That Girl At The End of the World

Fives confirmed biggest savior in the history of Star Wars. I don’t make the rules. Actual chosen one is angry beard boy.

I miss Fives.

So like let’s be real , the reason the Bad Batch arc is being fully animated is because the crew wanted to use them in the Siege of Mandalore arc and couldn’t just magic them into the show.

So the logical very angsty conclusions form this are either:

The Bad Batch get “Order 66′d” and Rex has to put them down to escape/help save Ahsoka forcing him to kill his brothers, including the last member of Domino Squad.

or the happier but still upsetting alternative of: Echo learns from Rex about the inhibitor chips making Fives’s sacrifice meaningful to the brother he was closest to. He (and maybe the rest of the Bad Batch) then helps Ahsoka and Rex get off Mandalore. And he probably still dies. Because, come on, it’s Filoni we’re talking about here.

I have always been partial to Fives. For one, I enjoy how although Rex is clearly our clone protagonist, Dave Filoni and George Lucas really position Fives as our focal point character for the clones’ plight. His entire character exemplifies the dichotomy of the clones as a resource but also their struggle to be people. Even his name suggests this. His name is a number and he’s one of the few clones who is named after his designation and not a personality quirk. Also while this certainly wasn’t intentional on the writer’s part, Fives is the only member of Domino Squad to have a pretty blank personality and character at his introduction. He develops his personhood through loss and as a result he comes to symbolize the tragedy and horror of losing those around you, especially to a conflict you have real no personal stake in outside of duty to your comrades. As such, he becomes this deeply caring warrior who is quick to care for his fellow soldiers often to his own detriment. I just really love Fives. I also lowkey wrote most of his Wookiepedia article so... As for what Jedi I would like to train under? I think Plo Koon and I would have gotten along fine, although Obi-Wan and I clearly have the same sense of humor. I would have been happy learning under either one of them because I also feel they are some of the few knights/masters that show that the Prequel-era Jedi code/training works. Unlike Ki-Adi Mundi and Mace Windu, who are perhaps too dogmatic in their views, or Yoda and Luminara Unduli who are spiritually attuned to the Force but at times fail to see the personal side of things, Plo Koon and Obi-Wan are able to balance a genuine sense of compassion while also keeping their duty in mind and emotions in check. They are functioning and caring individuals who also see the good of their order. I would take them over most of the rest of the Order any day.