When Did Crosshair Remove His Inhibitor Chip?
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Crosshair recently revealed that he removed his inhibitor chip some time ago, and that he has been willingly working for the Empire. So when did he do that? We can't say for sure, but I went back and rewatched all of his episodes in the series so far to make my best guess.
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I find it funny that the audience believing Crosshair is lying parallels people believing Vader was lying when he said, "I am your father" in Empire Strikes Back.
To be fair he is showing signs of having the chip still. The headache is a massive clue.
@@ulvemann43 to be to be fairer having organic tissue cut out of your brain probably won't feel good either.
Kylo telling Rey her parents were no one was supposed to be a big reveal in TLJ, but later it turned out that he was wrong.
@@themadladorian4364 But the thing is, this series is being handled by Dave Filoni and he respects the audience.
@@jerdasaurusrex557 No, but that specific sort of headache has for the entire series, including the clone wars, been used to foreshadow the chip.
I think it's not so subtle hint, but the next episode is sure to show that i think.
I think it has to between when we see him on Bracca and the Ryloth episodes. His behaviour is much more sinister and straight up evil before that moment I feel.
For instance in the Bracca arc, he directly says "aim for the kid" when Omega starts to talk about the inhibitor chips. But in the newest episode, he seems to be more human with his approach of dealing with her. I feel like in the episodes before Ryloth his goal was to kill his former squad, but the removal of the chip mixed with Howzers speech may have moved him towards seeking his brothers out once more.
I have a feeling it could be as early as episode 3. In that episode, some operation was done to him. We assume his chip was supercharged *again* but it was not confirmed, and AZI tells him his vitals are good (removing chip could be lethal as we saw in Clone Wars). Then, Nala Se says "he responds positively to procedure" and Tarkin says "lets see if he stays that way" (which feels as if he was worried he doesnt remain loyal).
yes
This follows what I have concluded based on his actions alone, I agree that the Venator engines cooked his chip. I agree that he feels betrayed by the others of close force 99. I think we will see a redemption arc in the next season, or the season after, once he stops trying to get captured by the empire (playing the long con, that never pans out). I think he will just be happy to be with his family again, despite their differences in philosophy.
Bold of you to assume he won't die in this friday's season finale.
I don't get that sense. Probably because he ratted out Hunter when he failed to kill Kanan. And pledged loyalty to Tarkin 5 minutes after he set the Batch up to fail.
I don't think crosshair will rejoin the batch again he will sacrifice himself maybe but I don't think he will rejoin the batch
@DeutschBrit Agreed
@DeutschBrit Him being evil? I don't think so. he is softer than the time his chip was still activated, but the idea of him won't rejoin with the bad batch, I agree with that. I hate it but it's the more possible and better story arc than rejoining the team again
Can I just point out that the first thing Hunter and co. did after escaping the cell on Kamino was try to find Crosshair? Crosshair didn't see that happen obviously, so it still doesn't invalidate his feelings in the matter, but as an audience member, I just like to remember that moment. In the beginning, it was very much a no-win situation, and later they might have felt it hopeless. I'm inclined to believe that they would have tried to get to him had they not been captured first. Though non of that would be seen that way through Crosshair's eyes for obvious reasons
I don’t think that’s what Crosshair meant when he tells Hunter that they left him behind. He talks about being disloyal to him. To me, he meant that he made the right choice to serve the Empire, and the others didn’t agree and left. They didn’t join him. When he says to Hunter that he didn’t have a choice, I think he meant that due to his enhanced inhibitor chip, he was ordered to kill them and that’s what he tried to do.
I think the "burn" scar isnt actually a burn scar he got from the venator. The wound he has, and its the only wound I might add, is waaaaay to convenient on the right spot.
My 5 cents is that the venator accident deactivated it and he forced AZI to remove back it on Kamino, leaving a burn scar to cover it all up. Thats why AZI was "hiding" in Nala Ses secret Lab.
interesting
Hes Crosshair, he probably shot it out with a mirror and a blaster.
But how did he know about it
Crosshair's chip likely removed from the damage of the ion engine blast I can totally see. I can believe the Kaminoans who treated him telling him & Rampart it was removed to "preserve" his life. Might be why the one recruit reported to Rampart she didn't trust him since there remained nothing to hold him back from rejoining his brothers.
