BAD BATCH Episode 7 and 8 BREAKDOWN: Every Star Wars Easter Egg
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2023
- Bad Batch Episode 7 and 8 form a two-parter political conspiracy that calls back to films like All the President's Men and Thre Days of the Condor. This also shows the galaxy at a crucial time, when the final remnants of the Clone wars gave way to the Imperial stormtrooper.
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Edited by Harriet Lengel-Enright, Randolf Nombrado and Brianna McLarty
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What did you think of the episode?
I thought it was great I kind of sad when echo left the team to help rex but it was nice to see senator ryu chuchi and bail organa!
These episodes were awesome! I gave Episode 7 a 9, and Episode 8 a 10! I really enjoyed them!
I think a clone rebellion is coming.
Best episode so far this season sad when eco left the batch loved seeing Rex again ,and got some of his backstory after he ,and ashoka parted ways. Definitely think Riyo chuchi is carrying on were padme left off ,and continued her legacy. Can't wait for more.
I thought it was only 1 ep too lol. The 2nd ep of Velma played without warning for me, done with that show btw, but this just sat there. I watched it, came on here to look at reviews that had already been out, then realized there was another ep and watched it too. I liked it.
This was some of the best Star Wars storytelling I've seen since Andor. Hopefully, this leads to the Clone Rebellion from Legends
Since Andor? Andor was literally the last star wars show released. It's not like they've had a bunch of garbage in between....it really proves that under the right direction, there are infinite possibilities & Fantastic stories in a galaxy far far away. Hopefully Kathleen Kennedy won't do anything to fu*k up the momentum
Andor was boring AF though
Best Star Wars since the last Star Wars
@@TaintedPeter Opinions are like assholes, sometimes they stink.
@@TaintedPeter It was a slow burn but definitely NOT boring. They actually took time to develop characters and establish a plot. It was Star Wars for adults.
Two more easter eggs:
- In the 79s bar you can see the riot racing from episode 4 playing on one of the TVs in the background
- The electrocution pill the clone assassin uses to off himself was first seen used by an imperial officer in chapter 11 of The Mandalorian
Wasn't that pill also used in episode 3?
the emperors speach gave me goosebumps. the way he said imperial stormtroopers man, wish they would have put anakins betrayal as the backround music
I was on my seat during the whole senate scene and to then see Palpatine appear on screen with the music, the hood, the red eyes. Amazing!
Yellow eyes come on g
I was on my seat too.
Loved how faint the eyes were. I had to go back and make sure it wasn’t just my brain adding them in.
When the senator’s guard was shooting back at the sniper… Finally! Someone is saved by a handrail in Star Wars!
Haha underrated comment
See, Dolores, guard rails are important!
It’s a very very small department in the bureau of imperial standards
These two episodes was amazing got andor vibes with the espionage ,and senate intrigue. Palpatine is definitely one of the most powerful sith due to his intelligence, and machinations. Great breakdown as always Ryan, and doug👌🏾.
It's also ironic that non human senators are pressing the imperial agenda given the empire's xenophobic stance.
assimilation only gets you so far
They want to be seen as "one of the good ones" of course.
My knowledge of the Galactic Civil War era is limited, but I didn't think the Empire was xenophobic. I thought they only enslaved and/or killed races that were loyal to the republic, like the Wookies. In a galaxy where seeing a funky looking alien walk past you in the street is just normal, xenophobic policies would work against you. Common enemies can unite the unlikeliest of people. Just look at World War 1 and 2. Britain and France had been enemies for centuries, but they came together to defeat Prussia, and later Germany. The US was supposedly drawing up plans for an invasion of the UK, then WW1 broke out and they became allies.
In a galaxy with thousands of races that outnumber you tenfold, being a xenophobe isn't a good idea. Besides, the Sith never cared about race. Hell, Palpatine's master wasn't human, and Naboo wasn't xenophobic, so it wouldn't make sense for old Palpy to be racist. Racism is learned, not instinct.
