They only deal with the Jedi because it is a condition of working with the Republic. (10/?)

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/?)

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/?)

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/?)

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

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/?)

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/?)

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

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/?)

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

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

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

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

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/?)

Those who didn't, like Crosshair, remained under control of the Empire itself. The clones become the "pawns of the bad guys" as Jennifer Corbett, head writer of Star Wars: The Bad Batch put it well in an August 2021 interview. https://www.starwars.com/news/brad-rau-jennifer-corbett-interview-the-bad-batch #clones #starwars #mindcontrol (24/?)

What is not stated directly, since the Genetic Records Hall only appears in the aforementioned episode ("Fugitive") and in no others, it was undoubtedly destroyed when the Empire's Star Destroyers fired upon Tipoca City on order from Admiral Rampart. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Attack_on_Kamino#Aerial_bombardment #starwars #clonewars #archives (25/?)

While he was later blamed for the event and Emperor Palpatine was shown to be "blameless," the fact remains that the data about original #DNA of every #clone was likely lost. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Genetic_Records_Hall (26/?)

On the other hand, it may have been backed up somewhere, as the Empire may have had use of the data, even when they switched to volunteers rather than #clones, as the basis for the Imperial Army, while exploiting remaining Kaminoans. (27/?)

#Mindcontrol remains a hotter topic (with over 31,000 fan fiction works on the topic), with the 18+ subreddit /r/mindcontrolstories having over 13,000 subscribers, and many documents on Internet Archive on the topic, more than #memory erasure. (28/?)

The latter is a theme in series like Glitch Techs (with gauntlets): https://archivyrep.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/video-games-memory-erasure-and-archivy-implications-in-glitch-techs/ #glitchtechs #animation (29/?)

And in films such as Steven Universe: The Movie (a scythe-like tool which returns Gems to their "original" compliant nature) https://archivyrep.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/keeping-gems-in-line-memory-recovery-and-amnesia-in-steven-universe-the-movie/ (30/?) #stevenuniverse #animation #memory #mindcontrol (30/?)

As Bismuth puts it in the film, "Homeworld used to use these things on Gems that started steppin' out of line. One hit with this and you're back to how they made you." #memory #mindcontrol #compliance (31/?)

There's also #memory erasure in The Incredibles by a CIA-like agent or the memory-easing pens in the Men in Black series. https://archivyrep.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/old-television-broadcasts-radios-classified-missions-and-record-manipulation-in-the-incredibles-franchise/ (32/?) #meninblack #theincredibles #animation #cia

There is no such "system reset" for clones, but the control chips allow for them to follow orders without question. #starwars #clones #compliance (33/?)

It is also implied, by Lama Su, that the Kaminoans tampered with genetic structure to make the clones "more docile" and noted they engaged in "growth acceleration." http://starwars.rossiters.com/binaries/AOTC_3rd-draft.pdf #attackoftheclones #starwars #clones #mindcontrol (35/?)

As for mind control itself, it is a psuedoscientific theory that humans can be indoctrinated in such a way that someone's autonomy is impaired, think independently, and disrupt their affiliations and beliefs. https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/mind-control-collection/ #mindcontrol (36/?)

It is something the U.S. government itself has explored with Projects such as #MKUltra and #Artichoke, either using #LSD, #hypnosis, or other methods. https://web.archive.org/web/20220418192243/https://hightimes.com/culture/from-the-archives-mind-control-u-s-a-1979/ (37/?)

By the fourth episode of this season, the arc involving Tup, the control chip, and subsequently Fives, comes to a gory end. (38/?)

This begins when Nala Se drugs him with the equivalent of an depressant, making him uneasy and woozy. He first claims that the control chips are a Separatist conspiracy to cause aggression rather than "inhibit it." (39/?) #mindcontrol #starwars

When he talks to Palpatine alone, he reveals the real nature of the plot, which causes him to attack him, something he frames as an "attempted assassination" (not true, as Palpatine framed him and acted like he was innocent). The Jedi decide to investigate this matter despite the fact they were not asked to assist in Fives' capture. (40/?) #assassination #clones #starwars #mindcontrol #lies #propaganda

As the episode goes on, he sets up a rendezvous with Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex, meeting them at a warehouse in the city's underworld. (41/?)

When they arrive, he tells them the plot against the #Jedi, with the biochips used so the #clones kill the Jedi generals, but they do not believe him. In fact, they think he is out of his mind, especially after he rightly stated that Palpatine is involved. (42/?)

Other clones enter the warehouse and he shot when he reaches for Rex's pistols, dying in Rex's arms, saying the #conspiracy is bigger than any of them. Not long after, Palpatine claims to the #Jedi that the "tumors" were caused by a parasite, and that this matter is closed. (43/?)

In the ending part of the episode, Dooku tells Palpatine he received the biochips, from Nala Se, with the latter ordering Dooku to destroy this evidence so no one can stop the Jedi #genocide (i.e. Order 66). #jedi #starwars #propaganda #lies (44/?)

In watching this episode, one thing is clear: while Palpatine/Sidious is the #genocide orchestrator/mastermind, there are many accomplices. This includes the Kaminoans, who allowed their #clones to have these chips implanted, Dooku who erased Kamino from the Jedi Archives and helped create the clone army, to name two of his many tasks. (45/?) #archives #erasure #clones

As such, Nala Se is a collaborator herself, making me not as sympathetic as I was while watching the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, when she kills herself so that Rampart (a war criminal in his own right) will not get Kaminoan data. (46/?) #warcrimes #starwars #genocide

In addition, it is clear that Fives is a #whistleblower, although no one believes him, unlike the royal whistleblower in The Apothecary Diaries (see article below), as they are so deluded that what he is saying seems so off base. https://archivyrep.wordpress.com/2025/01/06/a-royal-whistleblowers-archives-downgrade-maomaos-conjecture-and-the-power-of-records/ (47/?) #theapothecarydiaries #starwars #anime

While I'm not sure if the other episodes have archivy themes, this episode has enough #archivy themes that the post here makes sense, especially with the genetic records and Fives acting as a #whistleblower. #starwars #clones (48/?)

The fifth episode, entitled "An Old Friend", involves Padme Amidala going inside a bank vault and stealing #confidential information which proves that there is no money inside the vaults of the banking clan. (49/?)