My biggest problem with the show is that echo is just there you could remove him from the show and nothing would change

i really got annoyed at how dumb they made wrecker. the man is a trained soldier who was literally bred to be competent in battle. big and strong = dumb is a tired cliche.

I don't hate Omega, but I hope I'm not the only one that saw a couple red flags come up when she appeared in the trailers. I remember saying "oh, so she's the important child character".

The concept of this show was exactly what I’ve been wanting for a long time: a story about the transition from the republic to the empire told through the perspective of the clones, it’s a shame it didn’t turn out that good

Totally agree to use filler episodes to develop characters, tech and echo are my favorite bad batch members and they basically got no development whatsoever

I love how you didn’t mention Echo at all

The thing about the clone wars argument is that even though season 1 of clone wars and rebels had bad filler in you are supposed to improve as you continue making these shows not constantly resetting them back to square one

The lack of you talking about Echo just proves how underused he was

It is insane how planets in Star Wars are somewhat comparable to countries in our real world so to have canan and Hera both meet the bad batch at young ages then happened to get together like no there’s such low chances of that Happening like why does everyone in star wars need to meet everyone else

My two biggest issues was Omega feeling not like they needed her to create a plot but simply just shoehorned into the plot for disneys sake, then there's perhaps one of the most interesting characters of the batch being completely sidelined this being Echo because he's been there since season 1 of tcw and could have added so much more

You can justify Saw Gerrera, Fenec Shand, and Cad Bane, but not Rex, the driving force behind the removal of the Bad Batch’s inhibitor chips? 🤨

It wasn’t disappointing it was just underwhelming. It did a fine job in several aspects. It just failed in others too. Hopefully season 2 will improve on those aspects that they failed.

I liked it but it had too much fillers and cameos, plus the ending left them from where they started

I think crosshairs chip taken out was a good twist. It’s better for him to try to come around to the side of good then for him to just be a chipped zombie until his chip is taken out and all is forgiven.

One of my biggest gripes is the bad batch group themselves, despite being clones, do not care or have any emotional attachment to the normal clones. They talk about how they hate the clones' replacements but in clones wars to show active distain from name calling to wanting to leave them behind, like you make these guys clones but they never show any care for other clones or try to understand them or even have internal conflicts when trying to shoot eachother

The problem with the Crosshair chip arc is that when he has the chip he can't change or grow as a character. When he has it removed he can actually choose his own choices and have his own internal conflict. Otherwise all the bad batch would need to do is take him to Bracca and then he'd be good again which would be super boring.

I actually like the plot twist that crosshair had removed his inhibitor chip, i think it adds more to his character and how not every clone was so opposed to the Empire like most were

Personally, I would’ve preferred if the whole bad batch was fighting for the empire against their will then eventually get the chips removed by Rex near the end of the season and realize everything that they have done under the empire’s control, then they could’ve wondered about what their purpose is now that the war is over, this would’ve been far more interesting than just doing the whole “fight against the empire” plot that we’ve gotten so many times by now

My biggest gripe with the bad batch is that it’s a repeat of the same formulaic starwars story we’ve been getting for the past couple of years; *an imperfect family roams the galaxy trying to find where they belong, running away and escaping bad guys, and protecting a character of vague importance.* I get that starwars is all about family but the family in **this show** are all supposed to be soldiers, artificially created unstable elite soldiers no less. I was really hoping for a *Band of Brothers* kind of narrative or something akin to the infamous “*501st Journal*” where it would talk about their lives and integral missions that either furthered the overall story of starwars or caused them to undergo actual character development. They’re commandos, I’m sure they’ve seen their fare share of shit while serving the GAR. Maybe we could’ve even seen them serve under the empire before they realized the horrible truth.

I honestly just wanted a show with some of my new favourite Star Wars characters. Just seeing them do shit is awesome and I love it.