Good video😊
His chip was damaged, but his brain wasn't?
I noticed when I rewatched the Clone Wars season 6 arc featuring Fives, Fives does NOT have a scar after his operation on Kamino. I paused the show at S6 Ep4 when he gets out of the taxi on Corusant and saw no scar. This leads me to believe that they can remove the chip on Kamino surgically without a lasting scar while perhaps the medical facility on the Venators are not capable of chip removal without some kind of tissue damage. I just wanted to report my findings. I also think with this in mind, Crosshair could have had the chip removed in episode 3, but i think that is unlikely. Like you pointed out, the Empire wouldn't just let Crosshair have the one thing controlling him removed unless it was damaged. I still believe that the time they took it out was after Bracca. I just think that it would be more tragic if he had it removed before then. It would make his character more complex, like adding more jealousy towards Omega. Love the content and I can't wait for the season finale.
The Batch/Hunter had no way of knowing if or when Crosshair became free of his Inhibitor chip. In their last encounter with him, he tried to kill them. And now that they are protecting Omega, they are reluctant to attempt to rescue their lost brother. It would put Omega in peril.
Furthermore, Crosshair has not made any attempt to contact his brothers after the incident on Bracca. So he blames Hunter and his brothers for not rescuing him, when he did nothing to contact them, except when doing the Empire's bidding.
' it easier to blame others than taking responsibility for your own behavior !!'
I think episode 3 replacements hinted at the possibility they removed his chip when he came off the medical table and Nala sey said the data shows he’s responding favorably to the procedure to which Tarkin replies let’s hope he stays that way insinuating as if they were experimenting to see if he would still remain loyal to the cause without the chip
I noticed that too
That was my conclusion as well.
Why would they intensify it in the first place then?
I feel bad for crosshair, he doesn't realize that the empire is LOOKING for a reason to get rid of him and his kind. The minute he's not useful he'll be tossed aside.
He already was, considering what admiral Rampart said before opening fire
@@Cooleatack true , he said “ let the clones die together “ right?
Yeah but some people need to learn the hard way
Can't wait until he finishes Rampart, really hope I am correct about this. *Fingers crossed.*
this aged well
He definitely did it after episode 8. He wouldn’t have spared Howzer and the clones who threw weapons down on Ryloth otherwise.
I bet it was physically removed as part of his burn treatment. I know you say you doubt the Empire would have green-lit the actual removal, but that smacks of some classic Tarkin hubris.
After the engine.
Early on GenerationTech made a good argument that it was a blast of anti-tumour radiation and the chip is essentially an engineered tumour.
I remember thinking when he got caught in that engine burn that it might have damaged gus chip, but then I didn't think about it again until Return to Kamino when he says straight out that he no longer has a chip. This video seems really well-reasoned and makes a lot of sense.
If it was a lie and the chip is still in his head, perhaps the chip malfunctions/mutates abit when he got fryed by the engine on Braca - causing him to have abit of mixed feelings towards to Batch (such as "I didnt have a choice" - "And I did?")
I like this idea. Intriguing to think the chip isn't necessarily fully active all the time, but damaged. Also, I could be wrong, but it didn't seem like Hunter saw a scar where the chip would've been removed, just the burn scars from the Venator engine.
Remember that the Batch didn’t leave Crosshair. They were escaping from him who was trying to KILL them. Before they had a chance to catch their breath they were trying to save Omega from bounty hunters. Yes they ran missions for Cid to survive and favors for Rex but who’s to say they weren’t planning on going back for Crosshair. Saying he was abandoned is a stretch.
Look how fast they went back for Hunter. They have helped random Regs, Separatists, Twi'leks, criminals, Omega, an awesome rancor, Omega, Omega, Rex, yet never Crosshair.
Between Echo and Omega, they literally help anyone who asks. Yet not Crosshair.
Honestly, they didn't take the chips seriously until Wrecker's was activated. And even then, they don't grab Crosshair and take his out. They take more missions from Cid.
Yeah, but Crosshair THINKS they did. And I can see why he would.
@@dogkungfu8510 Yepper, you are correct. Not defendable.
As soon as I saw the focus--the deliberate animation--they were showing when Crosshair was being burned by the Venator engine, they were showing the burn scars and everything specifically over the chip. I figured from that episode onward, the chip was damaged, nonfunctional, or otherwise no longer a factor.
