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The Emperor has such a hard on for little kids in the Filoni-verse I wonder how many frequent flier miles he has racked up traveling to Thailand with Jimmy Saville.
@@HotDogTimeMachine385 Like, I wouldn't be bragging about how good I am at stealing babies from unarmed parents. That's not "good", you have a blaster and they don't.
I really admire the slower paced episodes this season. They are good at building tension and showing the brutality of the Empire in more ways than just the vast destruction it causes.
@@ItApproachesthey can rap up the bad batches story in five episodes, the prokect necromancer sub plot won’t be because it is a project ongoing even after the fall of the empire.
People aren't paying attention to the book, it was left OPEN for her to come back if someone wanted to, with the water glowing meaning something COULD have been going on. They could always add more onto the end of Dark Disciple.
@@ItApproaches Which just makes it a soft retcon instead. Its honestly cheap just like the way Maul was brought back but whatever. If they can make any story that comes after her return be the best of star wars like Maul's was then people wont mind it too much
You gotta love Tarkin threatening Hemlock that his project better show results, when Tarkin himself has no clue what those results would even look like.
i also love how much it clearly bothers him that he's been left out of the loop on something that is clearly important. He knows about the death star but they won't tell him what this is.
@thewerewolff7248 Also, he won't be promoted to Grand Moff until about 3 to 4 years after this episode, so he is not as much of a higher up as he will later on become.
The balls Hemlock has to say something is classified to Tarkin of all people. Probably would've gone a bit differently if he hadn't mentioned it was of personal interest to Palpatine
Yeah honestly Emery might be my favorite character right now. There is something so compelling and horrifyingly real about someone who has been raised in a cruel world that has convinced herself she has to maintain it because she believes she has no other options. She's aware she's doing terrible things (unlike the clones under the chips), but she views her only alternatives would bring more suffering to herself/other clones. I can't wait for her to finally step up and fight (and hopefully survive lol).
The way Bane threw the credits at the informant was so cold; like "you're not worth any effort what-so-ever". The guy must have felt lower than an animal picking up his blood money off the ground.
It was like he was disgusted that this person would sell out a baby for a few credits. I mean he has a job to do and he does it but he doesn't have to like it.
13:30 from what i understood: they’re using the force sensitive blood from the kids and mixing with the clones' DNA they’ve been experimenting on to know if it’s possible to replicate the donor's M-count with no degradation.
Anyone who has or is around kids will know there is something quite unsettling when their quiet. When there's no little voices, laughter or joy its really easy to pick up on. I think that's what this episode was going for, Eric was spot on about it all being about the soundscape
The whole kidnapping of that baby was so heartbreaking for me. It reminded me a lot of Po's backstory in Kung Fu Panda 2, but at least they let him have his plush toy. I wouldn't have recovered emotionally if it stayed behind
'Devil's Deal', the first Ryloth episode in S1, had about five minutes of Clone Force 99 and Omega. The "no Bad Batch" episode was in season 2 - 'The Clone Conspiracy' was all about senator Chuchi.
They really made the toddler and its mother the most innocent looking species in Star Wars didn’t they, like I felt so much worse for them than I thought I would.
The Empire doesn't have loyalty to its members, as its in the image of Darth Sidious himself. A Sith. They have no loyalty to one another, so why should his Empire? There are some depressing episodes of Star Wars out there, but this one might be the most disturbing of them. I'm not a parent, but this is a BRUTAL watch.
I loved that Bane was really quiet and cryptic in this episode even if he still made some sadistic remarks. Reminded me of his portrayal in Boba Fett when he’s this ominous Angel of death.
We can now say that Shadow Clone Trooper is NOT Tech cause this guy learned about Fi (the pirate) where as Tech already knew her. So I'm sure this is Cody.
Agreed. They wouldn't spend so much time on this character if he wasn't someone important. I predict Rex will be forced to kill him in the final episode, which would explain the nightmare in that one episode of Rebels.
I get the feeling it's Cody too because we saw Crosshair and CX-2 fight on Teth when him and Cody both spent adequate time together during that one episode last season. Him only being in that one episode in season 2 of the BB feels irregular and considering he wasn't at the base on Teth with Rex and the boys alongside Howzer previously makes me think he was captured. Let's not forget Cody was also present with the Bad Batch during the Battle of Anaxes, so if he were to be unmasked the rest of the Bad Batch would know who he is, especially Crosshair.
Guys, they brainwash and recondition these agents. There’s no reason not to expect that they includes a lot of memory and emotion stuff. Look at it this way: if it WAS Cody (lol it absolutely is not) they’d necessarily have to wipe his loyalty to his fellow clone brothers and sisters and erase his feelings of doubt leading him to defect from the empire in the first place. There’s no reason to think they wouldn’t do the same with Tech.
This episode along with the first episode of the season were probably the most unsettling and heartbreaking things I’ve seen in Star Wars. It’s so eerie and genuinely upsets me a lot, especially this episode with the kids.
plus, both are the best episodes of ther series I would say, defenitely this season. these episodes, the way the were filmed etc, are up the with the top drama sereis episodes of this century
It's so strange to me, this idea the internet as a collective has that title characters not appearing in an episode somehow makes it no longer their story or something. Actions made by side characters effect our title characters, and that's always more than enough. Calling attention to it like it's an odd thing to me is the oddest thing. Books throughout the years, Harry Potter for example, has whole chapters in it's books I think where Harry isn't even born yet.
