Like droids, the live-action "Star Wars" films rarely pause to explore the inner lives of clones and their larger place in a galaxy far, far away. It's what makes "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" such an essential piece of storytelling to the franchise's greater mythology. The spinoff of the "Clone Wars" animated series focuses on the adventures of the titular clone squad (aka. Clone Force 99), a small band of clones with unique genetic or physical traits that was introduced during its parent show's final season. However, for as much as it operates as a small-scale story about a family struggling to survive, "The Bad Batch" also addresses much bigger issues concerning clone rights and allegiances in the wake of the Clone Wars.
"The Bad Batch" season 1 begins, as it must, with Emperor Palpatine issuing Order 66, activating the inhibitor chips built into all the clones' brains and forcing them to execute any Jedi on sight.
"The Bad Batch" season 1 begins, as it must, with Emperor Palpatine issuing Order 66, activating the inhibitor chips built into all the clones' brains and forcing them to execute any Jedi on sight.
- 12/12/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
This Star Wars: The Bad Batch review contains spoilers.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 16
The Bad Batch has answered its central question: “What happened to the clones during the Empire?” As with many things in Star Wars, the answer is that a lot ended in fire. Like most of the show, it’s fun but inconsequential, a bingeable, cinematic adventure that is lovely to watch on a big screen the first time and starts to get stale on the second.
Part 1 of the finale saw the Batchers return to their former home, and the Empire open fire. “Kamino Lost,” directed by Saul Ruiz and written by Jennifer Corbett, returns to them in an even worse spot. Now, they need to escape a crumbling city that has fallen all the way to the ocean floor (or at least an outcropping of the underwater tunnels). As they make their tense way toward the surface,...
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 16
The Bad Batch has answered its central question: “What happened to the clones during the Empire?” As with many things in Star Wars, the answer is that a lot ended in fire. Like most of the show, it’s fun but inconsequential, a bingeable, cinematic adventure that is lovely to watch on a big screen the first time and starts to get stale on the second.
Part 1 of the finale saw the Batchers return to their former home, and the Empire open fire. “Kamino Lost,” directed by Saul Ruiz and written by Jennifer Corbett, returns to them in an even worse spot. Now, they need to escape a crumbling city that has fallen all the way to the ocean floor (or at least an outcropping of the underwater tunnels). As they make their tense way toward the surface,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
This Star Wars: The Bad Batch review contains spoilers.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 13
“Infested,” directed by Saul Ruiz and written by Amanda Rose Muñoz, explores the Bad Batch’s criminal underworld home base in an inconsequential but competent episode. Cid (Rhea Perlman) gets a well-deserved stint as a main character in an adventure that feels like a side plot, with choppy bursts of classic Star Wars action not really adding much to the story of the clones as clones. While not every story can be (or should be) as hooked in to the rest of the franchise as Hera’s was last week, “Infested” left the Bad Batch feeling more generic than when it started.
What actually happens is that the clones return “home” to discover that their benefactor/client Cid has been deposed. In her spot sits Roland Durand, the original owner of the pet lizard the...
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 13
“Infested,” directed by Saul Ruiz and written by Amanda Rose Muñoz, explores the Bad Batch’s criminal underworld home base in an inconsequential but competent episode. Cid (Rhea Perlman) gets a well-deserved stint as a main character in an adventure that feels like a side plot, with choppy bursts of classic Star Wars action not really adding much to the story of the clones as clones. While not every story can be (or should be) as hooked in to the rest of the franchise as Hera’s was last week, “Infested” left the Bad Batch feeling more generic than when it started.
What actually happens is that the clones return “home” to discover that their benefactor/client Cid has been deposed. In her spot sits Roland Durand, the original owner of the pet lizard the...
- 7/23/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
This Star Wars: The Bad Batch review contains spoilers.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 7
The found family is strong with this one. And all it took was bringing in an outsider.
