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heyclickadee · 3 days ago

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Something I sort of just realized that I’m not really communicating in my arguments that Tech is alive and could come back in the next show is that I’m not arguing that season three was supposed to be the end of the whole clone era, got screwed up, and that the creatives might decide to revisit the characters later. I’m arguing that season three went the way it did—all setup, narrowing the focus to Omega, adding extra plot points late to facilitate that focus while not resolving any of the plot points that were already in play, leaving most of the character arcs unfinished, refusing to do anything to allow for processing or closure on Tech, a bittersweet (happiest the circumstances, which were bad, would allow) ending at best, closing up Hunter and Omega’s relationship while leaving everything else, the family stuff included, up in the air—because another show had already been greenlit before season three went into production (early on in that production at the latest). I’m arguing that the stuff that didn’t get closure did so because all that stuff already had somewhere else to go. Think a sort of monkey’s paw renewal situation where they get more seasons but those seasons are its own production and may come with a POV shift that justifies the split. TBB being an ESB, a great show with an ending that’s only the end of a chapter rather than the end of a story, and not being able to fully stand on its own as a result, but intentionally so. Whether or not that was a good idea is another question, but that’s the framework for my theorizing.

#like okay #genuinely I think that what happened #is that they wanted to do a longer story but got a three season show greenlit #they structured the story to be able to tie together in three seasons if necessary #but wanted that longer version #season one comes out and it’s a hit #they get that second part/longer version of the show greenlit at a time when season two would have been basically done #and season three scripts were getting started #they delay season two in order to add a couple bits here and there to make it really obvious Tech was coming back #on top of whatever foreshadowing was already there #move the Tech return and every bit of resolution connected to that #and the clone rebellion/resolution to the Rex stuff and everything connected to that #to that second show where they’ll have more time to really dig into it #without overshadowing Omega #add in Ventress and the force kids to lead into something with the path yes I am still on that #and leave all the build up leading to a Tech return and a clone rebellion in since it would pay off eventually #and then end the show without tying up anything except the Hunter and Omega stuff introduced in Cut and Run #because everything else is getting tied up elsewhere #I even suspect that if there is a clone rebellion show and we’re right that when decisions were made to do things this way #the idea was that that next thing would’ve been announced by now #but there were strikes for six months and things got pushed back enough #that we’re sitting here wondering what’s happening #they’re working on something animated otherwise the entire department would have gotten laid off #and they wouldn’t have been hiring a bit ago #juuussssst if they could tell us what #yes I know this is just me theorizing but I feel like it’s consistent #with a season that was stalling for time in its second half NOT rushing at all #and all of the ‘this chapters’ and ‘what’s next’#also to be clear if this is what it is I’m behind it as a writing choice #but the audience management and marketing is abysmal (which is frankly about what I expect

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