The Muunilinst 10
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Jango Fett[1] |
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Kamino[1] |
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The Muunilinst 10 was a group of Advanced Recon Commandos and standard clone troopers led by ARC Captain Fordo that consisted of two ARC lieutenants, and seven infantry clones, though one was killed.
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[edit] History
[edit] Mission to Muunilinst
The Muunilinst 10 were deployed to destroy a Separatist artillery cannon and aid in the capture of key InterGalactic Banking Clan officials. While flying in a modified LAAT/i gunship to their target area, the gunship was shot down by a B1 battle droid with a rocket launcher, and it crash-landed in the city.[2] When they exited the gunship, they were surrounded by sniper-fire. One clone, CT-43/002, was killed instantly in the barrage.[3]
Fordo ordered two of his clones to distract the droid snipers and another clone to scope the location for the snipers. After spotting the droids' locations, an ARC trooper wielding a PLX-1 destroyed the building ledges where the snipers had been.[3]
The group kept going toward their objective, and eventually encountered an AAT. While one ARC Lieutenant crept up on the AAT from above, the remaining eight provided cover fire. The ARC jumped on top of the AAT, fired his way inside, and planted explosives, before jumping out and detonating them.[3]
Eventually, they arrived at the artillery cannon and after destroying many battle droids, blew up the cannon and rappelled up the control tower.[3]
After the arrival of Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, they blasted their way inside the command center, defeating numerous droids and aiding in the defeat of the feared bounty hunter Durge before securing the room, despite some of them suffering injuries inflicted by Durge. This action was the key point in the Republic's capture of the planet.[4]
[edit] Mission to Hypori
The survivors were reinforced with heavy gunners and additional troops and were sent to Hypori to retrieve the surviving Jedi of the Battle of Hypori, and arrived there in surprisingly little time. There, Fordo ordered two of his men to investigate two of the three life signs he detected. While one of his men investigated one of the life signs in the rubble and another in the rafters of the downed Acclamator assault ship, he led the rest of his men to the one directly ahead of them, the life sign Fordo detected turned out to be Ki-Adi Mundi who had just been disarmed by Grievous and was about to deal the killing blow to Mundi, Fordo and his men opened fire on General Grievous, but Grievous proved to be too fast for them and they lost 4 ARC lieutenants. The weaponry of their ARC gunship was able to drive him off, enabling evacuation of the survivors. Fordo was granted Jaig eyes for his actions on Hypori.[5]
[edit] LAAT/i
The Muunilist 10's LAAT was repainted with a wampa nose art design, similar to the LAAT/c at the Battle of Teth. The gunship had a blue jagged line up to the top of it. There was also blue covering the missle pod and wings exept the wings had white trangles going to the top.
[edit] Behind the scenes
Elements of this story, notably a small, specialized task force assigned to eliminate an enemy cannon, resemble the plot to Alistair MacLain's war-time thriller Guns of Navarone, and the blockbuster movie made about it starring Gregory Peck. The less well-received sequel, Force 10 From Navarone, starred a then unknown but up and coming actor by the name of Harrison Ford, now better known as Han Solo (among other roles).
Although the Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic establishes that a total of 10 clones (including Fordo) compromised the Muunilinst 10, the number shown on-screen varies considerably. After Kenobi's briefing in Clone Wars Chapter 2, nine clones are shown. Ten are visible after the LAAT/i is hit by a missile, and eleven disembark from the fallen gunship. The number once again reduces to ten in a scene when the clones plant the explosives on an artillery cannon. When Obi-Wan Kenobi rendezvouses with the Muunilinst 10, there are again nine clones. Finally, during the battle with Durge, the number of clones exceeds ten.
[edit] Appearances
Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 2" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 3"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 8" (Appears in hologram)
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 9"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars PhotoComic
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 11"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 20"
- Star Wars: Clone Wars – "Chapter 21"
[edit] Sources
"Guide to the Grand Army of the Republic" - Star Wars Insider 84 (First identified as The Muunilinst 10)
Able-472 in the Databank
