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kimbureh · 1 year ago

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TBB Season 2 Finale

I've already talked in another post at length about why I think TBB's core message is "Self-sacrifice is not the way", and I think we see this theme come to a beautiful conclusion in the season 2 finale.

Let's start at the end. Back on Ord Mantell, The Empire shows up to take Omega. Injured and desperate, Hunter orders Omega to flee. But Omega rejects Hunter's self-sacrifice and tries to rescue the team, and even more, she refuses Hemlock's offer for an exchange.

"I'm not going with you."

Omega's words right here are the core theme of TBB. She explicitly says, "I won't allow the self-sacrifice of my family, and I won't sacrifice myself either". This is revolutionary, literally: The Clone Rights Movement develops the same idea from a different angle.

On the other hand, during the attack on the Summit, Saw Gerrera posits that sacrifices have to be made for the greater good. But what greater good? The interference of Gerrera causes that neither his team nor the Batch get what they came for: Gerrera fails to blow up the Imperial admirals, the Batch fails to track Hemlock's ship. It's interesting that Gerrara still acts as an antagonist to the Batch despite technically being an ally. And indeed, the two groups do have some ideological overlap: Hunter may not agree with Gerrera on sacrifices, but there are two seasons to back up the fact that Hunter actually does utilize (self-)sacrifice as a tactic. He just doesn't admit it like Gerrara does. Hunter doesn't admit that he sacrificed Crosshair, that he continues to sacrifice the squad's interests for Omega's, that he sacrifices even himself on the altar of selflessness.

But then Tech falls. And for a weak moment on Ord Mantell, Hunter understands they cannot continue if they chip away at themselves and at each other like that. He wants to stop the sacrifices, leave everything behind (the soldier life! even his leadership role that is attached to it!) in order to hide on Pabu. He immediately regresses into self-sacrifical behavior once the Empire shows up to take Omega, but I am excited for him to finally take the crucial step and consider change, even if his plans are naive. Settling on Pabu wouldn't fix the problems they have, but Hunter is yet to learn how to live as as a self-directed person instead of a solider forced into a coercive system.

Season 2 sets up everything for Hunter to figure out life and change and himself, and luckily, Omega and Crosshair are already one step ahead of him. Thematically, meeting up with them again and reconciliating with them is a step that would cohesively end Hunter's arc of finally embracing change.

So this is it. That's all the meta I intended on writing on TBB, you can find all the other essays here. Have fun. I'm looking forward to your takes

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foxykatie425 · 1 year ago

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I can’t believe I haven’t seen anybody else talk about this, but if Cal Kestis was working with Saw Gerrara up to around 9 BBY, could that mean he might have met young Jyn Erso at some point? She’d be around 12 years old by then and would have been with Saw for some time, so I’d think it’s possible that they met at some point, or at least knew of each other… 🤔

#jedi survivor #cal kestis #saw gerrera #jyn erso #rogue one #star wars

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theputterer · 4 months ago

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*shows up an hour late with starbucks only to realize we never had an appointment* This is awkward. To make it less awkward, answer some questions for me. What song makes your body go 'oh, we should flail about to this!', what is a weird fact more people should know, and what is the ideal beverage to sip upon when it's pleasantly warm (without being too hot) outside?

aww Rifle it's always good to hear from you <3

I saw I SAW THE TV GLOW this past weekend and it Unhinged Me and i have been mainlining its soundtrack like nobody's business since. it is a great soundtrack that really Gets the dual horror and euphoria of being a teenager. a standout is "Starburned and Unkissed" by Caroline Polachek that I am obsesssedddd with

the middle name of the great American science-fiction writer known as Philip K. Dick is Kindred. Philip Kindred Dick. (his mother's maiden name was Kindred). but it is a very prescient name once you know he had a twin sister who died at six weeks old; and once you know that, you'll never stop seeing her and the idea of the "phantom twin" in his writing

a second weird fact that suggests EVERYThING IS CONNECTED: the man who invented the x-acto knife is the father of Louise Glück, the wonderful American poet.

