“As the Kaminoans would reluctantly admit, genetics is not a perfect science –aberrations in a clone’s gestational environment and random mutations sometimes produced clones with different physical features, or that were simply wired differently than their batchers. Most of the time, these physical differences were slight enough that they could be ignored – eye color proved particularly prone to variation – or severe enough that the aberrant clone was reconditioned early in its development.”
Rex: Insists he’s not drunk and does dangerous and/ or stupid things to prove it.
Cody: Giggler, almost anything will make him laugh like a spray paint can misfiring.
Fives: Gets naked at the slightest provocation. Talking to him is extreme provocation.
Kix: Finally gets the courage to flirt,does so by telling his grossest medical stories
Echo: Tells the same story repeatedly. It only gets more entertaining as he seems to develop a childlike fascination with the sounds letters make as he goes along until he’s just saying “ BBBB!” And looking pleased with himself.
Fox: Starts a chant of “ Fuck Da Police”, despite being reminded that he is, in fact, the police.
Hardcase: “ HARDCASE THAT POLE IS FOR THE STRIPPERS ONLY! …THAT IS NOT WHAT I MENT AND YOU KNOW IT!”
Tup: Becomes a cuddly puppy type, as in he’ll casually walk over your genitalia to lick your face.
Wolffe: Delivers a stream of consciousness monologue sung like an eighties power ballad.
Gree: Also does a stream of consciousness monologue, entirely in huttese
Bly: quiet unless he sees a ruitan twi-lek, then he starts crying.
Dogma: Weepy ranting about regulations, tends to pass out first.
Jesse: Tells everyone how much he loves them. Gives them leaves that he finds on the ground
Heavy: Starts fistfight over bullshit trivia, like who’s the best prime minister of Loth.
Cutup: Ends up making out with someone on the hood of a speeder. At least once it was a gamorian in a blonde wig.
Droidbait: Stole a hover grocery cart and charged other drunk people for rides. Made a hundred credits. Remembers none of it and it vaguely troubles him to this day.
I am laughing my ass off right now thank you so much.
The Essential Guide to Warfare states that aberrant clones represented just 3.5 procent of each batch but since one clone batch count 32, that means 1 of 32 clones has undesirable mutation or is deficient. And that is result of cloning from original source (Jango’s DNA) – a result seen as a testament to the effectiveness of the slow-and-steady Kaminoan cloning program.
I’m no specialist of how genetics works nor what Kaminoan can and cannot do with human DNA, but blond hair is nothing unusual in Jango Fett’s family, since his mother and sister were both blond haired women in Jango Fett: Open Seasons comics:
What I think opens a gate to speculations of what genes Jango’s carried and about his ancestors. Author’s cuts from Warfare were posted on starwars.com and there was one called Internal memo penned by Hali Ke, senior research geneticist, in which the cloner said he have now logged many sessions with our prime clone Jango Fett,
and from the text it seems Jango get not only
physical but also psychological exam
of his well-being what included also talking about his childhood to some degree, at least.
So I suspect, the moment when Kaminoans found a clone with blond hair, it wasn’t that big deal, because they expected that some of their “products” gonna be aberrant one way or another. What may explain why there is the blond clone cadet in the group – the
statistical error.
Rex could be too the statistical error, for all we know. And maybe he is (and his brothers) just telling everyone that his hair are dyed, as an excuse for his different look? Especially now, when clone troopers are allowed to dye their hair, as a sign of their individuality? Otherwise Rex would be forced to admit he is an error of otherwise perfect cloning system, what I think that may be quite an awful & personal thing to do for him.
Can you imagine that? Being seen as aberrant, an error from birth, then being sent for reconditioning, without
certainty
if that means just some genetic therapy or termination – and some clones never came back after Kaminoans took them – that for sure have effect on Rex. Remember “Darkness on Umbara”?
It’s not that “crazy”. After all it was
established that clones can have different eye color because of slight
mutation (Trap’s being blue for example) Same might happen with hair. Of
course it doesn’t mean that all clones have different hair colors
because of those mutations. I’m pretty sure most of them really dyed
their hair to express their individuality. Still, I like to think, Rex
is a natural blond. There is no proof saying otherwise.
And the only time we were shown he dyed his hair it was in blue. He also
was so embarassed by it he shaved them off completely.
The wookieepedia says Rex and the adults clones who looked blonde
had their hair bleached. At least, that’s the case with Rex and Crys. Hotshot
(the clone kid), is described simply as blond so I think @anpan-chan might be
right. Maybe the
older clones look more like Jango but, as the Kaminoans had
to improvise, the newer batches were born more diverse. Btw, I couldn’t find
any reliable source confirming Rex’s natural hair color, so maybe I’m not that
crazy…yay!lol
Rex [about Dogma]: He’s wound tight, but he’s loyal.
Anakin: He kind of reminds me of you.
Rex: Maybe, back in the day.
Rex we know from TCW is not the same man when war just started. I kinda like the idea of him being the “statistical error” because its add to the comradeship between Rex and Skywalker, since both are the aberrant
of their respective groups – Jedi and Great Army of Republic. And who knows, maybe this is one of little things that made them so close to each other?
Also, if the blond hair is natural, Rex may shave them out of habit, as a way to minimalize his visible aberration from other clones.
