Been thinking about the tragedy that was the Umbara arc but from the 212th's perspective. Cause like, Obi-Wan was on planet. He was an active General fighting, in the grand scope of things, not that far from the 501st.
The guilt he and Cody must have felt being there, fighting but not noticing. And the 501st and even some of their own men... Waxer among them, paid the price.
And ive been seeng some people say "if obi was on planet why didnt he help the 501st?" and "why wouldnt obi help the clones arrest krell?"
Its because he didn't know. Yeah he's on planet and probably getting updates from the 501st since he's the highest ranking soldier on sight being a High General. But that info is always bare bones. Enemy position, ally position, target time to get to new position. That's probably it. And its relayed from communications officer to com officer. Obi doesn't have the time to be taking that info directly.
He doesnt have the time because Umbara was already hell before Krell arrived. I think fans often forget, the 501st and 212th were already ingaged in bloody guerilla warfare before that bastard showed up to make an already horrible situation 1000x worse. All this to say, Obi-Wan and the 212th were too streched thin with their own battles to look further into why the 501st seemed to be moving slower than usual.
So imagine your Obi-Wan or Commander Cody or anyone else apart of the 212th, and you see the explosion in the sky signaling that this. This is the turn of the war, finally. Hope has returned because now they can turn the tides! And then the next day, you send off a squad a troopers to help the 501st, who apparently were overrun, and the Umbarans have taken to wearing dead troopers armor.
And then that squad goes radio silent. for hours past when they were supposed to check in. and the next time you hear about that squad, its from Rex, probably comming Cody. because who else is he gonna com when so many of his men are dead, and now a Jedi is dead, and they shot their own brothers, we shot our brothers, they- your men, we shot- Waxer he- I'm sorry Cody, I'm so sorry
So here the 212th is. They have turned the tide is this wretched horrible bloody dark tiring battle. they see the light at the end of the tunnel. and then they get the news that a the 501st has been decimated. they have been beat down, threatened, tossed out to die without a thought. betrayed by a Jedi. that same Jedi then decided, because tormenting one battalion wasn't enough, to involved the 212th. deliberately gave false information. lead a squad of orange painted brothers to their own personal hell for the simple offense of the 501st refusing to shoot their own brothers.
absolutely blindsided by the betrayal and loss of their men. the 212th squad only has about 3 soldiers left after the confrontation with Krell.
What kind of emotional whiplash that must have caused the whole of the 212th, but Cody and Obi-Wan especially. Hell, fucking Boil.
you know that classic scene that appears in a lot of media, where the heroes have won, and everyone is yelling and cheering and celebrating around them. and then one character gets a phone call, and the noise of joy fades out as a look of horror crosses the face of the person on the call, because they were just told what it truly cost to win. and now they stand there, the only one not celebrating among the crowd.
Yeah, that's what I imagine Cody looked like receiving that com from Rex.
