Why Does CAPTAIN REX Have TALLY MARKS on His Helmet? Star Wars Theory

[@StarForceOne]

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[@Galvatron_Studios]

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[@Arc-dz8fc]

Darth Nihilus good question

[@blackstone1a]

If Rex actually kept a record of how many droids he killed, his armor would be jet black.

[@boingnkai]

I was thinking maybe it was by 1000s or something like that

[@jaffarallahuiten3076]

Gabby Martinez 150,000 is more like the number, if you watched CT5555’s video

[@boingnkai]

Jaffar Allahuiten i haven’t seen that yet I’ll have to look it up! I figured i was off on the number lol but just the basic idea that maybe each tally is a larger number of kills

[@keysliceace5015]

It would look dope

[@PublixLover69]

Idk let’s watch the videos that shows how many droids he killed

[@danielmartin9057]

I think it was how many large battles he survived

[@Mextlatec]

I was thinking the same

[@americanspartanlsh5077]

Captian Rex marked kills on his helmet with those tally marks, as for why there's only a few? I can only guess that he marked significant kills. That or each mark represents a greater number than just 1.

[@Gentleman_Taskmaster]

Maybe, maybe. Or perhaps how many of his brothers, that he Truly cared about, who died.

[@dwaldpilar9309]

Yea, that's what i was gonna say... totally combat missions

[@DiddlyDooOfficial]

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[@Jacob.Hughett]

I think it’s the fallen brother theory. He has markings all down the arms and shoulders as well

[@sanscoolson5125]

Jacob Hughett yeah and he nearly went through depression cause his brothers will just be replaced so maybe he wrote down the ones who mean a lot to him make sense why they are increasing.

[@soulpunisher7082]

In thousands of clones im sure he had some real close brother.

[@Hunter-oo7lf]

I agree

[@allhailpotato960]

Makes more sense than the battle droid one

[@GavinH17]

Sans Coolson I agree I wonder if u could keep track and see for example when fives died

[@HispAnakin42]

If he scratched his helmet for every droid kill, he wouldn’t have a helmet.

[@hib7295]

nor an armor at this point, General Kenobi

[@cakeboy7782]

All of his armor would be completely black

[@zlwel287]

hello there

[@sqiudy-catmedland1421]

He also would have gone through several sets of armour

[@solairekiller]

I thought you died

[@exalter9515]

Viewers: Why does Captain Rex have tally marks on his armor. Captain Rex: Well, the tally marks count the amount of times I was not told about the plan by the general and gained a new experience through his wit. Such as being forced pushed of a wall instead of being told to jump..... Or having to lug an Astro-mech around..... However, one of my personal favorite of the bunch though is when the general’s wit inspired my own plans. Like posing as a clanker with just the head of one. Good times. Viewers: ah memory lane. Note: Made this just because of swcw nostalgia, thus it fits the bill but is not likely.

[@thekhans2823]

@ Ex, Alter , hmmm

[@tonysneakers9044]

This would be such a great series lol all the clone commanders looking back on their days serving the jedi

[@lilybug1397]

Or the time when obi wan let him throw a spear through a slavers chest...

[@Irongarrison.5764]

this is now canon to me

[@sqiudy-catmedland1421]

There would be much more tallys lol

[@Attmanwart]

The clones of his unit “torrent squad” that he has lost . Oz , ringo , denal .....etc

[@StarForceOne]

I love this theory too

[@fpshightide]

If this is true that’s sad Cause he’s covered in them

[@klocekklockowski284]

You are right, filoni said that they represents kills od some how, they are droids's kills of clones which rex id responsible for or were simply leading them. I know that rex lost almost all his company in clone wars movie but in phase 1 armor he didn't drew tally marks

[@Attmanwart]

Klocek klockowski yep Jessie was the last ......and we know how that ends. But the other 501st/332nd were a fresh batch of clone , who were younger like voghn .

[@klocekklockowski284]

@@Attmanwart one tally mark Could mean 10 kill

[@ianpatterson3779]

I always assumed it was the number of actual living beings he killed in combat, since that number would be significantly lower than the number of droid kills.

[@5roductionz1466]

Yeah but he killed like 300 umbarans which is too many to count

[@ianpatterson3779]

That's true. Maybe they only represent high-value enemies, like non-infantry kills...