It feels good to be potentially proven right.
If the finale is anywhere near the quality of this episode, I think I’ll be happy in saying that animation is where Star Wars stories have been best told. When I think of my personal favorite moments in all of Star Wars, almost all of them come from one of Clone Wars or Rebels. The first season of Bad Batch has been superb and I’m so thrilled we are getting a second season
"Bad, fascist olive branch" is not a phrase I ever though I'd hear
It happened off-screen during "Infestation" when Cross-Hairs was sent to track down the rogue senator Jar Jar Binks!
Some Character: *Breathes*
Crosshair: How Touchiiinnnnngg.
The batch taking him shows there is still a chance to redeem himself
I think when Hunter was checking out Crosshair's head near the end of the episode, he was seeing how old his chip-removal scar was. That's the kind of thing Hunter would be able to do.
I have genuinely been wondering why the team didn't go back and try and save him on multiple occasions. Crosshair has every right to think he was abandoned.
Well, They were busy trying not to die and protecting Omega.
@@vittorCovolan for sure, but same logic can apply when they were saving Hunter.
I 100% agree.
And if his chip WAS removed or deactivated, he is acting out of pure hurt that his brothers left him when he had no control over his own mind (mostly). I also think maybe he could be suffering residual effects of the enhancement that Tarkin ordered be put on his chip? Idk.
That is if I even believe his chip has been removed or deactivated.
I'm not saying his team abandoned him, but that is what he thinks.
Agree friend! Absolutely, especially since they *had to save everyone else whom (most) I may add, were complete strangers.* Forgotten & Abandoned. I kept waiting for them to help him before the brainwashing became too complete & extract that damned chip. But my expectations were dashed on the rocks.
Are we sure that the empire was "supercharging" his chip? or maybe the Kaminoans were using a non-invasive technology to remove it or deactivate it instead?
I really like these new thumbnails
Me too
I actually didn’t notice it until you pointed it out, but now that I see it I definitely agree. They look great!
same
Agreed!
they’re clean
I think he found a way to have it removed (after Bracca) without the Empire knowing of it. He was told he had a thing in his head that controlled him, thought that made sense all things considered, and didn't like it. In that light, the burn is mainly a plot device to make his scar harder to spot.
I agree, also his injuries give him ample opportunity to access medical facilities without raising suspicion.
And the burn is on the wrong side, not facing the Venator
@@kjw79 HA! Didn't think of that.
I 100% agree, especially because in Return to Kamino, I think there's a brief moment where they zoom in on Crosshair's scar and show Hunter looking at it, which makes me think that they're trying to connect that scar, which he got on Bracca, with the removal of his inhibitor chip.
He doesn't have a scar, but neither did Fives. He had his chip removed, but it was on Kamino and treated right away with a special little bacta patch thing. Rex has a scar because it wasn't treated the same way, and I imagine the other Bad Batch members have scars, but I keep forgetting to look for them. They're always in headgear or facing the wrong direction, or I just never noticed. We know Wolffe and Gregor also get scars, so I think it's really just about how the wounds are treated afterward and with what. Crosshair not having a scar could just be a result of how he was treated. His injuries on Bracca were treated immediately, but they weren't on Kamino with the best medical facilities readily accessible, I think that may be a factor. He would have said he had his chip deactivated rather than removed, so I think it's whatever good stuff they got on Kamino keeping him scar free.
How can burns on his head from the ship affect a chip that’s embedded in his brain? Remember how hard it was for Ahsoka to find Rex’s chip. I don’t think it’s that easily accessible.
their brains are wired differently then regs so its entirely possible that each 99 trooper had it in a different spot. This is why the brain scanner had to be used multiple times instead of jusst once
I think that crosshairs chip was somehow deactivated when he received that burn form the venators engines, it seems likely that it was deactivated or at least severely wounded, and who knows? Maybe the empire put some kind of medicine in his burns and that somehow worsened his chip in doing it’s proper function but idk. But one thing is certain to me that if crosshairs chip was removed or damaged at some point in the series, when he got burned on the head by the venator it seems likely that his chip was burned during that encounter with the batch.
