Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Disney+ | Final Season premieres February 21st!

[Menor the Destroyer]

Looks really nice, interested to see where they take things, especially with this Crosshair/Cody team up. 

[Inceptionzq]

Looks like it flew under the radar, but some social media reactions dropped today.

 

[Porthos]

Just saw that over at SW Leaks, but hadn't gotten around to commenting on it (was taking a bit of a break after my nightly count).

 

14 episode screener (basically everything but the finale) is a HELL of a departure for Marvel/SW Disney and "Hmmm" worthy in and of itself.  Very welcome change, mind.

 

Do realize that a great deal of this is up to the production team in question — see the difference between how Gilroy marketed things and how Favreau/Filoni did things.  But even with that said, this is a marketed departure.  Be curious to see if it matters in the end, or if TBB is just too small fry to really draw any conclusions.

[lilmac]

Yay. Looking forward to this one. I really like Omega’s accent. Don’t know why. Lol

[Porthos]

Not a bad season premiere.  

 

Somewhat paint-by-numbers, but solid, if workmanship, throughout.

 

That is, until the ending.   The ending raised it up about one notch or so.

 

Good start overall.

[Menor the Destroyer]

Enjoyed the start. Two episodes may have been a bit long for this plotline, but the show continues to nail a lot of little moments and have a particularly good use of environment in its action. And I'm very glad Echo is taking a larger role.

[Potiki]

Great episode; the action, politics, story implications, everything was great! Hopefully a sign of things to come  

[Porthos]

Now that was a much better episode.  Great pacing and tension.   And some surprises. 

 

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"We make our own choices and we have to live with them too."

 

That left a mark.  

 

Maybe not much of a mark, and it could still go a lot of different ways, but it def got under Crosshair's skin.

 

Don't expect all of these episodes to be like this, simply because the other storylines really don't lend themselves to it.  But if we get a fair few at this caliber I will be one happy bunny.

[Menor the Destroyer]

That was an excellent episode. Up there with some of the best that have been done with Star Wars TV

[Menor the Destroyer]

This episode was pretty fun, love seeing Tech get the spotlight and seeing a bit of competitive streak in him lol.

[Porthos]

Got to admit, I was never a fan of the podracing in TPM (sorry prequel fams), so last week's episode left me somewhat cold.  Plus I was getting flashbacks to all of my disastrous attempts at podracing in LEGO Star Wars.  

 

But this one?

 

Oh yes. So so sooooo much My Jam.

 

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Ancient Treasure?

 

Lost, Unknowable, Civilizations?

 

Indiana Jones Pastiche?

 

Ancient Weapon of Mass Destruction?

 

Sassy characterization?

 

Basically Weird Star Wars?!?

 

It's like this episode was written for me!!!  

 

 

Basically, any episode that reminds us that the Star Wars Galaxy is an Ancient place full of things that literally can't be explained, but only wondered at

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or feared 

 

 

is something that instantly gets my Seal of Approval. 👍

 

Can't give it 10/10 coz I really aught to reserve that for episodes like the ones a couple of weeks ago, but once again if the majority of this season is episodes like this one (in tone, temperament and Pure Style) I will be most pleased indeed. So let's say 9.25/10, and that's only coz I want to be a harsh grade for once.

 

Me likey.

Edited January 25, 2023 by Porthos

[Menor the Destroyer]

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I was ready to be disappointed in the episode when it seemed like they got to the treasure way too easily, but that giant weapon/creature was awesome and one of the coolest things I've seen in Star Wars. 

Overall a good episode. 

[Porthos]

I somehow suspect that the overall fandom reaction to this Adventure of the Week story will be a bit more favorable than others this season. 

 

Just a feeling, mind.

 

(I've heard that the majority of this season is Adventure of the Week so best get used to it and/or make peace with it now)

[Menor the Destroyer]

I really liked this episode. Visuals and music were standouts. 

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I also think some of the dialogue and interactions at the end of the episode are finally giving us a hint at the overall direction for this season. Feels like we're going to eventually see the Bad Batch break off from Cid and start their own path. 

 

Edited February 1, 2023 by Menor Reborn

[Porthos]

REMINDER:

 

 

Double episode tonight.

[Menor the Destroyer]

Some stuff is gonna go down in these for sure ("The Clone Conspiracy" as one of the titles definitely hints at that). I'm hoping we finally get some more expansion on exactly what's going on with those inhibitor chips. 

[Porthos]

Now that was some mighty fine Star Wars right there. 👍

 

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I particularly liked the deft touch of the Absentee Emperor letting the Senate act on its own (or so they thought) only to step in at a critical moment.

 

I also liked how he made it seem that he wasn't ordering the Senate at the end (even though everyone knew he was [more or less]) but still played into public (and Senate) approval.

 

Shows that he doesn't have complete control of things and has to dance the dance, even if he is indeed several steps ahead on the dance floor. 

[Menor the Destroyer]

These episodes were my favorite of the series. Reminded me a lot of the best of TCW. I'm very interested to see how the reveal at the end of episode 7 is expanded on in the future.

[Porthos]

Run of strong episodes continues.

 

Mind, I've always been a sucker for when SW channels its Western roots.  And while this might not be a pure Western pastiche, it's def in the same ballpark.

 

Some good (and needed) character development as well.  Intrigued to see how it this episode gets built on.

 

 

[Menor the Destroyer]

Loved that episode. As I mentioned in season 1, the relatively sparse character interactions are one of my gripes with the show, keeping it in the "pretty good" range rather than great. I really hope the "mission" episodes in the future are more like this. The visuals were absolutely outstanding in this episode (of course, this show usually is, but

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the conversation between Tech and Omega was really stunningly animated. One of my favorite scenes the show has done so far. A great scene for Tech in particular, who has gotten a lot of improvement this season. 

The ending was also pretty intriguing. It definitely feels like the status quo with Cid is headed for a shakeup, and I think it's the right time for that. While I enjoyed some of the standalone episodes earlier in the season more than a lot of SW fans seemed to, the "doing missions for Cid" episode premise was starting to feel a little repetitive without at least some change or growth in the character dynamics. 

 

The score was also really fun, Kiner bros definitely had a good time with the Western references. 

 

Probably the most excited I've been for future TBB episodes. I really hope the show can build on this quality in future seasons. 

Edited February 16, 2023 by Menor Reborn