This title: exist Bad batch fans and memers: “It’s treason then

2:40 watch ur mouth this arc is good

The plot: Rogue Defective Clones who are on the run from the Empire The actual Show: a bunch of pointless side quests for some dumb Trandoshan bint

I didn't mind Crosshair removing his chip. Adds a lot more room for development. I really hated the fact he shot his own team. I saw that coming lightyears away and I was hoping they wouldn't do that :/

The premiere is some of the best SW content out there, but then it slowly declined afterwards

You have some very good and valid points and have actually changed my mind on a couple of things as someone who loves this show. Also with Crosshair, he says he removed his chip but he could very well be lying to attempt to convince his brothers to join the empire. I think this is somewhat further proved in the finale when you can see him grabbing his head. Anyway, great video regardless!

I disagree with you on some points but respect your perspective. For one I really like crosshair’s arc, albeit you’re right some parts don’t make sense. But he is trying to find a meaning to his existence and he decide to latch on to the Empire, despite the fact that the Empire doesn’t care about clones, regs or not. Often times in real life we see people who stick around in abusive relationships because it fulfills some part of what that person is lacking in such a compelling manner that they’re willing to ignore some glaring red flags. I think Crosshair’s character perfectly illustrates this. That said, I agree that the writers failed to capitalize on a huge treasure trove of opportunities in the other members of the Bad Batch. They don’t have to develop every single person this season, but at least have Echo reflect more about what is going on, and on some of the events that transpired while he was enslaved by the Techno Union. This is a character who was there from the very beginning, and has outlived many of the other established characters! Instead, he acts as if he is a new character with no connection to the clone wars. And his tech oriented powers is kinda redundant with Tech.

So Rex personally makes sense to me under the idea that you're dealing with clones that are going rogue and Rex I believe in Rebels made it to point to say that he went looking for any clones that he can that are rebelling that are rebelling so it makes sense that Rex would run into the bad batch

To be fair, Rex leads to the rest of the squad learning of and removing their chips.

How can you say rex served no purpose when without him the batch would all still have their chips.

The mercenary stuff was annoying. Like the main villains not showing up for 3 episodes? What? I loved the Ryloth stuff cuz it was relevant, showing the clones start to resist order 66. The finale was....weak. I expected a big old battle. Not to have Crosshairs go...oh ya i aint got chip. now lets run. Zero fighting aside from the training room scene. WEAK.

I think season 2 will most likely fix this as we saw in the clone wars, how it started kinda mediocre but then turned out the be kinda good near the middle to end

I stopped watching like half the season in and I don't feel like I've missed a thing.

I seriously don't understand how you don't think Rex is important.He literally is the most important character appearence of the series and Crosshair is an incredible character ngl

6:07 if Rex didn’t show up the season would have been shorter and the bad batch may have had wrecker go with the empire which helps out a lot considering his size

I enjoyed the show but do agree with some of ur points like echo and tech deserved more. I think that’s why season 2 exists cause this was more of a let’s see what works and whatever characters we don’t use we can use next season. But like finale not having a Big Bang and characters aside I really enjoyed the show. It reminded me of early clone wars. Also I think it showed the transition between eras well. Note: Rex did have a impact he helped them get their chips removed and obviously they are starting a new story arc with him and some sort of new clone rebellion. And the crosshair twist was the best way they could go with the story, crosshair was a incredible character in this show while in clone wars I didn’t understand why he was like he was

Ok but, can we talk about how stunning this show looks, the forest planet looks live action

Maybe it's just me but personally find Crosshairs more intersting after learning that he already removed his inhibitor chip and it makes me want to see more of him. Almost every character we know that ditched the Empire do it because they're evil and doing wrong (and they're right, I'm not gonna argue) but we almost never see the pov from the "good" guys who chose to stay with the Empire. Crosshairs stayed not for the sake of following orders but because he wants to be on the winning side so I can't wait to see more of his journey. Hope it's something like Thrawn's story where he follows the bad guys while having good intentions. Hell, I'd watch a whole movie starring Yularen's perspective.

This is pretty much exactly how I felt. I decided to watch it every morning with my breakfast. After about episode six, I started questioning wether it was worth my time to keep watching at all. The show wasn’t bad, it was just predictable and kind of boring. And their incompetence really started to get to me. If they had always been this incompetent, there would be no way their group would’ve survived this long. And Omega. May be a Disney thing, but we really have to have some sort of child in every new show huh. You already know they’re not gonna kill her off or get rid of her in any way any time soon, so everything involving her becomes trivial and feels less serious.

