#the bad batch show

[m-o-o-n-s-g-o-o-n-s]

how many of y’all would be interested in me doing requests (for the first time) for one-shots / headcanons for the bad batch?

lots of potential writings to come?,

mooni

[warsamongthestars]

FREEDOM VS SERVICE

In the Bad Batch show, and I didn't even notice until the Finale, there is this odd idea.

"You are free to follow your own path" vs "This is our purpose, Good Soldiers follower Orders."

And, its there...?

... but you can't see it.

Because the show does, nothing with it.

The main proprietor of the Freedom is Hunter. He's the one who says "You are free to follow your own path" and shows this by uh... leaving people to the Empire, letting Echo is just go out of the blue, and saying "Omega wants to be with us, thus she is one of us".

... And then generally not getting involved in anything.

Like uh... yeah, that uh, that Freedom argument is, err, Solid, I fucking guess.

Meanwhile on otherside, you have the minor arguer, Cid, who keeps the Batch in blackmailed employment, or the Empire, who serves as the greater overarching villian, with Service and Higher Purpose.

And the villains make their case pretty well. Serve us, or Else. Its easy for a villain to do that, especially if you can make the excuse that they can be as bad as they want.

With the ultimate challenge being the Chip. Can you really say you can do what you want, if something else has a grasp on your mind and sense of reality, and can psychologically and fundamentally change you as a person?

And you can see, immediately, how this falls on its face so hard, that you can't even notice its there, its head is so deep in the sand.

That its attempt to push "Oh now we can chose what we want!", falls short, doesn't even ring.

This argument does not work, inspite of TBBshow's attempts, because it never shows any real conflict. The heroes get argued with by the villains, and the villains bring up points, but the heroes never do.

And when it comes to the heroes to show off why their idea of Freedom and Choice is better--its... either taken for granted, or they come off as assholes.

The idea of freedom instead becomes the idea of guiltless abandonment. Cody leaves without say so. Echo leaves without say so. Crosshair is repeatedly left behind, and says left behind.

The idea of choice becomes "We can leave and hurt as many people as we want because we're choosing this, and not someone else!"

And those aren't morals for heroes. It might be for protagonists, as a way to explore that idea of thinking.

... But they didn't explore anything. TBBshow explicitly avoids writing conversation or exploration of thought, refuses to develop the characters to that point.

(and banks on us, the audience to impress on the characters our own ideas... and that's not story telling, that's commercialization. )

To make the Freedom and Choice vs Service and Purpose work, you have to explore both sides of the equation, good and bad. That means showing it to the audience, that means Conversation, that means having Character.

( That doesn't mean "Oh throw Omegawd at it" )

Even in tough situations, freedom and choice can be found. Small things in conflicts. This can be shown in finding Mantella Mix.

But you also need real conversation, showing that the characters actually enjoy each others company, even in hardship. You see characters consider each other's desires and goals, and even in small ways, work to accomplish them. Talk to each other and work through internal conflict to mitigate suffering.

Freedom and Choice... only works with Support. Which is perfect for clone troopers, who are characters written to be a naturally support system. Vode An.

In this sense, freedom and choice only work if when all are capable of supporting, or servicing, each other.

Choosing purpose and the freedom to serve.

On the flipside, the antagonistic Service and Purpose, deals in those who would use you to their own ends and make you believe you are serving higher purpose.

Culminating the Chip, which is a cross between a tumor and a perma-roofy.

( Someone also brought up Cult Mentality, or the BITE system, and that works perfectly too. )

Both the Empire and the Republic are guilty of this.

But there are positive aspects.

While there are purposes that affect a greater whole to serve, such as facing down the Empire--there is the positive side of greater purpose: like the Rebellion.

Yes, you are sacrificing yourself, your comfort and even your choices for a Higher Purpose, but you are ensuring that others can have those capabilities, and that's the higher purpose.