It was funny seeing the Bad Batch use the stun setting but shooting down the clones piloting the ships lol
To be fair, Venators aren't equipped with ion cannons, and you can't really stun a ship with point-defense lasers.
Considering we don’t see Echo in Rebels I have a bad feeling for what happens to him 😢
knowing echo unlike rex he would not have retired. like hypothesized in this vid, rex probably retired once the clones were disbanded. rex kind of got what he wanted, not a full victory but enough were he knows his brothers are safe. if just mostly safe. echo wouldn't stop, as hes a fighter. plus as his time with the bad batch has showed us hes ancy when he dosnt have a goal. the rebellion would give him that in spades.
plus as hes now probably rexs right hand man (which is ironic as hes missing his) he will be introduced to most if not all major early players. i would not be surprised if he even get in contact with people like luthin or bos who are vital to the formation of the rebellion at large but so deep down the rabbet hole only the best or the ones brought in even know about. while he would most defiantly work with ashoka as rex probably works with/for her
the rebellion needs someone who can get shit done especially this early as rex will not be their forever as he probably has less then 5 years left before retiring. while people like andor (whos about 11-13 right now) or leiya (she like 3) are not even active in the true rebelion yet. plus ashoka thou active cant show herself to the outside world. so the vary op day one rebel isnt a cetch all, meaning someone needs to do the missions she cant do.
Rex lost Echo once already. Maybe losing him again is what makes him, Wolf, and Gregor bail…
don't forget echo died before rebels started airing on tv and came back when rebels season 4 finished (the last one)
He said he wouldn’t be gone forever. He probably just rejoined the bad batch
Highly highly highly highly doubt he’s dead. Its actually a good thing we don’t see him in rebels. That just means he’s alive somewhere else. #1 rule is unless their death is on screen and confirmed they can always come back. Neither of which has happened to echo so he’s definitely alive
Anyone else choke up when omega learned that echo wasn't coming back. I really enjoyed that scene even though I'm sad that he's no longer with the group.
The animation on these episodes was exceptional. I kept noticing the facial expressions in particular, they were subtle and complex. Watch Omega when she and the senator encounter Bastion in the Senate corridor. Omega looks curious, suspicious, and revolted, all at the same time. I definitely had the impression that she was *"stretching out with her feelings ..."*
It's good that the series is finally getting momentum again and back on track
I totally agree with you., it's been too many side tracked stories
That's been the whole point of the last two episodes. The Batch is in a slump, looking for purpose, and so was the audience.
Agreed. It took too long this season to get the story moving
This show was doomed the moment they decide to make everything about or for Omega, she's the drag this show needs to lose, so they can get back to being Badass Soldiers.
@@theoutlawking9123 her story is fine. It has lots of potential for Jedi stuff. Her bow is pretty badass too…
Can we talk about the soundtrack in these episodes? Once again it is on point. It uses the 501st theme from TCW and the Batch's theme to their absolute fullest
These 2 episodes- honestly I would put them up there with the clone wars, so so good
Edit:also seeing echo leave leave made my eyes water, he was my favorite 501st and favorite bad batch member, he my not be fleshed out much but I loved him as a kid and still do
The fact that I could FEEL the fear, a sense of dread just rising through my body when Emperor Palpatine spoke, made me love this show even more.
Best Bad Batch episodes of the season and maybe the entire series
Now that Kamino's been wiped out, there's no reason for Omega to remain hidden because it was only Lama Su and Nala Se trying to retrieve her.
Not an easter egg, but a small funny note. When Rampart is arrested, he says the same things that all clones says about Order 66: I was just following orders.
OH YE!
Also, it a bit ironic that the man who was following orders end up in jail and punish. Cause, like we was in the season 1 and 2, the clones were also punished because they were followings the orders.
