Spoilers Bad Batch Season 2 - This Fall
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I realized I never commented on last week's episode. While I was a little disappointed the thief wasn't Hondo, I enjoyed it. The stuff with the kids in the mine was pretty good.
Really enjoyed this week's episode, the whole horror vibe was pretty cool. I'm assuming all of this cloning stuff must tie back into to Dr. Pershing and whatever they had planned for Grogu, Scalder was wearing the same uniform that Pershing wore in The Mandalorian.
It was nice to see follow up to the Zillo Beast, I never expected that to happen after all this time. And while it wasn't nearly as long, it was also nice to see Nala Se and Lama Su again.
I am curious to see where they're going with Cid, now that the Batch pretty much turned on her.
It looks like now that Rampart is gone, they're setting Hemlock and Scalder up as their new recurring baddies.
Really enjoyed this week's episode, the whole horror vibe was pretty cool. I'm assuming all of this cloning stuff must tie back into to Dr. Pershing and whatever they had planned for Grogu, Scalder was wearing the same uniform that Pershing wore in The Mandalorian.
It was nice to see follow up to the Zillo Beast, I never expected that to happen after all this time. And while it wasn't nearly as long, it was also nice to see Nala Se and Lama Su again.
I am curious to see where they're going with Cid, now that the Batch pretty much turned on her.
It looks like now that Rampart is gone, they're setting Hemlock and Scalder up as their new recurring baddies.
His helmet looks weird.
The texturing on his helmet looks weird.
His helmet looks like it had a piece cut out and glued back on.
I'm still not seeing what you're seeing
I also just noticed that Gregor's helmet is slightly different from the rest of the Commandos. The 'mouth' is a lot thinner. This isn't just a case of them updating the model for Bad Batch, Delta Squad in Clone Wars also had the thicker 'mouths'.
Ok, look at the the helmet on the viewers right, just above the visor. There's a line there and that piece has a different texture.
So what are we thinking, by season's end, Crosshair rejoins the Batch or dies while redeeming himself?
This was a good example of how to do episodic storytelling that still advances an ongoing story arc. Each stage of Crosshair's character arc has been in a separate episode, complete in itself and efficiently told. It underlines that episodic and serial storytelling are not all-or-nothing opposites, but ingredients that work best in balance.
Mixed feelings about Crosshair shooting the lieutenant. On the one hand, it felt like too big a jump. Given that his mantra has been to follow orders no matter what, I would've thought his first act of defiance would have been subtler, like disobeying the order to get back to work and instead carrying Mayday's body inside so the space vultures wouldn't get it. On the other hand, being a sniper is pretty much his entire identity, the thing he's named after, so it makes sense that his go-to response would be to shoot someone.
Anyway, Crispin Freeman has a really distinctive voice. I recognized him as the lieutenant despite the haughty English accent. Speaking of accents, it's interesting that the doctor at the end, Emerie Karr, has the same New Zealand accent as the clones (it's Keisha Castle-Hughes doing the voice). I often wonder how they ended up with that accent, since accents aren't genetic, and it's not like every one of them was personally raised by Jango Fett. Presumably whoever raised them and taught them to speak had a Space New Zealand accent, and I wonder if Karr has some connection to that.
Mixed feelings about Crosshair shooting the lieutenant. On the one hand, it felt like too big a jump. Given that his mantra has been to follow orders no matter what, I would've thought his first act of defiance would have been subtler, like disobeying the order to get back to work and instead carrying Mayday's body inside so the space vultures wouldn't get it. On the other hand, being a sniper is pretty much his entire identity, the thing he's named after, so it makes sense that his go-to response would be to shoot someone.
Anyway, Crispin Freeman has a really distinctive voice. I recognized him as the lieutenant despite the haughty English accent. Speaking of accents, it's interesting that the doctor at the end, Emerie Karr, has the same New Zealand accent as the clones (it's Keisha Castle-Hughes doing the voice). I often wonder how they ended up with that accent, since accents aren't genetic, and it's not like every one of them was personally raised by Jango Fett. Presumably whoever raised them and taught them to speak had a Space New Zealand accent, and I wonder if Karr has some connection to that.
Wow, the remaining clones are really being ground down at this point. I mean I don't think anyone was under any illusions that the Empire actually cared about them (or anyone that isn't named Sheev and big into maniacal cackling), but the blatant waste of it all seems like a new level. At this point, they're not even being used as cannon fodder, just as slightly less expensive alternatives to sentry droids.
I wondered what it'd take for Crosshair to see the Empire for what it is, and I like that it wasn't how it treated him that swayed him, it was how it treated his brothers. Kinda wish he'd clocked that sooner, but then so does he, probably.
Now he's on Wayland though, I doubt he'll be re-joining The Batch anytime ever. Odds are he'll be getting a replacement inhibitor chip, and also probably find himself grafted into a phase one Darktrooper exo-suit.
I wondered what it'd take for Crosshair to see the Empire for what it is, and I like that it wasn't how it treated him that swayed him, it was how it treated his brothers. Kinda wish he'd clocked that sooner, but then so does he, probably.
Now he's on Wayland though, I doubt he'll be re-joining The Batch anytime ever. Odds are he'll be getting a replacement inhibitor chip, and also probably find himself grafted into a phase one Darktrooper exo-suit.
Crosshair's had enough. This season may end with him sacrificing himself for his former squadmates and friends but at least he won't die a complete villain.
Another crosshair episode that didn't disappoint. 
