I have heard some coping around him surviving, I simply seethe at how dull Star Wars can be.
I love that Hunter goes through the same character arc three times but fundamentally never changes.
The Empire being fascistic's no excuse for having no nuance, just look at ANH or Andor, they are the most abhorrent and have the most depth in the most leftist piece of Star Wars media to be conceived.
It's just... yawn, what they did with the Delta Squad characters, and the Clones, at large.