Mixed reactions with Omega but I must say I love this character so, so, so very much. Some won't agree some will but I just love this character and want to see her grow.

For me my expectations were met for this show. It has the best first season of the animations for me but not the best season. Yes cannot agree more that this would have benefitted from being released all at once. My favorite episodes were the once explaining the empire… warmantle (dub) the like 5 filler episodes were fine with didn’t need them but I don’t hate them. I love the Hera arc. Those two episodes and the one before were great because it showed the empire on a republic world and a separatist and just how the empire ruled. And then… the destruction of kamino. I loved it. Also I don’t think cross hair actually has his chip removed. He had head ache in the last episodes and honestly I just think his chip was amplified so much he believes it’s not there. Also as we all know these animations get better with each season. Season 1 of rebels and clone wars were meh but the last seasons of each were amazing

My biggest problem with the show is omega. Let’s take a child to a war zone. This is becoming a common theme in Disney Star Wars. I didn’t understand why the empire destroyed its cloning facility on kamino. The empire had cleaned out the facility. So they just blew up some empty building for dramatic effect. This is also a good example filoni bending the rules for his story. In ashoka one star destroyer at close range can’t kill a group of people on the ground. In bad batch 3 Venentor destroyers wipe out a city in seconds.

I think I liked it more than you, but I definitely felt underwhelmed a lot. They rarely made most of the Batch feel like real characters and there was a bit too much filler considering this is the early part of their story and where we really need to be exploring the characters.

Personaly i really enjoyed the show but I get some of the criticisms towards it but I still love it regardless. Clones doing cool shit is all I ever really wanted from this show and I got what I wanted 😊

Off topic but Saw Gerrera is the Nick Fury of Disney Canon

One of the weakest traits of newer SW material is the major inconsistency with the power levels of characters. This has been an issue even since The Clone wars and has seemed to have gotten worse in Rebels, the Mandalorian and the newer shows. In some situations we can’t even blame plot armor anymore. These random Joe blow Mary Sue characters will come out of nowhere and take on some of the most battle hardened characters in Star Wars like it’s nothing. Cad Bane who has taken on elite Jedi loses to Fennec Shand. Hunter who is a genetically modified freak of nature who we’ve seen destroy platoons of droids with barely any effort gets beat up by Fennec Shand. Ahsoka Tano the master who has gone Toe to Toe with Vader, Maul and Greivous struggles against some old lady with a spear. Koska Reeves who is Half the size of Boba Fett and less experienced than him holds her own against him. It makes me wonder if the writers actually think these kind of things through or if they just go “In this scene, this guy is gonna fight this guy!, make it look cool and stuff”.

It makes it more interesting that crosshair had his chip removed? Nice twist gave him more of a interesting personality and thought process would’ve been boring if it was as straightforward as removing it and he’s good now

I've been binging on this show and am halfway through season 3 so far. Fortunately, season 2 and 3 were big improvements and begun to actually make it feel meaningful and fit into something bigger in the star wars universe such as Sidious' plans. Glad I wasn't the only one annoyed by Crossfire's inhibitor chip. I saw that as a glaring continuity error. It is as if they decided to do something different with his character after already writing in that the empire boosted his chip. They even made a note to explain that his inhibitor chip was working better than the others, but still not entirely, which explained his behavior with the squad about it initially.

Bruh I don’t know what your talking about Crosshair was always as an asshole, when the first ep came out I called it that Crosshair would have joined the empire with or without the chip, which is why I really wasn’t invested in his character in the beginning

The show may be mediocre but I gotta say, this show is just gorgeous visually and Dee Bradley Baker is fantastic as always so atleast it has those things going for it.

