#tcw season 6

[skyyworker]

padmé is stronger than me because if someone ever told me “as your husband i demand-” or “you don’t have a say in this” i would have straight up punched them into hyperspace

#wtf do you mean you demand #like stop with the mansplaining and go back to the malewifing ffs anakin #no bc in this episode in particular he's been really testing me #anakin skywalker #star wars #darth vader #tcw #the clone wars #tcw season 6 #padmé amidala #anidala #insert the reaction pic *tear the bitch apart* #only it says *tear the twink apart* #ofc i love him but i hate him #obi-wan come get your twinky winky back

[fritoley]

Febuwhump 2024 - Day 8: Why Won't it Stop?

Fandom: The Bad Batch (Star Wars) Characters: Rex, Fives Word Count: 468 Content Warning: None Previous // Next Febuwhump 2024 Masterlist

Summary: Rex continues to be haunted by his night terrors.

***

“Fives, no—”

Rex froze in shock as Fives lunged for his blaster. Fox and the other troopers rushed toward them, blasters raised and ready to shoot. With shaking hands, Fives raised the blaster, aiming for Fox, but not before the shock trooper pulled the trigger. Rex watched as the bolt pierced through the air and through Fives’s chestplate.

Fives gasped in pain, slowly looking down at his wound before crumpling to the floor.

“Fives!” Rex shouted. 

“Get this ray shield down!” Anakin shouted. 

Rex pounded against the shield, tears blurring his vision. Once the shield dissipated, Rex stumbled toward Fives and kneeled beside his brother.

“Medic!” Rex pleaded, glancing over his shoulder at Fox. “We need a medic!”

“Rex…” The captain turned back to Fives, his brother’s hand trembling as he reached for Rex’s pauldron. “The mission, Rex… the nightmares…”

“Fives,” Rex sobbed, pulling his brother into a weak hug. Where was that medic?! “Fives, stay with me!”

“They’re finally… over.”

Rex awoke with a small gasp, his body jolting as he returned to consciousness. He was drenched in sweat, the arm propping his head up was sore, and tears had stained his face. Slowly, the dream caught up to him, reminding him of the gut-wrenching hole in his heart. Fives… it had been so long, he had almost forgotten the despair he felt when his beloved brother was shot before his eyes.

Almost.

After helping Hunter and his squad remove their inhibitor chips, Rex just couldn’t stop thinking about the whole ordeal, how Fives had tried to warn him and General Skywalker about the chips and their ability to force clones across the galaxy to kill the very Jedi they served.

Rex thought about his chip, and how if it weren’t for Ahsoka, he would probably be working for the Empire.

“Why…” Rex muttered, swinging his legs over the bunk and looking around. He was in his ship, tucked away in a remote spaceport in the Outer Rim, hoping to contact any clones who might be willing to help fight against the Empire. It had been weeks since he had last spoken with another person, let alone someone friendly.

Why did the clones have to be put through so much suffering? All they ever did was serve their generals, followed orders. General Skywalker was one of the closest friends Rex ever had, and to realize his own brothers had killed him against their own will… it was too much to bear.

Rex dropped his head into his hands, his teeth gritted. Why did it have to be like this? Why did millions of clones have to suffer for things they weren’t at fault for? Why did so many of his brothers have to die for a cause they weren’t involved in?

Why wouldn’t it all just stop?

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#febuwhump #febuwhump 2024 #febuwhumpday8 #the bad batch #tbb #the clone wars #tcw #tbb rex #tcw fives #tcw anakin #tbb season 1 #tcw season 6 #star wars #fanfic #fandom #writing community #creative writing #writers on tumblr #writeblr

[cas-echo]

Lol just watched the Fives/inhibitor chip arc for the first time. I'm not well.

#i knew what was coming #but it didn't hurt any less #the anguish omg #this is supposed to be a kids show damn it #tcw season 6 #clone trooper fives #star wars

[aintinacage]

sergeant handsome - part 6

#endless sergeant handsome #sergeant handsome #part 6 #hunter #hunter tbb #hunter the bad batch #hunter bad batch #hunter star wars #Ct 9901 #the bad batch #the clone wars #clone wars #tcw #sw clone wars #sw the clone wars #star wars clone wars #Star Wars tcw #tbb hunter #the bad batch hunter #a distant echo #anakin skywalker #clone wars season 7 #captain Rex #wrecker #tbb wrecker #wrecker bad batch #clone trooper wrecker #wrecker tbb

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

I'm a sucker for little details. I pepper 'em into my artwork and stories all the time. So I love seeing them in the media I enjoy, too.

