#old rex

[thora-sniper]

Bring a rebel Rex. 3D printing figure. Colored him last year, and he was my first painted clone I think, because we were collecting a Phoenix pack with characters from "Rebels".

Now we are thinking about having Gregor and Wolf in their old.

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So Old Rex. He’s getting ready for the battle at Endor. What is he fighting for? He’s lost all (most) his brothers. The ones who fell beside him in the Clone Wars. He couldn’t save Fives from assassination. He couldn’t save his brothers who were controlled by the empire. He had to leave them behind to terrible fates. He escaped, he was lucky but it doesn’t feel that way. But, he keeps going forward. He finds a new family and fights for them. He gets pulled back into the rebellion because it’s the right thing to do. He seems happy go lucky but at this point he kind of doesn’t care. He’s mad at Ezra for not shooting himself and Kanan dressed as storm troopers. He’d rather the kid learn good survival skills than survive himself. He’s also pretty sure he isn’t lucky enough to die in battle, that he’s cursed to keep going carrying the ever increasing weight of dead loved ones. He loses Gregor. Kanan. Ezra is lost. Hera has a child to care for. So Rex keeps fighting for them but also out of guilt. He technically has a choice to fight or not but for Rex it’s not really a choice at all. He fights for love lost. He fights for the good out there because he has seen it and experienced it and he knows it is worth it. But he’s tired.

[cal-an-ambulance]

Fellow rexsaw stans, I’m telling you you’re sleeping on Rebels. I personally love rebels but you have to at least watch the ep ghosts of geonosis.

So many amazing moments and I can’t even find screenshots.

This is the best I could find. Also not my images.

[soclonely]

Don’t Rexognize Me- Part 3: The Domino Duo

"These two here are Arc Troopers Fives and Echo." Rex says as two men stand up from the table they were sitting at to greet their Captain."This here is Raptor. He will be joining us for awhile until General Kenobi returns." Fives and Echo give him a smalll nod of acknowledgement before sitting down.

Old Rex stands there frozen, another lump foming in his throat. Fives... Echo.. The last time he had seen the two together was just before the Citadel. After that, it was only Fives. And then Echo. They look so carefree together here on the ship, unaware of their fates. They have to be saved. They must know. "I-" He begins, but is cut off by a panicked "Captain! We have a small situation in supplies!"

Both Rexes spin around at the mention of there name, looking at each other puzzled. "Oh uhm, excuse me!" Old Rex replied. "Was just caught off guard there" He steps aside as the Captain heads over to the door. "Have a seat and help yourself to some of the caf." The tired looking Captain says over his shoulder. "I will follow up after handling this."

The old captain stares at the two freshly made arc troopers chatting and pours himself a warm cup of caf. Look at the two of them, Rex thinks, making his way over to the table to sit. "Mind if I join you boys?" he asks. "I uh- don't want to intrude or anything." He adds, taking in the confused expression on Echo's face. "Seems I've been left unaccompanied by your Captain for a moment." He sits down across from them, smiling. "Seems a bit uptight, that Captain of yours." He chuckles and takes a sip of his caf, looking down at the chrono on his wrist: 16 hours left

"Probably another one of Crates mess-ups." Fives says, stretching in his seat. "He's one of the troopers down in supplies, always messing things up." He looks over at Echo and laughs. "Remember the time he accidentally unboxed and activated all those poppers? The Captain nearly chewed the poor guys head off."  

"Hmm, How could I forget." Echo replies grimly. "We all thought we were toast." He shakes his head and lets out a huge sigh. "You'd think by now people would be more careful. The poor Captains already worn enough out as it is." Echo gives Fives a small glare. "Its not funny Fives."

Old Rex laughs. "So, he really is as tired as he looks eh? I never could tell myself." He takes another drink from his cup. "So this Captain of  yours, things are out of hand under him?" He hesitates but continues, curious."It must be frustrating to deal with." . He couldn't blame them. Being in the 501st was no walk in the park. Skywalker was a great General, but unrefined. Things always seemed harder back then. He held his breath, waiting for the complaints to come pouring in, the critisizm he deserves.