@@ben9724 welcome to the ironies of life
I’m in awe of the consistently amazing job you do on these videos. In an absurdly short amount of time you give us insightful commentary with a ton of visual reference. You must have a large team helping edit and write these videos. If you don’t, it’s all the more impressive. BTW I love Doug.
Episode 7 had such a great ending. When the assassin took his life, in the back of my mind, a voice went "good soldiers follow orders..."
Maybe Echo's character isn't hit on because he was so prominent in TCW? It also makes sense that he'd stay with Rex. They have loads of history together
I REALLY don't want Omega to be force sensitive. Honestly, it would just make the series focus again on the force, like almost every star wars show, and make her skills or inate talent just force-ex-machina.
She IS already a clone made from one of the most deadly bounty hunters in the galaxy, its absolutely fine her having some skills or talents from that bloodline
Especially since we see how her brother Boba turned out.
I love it how they released 2 episode because episode 7 has no bad batch and episode 8 is to make up for it ❤️
I find all the people saying that Omega has to be force sensitive to be reaching.
Guys... she's just fucking empathetic, good at reading emotions, nothing she's done is her being force sensitive. It's just having a good understanding of people and the world around her.
Exactly, I'm so sick of it. Give it a rest already.
there are a LOT of parallels with Rampart and Oliver North as well, they dropped a LOT of knowledge in these twoepisodes
5:39 starwars has always been political. The original trilogy was using alot of inspirations from old samurai films to WWII, but it’s an interpretation of the Vietnam war, with the Empire representing the United States and Vietnam being the rebels. It wasn’t until the prequels where the politics were more visible and gave more differing perspectives about the the clone wars and being commentary about the political climate of the time
The Original Trilogy felt more like the American Revolution in space. While the Prequel trilogy felt like World War II in space. Since Endor was based off of Vietnam does this mean George Lucas is a Communist?
The line "when I'm up real high, I got a problem with gravity" will never not be relatable 😂
I honestly thought the Sniper in Ep.7 would turn out to be Crosshair, glad I was wrong. Also, Omega or the Batch weren't in the episode and their exclusion made it better!
To be fair, it was obvious cause crosshairs wouldn’t have missed
@@nexus7528 Yeah, I started to see it couldn't be him after that Clone missed several close shots.
I think that was partly what they wanted you to believe, but if you think about it, it's immediately obvious it's not Crosshair because he'd have somehow killed both Cade and Slip with one shot. After episode 3, there's no way they could write Crosshair as ever missing his target, especially not as much as the assassin did.
@@indiana_holmes Yeah, that was the first clue, how he didn't take Cade & Slip with one Plasma bolt, Crosshair definitely could've done that after killing 5 droids with one by bouncing it off inch wide reflective glass, lol.
On a side note, I wanna see him next, his loyalty to the empire, that just fired all the clones so Palpatine could fund his Death Star, needs to come to an end, Crosshair is about to be out of a job, wanna see his reaction.
@@theoutlawking9123 Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what he ends up doing. Personally, I was half expecting the assassin to be a brainwashed Cody. I'm still not convinced he went AWOL and that Rampart had some kind of 're-education' system/prison where he threw all of the Clones who started asking too many questions. We'll see soon enough I'm sure.
With the Clone Assassin there is established legends lore that pointed to squads of clones sent on off the book’s assassination missions of rogue clone and deserters
Yep, the book being Star Wars Republic Commando True Colors.
Yhh right I was sure that was a thing I think he might be one of them
I believe that assassin trooper could be part of the Dark Trooper program
Yep! listen to the music at the end of episode 7
Echo leaving was the best thing they could’ve done imo. I never felt like he fit in well and I think this could serve as a back door for another tales of the Jedi length miniseries (maybe 1 or 2 more shorts) about the clone rebellions. They need to bring my boy Howzer back.
