#unwhitewash star wars

[nyctophobiart]

Crosshair screenshot redraw

Tried to do my guy justice.smash.

[butchhansolo]

alas too busy to do any more work on this but heres tup

(++ study ref & timelapse which im mad about because i forgot to hit record until i blocked the colours in but oh well)

[aouralune]

Birds of a feather, we should stick together

OG’s know this is a remake

[bayou-lafontaine]

Redditors when they remember the Clones are Maori.

[padmestrilogy]

tech is dead reblog to kill him again

[jewishcissiekj]

Hey do you guys wanna see my collection of Quinlan in Jedi Robes/whatever these are panels

In order, by lines (buckle up there's a lot): Star Wars (1998) #17, #19, #20 ^ #21, #26, #32 ^ #32-33 ^ #34-36 ^ #37-38, #42 ^ #43-45 ^#45, Star Wars Tales #11, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones #4 Star Wars: Jedi - Aayla Secura, Star Wars: Jedi - Count Dooku, Star Wars: Jedi - Mace Windu Star Wars: Republic #69, #71, #73 ^ #81-82

[imperialofficersticky]

Hi, my degree is in genetic biology.

I don’t think that’s the point. The bigger issue is that everything in a show, especially an animated show where characters are painstakingly and specifically designed, is actively made by a real human person.

This is a show where we are expected to suspend our disbelief regularly; space wizards fighting robots, living embodiments of the force, space godzilla, ect. Internal logic and science of this depth is moot; it’s not something the narrative presents us to think about or analyze.

Rather, the issue comes down to these designs being made for these specific characters by a team of people with conscious and unconscious baises, these designs being approved by several layers of production, and no one seeing any issue with them being whitewashed. They could have designed them exactly the same and given them the same skin-tone as the other clones, but they didn’t. They made an active choice to make them specifically lighter-skinned. And that’s the issue.

I may be misunderstanding this, so apologies if that’s the case. But, I think y’all are missing the point when it comes to the bad batch in reference to their skin tones. They were experimented on and they’re genetically defective. (Meaning their DNA is different than Jangos now-in some aspects anyways) (And it wasn’t just genetic experimentation, it was altering pre-existing aberrations (abnormalities) in Jango’s/their DNA.) It is a logical assumption to assume that if their hair colour, build, height, etc were affected by this that their skin tones would be too. Either deliberately changed or as a result of the mutations. So if you want to retcon their skin tones in your art and fanfics, then by all means go ahead. But i don’t really think it’s the whitewashing a lot of you are claiming? Yes, Star Wars can be a bit whitewashy in places. But after looking at their skin tones in reference to Temuera when he originally did Jango, those skin tones aren’t that far off. And melanin pigmentation can be tricky even in normal reproduction; it doesn’t always appear the way you’d think. So while I understand where all of this is coming from, I think the actual science behind this is being overlooked.

But my point is, they’re genetically defective. Their hair colours, heights, builds, all of that are a product of those mutations and defects. Their skin tones are a defect/mutation too. So whether or not you think it’s whitewashing, you’re technically erasing/retconning one of their (unique) individual defects. It would be the same if you were changing their body types or hair colours/types. Or even their voices (?)

[nyctophobiart]

💥Tech redesign/screenshot redraw💥

I have beef with the bad batch in general lol like they’re designs suck and I’ll say it. They’re ugly. And just want to redraw them how I see them in my head when I read the fan fic hehe. Why did they give him a receding hairline please. Give them their melanin and textured hair, thank you. Ya I tried to make him resemble tem more but be uniquely tech if that makes sense.

Commissions Open 💥 reblogs are appreciated ❤️

[inquisitor-apologist]

Time for your yearly fucking reminder: DO NOT WATCH THE BAD BATCH. It’s racism, ableism, antisemitism, whitewashing CENTRAL. The cast & crew KNOW about the boycott and have done nothing for years. I don’t care if they brought Ventress back—go read a fanfic, it’ll do her better, the writing’s always been ass. Don’t buy merch, don’t draw fanart, don’t make trailer gifs, DON’T WATCH THE SHOW.

@unwhitewashthebadbatch has very detailed breakdowns of everything wrong with the show if you want more info/sources

[cryiling]

bad batch request!! maybe tech and echo vibing or working on something together? i am also being extremely normal about the s3 tralier

my fave tech bros ‼️🫶 so glad i'm not the only one being Normal abt the s3 trailer. if we don't get more tech and echo interactions in the new season i will be banging on corbett's door TRUST

btw my bad batch drawing requests are still open! :> feel free to send me prompts, altho no promises that i'll get to them all or that i'll draw them in order 🫡

[aouralune]

I finally unwhitewashed Echo!! He's so damn sweet, he's pretty much my favourite <33

3 unwhitewashed members, 3 to go!!

Criticism/tips are welcome but not blatant hate ✨️

[bayou-lafontaine]

Star Wars fans will draw clones like this at every opportunity.

[wooolfiesart]

Echo - echo - e c h ooo

[ID: A digital illustration of Echo (Star Wars: The Clone Wars & Star Wars: The Bad Batch) except Echo is not white, instead he is as melanated as before the accident and has a visible scar. He is also wearing a hearing aid. His hair is in an undercut with grey streaks and the long sections tied up in a manbun. End ID]

[lieutenant-teach]

After soooo much time of thinking and weighting pros and cons – I at last got my hands on The Bad Batch! Didn’t make myself watch everything – only chosen episodes that seemed interesting from the Wikipedia description.

