#I guess they also both have critical early encounters with Saw Gerrera

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Every time I think about it, I’m struck by the parallel beats in Kallus’s and Crosshair’s redemption arcs.

Spent a season chasing the heroes.

Forced to work together with the heroes after being abandoned by the Empire, then refused to leave with the heroes even though that meant being stuck on a deserted rock with no way off and no Imperial rescue incoming.

Risked everything to get a message out to the heroes once captured after defecting, only to have that message ironically be what doomed the heroes.

Retired to an isolated, idyllic planet for a happily ever after.

Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s Star Wars. It’s like poetry. It rhymes.

But my favorite part is despite all of that, if they ever met, they’d probably hate each other.

Kallus: After all that, you just . . . left? You didn’t stay to join the fight? Crosshair: Nope. Kallus: Your guilt for your past actions didn’t make you feel compelled to spend years giving your all for the cause? Crosshair: Nope. Kallus: You weren’t driven by a need for absolution? Crosshair: I shot Hemlock. It was very absolving.