#of an ex-purge trooper who really has nothing left

[alderaani]

something something 'work song' being the most tatooine husbands song of all time. cody freshly de-chipped feeling like he's crawled out of the grave, grappling with the crushing guilt of what the empire made him do, and finding obi-wan alive is the oasis he never looked for or thought he could deserve again. each of them being the other's safe place to land, both of them fragments of what they used to be

[duncan-rohanne]

*inhales* the thing is the ‘the mandalorian’ i just not that great like everyone is making it. at least not for me. when it premiered the only gifs i saw was baby yoda, it was the only thing that anyone talked about and i knew that that is gonna be the show. the child and his father ‘the mando’. which was literally the show i didn’t want. i wanted to see the mandalorias and the post-purge mandalore, the galaxy post empire, the new republic, the birth of the first order, the galaxy’s scum and villainy and the heroes. instead we’ve got baby yoda looking cute from the left and baby yoda looking cute from the right and baby yoda playing with a ball and baby yoda making baby noises *stares into a camera*... cool. 

and this is not to say that ‘the mandalorian’ isn’t a good show. it is. it’s just not  great. (yet) and it’s just not for me. the cinematography is s.t.u.n.n.i.n.g and the premise is good in it’s core and it’s clear that it’s made by people who love star wars. i find the biggest issue with the pacing, because yes, the first season is always introduction to the characters and the world, but like - nothing happens in season 1. nothing at all. you can skip from episode 3 to episode 7 and you’ll miss absolutely nothing. 4-6 are fillers. you don’t need them. at all. and technically you don’t even need 3 if you read the sentence “cara dune is ex-shock trooper and is helping mando now”. which is not to say that they are bad episodes, on contrary, they are well made, well acted, ming-na wen is super cool and so is the matt lanter and merry band of villains in episode 6. but you don’t need these eps. you would need these episodes if this was 15-20 parts series, but it’s not. why are we having fillers in 8 episodes show -

-well because it’s slow burn, zuzana, you moron. - it sure is. it’s such a slowburn that it’s worth absolutely nothing cause you still haven’t moved anywhere. you start season 1, with people trying to kill baby yoda and mando being a good dad and you keep going with it and you end with it as well. and like, i see you dave filoni, who had to tell people to wait for ahsoka to start being awesome, because that was her journey. the difference is, you had other characters to latch on, in the meantime.

- but zuzana! season 2 has cobb and bo-katan and probably ahsoka! it’s gonna be so awesome from now on! - and it looks dope, except... bo or ahsoka are not gonna stay. this is another plot that will lead to another journey plot, because of course ahsoka or bo-katan can’t stay as regulars because they would steal show. this is baby yoda series *coughs* sorry, this is mando’s show, they can’t overshadow him. this is his journey to protect baby yoda, for ever and ever. because ahsoka can’t take him and train him somwhere. no. a) she isn’t a jedi and b) imagine baby yoda not being in his own show....i mean, the mandalorian and baby yoda not being team, not realistic. so, it’s a like loop and i’m hoping it will end eventually and someone from the new republic will hire mando to do some job and there will be actually consequences and bigger stakes. cause so far there are none.

- well, if you said that you could watch obi-wan watching paint dry in his own show, this is kinda hypocritical of you. - yeah but also we know obi-wan kenobi. we’ve spend 3 and half movies, entire tv show and countless books with him, we as audience know who he is and what he has done. we already know consequences of his actions and the stakes, he is a character that can sit on the rock for 6 episodes and it will be riveting. mando in his helmet is not that and i love pedro pascal with all my heart.

what drives me on the wall is that we will never see baby yoda grow up. he is 50 and he is still a toddler, the pain of disney milking the puppet being cute will be here until the very end. maybe in season 6 he could say his first word “papa” so audience can coo and buys now talking toys. or maybe he will be fully functiong adult in season 6, anything is possible. like bo-katan haven’t aged a day last 30 years, but that’s another issue, i won’t even go there.

anyways. i want nothing more then to be wrong. i want to love this show and i still hope i will get there eventually. i hope i will be able to go one day and say “well, i didn’t like season 1 but it’s really great from there!”

[oceanera12]

Got any headcanons on Obi-wan, Cody, Waxer, Boil, and the 212th?

Oh, dear Chaos where do I start?

First, I’m going to list two fanfictions I wrote which are literally the answer to this wonderful question. Here and here. But I also know not everyone wants to read such things so here’s a giant condensed list of random headcanons that are in the stories and a few bonus ones that are not.

At the beginning of the war, Cody would freak out and panic every time he lost his General because “it’s a clone’s responsibility to see their General stays alive” Obi-Wan was not happy when he found out about this

Obi-Wan has tried to get his men to call him by his name and not “General” or “sir”. It hasn’t really worked out for him

Wooley is made a captain at some point and becomes Cody’s right-hand man in the 212th

Waxer and Boil come from different batches. They met each other after their respective batchmates were wiped out, leaving both alone. Waxer needed someone to watch him and Boil needed someone to watch.

