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swbigbang · 1 year

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COLLECTION OPEN

The star wars big bang collection on AO3 is now open for posting! Works will be revealed on the 29 of May! https://archiveofourown.org/collections/swbigbang

#event announcement #swbb2023 #star wars big bang 2023 #sw big bang 2023 #star wars bb 2023

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kbirbpods · 4 months

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[drum roll] It's here! I have posted the first two chapters of my @clonebang 2023 podfic. I worked with the incredible @ahsokastechie as a team on this project! Much much much appreciation to our third team member, @honeykiwis, who beta'ed the fic as well.

The fic is rated Mature and the written work can be found here.

It features the relationship between Tech/Phee, with background Crosshair/Mayday, and a lot about the Bad Batch crew as a family.

It's a High School Teachers AU!

Summary:

Tech has just been assigned a collaboration partner for Pabu High’s Steam Literacy and Understanding Taskforce - another item piled on his plate by an incompetent administration. His partner? Phee Genoa, an unknown variable who challenges him to see the world differently.

High School Teachers AU with Demisexual Tech. Written & recorded for Clone Bang 2023.

I hope you enjoy the podfic and the fic itself, of course. So far, @ahsokastechie also has 2 chapters up and is posting every other day until all 11 chapters are posted! Within the official posting period for the bang, I will be posting just a small portion of the fic! I do intend to come back to it to record it all, but with other events/scheduling, I could only do 4 art pieces for this work (cover art + 1 hour of audio). The next chapter of the fic will be up tomorrow (January 16th) & the next chapter of the podfic will be up the following day (January 17th).

See below the cut for the other cover art pieces I created but ultimately decided not to use! Just as a little treat:

#learning curve #clone bang #clone bang 2023 #podfic #big bangs #the bad batch #tech x phee #phee genoa #tbb tech #clone trooper tech #tbb podfic #star wars tbb #teaching au #kbirb pods #ahsokastechie #shoutout to honeykiwis and ahsokastechie for being an awesome bb team :dc #honeykiwis

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lonestarbattleship · 1 year

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"May the force be with you from all of us here at Battleship Texas."

Posted on the Battleship Texas Foundation Group Facebook page: link

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thedarthray · 3 days

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Disney - Pride Collection by Darth Ray Via Flickr: Disney - Star Wars Droid Factory: Pride Collection * R2-RN8W (2021) * BB-PROUD (2022) * BB-YOU (2023) * R3-RN8W (2024) * Rainbow Multi-Pack: R2, R4, R5, R6, R7 & R8 (2023)

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writingforfun0714 · 1 year

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Hi all I wanna talk about the Star Wars Celebration 2023 so-

Warnings: Spoilers, long post, not a fic, idk what else

SPOILERS!!!! SPOILERS RELATED TO ANY/ALL NEW STAR WARS CONTENT!!!

So I wasn’t really aware of Star Wars Celebration this year cuz my b-day was Friday and this past Sunday was Easter so you can bet I was excited to see the live streamed videos on Youtube. After going through most videos available, I started going online and looking at different articles and whatnot (I also saw those vids of KK walking out on stage to quiet/shame applause lol).

I hate KK with a passion so I’ve been unsure about new Star Wars projects but from what little I’ve seen, I definitely feel a bit better about the future of Star Wars (and hope KK is on her way out).

I’d like to talk about Ahsoka (live action) first. I love the concept of continuing the Rebels story. I enjoy Rebels. Not as much as Clone Wars and is about tied with Tales of the Jedi, but I definitely enjoy Rebels more than Bad Batch (which I’ll get into later).

First off, the cast for Ahsoka. I think it’s great! We’ve seen Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka (and obviously Hayden Christensen as Anakin/Vader) so I was really only wanting to see the animated Rebels characters (Ezra, Sabine, Zeb, Chopper, Hera). While Zeb wasn’t shown in the Ahsoka trailer shown, we did get about 30secs from Mando when he talks to Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s character (I forget his name). I thought Zeb looked great and loved they got Steve Blum (the original VA) to play him. The other Rebels that have been shown are Hera, Chopper, Sabine, Thrawn and a hologram image of Ezra. Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine looks amazing and Mary Elizabeth Winstead looks great as Hera. Chopper, being a droid, obviously looks great as well. Eman Esfandi as Ezra looks amazing as well. For a while, like lots of fans, I thought Mena Massoud would be Ezra (he was coming off his Aladdin success) but when Eman Esfandi got the role, I saw Massoud’s response and was put off from the guy. Massoud didn’t seem happy/polite, to me at least. Plus Esfandi looks more like Ezra than Massoud does (especially w/ the nose, eyebrows and chin). I also think Esfandi looks a lot like Ezra’s father Ephraim Bridger. Idk if Eman Esfandi’s been in anything else but I’m not put off by new actors. I think new actors can be amazing (the only disney example I can think of is Neel Sethi as Mowgli from the live action Junglebook remake from 2016).

Now for the main man, Thrawn. I know he’s a comic/Legends character but for the purpose of this post, he is animated first then shown in live action. Because he was shown in animation first, I’m always on the side of getting the VA to be their character in live action (James Sie is doing this in AtLA as the cabbage man). When I found out that Lars Mikkelsen is Thrawn I was over the fucking moon.