[@5roductionz1466]

@@ianpatterson3779 ahh I see

[@1Grumi]

What if he actually counted his real kills on sentient/living beings. What I remember is him killing that slave driver and some of those snow creatures. Also during the siege of manderlore he shurely got some dead mandalorians on his cap.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

I don't think he fought enough of them to keep count. Plus, seems like a weird thing to keep count of.

[@alaricskjelver7014]

@@rosesweetcharlotte there was Umbara, second battle of Genosis, and probably many more that we didn't see in the show I forgot

[@Aden_III]

Carly Crays You don’t understand soldiers then. It makes perfect sense to keep tally of sentient beings you’ve killed, modern soldiers do it today

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

@@Aden_III Are there enough organic beings to even keep count of? Seems like battles fought would make more sense for this scenario

[@DOPN]

Carly Crays well we know that they are kill markings for 100% we just don’t know what kind, but I like the idea of organic/sentient beings as markings. He never killed to many or to little and if he did he would seem like the person to mark it down for taking a life and not a droid.

[@levystephens89]

I can’t see it being the number of brothers he lost. Having a military background, I just could not reduce the memory of a friend lost in combat to a simple tally mark. If you lost someone in combat you would want his name remembered, not that it was just a clone trooper. That just cheapens the loss, and remember the clones are already fighting the concept that they are almost the same as droids. I believe the marks are either battles or missions, successful or not. The only other thing would be droid kills. Say one tally mark for 100 B1s, or 10 B2s, or special units.

[@StarForceOne]

Fully agree with this!

[@aronjackson5081]

New theory-the tally marks show how many times he’s said the word clanka

[@tommymoran8955]

Rex is a bigot that’s there word not his but you get the c pass general grievous being mixed and all

[@namik0644]

Grevious is regarded the grand clanka but he should be put out of power since he is still flesh so no he can't say the c word

[@hassunkhan9448]

His armor would be pure black

[@padawansarah7770]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking

[@lindsaykramer7219]

Clanker

[@RyanTheDark]

Am I'm the only one who wanted to see more of Appo? Rex was a great clone and one of my favorite clone but Appo should have been seen more.

[@kostischoley6931]

Nah you’re not alone

[@ponder5126]

I’m I the only one that tried to look for appo’s arrow in the movie near his death and couldn’t find it

[@devinbrice991]

He just got punked by krell the whole time

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yeah Appo is amazing clone but he only appears in one story arc and Revenge Of The Sith.

[@manuxx3543]

He might have had a bigger role in S6 to 8 or 11 if they would have gone that far Look at season 6 and bad batch, there's just rex jesse and kikx, and in the season finale just 2 named clone in the 501st that we have seen before a lot So we might have had new named clones that would have came and died, Appo being, in the end the survivor of these newly focused on clones

[@arctroopercolt4681]

I think it was how many of his clone brothers but like-named ones like heavy, fives, Hardcase, so that is my theroy

[@scpfoundation8966]

Its battles he lost

[@Belguimofficial]

I think our right

[@Arob4343]

I like the theory of it being how many times that armor saved him. He didn’t switch armor like others, so his attachment (mirroring Anakin) shows in this way. Also maybe the location of each tally matters, the ones on the helmet show helmet saves and ones on his arms show arm guard saves.

[@ZackThoreson]

I think he is humble and somber enough that they represent loss in some way.

[@mr.pancakes9213]

You should do a video explaining the clone rankings system.

[@jgmthetriggered6399]

Definitely

[@DoctorPepper445]

Pure white armor is anything below Sergeant Green markings mean Sergeant Blue markings mean Lieutenant Red markings mean Captain Yellow Markings mean Commander This system only applies to Phase One Clone Trooper Armor. Once Phase Two was adopted by the GAR, it was organized based on the legion of the clone. Typically, Sergeants and Corporals would lead squads , Lieutenants would lead companies and battalions, and Commanders or Captains would lead regiments. Most higher ranking clones would have accessories such as visors and antenna, like Commander Cody and Captain Fordo. There were about 300 clone regiments in the GAR, totaling 4.2 million estimated clone troopers in total.

[@proseiben3358]

@@DoctorPepper445 Thougt it was colour based units, but what do I know. For example, blue is Anakins, Yellow is Obi-wans, and Green was Yodas, Red was coruscant guard, and white was just a foot soldier. But eeeh what do I know.

