The Battlefront II (2005) campaign remade using scenes from the movies, TV shows and games. From the Battle of Geonosis to the Battle of Hoth. Kashyyyk footage from: • Star Wars: Downfall of...
It's incredible how one clone trooper survived all the way from the first battle of Geonosis all the way until the end of the Empire, fighting all the way.
notice how even when they're renamed, even when they were clearly no longer under the banner of the Republic, they never referred to themselves as Vader's fist, always as the 501st
@Arnorian Restoration they were the 501st legion of the grand army of the republic, but once the republic was no more and the galaxy was under the rule of the empire, the 501st and other legions were “officially” disbanded, stormtroopers had no legion or battalion. But they referred to themselves as the 501st 1. as a nod to their past, and 2. Because they knew themselves as the 501st for so long, it just became synonymous with who they were
@Arnorian Restoration I’ve read the sources, and hence the air quotes “disbanded”, as all republic legions and battalions were disbanded. The 501st were still active as they were the most effective legion of the clone army, and were used in many of the empires more important battles but were never referred to as such, the clones of the 501st referred to themselves as such due to their history and affiliation with the name but the empire never acknowledged them as such. “Vader’s Fist” was a nickname for sure, as was “501st” for the men that fought under that name, but officially, there were no legions, no battalions, and officially no “501st legion” in the empire
@Arnorian Restoration I play the game I know what I'm talkin about it was a nickname by the empire because they don't work with them and Vader knew who they were
"What I remember about the rise of the Empire is...is how quiet it was..." Some 15 years later, the entry log for Knightfall hits home just as much as it did when I played this game in middle school.
Best lines: "If they could be fooled. They could be killed" "We left as heros, years later we returned as conquerors." "It was a good thing we were wearing helmets, because none of us could bear to look her in the eye."
@@histguy101 I'm not sure if I prefer the clones feeling bad for the Jedi because they know what is coming, or them being forced to blindly kill the Jedi by a chip in their head. They are both really sad options.
Mustafar - Tying Up Loose Ends is great as well “By the time we'd made our way to the molten surface of Mustafar, it was apparent that Dellso had been a busy little bug. All by his lonesome he'd found a previously-hidden droid factory, fired it up and cranked out his own private army of battle droids. Needless to say, this got the men of the 501st ... a little hot under the helmet, and not just because of all that lava. Truth be told we'd all had our fill of those gear heads during the war, and we couldn't stomach the thought of going through another one. So we blew them up -- blew up the droids, blew up the factory ... damn near blew up the planet.”
I think I need to know more - was she such an astonishing jedi? I often saw her only as a calm, maybe chilled jedi lady. Not like a woman with a beast inside or such high respect
@@jaylowlp6181 In the context of the Star Wars EU at the time BF2 was released, The Clone Wars series had not introduced the control chips. The canon by that time was that the Clone Troopers were fully aware of Order 66's purpose and many had either been informed of its imminent use or that they had managed to deduced it, the biggest clue that they had been briefed at some point during their training that it was inevitable that they'd destroy the Jedi Order through Order 66 was the Clone Trooper journal entry regarding Ki Adi Mundi where they were aware of Palpatine actively deceiving the Jedi by this point and were aware of the baseline work on the Death Star. With this in mind, the reason they couldn't bare to look her in the eyes is that one what they felt was the most nightmarish battlefield in the Galaxy, she was the most admirable Jedi for going into that battle with them, leading the way and enduring all the nightmares alongside them. The 501st held her in very high regard for this reason, but knew, whether or not they would be the ones to do it, that she would be killed with Order 66 came down, and they likely felt like they were betraying her for all she had done for them during their part of the Felucia campaign... and it was tearing them apart from the inside.
@@Zeknif1 ohhhhh yeah damn, now I get it. Lol I thought in a completely wrong way. I thought he used the scene just to show ayla, didnt knew it was refering to that moment. But ok, I understand.
Really flips around who's really good and who's really bad, the Republic vs the Separatists, the Empire vs the Rebels, it's so complex and amazing, and no number of movies or animations could ever do it all justice.
Some people gotta understand that the words “keeping Mundi in the dark wasn’t easy” is very more deep, Mundi had two brains and was incredibly smart. He catches onto anything very quickly, he even things about two things at once! That’s why he said “what about the droid attack on the wookies?” Out of no where, one wrong move and order 66 probably could’ve failed.
@@facade2027 to be fair, those forces are at our section of the offensive, and there is a much bigger battle going on around the playable area that needs to be accounted for.
With the journals ending here, it's implied this clone died sometime in the later fights that squashed the empire, further implying that pretty much every clone from the Clone Wars era is dead or rogue by that point.
_"...no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant. Not when Order 66 came down and not when we marched into the Jedi temple. Not a word."_ Gives me chills hearing that every time.
(This is a short Fanfiction last entry) ENDOR - THE END OF ALL THINGS “Nobody would have believed that the Rebels would continue their damn idealistic crusade after Hoth. Everybody within the Empire believed the war was over. We were wrong. Almost one year to the day, the Rebels attacked the Second Death Star above the Century Moon in the Endor system. Armed to the teeth with a massive fleet of Mon Calamari star cruisers, the 501st could only watch from the Executor, as all hell broke loose. I have to say, the Rebels fought with the tenacity that we ourselves had shown on Genosis. I got orders to take a platoon of the 501st Legion to reinforce the forces on the Century Moon’s surface. We knew it was crazy to fly through that insect nest of a space battle, but we obeyed orders like good troopers. I said goodbye to the rest of the Legion who were remaining on the Star Dreadnaught; I didn’t know it would be the last.” ENDOR II - THE FALL “For years, my dreams have been nightmares, and it all leads back to Endor. Right before my eyes, and the eyes of my platoon, the Executor crashed into the Death Star. All of the 501st, some whom I’ve known since I was created on Kamino, disappeared in a column of fire. When I saw that pillar of flame, my entire sense of self died with the ship. Our pilot immediately brought us to Admiral Gilad Pellaeon’s Star Destroyer, Chimera. As the transport docked in the hanger, none of us could hold the tears back any longer; because the Empire, and all that the 501st fought for was over. We had died in vain.” LAST THOUGHT “The Galactic Empire is truly over. Emperor Palpatine is dead; Lord Vader is dead; the 501st has been dissolved. I have kept this Journal for years. I will soon join my family; my fellow clones. As brief as it was, the Empire brought order, stability, prosperity, and peace to a chaotic galaxy, and the blood of the fighting men of the 501st Legion was the price. With this story, my friends still live.”
It would be cool if he acknowledged that Rex was fighting among the Rebels on Endor. One of his own brothers, a highly respected one at that, joined the opposition. Maybe it could’ve instilled a bit of regret, or maybe not. Whatever the case, I’d imagine there’d be some sort of reaction to seeing Rex
"We never really got used to the new guys" I always get an imagine of a my mind's eye of a mess hall, with a table of heavily scarred Clones, missing eyes, limbs, and with various other injuries eating in silence together.
Link6933 Battlefront 2 was one of the greatest things ever created. One of the first and best games I ever played when I was 7 and started playing games
I'd completely forgot these journals existed and just listening to them again I'm able to replay the whole campaign in my head. Thank you for this wonderful nostalgia
@@lopertyl6534 WE'RE THE ONLY ONES LEFT, DAMNIT! WE HAVE TO GET TO SARGENT BANKS AND TELL HIM THE CLANKERS HAVE THIS PLACE LOCKED UP TIGHTER THAN A FEMALE JEDI'S PUSSY!
This story that the journals tell is amazing and I love it. I enjoy the perspective of a clone that loyally does his duty while still telling his opinion on his role. The fact that the Empire won in the game also makes it very enjoyable for me
It's interesting to see how the clones valued Jedi based on their behvaiour. I mean, I know all this isn't canon anymore because of the changes to Order 66 in TCW but the clones' attitude towards more compassionate and brave Jedi like Aayla Secura and Yoda was good, and they seemed so remorseful to be ordered to kill them.
Hoenstly even if it's not officially canon, and parts of this maybe don't fit 100% with canon (like the knowledge about the plans of the sith or sth) It still ties in well enough and has a great impact after watching Clone wars.
Ala and her clones had stronger bonds than most others because of how deadly the planet was and how they relied on each other to survive. When the order to kill her came, they wanted it to be as painless as possible, so they kept shooting to kill her quicker.
