New Disney+ animated series: The Bad Batch

[SuperiorIronman]

I feel like they're probably saving Cody up for something major.

Probably, but it's still one of those things where an appearance here would've been more than warranted.

According to toy leaks we are getting one more high ranking clone but it's "Clone captain Ballast". We don't know whether this is one of Rex's guys, the Kaminoans, or if this is just Imperial. Funnily enough for changing Caleb's clone legion colors for the show, they actually left it that way for the toy so really nobody gets an accurate portrayal of his friends outside the 501st legion. Naturally Ballast is colored teal and when he got leaked people confused him for a 501st commander. So nobody seems to win on portrayal or who shows up in the show.

I just hope Cody shows up in Kenobi cause otherwise I can't imagine what else he'd be used in.

[SuperiorIronman]

Turns out Cad Bane has a metal plate on his head. Someone on Reddit found out meaning we're possibly going to see Boba shoot Cad Bane in flashback.., or given the track record it'll be an offhand mention.

I personally hope we see it but I'm not holding my breath.

[inisideguy]

I don't feel like Crosshair is wasted, though I feel like he could be better utilized. Really thinking about it the show is fine, but it's only fine. You can do better with the characters in the show and the show continues to zig where it should've zagged.

Really I feel like the main character should be Echo given they brought him back in Season 7 to join the team and deal with the fallout of Order 66. His best friend isn't even mentioned, only brought up in passing with Echo's reaction to it happening off screen. And Echo's fear of being used against his will and essentially being a droid is basically only subtext. Hell this even glosses over how he's perfectly fine with being a soldier but has several questions regarding the Jedi and it just goes nowhere. And all of it as it is is essentially The Mandolorian but with more guys. And that's fine, but it never goes as far as it needs to go.

As for Cody? He should have the role Rampart does. He is the highest ranked clone and would have intimate knowledge on how to train troops and hunt the batch given he's the old CO. Rampart is basically superfluous to Tarkin who already dislikes clones and wants human recruits and you have Rampart who want the same thing. So why not have a clone who can vouch for them? Not like they don't have an actor.

Yea I am enjoying the show. But it is basically the plot of The Mandalorian so far. Which is a little weird.

[ChrisIII]

It's not really the Empire looking for Omega though, but the Kaminoans with their own plans.

[CTTT]

I have the nagging feeling that Omega is going to meet a tragic end by the end. I believe there's going to be 16 episodes in total right?

[SuperiorIronman]

I have the nagging feeling that Omega is going to meet a tragic end by the end. I believe there's going to be 16 episodes in total right?

16 episodes total.

[Immortal Weapon]

I enjoyed this episode. I noticed the metal plate Cad Bane had on his head.

So Omega is just like Boba. For their purposes you'll think the Kaminoan would actually want her alive. Then again, I'm not sure why they made Omega the way she is and why Jango raw genetic material is still important to them

[SuperiorIronman]

I hope that's just a reference to Snoke and not actually him since that clone doesn't get made for at least another 20 years.

Frankly I don't have much an idea why Omega is produced the way she is. You'd think that on the off chance Jango dies that they'd have produced more like them. Like now knowing Alpha is Boba you'd run through Beta and all that to avoid your prime donor dying early resulting in a loss of production. It is kind of cool I was completely right and they can just clone Boba had they been given the chance since he's unaltered but why didn't the produce more of them? Like it's understandable to do that given Jango was a bounty hunter and risked dying on any one mission so why wouldn't you make more? Why is Omega female? To disguise her? It's weirder you got some random girl running around on Kamino and not a Fett clone and it's all Kaminoan property until the Republic buys them, they're only producing inventory. So why would you even need to disguise her? Just be up front and have a Fett clone who ages normally on the off chance Jango dies.

Anyways episode is good.

[Frontier]

So, yeah, Cad Bane has a metal plate on his head, implying the arc where Boba shot him in their duel still happened and indicating he probably has a beef with Boba that may or may not be realized in either this show or the Book of Boba Fett.

Poor Todoo. He's so loyal and fervent about Cad Bane, but he just sees Todo as a tool. At least Omega had the decency to actually fix his leg before shutting him off.

Why is Omega so special? She's the only other prime Jango Fett clone left after Boba (and Boba is probably too much trouble to try and capture and bring back). She's effectively the closest thing Boba has to a sister. Did Jango not know about her at all? Were they deliberately trying to pretend she wasn't actually a clone even though everyone would probably have pegged the only other human being on Kamino as a clone? Was the gender-flip really just to further obscure her clone status?

Nala Se actually cares about Omega and only really cares about keeping Omega away from Kamino to the point where she'll pay Fennec just for keeping Omega out of another bounty hunter's hands.

