The Rex Files
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Find One Weak Spot and Start Unraveling by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
20 Dec 2023
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Back on Kamino, one wrong move, one slip-up could result in death. Here on Coruscant, Rex had lulled himself into a false sense of security. It had all just been so nice, so easy.
He should have known it wasn't meant to last. And he should've known that he would be the one to ultimately kriff it all up in some sort of way…
As the new captain of the 501st, Rex finds the easiest way to ensure he won’t screw everything up is to be as perfect as humanly possible. If he had learned anything on Kamino, it was that defects like him were always toeing the line of death in one way or another, so he strives to be the perfect soldier.
It takes intervention from Anakin to remind the tortured captain that Coruscant is a far different place than Kamino.
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- Part 1 of The Rex Files
- Part 1 of Hard Sell
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Priceless by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
09 Dec 2020
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The pain that had begun to well up in Rex’s chest suddenly became unbearable and he curled in on himself, a feeble defense against the cold. Against the memories. “I…” He said before Anakin could take another turn—and he wondered when exactly Skywalker had become Anakin. “I-I don’t want to play this game anymore, sir.”
Crashed on a frozen planet, Rex and Anakin have a very enlightening conversation as they fend off against the cold, and Rex learns a few surprising things about his general—and himself.
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- Part 2 of The Rex Files
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Clones Meet World by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
20 Jan 2024
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Kix and the rest of his batch hadn't been with the 501st for very long—hadn't been off Kamino for very long—and there were certain things they were all still figuring out about the world.
The galaxy, which was way bigger and way more complex than the longnecks had ever led them to believe. Like holonovels, for one, and holovids. Why didn't anyone tell them that there were things like that out there created purely for enjoyment and not just for training?
Or, a series of one-shots featuring curious (and sometimes oblivious) clones as they discover all the things they never had on Kamino—and realize just how sheltered and closed-off they’d been on that rain-soaked planet.
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- Part 3 of The Rex Files
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Home for the Holidays by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
10 Dec 2025
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"I'm only saying that there's a chance none of us will be around—or even be together—for this holiday. Just…” Cody heaved a sigh. “… Be prepared for that."
"Well, I don't care if I'm around or not," Wolffe countered. "I'm putting up my damn decorations tomorrow.”
As his brothers bantered, Rex couldn't shake the feeling of impending doom.
Because Fives and Echo had probably already told Jesse. Kix and Hardcase would find out sooner than later if Jesse had anything to say about it, and word of Life Day would spread throughout the 501st like a wildfire on Kashyyyk.
And they would all get excited about it, each and every one of them… Only to be called back to the front mere days before the actual event with no hope of making it home in time for kriffing Life Day…
When the first Life Day of the war comes around, Rex finds himself conflicted about the holiday season.
Despite the fact that Anakin is determined to make it the best celebration the 501st has ever experienced, Rex can’t shake the heavy feeling that something is about to happen that will ruin it all.
Because clones were designed for war, not fun everyday-life things like holidays…
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- Part 4 of The Rex Files
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Fallen From Home by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
20 Oct 2020
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"I thought you were supposed to stay put until someone finds you," Fives said, rising with more than a little difficulty.
"That's only if you're lost."
"Which, we are."
"We're not lost, Fives," Rex snapped. "We know exactly where we are and what we need to do to get back home. And what we need to do is find General Skywalker."Lost on the lower levels of Coruscant after a mission gone wrong, Rex and Fives are determined to rescue their general, despite their own injuries. As they journey deeper into the madness of Level 966, Rex begins to realize that Anakin isn’t the only who might need rescuing...
Written for Whumptober No. 20: Lost
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- Part 7 of In a Angst-Ridden Galaxy Far, Far Away... Whumptober 2020
- Part 5 of The Rex Files
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Hit You in Your Blindside by HarpforHim for MnM_ov_doom
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
16 Dec 2023
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With one hand clutching at his chest and willing the tight band around it to release, Fives grabbed hold of Rex's wrist and squeezed.
"C-Captain, I can't…" He might as well have stopped sucking in breaths for all the good it was doing. Wasting energy, wasting… Air. He needed—"Breathe. Rex, I-I can't… can't breathe!" The last word barely escaped past lips that felt like they were a size or two larger than normal.
While acting as security for a diplomatic mission, Fives discovers a hidden allergy to the planet’s cuisine. It takes several reassurances from Rex to help him to get past the Kaminoans’ conditioning and every clone’s inbred fear of being decommissioned.
