User Reviews

One of the more interesting aspects of "The Bad Batch" is how it depicts the period where the Republic became the Empire and how everything carried over. The first episode did a great job of showing the leaderships thinking when it came to its military position, and if anything, that has been the thing that I've been looking most forward to seeing the progression of, aside from the main storyline with our heroes. Last week felt like a generic episode of these animated "Star Wars" shows (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), and this week, we came back with a blast and with much greatness.

This episode is focused on two different storylines. On one hand, we have our main group and the development that's given to them and their relationship with Omega. I love seeing how this storyline progresses and seeing Omega becoming a more integral part of the team feels like it puts more at stake for the group, which is always potentially exciting. It definitely feels a little bit like filler at times but seeing how it gives a lot of time to her developing her skills as a unique clone trooper herself, I felt like it was worth it. The other part of this episode is dedicated to Crosshairs and his own development, while also giving time to the Empire and their own transitions. This was, by far, the best part of the episode, as we get to see the darker sides of these characters. Not only is Crosshairs one of the more interesting characters of the show, he's also slowly becoming one of my favorite clone characters in this universe. He's so loyal to the Empire that the gap between him and his former teammates becomes even wider and could lead up to some truly emotional moments to come later on. It also seems like they're really going to focus on the introduction of the stormtroopers and how that will leave Kamino, which is another exciting piece of galactic politics that I'm excited to see how it pans out. A lot of things were set up in this episode and I'm excited for it all.

"Replacements" is a really good episode that lays it all on the table and prepares the audience for what's to come. It looks like they're toying with the emotions of the different characters, and the idea of it all ending in a big explosive climax is something that's almost too good to wait for.

Everybody who's watched the episode knows which scene I'm talking about. I really like the direction they're going with Crosshair. I will watch his career with great interest!

This ride is going to be fun! Characters are getting further developed.

A long time ago, there was a real sense of fear and threat in Star Wars, and here we are again in this chapter... Omega and Hunter's relationship continues to generate stronger ties, incredible what is transmitted between these two.

This was a really frustrating episode. On one hand, you have the storyline around the integration of stormtroopers with Crosshair taking a squad on a mission - this part is incredible. It recaptures the gritty, dark aspect of clone wars that we all loved, and teases some really cool ideas. That said, every time that storyline builds any momentum, we are pulled back to the other - on a desolate moon, omega, hunter and the others are trying to repair the ship while some random creature is mildly irritating. It's not awful (I actually think the work with omega and Hunter is a nice addition to the series) but it doesn't match the tone of the rest of the episode at all, and is generally quite boring. I'm starting to think Filoni has a thing for being stranded with some monsters while repairing a ship, given that this episode has effectively already happened in Clone Wars, Rebels and The Mandalorian. Overall, the episode was good, but frustrating because, had it focused on the stormstroopers idea, it could have been one of Filoni's best episodes in Star Wars to date.

The last episode took a bit of a detour, with characters like Crosshairs not even being mentioned, but this episode focuses on him a lot. I love it!

After a pretty bright last episode, this one is really dark... and Crosshair definitely stole everyone the show.

This episode has much darker content as we see some pretty hard hitting scenes. Crosshair shows he is ruthless and without conscience as he leads a group of conscripted soldiers on a mission to wipe out supposed insurgents.

There is interesting stuff showing how Tarkin is leading the establishment of the Empire and wants to create a new army of soldiers without paying for continued Clone production. We see the Kaminoan's concern at this and there are seeds of interesting plot developments.

Quite slow burning but a very decent episode.

My rating: 8/10.

The main story is familiar as it's the plot of many films. When this happens the characters become the main focus which is unfortunate as this episode is Omega prominent. The crosshair plot is by far the most interesting part and you can't help but want more which sucks whenever it goes back to Omega.

Bland, mediocre, indifferent. I came in the same as I came out. What happened? Well, nothing bad happened for a start, because if nothing happens, then nothing bad can happen.

Wauw, i am amazed of the actions it has shown, really dark and unexpected to see such brutal killing, that is what the Empire is all about. I enjoy this show really much!

I'm guessing the new troopers with Cross-hair is the squad from Battlefront 2's campaign? I think the woman with dark hair looks familiar. Cool little nod to the video games, after showing Cal (presumably) in the first episode.

Well that was the darkest stuff I've ever seen.

Yet the ending was so wholesome.

I am loving the direction that the show is taking.

Cannot wait to see where they go.

The story in this episode could've been done in about 7 minutes. Uninteresting plot where they are stuck on the moon. Basically empire strikes back. However, the good part of this episode was crosshair's subplot. Really shows the darkness in the inhibitor chips and will make you hate it even more. Omega gets more annoying every episode, could've done without her.

This was a interesting episode. We got to know more about Project War-Mantle wich I think every Star Wars fan is excited to know more about. Overall it was a slower paced episode but it was still good.

Half expected this from Disney, 3 weeks in and the episodes are getting shorter and shorter. Not sure why they don't have a consistent length on each episode and why they don't just drop the full season not just the bad batch but all their content like Amazon and Netflix. Anyway, 7 day wait now till another filler episode.

This episode certainly had a darker tone running on the background. And crosshairs is certainly evil now. Even with the chip. It's great to see the phasing into stormtroopers and how they think the clones can help the empire even as they vanish from the universe. As for the bad batch they can't catch a break. Crashing and getting stuck. But a brilliant chance for omega to develop. She is truly a valuable member of the squad.

Wow! Didn't expect the Bad Batch to be this dreadful. I really like the direction the series is heading towards.