All of these would've been so easy to just go the route of a filler phrase ('ATTE RUL3Z SOME TEXT' is often used in the Clone Wars series) for such a quick scene while Fives uses his scopes to find Tup.

But the Aurebesh is translatable and everything is legitimate.

It was likely extra effort for the artist and animation teams for minor details like this in such a busy frame (look at all those B1s!), but I don't know how to put it into all the pretty words around 2:30 in the morning when I say I just love the little details like this.

Maybe just saying 'I just really love it' is more than enough.

#frosts fandom freakouts #star wars #tcw #the clone wars #clone wars season 6 #aurebesh #I was combing through my screenshots folder looking for something I wanted to reference #found this still buried in with everything else

[britney-rosberg06]

Filoni is insane cause Clone wars opens with 3 straight episodes of jedi bonding with clones, creating all these cool clones for us to meet and like. The clones and the jedi are friends, they trust eachother and care about eachother. The Jedi makes the clones see their worth and it marks the start that beautiful relationships form. Then they go to Rookies and has a whole episode ABOUT the clones there are barely any Jedi at all. Here you get to see the brotherhood being a clone gets you. It humanizes them all the more. You get to dip your toe into clone culture. For the next 8 or so episodes Rex is working alongside Anakin and Ahsoka. They are cementing them as a core trio in this silly little star wars show.

Only for episode 16 to come around and it’s Slick. A traitor to the republic, his intentions were good but in the process he turned his back on the jedi and his brothers. And for one 24 minute episodes you remember what they do. What happens to the jedi and the clones. In 16 episodes of children’s TV Filoni makes you forget how this ends. He brings it up once in the first season, episode 16. Then sets it back down saves it for later, and in episode 17 we’re on Naboo with Padmé and it’s onto the next adventure.

#what’s my point? #my point is that Filoni showed us his hand at the start of the show #Gave us the formula for the next 6 seasons #The clones are good and we love them but don’t forget what they do #the clone wars #tcw #star wars

[to-a-merrier-world]

unpopular opinion: i like rebels animation more than clone wars🤷‍♂️

#i just think it does women SO much better #and i also just like it a lot #some shots are honestly breathtaking #star wars rebels #ppl are always ragging on it #i don’t get it #i find tcw more jarring🤷‍♂️ #and it does women DIRTY 9 times outta 10 #i also may just prefer rebels as a show #not that i dislike tcw! it’s good so far #also you can’t say tcw is better if you just mean the last season #of course it’s lovely it’s from 2020 #and his 6 other seasons to pull from #sorry i just hate always seeing everyone shit on rebels:(

[elisemscott1122]

As many of you may know, some of the episodes of Clone Wars were released out of order in the timeline. Some requested I put together a cohesive list of the episodes in Timeline Order to go with my timeline order show/movie list, and here it is:

Clone Wars Chronological Watch Order Broken Down By Episode:

