1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,599 Bam. Hello, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to another episode of geek Verse 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,519 podcast. I am your host, Taylor, and today very special, very 3 00:00:11,599 --> 00:00:14,240 very special episode. You know what, just because of the fact it's one 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,760 of those rare Taylor solo reviews that doesn't happen that much anymore, but it's 5 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,960 maybe it'll be a thing in the future. Maybe I'll try and get back 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,960 into the game here and dish out some more tailor perspectives. But we're here 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:30,000 to talk about the Bad Batch. Season three has premiered first three episodes, 8 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:33,799 so we're gonna be talking about all three of those tonight's spoilers review. If 9 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,799 you haven't seen the show yet, go check it out. If you haven't 10 00:00:36,799 --> 00:00:39,479 seen season two yet, go check that out. Go all the way to 11 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,520 season one, season seven of the Clone Wars. Even go watch these episodes. 12 00:00:43,719 --> 00:00:46,840 You can tune into the season two review. And I think I did 13 00:00:47,039 --> 00:00:51,479 partially a season one review, so convoluted back there. But anyways, I 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,479 digress. Other content that's going to be dropping this week. We have newscasts 15 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:58,399 that we're going to be popping off here at the end of this week. 16 00:00:58,439 --> 00:01:03,479 We have our Halo Weekly reviews that are still consistently dropping. And we also 17 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:07,840 have a bunch of Patreon stuff. I mean, it's just a plethora of 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,079 amazing content that everyone should listen to. It's great, absolutely great over there 19 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:17,799 right now to be a patron. And what else do we have? Dune 20 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:21,159 is coming out next week. Cannot wait. So there was a Madame weberview 21 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:23,079 that the boys did. I was I was not there for that one, 22 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:29,040 but go tune into and hear their perspectives on it. What else there's just 23 00:01:29,079 --> 00:01:32,079 there's so much. It's a great time to be a geek, amazing, 24 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:37,519 amazing. Oh we just did an X Men ninety seven trailer analysis deep dive 25 00:01:37,599 --> 00:01:40,719 reviews, so definitely go check that out. That's on our feeds as well. 26 00:01:41,519 --> 00:01:45,799 But yeah, I think without further ado, we can get into this 27 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:49,040 right after. I shout out our patron producers Aaron Braiden, April Darkness, 28 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,319 Jack Grant, MUDs, and Sam. You folks are fan freakingtastic. Thank 29 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:57,200 you so very much. Make sure you check us out. Geek erst that 30 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,680 stays our home base. Keepers castes are TWI or X sorry. Geekverse dot 31 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,840 ca is our home base, which I already said, and you can find 32 00:02:05,879 --> 00:02:08,639 us yeah, YouTube, all the other social media channels, patroon, you 33 00:02:08,759 --> 00:02:15,439 name it. Now what a further ado. We'll get into some brief non 34 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,319 spoiler thoughts here before we get into the main meat and potatoes of this. 35 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:24,199 So when dealing with the bad Batch, that second season ended on such a 36 00:02:25,039 --> 00:02:30,120 oh my goodness, it just it had me head over heels for just what 37 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,080 was going on. And I'd say it in a good way, but an 38 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:37,840 emotionally compromise good way, because if you haven't seen that season, just tune 39 00:02:37,879 --> 00:02:43,960 out now, otherwise you're gonna get spoiled. So with the death of probably 40 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:46,520 one of my top favorite Star Wars characters, I really really grew to like 41 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:51,680 that that specific individual. I felt like I could kind of relate to them 42 00:02:51,719 --> 00:02:54,639 to a slight degree, and so when they were killed off, it was 43 00:02:54,719 --> 00:02:59,240 really really sad. And now here we are dealing with the follout of that 44 00:02:59,719 --> 00:03:06,199 and seeing where our characters are in the galaxy. They've suffered heavy, heavy 45 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:12,120 losses, trying to, I guess, deal with again some of the fallout 46 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,319 from that previous season. You're looking at just go ahead and say you're looking 47 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:21,520 at Tech Omega, and of course some of these characters like Echo that aren't 48 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:24,360 dead. I guess Omega's not dead either. But you look at these characters 49 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,400 and they've either died or they've gone off on their own adventure. So the 50 00:03:28,439 --> 00:03:31,159 bad Batch team is looking pretty slim Pickens. When you look inside the Marauder, 51 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:37,120 you're seeing just a wrecker and hunter that's pretty