How did Rex get his name?
5 year old CT-7567, running excitedly towards Cody the moment he sees him entering the CC cadet barracks: Cody! Cody! Fox gave me a name!!!
Cody, surprised since Fox had initially opposed taking in '67: Really? That's great vod'ika!
CT-7567, practically bouncing on the tips of his toes: Yeah! He said it means 'King' in a really old language used by ancient Jetii! He said it fit me because of two reason!
Cody, curious: Those being?
CT-7567, pausing to think: Well… He only said the one, not the second... But he said I had the makings of a great leader!
Cody, a little suspicious: That's awfully kind of Fox. What did he name you then?
CT-7567: My name is Rex!
Cody, well aware that 'Rex' is a popular name for pet massiffs and dogs:
Cody, looking towards Fox who has a shit eating grin:
Cody, unwilling to shatter Rex's innocence well before time: … That's a great name Rex… Wear it with pride vod'ika…
Rex, grinning from ear to ear: I will! -runs off happily to go tell his batchers-
Cody, watching his little brother go: …
Cody, looking back at Fox once Rex is gone: You motherfucker...
Fox, cackling: I wasn't lying. He's got the makings of a great leader…
Fox: It just so happens that he's also a little bitch that bites.
Cody: Start running.
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JediTok
Obi-Wan: *filmed walking but on 2x speed with a destination in mind and fairly quiet*
Caption: ‘I told master I was bored and he gave me some great suggestions for what I can do’
Obi-Wan: *walks past training salles with padawans working on saber forms*
Obi-Wan: *walks past a large cafeteria with doors open to show lots of different species eating together*
Obi-Wan: *walks past a room with a sign in ten different languages saying ‘aquatic rooms ahead, if you didn’t know that, you are lost, please find someone to guide you if you cannot guide yourself’*
Obi-Wan: *passes a training room with obstacle courses and rock climbing walls and mats for learning force jumps with a few kiddos tumbling and others safely learning to slow their falls with indulgent masters helping them, pauses, stays a good 15 seconds on 2x speed to watch them before leaving again*
Caption: ‘that was always the funnest training type when I was little, I remember falling on my friend and we both had bruises for a week’
Obi-Wan: *walks past what looks like the entrance to a library, noting a stern looking master flirting/arguing with a black and red Mandalorian, who keeps trying to get past her into the room*
Caption: ‘that’s master Nu, she’s very protective over her archives, and that’s her not-boyfriend that keeps trying to get in to see them even though the senate says he’s really not supposed to be in the temple’
Obi-Wan: *walks past what looks to be a temple summer garden with masters and littles all meditating and playing*
Obi-Wan: *spends a whole minute of the video walking around the room of a thousand fountains*
Caption: ‘my friends and I ‘camp’ here sometimes, and sometimes master Yoda catches frogs in here but we aren’t allowed to encourage him to eat them in front of the younglings 😂’
Obi-Wan: *walks past an amused adult at the creche entrance, waves, walks past multiple classrooms and playrooms, occasionally sidestepping a little while they giggle at him because he’s filming himself*
Obi-Wan: *eagerly bouncing on his toes as he gets further into the creche, till a laughing master lets him into a nursery*
Obi-Wan: *sets the camera down in a way that he can film himself settling back into a rocking chair, letting the master carefully hand him one of the babies swaddled up*
Caption: ‘yeah. The temple has a lot of things to do if one is bored. This one is my fave’
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Y/N: I donated blood and now I am little cold, can someone come cuddle me?
Tup: Ofc baby <3
Hardcase: Wtf just put the blood back
Jesse: Whose blood did you donate????
Rex: ...
Rex: They donated THEIR own blood
Jesse: Well then take it back, you won't be cold
Y/N, getting hugged by Tup and Dogma (who somehow teleported next to them when he heard the words "cuddle me": I ain't even mad, I'm taking a nap
That really does sound like our chaos boys 🤣
"Whose blood did you donate"?? - Jesse killed me 🤣
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What Lucas says & what Filoni says...
... on Luke confronting Vader in Return of the Jedi:
George says:
Yoda and Ben tell Luke that he needs to confront Vader. They hope he can save him, but if it comes to it, he needs to be ready to kill him because Vader likely won't stop trying to end Luke's life.
Dave says:
Obi-Wan and Yoda tell him to destroy Vader, they don't show interest in saving him.
In Dave's defense, he admits he didn't talk to George about it (and does so again in this interview) and is only basing this off of what the Original Trilogy shows... then again, just as we're never shown Ben and Yoda tell Luke to give Vader a compassionate speech, they're also never shown telling Luke to destroy Vader, so...