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- Part 6 of The Rex Files
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Don’t Let Me Freeze by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
21 Oct 2020
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Stranded on Hoth during a routine inspection of a new listening post, Rex, Cody, and Wolffe quickly find that the freezing planet has it out for them.
Stuck with a broken heating system, Rex is certain he’ll last long enough in the cold to reach shelter.
But the bitter chill, two arguing brothers, and Rex’s own silence might just doom them all.
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- Part 8 of In a Angst-Ridden Galaxy Far, Far Away... Whumptober 2020
- Part 7 of The Rex Files
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The Last Thing You Ever Say by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
23 Jan 2024
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Rex only had the half second between Fives readying his fist and letting it collide with a nearby control panel to make his decision.
Adrenaline still pumping through his veins, he grabbed Fives' arm once more, stopping him before he could damage the panel and slammed him against the wall. The dull thud of the back of Fives' head hitting the durasteel clearly surprised his brother and his eyes widened for a second before narrowing on Rex.
"You want someone to fight?" Rex said before Fives could even get a word out. "Fight me."
After the Citadel, Rex and Fives struggle to cope with the loss of Echo. Rex quickly discovers that they both have far different coping methods…
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- Part 8 of The Rex Files
- Part 17 of Writing As Therapy
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Suffer As I Have Suffered by HarpforHim for MnM_ov_doom
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
21 Dec 2023
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“Then why don't you save us both the headache and turn it off?"
Wolffe just nodded at the helmet. "I had to listen to this, you know. It took nearly the whole trip back to Coruscant."
Raising a brow, Cody fought the urge to facepalm. "And you recorded it, why?"
"So you could hear it, too." A sly grin spread across Wolffe's face. "Aren't you the one who's always saying we should share in each other's sufferings?"
"Wolffe, that’s Bly."
Following the events of the episode “Nomad Droids,” Wolffe returns to Coruscant with a surprise for his closest brothers—one that brings forth numerous headaches, a round of shenanigans, and some unexpected healing.
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- Part 9 of The Rex Files
- Part 6 of The Howling of the ‘Pack
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Bent to Near Broken by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
16 Oct 2020
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“Beg me, Clone."
And Rex nearly sputtered, catching himself just in time.
When he didn't reply, Krell took a step closer and repeated himself. "Beg me for their lives, CT-7567."Rex entered the top room of the tower with the intentions of shaking General Krell’s resolve to court-martial two of his closest brothers. He leaves with orders to head up Fives and Jesse’s execution.
Or, an extended scene from Carnage of Krell in which Rex pleads for the lives of his brothers.
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- Part 5 of In a Angst-Ridden Galaxy Far, Far Away... Whumptober 2020
- Part 10 of The Rex Files
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Let it Be Me by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
04 Aug 2022
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If Krell needed someone to yell at, fine. If he wanted someone to push around, so be it. Rex wouldn’t complain. But he sure as the Seven Corellian Hells wasn’t going to let any of his brothers be that someone.
(Or, Umbara redone and extended. Based off of a story I wrote for Whumptober called “Bent to Near Broken.”)
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- Part 11 of The Rex Files
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Sitting Alone Behind Walls of Regret by HarpforHim for MnM_ov_doom
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
07 Jan 2024
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From Kix, it felt different. It was a special kind of hurt, a special kind of ache. Rex would take Jesse's snide quips and back-handed comments over Kix blatantly ignoring him any day.
"Who puts a medic on a firing squad? The words Do No Harm might not mean anything to you, Captain, but they sure still mean a hell of a lot to me!”
The last time he remembered setting foot in the 501st medbay was on the ride back to Coruscant after Umbara. He'd taken one look at Kix's side-long glare from across the room and never went back…
When the events of Umbara creates a rift between Kix and Rex, both seem fine with letting the gap widen. It takes the aftermath of Kadavo to bring both brothers back to their senses.
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- Part 12 of The Rex Files
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Lie to Me by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
11 Dec 2023
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Rex stiffened at this, shaking his head. "I'm sure it's just a coincidence. Fives has never been any good at lying. Everyone knows that."
"Okay, sure, but Jesse, too? And you? All within a handful of weeks of each other? Rex, that's not a coincidence." As Rex flexed his fingers again, aborting the motion halfway through, Anakin narrowed his eyes. "And… I think you know that. Don't you?"
