I came across this theory made by another YouTuber called Star Wars Corner.
I’ll link his video in the description below.
But after I saw his video, I have some added thoughts to expand upon his Bad Batch season
2 theory.
There are clues that may have just made the Bad Batch season 2 make a whole lot more sense.
The idea is that the ship that belongs to the Bad Batch, called the Marauder, wasn’t
stolen at random when the squad was mining Ipsium.
But rather, Cid set it up to strand the clones in an effort to sell them out to the Empire.
If they can’t escape, they are sitting ducks on the planet…unknowingly waiting for the
Empire to show up in force.
Throughout the second season of the Bad Batch there are a lot of clues that actually point
to this not just being a possibility, but actually…it could be likely.
But before I get into the clues that could make the Bad Batch season 2 a whole lot more
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We are now heading into the tenth episode of the second season of the Bad Batch, and
it has many of us wondering…where is this going?
So far, out of the 9 episodes released, we have only had one with Crosshair…where the
heck is that guy?
Only three episodes that have dealt with the changing galaxy, from a galaxy protected by
clones, to one being occupied by stormtroopers…and the rest of the episodes have been side missions
for Cid.
I call them side missions, but many of you may call them filler.
I don’t like to throw that word out there often.
At least, not until the season concludes.
But what if those episodes weren’t side missions at all?
What do you mean, Gerald?
Well, what if these “side missions” are pushing the Bad Batch into something larger?
And with Cid betraying them, it falls right into something I’ve been saying since season
1…a possible Clan Skirata.
If you don’t know what that is, I’ll forgive you.
and I’ll explain it in a bit.
So, stick around for the full video to understand it.
First I will go into the clues that could lead to the likelihood that Cid had the Bad
Batch stranded.
Then, I’ll talk about where this could lead the squad.
Let’s go back to the first two episodes of the Bad Batch season 2.
Cid sends the clones on a mission to liberate the treasure of Count Dooku from Dooku’s
fortress.
It’s a failure.
They leave Serenno empty handed.
Then we go to the fourth episode, titled Faster.
Cid recruits Tech, Omega, and Wrecker to be her security while she visits a Riot Race.
During this episode Cid’s loyalty to anyone is brought into question as Grini Millegi
tells the squad that she isn’t to be trusted.
We probably should have already known that, but it was good to hear it spoken.
Yet, the way Cid acted at this time almost made us believed she had reformed from being
shady….almost made us believe it.
Okay, moving on to episode 5, titled Entombed.
Phee Genoa talks the group into a quest of relieving a treasure called the Heart of the
Mountain from its resting place.
When they retrieve the treasure…yeah…they have to put it back to ensure their own survival.
So, once again they leave the side mission empty handed.
It was another failure.
Moving on to the Bad Batch Season 2 episode 6, titled Tribe.
Cid sends the Bad Batch to exchange illegal chain codes for credits.
When Omega discovers a young Wookie being mistreated by the contacts, the Bad Batch
find themselves helping someone in need and abandoning the mission.
Leaving empty handed.
The mission was a failure but it sets them down a path to get the young Wookie Jedi back
to his people on Kashyyyk.
During that time, the clones disrupt dealings between Trandoshans and the Empire.
Trandoshans being the same species as Cid.
In episode 9, the Bad Batch gets caught up in intergalactic politics and take on a mission
requested of them by Captain Rex.
Th8is is not a mission sanctioned by Cid, but it plays into the overall arc of change
in the galaxy…and deception.
Then, finally, we have episode 9, titled the Crossing.
Cid sends the team to a remote planet to liberate a mineral called Ipsium from a mine she purchased.
In the mine…the mine she purchased, there is only one small deposit of the mineral.
But the clones walk away, yet again empty handed.
But while mining, their ship is stolen, leaving the Bad Batch stranded.
Individually, all these missions seem like they could be viewed as pointless.
But together, they begin to put together a story.
The theft of the Marauder was no random act of thievery.
Cid orchestrated this.
