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Without giving too much away about Omega or her role in the series, she proves an entertaining foil for the clones and a crucial piece of the puzzle in her own right. The Bad Batch also introduces a brand new character in the form of Omega, the light-haired child featured in the second trailer. Over the course of the premiere, it becomes clear not every member of Clone Force 99 sees eye to eye with Hunter, with that growing friction going a long way toward further fleshing these unusual clones and differentiating their respective personalities. They quickly begin to wrestle with their place in a post-war society. But here, the end of the war has an immediate and profound effect on all five characters. There, the characters were cast more as supporting players and a chance for voice actor Dee Bradley Baker to show off his range.

This episode is able to add far more depth and nuance to these characters than we saw in The Clone Wars. 'Aftermath' is very rooted in the emotional struggles of Hunter and his team.

Thankfully, that doesn't appear to be a problem with this series. The best Star Wars spinoffs are the ones that honor the example of the original trilogy - putting the emotional journey ahead of lore and minutia. There are plenty of larger franchise ties to be found, with Grand Moff Tarkin (Stephen Stanton) and a young Saw Gerrera (Andrew Kishino) both appearing in this episode, and another familiar Star Wars character featured in the trailers.īut if that was the only goal here, The Bad Batch might have trouble justifying its existence.

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Presumably, this series will address the lingering question of how and why Palpatine phased out his clones in favor of conscripted Stormtroopers (a topic that's been addressed in various stories but never definitively answered). Like so many Star Wars projects that fall outside the scope of the three film trilogies, The Bad Batch is tasked with filling in holes and bridging gaps between established pieces of the timeline. What place is there for a team of misfits and outcasts in Palpatine's newly minted Empire? What happens to an army bred for war once the war ends? Those questions make for a strong foundation on which to build a new series. The key difference here is that The Bad Batch takes place shortly after the events of Revenge of the Sith rather than before.

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The 72-minute premiere is basically a movie unto itself, one that reintroduces Hunter, Crosshair, Tech, Wrecker, and Echo following their original The Clone Wars: Season 7 debut. None of this is to say The Clone Wars is required viewing before diving into The Bad Batch.