Forgotten General

this assessment is not one of the many canceled or postponed during the war

which means that when Ahsoka is abruptly deployed dirtside along with her Master, Grandmaster, and the 501st, she had to scramble to find an appropriate babysitter for her sack of flour

desperate, she tossed it to Commander Cody, who was staying aboard the Negotiator to oversee the campaign, with only a frantic list of the required steps to take care of it while she was gone

when she returns several days later, Cody has painted the sack 212th gold and constructed a sling to carry it around on his front while he keeps his hands free for work

judging by the rank pins attached to the front, the sack of flour is now a lieutenant

once Obi-Wan's heart eyes abate enough, though, it becomes clear to him that Cody and the 212th troopers have not understood that the sack of flour is not, in fact, a literal Jedi tubie

and none of the Jedi or their siblings in the 501st have the heart to correct them, so they let them keep the thing, stomping on the feet of anyone who tries to ask too many questions about their new mascot

once the war ends, Obi-Wan discreetly replaces the sack with a Jedi chrecheling in the middle of the night, having resigned himself to raising another too-young-Padawan

I had mentally prepared myself to never see this man’s face again, and his unexpected reappearance has SHAKEN ME

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This is such a cool ask, thanks anon!

BIG DISCLAIMER: I’m not even close to an expert and I don’t know nothing. I just really like the brain and I also like reading papers, so it might just be enough to bullshit my way through a fanfiction.

TCW gave us a few different brain scans with sightly different locations of the chip, so I’m simply sticking to Rex’s brain scan in season 7. Looking at it, I would guess that the chip is located somewhere near the cingulate cortex (orange region).

The cingulate cortex is a large part of the limbic system, therefore involved in emotion formation and processing, but also in cognitive processes like memory.

One part of the cingulate cortex is the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), which has cognitive and emotional divisions (and is therefore also called the interconnection of intellect and affect).

Pseudo-science point 1: A change in personality

The clones’ personality changed drastically upon the activation of the inhibitor chips. Interestingly, the ACC projects into the amygdala (among others), therefore being involved in affect, and studies observed that cingulate tumors and other lesions can cause affective changes like apathy, disinhibition, and aggressiveness. Here, we could assume that the the activated inhibitor chips have tumor-like effects, making the clones feel indifferent about the Jedi and their brothers, while also disinhibiting the clones in regard of Order 66.

(Funnily enough, this would also indicate that the Kaminoans didn’t lie entirely when saying that the chips are tumors.)

Pseudo-science point 2: Complete obedience

Upon hearing “Order 66” the clones were not able to disobey. In Rex’s case, we saw him struggling, though he had no motoric control, eventually.

The ACC has neurons that project into the motor cortex, regulates movements and guides voluntary choices based on previous actions and outcomes - it may work in conjunction or even activate the supplementary motor area, which mediates the preparation and initiation of movement. Studies observed that the electrical stimulation of the ACC can elicit automatic and even complex behaviors, so that we could assume that the activation of the inhibitor chip promotes the execution of Order 66.

Additionally, since the ACC is involved in response selection, it has also been proposed that the ACC plays a role in word and sentence selection. This is interesting considering that the chipped clones also talked differently to the Jedi and their brothers.

So hey, I wanted to jump on the Purge Trooper Cody bandwagon, but I’m also completely incapable of doing angst. 

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