A Song For Each Bad Batcher

A song for each Bad Batcher

Hunter:

Echo:

Tech:

Wrecker:

Crosshair:

Omega:

Emerie (Bonus):

I'm a short boy like Hunter, also Omega was so tiny in S1 😭

Reblog with your height compared to the bad batch ✨

Genuinely would love to see them meet. They have such polar opposite worldviews despite sharing the same traumatic experience of losing a sibling. Similar circumstances too, both Tech and Steela fell to their deaths and both losses were sudden and untimely. Plus the extra layer of Saw being at least partly responsible (or fully depending on who you ask) for Tech's loss.

Basically let Omega beat the shit out of Saw after a lengthy philosophical discussion. 🧐🔪

No wonder he left

Some thoughts on "attachments" in Star Wars:

For as long as I can remember, there has seemed to be a lot of confusion around whether "attachments" are actually good or bad... And I think much of the confusion stems from the fact that "attachments" and "relationships" are almost always used interchangeably within the stories, even though they really shouldn't be.

Let's be clear: "attachments" as in selfish obsession/possession of self/others along with the inability to let go of people/objects/experiences IS A BAD THING because 1) that's not actually love and 2) acting on that fear of losing self/others is what makes one fall to the Dark Side. Anakin fell to the Dark Side because he acted on his selfish fear of losing his wife, rather than acting out of his love for her. He was redeemed later because he acted on his selfless love for his son. Anakin wasn't lost because he had a relationship; he fell because he insisted on acting selfishly - he had an attachment to Padme and wouldn't relinquish this possessive obsession with her.

However, the prequels establish that the Jedi Order mistakenly equated "attachments" with "love/relationships" - yeah, sure, compassion is fine, but according to the Jedi Order one apparently can't actually feel selfless love toward biological family members or spouses or children so they're just going to nip those relationships in the bud: if you join the Jedi, it must be when you are a child before you develop any clear memory of your biological family, and creating a nuclear family of your own is grounds for being dismissed from the Jedi Order.

I am very much pro-Jedi, but I have always - always, even as a kid - found the above application of avoiding attachments to be wrong. Just flat out wrong. It doesn't make the Jedi Order evil, of course, nor does it make the individual Jedi bad. Still, forbidding not only romantic but also familial relationships in the name of avoiding attachment is a mistaken, flawed, incorrect application of the principle.

And yet, Star Wars itself throws around the term "attachments" so loosely it still tends to be conflated with "relationships."

This view is even reiterated in Bad Batch, when Ventress tells the brothers that if Omega was Force sensitive and did want to train to wield the Force, she'd have to leave them behind. Of course, given that Ventress is partially a product of the prequel-era Jedi Order understanding of attachments, I guess it makes sense that she'd perpetuate this interpretation; however, it still muddies what is supposed to be the actual definition of "attachment."

Heck, even Din Djarin doesn't really understand what is meant by "attachment" - the Armorer tells him Jedi are to forego all attachment and Din replies that this is the opposite of the Mandalorian Creed which endorses loyalty and solidarity. They AREN'T opposites: loyalty and unity are not Dark Side traits nor do they define attachment (and I'm pretty sure the Jedi endorsed unity with each other) - in many ways, such traits are selfless. But the mistaken idea that attachment = relationships keeps being perpetuated.

Frankly, that's why I'm still a little disappointed by how Luke words the ultimatum to Grogu. Grogu needed the opportunity to make a choice, of course, and staying with Din might interrupt his Jedi training anyway should Din decide against staying on Ossus himself (which, let's be real, Din would do anything for Grogu so I doubt that would be an issue...); but framing it that Grogu choosing Din means "giving in to attachment" lowkey makes me want to pull my hair out. Grogu's love for Din is not and does not have to be selfish. He can still shun the Dark Side and act on the Light Side of the Force, act out of a place of calm and peace and selflessness in the defense and interest of those he cares for - and actually, he consistently does this in season 3, which is great to see. I just kinda wish Star Wars would more clearly and openly acknowledge this distinction between "attachment" and "relationships."

Because really, avoiding attachment to keep oneself open to the Light Side of the Force (and away from the Dark) can be boiled down to: **Don't be selfish and angry; do be selfless and calm.** Really, that's all there is to it. And Star Wars does a stellar job displaying this - with Jedi, too! - in the form of Kanan and Ezra in Rebels, so I hope they make this idea more common in the future.

Come to think of it, they do have an opportunity to pull off a similar feat in Rey's new movie and firmly establish what "attachment" really is, distinct from "relationships" - and if they do, well, I'll be ecstatic!

Bless whoever first captured this screenshot.

I. Cannot. Stop. Laughing. 😂😂😂

Since she becomes a pilot I expect her kill count to be in the thousands at least by the end of the war. Couldn't be more proud 🥹

She is a cinnamon role