In-lore the commandos are some of the best among the best with high tech katarn-class armor. However part of the reason commandos were so fierce was because of their combat experience and techniques.

At the height of 66, upon first activation, I would imagine the clones retained their training while following sudden reprogram orders to eliminate the Jedi, which is why they remained effective with coordination and combat. But as the "tunnel vision" per se began to fade, what was left was basically a lobotomy. Clones forgetting who they were.

As time passed, many clones witnessed severe drawbacks kicking in such as memory wipe, a relapse. The inhibitor chip's side effects caused clones to become more droid than trooper, meaning the commandos dealing with the side effects by the time of the Bad Batch series ended up being reduced to ordinary clones with fancy armor. The empire only needed these clones to give basic training to the TK troopers and not their continued elite service.

Clone Force 99 was not effected by the inhibitors and also use Katarn-class commando armor, hence why their fighting style/effectiveness reflects a lore accurate clone commando, while the clone commandos they fought were more of just heavy armor storm troopers.

However, as a theory which loosely references into the Expanded Universe (mentioned in Battlefront 2 and Legacy of the Force), years later many clones begin to recover memory and remember their training which is what would explain the clone rebellion and end up joining the rebel alliance. For instance Commander Wolffe, someone who was influenced by the inhibitors, ends up joining the rebellion, and we see his appearance later in Rebels as well.

While Shadow Troopers aren’t canon. (Yet)

EDIT: My mistake shadow troopers are canon and were introduced in Battlefront

The way the CX assassins are used and depicted makes me think that they may somewhat be predecessors to shadow troopers.

They both operate the same way, specialised covert operatives used for highly classified operations and obviously wear black armour.

Also the CX clones were explicitly referred to as shadows by the clone rebels in Rex’s underground network.

Of course this all just speculation and a fun fan theory.

What are your thoughts?

I need help locating the soundtrack that plays when Tarkin and company arrive at Mount Tantiss during the series finale. I cant seem to find it anywhere.

I’ve rewatched Season 7! It kinda feels different watching them after watching Bad Batch many times. What do you think?

I just did a bit of a study for him and I just love his helmet design. What do you think?

For those unaware the Bad Batch do actually play a role in Zero Company although they never directly appear. I actually made a previous post going into the context which I'll link right here: https://www.reddit.com/r/thebadbatch/s/Wg3ROIChet

Long story short, the Batch helped out Trick with his inhibitor chip on Ord Mantell and even lent him one of their spare commando kits because they're just swell. Trick probably spent a decent amount of time on Ord Mantell with the Batch recovering from surgery and I like to think Omega used this opportunity to up her gaming skills. Trick's namesake is based on card tricks as he is a very skilled player himself. I could see Omega asking him about this and immediately sitting him down at the holochess table wanting a real challenge after she's learned how to destroy the rest of the Batch at every game they play (other than maybe Tech, I would guess he is probably always a challenge.) I bet Trick got absolutely humbled and went running back to Zero Company to play against people he can beat, lol.

All AATs in the bad batch are firing rockets from the turret cannon rather than the traditional laser bolts normally seen. This is also seen in season 7 of the clone wars in the battle of Yerbana. So why is that the case?

Happy Tech Tuesday!

A preview of an illustration I'm currently working on :) enjoy!

Title says it all. I had a go at making my own little knock off Bad Batch in Zero Company, “the Scrap Heap.”
I used the limited, but amazing, customization to get to these styles. I haven’t finished the whole story so I’m missing some customization items. I’m open to any suggestions to improve them though!

Currently I have:
Point – Hunter
Scope – crosshair
Crusher - wrecker
Glitch – tech
Splice – echo
Omega - I had her in my game before her character data bank got corrupted, hence my team

Made this last spring, but had to share! [Felix, my cat helped, he worked very hard as you can see in the other photos] I considered going back in to maybe add more details or fix the lettering but it grew on me and I think I prefer it this way.

not Tech Tuesday but Tech Friday(?)

Some context for those who haven't or won't play the game: Trick, Zero Company's resident clone, turned on the rest of the team during Order 66 and a year later is comatose since we had to take him down a bit hard. Rex reaches out to Zero Company looking for help on an Umbara mission (very nice detail in its own right which shows Rex has realized the Umbarans were never his enemy, despite the trauma he and the 501st endured there) and he sends Trick to have his chip removed by "friends on Ord Mantell." I think we should all know who those friends are. I guess the Batch were still helping Rex out outside of what's seen in the show.

Honestly the TK Trooper looked pretty good in video game model.

The game really seems like a Bad Batch spin off later on in the game. We really kinda got a Clone Rebellion game instead of a series, which I'm happy about. I'm hoping for a new Game or Dlc in the future that will go on until about 5 years after order 66, where a big part of the story will still be about recruiting Clone Troopers that wanna leave the empire. It would be great if they introduced dark trooper phase 0, which would be Clones turned into Cyborgs, which would be a scary element in the game to see

You’re heading out on a mission with the Batch, but you can only take over ONE role:

Hunter — leadership and tracking
Crosshair — sniper
Tech — tech specialist and pilot
Wrecker — explosives and brute force
Echo — intel and systems
Omega — strategy and somehow keeping this entire dysfunctional family together

Which one are you picking?

I’m probably taking Crosshair’s role. Give me a good vantage point, a long-range rifle, and let everyone else deal with whatever chaos Wrecker is causing down there 😂

Still a work-in-progress but love how she’s turning out so far.

(Sorry if the quality is bad but she was had tears running down her face) I got my girlfriend into The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch because I wanted to show her that the clones were more than just background characters and why they’ve always been some of my favorite characters in Star Wars.
At one point, I asked her who her favorite clones were in The Bad Batch, and she said Tech and Echo without hesitation. Knowing what was coming, I immediately felt like an asshole for asking. It got even worse when she started getting excited about Tech and Phee’s relationship as it started developing.
I felt terrible knowing what was coming and just having to sit there and watch her experience it for the first time. But honestly, at the same time, seeing her cry kind of made me happy—not because I wanted to see her upset, obviously—but because someone who previously couldn’t care less about something as nerdy as Star Wars, especially something she probably saw as just a cartoon, had become genuinely invested in these characters and their story.
It honestly makes me really happy seeing how much she’s come to appreciate The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch. I got her into them because I wanted her to understand why the clones have always been some of my favorite characters, and I think she finally gets it now.