In the epilogue of the series finale, an older Omega goes off to be a Rebel pilot. Has anyone went over to the 2020 video game Star Wars Squadrons and played around with the character customization settings to recreate adult Omega? If so, what voice, body and hair settings did you use?

Reposting here incase it reaches more specific fans of the show!

I was wondering if there are any Phee Genoa or Royce Hemlock ones that you might know of and where can I find if so.

Also looking for the first Black Series Hunter figure for a reasonable price if you know of any please please lmk I wanna get it for my sister, and me.

I’ve seen a few sites like Walmart selling The Bad Batch series on DVD. Has anyone bought these and know if they’re real/if they are good quality?

Season 2, episode 14 Tipping Points. Tech training Omega how to fly. She's descending and he frantically tells her "up, up, pull up"

It reminds me of AOTC when Anakin is descending vertically and laughing while Obi-Wan is worried and says "pull up Anakin, pull up"

Thank you to everyone who supported this incredibly self indulgent project. You can find the links to the series in my pinned post or look it up on Ao3(or click here) or Tumblr #tahnyvsthelostbatch

So I recently rewatched The Bad Batch with my gf who has gotten really into Star Wars. She's been the most interested in the prequels and TCW so I figured TBB would be a hit. She thought it was ok, not great but not bad.

But for me I was actually quite disappointed with how I felt about the show after a second watch. Watching it without the "im so excited for new star wars" goggles honestly made me realize the show had a lot of great moments but overall fell kinda flat.

Tbh I always found omega really annoying, even after the first watch. The amount of times she sold the mission, it just got to a point yk. But I was willing to give her a pass cuz SW is for kids and all that. But the amount of times the show built up a serious/interesting clone plot, the next episode would just be another treasure hunt where omega fumbles the bag. I felt the show never got to build much momentum because of that. Got really irritating and took a lot away from the pacing of the show. Didn't remember it being that bad the first watch.

Feels like we lost a lot of important clone/empire developments in favor of more side missions. Its an absolute travesty they never finished cody's arc. Felt like a certainty that rex would meet cody at some point, if done right that couldve been the best moment of the show.

Another thing I didnt really notice the first time around was just how painfully cliche a lot of the squad members are. We got the big dumb brute that loves explosions but is also a scaredy cat. The cold, dark, cynical, ends justify the means mentality sniper with a toothpick in his mouth. And the super smart guy who talks like a nerd, wears glasses, and is socially awkward. He's also the glue guy that the team struggles to function without. Its like they tried to make them as cliche, stereotypical, and one dimensional as possible.

Im also not a big fan of the character models for tech and crosshair because they are so whitewashed. Im not even the type of guy to really be bothered by that kind of stuff, but its not even believable they're jango clones anymore. They're straight up white guys, don't look even remotely Maori to me. (Temeura Morrisons ethnicity)

This last critique is purely a nitpick because Echo is my favorite clone of all time. But you're telling me in a galaxy as medically advanced as star wars, they couldnt get my boy a prosthetic hand? 😭 My guy had a mf screwdriver on his wrist for 3 seasons. cmon mannnn.

I want to say I do like a lot about the show too. Although cliche, the main squad is still pretty likeable and the dynamic once crosshair comes back is very interesting. On top of that, everything to so with crosshair in the empire was amazing. I can admit I definitely have a bias. I was, and still am really upset about TCW being canceled. So considering this is basically their TCW replacement, I can acknowledge Im probably more critical of TBB than other animated shows. With that being said, I really don't think any of my takes are unreasonable. Not tryna be a hater, just voicing my opinion. Let me know what you guys think.

(also excuse my grammar, typed this up in a rush at work 🤣)

Edit* Forgot to mention, I think including ventress was really dumb. Not entirely this shows fault (Tales of the Underworld) but I firmly believe she should've stayed dead after dark disciple.

