Anyone who has watched Star Wars Rebels knows that Captain Rex somehow managed to remove his inhibitor chip sometime during the Clone Wars. But when and how exactly did he extract it? As it turns out, someone did it for him just in time before he could make a huge mistake.
In Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 11, Rex and Ahsoka Tano had already captured Maul and were supposed to bring him to the Jedi Council on Coruscant. Unfortunately, something happened as they left Mandalore and it's that one little thing that most fans have been dreading for some time now.
On the way to Coruscant, Darth Sidious tells Rex to execute Order 66, making him turn on Ahsoka, but not before telling her to "find Fives." Ahsoka manages to escape and does exactly what she is told, helping her realize that the programming is hidden within the chips embedded in the Clone Troopers. She then kidnaps Rex, subduing him and with the help of astromech droids, manages to remove his chip.
It's an emotional scene to watch considering that everyone is having a hard time finding the chip (those Kaminoan cloners really did a good job hiding those chips). However, Ahsoka manages to reach out to Rex through the Force and the droids successfully locate the chip within his head.
We're glad to finally know how Rex's chip was removed but this episode doesn't have a happy ending. Ahsoka and Rex are still facing several Clone Troopers who will stop at nothing to kill her.
The latest episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 is currently streaming on Disney+.
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