Yeah my Dream is for them to make A Clone wars video Game and they get back some of the actors from the prequels Including Morrison to voice Rex and the Clone Troopers I would love to see Him do a take on Rex and Fives and Echo and Jesse
“I remember arriving on Coruscaunt. I remember marching to the Jedi temple. I knew what we were going to do, yet at the same time I didn’t. While we marched, a little girl cheered us from the side of the streets. If only she knew what we were going to do.....” “A few months ago, General Skywalker went missing. We were told that he was presumed dead. I didn’t believe it. I couldn’t. I served along the general for years. I’ve seen what he could do. But now I think I have to accept it. Im too afraid to say it out loud, but I hope that jedi made it out alive.”
'I had fought with some of those men for over 20 years' That single line gives me chills because of the implications. They had well rooted bonds, friendships, lived through order 66 and hundreds of battles. Just to die by an explosion with no chance to say goodbye or any knowledge of their quick death
Still gives me shivers 03:34. When aayla secura sees them off personally, how she calls them the bravest soldiers she had ever seen and none of them could look at her in the eye. There is so much humanity and character in that sentence. It truly makes you feel for the clones.
@@Commanderfox945 In legends it was part of the plan all along and the clones just kind of hid it. In cannon, they had inhibitor chips so imagine like knowing what is going to happen but don't exactly know how it is going to nor when it is going to happen but it is going to happen one day and you know it's going to destroy friends you made. It made them go crazy as was the case with fives.
@@212th Why do you guys say "in legends"? The Clone Wars was also part of the same EU as Legends before Disney arbitrarily cordoned the two off from each other.
“The elimination of the traitorous Jedi...” Ah yes, the good old days. Back when you realized the clone was actually making the decision to pull the trigger, and not reacting to a chip like a battle droid. It helps to show how different they are from the droids, while also showing how much they’re just like them at the same time. They get to decide how to follow the order, and they make that decision without question. (It also helps create Jedi escapes where the clones thought order 66 was a CIS trick)
I agree that this version sounds better but the inhibitor chips are more realistic. Yes the clones were conditioned to obey orders but Darth Sidious simply couldn't take anything for granted, especially since many clones had strong bonds with their jedi commanders.
I just can't fathom Rex or many of the 501st gunning Anakin down if Anakin never turned. He cared about his clones, and its obvious many of his men respect him and care for him. Same for Cody, while he was created before the inhibitor chips were introduced, I can't see him gunning down Kenobi. Those two were tight. I think the inhibitor chips were a good idea.
@@arthurmorgan670 By that logic military capital punishment would never be a thing. the clones were soldiers. above all was their loyalty for the republic. If the republic needed them to kill their own friends, they would do it. Chips just make it cartoonishly evil. Would also mean that the Jedi that escaped would have cut down hundreds of mind controlled child soldiers who never wanted to hurt them.
The main reason I love this so much is before knightfall they sounded sad and regretful but the second knightfall comes they say “traitorous Jedi” that’s just so cool how there mood just swaps
I know it wasn't intentional but the idea of a clone looking back at order 66 as if they knew what was going to happen just makes it hit even harder how little control the clones had over their actions.
I think that deep down in their subconscious the clones knew what was going to happen. As both tup and fives mention that their dreams/nightmares of their "mission" are finally over. Just before they die.
This was made before the Clone Wars cartoon, when the chips weren't a thing. The Clone Wars added in the chips as a retcon to the events because they wanted the clones to be more human and relatable. In my head canon, The 501st Journal remains the true canon and the chips don't exist.
@@kirotheavenger60 I don't like the idea of the chips, I think it's much better and darker having the clones know everything, and it makes clones who refuse order 66 more likeable
@@JAE_Buddy Indeed. That, and many other reasons, are why I consider the 2002-2007 Clone Wars canon the best. TCW is a decent show, but it just doesn't fit with any of the prior material.
@@nullarcstudios8910 It also feels kinda cheap cause Imagine if Anakin had a chip instead of killing everyone on purpose, it'd feel really lame, and putting chips in the clones gives me the impression they're just mindless zombies with guns after order 66. It could've made the clone wars show have a better climax making rex choose between taking the order with his brothers, or doing what he felt was right and basically backstabbing them
6:33 this gets me every time. The prequels, although not written well, had way more emotional impact on me than the other trilogies. The clone wars is just heartbreaking all the way through.
No, they weren't 'bad' and dogs like you need to fix your perceptions. They were mediocre. Just like how there's more than 1 and 5 on a 5 star total system, there's more than 'good' and 'bad'. 3 stars exists for a reason. @@samwilsoncaptainamerica233
@@MrManowar6 Since it was the last journal entry, we can assume that he thought the Rebellion was done, I mean, in all honesty that (Hoth) was their main base and they lost 60-80% of their troops, plus a few of their important figures were captured a few months after at Bespin, AND Luke Skywalker was missing. As a bystander or soldier, would you think the Rebels were done?
Maybe there is no Journal Entry for Endor because the guy making them died. For the most part Hoth was really one of the last major assaults in the movies and wiped out a lot of the Rebellion, meaning the guy writing it was not put into any big assault or mission until Endor came around, and he writes his entries after the battle, so I think in order for this to make sense it would have to be that the writer died before or during the Battle of Endor.
ThaZand3rBoY nah. It’s Dee Bradley Baker for all clones in Battlefront II (2017) which I don’t mind at all but it’d be cool to hear him as a clone commando again.
Everytime i saw a Clone or Stormtrooper die/crash, it me want to cry. such honorable men taken for granted. Even if Storm troopers have bad aim, they still fought
Perhaps because it implies that all it would have taken was one person to speak up and say "Hey... maybe we shouldn't kill our only friends and help a maniacal sociopath rule over an entire galaxy..." for the rest of the soldiers to come to their senses.
@@archington1851 Not even the chips were infallible. It's hard to imagine the entire operation being undone by that point--that moment passed when Fives was snuffed out--but imagine how many more Jedi could have survived.
I mix up legends and canon. I love to act like the 501st have been enacted to execute Order 66 and had inhibitor chips but regrets it and wanted to protest, being brainwashed and forced to do it without protest.
The Ranger the 501st Journal is from the perspective of a clone who knowingly was going to betray the Jedi. The Clone Wars series made it so the betrayal was against the Clones’ will. So no matter how compelling this series of journals may be, it isn’t canon.
“In war, men lose what makes them great. Their creativity. Their wisdom. Their joy. All that’s left is their utility. War is not monstrous for making corpses of men so much as it is for making machines of them. And woe to those who have no use in war except to feed the machines.” ― Pierce Brown
@@soldier50first Nothing like adversity and near death experiences to bring out the poet in you. I guess it works both ways. It breaks some, and makes others. Depends on your individual character and experience I suppose. A certain amount of darkness can make you appreciate the light all the more, but for many it seems to become encompassing (PTSD, depression etc).
@@christianflores3437 One of the new episodes from the Clone Wars TV series. It's great for additional Star Wars background info with the Clone Wars :)
Epilogue: Endor The battle of Endor was meant to be the death of Rebellion. Despite our crushing victory on Hoth, there were whispers amongst the men that the rebellion leadership had survived our assault and were biding their time, regrouping and waiting for a moment to strike back at us. Which gave the Empire the perfect opportunity to lure them into a trap. We spoon-fed the rebels some intel about the second Death Star: it's coordinates, that it wasn't finished and that the emperor and Lord Vader would be there to oversee the final preparations. It was too ripe of a prize for those rebel scum to pass up on. They believed that our forces were spread across the galaxy searching for them. What we didn't tell them was that we had a massive fleet of Star Destroyers waiting to hem their fleet in, and a legion of the emperor's finest troops protecting the shield generator on the moon's surface. That was us. And, that they would see their end through the battle station's fully operational laser. One by one, they would "become one with the force" as they call it. Our plan was one that relied heavily on deception, just like with the Jedi all those years ago. The thought made me pause for a brief moment, then I remembered my brothers. Not only the men of the 501st, but all of the clones who had been murdered by those self-righteous terrorists. Seeing their smug faces contort as they were shoved out of that bunker, hands above their heads, was the last great moment of my service to the empire. A few seconds later, all hell broke loose. No matter what uncomfortable thoughts remain since Coruscant so long ago, I realised our understanding of deception was dwarfed when compared to that of the Rebel Alliance. They had aligned themselves with the native creatures of the planet - the ewoks. They were immediately hostile towards us despite our attempts to be diplomatic towards them. It didn't seem to matter much, we learned long ago that the best diplomat is the muzzle of an E-11 blaster. I'd heard stories, however: tales of troopers not returning to their posts in the night... Nothing but ghost stories to liven up a boring posting. Or so I believed. When they attacked us on that day of the battle we were caught completely off-guard. They fought us with some of the crudest weapons I've ever seen, bows and stone clubs. I guess fighting for your home planet does something for the spirit, because they were utterly ferocious. It felt like every time I put one down, 2 more would appear. Our commanders had no clue how to fight them, they sent our walkers and scout battalions into the woods to chase the fauna down, and we never saw them again. I shouldn't blame them too much, none of us could have been ready for this. All of that chaos ended the battle on the ground. Once the generator went down, it felt like all hope was lost. I remember glancing up at the battle that was echoing over our heads in space. For a moment it seemed like the laser was pointing directly at me, but I must have been wrong about it. Then our ears were filled with the death throes of what we had fought for, for so long. The emperor, Lord Vader, all of it suspended in a ball of flames. I will never forget it for as long as I live. I almost wish the death Star had fired on the moon, it would have spared me from that sight, at least.