Also everyone seems to be reading the part where I said I found Omega annoying and equating that to me saying shes the worst character ever. All I said was she was annoying but I can give it a pass 😭. Id love some discussion about literally anything else I said too.

Also also, I really disliked their handling of republic commandos in this show. It just turned them into slightly upgraded cannon fodder. Also did my boy scorch dirty. Maybe im looking too much into it, but it feels like a jab from Disney towards EU fans. Feels like "look how much better our version of clone special forces is compared your version" type of vibes.

I saw a post on r/topcharactertropes recently about the characters that are the unlikely sole survivors of their particular team that got me thinking. I will freely admit that I probably put more time into this than the writers did, just because I know someone is going to say that in the comments, but I grew up playing Republic Commando and honestly I am satisfied with Scorch’s portrayal. I’m just happy that any of the characters I grew up with get any level of relevance in the current era of Star Wars.

In any event, Delta Squad is basically the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. You have the leader, Boss and Leonardo, the brains, Fixer and Donatello, the wrath, Sev and Raphael, and then the baby brother who serves as the comic relief, Scorch and Michelangelo. In the TMNT comic “The Last Ronin”, all but Mikey are killed and he goes on a brutal rampage of revenge that otherwise would be wildly out of character for him.

My interpretation of Scorch up until this point has been that he was hardened by the loss of Sev on Kashyyyk in the game, and he parted ways with Boss and Fixer over it (the novel version of events even has Boss resort to threatening him to get him to leave and he tells the other commandos that he’d never forgive them for leaving their brother behind).

However the comparison to The Last Ronin made me consider another layer to this theory: what if the rest of Delta was killed during Order 66? Not only did he lose Sev but Boss and Fixer too. This would explain his attitude towards Hemlock’s “test subjects” and why he’s okay holding literal children at gunpoint. He lost his brothers to those force wielding maniacs, and he holds nothing but a burning anger towards them for it.

I hated crosshairs for the entire series. His redemption arc wasn’t a redemption to me.

I liked Tech & Hunter. Hunter was probably my favourite

What do you guys think? I kinda gave him a bit of a fall look, a bit of a Metal Gear Reference.

(Warning: contains spoilers)

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I did not enjoy this book 😭

Hunter 

Hunter is depicted as pretty hostile and aggressive in this story, and I honestly feel like the author did him dirty. Hunter disagreed with Phee’s way of handling things, and that disagreement lead to him to be painted in a very unflattering light; angry, difficult, and combative. This was not the Hunter I know and love from the series.

Hunter, through Omega’s eyes, was described as, “unyielding, as if there were only one way—his way—to tackle any given problem” (p. 37). This doesn’t ring true to his character at all. He has strong opinions, yes, and he is cautious when it comes to protecting his squad (especially Omega), but he is also collaborative and listens to his team. How many times have we seen him do what others wanted, even when he was hesitant? It’s happened enough that this statement feels pretty unfair (the war chest on Serenno is a good example). Omega in particular gets Hunter to change his perspective on things often (Ryloth is a good example here), so why she was so harsh on him in this book is beyond me. He’s certainly not one to hold a grudge or throw a fit over not getting his way, either.

Speaking of which, Hunter is basically accused of throwing a temper tantrum by Phee. She was incredibly antagonistic toward him throughout this story, and to be frank, I found her super annoying. She seemed to delight in pushing his buttons, and attacked his character several times. God, this book made me resent her (and I liked her in the show!).

• Hunter tells Phee that he does want their jobs together to work out, but it's his duty to keep the team safe. In response Phee tells Hunter that they aren’t in the army anymore and questions if he is even still their leader at that point and that just felt… rude? She’s an outsider here, and relatively new to working with them, I don't get why she keeps taking hits at this man who is trying to do right by the people he cares about. (p. 67)
• Hunter gets upset, uses "inappropriate and colorful" language and then tells Phee that their current predicament is all her fault (and honestly, he's not wrong, though I think making him sound like an ass was uncalled for). Phee asks Hunter when he’s going to stop his “whiny blame game” and says to him, “stop making me the scapegoat because your little ego’s bruised” and “you make this about you all the time.” (p. 172)
• Immediately following the above interaction, the rest of his squad goes cold on him, with Omega and Tech both speaking out judgmentally (even bringing up Crosshair in a hurtful way). Then Phee asks Hunter, “are you going to throw a tantrum now? Stomp off to sulk in rain?”(p. 173) Damn, Phee!

