Burkely HermannNov 2

My latest post on Wading Through the Cultural Stacks--> "Good soldiers follow orders": #Mindcontrol, #secrets, intrigue, Kaminoans, and the Genetic Records Hall

When I ordered the box set of Star Wars: The Clone Wars last year, one of the disc sets was something entitled "The Lost Missions." I soon learned this was the sixth season of the series, which only aired in #Canada, but never aired in the U.S. (only on #Netflix)... read more here:

https://archivyrep.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/good-soldiers-follow-orders-mind-control-secrets-intrigue-kaminoans-and-the-genetic-records-hall/ #starwars #fiction #dvd

“Good soldiers follow orders”: Mind control, secrets, intrigue, Kaminoans, and the Genetic Records Hall

When I ordered the box set of Star Wars: The Clone Wars last year, one of the disc sets was something entitled “The Lost Missions.” I soon learned this was the sixth season of the serie…

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In the first episode, Tup murders a Jedi general (Tiplar), as his Order-66 brain chip (also known as an inhibitor chip) activates prematurely, causing the clones to retreat, even though they had pushed the Separatist forces to the breaking point. Tup later keeps saying the same phrase over and over again: "Good soldiers follow orders." (1/?)
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This is later repeated by Crosshair in Star Wars: The Bad Batch when he wants to help the Empire do terrible things (he later regrets them). Predictably it is thought that Tup is under a trance, and even utters "Kill the Jedi!" (2/?)
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He is brought to the #medical bay, while Count Dooku tells Darth Sidious that Order 66 has been activated in this #clone before it was planned. Sidious orders Dooku to seize the clone so their plans can't be ruined. #starwars #fiction #genocide #jedi (3/?)
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While the #clones believe this is a combat-related #stress and that Tup is losing his mind, they aren't aware that what Tup is going through is only set to come for all of them (except a select few) (4/?)
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They rescue him from Separatists who have kidnapped him, on the orders of Count Dooku, to see what is "wrong" with him. As a consequence of this, they believe that there isn't something internally wrong with him, but that it is a Separatist plan. (5/?)
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This is far from the reality. In the second episode, things go even farther off the rails. (6/?)
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There's even a debate over who "owns" Tup, with Jedi Shaaki Ti saying that because the Republic is paying for the contract, they have the responsibility to care for the clones, while Nala Se asserts that clones are Kaminoan property. #propertyrights #clones #starwars (7/?)
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While both perspectives are right, the Kaminoans are also revealed to be literally collaborating with Lord Tyrannus (actually Count Dooku). (8/?)
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He claims the inhibitor chip is a way to keep "rogue Jedi" in line, the original purpose, not revealing its true purpose: to cause a #genocide of the Jedi, a group of religious warriors which Nala Se and Lama Su see as a "curious" and spiritual #cult which is not of their taste. (9/?) #jedi #starwars #order66
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They only deal with the Jedi because it is a condition of working with the Republic. (10/?)
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While it is first theorized that Fives has a "virus," which he "contracted" from Tup, it is later revealed that a "tumor" is causing Tup's condition, which ends up being the control chips, while Shaak Ti believes this is a form of Separatist "brainwashing", i.e. #mindcontrol (11/?)
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Only the Kaminoans, Dooku, and Palpatine/Sidious know the true nature of the control chips. This is why they want to terminate him, an order which Dooku backs up when talking with them. (12/?)
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By the end of the episode, AZI-3 and Fives learn about the "tumor," with Nala Se denouncing the tumor's existence, and Tup dies. (13/?)
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The episode ends when Nala Se supports Palpatine's decision to send the "tumor" be sent to a #medical facility rather than the #Jedi Temple, something which Shaak Ti has to agree with. (14/?) #starwars #fiction
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The third episode is the one which has the most direct #archivy themes, even more than the first two, which set the stage for this one. Fives is on the run, with AZI-3, after he learns that a #medical droid swaps out the cases to be tested, and avoids #memory erasure so he can be place on sanitation duty. (15/?)
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In the process, Dooku is disturbed by Fives' actions (stealing the inhibitor chip), leading Nala Se to say the Jedi instilled "creative thinking" in #Clones, and warning the #Jedi should not learn the chip's true purpose. (16/?)
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It is in this episode that the Genetic Records Hall is shown, and it is revealed that the DNA of the "tumor" does not share Jango Fett's DNA and is not completely organic. Due to this, AZI-3 removes the chip from Fives' head despite the risks to his own life. (17/?) #starwars #clones #clonewars #fiction #archives
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They later learn, in the #embryo room that these chips were implanted in every clone at the third-stage of their development of every clone there. (18/?)
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While Nala Se lies, saying the purpose of the chips are to inhibit #aggression of Jango Fett. She later declares that Fives must die because all #clones are Kaminoan property. Shaaki Ti defends him, saying clones belong to the Republic and then orders him and the two inhibitor chips (his and Tup's) to be sent to Coruscant. (19/?) #starwars #propertyrights #fiction #clonewars
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These chips, organic implants into the clones themselves, are surely an effective form of #mindcontrol, forcing clones to carry about Order 66 (i.e. the Jedi #genocide) above any other tasks, for the "treason" these religious warriors engaged in against the Republic. (20/?) #starwars #clones #clonewars
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It is also shown that these chips gave clones nightmares, relating to this. Only if the chip was removed completely could a clone be freed from carrying out this order. (21/?) #clones #starwars #fiction #nightmares #dreams #analysis
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Some other clones are genetically defective and effectively immune. The chips are meant to control the clones so that the #genocide could be carried out. (22/?) #clonewars #starwars
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These chips were later used by the Empire to keep the #clones in line so they would follow dictates without question. This is why the clones of the Bad Batch (also known as clone force 99) removed their chips. https://archivyrep.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/chain-codes-restricted-records-and-data-erasure-in-star-wars-the-bad-batch/ #chaincodes #restrictions #records #dataerasure #data #starwars #thebadbatch (23/?)
Chain codes, restricted records, and data erasure in “Star Wars: The Bad Batch”

On this blog, I’ve often written about the Star Wars franchise. In fact, before this post, I’ve written about it over 30 times! However, far fewer times have I noted series like Star Wa…

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