I thought this show was great with cool characters, animation, pacing, world building and for the most part the stakes 8.5 / 10 Better than anything the prequels did

The most interesting thing about this show was the conflict between Crosshair and his former brothers. I also disagree with your take on the cameos. It is forced fanservice. The fact of the matter is, there’s different ways they can advance each story and interconnect it without having the characters constantly meeting each other, other shows have done it (like The Expanse). The idea of Star Wars being this big galaxy loses its meaning when you put all these characters in the same room and they can all point to each other as to when and how they’ve met. Bad Batch meets Caleb Dume, whom Hunter helps, and then they also meet Hera Syndulla too? Also, does Fennec Shand and Cad Bane have to be there? Are there no other bounty hunters in the galaxy? Can we get some Haxion Brood bounty hunters? And Saw Gerrera too. Come on! It’s the same side characters getting recycled over and over again. I can buy the Hera Syndulla thing, but the fact that they meet 2 main characters from Rebels is just a little too fanservicey. Disney shouldn’t have to rely on cameos and whole episodes on other characters just to sustain your interest in their new show. It’s same thing they did with BOBF.

I hated how awesome and how they were presented as an elite squad with unique skills and talents in the clone wars, in the bad batch it feels like they missed that.

To be fair, there was only one technical filler episode, which was infested. I love hearing other opinions on Star Wars even if I don’t like them. But look at clone wars season 1. Yeah there was rookies and Ryloth, but it was an overall 5/10. I’m gonna get a lotta flack for this, Bad batch did more in there first season than clone wars did. I liked the finale (but have mixed feelings about omega going after AZ) but just take a very small look at where they left us: Crosshair is still imperial but we know that he’s not a jerk and will be conflicted through season 2. And Nala Se is on palpatines cloning facility which MAYBE will lead to hunting omega (again) but more importantly will lead into the mandalorian. You like it when character timelines line up together, right? Well, there you go

I haven't seen the video because I haven't watch bad batch YET. I'm planning to watch it soon bit now my standards have dropped a bit. If it's truly disappointing thanks for the heads up

Scorch: my ammo is exhausted and so am I.

I sense a great disturbance, it's as of millions of voices that lay dormant suddenly rose up in anger

This show should’ve been an anthology show just like clone wars we could’ve seen what Rex and Ahsoka were doing what earth maul was doing an arc with some random clones and how they felt maybe even seen vader or palpatine or the inquisitors or maybe even the rebellion being formed. During every episode I was just like why did they choose this I can think of so many more interesting things going on in the galaxy

2:44 This effing arc oh my God was it a rollercoaster for me.

actually I like the first season. It was like an explanation of things of what happened to certain people or places. The animation was very good. Though the ending was kind of a big "EHH" but it left me wanting more at the end of the day. Looking forward to season 2.

To be fair it’s only the first season which most first seasons take the time to expand on characters and motivations. I wouldn’t say disappointing, but compared to the last arch of the Clone Wars… doesn’t come anywhere near the level of storytelling and emotion. I look forward to season 2 and seeing how Dave Filoni fits it into the rest of the Star Wars universe he is building.

Honestly character wise I don't care 100% but i like in term of expanding the lore, by showing us the transition to the empire and how that is impacting on various worlds

For as dull as it could be at times, if season 2 is anything we’re hoping it’ll be I’ll be able to look past it.

Personal head canon that crosshair either lied about the removal of his chip or was programmed/ had false memories implanted to believe he did

I hope now that we’ve had more introductions to the bad batch next season will be better

Episode 1 was so good. Cid episodes were so bad. And some episodes were average or above average Watch this show if you're a diehard prequel/clone wars fan. Also I think this show should be maybe like 10 episodes instead of 16

Crosshair without his chip is the best thing about this show, a clone with a lot more morality and personality than any other of the characters in this show. He reminds me of the old clones in legends who had to choose their path themselves instead of some chip forcing them to kill Jedi

That little “wait that sounds familiar” was me at the end of every episode in the second half 😂 the basic story structure is almost an exact copy of Mando S1 with more filler Idk about y’all but I’m still pissed about Tipoca City 😠

I don't understand why Crosshair choosing evil makes him uninteresting or entirely sympathetic. Isn't it interesting to have the perspective of a person who genuinely thinks the Empire is the right faction to join for their own reasons? Almost every proper Imperial character we get is either cartoonishly evil (not that that is a bad thing with the role of such characters in their stories) or defects to the good guys, so why can't we have someone who chooses evil and stays with evil because they perceive themselves as right?

What makes me appreciate the show, is it’s heavily character based. It relies on you caring deeply about these characters, and i cannot lie, i fell in love with them almost immediately. I completely understand the gripes w the show. But i think what makes you not like the show is exactly what makes me love it. It’s a much smaller more personal story almost separated from the main. “Star wars” story I also waited for all episodes to be out so i could binge it.

