Tano was forced to go on the run onboard the ship, releasing Maul from the detention level as a distraction before freeing Rex from the brainwashing with the help of three astromech droids, including her old unit R7-A7. Once Rex's chip had been removed, he and Tano attempted to escape the Star Destroyer.
Rex is one of the most popular characters in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and it was a relief to see him disobey Order 66 in canon. Rex took Fives' warnings about the inhibitor chips seriously and made an official report on the matter.
While listening to Kanan retell the events of Order 66 to Ezra, Rex reveals to the two that he and his fellow retired soldiers removed their control chips prior to the killings of the Jedi. He was never involved in the betrayal that Kanan holds against him.
Its influence on his mind is unbreakable, but his attempt to resist it is a result of his awareness. Rex understood what the chips were capable of, so he fought a mental battle over his thought process. Thankfully for him, Ahsoka removed his chip before he could harm or even kill her.
Rex leaves Wolffe and Gregor to join the Rebel Alliance and to fight alongside the Ghost crew and Ahsoka against the Empire. In the epilogue of the series finale "Family Reunion - and Farewell", it is revealed that he was promoted to commander again and fought with Hera at the Battle of Endor.
Captain Rex was only able to resist for a short time. The reason is, he knew about the inhibitor chip and realized that order 66 was exactly what he feared would happen.
Some clones disobeyed the infamous order than decimated the Jedi order, and refused to execute it. SOME of these Clones include; Captain Rex: Captain Rex, as most know removed his chip that would later be the way that Palpatine would execute order 66. Wolffe: As with Captain Rex Wolffe removed his bio chip.
When Ahsoka was accused of being the Mastermind behind the bombing of the Jedi Temple and killing several Clone Troopers, Rex was the only clone who doubted she could ever pull unspeakable. However, he (reluctantly) had to brand Ahsoka as a dangerous criminal and order for her capture.
All season, The Bad Batch has been showing the pangs of regret that some clones feel over actions such as Order 66 and the destruction on Kamino. And this week, two clones who were going to come forward with the truth about Kamino were assassinated.
Whether or not he was the rebel commando named Nik Sant is the subject of debate: However, in the New Canon Rex did serve with Luke, Han and Leia at least once.
As far as you know, Anakin Skywalker and Captain Rex were very close friends during the Clone Wars. But before the battle for Coruscant, they had to split up and Rex went with Ahsoka to Mandalore, and Anakin went to Coruscant. After that, Anakin and Rex never saw each other again.
Rex took command of the 332nd Division, while the other half of the 501st was placed under Appo, a Clone Sergeant within the legion who was promoted to Clone Commander upon the execution of Order 66 with Rex offworld with the 332nd.
In 19 BBY, he fought on the planet Cato Neimoidia, flying an ARC-170 starfighter. When Order 66 was issued by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, CT-57/11-9048 and Captain Jai'galaar killed their commanding officer, Jedi Master Plo Koon, while they were escorting him on a patrol of the planet's bridge cities.
Order 69(AKA "clean up") was the idea to kill the entire clone army in one sitting, leaving the Jedi defenseless and exposed by the sudden departure. Palpatine knows the Jedi's weakness is empathy and most will try to help the clones and now it should be easy to either drive the Jedi into hiding or have them killed.
Order 66 and the Sith coup that overthrew the Republic was secretly the true purpose of the Clone Army. Clone Troopers of all ranks and specialties constantly proved that their genetic modifications and behavioral conditioning on Kamino weren't enough to suppress their free will.
The “Ahsoka” series is expected to be set around the same time as “The Mandalorian” – almost eight years after the events of “Return of the Jedi,” by which time the Rex character will be a chronological age of 44 and a biological age/appearance of a man well into his 80s (Morrison is 62).
Rex is actually 31 years old, though his biological state is likely closer to at least sixty years, due to the accelerated aging that was genetically installed in all Clone Troopers.
Trying to escape, Ahsoka and her droid R7 were eventually able to stun Rex so he didn't do any further damage. And since Ahsoka saw the case on Fives, she knew it was the inhibitor chip that was causing this issue with the clones. Ahsoka then took Rex to a medical room to have the implant removed.
Most of the members' mutations and the ordeal Echo suffered prior to joining caused their inhibitor chips to have less effect, meaning Clone Force 99 was able to disobey Order 66, at least at first, while they were fighting in the Battle of Kaller, and Hunter helped Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume escape the other clones by ...
The order was programmed into the Grand Army clone troopers through behavioral modification biochips implanted in their brains, making it almost impossible for the clones to disobey the command to turn against their Jedi Generals.
Why did Rex tell Ahsoka to find Fives when Order 66 was issued? Rex was aware of the existence of the inhibitor chips in the clones due to Fives' investigation in the Clone Wars Season 6 arc where Tup (sp?) has a malfunction in his chip and murders Jedi Master Tiplar.