S2 E16 - Cat And Mouse  

S1 E16 - The Hidden Enemy

The Clone Wars Film

S3 E01 - Clone Cadets

S3 E03 - Supply Lines

S1 E01 - Ambush

S1 E02 - Rising Malevolence

S1 E03 - Shadow Of Malevolence

S1 E04 - Destroy Malevolence

S1 E05 - Rookies

S1 E06 - Downfall Of A Droid

S1 E07 - Duel Of The Droids

S1 E08 - Bombad Jedi

S1 E09 - Cloak Of Darkness

S1 E10 - Lair Of Grievous

S1 E11 - Dooku Captured

S1 E12 - The Gungan General

S1 E13 - Jedi Crash

S1 E14 - Defenders Of Peace

S1 E15 - Trespass 

S1 E17 - Blue Shadow Virus

S1 E18 - Mystery Of A Thousand Moons

S1 E19 - Storm Of Ryloth

S1 E20 - Innocents Of Ryloth

S1 E21 - Liberty On Ryloth

S2 E01 - Holocron Heist

S2 E02 - Cargo Of Doom

S2 E03 - Children Of The Force

S2 E17 - Bounty Hunter

S2 E18 - The Zillo Beast

S2 E19 - The Zillo Beast Strikes Back

S2 E04 - Senate Spy

S2 E05 - Landing At Point Rain

S2 E06 - Weapons Factory

S2 E07 - Legacy Of Terror

S2 E08 - Brain Invaders

S2 E09 - Grievous Intrigue

S2 E10 - The Deserter

S2 E11 - Lightsaber Lost

S2 E12 - The Mandalore Plot

S2 E13 - Voyage Of Temptation

S2 E14 - Duchess Of Mandalore

S2 E20 - Death Trap

S2 E21 - R2 Come Home

S2 E22 - Lethal Trackdown

S3 E05 - Corruption

S3 E06 - The Academy

S3 E07 - Assassin

S3 E02 - Arc Troopers

S3 E04 - Sphere Of Influence 

S3 E08 - Evil Plans 

S1 E22 - Hostage Crisis

S3 E09 - Hunt For Ziro

S3 E10 - Heroes On Both Sides

S3 E11 - Pursuit Of Peace

S2 E15 - Senate Murders 

S3 E12 - Nightsisters

S3 E13 - Monster

S3 E14 - Witches Of The Mist

S3 E15 - Overlords

S3 E16 - Altar Of Mortis

S3 E17 - Ghosts Of Mortis

S3 E18 - The Citadel

S3 E19 - Counterattack

S3 E20 - Citadel Rescue

S3 E21 - Padawan Lost

S3 E22 - Wookiee Hunt

S4 E01 - Water War

S4 E02 - Gungan Attack

S4 E03 - Prisoners

S4 E04 - Shadow Warrior

S4 E05 - Mercy Mission

S4 E06 - Nomad Droids

S4 E07 - Darkness On Umbara

S4 E08 - The General

S4 E09 - Plan Of Dissent

S4 E10 - Carnage Of Krell

S4 E11 - Kidnapped

S4 E12 - Slaves Of The Republic

S4 E13 - Escape From Kadavo

S4 E14 - A Friend In Need

S4 E15 - Deception

S4 E16 - Friends And Enemies

S4 E17 - The Box

S4 E18 - Crisis On Naboo

S4 E19 - Massacre

S4 E20 - Bounty

S4 E21 - Brothers

S4 E22 - Revenge

S5 E02 - A War On Two Fronts

S5 E03 - Front Runners

S5 E04 - The Soft War

S5 E05 - Tipping Points

S5 E06 - The Gathering

S5 E07 - A Test Of Strength

S5 E08 - Bound For Rescue

S5 E09 - A Necessary Bond

S5 E10 - Secret Weapons

S5 E11 - A Sunny Day In The Void

S5 E12 - Missing In Action

S5 E13 - Point Of No Return

S5 E01 - Revival

S5 E14 - Eminence

S5 E15 - Shades Of Reason

S5 E16 - The Lawless

S5 E17 - Sabotage

S5 E18 - The Jedi Who Knew Too Much

S5 E19 - To Catch A Jedi

S5 E20 - The Wrong Jedi

S6 E01 - The Unknown

S6 E02 - Conspiracy

S6 E03 - Fugitive

S6 E04 - Orders

S6 E05 - An Old Friend

S6 E06 - Rise Of Clovis

S6 E07 - Crisis At The Heart

S6 E08 - The Disappeared, Part I

S6 E09 - The Disappeared, Part II

S6 E10 - The Lost One

S6 E11 - Voices

S6 E12 - Destiny

S6 E13 - Sacrifice

S7 E05 - Gone With a Trace

S7 E06 - Deal No Deal

S7 E07 - Dangerous Debt

S7 E08 - Together Again

S7 E01 - The Bad Batch

S7 E02 - A Distant Echo

S7 E03 - On the Wings of Keeradaks

S7 E04 - Unfinished Business

S7 E09 - Old Friends Not Forgotten

S7 E10 - The Phantom Apprentice

S7 E11 - Shattered

S7 E12 - Victory and Death

#clone wars #star wars #starwars #timeline #order #chronological #star wars tcw #animated #star wars tv #tv shows #tv series #disney #disney plus #episodes #season 1 #season 3 #season 2 #season 4 #season 5 #season 6 #season 7 #what to watch #currently watching #nowwatching

[i-am-bad-at-blogs]

Me, for the last 3 episodes of The Bad Batch: Does this season even have a plot?

