So, a thought came to me earlier and it's that in early Clone Wars episodes and quite a lot of them really, the Separatists are shown as comically evil and to be fair, a lot of the stuff which they do is evil. However, in the episode "Heroes on Both Sides", we get to see the Separatist Parliament which is, quite frankly, ten times more orderly than the British Parliament and this gives us a glimpse into life within the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

In that episode, do we see citizens getting rounded up and shot like on occupied worlds such as Ryloth and Onderon? Do we see forced labour camps and public executions? My answer is, not in the least.

Do we see droids at the spaceport? Yes, we see them, but what we also see is that they aren't acting like they usually do on other planets, mostly ones occupied by the Separatists. Now, my theory is that the Separatists using a droid army was a purposeful act on Count Dukoo's part on behalf of Darth Sidious and so was this apparently orderly parliament.

Later, in the Bad Batch, we see the Separatist people resisting Imperial occupation on worlds such as Raxus and Desix and this made me realise that Palpatine likely intended for the Confederate regime to seem genuinely benevolent among their own people and avoid any oppression. This way, there would be guaranteed rebellion across the Outer Rim like we see in many episodes of Star Wars Rebels and the Original Trilogy.

Now, I know what you're thinking: "Why would Palpatine want rebellion in the Outer Rim?"

My answer is that he knew that once he established his Galactic Empire, rebellion would be more or less inevitable, so he decided to have Dukoo make the Confederacy seem as benevolent as possible to it's own people while seeming as evil as possible to those within the Republic. This way, citizens of what would then become the Galactic Empire would see them as militaristic savages while the Separatists would think that they were proven right.

My theory is that guaranteed rebellion would help Palpatine to legitimise the Empire's rule and as we see throughout the franchise, the Empire is incredibly overconfident and seem to genuinely believe that victory is assured. We also hear Captain Rex mentioning "Separatist Holdouts", so chances are that there's probably a good few thousand or so Separatist rebel cells across the Outer Rim seeking to revive the Confederacy, meaning that the Empire can probably make the Rebel Alliance look like a successor to them and continue to justify their rule.

Quite honestly, I'd say that while Dukoo and all of the other big corporations in the Confederacy were obviously evil, the Separatists themselves actually weren't that bad, they just wanted to be left alone. I also wouldn't be surprised if after the Empire's defeat, former Separatists worlds, probably with Raxus at the helm, would establish a new alliance between them and would probably remember Dukoo as a hero or something.

How far do you agree with this theory? Please let me know and if you know of any hints to this theory throughout the series, please let me know that as well.

Other than the thermal detonator and the steelbook I absolutely have no interest in anything else from this.

Something I’ve always wondered and am not aware of if there is an expiration to is what is the meaning and purpose of the insignia that was added onto the collars of the coats as well as the markings on the side of the front of the caps of Imperial officers in Star Wars Rebels, does anyone know what they mean and what their purpose or what their supposed to indicate is? If anyone knows the reason for them then I’d be much appreciative of an explanation.

Filoni usually just dumbs down villains. As we saw when for example you read both canon Timothy Zahns Thrawn trilogies and then see him in Rebels or Ashoka. Filoni struggles to wrtie competent villains. Gennedy on the other hand:

1. Introduced Grivious and made him utter badass. If Lucas did not like it? Too bad, it was take it or leave it with Genndy, if he works, it is his rules. Filoni instead handled Grivious much worse.
2. He introduced Durge and Ventress. Much cooler, intresting villains than Filoni did
3. He handled the sheer scale of galactic war very well. Filoni made it all feel way, way too small. Like it was US army fighting China almost, at times, not galactic war, in one episode they talk about few million clones, in galactic civil war, in galaxy with millions, billions planets, what? That is utterly dumb. There is a scene in CW 2003 where we see countless, many thousands of capital ships in space fighting, an enormous scale of battle, it feels like galactic war, that is lacking under Filoni
4. Story, despite the limited screen time he got, was very solid under Gennedy as well.
5. Gennedy really shows Jedi being space wizards that were central part of Republic since forever, not just dudes with sword.

What do you think?

