"The Mission" and "The Nightmares" in Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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In Season 6 Episode 2 "Conspiracy" of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as

clone trooper "Tup" is dying,

he states that "the mission" and "the nightmares" are gone.

Similarly, in Season 6 Episode 3 "Fugitive" as

clone trooper "Fives" is dying,

he states that the "mission" and "nightmares" are gone.

What are they talking about?

The only unique circumstances connecting these troopers that I can think of is that neither of them

had the Order 66 bio chip in their heads when they died.

That leads me to speculate that both the "mission" and the "nightmares" are related to it, though that doesn't give me any clues of what the "mission" and "nightmares" actually are.

Is there a canon explanation of what they are talking about? If not, are there any particularly popular fan theories of what they are talking about?



Best Answer

AFAIK, there has been no canon confirmation one way or the other. The fan theory is that all clone troopers have nightmares about turning on the Jedi as a result of the 66-chip being in their brains. In both cases where "the nightmares" are mentioned, the other clones give each other a rather grim, knowing look.

Order 66 is not secret. It's part of the standing orders given to all clones. Its immediate predecessor, Order 65 covers doing the same thing to the Chancellor under the proper circumstances. The tactics for both would have been drilled into them repeatedly. (We first see that in S2's "Brain Invaders" where a company of clones taken over by Geonosian Brain Worms makes short work of Barris Offee and Ahsoka Tano. One clone goes so far as to openly comment "One thing we clones know is how to take down Jedi...")

What makes 66 different is that the chip would "cut out" the clones' higher reasoning ability and force them to comply utterly without question.




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What were the two sides in the Clone Wars?

The Clone Wars (22\u201319 BBY) were a significant, galactic-spanning conflict, between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which had declared a state of independence from the Republic.

Which clone betrayed the Republic?

Obi-Wan Takes the High Ground! Slick was a clone trooper sergeant who served in his platoon during the Clone Wars. He was unhappy with the work in the Grand Army of the Republic, so he betrayed the Republic to the Separatists.

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