#sw episode 9

[bonbonsandbeskar]

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

Okay. I don’t usually make serious posts, but I felt like this was something worth discussing. Now the episode hasn’t even been out a full day, and I’m already coming across a few people fretting that Tech is going to get ‘called out’ by others for being a ‘dick’ over the way he pointedly questioned Omega “what is your issue” and the way he has been at continuous loggerheads with Wrecker.

Now I know there has been a lot of ‘if’ing and ‘r’ing about the confirmation of Tech being autistic, whether it’s a canon thing or whether it’s just up for us to decide and interpret. Well I’m here to say that I think this is possibly the biggest indicator we have had for Tech most certainly having autism. A common condition that people with autism can have as a facet in their characteristics is that of alexithymia: problems with feeling/expressing emotions.

I’m no psychiatrist by any stretch of the imagination and I certainly don’t claim to speak on the behalf of every autistic person (that would actually be impossible seeing as the web of characteristics/conditions is incredibly diverse) but as an autistic person myself, I can tell you the way Tech has been acting in this episode is completely understandable and valid. It hasn’t been pleasant or very helpful for his siblings, but it is understandable nevertheless.

By nature, Tech has always favoured taking a methodical, logic-fuelled approach to situations in order to derive a conclusion/solution. He has rarely found himself caught in a situation where this approach does not yield a sure-fire course of action, where complex emotions are involved (hence why he mentions Crosshair here because this is potentially the only other situation he can liken the emotional turmoil to). It is common for alexithymic people to have outbursts of frustration when they find they cannot adequately register the intense emotions of others or in turn express their own in a way that is understandable to their peers, such as upset, grief and confusion. In lieu of Echo’s sudden leave, the whole Batch, Tech included, are probably feeling all three at this moment in time.

This explains his tendency throughout the episode to lash out and argue with his siblings, notably Wrecker, rather than take the generic, empathetic approach of talking out his emotions with them and going through the motions together (simply because as previously said, he is incapable of this). I can tell you that this must very isolating for Tech in a time more than ever when all he would want is comfort and reassurance also. This doesn’t register with the rest of the Batch because Tech’s own emotional strains are not being generically expressed due to his own separate set of neurological circumstances. Albeit they are not recognising his own internal struggles.

Tech is caring and protective of his siblings, there should be no doubts about this. He can see the impact the Empire has had on the Batch and how it has now effectively caused two of their brothers to leave the fold. Albeit, he is more than foresightful enough to see how small and fragile the Batch has become and the trepidation of this could very well all but be fuelling his frustrations. There is every chance he is experiencing his own sense of loss and abandonment through all of this, while still trying to be rational and level-headed one of the team. I believe that for the first time, we actually see Tech struggling to come to terms that he is officially out of his depth in this area and therefore is out of control in the situation, a concept very alien and disconcerting for him. Throw in a still-cognitively-developing child, a headstrong, very emotional, child-like individual with adhd and a team leader that is very prone to characterological self-blame and emotional withdrawal on the back of this, and I would say Tech has still been managing everything remarkably well, all other variables considered.

I am really glad that they are showing these characteristics to us within this dynamic where the Batch do consider each other family and therefore pull together and get through whatever crap the galaxy throws at them. It is these traits and tendencies that are projected by Tech in this episode that are a very common reason autistic people are scorned, ridiculed and segregated off by their peers irl. Even though we cannot generically express it, we deeply appreciate those that stick by us and try to understand us during periods of emotional uncertainty, disarray and stress.

It touches me to see that despite the Batch not always being able to see eye-to-eye with Tech and vice versa, they will still accept each other for who they are, quirks and all, and love each other. I only wish people could learn from this

#the bad batch season 2 #sw tbb #the bad batch #tbb s2 #this is the longest thing I’ve written since my college essay days 😵 #tbb season 2 episode 9 #the bad batch spoilers #tbb season 2 #the bad batch tech #tbb tech #thank you for coming to this ted talk #autism awareness #| think people also forget that alexithymia can also be developed through PTSD and he is still an ex-soldier on the run let's not forget #tbb

[still-a-dreamer-even-now]

A friend and I were watching The Clone Wars and uhh

Spot the Difference

#the clone wars #the clones wars episode 9 #clone wars 1x9 #barbie life in the dreamhouse #Ken life in the dream house #Ken Barbie #captain Argyus #star wars the clone wars #sw tcw #faro argyus

[manic-vagabond]

Kylo Ren and Rey from Star Wars: TROS

#my art #star wars #rey skywalker #kylo ren #ben solo #star wars episode 9 #sw tros #star wars tros #digital art #photoshop #star wars fanart #star wars rey #reylo

[xwisegirlx]

(via "Red Kintsugi" Phone Case for Sale by xWiseGirl)

#findyourthing #redbubble #fandom #kylo ren #kylo ren mask #kylo ren helmet #the rise of skywalker #episode 9 #episode IX #Dark side #star wars #star wars sequel trilogy #sequel trilogy #sw sequels #sequels #star wars sequels

[arc-trooper]

I started babylon 5 and I am really enjoying it so far

#I'm on ep 9 #I forgot shows used to have 22+ episodes per season so there is like 100+ episodes #excited for bruce boxleitner to appear #not sw #not star wars #babylon 5 #I wanted to watch Deep Space Nine but I'll start that after lol

[jake-and-amy-are-married]

Not sure if I've talked about this already, but how in the hell did Cassian convince Mon and Draven that he'd be a good choice for a spy when it looks like the entire ISB knows who he is and how he looks like???!

