At the age of 19 Padme Amidala was the queen of a planet and had already saved her people from total crisis
At the age of 19 Anakin Skywalker was married and a general in a galaxy wide war and was considered to be one of the most powerful Jedi in history
At the age of 19 Leia Organa was a senator in the imperial senate as well as a leader and spy for the Rebellion
At the age of 19 Luke was making vroom vroom noises with his toy planes
I love him so much
Reblog if you empathize with Luke
At Luke’s age of 19, Uncle Owen established the longest record of holding back the tidal forces of Skywalker bullshit, besting the previous record of 22 minutes set by Obi Wan Kenobi
The Essential Guide to Warfare states that aberrant clones represented just 3.5 procent of each batch but since one clone batch count 32, that means 1 of 32 clones has undesirable mutation or is deficient. And that is result of cloning from original source (Jango’s DNA) – a result seen as a testament to the effectiveness of the slow-and-steady Kaminoan cloning program.
I’m no specialist of how genetics works nor what Kaminoan can and cannot do with human DNA, but blond hair is nothing unusual in Jango Fett’s family, since his mother and sister were both blond haired women in Jango Fett: Open Seasons comics:
What I think opens a gate to speculations of what genes Jango’s carried and about his ancestors. Author’s cuts from Warfare were posted on starwars.com and there was one called Internal memo penned by Hali Ke, senior research geneticist, in which the cloner said he have now logged many sessions with our prime clone Jango Fett,
and from the text it seems Jango get not only
physical but also psychological exam
of his well-being what included also talking about his childhood to some degree, at least.
So I suspect, the moment when Kaminoans found a clone with blond hair, it wasn’t that big deal, because they expected that some of their “products” gonna be aberrant one way or another. What may explain why there is the blond clone cadet in the group – the
statistical error.
Rex could be too the statistical error, for all we know. And maybe he is (and his brothers) just telling everyone that his hair are dyed, as an excuse for his different look? Especially now, when clone troopers are allowed to dye their hair, as a sign of their individuality? Otherwise Rex would be forced to admit he is an error of otherwise perfect cloning system, what I think that may be quite an awful & personal thing to do for him.
Can you imagine that? Being seen as aberrant, an error from birth, then being sent for reconditioning, without
certainty
if that means just some genetic therapy or termination – and some clones never came back after Kaminoans took them – that for sure have effect on Rex. Remember “Darkness on Umbara”?
It’s not that “crazy”. After all it was
established that clones can have different eye color because of slight
mutation (Trap’s being blue for example) Same might happen with hair. Of
course it doesn’t mean that all clones have different hair colors
because of those mutations. I’m pretty sure most of them really dyed
their hair to express their individuality. Still, I like to think, Rex
is a natural blond. There is no proof saying otherwise.
And the only time we were shown he dyed his hair it was in blue. He also
was so embarassed by it he shaved them off completely.
The wookieepedia says Rex and the adults clones who looked blonde
had their hair bleached. At least, that’s the case with Rex and Crys. Hotshot
(the clone kid), is described simply as blond so I think @anpan-chan might be
right. Maybe the
older clones look more like Jango but, as the Kaminoans had
to improvise, the newer batches were born more diverse. Btw, I couldn’t find
any reliable source confirming Rex’s natural hair color, so maybe I’m not that
crazy…yay!lol
Rex [about Dogma]: He’s wound tight, but he’s loyal.
Anakin: He kind of reminds me of you.
Rex: Maybe, back in the day.
Rex we know from TCW is not the same man when war just started. I kinda like the idea of him being the “statistical error” because its add to the comradeship between Rex and Skywalker, since both are the aberrant
of their respective groups – Jedi and Great Army of Republic. And who knows, maybe this is one of little things that made them so close to each other?
Also, if the blond hair is natural, Rex may shave them out of habit, as a way to minimalize his visible aberration from other clones.
Clones who showed early initiative and leadership abilities were singled out for enhanced programming and officer training.
On other hand, clones who proved deficient or had undesirable mutations were reconditioned – a term that included everything from genetic therapy to termination (After the Jedi took a more active role overseeing clone trooper training, terminations were largely halted, with deficient clones shunted into support roles).
i’m not saying i need validation to live i’m just saying that if my heart was flatlining and the doctor started telling me how great i was instead of trying to revive me my ass would be conscious within ten seconds
This has just always been a thing I’ve known but now I wonder if it’s common knowledge bc it should be;
If you’re going to a doctor about anything, instead of just describing the symptoms, describe how it has affected your life. ‘My arm hurts when I straighten it’ will usually get you ‘wait a few days to see if it gets better’. ‘My arm hurts when I straighten it, and it has stopped me from being able to drive or use my computer at work, so I can’t function properly’ will usually get you a lot more consideration, and usually tests or a prescription.
This also applies for mental conditions, including gender dysphoria.
Make sure your physician knows the effect that your condition is having on your life, as this makes it a lot harder for them to dismiss you. This also makes it easier to hold them accountable if they ignore a dangerous condition, should you wish to pursue legal action.
2/2 GFFA should clearly find some other system. I mean, I can blame them
for being unfair to Anakin or Bobba but not for failling to keep
trillions of trillions of sentients at peace and guaranteering justice
for them all! That’s plain ridiculous given their numbers. They should
be a sort of special unit, not the main/sole source of protections of
citizens. Surely there must be someone else?! The Republic must have
some other organizations to enforce its laws? They can’t rely on couple
thousand
I think you might be
mistaking their legal duty with their moral one. Legally speaking, you are
absolutely right, it was not the Jedi Order’s job to micromanage by reaching
out to every single being in the galaxy and saving them. However, it was their
moral obligation to help anyone who came their way because they put themselves in
that position.
Btw, they were not the
main/sole source of protection for the galaxy. Each planet had their own law enforcement
system in place. The Republic’s citizens had police officers at their disposal.
The role of the Jedi Order, as part of the Judicial department, was to act as
diplomats and peacekeepers whenever the Senate deemed necessary. But, they advertised
themselves as more than that. They built their reputation not only as the
protectors of the Republic’s interests but as protectors of the galaxy itself.
“It is a misconception
that we serve only the Republic, Magister. Our Order serves the greater good.” [James
Luceno. Darth Plagueis]
And once they put
themselves in that position people can and should judge them for all the times they
could’ve done something but didn’t.
Look at Qui-Gon’s
actions in Tatooine. No one blames him for not single–handedly abolishing slavery but we can
blame him for not doing anything at all to improve the lives of the slaves he
could help. They blindly followed
the orders of a corrupt politician and ended up slaughtering a bunch of
mandalorians and allowed the only survivor to be sold into slavery. The Jedi
Order, protecting the corrupt interests of the Republic, allowed a innocent
planet to be put under heavy sanctions which resulted in death and famine on a
global scale. And these are just some of many
many cases where the Jedi failed to help or actually made a situation worse.
The Jedi order faces
so much criticism (and in-universe and in RL) not because of what they couldn’t
do but because of what they could, but didn’t.
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