I like these episodes that show how evil the empire is and why they need to be destroyed. It was honestly heartbreaking and infuriating watching that baby taken by Bane and seeing his mother on the floor
The Emperor has such a hard on for little kids in the Filoni-verse I wonder how many frequent flier miles he has racked up traveling to Thailand with Jimmy Saville.
If there is one thing I would absolutely love to see happen in these final four episodes as we lead up to this supposed clone rebellion that I think it’s going to happen now that Omega is taken again it would be to see Cody reunite with Rex and the other clones for one last time. We haven’t even seen Cody yet and so I think that would be nice.
@@unclebozo9845 that would truly be heartbreaking if that was the case and I hope we get an emotional scene between him and Rex. If what you say is true to where they probably have to kill him
10:49 not nessecerily 'baby cuffs', as on-point as it would be for the Empire, it's more likely the smaller cuff sizes are meant for the vast array of physiologically different species that are smaller in stature, Dugs, Jawas, etc.
I think that all the Clone X troopers are clone troopers who have died and are now being somewhat “brought back to life” through the means of cloning, and this research and testing is what allows them to properly bring back palpatine from the dead. It would also make sense because the X troopers all have their identifying numbers wiped from them so one really knows who they are, even the fellow clones
There's a rumor that the planet at the beginning may be Zeffo. It totally didn't dawn on me till I rewatched the episode later on that it could very well have been Zeffo
My theory is that the "Clone X" are essentially a clone that "never dies" in the sense that they retain the singular identity within different vessels. Like transferring memories and abilities to different bodies, similar to palpatine in ep. 9
@@kirschakos Ah yes, the gatekeepers who prove they don't actually know the thing very well while trying to dismiss one of the most faithful and compelling additions.
LFG!!!!!! The Identity crisis pretty much centers on Emerie as she was once a child, and seeing the experiments aka Children being held captive, it truly unlocked her heart and humanity the moment she saw them in the room.
WatchingEmory realize what she’s been a part of this season, especially this episode, has really underscored the severity Nd brutality of the Empire. And hearing the “specimens” wanting to go home underscores it even more. Wish we see/saw this level of Empire cruelty in the live action movies is gut wrenching.
This season is getting intense, I hope Hunter and the rest of the bad batch make it out alive. I love your guy's commentary, it's hilarious, and I can't wait for the next video.
Again the sound work on this show deserves an award. It is amazing. This is a must listen show with headphones man holy cow. At this point just keep making more animated series.
I think Emerie is starting to see Omega’s point of view on how wrong all of this is. She could be the key towards the liberation of the clones on Mt Tantiss.
I don't know if I would've preferred Hemlock call Scorch CC-1262 or Scorch because, on the one hand, he's reduced to just a number like the other clones, but, on the other hand, being called Scorch gives him just a sliver of his individuality (enough to remind us of the individuality he once had as "the heart and soul" of Delta Squad). Either one is just as painful
I'm confused as to why you guys think Fennec was contacting someone OTHER than Ventress. Most of us (those of us who watched the season 3 trailer for Bad Batch) already knew she was showing up this season, and so most us, including many reactors, immediately said after Fennec made that call, "Ok, so we're getting Ventress soon, because Fennec just called her." Why do you think she called someone else, someone besides Ventress? My feeling was that Ventress put the word out, that if anyone came asking questions about how to find people with M-counts, give her a heads up. The simplest answer and the one that makes the most sense id that Fennec called Ventress. THAT is why we didn't hear her voice on the comm; so they could TRY to surprise people about when she would show up, or surprise people like you who didn't watch the season's trailer before the premiere.
I think you misunderstood, they’re fully aware, they’re just saying that they wanted to keep it spoiler free on other platforms for people who haven’t caught up
I really think Clone X is a clone of Crosshair cause his line deliveries are a lot like him and when he was going to talk to Scorch for the first time he said: "Why have i been activated?", which iirc is the exact same thing Crosshair said when he was called to serve for the Empire again after that period that he wasn't doing anything (i dont remember why, it's been a few years lol)
The only reason I'm not certain the operative is Cody is because I feel like if they'd put Cody in the operative program, the cover story would have been "transferred" instead of AWOL. But it's also possible he *went* AWOL, but was captured.
The way Hemlock tried to dissuade Kerr with an added hand wave makes me think... Is Hemlock Force Sensitive? A fallen Jedi? Would make sense that someone who is attuned to the Force would be working on that scientific field for the Emperor (he has Inquisitors after all).
he already has the plate on his head meaning he's already had his duel with boba. likewise I don't see boba being introduced this late in the show.@@Senormoola
Iv always thought Bad Batch was good but what the fuck how did it become THIS consistently great. S3 is gonna be one of the best Star Wars show seasons easily at this rate.
My predictions for this season has been completely wrong but I’m hoping and big clone rebellion happens and idk how I would feel but possibly a vader appearance could happen
This is the first time that I’ve really been deeply disturbed by any episode of Star Wars. I was a little perturbed by Moff Gideon when he held the dark sabre over a handcuffed Grogu. Order 66 was grim, but you never really witnessed what happened to all the younglings. I don’t think this is an episode I will rewatch.
