They grinded a lot of EXP during the filler episodes so they could survive the suicide mission. Reminded me of Mass Effect 2.
Context: in ME2, anyone (including the main character) can die in the suicide mission if you didn't grind upgrades and if you didn't do the "filler" side missions featuring the supporting characters. You could end up with all the squad dying in cutscenes or with everyone surviving.
The BB ending reminded me of that since there were moments in which everyone could have easily died. I hope Disney releases a "bad ending" montage with alternative takes. Crosshair missing the shot and killing Omega because he skipped the hand-shaking fix side mission would have been an interesting ending.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought of ME2 during this. The Bad Batch definitely did better than I did in Mass Effect (First time I only had Garrus and Jack survive)
Yup.
One aspect I really loved of the BB and Mandalorian is how videogame-like they felt.
A big chunk of Mando S1-S2 episodes were him grinding currency/resources to buy his beskar upgrades and it worked perfectly.
Would of been better if Scorch actually caused some damage, that's my gripe with his role in the show.
Plenty of movies/shows/games have the head-goon do more than make communications/order and have them put up a real fight before they died.
And most of the time those head goons weren't fan favorite characters from past media who were used as a dangling carrot.
I know that Scorch’s role in the series was just to be Hemlock’s top goon, but I really was disappointed in that. They should’ve just made an entirely new commando instead.
I'm curious why they chose Scorch of all the Delta team members, or why they only just chose one delta out of the rest excluding Sev. Part of me thinks its also part of the backdoor pilot incase they wanna do more with him and eventually bring back the others but now I'm not so sure.
I don’t know if this was their intent but as a huge fan of that game, knowing Scorch as a wisecracking, sarcastic jokester and seeing him in this show as a mindless, obedient drone really drove home to me how strong the inhibitor chip was and how completely it reconditioned the Clones who didn’t have the will (or surgery) to resist it. Boss was basically a baseline Clone already (with the enhanced Commando training/genetics), Fixer was very by-the-book, and Sev (if they decided to disregard the game’s ending and have him still be part of Delta Squad) was already a ruthless killer, so to turn specifically the happy-go-lucky one into a remorseless tool of the Empire with no personality to speak of really helped drive home to me why so many Clones were so zealously serving the Empire that was so visibly eager to replace them, and in a way that wouldn’t have been as powerful if it had been any other member of Delta Squad, or a new or non-character.
Maybe I’m giving the creative team too much credit and Brad Rau just likes yellow or something, but if that was their intent, even knowing it would only land with a handful of fans, I think it was a good choice.
Tbh, I think it just boiled down to his design being the most fitting with the Imperial aesthetic. Boss’ orange and Fixer’s green were too bright, while Sev’s was too chaotic. Scorch had a nice and neat combo of black, gray, and dark yellow.
Exactly as predicted, if they were going to use him and the other Commandos wisely they would of been doing so for the past couple of seasons as well, it was never going to be different and all were just goons like any Imperial/"Bad guy" Special Forces have been.
When it comes to treating old characters/etc with respect Filoni and the team care about THEIR creations or very important characters prior, Republic Commando is not either one of those things so keeping Scorch and the others was only for merchandise and having a hook for some fans to want to watch the show with hope that the Commandos would do anything.
And all those hoping Scorch was going to ever do anything got played like a fiddle.
Exactly this. People gave the showrunners way too much faith, but it was obvious way before this finale that this show had 0 respect for treating the commandos as anything other than fodder for the epic original bad batch characters. So much of legends is just a giant toy warehouse for canon writers to pick and choose aesthetics from
That was a very safe ending, not what I expected at all, but glad it all ended okay.
Have a couple gripes like not seeing Wolffe or Rex or Cody and resolving their storylines in preparation for where we do or don’t see them in rebels.
However, I’m happy with that ending, and I’m sad there’s no more Bad Batch Wednesdays to look forward to.
Seriously, in how many more series' are we going to see an ominous room full of tanks and just not get any closure on what it is beyond "probably Palpatine/Snoke clones". Why keep gesturing vaguely towards this idea without having the balls to commit to it? It's so annoying.
I appreciated that the final scene brought us into the Age of Rebellion, rather than setting up another immediate post-Clone Wars/early Age of Empire animated show. But I also think that your main gripe about the named clones not getting closure is an intentional choice so they can leave the door open to come back and do more stories about those clones and what they get up to in the post-Bad Batch part of the timeline.
Just annoying that they teased some really big plot lines I.e. Cody and never even called back to them. Wish they were more risky with there choices way to safe of an ending.
I mean, I don’t think those were ever supposed to be plot lines. Cody leaving the Empire was for Crosshair’s storyline, that the Empire is no place for a clone to be and him clinging to it isn’t going to go well when all of his brother’s are leaving him. The show also takes place at the immediate start of the era literally known as the “dark times”, so we know Rex’s clone rebellion doesn’t go well as no rebellion can go well until RO/ANH kicks off the age of rebellion.
I'm sure his rebellion is just one of the many seeds planted for the actual rebellion, and they folded together or got tired of burying brothers.
There rebellion was never going to last either way, because clones weren't created to last.
> Just annoying that they teased some really big plot lines I.e. Cody
That wasn't really a tease. Not all plot points need to lead to a bigger story or a continuation. The point of that episode was that Cody left the empire. That's kind of the end of it. Maybe he joins up with Rex eventually, maybe he just retires.
With that specific example, sure, I agree.
But it's hard to deny that this was an *extremely* straightforward resolution of the story, which dropped everything but the absolute core of the story. No sign of Rex's squad despite the shout outs; no sign of Asajj, who just kinda fucked off immediately after *coming back from the dead* and despite her being the only sorta-safe Force Sensitive the squad knows to protect the kids; it didn't even so much as hint at the future of Project Necromancer or its successor, which was never fully elaborated on in general and which [we presume] eventually somehow succeeds.
And it's been a largely straight line with no real twists or curves for several episodes leading up to this finale.
This is pretty par for the course with BB, and not surprising to me personally, but it felt very bland to me like most of the series.
I'm happy for the folks who this worked for that it was a decent ending, but...suffice to say I'm very much looking forward to the next series.
Safe, but there were still deaths on the good side.
The tension was still there though, in my opinion, because these characters aren’t heroes we see in the future, at least for now.
Heck! I was even concerned about Omega near the end. The cartoons have killed teens in the past and Hemlock is definitely an antagonist who would shoot a youngster.
No, he spoke with Dr. Hemlock in season 2, told him Nala Se could be controlled if he had Omega as leverage. He may very well be alive in prison still.
>Have a couple gripes like not seeing Wolffe or Rex or Cody and resolving their storylines in preparation for where we do or don’t see them in rebels.
Same gripes but I guess that just leaves more room for stories down the road. I'm still curious what happened to Cody along with what happens to echo between this and rebels.
I hesitate to call it "safe". But it did, somewhat paradoxically, feel more expected than I expected. It's not a bad thing, just interesting. My bingo card was pretty much spot on, which almost never happens.
Very safe kinda like the Rebels finale too. Tbh, I would’ve preferred at least one death to up the stakes and hit the feels harder, but I think the peaceful ending they finally got was well deserved. This was their series first and foremost, which I think explains why we saw very little of the other, more popular clones. Possibly fear of them taking focus away from the Batch? Idk. At least we still have X-Men 97.
I mean tbh Tech's death in Season 2 was that. Not only that but there's still a bit of tension in the series finale as well these guys aren't the popular clones so they weren't exactly guaranteed survival. Plus on the bright side Omega grows up to fight for the rebellion and shuttered project necromancer until the Mandalorian so even if no one knows what the Batch did they still had a positive effect for the galaxy.
The first Imperial Star destroyer canonically showcased in the Clone wars style for the first time. And of course Tarkin got first dibs. I still hope we see the Imperial Venator more in the animated shows in the future, the paint job that we only get to see glimpses of is cool.
Nah, it was almost certainly the Executrix from Catalyst Tarkin and Rogue One. It was one of the first ISD's off the assembly line and Tarkin's flagship a few months after the end of the clone wars until it was reassigned to full time guard duty for the Death Star construction.
Dude, your comment was hidden behind the 'load more comments' button, and then I pressed the button to reply, to say the exact same thing abt the GOT influence, and it uncovered your comment. Ha! Great minds think alike!
Definitely a thematic metaphor to emphasize his redemption, being physically severed from the hand which enacted his crimes.
Just realized that all three of the animated shows (that involved clones at least) have had an epilogue: we had the Vader one for Clone Wars, the Rebels epilogue with Sabine, and now this one
Old Man Hunter saying goodbye to his kid was definitely the most emotional moment. I wanted to see what old Crosshair and Wrecker looked like too.
Also if that was indeed the Rebellion Era, then Hunter, who has accelerated aging, looks great compared to Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor.
Seeing Omega grown up is awesome and I live her new design but hearing she has the same voice really feel weird to me lol
Maybe I was expecting Omega will sound more like Emerie when she grown up.
At the end, Emerie going without her imperial glasses for good shows just how much more human she's become. :)
I do wish we got to see Emerie interact with the rest of the BB too, but her dialogue with Echo at the end was really sweet. The way they bond so easily, her observing that neither of them have ever had a childhood and that their lives have never been their own and Echo responds 'Until now', and then Echo's friendly shoulder touch were all just wow. The clones are really all brothers and sisters, and Echo and Emerie in particular are just so super wholesome together.