Prefur the chip tbh. It made it more tragic all around, made the emperor more evil, and it let the Clones be people for a while. It let them be a bit more black and white. We good good Clones, we got bad Clones, we got some morally ambiguous Clones. Some of the best written characters in star wars are Clones and that's a bloody impressive feat. They are the reason I became a fan. Hearing these diaries does make them feel sinister, but it also kinda makes me appreciate the weight the chipped Clones would've felt after order 66. I am very happy this exists. It's giving me chills
Some clones knew and others just wanted to kill jedi after many generals like krell didn't care about their lives and how badly they work on strategies. The chips only made 100% of the army execute the order without questioning. Clones like wolf and cody in the eu i thimk bad batch retcon it knew about palpatines order 66
I think the version without the inhibitor-chips doesn't make them necessarily evil. In Legends/the EU, the clones had free will, because they weren't brainwashed but indoctrinated (take the people of North Korea as a real life example, they have free will seeing they aren't mind controlled but they are thought to obey and don't know how not to). From birth, the clones were trained to be one cohesive unit and fully dependent on a command structure. So if a higher ranking officer gave them an order, they followed it. But they were able to think negatively of the order but they were so indoctrinated that they just followed orders due to them not realizing they had the choice to disobey. This is why Palpatine actually made the Jedi generals during the Clone Wars, because simply said the Jedi were arrogant and were terrible at leading armies. The bad choices of many Jedi to lead to a large number of pointless casualties. And mistakes aside the Jedi were more then willing to sacrifice clone lives seeing they were considered less seeing they were not part of the natural order of the force. Because of these character flaws and lack of military experience the clones started to resent them and were more eager to execute their orders (and the jedi). in Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader - Part II: The Emperor's Emissary Vader is even tasked to hunt down Clones that disobeyed. In it Palpatine says: Contagion brought about by fighting alongside the Jedi for so many years. Clone or otherwise, there is only so much a being can be programmed to do. Sooner or later even a lowly trooper will become the sum of his experiences. This was especially true amongst the Arc-Troopers and Clone commandos, who were less heavily indoctrinated so they can function more independently than regular clone troopers when cut off from the command structure.
I remember playing through the Battlefront II campaign with my dad. It was one of the few games that he would tolerate/enjoy and so it holds a special place in my heart.
Excellent editing. Loved the use of both footage from the movies, and from The Clone Wars. I always loved the campaign from Star Wars Battlefront 2005. What always got me, was how it was explained...that many 501'st veterans were stationed aboard the Death Star when it blew.
@@diamond_tango my thoughts exactly, I hold battlefront 2, republic commando and the force unleashed 1&2 are all cannon because they don’t contradict any cannon.
@@diamond_tango How does it not contradict Canon? There are no chips in this story and they knew they would kill the Jedi before the order was even given (which isn't even how it happens in normal legends either)
Incredible job, especially the edits around Polis Massa - I only noticed because I was curious as to how it'd be handled, what with this being compliant with the new canon. And speaking of, it's a tragic shame the Kaminoan Rebellion didn't survive the transition from Legends... Even more so with the opportunity Bad Batch was given, but... Ah well. Still, a great job with this!
After the clone wars finale this hits harder. The 501st painting their helmets to honour Ahsoka and then still getting a proper memorial despite order 66...
"What I remember about the rise of the Empire is ... is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st Legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private, traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word."
You finished the journal, nice. :) Sucks that the Mustafar, Naboo, and Kamino levels are impossible to incorporate in this TV/Movie version of the journal. XD
This whole game always made me dislike the chip. It made order 66 hit that much more, and always gave the clones a feeling that they new what they were doing, but were still regretful.
I like the idea of the chip, simply because I think it's kind of dumb if a whole army rebels against the Jedi, especially Generals like Obi Wan, Plo Koon or Mace, after having served alongside them for years. Idk just makes them feel more soulless and also like...noones gonna say "hey uh how about we don't murder these guys?" Some people find the idea of the control chips "childish" but hoenstly idc, I think it both makes sense and is horrifying, because loosing control of your body or even just parts of your being is horrifying. But I'm also really attached to the clones, so maybe I'm biased.
@@francescapatti2934 they call it lazy writing, but it makes more sense than clones who liked their Jedi just killing them, you can even see how the clones just lose their personalities and just succumb to losing control to the chip, just makes more sense
The droids and clones being much more similar than you would’ve thought, adds to it I think. They were programmed and ultimately lacked freewill. Being thrown out alongside each side they fought for.
The whole chip thing happened because people are too afraid to admit to themselves soldiers would do this, and have. Clones that have had a huge amount of indoctrination and insulation from the frivolities of the general populace in their raising period don't need chips. On average, the ones who have any appreciable amount of contact with their Jedi commander are officers that have a proven amount of initiative and the mindset to get it done, regardless of if they bond with them or not. Their indoctrination and experiences get invalidated by "lol fritos". "Chip no work" invalidates their personal thinking by which some do become rebels. Do some people really not understand expressions can change because they're not going to enjoy doing it, but needed to be quick about it. "You know what makes us different from battle droids? We make our own decisions. Our own choices. And we have to live with them too." Commander Cody is a screen example of receiving the order directly from the Chancellor. Palpatine was afraid of the clones and set to replacing them.
Awesome vid! Gave me this chills at some parts. I swear I remember another journal entry about a droid rebellion on Mustafar. I remember it was empire vs droids.
@@maggiepeluso312 They didn't deserve the credit in this case because they didn't even bother to make sure Anakin and Obi-wan were off the ship before shooting it down, so if I were Anakin or obi-wan I'd take the credit as well,
Theyd ruin it, It would probably be like "The proud independent woman used her sheer gender to defeat all of us. Also the 501st isnt canon and Rose is the main protagonist"
The music in that scene combined with the footsteps while knowing what’s going to happen gives me goosebumps Same goes for the ending scene in episode II, where all the troopers are marching towards their ships to go to various planets to fight. The music in both of these scenes is wonderful. No dialogue but so much emotion On a lesser scale, the scene in episode II where Obi-Wan sees the clones for the first time and Lama Su (I think) says “Magnificent! Aren’t They!”
*Slight Retcon to make this fit with Clone Wars.* "-At least one division of each regiment was told of Order 66 from training. The rest, where given a different, assurance. Looking back, I don't know what felt worse; Seeing our brothers getting close with our future targets, or knowing about the switch in their heads. Few of us considered warning them but we could never work up the nerve. After all, a good soldier... always follows orders..."
They didn't know of order 66 but they had nightmares of it tubbs and fives mention after removing their chips that the long mission and nightmares were over
Actually 0 clones knew about order 66, r even any of the orders that's the whole point of them being secret, the bio chips just automatically made them and it was difficult to resist.
"my first mission as a member of the 501st it was hot
It was sandy"
Of course Anakin's battalion would complain of the sand
IT"S COARSE, ROUGH AND IT GETS EVERYWHERE
@@blzb1219 DON'T FORGET IRRITATING
He DEMANDED sand haters
This man deserves a medal
@@smugumin3448 nice
It's incredible how one clone trooper survived all the way from the first battle of Geonosis all the way until the end of the Empire, fighting all the way.