I agree with you. When the episode came out and a few people on a Discord server and I were discussing it, I suggested that Crosshair’s chip was, quote, ‘burnt out from his head during that episode with the engine’ and pointed out his burn scars as evidence. I wasn’t sure if my Discord friends knew what I was talking about since it was poorly worded (‘accidental deactivation’ sounds a lot more likely than ‘burnt out from his head’). Interesting that you note his behavioural shifts - they do seem different now with the information that we know. He acts less out of cold blood and has more thought put into his actions as well as his emotions to drive them, very much unlike a mindless clone drone (rhyme not intended).
Funny side note: I was almost about to suggest the ‘Chip Enhancement Scene’ as a ‘Removal’ scene but decided against it because it sounded silly. Thanks to this video, I’m pretty sure that possibility is impossible. I actually forgot about the ‘Good Soldiers Follow Orders’ thing ever since Bracca Part One (seriously) and the issue of the chips in most of the Batch had been resolved. We also never hear Crosshair say it ever again (which in retrospect something I should’ve taken into consideration), although I did note in Return to Kamino Crosshair did tell his brothers something along the lines of “See, it’s not that hard to follow orders”. Not sure if that’s an important point or not.
I was in team Liar but am realizing it’s really true and this is TBB’s I am your father moment :(
I wish we had more episodes of them as a team before he turned. Although I feel bad for the other 3 members, I don’t feel any connection with Crosshair because we never saw him be kind or compassionate really, just fighting on the right side in CWS 7 I guess.
For some reason I almost think he is saying he had his chip removed a long time ago. So when he asks "Does it matter" the rest of the batch is going to have to cope with the fact that his actions were ALL voluntary. I think story wise that provides a very interesting obstacle for them to all overcome.
I wonder how crosshair would take wrecker’s chip slowly activating before going crazy as well as getting it taken out too. That would be a very interesting interaction I think.
What an episode. Would have been good if this channel didn’t spoil it for me by adding a spoiler into the thumbnail but oh well.
I think it got shaken up in the blast of that one episode
It’s after Bracca, before Ryloth. During the Ryloth episodes, Rampart and the other ES troopers were already questioning Crosshair’s motives, implying that Crosshair already planned to give the Batch a second chance during those episodes.
I say it's a winter soldier thing. After his burns, he asked about the chip. So the empire told him it was removed during his medical care. Just like Bucky remembered Steve then told Steve was just a target. Then reprogrammed. He still has chip
I don’t think so. For one Crosshair knows better than to take words at a surface level. For another, the ion engine’s radiation would damage the chip beyond repair and frankly would make its removal required to prevent another Tup incident. Thirdly it wouldn’t make any sense narratively for this story decision to be a trick, as it would undermine the entire theme of the first season being choices and understanding ur enemy despite not agreeing with them. Both themes are undermined if it was later revealed that “oh yeah I lied, or I still have it.” Plus the writers themselves confirmed it’s gone so I’m pretty sure it’s a done deal
I firmly believe he is lying, the chip has been amped up in a way that it can be undetected with a scanner. That thought is based on when Ahsoka was trying to removed Rex’s Chip but ended using the Force to locate it.
not gonna lie im with you.
he can still have it and BELIEVE that it is removed when it actually isnt and its still working to a degree.
I agree, I think that he accepts who he is with the chip in and his brothers won’t understand that he doesn’t want it removed plus I’m betting he doesn’t want to be a different person so he lies and says he had his chip removed. I don’t believe the Empire would trust him to command a squad with his chip removed
The chip has never been shown to make clones lie, and there is a pretty clear difference between his attitude before/during and after bracca. I don’t think he’s lying
@@PixlPlayer When I say lie, I mean it to imply he doesn’t know if the Chip is actually gone or not so in essence Crosshair is lying not only to his Brothers but also to Himself. Also Rampart would be foolish to think that Crosshair would perform effectively to the Empire’s standards if the Chip was removed.
@@chetsevern9167 yeah. I would believe that the incident on Bracca left his chip damaged, reducing its effectiveness by a lot, but just enough to leave him an ounce of trust to the Empire. Mayhap Rampart lied to him about getting it removed in hope he will keep being loyal to them, thinking the now much minor influences of the chip are his own, willing thoughs
My guess is that the engine deactivated the chip/reduced its effectiveness. Since his brothers told him about the chip, Crosshair checked for it back on Kamino in secret and got it removed , just like Fives, probably with the help of AZI. He hid the scar in the burns from the engine, so no one would notice it.