My prediction: Once Hemlock gets Omega back, they are going to the next phase where they'll take the other specimens, put them in a blender, centrifuge out their midichlorians and insert the midichlorians into Omega's blood. The idea that the Emperor would give up any of his midichlorians for these tests seems ludicrous to me. They can extract them from other high m-count individuals leaving the Emperor's m-count intact.
4:06 I totally agree with this…but to play devil’s advocate: I’d say I disagree that Kanan’s was as simple of a change. I work it around in my head cannon…but I’m more partial to the comic AND I haven’t even read it😭🤣🤙
24:16 And that's exactly what gets innocent people killed all the time. So nah, I have to disagree with Calvin here on this one. It was never said it would be a Dead Man's Switch whatsoever, Merrick himself never said so, but Aaron's point still stands. This is literally what police officers and soldiers do every single day. And do they go to the Dark side after that? No, never. It's called responding with appropriate force saving countless lives as a result. You can't second guess everyone's decision, that's hella dangerous and wastes precious seconds that matter so much in such volatile situations like that. You can never know. Anyone is capable of anything. Anakin was beyond justified in doing so. If they didn't kill him, they'd risk him blowing up the entire ship and killing EVERYONE on board. They are terrorists apart of the Death Watch, who will literally ALWAYS not hesitate in slaughtering innocent and defenseless people just to get their way. He was going to blow it up if he had escaped anyways, so he had to die. Plus, not to mention he had already killed like 3-4 defenseless and innocent crewmembers onboard the Coronet. Innocent men, most likely with whole ass families too. He deserved to die from the beginning. Nearly every time, you have to eliminate a deadly or potentially deadly threat in order to save lives, that's how it works. You automatically forfeit your life if you threaten to take OR have already taken ANY number of lives, by ANY means.
About what I don't like in canon, like how they remade Ahsoka's book story in the last episode of Tales of the Jedi, I can think is just some dim memory, maybe even a dream. Likewise, I can also think that Legends are really the legends and fictional stories of the Star Wars universe.
isn't this in our-world terms, a body+soul transplant? take everything you have from your former body and put it into a new body, and omega would be the catalyst that makes it work
Still so many people insisting the clone is a Crosshair clone or Cody (I even saw someone else claim it’s Fives, lmao) when the obvious answer is staring everyone in the face. Absolutely wild.
14:30 Pretty sure Nala-Se did it. By all means, the clones should all be the same. And apparently, all other clones, the Regs, they've tested so far, are and none of them have this quality. Considering how Nala-Se always kept Omega close to her from even when she was little and still tried to keep her out of the Empire's reach after she'd fled Kamino, she had to have known what was special about her long before the test at Tantiss confirmed it. Funny they'd mention the comparison of what happened last episode with the retcon of the 'Ahsoka'-novel in TotJ. That one i didn't like at all... tiny adjustments like the finale of TCW S7 were fine for me, but the complete retcon in the final episode of ToTJ weren't. I think that was unnecessary, pointless and what we got instead just wasn't as good. Badass to see, but not as good plot-wise. And it's also kind of a mark of shame on Lucasfilm, seeing how they have an entire division meant to make sure that things like that don't happen and canon stays intact. And that brings me to what they said at around 4:15. I agree, partially. Some people in the fandom (sadly, it seems to be a pretty big "some" sometimes) really need to learn to ignore the stuff they don't like. Or at least handle not liking stuff better. And if that means they continue reading Legends and ignore the Disney-era stuff alltogether, so be it. Me, i couldn't do that if i wanted to. My brains not wired that way, lol. If i know something is meant to be canon, it's canon. Even if i'd choose to look past it, i'd just _know_ it's there. That being said... not only do i not dislike a lot of the recent stuff all that much and in the very few cases when i do, luckily i do not turn to unreasonable hate and rage.
The Ahsoka novel being completely taken out of canon was the worst for me. I know they kept the main idea but there was so much nuance and so many details that they got rid of. Dark Disciple hurt too but the writers promised there would be an explanation.
I’m sure clone x is Crosshair and the bad batch Crosshair is a clone of Crosshair. Sounds weird but they seem the same the way they fight. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s tech.
My problem with the bad batch before was it suffered from not being a longer season show like clone wars and rebels. Even tho the episodes were typically longer than those shows it loses the ability to have as much filler. So in the earlier seasons (s1 esp) it felt super slow and at time boring or formulaic. I love the concept and the cast heck even Omega’s grown on me. But at times it felt like a chore and waiting a week for sometimes one episode and its nothing that progresses the plot in a 16 episode season was frustrating. HOWEVER- I have really enjoyed this seasons direction and only one episode felt fillery/couldve been half an episode and another would’ve benefited from two episodes that week. This season despite being ironically slow burn does it in such an interesting way and makes me hate the empire even more without relying on the typical stuff you see in the movies. Plus im super fascinated in all the behind the scenes experiments that went on esp Palpatine’s so its cool seeing that addressed outside books/comics. Also Crosshair’s redemption felt very natural and not “oh i see the error of my ways forgive me brothers” and they welcome him in like nothing happened.
What??? Guys if what is created only resonates with the creator that’s great for the creator but pretty much doom for any franchise. You can’t pick and choose what is or isn’t part of the story. You can defiantly have parts that are liked loved hated and revered. Thats what makes stories interesting.
