He was noble in the beginning....not anymore after this episode, Andor, Rebels, and Rogue One. People were right that he gets innocent people killed in the cross fire
Dude honestly it was my annoying comments that I was hinting towards Tech dying actually did and I can't believe you guys didn't pay attention. To my comment. It's the comment text's going to die because it's been hinting towards that every time when I've seen this episode that Tech actually got character developed in. It's very obvious but you guys just ignore them and start hating on characters like hunter record and omega when she actually doesn't mess up she. Hasn't messed up any of the missions? She's been on since the ones you're talking about in the past.😂
What we thought would happen Episode 15: The Bad Batch learn about Crosshair's location Episode 16: The Batch break Crosshair out of mount Tantis and they all lived happily ever after What really happened Episode 15: Saw Gerrera mucks everything up Episode 16: Tech dies and Omega gets captured
@@GokuBlackRose978I was definitely getting Empire Strikes Back vibes with this one. The heroes are in their darkest hour, and now they have to get back up and fight.
The development with Omega and Tech in the arc when they lost their ship is exactly that. Honestly makes it hurt so much more and looking back, the ending, leading into season 3 makes me excited but sad about this ending for season 2
The reason they returned to Cid was that they needed AZ, because of his experience with Omega. My guess is the changes to Fetts DNA meant that the biological differences forced the Batch to go to Cid, because only AZ had the knowledge to help Omega
Counterpoint to them giving up, remember they've always been separate from the Regs, until Echo joined, and had never lost a squad member until Crosshair, which wasn't the same cause he was still alive. Counter to Echo (who btw, I don't think was giving up, I think he was taking a moment to mourn and let the others recover) who lost his entire squad and several others along the way. They simply were not mentally or emotionally prepared for it.
Yeah. Echo has been down this road too many times before. The Batch hasn’t ever really “lost” anyone before. This is the first time they’ve lost a member like this. It’s gonna hit them hard. Not to mention right after they lose Omega, too. I mean, the utter look of defeat on Hunter’s face when he saw the ship leave with her just broke me 😢
I think this can explain a lot of their irrational decisions. They (besides Echo) have never experienced this before, and it hit them hard in a way they were not prepared for. Echo, on the other hand, is all too familiar with this situation. He is still very affected by it; he and Tech were close. But he is able to put feelings aside and be rational and logical when the Empire comes, because he has had to do it many times before.
@@jessandthebirds Indeed. Echo hasn't just lost domino squad, but has likely lost many other brothers in the 501st as well in the course of clone wars. Many good friends who all died suddenly in combat without a chance to say farewell. He was ready for this pain, but the rest of the Batch wasn't.
I’ve never thought about it like that but it makes sense. They have kinda been living the high life when it comes to dealing with death because they always saw the reg’s as kinda expendable themselves since they were different.
This season finale was heartbreaking. I honestly didn’t expect Tech to die until they got stuck with those stormtroopers. I’m looking forward to the reactions of everyone about Tech’s death, especially crosshair since I feel like he’ll be sad and even mad about it
I didn't expect it even then. I kept thinking--"How in the world are they going to get out of this one?" Even after Tech fell, I expected him to shoot that grappler gun at something and swing to safety. And I'm still kind of 60% expecting that to be near the beginning of season 3. I'm not at all sure what he would latch onto in the middle of traversing a giant valley like that but you never know. Or maybe he'll end up needing one of those mods like Fennec Shand. Disney has definitely overdone the whole "bringing a character back to life" thing, and this feels set up for it. Think how heartwarming it would be for Omega to see him alive again. Think Disney can resist that?
I think Crosshair would be devastated. At the end of Season 1 Tech was the only one amongst his brothers that understood him even though they don't agree.
I hope we get more of Hemlock as a villain. He has this cool, level-headed nature like Thrawn, but unlike Thrawn he's clearly a psychopath who isn't going to play games like Thrawn did.
I 100% agree. In the heat of the moment on the railway it seemed likely, but when Hemlock showed up with the goggles, I felt like it was almost obvious that he's still alive. Tech is smart enough to try and do something like fake his death in order to lose the heat of the Empire. How they would bring him back is questionable because he would have to get off world alive. The other possibility is Hemlock took tech and is going to control him. Me personally, even though Tech is my favorite out of the batch, I didn't feel like Tech's sacrifice in the episode was as impactful as it could've been. However, it might be because we were left on a cliffhanger for the season finale. As of writing this I don't think there is a confirm on a season 3, but I think it's obvious that we will be getting one.
The fact that Tech pulled out a "Plan 99", meaning that he'd sacrifice himself to save the rest of the team, just brought me some very sad memories of what 99 did for the clones so many years ago.
I think the Cid part was out of desperation. They had no choice cause the only one who knew how to care for Omega has last with Cid, that being AZI-3. Also, it makes sense that AZI-3 is still with Cid cause they broke connection on a whim so they didn't have the foresight to bring him along on the mission they ended getting betrayed by Cid on. When you're loved one is in danger you tend not to think strait so rather than taking a chance on a planet that just went through a natural disaster and is probably a bit strained for recourses, you'd head to a for sure medical droid that knows Omega to help them recover.
I agree. I’ll add two points. They just made literally the worst non-sith human in the galaxy mad. Being tracked back to anywhere near Pabu would be bad…the assumption being the empire would spend whatever resources required to find them. Visiting every system in their flight path. Going immediately to Pabu was probably a no-go. Two, and this is a bit more real, when your kid is hurt or sick, you aren’t doing a whole lot of analytical thinking. And they don’t have a ton of good options except one that definitely has a med droid. So I give that more of a pass. Tech was the thinker under fire anyway.
@@asn101 That and Echo was piloting at that point, he doesn't know Pabu as well having only just been there the once. Add that to the fact that the Maurarder was clearly damaged, Maybe Pabu, being more remote was harder to reach without repairs, making returning to Cid a more viable option.
I will note that the main reason their mission failed was because Saw Guerra and his Partisans happened to be on planet with their own mission and they basically fucked everything up. If they had not been there it would have been easy to sneak in plant the tracker and get out before the Empire noticed them. I'll also note it was Saw's explosives that shorted out the rail line thus causing Tech to have to take the VERY risky move to restart the line manually, in addition to Tarkin deciding to be an asshole as usual and decide that danger close friendly fire was a good idea. There also is one thing you didn't mention in the video they still don't know where Tantis is, let alone know when an opportunity to track Hemlock after that one would emerge again this may have been their only shot as far as they know to actually track the guy and without tracking him there is no way to find Tantis, now we as the fans know it is on Wayland but the Bad Batch does not and hell if they adhere to EU lore Wayland may not even be in their navigation options as Wayland got removed from Republic records by a clerical error some centuries before the Clone Wars in the EU, which if that is also the case its even HARDER to find Mount Tantis. Essentially Hunter's decision to give up may just have been from both trauma and the fact that as far as they know the odds of them getting another chance at tracking Hemlock to Tantis are about as good as their odds of single-handly storming the Imperial Palace and killing Palpatine by themselves VERY low. Anyway the large issue of all this is that the Empire won this battle and not due to Imperial competance but because Saw showed up and threw a hydrospanner into the plan, once I saw him there I knew immediately the plan was ruined and not going to survive contact with the enemy in fact they'd have been better off stealing an Imperial shuttle like Saw and his Partisans did then taking the train, fly to the Marauder and transfer over and get out instead taking the train. Murphey's Law was in full effect with this mission everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong though it was not the Bad Batch's fault for it, if Saw and his Partisans had NOT been there they would have successfully planted the tracker and gotten out.
Those "slow" episodes are the ones that made Tech's death hit that hard. After last season people were calling Tech redundant. This season built him in episodes like the racing and treasure hunting episodes.
Holding on to the hope that Tech's goggles record everything, and someone (Echo? Phee?) Is going to look into them to see his last moments, only find he survived and was either captured by Hemlock or saved by Gerrera's guerillas.