... on Anakin's fall to the Dark Side:
George Lucas says:
It was entirely on Anakin. He loveth too much, too possessively. Anakin's inability to let go of his attachment for Padmé, of his greed, of his need for power are what made him go from being a good man to a bad one.
Dave says:
Anakin's inability to let go caused his downfall... but is his way of loving really that wrong or bad? Maybe the reason he fell is because the Jedi were so dispassionate that they didn't give him the support he needed.
... on the Jedi's compassion:
George Lucas says:
All Jedi are compassionate. Period. They all know the difference between loving possessively and loving selflessly, it's standard Jedi philosophy.
Also, in general, he barely ever makes a distinction between the Jedi seen in the Prequels and those in the Original Trilogy except when talking about lightsaber fights.
Dave Filoni says:
The Prequel Jedi should be compassionate but they're not because they've lost their way, except for Qui-Gon who is the only one that knows you can love someone without getting possessive.
... on the Jedi's involvement in the Clone War:
Lucas says:
By being drafted/forced/used to join the war by the Senate/Palpatine, the Jedi lose their way and become corrupted. But the thing is, it's a conundrum. Sometimes you need to stand up for what is right and fight.
Filoni says:
By joining the war, the corrupt Jedi lose their way. Their involvement in the war resulted in nothing but violence.
Worth noting that, in a couple of other quotes, Dave also acknowledges Palpatine is in the background, orchestrating a lot of this stuff and he acknowledges that the Jedi aren't particularly happy with their role in the War... but he never says that Palpatine and the Senate drafted them. Which, ultimately, shifts the blame for their involvement.
As such, the message goes from
- the Jedi being "victims who were forced to choose between letting everybody die or compromising on their morals" to
- them being "arrogant morons who joined the war thinking they'd win and brought about their own destruction".
... on the state of the Republic, in the Prequels:
George says:
During the Prequels, the Republic is dying and Palpatine is killing it by orchestrating a war and taking over the Senate. People like Padmé and the Jedi have faith it can be saved, if they can just get everyone to stop fighting and listen. When Palpatine becomes Emperor, that's when it dies: with thunderous applause.
Dave says:
Once again, doesn't disagree with the facts... but says the Republic is pretty much already dead, it has already fallen and the Jedi and Padmé just don't see it because Sidious is deceiving them.
Dooku and Maul have the right idea, apparently:
Just a few differences here and there I think we all noticed, y'know?
Like, overall, I feel like Filoni gets the plot. Hell, something I didn't post here (because there's just so many examples it'd double the length of this post) is how similar his commentary on how the Force works is to George's.
So he gets the story and the themes and the lore, he acknowledges the intent... but then has an altered takeaway, one that doesn't hold the Jedi in the Prequels in very high regard.
It feels like he doesn't miss an opportunity to take a stab at 'em in favor of Qui-Gon or Ahsoka.
My guess is that there's gotta be some bias against the Prequel Jedi, who, for many, come across as "holier than thou" and unlikeable.
And if that's the case, Filoni would not be the only one who has this bias. It's a very popular read of the Prequels, just take a look at comment threads on Twitter, YouTube or Instagram.
For years after the OT, the Jedi were thought to be these wandering Knights of the Round Table who go on swashbuckling adventures like Luke, and were instead revealed to be diplomat space monks who sit in a circle.
Those who didn't like it could either add this to the list of reasons to hate the Prequels or try to see the Prequels through a prism that justified it the audience's new dislike for the Jedi and the midi-chlorians etc.
“[Jedi "measuring the Force" with midi-chlorians] is meant to be a plot point. The Jedi have their temple in a major metropolis, and care more about the inner political machinations than their own spiritual growth—they’re measuring things on science, and kidnapping children at the age of two to be Jedi—this dogmatic approach to spirituality is something Lucas wanted to highlight, because he’s saying the Jedi are flawed.
This isn’t Good Guys versus Bad Guys—again, this is meant to be Vietnam in space, and we’re seeing the seeds of that highlighted here, to be explored later.”
- Peter Holmstrom, cohost, The Rebel & the Rogue podcast
But the fact is, if you read everything George Lucas was saying... it's clear the Jedi weren't meant to be criticized by the Prequel's narrative. They - and Padmé and Bail and the concept of midi-chlorians - embody the themes George was trying to get across and Anakin and the Separatists embody the anti-theme.
Every principle that George believes in (being selfless, helping others, loving without getting attached, living on compassion, fighting for what is right, living in symbiosis with other living beings) is personified by the Jedi. If they were intentionally written as flawed and corrupt, it wouldn't make sense.
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