Controversial opinion?? Thrawn was done dirty in Rebels. I was 16 when I first watched Rebels and I definitely think he was overhyped. I know Rebels is more kid-oriented, but I’d say going into the 2nd half of S1 had a more CW-esque feel to it and definitely by the end of S2, I thought Rebels was gonna be CW 2.0. I learned that Thrawn is supposed to be cold, calculating and patient so I re-evaluated my feelings on S3 and realized that Thrawn was building up to the S3 finale. By S4 and with the introduction of the Loth Wolves, I definitely thought Thrawn should’ve made some waves at this point. I’d say that the only real damage he’s done was in the S4 finale, forcing Ezra to sacrifice himself.

I think Ahsoka is the perfect chance to show just how dangerous and lethal Thrawn can be. I HAVEN’T READ THE THRAWN TRILOGY BOOKS so everything I know about it is from wookieepedia and google. I’m wondering if they’ll bring in any Legends characters related to Thrawn (ELI VANTO!!! He’s right there c’mon).

Lastly I wanna talk about Huang, the lightsaber construction droid. We first see Huang in Clone Wars S5 with the Ahsoka/Younglings/Hondo arc. Huang definitely reminds me of the wand guy in Harry Potter, but sassier lol. I’d heard from leaks online that Huang was going to be in Ahsoka, but to actually see him was amazing. I immediately questioned if the other Younglings are still alive at this point (they’d probably be mid 30s?) We get confirmation that Gungi is alive in Bad Batch S2 E6 Tribe, so I wouldn’t say it’s impossible that the others are alive.

I know that bringing back familiar Jedi is controversial among lots of fans (feeling it takes away from O66). But I actually like it because it shows that even though O66 was planned from the beginning (w/ Sifo Dias/Dooku/Palpy), the plan wasn’t perfect (and then of course the retconning of brainwashing from prequel trilogy to inhibitor chips). I’m sure Palps never expected the inhibitor chips to degrade or that the clones would be independent thinkers. I actually like when they bring back familiar Jedi.

So, overall, I’m definitely stoked for Ahsoka. We haven’t gotten confirmation but I definitely wanna see Lothwolves, the World between Worlds, and Jacen Syndulla (Hera/Kanan’s son). I didn’t particularly like his design in Rebels (he should’ve had lekku w/ his green hair imo) so I wouldn’t be upset if he didn’t look exactly the same. I’d also like to see more clones. I’d like to see Ahsoka reunite with Wolffe, Cody, Rex and Gregor. I’d even be fine with unnamed clones.

I’m assuming Ahsoka takes place during Mando S2/3, maybe S1 was well but I’m focusing on the 2nd and 3rd season. That means the Empire has been gone for about ~7yrs (10 at most I think) and Vader is dead. I’d like to see Obiwan show up as a force ghost to Ahsoka as well. He was there for Luke after his death in ANH, but I’d argue that Obiwan loves Ahsoka just as much as Luke. I’d like to see Ahsoka using to Force to feel when Obiwan died in ANH like how she did in hyperspace, sensing Anakin’s fall in CW S7 finale. Make it painful, I wanna sob lol.

I also wouldn’t mind Ahsoka meeting Boba Fett again. They met once in S2 I believe when Boba tried to kill Mace w/ Aurra Sing and her crew. Plo Koon took Ahsoka with him to go face them and while Ahsoka and Boba argued pretty much the whole time, I think her words really got to him so I can see them starting out tense then as they get to know each other, Ahsoka would see similarities between Boba and the clones she served with and he’d be annoyed lol.

So yeah, I think those are my thoughts on Ahsoka and I don’t want this post to get super long (even though it kind of is).

The next show I wanna talk about is Skeleton Crew. I’m excited about this show but I’m more curious than excited. I love Jude Law and the idea that it takes place in some uncharted region in space is great (new planets/locations/people). I love the whole premise that Jude Law’s character protects a group of Younglings since it matches my own HC of Hondo protecting the Younglings he met. Idk who else is in this show, but I’m definitely looking forward to it. I can see them bringing in Cal Kestis in live action (with Cameron Monaghan obviously) for this show (then perhaps have him crossover with other shows like Mando/Ahsoka). I don’t know much about it so I don’t really have a lot to talk about with this show.

Now I’d like to talk about Acolyte. I saw the leaked teaser uploaded to Youtube (idk if it was taken down but I can’t find it—it was phone footage and had no commentary). I believe this show is supposed to be set during the High Republic era (350-50yrs before the Skywalker Saga). Love that timeline setting. We hardly have any canon info on that era so this is perfect. Also Acolyte is about the rise of the Sith (in a time that was considered prosperous for the Jedi) so I think that’s super interesting. I had heard that it could also have Palpatine’s origin story??? YES PLEASE!!! Given that the High Republic Era ended 50yrs before TPM, it’s possible Palps was alive at least during the end of the High Republic Era. I’d like to see his master Darth Plaguis as well and that whole story Palps tells Anakin in RotS during the bubble opera.

I saw that martial arts is going to be a major part of this show and I’m super excited. Jedi have been shown to fight hand-to-hand before but I hope martial arts connects somehow to the Force (like how AtLA uses different martial arts for the bending types). Speaking of AtLA, I’m wondering if SW is utilizing martial arts BECAUSE of AtLA’s success (the Netflix live action show, Avatar Studios). Dave Filoni (Felony) also worked on AtLA so I wouldn’t be surprised if that turned out to be true. But anyways, I’m also super excited for Acolyte as well.

Alright now for the animated shows.

