this may be small but do you realize how significant this is? i mean sure, echo gave his number in the transmission, but that’s not what rex told anakin. he said “that was echo’s voice.” not his number, his voice. rex and echo were so close he could recognize his brother by his voice even after having not heard it for months and despite the clones all having identical voices. he knew echo’s voice.
this also makes me wonder if rex ever had dreams about it, about all the men who died under his command and if he heard their screams and their cries and their voices in his sleep at night, never letting him forget the men he tried to protect but failed. you can’t save them all.
Being a Captain is a big responsibility. Not only did Rex love and care about his brothers, every time one of them die, he’s held it together.
Can you imagine the amount of depression he has? And the amount of mental strength you have to have to watch thousands of your brothers die in front of you? Watching even your closest brothers die? Watching Tup and Fives go to kamino, only to never see Tup alive again? And later, watch your brother die in your arms?
Can you imagine the amount of mental strength this man has? The amount of shit he’s gone through. The amount of sadness and grief he’s had to push away to get things done?
We like to think of the Jedi as a good bunch, that respect the clones. But then, have you considered the amount of work a Captain has to do? The amount of paperwork and meetings he has to do?
He doesn’t get to grieve, or mourn his brothers. He is forced to push on. This is war, none of them to do that.
And at the end of it all, at the end of the clone wars; they all get pushed aside like their trash.
They are PEOPLE, human beings!
You think just because the empire treats them like shit that the Jedi didn’t? There are more than likely instances of Jedi just like Krell. More instances of Jedi who disrespect their men, so much so that Rex understands their expendable. But he still cares for his brothers. He still loves them.
At the end, he doesn’t want to hurt his brothers, even when their a risk to his life. Even when their trying to kill Ahsoka.
Rex is an amazing character. His entire arc, personality, character as a whole is so complex. His entire story is a life of war, pain, grief, and suffering. And yet, he still pushes through. He still went on to fight in the rebellion, and they won. He fought for a better galaxy. Even though he knows people barely see him as human, or barely respect him anymore.
OMG IM LIKE FREAKING THE FUCK OUT THIS WAS THE BEST STAR WARS CONTENT WEVE GOT IN A LONG FUCKING TIME
KANAN MENTION BY NAME??? YOUNG AHSOKA!!! CAPTAIN REX WITH A SPEAKING LINE!!! CLONE WARS FLASHBACKS!!! ANAKIN. FUCKING. SKYWALKER!!!!!! VADER SHOTS!!! AHSOKA THE WHITE?!?!?!