Star Wars characters giving their lives in a final act of sacrifice is nothing new, but losing Tech in Star Wars: The Bad Batch hit me pretty hard. I could never personally relate to the incredible athleticism of Anakin or the heroism and wisdom of Obi-Wan, but in the unique squad of misfits collectively known as “Clone Force 99” I finally found the one Star Wars character that I could personally identify with… the nerdy, slightly awkward one with the glasses and the receding hairline. Tech was my favorite, and I thought he was headed towards a happy ending… until the situation called for Plan 99 and he gave his life to save his teammates. He might not have been very good at articulating his feelings, but in his actions he demonstrated the greatest love of all.

In a world that is quick to execute “Order 66” when we disagree with each other, we are called to be the living, breathing embodiment of “Plan 99” and show Christ’s self-sacrificial love to everyone we meet and in everything we do. His love is not some bubbly, magical feeling inside of us… it is a choice we make to do the right thing, the hard thing, and the self-sacrificial thing in those moments when we would prefer not to. This world will only know as much about the love of Christ as we show in our actions, so to quote Tech’s final words, “There is no time. Plan 99.”.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:12-13

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

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