Tales of the Jedi is confirmed for a 2nd season and reportedly there are more writers. I’m hoping that means we get either more episodes or longer episodes. I don’t believe anything else, story wise, is confirmed, but I’d love to see Jedi we didn’t quite see enough of. What I’d like to see:

—Quinlan Vos training Aayla Secura

—Mace Windu training Depa Bilaba

—Yoda/Yaddle relationship confirmation (I HC they are baby Yoda’s parents cuz obviously).

—Luminara/Barriss Offee bonding (I’ve seen so many people hate on Luminara for her treatment of Barriss and I definitely think they all miss the point but that’s a whole other post).

—Caleb/Kanan bonding w/ Younglings like Ahsoka did w/ Gungi and the others.

—Yoda making Shaak Ti in charge of the clones (and her being a mom to every single one of them). She would definitely be the one to bring Younglings/Padawans in to train with the cadets so they learn to work together.

—Plo Koon being a dad to Wolffe/Ahsoka/the 104th (I wouldn’t mind seeing Plo’s backstory either).

—Kit Fisto’s story (being discovered, training, meeting Monnk, meeting Nadar).

—Anything about Saesee Tiin, Eeth Koth, Adi Gallia, Stass Ali or Ki Adi Mundi

—I could also see Cal Kestis making his animated debut (outside of video games) in this show as well.

—Ahsoka getting her 2nd lime green saber/Ahsoka getting her white sabers/purifying kyber crystals.

If the show did stories about other characters besides Jedi:

—Tales of the Clones (obviously unwhitewashed—I can dream can’t I?)

—Grievous’s backstory. Seriously this would be amazing.

—Huang’s backstory. When was he created? Was he a droid belonging to a Jedi (like R2/3PO and Anakin) or was he made specifically by the Jedi to be the lightsaber constructor. Maybe have a scene w/ a Youngling/Padawan Yoda??

—Shmi Skywalker being happily married to Lars. Bonus points for being a mother figure to Owen and her feeling like she failed Anakin (Obiwan parallel). Idk just more Shmi Skywalker. TPM didn’t have enough Shmi content.

All of these ideas could potentially tie in Jedis so it could still fit ‘Tales of the Jedi’.

As for Visions Season 2, I have absolutely no idea what to expect (just like S1) but all the animation shown looked 🔥 so I’m definitely excited for this. I believe in S1 we saw Boba Fett make a cameo in one episode. I didn’t recognize any cameo appearances from what was shown but please let me know if I missed anything (I’m not good with Legends/Extended Universe characters). Again, like Skeleton Crew, I can’t talk much about Visions simply because I don’t know enough/not enough has been shown. But definitely excited for this.

Now for Bad Batch Season 3.

Those that follow/have seen my posts regarding Bad Batch know that I don’t particularly like the show. I never have. In short, THE WHITEWASHING, the writing, the animation (regarding Omega’s emotional intensity), and Cid are all subpar. You can definitely tell this is a Disney Star Wars show (like the 1st half of S1 of Rebels—Rebels was the first disney animated SW show).

I will say that there are particular ideas that I liked but I just don’t think they were executed well. Dooku’s warchest/Serrano, Cody, Gungi, Echo leaving, the Zillobeast, Mayday/Crosshair duo, family vs soldiers trope, and even one of CF99 making a sacrifice are all great ideas I just don’t think it was done justice.

Season 3 is the final season and I can’t express how happy I am. I know that we are just going to get more of the same. The clone model/Omega’s design will not change (fuck Jennifer Corbett, Brad Rau and Dave Felony honestly), Cid is technically still in the picture, and the story has changed from saving Crosshair to saving Omega. I think it’s important to note that Hunter has no reason to believe Omega and Crosshair are together. Omega isn’t like the group. That’s the whole point of S1 w/ the bounty hunters. So having Tech sacrifice himself FOR CROSSHAIR, then having Hunter at the end say they are going to rescue Omega instead just undermines Tech’s sacrifice. Also the way Cid looked somewhat remorseful when accepting payment from Hemlock in the finale got me nervous. PLEASE NO REDEMPTION ARC FOR CID!!! GET RID OF HER!

I think the only thing I’m looking forward to for S3 is the music and the scenery animation. I don’t think I’ll watch Wednesdays. I was in no hurry for S2 and the disappointment I have for both S1 and S2 has made me not want a S3 but at least it’s almost over and they can do a new show. I love the CW-style animation, just make POC look like POC!!! It isn’t hard. I’m still hoping for a more adult/Andor-style CW-animated show completely disconnected from the Skywalker Saga (IN THE KOTOR ERA PREFERABLY!!) That’s my dream.

So yeah, I guess that’s all my thoughts on Bad Batch S3.

Lastly I wanna talk about that new animated Young Jedi Adventures. It’s set in the High Republic Era and features new characters (along w/ Yoda) but it’s aimed for preschoolers. Honestly I’m actually kind of excited for this show. I’m wondering if we’ll see any familiar faces or not (and if we do, will they be changed from Legends?). I don’t know anything else except the names of the characters have been released. I’m assuming it’ll be a kind of basic toddler show about learning the basics like what to do when you feel sad, how to share, bullying maybe, idk basic little kid lessons you know? I’m assuming these lessons are the ‘core’ foundation of who a Jedi is supposed to be—selfless people who do good and builds the Younglings up and maybe will end with the main group becoming Padawans/getting assigned a Jedi Master. Idk that’s just my guess, I could be totally wrong.

