Spoilers Bad Batch Season 3 - February 21st

[JD]

Yeah, I think that was at least a little closer to how Michelle Ang normally sounds. I definitely noticed she made her voice a bit deeper and less childish at the end.

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I was very happy with how the finale tied things up.
I have to admit, I thought we might get at least one more Batch fatality, but I was happy we didn't.
Rampart and Nala Se killing each other and in the process taking out Project Necromancer was a great way to end their story arcs. I liked Nala Se so I was sad to see her go, but at least her death wasn't pointless.
For minute, I thought maybe the show was going to end with the Batch being brainwashed, and that would set up a sequel series following Omega's quest to save them.
The whole scene with Hemlocke, Omega, and Hunter & Wrecker was great.
Love getting to see the Zillo Beast go on another rampage.
The epilogue was fantastic, and I really hope it will lead to adult Omega popping up somewhere else in the future.

A more upbeat ending than I expected. I was convinced Wrecker and possibly Crosshair were going to die rescuing Omega.

I knew from the start they going to give us a happy ending or at least end on a positive not. No screen Star Wars series has ever ended wth a total downer, there has always at least been some kind of positive point. Even Revenge of the Jedi, which had the closest thing to a downer ending, still gave us the birth of the Skywalker twins and Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Bail all surviving and giving us the set up for the Empire's downfall in the Original Trilogy. Hell even Rogue One, which had saw the entire main cast die, still gave us Leia receiving the plans of Tantive IV.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Every time I see Hemlock I think "Vince Vaughn?"

Hunter's gone from Rambo to Willie Nelson.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Either he's still alive, or they accidentally reused his model in a later scene.
https://www.reddit.com/r/thebadbatch/comments/1chm6gg/spoilers_for_finale/

There are no accidents in Star Wars. #ScorchLives

 

[cooleddie74]

He later teamed up with Mace Windu to fight the Empire.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

I honestly wasn't sure how they would pull off the conclusion but damn they managed to do it, complete with a brief denouement and a sweet epilogue that flashforwarded to the Rebellion!

The whole episode was wonderfully action packed with some fun twists and turns along the way, but the episode's best highlights were:

1) Rampart's arrogance finally catching up to him when Nala Se foresaw his actions, which led their mutual deaths and the complete destruction of Project Necromancer's data.

2) Hemlock's hubris finally catching up to him as Hunter, Crosshair, and Omega demonstrated how well they knew each other and were able to perfect the quick escape and kill maneuver with ease.

Neither of those bastards saw it coming and their genuine shock were sweet, sweet nectar.

I will miss the hell out of this series but I can't wait to see more adventures of Omega in whatever form the take. Hopefully a combination of stories during the Rebellion (probably animated) and catching up with her in the post-RotJ era (hopefully in live action).

 

[Set Harth]

All the people who wanted Rey Nobody: well now you got Operative Nobody!

 

[Booji]

Hunter's gone from Rambo to Willie Nelson.

Holy shit... I was thinking to myself "older Hunter looks oddly familiar". Now I know why!

 

[valkyrie013]

Cool
Kind of wish they ending showed the emperor on exegol setting up his cloning camp there..

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I'd imagine that there had to be a file back-up system there that the regular Imperials under Hemlock didn't know about, installed by a Sith loyalist or a droid.

 

[Reverend]

At least Omega ages normally. Given that she's a rebel now, I wouldn't be surprised if she has a cameo in Andor, and then has a pronounced role in one of the Mando-era shows, which may give enough of an excuse to show her brothers.

I think one of the Mandoverse shows/movies would be a much safer bet than 'Andor'. Indeed I kind of want her to be buddies with Carson Teva . . .

I wonder what Emerie's up to, too.

Yeah, last we hear she went to Pantora to work with Chuchi (who's fate I'd also like to know!) on Pantora. While there's mentions of it here and there in novels set in the period, there's nothing solid on how Pantora faired through the war, so it's all wide open at this point. I like to think they both made it out of the war in one piece, but that for future storytellers to decide.

