#so yeah them being cloned from a mandalorian is really only important in a symbolism/foreshadowing sense

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Actually on the subject of what I was talking about last night about Star Wars fans treating fanon as fact one of the funniest examples is the idea that the clones are super into Mandalorian culture and consider themselves Mandalorians just because they were cloned from one when there’s borderline no basis for that in canon

#like let's see #the armor design is partially based on mando armor namely through the t-shaped visor #but the clones didn't come up with the armor design the kaminoans did #captain rex and commander blackout have jaig eyes but so does kanan jarrus who is a jedi #really wearing a symbol associated with a certain culture doesn't mean much on its own #you don't go around assuming every single person who wears a yin yang necklace is chinese #stuff like cody's name being kote or the clones calling each other vod? all made up. zero basis for either of those in any canon materials #hell the entire first half of the clone wars finale takes place ON mandalore and features clones fighting mandalorians #and the fact that they were cloned from a mandalorian isn't directly brought up #them being clones of a mandalorian is really only important to the plot in a symbolic sense #i.e. they were created for the ultimate purpose of killing the jedi #so they were created from and trained by a guy from a culture known for fighting jedi #when rex and the clones turn on ahsoka and she escapes and he orders them to go find her #he walks towards the camera and it zooms into his visor then cuts to the mando helmet artwork on maul's prison vault #so yeah them being cloned from a mandalorian is really only important in a symbolism/foreshadowing sense #but it doesn't mean that they actually participate in the culture themselves #it's actually ironic that people make a point to say how mandalore is a creed not a race #and yet those same people just assume the clones should be mandalorian just because they're technically related to one #and i mean i don't see why they SHOULD adopt jango's culture considering he never gave a rat's ass about any of them besides boba #in his age of republic comic he calls them LIVESTOCK. why SHOULD they give two shits about him? #one of the major themes of tcw is that the clones are individuals so maybe we should let them have their own unique culture and beliefs #instead of just expecting them to be like the guy they were cloned from #and i'm aware that there is more basis for it in legends materials #but even then it was mainly limited to the arc troopers and republic commandos #y'know cause karen traviss has a weird hard-on for mandos so she made the elite clones mando to make them more special #but either way that's not canon anymore #we've seen several arcs and commandos throughout tcw and tbb and they don't act any more mando than the regular clones #so yeah that's my hot take of the day #star wars #star wars the clone wars