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I think Batcher and AZ were left on Pabu. And I bet Crosshair is missing her right now.

I had heard some speculation that Omega would release the Zillo Beast. I had a laugh out loud moment when she came upon it. Yay!! I mean I hope she releases it because it would tickle me heartily. I'm glad that Emerie trusts Echo. I think he will trust her, especially since she's mentioning children. Even so, I want him to open all the cells and just bark out an order and watch the Clones take over. It would be awesome. I never saw Crosshair as self-serving. You, Rampart? Absolutely. Not Crosshair. Crosshiar really believed in being a good soldier. He explained to Hunter that he was part of something bigger. But we've seen his regrets and Rampart hasn't but even so, way to not understand people dickhead. At this point, Rampart can't really rat out the boys because Hemlock/Empire already know about the infiltration. He's better off trying reconnecting with the Batch than surrendering to the soldiers. He might believe that he can somehow smooth talk his way out of the situation but that would be a last resort, I imagine. I see two options--the guys find him and take that armor to finish the infiltration. Or the beast comes and eats Rampart. I guess we'll see what happens. I hope next week is a nice long episode. Just so we can get some sort of epilogue.

When I was waiting to be called for selection in MA, the bailiff did mention that the case had been resolved via a plea deal or some type of negotiation. There were other cases being heard that day--some folks had been called to be selected--but the rest of us were allowed to leave as all had been resolved. I wouldn't mind sitting on a jury. But not when I was going through chemotherapy. I would have most likely nodded off at points. And I sure as hell didn't want to be being around a whole bunch of people with a weakened immune system. It was not something I could do at the time. I'm sure my name is back in the pool but I think illness is a good reason to miss jury duty. I'm just glad the clerk didn't question or harangue me about it. I was feeling shitty enough.

True, but I hope that wasn't the only base they had. We also saw them working out of Coruscant as well. And, if they can somehow get the clones that are imprisoned out there are also some numbers there, though those poor troopers seem so weak and demoralized. And Rex mentioned that there are clones still in the Empire that are essentially undercover, and that could help too? I don't know. Given how as soon as she initially escaped she wanted to free the clones, I wonder if that will be the new direction she takes. But I agree with you, they don't really have the numbers. If it was against the stormtroopers in Tantiss, they'd be ok. But there are a lot of commando clones in there. But first, Omega needs to find and release the Zillo beast.

I got jury summons last year, a few weeks after I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I tried to defer online, but it wouldn't let me go the amount of time I needed (I had 20 weeks of chemo). So I called the office and as soon as I said I had cancer and was starting chemotherapy the person immediately jumped in and told me that I was dismissed, just have the oncologist fax over a note. And boom I was out of jury duty. The other time was in Fall River, MA and the bailiff pointed out we were very close to the Lizzie Borden House. I didn't even get sent in a group to be chosen and by the afternoon a whole bunch of us were sent home.

Heading into the last two episodes and I'm so sad it's ending. I started watching Clone Wars with my son when it was airing on Cartoon Network. And while Tales of the Jedi and Empire sort of fill that animation role, this is last of the Clone Wars story. And I'm feeling it. I'm glad for the new live action shows, but I really liked this era for the stories. Anyway. Speculation. We got a lot of Crosshair in Season 3. I have a feeling he will do the final act of redemption and sacrifice himself. I saw somewhere that Kallus was a great redemption arc because he actually lived and did the work and earned the trust. I guess Crosshair dying would fill both of those criteria. I'm glad we got that story. But like Tech getting the shine in Season 2, Crosshair seems to be filling the role of sacrificing for the team this season. I also don't think we're getting anything more on the clone assassin, CX2. Which is a shame since he got quite the focus. And I don't think we're going to find out any more about what happened with Wolffe or Cody which I'm really bummed about. Especially Cody. I know Rex is a favorite, but Cody was always my favorite. Even if Rampart just drops that he had Cody killed, just something. And I don't think Hemlock or Nala Se will die either, because we're in the era of nothing good happens for our heroes. Emerie might though. It's only going to get worse from here. I think there's going to be a lot left on the table, which makes me wish we had another season. Or a new show. (What if by removing the pain from their armor it is a sign of transitioning to a new show!?! No. No I will not get my hopes for that.) With all that said, as much as I enjoyed this show overall, in some ways it seems like a wasted opportunity. I think it's because I wanted a Clone Wars story with the Clones and I didn't get that. I can't fault the show for that but it still feels a bit disappointing. My son (who is an adult now) wanted the A-Team in the Empire and we didn't get that either. And that would have been a great path for them to take. We got what we got and I was glad to spend some time in the very beginnings of the Empire. It just could have been more. (Sorry for the novel)

I just hope it's not at cross purposes with her rescue but I'm going with that part will be fine. I'm just glad Emerie is not being as cruel as that other scientist. I hope Omega manages to at least cause a whole lot of chaos. If she's helping the kids I hope she is still able to do something about the Clones. Unless Hunter is able to get a message to Rex who will come for the Clones. Rampart has to figure out that if he wants to survive he'll need to stop being such a stickler for the plan and such wuss and just go with it. He could actually be useful if he got his head out of his ass. I was a little surprised they didn't leave him at that old Kaminoan facility but he does do an excellent job at being a dick Imperial. "Do you think I'm lying?" All of them: "Yes." Hahahaha, loved it. And good for them for not trusting anyone. Cid burned them hard, they will not make that mistake again. The only leverage they have over Rampart is his desire to escape the prison and now that he's out they don't have much other than they would gladly hand him over to the Empire. Or, better yet, leave him alone with Crosshair for a while. I'm starting to lose hope that we'll see who that shadow Clone assassin was. The story is not about him or even the imprisoned Clones. But I'd really like to know more about him. And about what Rex is doing. That could be a whole show, but I think they're moving away from this time period and into post Episode VI. Which is a bummer. Though honestly, live action could be post Imperial and animation could be Imperial. I really hope they keep up with the animation--it's such a great storytelling medium for Star Wars.