and similarly, but possibly more relevant to your interests: here in Ireland, the mines in Glengowla were active in the latter half of the nineteenth century where they dug up gold, quartz, marble, and galena. the galena was shipped to neighboring Britain where it was made into bullets and then exported to the United States, which was experiencing a civil war at the time.

at the same time, the irishmen (because it was men) working in the mine would order supplies to be shipped to them from America because it was somehow *cheaper* to do so than to either make or buy tools in Ireland. there are wood ladders still in the mine today (can't be brought out or they'll fall apart in the non-mine air) that were once American trees. it's! all! connected!

ideal beverage to sip when it's pleasantly warm... a cup of black tea with milk that has cooled a bit so you can drink it without scalding your tongue.

this has been fun Rifle and really funny and pretty impeccable timing because I was legit thinking about messaging you to get your opinion on: a Saw Gerrara in a modern real-life world who is not a soldier: what does he do for a living???

#rifle #personal #that question may or may not be relevant to a secret project lmao #ask

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foxxxtransformer123 · 1 year ago

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I just rewatched Ghosts of Geonosis, and maybe I'm just too ravenous for Zeb content and backstory, but I feel that he could have been used in the episodes more. His species was wiped out by the Empire, too. It would have been far more interesting if they'd at least acknowledged that.

They could have had him sympathize with Klick Klack. They could have had him angry as all hell at the Empire for committing Genocide. We could have had him butt heads with Gerrara over his treatment of Klick Klack because Zeb has experienced xenophobia as well. And, I wish we could have had the Ghost crew, and not just Ezra, be insanely pissed at Saw for his treatment of Klick Klack, and it would have made a lot of sense for Zeb, another very non human like species, who has also experienced extreme xenophobia, get more than one shot of growling angrily at Saw and never being acknowledged again. I know Zeb would have immediately tried to beat Saw's ass as soon as Rex stopped holding him back. In fact, he probably wouldn't have let Rex hold him back like that. It's not like his character at all to hold back from a fight. His whole thing is being hot-headed and reckless, and although he calms down throughout the show, the blatant xenophobia and near Genocide of a species, is not something he would just hold himself back from responding to.

The episodes could have done something with Zeb. They could have shown the impact of Lasan even years later. They could have shown him sympathizing with Klick Klack. They could have done something very interesting that would have given Zeb just a little bit more depth.

The episodes are good as they are, and I may just be desperate for Zeb content, but I think they could have done something more.

In conclusion: I wish they had used Zeb more.

#star wars rebels #garazeb orrelios #ezra bridger #saw gerrera

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ghostiesandghoulss · 2 years ago

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SO YOURE TELLING ME THAT JYN WAS 16 IN ANDOR AND POSSIBLY WITH SAW GERRARA AND WE APPARENTLY JUST BARELY MISSED HER??? NOT EVEN A SINGLE SHOT WHERE SHES IN THE BACKGROUND???

MY TINY BRAIN CANNOT HANDLE THIS?????

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dangraccoon · 4 months ago

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Jari’eyc - Chapter 16

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Warnings: References to "The Summit" and "Plan 99", Saw Gerrara, canon-typical violence, self sacrifice

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Everything is going according to plan, Tech had to remind himself. He would infiltrate the control room with Hunter, Echo, and Runi. Wrecker, Omega, and Crosshair would plant the tracker on Hemlock’s shuttle. Fives and Sinya were on standby (much to Fives’ exasperation) in the ship - just in case they needed a speedy pickup - and checking in with both groups regularly.

Everything will happen the way it needs to, a soft voice called in the back of his mind. It almost sounded like Jaine. Or perhaps the Chromira.

“Something’s not right,” Echo hummed. “Many of the surveillance systems have had cycled deactivations in various corridors.”

Tech felt his heart rate spike. They weren’t the only ones here. “That is highly irregular, considering the number of top-ranking Imperial officers present.”

