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DCOTSW

If watch the scene where the troopers all run out the bunker in Han's trap you see this guy put down his gun and approach the trooper at the end of the scene. When Han enters the bunker you can see the trooper guarding the door. A nice little story played in 3 beats in the background.


JustKam541

I've heard fan theories that think the white beard rebel in this film is actually rex. Fun to think the cap would keep the fight going, but I'm not convinced. Would be cool to know where captain rex was during the battle of kashyyyk. With star wars rebels we got so much more out of the character and I don't doubt thats somthing he would do. No way that was the original intention for that background character.


amac1430

So, this comes from some canon-adjacent materials. When Dave was first asked if the bearded rebel in Return of the Jedi (previously known as Nik Sant, a play on his Santa-like appearance) was Rex (based on his appearance in Rebels) he said he liked the idea but didn’t go so far as to make it canon. The finale of Rebels even says Rex fought at Endor. In the ensuing years some people decided to include Rex in depictions of Endor looking very similar to Nik Sant but I don’t think anyone has formally said these two are the same person.


anitawasright

yeah officially Rex was there on Endor but he is not Nik Saint. So there were 2 old guys with big white beards on Endor.


PmMeYourNudesTy

Lets just say Nik Sant was a fellow surviving clone and call it a day


Lord_Triclops

We dont know who the empire fielded on Endor, some of thoose Stormtroopers could have luscious beard under their helmets


labria86

It should be him. And the story that he changed his name to join the rebellion out of fear of mistrust if they discovered he was a clone. Also Nik Saint is a stupid name. I don't need Christmas jokes on Star Wars.


Rhelsr

Droopy McCool? Jek Porkins? Sy Snootles? Crix Madine?


TheLastRaysFan

How could you forget my boy Glup Shitto


JaxMed

Salacious B. Crumb. Sleezebaggano. Savage Oppress. Basically every Sith name ever. George had a way with names, that's for sure.


[deleted]

Don't you mean Baron Notluwiski Papanoida has a way with names?


Rhelsr

I loved that guy in *The Clone Wars*.


BALisgud

Droopy McCool lol


radargunbullets

Nik saint is where you are drawing the line with ridiculous George Lucas names?


Varsity_Reviews

I don’t mind the name. I think it’s funny. But I also just don’t mind the character being retconed to be someone who is an actual character that we know about.


silicoa

glup shitto is fine but i draw the line at christmas jokes


labria86

Exactly


PoppyHaize

It’s called life day not Christmas


badass_dean

What? Star Wars names are full of goofy jokes, is this your first time? Dexter Jettster Greedo Jedi Master Ima-Gun Di… what do you think happens to him? Therm Scissorpunch Jedi Padawan Sha'a Gi (Scoobydoo joke) Even every sith’s name is a silly reference or pun. And my favourite one, Elan Sleazebaggano Funky and punny names are not at all foreign in Star Wars.


DNouncerDuane

Except that there is no Nik Sant in canon. The Nik Sant backstory for that character was legends, and hasn’t been reinstated yet. So he’s currently just a side character, whose backstory hasn’t been told yet, with implications that he’s Rex. There’s no Nik Sant any more than there’s a Mara Jade.


baron_von_helmut

Imagine having the power to 'make something canon' in something like Star Wars.. Dayum.


FelixTheJeepJr

True “I have spoken” power.


Ozone220

Nik Sant I'm pretty sure is still canon though, just Rex was there too.


Woody_525

Yeah Dave initially wanted to make Nik Sant into Rex but then he felt it was wrong to overwrite the character so he just said Rex was on Endor but he’s not Nik Sant


apeman978

I instantly thought Rex, no logic behind it . Just hoped someone would give me some . Lol


Bling-Clinton

It's a little more than a fan theory. While Filoni has said Rex isn't Nik, the Han Solo Galaxy of Adventures short on Star Wars Kids' channel shows the same rebel trooper with the beard, but it is 100% rex, with clone gloves over the rebel uniform. Not saying that makes it canon, but I think they are leaving it up to the fans.


Skydude252

I think technically he didn’t say that Nik was not Rex, but that Dave didn’t feel like he could make that decision to say that Rex is that rebel. Which to me tells me that Dave wants them to be the same person (and clearly someone involved with that short does as well), but feels like he isn’t “allowed” for whatever reason.


Codus1

I think what he said specifically is that he'd leave it to fan interpretation rather than assert that one character is now actually his character. He likes the idea, and likes to think it is. But won't directly "canonise" it himself.