Hunter was out on rescuing Crosshair, It was Tech that forced his hand (i don’t think he changed his mind) now he’s at “I’ve lost the one i cared most about why save someone”
The loss of Tech hurt way more then I ever thought it would, as a person on the spectrum I grew a special connection with Tech and his own clear signs of neurodivergence, seeing him process the loss of Echo and Crosshair in a way that doesn’t make sense to other people but made perfect sense to me, the way he saw life as one big mission with a ton of objectives, they did a great job writing his character, and when he fell, the world stopped for me, and I couldn’t help but break down, I know he could somehow still be alive due to the infamous “no body” rule, but it was still a devastating loss that’ll stick with me for a while
I remember being a little absent minded during the train scene because i was thinking "ah he'll be fine"... and then it happened. and that is the show's genius, i was somehow lured into a sense of safety and the idea that the bad batch were in control in most situations that i never ever ever expected this to actually happen...
I think the reason Omega is a female clone is because she had a mutation much like other “defective clones.” She just was an XX embryo rather than the usual XY. As for that ending revelation, I have a feeling the other female clone was an experiment through the Spaarti cloning process, and she came out as XX instead of XY.
There’s a few reason why Hunter would go to Sid instead of Pabu. 1. AZ - he didn’t know the severity of Omega injury, after just losing Tech it’s reasonable he wanted the best medical help,. 2. Ord Mantell was closest to them (again omega was in and out of conscientious Hunter didn’t know how serious her injuries were) 3. Risk of located Pabu - the Bad Batch would have been hot after their infiltration. After being on Ord Mantell (for a day it seems), Hunter thought the empire lost their trail
I’ll bring in the classic “not dead until we see the body” line. Hemlock did say the goggles were the only thing he found but he could just be lying and using tech as an experiment like echo cybernetics, or he somehow was able to hobble away from the drop again we didn’t see a body so he could be brushed with a broken bones or he could be missing limbs we don’t know
4:15 I think the reason they went to Cid was for the reason she said: they have too much heat on them. With that being the case, it's better to risk going to Ord Mantel and risk only themselves than it is to risk everyone on Pabu.
I think hunter did not thought of Pabuu because he did not want the empire to find that location due to the bad batch been on the run and injured, another theory could be that they did not saved the coordenates to Pabuu on the marauder in order to protect it is location and therefore went to old mantell
My Season 3 predictions: - we learn why Omega's so important - Hunter/Wrecker join up with Rex, Echo & co (it's not like they'll find any trace of Omega if they go back to Pabu - and by the time they get Omega & go back, the Empire may have already found it & turned it into the Scarif we know...) - Cody and a bunch of notable clones/clone commanders will link back up with Rex (Bly, Wolffe, Doom?) - an official, galaxy wide clone rebellion (empire will publically downplay it as insurgents) - the clones will work with a Jedi, together they attack Tantis and free the clone hostages, Crosshair and Omega - with any luck, cid is killed - season ends on a cliffhanger, with them (Echo or Phee using Tech's goggles to look back at what happened - maybe to show Crosshair how Tech passed?) finding out Tech survived
I think I understand hunter’s reasoning for going to ord mantell. If I had to guess he figured that she was going to betray the bad batch, so he tried to outplay her. He was going to get AZI-3. Tip the Empire off about cid’s operation, and then leave for Pabu with no loose ends. no one could follow them. He simply didn’t count on the empire being as fast as they were.
In my opinion, and a few other people in a discord server i'm in. I do not think tech died. They've made us think Echo and Gregor died, when they didn't. The doctor said "Tarkin wants to interrogate you guys" So the doctor retrieving tech's goggles and dropping it next to hunters feet, what was it for? What if they found tech, and are trying to revive him to get information out of him. I wanna see your guys opinions on this and if i'm missing something.
I personally believe Tech is alive. Evidence: 1. We see his goggles in decent condition, meaning he wasn’t crushed 2. Hunter survived a crazy fall that was technically more dangerous cause of the trees and rocks 3. Tech is the brains, he would have figured out the impossible scenario 4. There’s a video on RUclips of a skier surviving a 150 feet fall and survived cause of snow. Tech’s fall would have been similar to that height and there is in fact snow beneath him so surviving is 100% possible.
@@generalbaryonyx6850 realistically I don’t he’s going to get that arc considering what he just went through and what he had to deal with. And since he and omega are both on the same planet again maybe he or she will figure something out to get them out of what planet they’re on.
I cried when Tech died, just like out tough guy Wrecker. I love that they show these tough guys have real emotions and attachments. It's absolutely heart wrenching that Tech is gone😿💔
When Echo left, I thought that was the casualty. It had been pointed out by a lot of people that clone force 99 had two tech experts with overlapping expertise in Tech in and Echo. When Echo rejoined, I had a feeling they'd be ending with only one technical expert
I think Hunter giving up makes perfect sense- he lost Tech and almost lost Omega, and the only way he can contextualize it is to put the needs of the squad over the needs of the individual.
I don't entirely agree with one of the points in this video. That point being Echo giving up along with the others. I never thought he did, he never voiced that, and we only see him sitting in the shuttle distraught for a few seconds before the empire shows up and he's thrown back into the fray. I think Echo's only reason to go back to Pabu would have been to make sure his brothers got there in one piece before boarding his own ship and rejoining Rex, Riyo, and the others (because he did leave his ship on Pabu too so he has to go back there no matter what). Another thing I'd like to add too is unlike the others who have never really had a team member die, Echo has gone through way more trauma than they have, so as sad as he would be about Tech dying, I don't see that being enough to deter him, if anything I think it would fuel him to continue his efforts.
In terms of Omega’s sister I had my suspicions with her accent and the way she spoke to crosshair but I had some slight doubts guess I hit the nail on the head with this one
Firstly, love the content of the channel as always. Secondly, I've a few observations from the finale & predictions of what we might see in the future of "The Bad Batch". === Observation: My opinion or hypothesis on the matter of the squad travelling to Sid's is because of distance vs severity of injuries. Sure, the new homestead the squad is thinking of settling down and remaining in is safe, and they most likely have all amenities needed for recovery. Sid's business/planet was probably closer in regards to hyperspace jumps required or length-of-time in hyperspace. Just so happens Sid was tired of the bad batch and called the empire when they arrived. ==== Predictions/Theories: Moving into Season 3 I'm sure in the prediction that Hunter & Wrecker will most likely go all in with Rex & Echo with those efforts. What else have they got until they find a way to get back to Omega & Crosshair at Hemlocks lab? --- I also predict at least a small time-jump because of the earlier prediction, or possibly some moving back and forwards in timelines (like with "Tales of the Jedi" portraying Ahsoka & Dooku respectively). I'm also curious what types of experimentation we'll be seeing on the clones. A theory I have is that Hemlock is one of the minds behing the "purge troopers" we had seen in Jedi: Fallen Order. Those troopers' helmets strongly resemble Crosshair's, and there's at least 2-3 varients of Purge Trooper that I think fit the "mutations/motifications" of the Bad Batch clones. And if I recall correctly, the Purge Troopers are canonically clones (be they original Fett clones or later productions is another question). ==== Sorry for the long post, and may the force be with you.
6:50 I think Echo will still go back to his squad with Rex to help Crosshair and the others. The other members are most likely going to lay low, seeing as how they don't want to risk losing their very dwindled numbers.
He went to Ord Mantell bc AZI came with Omega and was best suited to help her. That decision qas made bc Hunter the father wanted the best possible care for his daughter. If he took her to Pabu, he didn't know what kind of care was there. He needed AZI. It makes sense knowing that. It wasn't contrived. It was emotional. Those slow episodes showed Hunter transitioning from Hunter the rational soldier to Hunter the over protective father.