So out of the whole Star Wars Celebration, I’m mostly excited for the live action stuff (I didn’t talk about it, but that mando movie sounds pretty cool), but I am looking forward to Tales of the Jedi S2 and SW Visions S2. I didn’t talk about this either, but I’m a bit on the fence about the new Rey Skywalker/sequel movie. Apparently it’s 15yrs from Episode 9 Rise of Skywalker and Rey is a Jedi Master building the New Jedi Order or something like that. I LIKE Daisy Ridley. I DO NOT like Rey Skywalker (like many fans). I agree with pretty much all of Rey criticisms (being instantly good at Jedi stuff, overpowered, Kylo Ren x Rey pairing, etc).

Thanks for reading and I hope you also enjoyed the Star Wars Celebration💕

—Maisy

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skellymom · 7 months

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Posted 10/31/2023

Chapter 3

The BAD BATCH Mini Series HALLOWEEN Fan Fic

"The Tale of the Dathomir Witch"

To read Chapter 2:

https://www.tumblr.com/skellymom/731405312676003840/the-bad-batch-mini-series-halloween-fan-fic?source=share

(Credit for awesome Halloween BB dividers goes to: stars-n-spice!)

The Batch and Old Daka leave Ord Mantell to KICK SOME BUTT!

All Ages: Sadness, mentions of canon Star Wars Empire badness, crying, and some sweet revenge at the end of this tale (It's coming in Chapter 4)!

Word count: 2.5K

“Take Cover” by Unsecret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB7LWLDa0qs

The morning sun rose upon Ord Mantell. The Batch awoke from their slumber surprisingly refreshed. Unbeknownst to them, Old Daka had swept away the nightmares like old cobwebs. Unfortunately, she couldn’t take away the hole in their hearts. The one approximately the size of their sister.

Hunter was still unaccounted for. The last anyone had seen him; he had run away after Omega and Riffraff's departure. Gone all night. Tech inquired out loud about his absence.

Old Daka, who had been meditating and humming opened her eyes, “He’s on his way back.” Then she closed her eyes and resumed humming. Ten minutes later Hunter stumbled aboard the Marauder, dirty, sweaty, exhausted.

“Hunter!” Echo exclaimed.

“Caf, shower...” he rasped. Hunter, trying to be a leader after his absence and thinking those two things would give him the energy to continue forging ahead on the journey.

“Shower THEN sleep!” Daka commanded, eyes still closed. “You may have started to process your grief, but rest is required...then caf.”

Hunter, too tired and beat down to argue headed to the refresher.

“Clever Boy and The Unbroken, I will give you the coordinates to our destination.”

“What is the plan of action to secure us proximity to Darth Sidious undetected?” Without Hunter present, Tech needed details.

“You all are on a need-to-know basis for now. For safety reasons.”

Echo leaned over and whispered to Tech, “Pretty glib, eh? Hope she knows what she’s doing.”

“I heard that. And, yes, I do!” Old Daka sassed, eyes still closed. She resumed humming.

Tech and Echo exchanged glances.

Tech fired up the Marauder and took off from Ord Mantell. It left the upper atmosphere of the planet and eventually settled into hyperspace.

“Granny Daka?”

Old Daka stopped humming and opened her eyes. Wrecker was standing before her holding out a ration bar and cup of caf. “Thought ya might be hungry.”

The old woman smiled warmly at Wrecker. “You’re a sweet boy. Thank you.” She patted his hand and took the items. “You’ll be a wonderful partner to Hazard.”

“Who’s Hazard?”

“Oh...you’ll see.” Old Daka smiled and winked as she bit into the ration bar.

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Many hours later Hunter emerged from his bunk. He looked much better than he did earlier in the rotation. Daka had helped him sleep while she meditated. Echo handed him a cup of caf.

“So... what’s the plan?” Hunter inquired.

“According to Old Daka, we are on a need-to-know basis for safety reasons.” Tech quipped.

“I know we usually go by the seat of our pants, but this seems like a mission we shouldn’t be improvising.” Hunter sipped his caf.

“My thought’s exactly.” Echo added.

Wrecker sat and watched the conversation unfold.

Old Daka was quiet for a moment. Then she spoke, “We are to be captured. That is the easiest way to gain access to Sidious. I will give you more information as we progress. If I were to give you too much, he would be able to read your minds with the Force. That would put a damper on our mission.”

“Wouldn’t he be able to anyways.” Tech playing devil’s advocate.

“He’d see us coming before we even got to his location.” Echo stated.

“No. Because I will be dampening his ability to see us clearly. And the less you know, the less he will. The rest you must trust me on.” Old Daka closed her eyes and started humming again.

“What makes you so sure you can block out a powerful Sith Lord like Sidious?” Hunter asked.

Old Daka kept humming with her eyes closed.

“Uh, Granny...hello?”

Still humming. Eyes closed.

“Good talk.” Hunter frowned sarcastically.

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Several hours later Tech perked up and addressed Old Daka. “We are nearing our destination in a few moments. What is our next plan of action?”

Old Daka opened her eyes. “The large Imperial ship we will be infiltrating will enquire about who we are as standard protocol. Answer them as you would if you were bringing me in as a prisoner.”

“They’ll recognize us right away. We’ll be blasted right out of existence.” Echo piped up.