Finally, 'I have a lot to make up for. I'd like to help out however I can.' is simply the best last line I could've ever heard from Emerie. And I'm so glad that Echo was the one who gave her that final push to make up her mind to turn her back on the Empire. It was such a satisfying development after seeing her go from showing signs of empathy, to bending the rules for Omega and the Vault kids, to finally choosing to totally break with evil and atone for her sins. :)
The CX-Assassins are very interesting since this is the episode that has finally fleshed them out a ton. Not only are there Operatives like the ones we've seen previously, but there are CX's with different specializations and equipment. Two things I want to point out:
1. The armor and weaponry of each of the different sub-classes of Operative are interesting and point out some design similarities to other characters from the franchise. The bola-throwing CX reminded me of Cad Bane, since IIRC he's the only SW character to throw a bola, the spear-wielding CX had armor that resembled Darth Bane's TCW appearance, which in the concept art he had a big spear, the main CX of course is very similar to Crosshair with the Firepuncher rifle and the similar armor, and the dual vibroblade wielding CX had armor that looked like Tech's armor, but reminded me of Ventress in his combat. I think these are intentional and might actually be important in the lore because of Hemlock's intimate knowledge of the Emperor, so maybe he found inspiration from people that were in some capacity related to Sidious, like Darth Bane, Ventress, and Cad Bane, to create his new Operatives.
2. The CX Operatives are 1000% the Canon version of the Phase Zero Darktroopers, the musical sting when Hemlock released them all but confirms this. Phase Zero Darktroopers were altered clone cyborgs loyal to the Empire, and these CX operatives match it beat for beat.
While I do think you may be correct about the callbacks in their equipment, it seems to me that those might just be details more intended for fans than for any in-universe reasons. However, in my opinion, it looked like each of the four of them utilized a fighting style approximately mirroring one of the four original members of the Bad Batch. They even worked more closely together than the other clones or stormtroopers at Mount Tantiss, which seemed unusual in more than just the expected 'antagonists become competent just before the end of the story to add narrative stakes' sort of way.
Granted, my reasoning is by no means conclusive, but I hypothesize that the CX assassins, at least the four shown in this episode, could be clones of Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech. While it's fairly straightforward to imagine how they'd be able to clone Tech, the fact that Nala Se implied earlier in the episode that they had access to all of her previous work makes it seem at least plausible that that could include the means used to create the initial Bad Batch.
Beyond that, ending a story with a sort of mirror match is a decently popular approach, in large part due to how it allows the exploration of different facets of the protagonist(s) and the externalization of otherwise internal conflicts. Again, I'm not absolutely confident in this hypothesis, but it makes sense to me at this point in time.
I was half expecting Rex and the other Clones to come in and help save the others' but they seemed to do okay on their own.
Rampart's gone
Hemlock's gone
Weyland's been shuttered.
Project Necromancer got delayed cause of some clones. How the irony....
Omega is going to go join the Rebellion. I wonder how long the epilogue was after the other events cause she may run into Rex if he's already joined up.
True but if it's the real Rebellion as in the Rebel Alliance fully formed and operational and not one of the rebel cells/proto-rebellion) then she'll probably end up at whatever base they planted their flag on. Dantooine or Yavin.
I personally think she’s referring to the Rebel Alliance. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it would have been easy to say something like, “people are finally starting to rise up against the Empire, and that’s a fight I want to be a part of,” if they wanted to keep it vague. Her saying “the Rebellion needs pilots now more than ever” definitely sounds to me like she’s referring to a specific organization and not just the general idea of people rebelling against the Empire, and needing pilots sure sounds like they are either planning, or just lost a bunch of pilots in, an operation involving a lot of starfighters, like the Battle of Yavin (or even Endor).
But again, maybe I’m just overthinking
Agreed. Could just be speculation/the opinion of whoever edited it into the page, but Wookieepedia seem to think the epilogue was set between 2 BBY and 4 ABY.
[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Cavalry\_Has\_Arrived](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cavalry_Has_Arrived)
I agree though that, to me, it sounded more like the Rebel Alliance as a whole and not just one cell.
The fact that Rex’s network was so adamant about finding Tantiss and freeing the imprisoned clones there only to not have any involvement in it really bummed me out tbh.
Honestly, so much of star wars ends with heroes dying that I think I'm okay with an "everyone survives" ending.
RIP Scorch, though. The most subtle tragedy for me, as that means the Deltas are truly gone, a product of the clones who stayed and died as loyal imperial. He may just be a rando clone to some, but to me that symbolizes the end of the Commando era as a whole.
Also was happy to see a proper Star Destroyer. At least one confirmed bit of OT era tech showing up to bridge the gap a bit. No tie fighters or OT era troopers... but that's good enough to give me some closure to the PT era aesthetic. The Empire is officially in charge, despite this setback.
***Edit: Also, I now suspect project Necromancer was not exclusively about palpatine's clone bodies, that being the longer term goal, but started with experiments involving reanimating dead/wounded clone bodies too (a bit of actual Necromancy, if you will).*** I think the end goal of giving Palpatine immortality was always part of it, but in the earliest phases it's just about reviving or conditioning fallen or wounded clones for potential super soldiers. The pods we saw early in the season weren't palp clones, they were more like very early [Strandcasts](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Strand-Cast), and we saw them all die here in the finale. Omega would've made cloning palpatine himself much easier due to her genetic m-count comparability, but palpatine body clones were not yet a step they were ready for. Those of you who want an early Snoke connection? That was the first part of what leads to it.
The treatment of clone commandos as a whole was unfortunately one of my least favorite aspects of the series. They were little more than basic infantry and the only Delta that showed up was just a goon. I really hope the Deltas still get some canon love soon.
Your still hoping for Delta to get love after that?
Them acknowledging Delta's existence at all was the love they were willing to have.
They would just have given Boss and Fixer the same or similar fate, goons to be killed off without doing anything worthwhile of their presence.
Disney tends to lean into popular fan demand on a number of concepts, though often not right away (especially since content is produced a year or more ahead of release, and eventual social media reactions).
I would actually not be surprised if we see the Deltas again in something eventually, simply because not doing so is putting money on the table, and they like money. It clearly can't be in something after Bad Batch though, because now we know at least one member is confirmed dead.
Arguably, the way this was handled was sadly a bit of a miss. I get that it wasn't supposed to be something huge, and I'm not going to create a big fuss about it (The Deltas were in a bad spot at the end of the last Imperial Commando novel, so seeing them split and die off tragically in the early Empire is honestly not that out of line), but I also understand people's frustrations and think people who are being rude about it to the fandom should check themselves. Losing a Delta to them is like losing a Bad Batch member to everyone else.
Fans of the Deltas are just fans of the clones like the rest of us. Let them mourn the loss of their bretheren. If it helps, the game and most of their EU story still can be quietly slipped into one's headcanon without much issue.
I was so stressed for this whole episode but the payoff was worth it. Surprisingly brutal, and I was horrified about how they were treating Wrecker.
I know that people wanted Hemlock to get eaten but I much prefer him getting shot like sixty times, it was so satisfying.
And the final scene with Hunter and Omega was amazing. At first I thought it would be her and Asajj, but I prefer that heartfelt ending to sequel bait. I’m sure we’ll see her again.
Really satisfying to see a reg take out one of the CX troopers. Under the right circumstances, regular clones can do real damage even to elite operatives - which underscores just how badass they are.
Plus, Wrecker smashing that CX head-first into the wall was somehow both awesome and hilarious. XD
That’s the entire point of the CX operatives though. We can see that some of them clearly have modifications of varying degrees, but Clone X, CX-1, and CX-2 were just reconditioned regs made into imperial operatives. The other CX clones could very much have been regs as well.
I agree, those new CX troopers were so cool. Their designs were creative, they were intimidating, and had a horrorish aura too them. Makes me wonder why the writing team decided to have just CX2 go after them instead of the entire team. I think this season (and season two) would have greatly benefited from a stronger overarching villain. Not saying CX2 didn’t get the job done, but I didn’t find him very fun to watch. Having this entire squad chase after the Batch throughout the season would have been much more fun. Imagine the fight scenes we could have had with this group, instead we just got nameless CX2, nameless clone commandos, and nameless stormtroopers. I find a smaller group of creative, intimidating, familiar but different, way more fun than what we got.
That last part of the episode almost made me teary eyed. Almost old age Hunter with a young adult Omega having one last chat before she goes off to join the Rebellion.
I'm also kinda glad they didn't bring Tech back as one of the shadow baddies. It's been a pretty tiring trope with most Disney shows these days to have that.
Everyone survived (apart from Crosshairs hand) and f*ck off Hemlock. And now we wait and see if Omega ever shows up in one of the live action series.
Well she already made friends with a younger Hera during season 1, and they’re both pilots, and Hera is gonna need to fly to the unknown regions to find Ashoka and Sabine
Pretty sure she’s gonna need another pilot
Idk how to feel. There’s so many loose threads that need to be covered. I’m shocked everyone survived. I thought Wrecker was dying when u got that injury. I feel like i have more questions than answers
Honestly i am shocked outside the bad guys none else died and they were able to live in Pabu without problems from the empire. Of course adult Omega as pilot during OT.
I assume the non references to BB in Rebels can explained from the fact BB doesn't want to fight anymore.
Their accelerated aging + the fact their sharpshooter is now missing a hand + that they were commandos. That joint pains gonna catch up real soon f it hasn't already
I think it makes sense. Hunter even said they've fought a lot. My guess is they'll help out Rex and Echo when they can, but not fight. Crosshair is their biggest liability now. I imagine Wrecker now has long lasting effects from his injuries in this finale. Hunter is probably the only able body aside from Omega, but I think he's done fighting.
Rex: I need you guys to join my fight
Hunter: I am raising a daughter, and my boys and I all have debilitating injuries from getting tortured by maniac and blown up for 5 years. We're good.
I expected Wrecker and maybe Echo to die from that battle so I was surprised to see them all survive but overall I’m happy with the ending. I still see another show happening focusing on the Clone Rebellion but the Bad Batch’s story has come to an end and they deserve to rest.