After a brief, exciting introduction, “Battle Scars,” written by Jennifer Corbett and directed by Saul Ruiz, gets right to the point. The Bad Batch still have their inhibitor chips, and the clock on Wrecker’s is ticking. Whenever he gets stressed out — including by the thought of the chip itself — he gets closer to going Order 66 on his “traitor” friends. Luckily, the Batch have a guide to how to remove the chips: Captain Rex. He helps them find a decommissioned Republic cruiser with the kind of medical facility they need, but not before Wrecker’s chip goes off.
One artful shot, showing Rex standing in a dusty shaft of light in the door as the Bad Batchers doze inside,...
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 7
The found family is strong with this one. And all it took was bringing in an outsider.
After a brief, exciting introduction, “Battle Scars,” written by Jennifer Corbett and directed by Saul Ruiz, gets right to the point. The Bad Batch still have their inhibitor chips, and the clock on Wrecker’s is ticking. Whenever he gets stressed out — including by the thought of the chip itself — he gets closer to going Order 66 on his “traitor” friends. Luckily, the Batch have a guide to how to remove the chips: Captain Rex. He helps them find a decommissioned Republic cruiser with the kind of medical facility they need, but not before Wrecker’s chip goes off.
One artful shot, showing Rex standing in a dusty shaft of light in the door as the Bad Batchers doze inside,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
Another episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, another big problem for the crew to solve/survive. If the absence of Crosshair wasn’t bad enough, now the Bad Batch (Dee Bradley Baker) has to face a bounty hunter, presumably sent by the Kaminoans, who has her eye on Omega (Michelle Ang). Directed by Saul Ruiz and […]
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- 5/21/2021
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
This Star Wars: The Bad Batch review contains spoilers.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 4
The clones of the Bad Batch are low on food and fuel, but it’s a more exotic problem that meets them on the planet Pantora: a cool and competent bounty hunter. “Cornered,” an action-heavy episode directed by Saul Ruiz and written by Christian Taylor, brings more of the same to The Bad Batch. This might end up being a make-or-break episode for some folks; we’re really in the plot now, the threats and relationships established. The bond between the clones, or Hunter and Omega specifically, has to work at this point … and I’m so-so on whether it does. The rapid-fire pace means there isn’t a lot of time for all that to sink in, and a B-plot involving Echo being sold as if he’s a droid feels especially surface-level.
After...
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 4
The clones of the Bad Batch are low on food and fuel, but it’s a more exotic problem that meets them on the planet Pantora: a cool and competent bounty hunter. “Cornered,” an action-heavy episode directed by Saul Ruiz and written by Christian Taylor, brings more of the same to The Bad Batch. This might end up being a make-or-break episode for some folks; we’re really in the plot now, the threats and relationships established. The bond between the clones, or Hunter and Omega specifically, has to work at this point … and I’m so-so on whether it does. The rapid-fire pace means there isn’t a lot of time for all that to sink in, and a B-plot involving Echo being sold as if he’s a droid feels especially surface-level.
After...
- 5/21/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
This Star Wars: The Bad Batch article contains spoilers.
While the Star Wars Original Trilogy has been explored thoroughly for more than 40 years, the period between the Prequels and the Originals is less well-trodden. Following in The Clone Wars and Rebels‘ footsteps, The Bad Batch takes a deep dive into the rise of the Empire. This means we get to see familiar characters, planets, ships, and technology in a moment of transition, as a Republic becomes something more twisted and sinister in the hands of the Sith.
Unsurprisingly, “Aftermath,” which is directed by Steward Lee, Saul Ruiz, and Nathaniel Villanova, and written by Jennifer Corbett and Dave Filoni, is full of connections and nods to other parts of the Star Wars universe.
Here are all of the Star Wars easter eggs and references we spotted in this episode:
Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus
– Jedi Kanan Jarrus was introduced and starred in...
While the Star Wars Original Trilogy has been explored thoroughly for more than 40 years, the period between the Prequels and the Originals is less well-trodden. Following in The Clone Wars and Rebels‘ footsteps, The Bad Batch takes a deep dive into the rise of the Empire. This means we get to see familiar characters, planets, ships, and technology in a moment of transition, as a Republic becomes something more twisted and sinister in the hands of the Sith.
Unsurprisingly, “Aftermath,” which is directed by Steward Lee, Saul Ruiz, and Nathaniel Villanova, and written by Jennifer Corbett and Dave Filoni, is full of connections and nods to other parts of the Star Wars universe.
