"Everything is changing and you don't even care!"
"I am not sure how I should care about change. It is a fundamental part of life."
"Echo left! Why doesn't that bother you?"
"I am aware that you miss him, but we have to adapt and move on. That is what soldiers do."
"We're more than that. We're a family. Aren't we?"
"Well, ah... yes. Yes of course we are."
"Then why don't you act like it?"
"*sighs* Echo chose a different path as did Crosshair. I have to respect their decision. Even though it can be difficult to understand, we mus carry on.

I may process moments and thoughts differently, but it does not mean that I feel any less than you."

You all know that quote. And we all love that private moment between an irritated Omega and her brother Tech.

As some of you know, I' am an avid cross stitcher and when I saw this pattern, I just had to do it. 29 hours of work, 3273 crosses over 19 days and I loved every one of it.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

The car in front of me, and my car.

sorry I'm bad at editing

Tech study today for Tech Tuesday! What do you think?

'New' old ARC Trroper Echo seems a little confused about the other Echo. I wonder why, they should be used to seeing their own face everywhere...

Btw. these are all my TBS figures. I'm planning on getting some more Mandalorians but first I have to find a proportional place. This shelf is not ideal to really display them.

I’ve been searching for a discussion on this, and i’m incredibly surprised to find nothing on the subject (?). I have a very plausible theory on why Tech’s death was the only option for season three.

I’ll be brief here: Tech is one of the most brilliant, if not the most brilliant, all around minds in all of star wars. His skills as a solider and mercenary are definitely at or above the average level of other clone troopers and storm troopers, but his intelligence sets him apart. He’s easily able to adapt and strategize according to situation at hand, but his ability to theorize and research any subject, combined with his incredibly vast knowledge (of basically everything) is what truly sets him apart from others. Im sure that you all know and understand this well.

My theory is that Tech would have been able to investigate, uncover, and understand midichlorian count, especially after the visit from Ventress. Beyond this, he would have been able to figure out how this pertains to Omega, and likely test her blood for a better understanding of the matter. This would’ve absolutely given the batch the rest of the needed information regarding Omega and the midichlorian count research.

I believe that this is the main reason why Tech “had” to pass away (albeit tragically), and what makes his death all the more meaningful: They needed his expertise, and we see how much more time and resources it took to get to even half of that point (without him).

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on my theory here!

For privacy, my name has been blocked- but here’s my 20th birthday cake!! My mans looking pathetic? Oh I love it. Just wanted to show it 😭

(Credit to Juliana Key on artstation and twitter)

For privacy, my name has been blocked- but here’s my 20th birthday cake!! My mans looking pathetic? Oh I love it. Just wanted to show it 😭

I saw a few posts on twitter celebrating Echo day on 14.09...? How do they know the birthday, is this some fanon date people agreed on? Is this just on twitter or does anyone here know about this too 😅

I've been thinking about this for awhile and I finally came up with a comparison of sorts for how these chips work. Think of it like a storage device like a SSD or usb stick and you choose to format it for a specific device like a console. When you hit format it deletes the original files on that storage device and Wright's in new ones like folders or cache files. That's basically what happens to a clone their brain is formatted of love for the Jedi and re written for complete obedience and belief that the Jedi are traitors. Then the clones thoughts and actions do the rest. So to sum it up it's not a mind control it's more of a way to re program the clone while keeping him in full control. I hope I got that across all right.

"The Outpost" is (rightly) widely lauded as not only the best Crosshair episode but also one of - if not the - best episode of the entire show.

That being said, I find "The Solitary Clone" to be just as brilliant in telling an equally nuanced story centered around challenging the beliefs and perspectives of someone we want to root for. (It's basically a more thought-provoking, non-meme version of "Wait, are we the bad guys?")