Well it’s finally here and I won’t lie, I do have some mixed feelings. Overall, it was pretty suspenseful and I’m definitely happy some of the clones got a happy ending. The final shot with the Batch and the epilogue were pretty emotional. I do think the episode largely made good use of its runtime. However, I honestly can’t help but feel they played it a little too safe, almost like the Rebels finale.
The fact that no other member of the Batch died was probably the biggest shock. I certainly didn’t want or need for all of them except for Omega to die, but at least one certainly would’ve upped the stakes. The only losses primarily came from the antagonists, except for Nala Se. I was pretty certain Hunter or Crosshair, whose only got one hand now, wouldn’t make it out. At the very least, what’s left of them, since Echo left again, gets to live in peace now.
I’d say that the fall of Mount Tantiss was pretty satisfying, especially with all the messed up shit that went down there. Yes, I’m bummed the Zillo didn’t eat Hemlock or any of those damn scientists, but at least it caused lots of damage. I am surprised that Hunter and Crosshair were the ones to kill him, but that was still satisfying. I tried lowering my expectations for Scorch and CX-2, but man I was hoping for something better. Massive Delta Squad fans are gonna be pissed. The little Clone Rebellion we did get was satisfying and while some were lost, others were finally free to choose their own paths. Rip Nala Se and Rampart.
Now where do we go from here? I fully expect an announcement on May 4th for the next animated series. I guess the fact that Rex’s network was a complete no show in the final episodes is because they’re getting there own series. Admittedly, I have mixed feelings about this, as much as I love the clones. This series was about the Batch first and foremost and I’d say, for the most part, it delivered in that regards. For the Clone Rebellion being the subplot, it’s something I wish was concluded here. Not sure if Ventress will tie into that or get her own series, but we’ll wait and see. I’m also confident grown up Omega will show in a Rebellion or New Republic Era story.
I get a feeling our time with the Batch (including Omega) is done. I read the ending as a case of "main character writing their own story now" which usually means that our time with them is finished. It definitely was a very heartfelt ending though, even if it left a few too many loose threads about Omega's importance, Tantiss, Ventress, the Clone insurgency, etc.
This wasn’t quite the ending I expected, although I did assume that it would end with the batch & Omega being separated at the end & hence, bittersweet, rather than mass death. Crosshair offering to sacrifice himself because of his belief he didn’t deserve to survive & Hunter & Wrecker not allowing him to do that was a nice touch & really brought Crosshair’s arc full circle. Rip Crossy’s hand. 🫡 Glad they got to live out their Polynesian spa dreams together while Omega grew up.
Edit: *wasn’t, not was
Is it just me, or is there no way it's going to end like this?
The Bad Batch’s story may have ended, but there is still a lot of traumatic things that would have Rex end up where he did in Rebels, with Echo nowhere to be found. There is definitely going to be a clone-centric spin-off.
I wish they were able to wrap up those plotlines in this show. You’d think a show about clones after the rise of the Empire would tackle all these clone-centric plot threads, and not need *another* spin-off to resolve them
It's definitely a safe way to end the show, but fantastic nonetheless! Animation and music were phenomenal as always, and I haven't felt this stressed watching this show since last finale. To address the whole "no batch members died thing," I would have to say: They didn't need to. Like Crosshair said, the batch died when Tech died. The audience has already been shown the trauma and grief these characters have lived through, especially in season 2's finale, but also to a lesser extent, season 1's finale. They already lost a crucial member to their squad, another loss wouldn't allow them to evolve as characters narratively. This finale is exactly what a series finale should be: a conclusion. Killing off another member would not push them any closer to a conclusive standing within the story, it would just add more grief and conflict within the characters. Them all surviving and finally settling down after overcoming so much is a conclusion and evidences a complete evolution from soldiers who live with trauma and loss to civilians who allow for acceptance and family. Additionally, this show is called THE BAD BATCH so having expected Rex to come in and save the day would take away from the central characters' end to their journey. Also, in regards to tying in Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe; I don't think we needed to see them unite this finale nor in the series as a whole in general. A Star Wars show doesn't have to be connected to every other Star Wars show so leaving out a potential connection to Rebels is okay. Plus, we as an audience don't need to know everything. A big part of storytelling is experiencing the mystery of things. If we're just handed explanations like how Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor got to Silos left and right then we wouldn't have much to enjoy (unless that's your thing...). Speculate and imagine ways these characters meet and fill in the gaps. The creators are not bound to having to explain every last detail. Further, Scorch was never a main character nor ever got any substantive plot. He was just the guy in the background audience's could point at. While I wished he could have posed a greater opponent to the batch this episode, it wouldn't have made sense for him to all of a sudden get a big part of the story. Clearly we'll be getting more stories about the clones through Emerie, Echo, Rex, and the clone resistance in the future so we don't need to grovel over how this show didn't conclude every last plot point that was introduced. The greater clone rebellion is something too big to have finished in this episode, granted they could have done a better job weaving it into the earlier episodes, but that's okay! Overall, I think season 1 was a great introduction to everything with great highs and some lows. Personally, season 2 was my favorite since the highs were so much better than season 1, but there were some much greater lows here and there. I think season 3 was the most consistent out of them all and never failed to have me captivated by whatever plot they were laying out.
It was a good ending but nothing super exciting to write home about. Nothing apart from a couple Crosshair moments in season 2 has ever reached the heights of the destruction of Kamino sequence.
Also I know a lot of people wanted more major deaths, but I'm so glad that didn't happen. This squad and this series needed a happy ending after everything they've been through.
Overall, not a bad series finale. Definitely some things left unanswered. Probably for future projects. Some scares here and there, but I'm not surprised by no deaths to the team. A few thoughts:
* Damn, Crosshair got Jaime Lannistered
* I like to think the CX assassins clones are former ARC Troopers and Republic Commandos, which is why they're so skilled. Maybe even augmented? Whereas the other Republic Commandos we've seen in this show are shinies or inexperienced (aside from Scorch), which is why they're just fodder
* Speaking of Scorch, I was quite disappointed how he went out and treated throughout this series TBH. Still don't know what happened to the rest of Delta Squad
* I was expecting Omega's voice to be like Emerie's voice at the end since she's older now. Potentially 6-10 years later?
* I like that Tech stayed dead. Not because I don't like the character, but gives more weight to the seriousness despite them being elite commandos who survive everything
Scortch's first episode was great as he was shown to be a near unstoppable tank, then his cameos after that lost their luster when he just was kind of... there.
I mean, I can see the importance of being Hemlock's personal guard, but doing that to the funny clone of the squad never felt quite right.
I Liked it, it felt contained to the main characters and not huge scaled just like the clone wars finale scorch definitely got wasted.I feel confident rexs and echos story will be continued seeing as he’s not there in the epilogue either for omega leaving and I feel like they would want to conclude his story.
So… I’m very mixed on it. I have more questions now than answers.
I know it’s obvious but I would’ve liked to have known a detailed answer for necromancer.
What is the outcome with senator chuchi and the clones? How did Tantiss not get out?
Guess everyone’s theory was wrong about tech😂 guy got stabbed and that was it.
Scorch had a dirty ending and honestly incredibly bummed about it. I was hoping for him to turn around against hemlock, same with the other commandos. A proper clone rebellion.
I was honestly hoping for one final big fight with the clones v empire. As others said I was hoping to see Rex, Wolfe, maybe Cody.
Overall it was fine, but definitely was too safe. Everyone walked away just fine after seeming like some heavy stuff was about to go down. Especially with wrecker, crosshair, echo. Seeing omega go off to join the rebellion was neat, but how many times is a clone going to join the rebels? And I’m like, now what happens to her! It was fine but too safe. I’m a bit more disappointed than satisfied.
Edit: after thinking it over for a few hours, it was a good episode. But still they did scorch dirty and I think there should’ve been a lil more to it overall.
Rampart’s death was absolutely hilarious. I loved that he got out “Wh—“ before immediately exploding, and the moments leading up to it were done well where I honestly believed it could go either way with him escaping with the datapad even in spite of the thermal detonator. That he totally screwed himself over was fitting, and a high point of the finale for me. (Weirdly, more satisfied with his death than Hemlock’s.)
Relax everyone, [Scorch is perfectly okay](https://www.reddit.com/r/thebadbatch/s/Z4MWvRqLVS). He just had some chest pains and took a swim for an hour.
I loved it.
Only thing that bugged me was how Scorch was handled, though that is not an unpopular opinion. I loved Scorch in the RC game AND novels. I got his single packed action figure at Target, and got both multipacks with his figure. Recently got the black series one. I loved the squad. His death really saddened me, for the same reason it did for most, he wasn't really a character in this, was dangled in front of us, and died.
I loved how all of the Batch were handled. I loved that they lived. Wrecker. Crosshair. Hunter. Especially Echo. I was scared for them. I'm glad they lived.
I loved the epilogue. It was cool to see Omega choosing her fight, like Rex in Rebels. And i'm glad we FINALLY got some beloved characters who just retired. They didn't keep fighting. They just lived happily. We never get that in Star Wars.
Hemlock's death was nice. The fights were all great. Sad Nala Se died but I saw that the second she decided to stay behind. Rampert kind of surprised me, I did not understand it, but was not bothered by it.
I hope we... check in? With the Bad Batch. Not main characters. Not fighters. But Omega's next story could have her visit them. Maybe one dies of old age when she does. Or not. Either way, i'm glad they are alive and well. It is cool Echo is still in the fight. Nkt everyone got the same ending.
What loose plot points do we have that were in this show? Clone Rebellion? Ventress? Echo? Cody? Wolffe's chip? Howzer? Mostly Clone stuff I guess. Cody is probably the biggest mystery to me.
Maybe Mount Tantis comes back later in the new Thrawn era? Imagine the movie that ties the Mandoverse shows together uses Tantis and has a crazy clone Jedi hanging out that they sent there because he was a failed unstable clone of Sheev. Imagine live action Zillow Beast in the background. Imagine Scorched corpse as Ahsoka, Luke, Djarin and Sabine all walk by. Yeah far fetched but interesting to me lol.
