Five things I really liked: 1. Rex didn’t show up with the Calvary, they stayed true to the show’s name and the Bad Batch was the Calvary. 2. Rampart stayed true to himself, an opportunist (they didn’t try to make him a hero). 3. While I knew Crosshair was going to make that shot, I still felt a great unease that he could miss…great buildup to that tension. 4. They didn’t make Omega force sensitive, at least I see nothing that suggests it. She’s a capable pilot trained by Tech and the rest of the Batch. 5. All the rumors and speculation that Tech had survived to become a Clone X were thankfully wrong. Tech died a hero’s death…Plan 99! What I’m still missing: an explanation as to Cody’s fate.
@jetblast190 Yeah me too. I guess after he went AWOL he's laying low. I thought we would have seen him in season 3 when we saw Rex. There were rumors of another series coming out with Rex don't quote me in this . If it's true they will have Cody back with Rex and Exho? But if they are calling this the end of the clone wars saga then I don't know. I said this before I wish they didn't time jump only because they have done this in so many other movies and shows lately - I felt like the Rex theory was off the table.UNLESS they do what they did with Rebels to Bad Batch where we see Rex old then we see him here younger again.
@@JakeTheStakeNowIn3D5024 It certainly feels that way, and maybe we’re just meant to believe that he just quietly slipped away into anonymity. But I still hope that we learn his fate in some future project.
I was hoping they were going to unmask some or at least one of those clone assassins to see who truly had been hunting them. If the sniper had been Cody it would at least give closure as for what happened to him
Yeah, I thought he was the one clone agent that fought and almost killed Crosshair, I figured we'd find out in this episode, but I guess they forgot or hopefully we'll find out in another show!
They never showed the ecological devastation caused on Tantiss in coming decades due to the Zillo beast, the biggest invasive species in galactic history
@@GenerationTech the reason the second death star was so much bigger and more powerful is cause the first one wasn't big enough to kill the Zilo beast. They went full power and it just bounced off the zilo beast lol
I like how it's another representation of Tarkin's arrogance, arrogance that eventually dooms him. He gets one of the first ISDs to express his 'elite' status within Imperial ranks only to lose it all decades later.
Usually, it takes one blaster shot to kill someone. And considering Hemlock wasn't wearing any kind of armor, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he was probably already dead after at least the 2nd shot. Hunter & Crosshair just wanted to keep shooting the prick till he fell over 😅
Filoni wanted to really make sure we as the audience knew he was dead. There might have been a few too many people surviving from just one blaster shot or lightsaber stab 😂
@@GGBlaster Reminds me of all the Qui-Gon reaction videos that Charlie Hopkinson puts out, where it seems like everyone and their uncle survives getting stabbed, shot, or cut in half in Star Wars -- well, everyone except Qui-Gon.... :P
The ending was very satisfying, I was so worried they weren't going to pull it off but they did. I liked the Anti Batch, a "perfected" version of the Bad Batch. Seeing the clones making it out and living happily was amazing. And grown up Omega too! She goes off to help the Rebellion and she still has Tech's goggles. They never forgot him.
Two small details that were kinda cool Echo stuns the troopers in the hangar, instead of killing them in front of the kids. Crosshair's tremor was always in his right hand and he takes the pivotal shot with his left, using Hunter as a support.
I actually almost cried when Crosshair was gonna sacrifice himself to save his brothers and his sister. Nala Say unaliving herself to get Project Necromancer taken offline was cool after the Empire corrupted what Kaminoan science gave to the galaxy
I teared up bro . And when that clone said . “I got one more fight in me” dawg the last 15 years of me experiencing their pain and struggle , all for this moment right now . I couldn’t hold it in bro I lost it . Wept.
@@GenerationTech for a second when crosshair looks at the trooper hanging there i thought what if it is tech and he knows but doesnt want to admit what happened.
I really loved that imperial star destroyer jumping out of hyperspace with 2 venators at the end with tarkin it shows that the empire military has started to take their usual imperial star destroyer
I couldn’t hold back my emotion at the very end, they actually did it guys. Omega grew up safely the boys survived and the clones were freed, this is definitely one of the best things disney has ever made for Star Wars and I am upset they are gone. Though they had a long journey ! Wonderful show
I’m sorry but I have to call attention to the fact that one Clone X CHOPPED OFF CROSSHAIR’S HAND and he never replaced it for the rest of the episode; I think he thinks of it as his penance Edit: congrats on being a father man! Best wishes for your family!
man you wont know how my unease ended when echo finally put this hand one. I hope he gets an actual robo hand. I JUST HATE THIS LIL SCREWDRIVERTHINGY HE HAS, old echo for sure would want to have his hand back :((((
he used to be my fav clone. I was so excited the first time I saw him appear in the badbatch, and through the entire season, no character development whatsoever, until he just dies
Idk who will read this but as someone who was 8 when the clone wars came out and growing old with this show. At the end it made me feel like we were omega throughout the show . As she grows old and hunter tells her she can always come back and they will be there was like the show and all the memories of the clones we had as kids . It felt like all those story’s we played with clones as kids or all the times we just wanted to be a bad ass clone. And this felt like all of that coming together one last time. I remember sitting at my grandmas house watching and waiting for the clone wars and seeing this felt like a true end to the kids who loved the clones even more than the clone wars. I felt like this was the best ending we could have asked for.
For real man. It’s sad in a weird way. I’m 24 now. Watched every clone wars episode when it aired on Cartoon Network. Even though I have questions, I think it’s good to leave “what happened to the clones” up in the air. Some left the empire, some stayed, some started families or some fought with the rebellion. Good way to keep our imaginations going and truly never have their stories end in our head. I’d love a Rex show but they’d need to make it very dark, if we never got one I’m contempt with this ending the BB gave us. The ONLY thing I need is a live action movie or show that follows a clone squad in the clone wars.
