#clone trooper locket

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testing a new marker brush to try and get my art block to go away. this is my clone oc Sgt Locket everyone say hi to her

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Clone Art Dump

Xordi (Old vs New) the least sane

Toucan (Old vs New) always has painted nails, tolerates the idiocy

Beerdek (old vs New) most sane(?)

Locket (Old vs New) lil baby, does not know what he got himself into <3

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idk if anyone’s done this yet but

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before you go | captain rex

word count: 621

warnings: mentions of battle, mentions of death, but fluff other than that! 

a/n: so it’s a been a while before i watched the siege of mandalore arc, so if i got anything wrong or incorrect, please let me know! i decided to write about rex because he always deserves some fluff written about him. i hope y’all enjoy! :))

prompt:  “Hi… ummm I’d like to request literally anything you want to write because you’re freaking magnificent! Although if youre gonna make me choose I’d love either Rex or Cody anything”

(not my gif)

“senator (y/l/n), i do not believe you have access to the hangar,” a clone trooper remarks, his arms folded across his chest. 

“i need to speak with captain rex,” you plead, your voice wavering, “it’s urgent.”

“i’m right here,” a familiar voice cuts in, your heart skipping a beat, “i can handle this, soldier.”

“r-right sir,” the trooper stammers, a slight blush tinging his cheeks, “my apologies to you, senator. i was not aware that you were acquainted with the captain.”

“apology accepted,” you dip your head out of respect, a small smile painting your features. 

the trooper swivels on his heel, strolling away. the moment his attention is no longer on the two of you, rex pulls you in for an embrace, nearly squishing you against his armor. 

nonetheless, you melt in his arms, letting out a content sigh. rex’s lips connect with your forehead momentarily, just long enough for you to savor the way his soft lips feel against your skin. once he pulls away, the area tingles, bliss rippling through you. 

“i was afraid i was going to miss you,” your gaze drifts upward, eyes locking with his, (e/c) meeting a golden honey, “i canceled a meeting or two, just so i could say goodbye.”

a glimmer of happiness dances in his depths, “you didn’t have to do that.”

“i wanted to see you,” you murmur, your bottom lip quivering as tears brim your lids, “you always know how it is, rex. we’re always unsure if this may be the last-”

“i’m coming back,” his tone is firm, “i’m going to come back home. i promise you that, sweetheart.” 

“i’‘ll be thinking of you,” you whisper, taking his hand and lacing your fingers together. 

“there won’t be a second where you’re not on my mind,” the words are warm, surging with affection as they tumble out of his mouth. 

if only you could hold onto him for a just a few more minutes longer.

if only you didn’t have to say goodbye so hastily. 

gods, was this always the most difficult part.

no matter how desperately you attempted to hold in the tears, the dam always broke somehow. 

tears streamed down your cheeks, your throat tightening by the second as you stood with him, “i-i have something for you.”

digging in the pocket of your gown, your fingers wrap around a silver chain, a circular locket dangling. rex holds his palm out, eyes wide with intrigue, his lips pursed. 

“what is it?” 

“open it,” you wipe your tears. 

rex opens the locket, an endearing smile forming as he glances at the printed photo, “sweetheart, this is beautiful.”

“i hope you like it,” you manage to chuckle as the trooper undoes the clasp, “i-i wasn’t sure-”

his lips collide with yours, your lashes fluttering as a loving, tender kiss unfolds. your breath is taken away momentarily, any last remaining thought dissolving. the kiss is hasty as troopers call out to rex, shouting and hollering. 

“i gotta go,” rex frowns, “you’ll always be in my heart, (y/n). i’m coming back for you. i promise.”

“i love you,” you blurt out, reaching out for one last embrace.

“i love you more,” rex murmurs, his voice soft, “i have to go to mandalore now.”

“i’ll be waiting,” you choke back a sob. 

“and i’ll be waiting for the moment i get to see your gorgeous face again sweetheart,” rex presses one last kiss to your temple. 

as you watch him trot to the shuttle, your heart sinks, the tears welling up once more. however, rex’s words ring through your head. 

you’ll always be in my heart.

and for you, that was enough to dispel any fear that lingered. 

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A 501st Christmas

Chapter 5

Thanks to @captainrexisboo for helping me figure out some of the gifts for the clones, you were a big help! I'm not gonna lie, I teared up a little writing one part of this.

You and Padme rush around the store, searching for presents for the boys. They are back at the base, making ornaments for the tree with Gida.