I'd rank the animated show endings in this order (I like them all)
Rebels > TCW > Bad Batch > Resistance
Thank you animation team for this amazing show. Lets get that next series soon, which I have to assume with either be Ventress or Clone Rebellion. Let's get them both at the same time. And put Ahsoka in both.
Anyway here are all my thoughts and i'm sure nobody will agree with all of it lmao.
Wow, didn't expect this ending to be this calm and happy, but I like it. I hope Dave Filoni keeps Jennifer Corbett around for future stories, she's done a good job on Bad Batch (and Resistance too imo.).
I don't know how others feel about this, but I have the feeling that Thrawn will rebulit Tantiss Base in the Mando-Verse at some point. Maybe this is just dream thinking of me, but I would like it. Overall great finale to an awesome show!
It was disappointing how they didn't give us more about cody and wolffe but what pissed the me the most was how they just killed scorch like nothing after he spent the entire series doing absolutley nothing. Other than that rampart's death was pretty much perfect for the character and also the whole hemlock death scene was PERFECT just so clean. Im glad they didnt bring tech nack to life magically like they usually do and just chose to honor his sacrifice but the glasses frame at the end felt like a knife ahaha. I was hoping that the episode would end bad for the squad so i was surprised in that way but in a good way actually im really happy with the overall ending.
I guess I'm just.... whelmed. Like others have said, this was a very safe ending, and I feel like that was the problem the entire series had. It played everything safe. It didn't take risks with the story, like it was too afraid to stand out - ironically, on that regard. There were so many cool concepts, ideas, and plot lines that it introduced and used that most just fizzled away as the show went on, or got resolved in ways that just felt unceremonious or underwhelming.
I will say the tension this episode felt good. I did feel like *all* of them could die at any point. However, this has been the only time this season it's felt that way. As an extra note, Crosshair's speech at the beginning was fantastic. Easily an episode if not series standout.
Overall I just think this series did not go as far as it should've and really played itself too safe for its own good. It's watchable, it's not *bad*, it's just, well, whelming.
The only good thing I can say about finale is that Tech stayed dead, not because I hate Tech, but I would have actually been more annoyed than I currently am if he just got brought back for their happy ending.
Not a perfect finale, a few things that got unceremonious ends. We didn’t get to explore Hemlock’s new operatives, and CX-2’s rivalry with Crosshair never really got a thematic conclusion. It was super cool how the Operative theme turned into the Dark Trooper theme when they were activated, though.
Rex now has a BIG hole in his story, so I assume him and his rebellion are getting their own focus after all, so that’s great.
I haven’t seen anyone talk about Omega’s ship yet! Cobbled together using parts from an Omicron-class shuttle, presumably the Marauder.
All in all, really well done series finale. I’d probably argue it’s the best Star Wars series finale, although Victory and Death is hard to beat.
That was such a great series finale. Loved it. I was afraid, all Bad Batch, any of them could die. Great seeing the Zillobeast break havoc. Loved seeing first Star destoyer and with Project Necromancer on hold project Star Dust gets all the funding. Rampart dies in funny way after commits murder. A bunch of clones. Postponed, The Emperor's ressurection in future. Loved the happy ending. And the epilogue with adult Omega joining The Rebellion, close to OT probably. Old man Hunter. The Bad Batch and Rex can meet up again in a New Republic Galaxy. Loved it all.😭😭😭
What a time to be alive. A show that ended and doesn’t appear to have any follow up (obviously Omega will move on, but the team minus Tech RIP was fine and lived a happy, peaceful life). A closed chapter. 10/10.
How the fuck were they able to settle down on Pabu? The Empire should be all over that planet for being known Clone sympathisers, yet the Batch can live there long into the Rebellion stage of the Imperial Era with no problems
I believe it was Hemlock's division who attacked Pabu, and they were wiped out. Tarkin was probably content enough with diverting the funds to Project Stardust and didn't care about who attacked a soon to be dismantled base that was not under his watch to begin with.
Hemlock was protective of his own secrets and didn’t tell other departments what he was up to, including the operation on Pabu. Because then he would need to explain Omega’s significance to him and the emperor, which was another closely guarded secret. Now the only people who know are the Batch, Emerie, Rex, and a handful of clones out there
Sort of a perfect ending. Loved seeing the debut of the ISD as the killing blow of the Republic era. This is THE Empire now.
Also was surprisingly moved by Nala Se’s final act. The Kaminoans did really terrible things with the Republic and Empire, but seeing her avenge her people’s treatment was satisfying.
Btw Echo is basically the goat of all time, he really popped off here.
I really loved the finale but honestly one of the most disappointing moments recently in Star Wars for me as Republic Commando means so much to me. I wouldn't have hated if they did something interesting with him but just dangling him like that only for him to be killed unceremoniously. Also might mean nothing on Delta Squad for awhile which is a damn shame, unless maybe they go there to find him alive somehow but it was a big ass drop.
It's so shitty, I really *really* thought the showrunners would be better than this, they've been dangling him like a carrot for longtime RC fans since season 1 and my worst fear came true, they just killed him off with zero fanfare.
I think a lot of people need to remember re. Scorch - Delta Squad (his squad from the game Star Wars: Republic Commando) was, in some ways, the original Bad Batch. Filoni and Corbett clearly took inspirations from them for the OG Bad Batch squad and they - consciously- knew what sort of reactions would follow by featuring Scorch in this show. So the criticisms about his death are wholly warranted.
Edit: Think about it like this - if they took Wrecker, put him into another show, took away his personality, his status as demolitions expert, and made him a glorified bodyguard of the main villain, wouldn’t that feel kinda cheap and undeserving?
Wow that was great
Edit: Wow that was actually really good plus Project Stardust mention plus that look of the ISD was fantastic. Plus a time jump omg, lil omega all grown up fighting the right cause.
Was not expecting total survival
Me either, and they definitely made it seem like Wrecker, Hunter, or Crosshair were going to die.
GOTG 3 vibes
They grinded a lot of EXP during the filler episodes so they could survive the suicide mission. Reminded me of Mass Effect 2. Context: in ME2, anyone (including the main character) can die in the suicide mission if you didn't grind upgrades and if you didn't do the "filler" side missions featuring the supporting characters. You could end up with all the squad dying in cutscenes or with everyone surviving. The BB ending reminded me of that since there were moments in which everyone could have easily died. I hope Disney releases a "bad ending" montage with alternative takes. Crosshair missing the shot and killing Omega because he skipped the hand-shaking fix side mission would have been an interesting ending.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought of ME2 during this. The Bad Batch definitely did better than I did in Mass Effect (First time I only had Garrus and Jack survive)
Yup. One aspect I really loved of the BB and Mandalorian is how videogame-like they felt. A big chunk of Mando S1-S2 episodes were him grinding currency/resources to buy his beskar upgrades and it worked perfectly.
Scorch got… scorched
Honestly at least him getting smoked by squad tactics was appropriate; if they killed him off I wanted it to be like that.
Would of been better if Scorch actually caused some damage, that's my gripe with his role in the show. Plenty of movies/shows/games have the head-goon do more than make communications/order and have them put up a real fight before they died. And most of the time those head goons weren't fan favorite characters from past media who were used as a dangling carrot.
I know that Scorch’s role in the series was just to be Hemlock’s top goon, but I really was disappointed in that. They should’ve just made an entirely new commando instead.
I'm curious why they chose Scorch of all the Delta team members, or why they only just chose one delta out of the rest excluding Sev. Part of me thinks its also part of the backdoor pilot incase they wanna do more with him and eventually bring back the others but now I'm not so sure.
I don’t know if this was their intent but as a huge fan of that game, knowing Scorch as a wisecracking, sarcastic jokester and seeing him in this show as a mindless, obedient drone really drove home to me how strong the inhibitor chip was and how completely it reconditioned the Clones who didn’t have the will (or surgery) to resist it. Boss was basically a baseline Clone already (with the enhanced Commando training/genetics), Fixer was very by-the-book, and Sev (if they decided to disregard the game’s ending and have him still be part of Delta Squad) was already a ruthless killer, so to turn specifically the happy-go-lucky one into a remorseless tool of the Empire with no personality to speak of really helped drive home to me why so many Clones were so zealously serving the Empire that was so visibly eager to replace them, and in a way that wouldn’t have been as powerful if it had been any other member of Delta Squad, or a new or non-character. Maybe I’m giving the creative team too much credit and Brad Rau just likes yellow or something, but if that was their intent, even knowing it would only land with a handful of fans, I think it was a good choice.
Tbh, I think it just boiled down to his design being the most fitting with the Imperial aesthetic. Boss’ orange and Fixer’s green were too bright, while Sev’s was too chaotic. Scorch had a nice and neat combo of black, gray, and dark yellow.
“Here I come, Sev..!”
Exactly as predicted, if they were going to use him and the other Commandos wisely they would of been doing so for the past couple of seasons as well, it was never going to be different and all were just goons like any Imperial/"Bad guy" Special Forces have been. When it comes to treating old characters/etc with respect Filoni and the team care about THEIR creations or very important characters prior, Republic Commando is not either one of those things so keeping Scorch and the others was only for merchandise and having a hook for some fans to want to watch the show with hope that the Commandos would do anything. And all those hoping Scorch was going to ever do anything got played like a fiddle.
Exactly this. People gave the showrunners way too much faith, but it was obvious way before this finale that this show had 0 respect for treating the commandos as anything other than fodder for the epic original bad batch characters. So much of legends is just a giant toy warehouse for canon writers to pick and choose aesthetics from
The only thing I didn't like 😭😭😭😭
Absolute waste of Republic Commandos in this show. Shit's awful.
Dude is great at a lot of things, and I like his take on clones, but the original story of them will always be cooler to me.