“Sidious has had a large bounty on my head for some time now. Delivering me was eventually expected. Plus, I can handle the crew on the Imperial bridge right from here. For all they know you are Trandoshan Bounty Hunters who finally managed to bring me in. Speak as you normally would. They won’t suspect a thing.”

The Batchers, all shot each other uneasy glances.

“Hope you're right Granny, or this is going to be a VERY short mission.” Hunter frowned.

The Marauder left hyperspace and a large Imperial vessel came into view. A minute later, the Marauder was being hailed. Tech opened communications then glanced at Old Daka. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The Imperial ships bridge inquired about their presence. As Tech began to speak, Daka waved her hand and muttered something under her breath.

“This is Cradossk aboard the Trandoshan Bounty vessel. We have captured Night Sister Old Daka and are here to claim our bounty. We request access to board.” Tech’s leg bounced continuously as he spoke to help keep his voice even.

The comm was quiet. Everyone held their breath.

“Do ya think they bought it?” Wrecker finally spoke up.

Still no answer.

Echo ran a hand down his face, “We’re kriffed. Lads, it’s been a pleasure working with you.” He looked at Old Daka, “Well, at least we tried.”

Still no answer.

Then...

“Permission granted. Proceed to Docking Bay 3.”

Everyone exhaled audibly. Tech maneuvered to land inside the ship.

“Before we land, I should inform you all that Sidious isn’t alone on that vessel. I sense another strong presence on board.”

“Oh? And who would that be??? Hunter had a bad feeling.

“Darth Vader is with him.”

Everyone on the Marauder threw up their hands and groaned.

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The Marauder touched down at Docking Bay 3. The Batch stood and awaited their next piece of the plan.

“Clever and Strong Boys, you will stay with the ship and leave when I give the signal. From there you will proceed to the blue green planet I gave you coordinates to.” Old Daka nodded to Tech. “Keen Man and The Unbroken will chaperone me as prisoner.”

“How will I know ‘The Signal’” Tech seemed confused.

“You will ‘know’ through the Force.”

“That will be difficult as I lack Force sensitivity.” Tech was concerned

“No matter. I will use the Force to alert you. Trust me.” Old Daka’s reply had him scratching his head.

Hunter interjected, “Wait...once we step off the Marauder Echo and I won’t see Tech and Wrecker ever again?”

“Yes.”

“Lady, you sure don’t leave people time to say goodbye!” Hunter was trying to hold his composure. After having to quickly leave Omega, losing two more brothers was more than he could deal with.

Echo stood by terribly crestfallen. His face didn’t hide it. But then he had lost so many brothers before joining The Batch. At least with this mission there would be a reason...and possibly a future.

Tech knew logically this was the best scenario for the most favorable outcome. His head accepted this. However, he had a horrible feeling in his chest...just about heart level.

Wrecker knew he had no control over the situation and did what a good soldier and brother should: follow orders and complete the mission. It took everything he could to not break out in tears again.

Hunter grabbed Tech by the front of his shirt and pulled him into a hug. His other hand reached up and pulled Wreckers forehead to his. Wrecker gave up and started bawling, squeezing them both in a huge bear hug. Tech was trapped in the middle, silent tears escaping his goggles. Wrecker reached out and grabbed Echo, squeezing him into the group hug.

Old Daka watched the clones say goodbye for the last time. “We must hurry. An Imperial officer, Vader, and two stormtroopers are approaching. I will use the Force to disguise you as Trandoshans.”

The Batch parted. Wrecker wiped his face. Tech dabbed at his goggles. Hunter grabbed handcuffs and snapped them on Old Daka’s wrists. Echo disengaged his scomp, holstered it, and replaced it with his mechanical hand. Then he along with Hunter took out their blasters and escorted the old woman to the Marauder’s gangplank to leave the ship. Everyone had a lump in their throat.

Old Daka took a deep breath and exhaled. Nobody but Hunter could feel something in the air change. Everyone and everything looked the same, but he suspected Daka’s glamour spell was radiating around them.

Hunter and Echo escorted Old Daka off the Marauder. They walked down the gangplank and a few feet into the landing bay to meet Vader and the Imperial Officer.

Daka had cloaked Hunter and Echo with her glamour spell. Everyone laying eyes on them wouldn’t know the difference...except...she sensed a presence...

…up above and ahead several floors up a tall, thin man with silver hair stared down at them. He seemed very interested in the interaction that was to take place. Strangely enough, he was hard to read using the Force. Not that he fought her trying to read him...there was just...nothing. An impenetrable wall to the inside of his head, his thoughts. This man was trying very hard to hide his true feelings. She didn’t sense Jedi, but more like Hunter, someone actively designed with a special ability. He also had a long-range rifle trained on them.

“Start a Riot” by Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRa9XSVrblI

Tech, ever-vigilant noticed their brother on the upper platform.

“Wrecker, look!” He whispered and pointed out Crosshair’s position.

Too late, Vader sensed some small change in the Force, cocked his head. Old Daka, catching this employed an underhanded tactic to distract Vader.

“Ani?” Vader started at a familiar voice. His gaze shot back at Old Daka...but she wasn’t there. Instead stood Anakin Skywalker’s mother. “Ani! Don’t let them kill me!!!” She had tears in her eyes, her face pleading. His sweet long-lost mother.