Me, after these two episodes: There is a plot and now I am in pain. 😭

#Star Wars #The Bad Batch #TBB #TBB 2x07 #TBB 2x08 #they were really giving me Conspiracy arc from season 6 of TCW vibes #phenomenal episodes #so fucking good! #but damn what an absolute gut punch #my post #The Clone Conspiracy #Truth and Consequences

[trueshredguitar]

me remembering star wars will always be a tragedy all the way down

#jesus christ season 6 of clone wars is hitting me over and over again with a sledgehammer #abby watches tcw

[stairset]

Andor trailer exposed what a fucking nerd I am cause I got way too excited over a split second shot of the Senate chambers.

#only star wars can make me go ''fuck yeah we're gonna see POLITICS!'' #in my defense it's a location we haven't seen onscreen since clone wars season 6. which was 8 years ago. #hell i'm pretty sure we haven't even seen COURSCANT onscreen since tcw season 6 #aside from those blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpses of it in that one flashback in rogue one #and also it's more politics than the entire sequel trilogy lmao #star wars #shut up tristan

[frostycatblr-fandom-files]

Fives, about Tup: He's my best friend, sir.

Me:

#frosts fandom freakouts #star wars #tcw #the clone wars #clone wars season 6 #I'm rewatching 'The Unknown' today and I forgot how emotional that line makes me #tcw fives #was just so damn kind and caring about all of his brothers and he calls #tcw tup #his best friend and this is after he lost Echo on Lola Sayu and #he's about to lose Tup too 😭

[weepylucifer]

Yoda is super friendly and respectful to R2D2 which is nice :) Calling him “my friend”, explaining things to him, asking how he’s doing... and all in a tone like he’s talking to a person. Yoda’s a real one in these eps

#liveblog tag: tcw #season 6 arc is making me like yoda a lot more

[buzznat20]

So in honor of TBB season 3 coming out tomorrow, and because I need to have something to laugh at or I’ll cry, I had my sister who’s never watched TBB or TCW guess the names/personalities of characters. I hope you find it as entertaining as I did. Starting off strong with #1: Bruce—asshole

Next we have #2: Gus—chill, but kinda annoying

#3: Timothy—pompous guy

#4: Charles (“ew the elderly”)—serious guy

#5: George (“after Curious George, ‘cause he looks like a primate”)—nice but an idiot

#6: Max—dad of the group (I was surprised with how close she was)

#7: Gordon (“ew his face irritates me” girl they all have the same face)—officer/receptionist

#8: Buzz—space ranger

#9: Martha—southern mom

#10: Fred (“he looks nice”)—he’s a chill grandpa

#11: Sabrina (“I don’t like her hair”)—robot. My sister gave no further explanation

#12: Zeus—leader

#13: Evil McBabyface (“I despise this man he looks evil”)—I have no notes. I applaud her for 100% accuracy on this one

#14: Rhonda (“she’s my favorite I like her”)—scientist

#15: Cassidy (“actually she’s my favorite I love her”)—Cool wine aunt who commits tax evasion

And finally #16: Roz (“Wazowski, ya didn’t file your paperwork last night”)—also a jerk

That’s all folks! I wish you a happy heartbreak as we watch this new season!

#the bad batch #tbb #tbb crosshair #tbb tech #tbb hunter #tbb echo #clone force 99 #sw tbb #star wars the bad batch #tbb omega #tbb wrecker #sw tcw #star wars tcw #tcw rex #tcw fives #the clone wars #tbb season 3 #tbb S3 #no spoilers

[nimata-beroya]

Questions about Asajj Ventress' return that TBB didn't answer 😞

(I knew it wouldn't, but I still had hoped)

The "I have a few lives left" line explains very little. And I still have a bunch of questions after reading Dark Disciple. I can guess she was resurrected by Nightsister magic, obviously. The mechanics of how she's back doesn't worry me. I wonder the when and what happened after.

My first question is how long it took her to come back. Does Quinlan and/or Obi-Wan know that she's alive? Did she come back as soon as the book was over while Vos and OWK were still on Dathomir? Was it after? But how much after? Was it before or after Order 66? Does she know Quinlan survived the purge?

Dark Disciple spans like 5 or 6 months through the timeline, by my calculations. Let's see: I took Quinlan a month or so to find Asajj and gain her trust while working together, and another few weeks while they trained on Dathomir. Yet another month until Ventress tried to rescue Quinlan after their failed mission. Who knows how long it passed after he fell to the Dark Side (this is Star Wars, so of course the time passing clues are as vague as possible). Then another whole month (as the book says) after OBK and Ventress did rescue Vos (and nobody noticed he had fallen except her). And it should have passed at least another month after she "died" before Revenge of The Sith, assuming Obi-Wan was again in charge of Quinlan's recovery (as the book hinted at, but I may be wrong) and Vos was nowhere to be seen during the movie, meaning that he was well enough to leave unsupervised. I know, I know, TCW and the book were made after the movie and all that, but I'm trying to make sense out of this mess, logically. So, logic tells me that if the book is set on 19 BBY between seasons 6 and 7 of TCW, which doesn't even encompasses the entire year, there's little time between the end of the book and Order 66.