The worst part for me was that the scene leading up to Tech death i just thought to myself how tense this moment is because we never saw the Bad Batch in chronologicaly later series... welp needless to say that hit twice as hard :(
The ending was just a complete kick in the balls for me. I didn't expect any of what we saw in Plan 99. The only positive I got from it was that it's at least a confirmation that this isn't the end, and that we will be getting a Season 3... eventually. R.I.P. Tech. You were the best of all of us.
"I never wanted this. I never wanted to unleash my legions. Together we banished the ignorance of Old Night, but you betrayed me. You betrayed us all."- Anakin during order 66 probably
Looks like Omega and Crosshair are gonna be cell mates in season 3. I can already imagine a scene where Crosshair still tries to make weak excuses for himself, which causes Omega to snap and unload all of her raw emotional pain on to Crosshair and chastise the f*** out of him and since he has no where else to hide, Crosshair has to face it head on.
Seeing wrecker banged up was a good show at how they aren’t invincible. Hunter has become omegas father figure and techs death couldn’t have been better written
I don't think Tech is dead. He's alive and either in hiding or under the control of Dr. Hemlock. I love how they went full Empire Strikes Back on this one plus the "No I am your sister" You could see Omega's expression her heart rate went up really fast hearing that.
Ngl idk what would have been worse. Never finding the Bad Batch or finding it. This show has made my laugh, sob, and scream at the screen. With season 3 being the last one it’s just even worse and better. As Phee was saying goodbye to Tech that was when the train finally hit me. I knew it was coming and still prayed it would magically stop. As a fellow neurodivergent it hurt seeing a relatable character die. It also was very irritating that they went to Sid. I understand why they dint go back to Pabu because they dint know how to tell Phee about Tech but there are still thousands of other planets. I desperately want the end of season 3 to have Crosshair, Omega, back with the squad on Pabu and it would be great if Emerie also became a main character. Either way I’m still traumatized and anxiously excited for season 3. Bittersweet that its the last season.
Disagree with most of the criticisms. Hunter was already against rescuing Crosshair because of the risk. Tech was the deciding vote to go after Crosshair. Now that Tech's dead, Hunter has more than enough reason to abandon the mission in order to protect Omega and give her a normal life. Everyone else would agree with him, considering the circumstances. Cid is a potential plot hole, but space Hawaii definitely wasn't an option. It's remote, and Hunter wouldn't want to risk Omega's life by waiting too long to get medical help--medical help that would definitely be more rudimentary. Dropping onto a random Empire -controlled planet and trying to search for a doctor who would help without getting nabbed by a bounty hunter would also be time-consuming and have its own risks. In the stress and desperation of the moment, I buy them going to Cid's despite the risk. Bad call? Yeah. But believable.
This is an Empire Strikes Back level season finale. Ending something in tragedy is so powerful and makes it more enticing to watch the continuation of the story.
There is a thing that gave me a slight suspicion about Tech fate: when Hemlock gives Tech's googles to Omega he said that is the only thing that he was able to salvage, which is weird considering that someone recovered them and propably did not fall far from Tech body. Could be just a far cry with a lot of copium in it, but BB writing seems to put things with a foreshadowing logic and the fact that a New Zealand VA dubbed one of the character is an evidence.
He was wearing his helmet too. His helmet would have to had been removed first before his goggles would even have a chance to fall off. I suspect that those goggles aren’t for poor vision but rather they serve a tactical purpose and broke on the way down and he just left them behind because they now serve no purpose. I do not believe tech is dead.
It’s Copium. Tech’s body most likely wasn’t salvaged because he was crushed and splattered all over the ground. Basically nothing worth noting would remain from that fall except the goggles since they’re lighter and would survive the fall easier. Anyways even if he did live, Hemlock would have 0 reason to hide his survival since he would’ve used to to get to Omega.
The reason why they seemed so sure they needed to settle down is because Clone Force 99 had NEVER lost a member yet. Through all the grueling days of the clone wars, the 3 long long years, not one of them died. They ALL lived. Then someone dying for something so comparitively mundane, it must be DEVASTATING.
I like how Saw’s master plan was to blow up the building and bring the high ranking officers down, when instead he just blew up their ships, preventing them from finding the secret lab and indirectly killing tech.
The loss of Tech is going to hit Clone Force 99 in season 3. Everything is dire and tragic and we're left more questions than answers. Hopefully as many questions are answered in season 3. Especially with Omega.
It's strange, the art of the Bad Bach on the Disney platform, Crosshair is the more separate of the team, follow by Echo and Tech, and only Wrecker and Hunter really close, on the series they started to get separate from the team at the same pattern...
Honestly, while it's not the finale I expected, I'm genuinely quite okay with that, I expected the typical "The heroes get the information and go rescue people!" But this was much more realistic, honestly, and I'm sure it'll make next season all the more rewarding when they pull it off, honestly we'd pretty much seen the Bad Batch run circles around the Empire for a while, it was kinda refreshing to see them take a substantial loss, obviously the loss of Tech was VERY unexpected, and I'll miss him, but I'm sure they'll make his sacrifice worthwhile
I disagree with the sentiment that the decision to retire after losing Tech came out of nowhere. Hunter told Omega that him and Wrecker had discussed it whilst she was out, and he mentioned that Tech had made a sacrifice and they shouldn't waste it. Perhaps he thought protecting Omega, seeing the length to which the Empire is willing to go to get her, was the better option than immediately breaking Crosshair out.
Does the opposite of MVP exist? Because if it does, that title belongs to Saw Gerrera. It was his fault everything went wrong and his plan didn't even accomplish shit. I'm going to rewatch Rogue One just so I can watch him die again.
I think this really plays up that “filler” episodes are a great way to build character in odd situations. Especially when their conflicts are really insignificant, it creates breathing room for character development in more casual or calm environments. I kinda like them lol
Maybe Omega got a concussion or something worse that the bad batch didn’t want to leave to chance on a planet that didn’t seem as advanced in their opinion. But other than that, it was a great episode.
It was funny, last week I was thinking that realistically there should have been a casualty in the show, then this week Tech dies. I'm not happy it happened, Tech and his quirkiness are my favorite, but I'm glad they finally realized that someone needed to die. If that didn't happen it would be like the bad batch were on easy mode
at the seen when they showed AZ i knew they war back at sids place but always wondered why they diddnt return to pabu. my one theory was that on the run they cant risk pabu from getting exposed
I’ve been saying the exact same thing how the sister plot twist at the end made no sense. It didn’t help that it came completely out of nowhere, with little to no buildup or foreshadowing. Throwing in sudden plot twists like this at the last minute tends to throw the narrative flow off-course and add complications where they aren’t needed. (And personally, I was really hoping Omega’s origins tied to Jango Fett’s long-lost sister Arla from Legends.) That being said, I’m not optimistic that this Emery twist will improve the show.
As a whole, I think the season was pretty good and these last two episodes were some of the best ever. I think that your predictions at the end of this video could very well come true, and let's not forget that Cody is still out there somewhere meaning that his story is far from unfinished.
I think Tech is alive. They did not find his body, only the goggles. Keep in mind this is the same universe where Echo was "dead" for a few seasons in clone wars.
I have devleoped a theory on Omega; she has been induced with the Turner Syndrome (People with that condition just have 1 X chromosome) by the Kaminoans, that's how she's still geneticly identical with the clones, despite beeing female. I have studied base-level biotechnology, and there's a few reasons why the Kaminoans would want that ... and those are pretty dark, as you would expect from them. Thaught I'd leave this short and sweat, have a nice day:))
On the note of Echo, Hunter, and Wrecker completely giving up, you also gotta remember that Tech’s loss was still fresh on their minds. When you lose someone, especially in the context of fighting for something you believe in, suddenly the goal you were fighting for doesn’t matter to you anymore. Not right after the fact, at least. Yes, new resolve can bloom afterwards, but the loss is still devastating and apathy tends to take control until the fog clears. As for Echo being a bit cold about it, I kinda see it as a testament to what he’s been through already. The Bad Batch have never lost one of their one before. But Echo? Echo’s lost a lot of brothers and been through unspeakable trauma. It makes sense to me at least that he’d be a little numb to it all, even if he and Tech were close. Plus… he’s Echo. He’s always been pretty unemotional.