much it, and a 52 00:03:37,199 --> 00:03:42,879 Gonk joint as well. So it's really changed from that first season. And 53 00:03:43,159 --> 00:03:49,960 I was talking earlier about this actually that the fact that you see these characters 54 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:55,520 go through such drastic change and their development is so vivid is wonderful. I 55 00:03:55,639 --> 00:04:00,199 really really like it. The tone of the show has turned something from being 56 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:05,960 that kind of kittiesque comedic aspect that The Clone Wars does have. I'llbe at 57 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:11,520 first that that first episode of season one had some immensely dark tones to it, 58 00:04:11,879 --> 00:04:15,240 and other episodes which definitely felt filler throughout season one and two certainly were 59 00:04:15,279 --> 00:04:24,600 present, where the comedic and younger aesthetic that those episodes usually do have was 60 00:04:24,879 --> 00:04:28,279 much more reduced in season two. And I've been hoping, hoping, hoping 61 00:04:28,319 --> 00:04:30,480 that Travis, if you listen to this, you get around and you watch 62 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,759 season two, because for me personally, I know I'm biased, and that's 63 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,720 just the kind of Star Wars fan I am because I love everything Star Wars. 64 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,959 Season one absolutely has that Kittie vibe to it, and some of the 65 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:47,639 characters are just super flamboyant in they're in. They're basically the way they act 66 00:04:47,759 --> 00:04:53,399 like Wrecker and just beings just a wrecking wall and whatnot, and the other 67 00:04:53,519 --> 00:04:58,240 characters reflecting their attributes, is what I'm trying to say. And they really 68 00:04:58,319 --> 00:05:01,759 do a good job of refinding that more in season two and now in season 69 00:05:01,879 --> 00:05:06,399 three, I feel like they've really really landed it. It just feels like 70 00:05:06,439 --> 00:05:10,519 they've knocked it out of the park with these characters. And I guess I'll 71 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,279 let that segue into the first episode, so I still non spoilers. That 72 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:20,600 first episode was immensely calm, immensely quiet. I really really appreciated how they 73 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:27,800 kickstarted this season after such a high octane and emotional roller coaster that that finale 74 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,680 of season two was for Star Wars fans. So this episode coming out of 75 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,600 the gate was really nice just to kind of be pumping the brakes and all 76 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:39,240 the excitement and just be really slow, really really quiet, and just feel 77 00:05:39,319 --> 00:05:44,279 like time is not on your side when you're dealing with these characters and the 78 00:05:44,399 --> 00:05:50,000 problems that they have as well. Now, I will say it's interesting to 79 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:55,639 see a little bit of tidbits of what they're trying to allude to, and 80 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,839 I say that allude to with what the Empire was doing. It makes me 81 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:08,680 wonder what this show would have done differently if the Rise of Skywalker was not 82 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:15,399 the story that they chose, if you didn't have Palpatine and all his weird 83 00:06:15,439 --> 00:06:18,439 stuff on Exigo going on, would this show still be doing what it's trying 84 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,360 to do. I don't think so. I think it would be tackling a 85 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,720 much different galactic scale problem. And I think the same thing goes for Mendalorian. 86 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:31,680 Well, Mendalorian season three heavily, heavily like jumps into this kind of 87 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:36,240 Rise of Skywalker's narrative, like background villain narrative. The other seasons of Medalorian 88 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,680 tidbit on a little bit or tiptoe, but season three of Metalaurian it is 89 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,839 wholeheartedly right right in there. And so when you have this show as well, 90 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:47,480 it's just a curious kind of thing, like what would this show be 91 00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:55,519 without Rise of Skywalker? To have created this interesting imperial storyline that like, 92 00:06:55,639 --> 00:06:58,439 why do the imperials want Omega? What's all this other stuff going on? 93 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:01,240 Why is Palpatine and said so much in this in this thing here, So 94 00:07:01,639 --> 00:07:05,079 there's a whole lot of stuff going on, and it's it's just really is 95 00:07:05,199 --> 00:07:08,959 interesting. I like it. And even though Rise of Skyworker is not well 96 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,519 received, I still like all this exagal dark stuff that they've done. And 97 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:17,120 to see it in reflection back in the dark times when we have the Empire 98 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,800 rising up from the age of the Republic, the Old Republic, I think 99 00:07:20,839 --> 00:07:26,959 it's very cool to see these not the stepping stones, but the starting point 100 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,680 of this stuff, and to see coming out of the gate and the people 101 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,519 that are involved