“Tech, let’s check it out. Echo, Runi: keep an eye on things,” Hunter decided with a nod.

They moved swiftly through the halls, Tech noting several more disabled cameras along the way. His fingers danced across the console he stopped at.

“This quadrant of the surveillance system has been fully deactivated,” he worried aloud. “I do not like this; we should leave.”

Hunter’s head turned in a particular way as he stalked silently away. Tech knew that action; Hunter was tracking something.

“Tech,” he called after crouching to inspect something.

The knot in Tech’s gut tightened. “A thermal explosive,” he affirmed.

Hunter came to a similar conclusion to Tech. “Someone is targeting this base,” he said, pressing the button on the side of his helmet to relay the information to the rest of the squad.

“On my way,” Crosshair muttered from the other end.

“One charge will not cause much damage,” Tech noted.

Hunter’s head snapped towards the other end of the corridor, his blaster quickly following.

“Good thing we have more,” a stormtrooper sneered, appearing in the hall with another. He raised his hands, and turned back to lower his partner’s blaster. He pulled his helmet off. “Didn’t expect to find you two here.”

“Saw Gerrara,” Tech hummed, the slight surprise evident in his voice.

“I told you on Onderon you had a choice to make. Looks like you’ve chosen,” Saw smirked slightly. He nodded at the other. “Keep an eye out.”

“What exactly is your plan here?” Hunter asked, attempting to disguise the wariness in his voice.

“I’m leveling this compound,” Saw stated smugly. “Along with all the Imperials inside it.”

“Can’t let you do that,’ Hunter said. “We’re tracking one of the officers. We need to find his base. Clones and– and others are being imprisoned there, including one of our own.”

“You expect me to call this off to save a few prisoners?” Saw huffed. “We are trying to fight an Empire.”

“Have you considered that by destroying this facility you are wiping out any chance to gather intel that could help your cause?” Tech tried to hide the anger in his voice, but he was fairly certain he was failing.

It was like Saw couldn’t hear any logic in Tech’s statements.“Taking out several of their top commanders is a good start.”

“That victory will be short-lived as their ranks will be quickly replenished.”

“Maybe so,” Saw shrugged. “But sacrifices have to be made for the greater good.”

“We have to go now.” Saw’s comrade warned. “A security team’s been alerted.”

As if on cue, the doors behind them slid open, revealing a startled stormtrooper. With four people shooting at him, he was quickly taken down. More troopers advanced, returning fire and forcing the group down the corridor.

Tech’s heart rate spiked as a few near-misses screeched past him. He fired at the exhaust pipe next to him, letting out a steady flow of steam. It would provide an adequate amount of cover and distraction for now as Saw helped his companion limp away. He and Hunter ducked behind cover as the three troopers kept shooting.

Reaching into one of his pockets, Tech easily found what he was looking for: an EMP grenade. He activated it, rolling towards the enemies. As it activated, he watched the electricity surge up the bodies of the two stormtroopers in front, narrowly missing the third.

Damn it, he thought as he fired at the last, hitting center mass.

“Nice shot,” Crosshair called as he ran in behind them.

“We’ve been compromised,” Hunter shouted over the comm.

“Shit,” Runi hissed through the vocoder in her mask. Her eyes darted up to Echo.

They quickly began to exit the compound, coming across Wrecker and Omega as they took down a small squadron of stormtroopers. They came across squad after squad, easily beating them all.

Finally, they ran into the rest of their own squad. The run through the rest of the identical corridors was hectic, and as they finally boarded the rail cars, Runi sighed in relief.

“We need an access code,” Tech alerted.

“I’ll override it,” Echo answered.

Troopers began to enter the attached car, the squad shooting at them as the railcar hummed to life.

They speeded away, still in a firefight with the stormtroopers in the other car, but Runi could see the multitude of explosions at the base.

“No,” Crosshair hissed, shooting at the troopers with a renewed fury.

“We’re losing power,” Echo warned, his scomp twisting in the socket.