Considering that, I'm divided between 2 possibilities of when she was reborn:

If she came back to life before Order 66 was executed, there are 2 ways in which things went. A) She told Quinlan she was alive, and they're happy together now (even if he didn't appear on TBB). This is the option my shipping heart wants. However, my head tells me, it's the least likely 😭. B) She didn't tell him. She sacrificed their relationship, as not make him chose between her and the Jedi and/or not to tempt him to fall again with attachments. And then Order 66 happened, and now she thinks he's dead 😭😭😭

Or she was reborn after Order 66, and she thinks he's dead anyway😭😭😭

See, this is why I shouldn't consume more new (to me) media. I get attached to characters and ships, and then I suffer. I need answers! I need to know!!!

#tbb spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #tbb season 3 #tbb #the bad batch #dark disciple spoilers #dark disciple #asajj ventress #quinlan vos #vostress

[antianakin]

@theneutralmime

Man, you absolutely need to find your way into the pro Jedi corner of AO3.

Setting that aside, what do I think the clones' opinion on Anakin is in canon (and specifically Rex's opinion)?

It seems overall positive, from what we can tell. In season 2 during the Landing at Point Rain episode, Rex's only obvious response to being thrown off a wall is to tiredly tell Anakin to "just ask him to jump next time." During the Umbara arc in season 4, Fives specifically points out that Anakin would never act the way Krell does. In season 6, during the Fives chip arc, we see Fives feeling pretty comfortable teasing Anakin with a dick joke and Anakin's only response to it is basically to tell him to focus. In season 7, Rex feels comfortable pushing Anakin a little about the mission to find Echo, to ask for help and support from Anakin without worrying about any major backlash (granted, Anakin DOES nearly refuse to help Rex at all and Padme has to talk him into it, but Rex clearly believes it's worth asking Anakin for assistance at all which still tells us something about what Rex thinks of him). In Rebels, Rex does nothing but gush about Anakin very positively, at nearly any chance he gets. Rex obviously doesn't know about Anakin betraying them all at this point, and you could argue that due to how he likely thinks Anakin died that his memories have perhaps developed a rosy hue that kind-of distorts them into something more positive than they were initially. But that's speculation and my personal interpretation based on my feelings about Anakin, not necessarily what's actually represented within the show.

So overall, what we DO see of Anakin's relationship with the men under his command during TCW is generally positive and that he's a General who does try to minimize casualties among his troops. HOWEVER, he is not the ONLY Jedi who is trying to minimize casualties, but one of MANY. In the Umbara arc, Fives doesn't just point out that ANAKIN would never be like Krell, but that NONE OF THE JEDI would be like Krell. And during the Citadel arc, there's an entire side story where Tarkin criticizes the Jedi for explicitly refusing to push for victory at any cost, and while both Ahsoka and Obi-Wan vehemently disagree and defend the Jedi's strategy, it's ANAKIN who agrees with Tarkin that they're being too soft. So while Anakin appears to be going along with the Jedi's current strategy and is smart enough to recognize that sometimes there are smarter ways to victory that cost fewer lives, he is BY FAR not the only Jedi to care about minimizing clone casualties and is in fact the ONLY Jedi we ever see who seems to believe they're being TOO SOFT and should maybe be pushing harder for victory no matter the cost.

Rex's relationship with Ahsoka is... odd sometimes. I feel like the end of the show (and things like TOTJ) sort-of insinuate that their relationship is a lot closer than we actually see it be during TCW. There are practically no scenes where the two of them get to just... be together and bond. It generally seems to stay pretty professional through season 5. Obi-Wan at least has a few times where he and Rex have sort-of SHARED an experience on a mission together, like their time on Kadavo as slaves or even Umbara to some degree, Christophsis, Saleucamai, etc. The only arc coming to mind where Rex and Ahsoka are left together is the Blue Shadow Virus arc which focuses much more on Ahsoka bonding with PADME, not Rex or the clones. So while Rex's relationship with Obi-Wan seems to also be fairly basic and professional, there's a lot more times where the two of them end up on a mission together without Anakin or Ahsoka around, while Ahsoka and Rex often seem to get separated and when they aren't, the focus is on Ahsoka bonding with someone ELSE.