[@million5666]

@@DoctorPepper445 actually captains would lead companies in some special cases like rex he could lead entire legions

[@Zalwalloo]

@@DoctorPepper445 then commander gree would be yellow and not green and Rex would be red. The colours represent what company you're part of, like Anakin's is Blue, Obi Wan's yellow, etc like one of the comments before me said. You're talking about Stat Trek 😂😂

[@Arc-dz8fc]

I really wanted to know why thanks for telling!

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[@sports101gaming7]

I think its either how many close brothers he lost or how many battles he won

[@theluckysage7490]

I like to think it’s every time he saved General skywalker

[@nikolasmuller8629]

I think: of how many planets he has been.

[@freeamericanthinker558]

Wasn't there a theory that those Mark's mean lives he saved????🤨

[@carsonbaird3904]

or how many times his life was saved by others

[@_fulcrum]

I've been wondering about this

[@StarForceOne]

Glad I could help

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[@botondszalai77]

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[@crismendoza2527]

No it's kallus

[@crismendoza2527]

I finished rebels and I'm sad it's done

[@tyrbaan7295]

I like the idea that it's how many of his brothers he's either saved, or been saved by, as we've seen how much Rex cares for those around him.

[@shadowsnake5133]

The tally marks are just the amount of times anakin's plans include falling.

[@qwzerty_1023]

I think it’s all the clones that he was close with, like fives, echo, heavy (even though they only met for 5 seconds, he sacrificed himself), tup, hard case, etc

[@miacyr3125]

Can you imagine him erasing Echo's tally mark cause he's not actually dead.

[@DropTheDove]

Be an awkward conversation between the two Echo: Say Rex, what are those Tally's for anyway? Rex: *tries to scrub away one of the tallys*

[@bloxguy5587]

It’s the amount of lines Cody has. Yes, I do know he most likely had more lines.

[@boyanpenev5257]

I always thought that these marks were days during battles or campaigns in the war. It made sense to me, because usually people scratch those kinds of marks to represent finished days...Great vids man! Keep up the good work!

[@brickempire4427]

I believe it is in honor of his comrades. as a Rex once listed of all the friends he had, who died. And then went on to question the reason for it all toward the end of the Clone wars. Watched to the end of the video.... Nevermind!

[@eaganwoodward]

I think it could be how many sentient beings he's killed, like when he killed the slave master

[@ryukenx0217]

That seems the most likely to me as well. If that's the case though he should have had a lot of new marks after the battle on umbra. I didn't notice if he did or not, I'll have to check it out.

[@mitchcoleman1238]

I think they recognize how many battles he’s fought in! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bigj1905]

A theory that popped on my head just now was that each mark represents when he was saved by someone else, like Anakin, Ahsoka, or his Brothers.

[@YumeHuski]

when I saw this video title, I thought the markings might be wins against the droids without losing any men. OR every mark represents 100 kills.

[@Wintercomet100]

I kinda agree with the close fallen brother theory. After all, during season 7, Rex was holding that picture of himself, Cody, Fives and Echo, and makes the comment he made of 'so many troopers gone'. No doubt he misses them, but doesn't want to forget them. I also feel it could be the amount of battles he's been in, not just the ones that were victorious, seeing as that was another thing he made a comment of during the clone wars as well.

[@cpass3220]

I love these videos keep doing them

[@schmieg00]

I think it represents fallen brothers. I like this theory the most because it gives the character more emotional depth and makes him more human. I think Rex cares more about the men he lost than the droids he killed.

[@crazyTrouble80]

But I remember Rex saying he didn't keep track of his kills like the rest of the boys. So does that mean all those marks are the crazy ideas that Anakin came up with?

[@lcthegreat642]

This is just a thought, but if you go to bricklinks part names, rexs phase two helmet is classified with “killed enemy’s count pattern” this video is awesome!

[@DerrickGoldsmith]

I'm going with it's the amount of missions complete

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

Same here. That's a countable number and it's a bit more believable

[@chriseyre4754]

Rex makes a new tally mark every time Anakin does something dumb. One day Anakin and Rex are on the final offensive push on a planet and Anakin tells Rex to get ready and then YEEETS him behind the enemy defences to shoot the droids and then on his return he tells Fives to mark another one down and Anakin is super confused.