@collinhallett7720 gods, yeah. I grew up with the Clone Wars too, and pretended to be troopers with my brother and cousins during our childhoods. Honestly, the moment thst really hit for me was when Tipoca City was destroyed. Seeing Kamino go down in flames into the water, seeing everything abandoned, was so strange. The Clone Wars and the clones themselves are always the part of Star Wars I was most drawn to and most familiar with (close second place to the Mandalorians). I felt like the sense of eeriness and loss I felt, watching Tipoca City fall apart, was a little shadow of what the clones thought of losing their home. Ambivalence, yes; Kamino was never a particularly happy or nurturing place, and even early on I was very aware of how messed up it was (the rows of babies in the growth tubes and the endless looking mess hall with men quietly being watched by Kaminoans were visuals that really haunted me), but watching it all go up in flames really felt like the end of an era. I think that made it easier for me to let the Bad Batch end, in a way; I'd already kinda had that feeling of loss. It's strange, revisiting Clone Wars recently (and finishing it! I stopped watching when season 5 ended because by the time it was revived for season 6 I didn't have cable anymore and had no way to watch it). But it's nice to know I can always return to it.
anyone remember that post that was circling around a few social medias "describe a movie plot poorly" or whatever that was? well "five bros who love guns, starships, explosions, and they also have a pretty awesome dog and they have to fly around the galaxy with their little sis who they must protect from evil scientists and space wizards" fits that pretty well
Before DIsney took over, after the Clone Wars there wasn't much Clone lore. Most stayed on to serve the empire in a neutral evil way. Some joined their mandalorian cousins looking for a way to slow their aging. Some found their ways into the rebellion.
Seeing Omega all grown up, my god man that hit me, going off to fight for the rebellion, always the soldier and seeing hunter so old, and yet still ever himself, so much emotion
Clone Wars finale was perfect too, in a sad way. Not as much freedom creatively there though. We know what's coming. But it was very powerful to see it all unfold.
My daughter is four now, we've been watching bad batch together since the start. Thank you for watching with us and the insightful posts. We've loved "popcorn and Star Wars night" and i really appreciate the introspection of your program. One starwars dad to another, May the Force be with you.
There's something in particular that really impressed me about this show from a writer's standpoint. Back when the Bad Batch arc of Clone Wars was coming out, I was always hearing things about how much the cast and crew loved these characters. It seemed a little weird to me at the time, but of course there was probably a lot of stuff they came up with for the Bad Batch that was going to be used in Clone Wars that was ultimately scrapped. What really impressed me with this show was how they were able to take these side characters that they, the writers, loved way more than most people in the audience did at the time, and then make us love them just as much as they do. I can't imagine how gratifying that must be for them.
Thanks to the Bad Batch, Emperor Palpatine's return was delayed significantly. We know through the Vader comics that Palpatine has already set up secret cloning facilities on Exegol by the time of the rebellion, closely guarded by the Sith Eternal. However, the sacrifice of Nala Se, death of Hemlock, and loss of his data set back the Emperor's plans for immortality by decades. Even when we reach the Sequel Triology Palpatine's clone body is barely holding itself together. Had Hemlock been allowed to continue his work, then it could have been possible that Palpatine would have returned immediately with his Sith armada after the Battle of Endor.
I know i missed a few uploads. There was a video introduction a while back where you said you "are very happy but i cant tell you guys about why" Congratulations on being a dad!
Animated Star Wars keeps hitting the mark with their finales. Can't wait for Tales of the Empire. Thankyou Bad Batch. You proved to me that it wasn't just my nostalgia for the Clone Wars that made me love this style of storytelling.
I remember as a kid Echo used to be my favorite clone just off his name alone, then being heartbroken when he got blown up. Next thing you know all these years later he comes back and he was still a badass.
They managed to still keep that tension that was being built up, subvert expectations and make a satisfying ending in a very animated SW feel. I had vibes of watching the finale of rebels while watching this episode, as well as congrats on being a father dude!! I’ve been on the younger side of the prequel fans, but you really put into perspective on how the prequel fans have grown even since CW S7. SW like this truly makes me remember why I love this franchise so much and I’d honestly prefer them keep doing animated projects instead of LA shows, especially at the quality they have.
I think this is far and away the best of the serialized animated Star Wars shows. That said, no death will ever hit as hard as Kanan's did. Also, just because you briefly mentioned shipping Echo and Emerie Karr, I'm not sure I see it. But I do think Emerie Karr can get it.
Been refreshing you tube since this morning hoping for Alan's take on the finale. A new episode of star wars anything also means a new episode of Generation Tech and I'm not sure which I look more forward to at this point. That's how good this channel is.
when the bad batch was released i watched series 1 from a hospital id been in for over a year, which was a really bad time in my life. i saw myself in echo especially and the show has helped me so much. now it’s ended i’m sad but it was such good closure and great to see the character arcs as my own life has changed, im no longer in hospital, etc. i love the show and i feel like they did it justice with the ending
I'm kinda upset Echo didn't get his armor back. It's still on the destroyed science ship, which they were right next to when they left Tantis. Thinking aboit this now. I actually wonder more if Tantis might be a new secert base for Rex. Sure, there's a giant monster running around the planet, but the Emprie never returns to former bases, and Im pretty sure they won't want to return if theres a lose Zilo
Wouldn’t they just flatten it like the other base with the clone children? Also yah it would be a cool base but I think any clones who escaped and joined Rex’s rebellion wouldn’t want to return you know.
The one that surprised me the most was with crosshair Throughout the series they kept emphasising his shaky hand Then they cut it off And he pulls off that shot with his left I was just oof I’m just thinking that, if his hand wasn’t cut off, would he have made that shot? That said, I have to say, things went hilariously well for them, on a normal day they were not making out of there alive lol
I don’t know if it’s me but I feel it could show acceptance or something within crosshair maybe showing how he’s gotten over his PTSD I don’t really know how to explain it but I think you know what I mean
@@GenerationTechlol ah, yes, non-consensual, impromptu, dominant hand amputation…the ketamine therapy of Star Wars, cures that PTSD right up in the star wars universe, totally readjusts that ol’ “certain point of view” for the characters that experience it…yep. 🤣💀 But seriously, PTSD sucks, and it can always get worse, but healthy, consensual treatment options administered by licensed care providers are your best bet these days. Keep in mind, this was a long time ago, in a galaxy far away…where dolphins committing rape was never a thing.
Damn bro, your analysis was on point. I agree with most of all that you stated. This was by far, at least to me, most impactful story Star Wars has put out in some time. I haven't been a fan of Disney for the last several years, but I give credit where it's due, and they did a wonderful job with the Bad Batch and with this finale. What have most fans been telling Disney for years? Craft a good story and develop the characters in a fluid and natural way and the fans will love it. Build it the right way and we will come. To see the development of the characters of this show was great. Omega went from the typical annoying kid, to the heart of the show and my favorite character. Who cares if she is a pre-teen girl, Omega not only came into her own, but was a co-leader of the team along with Hunter. When characters are written right, it will not matter if they are a man, woman, boy, or girl... we'll love them regardless of gender or age. 10/10 for the finale, 8/10 for the series as a whole.