I think the ending was so good and new and fresh, them being betrayed by one they trusted, and them experiencing loss and wanting no more of that they gave up it was beautiful.
I don't think Echo had given up on rescuing his brothers after losing Tech. He only got enough screen time to sigh as mourning before the empire arrived so he couldn't have made another plan.
I feel like Rex will assemble a team of his best clones to help the batch infiltrate Tantiss next season. This will most likely be Gregor , Wolffe, Howzer, and Cody if he was tracking down Cody when Echo said Rex was busy on another mission.
The last two episodes were just consistent emotional slaps, I think Hunter was just not going to risk anybody anymore. He isn't sure he can even get Crosshair back so he probably just thinks its pointless. Also I agree the sister thing kind cringe.
I get why Hunter decided he wanted to retire then. Before, they had pulled off every mission with no casualties. However, the loss ot tech really opens Hunters eyes and makes him realise the danger tryimg to rescue crosshair puts them in. He doesnt want to lose any more of his family, until omega was taken and that kinda forces his hand
I bet they’ll winter soldier tech. Not only that but I bet we’ll also see Cody but both as brainwashed assassins like the other clone because of the cannon introduction of the mind wipe tech introduced in the mandelorian
I believe Sid was a far closer to them and they needed immediate medical attention, he knew Sid would likely punish them but wasn't expecting a straight up turn in whilst they're suffering like this. Echo is likely planning an rescue of the clones and will of went back to Rex after helping the bad batch. Echo being accepted as a clone was probably normal the kaminoas have done plenty of cloning in the past and most people either thought she was an experiment or all clones just consider themselves siblings by simply being related by kaminoas cloning
Hello, and thank you for commenting! It's impossible to know where Pabu is as of right now. Eriadu is in the Outer Rim, and Ord Mantell is in the Mid Rim, so it isn't as if they're right next to each other. That said, without knowing Pabu's location, we can't know one way or the other.
As a film student, i’ve been let in on a rule of screenwriting that i will now pass on to you, Unless you EXPLICITLY see the aftermath of a supposed death, (ie: a body) there is no guarantee that the character actually died
What an ending, yet it does make us want to see how this will work out in Season 3. Yet we all know there will be no clone Revolt, but what WILL happen to those who are left!
I think they’re going to pull a switch on us. Everyone was expecting crosshair to be the first dark trooper and that the BB would have to face him, but I believe they are going to make tech the first dark trooper and have crosshair and the rest of BB have to face a rebuilt dark trooper tech.
I think the going to Cid on Ord Mantel might have been quicker than going to Pabu. Sure, both Pabu and Eriadu are both in the Outer Rim, but that just means they could be on exact opposite ends of the galaxy. Think Los Angeles and Miami. They’re both big, American coastal cities with lots of beaches and tourists, but they’re on complete opposite ends of the country. Going to St. Louis or Chicago is a lot quicker than crossing the entire country. As for Hunter, Omega, and Wrecker wanting to “give up” on the rescue mission, that feels pretty in-character. They’ve made it clear that they want nothing to do with fighting the Empire. That’s the whole reason Echo left. The only reason they went on that mission was bc it was their only opportunity to save Crosshair. Now, not only did they completely blow their one chance to track down Crosshair, they lost Tech in what amounted to a pointless death since they didn’t achieve anything on their trip Eriadu. It’s no surprise that after that, they just want out. Besides, it’s not Echo said he was giving up. He’s still got that entire Clone Rebellion going on.
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Saw Gerrera: Deranged Extremist or Noble Rebel? The line becomes blurrier and blurrier everytime we see him in action😅
I like him as a character, but I’m leaning towards extremist honestly.
Yeah, I don't need any more reasons to hate Saw Gerrera
He was noble in the beginning....not anymore after this episode, Andor, Rebels, and Rogue One. People were right that he gets innocent people killed in the cross fire
Mentality dictates actions, feel for him but sadly extremist.
Dude honestly it was my annoying comments that I was hinting towards Tech dying actually did and I can't believe you guys didn't pay attention. To my comment. It's the comment text's going to die because it's been hinting towards that every time when I've seen this episode that Tech actually got character developed in. It's very obvious but you guys just ignore them and start hating on characters like hunter record and omega when she actually doesn't mess up she. Hasn't messed up any of the missions? She's been on since the ones you're talking about in the past.😂
What we thought would happen
Episode 15: The Bad Batch learn about Crosshair's location
Episode 16: The Batch break Crosshair out of mount Tantis and they all lived happily ever after
What really happened
Episode 15: Saw Gerrera mucks everything up
Episode 16: Tech dies and Omega gets captured
I was hoping the group would all be together again for just One more episode at least qwq
I really shouldn't have clicked read more
Most important rule of Star Wars, wait until you see the body before you write off a character as dead.
Saw Gerrera showing up was definitely a plot twist I didn't expect. Tech's death was hard to watch.
@@cpltrickiehonestly I think tech will come back
This is like the ending of The Empire Strikes Back, the heroes badly beaten and licking their wounds, a hero lost and an uncertain future.
Don't forget the "I am your long lost relative."
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My favorite movie out of the original trilogy
@@GokuBlackRose978I was definitely getting Empire Strikes Back vibes with this one. The heroes are in their darkest hour, and now they have to get back up and fight.
@@lizbizwiz1238 yeah
The character development from the so-called "filler" episodes made this all the more moving.
The development with Omega and Tech in the arc when they lost their ship is exactly that. Honestly makes it hurt so much more and looking back, the ending, leading into season 3 makes me excited but sad about this ending for season 2
not really they could include character development without the filler aspect you just have extremely low expectations
@@scoutst3r yeah everyone trying to make excuses for this bad show
@@scoutst3r honestly thats better than to have your expectations way too high and always be disappointed
@@ncrrangerrolandtembo4615 fr there's been like 4 good episodes out of 16 they keep coping
The Empire truly won this season.....The Bad Batch has been fractured and the Clones are now more oppressed and alone. The finale was dark
Filoni gone bad batch evil playthourg
What if in season 3
Tech becomes an AI for the bad batch, just like cortana is to Master Chef
@@savageaches4519
Oh don't you dare try to morph this into that hideous travesty that is the Paramount pale adaptation
And I hated it
The reason they returned to Cid was that they needed AZ, because of his experience with Omega. My guess is the changes to Fetts DNA meant that the biological differences forced the Batch to go to Cid, because only AZ had the knowledge to help Omega
Or maybe beacuse Ord Mantell was a safer place and they don't want to ruin Pabu's peace
@@ANDREALEONE95 yeah, fair point. They probably didn't want to drag Pabu, a place designed around escaping the Empire, into their fight.
Yeah the deliberately say that they needed AZ in the episode
Like how organ donations have a cause of rejection. This is like the first time Omega got hurt.
But Cid was obviously going to betray them the Empire thinks they blew up the base
Counterpoint to them giving up, remember they've always been separate from the Regs, until Echo joined, and had never lost a squad member until Crosshair, which wasn't the same cause he was still alive. Counter to Echo (who btw, I don't think was giving up, I think he was taking a moment to mourn and let the others recover) who lost his entire squad and several others along the way. They simply were not mentally or emotionally prepared for it.
Yeah. Echo has been down this road too many times before. The Batch hasn’t ever really “lost” anyone before. This is the first time they’ve lost a member like this. It’s gonna hit them hard. Not to mention right after they lose Omega, too. I mean, the utter look of defeat on Hunter’s face when he saw the ship leave with her just broke me 😢
I think this can explain a lot of their irrational decisions. They (besides Echo) have never experienced this before, and it hit them hard in a way they were not prepared for.
Echo, on the other hand, is all too familiar with this situation. He is still very affected by it; he and Tech were close. But he is able to put feelings aside and be rational and logical when the Empire comes, because he has had to do it many times before.
