So the official Trailer for the Bad Batch Season 2 has finally dropped, showing us everything
from the Fate of Commander Cody, the Return of the Jedi Younglings from the Ilum arc and
even the man himself, Emperor Palpatine.
So hit that subscribe button to see every single piece of upcoming Bad Batch news and
lore, and lets break it down…
To start off we were given the release date of the show, which is fall this year.
That’s also the same time that Tales of the Jedi with young Qui-Gon, Dooku and Ahsoka
is dropping, so thats certainly going to be a tight squeeze.
So the trailer starts off with the whole Bad Batch in a heated firefight, probably in some
droid factory…
Inside they are being shot at by a weird droid which honestly looks pretty close to L3’s
design from Solo: A Star Wars story.
L3’s line of droids were pilot droids though, so I don’t think they’d be doing shooting.
But who knows how the Empire might have them programmed.
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We then move on to a beautiful world with blue and white mountain peaks.
This could really be any planet, but it does kinda remind me of the blue force crystal
planet from the Star Wars 2015 comics.
On this planet, Yoda discovered a tribe of primitive force sensitive kids who were fighting
over the blue crystals that surrounded their world.
While inspecting the tribes he discovered the truth about the force and how the struggle
between light and dark travels through every level of the galaxy.
Down from the smallest tribes in the outer rim to the biggest players in galactic politics.
The planet in that comic was more rocky and dry, but this could just be in the winter
time.
Now the other interesting thing about this shot is that the armor used by the Bad Batch
has been significantly upgraded from their original appearances from the unfinished clone
wars episodes, the clone wars season 7 episodes and then the actual bad batch series.
According to the Star Wars celebration panel where this was released, their armor is designed
to be a middle point between their original Clone Commando armor and the stormtroopers
of the future…
We know from seaosn 1 that Project War mantle is forcing most Clone Troopers out of the
ranks.
And I of course have to mention that Omega finally has some armor…
Or maybe just a cap, but ay at least it’s something.
In the next shot we get a clear look at the paint job being used by the Bad Batch crew.
It seems they’ve moved away from the red color scheme to a more yellow color, pretty
close to the 212th’s old one.
Next we get a shot of Hunter in his new gear, and they seem to have taken some new disguises
as well.
This is probably for the many covert missions they’ll be going on throughout the series.
In combination with that shot is Omega with her new helmet and the same energy bow from
last season.
Moving forward we return to Cid’s den, the famed underworld location where the Bad Batch
get all of their missions from.
She basically tells them that they can have a future other than service for the Republic
and empire.
Something bigger for their lives.
The batch tell her that they are free, but she says “clearly you’re not”.
This then cross cuts to a massive shot of Clone Commandos rounding up and capturing
a group of citizens in a an unknown Dark Location.
This could be Mount Tantiss at night, like we saw at the end of the trailer, and because
all of the prisoners are different species, maybe the best and brightest have been pulled
from various planets.
Right after we get another shot of Omega in hiding at that same facility from the first
shot, and it looks like those same L-3 Looking droids.
Still unclear what model they are, but they look cool in action.
Now moving on from that we get an honestly phenomenal scene.
We see Omega on Coruscant at the Imperial Senate, seemingly spying on a sitting of the
senate.
In the centre we see Grand Vizier of the Empire, Mas Amedda, and the man himself Emperor Palpatine
rising up into the chamber.
They’re showing the Senators of the Galaxy exactly what happened at Kamino, and knowing
Palpatine, they’re probably blaming it on Rebellious traitors.
Right after, we zoom into Palpatine and he says “It is time for the new era”.
This also confirms that he’s voiced by Ian McDiarmid in the show, which is really cool.
You might be thinking that he’s talking about the Republic transition to the Empire
but that’s a done deal.
What he’s talking about here is moving away from the aging and expensive clone army, and
moving towards a human born storm trooper corps.
After that we see a bunch of old republic LAAT gunships zooming towards a planet.
Clearly they’re not fully out service yet, so either the Empire is using them or a group
of Rebels has obtained them.
In the next shot we see the Bad Batch running with a crate of goods on a very nice looking
beach.
This could actually be one of the islands on the homeworld of Kit Fisto Glee Anselm,
which is described as being a beautiful holiday location.
It’s technically classified as an ocean world, but Tobias Beckett from Solo was born
there, so clearly there has to be a few islands with dry land.
In the one after you get a small glimpse at Scorch from Delta squad, like we saw in sEason
1, but sadly still no sign of the others.