You said it as Lucas once did - last the visuals, this is a story about family. And boy did it show that in the most incredible of ways. Crosshair had to lose his hand (identity and past trauma) in order to literally lean on those that love him most still brings me to tears.
this episode was amazing and came out at a perfect time for me, I really needed something like this to get my mind off of things. Almost the whole time I was immersed completely in the episode and was able to distracted me from everything. It's one of the few times within the last month I was truly able to escape reality and just enjoy something.
It was good to see the clone troopers in one final battle. This episode was incredible, and I think this series is a wonderful example of how important a good strong theme is to a story
I'm mainly happy that the Reg Clones escaped. I imagine hundreds or even thousands of other Regs were able to do the same on other facilities. I'm rooting for you guys. ^_^ Awesome video, my friend.
The ending was amazing everything about it was amazing, especially Crosshair's Redemption although I really wonder what happens to Cody and Clone X and CONGRATULATIONS TO BECOMING A FATHER ive been watching Generation Tech for years and its amazing how far this channel has come!
8:47 woah woah woah woah buster hold on this is Star Wars not Alabama also on an unrelated note I can’t be the only one thinking old hunter looks just like big boss snake
Omegas' whole story reminds me a lot of the Turkish battalion fighting in the Korean war that adopted a 5 year old orphan girl for 14 months until they were sent back to turkey
@GenerationTech, I may miss your Bad Batch videos the most! Incisive yet concise. No one else has such unique insight about the show, the business, and society at large like you. Hope you do some Tales of the Empire vids! Keep up the great work. 👍
@@hazb8026 I agree, it wasn't my favorite at first but I'm glad I was desperate enough for anything Clone Wars adjacent after its finale to stick with it. The quality definitely got better with time as they ironed things out. I'm mostly just thankful they gave Clone Wars a serviceable and satisfying epilogue - as someone who grew up on that show (and a huge purist) I would've been heartbroken if they tarnished its legacy with something lifeless and mediocre. It was a worthy successor to me and that's what counts
Yo champ this ending did not disappoint me I am glad tech was not an assassin clone everybody thought he was a clonex he was not he died heroically if they would have brought him back I would have been disappointed but it was great everything Omega learned she used in this episode she truly was trained as a soldier she was taken off a Camino as a child or maybe eight or nine and went through some hard times with her brothers but it was a huge learning experience for her I was hoping Emory would find a way to stop their fast aging at the end when Omega leaves she's probably about 22 or 23 , and it was great to see and it was hard for her brothers to let her go, all in all great show sad to see it end !! Anyways have a good day bro !!!
Yo, Allen my man! Haven't posted for a while, but just gotta say CONGRATULATIONS on that little daughter of yours!! May the gods bless her, and you and mom. Always love your content dude, for my money you are the brightest star in the SW YT galaxy. Your insights and reflections always worth listening to, many thanks. MTFBWY always.
The character of Omega literally inspires me to keep going, to seek the best in people (and the world in general) and finding the right ones. I loved the ending.
When this show started, I was just starting college. Now I’m about to graduate and enter the next phase of my life. I’ve always looked forward to watching this show and I’m really going to miss it.
I expected (and still do) a lot of people to whine and complain that it's an almost happy ending, none of the actual batchers die at least. But the more I think about it the more I'm happy that someone in Star Wars finally got a damn happy ending. All the OT heroes lived decades of sadness, Obi-Wan suffered for decades Padme died never raising her kids Anakin... well yeah. The clones were tossed aside like nothing, Ahsoka lost everything, Kanan died before he even knew he had a son, Ezra got lost for years, Rey spent her life alone, Finn got fucked by the writers, you know. NO ONE seems to just live happily ever after, it's good we got at least enough of a glimpse into the future to know they're alive that many years later. Sure there may be adventures we don't know but they're alive and able to retire eventually. It's nice
I am VERY certain that Rampart's Tablet, loaded up with Project Necromancer data is Schroodinger's Ewok, lurking in the ruins waiting to be recovered to reignite the fuze of the Emperor's plan. Tarkin may not be motivated to dig deeply into the ruins of Tantiss, but Palpatine is.
That tablet was at the epicenter of the explosion lol. If the entire databank was destroyed then obviously that was too. Palpatine has his ways regardless, this just set him back several decades
I will realy miss bad batch it helped me when times were hard s2 was hard on poor tech 😢 it was so hard to wait s3 now that it is over it feels good but same time bad. Final episode was so dark and sad I welt so bad when Hunter wrekker and crosshair got captured😢 I feel so bad for crosshair for losing his hand 😢😢 clone force 99 u are the best❤
For a good 15 years after the end of the show she DID have a normal life. She lived out the rest of her childhood and a solid portion of her young adult life in the peace and tranquility and safety of Pabu. What she does as an adult is her decision. All the Batch can do at this point is wish her luck and Godspeed.
Congrats on becoming a dad. It was definitely an emotional finale and I was pleasantly surprised that the Batch survived. It was also a pleasant surprise to see the time skip at the end and Omega going off to join the Rebellion.
Dude you have a daughter Congrats, i bet you'll be a great father and will care for her The zillo beast escaping was the peak moment i was waiting for and honestly my favorite part I was also glad to see that Emerie ended up going to Pabu taking the kids witj her, i was relieved as i was wondering if she was gonna leave with them in the end
Dude did you just reveal to us that you're a father!!!!??? Congrats, I've been watching since 2016. I fell off the last 3 years but have been coming back to Star Wars, man Humanity first
Now we need live action Omega. If she was a rebel pilot then she could show up in any Mando era show. She should be around the same age as Ezra and Sabine.
she's older, Omega is even older than Clone Force 99. Ezra was born during first Empire's Day, and in 1st season of rebels it's already 15'th anniversary, Sabine older than Ezra too. That doesn't mean they won't meet, maybe sometime after Ahsoka and Sabine return?
@@kahtyman7293 That makes it easy then, she's around 10 years older than Ezra and 8 years older than Sabine. Ezra is around 30 so that makes Omega around 40.
Now I want a "Rex" show that is focused on the Clone Underground, and an "Omega" show Focusing on her Story as a Rebel Pilot. The Finale sets up both so well
I liked how Echo, Hunter, Wrecker and Crosshair all instantly know, when the Zillo beast breaks out of the base, that it was Omega’s handy work, but with Echo telling Emery that it’s exactly what he would have done in her shoes. But what I want to know about the timeskip scene is, when during the Rebellion does she join it? Around the time of the Battle of Yavin, or closer to the Battle of Endor?