Here are all of the Star Wars easter eggs and references we spotted in this episode:
Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus
– Jedi Kanan Jarrus was introduced and starred in...
- 5/4/2021
- by Megan Crouse
- Den of Geek
It’s the beginning of the end for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This week brought the ninth episode of the show’s seventh and final season Aka the first chapter in its final ever arc, the fabled Siege of Mandalore. And fans couldn’t get enough of it. Clone Wars has always known how to give the fans a treat, but this episode – “Old Friends Not Forgotten” – was something else. From its movie-style opening to the thrilling action and emotional content, this one had it all.
It was A Lot to take in and Star Wars fans are still reeling from its awesomeness. Here are just a few of the buzzed reactions going around on social media…
There’s only one word to say, really.
Bruh, just Wow! #StarWars #StarWarsTheCloneWars #StarWarsCloneWars pic.twitter.com/zOoU95IbuP
— Karl Aldrich T. Chan (@TheGoodShioti) April 18, 2020
See what I mean?
#StarWarsCloneWars in one word…...
It was A Lot to take in and Star Wars fans are still reeling from its awesomeness. Here are just a few of the buzzed reactions going around on social media…
There’s only one word to say, really.
Bruh, just Wow! #StarWars #StarWarsTheCloneWars #StarWarsCloneWars pic.twitter.com/zOoU95IbuP
— Karl Aldrich T. Chan (@TheGoodShioti) April 18, 2020
See what I mean?
#StarWarsCloneWars in one word…...
- 4/19/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
After a six-year hiatus, Star Wars: The Clone Wars zeroes in on its forestalled conclusion with both anticipation and dread considering the tragedy that befalls the Prequel Trilogy. However, every moment counts to spend time with the characters that have endeared us over seven seasons. With a quick-to-the-punch direction by Saul Ruiz, “Old Friends Not […]
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- 4/17/2020
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
Ahsoka Tano is in a tight spot in “Dangerous Debt”, the latest episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Ahsoka (Ashley Eckstein), Trace (Brigitte Kali), and Rafa (Elizabeth Rodriguez) are imprisoned by the Pyke Syndicate on Oba Diah after their disastrous attempt at deception. Directed by Saul Ruiz & Bosco Ng and penned by Dave […]
The post ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Embeds Soul-Searching Within Big Action During “Dangerous Debt” appeared first on /Film.
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- 4/3/2020
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
John Saavedra Mar 16, 2019
What you need to know about Star Wars Resistance episode 21, including latest news, release date, trailers, cast, and much more!
Star Wars Resistance is the new animated series set in the galaxy far, far away. The show follows Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot recruited by the Resistance and tasked with a top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order. Resistance features Bb-8 alongside ace pilots, colorful new characters, and appearances by Poe Dameron and Captain Phasma, voiced by actors Oscar Isaac and Gwendoline Christie, respectively.
Dave Filoni, exec producer and director of both The Clone Wars and Rebels, created Resistance. In true Filoni fashion, the series has its own unique art style. Resistance is "anime-inspired."
Related Article: What Star Wars Resistance Should Explore
“The idea for Star Wars Resistance came out of my interest in World War II aircraft and fighter pilots,” Filoni said in a press release.
What you need to know about Star Wars Resistance episode 21, including latest news, release date, trailers, cast, and much more!
Star Wars Resistance is the new animated series set in the galaxy far, far away. The show follows Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot recruited by the Resistance and tasked with a top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order. Resistance features Bb-8 alongside ace pilots, colorful new characters, and appearances by Poe Dameron and Captain Phasma, voiced by actors Oscar Isaac and Gwendoline Christie, respectively.
Dave Filoni, exec producer and director of both The Clone Wars and Rebels, created Resistance. In true Filoni fashion, the series has its own unique art style. Resistance is "anime-inspired."
Related Article: What Star Wars Resistance Should Explore
“The idea for Star Wars Resistance came out of my interest in World War II aircraft and fighter pilots,” Filoni said in a press release.
- 4/26/2018
- Den of Geek
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