Bounty hunting isn't the most glamorous job, but having a naked Kaminoan clone on top of you has got to be a new low.

Cad Bane is probably still after Omega. Fennec is still waiting for if they need her again. Is Boba going to get involved with this at all? Cad also has a grudge against Fennec now, so I wonder if that will go anywhere.

Hunter promises Omega that she'll never go back to Kamino...somehow I don't expect that promise to keep one way or another.

[Immortal Weapon]

I hope that's just a reference to Snoke and not actually him since that clone doesn't get made for at least another 20 years.

Frankly I don't have much an idea why Omega is produced the way she is. You'd think that on the off chance Jango dies that they'd have produced more like them. Like now knowing Alpha is Boba you'd run through Beta and all that to avoid your prime donor dying early resulting in a loss of production. It is kind of cool I was completely right and they can just clone Boba had they been given the chance since he's unaltered but why didn't the produce more of them? Like it's understandable to do that given Jango was a bounty hunter and risked dying on any one mission so why wouldn't you make more? Why is Omega female? To disguise her? It's weirder you got some random girl running around on Kamino and not a Fett clone and it's all Kaminoan property until the Republic buys them, they're only producing inventory. So why would you even need to disguise her? Just be up front and have a Fett clone who ages normally on the off chance Jango dies.

Anyways episode is good.

I figured Omega is female so they can organically produce clones if which a thing were to become necessary.

[SuperiorIronman]

They use cloning vats to produce them by the thousands, why would they use Omega herself as an incubator for herself with extremely few results?

[Gray Lensman]

They use cloning vats to produce them by the thousands, why would they use Omega herself as an incubator for herself with extremely few results?

I can think of 2 possible reasons. First, that the initial sample has some degradation, but mostly on the Y chromosome, similar to X-23 from the X-Men. Second, naturally occurring egg cells produced by a female might be considered a better long term source than anything harvested from elsewhere. Worst case scenario, each egg is a potential new source of material - just get it to mature and harvest from there. Since a human naturally produces thousands that could keep the samples fresh in perpetuity.

It might not be 100% accurate for science, but since when has Star Wars been concerned with that. The franchise is very much style over function in most areas. But since they aren't pretending otherwise, and the style is normally pretty damn cool, it's easy to overlook.

[ChrisIII]

So I guess in a sense Boba has a twin sister.


Some fans have noted that Omega also has a slight resemblance to Jango's sister from the old EU: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Arla_Fett

[SuperiorIronman]

Newest episode has the rescue of a separatist leader. Kind of weird to get behind the guy since he's played as being right despite the fact that for three years he and his buddies waged bloody war and have been the down and out bad guys. Imperial occupation on Raxus sure but everybody does the whole switcheroo on roles and the only problem was that the Empire was present, not that they actually did anything. Which yeah, nobody has done anything yet. They're fighting the Batch because they're traitors but nobody is heinous yet outside Crosshair who had no say in the matter.

I actually thought this was building up to Echo getting some development given his experience with them but still nothing. Or if there was something it's not nearly enough to have been notable. The episode is meh. 6 episodes from the show completing its run and honestly I can't think of anything this show has actually accomplished in its run since it's been so slow.

[thwhtGuardian]

Newest episode has the rescue of a separatist leader. Kind of weird to get behind the guy since he's played as being right despite the fact that for three years he and his buddies waged bloody war and have been the down and out bad guys. Imperial occupation on Raxus sure but everybody does the whole switcheroo on roles and the only problem was that the Empire was present, not that they actually did anything. Which yeah, nobody has done anything yet. They're fighting the Batch because they're traitors but nobody is heinous yet outside Crosshair who had no say in the matter.

I actually thought this was building up to Echo getting some development given his experience with them but still nothing. Or if there was something it's not nearly enough to have been notable. The episode is meh. 6 episodes from the show completing its run and honestly I can't think of anything this show has actually accomplished in its run since it's been so slow.

It's definitely not as momentous so far as I thought it would be but I still think it's fun to watch. One thing I did like about this episode is that it did show a Separatist in a positive light which was interesting as I've always felt that there should be a story about how former Separatists worlds became the first supporters of the Rebellion. Sure, the Neimoidians, Banking Clan guys and Genosians were just in it for greed but I always figured a lot of planets joined up with them because they were under-served by the Republic and saw the Separatist movement as a way to form a better government for themselves and it's not wholly unsupported there were a few episodes of the Clone Wars that explored that idea a little and the deleted scene with Padme, Bail and Mon Mothma debating whether they were on the wrong side of the war was meant to explore the same idea.