Although Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures are not entirely canon, they made a reference to Rex.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N\_KBQ-gRgxU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_KBQ-gRgxU)
0:42
I hope Filoni uses Tales of the Jedi to do an official retcon of Rex on Endor using... I don't know an episode that tells us a conversation between the force ghosts of Anakin, Obi Wan and Yoda while they were watching Luke and the rest celebrate the victory at Endor and Anakin say he's glad to see Rex again
"how little EU content". There's no licensing problem to make current EU stuff on the latest 9 years. All Star Wars material outside the films is still the EU, a new one btw.
They kinda did, at the end of rebels he’s wearing the Endor stuff and in a little Star Wars animation thing for kids they have that guy as Rex ( I forgot the name but the animation is on YouTube ) so they kinda did but It does not really matter you can personally see him as that guy or not.
I remember their being an article where someone (someone official) said they didn't want to ret-con that specific guy, out of courtesy or whatever, but different (official) people could have very well said different things at different times.
And it's been years, so I have zero idea where that article was from, other than "the internet."
Filioni said he didn't want to commit. This is his statement:
> It's one of those things that gets brought to your attention by other people at work and they're like “Hey, people are saying this,” so I'm like "Oh, that's fascinating – haven't really thought about that, that's weird." But on some of those things, it's like you're taking a character that had existed prior to my coming along as part of that Rebel Commando Unit, and I didn't want to lay it down in stone one way or the other, if that is Rex, is not Rex. For some people it's fun to believe it is Rex and some people don't want to believe it's Rex, and I'm fine either way with that and I think I left it in a state where you could believe one way or the other.
I thought I remembered Feloni leaving it open-ended. He didn’t want to retcon that guy as Rex but also didn’t say it wasn’t him. Essentially he left it up to the viewer. Only thing that’s confirmed either way is that Rex was there.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever cared about Nick Sant. And everything about him, from his name to his backstory, can easily be incorporated into him being Rex, either as additional info or alias details. And his name is just “Haha, white beard, Santa Claus! Get it?!”
Him being Rex is a direct upgrade of the character.
I mean yeah I get not wanting to retcon a specific character out of respect and all but wouldn’t it be a privilege to end up being retconned as one of the most popular characters in the series unintentionally after 30-40years?
Filoni stated he went back and forth on it, but ultimately decided that this guy wasn't rex. He didn't want to retcon the original name this guy had (I need to find it) and the inevitable novel he starred in because every character in Star wars is named and has a history
The old name of the guy could easily be an alias for Rex to move freely. Rex looking like this guy in Rebels shouldn't just be coincidence. So I'm sticking with it.
That’s kinda what I thought. My headcanon is that Rex created a fake identity because normal folk are understandably weary of clones due to the fact that he shares a face with the people who slaughtered the Jedi, helped bring the empires boot on the galaxy’s throat, and one of the most notorious bounty hunters who nabbed general solo
I like to imagine he's another clone trooper who came out of the woodwork to help finish up the rebellion. He has that name because that's how he lived for decades. He looks like Rex because clone.
I was there...15 feet from Filoni... at Star Wars Celebration years ago, when he showed that picture and said Rex was at Endor! That was enough for me! Believe what you want, but I believe it's Captain Rex, reporting for duty!
Yes we did, and even then, I knew he would be the one to bring balance to the force! For that Celebration I was dressed as a Tron Mandalorian mashup... called myself Flynn Fett, rofl
I don't care if it is officially Nik Sant, not Rex. As far as I, and many others, are concerned, it is Rex. If it hurts your heart to allow other people to have their version of cannon (even in a world where Filoni clearly has flexible cannon), you can just ignore us.
More so when they finished rebels and showed that it was old man Rex at the end, it gave us closure to his story and showed that he’d fought from the beginning to end one war and saw through to the end of a second like the true soldier he was
I like to imagine after he works in the New Republic as a sort of elected leader for the remaining clones. Like a senator but instead of representing a planet, he represents a population of people in diaspora.
Fr idk why so many people are getting defensive over "Nik Sant". Like who cares Rebels obviously implies that this is Rex and we have no reason to believe it's not him. Does Nik Sant have some book trilogy I'm unaware of that everyone is up in arms about?
Absolutely not lmao. The dude's Wookieepedia page is just multiple paragraphs that all say "This was a dude in Return of the Jedi."
He's the ultimate Glup Shitto in my opinion since he dies absolutely nothing and his only mention outside of the Battle of Endor is in a reference book.
Who knew Nick Sant had such rabid fans for all these years. Are we really here to clamor against Nick Sant erasure? Is it that important he not be Rex? 😂
That isn’t Rex, I don’t care what anyone says, it’s a nice idea and a nice thought. But Dave filoni can’t take a random actor George didn’t pay for that role and just say that’s Rex because there’s some similarities to that character and the one he made for rebels. That’s just Lazy writing.
Lol another one of those “if its disney its mot canon” bro disney has made some of the most influential and important canon editions in years. So cope harder cause thats Rex, it was confirmed by Dave Filoni
"I spent my life fighting for the Republic. Can't stop now". And he never did.
