IS FIVES ALIVE???

IS FIVES ALIVE???

Fives, Fox, and The Bad Batch are on the same cover...and the release dates...

IT IS POSSIBLE?? TBB premiere is 70 minutes... We never saw Fox again after he killed Fives and look:

We saw Fox shoot Fives, Fox immediately after he shot Fives, AND THEN HE WAS GONE. HE WASN’T STANDING IN THE CIRCLE. ALL THE HELMETS ARE WHITE. NOT A SINGLE RED HELMET. GUYS-

DAVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?

IB: @hikime

Are the clones whitewashed in The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch? Absolutely

I support creators that attempt to correct their skin tone but I feel like I should address the other extreme.

Temuera Morrison, the live-action clone actor, is Māori. They are native to New Zealand. Tem is not white, but he is also not black! He is indigenous to New Zealand.

This is Tem as Jango Fett in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002):

With this reference in mind, both of these images are concerning to me:

Trying to bring justice to obvious whitewashing is one thing, but black-fishing is another. Both are harmful to POC communities and I’d just like creators to be mindful.

Thank you

It’s kinda crazy that this was Boba Fett’s first appearance, ever. Star Wars Vintage: Story of the Faithful Wookiee (1978)

You can even tell that this was the inspiration for Din Djarin’s look, especially the rifle and full (tattered) cape.

GUYS- SABINE HAS EZRA’S LIGHTSABER! HE GAVE IT TO CHOPPER BEFORE HE LEFT THE DOME TO MEET WITH THRAWN. HE’S DEFENSELESS-

She wields it so naturally though🥲

It seems a little sus😳

I hope Fives is alive somehow. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but when Fives was “dead” and the Coruscant guards were standing in a circle around him, Fox wasn’t standing in the circle. All the guards had their helmets in their hands and all of them were white with red accents but Fox’s was red with white accents. I blamed it on an animating mistake, the editors just copy and pasting the same clone in different positions around the circle or something, but this- this makes me think otherwise.

Imagine the Bad Batch starts with Echo having a nightmare/sweet dreams... And then wakes up, reminiscing Fives and Domino Squad. And then the episode goes on with the squad going back to Kamino, meeting Omega, running away from Kamino, reuniting with Rex and meeting Saw Gerrera happens and yeah, yknow, the whole of the trailer (I'm pretty sure they're from one/two episode but since the premiere is 70 minutes...👀)

And then, at the end of it all, scene cuts to somewhere else

Fives, alive, is watching Echo running in a footage or anywhere a distance from him -- a nod to A Distant Echo if I must

Idk how or why he would be alive, but if I may, I'd connect it to Fox

After Fox shot Fives, he was not seen on-screen again, except in the comics where he was killed by Vader. Maybe, maybe,,, Fox helped Fives fake his death.

Call me crazy, but there's this lil book to be released a week after the premiere -- I Am A Clone Trooper. The cover features Rex, Cody, Fives and Fox, a few troopers with unpainted armour, and the Bad Batch standing in the bg. Why feature Fives? Why feature Fox? I can understand Cody and Rex but those two? And why a week after TBB? TBB are even on the cover. I'm overthinking this but there's a connection somewhere somehow.

Not unlikely Fives is alive, it was even weirder that Fox started staying off-screen afterwards despite the obvious command he has over situations and all.

TLDR: We're gonna get more Commander Fox content and Fives is possibly alive.

I would just like to talk about this scene in TBB trailer:

Omega recognizes the Bad Batch, but they also know that their official name is Clone Force 99 and their individual names, and they say them with admiration. This goes beyond TBB being a ‘legend’ or ‘disgrace’, as clones and/or Kaminoans would see them. They obviously look up to them as role models and heroes.

But it’s TBB’s reaction to Omega recognizing them that really gets me

Hunter is surprised but he seems proud. He’s shocked that Omega knows about them but he’s proud that his squad has become so notorious, and in a positive light at that.

Wrecker is prideful and generally happy. He loves what he does and he’s probably happy that someone other than his squad members appreciates what he does.

Tech is pretty neutral about it. He’s probably not surprised because TBB has a 100% success rate, but he doesn’t seem the boastful or competitive type. He also doesn’t strike me as a ‘kid person’.

Crosshair is suspicious but, as usual, he’s trying to seem as impressive (and intimidating) as possible in front of a new person. He also doesn’t strike me as a ‘kid person’.

But Echo... Echo’s reaction hits me the hardest. He looks at Omega as if he’s anticipating an insult, but it never comes. He was probably expecting for them to skip over him and only acknowledge the other four members. But not only did Omega mention him, but they mentioned him second. I wish we could have seen TBB’s faces when they heard each of their names because I can just imagine Echo’s face lighting up with gratitude and surprise. Later in the trailer, we see Echo holding Omega’s hand and I think this scene is the start to their great platonic relationship.