RIP Brothers who didn't make it
@@Clone_Trooper-zh5cn Was it truly worth to live so long? I can't imagine how much misery that narrator and his brothers who survived as long faced.
@@theevildrummingsithlord1492 yeah true it was way funner fighting side by side with a jedi and these new outfits suck There too tight!
Are you sure it was a single soldier, not multiple?
*It’s that clone blood.*
notice how even when they're renamed, even when they were clearly no longer under the banner of the Republic, they never referred to themselves as Vader's fist, always as the 501st
@Arnorian Restoration they were the 501st legion of the grand army of the republic, but once the republic was no more and the galaxy was under the rule of the empire, the 501st and other legions were “officially” disbanded, stormtroopers had no legion or battalion. But they referred to themselves as the 501st 1. as a nod to their past, and 2. Because they knew themselves as the 501st for so long, it just became synonymous with who they were
@Arnorian Restoration I’ve read the sources, and hence the air quotes “disbanded”, as all republic legions and battalions were disbanded. The 501st were still active as they were the most effective legion of the clone army, and were used in many of the empires more important battles but were never referred to as such, the clones of the 501st referred to themselves as such due to their history and affiliation with the name but the empire never acknowledged them as such. “Vader’s Fist” was a nickname for sure, as was “501st” for the men that fought under that name, but officially, there were no legions, no battalions, and officially no “501st legion” in the empire
@Arnorian Restoration it's not a nickname it's a company they were assigned to
@Arnorian Restoration I'm not a f****** idiot I know Star Wars
@Arnorian Restoration I play the game I know what I'm talkin about it was a nickname by the empire because they don't work with them and Vader knew who they were
"What I remember about the rise of the Empire is...is how quiet it was..."
Some 15 years later, the entry log for Knightfall hits home just as much as it did when I played this game in middle school.
Grade A writing
maybe even better and deeper
Wait Battlefront II came out 15 years ago?
@@fabuluspotato9815 16....
16 years.....
@@fabuluspotato9815 The original Battlefront II... made by Lucasarts and Pandemic Studios
“It was nothing like the simulations”
Another trooper on the same planet
“It’s just like the simulations”
WATCH THOSE WRIST ROCKETS
Different opinions can exist you know or irony
Hw was assigned to the special desert simulation room!
Watch your flank
@@Damian-vo8wf WE'VE GOT DROIDS
Best lines:
"If they could be fooled. They could be killed"
"We left as heros, years later we returned as conquerors."
"It was a good thing we were wearing helmets, because none of us could bear to look her in the eye."
Ernest Wang
I don’t know why but when I think of amazing writing I think of this
I can’t like the comment because I respect the 501st and the likes will remain at 501
As well as the "Not a word" part
Ehhh, this makes it sound like the Clones were plotting to kill the Jedi from day 1
@@histguy101 I'm not sure if I prefer the clones feeling bad for the Jedi because they know what is coming, or them being forced to blindly kill the Jedi by a chip in their head. They are both really sad options.
And in one video, Temura Morrison convinced me that he was the true voice of the Clones.
Always was
No its dee bradley baker
Oh pardon my mistake I thought you ment the animation
Not the 2 movies he was in as Jango and all of the clones?
His voice is honestly just mesmerizing
Such a cool accent
Best line ever: “I wondered why so many had to die, for a bunch of walking carpets” 😂
Mustafar - Tying Up Loose Ends is great as well
“By the time we'd made our way to the molten surface of Mustafar, it was apparent that Dellso had been a busy little bug. All by his lonesome he'd found a previously-hidden droid factory, fired it up and cranked out his own private army of battle droids. Needless to say, this got the men of the 501st ... a little hot under the helmet, and not just because of all that lava. Truth be told we'd all had our fill of those gear heads during the war, and we couldn't stomach the thought of going through another one. So we blew them up -- blew up the droids, blew up the factory ... damn near blew up the planet.”
Things that exist in star wars: Racism
“It’s a good thing we were wearing helmets, because none of us could bare to look her into the eyes”
Gives me chills
I think I need to know more - was she such an astonishing jedi? I often saw her only as a calm, maybe chilled jedi lady. Not like a woman with a beast inside or such high respect
@@jaylowlp6181 It's because they knew she was going to be killed.
@@jaylowlp6181 In the context of the Star Wars EU at the time BF2 was released, The Clone Wars series had not introduced the control chips. The canon by that time was that the Clone Troopers were fully aware of Order 66's purpose and many had either been informed of its imminent use or that they had managed to deduced it, the biggest clue that they had been briefed at some point during their training that it was inevitable that they'd destroy the Jedi Order through Order 66 was the Clone Trooper journal entry regarding Ki Adi Mundi where they were aware of Palpatine actively deceiving the Jedi by this point and were aware of the baseline work on the Death Star.
With this in mind, the reason they couldn't bare to look her in the eyes is that one what they felt was the most nightmarish battlefield in the Galaxy, she was the most admirable Jedi for going into that battle with them, leading the way and enduring all the nightmares alongside them. The 501st held her in very high regard for this reason, but knew, whether or not they would be the ones to do it, that she would be killed with Order 66 came down, and they likely felt like they were betraying her for all she had done for them during their part of the Felucia campaign... and it was tearing them apart from the inside.
@@Zeknif1 ohhhhh yeah damn, now I get it. Lol I thought in a completely wrong way. I thought he used the scene just to show ayla, didnt knew it was refering to that moment. But ok, I understand.
They were looking at her tits instead lmao
“I fought with some of those men for over 20 years” hits different 😔
Really flips around who's really good and who's really bad, the Republic vs the Separatists, the Empire vs the Rebels, it's so complex and amazing, and no number of movies or animations could ever do it all justice.
Clone wars only lasted for 3 yrs
@@harryt2284 Yeah, but the time between episode 2 and episode 5 is roughly 20 or so years
But it was left unfinished.
That transition from stormtrooper to clone trooper hit different too
“General Kenobi captured an army large enough to capture three star systems.”
The reinforcement count: 25
“We weren’t expecting special forces”
@KONG SZE TING EA Battlefront II meme
Well maybe if you dipshits could deal with some bears with sticks, we could be somewhere else
I remember it actually being 15 lmao
Almost impossible on elite.
“We weren’t expecting special horses"
Some people gotta understand that the words “keeping Mundi in the dark wasn’t easy” is very more deep, Mundi had two brains and was incredibly smart. He catches onto anything very quickly, he even things about two things at once! That’s why he said “what about the droid attack on the wookies?” Out of no where, one wrong move and order 66 probably could’ve failed.
Everybody's always asking about the 501st, but no ever wants to know about the 212th.
Feels bad man.
You are aware they tried to murder you, right
@@1980StarWarsGuy Eh, he's old. He probably forgot again.
I mean the 501st did kill all the younglings so
@@whyyes6429 Well, they were just following their orders eh
True enough.
"an army large enough to capture three star systems"
two figure reinforcement cap
Is that an empire at war reference I hear?
actually install 1 credit 1 second mod and boom! You have big fleet and army
@@alexproud4974 no, It's the fact that you start the mission with a 25-man reinforcement count.
Boldizsár which is still bullshit to this day, like bruh i have “an army large enough to conquer three star systems” lemme get like 50
@@facade2027 to be fair, those forces are at our section of the offensive, and there is a much bigger battle going on around the playable area that needs to be accounted for.
With the journals ending here, it's implied this clone died sometime in the later fights that squashed the empire, further implying that pretty much every clone from the Clone Wars era is dead or rogue by that point.
They got retired or died of old age or like u said in battle
it gets sadder when you realise that Rex was on Endor and probably ended up killing his brothers
@@TheMeta141 i think its implied none fought at endor since hoth was the last battle entry. probably all retired
@@Gothicc_senpai or died cuz of accelerated aging
Or this was the last major Imperial victory and Pandemic didn't want to end the game on a losing note.
lines from a game made in 2005 are more competently written than the entire sequel trilogy. amazing.
Dude, the one about Felucia is much more thought the entire sequel trilogy.
New thing bad old thing good, yes yes.