I think a lot of people WANT Rex and Ahsoka to have really cared about each other and obviously season 7 of TCW made it a lot more explicit, but the first 5 seasons of TCW don't really build it up that much, and it's something I think TCW failed at personally. It would've been nice to have more exploration of that relationship, but I just don't feel like we got it. If we ignore season 7 of TCW, I honestly feel like Rex DOES have more of a relationship with Anakin than he does with Ahsoka. I think it's always very professional, but there does seem to be a level of familiarity and comfort and respect there between them that just doesn't exist with Ahsoka.

All of this being said, I don't think any of that really justifies Rex GUSHING about Anakin in Rebels and constantly comparing him favorably to Kanan, that doesn't feel in character for Rex to me or particularly accurate to the way that relationship was actually portrayed.

Nor do I think that any of the more professional respect that Rex did have for Anakin would keep him from refusing to forgive him once he finds out the truth about Vader. People attribute "I'm no Jedi" to Ahsoka these days, but the first person to say that line was REX, right before he spears a slaver. And I think it would be reasonable to assume that, if Rex as told the truth about Anakin, that he'd be able to look back at their history and see all of the times Anakin took advantage of him in a very different light. When he thinks Anakin was a heroic Jedi, he can see those moments as just Anakin trusting Rex with all of his deepest secrets. But after he knows Anakin is the one who enslaved the clones and murdered the Jedi? I imagine that might change.

And dear LORD, I've got about a MILLION issues with the idea that Anakin de-chips the 501st clones post-Order 66 and that they still LIKE HIM afterwards. For one, Anakin would not do this. This is wildly out of character for him. Anakin is a slaver and people need to just accept that this is a completely canon aspect of his character. Anakin does not CARE about anybody while he's being Vader, his primary concern is HIMSELF and he wants everyone else to be miserable in the dark with him. He has zero issues with causing pain or exerting power over people and we see this OVER AND OVER AGAIN during the Original Trilogy. There is absolutely no way that Anakin, while still Vader, would EVER de-chip the clones.

But even that has nothing on the absurdity that is the idea that the clones still LIKE HIM once they're de-chipped, like... WHAT THE FUCK. They now know that Anakin MIND-CONTROLLED THEM INTO WEAPONS that he used to cause a GENOCIDE AGAINST THE JEDI. How in the FUCK would any of the clones be OKAY WITH THAT? Anakin MARCHED THEM INTO THE FUCKING TEMPLE AND POINTED THEM AT INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. If there is ANYTHING that we learned about the clones during TCW, it's that they would NEVER have been okay with that or done it of their own free will. So the only way you can justify the clones "getting along" with Anakin post-Order 66 is to claim the clones just hated the Jedi enough to be totally fine with having been used to commit their genocide.

And even if we assume that, we still have to assume the clones just don't care that much about Anakin having been a part of mind controlling them IN THE FIRST PLACE. That's a MAJOR betrayal for them to forgive EVEN IF they don't care about the Jedi they were forced to kill (INCLUDING CHILDREN). And these are the 501st clones, which means they would've personally known Anakin, these were the men Anakin was PERSONALLY responsible for protecting, which just makes the betrayal all the worse. It would've been bad enough if it was, say, the Coruscant Guard who probably barely know Anakin and who Anakin was not tasked with ever leading, but it's not. It's the 501st, who HAVE to rely on Anakin to lead them well. It's the 501st, many of whom already went through Umbara where they dealt with a Jedi General who treated them JUST LIKE THIS and we saw that NONE OF THEM LIKED IT (even Dogma, who believes in loyalty to the Jedi above all else, doesn't actually LIKE what they're forced to do and is just as horrified as anybody else when they realize they've been tricked into killing fellow clones).

So while I think it's entirely fair to say that Rex and the other 501st DID have a positive relationship with Anakin during the Clone Wars and that Anakin was doing his best to minimize casualties, I think it's UNFAIR to claim that Anakin was doing something the other Jedi WEREN'T also doing and that the clones would EVER continue to respect or like him post-Order 66.

#star wars #captain rex #501st legion #501st battalion #ahsoka tano #obi-wan kenobi #anti anakin #anti anakin skywalker #anakin critical #anakin skywalker critical