I Know I Can't Be The First Person To Point This Out But I Think A Huge Part Of Why My Brain Has Latched

Happy Bad Batch Ev- oh. Nevermind

Ok you know what, let's spread some positivity. Reblog this if you actually like Star Wars

And I am refering to all of star wars and not just select parts of it. Even if you have issues with parts of it, you still enjoy it.

Friends at the end of the Republic | Ahsoka & Rex, by illustrator, Veronica Ruffato

I always thought of Echo as the older brother in the batch, not just because of his age compared to the others. But because of how he interacts with them, he is the responsible one; he is the most mature and the one who sees the bigger picture and does things for the greater good. Even if Hunter is the "leader", Echo doesn't try to impose; he can give his insights on matters he believes are important, but ultimately he lets Hunter take his own decisions. He is the most experienced; let's not forget he was an ARC trooper, and he worked alongside Anakin Skywalker and the 501st.

And with the last episode, he is the one whom his brothers can rely on, no matter what. I am the youngest of my siblings, and I understand from where it comes that trust and comfort that they seek out in him. I remember when I was feeling overwhelmed and hopeless in some situations in my life, and I always ended up calling my older brother for advice, like if he could "magically" fix everything.

He was gifted Pack, and very happy.

something i dearly love in the past few episodes of andor, that reminds me of one of my favorite, and final, moments in the star wars (2020) run is the importance of clerks, workers, and other day to day rebels in the resistance effort

lets start with our technicians here

we don't even know much about them - just that their willful act to do their existing job in the right place, right time in the right way prevented mon mothma from immediatley being arrested during her speech, and their modest, brave tampering ensured the rebellion would come to be

and then, of course, in the ghorman arc - we have the hotel clerk. non descript, just someone on the level, who belives in the cause. in small, but vital ways, he helps cassian - but with his singular brave act of blowing open an escape route for survivors of the massacre, he ensures dozens and dozens survive

clerk courage is shown more at length in the final issue of star wars 2020, in which the gang are attempting to steal a blood sample of palpatine from his senator days to try and trigger an old force artifact to kill him. the wider moral play that happens is interesting, but the focus here is on the clerk who gives them the option at all

here, again, we see that a clerk going about their day to day job can and is VITAL to the rebel alliance. which is to say - not everyone has to run away to yavin and join the frontlines. not everyone should.

because not only is not everyone able to be a rebel soldier, engineer, intel officer, pilot, what have you, the rebel alliance NEEDS these clerks. what would've happened to the rebel alliance if those technicians hadn't sealed the door? or those survivors of the massacre had the hotel clerk not blown open the door, and whatever future they had because of it?

in real life too, not everyone is going to be at a protest or a strike or a few things more intense than that. beit accessibility, distance, or having other circumstances or responsibilities not allowing someone to be in that position. but don't let that make it seem for an instant you're useless, because clerks doing their job at the right place, right time, in the right way to do what you can, when you can.

and believing there's nothing we can do just because we're not the main characters is to give up on hope - and you don't have to be a rebel soldier to be a rebel, rebellion is a torch that can be passed along - and as we know

Let me tell you what an amazing job Star Wars did by giving us Echo

They gave us a traumatized physically disabled character, made him loving, caring, skilled and badass - and they “allowed“ his face to show the hardship he had to face. (Putting “allowed“ in quotes because obviously no one needs to be allowed to look the way they do.)

They gave him hollow cheeks, ashen skin and bags under his eyes and they weren’t tempted to “fix” him by changing his appearance over time.

I have some friends who have been through dramatic life-changing events like a heavy chemotherapy or the loss of a child, and they have their biography written all over their face. When you look at them you can see immediately that this is a person who had something happen to them. They have their happy moments like everybody else but even when they laugh you can see it, it is etched into their faces. What happened to them is a part of their biographies and always will be.

And that’s why I love how they made Echo. It gives those people who have been through something traumatic representation without raising unrealistic expectations for them to finally get over it, “heal“ and get “healthy“ again. Not everyone can and they are just as beautiful and lovable as everybody else. 🫶🫶🫶

Omega & Crosshair in STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH (2021-2024)

How they respond when asked, “who is Captain Rex?”

Cody: a fuckin nerd

Anakin: my right-hand man

Ahsoka: the guy who tells me where Anakin hides his candy stash

Obi-Wan: one of the bravest men I know

Wolffe: a guy with a spine of steel, but that spine is actually the stick shoved up his ass

Cody, again: a total fucking NERD

Fox: currently polling #3 on the list of Sexiest Commanders in the GAR

Fives: my own personal hero whose name i might have tattooed on my ass once

Echo: the guy whose name Fives got tattooed on his ass once

Dogma: my commanding officer

Kix: my third biggest headache

Cody, still talking: an adorable idiot NERD

Padme: the only reason I still have a husband

Bly: the only commander in the group chat who didn’t make fun of me for drawing little hearts around General Secura’s name on the battle plans

Cody, who may or may not currently have Rex in a headlock: my stupid little baby brother NERD