He doesn't even hide behind an Alias when he is in the Rebel Base, Jyn knows his real name from the get go.

The brass on this man yo.

On the other end I suppose this goes to show just how good of a spy he actually is, I guess

#jyn x cassian #cassian andor #series: andor #andor hcs #sw: andor #andor spoilers #andor spoilers episode 9

[xxxcertifiednerdxxx]

OMEGA WHY WOULD YOU TAKE YOUR HELMET OFF IN THE CAVE AROUND POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS?!?! I FEEL LIKE THAT IS A BAD IDEA

#tbb season 2 spoilers #star wars bad batch spoilers #star wars tbb spoilers #sw tbb spoilers #swtbb spoilers #tbb spoilers #sw tbb #the bad batch season two spoilers #bad batch season 2 spoilers #bad batch season two spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #bad batch spoilers #star wars: the bad batch spoilers #star wars the bad batch spoilers #sw bad batch #sw the bad batch #the crossing spoilers #the bad batch season 2 episode 9 spoilers #tbb season 2 episode 9 spoilers #bad batch season 2 episode 9 spoilers #the bad batch season two episode nine spoilers #tbb season two episode nine spoilers #bad batch season two episode nine spoilers #nerd out #nerd-out

[screens92]

Episode IX (2019)

#sw #star wars #episode 9 #kylo ren

[jonberry555]

Star Wars Visions Volume 2 - Aau's Song REVIEW

My review of Star Wars Visions Volume 2 Episode 9 - Aau's Song. Written and Directed by Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke and Animated by Tiggerfish.

#Star Wars Visions Volume 2 - Aau's Song REVIEW #My review of Star Wars Visions Volume 2 Episode 9 - Aau's Song #Written and Directed by Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke #Animated by Tiggerfish. #star wars #visions #sw visions #star wars visions #star wars visions volume 2 #sw visions volume 2 #starwars #swv #swvv2 #vv2 #sw #aau's song #review #youtube #youtube video #video #jonberry555 #Youtube

[t4tadrienette]

Something something Cassian and Mon Mothma both being in a prison but one is metaphorical and the other is literal, but Mon Mothma is in a prison of roses and she still benefits from the comfort of her home and money, while Cassian is paying for the consequences of having helped the other rebels, something something wish I could be smarter with words

#anyway i'm catching up on the last three episodes of andor now i'm at episode 9 and this is my thoughts idk what happens in episode 10 #star wars #andor #sw posting

[writingforfun0714]

I know I’m a bit late, but I just watched the 1st 3 eps of Star Wars Andor

So spoilers (for Andor and Rogue One)…

I hadn’t really seen Andor on my Tumblr dash so honestly, I wasn’t sure what to think. I watched OWK (Obi-Wan Kenobi) and honestly, I thought it could’ve been better. I’ll do another post on my thoughts on OWK but I really wanted to talk about Andor (because I haven’t really seen anyone talk about it??). So because I was slightly disappointed with OWK, I was skeptical about Andor (despite the trailer). Because we know that pretty much everyone dies in Rogue One, I thought Andor was a bit…out of order? Idk if that’s the right term. I thought Andor was similar to Marvel’s Black Widow movie tbh. It was good but because we already know that Cassian dies, events preceding Rogue One seem a little…unimportant? Again, I’m not sure if that’s the right word to use.

After watching the 1st 3 eps, despite the story going all over the place (there are so many characters they introduce), I actually kind of liked that? It reminded me of Game of Thrones. Mixing in the flashbacks of Cassian’s backstory (he’s like a tribal kid or something) also reminded me of TBoBF (The Book of Boba Fett) with the Tusken Raiders flashbacks. I liked BoBF tbh and I know a lot of people have mixed reviews about it, but I really enjoyed it, more so than OWK (honestly I like both shows, but I’m more knit-picky about OWK).

I think the only thing I’d change so far in Andor would be the addition of subtitles. I’d like to know what everyone’s saying in the tribal flashbacks. I know it’s supposed to be one of those things about understanding what’s happening just from setting/context/whatever, but I’d prefer subtitles because I, personally, have a hard time reading people’s emotions/expressions so when the kids all decided to check out the crashed ship and Cassian’s little sis had to stay behind, I was a bit confused as to what was happening/why they were going. I had to rewatch the flashback tribal scenes a couple times to really understand what was going on. Strange thing is, I really enjoy Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron, a movie where there is little dialog and the animals do not talk. I think maybe Andor could’ve done a little narration over the flashbacks if they were persistent about not using subtitles, similar to Spirit.