To begin with, I didn’t like TBB since their episodes in TCW – specifically them being stereotypical, arrogant and shallow, treating ‘regs’ as shit. I knew exactly what I was getting into, but – watching with my own eyes is different from reading reviews. The first episode almost cost me my love for ‘regs’ – the moment where clones call TBB bad words like ‘sad batch’. Logically speaking – why would they treat TBB like this just because they’re different, especially a kid? Isn’t it against all they narratively stand for – valuing variety and difference of personalities and appearances? A lame attempt to make the audience empathize with them, but I’ve seen how they act in s7 + later episodes. I bet TBB started being asses first (not all ‘regs’ hate on them, whereas TBB hates automatically on almost all ‘regs’ upon seeing).

Moving to the main cast – and I’ll be fair: the supporting characters were miles better as personalities, miles more interesting and relatable.

Tech is fucking annoying – he has unpleasant voice (I usually like guys with clear lofty pronunciation, like C-3PO my beloved) and he’s unlikable as a person. I know about fans reading him as ‘autistic-coded’, and I’ll tell you what – I have autist traits myself, and having these traits/disorder has nothing to do with just being an insensitive uncaring ass.

Wrecker mostly works as a comic relief. The moment I started kinda like TBB (they had their funny cute moments, ok?), he says ‘We don’t like regs, but I like that one [Rex]’. Thanks for reminding why I disliked you all since your 1st appearance. He wasn’t interesting.

Hunter is the least annoying, but a coward. I’d understand his desire to keep his ‘family’ safe, thus taking some unsavory jobs and not engaging into political narrative (like Din Djarin, for example) – if he was just some random guy, like Din, surrounded by mundane people/bounty hunters/criminals without higher calling. But Hunter has his counterparts – other clones, who really show heroism and give everything to the bigger cause. How can I, as a viewer, see Hunter as a hero on par with the Rebels like Hera or Rex or even Howzer (who showed more hero traits in a couple of episodes being a supporting character than Hunter being one of the main ones)? The phrase he said to Echo who’d just returned from helping other clones ‘When will it be enough?’ – and the creatives seriously suppose he’s a heroic character?

Crosshair switches loyalties when it affects him personally. ‘Which side are you on?’ – he asked Ventress, and I snorted aloud – who’s speaking! He’s not really interesting for me and takes too much screentime. Also why is being nice to a kid = a good person? The same stupidity as ‘animals like only good people’.

Rex is better than all of TBB together (except probably Echo, but he doesn’t have much to do). In all, background characters from TCW are more interesting to follow than TBB – then the show starts being actually fun. I really liked Howzer, was happy to see Cody and Wolffe, even Ventress with her new cool hairstyle, actually squealed while Bail Organa cameo.

Speaking about Echo – why does he say ‘If I wasn’t saved by TBB I’d still be on Skako Minor or worse’ – as if his brothers would hate him? According to Filoni and Co, yes, personally I think – no, they were actually quite chill about him in TCW s7. Very happy for him finally leaving these assholes behind and joining Rex and putting on a white trooper armour. He deserves living with his real brothers.

Now to the point I touched upon while talking about Hunter – they’re not the heroes creators want us to see as. Hunter always speaks about keeping his ‘family’ safe, but they could’ve helped the Rebellion + keep Omega safe with other Rebels. The argument is broken easily – the notion of ‘safety’ cannot be applied to anyone in the galaxy at this time, they are endangered anywhere. I don’t know why Rex of all people would be understanding about them refusing to help. It’s clear why TBB never formed brotherhood with other clones – but what was the point of making them clones then? They could’ve been just some random guys, nothing would change, but there’d be no clone-shitting.

Flaunting being defective (read: superior) is annoying. Almost in every episode there’s a least a small allusion on how exclusive they are. ‘We are not like other clones’ said with pride, my ass. No, you’re not like other clones, you’re right. You’re just selfish arrogant douches.

But there were genuinely nice moments! Really liked the episode about Wookies. Clone conspiracy episodes were very good, esp when lacking TBB. Also was immensely pleased when Ventress wiped the floor with TBB – serves them right. Unfairly cool credit melody, I liked it – it deserved a better show.

And some small tidbits I picked up while watching:

Why call clone cadets ‘regs’? Quite derogatory! And a couple of lines later ‘We’re clones, same as you’ – kinda hypocritical, no? It looks like shameless twisting of their clone heritage as they see it fit according to the situation. Doesn’t make them look better, really.

Clone cadets don’t look like Boba. Different faces, different hair colour. Same as Emerie – she isn’t similar to Omega.

Twi’lek senator Orn Free Taa has 4 lekku? Not 2?

Why does the Zillo beast suddenly feed on energy?

Why villains talk with British accent?

Did Rex tell Echo about Fives’ sacrifice? It’d be such a good moment, real connection, emotions the fans expected… Not snotting over Crosshair being ‘uwu poor baby’ over and over.

Why do we need Emerie as another female clone – isn’t Omega supposed to be special because she’s the only female? Which one is older? Why not more female clones?

Hunter look really good as old man – Rex was definitely older-looking in Rebels.

What upset me most – it was Lucas’ idea of special/better-than-usual clones. It was a shitty idea, and of course, it was realized badly.

[butchhansolo]

no saints

[nyctophobiart]

Rushing to finish my fixed batch fan art before the new season drops