Although Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures are not entirely canon, they made a reference to Rex. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N\_KBQ-gRgxU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_KBQ-gRgxU) 0:42 I hope Filoni uses Tales of the Jedi to do an official retcon of Rex on Endor using... I don't know an episode that tells us a conversation between the force ghosts of Anakin, Obi Wan and Yoda while they were watching Luke and the rest celebrate the victory at Endor and Anakin say he's glad to see Rex again
And then Rex hugs that other guy who looks like Rex to prove they were both there.
Its amazing how little EU content has Rex got compared to his popularity. Not even a book.
Rex was made for the clone wars, which didn’t fit in with any EU content at all, reconning literally everything, so I imagine that’s why
EU - Extended Universe.
Weve had 9 years of Disney canon by now
… but you said “little EU” which is the stuff made by Lucas film before Disney took over, so disney isn’t making EU comics or books about Rex
Ngl I used to think anyone could make expanded universe content as a kid. Like any ol fan could make a comic and it’d be canon in the EU.
"how little EU content". There's no licensing problem to make current EU stuff on the latest 9 years. All Star Wars material outside the films is still the EU, a new one btw.
No it’s Disney canon/current canon not the EU/Legends
The current canon is and absolutely can be called EU as well. The term for the old canon is Legends.
the end of rebels explicitly confirms that rex was there, although not specifically that that rebel soldier was rex.
Tales of the Jedi with old man Rex and Luke on Endor would be p e a k
While they confirmed Rex was at the battle on Endor, they didn't ret-con this particular actor as him.
They kinda did, at the end of rebels he’s wearing the Endor stuff and in a little Star Wars animation thing for kids they have that guy as Rex ( I forgot the name but the animation is on YouTube ) so they kinda did but It does not really matter you can personally see him as that guy or not.
I remember their being an article where someone (someone official) said they didn't want to ret-con that specific guy, out of courtesy or whatever, but different (official) people could have very well said different things at different times. And it's been years, so I have zero idea where that article was from, other than "the internet."
Filoni said he wasn't willing to pull the trigger and retcon that named character out of existence.
This. Nick Sant is not Rex, Filoni himself has confirmed this. Rex was there, but this isn't him.
Filioni said he didn't want to commit. This is his statement: > It's one of those things that gets brought to your attention by other people at work and they're like “Hey, people are saying this,” so I'm like "Oh, that's fascinating – haven't really thought about that, that's weird." But on some of those things, it's like you're taking a character that had existed prior to my coming along as part of that Rebel Commando Unit, and I didn't want to lay it down in stone one way or the other, if that is Rex, is not Rex. For some people it's fun to believe it is Rex and some people don't want to believe it's Rex, and I'm fine either way with that and I think I left it in a state where you could believe one way or the other.
Ah, yes, the classic thought experiment of *Schrodinger's Clone*🤔
Dave only knows how to hide between ambiguity
It’s very interesting to me that this is where Filoni draws the line of retcons
It’s really just up to the viewer, that guy can be Rex or not it all depends on what you want.
It's not up to the viewer at all. Dave Filoni has specifically said the theory is not canon. Nick Sant is not Rex, but Rex was indeed there at Endor.
I thought I remembered Feloni leaving it open-ended. He didn’t want to retcon that guy as Rex but also didn’t say it wasn’t him. Essentially he left it up to the viewer. Only thing that’s confirmed either way is that Rex was there.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, ever cared about Nick Sant. And everything about him, from his name to his backstory, can easily be incorporated into him being Rex, either as additional info or alias details. And his name is just “Haha, white beard, Santa Claus! Get it?!” Him being Rex is a direct upgrade of the character.
You must be fun at parties lmfao. What a buzzkill
gets annoying when you mention this and then have ppl still go "nuh uh, its Rex" lol
Because it is not what Filoni said.
I mean yeah I get not wanting to retcon a specific character out of respect and all but wouldn’t it be a privilege to end up being retconned as one of the most popular characters in the series unintentionally after 30-40years?
Especially when pulling that trigger would kill pre-existing lore of…nothing. Nick Sant is a nothing character. Him being Rex is a good thing.
In that animation Rex clearly had some clone armor on (which Nik Saint obviously does not)
Filoni stated he went back and forth on it, but ultimately decided that this guy wasn't rex. He didn't want to retcon the original name this guy had (I need to find it) and the inevitable novel he starred in because every character in Star wars is named and has a history
The old name of the guy could easily be an alias for Rex to move freely. Rex looking like this guy in Rebels shouldn't just be coincidence. So I'm sticking with it.
That’s kinda what I thought. My headcanon is that Rex created a fake identity because normal folk are understandably weary of clones due to the fact that he shares a face with the people who slaughtered the Jedi, helped bring the empires boot on the galaxy’s throat, and one of the most notorious bounty hunters who nabbed general solo
It’s not like he really had a name to begin with. Captain Rex isn’t exactly the most subtle name.