Vader was prepared for some type of scheming and magic by Old Daka...but NOT this. Old vivid memories ripped through his head and heart. He Force snatched the old woman up by her neck. She expertly kept her glamor spell up, still pleading and crying as Schmi Skywalker, but could only barely maintain this deception. Her glamour spell on Hunter, Echo, and the Marauder melted away and they were revealed.

The Imperial officer yelled an order to open fire on them while attempting to comm for backup. A blaster shot caught the back of his head and he went down. The two stormtroopers next to him barely had enough time to squeeze off a shot before they too were taken out. Hunter looked up to catch a glimpse of Crosshair and they locked eyes for a moment before all hell broke loose. Imps spilled out into the bay, shooting.

Aboard the Marauder Tech opened fire from the pilot's seat and Wrecker from the tail gunner's roost. They had kept their shield up ever since landing and the stormtrooper blaster shots harmlessly pinged off it. Tech engaged the Marauder’s propulsion system to turn the ship 360 degrees so they could continuously fire at everything in the landing bay. Explosions and smoke filled the space.

Hunter and Echo ducked double wielding their blasters while furiously looking for Vader and Old Daka. They had disappeared entirely from view. Fortunately, Hunter could still sense the old woman’s glamour spell. It tickled his senses but was quickly getting away from them.

“Echo!” He yelled. “Vader took Old Daka into the ship. Cover me while we follow and track her.”

“Got it, Vod” Echo yelled back.

The Marauder came full circle firing away. Tech spotted Hunter and Echo through the windscreen attempting to get access to the Imperial ship.

“Wrecker, I’m opening the gangplank. You must cover Echo and Hunter!”

“I’m ON IT!!!” Wrecker jumped down from the gunner's seat, grabbed the rapid rotating blaster from the Marauder’s gun rack. He took his position at the open gangplank and fired away hollering like mad. “AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!”

Tech aimed for the door between the landing bay and inner ship entrance. He fired the Marauder’s cannon and blew a hole through it. Hunter and Echo hopped over the smoldering wreckage of the door, quickly turned and saluted their brothers. Then they both disappeared into the ship.

Wrecker stepped back onto the ship and ran back to the aft gunner's roost. Tech closed the gangplank. With the Marauder’s shield still strongly intact, they continued to use the ships’ cannons to shoot and destroy everything they could until they were signaled to leave the Imperial vessel.

Hunter’s senses tingled stronger. He was on Vader and Old Daka’s trail. He holstered his second weapon and pulled his vibroknife, slashing and shooting as he progressed forward. Echo, holding the rear shot furiously at anything that moved. Troopers fell by the dozens as both clones progressed quickly down several hallways and corridors.

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Meanwhile, Old Daka kept up her ruse as Schmi Skywalker, crying, pleading. Vader still had her by the neck as he Force dragged her above the floor and down the corridor towards Darth Sidious’ room aboard the vessel. He was angry about her choice of deception. It hurt him deeply, but he couldn’t kill her. Sidious needed her power...and... even if he didn’t...Vader seriously started to doubt he could kill her. Not due to a lack of power...but a lack of will.

Backup stormtroopers advanced past them to stop the oncoming clones. They stole glances at Vader yanking a crying, levitating woman past their formation. A few stopped cold, tripping up troopers behind them. Shaking their heads and unsure what was going on aboard the ship. This was indeed unprecedented and shocking.

Vader arrived at Sidious’ door. Blaster shots rang out from Hunter as he and Echo rounded the corner and advanced. Vader turned to see Hunter fully feral shooting a blaster in one hand and mowing down Imperial troopers with a vibroknife in the other. He ducked, parried, jumped, flipped, and dispatched them easily. Darth Vader briefly admired this clone. He would have made an ideal Sith. Pity he would be killed. Vader then turned, dragging along Old Daka, and slamming the doors shut behind them.

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I’m feeling the same way about the Mando movie 😭 I’m worried they’re gonna use it as a way to kill off Din and have someone else take over Grogu and completely change the storyline 😭😭😭

UGHHHHHHH BB YOU READ MY MIND

i could go on forever at length about my fears, worries, and concerns for what the writers will do to our beloved Din and Grogu in this upcoming movie, but I'm trying to stay optimistic about how it could turn out.

Here are my thoughts under the cut:

Many ppl agree that the way they ended s3 with Din and Grogu was finite. A neatly wrapped up package with a bow tied on it, to end their adventures and consequently, their story within the mandalorian universe. They have their house on Nevarro, Moff Gideon is no longer a threat to Grogu and Din, and they can live the rest of their lives in peace, as father and son. I just really hope the writers heed the terrible low warnings that s3 received and use it to keep Din and Grogu as the main focus of the movie, without straying too far to focus on other characters.

I know John Favreau has already said that they have already written s4 of the Mandalorian but I can't help but think that it really will not involve much of Din and Grogu at all, given the way s3 ended. That plus the fact that they kept saying that the Mandalorian doesn't have to be about one singular Mandalorian, and that it can center around the entire Mandalorian universe as a whole, and other mandos (*cough cough* Bo-Katan *cough cough*). Consequently, with s3 centering around Bo-Katan for the majority of the season, it is pretty clear that this is the direction they are moving in. Which makes me incredibly sad, but I do understand Din and Grogu couldn't go on forever.

Plus, Pedro's filming schedule for s3 of mando was extremely rigid given his time and devotion to filming TLOU, I'm doubtful that he could have had a major role in the future seasons. Given TLOU's success paving the way for 2023 to really be Pedro's year, I feel that he is going to step back from Mando, which would align with the way the storyline for Din and Grogu is going.