Cody and Obi-Wan often drink tea at their briefings and strategy meetings. Sometimes these meetings go late into the night and they both end up falling asleep on the floor/console.

Cody is a pillow to everyone... because reasons (read the first fic and you’ll understand)

Waxer is a prankster. Boil tries to make him stop and fails miserably.

212th pillow piles in a training room after a long hard battle or whenever the men just feel like it.

Cody is the best hand-to-hand combatant in the GAR.

Obi-Wan runs away from medical bays and will refuse medical attention until he passes out. It happens a lot and every time it happens Cody gets annoyed and prepares another lecture for when his General wakes up.

((Canonically, the 212th has no canon medic’s listed. So I went ahead and made two (technically three now that I’m thinking about it but whatever).))

Stitch- OG head medic of the 212th, a batchmate of Cody’s, can curse in 7 languages, amused by some of the General’s injuries (mainly how they happened), and loves to tease Cody about watching the General better. Patient, kind, and willing to put his foot down when someone is trying to escape (Obi-Wan). Died in a small skirmish and Cody had some depression after that.

Bacta- transferred from the 616th,  grumpy, loud, yells at his patients and will sedate them if they try and escape. Refuses to call anyone by their military title (”Kenobi, have you seen Cody?”) and hasn’t been court-martialed for it for reasons no one can figure out. Also refuses to call any clone by their number (and if they don’t have a name yet then he just calls them “kid” or “vod”). Armor has the first letter of every brother he failed to save on it (which is a secret to everyone but him. And a shiny who is blackmailing him over it). He’s killed after Order 66 because he refused to remove his armor. So the Empire shot him.

Bacta chases certain people (Waxer) around with a sedative if he catches them touching his medical equipment

Obi-Wan is secretly terrified of Bacta to a degree because he always seems to know when he’s trying to escape the med bay.

Waxer was learning Twi’lek from Obi-Wan before he died. Boil started learning after Waxer died.

The 212th was told Obi-Wan died during the Rako Hardeen incident and had their own funeral for him and spent the next few weeks going through the mourning process. When he came back they were relieved, then ticked

Obi-Wan talks in his sleep sometimes. It’s how Cody found out about Qui-Gon Jinn

Most of the time Obi-Wan goes missing and the 212th panic and look for him, usually finding him with the 501st or up a tree (it’s happened more than once, weirdly enough)

But when Cody goes missing, Obi-Wan also freaks out and when the General is obviously worried, the rest of the men panicx100. Long story short, Cody is not allowed to go missing anymore as told by his General, all of the 212th, General Skywalker, Rex, Wolfe, Commander Tano, and General Yoda himself.

Cody constantly asks how General Skywalker turned out the way he did. Then Obi-Wan makes one of his dramatic entrances/exits and he’s like, “There it is.”

Obi-Wan loses his saber more than Anakin. Cody doesn’t bring it up to anyone.

Cody and Obi-Wan are bros, in my head. Nothing more, nothing less.

Obi-Wan has been turned into a dog at some point (see the second fic)

When the 212th and the 501st get together, they have a big party. The 212th brings tea and the 501st brings fireworks. Neither are surprised the first time it happens.

After Order 66, Vader can’t stand the sight of Obi-Wan’s men so he disbands them and scatters the men. However, he keeps Cody in the 501st because he can’t let it completely go. (Meanwhile, CC-2224 is looking at Commander (whatever Appo’s # is) and can’t help but think that’s not the right man in charge of the battalion. It’s supposed to be someone blonde)

Post Order 66, Boil somehow escaped from the 212th and went to Ryloth (I think he had his chip removed by Rex later or something). He stayed there protecting Numa until his dying day (which involved getting killed by Wooley who was under the chip’s influence)

Also post-Order 66, Wooley became a purge trooper with one of those electro-staffs and was most likely killed by a certain ex-Padawan on the run (looking at you, Cal Kestis) Yay!

Post 66, Cody served the empire and was eventually found by Rex, who took the chip out. Cody then had a mental breakdown and was looked after by Rex until he left the rebellion. Cody had enough fighting in his life, thank you. In an ideal world, Cody found Kenobi hiding on Tatooine and got to apologize to him.

And I’ll stop there because dang this is getting long.

[aion-rsa]

The Mandalorian Season 2: Ahsoka Tano’s Return Explained

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This Star Wars article contains spoilers.

Just hours after Ahsoka Tano had returned to the small screen in the final season of The Clone Wars, Variety confirmed one of the biggest Star Wars rumors circulating the internet: that Rosario Dawson would play Ahsoka in the live-action series The Mandalorian, bringing the Jedi out of the realm of animation for the first time.  

Ahsoka, Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice who left the Jedi Order just in time to escape the Jedi Purge, was herself a much-discussed addition to the story of the Prequels. Introduced in 2008 as the break-out star of the animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars, fans watched her grow up in The Clone Wars series and later watched her come face to face with her former master in Rebels.