You both have already found a few things for Fives, Jesse and Kix, and Padme's already got something for Anakin and Obi Wan but you're still trying to find some things for the others. You at this particular moment are trying to find something for Rex. You have no idea what to get him, when you asked he told you that he doesn't need anything.

You want to get him something special, something that will be meaningful to him. But you have no idea what it should be.

You let out a deep, frustrated sigh, and decide to take a break from looking for Rex's present. You search the isles of the store, now you are trying to figure out what to get for Dogma.

You've already gotten Jesse a joke book, you and Anakin brainstormed together and decided to give Kix a day off, and Fives is getting a cookbook since he loves cooking and a mini comb for his goatee.

You notice that the shelve nexts to you has a stack of mini journals on it and you smile, you search through it and find the perfect 501st blue one.

It's perfect for Dogma to make bullet lists and notes in, it also might do him some good to write his feelings down in it, since he's so quiet. You decide to grab a second one for him, and make a note to buy him another two once these run out, whenever that is.

You're also helping Boil make a scrap book for Waxer, it's going to have all their pictures of Numa and their brothers in it.

You keep looking around, you end up finding some hair products for Tup. Mostly hair ties, scrunchies and Bobby pins, you also find some really nice conditioner for long, curly hair. You think that he'll love it.

You find a little bracelet for Gida, it has a little heart as the charm on it. You hope that she'll love it, Rex is also getting his own gift for her that he's going to pick out himself.

You grab a travel mug for Boil since he loves his caf. You decide to finish up and carry your stuff to the register, on your way you meet up with Padme and that's when you see the perfect present for Stutter.

It's an art set that comes with everything, paints, pastels, crayons, pencil's, pencil crayons and flimsy. It also comes with erasers and sharpeners for them, you smile and grab it. Stutter loves drawing and coloring, he's going to be so happy to get it.

"You grabbed a lot of stuff y/n, the men are going to be so happy. Did you find anything for Rex." You smile but a frown takes your face as soon as she talks about Rex's gift, you still have no idea what to get him.

"I have no idea what to get him, Padme, this is our first Christmas together. It needs to be something special." Padme nods, and thinks for a moment, she wants to help you.

"I don't know, y/n. But I'm sure that you'll think of something." Padme's kind words cheer you up a little, but you still feel upset. You hope to figure it out soon.

"Okay, let's head back to my place and hide these presents." You smile at Padme's enthusiasm, you both pay for your things and take them to Padme's apartment. You collapse on the couch afterwards, completely spent.

"That was fun Padme, thanks." She nods and sits down beside you after hiding the presents.

"Now I just have to figure out what to get for Rex."

"What about Cody?" Padme asks you, noticing that you didn't pick anything up for him.

"Rex and I already got something for Cody, it's a strip of leather for Cody's belt. So that he can wear Obi Wan's lightsaber instead of carrying it around when he loses it." Padme chuckles at that, she's heard from Anakin how much Obi Wan loses his lightsaber.

"That's a great gift, Cody has to get tired of carrying that damn lightsaber all the time." You laugh at that, it was all Rex's idea to get it for his brother. It's even in 212th orange.

"I'm sorry to say that I have to head back Padme, I'll be back to help wrap the gifts soon." You stand up and Padme pulls you into a hug.

"It was great spending the time with you today y/n, make sure to come back soon." You smile and pull away, heading to her elevator to leave. As you start your walk back to base you try to figure out what to get Rex, when you glance over at a speeder you get an idea.

You decide to make Rex's present, it's going to be a locket of some sort. A locket that you'll put a picture of the two of you in, you're positive that Rex will love it. You'll also make it so that it can extend, then Rex can wear it even when he's in his Werewolf form.

You'll make it out of parts from some of the ships, there are ones that are too broken to fix so you'll use parts from those. Another thing you'll add is a piece of armor from both your's and Rex's, you can't wait to start making it.

You finally make it too the base, walking in and seeing that everyones still here. Cody, Waxer, Boil are all here, so are Gida, Obi Wan and Anakin. Then there's Rex, Fives, Tup, Dogma, and Stutter.

"Hey Cyare!" Rex calls, walking over to you and giving you a peck on the lips. You pull away and look around, noticing that Jesse and Kix aren't here.

"Where's Jesse and Kix?"

"Kix is in the medbay fixing up some shinies that got in a fight, and Jesse is there keeping him company." You nod, of course some shinies got into a fight.