I think what makes me most sad is I'm not sure which is the cause and which is the effect in this scenario. Is Pedro taking on other roles and stepping back from Mando bc he feels short changed by Disney? With how they've been writing for Din and Grogu lately? Did they start to push him to the back burner as soon as the hype around TLOU began? OR are the writers fruitlessly writing out his character and making space for the mandalorian to center around other characters bc of Pedro's rise to fame and popularity now? Rightly so, he's a hot commodity and everyone wants him starring in their projects, so it makes sense that they would take this into consideration when writing future stories for Din and Grogu.

All of this to say that I feel like the movie is the final send off we will get for Din and Grogu, which is bittersweet and heartbreaking. If I'm honest, I think I'm in my feels so deeply over the whole thing because the Mandalorian was how I found Pedro.

Other people found him through Game of Thrones as beloved Oberyn, or through Narcos as the insatiable Javi P, and some more recently discovered him as Joel in TLOU. My ex was a huge star wars fan, and I had only seen the OG trilogy (which I did enjoy), and he suggested I try watching the Mandalorian. I tried it once and didn't enjoy it, but then I gave it another watch and slowly fell in love with it. Once I found out that Pedro was the main actor, and he was the one underneath the suit?? It was over for me.

I fell HARD, down the rabbit hole. Interviews, photoshoots, his other movies and shows, you name it. Anything I could get my hands on, I consumed with a ferocity that scared my ex away lmao. So for me, this whole thing really feels like the end of an era. The end of Pedro's era as the Mandalorian, the end of a character that made me discover him, and fall in love with him. So that's why it hurts a bit more to anxiously anticipate how they will write his character out of the story line. I wish I could go back to the glory days when mando was still airing and the show was still about our beloved father son duo and their adventures, their relationship, because they are the heart and soul of the show. They are the reason I kept coming back for more, kept rewatching, kept looking for fics to consume.

UGH ALL OF THIS IS A LONG WINDED WAY OF ME SAYING THAT I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THIS SHOW AND THESE TWO CHARACTERS. THEY ARE MY EVERYTHING AND IM VERY PROTECTIVE OVER THEM, AND I DON'T WANT THEIR TIME TO END, BUT THEY DESERVE AN HONORABLE SEND OFF WITH DIGNITY

AND IF YOU READ THIS FAR I FUCKING LOVE YOU, THANK YOU. I am always open and wanting to nerd out more about these two and my theories for them, my inbox is always open to you!

#din djarin #grogu #the mandalorian #i have so many feelings about these two and I could go on forever #if the movie is a huge fuck up and flop like s3 of mando I will continue to live in the s1 and s2 bubble in my mind #bc THOSE seasons are canon to me

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swbigbang · 1 year

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Authors! This is your story detail form that is due on Saturday March 4th! Due to the fact that the story detail form came out late, the updated schedule is as follows: story details due Saturday, March 4th send out story details for claims (to betas and artists) March 6th beta/artist claims due March 15th pairings sent out March 20th author check-in 2 (~75% done for y'all pacing yourselves by time), last day for author dropouts March 25th

#event post #announcement #swbb 2023 #star wars big bang 2023 #sw big bang 2023 #star wars bb 2023

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wanderfan2000 · 7 months

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WOYTober 2023, Day 30: Costumes

Wander and WALL.E dressed up as BB-8 and R2-D2 from Star Wars. In fact, this wasn’t the first time I drew Wander as BB-8.

#My Art #Wander Over Yonder #WOYTober 2023

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sonatanote · 1 year

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February 2023 Nintendo Direct Bullet Thoughts

Pikmin 4 being a rescue mission feels like a natural progression, same with the assumed night-time exploration. Probably going to add some good tension, though not as much as the unsettling dog friend.

Someday I'll play Xenoblade Chronicles 3... when I have time hahaaaaaaaaa.

Samba De Amigo is the strangest comeback, but I'll take it?

I haven't wanted to be an Influencer™ even virtually and I'm not going to start now.

Is it just me or is the new Tron game kinda pulling from the Necrobarista school of mostly static narrative panels in 3D spaces w/ really precise and gorgeous cinematography?

GHOST TRICK REMASTERED BB!!!!!! :3

...followed by a game in which we play a cop... 'kay. I mean cat form cool, but ehhhh

Bayonetta: Origins has a gorgeous storybook aesthetic, but also feels real strange? Not even sure what pricks my mind on this, but it's probably going to be fine.

If Splat33n crosses over with Nier, I will laugh hard enough to blow up the sun.

So strange to see an "X of Illusion" game from Disney in the year of our gods 2023, but the animation is satisfyingly good, so I can't really complain.

Harmony, is yet another game with gorgeous animation, but also might have an interesting enough story to keep me hooked.

Stars, I'm never going to play a JRPG again with my schedule, huh?

NA NA, NA NA NA NA NA NA NA KATAMARI ON THE SWING 🎶

Been waiting for Sabotage's next game after The Messenger to come out, and MAN IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

Seeing Etrian Odyssey get an easy mode for it's older games is FUNNY, but I'm surprised they don't seem to have remastered / remixed the soundtracks.

Advance Wars finally exists, for real this time.

I've always wanted to play as Magolor, and now my wishes have been fulfilled. Now we can finally learn how he came to become a Theme Park Manager.

