![]() The general public (including the Senate and non-clone members of the Republic military) were not aware that Palpatine is a Sith Lord or that he had played both sides during the Clone Wars - all they knew is that the Jedi attempted to assassinate him, leaving him very visibly "scarred and deformed". Order 66 did not simply "come down" from nowhere, it was given in response to the attempted arrest/assassination of Palpatine by the Jedi. I can understand the notable exceptions such as Tarkin who positively support Order 66, but what of the majority? But among the non-clones who fought alongside the Jedi for years, there seem to be a surprisingly low rate of defection in the years that follow. When Order 66 came down, the suddenness of the clones turning on the Jedi might have surprised and overwhelmed these non-clones before they can react to it, but why did they continue to stay in the Imperial Army? The only non-clones I can observe to have joined the infant Rebel Alliance are mostly grunt troops, primarily non-humans, people from Outer Rim worlds and former Separatists. Unless I am mistaken, most of them believe in the Republic's ideals and the force of good that the Jedi Order represents, as well as having a history of working with the Jedi during the war, sometimes before that too. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many of them served at the officer level, particularly in the Republic's star fleets. Besides the Jedi, there are other non-clones serving the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars. ![]()
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