"So, where are the gifts, y/n." Fives asks with a sly smile, and you scoff.

"Like I'm going to tell you, they're hidden." Fives laughs at that, he should have known that you wouldn't bring them here.

"We're all ready to decorate the tree, Cyare. We were just waiting for you." Rex pulls you over to everyone else who's getting the decorations that they made ready, you see quite a few little troopers that will hang on the tree and you laugh.

They all look like one of the boys in the 501st and 212th, you even see one that looks like Rex, it even has a little pair of Jag eyes on the helmet.

"Y/n!" Gida hurtles towards you, almost knocking you over when she hits. You kneel down and wrap your arms around her.

"Hey, Gida. Did you have fun with the boys today?" She nods quickly.

"Yeah, we did a bunch of crafts. It was so much fun come on, come on." You chuckle as she pulls you towards the tree, you notice that the garland and lights are already hung up.

You and the boys start decorating, Stutter hangs up some of his own homemade decorations, they look amazing. So do the others, even the Jedi made some decorations. You grab the candy canes, handing some too Gida as you both start hanging them everywhere.

After that you grab Gida, handing her your star and Rex picks her up. She places the star on the tree and you all stand back to admire your work, the tree is covered in decorations. Way too many actually, and many different colors but you don't care.

The tree is perfect, it shows how different your family is. You may have only been with Rex for eight months, but you didn't only get Rex as a boyfriend, you got a whole family to go with him. All the boys think of you as their sister, and you think of them as your brothers.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 1 Easter Eggs Explained

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This Star Wars: The Bad Batch article contains spoilers.

While the Star Wars Original Trilogy has been explored thoroughly for more than 40 years, the period between the Prequels and the Originals is less well-trodden. Following in The Clone Wars and Rebels‘ footsteps, The Bad Batch takes a deep dive into the rise of the Empire. This means we get to see familiar characters, planets, ships, and technology in a moment of transition, as a Republic becomes something more twisted and sinister in the hands of the Sith.

Unsurprisingly, “Aftermath,” which is directed by Steward Lee, Saul Ruiz, and Nathaniel Villanova, and written by Jennifer Corbett and Dave Filoni, is full of connections and nods to other parts of the Star Wars universe.

Here are all of the Star Wars easter eggs and references we spotted in this episode:

Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus

– Jedi Kanan Jarrus was introduced and starred in the animated series Star Wars Rebels, where he was a maverick Force-user fighting for the good guys while rediscovering what it means to be a Jedi in a time when they’re persecuted. His previous name, before he changed it to hide from the Empire, was Caleb Dume.

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– The character’s origin story was first explored in the 12-issue Marvel comic book series Kanan by Greg Weisman and Pepe Larraz. While “Aftermath” only gives us the very early part of this story, the comic series goes into way more detail about how Caleb eventually became Rebel hero Kanan Jarrus.

Interestingly enough, The Bad Batch‘s version of events is slightly different to the opening of Kanan. However, the broad strokes are the same, including the presence of his Jedi Master Depa Billaba. In the comic, Caleb, Depa, and their clone troopers are resting around a fire when the Order 66 call comes in, not fully engaged in battle as they are in The Bad Batch. In both, master and Padawan become separated such that Caleb doesn’t know what became of Depa, which enables an early plot point for Rebels.

– Kanan is once again voiced by well-loved Star Wars voice actor Freddy Prinze Jr.

Omega

– Since she was first introduced in the trailers, mysterious new clone character Omega has been the subject of much speculation. Is she a new kind of clone? Does her name signify that she’s the final clone? No to the latter, since we see Tarkin examining a lab growing more clones in the episode.

But what we do know is that she’s the last of the enhanced clones. Like Hunter, Tech, Wrecker, and Crosshair, she was born a bit different, and we see that she’s ostracized by the other clones for it. The episode also suggests that Omega’s “genetic mutation” might be something the Kaminoans are trying to keep a secret. On the surface, she is simply Lama Su’s “medical assistant.” The locket on her head contains something of importance, but we don’t yet know what is.

– Omega is voiced by New Zealand actor Michelle Ang, whom you’ve previously seen on Fear the Walking Dead, The Twilight Zone, and Xena: Warrior Princess.

Order 66 and Revenge of the Sith

– “Aftermath” overlaps with events first established in Revenge of the Sith. The episode mentions Obi-Wan Kenobi’s final fight with General Grievous on Utapau, and even recreates part of the scene where Palpatine creates the Galactic Empire. Based on this timeline, we know the first episode of The Bad Batch also takes place around the same time as the series finale of The Clone Wars.

