Carnage of Krell

"Our actions define our legacy."

- Moral

"Carnage of Krell" is the tenth episode of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' fourth season. It is scheduled to air on November 18, 2011.

Official description
"With two of his men facing execution for disobeying orders, Captain Rex must confront his overly aggressive commander, General Krell. Risking charges of mutiny, Rex must make a dark choice as the true face of the enemy emerges. "

Synopsis
Captain Rex meets Krell in his command tower and asks that he reconsider Five and Jesse's court Martial. General Krell however orders Captain Rex order that they be executed, to make an example of them, much to Captain Rex's displeasure. Fives and Jesse are about to executed when Fives pleas with his fellow clones not to fire, saying that they are sentient beings, with their own thoughts and minds, and not programmed droids, and that if the price of freely thinking is execution they will all one day be executed. The clones fire but purposely miss and drop their weapons, refusing to carry out the order, stunning Rex and Dogma, the latter pushing the others to carry out the order, while Rex tells him they won't.

Rex and Dogma meet Krell, who is angered at their failure to execute Fives and Jesse, but is interrupted by a transmission from a clone scout, who reports that the Umbarans have ambushed a supply transport and stolen some of the clone's weapons and armor, and are preparing to attack. Krell gives Fives and Jesse a stay of execution and orders Rex to lead his men to destroy the Umbarans. Rex and his men march to meet the enemy, and are quickly engaged in a large battle, the Umbarans having apparently disguised themselves as clones to try and trick them. As the battle goes on and both sides take heavy casualties, Rex unmasks a dead soldier nearby, and is horrified when he finds that the enemy are actual clones, and frantically tries to stop his men. Grabbing an "enemy" trooper, he removes his helmet as well as his own, revealing it to both sides.

Troopers on both sides are shocked, and a dying Waxer reveals to Rex and his men that Krell gave them identical orders, and told them that the enemy might try to disguise themselves as clones, shedding a tear as he dies. Rex gathers his men and proposes that they arrest Krell for treason. Rex and his men confront Krell, who refuses to be taken into custody, and attacks them. No match for the force user Rex and his men are quickly overpowered by Krell, who escapes into the jungles. As Rex tries to give pursuit, Dogma appears holding a blaster calling them traitors for refusing to follow orders. Rex convinces him to stand down, allowing his men to arrest him before pursuing Krell.

In the jungles Krell ambushes one of Rex's squads, and uses the force to project his voice taunting them before attacking them. Tup is thrown aside, and comes up with a plan, having Rex lure Krell towards one of the native vixus creatures, which attacks, and momentarily immobilizes him, allowing Tup to stun Krell and capture him. In the brig Rex asks Krell why he would purposely kill his own soldiers, Krell saying that he did so because they are inferior, and he could. He reveals that his is a Separatist traitor, claiming to have had visions of the war's outcome and the Jedi and Republic's defeat, he planned to sabotage the Republic campaign on Umbara, and drive them off the planet, hoping to become Dooku's new apprentice in the process. Dogma is shocked by the betrayal when he was the most loyal to Krell, who says that he was in fact the most gullible of them all. The clones find that Krell sabotaged the communications and that the Umbarans are planning to attack the airbase.

Knowing that they might not be able to hold off the Umbarans, and that Krell will use his knowledge of the Republic against them if the Umbarans release him, Rex and his men decide its too dangerous to let him live. In the brig Fives releases Dogma, and watches as Rex prepares to kill Krell. Krell taunts Rex, who hesitates to execute him. Krell's words are cut short when he is shot and killed by Dogma, who had taken Fives's pistol. The clones find that Obi-Wan's forces have taken the capital and that the remaining Umbarans have been routed. As Dogma is taken away, Rex questions what they are doing and if it is worth it.

Behind the scenes
First mentioned in the "Launch Pad" article of Star Wars Insider 129, the episode was erroneously introduced as "Carnage of Krall." An update to the StarWars.com "Events" section clarified that the episode's correct name was "Carnage of Krell."