I also think he only got his chips strenght increased once and the other time we see him in the machine is just a checkup, if and how well it is working.
I really love the phase “bad fascist olive branch”
GOSH I love the parallel to Echo’s rescue arc. Back then, Crosshair talks about he he doesn’t blame Rex for leaving Echo, because he’s “just another reg”, but when the chips activate, Crosshair is now, in essence “just another reg” just blindly following orders, and Hunter leaves him. Gosh poetic irony baby
So why did Tarkin say "turn it up to 11" (basically) Perhaps he was told it was removed and its extremely active. Once he actually has it removed he has an active choice to either return to his brothers, join the Empire or leave it all behind entirely.
I feel like the chip was burned by the venator, and removed because it was no longer working and was likely to just cause further damage (like tup's with it going haywire due to damage) at that point
Great explanation, but they could have clarify that in the conversation between Hunter and Crosshair.
Crosshair is very particular when it comes to the execution of his tasks. He doesn't question the intent behind it and he was probably aware that he had to right, what Hunter left him with when he didn't order the execution of the civilians. He sees himself as a lone wolf, but at the same time he wants his brothers back, which is at the same same time not something he wants to admit to himself.
He probably got his chip removed, but he is sticking with the empire because otherwise his actions up to that point lose their purpose for him. He has a problem with Hunter being in charge and his tendency to make choices which complicate missions, while being the right thing to do. This personality will never stop colliding with the rest of the Bad Batch unless he gets over himself and accepts that he wants to be with them more than he wants to oppose Hunter. It's funny how this is en par with his role as a sniper, since that naturally requires precision and what he dislikes about Hunter is how he tends to change the focus of the mission, which in his eyes seems rather imprecise. He wants to avoid complications and Hunter causes them. Which works better as something you hunt down than something you are a part of, when you think like Crosshair.
Thanks for spoiling in the thumbnail!
After sustaining his injuries on Bracca. This is why it's better to move "Infested" to between "Common Ground" and "Devil's Deal".
I like to think he didn’t get his chip removed. He thinks he did but in reality it’s the first episode where they ENHANCED his chip not removed it
I wholeheartedly believe he still has his chip. It maybe damaged but I don't think either the Kaminoans or Empire would have the power of the it intensified only to shortly after remove it. He was probably told after Bracca that it had been removed so he thinks it's out. He couldn't tell Hunter when it was removed for good reason.
I think Bracca makes sense. Not only did he suffer his injury there but the exact same medical bay that removed his brothers' chips is literally right there as well.
Episode 3 "replacements" guys about 5 or 6 mins in you see him back at the lab and AZ tells him his vital are fine after the "Procedure" and then tarkin questions if he's still loyal to the empire.
Oof nevermind someone else said it the comments already. Haha
Long Story Short: He had his chip removed once he had it removed.
“What does it matter”-Crosshair
Hunter never had the chance to offer anything to Crosshair. As you will recall, they had escaped from their cell and headed toward the hanger where their gear was being kept so that they could go rescue Crosshair. They were suiting up when Crosshair appears, in new Imperial armor with a new squad he is now Commander of, to take his brothers into custody. When they refuse, he and his new squad attempt to kill them, shooting Wrecker and only failing to shoot Hunter because Omega shot his rifle from his hands. Yes, he was definitely under the chip's control at that time, so even if they had been able to try to reason with him rather than flee for their lives, I doubt that any negotiations would have been successful. Remember - none of them knew about the control chips at that point, so even if they'd been able to capture him and take him with them, they wouldn't have been able to change Crosshair's now-enhanced programming, or even known it would be possible to do so. What would they have done with him - keep him imprisoned somehow until they could find out what was going on and fix it? So I think it's really unfair to blame the Batch for failing to do something they had no chance to do. That Crosshair would feel that way is logical from *his* point of view (and also extremely self-serving), but he was the one who, through no fault of his own, left them, not the other way around.
Maybe the heat from the engine deactivated the chip - but later he had the already deactivated chip removed. So when he said he had the chip removed a while ago maybe it had short circuited due to the heat from the engine prior. This maybe why the empire may have removed it - if it was already deactivated.
