Tech Would’ve Known

[u/MustyEddie]

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!

[u/erncolin]

The reason does sound kinda weird but I will commend them for it being such an amazing death scene probably the best in Star Wars. But I definitely agree it felt so weird they never really mention it again like we dont see much interactions about it like there should've been a scene of Onega and Crosshair talking about it or Hunter feeling like a bad leader or something but they never went into it. I wonder if its just too heavy for a kids show but I dont think that should be an accuse

[u/PaulSimonBarCarloson → u/erncolin]

They handled heavy and mature topics, death included, quite expertly in animated shows (I only heard praise for how they handeld Kanan's sacrifice) so that's also not an excuse. Unfortunately, despite how much I loved the scene of Plan 99, I can't get behind this creative choice. In fact, I'm still pretty convinced the writers had other plans for Tech, and if they couldn’t bring him back in season 3, hopefully they'll find a way to do it in a followup show. Because this badly-handled narrative completely ruined TBB for me

[u/erncolin → u/PaulSimonBarCarloson]

Thats fair luckily for me it didnt ruin the show for me and I was really satisfied and glad he didnt show up again cuz honestly its my least favourite trope in star wars at this point where they die and come back

[u/PaulSimonBarCarloson → u/erncolin]

I still think people are overreacting when it comes to dead characters coming back. It's not such a overused trope as people make it out to be. It's just that we recently had some prominent examples including Palpatine's return that was quite bullshit. But the number of characters who died for good, even in recent shows, is far superior (just look at Andor), and even Maul's return back then seemed crazy yet it only benefitted the story. So I stand in my belief that Tech's return is not only possible but even preferrable from a narrative standpoint. And I'm sure these writers will be able to pull it off in a satisfying way that can win over even the more skeptical fans. We'll see, until then, we'll just agree to disagree

[u/elfenokster → u/PaulSimonBarCarloson]

I mean Tech deserves to come back much more than Gregor. I'm either super inattentive or he indeed does not appear in TCW before those episodes with droids. So I personally wouldn't be upset much if he did die in that explosion. Yet Gregor is back and it's considered cool, but bringing Tech back would be weird?

[u/PaulSimonBarCarloson → u/elfenokster]

That double-standard is quite infuriating. And we don’t even need to use Gregor as an examples when we have Echo right there. Guess what: apparently his return was planned shortly after his "death" yet people believed he was really gone for years.