@@jessandthebirds Indeed. Echo hasn't just lost domino squad, but has likely lost many other brothers in the 501st as well in the course of clone wars. Many good friends who all died suddenly in combat without a chance to say farewell. He was ready for this pain, but the rest of the Batch wasn't.
I’ve never thought about it like that but it makes sense. They have kinda been living the high life when it comes to dealing with death because they always saw the reg’s as kinda expendable themselves since they were different.
It's just sad how Tech didn't got hints from Phee and then dies on mission.
R.I.P. Tech. We will rememeber the coolest star wars nerd forever
wasted character.
the show killed him off like Rob Stark
Phee saves tech
Followed bad batch
C-3PO is the coolest Star Wars nerd ever.
@@keiththompson7392 Threepeo is best droid nerd ever, Tech is best clone nerd ever. Amen
None of this would have happened if they didn’t inexplicably forget AZI-3 back at Cid’s parlour. Think about that.
Or they could have sent phee to pick up AZI and bring him back to pabu.
@@CloneScavengerVulpin8389 I’m just glad az wasn’t left behind or forgotten…
@@Milothemighty10 me too.
@@CloneScavengerVulpin8389 hopefully he becomes more prominent he’s one of the most underrated droids in my opinion…
@@Milothemighty10 season 3 will definitely give him that opportunity.
This season finale was heartbreaking. I honestly didn’t expect Tech to die until they got stuck with those stormtroopers. I’m looking forward to the reactions of everyone about Tech’s death, especially crosshair since I feel like he’ll be sad and even mad about it
Show me a body or Dave Filoni saying so or it didn’t happen.
I didn't expect it even then. I kept thinking--"How in the world are they going to get out of this one?" Even after Tech fell, I expected him to shoot that grappler gun at something and swing to safety. And I'm still kind of 60% expecting that to be near the beginning of season 3. I'm not at all sure what he would latch onto in the middle of traversing a giant valley like that but you never know. Or maybe he'll end up needing one of those mods like Fennec Shand. Disney has definitely overdone the whole "bringing a character back to life" thing, and this feels set up for it. Think how heartwarming it would be for Omega to see him alive again. Think Disney can resist that?
I think Crosshair would be devastated. At the end of Season 1 Tech was the only one amongst his brothers that understood him even though they don't agree.
MIA until a corpse is produced
I cant imagine the guilt he might feel because he might think that tech wouldn't have died if he were there
This season was when I really paid attention to Tech, noticing him and his unique character beyond a matter-of-fact guy.
Fax. I was going through saying “wow they really made tech’s character so much deeper” and then I realized in the finale why that’s the case
I hope we get more of Hemlock as a villain. He has this cool, level-headed nature like Thrawn, but unlike Thrawn he's clearly a psychopath who isn't going to play games like Thrawn did.
Two predictions for Tech
He's actually dead
He comes back under the control of Hemlock
I 100% agree. In the heat of the moment on the railway it seemed likely, but when Hemlock showed up with the goggles, I felt like it was almost obvious that he's still alive. Tech is smart enough to try and do something like fake his death in order to lose the heat of the Empire. How they would bring him back is questionable because he would have to get off world alive. The other possibility is Hemlock took tech and is going to control him. Me personally, even though Tech is my favorite out of the batch, I didn't feel like Tech's sacrifice in the episode was as impactful as it could've been. However, it might be because we were left on a cliffhanger for the season finale. As of writing this I don't think there is a confirm on a season 3, but I think it's obvious that we will be getting one.
Or just come back like Echo
It seems silly to do that when you have a character with that exact backstory in the show
@@polarisranger1215 Possibly, but the environmental context does seem help him to plan something.
I hope he doesn't come back
The fact that Tech pulled out a "Plan 99", meaning that he'd sacrifice himself to save the rest of the team, just brought me some very sad memories of what 99 did for the clones so many years ago.
I think the Cid part was out of desperation. They had no choice cause the only one who knew how to care for Omega has last with Cid, that being AZI-3.
Also, it makes sense that AZI-3 is still with Cid cause they broke connection on a whim so they didn't have the foresight to bring him along on the mission they ended getting betrayed by Cid on.
When you're loved one is in danger you tend not to think strait so rather than taking a chance on a planet that just went through a natural disaster and is probably a bit strained for recourses, you'd head to a for sure medical droid that knows Omega to help them recover.
I agree. I’ll add two points.
They just made literally the worst non-sith human in the galaxy mad. Being tracked back to anywhere near Pabu would be bad…the assumption being the empire would spend whatever resources required to find them. Visiting every system in their flight path. Going immediately to Pabu was probably a no-go.
Two, and this is a bit more real, when your kid is hurt or sick, you aren’t doing a whole lot of analytical thinking. And they don’t have a ton of good options except one that definitely has a med droid. So I give that more of a pass. Tech was the thinker under fire anyway.
@@asn101 That and Echo was piloting at that point, he doesn't know Pabu as well having only just been there the once. Add that to the fact that the Maurarder was clearly damaged, Maybe Pabu, being more remote was harder to reach without repairs, making returning to Cid a more viable option.
I also think they went to Cid's because they didn't want to lead the Empire to Pabu & cause trouble there.
Sid is multiple people?
Also, remember how Echo said Pabu was "remote"? Could've been a long enough trip that Hunter wasn't willing to risk the wait.
I will note that the main reason their mission failed was because Saw Guerra and his Partisans happened to be on planet with their own mission and they basically fucked everything up. If they had not been there it would have been easy to sneak in plant the tracker and get out before the Empire noticed them. I'll also note it was Saw's explosives that shorted out the rail line thus causing Tech to have to take the VERY risky move to restart the line manually, in addition to Tarkin deciding to be an asshole as usual and decide that danger close friendly fire was a good idea.
There also is one thing you didn't mention in the video they still don't know where Tantis is, let alone know when an opportunity to track Hemlock after that one would emerge again this may have been their only shot as far as they know to actually track the guy and without tracking him there is no way to find Tantis, now we as the fans know it is on Wayland but the Bad Batch does not and hell if they adhere to EU lore Wayland may not even be in their navigation options as Wayland got removed from Republic records by a clerical error some centuries before the Clone Wars in the EU, which if that is also the case its even HARDER to find Mount Tantis.
Essentially Hunter's decision to give up may just have been from both trauma and the fact that as far as they know the odds of them getting another chance at tracking Hemlock to Tantis are about as good as their odds of single-handly storming the Imperial Palace and killing Palpatine by themselves VERY low. Anyway the large issue of all this is that the Empire won this battle and not due to Imperial competance but because Saw showed up and threw a hydrospanner into the plan, once I saw him there I knew immediately the plan was ruined and not going to survive contact with the enemy in fact they'd have been better off stealing an Imperial shuttle like Saw and his Partisans did then taking the train, fly to the Marauder and transfer over and get out instead taking the train.
Murphey's Law was in full effect with this mission everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong though it was not the Bad Batch's fault for it, if Saw and his Partisans had NOT been there they would have successfully planted the tracker and gotten out.
Those "slow" episodes are the ones that made Tech's death hit that hard. After last season people were calling Tech redundant. This season built him in episodes like the racing and treasure hunting episodes.
Tech was never redundant, sad some thought so.
This season finale hit hard bro. I'm so happy this show has gotten better and better as time goes on
This ending was like a surprise gut punch from someone you thought was a friend
I'm more interested in the twist about Omega's biological sister. Why did the Kaminoans make another female clone of Jango Fett?
Yeah i was like wait what!? At the end so confused
For a hot baby troops . More than likely strong female Disney characters.
SAME!
What i wonder if she is even a clone of jango or of someone else.
@@noahhoyt6879 Who knows, but even the wiki on Emeria Karr says she's a clone of Jango fett.
Holding on to the hope that Tech's goggles record everything, and someone (Echo? Phee?) Is going to look into them to see his last moments, only find he survived and was either captured by Hemlock or saved by Gerrera's guerillas.