I wonder if Scorch was subjected to the same things the Assassin Clones were. All of his personality is just gone. OG Scorch would never do what he's been doing.
i swear, one of these shadows has to be tech, i dont believe it for a second that he's gone. On the other hand, can starkiller still be cannon or thats closed forever?
Looks like they’re possibly creating force-sensitive sharpshooters with the DNA of crosshairs and the children’s M-count blood. Basically Crosshair clones with better armor and better aim??
I think Hemlock has two projects. Necromancer with the children and the m-count, and then the special clones are another thing, possibly phase 1/2 Darktroopers. Though there is likely some overlap. And then Gideon will pick up where Hemlock left off.
Welcome to the latest episode of “1001 Reasons Why The Empire Sucks”. This week, we revisit a classic: kidnapping children for scientific experimentation 😳😳😳
I get it from the story perspective but I’m very uncomfortable with the subject matter in this story. Star Wars has always had metaphors and allegory from real life but this is really dark.
It always really bothers me that some Imperials/Stormtroopers can do the things they're doing, and not realise they're the bad guys. They constantly threaten, harass, and even kill, innocent civilians. You think you're the good guys when you're burning down villages and killing children? It drives me crazy.
Police and the military do stuff like this literally every day (this isn't a 'every single person in these jobs does this' statement, but it's definitely a known thing, and that's not even counting other countries that are more militaristic than ours and are ACTUAL dictatorships). Some of them DO think they are the good guys or justified. And some of them just don't care and join organizations where they can do stuff like that because they LIKE having power over people. Some of them just get so burned out that they view everything as a problem to be solved with a gun.
@lisamarieligreci-newton7804 Well, I'm not from the US and the police in my country don't carry guns. We barely have a military, have no enemies, and are not involved in wars. One of the most peaceful countries on Earth in many ways. But yes, I am very against any form of militarism and authoritarianism. I can't stand the idea of any person who thinks they have power over another, definitely not if they're a violent person who uses weapons to intimidate people.
No, this confirmed it's NOT Tech. This shadow clone trooper said he pulled info out of "Sid" and learned of Fi (The pirate) where as Tech already knew about Fi....so it's NOT Tech, most likely Cody.
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No matter what Era, Cad Bane’s still kidnapping children for Palpatine.
The Emperor has such a hard on for little kids in the Filoni-verse I wonder how many frequent flier miles he has racked up traveling to Thailand with Jimmy Saville.
He's good at what he does, what can he say.
It definitely makes me dislike him more.
The balls on him to say of Boba that he's "a cold blooded killer who worked for the Empire." Like pot, kettle.
@@HotDogTimeMachine385 Like, I wouldn't be bragging about how good I am at stealing babies from unarmed parents. That's not "good", you have a blaster and they don't.
I really admire the slower paced episodes this season. They are good at building tension and showing the brutality of the Empire in more ways than just the vast destruction it causes.
We only have 5 episodes left, hard to see how they wrap everything up in it.
@@ItApproachesthey can rap up the bad batches story in five episodes, the prokect necromancer sub plot won’t be because it is a project ongoing even after the fall of the empire.
@@ItApproacheswait there will be another season right
@@rigby_rich3650there will be a seaosn 4 right?
@@nathanwhyte9048 no brother, this is the final season…
Melanie: “You told me she died!”
Aaron: “SHE DID!”
People aren't paying attention to the book, it was left OPEN for her to come back if someone wanted to, with the water glowing meaning something COULD have been going on. They could always add more onto the end of Dark Disciple.
@@ItApproaches Which just makes it a soft retcon instead. Its honestly cheap just like the way Maul was brought back but whatever. If they can make any story that comes after her return be the best of star wars like Maul's was then people wont mind it too much
"We still have another episode"
"You think it'll cheer us up?"
About that...
I was shocked that Tarkin doesn’t know about Project Necromancer. It shows just how deep the imperial science programmes go that even he is unaware.
You gotta love Tarkin threatening Hemlock that his project better show results, when Tarkin himself has no clue what those results would even look like.
@@wedgeodyssey3275 Peak Tarkin. Always trying to pull rank and take credit for other people's projects.
i also love how much it clearly bothers him that he's been left out of the loop on something that is clearly important. He knows about the death star but they won't tell him what this is.
@thewerewolff7248 Also, he won't be promoted to Grand Moff until about 3 to 4 years after this episode, so he is not as much of a higher up as he will later on become.
The balls Hemlock has to say something is classified to Tarkin of all people. Probably would've gone a bit differently if he hadn't mentioned it was of personal interest to Palpatine
It's like the went to the VA for Eva and said "ok, I want every line of dialogue you have to break my heart"
One of the best episodes of the season. Watching Emery realize that Omega was right in real time was fascinating.
Yeah honestly Emery might be my favorite character right now. There is something so compelling and horrifyingly real about someone who has been raised in a cruel world that has convinced herself she has to maintain it because she believes she has no other options.
She's aware she's doing terrible things (unlike the clones under the chips), but she views her only alternatives would bring more suffering to herself/other clones. I can't wait for her to finally step up and fight (and hopefully survive lol).