Another thing I loved is the slight reference to the accelerated aging, with Hunter being so much older. Nice touch, especially links to the Republic Commando books
As an Original Trilogy Old Guy (tm), I have really enjoyed your commentary and insight into the current generation's stories from a galaxy far, far away. Truly, there have been a number of times where I was stunned how eloquently and concisely you distilled a theme, motif, or message that I was fumbling around the edges of. Hopefully, there will continue to be stories worthy of your analysis and commentary. Hopefully, those stories can build a bond between you and your daughter, as they have for me and my daughter. The Clone Wars, Rebels, and now Bad Batch have provided a significant connection between my daughter and me. Yes, we like the live action stories, as well, but those series frequently lack the duration to develop characters, pacing, and context in the way the animated series have achieved. My daughter and I developed a headcanon about the clones following the Clone Wars. In it, a cadre of clones settle a planet somewhere in the outer rim near a hyperspace route. Collectively, they possess all the skills to run a civilian government, military, and commercial enterprises, but they also have a collectivist culture to look after each other. As they become established, clones continue to find their way to this settlement and it continues to grow and become safe haven in the more lawless regions. They either bring with them or "acquire" the necessary resources to establish a small, regional naval force to protect themselves and secure their little corner of space. Eventually, non-clones begin to settle there because of the protection and opportunity the clones can provide. As the rebellion begins and the galaxy falls once again into chaos and war, there is at least one system where there is safety and order. In their region, they are too big a threat for pirates, warlords, or criminal syndicates to challenge directly, but not so big a threat to draw the ire of the Empire. In it, the clones get to live the largely peaceful and rewarding lives they have so richly deserved. Both my daughter and I were hoping to see that play out on Pabu. It was nice to see elements of that in the final scenes, even if writ on a much smaller scale.
Five things I really liked:
1. Rex didn’t show up with the Calvary, they stayed true to the show’s name and the Bad Batch was the Calvary.
2. Rampart stayed true to himself, an opportunist (they didn’t try to make him a hero).
3. While I knew Crosshair was going to make that shot, I still felt a great unease that he could miss…great buildup to that tension.
4. They didn’t make Omega force sensitive, at least I see nothing that suggests it. She’s a capable pilot trained by Tech and the rest of the Batch.
5. All the rumors and speculation that Tech had survived to become a Clone X were thankfully wrong. Tech died a hero’s death…Plan 99!
What I’m still missing: an explanation as to Cody’s fate.
@jetblast190 Yeah me too. I guess after he went AWOL he's laying low. I thought we would have seen him in season 3 when we saw Rex. There were rumors of another series coming out with Rex don't quote me in this . If it's true they will have Cody back with Rex and Exho? But if they are calling this the end of the clone wars saga then I don't know. I said this before I wish they didn't time jump only because they have done this in so many other movies and shows lately - I felt like the Rex theory was off the table.UNLESS they do what they did with Rebels to Bad Batch where we see Rex old then we see him here younger again.
As for Cody, sadly, we may never know.
@@JakeTheStakeNowIn3D5024 It certainly feels that way, and maybe we’re just meant to believe that he just quietly slipped away into anonymity. But I still hope that we learn his fate in some future project.
I was hoping they were going to unmask some or at least one of those clone assassins to see who truly had been hunting them. If the sniper had been Cody it would at least give closure as for what happened to him
Yeah, I thought he was the one clone agent that fought and almost killed Crosshair, I figured we'd find out in this episode, but I guess they forgot or hopefully we'll find out in another show!
They never showed the ecological devastation caused on Tantiss in coming decades due to the Zillo beast, the biggest invasive species in galactic history
the real reason why the death star wars created
What?
I doubt palpy wants to be anywhere near one ever again, so death starring tantiss it is.
The Zillo Beast domesticated all the lurca hounds and became a humble farmer.
@@GenerationTech the reason the second death star was so much bigger and more powerful is cause the first one wasn't big enough to kill the Zilo beast. They went full power and it just bounced off the zilo beast lol
It really got me when Governor Tarkin’s flagship is an ISD while the other two are still Venators. Must be the first ship out of the line
Thats pretty much him having early access to deploying the most latest new capital ship fresh out of the factory before anyone else below him
This version of him would be doing stuff with Vader
Of course that Prima Donna gets all the new toys first.
I honestly thought it was another time jump to Tantiss years after the events of Bad Batch like with Clone Wars.
I like how it's another representation of Tarkin's arrogance, arrogance that eventually dooms him. He gets one of the first ISDs to express his 'elite' status within Imperial ranks only to lose it all decades later.
Usually, it takes one blaster shot to kill someone. And considering Hemlock wasn't wearing any kind of armor, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he was probably already dead after at least the 2nd shot. Hunter & Crosshair just wanted to keep shooting the prick till he fell over 😅
I’m pretty sure the other shots were very personal
@isaackim7675 also, he wasn't on the ground yet. You only stop shooting when the guy is on the ground not moving.
Filoni wanted to really make sure we as the audience knew he was dead. There might have been a few too many people surviving from just one blaster shot or lightsaber stab 😂
@@GGBlaster Reminds me of all the Qui-Gon reaction videos that Charlie Hopkinson puts out, where it seems like everyone and their uncle survives getting stabbed, shot, or cut in half in Star Wars -- well, everyone except Qui-Gon.... :P
@@olencone4005 True lol poor Qui-Gon suffered a canon event
The ending was very satisfying, I was so worried they weren't going to pull it off but they did. I liked the Anti Batch, a "perfected" version of the Bad Batch. Seeing the clones making it out and living happily was amazing. And grown up Omega too! She goes off to help the Rebellion and she still has Tech's goggles. They never forgot him.
The Good Group, if you will
tech’s “googles” (plus he’s literally google)
Two small details that were kinda cool
Echo stuns the troopers in the hangar, instead of killing them in front of the kids.
Crosshair's tremor was always in his right hand and he takes the pivotal shot with his left, using Hunter as a support.
I actually almost cried when Crosshair was gonna sacrifice himself to save his brothers and his sister. Nala Say unaliving herself to get Project Necromancer taken offline was cool after the Empire corrupted what Kaminoan science gave to the galaxy
I teared up bro . And when that clone said . “I got one more fight in me” dawg the last 15 years of me experiencing their pain and struggle , all for this moment right now . I couldn’t hold it in bro I lost it . Wept.
dont you mean when Nala Say killed herself?
@@kierano8390 that's what unaliving herself means
@@jeremiahmorris1852 unalive isnt a word
@@kierano8390ok grammer nazi
I'm just impressed they had the cajones to keep Tech dead. Makes me miss him even more.
The batch surviving makes techs sacrifice worth it
I still think Saw has Tech. Who knows?! 😛
@@kjw79nah
@kjw79 and then when the jeddah incident happened, bye bye tech, bye bye saw, bye bye two tubes
The finale really subverted all the theories in the most satisfying way possible
oh yeah i love how they kept showing the red goggle cx trooper, theres even a shot where hes putting on his helmt and you can kinda see his face
@@GenerationTech for a second when crosshair looks at the trooper hanging there i thought what if it is tech and he knows but doesnt want to admit what happened.
Well scorchs death and how they treated him still hurts me but besides that it's great
@@Palum101 agreed, probably my one and only negative thing about all of this
@@Palum101I audibly yelled “no” when Scorch died, so much that I didn’t even notice Hemlock’s death.
I really loved that imperial star destroyer jumping out of hyperspace with 2 venators at the end with tarkin it shows that the empire military has started to take their usual imperial star destroyer
some knows there command bridges very well
I would've prefered it be a Victory class
@@vasyear especially since tarkin used a vsd in the novel.
@@TheTripleAce3 yeah and that facility was a major location for the early death star stuff
@@GenerationTech thanks
CONGRATS ON BECOMING A FATHER 🤌🏻
ikr, that was so subtle lol
Grats Alan!
I couldn’t hold back my emotion at the very end, they actually did it guys. Omega grew up safely the boys survived and the clones were freed, this is definitely one of the best things disney has ever made for Star Wars and I am upset they are gone. Though they had a long journey ! Wonderful show
Same here, the tears started flowing with the hunter and Omega scene. As the father of a baby girl that hit me hard.
I’m sorry but I have to call attention to the fact that one Clone X CHOPPED OFF CROSSHAIR’S HAND and he never replaced it for the rest of the episode; I think he thinks of it as his penance
Edit: congrats on being a father man! Best wishes for your family!
I don’t think crosshair is going to just find a hand laying around that he could use
Besides he didn't have time for that
Wasn't that the hand that caused him pain?
@@yvettelang1961 that’s what I was thinking, he looked less shaky when shooting after he got the Skywalker special
man you wont know how my unease ended when echo finally put this hand one. I hope he gets an actual robo hand. I JUST HATE THIS LIL SCREWDRIVERTHINGY HE HAS, old echo for sure would want to have his hand back :((((
Literally my only complaint is how unceremoniously Scorch went out.
he used to be my fav clone. I was so excited the first time I saw him appear in the badbatch, and through the entire season, no character development whatsoever, until he just dies
he was on a slim bridge with no cover, he wasn't making it out alive.
He was just a pawn in this series. Such a waste.
@@m4x927 I knew that, but at least Hemlock got a hostage situation out of it😭
The show isn't about delta squad, I'm happy with how it went
Idk who will read this but as someone who was 8 when the clone wars came out and growing old with this show. At the end it made me feel like we were omega throughout the show . As she grows old and hunter tells her she can always come back and they will be there was like the show and all the memories of the clones we had as kids . It felt like all those story’s we played with clones as kids or all the times we just wanted to be a bad ass clone. And this felt like all of that coming together one last time. I remember sitting at my grandmas house watching and waiting for the clone wars and seeing this felt like a true end to the kids who loved the clones even more than the clone wars. I felt like this was the best ending we could have asked for.
that's awesome man thanks for sharing
@@GenerationTech I love your videos so much man I appreciate everything you do so much. You responding made my whole week
For real man. It’s sad in a weird way. I’m 24 now. Watched every clone wars episode when it aired on Cartoon Network. Even though I have questions, I think it’s good to leave “what happened to the clones” up in the air. Some left the empire, some stayed, some started families or some fought with the rebellion. Good way to keep our imaginations going and truly never have their stories end in our head. I’d love a Rex show but they’d need to make it very dark, if we never got one I’m contempt with this ending the BB gave us. The ONLY thing I need is a live action movie or show that follows a clone squad in the clone wars.
@collinhallett7720 gods, yeah. I grew up with the Clone Wars too, and pretended to be troopers with my brother and cousins during our childhoods. Honestly, the moment thst really hit for me was when Tipoca City was destroyed.
Seeing Kamino go down in flames into the water, seeing everything abandoned, was so strange. The Clone Wars and the clones themselves are always the part of Star Wars I was most drawn to and most familiar with (close second place to the Mandalorians). I felt like the sense of eeriness and loss I felt, watching Tipoca City fall apart, was a little shadow of what the clones thought of losing their home. Ambivalence, yes; Kamino was never a particularly happy or nurturing place, and even early on I was very aware of how messed up it was (the rows of babies in the growth tubes and the endless looking mess hall with men quietly being watched by Kaminoans were visuals that really haunted me), but watching it all go up in flames really felt like the end of an era. I think that made it easier for me to let the Bad Batch end, in a way; I'd already kinda had that feeling of loss.
It's strange, revisiting Clone Wars recently (and finishing it! I stopped watching when season 5 ended because by the time it was revived for season 6 I didn't have cable anymore and had no way to watch it). But it's nice to know I can always return to it.
anyone remember that post that was circling around a few social medias "describe a movie plot poorly" or whatever that was? well "five bros who love guns, starships, explosions, and they also have a pretty awesome dog and they have to fly around the galaxy with their little sis who they must protect from evil scientists and space wizards" fits that pretty well
id watch that
Before DIsney took over, after the Clone Wars there wasn't much Clone lore. Most stayed on to serve the empire in a neutral evil way. Some joined their mandalorian cousins looking for a way to slow their aging. Some found their ways into the rebellion.
did they find it?
@@Jupue Yes, they cured their aging to normal levels. It's part of a Legends comic series called Republic Commando. I believe it has 5 books.
Loved seeing the ISD arrive at the end. It felt like the clone wars era had truly ended.
Seeing Omega all grown up, my god man that hit me, going off to fight for the rebellion, always the soldier and seeing hunter so old, and yet still ever himself, so much emotion
The timing for this video couldn't have fitted better, I just finished watching this amazing masterpiece
Feel you :)
The ending of TBB is the most beautiful ending to a Star Wars animated and maybe live action show I have ever seen.
Clone Wars finale was perfect too, in a sad way. Not as much freedom creatively there though. We know what's coming. But it was very powerful to see it all unfold.
Not even close
@@CheeseDanish85 I know, I meant beautiful as in everyone got a happy ending
@@blyatman3009 since most of the live action shows have been dog shit and I don’t have the same nostalgia for OT as the movie purists, yes it has…
“I completely ship Emory and Echo” ummmmm arent they both clones and thus kinda siblings?!?!
EDIT: oh yeah clones… worse than siblings…
Keep the genes in the family
They're basically the same person lol
Yeeeeah...I was afraid people would do this. THAT"S HIS SISTER DAMMIT!!! This isn't Game of Thrones!
Crusader Kings players: Thats an issue?
The family that plays together...stays together!
Personally I would have had one or two more main characters die and that’s fine , BUT HOW DARE YOU NOT SHOW ME OLD MAN WRECKER !!!!!
right?!
Or crosshair like what? why do we only get hunter?
Might have been a budget decision, not wanting to make aged up models for the other characters for a few seconds of screen time.
Too bad there’s no celebration this year but I hope they release something for May 4th to show us what they look like
@@Caleb_ruehs aren’t they releasing the tales of empire on the 4th
My daughter is four now, we've been watching bad batch together since the start. Thank you for watching with us and the insightful posts. We've loved "popcorn and Star Wars night" and i really appreciate the introspection of your program. One starwars dad to another, May the Force be with you.
There's something in particular that really impressed me about this show from a writer's standpoint. Back when the Bad Batch arc of Clone Wars was coming out, I was always hearing things about how much the cast and crew loved these characters. It seemed a little weird to me at the time, but of course there was probably a lot of stuff they came up with for the Bad Batch that was going to be used in Clone Wars that was ultimately scrapped. What really impressed me with this show was how they were able to take these side characters that they, the writers, loved way more than most people in the audience did at the time, and then make us love them just as much as they do. I can't imagine how gratifying that must be for them.
Thanks to the Bad Batch, Emperor Palpatine's return was delayed significantly. We know through the Vader comics that Palpatine has already set up secret cloning facilities on Exegol by the time of the rebellion, closely guarded by the Sith Eternal. However, the sacrifice of Nala Se, death of Hemlock, and loss of his data set back the Emperor's plans for immortality by decades. Even when we reach the Sequel Triology Palpatine's clone body is barely holding itself together. Had Hemlock been allowed to continue his work, then it could have been possible that Palpatine would have returned immediately with his Sith armada after the Battle of Endor.
I know i missed a few uploads. There was a video introduction a while back where you said you "are very happy but i cant tell you guys about why"
Congratulations on being a dad!
Animated Star Wars keeps hitting the mark with their finales. Can't wait for Tales of the Empire. Thankyou Bad Batch. You proved to me that it wasn't just my nostalgia for the Clone Wars that made me love this style of storytelling.
I remember as a kid Echo used to be my favorite clone just off his name alone, then being heartbroken when he got blown up. Next thing you know all these years later he comes back and he was still a badass.
They managed to still keep that tension that was being built up, subvert expectations and make a satisfying ending in a very animated SW feel. I had vibes of watching the finale of rebels while watching this episode, as well as congrats on being a father dude!! I’ve been on the younger side of the prequel fans, but you really put into perspective on how the prequel fans have grown even since CW S7. SW like this truly makes me remember why I love this franchise so much and I’d honestly prefer them keep doing animated projects instead of LA shows, especially at the quality they have.
I literally teared up at the end 🥹🥹🥹 this series was a 10/10
What you said at the end really hit home. Growing in the clone wars era will always be something I will be fond of.
THIS is why I love Gen Tech. Alan is the only one that discusses the emotional content of these shows and how they compare to real life.
THANK YOU!!!
I think this is far and away the best of the serialized animated Star Wars shows. That said, no death will ever hit as hard as Kanan's did.
Also, just because you briefly mentioned shipping Echo and Emerie Karr, I'm not sure I see it. But I do think Emerie Karr can get it.
isnt that inbred 💀
Echo and Emerie are literally siblings
Ok I can totally see the emerie echo ship but they literally are siblings... like since they're clones too they are kinda like twins
@@finnsimpson5253 not just siblings they're literally the same person (genetically) with just one chromosome swapped.
Objectively speaking, clones aren't siblings. That's not how it works. But also, I didn't say I ship it, just that Emerie Karr can get it.
I wish I had this show when I was a kid. It reminds us all to be loyal and brave and to not give up
Probably the only decent Disney content we’ve gotten as of recently compared to the pile of fecal matter nowadays.
Been refreshing you tube since this morning hoping for Alan's take on the finale. A new episode of star wars anything also means a new episode of Generation Tech and I'm not sure which I look more forward to at this point. That's how good this channel is.
when the bad batch was released i watched series 1 from a hospital id been in for over a year, which was a really bad time in my life. i saw myself in echo especially and the show has helped me so much. now it’s ended i’m sad but it was such good closure and great to see the character arcs as my own life has changed, im no longer in hospital, etc. i love the show and i feel like they did it justice with the ending
I'm kinda upset Echo didn't get his armor back. It's still on the destroyed science ship, which they were right next to when they left Tantis.
Thinking aboit this now. I actually wonder more if Tantis might be a new secert base for Rex. Sure, there's a giant monster running around the planet, but the Emprie never returns to former bases, and Im pretty sure they won't want to return if theres a lose Zilo
Captain Rex: Tamer of the Zilo Beast
@@xgcsurreal2608 move out of the way Boba Fett on a rancor here comes Rex on the back of a Zilo Beast
Wouldn’t they just flatten it like the other base with the clone children? Also yah it would be a cool base but I think any clones who escaped and joined Rex’s rebellion wouldn’t want to return you know.
@adamallen7070 maybe but that was done to obscure what they were doing at the base before they moved the operations.
Hunter and Omegas last conversation had me, a 25 year old grown man, crying. What a BEAUTIFUL conclusion to this amazing show. Well done 👏🏼
Another great lesson both from the show and your take on it. You really are one of the most positive influences on the fandom.
Told you Crosshair wouldn't let Wrecker get himself killed. I'm glad the gang got a happy ending. Minus Crosshairs hand.
He can just replace it with a superior robot hand.
To be fair, that hand killed a lot of innocent people.
@@theazurefire91 and it wasn't working that well anyhow
The one that surprised me the most was with crosshair
Throughout the series they kept emphasising his shaky hand
Then they cut it off
And he pulls off that shot with his left
I was just oof
I’m just thinking that, if his hand wasn’t cut off, would he have made that shot?
That said, I have to say, things went hilariously well for them, on a normal day they were not making out of there alive lol
oh yeah that was just out of hand... they literally cured crosshair's ptsd by cutting his hand off
I don’t know if it’s me but I feel it could show acceptance or something within crosshair maybe showing how he’s gotten over his PTSD I don’t really know how to explain it but I think you know what I mean
Well, at least Echo will be able to guide him through having a prosthetic artificial one. Could come in handy?
From Jango Fett being so good with dual pistols, I always thought the clones were all ambidextrous. I can't remember if this is canon or not.
@@GenerationTechlol
ah, yes, non-consensual, impromptu, dominant hand amputation…the ketamine therapy of Star Wars, cures that PTSD right up in the star wars universe, totally readjusts that ol’ “certain point of view” for the characters that experience it…yep. 🤣💀
But seriously, PTSD sucks, and it can always get worse, but healthy, consensual treatment options administered by licensed care providers are your best bet these days.
Keep in mind, this was a long time ago, in a galaxy far away…where dolphins committing rape was never a thing.
Damn bro, your analysis was on point. I agree with most of all that you stated.
This was by far, at least to me, most impactful story Star Wars has put out in some time. I haven't been a fan of Disney for the last several years, but I give credit where it's due, and they did a wonderful job with the Bad Batch and with this finale. What have most fans been telling Disney for years? Craft a good story and develop the characters in a fluid and natural way and the fans will love it. Build it the right way and we will come. To see the development of the characters of this show was great. Omega went from the typical annoying kid, to the heart of the show and my favorite character. Who cares if she is a pre-teen girl, Omega not only came into her own, but was a co-leader of the team along with Hunter. When characters are written right, it will not matter if they are a man, woman, boy, or girl... we'll love them regardless of gender or age. 10/10 for the finale, 8/10 for the series as a whole.
You said it as Lucas once did - last the visuals, this is a story about family. And boy did it show that in the most incredible of ways.
Crosshair had to lose his hand (identity and past trauma) in order to literally lean on those that love him most still brings me to tears.
this episode was amazing and came out at a perfect time for me, I really needed something like this to get my mind off of things. Almost the whole time I was immersed completely in the episode and was able to distracted me from everything. It's one of the few times within the last month I was truly able to escape reality and just enjoy something.
It was good to see the clone troopers in one final battle. This episode was incredible, and I think this series is a wonderful example of how important a good strong theme is to a story
I'm mainly happy that the Reg Clones escaped. I imagine hundreds or even thousands of other Regs were able to do the same on other facilities. I'm rooting for you guys. ^_^
Awesome video, my friend.
one way out
congratulations mate actually so happy for you no shadow of doubt you'll be a great dad all the best from Scotland
this was a great series, have always enjoyed badbatch and this is one hell of a good way to do it
Thanks, Allen, congrats, and I look forward to whatever your next video turns out to be.
The ending was amazing everything about it was amazing, especially Crosshair's Redemption although I really wonder what happens to Cody and Clone X and CONGRATULATIONS TO BECOMING A FATHER ive been watching Generation Tech for years and its amazing how far this channel has come!
8:47 woah woah woah woah buster hold on this is Star Wars not Alabama
also on an unrelated note I can’t be the only one thinking old hunter looks just like big boss snake
Yes. Yes he does. He’s the biggest boss now
Star Wars IS Alabama. Look up Star Wars incest video.
Omegas' whole story reminds me a lot of the Turkish battalion fighting in the Korean war that adopted a 5 year old orphan girl for 14 months until they were sent back to turkey
Allen you just cant seem to miss ha i definitely agree with ya , such a great series ,, may forth here we come !!!
@GenerationTech, I may miss your Bad Batch videos the most! Incisive yet concise. No one else has such unique insight about the show, the business, and society at large like you. Hope you do some Tales of the Empire vids! Keep up the great work. 👍
Omg yes he does like Jeremy Renner
Also all this season was missing was Vin Diesel
Omg congratulations on being a father!!! Best of luck and health!!
This series was a work of art. Unbelievable that Disney was able to make something like this in this times... Kudos to the team behind it.
Bad batch started very ropey. Half way through S2 and all of S3 was good. I found S1 barely watchable
@@hazb8026 I agree, it wasn't my favorite at first but I'm glad I was desperate enough for anything Clone Wars adjacent after its finale to stick with it. The quality definitely got better with time as they ironed things out. I'm mostly just thankful they gave Clone Wars a serviceable and satisfying epilogue - as someone who grew up on that show (and a huge purist) I would've been heartbroken if they tarnished its legacy with something lifeless and mediocre. It was a worthy successor to me and that's what counts
Yo champ this ending did not disappoint me I am glad tech was not an assassin clone everybody thought he was a clonex he was not he died heroically if they would have brought him back I would have been disappointed but it was great everything Omega learned she used in this episode she truly was trained as a soldier she was taken off a Camino as a child or maybe eight or nine and went through some hard times with her brothers but it was a huge learning experience for her I was hoping Emory would find a way to stop their fast aging at the end when Omega leaves she's probably about 22 or 23 , and it was great to see and it was hard for her brothers to let her go, all in all great show sad to see it end !! Anyways have a good day bro !!!
YES i just waited for you're video man, love yah work.
Yo, Allen my man! Haven't posted for a while, but just gotta say CONGRATULATIONS on that little daughter of yours!! May the gods bless her, and you and mom. Always love your content dude, for my money you are the brightest star in the SW YT galaxy. Your insights and reflections always worth listening to, many thanks. MTFBWY always.
I thought it was fitting Nala Se got to blow up Rampart. Afterall wasn't he the one who commanded the ships to fire upon Kamino?
The character of Omega literally inspires me to keep going, to seek the best in people (and the world in general) and finding the right ones. I loved the ending.
YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER? CONGRATS MAN!
Aweeee I know you are and will continue to be a wonderful dad to your daughter! Congratulations!
God I loved this show. Hunter became my favorite clone & im glad he got a happy ending
When this show started, I was just starting college. Now I’m about to graduate and enter the next phase of my life. I’ve always looked forward to watching this show and I’m really going to miss it.
I expected (and still do) a lot of people to whine and complain that it's an almost happy ending, none of the actual batchers die at least. But the more I think about it the more I'm happy that someone in Star Wars finally got a damn happy ending. All the OT heroes lived decades of sadness, Obi-Wan suffered for decades Padme died never raising her kids Anakin... well yeah. The clones were tossed aside like nothing, Ahsoka lost everything, Kanan died before he even knew he had a son, Ezra got lost for years, Rey spent her life alone, Finn got fucked by the writers, you know. NO ONE seems to just live happily ever after, it's good we got at least enough of a glimpse into the future to know they're alive that many years later. Sure there may be adventures we don't know but they're alive and able to retire eventually. It's nice
congrats on fatherhood! Ive been following your channel for a while, and I really enjoy your perspectives. thanks for what you do.
I cried, I'll be honest
That ending got me too
Idk bout crying, but did I get emotional? U can say that.
I guess the Batch going back time and again for their missing members is as close as we'll ever get to going back to rescue Sev.
Emerie Karr is so underrated
Congratulations on becoming a father! I wish the best for you, your daughter, and your family.
Crosshair was right though CF 99 did die with Tech as loseing him ment they wasn't a team as they lost a team member.
You were the first reviewer I wanted to hear for this show after watching it, thanks for keeping up with the videos, I hadn't tuned in for a while
That finally was the goat my Bois!
I am VERY certain that Rampart's Tablet, loaded up with Project Necromancer data is Schroodinger's Ewok, lurking in the ruins waiting to be recovered to reignite the fuze of the Emperor's plan.
Tarkin may not be motivated to dig deeply into the ruins of Tantiss, but Palpatine is.
That tablet was at the epicenter of the explosion lol. If the entire databank was destroyed then obviously that was too. Palpatine has his ways regardless, this just set him back several decades
I will realy miss bad batch it helped me when times were hard s2 was hard on poor tech 😢 it was so hard to wait s3 now that it is over it feels good but same time bad. Final episode was so dark and sad I welt so bad when Hunter wrekker and crosshair got captured😢 I feel so bad for crosshair for losing his hand 😢😢 clone force 99 u are the best❤
The batch went through the ringer with this one
Seeing Echo lead all the clones was just amazing
Bad Batch: we're fighting to escape the fighting and give the kid a peaceful life!
Omega: I'm joining the rebellion!
😐
well...omega also has jangos DNA in her.
To be fair…it was to make sure she had a choice if she DID want the peaceful life lol.
“I’m not a kid anymore.”
“You’re still OUR kid.”
For a good 15 years after the end of the show she DID have a normal life. She lived out the rest of her childhood and a solid portion of her young adult life in the peace and tranquility and safety of Pabu. What she does as an adult is her decision. All the Batch can do at this point is wish her luck and Godspeed.
@@nicoleg2544 Maybe I missed something, but how do you reckon the end scene was 15 years later?
Congrats on the kid. You’ll do great👍
Congrats Dad!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏Patience your new best friend. Can’t wait for our next series together 👊✌️💯
😊 CONGRATULATIONS!
Haha "creepy Jeremy Renner". Now I see it😂
thank you!
Congrats on becoming a dad.
It was definitely an emotional finale and I was pleasantly surprised that the Batch survived. It was also a pleasant surprise to see the time skip at the end and Omega going off to join the Rebellion.
okay I totally ship emery and echo too... but aren't they technically brother and sister? or you mean ship them in a way we see them working together?
i need to sleep more
@@GenerationTech haha, it's okay. I thought they made a great team. I'd love to see them working together.
Good writing is when they make us feel like loss is needed for a finale but doesnt do it and it doesnt seem like a cop out. Looking at you, Mando S3.
Dude you have a daughter Congrats, i bet you'll be a great father and will care for her
The zillo beast escaping was the peak moment i was waiting for and honestly my favorite part
I was also glad to see that Emerie ended up going to Pabu taking the kids witj her, i was relieved as i was wondering if she was gonna leave with them in the end
Dude did you just reveal to us that you're a father!!!!??? Congrats, I've been watching since 2016. I fell off the last 3 years but have been coming back to Star Wars, man
Humanity first
Now we need live action Omega. If she was a rebel pilot then she could show up in any Mando era show. She should be around the same age as Ezra and Sabine.
No... she was like 10 when the empire started and Ezra is as old as the empire
she's older, Omega is even older than Clone Force 99. Ezra was born during first Empire's Day, and in 1st season of rebels it's already 15'th anniversary, Sabine older than Ezra too. That doesn't mean they won't meet, maybe sometime after Ahsoka and Sabine return?
@@kahtyman7293 That makes it easy then, she's around 10 years older than Ezra and 8 years older than Sabine. Ezra is around 30 so that makes Omega around 40.
@@LadyTano44 Yeah, you are right. Omega would be around 40, probably around the same age as Hera.
I hope she appears in another animated series
Now I want a "Rex" show that is focused on the Clone Underground, and an "Omega" show Focusing on her Story as a Rebel Pilot. The Finale sets up both so well
Could you please make a video on the ecosystem of Dathomir
I liked how Echo, Hunter, Wrecker and Crosshair all instantly know, when the Zillo beast breaks out of the base, that it was Omega’s handy work, but with Echo telling Emery that it’s exactly what he would have done in her shoes. But what I want to know about the timeskip scene is, when during the Rebellion does she join it? Around the time of the Battle of Yavin, or closer to the Battle of Endor?
According to Wookiepedia, somewhere between 2 BBY and 4 ABY, so a few years either side of Yavin.
So what was really the point of having Ventress appear in the show to begin with? They more or less could have done this season without her.
Another thing I loved is the slight reference to the accelerated aging, with Hunter being so much older. Nice touch, especially links to the Republic Commando books
You SHIP Emerie and Echo. They are both Fett clones!
As an Original Trilogy Old Guy (tm), I have really enjoyed your commentary and insight into the current generation's stories from a galaxy far, far away. Truly, there have been a number of times where I was stunned how eloquently and concisely you distilled a theme, motif, or message that I was fumbling around the edges of. Hopefully, there will continue to be stories worthy of your analysis and commentary. Hopefully, those stories can build a bond between you and your daughter, as they have for me and my daughter. The Clone Wars, Rebels, and now Bad Batch have provided a significant connection between my daughter and me. Yes, we like the live action stories, as well, but those series frequently lack the duration to develop characters, pacing, and context in the way the animated series have achieved.
My daughter and I developed a headcanon about the clones following the Clone Wars. In it, a cadre of clones settle a planet somewhere in the outer rim near a hyperspace route. Collectively, they possess all the skills to run a civilian government, military, and commercial enterprises, but they also have a collectivist culture to look after each other. As they become established, clones continue to find their way to this settlement and it continues to grow and become safe haven in the more lawless regions. They either bring with them or "acquire" the necessary resources to establish a small, regional naval force to protect themselves and secure their little corner of space. Eventually, non-clones begin to settle there because of the protection and opportunity the clones can provide. As the rebellion begins and the galaxy falls once again into chaos and war, there is at least one system where there is safety and order. In their region, they are too big a threat for pirates, warlords, or criminal syndicates to challenge directly, but not so big a threat to draw the ire of the Empire. In it, the clones get to live the largely peaceful and rewarding lives they have so richly deserved.
Both my daughter and I were hoping to see that play out on Pabu. It was nice to see elements of that in the final scenes, even if writ on a much smaller scale.
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