The Muunilinst 10

The Muunilinst 10 was a group of Advanced Recon Commandos and standard clone troopers led by ARC Captain Fordo that consisted of two ARC lieutenants, and seven infantry clones, though one was killed.

Mission to Muunilinst
The Muunilinst 10 were deployed to destroy a Separatist artillery cannon and aid in the capture of key InterGalactic Banking Clan officials. While flying in a modified LAAT/i gunship to their target area, the gunship was shot down by a B1 battle droid with a rocket launcher, and it crash-landed in the city. When they exited the gunship, they were surrounded by sniper-fire. One clone, CT-43/002, was killed instantly in the barrage.



Fordo ordered two clones to distract the droid snipers and another clone to scope the location for the snipers. After spotting the droids' locations, an ARC trooper wielding a PLX-1 destroyed the building ledges where the snipers had been.

The group kept going toward their objective, and eventually encountered an AAT. While one ARC Lieutenant crept up on the AAT from above, the remaining eight provided cover fire. The ARC jumped on top of the AAT, fired his way inside, and then blew it up from within.

Eventually, they arrived at the artillery cannon and after destroying many battle droids, blew up the cannon and rappelled up the control tower.

After the arrival of Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, they blasted their way inside the command center, defeating numerous droids and aiding in the defeat of the feared bounty hunter Durge before securing the room, despite some of them suffering injuries inflicted by Durge. This action was the key point in the Republic's capture of the planet.

Mission to Hypori
The survivors were reinforced with heavy gunners and additional troops and were sent to Hypori to retrieve the surviving Jedi of the Battle of Hypori, and arrived there in surprisingly little time. There, the group broke through the droid lines and opened fire on General Grievous, but Grievous proved to be too fast for them and they took multiple casualties. The weaponry of their ARC gunship was able to drive him off, enabling evacuation of the survivors.

Behind the scenes
Elements of this story, notably a small, specialized task force assigned to eliminate an enemy cannon, resemble the plot to Alistair MacLain's war-time thriller Guns of Navarone, and the blockbuster movie made about it starring Gregory Peck. The less well-received sequel, Force 10 From Navarone, starred a then-still unknown but growing-in-fame actor by the name of Harrison Ford, now better known as Han Solo (among other roles).

The name Muunilinst 10 appears to be a misnomer as there were apparently at least thirteen soldiers in the squad, including the one that was killed.

Appearances

 * Clone Wars Chapter 2
 * Clone Wars Chapter 3
 * Clone Wars Chapter 8
 * Clone Wars Chapter 9
 * Clone Wars Chapter 11
 * Clone Wars Chapter 20
 * Clone Wars Chapter 21