With the release of Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 12 the final ever episode of the Clone Wars,
many of us asked the question, what happened to the Bad Batch after the end of their arc
in Clone Wars Season 7 and did they execute Order 66?
I’m going to break down exactly what happened to the Bad Batch after the battle of Anaxes
and after Arc Trooper Echo joined them.
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Clone Force 99, or The Bad Batch was a Clone Commando squad led by Sergeant Hunter, that
hosted a group of Clones who were specially designed to hold genetic mutations that were
useful in specific battle scenarios.
The group comprised of Crosshair, who had brilliant eyesight and aiming abilities, Wrecker,
who was reckless but carried extreme strength, Tech, who had an enhanced mental capacity
and extreme intelligence and finally hunter, who was the leader of the squad and was able
to detect magnetic pulses through his enhanced sensory abilities.
During the battle of Anaxes, the group were led by General Anakin Skywalker and Captain
Rex, where they discovered a live signal coming from the planet Skako minor, which was being
used as an algorithm to predict the movements and strategies of the Republic military.
After discovering this signal, they quickly travelled to Skako minor, and after tough
resistance, they were able to find and locate the lost Arc Trooper Echo.
Echo was previously thought to have died at the Citadel prison complex, while rescuing
admiral Tarkin.
After rescuing the damaged Arc Trooper Echo and fighting side by side with Rex, Anakin
was eventually able to kill sepratist and techno union leader, Wat Tambor, allowing
them to escape Skako Minor with Echo.
Aftering returning to base, Echo was offered a position within Clone Squad 99, to which
he gladly accepted because he was now just like them.
The machinery hooked up to Echo’s head had turned him from a regular Clone Trooper into
an ultra intelligent one, who now had more in common with the Bad Batch than his normal
squad.
This is the last point in the on screen timeline that we see the Bad Batch, so what exactly
happened to them after this?
Following their success on Skako Minor and Anaxes, Clone Squad 99 travelled to the planet
Kashyyyk some time after.
While there, they focussed on fighting off outside aggressors, including the separatists
on the planet, under the command of Jedi Grand Master Yoda.
This arc was going to demonstrate the reason behind Yoda’s famous line “Good relations
with the Wookies I have.”, from Revenge of the Sith.
Based on an unfinished and unreleased story reel from Star Wars Celebration 2015, we see
the group fighting alongside Chewbacca and Tarfful, who you would know from both Revenge
of the Sith and Jedi: Fallen Order.
The group were also forced to fight off Kinraths, who were a species of giant arachnids that
were found in the caves of Kashyyyk.
These things are honestly terrifying, so the bad batch were definitely the perfect group
of fighters to take them on.
While on Kashyyyk, They also faced off with a brand new separatist leader that we have
never seen before, Babwa Venomor, who was a Trandoshan.
Because the Bad Batch were on Kashyyyk only months prior to the Battle of Kashyyyk and
Master Yoda’s second arrival on the planet, it is very possible that the group continued
to fight on the planet well into the events of Revenge of the Sith.
Because we didn’t see the Bad Batch appear during Revenge of the Sith, it is very possible
that they were assigned to Master Luminara Unduli during the battle, as we know that
she was also present.
If this is the case, it is very possible that the Bad Batch did have inhibitor chips inside
of the brains, and aided in the capture of Luminara, who was later executed in the custody
of the Empire.
There is also another very interesting theory that states: because the Bad Batch were so
unique and specialised in certain abilities, the Kaminoans were not able to place inhibitor
chips in their heads, making them immune from Order 66.
We know that Echo likely had his chip removed by the Separatists while captured by them,
so it would be very fitting for the rest of them to refuse to execute Order 66.
The separatists that captured him obviously didn’t know about the chip, but it would
have likely been accidently removed when they connected the wires to his brain.
It would honestly be incredible if the Bad Batch were able to avoid order 66 and live
on into the imperial era.
Even if they did resist the Order, it is still very likely that the Bad Batch were eventually
incorporated into the legions of stormtroopers in the imperial navy, possibly as a special
forces unit like Death Troopers or even Darth Vader’s Scar Squadron, who also held the
name Task Force 99.
Huge similarity there.
So that is exactly what happened to the Bad Batch After Clone Wars Season 7 and during
Order 66.
So let me know if you believe the first theory, that the Bad Batch does execute order 66,
or the Second theory, where they have their chips removed!
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