We take a deep dive into the first trailer for Season Three of The Bad Batch, which hits Disney+ on February 21st!
Our heroes in a Juggernaut assault vehicle being chased by Imperial airships
Stormtroopers trying to board The Juggernaut
In what will be almost assuredly one of the many teased death scenes, Wrecker tries to jump from the doomed Juggernaut to safety on Phee Genoa’s ship
Hunter catches up with his clone brother Captain Rex.
Wrecker battling Imperial TIE Fighters
Omega being held captive on Mount Tantiss
Crosshair also being held captive on Mount Tantiss
The Lawful Evil Dr. Royce Hemlock antagonist brilliantly voiced by Jimmy Simpson
Omega looks ready to drop some beats in her holding cell.
Omega in her cell sometime later, looking like she is about to sing a lonely song wondering if she will ever be rescued
Emperor Palpatine, voiced by Ian McDiarmid himself, speaks of putting things in place to secure the future of The Empire. More cloning facilities anybody?
An Imperial trooper clad in black, looking like a Star Wars version of Snake-Eyes
A juggernaut unleashing a hellfire of missiles.
An Imperial commando and his Stormtrooper brethren
Fennec Shand makes her return to The Bad Batch series
Also making his return, Cad Bane
The chief cloner Nala Se
Omega piloting a vessel, probably one of the airships, after/during her rescue/escape
Hunter reminds us that he is not big on following orders, a stark contrast to his character at the start of the series
ALSO making her return, the believed dead Asajj Ventress
So What Does This All Mean?
It looks like the season premiere will revolve around the rescue of Omega from The Empire. The rest of the story will likely take place over several months to a year, if not a year later. This is evident in Omega’s longer hair since barbers are probably not something commonly found in captivity. We’ll also see Palpatine using Nala Se to create his own clones in his attempt to cheat death. Remember, his whole sales pitch to Anakin was learning how to keep from dying in the first place.
The main question will be how many other characters will be involved. As great as Clone Force 99 are, they assuredly are no match for the Empire alone. After all, we are still years away from any form of Rebel Alliance being formed. Our heroes may even convince bounty hunters such as Ventress, Shand, and Cad Bane to join their cause. Ventress and Shand certainly have no love for this new Empire.
It’s a pretty safe bet that at least some of The Bad Batch will meet their demise in this final season. It’s also likely that Mount Tantiss will be destroyed in the final act, causing a massive loss of cloning technology, which would explain why it took The Empire several years, and weird mistakes like Snoke, to bring Palpatine back.
So those are our predictions. We’d love to hear yours!