@@eater_of_garbage_ bad logic but the right idea in this case 👍
And we are getting a remaster
@eater_of_garbage. Names fitting given you're defending consoooming every current thing via your pathetic sarcasm.
Only one thing left to say.
"Watch those wrist rockets."
JUST LIKE THE SIMULATIONS!
FOR THE CHANCELLOR!
Set em up and knock em down!!
Wrist rocket hits you out of the blew now you have yo respawn again and get bombarded with them again
@@iwatchvidsandcomment5457 You use a hero/villain and get's killed in less than 30 seconds by a hundred snipers.
_"...no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant. Not when Order 66 came down and not when we marched into the Jedi temple. Not a word."_
Gives me chills hearing that every time.
I know right?
Kinda undermined by the fact that captain rex didn't participate in order 66
@@aidanmattys7488 he didnt becouse after What happened with Fives he cut out his chip in the last moment
@@phantom1a2 I know, I'm saying *that* fact undermines this quote here
Aidan Mattys He was on Mangalore during order 66 aswell.
Pandemic Studios how I miss you. You were one of the greats.
Now it's pandemic worldwide
Westwood Studios as well, and Pop Cap 😭😭
(This is a short Fanfiction last entry)
ENDOR - THE END OF ALL THINGS
“Nobody would have believed that the Rebels would continue their damn idealistic crusade after Hoth. Everybody within the Empire believed the war was over. We were wrong. Almost one year to the day, the Rebels attacked the Second Death Star above the Century Moon in the Endor system. Armed to the teeth with a massive fleet of Mon Calamari star cruisers, the 501st could only watch from the Executor, as all hell broke loose. I have to say, the Rebels fought with the tenacity that we ourselves had shown on Genosis.
I got orders to take a platoon of the 501st Legion to reinforce the forces on the Century Moon’s surface. We knew it was crazy to fly through that insect nest of a space battle, but we obeyed orders like good troopers. I said goodbye to the rest of the Legion who were remaining on the Star Dreadnaught; I didn’t know it would be the last.”
ENDOR II - THE FALL
“For years, my dreams have been nightmares, and it all leads back to Endor. Right before my eyes, and the eyes of my platoon, the Executor crashed into the Death Star. All of the 501st, some whom I’ve known since I was created on Kamino, disappeared in a column of fire. When I saw that pillar of flame, my entire sense of self died with the ship. Our pilot immediately brought us to Admiral Gilad Pellaeon’s Star Destroyer, Chimera. As the transport docked in the hanger, none of us could hold the tears back any longer; because the Empire, and all that the 501st fought for was over. We had died in vain.”
LAST THOUGHT
“The Galactic Empire is truly over. Emperor Palpatine is dead; Lord Vader is dead; the 501st has been dissolved.
I have kept this Journal for years. I will soon join my family; my fellow clones. As brief as it was, the Empire brought order, stability, prosperity, and peace to a chaotic galaxy, and the blood of the fighting men of the 501st Legion was the price.
With this story, my friends still live.”
It would be cool if he acknowledged that Rex was fighting among the Rebels on Endor. One of his own brothers, a highly respected one at that, joined the opposition. Maybe it could’ve instilled a bit of regret, or maybe not. Whatever the case, I’d imagine there’d be some sort of reaction to seeing Rex
This is too underrated
@@Rexis102 still blows my mind. that one bearded rebel that looked like Santa Claus turned out to be Rex all along
@@Rexis102 If the Clone Wars TV show was a thing at that point, they might've done it.
@@sunsetman22 Ummm... it was just a guy with a white beard
Armed with deadly new weapons, blazing new ships, and shiny new armor.
Captain Rex: I really hate this armor.
Max Muetzel Rex wasn’t in Vader’s fist tho.
@@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635 He was in Vader's fist before it was called that, back when it was cool to be in -Vader's- Anakin's fist
Pretty sure most clones hated the armor but had nothing to live for.
@@RyanTheDark it was they're reasoning to live
@@thebiggeststarwarsfan6635 he was in the 501st
Hearing "Good soldiers follow orders" in the background was very chilling.
Ismael Medina indeed thought I was going crazy
@@Attmanwart yea same.....freaked me out.
Whoa, where was that?
Where was that?
What Time?
"We never really got used to the new guys"
I always get an imagine of a my mind's eye of a mess hall, with a table of heavily scarred Clones, missing eyes, limbs, and with various other injuries eating in silence together.
“ And wondered why so many had to die...for a bunch of walking carpets ” - Commander Appo
He actually has a name. I don't recall it, but look up star wars battlefront 2 2005 announcer and you'll probably get it
@@OwnedGolem Apparently it's just "Retired Clone Trooper"
@@JordonAM technically right, but i swear he had a full name. Something in legends. But i could be wrong
That's Appo?
The Flaming Maniac it’s not appo, he had an actual name it would just take some digging to find it, I used to know it.
Just hearing the voice again. Lord it's been a while
Yea
Link6933 Battlefront 2 was one of the greatest things ever created. One of the first and best games I ever played when I was 7 and started playing games
Look at the likes it’s 501😂😂😂😂
666 likes lol lemme ruin it
gamer lel
Whoever wrote the script for this was just outstanding. Gave me literal chills.
I'd completely forgot these journals existed and just listening to them again I'm able to replay the whole campaign in my head.
Thank you for this wonderful nostalgia
Did that campaign really end with Hoth? I don’t remember Hoth being the last battle. Just checked. It did end with Hoth. Interesting.
@@tiestofalljayslate but yes, it did indeed end with Hoth
There were no entries indicating Endor because we all know how embarrassing that battle went
Good thing those bugs can’t aim
AAAAAAUUUAGH
MEDIC! I NEED A MEDIC OVER HERE, THE CORPORAL'S BEEN HIT!
kabob 007
GODDAMNIT, CT-5546! WE WOULDN’T BE IN THIS MESS IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU!
@@lopertyl6534 WE'RE THE ONLY ONES LEFT, DAMNIT! WE HAVE TO GET TO SARGENT BANKS AND TELL HIM THE CLANKERS HAVE THIS PLACE LOCKED UP TIGHTER THAN A FEMALE JEDI'S PUSSY!
kabob 007
Too far dude.... Too far....
O_O
kabob 007 lol that is quite tight
The journal was honestly one of the best parts of Battlefront 2. Every battle with them had such emotional weight
Battlefront II*
Rafał Unkon damned autocorrect. My worst enemy strikes again
@@LickMyRainbow77 The same :)
Strong Amazon this is in battlefront II?!
@@luminouslyrics8746 the old battlefront 2 it was made in 2004
This story that the journals tell is amazing and I love it. I enjoy the perspective of a clone that loyally does his duty while still telling his opinion on his role. The fact that the Empire won in the game also makes it very enjoyable for me
I believe that the end of the Clone Wars in the journal was multiple people
The only time it was this clone, was Genosis - Upatu - Coruscant
It's interesting to see how the clones valued Jedi based on their behvaiour. I mean, I know all this isn't canon anymore because of the changes to Order 66 in TCW but the clones' attitude towards more compassionate and brave Jedi like Aayla Secura and Yoda was good, and they seemed so remorseful to be ordered to kill them.
Hoenstly even if it's not officially canon, and parts of this maybe don't fit 100% with canon (like the knowledge about the plans of the sith or sth)
It still ties in well enough and has a great impact after watching Clone wars.
@@francescapatti2934it does make sense. They don’t work for the Jedi, clones work for the republic. The Jedi is a separate entity
"I hope it was quick"
Clone: She's dead.
Commander: NO keep shooting, even if she is dead
Well the clones that were naturally part of her command hated her because they thought she needlessly sacrificed their brothers
@@kristiankepley5944 No
If I remember, it s to be sure she was dead and doesn't suffer.
@@kristiankepley5944 Did you watch the video? She saved their lives and they loved her.
Christus Regnet yeah I was wrong.
Apparently he kept shooting to make sure she was dead
Ala and her clones had stronger bonds than most others because of how deadly the planet was and how they relied on each other to survive. When the order to kill her came, they wanted it to be as painless as possible, so they kept shooting to kill her quicker.
I miss Morrison as the voice for clones. The dude from TCW is great too don't get me wrong! But this is such a classic voice.
