The moment so many of us have all been waiting for has finally arrived.
The first teaser trailer for the Star Wars: The Bad Batch has finally been released during
the Disney investor day announcements, and it truly is absolutely stunning.
So, I’m going to break down the full Star Wars:
Bad Batch trailer and all of the connections to the other Star Wars Tv series and films.
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So to begin the trailer we are thrown right into the dark,
rainy world of Kamino with the Clone Troopers of the Bad Batch zooming in on their shuttle.
This pretty strongly implies that we begin the series with the Bad Batch on the imperial side,
rather than them disobeying Order 66. I still don’t believe that they have their
inhibitor chips, but maybe they follow the order because they will be terminated for refusing.
Over the top of this, we also get the voice of Commander Cody,
which sounds like he is introducing the Bad Batch to the other Clone Troopers on Kamino.
Honestly, this really sounds like Dave Filloni might be re-canonizing his legends story,
where he trained stormtroopers on Kamino, which would be awesome.
Following that, we get a quick shot of three planets, with one of them being a yellowy,
polluted looking world. This could potentially be Kessel from Solo:
A Star Wars Story, Rebels and of course first mentioned in A New Hope.
The next is a blue world with a decently sized city. This could really be any
planet with a large city on, who knows maybe it’s canonizing Dromund Kaas.
Following that is a planet with many sprawling buildings, in more of an old style which look
like they’re in line with what we staw on the Slaver Planete of Zygerria during the Clone Wars.
This would line up with the rest of the footage from the trailer, so this probably is Zygerria.
After that you can four of the members of the bad batch patrolling on a plant filled planet,
which looks a lot like felucia, before we cut straight into
the Citadel Training grounds on Kamino, where the Domino squad,
and almost every other clone trooper, began their journey during the Clone Wars.
This is soon followed by a shot where the Bad Batch, along with many Kamino guard
and regular clones are lined up, almost as if they are watching a speech or receiving
mass orders. I think this could be Palpatine or someone elses high up in the new empire
giving the Clones New Orders for the Imperial Era and to eliminate Jedi On sight.
Following that we cut straight back to Zygerria, where Hunter is going head to
head with a Zygerrian slaver, and using his blade to fight his dangerous shock whip.
We do seem to be getting quite a few scenes on Zygerria, so it looks like it’s going to
be a major part of the story, for at least the first part of the Bad Batch Season 1.
We then see a few more shots of the Zygerrian cityscape,
before cutting straight back to Hunter, who’s in more casual clothing, riding a speeder bike,
in a scene that looks suspiciously close to an unfinished shot from the Dark Disciple Arc
where Asajj Ventress unfortunately died. That happened during the Clone Wars,
so I don’t think they’re recreating that one, but it’s probably just a small little throwback.
After that, we see a group of normal clone troopers line up and aim their
weapons at someone, before the next shot shows the Bad Batch doing the same.
This most likely points to the Bad Batch finally leaving the Empire,
but again this could be a typical trailer editing trick, so it’s impossible to tell just yet.
After this, we hear Palpatine’s famous speech where he declares the new order
and abolished the Republic. Many clone troopers are watching Palpatine deliver
this speech through a holo-broadcast, so maybe this is the same scene from Earlier,
with the Bad Batch and the others watching on as their leader gives new instructions.
After this we get an incredible connection to the Mandalorian Season 2,
with the awesome bounty hunter and now good friend of Boba Fett,
Fennec Shand showing up in her classic eye helmet. I’m not sure what role she will have
in the series, but it very likely points to the unfinished Boba Fett Vs Cad Bane arc being
remade, and edited with the new characters introduced later down the line, like Fennec.
After this, we get another absolutely incredible show, where we see the Bad
Batch inside of the Citadel Training centre, and they are coming up against what clearly must be
Phase 2 or 3 Dark troopers, from Star Wars: Legends, and now the Mandalorian Season 2.
In star wars: legends the Dark Trooper program was created with the sole purpose of creating the next
generation of troopers for the Empire, to replace the Clones and even the human born stormtroopers.
The phase 0 dark troopers were actually also Clone Troopers inside of the mechanical suits,
with heavily enhanced cybernetics. So maybe we’ll see all 4 phases, from 0 all the way to 3.
I can’t wait to see the Bad Batch take on the Citadel challenge against dark troopers!!
After that, we see a downed Venator-Class Star Destroyer on what looks to be a scrapping world.
This could very well be Bracca, where Cal Kestis was working
before he was discovered as a force user, at the beginning of Jedi Fallen order.
The colouring is exactly the same as some of the shots from Jedi: Fallen order and there’s
scrap metal everywhere, so I’m pretty confident that this is actually Bracca. On top of that,
in the next shot on the same planet, we see two workers wearing very similar uniforms to what Cal
Kesits was wearing in the game, while working in the Scrapyards, for the Scrapper’s guild.
After that, we see a shot of the Bad Batch on an icey world, which really could be anywhere,
but maybe it ends up being the moon where Ahsoka and Rex crash landed at the end of the Clone Wars
Season 7. This is unlikely, but they certainly do seem to be investigating something on the ground,
so who knows, maybe Dave Filloni will bless us!
Next we get some more shots of some darkened troopers,
which could be Clone Shadow Troopers or even the Covert Operations Troopers which
are considered by some to be the most disgraceful Clone Troopers ever created,
as they were sent to kill their own brothers. I have a video fully explaining both of these
Clone Trooper variants down below if you want to know how awesome they are.
There are also more shots of The Bad Batch fighting back against the other Clones on Kamino,
and more shots of Fennec Shand in action, pointing to both having a massive role in the show.
We then see some shots of what look to be LE-series droids or some other evolution
of the Commando Droid from the separatist army, before we see a horde of Clones rushing on what
looks like some sort of beach. This could be the battle of Kashyyyk, because we know from
an unfinished Clone Wars arc that the Bad Batch were on Kashyyyk during the last days of the war,
so it would be a perfect way to tie in Order 66 and the unfinished episodes.
This may also show us how Luminara was captured, if the Bad Batch were around her during the Order.
This could also be Mygeeto, because on the far left side
you can see poles sticking up from the ground which look exactly like
the ones on Mygeeto from Revenge of the Sith. Not sure about that one though.
After that, we see a shot of Wrecker almost being swallowed by a massive beast,
and what Star Wars show would this be without a giant beast
involved in at least some way. This could really be anything.
Following that, we get a massive appearance from the man himself, Wilhuff Tarkin. It looks like
he’s been sent to speak to them after they’ve completed a mission, and probably gone against
the empire in some way. Tarkin’s appearance could also mean we get to see more stuff
from Director krennic and the early days of the Death Star Construction in the orbit of Geonosis.
In the final shots, we can also see what looks to be a smaller version of the Death Star Superlaser,
so maybe the Bad Bad somehow get involved in that project. Either way, I want to see
more from Galen Erso and project Stardust, so this is the perfect time period to have it.
This could actually also be the superweapon which is part of the Sith Shrine under the
Jedi temple from the unfinished Clone Wars episodes. That would make a lot of sense,
as the Jedi were fully unaware of its existence down there,
and Palpatine used it to cloud their foresight and judgement during the fall of the Republic.
To end the trailer, we see some rapid fire shots with Pantorrans,
regular citizens celebrating the victory of the Empire, and
more action from the Citadel challenge. I’m so excited to see where that goes.
But let me know what you’d like to see from the Bad Batch.
So that is my full breakdown of the Star Wars: Batch official trailer from Disney. Thanks so much
for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!