That clone did not get access to the GI bill. But seriously the scene with Kenobi looking at a clone of the 501st, who massacred the Jedi at the temple, and still giving him credits out of kindness, hit different

I think the clone shows how much Vader changed from Anakin, the 501st was his men, friends, even family Anakin would never let his veterans be reduced to homelessness. But Vader would.

"Help get a veteran a warm meal" So I probably didnt get the quote right but you get the idea, its soo awful to see a solider who was born into his cause with no choice, discarded for the thing he had complete blind loyalty for. Once a proud man and powerful and now a beggar on the streets and a low life, this scene almost makes you feel the forgiveness obiwan has for the trooper in you, as eventhough he probably helped kill the jedi you still feel sympathy knowing that he probably didn't have a choice.

"Well, I've known no other way. Gives us Clones a mixed feeling about the war. Many people wished it never happened. But without it, we Clones... wouldn't exist." - Captain Rex

Unfortunately child soldiers don’t get a retirement fund

I've always wondered if those clone chips were still working. Part of me was hoping for the Clone to join Obi Wan, another part of me want to see his chip take over with Order 66 activated.

I'd love to get a Star Wars movie about the transition of power from Clone Troopers to Stormtroopers. I feel it would bring the prequels and originals together and also get a look at society on planets like Coruscant after Order 66

The whole scene really hit hard. I really want the clone veteran to get a better life by the end of the series. The clones gave the war their all.

“At the end of the war and with it, the republic, it was becoming apparent that the military was beginning to change and was actually filling most of its ranks with that of volunteer citizens. This was when the realization hit many of us, that the new empire had no new work cut out for us. So, stemming of my previous connections in the senate, I secured a decent pension fund for the officers in my battalion and I started a business, and If I see a clone out of work, I try to hire him on the spot, but I know there are countless clones out there who have no place or work anymore for them. We deserve better.” -CS/CT-8711-12 “Cheng”, former Captain and Scout of the 442nd Siege Battalion

Won't lie my heart sank seeing that 501st clone man.

This is what Padme was trying to fix when she was on Alderran as an assassin was trying to kill her in Season 3 of the Clone Wars.

Regrettably , soldiers in real life can wind up lost and homeless. I know this because i am a veteran. And for a while I was homeless. I am much better now. Kudos to Kenobi for using art to reflect reality.

I think he is a deserter. He still has his coloured armour while the Imperial clones wear only white. Maybe his chip was defective so he didn't carry out the order and just fled during the chaos. Just a theory.

I figured members of 501st would still be serving as part of Vader’s Fist after the Clone Wars and during the empire. It really is sad seeing a member of a favored battalion casted out.

The sad truth is that the Clone Army were pawns to Darth Sidious rise, and they were meant to be sacrifice, used, and then discarded by him. They were a slave army who sole purpose was to fight in a war that was rigged from the start, and they were never going to be a part of the Galactic Empire in any way shape or form. Really if the clones were a bit more independent they would have realized that the Galactic Empire was going to replace them with the Stormtroopers, and maybe even stage a rebellion to at least die fighting as they breed to do.

I mean I've obviously got sad in a few parts when I first watched Clone Wars and Star Wars movies. But nothing have hit me harder than this.

Those babies in the tubes we saw in Bad Batch that were taken out and likely moved to another planet will likely be the last batch of Clones introduced into the Imperial military, strange that so many clones never even fought in the Clone Wars, by A New Hope that last batch of clones as well as some officers from the first few generations are likely all that remains of the Clones in the Imperial military, the destruction of both Death Stars and the Battle Of Jakku also likely took a huge toll on their numbers for what remained.

You're the first other person I've seen to point out this guy is wearing 501st armor - this guy stormed the jedi temple, was involved in killing Kenobi's close friends and destroying everything he believed in... And yet he still gave the guy a few credits - I think this tells us more about Kenobi than you might see at first glance

Your note about the wreckage of the war made me remember the quote “Oktaro was a battleground during the Clone Wars. Imperial history books say it was just a skirmish, but I grew up in the rubble, and believe me, it was more than a skirmish to us”

I was actually pretty bummed to see that clone in such a sad state

I wonder what was Obi-wan seeing at that moment when he encoutnered the Clone trooper turned beggar. A dangerous man who may try to kill him if hw knows who he is? Or just a broken beggar who posed little to no threat to him after he has been used by a madman in his quest to obtain unlimited power?