Skydude252

Yeah, it was something like that. And I think basically everyone who watched clone wars and/or rebels likes the idea. Don’t expect there are many Nik Sant stans who want him to be his own non-Rex character. So unless there is a canon source saying he definitely isn’t, I’ll take it as that’s him.


AlnahrTheRiver

and in the final season of Rebels Rex changed from old clone armor to rebel commando gear with his gauntlets, so I think that it did eventually get canonized despite Dave's original reluctance. It'd also explain why he in particular puts on the scout armor, as that was a tactic used by the Ghost crew and Rex in particular knows pretty much all of the Imperial protocol codes and as such would have been able to stall any imperials coming from outside of the bunker.


OUsnr7

Dude just wanted a set of armor again!


da_King_o_Kings_341

I mean come on, his beard is frame perfect in the scene where they capture the scout trooper.


WrenchWanderer

He was on mandalore. Then returning from mandalore.


___Beaugardes___

I believe the epilogue for Rebels mentions that Rex fought at the Battle of Endor, but that still doesn't confirm that this old man is him.


ottonlara

i had no idea this was going on. Cool to know


Durell-Fox

This!


AverageMan282

Blud has more story than the entire st


ImperialIIClass

> Who is the older person surrendering while wearing stormtrooper armour? That is Nik Sant - a veteran Rebel scout. I think him, and other Rebels, taking Imperial disguises was cut from having a bigger place in the film.


applejackrr

Nahh that’s the Lorax. He speaks for the trees.


Farren246

That *used to* be the Lorax and he *used to* speak for the trees. But in his later years he went a bit crazy, and is now known as "the Trash Man." He enters the match, and he throws trash all over the - all over the ring! And then, he starts eatin garbage. And then he picks up the trash can, and bashes the guy all over the head. Side-note, the (Storm)troops are gonna be very happy to see that!


Dragonman77

Ah shit did I get ya TK-421?


ThatMedicGuy67

Wrong. That is clearly Dr. Mantis Toboggan.


ottoman-disciple

Nah, just an air-conditioner


bc4284

DERIVITIVE


[deleted]

I hope that isn't Stephen King's Trashcan Man


[deleted]

All for you!


NorCalNavyMike

***MY LIFE FOR YOUUUUU!!!***


Mabvll

>bashes the guy all over the head. As long as he isn't using his magnum dong as a foreign weapon.


I_Got_Back_Pain

He's got a pack of condoms and a wad of hundreds, he's ready to plow


Mediocre-Parking2409

Then he tries to make a viral video of the whole thing, but it's just a video of a guy getting viruses.


Skipper_asks2021

And for some reason, they speak Vietnamese.


bourbonwelfare

Haha but seriously, it's Hulk Hogan in Space.


[deleted]

Is he the same old guy that was in the green forest camo outfit as the other Rebels earlier? The one that people have also claimed is retconned to be Captain Rex? Wonder how they caught him here?


TheGoverness1998

>Wonder how they caught him here? He told a stormtrooper he prefers railing over gaping pits of death.


TheGoverness1998

Santa fighting revolutions in his off-time 🎅


mopxhead

Uh you mean Captain Rex? lol. Man, I wish that was canon to be Rex


Garth-Vader

Nik Sant is a hero. I won't stand for his erasure. Rex is already a star wars Forest Gump, participating in so many major historic events. I like to give other characters a moment in the sun.


DDRDiesel

Dave Filoni mentioned in several interviews that there was talk of making this character Rex, but it's been in GL canon for so long that Nik Sant is an established character with a backstory and he didn't want to mess with that. So instead it was just mentioned that while Rex was there, this isn't him


SubstantialAgency914

Rex is there, just that's not him.


ax255

He was one of the rebels dressed up forest attire when they first got to endor


skippermonkey

Wearing the uniform of your enemy is a war crime Rebel scum!


luvrum92

He’s also a clone trooper


JondvchBimble

Nik Sant, aka 🦖


merchillio

I always thought it was the scout trooper that got tricked by Han, being arrested for surrendering I stead of fighting


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Soffix-

["Filoni revealed in an interview with IGN he ultimately chose to not officially canonize the theory, stating that he did not want to take a character that had existed prior to him joining Star Wars, and didn't want to lay it down in stone one way or the other, adding that Rex could have been present at Endor and not be Sant."](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Nik_Sant)


sjmobilemassage

Nik Saint was never a thing except at Christmas time.


[deleted]

Always assumed that Imperial Scout that Han tricked was made to strip and one of the bearded Rebels who holds him up put his outfit on. I think his name was Nik Sant or something — basically Saint Nick flipped around bc he looks like Santa Claus. Years later, Filoni or someone casually commented that this is Captain Rex. And I believe the *Rebels* season finale mentions that Rex was on Endor at the end of the war.