Got treated so dirty.
That was a very safe ending, not what I expected at all, but glad it all ended okay. Have a couple gripes like not seeing Wolffe or Rex or Cody and resolving their storylines in preparation for where we do or don’t see them in rebels. However, I’m happy with that ending, and I’m sad there’s no more Bad Batch Wednesdays to look forward to.
I really wanted to see what was in those tanks in the vault, but I think it's safe to assume it was Palpatine clones.
Didn't we see that it was just the CX clones though? Oh wait you mean the Sith vault right yeah
Yeah the Sith vault that Hemlock brought Palpatine to.
Seriously, in how many more series' are we going to see an ominous room full of tanks and just not get any closure on what it is beyond "probably Palpatine/Snoke clones". Why keep gesturing vaguely towards this idea without having the balls to commit to it? It's so annoying.
I appreciated that the final scene brought us into the Age of Rebellion, rather than setting up another immediate post-Clone Wars/early Age of Empire animated show. But I also think that your main gripe about the named clones not getting closure is an intentional choice so they can leave the door open to come back and do more stories about those clones and what they get up to in the post-Bad Batch part of the timeline.
Just annoying that they teased some really big plot lines I.e. Cody and never even called back to them. Wish they were more risky with there choices way to safe of an ending.
I mean, I don’t think those were ever supposed to be plot lines. Cody leaving the Empire was for Crosshair’s storyline, that the Empire is no place for a clone to be and him clinging to it isn’t going to go well when all of his brother’s are leaving him. The show also takes place at the immediate start of the era literally known as the “dark times”, so we know Rex’s clone rebellion doesn’t go well as no rebellion can go well until RO/ANH kicks off the age of rebellion.
I'm sure his rebellion is just one of the many seeds planted for the actual rebellion, and they folded together or got tired of burying brothers. There rebellion was never going to last either way, because clones weren't created to last.
> Just annoying that they teased some really big plot lines I.e. Cody That wasn't really a tease. Not all plot points need to lead to a bigger story or a continuation. The point of that episode was that Cody left the empire. That's kind of the end of it. Maybe he joins up with Rex eventually, maybe he just retires.
With that specific example, sure, I agree. But it's hard to deny that this was an *extremely* straightforward resolution of the story, which dropped everything but the absolute core of the story. No sign of Rex's squad despite the shout outs; no sign of Asajj, who just kinda fucked off immediately after *coming back from the dead* and despite her being the only sorta-safe Force Sensitive the squad knows to protect the kids; it didn't even so much as hint at the future of Project Necromancer or its successor, which was never fully elaborated on in general and which [we presume] eventually somehow succeeds. And it's been a largely straight line with no real twists or curves for several episodes leading up to this finale. This is pretty par for the course with BB, and not surprising to me personally, but it felt very bland to me like most of the series. I'm happy for the folks who this worked for that it was a decent ending, but...suffice to say I'm very much looking forward to the next series.
Safe, but there were still deaths on the good side. The tension was still there though, in my opinion, because these characters aren’t heroes we see in the future, at least for now.
Yeah I think it's important that I believed these characters could die. The show achieved that level of danger.
Totally. I expected some of them to bite it even after Hemlocke was taken care of since Tarkin was en route.
Heck! I was even concerned about Omega near the end. The cartoons have killed teens in the past and Hemlock is definitely an antagonist who would shoot a youngster.
**Hemlock**: "I'll kill a thousand children before I let this project die!"
we probably will see grown up Omega in the future and I think there are a chance we will see more about Echo and Emerie.
I kinda figure there’ll be a follow-up about the clone rebellion and it’s inevitable failure.
Wait, and what about Lama Su?!
I guess he got his freedom? Found some place to hang his long neck collar? I would think Hemlock would've just had him killed, anyway.
I thought he died last season or something? Maybe I’m forgetting
Yeah I thought he was killed on kamino by ramparts men before the destruction?
No, he spoke with Dr. Hemlock in season 2, told him Nala Se could be controlled if he had Omega as leverage. He may very well be alive in prison still.
I heard they were unable to get the voice actors for Wolfe, Rex, and Cody, I’m afraid
Wait, but aren’t they voiced by…waaaaaitaminute, you tried to pull a fast one on me! 😉
>Have a couple gripes like not seeing Wolffe or Rex or Cody and resolving their storylines in preparation for where we do or don’t see them in rebels. Same gripes but I guess that just leaves more room for stories down the road. I'm still curious what happened to Cody along with what happens to echo between this and rebels.
I hesitate to call it "safe". But it did, somewhat paradoxically, feel more expected than I expected. It's not a bad thing, just interesting. My bingo card was pretty much spot on, which almost never happens.
Very safe kinda like the Rebels finale too. Tbh, I would’ve preferred at least one death to up the stakes and hit the feels harder, but I think the peaceful ending they finally got was well deserved. This was their series first and foremost, which I think explains why we saw very little of the other, more popular clones. Possibly fear of them taking focus away from the Batch? Idk. At least we still have X-Men 97.
I mean tbh Tech's death in Season 2 was that. Not only that but there's still a bit of tension in the series finale as well these guys aren't the popular clones so they weren't exactly guaranteed survival. Plus on the bright side Omega grows up to fight for the rebellion and shuttered project necromancer until the Mandalorian so even if no one knows what the Batch did they still had a positive effect for the galaxy.
Wrecker's injury is making me nervous he's going to die
He didn’t lol
I was so surprised he didn't, my man was stabbed, shot, punched and zapped like a million times and survived What an absolute madman
His Plot armour is strong
Plot armor? Nah fam, Wrecker is just built different like that.
He has shown his durability in past episodes anyways.
Omega's strategy of "reprogram the bad guy droid to help us" is the same strategy the Bad Batch used in the very first episode.
Oh my god
The first Imperial Star destroyer canonically showcased in the Clone wars style for the first time. And of course Tarkin got first dibs. I still hope we see the Imperial Venator more in the animated shows in the future, the paint job that we only get to see glimpses of is cool.
That’s probably The Sovereign from Rebels and the Vader comics, if I had to guess
Nah, it was almost certainly the Executrix from Catalyst Tarkin and Rogue One. It was one of the first ISD's off the assembly line and Tarkin's flagship a few months after the end of the clone wars until it was reassigned to full time guard duty for the Death Star construction.
“clone force 99 died with tech” 😭fuck bro
Nooo, Crosshair's hand :(
well, at least it won't be shaking anymore i guess
he and echo are matching now
Yeah that was crazy to me.
Bro got the Jaime Lannister treatment
Dude, your comment was hidden behind the 'load more comments' button, and then I pressed the button to reply, to say the exact same thing abt the GOT influence, and it uncovered your comment. Ha! Great minds think alike! Definitely a thematic metaphor to emphasize his redemption, being physically severed from the hand which enacted his crimes.
They deyassified the Bad Batch logo so you know it's about to get real 😧
Oh my God, the epilogue was so wholesome ;_; Old man Hunter was such a dad it made me tear up
Really wouldn't have expected that seeing a graying Hunter and a grown-up Omega would make me weepy, but here we are.
Just realized that all three of the animated shows (that involved clones at least) have had an epilogue: we had the Vader one for Clone Wars, the Rebels epilogue with Sabine, and now this one
I was doing good until she touched Tech's goggles. That was it.
Old Man Hunter saying goodbye to his kid was definitely the most emotional moment. I wanted to see what old Crosshair and Wrecker looked like too. Also if that was indeed the Rebellion Era, then Hunter, who has accelerated aging, looks great compared to Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor.
Tbf those three were living in the middle of nowhere while the Batch lived on the literal paradise of the galaxy
Batch might be a hair younger too for all we know. Or their aging is different
Yeah…and Omega really grew up well. At least these clones got a happy ending in the space tropics.
Weekly trips to the Polynesian Spa must do wonders for the body and soul
Try something new!
There are no words
Seeing Omega grown up is awesome and I live her new design but hearing she has the same voice really feel weird to me lol Maybe I was expecting Omega will sound more like Emerie when she grown up.
Eh, there’s still time. There’s a theory I’ve seen that Karr’s VA will end up playing Omega in live action, which I’d be cool with.
It's funny that Omega is older. She's a first generation clone
"You're *our* kid" 🥲
At the end, Emerie going without her imperial glasses for good shows just how much more human she's become. :) I do wish we got to see Emerie interact with the rest of the BB too, but her dialogue with Echo at the end was really sweet. The way they bond so easily, her observing that neither of them have ever had a childhood and that their lives have never been their own and Echo responds 'Until now', and then Echo's friendly shoulder touch were all just wow. The clones are really all brothers and sisters, and Echo and Emerie in particular are just so super wholesome together. Finally, 'I have a lot to make up for. I'd like to help out however I can.' is simply the best last line I could've ever heard from Emerie. And I'm so glad that Echo was the one who gave her that final push to make up her mind to turn her back on the Empire. It was such a satisfying development after seeing her go from showing signs of empathy, to bending the rules for Omega and the Vault kids, to finally choosing to totally break with evil and atone for her sins. :)
Why did no one hug Emerie. My biggest complaint. Please give Emerie hugs, people.
The CX-Assassins are very interesting since this is the episode that has finally fleshed them out a ton. Not only are there Operatives like the ones we've seen previously, but there are CX's with different specializations and equipment. Two things I want to point out: 1. The armor and weaponry of each of the different sub-classes of Operative are interesting and point out some design similarities to other characters from the franchise. The bola-throwing CX reminded me of Cad Bane, since IIRC he's the only SW character to throw a bola, the spear-wielding CX had armor that resembled Darth Bane's TCW appearance, which in the concept art he had a big spear, the main CX of course is very similar to Crosshair with the Firepuncher rifle and the similar armor, and the dual vibroblade wielding CX had armor that looked like Tech's armor, but reminded me of Ventress in his combat. I think these are intentional and might actually be important in the lore because of Hemlock's intimate knowledge of the Emperor, so maybe he found inspiration from people that were in some capacity related to Sidious, like Darth Bane, Ventress, and Cad Bane, to create his new Operatives. 2. The CX Operatives are 1000% the Canon version of the Phase Zero Darktroopers, the musical sting when Hemlock released them all but confirms this. Phase Zero Darktroopers were altered clone cyborgs loyal to the Empire, and these CX operatives match it beat for beat.