Was it just me or did she make a Force hand motion when the Clone stunned the kid trying to escape?
@@MrMarshall62just you
The way Bane threw the credits at the informant was so cold; like "you're not worth any effort what-so-ever". The guy must have felt lower than an animal picking up his blood money off the ground.
It was like he was disgusted that this person would sell out a baby for a few credits. I mean he has a job to do and he does it but he doesn't have to like it.
I love how Tarkin is so petty and psychotic that when Hemlock tells him it’s classified, he immediately threatens his life. 😂
The dead serious scowls on the guys’ faces during all the scenes with the children, particularly Calvin, were really sobering.
Aaron talking about Melanie’s reaction to Ventress was great 🤣
13:30 from what i understood: they’re using the force sensitive blood from the kids and mixing with the clones' DNA they’ve been experimenting on to know if it’s possible to replicate the donor's M-count with no degradation.
Basically yeah. So that Palpatine can clone himself with his full force powers. Hence, "Project Necromancer"
Exactly and Omega’s blood is the binding agent for that process.
Anyone who has or is around kids will know there is something quite unsettling when their quiet. When there's no little voices, laughter or joy its really easy to pick up on. I think that's what this episode was going for, Eric was spot on about it all being about the soundscape
The whole kidnapping of that baby was so heartbreaking for me. It reminded me a lot of Po's backstory in Kung Fu Panda 2, but at least they let him have his plush toy. I wouldn't have recovered emotionally if it stayed behind
'Devil's Deal', the first Ryloth episode in S1, had about five minutes of Clone Force 99 and Omega.
The "no Bad Batch" episode was in season 2 - 'The Clone Conspiracy' was all about senator Chuchi.
They really made the toddler and its mother the most innocent looking species in Star Wars didn’t they, like I felt so much worse for them than I thought I would.
The Empire doesn't have loyalty to its members, as its in the image of Darth Sidious himself. A Sith. They have no loyalty to one another, so why should his Empire?
There are some depressing episodes of Star Wars out there, but this one might be the most disturbing of them. I'm not a parent, but this is a BRUTAL watch.
"Look out! It's a toddler! Set blasters to kill!"
I loved that Bane was really quiet and cryptic in this episode even if he still made some sadistic remarks. Reminded me of his portrayal in Boba Fett when he’s this ominous Angel of death.
We can now say that Shadow Clone Trooper is NOT Tech cause this guy learned about Fi (the pirate) where as Tech already knew her. So I'm sure this is Cody.
Agreed. They wouldn't spend so much time on this character if he wasn't someone important. I predict Rex will be forced to kill him in the final episode, which would explain the nightmare in that one episode of Rebels.
I get the feeling it's Cody too because we saw Crosshair and CX-2 fight on Teth when him and Cody both spent adequate time together during that one episode last season.
Him only being in that one episode in season 2 of the BB feels irregular and considering he wasn't at the base on Teth with Rex and the boys alongside Howzer previously makes me think he was captured. Let's not forget Cody was also present with the Bad Batch during the Battle of Anaxes, so if he were to be unmasked the rest of the Bad Batch would know who he is, especially Crosshair.
Guys, they brainwash and recondition these agents. There’s no reason not to expect that they includes a lot of memory and emotion stuff. Look at it this way: if it WAS Cody (lol it absolutely is not) they’d necessarily have to wipe his loyalty to his fellow clone brothers and sisters and erase his feelings of doubt leading him to defect from the empire in the first place. There’s no reason to think they wouldn’t do the same with Tech.
It’s still Tech if it’s anyone, guys. The empire is messing around in these clone’s brains.
I'm still expecting it to be a clone of Crosshair somehow. He sounds A LOT like Crosshair in certain scenes.
This episode along with the first episode of the season were probably the most unsettling and heartbreaking things I’ve seen in Star Wars. It’s so eerie and genuinely upsets me a lot, especially this episode with the kids.
plus, both are the best episodes of ther series I would say, defenitely this season. these episodes, the way the were filmed etc, are up the with the top drama sereis episodes of this century
Tarkin: " I am concerned about your project's financial impact."
Hemlock: "but.... BABY CUFFS!!"
😁
It's so strange to me, this idea the internet as a collective has that title characters not appearing in an episode somehow makes it no longer their story or something. Actions made by side characters effect our title characters, and that's always more than enough. Calling attention to it like it's an odd thing to me is the oddest thing. Books throughout the years, Harry Potter for example, has whole chapters in it's books I think where Harry isn't even born yet.
I like these episodes that show how evil the empire is and why they need to be destroyed. It was honestly heartbreaking and infuriating watching that baby taken by Bane and seeing his mother on the floor
The Emperor has such a hard on for little kids in the Filoni-verse I wonder how many frequent flier miles he has racked up traveling to Thailand with Jimmy Saville.
If there is one thing I would absolutely love to see happen in these final four episodes as we lead up to this supposed clone rebellion that I think it’s going to happen now that Omega is taken again it would be to see Cody reunite with Rex and the other clones for one last time. We haven’t even seen Cody yet and so I think that would be nice.
My theory is that the Clone X trooper that they keep focusing on is Cody
@@unclebozo9845 that would truly be heartbreaking if that was the case and I hope we get an emotional scene between him and Rex. If what you say is true to where they probably have to kill him
10:49 not nessecerily 'baby cuffs', as on-point as it would be for the Empire, it's more likely the smaller cuff sizes are meant for the vast array of physiologically different species that are smaller in stature, Dugs, Jawas, etc.