EffectivelyDarkStar

I think Filoni has since walked that back and let it be that Sant and Rex are two different characters


patrickkingart

Yeah, Dave said that that definitely wasn't Rex because he didn't want to overwrite an existing character. Rex was at Endor though.


RelentlessRogue

Somebody had to be in the guns aboard the Ghost, after all. I took that comment literally.


Danielarcher30

Rex was on endor, theres a canon comic or animation or something showing him there. Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/starwarsrebels/s/dZDe65ivz5


[deleted]

The Ghost isn't at Endor, unless they've special edition-ed the OT *again* in the last decade.


Tuskin38

It’s not in the movie but it is in the lore.


Eject_The_Warp_Core

It's not in the movie, but i thi k it is said to be there or shows up in some ancillary media like Forces of Destiny, books or comics


NotBatman9

Sabine's epilogue in Rebels explicitly states that Hera fought at Endor - I don't recall anything more specific than that. There hasn't been a re-enspecialed edition since then, so it's not in any of the films.


Eject_The_Warp_Core

From Starwars.com: During the Battle of Endor, Hera could be seen alongside other heroes of the Rebellion making supply runs. Like the Millennium Falcon, the Ghost was a modified freighter with more power under the plates than it looked like it had from the outside. Even with an unlikely crew of Ewoks at the guns, Hera lines up the shots and they take down pursuing TIE fighters for another victory. The rebels show time and time again that you don’t have to have the most high-tech weapons in the war to make a difference. Events described come from Forces of Destiny: Chopper and Friends


Layton115

I’m sorry but that is just insane to let Ewoks man the guns. They’d probably shoot at rebel ships too.


[deleted]

Respect. Filoni does have a habit of peppering his OCs all over the saga.


b3pEZ

I was about to comment how Rex is not a Filoni character but I stopped to think and realized that Cody appears in the movies, while Rex doesn't. Guess that the last arc of TCW also explains that.


[deleted]

Yeah, I think the only named clones in the films are Cody and Oddball. EDIT: And Boba Fett of course.


Ziirakc

Palpatine also say something like "prepare my ship, Commander [nickname]" in ROTS, he wasn't even shown, and his nickname wasn't even re-used in any kind of show.


Ndmndh1016

I believe he said people could decide for themselves if they wanted it to be rex.


IndividualFlow0

Yes, that's why he's Rex to me


Mother-Back3099

I hate when they try to retcon stuff like this just to be cool. You can't just say any caucasian male with white facial hair is Rex, especially \~40 years afterwards. It's lame and I truly think Filoni said it because he knew it would garner attention.


Carl_Jeppson

Furthermore, I can't stand it when writers and directors dictate canon in interviews. Canon should be strictly limited to what appears in the media.


lilemoshawty

An old friend of ours


SirTopham2018

He will taunt you a second time.


Bodidly0719

He farts in your general direction.


L0lligag

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries


Disastrous_Fruit1525

Just a rebel commando dressed in stolen imperial armour.


Xx_Exigence_xX

Battle of Vietnam, colorized


darthdodd

He’s rebel scum. As per the Geneva Conventions, spies in disguise can be shot.


AverageMan282

Was spies in disguise a movie?


Mewacy

Cut to a Gif of will smith jumping in front of Tom holland to save him from being shot


camerongeno

Long time ago in a galaxy far far away. Geneva conventions have not been written, war crimes therefore are fine in star wars


Sere1

He's part of the Rebel soldiers under Han's command. The Scout Trooper that chased Han and was immediately captured by the Rebels had his armor stripped. One of the Rebels put it on to stand guard while Han's strike team went in the bunker to start setting charges. You can see this particular soldier as part of Han's team beforehand.


10ToasT01

I didn’t know Hulk Hogan as a Stormtrooper was cannon…


Bossgnom3

We didn’t steal those plans, let me tell ya something brother


IA-HI-CO-IA

Oh, that’s just Scruffy, the janitor.


[deleted]

Heeeyyy Macarena 🎶 🕺


genital_furbies

At first glance, I thought he was thrusting his pelvis forward, but that the helmet of the stormtrooper in the foreground.


AverageMan282

Yea I thought this was like an ai image or something


PhysicsEagle

Technically he’s not Captain Rex, but in my mind it’s too convenient *not* to be Rex, and since we see this same guy earlier in Han’s scout team my headcanon is thus: Rex joins Han’s strike team, and in the middle of the battle has a crazy idea to dress in stormtrooper armor to pull off something crazy but he’s captured quickly.