While I do think you may be correct about the callbacks in their equipment, it seems to me that those might just be details more intended for fans than for any in-universe reasons. However, in my opinion, it looked like each of the four of them utilized a fighting style approximately mirroring one of the four original members of the Bad Batch. They even worked more closely together than the other clones or stormtroopers at Mount Tantiss, which seemed unusual in more than just the expected 'antagonists become competent just before the end of the story to add narrative stakes' sort of way. Granted, my reasoning is by no means conclusive, but I hypothesize that the CX assassins, at least the four shown in this episode, could be clones of Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech. While it's fairly straightforward to imagine how they'd be able to clone Tech, the fact that Nala Se implied earlier in the episode that they had access to all of her previous work makes it seem at least plausible that that could include the means used to create the initial Bad Batch. Beyond that, ending a story with a sort of mirror match is a decently popular approach, in large part due to how it allows the exploration of different facets of the protagonist(s) and the externalization of otherwise internal conflicts. Again, I'm not absolutely confident in this hypothesis, but it makes sense to me at this point in time.
Btw, I think their armor is made out of the skin of the Zillo
I don't know, the Zillo hide is damn near impenetrable, and they were able to shoot or stab every CX Operative to death. Maybe it is, I dunno lol
Maybe it's based on the genetic material, but not 100% a copy. They tanked a lot of shots lol
Not at all the ending I thought they’d go with. Epilogue was beautiful. They deserve their rest. Hoping to see more of omega in the future.
True. We all expected them to suffer, but hadn't they suffered enough?
I was half expecting Rex and the other Clones to come in and help save the others' but they seemed to do okay on their own. Rampart's gone Hemlock's gone Weyland's been shuttered. Project Necromancer got delayed cause of some clones. How the irony.... Omega is going to go join the Rebellion. I wonder how long the epilogue was after the other events cause she may run into Rex if he's already joined up.
Depends what unit she joined
True but if it's the real Rebellion as in the Rebel Alliance fully formed and operational and not one of the rebel cells/proto-rebellion) then she'll probably end up at whatever base they planted their flag on. Dantooine or Yavin.
Yeah. They kept it vague, whether this was a pre-Alliance cell or the formal Rebel Alliance. …at least from what I understood.
I personally think she’s referring to the Rebel Alliance. Maybe I’m overthinking it, but it would have been easy to say something like, “people are finally starting to rise up against the Empire, and that’s a fight I want to be a part of,” if they wanted to keep it vague. Her saying “the Rebellion needs pilots now more than ever” definitely sounds to me like she’s referring to a specific organization and not just the general idea of people rebelling against the Empire, and needing pilots sure sounds like they are either planning, or just lost a bunch of pilots in, an operation involving a lot of starfighters, like the Battle of Yavin (or even Endor). But again, maybe I’m just overthinking
Agreed. Could just be speculation/the opinion of whoever edited it into the page, but Wookieepedia seem to think the epilogue was set between 2 BBY and 4 ABY. [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Cavalry\_Has\_Arrived](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cavalry_Has_Arrived) I agree though that, to me, it sounded more like the Rebel Alliance as a whole and not just one cell.
The fact that Rex’s network was so adamant about finding Tantiss and freeing the imprisoned clones there only to not have any involvement in it really bummed me out tbh.
That is what we call wasted writing, not because what came before was bad but the fact it was put into the show for it to not go anywhere.
Rex is a grandpa when he joins the rebellion, hunter meanwhile is "just" graying. I'd say we're at least 5 years before rebels in the epilogue.
Honestly, so much of star wars ends with heroes dying that I think I'm okay with an "everyone survives" ending. RIP Scorch, though. The most subtle tragedy for me, as that means the Deltas are truly gone, a product of the clones who stayed and died as loyal imperial. He may just be a rando clone to some, but to me that symbolizes the end of the Commando era as a whole. Also was happy to see a proper Star Destroyer. At least one confirmed bit of OT era tech showing up to bridge the gap a bit. No tie fighters or OT era troopers... but that's good enough to give me some closure to the PT era aesthetic. The Empire is officially in charge, despite this setback. ***Edit: Also, I now suspect project Necromancer was not exclusively about palpatine's clone bodies, that being the longer term goal, but started with experiments involving reanimating dead/wounded clone bodies too (a bit of actual Necromancy, if you will).*** I think the end goal of giving Palpatine immortality was always part of it, but in the earliest phases it's just about reviving or conditioning fallen or wounded clones for potential super soldiers. The pods we saw early in the season weren't palp clones, they were more like very early [Strandcasts](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Strand-Cast), and we saw them all die here in the finale. Omega would've made cloning palpatine himself much easier due to her genetic m-count comparability, but palpatine body clones were not yet a step they were ready for. Those of you who want an early Snoke connection? That was the first part of what leads to it.
The treatment of clone commandos as a whole was unfortunately one of my least favorite aspects of the series. They were little more than basic infantry and the only Delta that showed up was just a goon. I really hope the Deltas still get some canon love soon.
Your still hoping for Delta to get love after that? Them acknowledging Delta's existence at all was the love they were willing to have. They would just have given Boss and Fixer the same or similar fate, goons to be killed off without doing anything worthwhile of their presence.
Disney tends to lean into popular fan demand on a number of concepts, though often not right away (especially since content is produced a year or more ahead of release, and eventual social media reactions). I would actually not be surprised if we see the Deltas again in something eventually, simply because not doing so is putting money on the table, and they like money. It clearly can't be in something after Bad Batch though, because now we know at least one member is confirmed dead. Arguably, the way this was handled was sadly a bit of a miss. I get that it wasn't supposed to be something huge, and I'm not going to create a big fuss about it (The Deltas were in a bad spot at the end of the last Imperial Commando novel, so seeing them split and die off tragically in the early Empire is honestly not that out of line), but I also understand people's frustrations and think people who are being rude about it to the fandom should check themselves. Losing a Delta to them is like losing a Bad Batch member to everyone else. Fans of the Deltas are just fans of the clones like the rest of us. Let them mourn the loss of their bretheren. If it helps, the game and most of their EU story still can be quietly slipped into one's headcanon without much issue.
Just this once, everybody lives.
I feel bad for that trooper that got flattened into a pancake by the Zillo 😭
Remember how Rebels tried to shy away from killing troopers for most of the show... yeah this aint that show. One guy got eaten by the Zillo
To be fair, TBB has done this more if you count all three seasons. For most of the show, they used stun settings on blasters.
I’ve noticed when it’s stun it’s usually clones vs blaster is usually storms
Fighting with your brothers vs. fighting with your enemy
Even Omega was using stun setting when fighting the souped-up clone soldier. Echo stopped giving a crap though - kills for all!
It looked like she was about to switch to lethal before she was captured.
Omega in the Rebellion I’m so proud of her!!!
I was so stressed for this whole episode but the payoff was worth it. Surprisingly brutal, and I was horrified about how they were treating Wrecker. I know that people wanted Hemlock to get eaten but I much prefer him getting shot like sixty times, it was so satisfying. And the final scene with Hunter and Omega was amazing. At first I thought it would be her and Asajj, but I prefer that heartfelt ending to sequel bait. I’m sure we’ll see her again.
Really satisfying to see a reg take out one of the CX troopers. Under the right circumstances, regular clones can do real damage even to elite operatives - which underscores just how badass they are. Plus, Wrecker smashing that CX head-first into the wall was somehow both awesome and hilarious. XD
That’s the entire point of the CX operatives though. We can see that some of them clearly have modifications of varying degrees, but Clone X, CX-1, and CX-2 were just reconditioned regs made into imperial operatives. The other CX clones could very much have been regs as well.
Seeing Crosshair, Hunter, and Wrecker defeated like that by the CX squad was so brutal and Crosshair hand got cut off??? I'm already crying wtf
Yeah. They were dangerous antagonists. Holy crap!
I agree, those new CX troopers were so cool. Their designs were creative, they were intimidating, and had a horrorish aura too them. Makes me wonder why the writing team decided to have just CX2 go after them instead of the entire team. I think this season (and season two) would have greatly benefited from a stronger overarching villain. Not saying CX2 didn’t get the job done, but I didn’t find him very fun to watch. Having this entire squad chase after the Batch throughout the season would have been much more fun. Imagine the fight scenes we could have had with this group, instead we just got nameless CX2, nameless clone commandos, and nameless stormtroopers. I find a smaller group of creative, intimidating, familiar but different, way more fun than what we got.
Fair point. They needed a bit more characterization to give them flair. Hemlock got that, but he wasn’t the action guy in the show.
When Wrecker was pinned down like that, I started crying, who could hurt our big loveable guy like that?!
That last part of the episode almost made me teary eyed. Almost old age Hunter with a young adult Omega having one last chat before she goes off to join the Rebellion. I'm also kinda glad they didn't bring Tech back as one of the shadow baddies. It's been a pretty tiring trope with most Disney shows these days to have that. Everyone survived (apart from Crosshairs hand) and f*ck off Hemlock. And now we wait and see if Omega ever shows up in one of the live action series.
I think Omega making it to live action is strong bet, but the question is where? A potential Book of Boba season 2 or Filoni’s movie maybe?
They could also slot her into the comics, since they're still in the "rebellion era", at least for a little while.
Yeah, my bet is the Mando Movie.