with it too, because we have some characters that hear that 102 00:07:33,879 --> 00:07:39,199 again reoccurring from the previous seasons in bad Batch. But man, they're just 103 00:07:39,319 --> 00:07:42,279 they're messed up. But again, these three episodes, they really really do 104 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:46,240 a good job at kind of expanding and showing casing a little bit more of 105 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,560 what the science division of the Empire was up to. And it's it's not 106 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:54,759 good shit, not at all. And I say it was the beginning in 107 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,680 this episode one. But I feel like these episodes are all most likely just 108 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:01,040 going to kind of merge into a blur with each other, so I'll try 109 00:08:01,279 --> 00:08:05,879 in spoilers, I'll try and keep them pretty concise here. So in episode 110 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:11,439 two they drift away from what was established in episode one, and they do 111 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,120 a good job at kind of okay, bring in the action a little bit. 112 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:18,879 And none of these episodes felt like filler, which for obvious reasons makes 113 00:08:18,959 --> 00:08:22,120 sense. You want your first premiere to just be the hook. You don't 114 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,560 have any room for filler episodes or filler contents in there. I don't think 115 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,160 this season will be devoid of any filler stuff by any means. I think 116 00:08:28,199 --> 00:08:33,480 we're absolutely on track to get a filler episode or two. But with what 117 00:08:33,639 --> 00:08:37,399 we got in episode two, I really did appreciate how they expanded the world. 118 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,039 We got to see more of what the Empire was doing, and we 119 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:48,159 got to really connect more with the two remaining Bad Badge characters. It's just 120 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:50,519 it's you really feel for them. It's sad, and you really really feel 121 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:54,600 for them, especially just the certain things that they're off doing themselves when you 122 00:08:54,639 --> 00:08:58,320 think, oh, usually this other member of the team would be doing this, 123 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,039 but no, now you have in their their stead wrecker or Hunter trying 124 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:07,320 to perform these tasks. That's very different from their usual character attributes that I 125 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:11,559 guess that you could see them doing these things so subtle things where they get 126 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,960 frustrated trying to pull all these things off. There's just so many little tidbits 127 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:18,360 that they've done that I really really appreciate in this world building show. Now 128 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:22,639 getting into episode three, they went hot and heavy and they were reeling ye 129 00:09:22,759 --> 00:09:28,039 in. They casted that line out into some deep water and had a nice 130 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:31,799 piece of bait on there in a very good way and just reeled in. 131 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:35,440 Because I was digging this episode hard. It was fantastic. I think that 132 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:39,279 they finally gave us some answers on some things, revealed a little bit of 133 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,039 mystery, and just really had a nice sense of optimism as the episode closed 134 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:46,919 out. I'm really curious where we're going to go because this episode presented a 135 00:09:48,639 --> 00:09:52,440 not a narrative, but a basic story element that I thought we wouldn't get 136 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:58,840 until a few episodes in at least, so something that was very short lived 137 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,039 I guess was present here, but it's it's changed and now we're off and 138 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:07,759 we're the race is doing something else now with the story, and I really 139 00:10:07,879 --> 00:10:11,559 like that because that story kind of wraps itself up and transitions into a new 140 00:10:11,639 --> 00:10:16,320 adventure. Great, and it's transitioned for our villains as well in a very 141 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:20,039 very interesting way that I can't wait to see how this is gonna unfold. 142 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:24,440 This episode and episode one both felt like they were just of course, they 143 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,720 were definitely like you'd watch them back to back. Essentially, you could skip 144 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,679 episode two if you really wanted to. In an episode one and three would 145 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:35,600 work as like a part one, part two and sort of speak. I 146 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,200 wouldn't suggest skipping Episoe two because episode two is wonderful, but needless to say, 147 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:45,320 episode three definitely serves as a very interesting point for our characters, and 148 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:50,440 it's just it's scary. It's it's a scary episode with some of the villain 149 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,399 stuff going on, and I'm happy