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Episode 4 of the Bad Batch has dropped, and this was another fun one.
I mean, how can’t you like an episode with Fennec Shand in it?
I think this episode served 3 purposes: 1) showing fans that the Bad Batch are low on
supplies and credits and need to figure out a way to make money, and how are they gonna
do that? As mercenaries of course. 2) hammering home the point that the Empire
is moving extremely fast to place their stranglehold upon the galaxy,
And 3) It’s not the Empire looking for Omega, but rather the Kaminoans.
So let’s start with the main impetus of the episode, which is that not only are the
bad batch low on supplies, since the Republic was responsible for providing them with their
supplies and provisions, but Echo also learned that the Bad Batch are now on an Imperial
wanted list. This then prompts the Bad Batch to stop on
the planet Pantora to resupply and work on adjusting the Havoc Marauder’s signature.
A starship’s signature is what allows authorities or others to identify a ship. By scrambling
their signature, they’d be able to conceal their identity from the Empire, or even bounty
hunters. Once the squad landed on Pantora, a greasy
Sullistan notified Fennec Shand that an Omicron-class attack shuttle just landed on the planet,
the same ship the bounty hunter’s looking for, as we learned that there’s a bounty
out on Omega, which who put out a bounty on the young girl?
I have some thoughts on that that we’ll get to shortly.
Back to Clone Force 99, who decided to split up. Tech and Wrecker stayed at the spaceport
to work on the Havoc Marauder so that its signature can be scrambled, while Hunter,
Echo, and Omega went searching for supplies. Enroute to find supplies, Hunter, Echo, and
Omega see that the Empire organized a parade in honor of the Clone Wars ending, and we
even see the lovely broadcast of Admiral Rampart talking about the newly created Chain Codes,
the same broadcast we saw in Episode 2. We got to see just how jubilant and happy
the citizens of Pantora were now that the war is over, and how willing they are to support
the decline of the Republic and the rise of the Empire.
Even Omega mentioned that the war being over is a good thing.
One of my favorite things about the Prequels and The Clone Wars was that both did a really
good job at showcasing how Sidious slowly chipped away at the Republic and manipulated
pretty much everyone into supporting the rise of the Empire.
A harrowing reminder that the rise of totalitarian governments are sometimes fully support by
every day citizens, just like Nazi Germany. At one point, Hunter even mentioned how quickly
things are changing in the galaxy, which has been very noticeable in the previous episodes.
Sidious wasted no time at all in placing a vice grip around the galaxy so that his Sith
Empire could thrive, and getting galactic citizens to approve and take part in the rise
of the Empire only made that strangle hold more tight.
As Hunter, Echo, and Omega moved on, they soon come upon a merchant who doesn’t want
to buy Hunter’s munitions, so he has to resort to scamming the merchant by selling
him Echo, who’s balling ass outfit made him look like a droid.
Essentially, the Bad Batch have very few means to make credits, aside from utilizing their
military and fighting prowess and potentially resorting to dealing with the black market,
which the merchant even mentions to Hunter when Hunter tried selling his Pyro denton
explosive. I liked how Echo felt he was worth more than
$2,000 and got the sale price up to $3,000. Between this scene and the scene later on
where Echo removes the restraining bolts from the merchant’s droids, we’re seeing that
central theme of the series which is freedom, choice, and having the agency to live and
do things as you’d like. With limited options, the Bad Batch are refusing
to be controlled by the Empire and are choosing to resort to scamming a merchant out of credits,
hinting at what’s to potentially come for the group, and our homegirl Fennec Shand probably
also gave them some ideas on how to make credits as well.
This is showing us how they’ll soon have to use their skills to earn credits, resulting
in them becoming mercenaries. Alright, so let’s switch gears now and talk
about Fennec Shand, who’s hunting Omega, and nearly captured the young girl,after a
bounty that’s been placed on the girl. The episode never revealed who put the bounty
on Omega’s head, but it has to be the Kaminoans. Why would Tarkin and the Empire care about
a young girl that has done nothing wrong, aside from traveling with the Bad Batch?
So it has to be Lama Su and Nala Se wanting Omega back, and most likely this is due to
their conversation last episode. We learned in episode 3 that the Kaminoans
are worried Rampart and Project War Mantle will make clones obsolete, so they want to
fabricate some kind of elite or special clone for the Empire to use, which would hopefully
allow the Kaminoans to continue to be needed by the Empire.
To do that, they need a new source to obtain genetic material from, since Jango Fett's
genetic material has degraded and is no longer really viable to make clones from.
I speculated that the Kaminoans will be creating a force-sensitive clone, possibly someone
like Galan Marek. Whatever they're planning to make, it sure
seems like they need genetic material from someone who’s force-sensitive.
We’ve gotten some clues that Omega is not only special, but that she may very well be
force-sensitive, and it appears that genetic material or blood from a force-sensitive being
is needed to create a force-sensitive clone. This is something that has been hinted at
in season 2 of The Mandalorian, with Moff Gideon seeking Grogu for his high-midichlorian
blood, as well as in The Rise of Skywalker, and even in the most recent issue of Greg
Pak’s Darth Vader series. I think all signs are pointing to Omega being
force-sensitive, and it appears the Kaminoans need her blood and/or genetic material to
create some kind of force-sensitive clone for the Empire.
Tim will tell what the Kaminoans have planned, and I can’t wait to see what those long-necked
bastards are up to. A few other takeaways-how heartwarming is
Omega? It’s awesome to see how excited and amazed
she is at basically seeing everything for the first time, since her entire life prior
was spent on the dreary world of Kamino. I also enjoyed seeing her getting to see a
Voorpak for the first time. These little critters’ fur first appeared
in the film Solo, but Voorpaks were more prominently featured in Star Wars Resistance, as Torra
Doza had a pet voorpak named buggles. And how about my homeboy Wrecker, who wanted
so badly to rescue Omega? Wrecker and Omega need to be protected at
all costs. All in all, this was another really fun episode,
especially after I sat with what happened and processed it.
I’m guessing the next episode or two will show the Bad Batch beginning to work as mercenaries,
and I’m really looking forward to seeing that.
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