As Yoseph Calvert from Astral Chain so coldly put it, "Pawns go back in the box when they are captured". The clones were disposable pawns through and through. The Empire just disposed of all those pawns at once after they served their purpose. It's really sad, but reality is often disappointing.

10 years later and he is still wearing his armor lol INteresting. In Bad Batch Tarkin talked about how storm trooper were cheaper. MAde me think. I assume they have to pay storm troopers? would be interesting a break down of costs between Storm Troopers vs Clones. Weapons armor, salary etc.

Realistically I think the Empire would either keep using the remnant of Clone Troopers until died in combat or died of natural causes, it doesn't make sense to for the Empire just release what they consider their "property" into the wild, especially knowing the Clones still have their inhibitor chips, skills and knowledge /experience. They could be considered a liability to the regime. Also, if you're concerned about their aging, just have be trainers for the Stormies like the Commandos are. I think that seems more like something the Empire would do.

I always wondered if Clones ever idolized Jango as their true creator? What did they feel when Jango was killed by Mace? In that regard how do clones look at Boba Fett and I am surprised no other clones have tried to off branch to take the throne as the most feared bounty Hunter in the universe- but know those inhibitor chips probably held them back in many ways.

I really want to see Nar Shadaa*, or Nal Hutta in live action, Daiyu was a great addition. When i saw the homeless CT, i immediately thought of this channel and that Fan Art that we've seen on here a bunch.

0:59 I hope that Captain Rex picked the homeless Clones up and gather together into a Rebel cell where they fight against the Empire for what's right and also payback too as well.

"I don't know sir, but what I do know is one day this war is going to end."

I wonder if The Bad Batch season 2 will show more and more clones ending up like that poor homeless clone

I loved fallen order because of the lore and little bits that were contributed to the clones. Those little details were amazing to me.

That scene in Obi-Wan...that was a literal stab right to the feels. A true commentary on modern society, and one we should discuss more.

I’d like to see Empire lovers justify this treatment to the clone troopers

I expected to see some remnants of the clone wars like old broken down walkers or ships maybe clone armor but i didn't expect to see an actual clone and if I'm honest it broke my heart to see him so destitute and tossed aside like he was nothing.

I'm not so sure about "degradation" and all that myself... the fact that Rex lives all the way to the destruction of the second death star, without any noticable health issues, and is still fit enough for war, makes me wonder if degradation is not canon under Disney. At the very least, it's plausable that the clones' rapid aging somewhat slows after a certain point.

Total Fan theory here as to who that homeless clone is, nothing I’m aware of in Cannon disproves this theory so I’m going to assume it to be true until proven otherwise. I suspect that clone we saw maybe Trooper Sterling from Clone Wars Season 7 Here’s my reasoning: For starters both Stirling and the homeless clone have a similar blaster mark on their armor above their heart. Coincidence? Stirling was a named clone trooper in the 501st that may not have been ordered to execute order 66. Partial reason as to why he didn’t attack Kenobi (Other than assuming he even recognized him, he simply was too drunk to notice or order 66 had warn off by now) Last we saw him in Cannon he was injured while attempting to stop Darth Maul on Mandalore. We do not know that he died of his injuries, we also don’t know that he was transported on to the venator with Ahsoka, Rex, and crew that went down with all hands lost. He could have been kept at a medical facility on Mandalore or taken off world via a separate shuttle to have his injuries cared for when order 66 happened and because no Jedi were directly around him and possibly being in a hospital bed he was never issued the order. And because we know the empire immediately started to phase out clones after order 66 happened it’s safe to assume they just abandoned him and any other wounded clones who were healing with the hope that without medical attention the clones would all die of their injuries and help expedite getting rid of clone troopers. Which could lead to why he came to the position that he was in Another theory that backs this is his armor. He’s still wearing blue marked 501st armor. If he’d stayed in the empire for any duration of time he’d have been required to turn in his armor and replace it with shiny white armor as clones were not allowed to have individuality under the empire’s rule. The only clones who kept there armor, Rex and Wolfe both left the empire early on (And anyone that’s a named character they didn’t wanna have to keep saying the names for like Howser and Scorch). Something Important Gregor does not have his colored armor as we know he did stay in the empires service for a few months after order 66. (He was wearing white armor in the Bad Batch when he was rescued) Presumably he stayed in the Empire a lot longer than Rex and Wolfe did. Based on the real world and my own experience with the military, you 100% are not going to be allowed to keep body armor when you “retire” from military service. They’re gonna take that from you and reissue it out to the next person. Which helps back the theory this clone didn’t “retire” from military service and either went AWOL or the Empire abandoned him thinking he’d die, supporting the theory that it’s Sterling. Pure speculation I know but it would be cool if he’s a clone we’d already met!

