Decoy Squad Five
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Eight clone troopers[1] |
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- "Anyone could grab some deformed kid and claim it's anything they want. How do you know it's a Jedi?"
"My lightsaber, the first clue would be, hmm?" - ―Yoda reveals himself to the leader of Decoy Squad Five[src]
Decoy Squad Five was an eight-member detachment of clone troopers from the 501st Legion, led by a sergeant. Their mission, in the wake of Order 66 and Operation: Knightfall, a planned assault against the Jedi all across the galaxy that virtually wiped them out, was to eliminate any Jedi that attempted to return to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. To that end, they were one of several squads that had been disguised by wearing Jedi robes. They had been bred to possess very quick reflexes and to be constantly alert. The squad was deceived and killed by Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda during their mission to the Temple to terminate the false homing signal that had been activated by Darth Vader.
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- "Oooh, sher. Sher, Yer Grace. Jedi babby, sher azzell iddiz! Come from outcher Temple, dinnit? Lookit!"
- ―A disguised Obi-Wan Kenobi to the leader of Decoy Squad Five[src]
This squad of clones, one of several[2] disguised in Jedi robes, was deployed at the Coruscant Jedi Temple's downlevel loading dock. The loading dock was where the Jedi imported food and supplies that they could not grow in the gardens of the Temple themselves on a daily basis. They guarded this entrance to the Temple after the enacting of Order 66, a measure trained into the clones that ordered them to kill their Jedi commanders in the event that they were considered to have become a threat to the Republic. Every clone from even before the Clone Wars began was indoctrinated to execute this action should the order ever be given.[3] After the subsequent Operation: Knightfall—Darth Vader's march on the Temple that resulted in the death of almost all of the Jedi inside—a beacon was sent to all surviving Jedi informing them that the war was over and ordering them to return to the Temple. Decoy Squad Five was posted here to intercept and kill the returning Jedi.[1]
The eight clones were approached by a hunchbacked man, who drooled constantly and spoke indistinctly, carrying a bundle in his arms. The eight men drew their weapons and commanded him to identify himself but he assured them that he was on their side and insisted that he had captured a Jedi baby for them to eliminate. Curious, they lowered their weapons and allowed him to show them what he was carrying. He brought it to the sergeant in the group who looked upon it and judged it the ugliest looking baby he had ever seen. He questioned the man regarding the baby's identity as a Jedi. The "baby", actually Jedi Master Yoda in disguise, chose that moment to speak, suggesting that his lightsaber would prove his identity and brought a green blade so close to the sergeant's face that the clone could smell the air burning around it. The hunchbacked man, Obi-Wan Kenobi, straightened and started speaking with a standard and dignified Coruscanti accent, telling the group that if none resisted then they would not be harmed. The men of Decoy Squad Five would not comply and were swiftly cut down by the Jedi Masters within six seconds.[1]
Yoda and Obi-Wan decided not to hide the group's bodies because they had no time to spare in their mission to deactivate the decoy signal, proceeding to use the entrance to the Temple. They figured that if the clones were perceived as leaving their post, it would be just as odd as finding their bodies in the seedy lower levels of Coruscant.[1]
[edit] Behind the scenes
A production photo included on the Revenge of the Sith DVD shows Temuera Morrison brandishing a blaster while disguised in Jedi robes. This indicates that the idea of clone troopers disguising themselves as Jedi was at one point considered to appear in the film. These clones were given a squad name and placed in the novelization of the movie, bringing them into canon.
These clones were also initially scheduled to appear in the video game adaptation, meeting Obi-Wan and Yoda in the Temple courtyard before throwing off their robes and opening fire on the Jedi, but were cut late in the game's production. They now only appear as concept art. Disguised clones was mentioned on the seventieth page of the Episode III comic, stating that there were more squads of these troopers in the Temple.
In LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game, released a whole month before Episode III, a "Disguised Clone" appears as an unlockable character. It wears brown Jedi-style robes, and functions like a normal clone trooper. This clone also appears in the LEGO Star Wars compilation game, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga.
[edit] Appearances
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Cut)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novel (First appearance)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith comics (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game (Cut) (Appears as concept art)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