The end of episode 8 create a more impact feeling when Obi Wan cross the clones in the street beging for money. It make me feel like the senator fails to being the voice for the clone
I expect it's more that once Palpatine placed the blame for Tipoka city so squarely on the clones (without blaming them directly), trying to get support to give all these guys pensions probably didn't go very well
I knew Palpatine was going to make an appearance, and I was almost certain Ian McDiarmid was going to voice him, but he still got me. In less of a second I was equally hating and fearing the character.
Not gonna lie, when Palpatine showed up, I got full on chills. That voice! Terrifying!
I personally loved every episode so far
Ahhh I love that you pulled in that clip from Kenobi as I was thinking about that scene a lot during this episode. I was also so pumped to see one of the other Rogue One council members in the Senate (and voiced by her actor)! I'm wondering if we'll start to lead into stuff like Mothma (follow the money) and other characters from Andor.
I'm surprised Rampart didn't recognize Omega in the hallway
Characters need to remember that Palpatine is way smarter than everyone else
That's why it never bugged me bringing Palpatine back for rise of skywalker. He is always planning so far ahead to me he would have plan in place just in case vader turned on him. The fact that he wouldn't have one to me goes against his character.
Rampart got wanted what he wanted in the end ,he just needed to be arrested to get it😂.
Palpatine rising from the floor was very symbolic of his rise to power. No one sees it coming and then boom. Galactic empire. Amazing episodes
God, I would love to see a Star Wars What If featuring the rebellion being successful 10 years earlier and led by Yoda, Obi-Wan, Ashoka, and Cal Kestis like you said
Another point to Omega being force sensitive. When Wrecker was under the control of the chip, he attacked her specifically. The chip made the clones extra aggressive towards force sensitive individuals.
This has been my standing as well
I thought he targeted her because she fought back by having a gun / shooting him(I think she shot him)
Senator Palmo was also Senator of Taris, which, in Legends, was bombed by a Sith fleet four thousand years before the Battle of Yavin, and it remained a radioactive wasteland for centuries to millennia afterwards. That’s also part of why she tried to nope her way out of the rebellion in Rogue One
I’m wondering if Rex and Echo will have to reluctantly rescue Rampart.
I'm hoping they run into Cody, that would be so emotional
I loved how the show gave Palpatine the "grand charachter treatment". By this I mean he is the actual leader of that Empire and not casually hanging out in every second scene, but when he is present he is THERE. Before his first words even the music dies off for a moment and all you can hear are the dying echos of Amedda's order. And then.. then McDiarmid happens in all of his bloody glory. Chilling 10/10.
After Palpatine says "Heralded by the Imperial Stormtrooper," the music that blares isn't his theme. Instead it's a modified version of Anakin's Dark Deeds, the music playing when Anakin slays the CIS leaders and Palpatine becomes emperor. Keep up the good work! :)
Man Ryan! That was excellent commentary. Thanks for your research connecting Star Wars to the Nixon-Watergate history. I never knew that.
Great episodes. Great breakdown (as always)
This two ep arc was really cool. It seemed really cool that there’s clones who’ve been wiped and are used as assassins.
When I hear someone talk about clones being phased out I wonder what happens immediately when the clones are told they are not soldiers anymore, like right when someone says " oh you clones are not soldiers, bye".
The ending with Palpatine was so great.
Every time Palpatine says "Now More Than Ever" I get the Nixon theme song stuck in my head
These were among the best episodes of the series. Thanks for the breakdown.
I was thinking after watching the 2nd episode, the twist that for Palpatine "everything is proceeding as I have for seen it" is significant. He has pulled the long game plan at least twice now and the last time he tries it, getting the whole rebellion to attack the 2nd Death Star (it is I who allowed the Rebels to know the location of the shield generator), that his overconfidence with these plans is his weakness, like Luke tells him. He is so arrogant, he can't see that Vader might betray him or Luke won't turn and become his new apprentice.
So that was Trace and Raffa's landing pad on Coruscant that they used? That's a nice little tie-in. :)
Well done! Your turnarounds are insane!