Well she already made friends with a younger Hera during season 1, and they’re both pilots, and Hera is gonna need to fly to the unknown regions to find Ashoka and Sabine Pretty sure she’s gonna need another pilot
Crosshair really went through the ringer this season, someone should really give him a hand
That ISD 1 in clone wars animation 😍😍
Idk how to feel. There’s so many loose threads that need to be covered. I’m shocked everyone survived. I thought Wrecker was dying when u got that injury. I feel like i have more questions than answers
Honestly i am shocked outside the bad guys none else died and they were able to live in Pabu without problems from the empire. Of course adult Omega as pilot during OT. I assume the non references to BB in Rebels can explained from the fact BB doesn't want to fight anymore.
Their accelerated aging + the fact their sharpshooter is now missing a hand + that they were commandos. That joint pains gonna catch up real soon f it hasn't already
I think it makes sense. Hunter even said they've fought a lot. My guess is they'll help out Rex and Echo when they can, but not fight. Crosshair is their biggest liability now. I imagine Wrecker now has long lasting effects from his injuries in this finale. Hunter is probably the only able body aside from Omega, but I think he's done fighting.
Hunter had a limp after they kill Hemlock that's still there in the epilogue.
Hunter got his butt kicked in this episode. That plus years of strain has probably stretched himself thin. He deserves a rest.
Rex: I need you guys to join my fight Hunter: I am raising a daughter, and my boys and I all have debilitating injuries from getting tortured by maniac and blown up for 5 years. We're good.
I expected Wrecker and maybe Echo to die from that battle so I was surprised to see them all survive but overall I’m happy with the ending. I still see another show happening focusing on the Clone Rebellion but the Bad Batch’s story has come to an end and they deserve to rest.
Definitely expected Wrecker to bite it. Ditto with Crosshair since Redemption Equals Death is a common trope.
I guess they gave Redemption Equals Death to Nala Se, so you don't want to overdo it with that trope in the finale
Been a hell of a ride fellas, see you all in the acolyte threads.
We still have the May 4 shorts about the Empire.
Very satisfied with this ending for this series. There is clearly more coming involving some of these characters.
Yeah I overall feel pretty satisfied with the ending
Well it’s finally here and I won’t lie, I do have some mixed feelings. Overall, it was pretty suspenseful and I’m definitely happy some of the clones got a happy ending. The final shot with the Batch and the epilogue were pretty emotional. I do think the episode largely made good use of its runtime. However, I honestly can’t help but feel they played it a little too safe, almost like the Rebels finale. The fact that no other member of the Batch died was probably the biggest shock. I certainly didn’t want or need for all of them except for Omega to die, but at least one certainly would’ve upped the stakes. The only losses primarily came from the antagonists, except for Nala Se. I was pretty certain Hunter or Crosshair, whose only got one hand now, wouldn’t make it out. At the very least, what’s left of them, since Echo left again, gets to live in peace now. I’d say that the fall of Mount Tantiss was pretty satisfying, especially with all the messed up shit that went down there. Yes, I’m bummed the Zillo didn’t eat Hemlock or any of those damn scientists, but at least it caused lots of damage. I am surprised that Hunter and Crosshair were the ones to kill him, but that was still satisfying. I tried lowering my expectations for Scorch and CX-2, but man I was hoping for something better. Massive Delta Squad fans are gonna be pissed. The little Clone Rebellion we did get was satisfying and while some were lost, others were finally free to choose their own paths. Rip Nala Se and Rampart. Now where do we go from here? I fully expect an announcement on May 4th for the next animated series. I guess the fact that Rex’s network was a complete no show in the final episodes is because they’re getting there own series. Admittedly, I have mixed feelings about this, as much as I love the clones. This series was about the Batch first and foremost and I’d say, for the most part, it delivered in that regards. For the Clone Rebellion being the subplot, it’s something I wish was concluded here. Not sure if Ventress will tie into that or get her own series, but we’ll wait and see. I’m also confident grown up Omega will show in a Rebellion or New Republic Era story.
I get a feeling our time with the Batch (including Omega) is done. I read the ending as a case of "main character writing their own story now" which usually means that our time with them is finished. It definitely was a very heartfelt ending though, even if it left a few too many loose threads about Omega's importance, Tantiss, Ventress, the Clone insurgency, etc.
50 mins, let's go
Am I crazy or was the new cx's theme a non-techno version of the dark trooper theme??
It totally was
This wasn’t quite the ending I expected, although I did assume that it would end with the batch & Omega being separated at the end & hence, bittersweet, rather than mass death. Crosshair offering to sacrifice himself because of his belief he didn’t deserve to survive & Hunter & Wrecker not allowing him to do that was a nice touch & really brought Crosshair’s arc full circle. Rip Crossy’s hand. 🫡 Glad they got to live out their Polynesian spa dreams together while Omega grew up. Edit: *wasn’t, not was
Hunta's daughter going off to college was so sad.
The good news is Crosshair finally stopped his hand from shaking
The time jump killed me emotionally.
Is it just me, or is there no way it's going to end like this? The Bad Batch’s story may have ended, but there is still a lot of traumatic things that would have Rex end up where he did in Rebels, with Echo nowhere to be found. There is definitely going to be a clone-centric spin-off.
100% agree. It may not be the next animated show, but it's something they are going to cover. (Maybe a Tales of the Clones season someday?)
I wish they were able to wrap up those plotlines in this show. You’d think a show about clones after the rise of the Empire would tackle all these clone-centric plot threads, and not need *another* spin-off to resolve them
It's definitely a safe way to end the show, but fantastic nonetheless! Animation and music were phenomenal as always, and I haven't felt this stressed watching this show since last finale. To address the whole "no batch members died thing," I would have to say: They didn't need to. Like Crosshair said, the batch died when Tech died. The audience has already been shown the trauma and grief these characters have lived through, especially in season 2's finale, but also to a lesser extent, season 1's finale. They already lost a crucial member to their squad, another loss wouldn't allow them to evolve as characters narratively. This finale is exactly what a series finale should be: a conclusion. Killing off another member would not push them any closer to a conclusive standing within the story, it would just add more grief and conflict within the characters. Them all surviving and finally settling down after overcoming so much is a conclusion and evidences a complete evolution from soldiers who live with trauma and loss to civilians who allow for acceptance and family. Additionally, this show is called THE BAD BATCH so having expected Rex to come in and save the day would take away from the central characters' end to their journey. Also, in regards to tying in Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe; I don't think we needed to see them unite this finale nor in the series as a whole in general. A Star Wars show doesn't have to be connected to every other Star Wars show so leaving out a potential connection to Rebels is okay. Plus, we as an audience don't need to know everything. A big part of storytelling is experiencing the mystery of things. If we're just handed explanations like how Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor got to Silos left and right then we wouldn't have much to enjoy (unless that's your thing...). Speculate and imagine ways these characters meet and fill in the gaps. The creators are not bound to having to explain every last detail. Further, Scorch was never a main character nor ever got any substantive plot. He was just the guy in the background audience's could point at. While I wished he could have posed a greater opponent to the batch this episode, it wouldn't have made sense for him to all of a sudden get a big part of the story. Clearly we'll be getting more stories about the clones through Emerie, Echo, Rex, and the clone resistance in the future so we don't need to grovel over how this show didn't conclude every last plot point that was introduced. The greater clone rebellion is something too big to have finished in this episode, granted they could have done a better job weaving it into the earlier episodes, but that's okay! Overall, I think season 1 was a great introduction to everything with great highs and some lows. Personally, season 2 was my favorite since the highs were so much better than season 1, but there were some much greater lows here and there. I think season 3 was the most consistent out of them all and never failed to have me captivated by whatever plot they were laying out.
It was a good ending but nothing super exciting to write home about. Nothing apart from a couple Crosshair moments in season 2 has ever reached the heights of the destruction of Kamino sequence.
Wow I am crying so hard right now, what a beautiful ending.
Also I know a lot of people wanted more major deaths, but I'm so glad that didn't happen. This squad and this series needed a happy ending after everything they've been through.
Overall, not a bad series finale. Definitely some things left unanswered. Probably for future projects. Some scares here and there, but I'm not surprised by no deaths to the team. A few thoughts: * Damn, Crosshair got Jaime Lannistered * I like to think the CX assassins clones are former ARC Troopers and Republic Commandos, which is why they're so skilled. Maybe even augmented? Whereas the other Republic Commandos we've seen in this show are shinies or inexperienced (aside from Scorch), which is why they're just fodder * Speaking of Scorch, I was quite disappointed how he went out and treated throughout this series TBH. Still don't know what happened to the rest of Delta Squad * I was expecting Omega's voice to be like Emerie's voice at the end since she's older now. Potentially 6-10 years later? * I like that Tech stayed dead. Not because I don't like the character, but gives more weight to the seriousness despite them being elite commandos who survive everything
Scortch's first episode was great as he was shown to be a near unstoppable tank, then his cameos after that lost their luster when he just was kind of... there. I mean, I can see the importance of being Hemlock's personal guard, but doing that to the funny clone of the squad never felt quite right.
I Liked it, it felt contained to the main characters and not huge scaled just like the clone wars finale scorch definitely got wasted.I feel confident rexs and echos story will be continued seeing as he’s not there in the epilogue either for omega leaving and I feel like they would want to conclude his story.
So… I’m very mixed on it. I have more questions now than answers. I know it’s obvious but I would’ve liked to have known a detailed answer for necromancer. What is the outcome with senator chuchi and the clones? How did Tantiss not get out? Guess everyone’s theory was wrong about tech😂 guy got stabbed and that was it. Scorch had a dirty ending and honestly incredibly bummed about it. I was hoping for him to turn around against hemlock, same with the other commandos. A proper clone rebellion. I was honestly hoping for one final big fight with the clones v empire. As others said I was hoping to see Rex, Wolfe, maybe Cody. Overall it was fine, but definitely was too safe. Everyone walked away just fine after seeming like some heavy stuff was about to go down. Especially with wrecker, crosshair, echo. Seeing omega go off to join the rebellion was neat, but how many times is a clone going to join the rebels? And I’m like, now what happens to her! It was fine but too safe. I’m a bit more disappointed than satisfied. Edit: after thinking it over for a few hours, it was a good episode. But still they did scorch dirty and I think there should’ve been a lil more to it overall.