I like to think some of the Older ARCS like Fordo has this voice
Yeah my Dream is for them to make A Clone wars video Game and they get back some of the actors from the prequels Including Morrison to voice Rex and the Clone Troopers I would love to see Him do a take on Rex and Fives and Echo and Jesse
Dee bradly baker
If they made another movie, they could have Morrison play Rex and Cody and have Dee Bradley Baker voice the background clones and shinies
in Germany they used the same voice actor all the time and I think that's great
“I remember arriving on Coruscaunt. I remember marching to the Jedi temple. I knew what we were going to do, yet at the same time I didn’t. While we marched, a little girl cheered us from the side of the streets. If only she knew what we were going to do.....”
“A few months ago, General Skywalker went missing. We were told that he was presumed dead. I didn’t believe it. I couldn’t. I served along the general for years. I’ve seen what he could do. But now I think I have to accept it. Im too afraid to say it out loud, but I hope that jedi made it out alive.”
Where is that from?
Alright Chris mcskywalkean
that's the thing about hope. you never know just how twisted it can be
It was said Anakin was the last Jedi standing in the temple that fateful day…
Temura absolutely killed this performance
'I had fought with some of those men for over 20 years'
That single line gives me chills because of the implications. They had well rooted bonds, friendships, lived through order 66 and hundreds of battles. Just to die by an explosion with no chance to say goodbye or any knowledge of their quick death
The narrator as far as I'm concerned has misguided anger. His anger should be directed towards palpatine. He was playing all sides.
@@niidanso Not to mention due to acclerated aging all those clones wouldve been Talented, Brave and Capable old men underneath the armor
@@niidanso he wasn't playing all sides in the civil war.
I almost cried at that part. If you played this game, and watched the Clone Wars show. This part really hits you hard. It sure did to me.
@@niidanso Palpatine didn't blow up the death star
This 501st videos in CZcams are getting a lot of competition. It's hard to choose a favourite.
Hey watch "501st our duty" from hfp it's amazing
@@teknotrevenant2236 Already done that some time ago.
@@valterfara5027 u can't lie that one is amazing
@@teknotrevenant2236 It is. It gets kind of cringy in one part or two, but it is amazing.
@@valterfara5027 you're right but currently that's my fav
"I fought with some of those men for over 20 years"
Hit so differently
Knightfall was coldest by far 🥶
If anyone ever says that video games can never be taken seriously. Show them these quotes
Never realy got used to the new guys
Video game?
Never mind, i just relised battlefront 2
@@noobsunited7778 This is the original Battlefront 2, made my Lucasfilm, not EA
@@thomaskhan2933 *by
Still gives me shivers 03:34. When aayla secura sees them off personally, how she calls them the bravest soldiers she had ever seen and none of them could look at her in the eye. There is so much humanity and character in that sentence. It truly makes you feel for the clones.
I always thought that the clone saw her as dummy thicc "We couldn't bear to look her in the eyes" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It’s almost as if they knew they’d have to kill the Jedi eventually. The clone wars made it seem like they were clueless about the whole thing.
@@Commanderfox945 In legends it was part of the plan all along and the clones just kind of hid it. In cannon, they had inhibitor chips so imagine like knowing what is going to happen but don't exactly know how it is going to nor when it is going to happen but it is going to happen one day and you know it's going to destroy friends you made. It made them go crazy as was the case with fives.
@@Commanderfox945 In legends the clones always knew about Order 66
@@212th Why do you guys say "in legends"? The Clone Wars was also part of the same EU as Legends before Disney arbitrarily cordoned the two off from each other.
“The elimination of the traitorous Jedi...”
Ah yes, the good old days. Back when you realized the clone was actually making the decision to pull the trigger, and not reacting to a chip like a battle droid. It helps to show how different they are from the droids, while also showing how much they’re just like them at the same time. They get to decide how to follow the order, and they make that decision without question.
(It also helps create Jedi escapes where the clones thought order 66 was a CIS trick)
I agree that this version sounds better but the inhibitor chips are more realistic. Yes the clones were conditioned to obey orders but Darth Sidious simply couldn't take anything for granted, especially since many clones had strong bonds with their jedi commanders.
Inhibitor chips were in legends too for like a month until it was decanonized.
I like the inhibitor chips but this shows how powerful them willingly betraying the Jedi is
I just can't fathom Rex or many of the 501st gunning Anakin down if Anakin never turned. He cared about his clones, and its obvious many of his men respect him and care for him. Same for Cody, while he was created before the inhibitor chips were introduced, I can't see him gunning down Kenobi. Those two were tight. I think the inhibitor chips were a good idea.
@@arthurmorgan670 By that logic military capital punishment would never be a thing. the clones were soldiers. above all was their loyalty for the republic. If the republic needed them to kill their own friends, they would do it. Chips just make it cartoonishly evil. Would also mean that the Jedi that escaped would have cut down hundreds of mind controlled child soldiers who never wanted to hurt them.
RIP Aeyla Secura, she's one of the few Jedi that earned the true respect of the 501st.
"No one ever complained about the cold on Hoth, we never felt it..."
We need a clone wars movie with just clones telling the story ‼️‼️‼️
It's called Star wars the clone wars:)
@Trev ツ
123movies
I want Fives in it
Yes!
actually thats already a series on disney+ called STAR WARS THE CLONE WARS
The main reason I love this so much is before knightfall they sounded sad and regretful but the second knightfall comes they say “traitorous Jedi” that’s just so cool how there mood just swaps
11:18 cool transition when talking about how he worked with those men for 20 years
Getting Morrison to come back for so many games and even modern star wars is a blessing. He'll always be my favourite actor.
I know it wasn't intentional but the idea of a clone looking back at order 66 as if they knew what was going to happen just makes it hit even harder how little control the clones had over their actions.
I think that deep down in their subconscious the clones knew what was going to happen. As both tup and fives mention that their dreams/nightmares of their "mission" are finally over. Just before they die.
This was made before the Clone Wars cartoon, when the chips weren't a thing.
The Clone Wars added in the chips as a retcon to the events because they wanted the clones to be more human and relatable.
In my head canon, The 501st Journal remains the true canon and the chips don't exist.
@@kirotheavenger60 I don't like the idea of the chips, I think it's much better and darker having the clones know everything, and it makes clones who refuse order 66 more likeable
@@JAE_Buddy Indeed. That, and many other reasons, are why I consider the 2002-2007 Clone Wars canon the best. TCW is a decent show, but it just doesn't fit with any of the prior material.
@@nullarcstudios8910 It also feels kinda cheap cause Imagine if Anakin had a chip instead of killing everyone on purpose, it'd feel really lame, and putting chips in the clones gives me the impression they're just mindless zombies with guns after order 66. It could've made the clone wars show have a better climax making rex choose between taking the order with his brothers, or doing what he felt was right and basically backstabbing them
"All those *YEEEAAS* of training."
0:16
Years of Academy training wasted!
Death Metal 😂😂
Just like the simulations
@@darthrevanthedestroyer9003 ALL HAIL REVAN
6:33 this gets me every time. The prequels, although not written well, had way more emotional impact on me than the other trilogies. The clone wars is just heartbreaking all the way through.
The prequels may have been bad, but the sequels aren't any better.
No, they weren't 'bad' and dogs like you need to fix your perceptions. They were mediocre. Just like how there's more than 1 and 5 on a 5 star total system, there's more than 'good' and 'bad'. 3 stars exists for a reason. @@samwilsoncaptainamerica233
„What I remember about the rise of the Empire is how quiet it was” after all this years it still kicks in the stomach….
"The Rebellion was done."
Then Endor happened.
And people are calling the sequel trillogy inconsistent
@@MrManowar6
Since it was the last journal entry, we can assume that he thought the Rebellion was done, I mean, in all honesty that (Hoth) was their main base and they lost 60-80% of their troops, plus a few of their important figures were captured a few months after at Bespin, AND Luke Skywalker was missing.
As a bystander or soldier, would you think the Rebels were done?
@Horse Dude I thought that there wasn’t a journal on Endor because they lost that battle and all of the battles with the journal they won.
Maybe there is no Journal Entry for Endor because the guy making them died. For the most part Hoth was really one of the last major assaults in the movies and wiped out a lot of the Rebellion, meaning the guy writing it was not put into any big assault or mission until Endor came around, and he writes his entries after the battle, so I think in order for this to make sense it would have to be that the writer died before or during the Battle of Endor.