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Character Encyclopedia (DK) (2010): CLONES!!!! + Stats and Fun Facts (PART 2/2): FEATURING: Jet, O’niner, Punch, Ponds, Razor, Kickback, Wolffe, Stone, Sketch, Swoop, Thire, Rys, Rex, Waxer, Tucker, Fil, Tucker, Slick, Stak (Note: This book falls under Legends, so it is not canon, but it’s still a ton of fun! It’s also only based on the first two seasons at the time of publication!)
Punch’s soul patch is “kept immaculate”.
“Ponds serves under Mace Windu, often on Coruscant overseeing the course of the war. This has left Ponds far from the front. He wears his frustration on the back of his helmt, where he’s scrawled, ‘Some Guys Have All The Luck.’"
“No one is happier than Ponds when Mace Windu is sent to Ryloth for the Republic’s invasion of the Separatist-held planet. Ponds finally sees action at Nabat and Lessu, leading the troopers of Lightning Squadron against Wat Tambor’s forces.”
“Razor and his squadronmate Stak were trained on Kamino before their first battle, but they ahve learnt much more by fighting alongside Mace Windu. Where their Jedi general leads, Razor and Stak will follow.”
“Rys has spent a good chunk of the war on Coruscant, escorting Senators and monitoring fleet movements in the Outer Rim.”
“The other pilots in Blue Squadron think Tucker is a bit crazy for saying so, but he has always found space combat beautiful. Starfighters spin and whilr as they jockey for position, lit by colorful flashes of explosions and laser fire.”
Members of Blue Squadron (under Ahsoka Tano’s command) are: Swoop, Kickback, Slammer, and Tucker
Members of Lightning Squadron (under Mace Windu’s command) are: Ponds, Razor, and Stak
Members of Gold Squadron (under Anakin Skywalker’s command) aren’t listed
Members of Green Squadron (under Saesee Tiin) aren’t listed
Members of Gold Squadron (under Anakin Skywalker’s command) aren’t listed here, but include: Matchstick, Broadside, Tag, and Contrail
Members of Torrent Company (under Anakin Skywalker as General, Ahsoka Tano as Commander), which was a sub-unit of the 501st, aren’t listed here but include: Rex,
Members of the 501st were grouped into several sub-units, including Rex’s Squad: Rex, Fives, Tup, Jesse, Kix, and Hardcase
Members of the 7th Sky Corps (under Obi-Wan Kenobi) aren’t listed here but include: Cody, Boil, Waxer, Wooley, Trapper, Longshot, Gearshift, Crys
The 212th was a division of the 7th Sky Corps, which included the above, as well as the sub-unit Foxtrot with Gregor and Ghost Company with Cody, Boil, Waxer, and Wooley.
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS Character Encyclopedia (DK) (2010): CLONES!!!! + Stats and Fun Facts (PART ½): FEATURING: Bly, Axe, Cody, Denal, Cut Lawquane, Boil, Echo, Chopper, Fox, Fives, Gree, Broadside, Gus, Boost, Hevy, Jek, Hawk, Jester, Oddball, Matchstick (Note: This book falls under Legends, so it is not canon, but it’s still a ton of fun! It’s also only based on the first two seasons at the time of publication!)
Clone pilots must have superior vision.Pilots are superstitious and most have rituals they follow to make sure they return to base safely.
Waxer enjoys mocking Boil’s fancy mustache!
Few Jedi and clone officers develop a bond as close as the one between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Commander Cody. Engagements at places such as Ryloth, Black Stall Station and Geonosis have taught Cody to respect Obi-Wan’s skill as a warrior, and obi-Wan has come to trust that Cody will never let him down. (HA HA HA WHAT THE FUCK YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO COME FOR ME LIKE THAT, STAR WARS, DOES EVERYONE OBI-WAN BELIEVE IN BETRAY HIM?)
Chopper collects the fingers of fallen battle droids as grim trophies.
Gree’s nickname reflects his interest in studying alien cultures, which he studies in hopes of learning new lessons about military strategy.
Broadside and his friend Matchstick the good luck charm is to take turns agreeing to buy the drinks when they make it through each new Republic mission.
Gus’ “rakish goatee is carefully tended”.
The double stripes on Boost’s head are to honor fallen clones.
Jek has memorized the manual for every weapon in the clones’ arsenal.
clone meme: saying things like “I wasn’t engineered for this” or “this is not within my design specs” or “this is going to void my warranty” when faced with inconvenient tasks that you don’t want to do or unpleasant situations you’d rather not be in
Cody, from behind a mountain of paperwork: I wasn’t engineered for this
Rex, after Ahsoka and Anakin threw him off a fucking wall: pretty sure that voided my warranty
Hardcase, when Rex puts him on custodial duty: this is not within my design specs, sir
Fives, when Krell points his lightsaber at him: watch out, sir, you don’t want to void my warranty
Boil, with Numa climbing all over him and pulling his hair: I WAS NOT ENGINEERED FOR THIS
Kix, sitting down in the mess hall and looking at the rations on his tray: this is going to void my warranty
Rex, 10,000% done, eight hours into a battle and muttering under his breath while shooting droids: “I wasn’t engineered for this shit”
Cody, overhearing him on the comms: YES you WERE
Aayla, to Bly: Commander, did anyone ever tell you you have beautiful eyes?
Bly, internally shutting down: thIS Is nOT WIThin my dESIGn spECS
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