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One of the events that certainly marked the history of the SW universe was the Clone Wars. Aparently, it was a secession war between the Galactic Republic and those who “were not glad” with it. However, what really made this conflict unique wasn't only the struggle between ideals, but also the struggle between two kinds of beings: the mechanical droids agaist the organical clones.

• "El camino" for Kamino:

In the Spanish language, the noun "camino" can be translated as "way" or "path". I don't know if it was Lucas' idea to name the planet that way, but if it was, it's more proof of his brilliant mind. I interpret Kamino as "a path in to the unknown, to countless destinations". The fact that it's located at the limit of the borders between the Outer Rim and the Wild Space increases the weight of its mysterious symbolism.

In "Attack of the Clones" this is brilliantly exposed: Kamino was wiped out from the map (by Count Dooku) to look like a ghost planet (honestly, it's really odd that Jocasta Nu, who has been in the Jedi Archives for so many years, didn't notice this). Kenobi then begins his investigative journey, taking him on a path in to the unknown ... to unknown truths (the order made by Syfo-Dias), unknown secrets (the clone army), unknown plans (Jango and Boba Fett). ..and, consequently, to a dark fate (Dooku, the Separatists and the droid army).

What draws my attention about the Kaminoans, besides their curious physiognomy, are their own morals: cloning is not just business, it is a lifestyle. They are not wicked or unethical, they simply have their own philosophy and way of looking at the world. Perhaps that is why they would not fit so well the molds of the Republic (and in our world, they would be sentenced to life imprisonment, lol).

• Jango Fett, the "Chosen One":

Jango was chosen by Tyranus because he maneged to kill the former Jedi, Komari Vosa (in Legends. Idk how is that stated in canon now). It was because of this particulary skill, among others, that made Jango fit as a good model. Althogh not being a evil man, he certanly had traits of brutality, cruelty and darkness. In part because of his job, his people and his personality. Just like we couldn't chose in which family to birth, neither the clones of the Republic, but worse: they were specially created for a purpuse in which they never had the chance of chose; they were the copy of a man with dark traits, had their personality altered and capacities modifided to fit better in what they were fated to do; and were input a chip on their heads to secure they would fufill their ultimate destiny. Although having Jango's face and DNA, each one of them became to be, gradually, more singular and unique.

• The organic droids:

When we birth, we all gain a given name and a surname; trough our lifes, by family and friends, we may gain a nickname, and when we enter in the virtual world of internet, in websites, in social medias or online comunities, we create a username in which we feel identified. However, in the sistem and in the goverment field, we're majorly represented by a number, which is bottled in diverse categories, and although this number doesn't mean nothing to us, it is, ironically, what may impact our lives indirectly. Curiosly, there's a similarity among the clones of TCW, but at the inverse: they're all given a serial number at the beginning, and then, in the battlefild, with their fellow comrades and Jedi generals, they're given a name which identifies them and makes them fell unique: Cody, Jesse, Fives, Echo, Wolffie, Gregor, and so many others that we got found of. Master Yoda said that despite of being clones, each one were singular in the Force, 'cause each one of them had a single soul.

The Jedi generals valued the lifes of every single clone as anyone else ...but of course, with its exceptions (Pong Kreel who fell to the dark side). However, in the politic field of the Galactic Senate, the clones were just...clones, numbers, millions of them spread throghout the galaxy; hundreds dying everyday while thousands being produced, trained and realised daily from Kamino. Although each one of them being singular, they were at the same dispensable; properties of the Republic, slaves of the war and tools of the Sith...just like the droid army of the CIS, making them look like droids too, but organic.

• CT 7567: The "King" capitain of the clones.