I really hope he is not lying. Villains need to be menacing, competent, dangerous and scary. Especially in a franchise like Star Wars. I know it's all about good and evil but the paralels are there with real life events. The evil of the Empire is something real and tangible. It appeals to people, it lifts some people up while crushing the masses. Its leaders and followers need to be rational, hell, even "good" men who chose evil willingly for whatever reason. Otherwise the lesson is that evil is ludicrously incompetent. As we can see in the real world, all evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Can't wait for the finale, I feel really sorry for Crosshair, I hope they manage to redeem him in some way, even though my gut feeling is that it will be the typical self-sacrifice story where he won't actually face the consequences of his previous choices and actions.
See, I thought on the second time he was under the machine is when crosshair got the chip removed, they didn’t reference the boost and just called it the “operation” making it seem more suspicious.
I swear I saw this coming midway through the episode even say it out loud LOL
I think his chip was kinda removed from the ion engine but he feels in control of his actions but in the back of his mind his chip is still influencing his decisions.
That makes no sense
I think his chip was removed on episode 3 at the start and admiral Tarkin was still talking about his loyalty to the empire
Thank you for this video.
I think when crosshair goddess chip supercharged they made him believe that he got it took it taken out but he really didn’t
Definitely think it was from getting burned by the Venator's engines.
I think that it was removed so tarkin could see how loyal he was. Maybe when we thought it was being dialed up.
Or tarkin told him it was if it wasn’t and the chip is still making him believe
Clone trooper commander neyo would have been good friends with crosshair.
This is a couple of days old but does anyone else notice a small white scar of Crosshair in a different area of his head? It’s much harder to notice. Or am I imaging it?
Thanks, Alex! 💽
What if after he was injured by the Venator engine, the empire told him that the chip was removed, but in fact didn't. Crosshair probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference and believes no that he is acting on his own accord. Therefore what he told Hunter was true, he thought his chip was gone.
The writers already confirmed its gone
Bracca is the only time it *could* make sense, but I still believe he has the damned thing. Why else would they show him touching his head in pain. Wouldn't make sense to show this unless his chip (unknown to him apparently) is still present. Which makes me *very sad & frustrated.* I don't believe he's lying just that whoever told him it was taken out, *is.* Huge Crosshair fan.
I’m not sure if it really matters. In fact, it does not matter if he has it, is lying about it, or has been deceived by the Empire.
As Qui-Gon used to tell Obi-Wan, “Always be aware of the living Force.”
All that matters is the here and now. Whether his chip is gone or not does not matter, anymore, He is an Imperial sympathizer.
Crosshair gave the Bad Batch the ultimatum that we first heard from Darth Vader, “Join me, or die.”
I am probably wrong about this but my guess is that Crosshair is either lying or he did get his chip removed after the burn injuries he sustained on Bracca.I think due to his mutations Crosshair's personality was already predisposed to following orders. Which makes sense since he is a sniper, and he has to shoot without hesitation. Not only did Crosshair have his chip activated but it was later intensified to turn him into a loyal killing machine. With those to factors in mind I reckon assuming the chip got removed, due to his underlying personality and the experiments done on his chip I think Crosshair has been permanently altered. Like that's just the way he is now even without the chip. I think the only way for him to return to normal is to reverse the experiments somehow, maybe while unconscious someone like Ashoka could use the force to tap into his psyche and make him normal again, or at least less abrasive lol.
I was honestly an adamant defender of the idea that he wasn’t lying, but he was lied TO. After the finale, I’m unsure. However he DOES rub his head at one point, which seems to be a parallel to ep 1. Maybe it is still there? I hope so.
Why would u hope for that?
I hope this mess isn't not caused by some lazy writtings.. beside crosshair's chip issue, there is howzer' issue.. why howzer's behaviors are inconsistent?? He wasn't follow orders like other clones after order 66 have been executed.. his actions didn't show full loyalty to the empire
Personally I feel his chip was removed just after the events in replacements, he realises that his imperial squad is loyal to him and he never says 'good soldiers' after this episode. Everything after this is mostly trying to remove the one thing that broke them apart (Omega) or eliminate them all entirely because they refuse to come back. I feel that look at the end of replacements is there to signify a huge change in crosshair and there wouldn't be a point to have it there for nothing
tech def needs to put that chip scanner on him
The real question is why is Crosshair not like Hunter, Tech, Echo, Wrecker and Omega? Like why does he still acting all mean when his inhibitor chip was removed and why he still loyal to the Empire after they left him to die?