They took out the last of the troopers as the railcar screeched to a halt.

“This… is going to be a problem,” Tech sighed as he gazed out at the other rail. Runi darted to the vent with Hunter. Troopers pushed the doors of the opposite car open.

Hunter and Wrecker pushed the doors of their car open, and Runi’s heart dropped into her boots. She had realized how high up they were when they’d hitched a ride on the underside of the car before. But her knees still wobbled as she watched the others standing so close to the edge.

“This is not ideal,” Tech informed them, showing Hunter a scan of the space below them. Beyond the clouds and fog seemed to be nothing but jagged rock formations.

“At least we’re not hanging under the car,” Wrecker shrugged.

Omega scowled at him, gesturing towards the door. “This isn’t much better.”

There was a flurry of red light as the stormtroopers opened fire on them.

“Echo, get this car moving,” Hunter ordered as they fired back.

“The explosions must’ve knocked out power to the rail line,” he explained.

Tech was typing furiously on his datapad. “I can try to reboot this system, but I will need to plug directly into one of the terminals on the track.”

Hunter seemed to consider this for a moment. “Give us cover,” he ordered the rest of them. “Tech, Cross - up top with me.”

Hunter and Crosshair hoisted their brother up and began to fire on the others.

Echo glanced over his shoulder as they went up, then went back to firing.

“Something doesn’t feel right,” he muttered, just so Runi could hear him.

“We’re without power, dangling maybe a dozen kilometers in the air, and a bunch of people are trying to kill us,” she grunted. “We’ve dealt with worse.”

“I am plugged in,” Tech said. “Stand by.”

“We’ve got three ships inbound,” Hunter called out.

“Where? I can’t see them!” Omega worried aloud.

“Fives?” Echo shouted. “We have ships inbound, do you copy?”

“Copy, Echo,” Fives called. “We’re on our way.”

The ships fired, raining green plasma down onto the cars, hitting the connections to the rail line with eerie precision.

The cars jolted and groaned. Runi lost her footing, but the second she regained it, a searing pain burned through her left shoulder and she cried out. The hit knocked her backwards, her head hitting the edge of the car with a sickening thud.

“Runi!” Echo shouted, he wrapped his good arm around her waist, pulling her behind the walls of the car for cover. “Now!” Tech called.

“Echo, we need to move,” Hunter said, his hand pulling Echo’s shoulder.

“I need to make sure she’s okay,” Echo argued.

“I’ll check her over,” Hunter told him. “But we need to go.”

“Right,” Echo shook his head, rushing back to the socket.

“Tech, get in here!” Crosshair shouted.

“I am… working on it!”

“Runi?” Hunter said, pressing a hand against her chest plate.

“I- I’m okay,” she muttered, using her good arm and Hunter’s proffered hand to pull herself up. She stumbled a little when upright, but went right back to shooting, using the side of the car for balance.

The car shifted again.

“Tech!” Wrecker called. “Hurry up!”

“I am climbing… as fast as I can!”

“Not fast enough,” Crosshair growled. “Wrecker, get me up top.”

“Not with those ships up there,” Hunter shouted. “Why aren’t we moving?”

Echo grunted. “The weight of the car is pulling us away from the track!”

Another shift halted Tech’s progress, dropping him back down to where he started.

“Ni kelir ve'ganir laam ogir niist.” [I will get up there myself.]

“Cuir’ika, gehv!” Tech called over the comms. “Gar kelir ve’ganir mhi bintar kyrayc!” [Little Four, stop it! You will get us both killed.”

Runi stumbled to the back of the car where Wrecker and Omega watched in horror.

“There is no time,” Tech sighed.

“Tad’ika, gedet’ye!” [Little Two, please!”

“Plan 99.”

The air around them all seemed to go silent, despite the blasterfire, despite the screaming of the ships overhead. Runi didn’t know what that meant, but she knew that tone.

Wrecker growled. “Don’t you do it, Tech.”