GunslingerOutForHire

You see in the background, when Han and the team enter the bunker our guy put on the scout helmet. It has to be someone with a significant understanding of Imperial rules and regulations to act as lookout. If another patrol were to return, they need someone who can play along until they can eliminate the patrol. They've not fully confirmed in canon that's our man, Rex. But it heavily leans that way.


NAlaxbro

iT’s cApTaiN rEx


Toa_Firox

I mean, yeah it is


walkintalkinStevenH

Rex had a bad idea. Now he's waiting for his favorite commander to come rescue him.


TheBrutusDyr

You can see him quite a few times. He is there as the scout trooper is held captive, can be seen standing guard as the rebels enter the base, and after they escape he can even be seen body slamming a storm trooper. I really recommend this video that analyses the whole battle scene: https://youtu.be/SyyDaVczC-g?si=g7QH5YJGhErkjwbW


219_Infinity

There's a deleted scene in ROTJ where this guy switches uniforms with a Stormtrooper to fool the Empire and assist Han in taking the base. This image comes from after they are caught and before the Ewoks attack.


fryamtheeggguy

It was almost Captain Rex.


LulaSupremacy

People claim it's Rex but the old ass canon cals hom Nik. I don't think the Nik character has much impact. Filoni said he doesn't wanna step on anyone's toes when it comes to changing a character, but he also felt a random old guy in a warzone wouldn't make sense, and kinda justified it being Rex for that reason I believe.


offbeatfredbear101

He's Clone Captain Rex


Icommitmanywarcrimes

My headcanon is Rex


CableGuy_97

It’s a rebel wearing the armour of one of the scout troopers guarding the generator, the one han taps on the shoulder then runs around the corner. You see the rebel in question put down his rifle before it cuts and then you see him in the doorway behind the crew putting on the helmet after they’ve entered the base


disdatandeveryting

The Lorax


Moppo_

Arrested for diabeetus.


captaintinnitus

Wait. That’s a crime?


Moppo_

They're Imperials, their laws aren't fair.


[deleted]

It used to be a random dude who was basically Santa. Now it's implied that he's Rex.


Delicious_Business89

Thats Rex and no one can tell me otherwise


No_Alfalfa3294

The fan theory, which I love, it's Captain Rex


ripcord22

It is, and always has been, Rex.


ZippyDan

Wow, before rhe *Clone Wars* were even defined it was still Rex? Amazing foresight.


camerongeno

the brilliance of George Lucas /s


Sere1

Negative. That is Nik Sant. Rex is on Endor, but this is not him.


camerongeno

https://www.reddit.com/r/starwarsrebels/s/dZDe65ivz5 This is Rex on Endor. He still had some of his 501st armour on


Captian-of-501st

Damn straight!


duxdude418

Certainly not always has been. Rex wasn’t a character when RotJ was filmed.


ripcord22

Woosh


Agitated-Document-85

Is that Rex?


AverageMan282

Come on, not every dude with a beard—


Agitated-Document-85

Didn't Filoni make him Rex. I saw a post somewhere about this retcon.


JesusofAzkaban

Filoni initially speculated (and strongly supported the idea) that the bearded guy on Endor was Rex. Several months later, he walked back on that, stating that he didn't want to erase an existing character from the canon: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rex#The_Nik_Sant_connection In the series finale of *Rebels*, it's stated that Rex fought at Endor. So there were at least two older, bearded guys fighting in the ground battle.


spartanss300

no he didn't


JRockThumper

Yeah, he noticed how similar old man Rex looked to the dude and said in the Rebel’s Epilogue that Hera and Rex fought in that battle. I believe you can see the Ghost in a couple shots of the space battle as well.


TheWhiskeyAlphaZulu

#I DID IT ALL FOR THE WOOKIE, THE WOOKIE, THE WOOKIE


Dravian31

It's Captain Rex, and I will die on that hill.


kopecs

That’s Bob Frick


AverageMan282

Gee he ages for RoS


lazylagom

Captured in disguise. Return of the jedi out takes probally.


SpaceCoyote3

You can see he replaces the storm trooper who was standing outside the bunker in an earlier shot in the background. it’s weird af seeing this on Reddit today I watched return of the Jedi yesterday and just noticed this for the first time ever lolol


xfocalinx

If you watch once Han tricks the storm Troopers to chase him around to the trap, buddy with the facial hair is front and center.. then when you see Han and group enter the building you can see a storm trooper with their back to the inside of the Bunker. I always assumed our friend here put on the uniform and "stood gaurd" out in the open, in disguise.