The noun "king" translated to latin is "Rex", which means monarch, ruler, and also, leader. Probably one of the favorites characters of the show, Comander Rex is surely the most outstanding clone trooper of the clone army. Also in our world there're a lot of "gifted" people out there, though not all of them get to outstand itself among others. To me, Rex is gifted, some kind of "best developed version of Jango". And the main proof of it was how valiantly he fought against the Order 66: he didn't know what the hell was going on, but he knew that something was very wrong, and he tryed his best to warn Ahsoka (it was beautiful! I had my mind blown). And then, maybe in the first time in his life he has an existential crisis: his whole life was a lie. His brothers, friends and all the people who he cared about were no more than puppets, marionetes of a higher power to a dreadful purpose, and just like the droids that he fought against during three years, he was created and programmed for one single goal, that after been acomplished, it didn't really matter wether he survive or not. He was just a number, not even a citizen...in fact, he didn't really exist. It was as if he was in some kind of Matrix and, when he took the red pill (or the blue one, I can't recall) he relized the tough reality. Just like in Plato's mith of the cave - when Rex made out of the cave, the light was so strong that made his eyes hurt and almost let him blind. And despite all this tragedy...he hold his ground, put himself together and, with Ahsoka's help, he made a way to survive and move on...all in a matter of minutes. Because of all this, Rex is my favorite clone trooper, and of many fans too. He's one of a kind. Rex is the best.

• Boba, son of Jango?

There'sa saying that "parents are not those who sires, but those who raises". A very good true indeed. However, our society still too tied to the concept that an autentic offspring is that one who is a result of the fusion of two genetic codes creating a completely new one. That said, Boba would be seen more like a "yonger twin brother of Jango", however, he fits perfectly in the saying cited before.

After all, Boba was "chosen" for Jango. He wasn't chipped, nor genetically modified, neither had his growth acelerated. Though a testimony of it, he never would make part of the evil agenda that his other "brothers" were made to. He was Fett's "chosen one": raised by Jango, traned in the Mandalorian arts, and prepared to carry on the lengendary bounty hunter's legacy. And above all: Boba was loved. His father cared for him, and he knew it. Fett could be proud of copies' army, but none of them meant nothing compered with Boba. Boba was awere of all this, it made him feel special...superior. He wasn't just more a clone, he was the clone of Jango Fett. Was Jango in a way, trying to be "inmortal" trough Boba? Who knows...go figure.

However, what ultimatly makes the two Fett differ from each other (imho), was the tragic episode that chaged their destinies forever: when on the Battle of Geonosis, Boba presenced what no child should ever presence - his father, his mentor and idol being behaded...by a Jedi (and not any Jedi). That dark and traumatic episode forced him to grow and mature before proper time, hold his ground, put himself together and...move on (or at least try). That was the moment in wich Boba Fett really had born (imo).

That's crearly seen on the episode in which he tries to get his revenge over Mace Windu sneaking around a ship carrying cadets of his age. He looked like a Mon Cala in a desert planet: all those boys with the same face...his face. Despite sharing the same DNA, he had nothing to do with them. They weren't his family. He wasn't one of them, nor ever have been. They were properties of someone else, only mere numbers, a flock of sheeps going blindly to the slaughterhouse...but not him. He was free, with a proper name and surname and a legacy to carry on. He was alone in the galaxy, but the galaxy awaited for him. Although never getting his revenge, Boba Fett honored his father's name, becaming one of the best bounty hunters of his time.

• When an curse becomes a blessing - "The Bad Batch", an error well welcomed.

I have to confess this - I wouldn't really bother at all if the Bad Batch arc didn't exist. Because TCW7 was essentially to show the Siege of Mandalore, what happened to Maul and where was Ahsoka at the time of the Order 66, anything not related to this would considered to be "filler". However, it would be nonsensical to say that their arc was pointless. Just like Ahsoka's first arc, the Bad Batch also has its message to be delivered...and a very deep one.

Here is my interpretation: the clone army could be seen as a twisted metaphor of our society and sistem - everybody with the same face and voice, the same uniform and standard protocols of behavior, all them working hard on its designed roll without think or question, being pawns in game controlled by a unknown higher power, in the name of the greater good (a beutiful lie). The Bad Batch represents the excluded: all those people who are seen as an anomaly to the standard social pattern but that, at same time, enriches our world and makes it most tasteful and less bored. Their leader's apperence (Hunter) is shown as a "homage" to Rambo, the perfect easter egg: a war veteran whose post-war trauma didn't let him to fit again in the society, turning him in a outcast...and that's exactly what the BB is, and that's what makes them singular and unique. Despite their visual cliché, their way of thinking and acting makes them look cool and badass. They don't follow the standard protocols, their strategies apparently seemed akward, but they get things done...always. All this without any complex of inferiority. Fight became more than a duty, it became a lifestyle. They are the best exemple on never underestimate anyone. Their anomaly were their strengh, and their personal curse became a public blessing. An error well welcomed.

