Galaxy in Your Hands

Did anyone else love going in the middle of those clothes racks as a kid??? Those were the Days ™️

Echo & text posts.

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Tech Wrecker Omega Hunter Crosshair Pt.1 Crosshair Pt.2

i know clone troopers dont really become force ghosts when they die but like… what if they did

That right there is three and a half weeks worth of work, and even if it doesn’t show, I’m still really proud of it, considering I just recently started learning this program.

Now there’s a few things I wanna add tho

Fives’ face did not turn out the way I wanted it, I admit that it’s mainly a skill issue, but I also wanna point out, that even tho they might look the same, or similar, s4 Fives and s6 Fives look very different in terms of facial structure and features. I downloaded a lot of references from various seasons and that’s how I tried to sculpt his face, by literally combining all of them, so that plus the skill issue is the reason he looks the way he is.

Another thing worth mentioning is, that yes it’s obvious Echo’s appearance got changed during mid s2. But once I finished sculpting and box modeling everything, and I was ready to start texturing and coloring the whole thing, is when I noticed that it wasn’t just his Kama that was gone, his entire lower body’s appearance was changed. The middle part of the belt was changed, some ammo bags were gone, his tigh plate was cut in half, his pants’ color was changed, the boots were changed, so everything from waist down got pretty much redesigned. So thanks to my unobservant ass, his armor did not turn out as accurate as I wanted it to be, because I combined the two looks into one.

This was a realllyyyyy long but really fun process, and I’m actually planning on 3d printing it out, or selling it as a template for people, idk yet.

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Y’all ever remember how Rex just. DEAD EYE shot and killed the Rishi outpost eel with A ONE HANDED SHOT. And then proceeded to get its blood all over his hand and then smeared it onto Echo’s shiny new armor just to make a point?? And THEN ECHO. PROCEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT HANDPRINT NEVER CAME OFF FOR THE REST OF THE TIME HE HAD THAT ARMOR?? Before it was forcibly ripped away from him along with his agency and humanity but we won’t go there rn but just the fact that Rex and Echo’s relationship developed from a Captain razzing a shiny to the two of them becoming so close that they drew up battle plans and strategies together and Rex moving heaven and earth to get Echo back from Skako and refusing to give up on him even when everyone else had?? JUST. ECHO AND REX

DID I YELL A LOT ABOUT THIS MOMENT?  YES, I DID. I’ve yelled about this very thing before, but to have it smacked right into our faces again in this final season was pretty damn satisfying, because it’s such an important point–in this war, neutrality is not the ethical option. Neutrality is an ethical option in a galaxy that’s operating on good faith, when both sides are entering into the conflict for valuable reasons and behave reasonably. But that’s not what’s happening in the Clone Wars, where this scene illustrates it beautifully. Yes, many of the Separatists worlds joined because of disenfranchisement and dissatisfaction with the Republic for very valid reasons, because they were ignored and overlooked and taken advantage of.  There were valid reasons for many of them.  But where those valid reasons get left in the dust is in the way the Separatist army behaves–they attack and oppress worlds, they enslave the populations, they strongarm and kidnap, or even outright murder leaders who disagree with them.

We see a perfect illustration of this when Bail Organa goes to Toydaria and begs them to let the Republic use them as a staging area to send aid to Ryloth.  The Trade Federation shows up and says, no, you can’t do that, because then the Separatists will see that you’re joining the war and all your contracts with us will be void and your economy will tank.  Toydaria, known for its compassion, says, no, they can’t do it.  Not until the episode progresses and King Katuunko realizes, no, they do have to join the war because the people of Ryloth cannot be left to suffer and be oppressed just for the sake of their neutrality. (Neutrality that doesn’t even work really.  Mandalore tried to be neutral and it was wrecked for it.  Scipio tried to be neutral and it was wrecked for it.  This war left no one out of it.  And, frankly, given the parameters of this war, no one should be sitting it out.) And then we have “The Wings of Keeradaks”.  Where they’ve crash-landed on Skako Minor, the native population saying that they don’t want the Republic bringing war to their village, that the clones and Anakin say they just want to rescue their friend and be gone, but ultimately, yes, war does come to Skako Minor.  The war was already there. And Rex says, yeah, we did bring drag the war over here (it’s left unsaid that Wat Tambor and the Techno Union weren’t going to leave the native population alone for long anyway), but look what they did to one of our people!  They stripped his humanity from him, they tried to turn him into nothing more than a machine!  You have to choose a side. Because this isn’t a war where both sides are equally at fault.  Yeah, the Republic sucks in a lot of ways, but fighting in the war wasn’t one of those ways, not when this is what the Separatists did.  Not when they murdered and oppressed so many worlds, like Ryloth, like Mon Calamari, like Kiros, like the virus they wanted to unleash on Naboo.  Not when they literally tortured their prisoners, like Even Piell and Agen Kolar.  Not when they literally enslaved people, like aligning themselves with the Zygerrians to restart their slave empire and kidnapping the people of Kiros to make them literal slaves.  Not when they’re taking someone like Echo and doing this to him. Neutrality was not an ethical choice when this was on the table and being done.  The Republic needed to fight.  The Jedi couldn’t have stood by and watched this happen without doing something.  More worlds should have joined this fight and stood up against what the Separatists were doing and made sure their Senators were actually being held accountable for what they were voting for. In the end, the Poletec people agree to help and even say that the Jedi will always have an ally on Skako Minor.

The people of Skako Minor make a choice because evil must be fought.  Just as the people of Onderon made a choice to join the Republic after working with the Jedi, who was fighting evil.  Just as the Toydarians joined the war, after listening to Bail, who was fighting evil. The politics of the prequels are pretty damn fantastic and this episode just nailed yet another point home about why it may not have been just black and white, but sitting it out wasn’t a good option, either.  Real people were really being hurt and it’s the duty of the people who live in that galaxy with them to help when they can.

Just found out Echo is an inch taller than the rest of his brothers he really said

Based on this text post and specifically the edit by @magpie-lords

Five and Echo as journey traveler idea by @maximalblaze

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If only Echo could have used sabers.

So you’re writing TBB-era Echo…

He’s a recovering prisoner of war. Here’s some things to think about and research if you’re interested:

Studies have shown that the physical hardships and psychological stress endured by POWs have life-long effects on health and on social and vocational adjustment. These studies also indicate increased vulnerability to psychological stress. Starvation, exposure to the elements, and other things encountered by POWs have been proven to cause long term damage to vital organs. Echo’s long-term internment and poor condition would make him highly susceptible to long-term to lifelong chronic illness and disease.

The following chronic diseases have been found to be directly connected to POW status:

-For former POWs held captive for any length of time-

-For former POWs held captive for 30 days or more-

Any nutritional deficiency, including:

Sources:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/38/3.309

https://www.va.gov

Fives and Echo have the most complicated best friend handshake, I just know they do and it’s a crime we never saw that in TCW-

Uhh first post yeahhh

𝐴𝑙𝑖𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑖’𝑠ℎ𝑦𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙’𝑑𝑖𝑛

"Family is more than blood."