I like to think they were given severance pay considering they were also given temporary leave during the war where they went to bars and such. This clone may have spent all of his pay on vice after getting depressed with knowledge that his his purpose had been served. (Thanks Geets!)

The Clones deserved better!

Who would have thought an evil empire would abandon those who helped them get into power?

I paused and had to take a second to wipe away tears. My boys deserve better. I really hope more clones than we know joined the rebellion. For the republic....

I certainly didn't expect to see a clone of the 501. I expected some unnamed clone division or perhaps an unnamed member of the 212th that wouldn't recognize him

Star Wars Rebels does a good job highlighting how no one won the clone wars. In the end the Clones and Seps were discarded like common trash.

I to felt sad watching that scene, maybe if this clone ever gets off world he could find work as a farmer clones like cut lawquane and hock malsuum became farmers. But it's unlikely he will find a way off planet but possible, i hope he gets back on his feet. Also it was nice to see obi-wan a being generous person his heart never changed.

Well at least the clones fate in legends is much better. In legends the Emperor knew the clones were an asset too important to be cast out. The Clones during the order 66 killed more jedi than Darth Vader during the entire Jedi Purge. If you played Battlefront 2 you know how truthful this is . And one clone called X1 even became an dark side adept with his own super star destroyer and ruled an imperial faction until be defeated by his brother X2.

Homeless Clone Trooper of the GAR: “I’ve got nothing to my name except my armor. Homeless Union Veteran of the GAR: “Same.” Homeless Confederate Veteran: “Wait, you guys can wear your uniforms still?”

1:14 It's a shame that we will never see the Kaminoan rebellion with Anti-Troopers as Rampart arrested and/or executed Lama-Su and his fellow Kaminoans before they even started it

For the first decade or 2 after the Clone wars can just picture regular people driving an walking down streets of random planets an seeing signs held by random former Clone Troops saying "will "X" for food" or shelter, etc... Imagine an elderly former Soldier Slave, most of them, were lucky if a non Clone hired bunch them for bodyguarding an Security an other such tasks.

Even Rex, for as much focus as he gets, didn't get much after the war. Remember, when we meet him in Rebels, he's basically living in a camper in the desert, with nothing but a bed and his old wartime equipment to his name.

He forced the bond with them while he was Anakin so the 501st stayed active for a low time Commander Cody stayed working for the empire training other imperial soldiers.

Four days in a row of Geetsly videos. A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one. Also, that poor Clone. How much you wanna bet since he's a 501st member, that he's one of the survivors that Rex managed to convince to join his Clone Rebellion, and after it failed many of the survivors lived like this, because that would make this even more sad that it already is.

3:34 Cut Lawquane is a very lucky man to have a loving Twi'lek wife and two kids and a farm as a family together.

You should definitely talk about Obi-Wan’s hand to hand fighting skills

i were under the impression that most if not all of 501st were remade into vaders fist so i was a bit surprised that the clone wars veteran were a) from the 501 and b)were allowed to keep his armour (and that he hadnt sold it for credits before he started to beg)

It's kind of obvious in retrospect, but the entire prequel trilogy hits differently knowing that every clone was essentially a slave. Yikes!

No one wins in a war, only the rich. Really hurts to see a homeless clone even worse one from the 501st

I really hope that the 501st clone trooper gets more of a part in Kenobi. Especially if he helps him out

"Spare any credits?" 😢

Honestly not a bad cameo, but I'd expect Vader's Fist to have murdered him one year in...

The clones are one of the best (if not THE best) part of the prequels and TV shows; so when these new shows give us depth to the GAR it honestly makes Star Wars untouchable as a franchise. Also whilst I may be a Rex fanboi... oh wait nope that is it.