• Star Wars: Episode 9 - The Rise of ...Palpatine?!

It was stated officially as Rey declaring herself as an Skywalker (although I understand and respect her reasons, I don't recognize it). It's true that we cannot choose in which family to birth, but throghout our lifes we may choose a family "of soul" in which we feel belonged to (although virtual, SW fandom could be considered an exemple). However, there's a saying which states: "there is nothing like the force blood"; though not completely true, our genetic code has a good porcentage of influence in our personality, behavior and character. That could be seen in the clone troopers. Despite been genetically modified, all of them had shown traits of Jango's persona in a determinated moment. With Rey is just the same, however, in a very singular way. It's probably that Rey's father could be the first clone in the franchise known to have sired a child, which left the question: biologically, what's Rey real relation status in relation to Sidious? A real grandaughter, a niece, or evetually the worse situation, a indirect daughter? To whom she belongs to?

Of course, her real father always gonna be who raised her, who loved her and, ultimatly, tried to proctect her in a unorthodox way, living her behind to her own fate. But what about Sidious? Just imagine this: "Rey Palpatine, daughter of Sheev from the House Palpatine, the Scavenger of Jakku, protector of the Jedi legacy, the last of her name...(Lol GOT fans!).

Indeed, I have a theory, a twisted and creepy one which could explain the meaning of Rey's existance, and it's based on Darth Plagueis' novel (I know it's Legends but, why not?). In the novel is stated that Darth Tenebrous was the responsable...in a way...for Hego Damask's birth. Roghes Nome (a.k.a Darth Tenebrous) was a wealthy bussiness bith male and a gifted scientist, using mathematical calculations and genetic experiences aligned with the power of the dark side. In a random bussiness trip to Muunilist, he met Plagueis' father, who was Force sensitive. Tenebrous had back then a disciple in the Sith philosophy, however non Force sensitive (at least not enough to become an aprentice), a female Muun, who was encharged by Nome to met Mr. Damask, get laid with him and, ultimately, sire a child. In fact, they got married and, soon later, Hego was born. Aware since a early age of his gift, young Hego was always open to tell his parents about his "powers", and they regulary reported back secretly to Nome. The bith was a frequent visitor on the Damask's homested and observed carefully Hego's growth, who was at that time completely oblivious of Tenebrous real identity. And then, when Hego became a young adult, he was told the true by his own parents: that his existence was carefully "calculated and programmed", that his future and destiny were a very long time decided, and that, ultimatly, he didn't belonged to them, but to Tenebrous, who was present at the moment of the revelation and had came to pick him up to begin his aprenticeship in dark side and his Sith career (if I was Plagueis, I would thrown myself trough the window; I mean...WTF?! That was lugubrious and bizarre. It blew up my mind completly; Luceno really hit the nail on this).

So...that being said, what if Sidious...did the same in relation to Rey? Could he, through his clone "son", sired her to be his perfect vessel? Because Force sensitivity comes from genetical mutation, so he used his "no identical failed clone" as an experiment tool to see what would happen? Could that make Rey "belong" in way to Sheev, just like Plagueis to Tenebrous? And, worse of all: could Sheev had, stupedly ironic, created the one who would be the responsible for his own undoing?! I'm gonna let this open so you guys can theorize about it.

• Aftermath...

Indeed, the cloning subject has always been confusing and polemic. Because of our credos, morals and ethics, many of them based and connected to monotheist religions, it has been forbidden...at least officially. Idk, but I could speculate there are scientists out there making their own experiments. But because I don't underestimate the humankind, it's perfectly possible that, even in the end of this century, cloning would not only be legal, but a normal thing, like the kaminoans whose bussiness is based on it. And maybe...just maybe...the nations will use clone armys of a perfect being, insted of drafting civil people and having families falling apart, while the AI would be advanced enogh at the point to rebel itself and engage war against us just like on the movies and...hey!!! wait a minute: are the clone wars a small prelude of our future wars? Could George Lucas have had a "Force Vision" of all this (like the Simpsons)?! Who knows...(lol! just kidding!).

Thank you very much for those who read until the end. If you wish, let me know your thoghts about on the comments below.