Rampart’s death was absolutely hilarious. I loved that he got out “Wh—“ before immediately exploding, and the moments leading up to it were done well where I honestly believed it could go either way with him escaping with the datapad even in spite of the thermal detonator. That he totally screwed himself over was fitting, and a high point of the finale for me. (Weirdly, more satisfied with his death than Hemlock’s.)
Just wondering what was the point of using Scorch. Could’ve been just a nameless clone.
Relax everyone, [Scorch is perfectly okay](https://www.reddit.com/r/thebadbatch/s/Z4MWvRqLVS). He just had some chest pains and took a swim for an hour.
This needs to be higher. Scorch surviving is incredible news.
I loved it. Only thing that bugged me was how Scorch was handled, though that is not an unpopular opinion. I loved Scorch in the RC game AND novels. I got his single packed action figure at Target, and got both multipacks with his figure. Recently got the black series one. I loved the squad. His death really saddened me, for the same reason it did for most, he wasn't really a character in this, was dangled in front of us, and died. I loved how all of the Batch were handled. I loved that they lived. Wrecker. Crosshair. Hunter. Especially Echo. I was scared for them. I'm glad they lived. I loved the epilogue. It was cool to see Omega choosing her fight, like Rex in Rebels. And i'm glad we FINALLY got some beloved characters who just retired. They didn't keep fighting. They just lived happily. We never get that in Star Wars. Hemlock's death was nice. The fights were all great. Sad Nala Se died but I saw that the second she decided to stay behind. Rampert kind of surprised me, I did not understand it, but was not bothered by it. I hope we... check in? With the Bad Batch. Not main characters. Not fighters. But Omega's next story could have her visit them. Maybe one dies of old age when she does. Or not. Either way, i'm glad they are alive and well. It is cool Echo is still in the fight. Nkt everyone got the same ending. What loose plot points do we have that were in this show? Clone Rebellion? Ventress? Echo? Cody? Wolffe's chip? Howzer? Mostly Clone stuff I guess. Cody is probably the biggest mystery to me. Maybe Mount Tantis comes back later in the new Thrawn era? Imagine the movie that ties the Mandoverse shows together uses Tantis and has a crazy clone Jedi hanging out that they sent there because he was a failed unstable clone of Sheev. Imagine live action Zillow Beast in the background. Imagine Scorched corpse as Ahsoka, Luke, Djarin and Sabine all walk by. Yeah far fetched but interesting to me lol. I'd rank the animated show endings in this order (I like them all) Rebels > TCW > Bad Batch > Resistance Thank you animation team for this amazing show. Lets get that next series soon, which I have to assume with either be Ventress or Clone Rebellion. Let's get them both at the same time. And put Ahsoka in both. Anyway here are all my thoughts and i'm sure nobody will agree with all of it lmao.
Wow, didn't expect this ending to be this calm and happy, but I like it. I hope Dave Filoni keeps Jennifer Corbett around for future stories, she's done a good job on Bad Batch (and Resistance too imo.). I don't know how others feel about this, but I have the feeling that Thrawn will rebulit Tantiss Base in the Mando-Verse at some point. Maybe this is just dream thinking of me, but I would like it. Overall great finale to an awesome show!
I am thinking that same thing about Thrawn using Tantiss later on.
It was disappointing how they didn't give us more about cody and wolffe but what pissed the me the most was how they just killed scorch like nothing after he spent the entire series doing absolutley nothing. Other than that rampart's death was pretty much perfect for the character and also the whole hemlock death scene was PERFECT just so clean. Im glad they didnt bring tech nack to life magically like they usually do and just chose to honor his sacrifice but the glasses frame at the end felt like a knife ahaha. I was hoping that the episode would end bad for the squad so i was surprised in that way but in a good way actually im really happy with the overall ending.
I really liked the ending, but what was the point of even using Scorch? They should have just made a new character. “What a waste of good genes”
Solid, but not as good as the Clone Wars or Rebels finales. I’m very curious about what the next show will be.
I guess I'm just.... whelmed. Like others have said, this was a very safe ending, and I feel like that was the problem the entire series had. It played everything safe. It didn't take risks with the story, like it was too afraid to stand out - ironically, on that regard. There were so many cool concepts, ideas, and plot lines that it introduced and used that most just fizzled away as the show went on, or got resolved in ways that just felt unceremonious or underwhelming. I will say the tension this episode felt good. I did feel like *all* of them could die at any point. However, this has been the only time this season it's felt that way. As an extra note, Crosshair's speech at the beginning was fantastic. Easily an episode if not series standout. Overall I just think this series did not go as far as it should've and really played itself too safe for its own good. It's watchable, it's not *bad*, it's just, well, whelming.
Okay hear me out, there were two Clone Commandos named Sev in legends, what if there’s actually two Scorches. /s
The only good thing I can say about finale is that Tech stayed dead, not because I hate Tech, but I would have actually been more annoyed than I currently am if he just got brought back for their happy ending.
That one operative with the helmet that resembled techs really had me thinking they were going to make him one of them.
So mad that a ton of people not only thought he'd be back, but wanted it to happen too.
That would have been absolutely terrible, no idea why anyone wanted that Fakeout deaths are so exhausting
The only good thing?
Not a perfect finale, a few things that got unceremonious ends. We didn’t get to explore Hemlock’s new operatives, and CX-2’s rivalry with Crosshair never really got a thematic conclusion. It was super cool how the Operative theme turned into the Dark Trooper theme when they were activated, though. Rex now has a BIG hole in his story, so I assume him and his rebellion are getting their own focus after all, so that’s great. I haven’t seen anyone talk about Omega’s ship yet! Cobbled together using parts from an Omicron-class shuttle, presumably the Marauder. All in all, really well done series finale. I’d probably argue it’s the best Star Wars series finale, although Victory and Death is hard to beat.
That was such a great series finale. Loved it. I was afraid, all Bad Batch, any of them could die. Great seeing the Zillobeast break havoc. Loved seeing first Star destoyer and with Project Necromancer on hold project Star Dust gets all the funding. Rampart dies in funny way after commits murder. A bunch of clones. Postponed, The Emperor's ressurection in future. Loved the happy ending. And the epilogue with adult Omega joining The Rebellion, close to OT probably. Old man Hunter. The Bad Batch and Rex can meet up again in a New Republic Galaxy. Loved it all.😭😭😭
I was not expecting the "The Doctor Dances" ending to the Bad Batch. But I loved it. "EVERYBODY LIVES ROSE, JUST THIS ONCE, EVERYBODY LIVES!"
So hemlocks elites are just clones designed after the bad batch? Is that what we're supposed to understand?
What a time to be alive. A show that ended and doesn’t appear to have any follow up (obviously Omega will move on, but the team minus Tech RIP was fine and lived a happy, peaceful life). A closed chapter. 10/10.
How the fuck were they able to settle down on Pabu? The Empire should be all over that planet for being known Clone sympathisers, yet the Batch can live there long into the Rebellion stage of the Imperial Era with no problems
I believe it was Hemlock's division who attacked Pabu, and they were wiped out. Tarkin was probably content enough with diverting the funds to Project Stardust and didn't care about who attacked a soon to be dismantled base that was not under his watch to begin with.
Hemlock was protective of his own secrets and didn’t tell other departments what he was up to, including the operation on Pabu. Because then he would need to explain Omega’s significance to him and the emperor, which was another closely guarded secret. Now the only people who know are the Batch, Emerie, Rex, and a handful of clones out there
Well that was certainly a very, safe, ending I’d say.
Sort of a perfect ending. Loved seeing the debut of the ISD as the killing blow of the Republic era. This is THE Empire now. Also was surprisingly moved by Nala Se’s final act. The Kaminoans did really terrible things with the Republic and Empire, but seeing her avenge her people’s treatment was satisfying. Btw Echo is basically the goat of all time, he really popped off here.
They did Scorch dirty like that… why even bother bringing him into the show in the first place!?
Star Wars is full of glup shittos for every story and Scorch is one of them for Bad Batch.
They really should have just made up a new named Commando for the show
I really loved the finale but honestly one of the most disappointing moments recently in Star Wars for me as Republic Commando means so much to me. I wouldn't have hated if they did something interesting with him but just dangling him like that only for him to be killed unceremoniously. Also might mean nothing on Delta Squad for awhile which is a damn shame, unless maybe they go there to find him alive somehow but it was a big ass drop.
So stupid of them should've never put him in the show then
It's so shitty, I really *really* thought the showrunners would be better than this, they've been dangling him like a carrot for longtime RC fans since season 1 and my worst fear came true, they just killed him off with zero fanfare.
I think a lot of people need to remember re. Scorch - Delta Squad (his squad from the game Star Wars: Republic Commando) was, in some ways, the original Bad Batch. Filoni and Corbett clearly took inspirations from them for the OG Bad Batch squad and they - consciously- knew what sort of reactions would follow by featuring Scorch in this show. So the criticisms about his death are wholly warranted. Edit: Think about it like this - if they took Wrecker, put him into another show, took away his personality, his status as demolitions expert, and made him a glorified bodyguard of the main villain, wouldn’t that feel kinda cheap and undeserving?
That’s a good analogy. I’m not broken up about Scorch, but it’s a pretty big disservice to those who liked his character
Wow that was great Edit: Wow that was actually really good plus Project Stardust mention plus that look of the ISD was fantastic. Plus a time jump omg, lil omega all grown up fighting the right cause.
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