What happened to Tup is one of the saddest stories in TCW. So naturally I wanted to dive in to it a bit! The dynamic between Fives and Tup is also really heartbreaking, and it showcases a lot of Fives’ quirks and tendencies for physical expression.
I will cover some of what happened in the inhibitor chip arc, so be forewarned.
At first, Fives is rough with Tup, as he usually is when messing with his brothers
but he keeps an eye on Tup throughout the next battle.
Fives reacts to Tup aiming his blaster
and tries to prevent it from happening
but of course, he’s too late (notice how Fives is the only trooper to DROP EVERYTHING in the middle of the battle to restrain Tup).
Despite Tup executing a Jedi in cold-blood, Fives isn’t frustrated like Rex or flummoxed like Kix – he’s terrified for his brother.
We kind of assume Echo was the follower and Fives was the troublemaker, but look who is getting into fisticuffs with Hevy
Look who talks trash during Commander Colt’s speech
Look who takes charge when they try to leave Domino Squad
Look who silently checks on baby bro Fives to make sure he’s hanging in there
Look who freaks when Fives takes a shot to the shoulder (and Cody has to tell him to keep fighting)
Look who is gung-ho to get flash-frozen and team up with some battle droids
Look who recklessly runs from cover, drawing enemy fire when Ninety-nine is shot
Look who isn’t afraid to show intense emotions such as grief and mourning
Look who rushes for the shuttle and breaks all our hearts and who stays cautiously behind
Then there’s this line from “Rookies” which was deleted from some versions of the episode due to complaints (way to be a bad influence on the kids, Echo)
And one of my favorite moments, Echo telling bad puns to Fives in the middle of their most important test as cadets (he looks so excited about it too)
In fact, when Echo was around, Fives would almost fade into the background, always behind while his brother took point. I have little doubt Echo was the leader, the trailblazer, and he was a huge influence on Fives, who tried his best to follow in his footsteps after he was gone.
You can see his tragic progression from innocent baby batcher, to eager shinie, to serious trooper, tired ARC, and finally disillusioned soldier who understands he’s nothing more than property.
Thank you for asking!! And to put things in context for other, this is about my tags in this post.
I’m not good at writing things but I’ll try to do my best 😀
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So, Fives finds Kix in that bar and asks him to contact Rex and Anakin.
We see that there’s a security droid following him, but there is somebody who’s following him too, that’s Shadow (my OC). Shadow destroys the droid and meets Fives in together they plan everything: Fives has to fake his death and escape to a place where the Republic won’t find him. They call Rex and Fox and tell them about their plan, Fox agrees because, despite his work, he never fully trusted Palpatine. They tell him where they are and that’s how the Coruscant Guard finds the place where Fives was.
Fives loves giving dramatic speeches, so there wasn’t much problem with that. Fox managed to get a fake blaster that only damaged Fives’ armor. And Rex has lived that scene so many times with other brothers that the acting just came naturally for him.
Shadow was hiding in the back of the room and when Fives had “died” she came into scene and after some crying, she asked that she should be the one to take Fives body to the medical center in Coruscant and Anakin agreed, but Rex should go with her.
She then sends Fives to another ship that was already waiting for him with Captain Hope (another OC) who was already told about the plan.
She goes to the medical center with Rex and using some credits she had saved, and some mind force tricks, she “convinces” the medics there to be fake a report for Palpatine.
Then she goes to meet with Fives and takes him to a planet in the Unknown Regions, near the Wild Space, where she had been taking clones who wanted to desert since the beginning of the war, Fives will be safe there.
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I think I should try to learn how to write correctly so I can make a story out of this. I have two versions that might happen after this, one where they succeed in telling everybody about the chips and the orders and another one where they don’t and it happens exactly like we see in canon. There’s also another story I had thought about for my OC where Fives really dies, but I think I will talk about it in a future post because here FIVES IS ALIVE!
Thank you for asking about this! ❤ And I apologize for not giving a better story, I really need to practice writing, but this kind of helps? I guess??
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