Runi stumbled over to Echo, grabbing him by the shoulders, hissing at the pain in her own.

“Runi-”

“Echo,” she breathed. She couldn’t see his eyes through his helmet, but she stared through anyway. “Ni kar’tayl gar darasuum. O’r shol’shya yencuyot, gar rucuyir ner riduur. Echo, Fives - ni ceta, ner cyar’ike.” [I love you. In another future, you were my spouse. Echo, Fives - I am sorry, my darlings.]

Runi released his shoulders, rushing towards the back of the ship as Tech shot and severed the connection hinge.

Wrecker lost his grip on the other car, and as he, Crosshair, and Omega screamed, Runi jumped out of the open car.

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nonhumanhottie · 1 year ago

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Rebels season 3 rewatch

Visions and voices

Dude i love what the show does with the force it makes it scary!!

I'm glad Ezra tells them the truth

This is the good shit!!

Hera doesn't want to leave her boy

Maul is so shady I love him

Always love a Nightsisters reference

SATINE why he got a shrine for her? Because she loved Obi-Wan? lol

Maul made the connection of Obi-Wan + Tatooine so why couldn't Vader lol

witches and ghosts and demons oh my

Maul wants a friend so badly oh my god he misses Savage

Ghosts of Geonosis

Rex mentioning Steela I'm gonna throw up that arc is one of my favourites

Rebels always has such horror-inspired cinematography lmao

Saw Gerrara!! My bestie!!

He still looks young-ish (and still sounds 15 lmao). He's gonna go through the rapid aging of Obi-Wan next time we see them

Saw never got to see that the giant imperial secret he spent years uncovering got ruined by a plucky farm kid

ugh Sabine and Zeb's dynamic? Amazing.

'Yeah but he's no Skywalker' STOPPP Rex still loves Anakin

'Circle inside another circle' i can't that means nothing Rex

STEELA

Not Sabine making an Anakin and sand reference lmaooo

Rex having to tackle the guy he nce trained as a teen oh my god

I think Saw has very good points but star wars isn't good at utilising him

the circle in the circle drives me nuts lmao they keep getting it wrong

#leshi star wars rewatch #star wars #star wars rebels #ezra bridger #hera syndulla #darth maul #captain rex #saw gerrera #sabine wren #zeb orrelios #leshi speaks

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laz-laz-ace-pilot · 2 years ago

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Some of the ways you all are talking about Saw Gerrara is fucking rancid

#the bad batch #tbb #the bad batch spoilers #the racism is fully mask off right now #please look at how hes portayed across other star wars media #maybe think critically about why the filoni shows always seem to pigeonhole him into these roles #saw gerrera

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sambargestuff · 2 years ago

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This video essay is great and all but...

If we're going to retcon Cassian's line from R1 "I've been in this fight since I was 6 yrs old," to mean that he was always resisting the Empire from the time his parents were killed then wouldn't Jyn have been in the fight just as long?

Because by that definition, Jyn was in the fight from the time she was 8 yrs old, when her mother was killed, her father left to work for the Empire, and Jyn literally became a child soldier in Gerrara's cell. When Cassian was being cared for by Clem and Maarva, Jyn was an actual child soldier, actually in the fight as part of the resistance to the Empire.

She didn't abandon the fight either. Saw abandoned her. So she spent the next few years getting by but engaging in anti-imperial activities; like Cassian was doing when Luthen found him. She found and lost family, just like Cassian did. When the Rebellion found Jyn, she wasn't living a life of privilege, ignoring the harshness of the Empire in Niamos (like Cassian did after Aldhani). She was in jail for forging Imperial documents and assaulting imperial personnel while resisting arrest.

How is that not being in the fight, if we use the retconned definition of "in the fight"?

