However, the urgency of a capsizing starship prevents any time to salvage the last visages of humanity in the clones.
During a confrontation where Rex attempts to reason with the clones, the subtle slumps in a helmeted Jesse suggests he may have been fighting his conditioning as well. It escalates into a situation where Rex makes the heartbreaking vow to shoot his own brothers if it means their survival, with Ahsoka noticing his tear-stricken sorrow beneath his helmet. However, Ahsoka's previous decision to free a murderous wild card like Maul (Sam Witwer) rains down an avalanche of consequences as the latter rampages through the troopers and sabotages the ship, sending it to be ensnared in the gravitational pull of a moon. Ahsoka and Rex commit themselves to stun instead of shooting down their pursuers, perhaps to form a plan later to save them all. Due to the biochips planted in their brains, all clones are under Order 66 to execute Ahsoka, and by extension, Rex, since he is disobeying the command.Īlthough I contend the last episode may have better explored these dilemmas, the mounting human costs are piling on front and center. The previous episode ended on a cliffhanger with the clones breaking into the med-bay to execute Ahsoka and Rex.