Because of Crosshair’s own beliefs and personality.
Well reasoned as always Alex. I too came to these conclusions
There is no way Crosshair is lying or being deceived. This is played out like a huge reveal, they won't just say "oh no it's not true, he still has the chip". This isn't the CW
How would you even be able to tell if he has the removal scar, he's got so many on his head it's impossible to see😂😂
It's also possible that he believes his chip was removed but it actually wasn't, so he's telling the truth, or at least what he believes is the truth and he is being honest. Maybe the Empire told him they took it out due to the nature of his injuries but really they didn't. Rampart seemed to be looking for any excuse to disgard clones entirely so maybe he tried a little experiment, telling Crosshair the chip was gone and seeing what happens. If Crosshair turned or became unruly, he could say to the Empire the chips are unreliable in the long run but if he didn't, Rampart still gets results for Tarkin. I hope he still does have it truly because that means the Batch can show Crosshair the Empire doesn't value him as much as he thinks and reconcile with him, not that I think they hold any blame for what happened and it's frustrating me that people are blaming them for leaving him behind when they had their choices taken from them like he did.
I'm hoping for Crosshair to be brought back because I haven't liked him very much due to him saying he has no issue leaving other clones to die in TCW and I want that to change genuinely. If he's redeemed and does better than before, there's a chance that will happen. I never interpeted that scene in Replacements as him being sad or remorseful, it looked to me like he was feeling nothing because his chip had been turned up so much. If he felt anything for his brothers, it was gone by that point. People had been hoping to "real" Crosshair to break through the chip but that was never going to happen IMO because of how they turned his up
Ok, I always thought he had his chip taken out in episode one.
I cannot stop thinking about this.
Ikr
Maybe that’s why the crosshairs killed his squad members again even they followed what he had taught them. So Tarkin is right about the loyalty of the clones to some extent.
Well they ended up going against orders. So he had every right to kill them
Perhaps Crosshairs had the med droid remove his chip like Fives did.
So I think Crosshair was lying about he remove his inhibitor chip, what if that happened, If Crosshair remove his inhibitor chip, Unlike Rex, Cody, Wolffe, Doom, Gregor, and Howzer, it not working as Crosshair still serves to The Empire.
Miraculous Ladybug? Don't make me laugh. 😂😂😂 How could you watch that silly childish show? Grow up, kiddo. 🤡🤡🤡 You're a joke......😂🤣
Only cringe fangirls like you watch that stupid show.
@@princetonchia1285 true, i know I was joking, that miraculous ladybug just a stupid show anyway. 😂
So I alway watch every Star Wars movies and tv series except for Sequel trilogy. Prequel trilogy was way better.
I like to think Crosshair had his inhibitor chip removed around the time of the second Bracca episode
"it's a bad, fascist olive branch" quote of the year there
I kinda hope that it is never revealed. I hate the recent thing that movies and shows do that they HAVE to explain everything. Keep some mystery... let the fans speculate... give us something to chew on... speculations keep fandoms alive.
Love crosshair and the depth of his character
I like and agree with your hypothesis
I’m not sure he is telling the truth…
Just saw the last episode. it’s a bit confusing. I think both for us that watch it and for crosshair himself.
Sort of, like the Rebels version of Darth Vader struggles between the choises between the dark and light side.
It wasn’t removed…..it’s still there
I always thought they removed his chip in episode 1
was it not when the explosion on bracca happened and he hit his head?
He had his chip removed in ep3
Why would he say that he had his inhibitor chip taken out along time ago,why would he lie too his brothers. Come on Crosshair join back up with your brothers. He is a great soldier & the Batch needs him & so does the rest of the team.
Are we sure he did remove his chip? I didn't see the scarring on his head (outside of the burns on his scalp)
So phenomenal
I think after the bracca mission
I think it was burned out when he was injured on baracca
I think he is lying , why would the empire let him do that , and going back to. Baraca and seeing cal would make sense on way that clip is not in the trailer .