[@Mxsonyk]

I think it means how much friends he lost

[@connorscarpena1421]

I always thought it was the number of clones he was close to that he lost, but I like the theory that it's every time the armor saved him too

[@francis7181]

I think it would be cool if the tally’s represented the amount of times he saved Anakin or Asoka

[@ElectricProductions12]

I was thinking about this, glad you made this video. Also you got merch that is awesome 😎

[@___spyro___5962]

The pic I looked at of Rex he had four fully complete tally marks so I thought it meant Fives cuz 4 ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| is CT5555

[@soulfire4381]

That could actually be a pretty cool theory too but i don't think that's it. As mentioned in the vid it was probably the amount of kills he made.

[@trevorbordwell2223]

@@soulfire4381 rex had 150,000 Droid kills so definitely not

[@ArtronYoru]

Holy.... I never thought about that. That's actually insane.

[@mr.pebbles6923]

I’ve watched this channel for a minuet now, I’ve loved every part of it

[@Zoroark_Master]

zoroark MASTER Rex: Commander, you wanna know what's funnier than 24? Ahsoka: what is? Rex: 25, sir.

[@americas_soldier1490]

Few theories: How many battles he has survived, how many near deaths he has had, how many close commanders he has lost. How many clones/commanders/jedi he saved through rescue missions. i like this one because he does really love his brothers and all those he served with. I think he would have the opposite of most where they would mark how many kills they had/how many they lost. I think he would mark how many he was able to save. Would also explain the low count since he def lost more men than that and over the multiple years, he was def in more battles than that

[@bwaden2451]

Kills Edit: never mind 😶 Wait so I was right

[@legoobi-wankenobi9136]

1000 subs with no videos challenge if it was that his armor would be jet black

[@lo_d_rocket-1212]

I've always seen it as they're tally marks of how many times he's fought in a battle alongside either Ahsoka or Anakin but I do like the idea of them being his fallen brothers

[@Aimez-da-Llama]

I always thought the tally was for every time Anakin nearly died doing something stupid 😂

[@Centurian-mt1ob]

Or when he crashed

[@lordbread2083]

It would be cool if the tally marks were Anakin related, and Anakin was reminded every time he looked at him

[@devinbrice991]

I think, Dave filoni just used kill marks as a sort of placeholder word, because that's the first thing you think of when you see tallies on a soldiers armor. My favorite theory is still friends lost in battle.

[@YoboYT]

"Is it droid kills..." God, I hope not. Otherwise, he is very underwhelming.

[@edmdemonz8167]

each tally is for every ten thousand droids he killed

[@krackenmg6032]

It could be kills of living things, like the Umbarans, I imagine at least after the battle he would have respect for those he has killed, it would be different to anyone rather than dismantling a droid, also, the marks could be for significant engagements instead of just battle, like his raid on the slavers, or anytime he has gone hunting for someone significant and did a fair amount of fighting.

[@kieranator007]

I got an Ad about a guy named John Rex.......Coincidence I think NOT

[@crismendoza2527]

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[@kieranator007]

No I don’t

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Hmm I recommend her tho :)

[@captainkiwi77]

I find the theories surrounding either brothers lost or brothers saved to be most likely, because the sentiment behind Rex not keeping count of B1s is that he just doesn’t care about that stuff, the kills of any kind aren’t important, and it would make a lot more sense based on how he’s characterized that it’s got something to do with his fellow clones, season 7 is all about how Rex feels about loosing so many good brothers

[@Paradox_Edits]

They represent how many clankahs he’s blasted

[@trevorbordwell2223]

He has 150,000 Droid kills

[@RidinTheeLightnin]

The times his armor saved him theory is like the goalie who played for the boston bruins in the 70s showing how many stitches hewould need if he didnt have a mask.

[@shamelessboi0627]

Rex: The tally's on my helmet represents how many times I starred at Commander Ta-, I MEAN, won a battle. Yeah. Yeah, those are whats they are for.

[@ahuman8999]

Even though its probably not the fallen brother theory scratching fives’ mark into his helmet would be heart breaking

[@malettuce]

I shall continue liking every comment in your videos

[@Daniel-ud9jj]

I love how he takes personal feelings first instead of Obeying orders

[@mizu4305]

I like the theory of how many times armour saved him

[@Enderbrick]

He should have started with what the directors confirmed- Great video anyway!!