Watched enough anime to know to never assume someone is dead until you see their body, even if someone says they're dead.
I hope but he would not be saved by saw, saw has a I don't give a f*** attitude going now and he left all of the bad batch to die
Hunter was out on rescuing Crosshair, It was Tech that forced his hand (i don’t think he changed his mind) now he’s at “I’ve lost the one i cared most about why save someone”
The loss of Tech hurt way more then I ever thought it would, as a person on the spectrum I grew a special connection with Tech and his own clear signs of neurodivergence, seeing him process the loss of Echo and Crosshair in a way that doesn’t make sense to other people but made perfect sense to me, the way he saw life as one big mission with a ton of objectives, they did a great job writing his character, and when he fell, the world stopped for me, and I couldn’t help but break down, I know he could somehow still be alive due to the infamous “no body” rule, but it was still a devastating loss that’ll stick with me for a while
same here!
I, a fellow nd, agree
Tech has aspergers.
Yeah same here.
Perfectly stated friend. I cried, a lot, no shame in that.
Let me just say I love these two episodes the season ending was so tragic
Yeah, they left a bad after taste.
These two episodes were nuts I loved them.
I remember being a little absent minded during the train scene because i was thinking "ah he'll be fine"... and then it happened. and that is the show's genius, i was somehow lured into a sense of safety and the idea that the bad batch were in control in most situations that i never ever ever expected this to actually happen...
I think the reason Omega is a female clone is because she had a mutation much like other “defective clones.” She just was an XX embryo rather than the usual XY. As for that ending revelation, I have a feeling the other female clone was an experiment through the Spaarti cloning process, and she came out as XX instead of XY.
When you consider conditions like Swyer Syndrome (XY w/ full female anatomy) it's not hard at all to consider the likelihood of chromosome shenanigans
There’s a few reason why Hunter would go to Sid instead of Pabu.
1. AZ - he didn’t know the severity of Omega injury, after just losing Tech it’s reasonable he wanted the best medical help,.
2. Ord Mantell was closest to them (again omega was in and out of conscientious Hunter didn’t know how serious her injuries were)
3. Risk of located Pabu - the Bad Batch would have been hot after their infiltration. After being on Ord Mantell (for a day it seems), Hunter thought the empire lost their trail
I’ll bring in the classic “not dead until we see the body” line. Hemlock did say the goggles were the only thing he found but he could just be lying and using tech as an experiment like echo cybernetics, or he somehow was able to hobble away from the drop again we didn’t see a body so he could be brushed with a broken bones or he could be missing limbs we don’t know
Sort of like what happened with fennec shand?
Or echo?
Maul, Echo, Palpatine. Tech is next to rise from the dead after an impossible fall/explosion.
4:15 I think the reason they went to Cid was for the reason she said: they have too much heat on them. With that being the case, it's better to risk going to Ord Mantel and risk only themselves than it is to risk everyone on Pabu.
I think hunter did not thought of Pabuu because he did not want the empire to find that location due to the bad batch been on the run and injured, another theory could be that they did not saved the coordenates to Pabuu on the marauder in order to protect it is location and therefore went to old mantell
My Season 3 predictions:
- we learn why Omega's so important
- Hunter/Wrecker join up with Rex, Echo & co (it's not like they'll find any trace of Omega if they go back to Pabu - and by the time they get Omega & go back, the Empire may have already found it & turned it into the Scarif we know...)
- Cody and a bunch of notable clones/clone commanders will link back up with Rex (Bly, Wolffe, Doom?)
- an official, galaxy wide clone rebellion (empire will publically downplay it as insurgents)
- the clones will work with a Jedi, together they attack Tantis and free the clone hostages, Crosshair and Omega
- with any luck, cid is killed
- season ends on a cliffhanger, with them (Echo or Phee using Tech's goggles to look back at what happened - maybe to show Crosshair how Tech passed?) finding out Tech survived
Cid won't be killed by the clones. She'll die sacrificing herself after having a change of heart.
I think I understand hunter’s reasoning for going to ord mantell. If I had to guess he figured that she was going to betray the bad batch, so he tried to outplay her. He was going to get AZI-3. Tip the Empire off about cid’s operation, and then leave for Pabu with no loose ends. no one could follow them. He simply didn’t count on the empire being as fast as they were.
I saw Phee and Tech's little goodbye scene, and I immediately thought that was a death flag. Was crushed when it became true.
Aye, the "touching goodbye, oh they're dead" is such an overused trope that the death is not a shock, even if it is still sad when it happens.
im still wondering why Disney isnt allowed to show two white people developing a relationship anymore
In my opinion, and a few other people in a discord server i'm in. I do not think tech died. They've made us think Echo and Gregor died, when they didn't. The doctor said "Tarkin wants to interrogate you guys" So the doctor retrieving tech's goggles and dropping it next to hunters feet, what was it for? What if they found tech, and are trying to revive him to get information out of him.
I wanna see your guys opinions on this and if i'm missing something.
I personally believe Tech is alive.
Evidence:
1. We see his goggles in decent condition, meaning he wasn’t crushed
2. Hunter survived a crazy fall that was technically more dangerous cause of the trees and rocks
3. Tech is the brains, he would have figured out the impossible scenario
4. There’s a video on RUclips of a skier surviving a 150 feet fall and survived cause of snow. Tech’s fall would have been similar to that height and there is in fact snow beneath him so surviving is 100% possible.
Watched enough anime to know to never assume someone is dead until you see their body, even if someone says they're dead.
God tech was my second favorite me ever with crosshairs bei Ng my first.
He will be missed
Techs gonna have the winter soldier arch happen I’m calling it here
Nah he dead
That would be epic.
Although I do think that him actually dying is an important lesson for Omega's character development.
Why can’t Crosshair have that arc? I know he’s not believed to be dead but still…
I really hope he doesn’t get turned into a dark trooper
@@generalbaryonyx6850 realistically I don’t he’s going to get that arc considering what he just went through and what he had to deal with. And since he and omega are both on the same planet again maybe he or she will figure something out to get them out of what planet they’re on.
you don't need dialogue from echo to know how he's feeling, that simple glance at the empty chair beside him where tech used to sit says it all
I cried when Tech died, just like out tough guy Wrecker. I love that they show these tough guys have real emotions and attachments. It's absolutely heart wrenching that Tech is gone😿💔
When Echo left, I thought that was the casualty. It had been pointed out by a lot of people that clone force 99 had two tech experts with overlapping expertise in Tech in and Echo. When Echo rejoined, I had a feeling they'd be ending with only one technical expert
Tech should have been the survivor
I think Hunter giving up makes perfect sense- he lost Tech and almost lost Omega, and the only way he can contextualize it is to put the needs of the squad over the needs of the individual.
I don't entirely agree with one of the points in this video. That point being Echo giving up along with the others. I never thought he did, he never voiced that, and we only see him sitting in the shuttle distraught for a few seconds before the empire shows up and he's thrown back into the fray. I think Echo's only reason to go back to Pabu would have been to make sure his brothers got there in one piece before boarding his own ship and rejoining Rex, Riyo, and the others (because he did leave his ship on Pabu too so he has to go back there no matter what). Another thing I'd like to add too is unlike the others who have never really had a team member die, Echo has gone through way more trauma than they have, so as sad as he would be about Tech dying, I don't see that being enough to deter him, if anything I think it would fuel him to continue his efforts.
In terms of Omega’s sister I had my suspicions with her accent and the way she spoke to crosshair but I had some slight doubts guess I hit the nail on the head with this one
lore star made a prediction about it (he was right)
I kind of felt this would happen as soon as people began thinking clone rebelion
I had a bad feeling the batch wouldn’t make it through the whole show
Firstly, love the content of the channel as always. Secondly, I've a few observations from the finale & predictions of what we might see in the future of "The Bad Batch".
