Yes this is sort of spoilery but also not really. I really wanted to get this off my chest cause its rly starting to bug me. The problem I have this is show can be summed up in one question, "why are they not diving deeper into anything". They have lots of happy moments, and that is nice and all but without the substance, those happy moments dont hit. Like for example, when Omega is reunited with Hunter and Wrecker, its a great moment, it makes me happy but its not smth I will remember. Compare that reunion to when Ahsoka reunited with Anakin and Rex. Which hits harder? Which one do you care about more? Which one feels way more earned? Which feels authentic? If you chose Omega, idk what to say. But those happy moments aren't the only thing. Consider Tech's death. So far in this season, all theyve done is brushed it aside, so who even cares that Tech is dead. 

So, with that in mind, I wanted to do a series comparison between Rebels and TBB, two series that were spawned from TCW and the comparison is between Tech and Kanan. Compare their deaths, but not only that, look at everything that surrounded it. Kanan is the father figure of main character Ezra just like how Tech is a father figure of main character Omega. Tech is the one who teaches Omega the most about everything just like how Kanan is the one who teaches Ezra everything. So narratively speaking, their roles are the same in relation to the main character. But why is it that Kanan's death hurts so much more than Tech. Because Kanan's death had an extensive amount of substance. Kanan and Ezra have such a close bond, they saved each other, they fought with each other, they fought each other (season 3), they were a dynamic duo type. They were connected in a way that is extraordinary imo. Omega and Tech have like two episodes together and I don't feel their connection. It just feels superficial like marey sue, finn and poe hugging in TROS. You know they spent a lot of time together and that they were close, but you dont see it on screen and so you dont feel it. That is the build up. Now lets look at the set up within the episodes itself. Kanan's death scene is essentially the whole episode. From looking out into the distance at Dume, to cutting his hair and then teaching Ezra one last lesson. Rewatch it and u feel that EVERYTHING pointed towards this moment. Tech's death was abrupt, not really set up. Now while this is normal for death scenes, in tech's case, it isn't helping. It doesn't make his death hit. Its a simple concept, if something is hinted at, you are waiting for it to happen and thus are more invested in it. 

Now, for the meat for this post and the reason why I'm making it. Compare the consequences of Kanan's death vs Tech's death. Its 5 episodes into season 3 and the writing frames it in a way where tech's death has no significance. I'm not saying we need baby crying and screaming or hysterical sadness and depression, but what I am saying is acknowledge it and show us how it affects everyone. Show us why the death mattered. Look at the episode right after Kanan's death, everyone deals with grief in their own way. Hera is with Chopper and holding on to her artifact, completely lost and destroyed, alone and broken. Ezra turns back to who he was before he met Kanan, he went off to be alone. Sabine and Zeb being born warriors went to go fight. You see how his death affects everyone for one full episode that is the episode that really drives the feels deep (and thats a super brief overview of it). Its not some trivial shock value, its full on struggle to dealing with loss in more ways than one. Now look back Tech's death. Weirdly enough, I feel like Wrecker is the only one showing us how Tech's death affected him. He is suddenly a bit more mature, more willing to take action, he makes less immature jokes and he is talking some sense rather than nonsense. His comic relief behaviour is noticeably reduced. Hunter is still the same. Omega is still the same. If you didn't watch the last episode of season 2 and went straight to season 3, you won't feel like ur missing much. The writing for Crosshair is criminally bad. Why would they solve Crosshair finding out about how Tech died off screen. WHY? Its such a huge moment and they buried it in sand. And I don't like sand. Imagine if the end of episode 4 or start of episode 5 was "where is tech" or "where are the others" cause I dont think crosshair knows about rex and echo. Tech seems to be the only one Crosshair didn't hold a grudge against in season 1, remember when he was like "why are you defending me" and tech was like "I understand you, that doesn't mean I agree with you". 

See what I mean? Trust me when I say this, stuff like this can be seen throughout the entirety of the series and its really annoying. They touch on something, but they never go deep. Instead, they choose to do huge action sequences with giant monsters, giant fish or giant plants. All this action takes time and budget away from what matters, the characters and their relationships. The writers for this show did their best, but clearly they lack the ability to create something iconic. Its been like 4 years since season 7 of TCW ended and yet I talk about it, think about it and even based entire animated fanfictions based off of it but I bet you years after TBB ends, I wont ever talk about it nor rewatch it unless its to study animation. The story is pretty forgettable and that really sucks because its THE project that succeeded TCW. I still like the series, but its no where near as good as it should have been.

Anyways, thanks for reading, MTFBWY.