[@isabellasexton6745]

I’m so early 19 second

[@colorfulsouls4050]

personally i thought it just meant how many missions he's gone on truly showing how experienced he is

[@commanderfoxproductions6319]

Early

[@shunvectivus3883]

I think it was a symbol of how many brothers he lost to the war, so he'd remember how many laid down their lives and how all the hopes and dreams of the 501st live in the brothers currently still standing and himself

[@noahluzon5409]

pretty sure it means successful missions as in the bad batch wrecker goes back to their barrack and puts tally marks on the wall as he's say 11 more successful missions.

[@TheAhsokaTanoFan]

Hmm I like the theory of his fallen brothers! It's the most touching one for sure. Wonder if we'll ever have this confirmed one day!

[@pyrogaminghound9579]

2:00 the markings are how many battles hes been in and survived/maybe battles per planet and space battles included

[@selryn3954]

Wait, at 3:52, aren't the Droideka's shield gens supposed to stop fast-moving projectiles?

[@kevingurganus8439]

It’s definitely for his brothers that he lost under his command. Truthfully it’s the closest thing to the number of slashes. He did everything for his brothers. He wouldn’t sacrifice a single clone life if he didn’t have too. I think he would put a mark on there after every clone death that was under his command because as you said in the video he would definitely take responsibility for the death of any clone he was responsible for. He was kind hearted and truly was a friend of the force. And I think he also did it to show experience. Rex was huge on the experienced look. Dude literally upgraded his helmet from phase 1 to phase 2 just to show that he’s been around the block a time or 2. So he may use the marks as well to show intimidation in younger clone recruits, they think it’s kills but really he knows what it’s really for. Dave feloni also said it was dealing with a death of some kind, if we know it’s not droids because he literally says he doesn’t keep count, then it’s for clones. His clones, under his command.

[@NocturnalAnimations101]

honestly I believe it to be the number of battles he has taken part in, because there are markings all over his armor and he has done it by ranks as well. I feel that the markings on the helmet represent the big battles that costed lives and were critical for the republic, like battle of Umbara. The ones on his arms represent the standard battles he has taken part in, like battle of Felucia.

[@mavida8138]

@StarForceOne Do you know why kanan has the same markings on his visor as captain Rex has on his helmet? I have not know and not found it in the episodes.

[@Ziyad-ui7nq]

Do you think echo possibly could have executed order 66? His inhibitor chip might also have been damaged when he was tortured by the separatists or the explosion in the citadel Another thing I would absolutely love to see in the bad batch series is that they would serve the empire later on the series, what if the bad batch doesn’t find a purpose in the galaxy then joining the empire... so for example the bad batch could start to realise that the empire is slowly taking over the galaxy so they could join the empire and they could be revealed as scar squadron 99.... would you like this to happen?

[@StarForceOne]

Yes I would like the bad batch to become SCAR Squadron, I really hope the theory video I made on that comes true! Echo also probably did not execute Order 66

[@shaquilleoatmeal911]

I think it means every Jedi that died during the Clone Wars it is confirmed that 20 Jedi were killed during the Clone but his Helmet has 25 markings which could mean the 5 Jedi we didn't know died during the clone wars

[@Lmn-hc3ll]

When I was little and I first saw the tally marks, I thought it was how long Rex was In a sepratist prison, but we didn't get to see it in any of the episodes.

[@kona5853]

I honestly think Rex carries the memory of his brethren everywhere with him. I know he didn’t get to know every single unit under him but he probably knew every field officer under him. But it could be the amount of times he should have died but didn’t.

[@bosstankproductions1304]

We could actually check the fallen brothers because 5’s was close to Rex so go to an episode before 5’s death(or if we see captain Rex helmet in the episode where 5’s dies which I think we did) where we can see his helmet count them up and see if he’s added 1 or 2 once we see his helmet again after 5’s death but like an episode later because I don’t think he keeps a sharpie with him

[@redfoxfirexdragonangel3039]

I stopped on 1:56. . .and I think the markings on his helmet means the lives of troopers what lost their lives under Rex's command

[@zubinstillings5433]

The markings on Rex’s helmet match Caleb’s mask. I have no idea what they mean but a cool detail.

