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He left the ceremony with two Golden Globes wins  

[caption id="attachment_746002" align="aligncenter" width="1068"]<a href="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TI.jpg"><img src="http://madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TI.jpg" width="1068" height="600" class="wp-image-746002 size-full" /></a> Photo Credit: Supplied by WENN.com[/caption] With only 12 days left in Barack Obama's presidency, many of us are experience an overwhelming amount of feels as the countdown begins. But instead of sobbing about his upcoming exit, T.I. decided to take unload his thoughts in an open letter that thanked President Obama for service over the past eight years. “As I reflect, I am filled with gratitude, outrage, grief, anger, humility and appreciation, both for the things you helped bring to light and the many things we still have yet to realize,” T.I. said in the letter that was originally published by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/arts/music/tip-ti-harris-open-letter-barack-obama.html?_r=2"><em>The New York Times</em></a>. “For years, many of US failed you because, as I’ve said before, we were not all ready for the change you wanted to bring about,” he continued. “But rest assured that we heard you. Rest assured that we felt you and rest assured that your legacy will live on long after your presidency. Not only did you impact a nation, but you defined a culture and you shook up and woke up a generation.” The <em>Us or Else</em> rapper went on to share his appreciation for Obama addressing issues like hatred, bigotry, and inequality during his presidency. Among those bullet points also was The Black Lives Matter movement.   In his concluding words, T.I. promised to keep Obama's legacy and mission alive, asking for “every one of US who has been touched by” him to “do more.” “We cannot afford to live in a prolonged state of grief, but must remember that we have no choice but to dust ourselves off, wipe off our wounds and move beyond this barren state of shock,” he added. Read T.I.’s full letter <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/06/arts/music/tip-ti-harris-open-letter-barack-obama.html?_r=2">here</a>.

Following the sizzle reel released this Monday of Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera on Star Wars Rebels comes this two and a half minute clip of Saw, uh… conversing with a Geonosian resident on board the Ghost. The show’s season premiere is, after all, titled, “Ghosts of Geonosis,” which is the strange desert planet populated by the bug-like Geonosians from Attack of the Clones.

While you might be forgiven for perhaps repressing memories of the planet and its residents, you may do well to perhaps recontextualize such memories with Star Wars Rebels. It is, after all, one of the best Star Wars stories on television today (read: one of the only Star Wars stories on television today). It’s a wonderful show in and of itself, and certainly deserves your attention.

In this clip, Whitaker once again embodies Saw after bringing him to life in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. This episode is the very first since Rogue One came out, and having Whitaker play Saw again makes for a great direct connection to the movies. Kathleen Kennedy previously also went on record to say that she and the writers of Rogue One all wanted to explore Saw’s character a little bit more, and Rebels provides for a wonderful backdrop to do just that.

The show’s set to premiere today, and by the time you read this, you may have already seen this episode. If so, what’d you think of Saw’s “return”?

(via CBR)

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