Star Wars: The Bad Batch
 

I didn't really care for these guys, no idea why they need their own series.

OK, I get wanting to continue Clone Wars after it ended, though wouldn't it make more sense to call it "The Empire" or something? Wit this title, it comes across like we'll only ever get focus on these guys.

I wish they'd animate some of the Clone Wars eps that were canceled.

Looks good, but it's so odd they made a show about a bunch of minor characters. Over like...anything else. I can't even remember their names. I just watched that trailer and already forgot all their names again after 30 seconds.

That reminds me a lot of Rogue One. Cool story, great premise, can barely recall the cast character names.

This show will probably be fun. My biggest "eh, it's fine" sort of moment about it, I think is the archetypes they went with. Really cliche - I mean one of them even rips off Rambo, LMAO!

But then again if those archetypes went in any other direction then someone on the internet would call it a "stereotype" instead and want to cancel the character designs, the show and the creators. So. Who knows.

The Boys and Omega are back Fall 2022

I ended up disliking Bad Batch. I don't even know why I watched season 1. Oh, right, I'm a masochist, or was one last year.

Omega is an annoying Mary Sue, and the anti-thesis of all the excellent EU female characters from the past (so basically like all the other nuStar Wars girls). I felt like...the Bad Batch themselves barely got any development aside from 'Rambo' (I forgot his name, that's how bland I found him, I think his name is Hunter but I don't care to look it up), which wasn't great, and Wrecker. I was disappointed because I really wanted to see what they'd do with Tech and Echo, and they did nothing. Crosshair had potential, but also felt wasted. The episode plotlines felt very same-y too, with them mostly being "in this episode, the Bad Batch go to (insert planet) to (insert mission), and babysit Omega from the baddies then report back to their lizard alien boss lady". And, lol at them bringing in Hera for fanservice, just like most other out of place cameos in Disney Wars. Oh...Oh...Ugh.

Season 2 trailer makes it seem like more of the same too. Pass.

I watched all 16 episodes of this show and I don't remember anything that happened in it. I don't even know why this show was made. Who cares about these characters?

This show basically exists to explain what happened to the Clones after Empire took over and what the consequences of replacing them with conscripts are. Why these particular ones rather any of the ones more established in TCW, I don't know but I guess it's because it's a little more flexible to use what are (essentially) brand new characters.

I watched the first few eps and I just couldn't get into it. But the occassional thing like that is fine because at some point in the future there will be a glut of material like this and I can always go back and try to watch it then to fill the void.

I'm curious now, since I'm on season 3 of the Clone Wars cartoon. Is the Bad Batch the same bunch from the episode I just watched? With... "the Bad Batch"? Or is this a whole new team they've created just for the new show?

I had to refresh my memory a bit and it's a bit complicated to answer.

So, were these characters on Clone Wars? Yes, the Bad Batch was introduced in the Clone Wars but they are, with one exception, not the same characters as Domino Squad (which is what I assume you are talking about) and most of them only show up in the Disney+ season, which implies they were indeed created for Bad Batch and were only in Clone Wars to establish them. Echo however, who was indeed from the Domino Squad, does join them after he has been experimented on. As for whether or not they are part of the same batch as mentioned previously isn't clear, I don't think the show itself makes it clear if their mutations are the result of Jango Fett's DNA becoming less reliable or intentional genetic engineering. If it's the former then it's likely they would be, if it the latter then clearly they aren't.

Wait... so when is this set, exactly? I'm about halfway done with Clone Wars season 5. When should I watch this?

After season 7 of The Clone Wars. I'm still iffy on the series. There are a handful of VERY good episodes, but aside from looking gorgeous, most episodes seem like unnecessary filler.

I watched all 3 seasons of this and remember nothing about it. It's easily the weakest of all the cartoons.

It does seem like a strange choice for a spinoff. Of all the things they could have done or people to focus on... let's just make up a group of some random tough guy clones and make a show about them?

I didn't watch this show at all. I wouldn't mind rewatching Clone Wars and Rebels at some point though.....

It's literally just the same show just with a bunch of generic clones as the main characters, so naturally it feels more boring. But the actual missions/stories are pretty similar to Clone Wars, but it feels less interesting to watch simply because you won't care about the main cast much.

I could definitely imagine myself rewatching this stuff down the line. Again, there's a lot of easily skippable Clone Wars episodes (can't speak to Rebels yet) but wow, there is some really amazing episodes and arcs here and there, and along the way they keep getting better and better. I'm almost done with season 6 and I'm loving every minute now.

Like most recently the arc I saw was Mace Windu and Jar Jar teaming up to investigate some troubles with people disappearing on a planet. On paper, that sounds ridiculous. But they made it work and amazingly well!

Also I notice as Clone Wars goes on... there is markedly less C3PO in it. Did they just get tired of dealing with Anthony Daniels?

Watched the whole first season premiere. Eh. OK. I can kind of see Filoni doing his thing with the one mandated by Disney female clone thing. It really feels like a mixmatch of children's cartoon TV stuff with adult fare. Sometimes it's pretty raw and sometimes it's pretty kiddy. That out of the way, I saw the whole first episode. Which is an hour plus. Not bad! It kinda walks us through the clones to Stormtroopers era which is an interesting era for sure.

Made it into season 2 already. The stuff at the end of season 1 was really good! I don't know why I never even once wondered what happened to Kamino and the Kaminoans after the Clone Wars... this answers it: the Empire completely annihilates all installations on Kamino! The threat being, of course, that with the Empire cancelling their clone contract the Kaminoans could create an army for somebody else. Makes sense.

Sometimes Omega makes things really silly but sometimes she works. I think if she was reconceptualized (even if just made a bit older) and maybe if they didn't make Wrecker as this caricature of a "dumb strongman with a heart of gold" they'd have a much stronger show.

Next month already? Sweet! Do they drop the whole season or what?

3 Episode Premiere Feb 21st than one a week I think

I'm surprised this show has any legs to be honest. But I guess it's an acceptable level of Star Wars as "something to watch"....

Can't wait this looks great. Pretty sad that this is the final season. Hopefully Tales of the Jedi returns so we can get more Clone Wars animated shows following this.

Hope the Bad Batch can make it alive out of this one.

This is the final season. This show is much weaker than the previous two, but I kinda expected it when the main characters are literal who's. Thankfully it's pretty short in comparison.

Saw the series finale. Kind of flat. There wasn't any surprises at all (unless you count them un-doing a semi-redemption) and the Bad Batch's plan pretty much went according to plan. Nobody died except who you might expect. All the hubbub about Project Necromancer and it's just destroyed and they don't really salvage anything from it. All we're to get from it is, I guess... maybe this shows the direction some efforts were going, way back? And maybe one day years later they'll resume and get better results? It's all overall super unsatisfying. And the epilogue mostly to propel Omega as an adult Rebel pilot... cool, but, where's the other clones? What happened to them? This is just to prop her up now?

Yeah this was the worst of the 3 Star Wars cartoons in general. I still don't know why they made 3 seasons of this, the whole story could have been told in one season. It was just the characters going on one generic mission after another with Omega getting captured every other story arc.

The stuff with the Empire attacking Kamino and the Emperor using that as a springboard to retire the clones and create the Stormtroopers was pretty brilliant. But that's about it. There just wasn't enough of a hook with this show.