Summary
Crosshair finally turns on the Empire.
Just when I think the Bad Batch can’t get any better, we get an episode like this. This may be one of the best episodes of the season so far, it is dark, deep and complex just as the show should be. It breaks away from the family friendly trappings of a lot of Disney + Star Wars and asks some real questions about war and morality.
In many senses this is an incredibly depressing half hour of television, but it needs to be. I think in terms of Crosshair’s journey and how the show is trying to show the horrors of the Empire and its mistreatment of Clones this episode needed to go to the places it did. I think the emotional journey this episode goes on is intense and the ending is far from happy, but not only did I not mind that in fact I quite liked it.
I think the worst thing the show could do right now would be have next week’s episode go back to Hunter and Omega and just forget about Crosshair for a few more weeks. We need the resolution to his story and to see what happens when a clone stands up to the Empire.
Overall, though it is depressing at times this episode of The Bad Batch was everything I have been wanting out of the show for a while now.
4.5/5
Pros.
The darkness
The character growth
The moral questions it asks
The emotions
The ending and the tease of what is to come
Cons.
It is incredibly depressing so get something happy ready to watch after this
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