Ima-Gun Di for the Republic

This is not my "oh" face. I'm upset cause I have no flash to wear and my stapler's missing.

In the third episode of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series' third season, we get to meet Jedi Master Ima-Gun Di. The title of the episode is "Supply Lines."

A Kajain'sa Nikto (yes that's his race and I think someone rolled their face across a keyboard) Ima-Gun Di was so named in order to sound like the phrase "I'm a gonna die" which reflects his fate. Nice, eh?

And you authors out there thought you were so clever with your names. Anyway...

Jedi Master Mace Windu sent "I'm a gonna die" to the planet of Ryloth where he never had much hope (fancy that). Di fought on the ground against the droid army as a bad guy named Wat Tamor led an invasion of the Twi-lek homeworld.

"I'm sooo gonna die for the republic!" Cheesy naming? Well dear reader,
I never said that Star Wars was high brow entertainment. It really is the
"Twilight" for fat nerdy pimpled boys now isn't it? And I chain watched
the episodes thinking "Damn this is gooood" eatin' my popcorn and
channelin' Eddie Murphy's "soul singin'" brotha "Sexual Chocolate"
from "Coming to America" where he sings and the guys in the
audience say, "Damn...that boy's good!"

His last stand happened after he planted explosives in a canyon wall to seal off access points that the droid army could exploit. As the droids made their way around to the only opening (a bottle-necked canyon), the surviving Twi-leks that Di protected escaped without interception because this Jedi stood in the way alongside Captain Keeli and other surviving clone troopers. So the droids came in enmasse and there was a huge slaughter. Di fought valiantly but was inevitably slain as the droids closed in on him, sustaining five direct blaster bolts to the chest during a crescendo of melodramatic music.

Dude was tougher than Boromir (and if you get that reference you are a true nerd).

Ima-Gun Di for the Republic! I'm still snickering about this one. Oh how awful (the people who are behind this franchise made millions for brilliant stuff like that--are you angry yet?). Embedded below is the snippet where Ima-Gun Di makes his last stand. You should watch it and listen to the dramatic music they play as he gets taken down. Oh the death of a hero...so sad.

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