to see where this is gonna go. 150 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,919 So, without further ado, I'm gonna get into some spoilers now. Episode 151 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:05,399 one is call confined, and so this episode is basically setting up the stage 152 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,519 here the fallow up from season two where you have Omega basically trapped on Mount 153 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:13,960 Tantis in the facility of the Empire and they're doing all of the different tests 154 00:11:15,039 --> 00:11:18,200 and you see, okay, they're taking clones blood and they've started taking Omega's 155 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,320 blood now because trying to scan it. And we get to see Omega is 156 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:28,320 reunited with what was her name, Nala's say, I believe is her name? 157 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:35,320 Let me just confirm here because I got it here because she is with 158 00:11:35,639 --> 00:11:41,039 Yes, Now, let's say so Ana, let's say, is basically destroying 159 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,720 her DNA. And this is something that most people were kind of speculating because 160 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:48,639 they're thinking, oh, it is Omega for sensitive and it would appear that 161 00:11:48,759 --> 00:11:54,279 she is because the Empire is looking to find a high m count DNA that 162 00:11:54,799 --> 00:12:00,720 basically can make the jump and work in clone DNA. And I mean, 163 00:12:00,879 --> 00:12:03,240 what do you think this is alluding to? Well, right, as a 164 00:12:03,279 --> 00:12:07,759 skywalker, wouldn't you know there's a whole thing there. So we have basically 165 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:13,200 the pieces here of Omega to become not a Jedi but a Force user. 166 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,919 So her reunion with now LSA and LSA is destroying her DNA trying to prevent 167 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,159 the Empire from knowing that. Okay, she's exactly what they need again, 168 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:28,279 we thought that this was We thought that they wanted Omega because of what she 169 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:33,519 was capable of being with her DNA, but then we learned that's not why 170 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,120 the Empire was going after her. Of course, we learned the Empire just 171 00:12:35,159 --> 00:12:39,240 wanted her because an LSA would then cooperate, So that's why they made such 172 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,440 a huge effort to go and hunt her down. And now it just turns 173 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:48,960 out that they're well, they're then taking her in was actually a huge benefit 174 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:50,799 to them, if only they could discover the fact that, hey, she's 175 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:58,000 exactly the kind of m count blood that they need for their whole Ordeal Palpatine 176 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:05,159 thing. So there's that you have a repetition going on in this episode, 177 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,519 and I thought the episode was ending, but it's just another day and Omega's 178 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:13,240 just going through the ropes here, and it just is so depressing and repetitive. 179 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:16,440 But I think it was really filmed in a wonderful, wonderful way that 180 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:22,200 really sells this isolation that she's experiencing here and the certain things that she's trying 181 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:28,279 to latch onto to retain that basic sense of herself, whether it be a 182 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,559 batcher or crosshair and batcher. I really liked, and that was such a 183 00:13:31,639 --> 00:13:37,759 dilemma when basically they have these alien dogs that they send out to guard the 184 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:45,000 facility at night and whatnot, and so Bacher's much more of a kinder one, 185 00:13:46,039 --> 00:13:52,600 and so you have Omega basically taking care of him and whatnot. And 186 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,679 then Batcher gets injured, looks like Bacher's going to be kicked out of the 187 00:13:56,759 --> 00:14:01,960 team, going to be executed, and so basically saves Batcher, sends her 188 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,960 out there, and then we see more more other things that she's doing where 189 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,000 she ends up turning into not turning into but turning to building her own little 190 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:15,720 doll just to kind of help keep herself kind of getting through the day by 191 00:14:15,799 --> 00:14:18,600 day. And they just the Empire just seems to be going a lot more 192 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:24,399 harder and harder on grilling her and trying to make sure that she stays conformed. 