GBA / GB games are nice, and the local / online multiplayer is nice. Cool. Cool cool.

Metroid Prime Remastered feels like they're building up hype to try and get a reveal of Metroid Prime 4 later down the line. Still, looks gorgeous.

Ah, hello Not!Danganronpa.

Oh, it's that Animal Crossing Fantasy game that was decidedly okay

Huh, new Professor Layton game... WAIT WHAT‽‽‽‽

Banger soundtrack tbh for the rapid-fire blitz of games. Highlights for me were Blanc, Battle Network Collection, and Have a Nice Death

6th time seeing Breath of the Wild 2 as the stinger really kinda dampens the effect. But hey, we have slightly better voice acting and a tentative release date!

#Nintendo Direct #Nintendo #Zelda #Pikmin #Advance Wars #Kirby #Magolor #Ghost Trick #Professor Layton #Bullet Thoughts

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thedarthray · 6 months

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Disney - Droid Factory 2023 by Darth Ray Via Flickr: Disney - Star Wars Droid Factory 2023 R2-S4M, Chandrila Star Line: SK-620, Halloween: C1-MNST4, Pride: BB-YOU, C1-940, Christmas: R8-H23, and Pride Rainbox Multi-Pack

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tm-trx · 1 year

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currents.23/2023

selections from my week in media [4-10 june 2023]

[anticipating]

Still excited for the SHINee comeback, even though it won’t be the same without Onew.

[listening]

The Feeling / SHINee

[reading]

Cafe AU Lait comics anthology - Coffee shop AU comics collection. I especially liked Inbetween by Tim Delaney, See You by @hawberries, On the House by Pi and Teloka, and RX Coffee by Michel Gerencir.

Idol!Rain-verse series by YourFavoriteNeedsAHug - One of my favorite Love in the Air fic series.

[watching]

Bokura no Shokutaku - I’m sad the main story is over (a special episode will be airing this coming week). What a quiet comfort of a show it is.

Kingdom: Legendary War - Finished up the last two episodes this week. I was side-eyeing the voting process quite a bit throughout. Way too much weight was given to the fan voting, making it a pure popularity contest in the end. I get that fan engagement is important, but the way it was organized, the winner was a given from episode one. That said, the performances were all amazing. I got fully into ATEEZ because of the show, and got to know some older groups I’d heard of but hadn’t had the time to dive into.

La Pluie - I love it. The soulmate trope is one of my favorites and so far I like this particular version of it.

Our Skyy 2 - The BB/1000 Stars crossover was so so good. Revisiting Tian and Phupha, seeing their characters grow even more, with that amazing ending to cap it all off was the highlight of the week.

Step By Step - It’s an up and down kind of show LOL. I am currently rooting for Put/Pat even though I know they aren’t endgame. Best I can hope for is they part as friends, without any character assassination of Put. My episode 7 notes are here.

previous Currents posts

#kingdom legendary war #la pluie #our skyy 2 #step by step the series #queer book rec #fic rec #1000 stars #bokura no shokutaku #tmtrx watches dramas #tmtrx currents

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robotsandramblings · 2 years

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Bad Batch S2 new release date?

i am completely incapable of just waiting for official news lmao, i can’t NOT try to figure out when S2 will release.. i blame having Bad Batch withdrawals (like i’m not rewatching BB episodes a hundred times over lmao)

so here’s the thing: Disney uuuuusually tries to avoid airing two shows from the same franchise on the same weekday. But unless Disney is going to start airing Star Wars things on Mondays, Tuesdays, or Thursdays, they are going to have an overlap scenario:

either they have “Star Wars Wednesdays” with both Andor and Bad Batch S2 on Wednesdays,

OR they move BB back to Fridays and have to compete with The Rings of Power (new Lord of the Rings series on Amazon Prime) also airing on Fridays from Sept 2nd - Oct 21st.

#1 seems the most favourable to them, but then why bother removing all the Sept 28th promo material?? why not just keep BB S2 at Sept 28th???

so here’s my guess: one month delay. either Wed Oct 26th or Fri Oct 28th. yes i am crying @ this. but it would literally solve all their overlapping issues.

both The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon will be done airing their first seasons by then (Oct 21 and 23 respectively)

Andor will only have 4-5 episodes left anyways, so either a same-day or same-week overlap should be negligible

depends on the content/hype level of Andor’s finale vs BB’s premiere episodes, i guess.

there are only 14 weeks (aka 14 episode slots) between Oct 28th and February 2023...which is when Mandalorian Season 3 is set to release-- early Feb, late Feb, no one knows yet. but this means BB S2 pretty much needs to start near the end of October to avoid overlapping Mando S3.

Disney+ Day is Sept 8th, D23 Expo is Sept 9-11th -- could be saving Trailer #2 for BB S2 for either; more sensible with an Oct release vs Sept release

To me, the only real reason to delay BB S2, is if they really want that “open” Friday slot after Rings of Power is done. Otherwise, just leave it where it is and have ‘Star Wars Wednesdays’!!

#the bad batch #star wars #andor #can u beleive this IS the sHORT version #i called myself robotsandRAMBLINGS for a fucking REASON lmaooo ihatemyself #and of course why delay BB S2 to avoid house of the dragon and rings of power but not andor????#unless they WANT andor in there as like competition or whatever #i should be done trying to understand disney's scheduling lmao but i can't help i t

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honeybee-seraph · 3 months

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