COMMANDER CODY IS BACK IN BAD BATCH SEASON 2! WHOOO!

I would like to imagine a company of clone troopers deserting the army right after order 66, and forming a mercenary band/company.

Im a Infantryman in the US Army im genuinely scared on what my life will be like when i leave the military there isnt alot for an infantryman to do outside besides becoming a cop or going into swat which is what im considering

Oh my, it's been a long while since the longer Geetsly's intro from Battlefront 2 I believe was used in a new video. I'm glad to see it back.

Hopefully we got to see more of this in The Bad Batch Season 2

I thought that the men in the 501st were turned in a stormtrooper battalion named “Vader’s Fist”. It makes sense why waste troopers that have already killed Jedi. Maybe that was in legends tho

In Legends they continued to serve, becoming the backbone of the Stormtrooper Corps. The 501st, or Vader’s Fist, remained purely made of Fett clones. Many older clones were forcibly cybernetically enhanced to continue fighting, and others were retired and shipped to a couple planets made for retired troopers.

GI BILL - no retirement pension - no VA benefits - no Twi lek Jedi GF - No Kamino - you guessed it, No

Especially the younger clones they were severely diminished in quality genetically and educationally

I somewhat expected to see the clone playing a part in the latter part of the episode, that was a pity

Me choco mucho ver a un soldado clon en ese estado. De hecho pense que apareceria Cody para ayudar a Kenobi en algun momento en Daiyu pero ver a un clon x vagabundo, fue muy inesperado y chocante para mi

love geetsly content, by far the best Star wars channel. Something that really intrigued me in this video is the idea that clones get ptsd. I'd like to hear of the stories, if there are any, but I always had a different conception when I thought about clone mental illness. Considering PTSD is a real world diagnosis of an actual mental disorder, not just bad dreams from a bad experience or something lesser like that. We also know that a certain percentage of our population is physically incapable of getting PTSD. So when I thought about clones, I figured the Kaminoans genetic engineering would've made them incapable of getting actual PTSD. Now the closest thing I've seen is the inhibitor chip symptoms but those are obviously attributed to the chip and not the psyche of the clone

Republic Commando series tells the story of Kal Skirata and his efforts to set up a plan for retirement for his boys and their clone brothers

Clones are one of the most tragic beings in Star Wars. 1. They were child soldiers, growth accelerated, forced to fight a war they didn't understood, fully aware they were completely expendable to the republic and the kaminoans, which viewed them as products, not people. 2. Forced to comply order 66, which meant gunning down in cold blood their generals and commanders which most clones viewed them as mentors and friends. 3.Slowly being decomissioned by rank and file troopers, forced to retire or being used as a lab rats by Hemlock, or end up being homeless like many vets in the real world. The clones deserved the best, yet they only received the worst.

I thought it was such a good scene to show how Kenobi still cared enough to help out. Despite what happened, he didn’t hold onto resentment and betrayal from order 66.

I have been trying to get some kind of idea about how many clones there would have been. First, during the entire production of clones and second, when all of these clones would have been thrown out in favor of stormtroopers.

Okay, I kind of doubt the child soldier remarks hold water anymore. After all in a galaxy like Star Wars, species age at different rates. Kaminoans for instance become adults at the age of eleven. Sure, the clone troopers are clones of a human, but that doesn’t mean their mental state and minds age at the same rate as a normal human. I know real life child soldiers can fight in battles and use weapons, but if clone troopers in the war would be called children, they would have to be the smartest ones ever since they could operate warships, starfighters, and walkers at the mere age of ten. Would I still consider them younger in a sense compared to other Star Wars characters? Probably because the Clone Wars was the first time any of them got off world. If experience outranks everything, then the clones could be considered children in the sense they know nothing about the galaxy, at least nothing they were taught in training. They are like Jedi Padawans who finally get to leave the Jedi Temple and explore the galaxy. Basically, I think the clone troopers are just too intelligent in a utilitarian sense to be called children, especially given other species like their creators don’t age at the same rate as humans. However they could also be called children in the sense they have little experience with the galaxy, like a Padawan finally emerging from the Jedi Temple with their Jedi Master.

"Thank you General"

We also have to remember that some of the clones were forced into the Dark Trooper Program which also sucks

The star wars universe is a kind of hell for these characters, which only exist for our entertainment. The more these stories play out, the more horrific and grotesque it all becomes.