When she tells Saw you can ignore imperial flags "if you don't look up," she is clearly speaking from a place of anger at him and is trying to hurt him. She doesn’t want him to know that what he taught her; the way he raised her, continues to inform her behaviour but it does. Her actions up to that point show that, as much as she hates the Rebellion (for which she has cause to remember) she hates the Empire more; just like Cassian when Luthen found him. Before the scene with Saw, she intervenes in a firefight to save a child; a child that Cassian would have left to die. That's who Jyn Erso is before she sees Galen's message. So when she sees her father is alive and hasn't forgotten her, it's not much of a change for her to be committed to getting him from Eadu and smashing the Empire.

Why don't we acknowledge that at the moment that he’s declaring “suddenly the Rebellion is real for you”, Cassian is trying to defend unethical actions by the Rebellion and himself? He starts by gas-lighting her (”You’re in shock. I’ve seen it before.”) and then insisting she respect his position as a Rebel like she hasn't been a rebel since she was 8 yrs old at least. The rebellion (lower case “r”) has been as real for Jyn as it has been for Cassian since she was 8 yrs old.

I think people are uncomfortable with Jyn because she's a complex female character and, even in the 3rd decade of the 21st century, we like our women likeable rather than complex. Also, she’s angry and unapologetic about it. She's angry at her parents for leaving her. She's angry at Saw for the same reason. And, in case anyone has forgotten, she's angry at Cassian because in the scene prior to Cassian declaring, somewhat dubiously it appears, that he's "been in this fight since [he] as 6 yrs old," he lied to her and almost killed her father. Also, he's a stand in for the Rebellion, who actually did just kill her father

I agree with the video that the filmmakers treated Jyn's character poorly. I guess that's why we got Andor and not Erso as the prequel series, even though it appears they had very similar arcs. It's just more interesting when a man does it, I guess

#youtube #this shit bugs me #complexity is still for men alone i guess

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auntie-venom · 8 months ago

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Hard agree on all of this with the following addition:

Saw Gerrara’s face will catch these hands if I ever see him.

I have seen the opinion floated several times that Tech's sacrifice ultimately turned out to basically be meaningless since the mission failed, they didn't save Crosshair or find Tantiss, and Omega was captured. To each their own opinion, of course, but I STRONGLY disagree with this take.

Okay, so, (surprise surprise) I'm a HUGE fan of Tech (literally since the moment he first graced our screens, it was favorite-at-first-sight). I wanted so badly for him to have survived. I didn't want him to be CX2 at first, but then the parallels just kept cropping up, but then it turns out he wasn't. I have now accepted that he really isn't coming back, but still wish the writers had allowed for more cathartic/healing moments by purposefully honoring Tech rather than doubling/tripling down all season long on the wrenching pain of the Tech-sized hole in the family.

But I cannot share the view that Tech's sacrifice was pointless.

Tech died on a mission he had pushed for in order to have the chance to save his brother.

Tech knew the mission was risky - OF COURSE he knew - but he wanted to take the chance, he didn't want to leave Crosshair behind when it turned out that Crosshair's choice to stay with the Empire had landed him into trouble.

Tech went to fix the rail car because he couldn't let his family remain sitting ducks for the Empire to shoot down.

Tech severed the connection and sacrificed himself to give his family a fighting chance.

The mission could either end in failure to rescue Crosshair, or inevitably end in the entire family dying. Tech chose the former option.

Tech sacrificed himself so his family could live - and regardless of the trials and hardships they faced afterwards, that sacrifice WAS meaningful. (Shoutout to my girl Omega for taking an awful situation - being captured - and seizing the opportunity to fulfill Tech's final goal of saving Crosshair.)

Their life on Pabu would not have been possible without Tech's sacrifice. Crosshair's freedom and life would not have been possible without Tech's sacrifice.

So, devastatingly painful as Tech's death is, it is only because of him that his family lived. And that is more than enough to make his sacrifice meaningful.

Now if only the show could have acknowledged this a little more clearly...

Also I despise Saw Gerrera even more than I despise Cid.

#tbb #the bad batch #star wars the bad batch #star wars #tbb tech #i miss him so much #rip tech

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themovieblogonline · 2 years ago

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The Bad Batch Season 2: Can Crosshair Ever Find Redemption? Should He?

