t realize however, that a covert ops unit was also sent.
As they entered his apartment, they discovered 2 Covert Ops troopers, and quickly killed
them on the spot, but were devastated that the Republic would send their own brothers
to summarily execute them.
This story is pretty similar to Cut Lawquanes, although he defected under slightly different
circumstances, and if Dave Filloni is using the Covert Ops concepts, we could definitely
see a Cut Lawquane episode.
I can definitely see an upcoming arc where Cody’s covert ops team travel to Saleucami
to execute Cut Lawquane, but he will of course make it out alive and potentially go into
hiding.
It’s pretty much implied in the Star Wars: Aftermath novels that Cut Lawquane did survive
into the time period of the Original Trilogy and potentially even after Return of the Jedi
Like captain Rex, but we’ll have to wait and see about that.
So that is the potential for the Covert Operations troopers to appear in the Star Wars: Bad Batch
series, led by the man himself, Commander Cody.
Hopefully Cody does get some sort of redemption, but not every clone can get one, so we’ll
see.
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