I think that all the Clone X troopers are clone troopers who have died and are now being somewhat “brought back to life” through the means of cloning, and this research and testing is what allows them to properly bring back palpatine from the dead. It would also make sense because the X troopers all have their identifying numbers wiped from them so one really knows who they are, even the fellow clones
There's a rumor that the planet at the beginning may be Zeffo. It totally didn't dawn on me till I rewatched the episode later on that it could very well have been Zeffo
My theory is that the "Clone X" are essentially a clone that "never dies" in the sense that they retain the singular identity within different vessels. Like transferring memories and abilities to different bodies, similar to palpatine in ep. 9
This has been an incredible season of tv so far!
The Bad Batch and in particular Season 3 are closer to Andor than anything else.
Better because Bad Batch still feels like Star Wars where Andor didn't sadly.
@@kirschakos Ah yes, the gatekeepers who prove they don't actually know the thing very well while trying to dismiss one of the most faithful and compelling additions.
“Think it’ll cheer us up?”
“Nope!”
Haha classic
Thanks to Eric, Rick, Calvin and Aaron! 🪞
LFG!!!!!!
The Identity crisis pretty much centers on Emerie as she was once a child, and seeing the experiments aka Children being held captive, it truly unlocked her heart and humanity the moment she saw them in the room.
I was crying by the end of this ep. Seeing the kids like that is so sad
WatchingEmory realize what she’s been a part of this season, especially this episode, has really underscored the severity Nd brutality of the Empire. And hearing the “specimens” wanting to go home underscores it even more. Wish we see/saw this level of Empire cruelty in the live action movies is gut wrenching.
This season is getting intense, I hope Hunter and the rest of the bad batch make it out alive. I love your guy's commentary, it's hilarious, and I can't wait for the next video.
Incredible Episode & Reaction Wave Squadron!
You can't tell me that green kid, isn't Beast Boy from Teen Titans lol.
Today, on "the kids' show about crimes against humanity"...
Again the sound work on this show deserves an award. It is amazing. This is a must listen show with headphones man holy cow. At this point just keep making more animated series.
Lost their monetization by dropping an f-bomb in the first 30 seconds lmao
I think Emerie is starting to see Omega’s point of view on how wrong all of this is. She could be the key towards the liberation of the clones on Mt Tantiss.
I don't know if I would've preferred Hemlock call Scorch CC-1262 or Scorch because, on the one hand, he's reduced to just a number like the other clones, but, on the other hand, being called Scorch gives him just a sliver of his individuality (enough to remind us of the individuality he once had as "the heart and soul" of Delta Squad). Either one is just as painful
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I'm confused as to why you guys think Fennec was contacting someone OTHER than Ventress. Most of us (those of us who watched the season 3 trailer for Bad Batch) already knew she was showing up this season, and so most us, including many reactors, immediately said after Fennec made that call, "Ok, so we're getting Ventress soon, because Fennec just called her."
Why do you think she called someone else, someone besides Ventress? My feeling was that Ventress put the word out, that if anyone came asking questions about how to find people with M-counts, give her a heads up.
The simplest answer and the one that makes the most sense id that Fennec called Ventress. THAT is why we didn't hear her voice on the comm; so they could TRY to surprise people about when she would show up, or surprise people like you who didn't watch the season's trailer before the premiere.
I think you misunderstood, they’re fully aware, they’re just saying that they wanted to keep it spoiler free on other platforms for people who haven’t caught up
I really think Clone X is a clone of Crosshair cause his line deliveries are a lot like him and when he was going to talk to Scorch for the first time he said: "Why have i been activated?", which iirc is the exact same thing Crosshair said when he was called to serve for the Empire again after that period that he wasn't doing anything (i dont remember why, it's been a few years lol)
Exactly. And also the scematics in the desk at the end looked a Lot like wrecker...
The only reason I'm not certain the operative is Cody is because I feel like if they'd put Cody in the operative program, the cover story would have been "transferred" instead of AWOL. But it's also possible he *went* AWOL, but was captured.
Hemlock GAVE the batch the remains of Tech's goggles, so it is actually a given that Hemlock or some other imp made an effort to find his body.
Todo is back WOOOOOO
The way Hemlock tried to dissuade Kerr with an added hand wave makes me think... Is Hemlock Force Sensitive? A fallen Jedi? Would make sense that someone who is attuned to the Force would be working on that scientific field for the Emperor (he has Inquisitors after all).
You know things are bad when I'd rather see naked Sheev/ Snoke clones in tubes
I’m finally watching these. Where’s Ep 9?
I just want to say, they finally confirmed “Commander Scorch” as the clone from delta squad.
Have the writers changed for season 3? This season has been incredible so far.
Gotta see more Bane this season, hopefully.
Seeing Bane is always nice.
Bane is my favorite bounty hunter, seeing him is always a treat
he already has the plate on his head meaning he's already had his duel with boba. likewise I don't see boba being introduced this late in the show.@@Senormoola
@@thewerewolff7248That could just be explaining how he survives later when he gets shot in the head
Eva: "I like your glasses."