193 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:28,279 But the nice thing with this too is while they're trying to keep her 194 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,600 conformed and whatnot, I believe her name is doctor Carr, she visits Omega 195 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,200 and they end up finding that she has the doll and car just she seems 196 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,399 like she's very by the book and very much is kind of back and forth 197 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,679 on where I see her standing because well she takes the doll away, she 198 00:14:46,759 --> 00:14:50,799 ends up giving it back. But then, of course, which we'll talk 199 00:14:50,799 --> 00:14:54,720 about in episode three, there's a certain situation involving Car and it's a game 200 00:14:54,840 --> 00:15:00,240 changer what her decision could do, Like the followut of her decision is very 201 00:15:00,279 --> 00:15:03,759 severe. So Car is up making a bad decision, well, beneficial for 202 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:09,720 the Empire, bad for Omega. So it's interesting to see that character kind 203 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,559 of go back and forth. And yes, we did learn that Car is 204 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:16,759 actually a clone of Omega. Sorry they are Oh how did that work? 205 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:22,799 Car is a clone and they share that same DNA to a slight degree. 206 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,240 Well, Omega is obviously a lot more different than in that front. But 207 00:15:28,039 --> 00:15:33,159 yeah, So basically this episode Service is a really good starting point, and 208 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,600 I loved how it started to with the Imperial shuttle crashing on Whyland and it 209 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:41,240 just was super dark and scary and whatnot. So I'm very happy with this 210 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:46,039 episode. I think it was exactly what I think it was exactly what the 211 00:15:46,639 --> 00:15:50,360 show needs to kind of get us back into the group of things after such 212 00:15:50,399 --> 00:15:54,440 a heavy heart of a loss in that first or that season two finale. 213 00:15:54,639 --> 00:15:58,840 So overall, really really good episode. Our next one is called Paths Unknown. 214 00:16:00,919 --> 00:16:02,960 Before I get into this, I'm me jump to a quick ad break 215 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:08,159 and we'll be right back. And we're back. So Pasa Known was like 216 00:16:08,279 --> 00:16:15,320 something right out of like Alien Covenet or Prometheus. This one was freaky and 217 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,159 I loved it. We got to see a lot of really nice world building 218 00:16:19,559 --> 00:16:25,559 set up here because when you look at the bad Batch currently, it's again, 219 00:16:25,639 --> 00:16:30,399 like I said, hunt A and Recca and they are trying to track 220 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:34,840 down on Mega. So they resort to their old ways of just doing heists 221 00:16:34,879 --> 00:16:40,240 and stuff like that. But it's not necessarily for credits to score around. 222 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,480 It's like, no, we're doing it for information because we need to find 223 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,000 where Omega is. So what do they do. They go and they do 224 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,559 this high stakes mission and they pull it off. They get this pike, 225 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:59,879 and then they're given from this pirate group a coordinates basically of oh what was 226 00:16:59,879 --> 00:17:03,839 the doctor's name? Good lord? Oh if you know what, tell me, 227 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:10,680 because I have completely forgotten, Oh my goodness, the evil doctor that 228 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:17,680 we see in the show. It's gonna bother me. It's gonna hemlock. 229 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:22,880 Oh gosh, geez, hemlock. How can I forget that. So Hemlock 230 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:29,160 is basically he's the he's spearheading this and he's got aspirations, let me tell 231 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:33,160 you. And those aspirations become apparent in episode three. However, in this 232 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:37,359 episode, we learned that he had another base on another planet, and so 233 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,880 the coordinates that the bad Batch got take them to this other planet. And 234 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,960 we learned that he was doing scientific experiments on a bunch of different things, 235 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,839 and one of these things was the vines. And so these vines have just 236 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:55,519 been like infesting this area around the abandoned Imperial base. So basically, when 237 00:17:55,519 --> 00:18:03,160 the bad Badge lands, they meet three young reg Clone Troopers, which it 238 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,799 was very cool. It's just it's just cool to see the kind of like 239 00:18:04,839 --> 00:18:11,119 the young Troopers again since the last time we saw them was Boba Fett's time 240 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,119 and the Clone Wars, maybe they were probably a lot younger. But these 241 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,000 rags basically say like, yeah, we got out of here before they destroyed 242 00:18:17,039 --> 00:18:19,279 the base. Our own Clone troopers said it was just orders and they left 243 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:22,279 us, and YadA, YadA, YadA. So I was really hoping that 244 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:27,440 the one young Clone that takes the bad Batch to the facility was actually going 245 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,799 to join their team. Because we've lost so many members of the Bad Batch, 246 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:37,119 I'm thinking, Okay, this is where we rebuild, we start rejuvenating 247 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,279 the ranks. I guess sort of speak so as needles to say that's not 248 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,079 the case, but it doesn't dismiss the fact that those characters could