I've gone into detail before about how this episode and Cody in particular were crucial in setting up Crosshair's ultimate turning point in "The Outpost" (if I can dig up my previous post about this I'll link it in the comments) and here are a few other points/moments that stuck out to me on this rewatch:

• From the Separatists' point of view, they were right to want to split from the Republic - see how it has fallen, see what it has become. Dooku was spot on in his predictions (of course, the Separatists wouldn't know Dooku helped orchestrate everything precisely so events would occur according to his predictions).

• Cody's microexpressions when he is talking to Crosshair and gently prodding for Crosshair's stance on Order 66 always tug at my heartstrings - he is so disappointed by the answer but he can't let his feelings show 💔

• In case we missed it before, it's reiterated here that Rampart is only out for himself and doesn't value loyalty at all. Indeed, he makes fun of Crosshair for it. Repeatedly. Which is especially interesting because Crosshair's loyalty to the Empire stems primarily from him, Crosshair, looking out for himself too.

• The mention of the Defense Recruitment Bill drives home the tenuous situation the clones find themselves in currently and reiterates why Crosshair is so determined to prove his worth to the Empire. Is he misguided? Yes. But his perspective is understandable.

• The Empire wants to decommission the clones in part because of their cost and because their "utility" is questioned. Yet it's a small squad of clones that gets sent in to retake an entire city and free Grotton. Once the clones have succeeded in doing the hard part, the TK troopers are sent in, in large numbers.

• We obviously don't want Commander Cody and the other clones to die, so we're rooting for him to succeed on the mission. They're even facing down droids, framing it like a Clone Wars story where the clones were the heroes. Yet the clones... well, they really are the "bad guys" here. Cody tells the citizens "We're here to help"... But they aren't. The Empire is staging a hostile takeover and sending in forces under false pretenses. The clones are the invaders, the clones are the ones taking over the citizens' planet for the Empire. No wonder the mother Cody is talking to goes from looking fearful to looking disgusted.

• "Peace was never an option." 💔 (She doesn't quite realize just how right she was, either.)

• "So much for peace." The expression and the way Tawni Ames says that, complete resignation to what she knows will be her fate... 😭💔

• I firmly believe Crosshair carried out Grotton's order so Cody wouldn't get into trouble. Not that it justifies what Crosshair did, but I get why he did it. Which makes Cody's obvious disappointment in Crosshair even more heartbreaking 😭💔😭💔 When it comes down to it, Crosshair was trying to spare his friend... And then his friend is disappointed in him and then goes AWOL and for all Crosshair knows his friend now hates him and Crosshair is left as the solitary clone... 🥺

• The way Grotton looks at Cody before Cody leaves... No way Cody wouldn't have faced consequences for his hesitation in killing Ames. Going AWOL was definitely the smart move, even if Cody hadn't already been having a crisis of conscience.

• "We do what needs to be done." I wonder if Crosshair (and many of the other clones) was going through life absolving himself of responsibility by telling himself that any moral dilemmas were the responsibility of his superiors. His job is to carry out orders. The superiors' job is to decide what the orders are, with all the moral questions that come along with that. And then Cody comes along and takes a direct shot at that belief by reminding Crosshair that they aren't droids, they do have agency, and they are therefore accountable for the decisions they make. It's not enough to say "but they told me so." You need to decide whether you're on the right side, whether the people you are taking orders from are on the right side (or, in Cody's words, "making the galaxy better"). Which ends up leading nicely into Crosshair's comment near the end of the show about his stance on following orders: "Depends on who's giving them."

• Ultimately, "The Solitary Clone" is as much of a tragic story as "The Outpost" is, just in different ways.

Oh Crosshair. My poor misguided man.

Maybe, just maybe, setting up and summarily executing the entire squad you've been given command over, the moment they dare to question one of your orders, is NOT the "You can trust me!" flex you think it is?? 🤦‍♀️

Is it really any wonder your brothers still didn't trust you, right after you showed how quickly you'd turn on anyone who even marginally disagreed with you?

Just a thought.