I guess it can irk me when people like to write off the Fox-killed-Fives thing as a blank space of total mind control by Palps because it really removes his agency in that situation in a way that does not serve either the story or the character. Like, yeah, the coruscant guard, out of everyone in the galaxy, probably would’ve been the most likely to put together the pieces about Palpatine being a sith and the war a farce simply due to their nature as background “objects” in countless political meetings and as witnesses to countless phone calls. I don’t think it’s too far fetched to hc that Palpatine probably made an effort to counteract this by overtaxing, under-supplying, and discrediting the Guard at every turn, and maybe even sapping their energy and will through the Force. But. But Fox as a character is interesting to me because, despite all that, he could’ve still chosen to fire that gun. That could be a moment we see the flip side to the Umbara arc, where a soldier who has endured the horrors of slavery and war and psychological conditioning must choose between his masters and his brothers and, unlike Rex, he chooses the former. He’s a FOIL TO REX, his decision is a direct contrast. Clones aren’t a homogenous whole, that’s the entire point, and to remove Fox’s ability to make that decision all on his own is destructive imo