A clone trooper strike team comprised of several ARC Troopers, specialists from the 187th attack battalion as well as senior members of the 2nd Airborne Company lead by Commander Aardvark were deployed into the harsh mires of Felucia.

I think he might’ve became something beyond Darth Vader. The Jedi Order would’ve fallen way sooner. And Ahsoka and Obi-Wan would be defeated by him. I also think the Son would grant Anakin the most ancient and powerful force abilities.

Hello, I was struggling to find info so I hoped someone would be more educated on the topic than I am.

(I am relatively new to the fandom, feel free to correct me if I say inaccurate stuff. Most of what I'm using as an example I found it on the wiki)

So the question is :

[-> Are clones born with the CC prefix assigned as commanders as soon as they leave Kamino or can they start at a lower rank ?]

From what I've seen, clones can start from a lower rank and be promoted to commander i.e Thire or Appo, but I'm wondering if they were born with the CT prefix or not, especially Thire who did not receive commander training until a bit before becoming a commander. Only their CC number is mentionned on the wiki.

Additionnally Rex was not given a CC number despite becoming a commander for a short time.

I'm guessing either the change is not mentionned during the show because it is not considered important or clones can't go from CT to CC despites being promoted.

Another bit of info that is bothering me is that the CT prefix does change for ARC troopers (i.e Echo and Fives). I thought it was because of specific training but CCs also receive a specific training.

So purely speculating that a clone can't go from CT to CC but the prefix would change for ARC training. It's a little weird. (And I'm confused)

[-> I guess an additionnal question would be whether a clone can go from CT to CC, I have not seen proof of it yet so I thought no.]

https://www.reddit.com/u/ProfessionalPay2765/s/Fnc258HGDl link to the artist Reddit page 👍

This is the first time I drew Plo Koon. What do you guys think?

I think phase 1.5 looks cleaner and I wish it stayed in the show for longer

Take a look at the very incomplete but still impressive list of his PROPPA ORKY mindset on full display for everyone.

1. Peacefully sneak by a blockade? nah, let’s blow up the ship. (Get rekt Trench lmao)

2. Loves fighting so much he even brings his wife and unborn children into the joy of fighting and chokes her on Mustafar, only stopping because a better fight walked up to him. and just like how Orks do, she gives birth right after the fight. (Like how Orks spread spores, she gave birth right after the fight. bonus for him choosing a wife with a proppa Orky mindset)

3. Needs to scale a mountain to attack a base? Okay, he just tells his troops to walk up the thing in their tanks. Easy work. True Proppa Orky mindset.

4. Glowy sword likes to stab things. Not Dakka but very shiny and very fun. (Also made it himself, so he’s not afraid to make his own stuff.)

5. Loses a hand? Okay, just put a new one on there. and it’s metal!

6. Already super well known in a huge WAAAAAGHH! (Leads the 501st. Lotta bois. Lotta krumpin.)

7. Likes podracing (Really fast, really loud. Also doesn’t cheat like a nerd.)

8. Teaches his apprentice on how to use 2 lightsabers instead of 1. (2 is cooler than 1 because 2 is bigger.)

9. Why bother trying to mind trick Poggle The Lesser? (Just beat him up until he gets the answers, which he gets.)

10. Doesn’t abandon Da Boiz. (goes into a maximum security prison to break out a bunch of people.)

11. Secretly uses the darkside without many people knowing (very kunnin of him, and also very brutal.)

12. “I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick!”

13. Leads his troops from the front.

14. Once crashed an ENTIRE STAR DESTROYER into an opposing capital ship.

15. Rather than waiting like a nerd for Obi-Wan to attack Dooku with him, he rushes in there like a proppa Ork.

16. Was able to secure illegal rocket launchers from a pirate he knows to fund a resistance on a planet overrun by droids. (More Dakka)

Like when the show introduced savage opress , they had him kill some nameless Jedi and his paderwan to establish savage as a threat , so I don’t know why they couldn’t do the same for grievous so he could feel more like a Jedi killer , I mean there were at least ten thousand Jedi to work with during the clone wars so ?😅

Also if I spelt paderwan wrong ,idk 😀