𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

The Worst Batch are anonymous reg enemies, but just like Clone Force 99, they have body types that deviate from the standard reg figure. In a strictly canonical sense I'd chalk that up to cybernetics or the result of experimentation that altered their bodies beyond recognition. Anyway. To take the concept of the Worst Batch and make them more than mid-stage bosses without any backstory to them- I think it'd be so much more interesting if they weren't regulation clones.

Instead, what if they were like 99? Due to his defects, 99 was given janitorial duty instead of getting to be a soldier, but he continued to dream about fulfilling his "purpose" and dies for the opportunity to do so. There's a fair chance other defective clones in 99's position had similar desires. There's room for envy and even resentment for regulation clones and the Batch alike that could easily be sparked by the fact that they were deployed while these 99s were denied from that. These are emotions Hemlock could have twisted and manipulated into his favour for his CX experiments, especially if he wanted to create his own version of CF99. The CX troopers even have a cultish reverence towards Hemlock which could be an extreme form of gratitude for his enabling them to be powerful soldiers. (Do note that the Star Wars database specifies that the CX troopers were unwilling subjects, though, so I think this mindset was formed after experimentation)

It's a sheet of gifs but it still has everyone (except the newest characters from Bad Batch they haven't been added yet.)

"I won't let him hurt anyone else."

Ahsoka is very glad to meet another Jedi, even tho Devon definitely gives off vibes like she's been going through a lot. Devon, too, is happy to work alongside someone competent.

Her saber form is great and she's the right kind of sneaky, doesn't mind cooperating with Rebels or Mercenaries alike. Both valuable in a scrap and as the getaway driver. Has a way with words, too.

Really, working with her is neat and Ahsoka is starting to like having another lady with lekku around.

And then a mission goes south badly and they're cornered and Devon is losing it. Ahsoka tries reassuring her it'll get better, help is on the way but she's not listening and the enemy is closing in and-

Devon snaps.

Her scream is deafening (especially through the Force) but what's worse is how she goes from carefully considering her strikes to being a sheer storm of chaos. Cutting off limbs left and right, tossing objects with the Force, constantly jumping and dashing until all of them are destroyed.

When the smoke clears, what remains is less a battlefield and moreso a massacre. Ahsoka sees it and knows, deep in her bones, what, or rather, who this is. She looks up from the corpses strewn around and her eyes find Devon's and for mere moments she thinks she can see a red, horned Zabrak standing pridefully in her stead.