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Observation:
My opinion or hypothesis on the matter of the squad travelling to Sid's is because of distance vs severity of injuries. Sure, the new homestead the squad is thinking of settling down and remaining in is safe, and they most likely have all amenities needed for recovery. Sid's business/planet was probably closer in regards to hyperspace jumps required or length-of-time in hyperspace.
Just so happens Sid was tired of the bad batch and called the empire when they arrived.
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Predictions/Theories:
Moving into Season 3 I'm sure in the prediction that Hunter & Wrecker will most likely go all in with Rex & Echo with those efforts. What else have they got until they find a way to get back to Omega & Crosshair at Hemlocks lab? --- I also predict at least a small time-jump because of the earlier prediction, or possibly some moving back and forwards in timelines (like with "Tales of the Jedi" portraying Ahsoka & Dooku respectively).
I'm also curious what types of experimentation we'll be seeing on the clones. A theory I have is that Hemlock is one of the minds behing the "purge troopers" we had seen in Jedi: Fallen Order. Those troopers' helmets strongly resemble Crosshair's, and there's at least 2-3 varients of Purge Trooper that I think fit the "mutations/motifications" of the Bad Batch clones. And if I recall correctly, the Purge Troopers are canonically clones (be they original Fett clones or later productions is another question).
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Sorry for the long post, and may the force be with you.
6:50 I think Echo will still go back to his squad with Rex to help Crosshair and the others. The other members are most likely going to lay low, seeing as how they don't want to risk losing their very dwindled numbers.
He went to Ord Mantell bc AZI came with Omega and was best suited to help her. That decision qas made bc Hunter the father wanted the best possible care for his daughter. If he took her to Pabu, he didn't know what kind of care was there. He needed AZI. It makes sense knowing that. It wasn't contrived. It was emotional. Those slow episodes showed Hunter transitioning from Hunter the rational soldier to Hunter the over protective father.
The worst part for me was that the scene leading up to Tech death i just thought to myself how tense this moment is because we never saw the Bad Batch in chronologicaly later series... welp needless to say that hit twice as hard :(
The ending was just a complete kick in the balls for me. I didn't expect any of what we saw in Plan 99. The only positive I got from it was that it's at least a confirmation that this isn't the end, and that we will be getting a Season 3... eventually.
R.I.P. Tech. You were the best of all of us.
Right, I feel betrayed.
4 Seasons for sure
"I never wanted this. I never wanted to unleash my legions. Together we banished the ignorance of Old Night, but you betrayed me. You betrayed us all."- Anakin during order 66 probably
Looks like Omega and Crosshair are gonna be cell mates in season 3. I can already imagine a scene where Crosshair still tries to make weak excuses for himself, which causes Omega to snap and unload all of her raw emotional pain on to Crosshair and chastise the f*** out of him and since he has no where else to hide, Crosshair has to face it head on.
Seeing wrecker banged up was a good show at how they aren’t invincible. Hunter has become omegas father figure and techs death couldn’t have been better written
I don't think Tech is dead. He's alive and either in hiding or under the control of Dr. Hemlock. I love how they went full Empire Strikes Back on this one plus the "No I am your sister" You could see Omega's expression her heart rate went up really fast hearing that.
Ngl idk what would have been worse. Never finding the Bad Batch or finding it. This show has made my laugh, sob, and scream at the screen. With season 3 being the last one it’s just even worse and better. As Phee was saying goodbye to Tech that was when the train finally hit me. I knew it was coming and still prayed it would magically stop. As a fellow neurodivergent it hurt seeing a relatable character die. It also was very irritating that they went to Sid. I understand why they dint go back to Pabu because they dint know how to tell Phee about Tech but there are still thousands of other planets. I desperately want the end of season 3 to have Crosshair, Omega, back with the squad on Pabu and it would be great if Emerie also became a main character. Either way I’m still traumatized and anxiously excited for season 3. Bittersweet that its the last season.
Disagree with most of the criticisms. Hunter was already against rescuing Crosshair because of the risk. Tech was the deciding vote to go after Crosshair. Now that Tech's dead, Hunter has more than enough reason to abandon the mission in order to protect Omega and give her a normal life. Everyone else would agree with him, considering the circumstances.
Cid is a potential plot hole, but space Hawaii definitely wasn't an option. It's remote, and Hunter wouldn't want to risk Omega's life by waiting too long to get medical help--medical help that would definitely be more rudimentary. Dropping onto a random Empire -controlled planet and trying to search for a doctor who would help without getting nabbed by a bounty hunter would also be time-consuming and have its own risks. In the stress and desperation of the moment, I buy them going to Cid's despite the risk. Bad call? Yeah. But believable.
This is an Empire Strikes Back level season finale. Ending something in tragedy is so powerful and makes it more enticing to watch the continuation of the story.
There is a thing that gave me a slight suspicion about Tech fate: when Hemlock gives Tech's googles to Omega he said that is the only thing that he was able to salvage, which is weird considering that someone recovered them and propably did not fall far from Tech body. Could be just a far cry with a lot of copium in it, but BB writing seems to put things with a foreshadowing logic and the fact that a New Zealand VA dubbed one of the character is an evidence.
He was wearing his helmet too. His helmet would have to had been removed first before his goggles would even have a chance to fall off. I suspect that those goggles aren’t for poor vision but rather they serve a tactical purpose and broke on the way down and he just left them behind because they now serve no purpose.
I do not believe tech is dead.
@@CrazyManwich Watched enough anime to know to never assume someone is dead until you see their body, even if someone says they're dead.
It’s Copium. Tech’s body most likely wasn’t salvaged because he was crushed and splattered all over the ground. Basically nothing worth noting would remain from that fall except the goggles since they’re lighter and would survive the fall easier. Anyways even if he did live, Hemlock would have 0 reason to hide his survival since he would’ve used to to get to Omega.
@@CrazyManwich that's true, but you're kind of reaching there
@@NiqRipple Unless he had some idea to use him for something more nefarious.
I knew the second Phee said goodbye to tech at the start that he was gonna die. It was like knowing a bomb would go off, but not knowing when.
The reason why they seemed so sure they needed to settle down is because Clone Force 99 had NEVER lost a member yet. Through all the grueling days of the clone wars, the 3 long long years, not one of them died. They ALL lived. Then someone dying for something so comparitively mundane, it must be DEVASTATING.
I like how Saw’s master plan was to blow up the building and bring the high ranking officers down, when instead he just blew up their ships, preventing them from finding the secret lab and indirectly killing tech.
The loss of Tech is going to hit Clone Force 99 in season 3. Everything is dire and tragic and we're left more questions than answers.
Hopefully as many questions are answered in season 3. Especially with Omega.
3:51 they went back to Cid's because AZ-3 was the only one that can heal Omega. The only one.
It's strange, the art of the Bad Bach on the Disney platform, Crosshair is the more separate of the team, follow by Echo and Tech, and only Wrecker and Hunter really close, on the series they started to get separate from the team at the same pattern...
Can we all agree to hate Saw Garrera for screwing things up? I legit cried for Tech's death, I never saw that coming.
Honestly, while it's not the finale I expected, I'm genuinely quite okay with that, I expected the typical "The heroes get the information and go rescue people!"
But this was much more realistic, honestly, and I'm sure it'll make next season all the more rewarding when they pull it off, honestly we'd pretty much seen the Bad Batch run circles around the Empire for a while, it was kinda refreshing to see them take a substantial loss, obviously the loss of Tech was VERY unexpected, and I'll miss him, but I'm sure they'll make his sacrifice worthwhile
I disagree with the sentiment that the decision to retire after losing Tech came out of nowhere. Hunter told Omega that him and Wrecker had discussed it whilst she was out, and he mentioned that Tech had made a sacrifice and they shouldn't waste it. Perhaps he thought protecting Omega, seeing the length to which the Empire is willing to go to get her, was the better option than immediately breaking Crosshair out.
Does the opposite of MVP exist? Because if it does, that title belongs to Saw Gerrera. It was his fault everything went wrong and his plan didn't even accomplish shit.