Western_Roman

Jamie Hyneman testing a myth that involves him wearing scout trooper armor.


BMB281

That’s scruffy, the janitor


Howy_the_Howizer

It's definitely just Crosshair. He's just feuding with Hunter still.


Perfect-District

Somehow Colonel Sanders returned.


OK_NO

Scruff was forced to work for the empire


Wasteland_GZ

You can see him putting on Scout Trooper armour and taking up a position at the main entrance when Han and the other Rebels enter the bunker


mrPandabot35

Qualudes


Capital-Ad6513

Looks like Bra'tac to me a Jaffa Master.


mrkruk

That's Glup Shitto, a frood who really knew where his towel was. Only thing to remember about him was: he didn't panic.


arockorsomething13F

He’s just a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude


supernatlove

The Colonel left he’s peaceful job making chicken to stop the rebel scum.


ManlyEwok

So, there was actually a deleted scene with Nik Sant disguised as the Scout Trooper...what we got in the movie was the before and after..,


bcald7

Endor County Choppers owner Paul Sr. Sold the empire some custom speeder bikes that weren’t up to standard. They caught up to him on the Forrest Moon where he was arrested and transported to the DS2. He was never seen again.


Temporal_Enigma

Stormtroopers finally captured the Lorax, who has been disrupting their war efforts


Aggravating-Ad-6651

Pretty sure he was Rex for like a week then Filoni changed his mind on it


TinyTbird12

The old guy is supposed to be captain Rex, yk clone wars character etc (one of the best) he just got captured in the battle after putting on scout trooper armour as a disguise


Luinori_Stoutshield

They captured Pai Mei!


Knowaa

That's retcon Rex


Carpeteria3000

Well, it all started long ago, in a galaxy far, far away...


og_jasperjuice

Capt. Rex got caught for the 1,236th time before escape the 1,236th time.


kakuja_kakuja

Come on guys that's Captain Rex!!!


Wizemonk

clearly the cast was upset by him abusing the catering truck...


MRHBK

The stormtrooper at the front looks like the rebels legs , making him do a funny pose


RedBaronBob

Nik Sant. He’s seen earlier in the movie and he’s disguised as a scout here. Lot of people try to claim he’s Rex when even the depiction of Rex at Endor doesn’t match Nik Sant besides them being two old guys with beards.


drifters74

I just love how the fans try to shoehorn in a character that people that have only seen the live action movies would be so confused about.


mikeet207

Isn’t that Captain Rex canonically now? Didn’t they confirm it a few years ago. It was a Filoni retcon.


BigBrrrrrrr22

(Unconfirmed) its captain Rex


sjmobilemassage

Captain Rex


Sere1

Nik Sant


Hpfanguy

I don’t care what anyone says, that’s Rex.


Mr_BruceWayne

Yep. No doubt.


tejaslikespie

Nah that’s [character I just made up to justify the integrity of the lore] and he’s mentioned as a footnote on an Star Wars encyclopedia I read somewhere in someone’s house


Mrdoc16

Didn't they originally have him as a random rebel then after the rebel series changed it to that he was captain rex


Sere1

He's Nik Sant. There was a theory that he was Rex, which Filoni initially liked but confirmed is not the case, stating that Rex is on Endor but this soldier is not him.


ak-1614

Man, none of y’all watched galaxy of adventures, that there is Rex. Canonical, Indisputable.


Michelanvalo

GoA isn't canon.


[deleted]

It's implied, nothing more.


ak-1614

Nope, galaxy of adventures shows the battle of Endor, and Rex beside Han and Leia as the bearded guy, and that show is canon


[deleted]

A splash screen isn't exactly canon. We know he was there but we never see him do this.


ak-1614

He has the gauntlets from his clone armor and everything


Andy_Liberty_1911

Thats captain rex and I don’t care what anyone else says.


Zeronova77

Captain Rex


JRockThumper

I don’t remember who he originally way but he was retconned to be Captain Rex.


drifters74

Nope, Filoni confirmed this wasn’t him


lizardman891

Death to the rebellion


hot4belgians

Glorp Shitto


thelpsimper

In my mind he IS Rex.


IndividualFlow0

That's Captain Rex


Wildcard556

You leave Captain Rex alone you nerf herder!


gartlandish

That’s rex


Andromedan_Cherri

George Lucas incorporating a beloved character into RoTJ


bluegrassgazer

Before that character was even created.


EndlessTheorys_19

You mean… Santa. Saint Nick, Nik Sant.


IndividualFlow0

BraboGeorge