come back 249 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,119 later on in the season. At the end of this episode, they end 250 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:48,559 up specifying that, Okay, we're going to take you guys all to a 251 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,759 familiar place in Island and whatnot, which we've seen the island, so we 252 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:56,720 know that it's it's beneficial, and it's safe, and it's it's welcoming for 253 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:00,319 refugees of the war. But I digress. So the reason I think that 254 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:06,880 this episode feels like Alien Coven to Prometheus and whatnot is because the baseline is, 255 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:11,319 Okay, they've done experimentation, science experiments and whatnot, and so this 256 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:17,400 is turned into a very dangerous place. And after that, you then all 257 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,440 of a sudden have the Bad Batch going in trying to get Hemlock's computer and 258 00:19:21,519 --> 00:19:25,079 figure out more coordinates inside here. And when they're going in here, this 259 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:32,039 is like the heart of the alien entity science experiment, and so you basically 260 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,400 have, well, they do damage to some of these aliens, and the 261 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:40,519 aliens like break apart and turn into like these three legged vine things, and 262 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,039 oh, it's just brutal. It's absolutely brutal. Just terrified because they almost 263 00:19:45,079 --> 00:19:48,359 remind me of face huggers from aliens, and so they're trying to run and 264 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,400 jump on you and whatnot. It's just freaky how they're crawling all over the 265 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:57,559 place. And so finally that transitions and we eventually bump into what I'm assuming 266 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:02,200 is like the big Chie he is, the m O, the mother he, 267 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:07,680 whatever it is. It's just like absolutely huge, and it's just trying 268 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,480 to take them down. And a scene that reminds me and remens this is 269 00:20:11,319 --> 00:20:18,119 sort of like a callback to parts of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest. With 270 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:22,039 the Kraken, you get an awesome cracking sequence here. This thing like putting 271 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:26,079 its teeth up through the water, got full crack and mouth going on, 272 00:20:26,319 --> 00:20:30,319 and it's basically pulling down the Marauder. The bad Batch's shipped because at this 273 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,799 time the bad Batch was in the base trying to get this data. The 274 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:37,680 other two clones that didn't want to help, the two teenage clones, they 275 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,960 essentially got the marauder, hijacked it, and then flew it over to go 276 00:20:42,079 --> 00:20:45,359 and help them. And so there was inspiration from the bad Batch that kind 277 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,400 of channeled into these clones, because while the two young clones were saying, 278 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,720 hey, let's just ditch them and leave, the sense of loyalty and honor 279 00:20:52,839 --> 00:20:56,559 that emanated from the bad Batch really motivated them and I love seeing that, 280 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:00,759 and so that's why they came and they saved them, and it worked out 281 00:21:00,799 --> 00:21:04,720 for the better. They killed that huge creature thing and flew off into the 282 00:21:04,799 --> 00:21:11,279 distance, and they were able to get a loose bead read bead loose read 283 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,720 on where Omega might be with a coordinate updates. So that was all really 284 00:21:15,799 --> 00:21:18,279 really nice. And we know, okay that Rex and Echo were going to 285 00:21:18,319 --> 00:21:22,720 be coming back for this. They're going to be helping go and rescue Omega 286 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,880 as well, So that's that's pretty awesome. It looks like we're probably gonna 287 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,240 get like a good team up episode coming up soon. But the overall, 288 00:21:30,319 --> 00:21:36,319 I really really enjoyed the episode. So moving into episode three, I was 289 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,960 not expecting this to just unravel as fast as it did. We got Palpatine, 290 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:47,279 we got Project Necromancer. We got so much going on. The highlights 291 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:51,039 for me were obviously every time Palpatine was on screen and he's just talking with 292 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:56,480 Hemlock and Hemlock's aspirations coming through and he wants to be the Imperial Science Division 293 00:21:56,559 --> 00:22:03,240 like main officer the head haun show, and he's just charismatically and sinisterly saying 294 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:07,640 like, oh, we could do more if we just had more resources. 