[@eyeballfox4048]

Could you cover what happened to the two younglings from the arc where Ahsoka was captured by the trandoshans? (Padawan Lost and Wookiee Hunt)

[@StarForceOne]

I have a video on the yougnlings :P kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6WUlJJpncyifJY

[@eyeballfox4048]

@@StarForceOne Thanks for responding! But actually, I was referring to the two episodes at the end of season 3. That video is still very well made though. ;)

[@Foxster_13]

I have my own theory about the markings but the unique droids/targets theory is probably the most likely. My theory is the amount of close encounters to death he'd encountered. Which in the show he had a lot, including an encounter with General Grievous when R2 was taken and the assassin droids during the first Mandalorian Arc.

[@North305]

I think they're kills of living commanders and leaders, he killed plenty of living enemies on Umbara, but fewer of his kills were living leaders. Maybe they're droid commander kills. Maybe they're the squad mates he lost who had armour markings and known names (Denal, Mixer, Echo etc.)

[@robin98464]

Also it might not be the most acurate one or plausible theories acording to the actual marks on his armor, but i really do like the idea that the marks represent his fallen clone brothers. Those guys might have been just numbers for the caminoans but each clone knew he was more than that and so does Rex

[@samuelcahill7226]

I never actually saw how much marks there were on the side of his helmet but I saw about 5 groups of 5 tally marks. So I always thought there was a gap representing 0 and then just one mark meaning it could be 501 which would be the 501st Battalion.

[@victoriasmith8909]

I was question yesterday why he has tally marks. I swear you’ve read most people minds xD

[@StarForceOne]

Glad I could help you out 😁

[@Dracovari]

Actually I always enjoyed thinking it was best between he and Anakin that he’d won. It’s absolutely the sort of thing those two would keep track of but I’m worried the marks started too soon to be feasible. Alternatively I reckon it’s either Droideka kills since they’re so tough, or Tactical Droid kills.

[@jd_random_tv5089]

What is the episode and season number of the rebel clips you shown ??

[@ServantOfOdin]

Well... Kill marks of droids is impossible due to the sheer number he offed. Loss marks of fallen soldiers is equally unlikely, given how many of his brothers die. Win marks of battles seems reasonable, given that there are ever more tales of missions spun, untold missions and battles. Annakin, Obi-Wan, Tano and the clones sometimes refer to "that one time on..." or "that mission at...." eventhough it was a not-shown thing. Protection marks seem a bit less reasonable, given how long he had that armor and how often he was in battle - therefore how often the armor must've saved his butt one way or another. VIK (very-important-kill) marks seem a good idea and would fit his personality. I think it would fit well with him to mark very vital scores, like offing a Magna-guard on his own, or helping defeat a very powerful Seppi general.

[@sageumbra]

The tallies are the times he was a total badass

[@MasterChiefSpartan117]

Here's a discussion video you should do in the future: Why did Rex say that Ahsoka killed clones?

[@Kadeniscool12]

I think it might be how many planets he saved in the clone wars

[@victorarroyo8020]

Actually i have a legp star wars book and on the thr rex page theres a point saying: unique torso printing,which continues onto the back, has tally marks to indicate rex's victories

[@StarForceOne]

That's so awesome!! But unfortunately Lego star wars isn't Canon 😭

[@victorarroyo8020]

@@StarForceOne its a shame

[@Fearless1247]

Whats the background music used? Ik it is from ep1

[@camthekid29]

If Rex's Tally marks represented kills on Battle Droids, each line would probably represent a hundred or a thousand, hence having very little groups of tally marks. But since he lost count, it would probably be reasonable to mark it has each battle where he think he killed a huge amount of droids. However this is just my theory/thoughts. I do like the "each time his helmet saved him" and "a close fallen brother" theory. It seems the most accurate but according to Dave Filoni, they are *kill* marks.

[@yeeshainaidoo5156]

Hats off the number of his fallen brothers that were either close, or under his command. He is definitely the leader who would do that

[@bnickerson2933]

I think the marks represent battles he survived. To me, that makes the best sense. He was in more battles then documented on the cartoon.

[@kosmickat866]

The tally marks probably represented how many times Anakin came up with reckless battle plans that worked out in the end

[@firefightszz]

I like the idea that it’s his old comrades in arms because it’s sad but it’s a thing Rex would do

[@PJOZeus]

Most likely answer has to be his battle count, the number is infinitely too small for droid kills, and unless it’s only the clones he personally got to know it’s too small for his brothers death count too, on the assumption a few would die in a small skirmish, a few dozen or hundred in a larger fight, not to mention ambushes like chryphstosis (glass crystal city place, slicks arc I believe)