[TRIPLE ZERO] Chapter 1: Jango cares. A little.

[mamuzzy]

|| Republic Commando: Triple Zero || 2006 || Book series || Military, Sci-fi || 18+ for violence and harrowing themes ||

 

“We could do with a few wild cards,” Jango said carefully, moving between Skirata and the Kaminoan. “It's good to have some surprises up your sleeve for the enemy. What are these kids really like? And how old are they?”

“Nearly two standard years' growth. Highly intelligent, deviant, disturbed—and uncommandable.”

“Could be ideal for intel work.” It was pure bluff: Skirata could see the little twitch of muscle in Jango's jaw. He was shocked, too. The bounty hunter couldn't hide that from his old associate. “I say we keep 'em?”

People usually like to paint Jango as someone who didn't care for clones. In a way, they are right. He didn't care on the grander scale, he is part of the great plan after all. But he went for great length to save deviants from termination. Like the Nulls here. Or Spar later.

Kal maybe brings the emotional charge into the scene, but Jango is the one who tries to bullshit out of the little boys from being executed like "whatever we will find use them. somehow. We'll figure it out when we get there."

Comments

[ithillia]

For me, I think Jango never cared for the clones - in general. He never went to check if they are alright or they are getting treated well. Never thought of them anything but, well, like the kaminoans: cattle. His one successor was Boba, no-one else.

But also he never turned away his gaze when the problem presented itself before him. Like the Nulls, like Spar... Because when they were in front of him, in flesh and blood, with real (life-threatening) problems, they were not just faceless masses under an umbrella-term anymore.

Jango is often described a psychopat and I don't think empathy was what exactly made him choose to be kind with them, nor think it was the feeling of kinship... More like the total lack of emotions made him not cruel. There was nothing to gain by killing them, so he did not see the need for it. (I totally think he knew exactly how old the Nulls were).