Emerie: "I'm afraid they're not for sale."
Eva: *laughs*
Emerie: "Laugh all you want, they're not for sale."
Did you guys forget this week is a double episode drop 10 & 11 ???
Where’s the next episode at??
The last end scene music sounded akin to the Mandolorian.........
Unfortunately gotta try and edit 2 videos worth...so it'll probably be out later today.
Unfortunately gotta try and edit 2 videos worth...so it'll probably be out later today.
Unfortunately gotta try and edit 2 videos worth...so it'll probably be out later today.
Unfortunately gotta try and edit 2 videos worth...so it'll probably be out later today.
The 2 part ep in S2 on Coruscant had one without the bad batch
Your stereo is flipped, isn't it? Loved the episode and your thoughts.
Iv always thought Bad Batch was good but what the fuck how did it become THIS consistently great. S3 is gonna be one of the best Star Wars show seasons easily at this rate.
My predictions for this season has been completely wrong but I’m hoping and big clone rebellion happens and idk how I would feel but possibly a vader appearance could happen
This is the first time that I’ve really been deeply disturbed by any episode of Star Wars. I was a little perturbed by Moff Gideon when he held the dark sabre over a handcuffed Grogu. Order 66 was grim, but you never really witnessed what happened to all the younglings. I don’t think this is an episode I will rewatch.
Ah yes i watched the whole video last minute and shall now make a meaningful comment
My prediction:
Once Hemlock gets Omega back, they are going to the next phase where they'll take the other specimens, put them in a blender, centrifuge out their midichlorians and insert the midichlorians into Omega's blood.
The idea that the Emperor would give up any of his midichlorians for these tests seems ludicrous to me. They can extract them from other high m-count individuals leaving the Emperor's m-count intact.
4:06 I totally agree with this…but to play devil’s advocate: I’d say I disagree that Kanan’s was as simple of a change. I work it around in my head cannon…but I’m more partial to the comic AND I haven’t even read it😭🤣🤙
24:16 And that's exactly what gets innocent people killed all the time. So nah, I have to disagree with Calvin here on this one. It was never said it would be a Dead Man's Switch whatsoever, Merrick himself never said so, but Aaron's point still stands. This is literally what police officers and soldiers do every single day. And do they go to the Dark side after that? No, never. It's called responding with appropriate force saving countless lives as a result. You can't second guess everyone's decision, that's hella dangerous and wastes precious seconds that matter so much in such volatile situations like that. You can never know. Anyone is capable of anything. Anakin was beyond justified in doing so. If they didn't kill him, they'd risk him blowing up the entire ship and killing EVERYONE on board. They are terrorists apart of the Death Watch, who will literally ALWAYS not hesitate in slaughtering innocent and defenseless people just to get their way. He was going to blow it up if he had escaped anyways, so he had to die. Plus, not to mention he had already killed like 3-4 defenseless and innocent crewmembers onboard the Coronet. Innocent men, most likely with whole ass families too. He deserved to die from the beginning. Nearly every time, you have to eliminate a deadly or potentially deadly threat in order to save lives, that's how it works. You automatically forfeit your life if you threaten to take OR have already taken ANY number of lives, by ANY means.
About what I don't like in canon, like how they remade Ahsoka's book story in the last episode of Tales of the Jedi, I can think is just some dim memory, maybe even a dream.
Likewise, I can also think that Legends are really the legends and fictional stories of the Star Wars universe.
Yooo let's go
isn't this in our-world terms, a body+soul transplant? take everything you have from your former body and put it into a new body, and omega would be the catalyst that makes it work
Still so many people insisting the clone is a Crosshair clone or Cody (I even saw someone else claim it’s Fives, lmao) when the obvious answer is staring everyone in the face. Absolutely wild.
Nobody wants it to be tech though. I’d rather tech be dead than them pull this story with him.
Where's the other episode 11?? 🤔
14:30 Pretty sure Nala-Se did it. By all means, the clones should all be the same. And apparently, all other clones, the Regs, they've tested so far, are and none of them have this quality. Considering how Nala-Se always kept Omega close to her from even when she was little and still tried to keep her out of the Empire's reach after she'd fled Kamino, she had to have known what was special about her long before the test at Tantiss confirmed it.
Funny they'd mention the comparison of what happened last episode with the retcon of the 'Ahsoka'-novel in TotJ. That one i didn't like at all... tiny adjustments like the finale of TCW S7 were fine for me, but the complete retcon in the final episode of ToTJ weren't. I think that was unnecessary, pointless and what we got instead just wasn't as good. Badass to see, but not as good plot-wise. And it's also kind of a mark of shame on Lucasfilm, seeing how they have an entire division meant to make sure that things like that don't happen and canon stays intact.
And that brings me to what they said at around 4:15. I agree, partially. Some people in the fandom (sadly, it seems to be a pretty big "some" sometimes) really need to learn to ignore the stuff they don't like. Or at least handle not liking stuff better. And if that means they continue reading Legends and ignore the Disney-era stuff alltogether, so be it. Me, i couldn't do that if i wanted to. My brains not wired that way, lol. If i know something is meant to be canon, it's canon. Even if i'd choose to look past it, i'd just _know_ it's there.
That being said... not only do i not dislike a lot of the recent stuff all that much and in the very few cases when i do, luckily i do not turn to unreasonable hate and rage.
