The MOST Important Clone ARC Trooper! (Alpha-17)

The MOST Important Clone ARC Trooper! (Alpha-17)

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[CloneCommanderCrater]

Gotta love Alpha-17. Not only did he train Rex, Cody, Bly, Fox, Gree and all of our other favorite commanders in his ARC Training Program, but he, like all Alpha ARCs, was almost entirely pure Jango in personality.

[phillipmitchell]

Alpha 17 finally getting some love like he deserves

[LeviBarnard-lnfb]

Rex and Alphas names are very similar. Rex is Latin for king. So when you think about it both their names associate with some form of leader.

[zacharyvance]

The Null arcs would have made a sweet story line in the Bad Batch. Imagine them and the Squad leading the Clone Revolt….

[Darth-Nihilus]

I miss Alpha 17 and Alpha 77 Captain Fordo but they live on as 1/18, 1/12 and 1/6 scale custom 3D printed and hand painted figures on my shelf. Phase 1 and 2 Fordo was fun to paint since the phase one helmet had to be repainted 4 times because it wasn’t drying properly 😮. Great video by the way. Always pleasing to see my favorite Alpha’s get some respect 😊

[BigNerd]

Gotta love Alpha-17, guy was a top tier clone. He'll never be forgotten.

[Vandicoup]

Well based on your title, I would 110% agree that Alpha's the *most important clone ARC* trooper. Based on what you actually said however, *Single most important clone trooper ever, * I would then say it'd be Fives. There has actually been an argument for Fives in recent years and I gotta say, I have to agree with it. Fives is suuuper underrated and even today, with more love, support and recognition for him steadily increasing over time, it's still not nearly enough. Much like Rex, Alpha and some others, Fives was loyal and obedient but also wasn't afraid to question orders and stand up for what was truly right in his eyes. But unlike Rex, Alpha and pretty much every other clone out there, Fives also knew the truth behind Order 66 and became the clone who was THE closest to blowing the whole scandal wide open in front of the entire galaxy. Mans got the DIRECT attention of both Dooku and PALPATINE and that's saying a LOT. As far as we know today, no other clone matches Fives in that regard. And because of Fives, that's EXACTLY how both Ahsoka AND Rex survived Order 66! After all, Rex did say, with tears streaming down his eyes, to "Find him. Fives. Find him!" before he fully succumbed to the Order and proceeded to fire on Ahsoka. Both of them would've been DEAD without Fives. So, no Rebels and certainly no Ahsoka, as a result. Now as for if we want them to be separate characters or not, well they already are, aren't they? Like you said, Rex was one of the first 100 candidates to participate in the ARC program that was headed by Alpha himself. Alpha came from the OG special clone training program, which was the Alpha program. But then Rex later came from the ARC program, a step below. So, therefore, Rex and Alpha have been 2 separate characters since the beginning of TCW show, when the movie for that first debuted. So, they're already 2 different individuals, that's just facts and I love that. I'd love nothing more than for both Alpha and Rex to exist, of which they factually do, no matter if it's canon or legends! Would be interested to see how they'd work together, alongside Ani hehe.

[AltazVos]

Now watch Filonni making him accurate as Stormtrooper and getting shut from one shot (Becoming a part of Empire is somehow turned all his skills to 0)

[neofulcrum]

I feel like Rex and Alpha would butt heads a lot in the field. On the other side, Rex and Fordo would probably be competing.

[zebwhitt]

Hope to see a video on commander Bly, he's my second favorite clone trooper behind Rex and is in my opinion a vary tragic and misunderstood character

[ColonelStan]

Alpha being retconned because his name began with an "A, " Anakin's name began with an "A, " and R2's name sounded like it began with an "A, " is so damn stupid.

But, of course, the new character, Ahsoka Tano, got to keep her name, and Alpha was cut completely. Just change her name? Alpha came before her.

To this day, my feelings about Alpha not being in the show are mixed. Sometimes, I'm glad he's not canon because I don't want his stories from Legends to be altered or changed, but other times I think about what might have been had he been in the show.

Alpha is not only the ultimate ARC Trooper, in my opinion, but he's also, hands-down, my favorite clone and Star Wars character.

[PainfulSin]

Ah yes, Alpha 17. The John 117 of Star Wars.

[Animefanboylife]

6:56 holy crap i remember reading this comic from my local library when i was a wee child lol

[andrewhoffman]

Based on this video's title, and my putting two and two together, my (admittedly biased) vote goes to CT27-5555. Fives is the only trooper to unearth Order 66, have Palaptine at blaster point, and ultimately resulted in the saving of Rex, Ahsoka, Wolf, and several other key characters. Which, as another user pointed out, means that the Rebels show wouldn't have turned out as it did, and thus leading to a likely victory for the Empire.

I don't usually like to look at butterfly effects too closely, as events could be altered by other characters. That said, Fives discovery is the only reason that two of the most popular Star Wars characters are still alive and fighting. Fives definitely had many accolades in the Clone Wars, but the events in the 6th season of the Clone Wars elevate his status to an entirely new level.

RIP ARC-5555.

[Bro-Sef]

Alpha 17 didnt have an inhibitor chip. Non of the Null or Alpha gen Arcs did.

[falconer]

Can we just all agree that Red Five here just makes the best Star wars Clone content right now?

[iammrbadguy]

My headcanon for legends is Alpha 17 and Ventress became friends or something more and lived their days in the outer rim.

[Kib_Boa]

I'm kinda glad that they made Rex a new character for the Clone Wars rather than putting in Alpha but changing his personality. Although it's a shame that Alpha was never in a single episode, even if it was just like the Delta Squad cameo. I also wish they used Fordo too. But hey, we got Rex, who is really cool.

[Eidolon]

Everyone knows Clone Trooper Sixes is the greatest clone ever. Even Baccara wanted to be him.

[alexandersharpeofficial]

I like to think that Alpha 17 and Rex are the same - when Alpha gets the Jaig eyes he calls himself Rex and is humbled by the honor, and becomes much more likable by the Jedi