– The episode also directly addresses Order 66 and its aftermath. Order 66, which saw the Clone Army turn on and exterminate their Jedi commanders, is one of the most tragic events of the Star Wars saga. We wrote way more about Order 66 and how it worked here.

– The inhibitor chips that force the clones to execute Order 66 and become more aggressive in the aftermath don’t affect Hunter, Tech, Echo, Wrecker, or Omega. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for team sniper Crosshair, who quickly turns into the villain of the episode, as he tries to first kill Caleb and later betrays his friends at Tarkin’s behest. These control chips were explored in season six of The Clone Wars. Clone trooper Fives discovered their true nature but was killed before he could foil Palpatine’s plan. Captain Rex and Ahsoka Tano also discovered the chips and removed Rex’s in the final arc of season seven.

Shaak Ti’s Lightsaber?

One of the darkest scenes in the episode happens when the Bad Batch arrive back on Kamino. As they’re walking through the halls of their base, a group of clones pass by carrying a stretcher, a dead Jedi’s body covered by a sheet. Out of the stretcher falls a lightsaber, which some fans have speculated belongs to Jedi Master Shaak Ti, who died on Coruscant during Order 66.

The lightsaber doesn’t really look like Shaak Ti’s, but we don’t know who else might be in that stretcher. Let us know what you think in the comments!

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Kamino and the Clones

– The Bad Batch are also known as Clone Force 99, named after 99, a clone with “genetic mutations” who eventually gave his life in the war.

– Kaminoan Prime Minister Lama Su and administrative aide Taun We both appeared in Attack of the Clones as representative of the cloning industry, while Scientist/doctor Nala Se debuted on The Clone Wars. Their primary motive in their conflict with Tarkin in The Bad Batch is financial, but it does seem like Nala Se might also be trying to protect Omega.

– They’re still making young clones, as evidenced by the kids visible in the background. It’s unknown whether Omega ages at a normal rate or has the accelerated growth that brings most of the clones up to fighting form unnaturally fast.

– We see many different ranks and roles among the clones in this episode, including the green-armored sergeants and red-armored captains.

– In one scene, we see clones working on an E-Web heavy repeating blaster, which appears throughout the franchise, and was recently called out by name in The Mandalorian.

J-19 and Other Locations

– The Bad Batch come up with a plan to meet an old friend in Sector J-19. That sector is also known as the Suolriep sector, which is largely populated by desolate planets. Unsurprisingly, it is located in the Outer Rim of the galaxy. The sector first appeared in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars.

– While Kamino is front and center here, the episode also visits the lush (and dangerous) jungle world of Onderon, Kaller, and briefly mentions Felucia, a beautiful planet that first appeared in Revenge of the Sith during the grim Order 66 montage.

Other Cameos

– Wilhuff Tarkin, later Grand Moff, has appeared in animated form before. He showed up in The Clone Wars and Rebels. Whether his CGI iteration in Rogue One counts as animation may be up for debate, but he’s certainly there.

The villain first appeared in A New Hope, where famous horror actor Peter Cushing played the man who “held Vader’s leash.”

– Saw Gerrera, who also appeared in Rogue One, The Clone Wars, and Rebels, is a radical freedom fighter who will go on to have a tenuous but helpful relationship with the mainstream Rebel Alliance. He previously helped his home planet of Onderon shake off Separatist rule with Republic help.

– Darth Sidious appears briefly in a hologram, as he declares the formation of “the first Galactic Empire, for a safer and secure society.”

– Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and General Grievous all appear in flashbacks in the episode.

– Grey is the clone commander who executes Order 66 at the start of the episode, killing Depa Billaba and attempting to do the same with Caleb. He first appeared in the Kanan comic series.

– Comic relief medical droid AZI-345211896246498721347 first appeared in The Clone Wars.

Ships and Technology

– The Imperial probe droid that stalks Clone Force 99 in the episode is derived from the Republic ones also seen in The Clone Wars. They’re already more outwardly ominous by the time of The Bad Batch, with more oddly-placed eyes and insectoid limbs instead of the rounder Republic version.

– The Batch’s ship is a modified Omicron-class attack shuttle named the Havoc Marauder.

Creatures

– Wrecker’s stuffed animal is a tooka, the cat-like species of which the Loth-cat that features often in Star Wars Rebels is one variety. They first appeared in The Clone Wars (also several cat-like species mentioned in various corners of the Expanded Universe preceded them) and were named after Star Wars animation executive producer Dave Filoni’s late cat.