I'm fine with this. There are identical twins who look a bit different due to different diets and lifestyles, (and health issues for one of them) after growing up.

Oh I wasn't complaining or criticising the point; just a little surprised.

Holy shit... I was thinking to myself "older Hunter looks oddly familiar". Now I know why!

And here I was thinking all he needed was an eyepatch and he'd be Snake/Big Boss from MGS.

Kind of wish they ending showed the emperor on exegol setting up his cloning camp there..

Nah. Not needed at all. The dots are there for those that wish to connect them, but it's not relevant to the story being told here. Star Wars doesn't really need to lean into Marvel style synergistic post credit teases. It works best when if focuses on telling a complete story, which is exactly what they did.

I'd imagine that there had to be a file back-up system there that the regular Imperials under Hemlock didn't know about, installed by a Sith loyalist or a droid.

No, I think the reason why they're still struggling to make any of it work decades later is precisely because the whole thing on Wayland was a total write-off. It's nice to think that the Sith were ultimately defeated because of the actions of the clones, a generation prior. There's something poetic about that.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

No, I think the reason why they're still struggling to make any of it work decades later is precisely because the whole thing on Wayland was a total write-off. It's nice to think that the Sith were ultimately defeated because of the actions of the clones, a generation prior. There's something poetic about that.

Why couldn't the struggle simply be because there hadn't been substantial progress to begin with (Tarkin was right to be suspicious that Hemlock was wasting resources and/or overstating his successes) as well as that the Sith never got their hands on Omega?

It would appear that the most successful thing that Hemlock did, that we saw, was create his reprogrammed clone assassins. What does that have to do with Project Necromancer? Nadda, right?

 

[Set Harth]

It's nice to think that the Sith were ultimately defeated because of the actions of the clones

I thought it was because of Rey.

Star Wars doesn't really need to lean into Marvel style synergistic post credit teases.

 

[Turtletrekker]

If it weren't for the actions of the clones here, Palpatine wouldn't have needed Rey.

 

[Reverend]

Why couldn't the struggle simply be because there hadn't been substantial progress to begin with (Tarkin was right to be suspicious that Hemlock was wasting resources and/or overstating his successes) as well as that the Sith never got their hands on Omega?

It would appear that the most successful thing that Hemlock did, that we saw, was create his reprogrammed clone assassins. What does that have to do with Project Necromancer? Nadda, right?

Omega was the key to solving the core problem with Project Necromancer. That much has been explicitly established. But Palpatine didn't know that, and that knowledge died with Hemlock and Nala Se. Although they didn't set out to do it; the clones trashed his hopes of immortality on the way out the door.

If it weren't for the actions of the clones here, Palpatine wouldn't have needed Rey.

Pretty much. Had the project worked as intended, then his replacement would have been back on the scene almost instantly and Operation Cinder would likely not have triggered, meaning the Empire wouldn't have fallen at Jakku. Not saying he would have won for all time, but it would have been a HELL of a lot more difficult if they kept pumping out Sidious replacements!

 

[Set Harth]

If it weren't for the actions of the clones here, Palpatine wouldn't have needed Rey.

You never know, Omega could always get caught again.

It wouldn't exactly be out of character.

 

[Saul]

Well that was a nice way to end the series. No doubt we will see Omega again. Season 3 was fantastic. Took all the best elements of season 1 & 2 and made a hell of an ending.

 

[Commander Troi]

Lovely ending. I was quite pleased.

 

[JD]

I think one of the Mandoverse shows/movies would be a much safer bet than 'Andor'. Indeed I kind of want her to be buddies with Carson Teva . . .

I'm not entirely positive of the timeline, but the New Republic era seems like it would be a better fit for the 34 year old Keisha Castle-Hughes, than something set closer to The Bad Batch.

 

[The Wormhole]

Indeed I kind of want her to be buddies with Carson Teva . . .

Omega and Carson Teva. The team I wouldn't have expected before this week, but now is one I absolutely need to see.

 

[Ithekro]

Omega would be something like 14 years old at the end of the main part of the series. So a 34 year old actor would fit right into a Battle of Yavin era series.