I was hoping for a darker take on these characters, kind of a Halo Reach theme where you watch your favourite characters slowly get picked off throughout the story until the last man. However, to reference one of your other videos, Star Wars in recent times seems to have a problem with killing off characters.

How could you have wanted a Bad Batch series since 2014 when they didn't exist to us until 2020? Wtf?

My expectations were a good not great show, and it met them. Hopefully the formula that made the Clone Wars succeed will work here too.

The only thing this show did right was make Scorch Imperial-aligned and pretty competent. We need the full Delta Squad to finish these defectives off at some point.

Reality Fact. Cloning is a business to the Kaminoans. Their customer wanted a functioning clone army. The Customer will get a Clone Army. Any and all Clones that don't function as expected or deviate from the desired norm are failures and killed. The entirety of Bad Batchs existence is false.

When I saw the title I was really afraid that this video was gonna get disliked bombed because you actually make a lot of valid points. Yes the updates on the lore regarding the rise of the empire was awesome but the story tends to drag a lot

I think the empire brainwashed him to think the chi was removed

Watch it all together at once instead of having to wait weekly. A much better experience. Idk what people expected from this show but don't watch it if you dislike it

We got to wait for season 3 thats where everything gets better

I am really of the opinion Crosshair's arc needed to happen. The introduction of the inhibitor chips in the Clone Wars removed a big portion of what made order 66 so meaningful and poignant. Military forces are central to the maintenance of an autocratic regime. To me it was obvious that the clones would choose Palpatine's new order over any loyalty to the Jedi Order, not because they were mind controlled, but because they were a militaristic force bred to restore security and ensure the continuity of the regime they served. That means you could tell a much more compelling story when you realised the army, shown to be gallant and heroic, is just like any other military force in history can be, an institution of oppression and an instrument of political violence.

Great Video! I feel the exact same way about The Bad Batch!

I hope you don't take this the wrong way but if you do remember there were little episodes where the stuff you said they did not have they did have a moment where the characters were questioning what this was all for they had a Moment Like This and I believe in two to three episodes where they pose that question and how are they going to adjust to the adjust to things but I agree they didn't make that a point of focus

I would have like them to explore Omega's character a little bit more. She basicaly does nothing. Maybe for a next season they reveal the she is force sensitive, and that's why she was special to the Kaminoans, especially as force sensitivity is very difficult to clone. Then the Empire finds out, they regret destroying the Kaminoans. This way they can create a prequel to the cloning of Palpatine

8:43 I thought his chip broke when he got hit by the crashed ships thrusters?

My main problem with the show was the middle, where it was just multiple fetch quests and that one episode where we just diddnt see the bad batch. I feel like it would've been better as a binge, which now that it is might be better as a viewing experience. The show looks great the action is great, and it's highs are really high. To a degree I know that filler mist exist to build relationships but it just happened a little too much.

The Bad Batch? You mean the OMEGA show?

i thought crosshairs chip was "removed" when it got burned out by the venator. maybe im dumb but idk

u wouldn't be able to write 10 seasons of this show if u could u wouldn't have a yt channel talking about how mediocre this show is

Having filler episodes worked in The Clone Wars because it had multiple arcs per season that followed different characters and could usually be watched in any order. It still had an overarching plot, but it wasn't really developed until halfway through the show and it was never really the main focus until the end. Filler episodes don't work in the Bad Batch because the entire season follows the same characters on the same arc. I still think it was a decent show, but I think it says a lot that you could skip probably a third of the season and not really miss any important plot details. Also ngl you're sleeping on the Clone Wars younglings arc, it was pretty good.

I mean since the Star Wars animated shows normally get better around their third season hopefully bad bad will start to get good around season three

and on the inhibitor chip, that was this shows only saving grace

Definitely do not agree about crosshair point. With the chip still intact it is predictable about what he may be feeling, his Choice is not his own. Certainly tragic, but that doesn’t compare to the emotional toll that having the chip removed and still serving the empire hunting his brothers WILLINGLY. This can really be taken in a lot of ways with him possibly finding his way back to the group and choosing his humanity over his soldier-related ambitions, or the exact opposite and embracing the empire and making the crew make a choice to put him down or something like that which adds far more depth than just it wasn’t his fault. This makes it HIS fault, HIS decision which holds different weight. Just a thought!