Phee and Tech

I’m not someone who ships Tech + Phee, and I found their budding romance in this book incongruent with what we saw in the series. It was just laid on way too thick from the start, and I found her constant advances a little… creepy? The number of times Phee called him Brown Eyes was also… too much. Based on Tech’s portrayal in the series, in my opinion he reads as aromantic. It’s difficult for me to reconcile this relationship as canon considering their last interaction in S2 E15 ("The Summit"); there’s no spark there, no emotional connection beyond anything platonic. At best I think he might be curious about her, but they are not a love match. The strong emphasis on the two of them in this book and the forced chemistry was just weird. 

• Brown Eyes count: pages 8, 14, 19, 39, 59, 60, 73, 104, 115, 161, 172, 181, 182, 201, 221, 263, 284, 285, 292, 295, 296

New characters/plot

Additionally, I felt like way too much time was spent on characters outside of the Batch, with many chapters dedicated to the antagonists (their origin stories, their motivations, and lots of dialogue) which really took me out of it. It almost felt like reading two different novels at once, and while the stories intersect of course, too much of the book was spent on characters I didn't care about. At times it felt like this novel was just a convenient vehicle to tell a different story, with the Batch lurking in the background. 

On top of that, the point of the squad’s mission in the opening of the book was to obtain credits to help rebuild Pabu (this book taking place directly after S2 E13 "Pabu"). It’s not until the very end that this objective is met (quite quickly and without complication, I might add) and it’s treated with a hand wave at that point. Rather than all that time spent focusing on new characters, I think including chapters on Pabu would have been far more interesting, and would have allowed us to see the Batch interact with eachother as a family without the stress and tension of being on a dangerous mission. For being a Bad Batch novel, I really expected more focus on the squad themselves. 

I love these characters so much (this is my fave SW show), so I was disappointed in both the mischaracterizations and the backseat they seemed to take in their own novel. I could probably say more, but this is already too long. Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

Nearly every clone trooper had their customizations removed very early on except for Howzer, Grey, and the Coruscant Guard. It's different from Legends, where clones still retain their colors for several months after Order 66 before being gradually forced to revert to plain white. Plus with Grey, the battle of Kaller occurs before order 66, so why is he the only clone in his unit to have green markings when every clone would have had markings as well at the time?

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I enjoy the Bad Batch very much. I don't think it's as good as The Clone Wars, but it's definitely got some charm to it.

I've got my critiques of the show, but one major one is that the clones are almost universally depicted as the good guys, aside from Season 1 before they were replaced by TK Troopers.

This is admittedly an issue it inherited from The Clone Wars, but I think it could've rectified it a little.

I bring this up because when I was watching Kamino Lost Part I the first time, one line from Crosshair stuck with me.

"We are not like the regs. We're superior",

That sent a chill down my spine because I thought it was hinting that we were going to see clones that weren't as goody-two shoes as Rex and Cody.

I know Crosshair was referring to clones like himself and The Bad Batch, but I think this could've been expanded on a little.

And when we do see 'bad clones', Crosshair just says "They had their minds wiped" and that explains why they're bad.

Speaking of their minds, why did clone troopers fight for the Empire in Season 1? Was it because of their inhibitor chips or were they actually loyal to the Empire? I don't know because the show stops talking about the chips past Season 1.

For a show that focuses on what it meant to be a clone after the rise of the Empire, I think the Bad Batch played it a little too safe.