I still think about how I didn’t even notice Grand Moff Tarkin’s line about dissolving the senate until after having seen A New Hope a few times. Star Wars content right now is all coming back to that moment and it gives me chills.
Thanks Ryan!
I just remembered, wasn’t Rex promoted to Commander in the same episode we saw some clones with Ahsokas face markings
Yes,but he was stripped from his rank when he refused to execute order 66
who else agrees that whatever Rex is doing is way more interesting than whatever the Bad Batch is doing
there is a really amazing pause right before the emperor's speech and oh my God was it cool
Good soldiers follow orders it's basically "would you kindly?" from BioShock!
Such a great revisiting of the things that made TCW so fantastic. Bad Batch is a spin-off of TCW so it makes perfect sense to revisit places like the senate. ❤
I wondered if the pressure seal on the snipers helmet implied some new form of control like drugs to replace the chip as a way of keeping a number of clones fanatically loyal, 'decommissioning' clones may imply further clones being scrubbed of their identity and continuing to be used for black ops missions in the Empire post retirement as frontline soldiers as everyone else thinks they have just been let go.
I think the episodes of the Clone Wars thta focused on the clones were the best of the series and that continues with The Bad Batch. This series is really doing a great job of filling in the story that was woefully missing in the Prequels and the Sequels that make it all make sense.
it's always a great day when he returns to reprise his iconic role
8 was my favorite episode so far. That was awesome!
Thanks RYAN always killing it when it comes to starwars!
I feel like this isn't sad ,and needed to be ,with echo leaving ( even temporarily) and specifically leaving omega that goodbye of " keep practicing " I seriously feel this was done on purpose so that there is now an opening as the 5th member of the squad, and specifically one that can aid omega best in handling that blaster bow. Yes I'm thinking crosshair we already have part of his redemption arc with him starting to question the empire with the disappearance of Cody, and now with Palpatine practically giving the clones the boot almost everything lines up for this to happen I mean these are too many coincidence to be happening at once to no foreshadowing crosshair getting his full redemption arc ,and joining the team again soon If not the next episode it could just be my own wishful thinking , but I really want this to happen now.
I was honestly expecting to see Cody...now I'm questioning if they killed him offscreen
@@dani_ell3 I was half expecting the assassin to be revealed as a brainwashed Cody.
@@indiana_holmes omg imagine 😭 I would've cried
Doug at 14:38 😂 perfect summation of the sixth cultists in episode 9.
"The Bad Batch always use the stun setting on clones"....unless it's air combat, or they're dropping a Venator class ship on clone dock workers.
I think the assassin is a Phase 1 Darktrooper. In the Manadalorian they even say that the thing holding the Darktroopers back was the human inside. And if you look at the trooper and compare it to the legends phase 1 dark trooper they look very similar.
Ryan you the 🐐🐐 for doing this even if it’s last min.
Bloody hell this was good storytelling!!
Its funny how ScreenCrush always assumes that Omega is force sensitive. 🤣
The episode was very interesting, I liked it❤
Good episodes! You just knew it wasn't going to end well, but you hoped it would.
Another Perfect screen crush breakdown 😍
Echo should wind up being crucial to the formation of the rebellion and live through the whole saga. I read somewhere that they confirmed Wolf or one of the clones as the bearded rebel on Endor in ROTJ, so if Echo lives all the way to ROTJ it would be perfect. With all that he went through, he deserves to see the Empire fall. Sadly, I doubt that will happen because he has this tragic vibe that makes me think he won't be around much longer.
I think it’s Rex.
Yes, it’s canonically Rex in ROTJ.
Yeah, I have a feeling Echo isn't going to make it all the way to the Battle of Yavin...
But what if Echo Base is named after him?
Retconned, obviously, like "Rogue Squadron" being named after "Rogue One", but if Echo was a key part of the Rebellion's early formation...
Awesome episodes. Awesome music.
