#aleksandr kallus

[fairyroses]

Andor 2x01 (2025) // Star Wars Rebels 4x15 (2018)

[gil-estel]

Zeb would absolutely follow Ahsoka into the mouth of a purrgil, but he WOULD complain about it every step of the way.

[littlekhada]

Happy The Honorable Ones Anniversary! 💜🧡

/ I am not missing, just busy with my job for most of the time. Something is coming, though.

[inquisitor-apologist]

Ok Ezra and Sabine definitely heard Zeb tell them what happened during The Honorable Ones and concluded that he was lying to cover up that he fucked Kallus, right? That’s the only explanation for their homophobic dog-esque reactions upon learning Kallus is Fulcrum

[kraftykelpie]

Grumpy bastard (in a fluffy jacket)

[zeizeizeizei]

Idiots.

Zeb (from across the room, approaching):

"You been sleepin’ alright?"

(Kallus glances up from the datapad in his hands, surprised by the question—but not unpleasantly so.)

Kallus (a little guarded, but his voice is warmer than it used to be):

"Trying to. Still getting used to the quiet, I suppose."

Zeb (grins):

"Yeah, well... the Ghost hums, but she don’t scream orders at you.

Give it a few nights."

(Kallus almost smiles at that, shaking his head faintly.)

Kallus:

"That’s oddly comforting."

(A pause. Then—casual, but with intent—Zeb walks closer, leans against the edge of the table.)

Zeb:

"Y'know... 'Agent Kallus' always felt too stiff for you. What do your friends call you?"

Kallus (blinks, then hesitates):

"...I don’t really—"

(And then Zeb, looking at him through his lashes, cuts in gently.)

Zeb:

"Aleksandr... Aleksandr... Alex."

(Kallus stiffens slightly—like the word reached deeper than expected.)

Kallus (quietly):

"How did you—?"

Zeb (grinning, softer now):

"I looked it up before..."

(Kallus looks down, lips parting slightly. A breath escapes him that sounds like surprise. Maybe relief. Maybe something he’s not ready to name.)

Kallus (murmuring):

"...No one's called me that in a long time."

Zeb:

"Should I stop?"

Kallus (his eyes finally meet Zeb’s again—there’s something raw there, but not closed-off):

"...No. It’s alright. Just… unexpected."

(Zeb leans in a little, voice dropping, a teasing glint in his eye—though his tone stays gentle.)

Zeb:

"You blush every time I say it?"

Kallus (raising an eyebrow, deadpan):

"I do not."

Zeb (laughs):

"You do. It’s cute."

(Kallus actually laughs then—quiet, real—and Zeb watches that laugh like it’s something rare.)

Kallus:

"You’re incorrigible."

Zeb (tilting his head, cocky smile):

"And you like it."

[darth-memes]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID OYELOWO!!!!

[ap-5]

I made some Star Wars Pride keychains 🏳️‍🌈♥️🌈

[milkcioccolato]

More sketchessss!

[thewordinvention]

Seems like everyone always wants this Imperial or that Imperial to be the next Aleksandr Kallus, but not everyone can be Aleksandr Kallus.

In fact, I'd be so bold as to say that if everyone was Aleksandr Kallus that'd diminish Kallus as a character.

[melisssart]

Okay when the fuck is kalluzeb gonna interact again cuz it’s been A WHOLE ASS SEASON SINCE THE ICE MOON EPISODE AND I’VE BEEN READING FICS AND WAS EXCITED BUT THEY HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE SAME SCENE LET ALONE HAVE A CONVERSATION

[littlekhada]

kalluzeb piece for the secret ashla on @thehonorableones discord server - merry christmas again all who celebrate!!!

[nothing-but-flowers88]

Kalluzeb baby with auntie and dad 1

[kraftykelpie]

Messy grumpy baby man sketch <3

[inquisitor-apologist]

Ok Kalluzeb mutuals don’t crucify me but. Does anyone else kind of wish Rebels had stuck with the original plan and kept Kallus as Zeb’s nemesis?

It’s pretty clear in season 1 and early season 2 that Kallus was not being set up for a redemption arc, and that he was supposed to be Zeb’s foil and main antagonist. He’s the antagonist in both Droids in Distress and Legends of the Lasat (the two main pre-Honorable Ones episodes that focus on Zeb), and he unambiguously takes credit for the Lasat genocide early on.

Obviously that was retconned in The Honorable Ones, but let’s be clear, that was a retcon. Kallus literally smiles proudly when Tua says she ‘hadn’t thought there were any Lasat left’ and says “a few, Minister. Only a few.” He then proceeds to do his absolute best to kill Zeb, with the implication being that he wants to kill off the last of the Lasat (see: him yelling ‘Lasat! Face me!’ to challenge Zeb, and smiling when he raises the Bo-rifle to kill Zeb). During the fight, Kallus laughs maniacally as he brags about removing his from a Guardsman’s corpse and brags about being part of the genocide on Lasan.

There’s no remorse or implication that he might be lying at all in either episode. You’d think that a Kallus as wracked by guilt over Lasan as he presents himself in and after The Honorable Ones might show at least a little hesitation over targeting a ship carrying the last three known Lasat in the galaxy, but he doesn’t seem to care at all.

There’s also several other points in the early show where he’s presented as a heartless villain not related to the Lasat, like burning Tarkintown on Vader’s orders in The Siege of Lothal, but the point is that Kallus was set up to be Zeb’s main antagonist for the series (like how the Saxons were Sabine’s antagonists in seasons 3 and 4). His persecution of the Lasat drove Zeb’s character development and arc throughout the early show, and it definitely seemed like that was supposed to continue.

After Legends of the Lasat, Zeb had reclaimed his identity as a leader of his people, and promised to protect other survivors and lead them to Lira San. This feels like it was setting up an arc for Zeb where he comes into his own as a leader of the Lasat again, which would’ve naturally concluded with a confrontation against Kallus, who at this point is presented as largely responsible for the Lasats’ oppression. The end of Droids in Distress feels like it’s the setup for a later Zeb episode, where Zeb, having gone through a full arc, challenges and defeats Kallus, probably with the help of the new Bo-rifle skills he picked up in Legends of the Lasat.

Instead, three episodes later, we get The Honorable Ones (which I do like), where Kallus’s backstory is completely retconned and he’s clearly set up for redemption. Once Kallus is on the path to become Fulcrum, all the setup for Zeb’s arc is basically tossed away: he never gets a chance at an actual rematch with Kallus, he never leads more Lasat to Lira San, and he never uses the ancient Bo-rifle techniques he learned again.

This is pretty obviously because of Kallus’s redemption; with Kallus redeemed, he’s not persecuting more Lasat for Zeb to rescue, there’s no reason for him and Zeb to have their rematch, and since there’s no villains with a Bo-rifle, Zen never gets the chance to use his new skills.

Without Kallus as a villain, Zeb’s arc kinda falls apart and the writers didn’t do anything to salvage it. He has a few more focus episodes, but they don’t really contribute to any overall story and his character doesn’t develop meaningfully after Legends of the Lasat. He’s relegated to the background, which is really sad for a very interesting character who was supposed to be part of the main cast!

I do like Kallus’s redemption; it’s undeniable that the retcon made him a better, more interesting character, and I like the relationship he builds with Zeb after it. However, his character growth came at the cost of Zeb’s, and I would’ve preferred to have seen Zeb’s full arc.

[illuminatedquill]

Ezra’s cluelessness once again puts him in between a rock (Sabine’s desire to smash him) and a hard place (Ursa’s desire to also smash him but in a significantly less fun way).