Is Captain Rex in Kenobi? Here’s Everything We Know!
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Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries has just premiered and people seem to be quite satisfied, despite a slow start. Ewan McGregor has finally returned to the role that made him famous and fans around the world are happy to have him back. But, McGregor’s role is not the only one that raised a few questions about the new Star Wars miniseries. Namely, if you’ve seen the first two episodes and a surprising cameo in one of them, you might be wondering whether Captain Rex, probably the best-known Clone Trooper in the series, is going to appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi; luckily for you, we at Fiction Horizon have all the information you need.
Captain Rex has not made an appearance in Obi-Wan Kenobi. Temuera Morrison does appear as a veteran Clone Trooper who is now a beggar, but that is not Captain Rex. The Clone Tropper was from the famous 501st Legion, but it is definitely not Rex. Based on what we know from Rebeles, Rex is highly unlikely to appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi.
The rest of this article is going to focus on Captain Rex and his potential role in the Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries. You’re going to find out all the details about the character, as well as whether he could be appearing in the Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries. Be careful, though, as we are going to reveal a lot of spoilers in the upcoming paragraphs.
Is Captain Rex in Obi-Wan Kenobi?
This section is going to be divided into two parts. The first one is going to introduce Captain Rex to you, so you know why he is such an important character in the Star Wars lore. The second one is going to discuss the surprising cameo in the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Who is Captain Rex?
Rex, designated CT-7567, was a veteran Clone Captain who led the Grand Army of the Republic’s acclaimed 501st Legion during the Clone Wars. Rex later served as a captain and commander in the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. Raised and trained on Kamino, CT-7567 entered Galactic Republic service at the Battle of Geonosis in 22 BBY.
7567 built a reputation as an honorable commander with Jedi and clone troopers alike, becoming known as one of the toughest and best soldiers in the Grand Army of the Republic. Over time, he took on the nickname “Rex”. As a captain of the 501st, Rex served as second-in-command to Jedi General Anakin Skywalker, whose bravery and unorthodoxy in battle he came to share.
Rex was close friends with Clone Commander Marshal Cody, whose relationship mirrored that of their respective Jedi Generals, Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The four were often given joint missions to coordinate their frontline campaigns against the Confederacy of Independent Systems. At the Battle of Christophsis, Rex became a mentor to Skywalker’s newly assigned Padawan, Ahsoka Tano, with whom he forged a strong bond.
He also managed to survive the Battle of Teth, a battle he would never forget due to the near-total eradication of his unit, the Torrent Company. He later inspected a Republic listening post with Cody, where Rex gathered a small group of rookie soldiers to retake Rishi Station, thus thwarting General Grievous’s plans to invade Kamino.
Rex soon retreated to Skywalker’s flagship, the Resolute, and joined Skywalker and Tano in conducting the 501st‘s offensives on Bothawui, Felucia, and other flashpoints across the galaxy. He participated in countless campaigns of the war, such as the containment of the Blue Shadow Virus on Naboo and the liberation of Ryloth, as well as other hard-won victories such as the Battle of Malastare, the Second Battle of Geonosis, and the Battle of Kamino.
Throughout his career, Rex proved to be an effective leader who genuinely cared for the men under his command, causing him to begin to wonder about his own future and that of his clone brothers in the future. the Republic. During the Battle of Saleucami in 21 BBY, Rex met a clone deserter named Cut Lawquane, whom he grew to respect despite their differences.
His leadership was put to the ultimate test at the Battle of Umbara, during which the 501st Legion came under the command of the stubborn and aggressive Jedi General Pong Krell. Rex failed to maintain a cordial relationship with Krell and was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to carry out Krell’s orders despite the high cost of casualties they might incur. When Krell manipulated the 501st Legion into attacking the 212th Attack Battalion, Rex realized that his general was a traitor to the Republic, and risked charges of treason by ordering his men to arrest Krell.
The events in Umbara taught Rex the value of making his own decisions as a soldier. Rex’s unwavering dedication to the Republic kept him on the front lines for over three and a half years during the Clone Wars. Rex helped Skywalker, Tano, and Kenobi rescue Togruta colonists-turned-slaves from the Zygerrian Slave Empire and, in 20 BBY, he offered his experience as a soldier to help the Jedi train insurgents from Onderon.