( Its the barest most positive definition of what military service is intended to be. Which makes Rex being the head of the Rebellion work that much better. )

There are positive and negative definitions to both arguments. And while this battle is seemingly in TBBshow... its never shown, its never explored, and the message it tries to push in the Finales, the first episode and the last episode...

... falls flat, because they didn't work to make it matter, and in fact, actively refuse to dedicate time to it, and even removed pieces from it.

( Hell, they cannot even write a character conversation that doesn't involve authoritarian conflict, or a monster popping in. )

So when the " They are free to choose their own path" comes up...

... I can't take it seriously, and I want to deck Hunter in the face, because he's Never Written to try anything, he falls flat on his face in conversation, and he's a character written with cowardly intentions.

Which is a far cry from the man in TCWshow, who while gets antsy and shy, still follows through with the mission and succeeds.

[twitchstoleyourbagel]

Am I in denial? Absolutely. Am I devastated and grasping on to any chance that he’s alive? Yes. Here’s my theory. Remember how in S7 of TCW Hunter says Tech records everything, “it’s a hobby”? We don’t know exactly what records, but what does a red light usually mean? RECORDING!! WHATS THE RED LIGHT BY HIS GOGGLES??? DO HIS GOGGLES RECORD? IT WOULD MAKE SENSE! the red light is ON, which means it recorded everything that happened after he… so that means that they can see where Hemlock took Tech AND THEYLL GET HIM BACK!!! Where is Hemlock’s base of operations?? Mount Tantiss. Where is Omega and Crosshair right now? Mount Tantiss. WHERE ARE HUNTER, WRECKER, AND ECHO GOING?? MOUNT TANTISS. GET HIM BACK, BOYS

[mad-raptorzzz]

Also the fact that The Bad Batch is also going into how clone troopers were purged from the Empire to make way for Stormtroopers. And the discussions about human rights and if clones should have rights. Like hot damn this is ‘a children’s show’ and they’re dealing with some heavy stuff

[zaana]

On the last Bad Batch eve, thank you from the bottom of my heart to the creators, the fandom, and the wonderful people i've met ❣️ TBB and these characters mean more to me than i could ever put into words, and they will stay a part of me forever

[shyranno]

And that's a wrap! What a great finale! BAD BATCH FOREVER!!!

[magicandmundane]

Rex: Hey boys, I could really use your help with—

Hunter, napping on the beach: Retired.

Rex: Seriously—

Crosshair, sipping a margarita: Retired.

Rex: Would you just consider—

Wrecker, playing volleyball with the baby regs: Retired.

Echo: *glares*

Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair: Retired.

Rex: Omega?

Omega, shrugging: Sure, I’m always down to kick some Imperial ass.

Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair: *grumbling, putting their armor back on*

[nimata-beroya]

Note: Since my old masterlist is getting notes again (and I'm hosting @tbb-appreciation-week this year), I thought it's a good time to release a new version with a lot more resources. If any of you know another site or thing that it's missing from the list, let me know and I'll include it!! [Altho, I'm getting this close 🤏 to the hyperlinks limit on this thing 😆]

Note 2: To avoid tagging the 3 people from whom I got multiple resources repeatedly, I've placed 1-3 asterisks between square brackets after the links, depending on the OP. I give the respective credit to them in a legend at the end of the post.

PLACES / TIME

Interactive Galaxy Map by Henry Bernberg

Map of the Galaxy

List of planets and moons [Wikipedia /needs expanding]

Planet Name Generator 1 [SciFi Ideas]

Planetary System Generator [Donjon]

Tatooine Location References [*]

Various locations Cross-Sections (Jedi Temple, Palp's office, Tipoca City & more) [**]

Republic - Separatist - Hutt space during the Clone Wars

Hyperspace Travel Times (to calculate how much time would take to go from point A to point B within the GFFA)

Standard Calendar and Holidays [including month names!]