*You* were caught off guard by two episodes, and so was I... to the point where I watched episode 7 OVER AN HOUR AFTER I watched episode 8. Kudos to the writers, because I was not lost at all.
Couldn’t help but laugh at the end of episode 8…. Palpating is waaaay to smooth
Look into the honor guards the lore behind them is insane and the clone assassin matches a fraction of what the honor guards had to go through so far, but only time will tell how close they truly are or are not.
I used quotes in and from the Senate Delegations in my University Papers in Politial Sciences Classes before and my prof loved them.
One of the CTs name is "Cade", might be a homage to Cade Skywalker from Legends. The Assassin's helmet looks like a Sith helmet from SWTOR, which might lend credence to your "Sith Cultist" theory. Great video as always, Ryan and crew!
always love SC, and it’s the first thing I do after watching a new episode! I had a thought re: 99 (both the clone and the squad #), it is the opposite of 66. In many ways both the clone and the squad are the opposite of what order 66 meant.
Oooooh!! Good one!!!
It’s setting up a series featuring the Cortez sisters, Rex, Cody, echo, Gregor, and Wolfe.
I can work with that!
I also low-key have a headcanon now that the veteran clone we saw begging in the street in Kenobi was actually a member of the Underground, working with Rex, Echo, and maybe Cody to undermine the Empire rescue Force-sensitive kids
@@meganofsherwood3665 that’s some nice headcannon
confetti for Jar Jar's space fascism made me laugh
I love the Fastest episode of the bad batch more than most All Star Wars I have watched it over and over and over so much fun
If Omega was force sensitive we would definitely have found that out last season. Maybe not the characters, but us, the audience. Maybe Im wrong, I just think we would have found out something by now.
Her intuition is on par with untrained and lightly trained force sensitives we have met, like Ezra at the start of Rebels, also Kaminoans don't create without a purpose, and we know Palps directs a lot of resources into force sensitive cloning, why else would Omega be so different from the other Fett clones
The Black Ops Clone Trooper could have been part of a Clone Commissariat. In the Clone Commando series, an Arc deserter is targeted by that unit who's job it is to hunt down rogue Clones. This would be, I believe, their first canon appearance if true
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The assassin in the episode reminded me of when kal skiratas kid find out about secret black ops clones r used to assassinate other clones I loved that 🥰🥰🥰
You mention how the The Bad Batch always use the stun setting. I did notice in one of the episodes that Echo powered up the turbo cannons and shot down 2 clone pilots 😂 I swear if you pay close attention there’s some dark moments in the whole clone wars shows
I’m glad 99 sacrificed himself early on in the show, I would’ve been so heartbroken to see him see his brothers get treated the way they were at the end
duude these episodes rocked
No, I dont feel Omega has the force.
Did anyone else pickup on how the clones were discussed in these episodes parallels discussion around former slaves during Reconstruction. In the same way slaves were seen as cattle to be bought and sold for decades before the Civil War, clones were considered only as significant as mechanical weapons; disposable. Now after the way they are seen (both legally and ethically) has changed so drastically, several questions arise: Do they get representation? Should they be retroactively paid (reparated) for their unpaid labor? How do you employ, house, feed, etc. this massive group who used to be property? Are they even people at all?
As far as the Bad Batch were concerned it was only various Kaminoans who were after Omega, after the fall of Tipoca City among others that hunt is no longer a concern for them.
Omega is absolutely Force-sensitive. There have been many Easter Eggs along the way:
-Before rescuing Gungi - Onega could feel something wasn’t right….a disturbance in the Force.
-When trying to retrieve some of Dooku’s fortune in the container about to fall, Omega was told to “just let it go” in the same way Obi Wan told Luke to “let go.” We see Onega close her eyes, sigh & center herself…the same as a Jedi would.
In The Clone Conspiracy, Cade jumps on a green speeder that looks exactly like the one Tech rides, included with the Bad Batch Lego set sold in stores.