#star wars for grown-ups

[barissoffee]

Star Wars: The Bad Batch 3.15 | The Cavalry Has Arrived

[stealingpotatoes]

The last (4) Jedi time traveling to the Clone Wars era is just a comedic goldmine. Erza’s chasing after young and adorable Caleb Dune while Depa chases him to get him to leave her Padawan alone. Cal and Ahsoka and trying to make sure no one meets their younger selves, most of all themselves because they’d have questions for Big Soka and Cal. Luke’s just smiling like a sun in the middle of all the chaos, happy to see Yoda again.

alternatively, Cal and Ahsoka are trying to heal their childhood traumas through various means:

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[grifonecoronato]

Peace is a lie…

There is only passion!

Through passion, I gain strength…

Through strength, I gain power…

Through power, I gain victory…

Through victory, my chains are broken…

The Force shall free me!

[shellshooked]

"now we got to choose who we want to be"

"like what?"

"whatever we want kid, whatever we want. "

and he chose to be her father.

[that-togruta]

What if I died.

[welldressedvillain]

i started ugly sobbing

[leadergold]

Omega: “The Rebellion needs pilots more than ever." Omega in an X-Wing flight suit. I loved the epilogue for The Bad Batch. I can only imagine Omega as a Rebel pilot after Tech taught her to fly. Tech: "Up, Up, Pull Up, Omega." Omega: "Copy that."

Artist IG: @libpaint

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

I'm rewatching The Clone Wars, just finished "Clone Cadets."

Shaak Ti observes "The one they call 'Echo' never adapts to the situation," and she's right at that point; but I couldn't help but immediately think of (insert "Spongebob Hmm" meme)...

(Okay, the above was a little shaky, but he recovered very nicely...)

Add in Hunter and Crosshair both being all "Echo will come through" and "Relax, Echo's on it" and I'm just LOOK AT MY BOY!!!!! 🥹😍❤️

[not-so-mundane-after-all]

She's Barbie and he's just her proud but worried dad

[iszapizza]

rebels ahsoka my beloved

[immagods]

Omega having Tech's goggles, Lula and Gonky as she goes off to join the rebellion makes me cry

[the-baddest-of-batches]

We were children. We were soldiers.

We, are the survivors. 2023.

These two are actually meant to be a set, so I thought I'd go ahead and showcase them side by side. (Still blows me away how much yall love the cadet one).

[codywaan]

how painful do you think it is for their brothers to see so much of tech in omega?

he truly lives on through her and everything she does

[grifonecoronato]

Osha's Agency in The Acolyte

One of the most baffling (good faith) criticisms of The Acolyte is that Osha doesn't have agency in the story; that she only ever takes one real decision in the Finale to commit murder.

And honestly, I don't buy it. Osha took plenty of active decisions that revealed her character and motivations, and which pushed the plot forward.

Here's a quick list (spoilers):

Episode 1: Lost/Found

Osha chooses to save the life of the criminal before going into the escape pod (it's a "save the cat" moment to establish she's a kind person). This directly results in her being stranded on the ice planet, and in her prolonged unconsciousness communing with Mae through the Force for the first time.

Episode 2: Revenge/Justice

Osha decides to disobey Sol's instructions to stay out of sight, and instead reveals herself to Mae. This revelation causes Mae to betray The Stranger in Episode 4.

Also, Osha decides to shoot Mae, indicating that part of her motivation is her inability to forgive when she's been wronged. This character trait has direct consequences in Episodes 5 (affecting Mae) and 8 (affecting Sol).

Episode 3: Destiny

Child Osha opts to reveal herself to the Jedi at the ceremony rather than remain hidden. This revelation enflames tensions as the witches are caught in a lie.

She also chooses to disobey both Mae and Mother Aniseya and take the Force test honestly.

She finally chooses to leave her community and go with the Jedi (before the fire).

Episode 5: Night

Osha convinces Yord to return to the battle against The Stranger, and even devises a way to defeat The Stranger by using Pip's bright lights to attract the umbramoths.

This choice leads to Yord's death, but it also ends the battle against The Stranger.

Osha again refuses to forgive Mae and tries to arrest her. This leads to Osha's defeat, and forces Mae to change her immediate plans and impersonate Osha.

Episode 6: Teach/Corrupt

Osha chooses to wear the cortosis helmet and experience sensory deprivation like Qimir does. This leads to her having a premonition of Sol dying on Brendok at Mae's hand, which spurs her and Qimir to leave together.

Episode 8: The Acolyte

After finally learning the truth that Sol lied to her for years and was responsible for Mother Aniseya's death, Osha chooses to commit murder.

[probadbatch]

[adh-d2]

You did, you loved, your feet

are sore. It's dusk. Your daughter's tall.

Text from Thomas Lux's poem A Little Tooth