Galactic Standard Calendar [wookiepedia // including week day names]

Date converter according to SWTOR [Google sheet]

Dated Star Wars Chronological Order (Movies + live-action shows + animation)

TCW Chronological Timeline by @mauvrix

Estimated date for: shared by @spectres-fulcrum

Partisans' attack on Onderon

Siege of Lasan

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

General

Star Wars Name Generator 1 [Donjon]

Star Wars OC flow chart by @thefoodwiththedood

Star Wars Name Generator 2 [FantasyNames]

Star Wars Name Generator 3 [FantasyNames]

MetaHuman [Unreal Engine]

The character creator

Droid Name Generator

Star Wars Randomizer by @aureutr

Character Picrew [Twi-leks, Zabraks, Torgutas and Nautolans] @/megaramikaeli

Jedi

Taking a Closer Look at the Jedi Order in Star Wars Canon [Meta/Reference Guide] [**]

Jedi Order Structure Flowchart by @rileys-nest

Mandalorians

Mandalorian Armor design by MandoCreator

Keepers of the Way (Mandalorian Lore) [*]

Clones

Complete List Of Named Clone Troopers shared by @propheticfire (Organized by Unit)

Clone Creator [MandoCreator]

Clone Picrew

Star Wars Character Templates by SmacksArt [the ULTIMATE battery of template for any human/humanoid original character in any era. From troopers to droids, from Jedi to Sith, from KOTOR to the sequel Trilogy. 100% RECOMMENDED]

Basic Guide to Clone Trooper Armour by @odekiisu

GAR structure summary by @intermundia

The Clone Wars Republic Military Hierarchy Flowcharts [***]

Clone Trooper Lore [*] [Ranks, Culture, Training, Organization, etc.]

Clones and Kamino [*]

The Bad Batch Characters Concept Art shared by @shadowthestoryteller

MISCELLANEOUS

Star Wars Character Age Comparison Chart by @the-yearning-astronaut

Tusken Raiders lore by @snarwor

Materials (fabrics, leathers, silks, plastics, construction, metal composites, etc.)

Materials in Star Wars by marvel_dc_heart_throbs

Star Wars Fashion [*]

Leisure, Art, Musical Instruments, Ethnography [*]

Political and Criminal Organizations in the GFFA [**]

Financial reference about credits by @thecoffeelorian

List of TCW Opening Quotes

Transcripts of all the TCW episodes shared by @book-of-baba-fett

Star Wars Crawl Creator [not exactly writing-related, but just for fun]

HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Canon Medical Lore [*]

Real World reference for Field organizational structure for corpsman (medics) [*]

Kaliida Shoals Medical Center (Republic Haven-class medical station) shared by @clonewarsarchives

GAR Battalion Aid Station [*]

GAR Clone Medic Q/A [*]

More combat medicine, shipboard medicine, veteran issues, and military culture [*]

SHIPS AND VEHICLES

Ship Generator 3D

Ship Name Generator

All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE) shared by @stairset

Republic Vessels Reference [*]

Low Altitude Assault Transport/Infantry (LAAT/i) [*]

List of GAR Flagships in the Clone Wars by @meandmyechoes

Layout of the Havoc Marauder

Dimensions of various ships from the Clone Wars [**]

FOOD AND DRINKS

Star Wars Menu Generator

In-Universe Alcoholic beverages

Canon Cocktails (recipes) [*]

Another In-Universe Drinks list shared by @systemic-dreams

Teas in Star Wars by marvel_dc_heart_throbs

Foodstuff [*]

Canon Star Wars Holiday Recipes [*]

Trask Chowder Recipe (from The Mandalorian) [*]

LANGUAGES; PHRASES AND SLANG; VOCABULARY

Languages of the Galaxy [*]

Script of different languages in the GFFA by @lucif-hare-blog

In-Universe phrases and slang [Google sheet]

List of phrases and slang [wookiepedia]

List of equivalents to real-world objects [wookiepidia]

Talk Like a Clone Trooper shared by @archeo-starwars

Aurebesh Translator [Aurebesh.org]

Learning Aurebesh Tools [Aurebesh.org] Reading - Writing.

Mando'a Database [Mando.org]

Mando'a Transcripticon [MandoCreator] (Create your own text in the Mando'a script.)