Although the good news is that the Bad Batch are on Kashyyyk later in the trailer, so we
might get an update on Sev, who is MIA there.
But we’ll cover the Kashyyyk shots later in the video.
Now the next shot really is something special, we see the Clone pretty much all of us have
been wondering about for years…
Commander Cody.
In this shot Cody appears to be working with the Rogue Crosshair, seemingly on a hit mission
against imperial dissidents.
Honestly amazing to see Commander Cody back in the flesh, and I really hope we get to
see what his new role is.
In Legends he ended up training new stormtroopers on Kamino.
Moving on, we get the Batch fighting those same round-headed droids from earlier before
we see them firing on what looks to be Phase 1, original clone troopers.
Now the scene is really blurry so its hard to tell, but I do think they are phase 1 troopers
by the looks of the pointier helmets.
If they are PHase 1, these could be remnant Clones who were stranded somewhere earlier
in the war and now found after the war had ended.
A Similiar story was told in Legends with the Clone trooper Able.
Right after we see the Bad Batch’s ship, the Havoc Maruder evading those LAATs from
earlier.
Clearly they aren’t a fan of whoever’s piloting them, and since we can see some proto-tie
fighters it could just be the empire.
Although the shots are so fast, it’s pretty hard to tell on any details.
After that is Omega falling seemingly into a Volcano.
If I had to guess, I’d say this could be the planet Lola Sayu, where the citadel prison
was located.
During the Clone Wars, Anakin was sent there to Rescue Master Even Piell and Tarkin.
In Canon, we currently know that there is an insane kidnapper droid who is holed up
there with a bunch of force sensitive children that he kidnapped.
It would be incredible if we saw him show up.
Moving forward we see the Batch helping a group of what looks like Rebels underground.
This could really be any group, but its clear the Bad Batch want to help people in need.
Definitely a bigger purpose than their current life.
Right after this we get a Clone Trooper wielding a vibro knife looking backed up and incredibly
angry.
This is definitely commander Cody because we can see the scars above his eye and cheek,
exactly as they were in the Clone Wars series.
In the immediate next shot we get another absolutely awesome reveal, being that Gunji
from the Ilum younglings arc actually survived.
In that arc he and some other younglings are taken to Ilum by Ahsoka Tano, where they collect
the kyber crystals for their lightsabers.
In this shotm, Gungi ignites the same green lightsaber that he crafted in those Clone
Wars Episodes, and it looks like he’s in danger.
In the scene connected to that we see a young boy speaking to Omega who looks awfully similar
to Petro from that same Jedi Younglings arc.
If this actually is Petro, I’d bet that most of younglings including Katooni probably
survived.
We know for a fact that Hondo named his ship after her, so maybe he’s off with her.
Straight on from that we see Cody again, but this time looking distraught and in different
armor.
This might suggest that he’s turning over a new leaf, and could even be joining forces
with the Bad Batch.
Next we see Tech on a swoop race track, almost like the ones we see in Knights of the Old
Republic.
So maybe they’re out there looking to earn a few credits.
After that a Phase 2 normal clone trooper is using a flame thrower against some old
Clone Wars Era b-1 battle droids.
This could point to us getting an episode like in Rebels, where some old Battle Droids
are discovered and still think the war is going on.
In the final lightning reel you can see Admiral Rampart, Phase 2 clones possibly on Mount
Tantiss, Gungi fighting on grasslands with his lightsaber, and even a wookiee on Kashyyyk.
This suggests we’re going back there to settle some unfinished business.
We know that Saw Gererrra is there in fallen order, so maybe the Bad Batch go there to
stop the Empire taking wookiee slaves.
We then see hunter in some really cool looking Armor, before the reveal of Captain Rex…
**He’s clearly back in action and hoping to fight back against the Empire.
It’s not clear from current Canon how involved he was with the Rebellion before going onto
the walker in Star Wars Rebels, but it’s possible that something pretty bad happens
during this series which basically makes Rex decide enough is enough.** Then he would set
off onto Seelos to live in peace.
Obviously he is later pulled back into the fight by Kanan and Ezra, at Ahsoka’s word.
And to end the trailer off we get some scattered shots of the Bad Batch in various places with
the new armor.
Not much we can really gather from these shots, other than that they’re still going to be
working hard to stay alive.
There won’t be many easy days for this lot while the Empire and crosshair are still on
their back.
But let me know in the comments down below what you think will happen with Crosshair.
Is there a full redemption arc in play, or is he donezo.
Thanks so much for watching guys, really hope you enjoyed the video.
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