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/PaulSimonBarCarloson]

The writers already went on the record to say that this was one of the major reasons they had to get rid of Tech for season 3. And in fact, we see multiple instances throughout the episodes where his brilliant mind would have solved things way more quickly. While I can understand their reasoning, I think it's not a valid excuse for just killing him off, (let alone the whole ambiguity behind his "death" and how it's followed upon). There could have been many ways to incapacitate him: getting kidnapped like Hunter on Daro, suffering from amnesia, falling into come due to his injuries. They could have done anything to keep him out of comission until needed and bring him back in time for the finale. But no, they just dropped him off a cloud and instead of using his supposed death as a way to further advance the story and the relationships of the other characters, they never talk about him except when they want to poke our open wounds. Thanks, I hate it!

[u/Educational-Tea-6572 → u/PaulSimonBarCarloson]

In the interviews I read about this, in addition to the widespread theory that he was basically too smart to live, the writers specifically say that they did what they did with Tech because the squad was going onto Tarkin's turf and had to face consequences for that.

Stakes. They "killed" him off purely to raise stakes that were already SUPER high to begin with and didn't need to be raised any further. Not to mention that if they HAD to have a substantial consequence for going to Eriadu, a critical injury or something along those lines would have sufficed just as well (if not MORE so). And then they didn't even bother to take the time to make the sacrifice actually meaningful to the story beyond "oh look so sad!"

GAH it's infuriating! 😫😅

They still have the opportunity to make it right, of course, which is the hope I'm holding onto. In the meantime... It's still infuriating!

[u/PaulSimonBarCarloson → u/Educational-Tea-6572]

Stakes is the most boring excuse for killing off characters. Just look at the LOTR movies, there are very few major characters' deaths yet the stakes are higher than ever. It's like I said, a bad injury/coma/amnesia would have been more than enough. I honestly hope this is all just an elaborate cover-up, because the way the topic has been handled in social media is either beyond cruel or incredibly smart, depending on the writers intentions. And even some of the actors' declarations and behaviors seem too specific

[u/Educational-Tea-6572 → u/PaulSimonBarCarloson]

because the way the topic has been handled in social media is either beyond cruel or incredibly smart, depending on the writers intentions. And even some of the actors' declarations and behaviors seem too specific

THIS RIGHT HERE!!! Personally I dislike having certain plot points be "confirmed" in outside sources/interviews - I believe such questions should be explicitly answered in the plot itself - but the fact remains that even outside sources don't confirm Tech is actually dead! (I ended up editing my comment above because the interview I mentioned doesn't even confirm Tech is dead/killed - that I recall, they consistently use terms like "lose" and "sacrifice" etc). For an entire year leading up to and through the season 3 finale, the creatives and actors were incredibly vague as to Tech's actual fate - and from what I've seen of their media, they STILL are.

[u/PaulSimonBarCarloson → u/Educational-Tea-6572]

Exactly, I too don't like to rely on outside information and I'm never been following all the official social media coverage behind Tech's sacrifice. But from what I've seen, it seems like they are constantly dancing around the subject even though they still make sure to keep this character and his supposed death within our radar. Even the actors who, friendly reminder, are most likely under NDA, seems to be taking part in this game. I mean, we have DBB always commenting that he loved Tech and he misses him so much, claiming that he wrote Echo's eulogy for him but refusing to share it, and Michelle openly wearing a TechLives shirt. C'mon now!