First of all this is just my head canon and not fact. This is my head trying to make a connection for my own fanfic, but I thought it was interesting so I thought I would share the connections that I’d made.
I wake up most mornings with my brain bees buzzing about almost anything. But lately it's been about Gar Saxon. (When it comes to research, and I can’t find an answer, I'm like a Jack Russell terrier- I won't let it go! What can I say It's the dramaturg in me)
For weeks I've been trying to hunt down the origins of this character so I had something to base my own musings on for the fanfic I'm currently writing.
What I did know about him was that he appeared in the comic - Son of Dathomir, as I have this set and love it.
What I didn’t know was that this was his first appearance (if you are to put content in story order not necessarily release order.) That then answered my questions of ‘where is Gar Saxon in the Clone Wars’ before season 7 that is.
Well the personal mind blow I’ve had this morning (and this might have been done already, I don’t know) revolves around Anglo-Saxon Runes. There is a Rune called ‘Gar’ it means ‘Spear’ and this is what it looks like….
Why I’m I telling you about Anglo-Saxon Runes? Take a look at the symbol on the Unidentified Death Watch soldier who makes an appearance in several episodes of the Clone Wars.
To me, in my humble opinion, that looks like half of the ‘Gar’ rune.
So what wild theory makes me think this Unidentified Soldier of the Death Watch is Gar. Well, the moments I want to focus on are in the episode Shades of Reason (Ep15 of Season 5) This Soldier is spotted standing next to Pre Vizsla in the throne room (just before Maul challenges Pre).
They then kneel when Maul claims the Darksaber, and are seen again with Almec at the end of the episode.
This, in my mind, is a character that is always following power, very much like Gar himself and how he becomes the Imperial Viceroy in Rebels by essentially not challenging but following Power (imo).
So Gar Saxon looks nothing like that in season 7 or Rebels! I hear you shout. Well no he doesn’t, but it’s not the facial model I’m going on but the potential symbolism of the markings worn on their armour. This might be a stretch for some but here goes.
This is the Unidentified Death Watch soldier
This is Gar Saxon in Season 7
But this is the Gar Saxon pop - to me that looks like the same symbol of the UDWS.
But how does that translate to Rebels! The armour has nothing on it! I hear you shout again. Again just my thoughts but… what if… and I quote “Saxon did not entirely abandon or disregard his heritage ... as the armour he donned, though of an Imperial motif, was composed of beskar as opposed to plastoid”
He didn’t abandon everything it seems. My take (my thoughts, my wild theory - whatever you want to call it) is that the triangle on Saxon’s helmet is what is left, or the new form of the Clan Saxon Sigil.
Wild maybe. But Captain Hark in Rebels also has a symbol that could (if squinted at) call back to the UDWS that in my mind bears the mark of Clan or House Saxon. (The two lines and the two triangles, again just my opinion)
So there you have it. Thank you for reading my, most likely misguided, musings that woke me at 6:30am this morning and has resulted in this. Now I can go back to my fanfic and mention triangles on armour - (I think I need to have a word with myself and my brain bees……)
