10 Star Wars Characters SAVED By The Expanded Universe
3. Commander Cody
Within the core Star Wars movies: CC-2224, better known as Cody, was the commander of the 212th Clone Attack Battalion assigned to Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau towards the end of The Clone Wars. His only contributions to the story came in Revenge of the Sith as he returned Obi-Wan's dropped lightsaber after his duel with Grievous and subsequently carried out Order 66 against the Jedi General.
All in all, not a great deal of input, but the clone commander is almost immediately vilified for his actions upon executing Order 66.
As we now know, courtesy of The Clone Wars, none of the soldiers of the Republic had any choice in Order 66 as they were programmed to target and eliminate the Jedi Order without question. Does this vindicate Cody's actions? Absolutely. Does it save his character? Not quite.
However, The Clone Wars featured Cody as a recurring character throughout the many battles the series details and he more than proved himself to be an exceptional soldier and dedicated friend to Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano.