Shout out to Zillo for being the only prequel Character who got close to ending Palps before it was too late (yes It was because it wanted to take him down for personal reasons than the greater good)
The Zillo Beast was both incredibly amazing and incredibly terrifying. I really want to see it return in full size just demolishing the Empire with nothing to stop it. Palpatine is both smart and strong, but even he can't control true nature. Especially if it has a mind capable of hate, and more specifically directed hate.
Last time Palplatine was actually terrified of it. He was literally powerless, and there was nothing he could do without exposing himself other than run and have the Jedi to defend him. That beast was after him, HIM alone.
@@harvestercommander3250 Even if he did, pulling out force lightning or a force storm is just asking to feed the zillo beast. Zillo beast feasts on electricity Palpatine uses force lightning Palpatine = small but delicious food source
When I was watching the episode, I thought that the Empire had genetically engineered the Zillo clone, combining it with the Ordo Moon Dragon’s DNA to give it that electrical absorption ability, since nothing from the Clone Wars hinted to that ability being natural to it.
This episode made me so happy. From the beginning when I realized this would be the Alien inspired episode, to when it made it clear it would be a major plot episode, and finally when it was revealed that the creature was the Zillo beast.
The return of the Zilo Beast was a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one. However, I doubt Palpatine actually knew it existed before the Battle of Malestar, he didn't control every single aspect of the Clone Wars after, but the thing about Palpatine is how quickly he can adapt to a situation, even when something unexpected happens or an undesirable outcome occurs, he can still find ways to salvage the situation and get himself back on top because he is that smart. Although, I doubt the cloning of the Zilo Beast is going to work out because let's be honest if they did perfect it then the Empire would have been unstoppable, even if they could only produce a limited number just a few would be enough. Clearly, somehow the Bad Batch and our other heroes will at the very least end the cloning of the Zilo Beast and maybe a few other cloning experiments, which would at the very least set the Empire back a bit on their cloning things, which is why by the time of the original trilogy it still isn't perfected and why the Imperials in the Mandoverse are still trying to improve it. Also, since you asked about returning creatures from Clone Wars and Rebels, there is one will defiantly see again because we caught a glimpse of it in the newest episode of the Mandalorian, the Purgills.
Imagine what would've happened has the Zillo beast's hide had been successfully turned into a powerful synthetic material made for personal armor or even space ships. History in this universe would've been greatly different.
When I first saw baby Zillo Beast, I thought it looked like an overgrown Chestburster from the Alien franchise. Even the interior of the Research Vessel had Alien vibes.
I find the idea dumb - for one in clone wars they used those energy artillery tanks on one and it didn't grow - and they were firing quite a few of them at the time and with both good fire rate and accuracy. So now them implying they grow with electricity is a massive rewrite - and a dumb one at that because we already have seen it to be not the case.
@@krzosu Not really a rewrite since The Zillo Beast in the clone wars was already at its size limit, meaning that it already had the necessary energy to fully mature. The Zillo Beast in Bad Batch started as a “kid” and manage to grow up as a “teenager” over the course of the episode.
@@krzosu Tbf, those were ion cannons, which *disrupt* electronics but aren't exactly firing electricity themselves. So it makes way more sense now that they were effective at knocking out the Zillo Beast because they were probably disrupting the flow of electricity through its body, given how important electricity is to a Zillo Beast's bodily functions that proved to be a surefire way of greatly exhausting the beast. It also gives the Zillo Beast more of a connection to what inspired it and the episodes it starred in to begin with, that being the Godzilla movies. With what we know now, it's likely the original Zillo Beast was still in its small, lizard-like juvenile form during the Battle of Malastare... until the electro-proton bomb got dropped on it. Being exposed to Star Wars' electrical equivalent of a nuclear bomb was probably just enough to give the critter the most extreme growth spurt known to the galaxy, turning into the kaiju we all know best... which makes it a pretty blatant reference to Zilla 1998, which was but a normal iguana until it similarly had a bomb dropped on it.
@@chrislaurent1137 Well judging that no info was given - the beast in clone wars it could have been anything from adult - to merely a pup xD so that is a big assumption on your part right there :P Point being we don't know how big they could really get - what we only know is that they can hibernate for a very very long time. Also metabolism like growth - produces a lot of metabolic byproducts - including toxins - so a very rapid growth like that would in essence literally kill the critter in question due to it being literally poisoned to death by its own growth - because disposal of such waste would be immensly difficult in short time order. and that is even assuming it could convert energy to matter in the first place (to provide matter for said growth - which it in itself is quite impossible because it would require its tissues to handle temperatures literally in millions of degrees - which it in itself is quite impossible for an organic being.
@@emperortethysusdacertified8175 you do realise ion cannons carry a lot of charge right ? that is how they disable electronics in the first place. so they are both energy based and particle based damage dealers. if you need a good look - take one on malevolence ion cannons - what sort of electrical storm they were making when fired. Point being if the beasts would feed on energy as it was implied then being fired upon with ion cannon would not put it to sleep because it's tissues would be already extremely energy resistant. it would be like you tried to drown a fish in water xD somewhat crude but acurate description. More over - naturally evolving organism usually also evolve in a way that helps to deali with overabundance of food (in order to avoid over feeding per say). And we dont see anything like that with the beast in clone wars - no way to disperse extra energy per say - like hurling lightingbolts from its spikes to discharge the over flow or say like "vomiting ion blasts from its mouth) or such which kinda points to lack of such mechanisms thus pointing out to it not being evolved to feed on raw energy. More over it being stunned by the guns actually show that while large - its tissues were handling the energy very poorly - because in essence - it was just tased into unconciousness like say a human would be - just indirectly due to its armor plates.
The opening scene to that episode gave me some Xenomorph vibes. Also, speaking of conspiracies and the Empire trying to give nature the bird, it would be amazing if Lucasfilm could incorporate Joe Schreiber's Death Troopers into Canon. That novel would fit perfectly with the Empire's desire to weaponize anything it could get its hands on.
I am fairly sure from reports that the Alien vibe was intentional. Also, at the start of the episode, I was considering the possibility that it was the death troopers, but I was pleasantly surprised by the Zillo. Still, I hope they do incorporate the Death Troopers at some point
I’ve been waiting for the Zillo Beast’s return since the Clone Wars and I can’t say I was disappointed. The moment I saw they kept Nala Se alive, I knew they would be using her and her tech as a way to bring it back. Excited to see where that goes, scared to see everyone starting to hunt down Omega, again.
Tarkington knew they somehow survived because they were sighted at the summit, but saw Ferrara was also there. They had that conversation recorded most likely for review. They knew both teams realized the empire is not good and should be dealt with since the Jedi fall. Tarkin knew he had authorized the destruction of kamino. But shouldn’t he have destroyed the exertions that revealed Zillow beast or others not related to cloning of the clones. He didn’t even like that they survived and have been able to survive at all. He was worried they could take him down, since they seen him and if they put 2 and 2 together, they would have trouble(palp) saving tarkin. Crosshairs had taken out an officer who had betrayed/broke moral rules of the republic, they knew he did them a favor in removing the bad officer, and what he didn’t expect was his warning to them. Rouge clone issue was pressing since Rex surivived and had senator support to have them get retirement funds or having them as loose ends.
The zillo has always been my favourite of the SW creatures and this episode only made me love it more. With how smart it is I’ve always imagined one holding a lightsaber.
The Nightsisters tame rancors. Geetsly's has a video that touches on it called "Why Nightsister Culture Goes So Much Deeper Than The Clone Wars Would Have You Think"
@Luke Bartlett That's right. They made that appearance in Clone Wars when they briefed on retrieving the Jedi Savave Oppress killed. 😅 Still, now wondering if the other members will make an appearance.
They've been canon for a long time. They had a whole scene dedicated to them in the clone wars. A short scene that didn't focus on them much, but a scene nonetheless.
He grabbed the Jedi he was that were capable, but also were the only qualified ones that he had available. Palpatine made sure to get as many of the troublesome Jedi he would have to deal with off planet, and as far away as possible
I was expecting it to come back tbh. I was rewatching parts of the clone wars pre bad batch season 2 and was like “I hope they bring back the zillo beast with the chancellor ordering it to be cloned and all.”
When the Zillo was after Palpatine, and the Jedi saved him, he was so grateful I’m shocked he didn’t tell Yoda “Hey, I’m the Sith lord, but you can’t get me out of office for that reason alone!” If they didn’t save him, would he have used the Dark Side to save himself, thus revealing himself
I was really happy to see the Zillo Beast come back to pick up on the clone wars cliffhanger. It was also epic to see my guy Scorch and Mount Tantiss as well.
My concern is with Cid. Will she sell out the Bad Batch for a reward? Like you said the empire is taking NO chances and info is more valuable than credits
Seeing someone in Clone Commando armour running for his life terrifies me more than you know. Clone Commandos are absolute monsters in combat so for one to be running scared to the point he's falling over himself... Whatever's behind him is nothing good at all.
This is my absolute favorite starwars channel! You guys are so respectful of spoilers even when you post a video about the newly released episode on the same day. I had to stop following several other channels because they wouldn’t stop spoiling stuff the moment it was released. Also, your theories are almost always spot on, and your diligence with the lore is beyond commendable!
Hmmm...there are so many Clones wearing Commando armour that I think old Palps might keep a nice supply of them around. We just did not see them. Guess they are still carrying out stealth and very special operations for him. Just a thought. Regarding the Zillo: maybe he still wants his hide. Literally, as it may make for armour comparable to Beskar.
I’ve been waiting for the Return of the Zillo Beast since the Clone Wars episodes, I’m so happy! With the inclusion of Mt Tantus in the episode and the premise of a dangerous specimen creature that had broken free on an Imperial research transport vessel, I was like “Could this finally be the Zillo beast?” And I was not disappointed - yay! 😊
On another topic, but also related to the episode, I found odd the amount of commandos that were shown. We know for a fact that they’re rare, especially since the battle of Geonosis, where most of them perished due to the lack of experience of their Jedi generals. I mean, yes, there can be a bunch, but I could swear all the clones present in this episode were all commandos, unless they actually weren’t. You see, my theory is that, with the exception of the ones who have grey/color marks on their armors, the rest are just regular clones with commando armor. This could make sense, since regs are becoming quite rare themselves (at least compared with during the clone wars), so giving them the best equipment to fulfill their duties (especially in this kind of very important operations) would be an understandable move. Training more commandos is very time-consuming and expensive, but producing the armors to upgrade your remaining regs (at least the ones stationed in these kind of important installations) is not.
When I was watching the horror part of the episode, my brain was sending me all sorts of "Deathrooper! Rakghoul!" messages. I was still delighted when the zillo beast reared its head.
I wonder if the Zillo beast has preferences regarding the electricity it eats. Like does solar energy taste better than electricity made from coal? Is AC spicier than DC? Is low voltage but high amperage the latest dietary fad in the zillo community?
The Zillo Beast would be a far easier way of producing lightsaber resistant armor, don’t need to rely on risky mines in the outer rim where you can lose product like Beskar at the mine, in transport, at the refinery, in transport again, at production site, then final transport to distribution. With the Zillo Beast, just grow one in a tube at a core planet, feed it a bunch of energy, then do everything on world except distribution. Far easier and less risk.
I loved the silo beast arc it literally looks like a bearded dragon with extra arms and stuff just finished watching the bad batch episode about it to when it was first shown in the clone wars i speculated that the armor of the zilo beast might have been synthesized to create the Death Star hull but it never was confirmed I wonder if it will be as the bad batch story progresses.
when I was watching the bad Bach season 2 episode 11 when the creature was fist introduced I new it looked familiar and to my surprise it was the zillo best
I'd see the study of the Zillo beasts armor used in, not just defence, but casing/barrels around potential high energy super weapons that say, may need a star to fuel? Maybe even utilize kyber in their design
I forgot about that scene at 3:02 and now that I remember it exists I just find it hilarious and now I can't get the image of a fully realized Darth Sidious riding R2D2 or some other imperial astromech.
The Empire with an army of Zillo Beasts: Begin the Rumbling! Now, just imagined that scenario! An army of Zillo Beasts on the constant march on an entire planet like those Wall Titans! And while they're doing it, the chain of command has collapse, the civilians are screaming and running and cannons are useless against the beasts! Deploying the Zillo Beasts alone can clearly make a good example of what is going to happen if someone dared to defy the Empire.
Yeah, Papaltine ensuring that all cloning operations in the galaxy, be they, Kaminoian tech or sparti cloning technology to enable him to conduct whatever experiments or operations he sees fit is just so darth Sidious of him. As it allows him to do so many black book projects under cover, be they in regards to zilo beast, cloing new and improved loyalists clones and attempting to grow force strong clones for his future use.
I always thought Palpatine was fascinated by the Zillo Beasts, because it could deflect even Lightsaber blades as shown in the episode of TCW where it was first introduced. Basicly a cheap super armor
If Zillo beast is already that much threat after it break loose into Coruscant, imagine if it was Shin Godzilla, Godzilla Earth or Singular Point Godzilla (I don't mention MonsterVerse Godzilla because he is not evil) that have a potential to be threat beyond Zillo beast instead, what I want to say is Shin Godzilla keep evolving to overcome its biological flaws and almost impossible to killed because of that reason and Godzilla Earth being the living Death Star and can create an army of its own clone and sub-species
This new Bad Batch Episode gave me some Metroid Prime vibes. Exploring a wrecked vessel with the entire crew being killed by whatever they were experimenting on. Finding evidence of what they were working on throughout the ship in both physical and recorded evidence until finally finding the thing. Only for it to pull a Metroid 2 and have it suddenly evolve rapidly from Beta, to Alpha, and into Gamma.
What I want to know is the over use of republic (imperial?) commandos. Why are there so many and why are they doing admin tasks like operating a lab? Also why are they so bad? Ain't no way a real commando would fold like the one did in the beginning of the episode.
Great video! The only thing that bothers me is that the clone from the Rex/Chuchi arc recognised Rex, implying the two served together, but that would make him kaminoan.
Not only is the zillo beast deadly from its intelligence and armor strength But it is also said in some places, to be force-sensetive Which in turn would explain why it sought to warn the people or perhaps annihilate Palpatine
I was always under the impression that the Zillo Beast was intelligent enough to recognize that Palpatine wanted to destroy it. If the creature were actually force sensitive and felt the dark side surrounding Palpatine, then why would it then seek to kill him?
@@Laserbeak316 because it was trying to warn the jedi of the threat and palpatine knew this. Why else would he have looked afraid? Aside from the beast's size of course.
@@itz.just_nullproductions1038 rampaging through Coruscant and needlessly killing hundreds of innocent people sure is a funny way of asking for help. If the Zillo Beast truly sought to warn the Jedi, it would’ve gone straight to the Jedi Temple rather than the Senate Building where Palpatine was. It also would’ve tried to avoid inflicting huge casualties on the people they’re sworn to protect.
@@Laserbeak316 it's not as if it can control its size and strength. As for going to the Senate building, it was trying to get rid of the problem firsthand while also trying to get people to see what the problem is.
@@itz.just_nullproductions1038 okay, but if it was trying to get rid of the problem firsthand, then why would it still be trying to warn the Jedi of the threat that Palpatine posed if it were force sensitive? Why would the Zillo Beast even need to warn the Jedi of Palpatine when it was more than capable of getting rid of him on its own?
When we first saw the beast, I had the brief thought of "it can't be, doesn't look quite right" only to have Baby Zillo's identity confirmed shortly after. It was fascinating to watch it's rapid evolution into the familiar, terrifying shape. And with the very end of the episode... well, I guess we're about to see if Sid really has grown (like she claims), or if she's willing to sell out Omega. As for which creature I'd like to see? I sort of got that already today, in the first episode of The Mandalorian's third season. From the first time I came across the concept in the '80s (specifically the Clermont era of the X-Men comics), I have always been fascinated by the whole "space whales" idea. And the Pergil (Pergl?) do not disappoint. Seeing them again was both a nice nod, and, I hope, a hint at the future.
Really love this episode, was wondering when the Zillo beast would return. Another character I would like to see return, although unlikely in the bad batch, is the Bendu. He’s another character that made an impact in a few episodes in rebels.
Ik nobody was there but as soon as the clone commando died was 100% certain that it was gonna be the zillo beast so I’d just like to brag about being right
When I saw the episode, I knew something was bad if it had a Clone Commando running scared, clutching a what might as well have been a cattle prod out of fear.
As soon as I heard they were using it to research the armor I knew it was a zillo beast my mind instantly went back that scene in the cw where the Zillo beast was first in the republic lab
Maybe it's the replacement or new form of making a terenetek that the sith used against jedi and similar enemies by letting them free since they used them as jedi hunters for their intelligence as shown by the silo beast it reminded me of exactly that
Ofc it was gonna return, it was hinted at in the clone wars, and there going with the whole thrawn mount tantis cloning arc to make fans happy with rise of sky walker and "somehow palatine returned" and palatines goal of becoming truly immortal, i wouldn't be surprised if his cloak was weaved with cortosis to stop him from actually losing. Then again, it makes me wonder if sidious using sith lightning would make it even more insanely powerful.
They could be doing a take on the Spaarti cloning cylinders, in legends they were a way to make cheap rapid growth clones and in legends they replaced most the Kamio clones before normal humans became the majoirty by the battle of yavin
The moment tec described the creatures invulnerable scales I knew right away before they even said it. Palpatine that man man actually did it he after all these years he finally cloned the Zilo beast. This episode made me feel fear in away I haven had since legacy of terror back in the clone wars.
The strange trooper to me is simply he first incarnation of the dark trooper project. They are definitely trying to extract scales from the Zillow beast to create armor for the dark trooper version 2
I wonder if the Zillo Beast naturally needs electricity to mature. So maybe, the juveniles seek out lightning storms, and allow themselves to be struck, rapidly growing in size with each strike.
I gotta admit that the Zillo Beast was smarter than the Jedi by instantly figuring out that Palpatine was the Sith Lord right away at first eye contact!!!
I’ve been thinking with this episode that the whole cloning thing is also Filoni’s way to fill in some plot holes regarding the sequels. Today, it’s a different kind of clone troopers and Zillobeasts, tomorrow it’s malformed palpatines. Seems like something he would do. I imagine we will be seeing more holes filling up by the end of this bad batch season, hopefully done well.
At first glance I'd thought it was a zillo beast but when I saw the size and that it was on all fours and didn't have the extra arm I chamged my mind. Looks like I wasn't the only one who said AH HA! When the sub adult form was shown
It was definitely disturbing seeing the clone Zillo Beast’s growth spurt in an instant it eats raw energy
I was expecting some facehuggers to appear.
Bro facts
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Some how these people mixed in Godzilla, Kong, Xenomorph, and Jurassic Park all in one Star Wars episode
Kinda reminds me of the Ridley clone in Metroid Other M
There's a bit of Eleking from Ultraseven in there as well.
Shout out to Zillo for being the only prequel Character who got close to ending Palps before it was too late (yes It was because it wanted to take him down for personal reasons than the greater good)
Imagine if the Zillo beast did managed to kill Palpatine
The New Order: Last Days of Coruscant
(What if the Zillo Beast killed Sidious?)
Fives comes a close second
@@ImmaLittlePip Maul is 3rd
@@memescoffee3173 Maul always comes in third.
The Zillo Beast was both incredibly amazing and incredibly terrifying. I really want to see it return in full size just demolishing the Empire with nothing to stop it. Palpatine is both smart and strong, but even he can't control true nature. Especially if it has a mind capable of hate, and more specifically directed hate.
Last time Palplatine was actually terrified of it. He was literally powerless, and there was nothing he could do without exposing himself other than run and have the Jedi to defend him. That beast was after him, HIM alone.
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Even if he did, pulling out force lightning or a force storm is just asking to feed the zillo beast.
Zillo beast feasts on electricity
Palpatine uses force lightning
Palpatine = small but delicious food source
Mecha Zillo Beast.
@@dinodude6992
He have enough other force powers
Sidious is stronger then the zillo beast
@@dinodude6992 sidious can choke it bro
When I was watching the episode, I thought that the Empire had genetically engineered the Zillo clone, combining it with the Ordo Moon Dragon’s DNA to give it that electrical absorption ability, since nothing from the Clone Wars hinted to that ability being natural to it.
That's exactly what I thought too.
@@ethanpersonius-naff7899 same
That makes sense. If the ability to absorb electricity was natural to the creature it wouldn't need much of a mouth.
@@twistedyogertbut remember the beast woke Up due the nuke bomb EMP
This man should be a scientist.
This episode made me so happy. From the beginning when I realized this would be the Alien inspired episode, to when it made it clear it would be a major plot episode, and finally when it was revealed that the creature was the Zillo beast.
I was like sitting on the edge of my seat going "Wait it's impervious to blaster fire? That can mean only one thing!"
Having the mucus drip from above, in a dark, empty ship... I was half expecting an actual xenomorph.
@@user-ft7fq4ou4v same.
This episode went hard loved the horror nature in the first half, always good to see more Empire
The return of the Zilo Beast was a surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one. However, I doubt Palpatine actually knew it existed before the Battle of Malestar, he didn't control every single aspect of the Clone Wars after, but the thing about Palpatine is how quickly he can adapt to a situation, even when something unexpected happens or an undesirable outcome occurs, he can still find ways to salvage the situation and get himself back on top because he is that smart. Although, I doubt the cloning of the Zilo Beast is going to work out because let's be honest if they did perfect it then the Empire would have been unstoppable, even if they could only produce a limited number just a few would be enough. Clearly, somehow the Bad Batch and our other heroes will at the very least end the cloning of the Zilo Beast and maybe a few other cloning experiments, which would at the very least set the Empire back a bit on their cloning things, which is why by the time of the original trilogy it still isn't perfected and why the Imperials in the Mandoverse are still trying to improve it.
Also, since you asked about returning creatures from Clone Wars and Rebels, there is one will defiantly see again because we caught a glimpse of it in the newest episode of the Mandalorian, the Purgills.
I think originally palps wanted to harvest the armor for his ships.
Imagine what would've happened has the Zillo beast's hide had been successfully turned into a powerful synthetic material made for personal armor or even space ships. History in this universe would've been greatly different.
If they were able to "grow" ship hulls from zillow beast armor they mighta done better against the vong.
@@kidddogbites---I can see that.
Didn't Tech say that this specific Zillo Beast was modified to consume energy?
No, he stated that was a natural ability and it was modified to have increased armor.
When I first saw baby Zillo Beast, I thought it looked like an overgrown Chestburster from the Alien franchise. Even the interior of the Research Vessel had Alien vibes.
I find it interesting that the Zillow beast can grow with electricity. This begs the question, how large can they get?
I find the idea dumb - for one in clone wars they used those energy artillery tanks on one and it didn't grow - and they were firing quite a few of them at the time and with both good fire rate and accuracy. So now them implying they grow with electricity is a massive rewrite - and a dumb one at that because we already have seen it to be not the case.
@@krzosu Not really a rewrite since The Zillo Beast in the clone wars was already at its size limit, meaning that it already had the necessary energy to fully mature. The Zillo Beast in Bad Batch started as a “kid” and manage to grow up as a “teenager” over the course of the episode.
@@krzosu Tbf, those were ion cannons, which *disrupt* electronics but aren't exactly firing electricity themselves. So it makes way more sense now that they were effective at knocking out the Zillo Beast because they were probably disrupting the flow of electricity through its body, given how important electricity is to a Zillo Beast's bodily functions that proved to be a surefire way of greatly exhausting the beast.
It also gives the Zillo Beast more of a connection to what inspired it and the episodes it starred in to begin with, that being the Godzilla movies. With what we know now, it's likely the original Zillo Beast was still in its small, lizard-like juvenile form during the Battle of Malastare... until the electro-proton bomb got dropped on it. Being exposed to Star Wars' electrical equivalent of a nuclear bomb was probably just enough to give the critter the most extreme growth spurt known to the galaxy, turning into the kaiju we all know best... which makes it a pretty blatant reference to Zilla 1998, which was but a normal iguana until it similarly had a bomb dropped on it.
@@chrislaurent1137 Well judging that no info was given - the beast in clone wars it could have been anything from adult - to merely a pup xD so that is a big assumption on your part right there :P Point being we don't know how big they could really get - what we only know is that they can hibernate for a very very long time.
Also metabolism like growth - produces a lot of metabolic byproducts - including toxins - so a very rapid growth like that would in essence literally kill the critter in question due to it being literally poisoned to death by its own growth - because disposal of such waste would be immensly difficult in short time order. and that is even assuming it could convert energy to matter in the first place (to provide matter for said growth - which it in itself is quite impossible because it would require its tissues to handle temperatures literally in millions of degrees - which it in itself is quite impossible for an organic being.
@@emperortethysusdacertified8175 you do realise ion cannons carry a lot of charge right ? that is how they disable electronics in the first place. so they are both energy based and particle based damage dealers.
if you need a good look - take one on malevolence ion cannons - what sort of electrical storm they were making when fired.
Point being if the beasts would feed on energy as it was implied then being fired upon with ion cannon would not put it to sleep because it's tissues would be already extremely energy resistant. it would be like you tried to drown a fish in water xD somewhat crude but acurate description.
More over - naturally evolving organism usually also evolve in a way that helps to deali with overabundance of food (in order to avoid over feeding per say). And we dont see anything like that with the beast in clone wars - no way to disperse extra energy per say - like hurling lightingbolts from its spikes to discharge the over flow or say like "vomiting ion blasts from its mouth) or such which kinda points to lack of such mechanisms thus pointing out to it not being evolved to feed on raw energy.
More over it being stunned by the guns actually show that while large - its tissues were handling the energy very poorly - because in essence - it was just tased into unconciousness like say a human would be - just indirectly due to its armor plates.
The opening scene to that episode gave me some Xenomorph vibes.
Also, speaking of conspiracies and the Empire trying to give nature the bird, it would be amazing if Lucasfilm could incorporate Joe Schreiber's Death Troopers into Canon. That novel would fit perfectly with the Empire's desire to weaponize anything it could get its hands on.
I am fairly sure from reports that the Alien vibe was intentional.
Also, at the start of the episode, I was considering the possibility that it was the death troopers, but I was pleasantly surprised by the Zillo. Still, I hope they do incorporate the Death Troopers at some point
I’ve been waiting for the Zillo Beast’s return since the Clone Wars and I can’t say I was disappointed. The moment I saw they kept Nala Se alive, I knew they would be using her and her tech as a way to bring it back. Excited to see where that goes, scared to see everyone starting to hunt down Omega, again.
Tarkington knew they somehow survived because they were sighted at the summit, but saw Ferrara was also there. They had that conversation recorded most likely for review. They knew both teams realized the empire is not good and should be dealt with since the Jedi fall. Tarkin knew he had authorized the destruction of kamino. But shouldn’t he have destroyed the exertions that revealed Zillow beast or others not related to cloning of the clones. He didn’t even like that they survived and have been able to survive at all. He was worried they could take him down, since they seen him and if they put 2 and 2 together, they would have trouble(palp) saving tarkin. Crosshairs had taken out an officer who had betrayed/broke moral rules of the republic, they knew he did them a favor in removing the bad officer, and what he didn’t expect was his warning to them. Rouge clone issue was pressing since Rex surivived and had senator support to have them get retirement funds or having them as loose ends.
The zillo has always been my favourite of the SW creatures and this episode only made me love it more. With how smart it is I’ve always imagined one holding a lightsaber.
It's scary that there were no Bodies found in that ship. I understand Omega's Fear. Also we might get to the Delta Squad!!!!!!
We’ve seen delta squad on screen before during the clone wars before.
@@josiahcochran8290 but now it's a possibility of Delta Squad hunting down Squad 99
Once I saw the huge claw marks in the dilapidated ship, I wondered if they cloned the zillow beast. I was so shocked and happy to be right later on
Makes me wonder if THIS kinda beast.. like some others, like Rancor, can be somewhat tamed. Or "won over" as pets/animal friends
The Nightsisters tame rancors. Geetsly's has a video that touches on it called "Why Nightsister Culture Goes So Much Deeper Than The Clone Wars Would Have You Think"
I don't know what blew me away: the Zillo beast returning or the fact Scorch is now canon, which means Sev, Boss, and Fixer are not too far behind.
they’ve been canon
@Luke Bartlett That's right. They made that appearance in Clone Wars when they briefed on retrieving the Jedi Savave Oppress killed. 😅
Still, now wondering if the other members will make an appearance.
@@zero312 yup. And Scorch was in an episode last season too
They were canon in the clone wars. They brought back the two jedi that Savage Opress killed
They've been canon for a long time. They had a whole scene dedicated to them in the clone wars. A short scene that didn't focus on them much, but a scene nonetheless.
The intro gave me flash backs of the geonosian zombies ep 😖
RIP clone commando
Video Idea: Why Didn't Mace call up more Jedi during his Fight with Sheev
Ongole everyone who was there with him died immediately
I‘d say it’s because he was in the middle of a fight and Palpatine probably wouldn’t have agreed to a quick time out so Mace can call backup.
This makes me wonder why didn’t Mace also brought along a Clone strike team along with the team of Jedi?
@@isaackim7675 order 66 would came earlier and bye bye Anakin
He grabbed the Jedi he was that were capable, but also were the only qualified ones that he had available. Palpatine made sure to get as many of the troublesome Jedi he would have to deal with off planet, and as far away as possible
I was expecting it to come back tbh. I was rewatching parts of the clone wars pre bad batch season 2 and was like “I hope they bring back the zillo beast with the chancellor ordering it to be cloned and all.”
When the Zillo was after Palpatine, and the Jedi saved him, he was so grateful I’m shocked he didn’t tell Yoda “Hey, I’m the Sith lord, but you can’t get me out of office for that reason alone!” If they didn’t save him, would he have used the Dark Side to save himself, thus revealing himself
The scene with Scorch at the end of this episode has left me with a question: Will we get the Delta Squad VS the Bad Batch?
I was really happy to see the Zillo Beast come back to pick up on the clone wars cliffhanger. It was also epic to see my guy Scorch and Mount Tantiss as well.
My concern is with Cid. Will she sell out the Bad Batch for a reward? Like you said the empire is taking NO chances and info is more valuable than credits
Oh boy
@@mattfk_kbraapratata8996 yeah i know this aged a bit too well
Yeah about that...
I can't believe it took me A DECADE to realize that "Zillo" comes from "GodZILLA"
Seeing someone in Clone Commando armour running for his life terrifies me more than you know. Clone Commandos are absolute monsters in combat so for one to be running scared to the point he's falling over himself... Whatever's behind him is nothing good at all.
I know in RepComm, Ko Sai mentioned that Palpatine wanted her to unlock the secrets of immortality.
Nice to see the Zillo Beast concept being brought back after the Zillo Beast incident.
Am so happy the zillo beast is back episode 11 of the bad batch series was amazing
This is my absolute favorite starwars channel! You guys are so respectful of spoilers even when you post a video about the newly released episode on the same day. I had to stop following several other channels because they wouldn’t stop spoiling stuff the moment it was released.
Also, your theories are almost always spot on, and your diligence with the lore is beyond commendable!
Hmmm...there are so many Clones wearing Commando armour that I think old Palps might keep a nice supply of them around. We just did not see them. Guess they are still carrying out stealth and very special operations for him. Just a thought.
Regarding the Zillo: maybe he still wants his hide. Literally, as it may make for armour comparable to Beskar.
I’ve been waiting for the Return of the Zillo Beast since the Clone Wars episodes, I’m so happy! With the inclusion of Mt Tantus in the episode and the premise of a dangerous specimen creature that had broken free on an Imperial research transport vessel, I was like “Could this finally be the Zillo beast?” And I was not disappointed - yay! 😊
Holy crap that's why it chased Palpy! Wanted to feed on him
On another topic, but also related to the episode, I found odd the amount of commandos that were shown. We know for a fact that they’re rare, especially since the battle of Geonosis, where most of them perished due to the lack of experience of their Jedi generals. I mean, yes, there can be a bunch, but I could swear all the clones present in this episode were all commandos, unless they actually weren’t.
You see, my theory is that, with the exception of the ones who have grey/color marks on their armors, the rest are just regular clones with commando armor. This could make sense, since regs are becoming quite rare themselves (at least compared with during the clone wars), so giving them the best equipment to fulfill their duties (especially in this kind of very important operations) would be an understandable move. Training more commandos is very time-consuming and expensive, but producing the armors to upgrade your remaining regs (at least the ones stationed in these kind of important installations) is not.
A fantastic episode, i enjoyed the horror and the action, the cloning plotline is getting better and better.
yes a spoiler alert after the tittle and the picture containing said spoiler is VERY useful
That's.... A fair point, actually! Sorry :) We'll think about that in the future in case something similar comes up.
When I was watching the horror part of the episode, my brain was sending me all sorts of "Deathrooper! Rakghoul!" messages. I was still delighted when the zillo beast reared its head.
To quote Ian Malcom with a quote that fits palpatine: “Now you’re John Hammond”.
I wonder if the Zillo beast has preferences regarding the electricity it eats.
Like does solar energy taste better than electricity made from coal?
Is AC spicier than DC?
Is low voltage but high amperage the latest dietary fad in the zillo community?
🤣 I want answers
The Zillo Beast would be a far easier way of producing lightsaber resistant armor, don’t need to rely on risky mines in the outer rim where you can lose product like Beskar at the mine, in transport, at the refinery, in transport again, at production site, then final transport to distribution. With the Zillo Beast, just grow one in a tube at a core planet, feed it a bunch of energy, then do everything on world except distribution. Far easier and less risk.
what if the zillo beast on malastere was a baby til the republic dropped the massive emp bomb
I loved the silo beast arc it literally looks like a bearded dragon with extra arms and stuff just finished watching the bad batch episode about it to when it was first shown in the clone wars i speculated that the armor of the zilo beast might have been synthesized to create the Death Star hull but it never was confirmed I wonder if it will be as the bad batch story progresses.
Can you da video on Expanded Universe Ben Skywalker please?
Aaah the return of the Zillo Beast... *WITH A VENGEANCE!*
when I was watching the bad Bach season 2 episode 11 when the creature was fist introduced I new it looked familiar and to my surprise it was the zillo best
Maybe the Zillow beast can recognize palatines power, and knows it's evil. Or maybe it has some sort of connection to the force.
"Coincidence" and "Palpatine" are not two concepts that can coexist.
I love the magic of the new shows. Especially with this one. Purrgil and Zillow Beasts, I’m digging it.
I'd see the study of the Zillo beasts armor used in, not just defence, but casing/barrels around potential high energy super weapons that say, may need a star to fuel? Maybe even utilize kyber in their design
I forgot about that scene at 3:02 and now that I remember it exists I just find it hilarious and now I can't get the image of a fully realized Darth Sidious riding R2D2 or some other imperial astromech.
The Empire with an army of Zillo Beasts: Begin the Rumbling!
Now, just imagined that scenario! An army of Zillo Beasts on the constant march on an entire planet like those Wall Titans! And while they're doing it, the chain of command has collapse, the civilians are screaming and running and cannons are useless against the beasts! Deploying the Zillo Beasts alone can clearly make a good example of what is going to happen if someone dared to defy the Empire.
Yeah, Papaltine ensuring that all cloning operations in the galaxy, be they, Kaminoian tech or sparti cloning technology to enable him to conduct whatever experiments or operations he sees fit is just so darth Sidious of him. As it allows him to do so many black book projects under cover, be they in regards to zilo beast, cloing new and improved loyalists clones and attempting to grow force strong clones for his future use.
I always thought Palpatine was fascinated by the Zillo Beasts, because it could deflect even Lightsaber blades as shown in the episode of TCW where it was first introduced. Basicly a cheap super armor
coincidence and Palpatine are two concepts that can't coexist is my new favorite line. Oh how very true that is.
He ordered it cloned because he wanted to line the death star with the skin.
If Zillo beast is already that much threat after it break loose into Coruscant, imagine if it was Shin Godzilla, Godzilla Earth or Singular Point Godzilla (I don't mention MonsterVerse Godzilla because he is not evil) that have a potential to be threat beyond Zillo beast instead, what I want to say is Shin Godzilla keep evolving to overcome its biological flaws and almost impossible to killed because of that reason and Godzilla Earth being the living Death Star and can create an army of its own clone and sub-species
This new Bad Batch Episode gave me some Metroid Prime vibes. Exploring a wrecked vessel with the entire crew being killed by whatever they were experimenting on. Finding evidence of what they were working on throughout the ship in both physical and recorded evidence until finally finding the thing. Only for it to pull a Metroid 2 and have it suddenly evolve rapidly from Beta, to Alpha, and into Gamma.
I absolutely love the Zillo Beast. I’m a kaiju fan and am eager to know Palpatine’s plans
What I want to know is the over use of republic (imperial?) commandos. Why are there so many and why are they doing admin tasks like operating a lab? Also why are they so bad? Ain't no way a real commando would fold like the one did in the beginning of the episode.
Great video! The only thing that bothers me is that the clone from the Rex/Chuchi arc recognised Rex, implying the two served together, but that would make him kaminoan.
The clear Alien inspiration for the start of the episode was just neat. We kinda need more Star Wars horror centered media.
Not only is the zillo beast deadly from its intelligence and armor strength
But it is also said in some places, to be force-sensetive
Which in turn would explain why it sought to warn the people or perhaps annihilate Palpatine
I was always under the impression that the Zillo Beast was intelligent enough to recognize that Palpatine wanted to destroy it.
If the creature were actually force sensitive and felt the dark side surrounding Palpatine, then why would it then seek to kill him?
@@Laserbeak316 because it was trying to warn the jedi of the threat and palpatine knew this. Why else would he have looked afraid? Aside from the beast's size of course.
@@itz.just_nullproductions1038 rampaging through Coruscant and needlessly killing hundreds of innocent people sure is a funny way of asking for help.
If the Zillo Beast truly sought to warn the Jedi, it would’ve gone straight to the Jedi Temple rather than the Senate Building where Palpatine was. It also would’ve tried to avoid inflicting huge casualties on the people they’re sworn to protect.
@@Laserbeak316 it's not as if it can control its size and strength. As for going to the Senate building, it was trying to get rid of the problem firsthand while also trying to get people to see what the problem is.
@@itz.just_nullproductions1038 okay, but if it was trying to get rid of the problem firsthand, then why would it still be trying to warn the Jedi of the threat that Palpatine posed if it were force sensitive?