The Ahsoka novel being completely taken out of canon was the worst for me. I know they kept the main idea but there was so much nuance and so many details that they got rid of.
Dark Disciple hurt too but the writers promised there would be an explanation.
I’m sure clone x is Crosshair and the bad batch Crosshair is a clone of Crosshair. Sounds weird but they seem the same the way they fight. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s tech.
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My problem with the bad batch before was it suffered from not being a longer season show like clone wars and rebels. Even tho the episodes were typically longer than those shows it loses the ability to have as much filler. So in the earlier seasons (s1 esp) it felt super slow and at time boring or formulaic. I love the concept and the cast heck even Omega’s grown on me. But at times it felt like a chore and waiting a week for sometimes one episode and its nothing that progresses the plot in a 16 episode season was frustrating. HOWEVER- I have really enjoyed this seasons direction and only one episode felt fillery/couldve been half an episode and another would’ve benefited from two episodes that week. This season despite being ironically slow burn does it in such an interesting way and makes me hate the empire even more without relying on the typical stuff you see in the movies. Plus im super fascinated in all the behind the scenes experiments that went on esp Palpatine’s so its cool seeing that addressed outside books/comics. Also Crosshair’s redemption felt very natural and not “oh i see the error of my ways forgive me brothers” and they welcome him in like nothing happened.
My guess for Emerie is that she was a clone that, for whatever reason, was abandoned by the Kaminoans which is when Hemlock found her
What??? Guys if what is created only resonates with the creator that’s great for the creator but pretty much doom for any franchise. You can’t pick and choose what is or isn’t part of the story. You can defiantly have parts that are liked loved hated and revered. Thats what makes stories interesting.
Hay blindwave you should make a reaction video of x-men 97 reaction, x-men evolution reaction, and wolverine and the x-men reaction
I wonder if Scorch was subjected to the same things the Assassin Clones were. All of his personality is just gone. OG Scorch would never do what he's been doing.
Yeah I’m pretty certain that the commandos are essentially organic droids at this point, no humanity left in them, purely chip and following orders
Shes is a night sister
i swear, one of these shadows has to be tech, i dont believe it for a second that he's gone.
On the other hand, can starkiller still be cannon or thats closed forever?
Starkiller would be an inquisitor if he gets brought back
Man, Nala Se sounds so weak... I don't think she'll make it till the end
Looks like they’re possibly creating force-sensitive sharpshooters with the DNA of crosshairs and the children’s M-count blood. Basically Crosshair clones with better armor and better aim??
They're trying to clone Palpatine with his full powers and abilities. Why else would it have the name "Project Necromancer"
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@@yetibeardson1168Cause they are trying to create a Necromancer class in Diablo.
@@ItApproaches Or maybe like it's "The Necromancer" from Tolkien and Sauron is just going to roll into a Galaxy far far away.
I think Hemlock has two projects. Necromancer with the children and the m-count, and then the special clones are another thing, possibly phase 1/2 Darktroopers. Though there is likely some overlap. And then Gideon will pick up where Hemlock left off.
@@reality8470Who's Gideon? I don't recall that name in Star Wars?
Welcome to the latest episode of “1001 Reasons Why The Empire Sucks”. This week, we revisit a classic: kidnapping children for scientific experimentation 😳😳😳
ugh another long wait just to have to wait until tomorrow for the next one. come on
I get it from the story perspective but I’m very uncomfortable with the subject matter in this story. Star Wars has always had metaphors and allegory from real life but this is really dark.
This entire era is so fucking bleak.
Hope season goes out with a bang and we get either major deaths or atleast some
After this episode, I might have to cancel my Disney Plus subscription. Kidnapping and torturing children should be rated R, Right?
Man y’all look rough in that thumbnail. Y’all ok? I know there was something about flooding.
Probably just the fact that the episode was depressing. Those poor kids 😢
Very dark episode.
It always really bothers me that some Imperials/Stormtroopers can do the things they're doing, and not realise they're the bad guys. They constantly threaten, harass, and even kill, innocent civilians. You think you're the good guys when you're burning down villages and killing children? It drives me crazy.
Police and the military do stuff like this literally every day (this isn't a 'every single person in these jobs does this' statement, but it's definitely a known thing, and that's not even counting other countries that are more militaristic than ours and are ACTUAL dictatorships). Some of them DO think they are the good guys or justified. And some of them just don't care and join organizations where they can do stuff like that because they LIKE having power over people. Some of them just get so burned out that they view everything as a problem to be solved with a gun.
@lisamarieligreci-newton7804 Well, I'm not from the US and the police in my country don't carry guns. We barely have a military, have no enemies, and are not involved in wars. One of the most peaceful countries on Earth in many ways. But yes, I am very against any form of militarism and authoritarianism. I can't stand the idea of any person who thinks they have power over another, definitely not if they're a violent person who uses weapons to intimidate people.
Also let's be real it's tech...
No, this confirmed it's NOT Tech. This shadow clone trooper said he pulled info out of "Sid" and learned of Fi (The pirate) where as Tech already knew about Fi....so it's NOT Tech, most likely Cody.
@@ItApproaches watch next ep and then reply lol..also he fell out the sky im not taking amnesia or memory wipping from the equation