That's what it sounds like. It would seem M-count, which enables those who have a high count to more easily access the Force, cannot be cloned. Palpy wants to clone himself with Force sensitivity but it's near impossible. So they need someone like Omega and to study her physiology/blood to understand why and how M-count is transferred/maintained and therefore could be cloned. Maybe they shouldn't have destroyed Kamino and found her private lab with all the information. But I guess it's easier to destroy and steal than actually do the work. It could be that Omega exists because Nala Se, as a side project, was trying to figure out how to clone M-count. Those soldiers would be highly prized. Actually it would be prized throughout the galaxy as the Jedi were really quite rare. And she gave up on it because reasons. Or it was just a challenge to see if she could do it but decided not to because it would be a threat and just kept Omega so she could keep it quiet but could also monitor. It might be that it has to be a female and that's why Emerie exists. And Omega was the last one. It kind of explains why Nala Se let Omega escape in the first episode of the series and hired Fennec to keep her from Lama Su. Maybe she didn't want any one else to figure it out. Maybe she saw the potential damage it could do. But she has done what she could to keep that knowledge out of the Palpy's hands.

I'm shocked Rampart is still alive. Would have thought he would have come to an end at some point. He was pretty high up there with access to a lot of knowledge. And yeah, labor is needed but it'd probably be worth it to remove the temptation. I'm not sorry he's around but surprised. Crosshair will go back for Omega, but it's so hard for him confronting Tantiss and Rampart and it's escalating his tremor. I'm so glad we're getting this story. And not so overt, but enough for us to see that this is very hard for him. Hard being back with is brothers, hard trusting Omega, willing to do the painful stuff but it's not easy or without a cost. I like this a lot. I'm thinking Hemlock is trying to be pleasant with Omega so she'll cooperate more. She escaped already, and as much as she'll be secure, it's better if she cooperates. I hate it when they're smart. He's got a blind spot with Emerie though. I wish this season was longer or we had another season because I'd really like to know more about her. I've really enjoyed this season. I'm sad this story is coming to an end. I know it's going to break my heart but I'm glad we're getting it. At least we're getting more animation with Tales of the Jedi Empire. I really like this style and I'd be really sad if this was the last of it.

In the path of totality, about 3 mins. Was super cloudy in the morning and during the partial portion of it was through clouds. But the skies got clearer and clearer during the last 15 mins so it was pretty clear at totality. During the lead up, I thought it was very impressive as well. Just watching the progress as the moon made it's way across. I would have been happy with just the partial. Totality was amazing but the entirety of the process was so cool. We had family/friends over in our backyard and we could hear neighbors out, too. Sadly one of the party was (is) sick (autocorrect won't let me write ILL wtf?) and he is an amateur photographer. He had all this equipment and filters and felt so sick and feverish he came out just before, during, and just after totality. I felt so bad. The 5-10 mins leading up to totality, the light was so surreal. I described it as looking through sunglasses but that's not it. And I didn't even try to capture it though I did take a quick video of the environment during totality because it was so cool seeing a 360 "sunrise".

Yeah, I teared up at Eva saying, "He just wanted to go home. We all want to go home." And they never will. And I think Emerie knows that advocating for making the confinement more home-like will get absolutely nowhere. It could also what is disturbing her. Yeah, Nala Se it seems abandoned her and she resents her for it, but she was able to do something. These kids are just stuck in a white room with two games. And treated like objects. Which brings me to, Hemlock referred to the clone commando by his name, Scorch. He referred to Crosshair by his number several times. That seems new. Or maybe Scorch earned it? Also, when he was mentioning that the operative is the only one available, I remembered the that Crosshair said it was Hemlock's personal project. But Rampart had access to one of the operatives too. I'm guessing that means that Tarkin also knows about the project? Hemlock said at that meeting before Tech died to send him clone troopers, he'd have a use for them. I mean, I know he was referring to Necromancer not the shadow operatives. And I really don't need to know the specifics. It's just something I was thinking about.

Yeah. The season has already been depressing but it's just going to get worse from here I'm thinking. One thing I did think to add. I've been hearing that Crosshair missed the shot...which yeah, he did. But I didn't think it was because of his tremor. Rather because he was delayed getting the shot off and the ship moved too fast for the tracker to get there in time. Even Crosshair in his prime would have missed that shot. Finally, I'm glad Tech's goggles are safe since the Marauder is now gone. Dammit.

I mean I shouldn't laugh at Vader killing project managers but I can't deny that I did. Because yeah. Let's imprison kids and test them contrasted with the utter banality of funding isn't funny so much funny but it sure does make me roll my eyes.

No Bad Batch but that's ok because I'm glad we got more of Emerie. Loved the scene in the cell with Nala Se. Nala Se was terrible to Fives. But I think after everything that's happened during the war and following she's seeing a lot clearer now. Too late, perhaps? Also,, hahahaha fuck you Tarkin. You're spending waaaaay more on the stupid death star. Not that I want Hemlock to get more but good lord, squabbling over money on these terrible awful "projects". It's almost funny.

Man this was .... actually my feelings are summed up thusly: Fuck.