Also I really enjoyed the music and even if I couldn’t understand at some points what was going on, the music really helped set the tone for each scene. I think SW has always been pretty consistent having great music. People used to shit on the prequels but one thing no one ever said was the music was trash. Like Duel of the Fates and Battle of Heroes is amazing (TPM and RoTS respectively). Even in the Clone Wars series, I thought the music was great. It had such a mid-2000s vibe to it that I can’t really describe other than ‘mid-2000s’ lol. So I’m not surprised Andor would continue with the good music.

I know the first few episodes are supposed to be more world-building and exposition to explain what’s going on so I’m sure the episodes will seem more…put together, if that makes sense, as the season goes on. Also, I heard S2 was confirmed??? Lemme know if that’s true or not cuz I’m sure having an extra season also allows the writers/people involved to go as slow/detailed as they want with the world-building, but rn Andor just kinda seems all over the place.

I like that the Empire hasn’t really shown up yet either. I’m sure that’ll change as the season goes on as well, but I like that there’s more than one ‘evil’ presence. I’ll be real here and say that I’m not too sure who the guys in the blue uniforms are. They’re like the policing force on whatever planet Cassian was on (after the flashbacks and Cassian ends up killing 2 of the guys). If anyone knows who they are and if we’ve seen them before, please lemme know. But I like that they weren’t Empire (and if they are, sorry I didn’t pick up on that), though it seemed like they reported to the Empire?? Again, idk.

I don’t think I have any expectations going forward really, but one thing I do hope they show is how K2 and Cassian met and Cassian reprogramming him (like how Nick Nolte’s character on Mando reprogrammed that IG11 droid). But other than that, I don’t really have anything else I wanna see other than a good story lol. It doesn’t matter how pretty the settings are, how good the music is if the story sucks.

So I think that’s all of my main thoughts on Andor so far, which I’m sure will change once more episodes come out. In short, the story is just starting but because of how many new characters there are, the story seems a bit all over the place. I’d also like subtitles for any of the flashback tribal scenes (though with Maarva taking him at the end of ep3, I’m sure there won’t be so many long talking scenes w/o subtitles and she will teach him English/Basic? Idk if it’s Basic or Common). The music was good and the scenery/effects looked nice. I think maybe this show would’ve done better had it been released before Rogue One (because watching it all I could think about was how similar it was to Black Widow, not in the story but b/c the main characters die in movies released before). Overall, not bad and I think Andor’s better than OWK by ep3. I’m a bit surprised I haven’t really seen any posts on Tumblr about it.

I’d love to talk to anyone and hear your thoughts on the show because I haven’t really seen anyone talk about it. Thanks Readers!

—Maisy

PS—I’ll do a more in-depth review once the series is over as well

#star wars #star wars andor #andor show #Andor #andor series #sw: andor #Andor review #Andor spoilers #also how many episodes?? #I didn’t think it’d be 6 like OWK #especially since 3 eps released at once #I’m assuming around 9-10? #also it was weird seeing harry potter’s aunt #Fiona Shaw is Maarva Andor #i thought it was Glenn close at first #and B!!!! #loved the little red droid companion #hope he meets K2 #lol #also Cassian’s backstory seemed so similar to that one episode of Marvel’s What If #where T’Challa becomes Star Lord instead of Peter Quill

[seethestarsalittlecloser]

I’m so tired

#god forbid children do anything huh #got fifteen minutes into a breakdown/review of a doctor who episode I loved to be hit with the ice cold take of #'all these things are great but it has kids in it and kids are annoying so fuck this episode' like. wow #not to mention all the vitriol anakin in tpm still gets for being *checks notes* 9 years old #or ahsoka in her first few seasons of tcw or ezra in rebels #just in general some of yall need to re-evaluate the way you talk or think about children they're not actually out to get you #of course dw and sw are gonna have non-adult characters in them sometimes they're literally written FOR CHILDREN

[thewistlingbadger]

Perhaps growing up is realizing that the sequels aren't that bad (they are the worst films in the series, but that's bc they're mediocre and all the other movies are amazing)

#hot take? #episode 9 is ass #the rest are just kinda. eh. they're alright ig #sw #star wars

[cruella1989]

(via GIPHY)

#giphy #season 1 #star wars #episode 9 #clone wars #cloak of darkness #nute gunray #poor nute #ahsoka tano #dave filoni #sw #neimoidian

[bumpscosity]

I can’t stress enough how clear it is in every star wars thing he’s in that billy dean williams is only there for the check. With other actors who are giving no effort it’s so distracting it’s bad but with him it’s actually way worse and more distracting but it’s rly funny so it ends up actually making anything he’s in better

#from lego skywalker saga to episode 9 he’s giving nothing and I’m here for it #sassy speaks #sw

[elleoelle]

exclusive promo clip of andor episode 9 from collider ,, interesting .. seems like this is how cassian is gonna make his escape, taking advantage of the chaos? bring melshi with him? is someone going to break him out? i have no idea

power going out may make it so the floors dont work anymore and people revolt

#sw andor #andor episode 9 #cant believe im so hyperfixated i tracked this down #andor #star wars andor #narkina 5 #please just get cassian OUT OF THEREE #andor episode 8 spoilers #Youtube