In a stark turn of events, he and Skywalker pursued Tano on Coruscant after she was accused of bombing the Jedi Temple, an incident that culminated in her departure from the Jedi Order. Also, Rex and Skywalker participated in the search for Rex’s longtime partner, the CAR Fives, who had become an outlaw after uncovering a plot against the Jedi in which every clone trooper in the city had been used. Republic.
Before Fives could thoroughly report his knowledge to Rex and Skywalker, he was shot by the Coruscant Guard for resisting arrest. Following Tano’s departure from the Jedi Order, Rex returned to serve alongside her during the Siege of Mandalore. Sometime during the Clone Wars, Rex removed her behavior modification biochip and failed to comply with Order 66 when she was executed.
In 4 BBY, Rex was still alive and living in an AT-TE on Seelos alongside Clone Commander Wolffe and Clone Commando Gregor. Eventually, she went on to fight again with Ahsoka Tano in a war campaign against the oppression of the Galactic Empire, forming part of the rebel network. Around this time, Rex befriended Great Jedi Purge survivor Kanan Jarrus and his apprentice, Ezra Bridger.
Rex would aid the Specters and Phoenix Squadron in their fight against the Empire and their efforts to build a full-scale rebellion. In 2 BBY, at the time Senator Mon Mothma founded the Alliance to Restore the Republic, Rex was on the planet Atollon at a rebel base established by members of Phoenix Squadron.
Consequently, Rex and the entire galaxy’s rebel cells became part of the Rebel Alliance. Eventually, Grand Admiral Thrawn discovered the location of the rebel base on Atollon, triggering the Battle of Atollon after which Rex and the other survivors had to settle in the Great Massassi Temple on Yavin 4. There, Rex became part of the Group.
Massassi, led by Jan Dodonna, remained at the base until at least 1 BBY. Afterward, Rex continued to serve in the Rebel Alliance throughout the Galactic Civil War. Over time, Rex was promoted to commander and eventually participated in the climactic Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, which marked the beginning of the end of the Galactic Empire as well as the deaths of Emperor Sheev Palpatine and the Sith Lord Darth Vader aboard the Second Death Star.
Did Captain Rex appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Now that we’ve gone over Rex’s story, let us discuss the cameo. When Obi-Wan Kenobi arrives on Daiyu in search of Leia, he encounters a veteran Clone Trooper begging in the streets of Daiyu. Although he has long, shabby hair and a beard, we instantly recognize it’s Temuera Morrison who’s behind that mane. Based on the colors of his suit, we also find out that he is from the famous 501st Legion, which worked very closely with Obi-Wan Kenobi back in the day.
Now, the appearance of a Clone Trooper makes Obi-Wan nervous, but he still gives his former ally some credits and leaves. The Clone Trooper not recognizing Obi-Wan was a bit odd, but it could be explained by considering the fact that a lot of time had passed and that both Obi-Wan and the unnamed Trooper changed in the meantime.
This, of course, means that this Clone Trooper wasn’t anyone famous, including Captain Rex. It was an anonymous Clone Trooper who stumbled upon Obi-Wan Kenobi and nothing more; it was probably just a neat way to include Morrison into the series and reference Obi-Wan’s past, but we don’t think it’ll have any meaning going forward.
Will Captain Rex appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi?
Now that you know that Captain Rex has not appeared in Obi-Wan Kenobi and who Captain Rex actually is, we can see whether there’s a chance that this fan-favorite Star Wars character is going to appear in the miniseries at all. Now, we all know that a live-action version of Captain Rex appearing in such an iconic Star Wars miniseries would be great, but we have to disappoint fans by saying that Captain Rex is probably not going to appear in Obi-Wan Kenobi, and there’s actually a good reason for that.
Namely, Captain Rex appearing in Obi-Wan Kenobi would cause continuity problems because of a sentence from the Rebel series. Namely, in the episode “Twin Suns,” Ezra Bridger decides to find the legendary Jedi General Obi-Wan, but Rex states his belief that Kenobi is dead, making a reference to what Senator Bail Organa had said earlier. This implies that Rex hasn’t interacted with Obi-Wan since the Clone Wars in any way. This means that Rex appearing in Obi-Wan would contradict the canon Rebels series, and we don’t think that would be a good move on Disney’s part.
Now, as we’ve seen, there are other characters that Temuera Morrison could be playing in Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Captain Rex is not one of them, no.
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