@@BobBob-zg5lz No The clone retired after the Battle of Hoth
This is CLEAN. I need Temuera Morrison to come back as the voice for commandos in BFII. (I know. Not likely.)
Rolls Royce he’s the voice for the rest of the clones I’m bf2?
ThaZand3rBoY nah. It’s Dee Bradley Baker for all clones in Battlefront II (2017) which I don’t mind at all but it’d be cool to hear him as a clone commando again.
Rolls Royce
I think he should be the voice of all the special Clone units.
So basically the *Jet Trooper,* *ARC Trooper,* and *Commando units.*
He voiced Boba Fett in BF2
You he is dead right
That line "its a good thing we were wearing helmets cos none of us could bear to look her in the eye" that hits hard
Everytime i saw a Clone or Stormtrooper die/crash, it me want to cry. such honorable men taken for granted. Even if Storm troopers have bad aim, they still fought
Stormtroopers having bad aim is because they value human lives and want the rebels to surrender meanwhile the rebellion wants to destroy the empire
Stormtroopers prop up a fascist regime 😂
_"Did we have any doubts? Any private, traitorous thoughts?"_
The rest of that gave me chills, but this line in particular gets me for some reason.
Perhaps because it implies that all it would have taken was one person to speak up and say "Hey... maybe we shouldn't kill our only friends and help a maniacal sociopath rule over an entire galaxy..." for the rest of the soldiers to come to their senses.
Fraydizs chips
The line that gives me chills is “You know what I remember about the rise of the empire? How quiet it was”
@@archington1851 Not even the chips were infallible. It's hard to imagine the entire operation being undone by that point--that moment passed when Fives was snuffed out--but imagine how many more Jedi could have survived.
This hits different with the end of Clone Wars
Sadly, Clone Wars made this non-Canon
@@Rexis102 that is sad. But tbh I'd rather have clone wars canon over this. But I'm a clone wars fanboy what can I say?
I mix up legends and canon. I love to act like the 501st have been enacted to execute Order 66 and had inhibitor chips but regrets it and wanted to protest, being brainwashed and forced to do it without protest.
@@Rexis102 wait how??????
The Ranger the 501st Journal is from the perspective of a clone who knowingly was going to betray the Jedi. The Clone Wars series made it so the betrayal was against the Clones’ will. So no matter how compelling this series of journals may be, it isn’t canon.
Looking forward to hearing this again in game when the bf collection releases in March
Who is watching this after the second episode of the Kenobi series? so sad
I am, I feel bad for that Veteran 501st Legion Clone trooper. They were warriors of the Republic, so sad.
@@matthewdedios7288 yeah, they were heroes and now they are being treated like dirt
“In war, men lose what makes them great. Their creativity. Their wisdom. Their joy. All that’s left is their utility. War is not monstrous for making corpses of men so much as it is for making machines of them. And woe to those who have no use in war except to feed the machines.”
― Pierce Brown
Wow. Just wow.
I feel this quote misleads. War can bring out all these qualities in men.
@@soldier50first Nothing like adversity and near death experiences to bring out the poet in you.
I guess it works both ways. It breaks some, and makes others. Depends on your individual character and experience I suppose. A certain amount of darkness can make you appreciate the light all the more, but for many it seems to become encompassing (PTSD, depression etc).
Red rising is a great series.
1:18 You can hear Tup saying "Good soldiers follow orders." Well done, Captain, well done.
I like to think this is the clone that Kenobi sees begging, telling his story
After all these years I finally realise the name of the Felucia mission (heart of darkness) is based on the book apocalypse now is based off of
Still gives me goosebumps to this day...
Same
Same
Same
Same
Same
I’m here after Shattered, as many of you are.
I am here 3 days after the end of clone wars
Shattered?
@@christianflores3437 One of the new episodes from the Clone Wars TV series. It's great for additional Star Wars background info with the Clone Wars :)
we sure are
:(
I remember playing the campaign with my brother when we were younger and this edit brings back so many memories. An amazing video through and through.
Epilogue: Endor
The battle of Endor was meant to be the death of Rebellion.
Despite our crushing victory on Hoth, there were whispers amongst the men that the rebellion leadership had survived our assault and were biding their time, regrouping and waiting for a moment to strike back at us. Which gave the Empire the perfect opportunity to lure them into a trap.
We spoon-fed the rebels some intel about the second Death Star: it's coordinates, that it wasn't finished and that the emperor and Lord Vader would be there to oversee the final preparations. It was too ripe of a prize for those rebel scum to pass up on. They believed that our forces were spread across the galaxy searching for them.
What we didn't tell them was that we had a massive fleet of Star Destroyers waiting to hem their fleet in, and a legion of the emperor's finest troops protecting the shield generator on the moon's surface. That was us. And, that they would see their end through the battle station's fully operational laser. One by one, they would "become one with the force" as they call it.
Our plan was one that relied heavily on deception, just like with the Jedi all those years ago. The thought made me pause for a brief moment, then I remembered my brothers. Not only the men of the 501st, but all of the clones who had been murdered by those self-righteous terrorists. Seeing their smug faces contort as they were shoved out of that bunker, hands above their heads, was the last great moment of my service to the empire. A few seconds later, all hell broke loose.
No matter what uncomfortable thoughts remain since Coruscant so long ago, I realised our understanding of deception was dwarfed when compared to that of the Rebel Alliance. They had aligned themselves with the native creatures of the planet - the ewoks. They were immediately hostile towards us despite our attempts to be diplomatic towards them. It didn't seem to matter much, we learned long ago that the best diplomat is the muzzle of an E-11 blaster. I'd heard stories, however: tales of troopers not returning to their posts in the night... Nothing but ghost stories to liven up a boring posting. Or so I believed.
When they attacked us on that day of the battle we were caught completely off-guard. They fought us with some of the crudest weapons I've ever seen, bows and stone clubs. I guess fighting for your home planet does something for the spirit, because they were utterly ferocious. It felt like every time I put one down, 2 more would appear. Our commanders had no clue how to fight them, they sent our walkers and scout battalions into the woods to chase the fauna down, and we never saw them again. I shouldn't blame them too much, none of us could have been ready for this.
All of that chaos ended the battle on the ground. Once the generator went down, it felt like all hope was lost. I remember glancing up at the battle that was echoing over our heads in space. For a moment it seemed like the laser was pointing directly at me, but I must have been wrong about it. Then our ears were filled with the death throes of what we had fought for, for so long. The emperor, Lord Vader, all of it suspended in a ball of flames. I will never forget it for as long as I live. I almost wish the death Star had fired on the moon, it would have spared me from that sight, at least.
this, this, and this
man that ending music gave me goosebumps, so many good memories
For the Empire, eh?
Same here
66 likes. Ironic. Gonna leave it like that inly for the sake of it
When u think next movie end whit skywalker and if continue the lucas blod will be forgot
Your Empire needs you, TROOPERS FORWARD!
I literally cried at "I fought with some of those men for 20 years"
It's so sad
For The Republic!
The clones being traitors all along instead of the inhibitor chip really makes them a lot more sinister
Prefur the chip tbh. It made it more tragic all around, made the emperor more evil, and it let the Clones be people for a while. It let them be a bit more black and white. We good good Clones, we got bad Clones, we got some morally ambiguous Clones. Some of the best written characters in star wars are Clones and that's a bloody impressive feat. They are the reason I became a fan. Hearing these diaries does make them feel sinister, but it also kinda makes me appreciate the weight the chipped Clones would've felt after order 66. I am very happy this exists. It's giving me chills
Some clones knew and others just wanted to kill jedi after many generals like krell didn't care about their lives and how badly they work on strategies. The chips only made 100% of the army execute the order without questioning. Clones like wolf and cody in the eu i thimk bad batch retcon it knew about palpatines order 66
@@jessicaable5095 i think no chips is better, i think its more evil, tragic, and real life. but we all like different parts of star wars.
I think the version without the inhibitor-chips doesn't make them necessarily evil.
In Legends/the EU, the clones had free will, because they weren't brainwashed but indoctrinated (take the people of North Korea as a real life example, they have free will seeing they aren't mind controlled but they are thought to obey and don't know how not to).
From birth, the clones were trained to be one cohesive unit and fully dependent on a command structure. So if a higher ranking officer gave them an order, they followed it. But they were able to think negatively of the order but they were so indoctrinated that they just followed orders due to them not realizing they had the choice to disobey.