Why would the Zillo Beast even need to warn the Jedi of Palpatine when it was
more than capable of getting rid of him on its own?
The start of the episode felt like dead space, loved it
I was really intrigued when they did this. Made me go 'Oh I remember!'
When we first saw the beast, I had the brief thought of "it can't be, doesn't look quite right" only to have Baby Zillo's identity confirmed shortly after. It was fascinating to watch it's rapid evolution into the familiar, terrifying shape. And with the very end of the episode... well, I guess we're about to see if Sid really has grown (like she claims), or if she's willing to sell out Omega.
As for which creature I'd like to see? I sort of got that already today, in the first episode of The Mandalorian's third season. From the first time I came across the concept in the '80s (specifically the Clermont era of the X-Men comics), I have always been fascinated by the whole "space whales" idea. And the Pergil (Pergl?) do not disappoint. Seeing them again was both a nice nod, and, I hope, a hint at the future.
When you went "somehow, against all odds", I thought you'd finish the phrase with "...the Zillobeast has returned."
Palpy cultivating the zillow really lends some power to the whole "just preparing for the vong" theory.
The opening of the episode is already enough to make it my favourite
I’m so happy that they finally followed up on that season 2 Clone Wars episode.
Pff, Disney+
I follow Hondo Onaka, AS A PIRATE
The 2 phases in seeing the Zillo Beast return
1. The Zillo Beast!😄
2. THE ZILLO BEAST???!!!😱😱😱
Really love this episode, was wondering when the Zillo beast would return. Another character I would like to see return, although unlikely in the bad batch, is the Bendu. He’s another character that made an impact in a few episodes in rebels.
Good one, Jabba's son, and the other Jedi younglings for me.
Ik nobody was there but as soon as the clone commando died was 100% certain that it was gonna be the zillo beast so I’d just like to brag about being right
Every time I hear someone say "Zillo Beast", I imagine one looking for an apartment on Zillow.
Palpatine is just scared because he can’t use force lightning on it
Up from the Depths, 30 stories high.
Breathing fire, it's head in the Sky!
When I saw the episode, I knew something was bad if it had a Clone Commando running scared, clutching a what might as well have been a cattle prod out of fear.
Zillo Beast: You...are the superior predator.
Palpatine: Don't flatter yourself. Compared to me, you're not even a speck of dust.
"Somehow the Zillo Beast returned" is something i welcome with open arms
One creature that I wish would return is the Gorog, when you get a creature that has Rancors as snacks, that is something we need to see more
5:04 bring on the Jurassic Park shaving can full of embryos! I foresee mounted combat between mandalorians and sith now that mythosaurs are back
As soon as I heard they were using it to research the armor I knew it was a zillo beast my mind instantly went back that scene in the cw where the Zillo beast was first in the republic lab
Bloody hell... what next, we're gonna see Sev again too?
During it's infancy it looked like a xenomorph from the Alien franchise. Very cool.
Great in depth video! Thanks for sharing!
Maybe it's the replacement or new form of making a terenetek that the sith used against jedi and similar enemies by letting them free since they used them as jedi hunters for their intelligence as shown by the silo beast it reminded me of exactly that
Ofc it was gonna return, it was hinted at in the clone wars, and there going with the whole thrawn mount tantis cloning arc to make fans happy with rise of sky walker and "somehow palatine returned" and palatines goal of becoming truly immortal, i wouldn't be surprised if his cloak was weaved with cortosis to stop him from actually losing. Then again, it makes me wonder if sidious using sith lightning would make it even more insanely powerful.
They could be doing a take on the Spaarti cloning cylinders, in legends they were a way to make cheap rapid growth clones and in legends they replaced most the Kamio clones before normal humans became the majoirty by the battle of yavin
This episode reignited my excitement for star wars
I legit got spooked by the opening
Definitely that clone commando death scream
I got flashbacks of the geonosian zombie ep scene 😖
@@RexWort OH GOD THAT EPISODE WAS NIGHTMARE FUEL
@@maninanikittycat4238
Yeah!
Literally both screamed before the crunch silenced them 😨
Can you imagine Palpatine keeping one as a pet that he just feeds using force lightning.
When I saw the bad batch picture of this episode on dp, I yelled oh sh- when I the zillo in the frame
The moment tec described the creatures invulnerable scales I knew right away before they even said it.
Palpatine that man man actually did it he after all these years he finally cloned the Zilo beast. This episode made me feel fear in away I haven had since legacy of terror back in the clone wars.
The strange trooper to me is simply he first incarnation of the dark trooper project. They are definitely trying to extract scales from the Zillow beast to create armor for the dark trooper version 2
I wonder if the Zillo Beast naturally needs electricity to mature. So maybe, the juveniles seek out lightning storms, and allow themselves to be struck, rapidly growing in size with each strike.
2:00
Wait… did you just say HUNTED!? THEY HUNTED THOSE MASSIVE THINGS!?!
I gotta admit that the Zillo Beast was smarter than the Jedi by instantly figuring out that Palpatine was the Sith Lord right away at first eye contact!!!
I’ve been thinking with this episode that the whole cloning thing is also Filoni’s way to fill in some plot holes regarding the sequels. Today, it’s a different kind of clone troopers and Zillobeasts, tomorrow it’s malformed palpatines. Seems like something he would do. I imagine we will be seeing more holes filling up by the end of this bad batch season, hopefully done well.
He's probably the best person to fill in those plot holes
At first glance I'd thought it was a zillo beast but when I saw the size and that it was on all fours and didn't have the extra arm I chamged my mind. Looks like I wasn't the only one who said AH HA! When the sub adult form was shown