RIP Rex and his posse.
Jedi Master Mace Windu and his padawan, Depa Billaba.
Fox, aiming his blaster to Palpatine’s head: this government does not spark joy!
Commander Fox taken off personal security duties for Senators after he leans in real close to Bail Organa's mic and says "I think clones should vote" and watches the Senate assembly implode
These “behind the scenes” pics from the Disney Gallery feature have me shook thinking about all the times I woke up in a panic at 3AM because I didn’t clarify when and where a character in Mandalorian armor set their helmet down.
Apparently they can just tip them back???!!!??
Like, Anakin might not know that Rex defected. He promoted Appo but technically Appo’s still second in command of the 501st, under Rex (Rex is still listed as a Captain because Anakin is really really fucking awful at paperwork). And then when Rex doesn’t show up, the obvious conclusion is that he’s dead, but Anakin still doesn’t let him get listed as MIA or KIA because that’s HIS CAPTAIN, dammit, and he’s lost Ahsoka, Padme, Obi-Wan, and literally everything else he ever cared about, he doesn’t want to face having lost Rex, too. And he works better with Rex than with anyone else (mostly because Rex has become accustomed to his bullshit and is Very Good at taking Anakin’s spectacularly stupid nonsense and Making It Work), and really he can’t picture leading the 501st with anyone OTHER than Rex at his side.
And then Rex keeps not coming back. But Vader still doesn’t remove him from the system. For years and years. And eventually everyone stops mentioning it to him because they tend to get force-murdered if they do.
So long story short, Rebels-era Rex is technically the commanding officer of Vader’s Fist, and the system still recognizes his codes and lets him in, and technically if he walked up to any stormtrooper while wearing his old helmet, the networks would recognize him and tell the stormtrooper that’s your CO. So if Rex realized this, he could just waltz in and take control of the most feared stormtrooper legion in the galaxy and as long as Vader wasn’t around, no one would stop him (they’d all be very confused, but they wouldn’t stop him). And maybe vader walks up at this point like “what the hell is going on here” and sees Rex and is just like “REX there you are where the FUCK have you been?” and Rex is like “uuuhhhh i had engine trouble on the way back from Mandalore” and it’s been 20 years but Vader knows how shitty Rex is at piloting and really anything involving flying and ships so he’s like “sounds legit”
the clones think that anakins the wild one and obi wans calm and a bit uptight. until one day, when a bored anakin decides to prank obi wan. something stupid, like putting glue on his space spoon. the clones are mortified. but the next day obi wan mimics a krayt dragon to wake up (scare the shit out of) anakin. a prank war begins and it escalates rapidly. by the end, anakins hair is green and sparkly, obi wans beard is shaved off, and the 212th and 501st now understand: they’re both idiots
the new clones assigned to the 212th always say “wow general kenobi is so calm and collected, so reasonable, it’s almost soothing to be with him, what a great general to have” and then after two days general kenobi arrives in the mess deck half-clothed in pink and missing parts of his beard while shouting “gentlemen we are murdering someone today, I hope you’re all ready for a little treason” and the shinies are all “???” but Cody only sighs and says “general please we talked about this, we can’t kill general skywalker, please do it in your own free time if you really need to”
They’re having a very serious conversation about Cody’s behaviour (being mean to uncle Ben)