When the crew told Cid they were stranded, she was uninterested and said she would get
around to helping them if she gets the time.
As the crew has paid off their debt to Cid, she is still providing the funding for all
these botched missions.
She’s losing money on the Bad Batch.
I was wondering how the thief would be able to bypass the security measures on the ship,
when I first viewed the episode.
But now I remembered…Phee Genoa.
She was aboard the Marauder when they went to find the Heart of the Mountain.
Phee is also a colleague of Cid.
The mission to the Zeffo world was a distraction to gain access to their ship and learn its
secrets.
When we see the Bad Batch ship being stolen, the thief looks to be heavy disguised.
Could this be Phee Genoa?
Sent to the planet to steel the ship in order to maroon the team just long enough to sell
them out to the Empire.
The Bad Batch have cost Cid a lot of money in their failed ventures.
They have also taken side jobs from Rex and made a detour to help Gungi.
Also costing Cid money.
By selling the Bad Batch to the Empire, not only would she recover her losses, with a
hefty profit, but she would also get that much closer to being left alone by the regime
in charge of the galaxy.
why does she have a Mandalorian helmet on her wall, along with other bits of war treasure?
Because this wouldn’t be the first time she sold someone out for a profit.
I seriously doubt she took out a Mandalorian on her own.
Then there is the fact that the planet the Bad Bath is stranded on is desolate.
The only settlement being abandoned for some time.
If the thief of the Marauder was holed up in this town, there would be evidence of recent
activity.
A recent fire, a dirty bowl not degraded the way other bowls left for a long period would
be.
Or recent footprints that Hunter would be able to recognize as recent.
No, the episode makes a point of showing us that there is nothing going on in this town.
This theft wasn’t a random act of thievery.
It was planned out.
Yes, the clones of Clone Force 99 are valuable to the Empire.
But Omega is the most valuable.
Handsome bounties have been offered to bounty hunters to capture Omega.
Not the rest of the clones.
To the Empire, Hunter, Wrecker, and Tech are just malfunctioned clones.
But Omega is special.
In what way?
We are yet to see.
But with Cid’s betrayal, this will push the Bad Batch to a new destiny.
A path that could lead one of three ways.
The first being the team could just become roving mercenaries.
Guns for hire or treasure hunters.
But given their lack of success in treasure hunting…yeah no…that isn’t likely.
The second path could lead them to regroup with Echo and Rex.
Taking on the Empire however they can.
But remember in Star Wars Rebels when Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger meet Rex, Gregor,
and Wolffe?
The clones are retired and living in solitude.
If Rex continues to make trouble for the Empire he wouldn’t be thanked for his service in
Rebels.
He would be on a top ten most wanted list.
So, I think, if this scenario plays out, Rex, Echo, and the Bad Batch will just help clones
wanting to leave the Empire.
But the third scenario seems far more interesting.
However, a bit more unlikely than the second.
In Legends, Jango Fett trained some clones and those clones defected and formed a new
Mandalorian clan…Clan Skirata.
Now, the Bad Batch timeline is later than what the original Clan Skirata was, but the
stories are similar.
Defective clones scheduled for termination, defecting, then going off on their own.
The only evidence that this may be the path that the Bad Batch is headed is how everything
is beginning to tie into the Mandalorian series.
Not just the story of Din Djarin but look at the trailers for the Mandalorian.
A lot of Mandalorians in it.
Not just one man surviving a changed galaxy.
In the story of Clan Skirata, there were clones and a Force sensitive female.
If Omega is Force sensitive, as I believe she is, this plays right into the story.
Thus making the Bad Batch so much more interesting.
Even if this doesn’t happen, Cid’s betrayal of the Bad Batch makes every episode make
so much more sense.
It will still tie into a bigger story, regardless.
But I do think Clan Skirata could still become a thing.
What do you think?
Let me know in the comments.
If you don’t know about Clan Skirata, I’ll leave a link in the description.
But definitely go check out Star Wars Corner’s video.
He really sparked my enthusiasm for making this video.
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