Star Wars fans love a good redemption story. Hell, the original trilogy was all about the redemption of Darth Vader. And then we spent another trilogy going backward to find out just how good he initially was, thereby adding more weight to his sacrifice, leading to his eventual redemption. So with two seasons into The Bad Batch, I’m wondering if we’re headed down the same path with a former member of the Batch, Crosshair. With season 2 starting strong, creator Dave Filoni looks to be planting seeds that hint at that. But it’s still too early to tell where we are going with Crosshair’s storyline. With The Bad Batch’s Crosshair now officially the odd one out, will he ever find his way back to his brothers? I think so. Read on to find out how I think Crosshair could find redemption. Spoiler Warning: The following will contain spoilers for The Bad Batch season 2 episode 3 titled ‘The Solitary Clone’. The Bad Batch’s Crosshair Has Done Horrible Things Before discussing if Crosshair’s redemption is forthcoming, we should probably look at what he’s done so far. In season 1 of The Bad Batch, Crosshair orders the execution of a camp full of innocent civilians while looking for Saw Gerrara. Throughout the rest of the season, he similarly kills, hurts and hunts others, including his own brothers, The Bad Batch themselves. Initially, we, as well as the Batch, think Crosshair’s actions are due to the inhibitor chip that caused all Clone Troopers to betray the Jedi in Order 66. However, we soon find out that Crosshair removed his chip early on. So his blind loyalty to the Empire isn’t a result of mindless programming through technology. But rather a choice Crosshair made. This is what made Crosshair such a good antagonist. The misdirection of the chip being thought of as the cause of his actions, only for the reveal to show that he is accountable for them, was heartbreaking. But The Bad Batch and Crosshair’s dynamic gets even worse with the revelation in the third episode of season two. The Solitary Clone Chooses His Own Actions Episode 3 of season 3 sees Crosshair team up with another popular Clone Trooper from The Clone Wars animated series, Commander Cody. Cody was another friendly clone who worked with all the Jedi for years before Order 66 made him turn against them. He returns in this episode, serving the new Empire, and carrying out missions for them. Just like Crosshair. However, when faced with a less-than-black-and-white decision, Cody takes pause. When the representative of a planet is refusing to join the Empire, because they want peace, Cody promises to hear her out, and even take her request to his superiors. However, before he can follow through, Crosshair shoots and kills her at the command of an Imperial Officer. Without hesitation, because, as Cody says earlier— ‘good soldiers follow orders’. What Bad Batch's Crosshair's Actions Mean For Clones Everywhere By the end of this episode, we see Cody struggle with Crosshair’s action, leaving him disillusioned with his service in the Empire. We then hear about how Cody is now AWOL, meaning he deserted his post, due to this questioning of the Empire’s motives and actions. What this shows us, is how the Clones aren’t evil, and that the chip didn’t make them evil, but that they know right from wrong. And when faced with the Empire’s evil ways, many Clones deserted their posts. But even more important, what this means for The Bad Batch’s Crosshair. Knowing now that despite the chip, Clone Troopers can think for themselves and choose to leave the Empire’s service, it shows Crosshair in a different light. It proves, one and for all, that everything Crosshair has done up until now, has been his choice. Not the chip. Not the brainwashing. But Crosshair alone. Which makes it much harder for any possible redemption arc. If Crosshair chose to do all the horrible things he did, despite having an alternative but quite literally choosing the Empire over his brothers, redemption’s going to be hard to come. And while the show definitely looks like they may be setting up for that. It’s going to be hard to cheer for that eventual redemption arc, knowing that Crosshair can’t justify his own actions besides a ‘following orders’ rationale. Episode 3 of The Bad Batch season 2 is now streaming on Disney+. What do you think about The Bad Batch’s Crosshair and his actions? Do you think he can ever return to his family? Or is he too far gone? Let me know in the comments below. Read the full article

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