– At one point, you can also see a Pikobi, a half-reptilian and half-bird species native to Onderon, Naboo, and Dagobah. The Pikobi first appeared in The Phantom Menace.

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Locket!! She is all dressed up with nowhere to go aka I’m sick and went crazy with some ibis paint brushes lmao

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Trying more of a new style out w more of my clone OCs, Cast and Fluke! My eyes aren’t great at registering colors when I’m drawing, so unfortunately Fluke’s turned out a bit more NEON RED than I had intended. Whoops! (Also, a friend pointed out it looks like there’s blood on Fluke’s face—there’s not, it’s supposed to be a scar, but again, my eyeballs suck, and I sadly lost the file for this so I can’t do anything about it :P)

Also also mini infodump in the tags about their personalities

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more copikla squad. raise your hand if you're suprised. in order: Cast -they/them-(CT-4004), Fluke -he/him-(CC-5705), Bugs-he/him-(CC-6403), and Locket -she/her-(CC-6402). idk if these numbers have been used for canon clones before and i refuse to google it.

also cast's number is based on the 404 error page because their default expression is deer in the headlights. head empty. no thoughts. they're also the youngest lol

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Contrary to Locket’s protestations, this is 100% the reason she chose purple as her squad’s color. The rest of the team teases her relentlessly for it

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It’s Locket time babey!!! She’s so cool I love her so much. Anyways she has a picture of Mace Windu in her locket and when she’s sad she talks to it like that one meme that’s like “oh Miku we’re really in it now”

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Meet Sgt Locket, leader of Copikla Squad! Pronouns are she/her. I might clean up and color this later, and I’ll be making posts of the rest of her squad and their ~lore~ once they’re all done.

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Can’t remember if I posted this or not lmao so here we go!!!

This is a WIP of one of my clone OCs Sgt Locket!! Her pronouns are she/her, and she got her name because she likes to steal shiny or little things and one of the first ones she stole was someone’s locket lol. She and her squad are clone commandos, and she operates as aerial recon (basically when I was deciding what I wanted her to do, I was thinking about Magpies so). Her squad’s color is purple because Fuck You I can do what I want !!! lmao !!! But I plan on her having green marks on her helmet still to show she’s aerial recon. She’s the hardass of the squad since she’s Sgt. I will post the others once I start on them! (Their names are Cast, Fluke, and Bugs). Their armor is the same as other commandos but with alterations for specific variants like Locket, who requires the changes that are in other aerial armors. Also canon is lying dead on an autopsy table but I’m a coroner from like 1765 who just started yesterday and has little regard for whether anything makes sense or not so some things obviously don’t line up w canon clone stuff lol

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okay, you know what, I'm not sure if these have reached "old" status yet, but here are some versions with Kix

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Star Wars The Bad Batch: Who Is Omega?

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This Star Wars: The Bad Batch article contains spoilers.

The newest Star Wars hero is a bit of a mystery. Omega, a young clone who joins the titular heroes in The Bad Batch, is a mix of audience surrogate and riddle. She’s eager to join the fight, and has some skills of her own, but she’s obviously not cut from the exact same cloth as the other clones. That serves her well as she escapes Order 66 from the clones’ side, with her and the Batch some of the few residents of Kamino who don’t go all-in on the Empire’s slaughter. So, who is Omega, really?

At a press conference held over Zoom last week, lead The Bad Batch actor Dee Bradley Baker described Omega’s relationship with the other clones of the Bad Batch as familial. “It’s a fascinating relationship that unfolds,” he says. “Because at first of course the team [is] their own sealed unit not used to having anyone along or working with everyone else.” Ultimately, Omega does end up joining the Bad Batch, and this newfound friendship among “genetic mutants” will inform the 16-episode season as a whole.

“It’s interesting in terms of the story and the writing to have this kind of personal relationship with a younger character and to see how that changes and how they accommodate that,” Baker says. “It’s more of an uncle-niece or father-child dynamic, but not entirely, because Omega has her own potential powers maybe. It’ll be interesting to see that unfold. It connects you to the story in a personal way.” 

There’s a lot to unpack when it comes to Omega’s origin and potential enhancements, especially after the series premiere, “Aftermath.” Here’s what we know about Omega and what she might mean for the future of The Bad Batch.