Thank you! This is exactly what I thought! I liked some stuff like the Kamino destruction but the characters are basically the Ninja turtles… Hunter is Leo… Tech is Donatello, Crosshair is Raphael, Wrecker is Michelangelo… Echo is just… there… and Little girl Boba Fett is probably crucial to the empires cloning plot they desperately need to flesh out to try and enhance the god awful mess the sequels left… when really they should just drop that and do something interesting!

I like the argument but this is just season 1 people sead this about the clone wars back then so I am going to give it time.

My wildest dreams they would of worked with the empire and we could of got some interesting stories focused on the empire .

I like how he forgot to talk about echo much like how the show forgot about him in the first place

Part 1 of my full series reworking.Sorry for how long this is but I was really passionate about completing this but I hope you enjoy reading regardless.Please feel free to let me know anything you liked or anything you want improving. My version will have only have 10 episodes but will have a flexible runtime like The Mandolorian.This means the episodes can range from 22 minutes to 70 minutes.This would benefit series as it allow each episode to be an appropriate length without rushing or dragging episodes. Characters: I would add character arcs for each character which would be established at the beginning of the season to then be payed off at the end. Hunter: Starts as a reluctant hero inconfident in his ability to lead independently without the republic to become a confident leader with his complete trust in his squad. Wrecker: Starts as a hyperactive child and ends as a father figure role. Tech:Starts as a cold calculating Narasasst unable to properly express himself to a caring and intelligent human. Echo:Starts blinded by the nostalgia of the glory days of been a regular arc trooper of the 501st refusing to accept his new self to become a fully formed bad batcher using his enhancements for much more such as weaponary and accepting who he truly is. Similar to Cyborg in Zack Synder's Justice League. Crosshair is perfection and will be unaltered. Episodes: Episodes will mostly stay the same but will include my ideas and improvements. Episode 1: Aftermath Runtime:70 Minutes •Caleb and Depa are replaced by new jedis.Their inclusion achieved nothing other than a stupid guest appearence and completely retconed and ruined the better version of the story •Saw Garrea would be replaced by a new character wanting to fight against the empire. •Echo would be established to have a struggle with his identity and would be still experience PTSD (There would be scenes such as him going to pick things up with his cyborg arm or how he feels uncomfortable around computers) •Tech would be highlighted to be narasasstic. Episode 2: Cut And Run Runtime:35 minutes •The episode would focus more on the bad batch discovering about the Empire's new protocols. •The Bad Batch would earn food and supplies from the Lawquenes. •Wrecker's Hyperactivity would be highlighted. •Wrecker's inhibitor chip begins to activate. •Tech and Echo would have a rivalry established. •This episode would begin a 2nd plotline with the Kaminoans and the empire. This plotline would show Crosshair and will also explain the reasons behind the empire's action ma towards kamino and the clones. •Tarkin would reveal to kamino the official cancellation of Jango fett clones.The Empire cancelled the production due to wanting the Kaminoans to focus on different projects.The Kaminoans believe they are now independent from the empire but Tarkin tells them they are still working for the empire and will not be payed for their work due to them been Empire "allies." Kaminoans realise they are now Slaves to the Empire. •Crosshair is sent on a mission to assinate a bunch of robbers who are stealing from the empire.Crosshair's accuracy and creativity is highlighted on this mission establishing him as a competent threat. Episode 3: Replacements Runtime:30 Minutes The Bad Batch •Hunter's hunting/enhanced senses are used and are important to their survival in this episode and Hunter explains to Omega how he controls them. •Hunter would have a theme for when his abilities are used. •Wrecker's chip increases in intensity. •Tech and Echo have an argument because Tech wanted to experiment and improve Echo's cyborgnetic enhancements which infuriated Echo as to him that makes it seem as if he isn't a brother to him but more of a test subject.Echo insults Tech calling him a machine maniac and Tech insults Echo by claiming that he can do anything he can.The argument is broken up by Hunter. •Echo is shown to be cleary struggling with his mental state.Echo is blindimg himself into a false