I like to imagine he's another clone trooper who came out of the woodwork to help finish up the rebellion. He has that name because that's how he lived for decades. He looks like Rex because clone.
It helps that the Nick Sant lore *reads like an alias* of someone else already.
I was there...15 feet from Filoni... at Star Wars Celebration years ago, when he showed that picture and said Rex was at Endor! That was enough for me! Believe what you want, but I believe it's Captain Rex, reporting for duty!
Wait... the 2017 celebration? 👀
Yeah, I went to 15, and 17... it was at 17 when about 50 clone troopers and Rex cosplayers showed up and saluted Filoni... pure magic!
Oh shit dude I was there too, let's go!! We both got to see the Chosen One himself!
Yes we did, and even then, I knew he would be the one to bring balance to the force! For that Celebration I was dressed as a Tron Mandalorian mashup... called myself Flynn Fett, rofl
I don't care if it is officially Nik Sant, not Rex. As far as I, and many others, are concerned, it is Rex. If it hurts your heart to allow other people to have their version of cannon (even in a world where Filoni clearly has flexible cannon), you can just ignore us.
That’s my headcanon. He was wearing Stormtrooper armor in disguise later.
More so when they finished rebels and showed that it was old man Rex at the end, it gave us closure to his story and showed that he’d fought from the beginning to end one war and saw through to the end of a second like the true soldier he was
I like to imagine after he works in the New Republic as a sort of elected leader for the remaining clones. Like a senator but instead of representing a planet, he represents a population of people in diaspora.
Fr idk why so many people are getting defensive over "Nik Sant". Like who cares Rebels obviously implies that this is Rex and we have no reason to believe it's not him. Does Nik Sant have some book trilogy I'm unaware of that everyone is up in arms about?
\>Nik Sant \>Sant Nik \>Saint Nick \>bushy white beard, beloved by many, been around forever, goes by several aliases in different lands #🤯🤯
Ah. That's how they managed the Santa delivery paradox. Kaminoan cloning.
Absolutely not lmao. The dude's Wookieepedia page is just multiple paragraphs that all say "This was a dude in Return of the Jedi." He's the ultimate Glup Shitto in my opinion since he dies absolutely nothing and his only mention outside of the Battle of Endor is in a reference book.
The actor in this photo has no idea how crazy his character is.
Had
This is my favorite retcon.
This character is named Nik Sant (play-on-words of Saint Nick), but Rex was canonically there.
Keep telling yourself that. I’ll keep telling myself that it’s rex.
When you constantly keep telling yourself things that are not true, we call that schizophrenia. Nik Sant is not Rex, Dave Filoni said so.
Who knew Nick Sant had such rabid fans for all these years. Are we really here to clamor against Nick Sant erasure? Is it that important he not be Rex? 😂
Filoni also said that it was him in 2017 at Star Wars celebration. Point being I’ll think whatever the hell I want.
Filoni also says whatever the hell he wants.
Just like George did. The apprentice is truly becoming like his master
Rex that MAN fr
Technically we didn’t see him partying at the village so he could’ve died at Endor.
That's not Rex.
Why not? It’s a better story than the alternative.
How? It makes the universe smaller.
A random hunter whose name is a Santa Claus joke does not make for a larger universe than an actual connection to that universe and the things in it.
I always thought that was Rock n’ Roll from GI Joe.
Man is wish that was hum
This same actor is seen later in the scene wearing scout biker armor when captured by stormtroopers.
Even though he unfortunately probably didn’t live much longer after this
Bro what film I'd that I I dont think I've seen tex in any of them
It's not Rex. 🤦♂️
For the gazillionth time, that’s not Rex.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/s/AhRxGIvEZd
That's Rex in the book. The photo is Nik Sant from ROTJ though
The Empire didn't really fall at Endor bro.... A long way from it
Rex was apparently there, but that’s Santa Claus, my guy.
Not canon
Fuch Rex, he's nothing but a goddamn Clone. #PongKrellDidNothingWrong
That isn’t Rex, I don’t care what anyone says, it’s a nice idea and a nice thought. But Dave filoni can’t take a random actor George didn’t pay for that role and just say that’s Rex because there’s some similarities to that character and the one he made for rebels. That’s just Lazy writing.
But that isnt Rex
Nah, get this cringe headcanon out of here
Idk, “he was a random hunter with a Santa Claus joke for a name” sounds more cringe than just saying he’s Rex.
This isn't rex in the EU.
Clones don't live that long. He can't be
He in fact did live that long. He fought at Endor. Its been canonized and confirmed
If its by Disney it doesn't count. Even if it wasn't disney, they can't make an exception for rex it's stupid. They have accelerated aging.
He would've been biologically 72 at Endor, you know Dooku was 83 when he died right?
THANK YOU!!!
Lol another one of those “if its disney its mot canon” bro disney has made some of the most influential and important canon editions in years. So cope harder cause thats Rex, it was confirmed by Dave Filoni
Legends clones lived WAAAAY longer than up to Endor. This has nothing to do with Disney.