"Not at all!" Fives exclaims, looking slightly offended. "The Captain is great! I mean.. sure things don't run as smoothly as they could. Things happen. But its all healthy chaos." He nudges Echo's side. "Some of us don't mind a bit of that every now and then."

Echo pushes him away. "Well I am sure that Captain-as well as myself- do mind." he readjusts his armor."Fives you really should tell the others to take a chill pill sometimes. They will listen to you." he says. "Captain Rex needs all the help he can get. That last campaign was a tough one. He deserves the respect and break from all of his hard work!"

"Well of course he does!" Five rolls his eyes. "Everyone knows that he is the hardest working trooper in the GAR, Force." Fives turns to Rex and continues. "Our Captain is the best of the best, and we are proud to serve with him and the rest of the 501st. Besides," he looks down at his armor and over at Echo. "I think blue really suits him."

"You really can't go just one minute without making a joke can you?"

"Im trying to lighten up the situation, Echo! Its not my fault you-"

"Woah now boys, calm down." Rex interrupts. "Why all the fighting?" He looks at the two troopers sitting across from him and smiles. "You know, you two remind me of some brothers I knew. Man they were quite the pair." he looks into his cup of coffee. If you two only knew..

"Well?" Five urges, "What were these brothers like? Was one overly pushy about the rules and bossy to the other?" Echo rolls his eyes and says. "Please tell me the other brother wasn't as obnoxious as him."

Rex laughs. "Well, not quite." he says, leaning back in his seat. "One was charismatic, loud. He could walk into a quiet room and immediately cheer the place up. He was also very kind, brave, and would do whatever it took to save a brother." His heart stopped as he remembered that day. Fives in his arms, struggling to speak those final words. The events leading up to that: Tup, Kamino.. The chips.

The Chips...

Rex begins to feel lightheaded. Oh great... They said there would be some physical side effects. He takes a moment to gather himself.

"Uh, Raptor is it?" Echo looks at him concerned. "Are you okay?"

Rex chuckles. "Who me? Yeah kid sorry.. Just uh, got stuck down memory lane there a minute." He takes a deep breath. "Anyway, the second brother was more reserved. He was smart, an observer. He always knew what was going on around them, even when no one else seemed to quite understand." Force, his head hurt. "Apart, they seemed to be different and completely incomparable. but get those two together and they could work some magic on the battlefield." He runs his fingers through his beard. "Two of the finest troopers you could serve along side."

"What happened to them?" Echo asked, but he seemed to already know.

Rex looks at them seriously. "They," he sighs. "They were seperated. One brother was taken away, leaving the other behind. He was never really quite the same. Still an excellent soldier, reliable. But, there wasn't as much life in him. Always something missing. That happens when you lose apart of yourself I suppose." He takes another drink of his caf. "But then he died, and the other one came back an-"

"wait I thought you said that one was already OW!" Fives is cut short by Echo nudging him in the side. "Sorry!" He mumbles, glaring at Echo.

Rex gives the two a soft smile. "Its okay. Really." He laughs. "Its nice, seeing this again." He looks from one to the other. "Cherish all of the time you have together. Because you never know. The one brother didn't know the other survived. If he did, I'm sure he would have be-" Rex stops. His vision beginning to blur. Oh great, he thinks, I don't need this right now. Please. "Cherish the time you have together because you never know when it could be the last time you two see... each.. the cita.." Rex collapses on onto the floor of the Mess Hall as the two Arc Troopers run to his side.

"Quick! Get a medic!" Fives yells to a nearby trooper. "Its okay bud, we'll get you down to the medbay..."

The room around Rex fades to black, the voices of his past fading along with it.

[hollowpoint9-blog]

Reconstruction Time

So after appearing at hearings and standing before judges more times than I care to think about the crisis is over. For now....

What comes now is repairing the damage and reconstructing what is left. To that end I have begun on refurbishing Old Rex (my TOA RX-7 Mixing console) once again. Yes the cranky old bastard is back with me and working again. I'm back at stripping down the channels and replacing the old components on the PCBs with nice new parts. 

With Rex back in operation I have wired up the remaining instruments and equipment so I can resume producing music & noise. And being gainfully unemployed now I actually have time for this.