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In Chapter 13 of The Mandalorian, an episode appropriately titled “The Jedi,” Ahsoka finally makes her live action-action debut, bringing with her an air of mystery, some new developments regarding her current quest, and some answers about Baby Yoda’s past. Here’s what you need to know about Ahsoka’s return on The Mandalorian:

Where Has Ahsoka Been Since Rebels?

Ahsoka’s story stretches through most of the Star Wars saga. She debuted in the Prequel era as a young Jedi padawan and re-emerged as a friend to the Rebel Alliance in the years before A New Hope. In Rebels season 2, she confronted her old mentor and discovered Darth Vader’s true identity was Anakin Skywalker.

In The Clone Wars and the novel Ahsoka, she tries to find her place as an ex-Jedi at a time when most Force users are being hunted down. We don’t get to see her adventures in the years between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebellion, but by her debut on Rebels, she’s become a confident and powerful Jedi Master in every way except in title.

At the end of Rebels, after the Battle of Endor, Ahsoka sets out on a new journey to look for Jedi apprentice Ezra Bridger, who jumped to hyperspace to parts unknown before A New Hope. But why wasn’t she around to help Luke during the Galactic Civil War? She was stuck on the ancient Sith planet of Malachor, unable to escape for years before she finally found a way off the dead planet. (Yes, it’s a little convoluted but it gets Ahsoka from point A to B on the timeline.)

The Mandalorian, which takes place approximately five years after Return of the Jedi, confirms that Ahsoka is still searching for Ezra, and maybe she’s getting closer to finding him. “The Jedi” hints that Ahsoka has finally learned the location of Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn, the villain who disappeared alongside Ezra so many years ago. Whether we’ll see her search for Ezra continue on this show or in her own spin-off remains to be seen.

How Old Is Ahsoka Tano?

The Mandalorian gives us the oldest version of Ahsoka that we’ve seen on screen. Wookieepedia says she was born in 36 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), making her about 45 at the time of The Mandalorian. Dawson herself turned 41 in May.

Ahsoka’s Connection to the Rebellion and Mandalore

Ahsoka was a major operative for the Rebellion in its infancy. In fact, Ahsoka was the first “Fulcrum,” the spy codename Cassian Andor would later use in Rogue One. This means that she could have a connection to at least one of the ex-Rebel characters on The Mandalorian.

The character most closely connected to the Rebellion on The Mandalorian is Cara Dune, who left her years of service as a Rebel shock trooper behind after she became disillusioned with the New Republic, the government formed out of the Rebellion after the Emperor’s defeat. The Star Wars saga has long been a story of connections and coincidences, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Cara and Ahsoka knew each other from their days fighting the Empire. Either way, we don’t get to find out in Ahsoka’s debut.

She also has a major connection to the Mandalorians themselves. At the Siege of Mandalore, she helped liberate the planet from Maul, which opened up a power vacuum the Republic filled. But since the Republic became the Empire almost immediately after that, Mandalore was promptly subjugated by a different tyrant.

Ahsoka’s victory on Mandalore inadvertently handed Palpatine the planet, which led to the Empire committing a “Great Purge” against the Mandalorians, who were forced to go into hiding across the galaxy after that. The Jedi’s participation in the Siege of Mandalore that led to the deaths of so many could eventually put Mando at odds with Ahsoka, but this again isn’t explored in “The Jedi.”

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The Jedi and Baby Yoda

It was never necessarily a fact that Ahsoka would take Baby Yoda, who we now know is actually named Grogu, under her wing. And ultimately, she doesn’t after sensing a strong bond between Mando and the Child that she doesn’t want to break. She knows from experience that strong attachments can lead to fear and anger, which are paths to the dark side. Ahsoka saw this first hand with her former master, whose separation from his mother and quest to save Padme eventually turned him into Darth Vader.

Instead, she sets Grogu on a path to make his own decision. Ahsoka tells Mando to take the child to Tython, the ancient Jedi planet that is a particularly strong conduit for the Force. Once Mando and Grogu reach the ruins of the Jedi temple there, Grogu must make a choice: to reach out with the Force to contact another Jedi who might train him or stay with Mando as a galactic wanderer.

“The Jedi” seems to make a clear distinction between Mando and Grogu’s journey and Ahsoka’s search for Ezra. These are separate missions and the episode doesn’t really blur the lines, placing a literal wall between Mando’s duel with Michael Biehn’s Lang and Ahsoka’s interrogation of the Imperial magistrate who knows where Grand Admiral Thrawn is. It’s possible the episode is actually a backdoor pilot for Ahsoka’s own spin-off series, although nothing has been formally announced by Disney. For now, The Mandalorian gives us just enough to satisfy both fans of Baby Yoda and those who grew up watching Ahsoka on The Clone Wars.

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