Hero With No Fear

The title "Hero With No Fear" was a moniker given to Jedi Knight and General Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars. After leaping to the aid of Obi-Wan Kenobi during a high-stakes mission on Cato Neimoidia in 22 BBY, transmissions of the heavily-publicized event were circulated across the HoloNet. To the annoyance of his former Jedi Master and fellow Jedi General, Obi-Wan Kenobi, reporters from organizations such as HoloNet News glorified Skywalker and his actions, bestowing the "Hero With No Fear" title upon him as an act of wartime propaganda.

During the war, Skywalker led the elite 501st Legion with the support of his Padawan, Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano, and his first-in-command, Clone Captain Rex. Rex would become a legendary figure in his own right, becoming considered the hero of the clone army, while Tano would also earn fame herself amongst the Jedi for her skills and apprenticeship to Skywalker. Also notable among Skywalker's circle was Kenobi, with whom he would fight beside as a brother-in-arms; while Skywalker was able to throw himself into combat as the Hero with No Fear, Kenobi earned fame as "the Negotiator" for his skills in diplomacy, ending conflicts before they could even begin or stopping them in their midst. While the Jedi Order as a whole was largely kept out of wartime propaganda at the request of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, supposedly out of sympathy for the Order's discomfort at being depicted as warriors, Skywalker and Kenobi were widely spread across the Holonet as the faces of the Republic war effort during one stage of the war.

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