Just the Facts

Omega, played by Michelle Ang, follows in the tradition of protagonists like Ahsoka Tano, Ezra Bridger, and Luke Skywalker himself as the audience’s eyes into a new world. She’s also plainly familiar with the Bad Batch, knowing them by name even though they aren’t familiar with her.

We’re first introduced to her as a “medical assistant” for Nala Se, the Kaminoan scientist seen often in connection with the Republic’s clones. Omega is confirmed to be a clone, but what exactly that means lives in the realm of theory for now. More on that later.

What we know for sure is that she certainly doesn’t look like Jango Fett, the template for the Clone Army, which seems odd since the deceased bounty hunter was the only genetic template the Kaminoans used…right? Another mystery.

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One clue as to who Omega is seems to be in her headpiece, which looks like Lama Su’s. Omega’s jewelry holds something hidden in a locket that’s important to her, but as of the first episode, the audience (and the Bad Batch) don’t know what that is, either. It could be a personal curio or a key to a larger story. We’re going to bet on the latter.

Producer and head writer Jennifer Corbett told us that Omega’s character didn’t go through a lot of different iterations when she was being developed. “We started by thinking what challenges would push the Batch out of their comfort zone. A young child would challenge them at every turn. We didn’t go back and forth much. She just fit the story, and when Michelle came in and read for her, we knew we had it.” 

Is She “The Last Clone”?

Omega being the final clone ever produced from Jango’s genetic template has been a popular fan theory over the last few weeks. It stems mostly from her name: Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet and an evocative symbol for finality, opposition, or a complete set (as in “the alpha and the omega.”) As of now, this is entirely speculation.

There’s nothing in the show that suggests she’s the final clone, and, in fact, you can see Jango clones of Omega’s age or younger in the background of some shots. There’s also no precedent for it, no clone named Alpha, at least not in the current canon. There were a few clones named Alpha in the Legends continuity, though, including one introduced as a clone of Jedi Master Kam Solusar in the novel Crosscurrent by Paul S. Kemp. Interestingly enough, that Alpha traveled with a female clone named Hunter… Strange coincidence coming from Corbett and Dave Filoni, a veteran Star Wars creator who loves re-canonizing elements from Legends in new ways. We won’t jump to any conclusions just yet, though.

But going back to the meaning of Omega’s name, there are already a line of canon “last” troopers, the Purge troopers “from the very last production line,” who look like the usual Jango template. Their existence isn’t proof that Omega is one of them; in fact, we’d argue it’s the opposite. But again, that’s all speculation.

It is canon that Jango Fett’s DNA is being “stretched” thin by the cloning process. This bit of pseudoscience explains why the Bad Batch themselves are different, which Omega seems to relate to. So the theory that she might be one of the last because the science simply can’t produce that many, or that the Kaminoans had to make changes in order to make it possible to create more clones, isn’t totally impossible, either.

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Is She a Clone of Palpatine?

Is Omega’s history more ominous? Emperor Palpatine has cloned himself before. Depending on which story you’re experiencing, the clone might be a shell for his Force presence to ooze into after his own body’s death or a brand new person. In The Rise of Skywalker, we learned Rey’s history is closely intertwined with cloning. Palpatine created a clone body for himself to carry on his legacy, but the science was inexact and the body weak. One of his many other plans resulted in the creation of a strand-cast(different from cloning, but it hasn’t exactly been detailed how.)

This strand-cast was Rey’s father, intended to provide Palpatine a Force-sensitive genetic match Palpatine could transfer his own spirit into. But now we’re getting a bit far afield. The point is that Palpatine was trying all kinds of things to figure out how to extend his own life past death, and needed a Force-sensitive vessel to do it. Could Omega be an early prototype?

While she doesn’t show any Force-sensitivity outwardly, she does seem to have remarkable empathy. Her knowledge of the Bad Batch could come from her fondness for them, or it could be something more supernatural.

Even if she isn’t Force-sensitive, there would be plenty of opportunities for her to be an offshoot of Palpatine’s plans. As seen in The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker, when the Emperor starts a project, he makes a lot of backup copies. Omega also looks a lot more like Palpatine than like the Jango clones, although her face shape is reminiscent of the young Boba Fett’s character model in The Clone Wars, but the blonde hair and light skin might suggest something different.

There’s sure to be a lot more information about Omega as The Bad Batch goes on. Will she be as much of a mystery as Grogu and Rey, or will we learn her history sooner rather than later? The 16-episode first season of The Bad Batch will tell.

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