Or, Anakin thinks it’s funny that Fives is terrible at lying… until he discovers that Jesse is, too. And Rex. Something about it doesn’t sit right with him, and after bringing his concerns to his captain, Anakin is startled to realize this his suspicions were right…
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- Part 13 of The Rex Files
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The Quality of Mercy: A Clone Wars Novel by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
17 Jan 2024
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“I was the one who did it, and I don’t sleep so well at night thinking about it.”
“Me neither, I keep—!” Rex sucked in a breath, stopping himself before his voice rose too high. “I keep thinking: what if he might’ve lived...?”
Rik sighed. "I’ve got no choice but to keep it from her.”
“So,” Rex said, hating the air of finality coating his tone, “you’ll live your whole life a lie?”
Perhaps he shouldn’t have been surprised when Rik nodded heavily, but he was. Shocked to his very core.
“A lot of people live that way. Only most of them don’t have good reasons like we do..."Too soon after the hell that was Umbara, Rex's only surviving batchmate admits to mercy-killing a Jedi general, thrusting Rex into a desperate struggle against his conscience—a struggle that threatens to drive a stake between his friendship with Fives and destroy everything he once thought to be right.
(UPDATE: This story is currently being revised as I fix plot holes, add scenes, and tidy up the dialogue style. Chapters 1-15 are now up.)
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- Part 3 of A Trilogy of Clone Wars Novellas
- Part 14 of The Rex Files
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Scared of the Memories (That Make Me Insane) by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
28 Dec 2023
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Would they kill her?
It was this thought that kept Rex rooted to the floor, still on his knees. Still fighting to breathe like a normal human being again.
Friendly fire.
The 501st against the 212th.
Waxer…
He only ever acted out when it hurt. So… Rex let it hurt.
Or, Rex’s POV during “Escape from Kadavo,” featuring extended scenes and a much-needed aftermath.
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- Part 15 of The Rex Files
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Not Another One... by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
14 Oct 2020
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A hasty escape from a flaming Pantoran medcenter has forced Rex to finally give voice to his greatest fear since Umbara. With Fives’ life hanging in the balance, Rex himself would rather die than let go of another brother.
Written for Whumptober 2020
No. 14 ~ FireSeries
- Part 4 of In a Angst-Ridden Galaxy Far, Far Away... Whumptober 2020
- Part 16 of The Rex Files
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Remembering Kadavo by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
10 Dec 2020
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“I can’t…” Rex sucked in a breath. “I can’t go back there. Wolffe, don’t… Don’t let them take me back there...”
Rex has a breakdown when a handful of bounty hunters unknowingly resurface painful memories. It’s up to Wolffe and Cody to set things right again, reminding their brother that those who want help the least are the ones who need it the most.
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- Part 17 of The Rex Files
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Would You Rescue Me? by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
29 Oct 2020
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“I... I c-can’t do this! I can’t...”
“Do it! I will n-not die in a sinkhole b-because you’re queasy!”
“I’m not queasy! And you are NOT going to die alone, vod.”Trapped in the aftermath of an earthquake, Rex is thrust into the position of medic when Kix’s concussion keeps him from tending to Jesse. But Rex’s lack of medical knowledge isn’t the only thing keeping him from saving his brother...
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- Part 11 of In a Angst-Ridden Galaxy Far, Far Away... Whumptober 2020
- Part 18 of The Rex Files
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No Good in Goodbye by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
20 May 2021
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“No wonder she didn’t come to say goodbye.” Pain was exploding through his knuckles before Rex could even take a moment to consider the consequences of his actions. It was only when Anakin stumbled back into the wall, that Rex realized exactly what he’d just done.
Ahsoka’s sudden departure leaves Anakin, Rex, and the 501st in tatters. Only time will tell if they can get it all together again.
And only time will tell if Rex will ever see his best friend again.ON HIATUS
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- Part 19 of The Rex Files
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My Mind Is All I Have Left… by HarpforHim
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy
28 Dec 2023
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This time, when Maul laughed, Rex not only failed to suppress a shiver, he shuddered.
"The Jedi will never see it coming. Absolutely brilliant," Maul muttered. "And that clone, your brother. He, too, was cast aside, wasn't he? Forgotten, as I was…"
"Fives was not forgotten!" Rex snapped, blinking as fast as he could against rivers of tears trailing down his cheeks.
Or, what happens when Rex was captured by Maul instead of Jesse. A minor retelling of “The Phantom Apprentice.”
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- Part 20 of The Rex Files