reality where he is still a regular soldier he is in Stage 1 of grief:Denial. Kamino •The same as the actual episode but the civilians are working for the replacement character I had for Saw in Episode 1. Episode 4: Rampage Runtime:35 Minutes The Bad Batch •This would be a combination of Episode 4 and 5.As the Bad Batch would be on a random mission for Cid on Zygerria but will be intercepted by Fennec Shand. •The episode would highlight how the empire impacted Zygerria. •The Episode would focus on Wrecker and Omega's dynamic. •Wrecker would learn to control his emotions more as his destructive nature caused Omega to become seriously injured. •Wrecker would win the fight with Fennec but would only lose because his chip comes close to full activation which causes him to collapse.Basically the scene from episode 6. •Echo would recultantly fake been a droid to complete the mission but Echo loses his temper when the zygerrians treat him like a useless droid.Echo would break the plan and go on a murderous rampage.Stage 2:Anger •Before the bad batch leave the planet, Rex in his cloak sees the batch fly off. •After the mission, Echo would sit alone and reflect on what he had caused.He is comforted as he goes to talk to him as Wrecker understands what he feels as he's experienced uncontrollable angry urges for destruction his whole life.Wrecker would awkwardly explain how war is supposed to be about defending your squad and reckless decisions can sort of put them in danger.This conversation would highlight Wrecker's maturity towards violence and destruction. Kamino •Crosshair and his squad would be assigned to hunt and eliminate the mini rebellion shown in episode 1.Crosshair would execute the leader half way through his final words. •The Kaminoans send Fennec Shand to hunt Omega as she is a new skilled bounty hunter but works for a cheap cost.They want Omega to either bargin with empire with the production of more Clones or use Omega to create an army to rebel against the empire. •Tarkin would discuss with other high ranking imperial officers about the involvement of Kamino in the future of the empire and how they plan to use regular people (Stormtroopers) as a messed up way of the empire expressing "equality" and "justice" for people in the galaxy who has no job of purpose in the galaxy. •Essentially,The Kaminoans and the empire would be like the Maul and Viszla dynamic in the episode "eminence" by how both are working with each other but both sides know the other is planning to betray them so each side is planning a plan to stop the other. •Crosshair is analysing all the reports of the Bad Batch how they are hopping planet to planet accomplishing dangerous missions for basic supplies.This slightly angers Crosshair. Episode 5:Battle Scars Runtime:35 minutes The Bad Batch •Rex and Echo would have many conversations together during their journey to bracca such as Fives and their thoughts on the empire. •Rex tells Echo the whole story about Fives and the inhibitor chips and also adds how Fives told him he would do anything to ser Echo or hear Echo repeat an order to him one more time. •Echo is truely tested to his allegiance to the Bad Batch as him seeing Rex again wants him to go back to someone he is more close to. •Rex tells Echo he isn't the same good soldier he once was, Echo makes the final decision to stay with the bad batch as fighting with the squad makes him still feel like a Solider of the Republic.Stage 3:Bargaining. Kamino: •The Kaminoans are analysing the Bad Batch and understanding the failure of their inhibitor chips aswell as ways they could possibly replicate them into a full army with Omega's DNA. •Crosshair gets the report from the bracca scrappers and requests permission to hunt them down.

There are a couple points I disagree with here, but overall Bad Batch was pretty disappointing for me as well. I think that the transition away from episodic storytelling in Star Wars has been pretty harmful overall. A big pitfall of cerealized storytelling in Star Wars is that the Mandalorian and the Bad Batch all have one long, continuous story which means that the stories can't shake off their bad ideas quite so easily. Clone Wars and Rebels had their bad episodes or and bad arcs, but that was okay because worst-case scenario they could just dust themselves off and come back next week. Remember that immediately after Clone Wars' arc of droids bumbling around the desert, arguably one of the most boring parts of the series, comes Maul's conquest of Mandalore.

I think there's an idea for Crosshair and other clones bred for war wanting a purpose and hoping the Empire can provide it. It's just seriously underdeveloped.

dude i got soooo hyped after watching the first episodes and by episode 4 i realized it was just gonna be mid