@project-shereshoy (Blog that collects and posts sources for Mando'a from all over the internet.)

Mando’a Categorized Spreadsheet

Learning Mando'a Tools [MandoCreator] Reading - Writing.

Setting Thesaurus Entry: Spaceport [Writers helping writers]

Fan-created Conlangs

@dai-bendu-conlang (Jedi Culture Explored) (This blog is the home of the Dai Bendu Conlang, invented by the Archive of Our Own Users aroacejoot, @ghostwriterofthemachine, and loosingletters for the Jedi Order in Star Wars.)

Lasana Lexicon by Anath_Tsurugi (fandom lexicon of the Lasat Language)

HELPFUL BLOGS & SITES

The amazing @fox-trot, who not only makes astonishing art and write an amazing fic, she also responds to medical questions and gives all kinds of references for writing medic characters. Check her #medicposting tag and you'll find tons of information. Also check #star wars reference and her art tag while you're at it.

@writebetterstarwars, which seems to be inactive, but there are a bunch of references there.

@howtofightwrite The place to find out how to write a good fight scene.

@scriptmedic no longer active, but it has a great deal of useful information.

@scripttorture for your whump needs. Major trigger warning for all its content.

@sw-anthrobiology A blog dedicated to collecting headcanons about the biology and cultures of Star Wars species.

@archeo-starwars In-universe sources on culture and history.

@clonewarsarchives Resources & Concept Art Blog for The Clone Wars animated series.

Wookiepedia If you don't find something in here, it's probably because it doesn't exist, neither as a canon nor legends reference.

Star Wars Databank: The official Star Wars website's reference guide. All canon.

WRITING IN GENERAL (For those who don't want to die like Stormtroopers)

SlickWrite: Completely free; online. Checks grammar, punctuation, flow, and writing style according to different settings (including fiction writing).

ProWritingAid: [RECOMMENDED] One of the most thorough online proofreader I've ever used. Although when using a free account gives extremely thorough feedback, with +20 different in-depth reports, for only the first 500 words. However, you can earn a premium account license (for a year or for life) if you get 10 or 20 new users signing up for free; (if you wouldn't mind doing so using the link above and help me earn mine, please). The settings allow you to check your writing according to your needs, from general to formal to creative. It has a bonus that you can check depending on the genre you're writing. For example, in creative, you can choose romance or sci-fiction (there are 14 sub-genre in total). And just like google docs, you can share a document, and people can view, comment or edit it too.

LanguageTool: [RECOMMENDED] Another excellent proofreader. It also has a word limit in free accounts, but if you use the add-on for Google Docs, it counts each page as a new document, so hitting the word limit is nearly impossible. It helps you to rewrite a sentence (3 a day), even if it doesn't raise any flags; it's very useful for when your sentence is grammatically correct, but it doesn't feel quite right.

Grammarly, Hemingway Editor: No so great, but they do the basic job.

Legend

[*] Shared by @fox-trot [**] Shared by @gffa [***] Shared by @cacodaemonia.

[gamelpar]

omega, who has never seen or touched dirt before in her life: omg i love dirt its amazing!!

hunter, regular dirt sniffer:

he's still figuring that kid out

[image credit @ct99r2d2 on twitter]

[gil-estel]

the ahsoka show can be canon if it’s funny

[letshareapapou]

Screaming crying throwing up

https://twitter.com/haifisch510/status/1786654314909544943?t=49pBxROCUcGDoLdGU_1lPQ&s=19

[collophora]

Do yourself a favor and go read the entire fanfic work of @fanfoolishness

(In order: Under sun and shade, Blind Side, and Breathless (patching up is one of my fav too, I just had no cool sketch idea for it)

[mroddmod]

little scrapped comic bc it felt a bit ooc to me in hindsight

[twitchstoleyourbagel]

Tech lives but at what cost?

[tangents-within-tangents]

Was curious about what else Tech had recorded

those boys really get around

[verc0pa]

now let them have matching bandanas