some rendering practice with THE hunter bad batch today
A fun fact about me besides my love of Star Wars is that I love musicals. I have no musical talent whatsoever, but I still like the idea of writing musicals. And in the last few days I’ve had a rather silly idea of taking Revenge of the Sith and framing it as a musical, that idea eventually morphed into a musical set during the Clone Wars, but from the perspective of Mace Windu.
Mace is an often misunderstood character, especially from people who never read legends. And I thought this would be a fun idea for me to just have some fun with this. So, I got to writing an opening song for this, though as I said I’m not a songwriter by any means, but if anyone really wants me to continue let me know.
Link to song.
Chapter 2: A Leader
Chapter 3: A Daughter
[The musical begins, the sounds of blaster fire, vague battlefield orders heard, sounds of struggle as smoke fills the screen, intercut with lights of lightsabers and blasters. Three young padawans followed by clones enter. The padawans desperate and feeling overwhelmed sing].
Padawan #1 Come on my Jedi Can’t you see? We must hold the line For if we fall, the people die.
Padawan #2 There’s too many We’re surrounded
Padawan #3 There’s too many of them.
Padawan #1 Hold the line!
Padawan #2: We need another plan.
[Clones Fall and a Jedi does as well. A chorus begins to be heard humming. This chorus of Jedi will frequently return, they’ll act as a sort of Greek Chorus]
Jedi Chorus: So many fall So many die The young and brightest of our order In the name of peace and a republic That does not care.
Padawan #3
Retreat! We must retreat
Jedi Chorus: Untrained for war Untrained for this Meant for peace, but what is peace? Have we lost our way.
[A clone Commander appears, he runs to the eldest of the padawans.]
Clone Commander: The droids have broken our lines, Commander, what are your orders?
[The Padawan hesitates, and the clone grows more desperate.]
Clone Commander: What are your orders?!
[Suddenly a commanding voice sounds out.]
Mace Windu: Hold the line, Commander. Hold the line! (To the Padawans) Young ones, courage now—this is not the time to falter.
[The smoke clears slightly as Mace Windu strides into view, his purple lightsaber igniting with a resolute hum.]
Jedi Chorus: Master Windu, champion of the Jedi… Master Windu, where justice and courage lie… Master Windu, the shield against despair, Master Windu, a light in shadows’ lair.
Mace Windu:
Listen, young ones, the storm is here, But a Jedi stands, we do not fear. The galaxy turns in endless strife, Yet we are the shield, the blade of life.
Feel the Force, let it guide, Hold to the light, don’t run, don’t hide. Even in darkness, hope will rise, For the Jedi endure where chaos dies.
[The Padawans, emboldened by Mace’s presence, sing with renewed strength, echoing his confidence.]
Eldest Padawan: Come on, let’s do this!
Other Padawans: Master Windu, we follow— For the Republic, we fight, fight, fight!
Mace Windu (Inner Monologue): Meant to be a leader, meant to be a warrior, But they don’t see my doubts—my barrier. Could have ended this war before it began, Had my sword at the ready, but I had doubt… I’m just a man.
We must fight, change our role, But all of this war—it takes its toll. I see them fall, I see them die, My brothers, my sisters—hear their cry.
Jedi Chorus: Master Windu, guide us, lead us… Master Windu, hear us, teach us… Master Windu, show us what a Jedi can be, Master Windu, the strength of us is he.
[Mace Windu fights back, uses his lightsaber to lead and destroy battle droids as he gives orders the music grows quiet signifying that we are listening to his inner thoughts.]
Mace Windu: Jedi, follow my lead The republic will not fall, this is our creed Fight for the light, fight not for peace We fight for justice, this war will cease.
Padawans and Clones (chorus): Hold the line, hold the light, In the shadow of war, we fight, fight, fight! For justice, for hope, for the galaxy’s flame, We’ll endure, we’ll prevail, we’ll honor the name!
Master Windu, guide us, lead us… Master Windu, hear us, teach us… Master Windu, show us what a Jedi can be, Master Windu, the strength of us is he.
[The scene ends with Mace Windu standing strong, his purple lightsaber cutting through the haze, the battlefield momentarily stilled as the music fades into silence. The Jedi Chorus lingers as if carried on the wind.]
New Star Wars reaction image just dropped
I just realized if Howzer had not helped the Syndullas escape in TBB season 1 "Rescue on Ryloth", there may not have been a Rebels storyline or team with Hera, Kanan and the rest. And then there wouldn't have been a family to find and guide Ezra, and Thrawn would have not been taken out as long as he was. The early Rebellion may not have had enough talented people to get it going. It's always neat how one man's valiant actions change the course of history in ways he could never have predicted. Howzer really is a pivotal clone even if he doesn't get a lot of screen time.
One thing about the clones that I’ve always really loved and thought was kind of funny is that many of them would have what a lot of people would consider “abnormal” names like Matchstick, Trauma, Cutup… one of the clones is called Droidbait for crying out loud (Droidbait my beloved),,, But then there are a few clones who have completely normal names like Cameron and I think that’s beautiful <3
you cannot tell me Hemlock didn’t entirely soil himself when he locked eyes with Hunter right here.
It helps more than lexapro (no it doesn’t take your meds)
pedro pascal doesn’t owe you shit.
it is absolutely fine to be disappointed by his absence at cannes. i am too. but he does not have to be there.
for whatever reason he’s pulling away from the attention. the esquire article talked about how guarded he is and his socials have really slowed down. maybe he’s unprepared or overwhelmed by all the tlou hype. i mean his follower count went up by the tens of thousands the day after the premiere. that’s insane.
but some of you have lost the plot. the ones wearing d*ddy’s little girl shirts in fucking public and yelling d*ddy at him at events and trying to convince everyone whether he’s queer or not and complaining there isn’t an explicit scene of him fucking in the strange way of life. it’s not a gay porn made for your fetish. ‘oh but narcos!!’ that’s called characterization. read literally any article from almodovar and understand why sex isn’t the point.
interacting with paparazzi content and making cute little edits - jfc. that’s creating demand and supply and paparazzi know no fucking boundaries. man’s got anxiety and no doubt the paps and fans watching his every move are probably making that worse.
let him make movies and rotate through his four shirts in peace. pedro pascal doesn’t owe anyone shit.
The clones in Star Wars absolutely astound me, especially in the clone wars like,
501st: Our general is a war criminal maniac with a teenager at his heel learning to do the same things by example. And we love them.
212th: Our general is in love with a Duchess and we’re actively in feud with a four armed lightsaber wielding cyborg with lung cancer. One time we fucking punched him and lived.
104th: I would give my entire right arm to see the General Plo never comes to harm or anything ever happens to him. Wolffe: I gave my eye but still, same sentiment.
327th: Our commander and general are fucking. Like. Legitimately. Bly: Yeah dude. Ayala Secura: Yeah dude.
The Bad Batch: This hologram thing keeps telling us that we should stop right now and follow protocol instead of commuting more war crimes. If anyone but Tech knows what war crimes are they simply do not care enough to stop.
Long live the fucking republic man. How the hell they won battles is a mystery.
I recently made a bunch of Hunter reaction memes.
Enjoy!
#I am both #give me more clone screen time