Some commanders allowed their best troops to also wear ARC armor. Commanders would also don other peripherals like macrobinoculars or Commander Bacara's cheek plating. When the 501st is split, and the 332nd Company is formed to assist Ahsoka Tano and the Mandalorians during the Siege of. Then, for a brief time in season 7, he becomes Commander. The retrained ARC commanders often added more items to their armor, like ARC trooper kamas and pauldrons. Rex is without a doubt the most prominent and important clone in The Clone Wars and its story, but for pretty much his whole life, he is Captain Rex.
In the beginning of the Galaxy Wars, the clone commanders were distinguished by yellow markings on their armor and helmets. Their new, independent training led to distinct personalities among the commanders. After the commanders were trained, they earned the title ' ARC commander', then returned to their legion to train their best clones and assistants in their new skills. In combat, they were often assigned to field command centers, but participated with their fellow clone troopers in combat if the situation required it.Īfter success with Advanced Recon Commandos, some ARCs returned to Defalius to retrain clone commanders with ARC skills, making the commanders more independent than they once were. Clone commanders received flash-training to fulfill their advanced roles and were also trained for extra capacity for autonomy, tactical thinking and coordination.