I'm going to rewatch Rogue One just so I can watch him die again.
Saw Gerrera is mostly usefull when there is someone like Luthen to channel him.
You can hear Hunter saying "EZ can help her" when they're trying to escape off the planet
"this is getting out of hand, now there are two of them"
Good one.
I’m just waiting for Rex and Echo to swoop in and rescue them. I’m also expecting Rex to give Hunter and Wrecker the pep talk of their life
I think they went back to Ord Mantell because they didn’t want the Empire to track them back to Pabu
I gotta say, I thought that they where setting up Techs death but I didn't think it would ACTUALLY happen
They are totally gonna have a season 3 given to how it ended in a cliffhanger
I think this really plays up that “filler” episodes are a great way to build character in odd situations. Especially when their conflicts are really insignificant, it creates breathing room for character development in more casual or calm environments. I kinda like them lol
Great episode and ultimately I would just choc up the contriviances to the Bad Batch being rattled after losing Tech
Maybe Omega got a concussion or something worse that the bad batch didn’t want to leave to chance on a planet that didn’t seem as advanced in their opinion. But other than that, it was a great episode.
I'm just glad there was finally a casualty. Didn't expect it to be who it was, but I think that that made it better.
It was funny, last week I was thinking that realistically there should have been a casualty in the show, then this week Tech dies. I'm not happy it happened, Tech and his quirkiness are my favorite, but I'm glad they finally realized that someone needed to die. If that didn't happen it would be like the bad batch were on easy mode
at the seen when they showed AZ i knew they war back at sids place but always wondered why they diddnt return to pabu. my one theory was that on the run they cant risk pabu from getting exposed
I’ve been saying the exact same thing how the sister plot twist at the end made no sense.
It didn’t help that it came completely out of nowhere, with little to no buildup or foreshadowing. Throwing in sudden plot twists like this at the last minute tends to throw the narrative flow off-course and add complications where they aren’t needed.
(And personally, I was really hoping Omega’s origins tied to Jango Fett’s long-lost sister Arla from Legends.)
That being said, I’m not optimistic that this Emery twist will improve the show.
As a whole, I think the season was pretty good and these last two episodes were some of the best ever. I think that your predictions at the end of this video could very well come true, and let's not forget that Cody is still out there somewhere meaning that his story is far from unfinished.
I think Tech is alive. They did not find his body, only the goggles.
Keep in mind this is the same universe where Echo was "dead" for a few seasons in clone wars.
Watched enough anime to know to never assume someone is dead until you see their body, even if someone says they're dead.
I sure as h*ll hope this is true
I have devleoped a theory on Omega; she has been induced with the Turner Syndrome (People with that condition just have 1 X chromosome) by the Kaminoans, that's how she's still geneticly identical with the clones, despite beeing female.
I have studied base-level biotechnology, and there's a few reasons why the Kaminoans would want that ... and those are pretty dark, as you would expect from them.
Thaught I'd leave this short and sweat, have a nice day:))
what are the reasons?
On the note of Echo, Hunter, and Wrecker completely giving up, you also gotta remember that Tech’s loss was still fresh on their minds. When you lose someone, especially in the context of fighting for something you believe in, suddenly the goal you were fighting for doesn’t matter to you anymore. Not right after the fact, at least. Yes, new resolve can bloom afterwards, but the loss is still devastating and apathy tends to take control until the fog clears.
As for Echo being a bit cold about it, I kinda see it as a testament to what he’s been through already. The Bad Batch have never lost one of their one before. But Echo? Echo’s lost a lot of brothers and been through unspeakable trauma. It makes sense to me at least that he’d be a little numb to it all, even if he and Tech were close. Plus… he’s Echo. He’s always been pretty unemotional.
I think the ending was so good and new and fresh, them being betrayed by one they trusted, and them experiencing loss and wanting no more of that they gave up it was beautiful.
I don't think Echo had given up on rescuing his brothers after losing Tech. He only got enough screen time to sigh as mourning before the empire arrived so he couldn't have made another plan.
I feel like Rex will assemble a team of his best clones to help the batch infiltrate Tantiss next season. This will most likely be Gregor , Wolffe, Howzer, and Cody if he was tracking down Cody when Echo said Rex was busy on another mission.
Best of the Best
Well,wolfe and cody is back in last season,and also fennec
The last two episodes were just consistent emotional slaps, I think Hunter was just not going to risk anybody anymore. He isn't sure he can even get Crosshair back so he probably just thinks its pointless. Also I agree the sister thing kind cringe.
I get why Hunter decided he wanted to retire then. Before, they had pulled off every mission with no casualties. However, the loss ot tech really opens Hunters eyes and makes him realise the danger tryimg to rescue crosshair puts them in. He doesnt want to lose any more of his family, until omega was taken and that kinda forces his hand
This was a sad ending, I definitely think Crosshair and the other clones are in the phase zero dark trooper program
A Tech-level genius dark trooper is a terrifying notion.
I had the most complex roller coaster ride in these two episodes alone than in the entirety of my life
My reaction is tech’s demise: PAIN
My reaction to Omega’s capture: ANGER
My reaction to that ending reveal: Idris Elba hot wings coughing
I bet they’ll winter soldier tech. Not only that but I bet we’ll also see Cody but both as brainwashed assassins like the other clone because of the cannon introduction of the mind wipe tech introduced in the mandelorian
I believe Sid was a far closer to them and they needed immediate medical attention, he knew Sid would likely punish them but wasn't expecting a straight up turn in whilst they're suffering like this. Echo is likely planning an rescue of the clones and will of went back to Rex after helping the bad batch. Echo being accepted as a clone was probably normal the kaminoas have done plenty of cloning in the past and most people either thought she was an experiment or all clones just consider themselves siblings by simply being related by kaminoas cloning
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It's impossible to know where Pabu is as of right now. Eriadu is in the Outer Rim, and Ord Mantell is in the Mid Rim, so it isn't as if they're right next to each other. That said, without knowing Pabu's location, we can't know one way or the other.
As a film student, i’ve been let in on a rule of screenwriting that i will now pass on to you,
Unless you EXPLICITLY see the aftermath of a supposed death, (ie: a body) there is no guarantee that the character actually died
What an ending, yet it does make us want to see how this will work out in Season 3. Yet we all know there will be no clone Revolt, but what WILL happen to those who are left!
I was thinking that Ord Mantell was closer than Pabu. And with their injuries and omega they bit the bullet instead of gambling on the time.
I was thinking the same thing
I think they’re going to pull a switch on us. Everyone was expecting crosshair to be the first dark trooper and that the BB would have to face him, but I believe they are going to make tech the first dark trooper and have crosshair and the rest of BB have to face a rebuilt dark trooper tech.
sure hope not, no more unexpected turns for the absolute worst, no thank you
I think the going to Cid on Ord Mantel might have been quicker than going to Pabu. Sure, both Pabu and Eriadu are both in the Outer Rim, but that just means they could be on exact opposite ends of the galaxy. Think Los Angeles and Miami. They’re both big, American coastal cities with lots of beaches and tourists, but they’re on complete opposite ends of the country. Going to St. Louis or Chicago is a lot quicker than crossing the entire country.
As for Hunter, Omega, and Wrecker wanting to “give up” on the rescue mission, that feels pretty in-character. They’ve made it clear that they want nothing to do with fighting the Empire. That’s the whole reason Echo left. The only reason they went on that mission was bc it was their only opportunity to save Crosshair. Now, not only did they completely blow their one chance to track down Crosshair, they lost Tech in what amounted to a pointless death since they didn’t achieve anything on their trip Eriadu. It’s no surprise that after that, they just want out. Besides, it’s not Echo said he was giving up. He’s still got that entire Clone Rebellion going on.
I wonder if they will introduce Jango's sister in season 3. Perhaps that's what might be revealed.
If Echo survives being absolutely blown up then I won't consider Tech dead until it is really confirmed