To the Empire, they’re all just expendable

Imagine having the best army the Galaxy had ever seen. Made from a remarkable template, just to cast them away to replace them with conscripted losers that get their ass handed to them by farmers with blasters… Like it’s hilarious the Empire just phased out one of their greatest assists. Clone’s in the time of New Hope would’ve been devastating to the rebellion.

well i have 2 things to say 1: Clone Live's Matter. 2: I have a friend that made his own Star Wars backstory and in that back story their is a Clone called Sam and he is a clone who uses his hart more then his mind and he is a clone who is helping one jedi master and one ex Sith train a young kid and in this backstory my friend made Sam still has his chip in him yet he tries to use his hart to fight the never ending order that has been stuck in his head. I have to say Clones have had a hard live

“Star wars being for kids, episode 483”

It’s likely that there are clones who made an adjustment, such as the maintenance clones, or clones who somehow made the transition, but the homeless clone is probably more the norm. I’d love to see this explored more. Even something as small as a club with a clone bouncer

My brothers 😢

At some point in to future there better be a Trilogy of movies or a limited series where it focuses on Omega Squad and the 6 Null-class Advanced Recon Commandos with Kal Skirata on finding a cure to Accelerated Aging and sending it out to the clones in the galaxy. As well as helping Clones like the 501st Veteran. Most of us Grow up with the Clone Wars show and I can't even express the sheer love we all have for the Clone Troopers, they deserve a definitive happy ending where we know that they, at some point gain the cure for Accelerated Aging and go on to then be Mercenaries, Bounty Hunters, Mandalorians, farmers, Law Enforcement, etc. Go on to find love and have families and create communities. To go on and Experience a Long Life. They deserve Peace and Happiness. To have them just Die and be forgotten, to be left on the street with not even enough money to eat is just Heart breaking. The beauty about Fictional Worlds like Star Wars is that Escapism it offers us from the Real world. Fictional Worlds allow us the opportunity to show how there is happiness waiting for all of us even if life can sometimes be absolutely egregious you always have to push through, stand tall and win a fulfilling life. You cannot allow Depression, Hardship, Anger etc. to win. Otherwise if it allows did the world would be a lot Darker and less full of Color.

I almost cried seeing that clone begging

Fantasy imitating Real Life, This is exactly how alot of U.S. Soldiers end up. Go serve your country for pennies, Then get tossed aside and abandoned. After I joined the Army Reserves during the Iraq War I got fired from my job at the Rockwall County Sheriff's Office. They didn't even try to sugar coat it. Just told me since I wasn't making them Top Priority, I am disposable. I have little hope for the Future of Humanity on this Rock of a Planet.

The homeless clones had it good compared to what happened to the others. I know 1 trained soldiers. Alot were dissected and turned into the fist version of the dark trooper robots. Later they removed the "human" part. And that's what we see in the mandalorian

If I was in the Star Wars universe, and had enough credits rolling in, I'd take in all the Clones I could and basically let them have a place to come back to after their jobs. Encouraging them to be hunters or physical labor for construction if they had no objections.

Not sure if you noticed but in episode 1 of Obi-Wan Kenobi the Porsche Starfighter appeared in the episode but it looked almost like your version of The Fighter

Honestly surprised we don't have more Clones, especially Commando's or Arcs, becoming Bounty Hunters or hired muscle

I hope we see other Clone Troopers that joined the Rebellion to fight the Empire.

So, in the Star Wars universe, is there a hit song by Bruuce Springsteen called “Bred for the GAR?”

You have to think that many clones became mercenaries and hired guns for crime lords. They would have been an invaluable resource for any groups that needed a security force.

When I saw that scene I immediately thought of your previous video.

another major the reason clones were phased out was because they were expensive and it was cheaper to recruit from the general population.

The Clones are my favorite thing about Star Wars. I've decided to walk away from Star Wars because of Disney but the clones and the Clone Wars keep bringing me back to a world (universe) eith so much coherent and consistent political and violent conflict that I can't get enough of

Discarded and forgotten about just like our own veterans

The clone army is basically George Lucas’s allegory for u.s. or just simply military vets and how they are treated

The clone scene in Kenobi is the one that has hit the hardest and think of often.