#he honestly doesn’t even think to do anythjng other than walk away from the rubble where his brothers lie | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

firefly-fez · 2 years ago

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nothing gets to me about star wars like the fact that ahsoka and rex were forced to leave dead brothers discarded and abandoned in the ruins of war literally day after day, battle after battle, and the first thing they do when the war is over is take the time to bury the dead.

#ahsoka #rex #captain rex #star wars clone wars #clone wars #ahsoka tano #ill bet you 100 republic credits it was ahsoka’s idea #rex was raised on war running on autopilot; compartmentalising; running through the mental mission checklist of a soldier #when he takes note of ahsoka standing there #rex has been conditioned to see leaving the dead behind as an act of efficiency; burials are a luxury you don’t have on the battlefield #he honestly doesn’t even think to do anythjng other than walk away from the rubble where his brothers lie #it might seem callous but it’s all he’s ever known; he’s done it a million times #but ahsoka?#honouring the dead is supposed to be a sacred part of jedi tradition because life itself is sacred #and yet the jedi taught her to leave them behind battle after battle; nothing #even while they insisted on the tradition whenever a jedi died like kalifa or master piell #but never for the clones; like they didn’t count #as if their fate wasn’t in glaring contradiction with everything the jedi stood for #so when the war is over #and she stands before the wreckage #she says to herself; no. no more.#i choose compassion #i will honour the dead #its not a victory. they didn’t win. they survived but it’s not a victory.#but this burial is a mercy they didn’t have in wartime #and; by the force; they take it

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