This is why Palpatine actually made the Jedi generals during the Clone Wars, because simply said the Jedi were arrogant and were terrible at leading armies. The bad choices of many Jedi to lead to a large number of pointless casualties. And mistakes aside the Jedi were more then willing to sacrifice clone lives seeing they were considered less seeing they were not part of the natural order of the force. Because of these character flaws and lack of military experience the clones started to resent them and were more eager to execute their orders (and the jedi).
in Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader - Part II: The Emperor's Emissary Vader is even tasked to hunt down Clones that disobeyed. In it Palpatine says:
Contagion brought about by fighting alongside the Jedi for so many years. Clone or otherwise, there is only so much a being can be programmed to do. Sooner or later even a lowly trooper will become the sum of his experiences.
This was especially true amongst the Arc-Troopers and Clone commandos, who were less heavily indoctrinated so they can function more independently than regular clone troopers when cut off from the command structure.
This is such a fantastic version of the journals, and I am sad that it's been so long since I've heard them. I've got to replay that game.
“And if they could be fooled... they could be killed” - literally sends chills down my spine!
Oliver Pinnick-Cook if they culd be fooohd, Dey culd b killedduhdah.
Every new clone- "Just like the simulations"
0:09: "...nothing like the simulations..."
*surprised Pikachu face*
One of the best Star Wars campaigns ever
I remember playing through the Battlefront II campaign with my dad. It was one of the few games that he would tolerate/enjoy and so it holds a special place in my heart.
Thank you brother. This journal meant a lot for me and the 501st
This is getting out of hand-now there are two of them!
General Grievous good thing general Kenobi destroyed you on Utapau lol
Bea Miralles ha ha indeed
Tran39X Gaming “oh I don’t think so”
Captain Rex let the past die
Who came back to this.... after the final episode of the Clone wars series
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Azazel kotomine meeee
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Excellent editing. Loved the use of both footage from the movies, and from The Clone Wars. I always loved the campaign from Star Wars Battlefront 2005. What always got me, was how it was explained...that many 501'st veterans were stationed aboard the Death Star when it blew.
I would like to see rex gathering a group of 501st stormtroopers in to battle one more time
Instead of a "unique" campaign in the current battlefront. We could have had this. Again. And Again. A story.
I know it's not canon anymore but it's still so cool to listen to. And heartbreaking as well...
It's canon in my heart.
It’s canon by not contradicting canon IMO.
@@diamond_tango my thoughts exactly, I hold battlefront 2, republic commando and the force unleashed 1&2 are all cannon because they don’t contradict any cannon.
@@pailhorsegaming6762 yeah i agree
@@diamond_tango
How does it not contradict Canon? There are no chips in this story and they knew they would kill the Jedi before the order was even given (which isn't even how it happens in normal legends either)
Incredible job, especially the edits around Polis Massa - I only noticed because I was curious as to how it'd be handled, what with this being compliant with the new canon. And speaking of, it's a tragic shame the Kaminoan Rebellion didn't survive the transition from Legends... Even more so with the opportunity Bad Batch was given, but... Ah well.
Still, a great job with this!
After the clone wars finale this hits harder. The 501st painting their helmets to honour Ahsoka and then still getting a proper memorial despite order 66...
"What I remember about the rise of the Empire is ... is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st Legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private, traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word."
You finished the journal, nice. :) Sucks that the Mustafar, Naboo, and Kamino levels are impossible to incorporate in this TV/Movie version of the journal. XD
You could do it with some clever modding in battlefront II
@@sinpar1226 That's true. ^^
I'm pretty sure you could have done it with Naboo. But then again that's a clones vs droids thing....hmm
@@1nfinitune533 Yeah, it sucks you can't do empire vs rebels on the new version of that map.
This whole game always made me dislike the chip. It made order 66 hit that much more, and always gave the clones a feeling that they new what they were doing, but were still regretful.
I like the idea of the chip, simply because I think it's kind of dumb if a whole army rebels against the Jedi, especially Generals like Obi Wan, Plo Koon or Mace, after having served alongside them for years.
Idk just makes them feel more soulless and also like...noones gonna say "hey uh how about we don't murder these guys?"
Some people find the idea of the control chips "childish" but hoenstly idc, I think it both makes sense and is horrifying, because loosing control of your body or even just parts of your being is horrifying.
But I'm also really attached to the clones, so maybe I'm biased.
@@francescapatti2934 they call it lazy writing, but it makes more sense than clones who liked their Jedi just killing them, you can even see how the clones just lose their personalities and just succumb to losing control to the chip, just makes more sense
The droids and clones being much more similar than you would’ve thought, adds to it I think. They were programmed and ultimately lacked freewill. Being thrown out alongside each side they fought for.
@@madcracker8077most clone legions weren’t at all close to their commanders you had more like Master krell than Kenobi
The whole chip thing happened because people are too afraid to admit to themselves soldiers would do this, and have. Clones that have had a huge amount of indoctrination and insulation from the frivolities of the general populace in their raising period don't need chips. On average, the ones who have any appreciable amount of contact with their Jedi commander are officers that have a proven amount of initiative and the mindset to get it done, regardless of if they bond with them or not. Their indoctrination and experiences get invalidated by "lol fritos". "Chip no work" invalidates their personal thinking by which some do become rebels. Do some people really not understand expressions can change because they're not going to enjoy doing it, but needed to be quick about it.
"You know what makes us different from battle droids? We make our own decisions. Our own choices. And we have to live with them too."
Commander Cody is a screen example of receiving the order directly from the Chancellor. Palpatine was afraid of the clones and set to replacing them.
Awesome vid! Gave me this chills at some parts.
I swear I remember another journal entry about a droid rebellion on Mustafar. I remember it was empire vs droids.
2:41 They took all the credit too.
LOL😂😂😂
The clones really don’t get as much credit as they should
because honestly, until this game, nobody actually cared about the troopers.
@@maggiepeluso312 They didn't deserve the credit in this case because they didn't even bother to make sure Anakin and Obi-wan were off the ship before shooting it down, so if I were Anakin or obi-wan I'd take the credit as well,
@@triplem5770 Except maybe Plo Koon.
If they made a new 501st journal in the eventual Battlefront 3, then I would not be mad in the slightest
Theyd ruin it, It would probably be like "The proud independent woman used her sheer gender to defeat all of us. Also the 501st isnt canon and Rose is the main protagonist"
@@dogeboi1804 not if they let Dave Filoni take care of it; if they dont then yeah itll be shocking xd
My guy, this is extremely well edited. Kudos to you. Outstanding work.
I keep watching this, and it gets better every time.
"Took all the credit too" Haha!
The rebels never acknowledge how many people they killed on the Death Stars.
#empiredidnothingwrong
The first death star did blow up alderaan
@@thirdplanet4471 thats true
The Allies never acknowledged how many Nazis they killed at Auschwitz...
Nobody ever wins a war.
This was beautifully made, thanks
I was looking for the journal to show a friend and found this, this is amazing!
The March on the Jedi Temple scene gave me goosebumps that wouldn't go away for at least an hour.
The music in that scene combined with the footsteps while knowing what’s going to happen gives me goosebumps
Same goes for the ending scene in episode II, where all the troopers are marching towards their ships to go to various planets to fight. The music in both of these scenes is wonderful. No dialogue but so much emotion
On a lesser scale, the scene in episode II where Obi-Wan sees the clones for the first time and Lama Su (I think) says “Magnificent! Aren’t They!”
*Slight Retcon to make this fit with Clone Wars.*
"-At least one division of each regiment was told of Order 66 from training. The rest, where given a different, assurance. Looking back, I don't know what felt worse; Seeing our brothers getting close with our future targets, or knowing about the switch in their heads. Few of us considered warning them but we could never work up the nerve. After all, a good soldier... always follows orders..."
nice
Why doesn’t it work in its original form?
LogicalGoat111 because the clones didn’t know about the order 66 chips.
They didn't know of order 66 but they had nightmares of it tubbs and fives mention after removing their chips that the long mission and nightmares were over
Actually 0 clones knew about order 66, r even any of the orders that's the whole point of them being secret, the bio chips just automatically made them and it was difficult to resist.
Great editing love this story 👏
This was beautifully edited, well done