User Reviews

Ryloth has, is and always will be one of the most fascinating planets in Star Wars. From the Rebels fighting in Clone Wars and rejecting the Republics help to becoming strong allies of the Jedi through out the liberation. They were originally just a species that preform for Jabba in ROTJ to becoming as fleshed out as the Naboo / Gungans through out the clone wars series. With corruption at the top and a leader that has the views of the people brings another layer to all of these stories.

The Syndulla family has been cemented in Star Wars now with clone wars, now the bad batch, appearances for Cham, believe this is the first time we see his wife on screen? But a young Hera and Chopper turning up is great to tie this back to other FIloni properties along side the Ghosts appearances in Rouge one and Rise of Skywalker. Not to mentions Choppers appearance and being mentioned across the board in Rouge One. Her accent as well has returned and this was a major character point during her face offs with Grand Admiral Thrawn and is a great nod to that series and also how far she will go through out the stories.

With the tensions building again between the people of Ryloth and Government we finally see our team back delivering supplies to a young small group of rebels that may intertwine Hera and Omega going forward. Both are around the same age and have an amazing view of the universe. Theres a few on the nose comments from both side foreshadowing stories to be played out a fun interaction between these 2. With Techs complete logical brain not understanding the feeling of flight is a nice little touch that keeps the Bad Batch grounded to their coding. But a tracker on the ship may have brought Crosshairs right to the BB again.

The best touch about this episode is the fact that the clone was questioning the order to arrest Hera, Crosshair has always said "good solider follows orders" having the chip fully enhanced to keep him on track but the clone commander questioning any order could open a whole story that could come full circle by the end of the series. Are there more clones that remove the chip? Can the chip be overridden by genuine thought?

The Juggernaut turning up again as a prisoner transport again another detail of continuity same as Rouge One. Going from a troop transport to a prisoner transport but seem to be hit quite easily. Proven twice now! Old school snatch and grab to get the prisoners free. With a turn that i never thought disney would make and killing a senator with a head shot just proves how ruthless the Empire and Crosshairs have become throughout the story. Are we going to see a Bad Batch prison break on our hands!

I absolutely loved this episode, but sometimes I don't think the show is staying true to the name The Bad Batch. This is one of my favorite episodes of the show and it barely even had the members of The Bad Batch in it. I am guessing they will come into play more in the next episode dealing with Ryloth, but I am still enjoying the things happening around The Bad Batch than I am their story itself.

What a fascinating backstory. I do appreciate that the writers wanted to do something different instead of mainly focusing on the Bad Batch. All of the people complaining that it's some "Rebels prequel" can go cry about it. It was awesome to see Chopper in the glorious animation. The politics were interesting, though. I liked Omega's friendship with Hera. It would be nice to see them reunite. But, we will see if Omega can fully survive in the season finale. Great fan service here, we had Kanan's backstory.

10/10.

So basically I have to wait 2 weeks for the bad batch now? This is the bad batch show people come on they were barely in the episode.

So far this was my least favourite episode. Mainly as the bad batch we're hardly in it. There was some alright action tho.

Dave filoni did it again, seeing clone wars characters reunited with rebels, makes the animated universe of star wars even more appreciated. When a chapter moves you to tears, you have already achieved the goal. Eager as the end of the season is shaping up. Our team only gets one cameo, but the possibilities are even more exciting.

A very different episode (in a good way). Finally Orn Free Taa is gone forever, and good riddance to him, the Bad Batch themselves are barely in it which isn't a problem as the Hera storyline was very interesting indeed. Hera's father was shown in a different far more reasonable light.

While the episode is quite good on its artistic merit alone, the emotional impact of seeing Hera Syndulla on screen again was unexpected. It was like looking through a photo album and seeing a photo of a beloved family member.

This episode expertly explores ideas of innocence, the cost of war, and the threats a child faces while coming-of-age in a nascent fascist state. Star Wars is alive and well.

Kevin Kiner astounds with his acute sense of how to drive the mood of a scene through music.

I get having Hera is cool and all but where is The Bad Batch they just gave Hera's people the weapons and left. There was a good scene between Hera and Omega but idk I'm happy we got Crosshair because he's not used enough but geez I don't care about these people on Hera's world I want just another Bad Batch and Crosshair episodes, maybe there depriving us of them so they can have an awesome finale or something?