295 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,839 And Palpatine's like, this is the utmost importance to our empire. Whatever you 296 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,640 need, you'll have it. It's like, holy crap, Okay, Yeah, 297 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,440 Palpatine's got the resources to spend, so it's exactly what Hemlock is pushing 298 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:23,359 for. He wants all of those resources all at all. I think seeing 299 00:22:23,559 --> 00:22:29,079 the reaction of Palpatine when he gets to be presented with Project Necromancer was great. 300 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,279 And just seeing how he handles himself just kind of like casually waltzing through 301 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:40,240 the Mount Tantis base is eerie, but it's also funny too how this is 302 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:45,119 the day that Omega decides to escape, and for good reason, because the 303 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,400 Emperor's here, and that's prompted Hemlock to take nalis A away so that Nasa 304 00:22:48,519 --> 00:22:52,279 can be there for the meeting, and because of that, it means a 305 00:22:52,319 --> 00:22:56,839 NASA cannot destroy the blood samples that Omega is taken. And we see, 306 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:00,720 okay, that Omega did take a blood sample because Car took it, and 307 00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:06,559 then basically the rules have switched. Hemlock asked Car to go and take the 308 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,920 blood and do blood tests instead of Nalisa. Well, then LSA has to 309 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:18,279 stay with Hemlock to discuss whatever with the Emperor. So fortunately for Omega, 310 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,759 her DNA or blood was the last sample to be checked and so before that 311 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:29,279 gets a chance to happen, we see different forms of dialogue between Losa and 312 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:33,400 Omega, and Lyssa is like, go to my office, get my data 313 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,559 pad, and then get out of here. You have to escape because they're 314 00:23:36,599 --> 00:23:41,079 going to find out what you are. And she does just that, not 315 00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:45,160 before going to save cross Hair, which I'm glad that she went to save 316 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:48,960 Crosshair. I think that's definitely a must. And he's got so many problems 317 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:52,039 that he's got to work through. But man, that's that one episode in 318 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,279 season two where Crosshairs work. I can't remember the clone's name, but he 319 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:59,799 just carries that injured clone commander all the way back to base, just with 320 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:03,359 the home commander to die, and they wouldn't give a medical attention. Just 321 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:08,720 a gut wrenching, soulful, heartfelt episode that was. And so again you 322 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:15,720 have incredible development for a character like Crosshair who just wants to be left behind, 323 00:24:15,759 --> 00:24:19,240 but Omega refuses. And so while he still exhibits some of his interesting 324 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:25,319 tendencies or attributes as a character, the way he addresses certain situations, which 325 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:30,359 I like, it's just it's wonderful to see him show such compassion for Omega. 326 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,960 During their escape, of course, they're trying to escape the day that 327 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:40,000 the emperors here. They have a very interesting plan and it's cool to see 328 00:24:40,039 --> 00:24:42,839 the bad batch plans kind of coming into plant Plan seventy two. So they 329 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:48,640 managed to steal a enemy ship that was chasing them, and I was not 330 00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:52,599 expecting them to actually get away. I thought they'd be trapped on the planet 331 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,079 at least for another episode. But after the Empire tails them and was going 332 00:24:56,160 --> 00:25:00,279 to destroy them, they managed to get into the hyperspace and escape because the 333 00:25:00,279 --> 00:25:04,200 Empire they yielded off a little bit. Because you have car pro she hemlock 334 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:07,799 and say, hey, the testing just finished. Guess who's got a compatible 335 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,960 m count for clone DNA. It's Omega, and so they couldn't risk destroying 336 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,319 her, which makes total sense. So I think that's basically everything that I 337 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:22,799 covered. All in all, I think episode three was definitely a wonderful time. 338 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,680 Episode two is probably the strongest out of the three for me, because 339 00:25:25,839 --> 00:25:27,319 I just love that setup. I love seeing the bad batch and action. 340 00:25:27,559 --> 00:25:32,279 I love seeing this these weird alien creatures that was right on my alley. 341 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:34,920 And then I think the premiere episode was just it was wonderfully. It was 342 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,079 eerie, it was calm, it was quiet, and it was subtle, 343 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:40,519 and I think it did a great job at just pulling you in and really 344 00:25:40,599 --> 00:25:44,119 feeling the weight of that season two finale, the weight of the galaxy and 345 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,880 the weight of the empire. So all in all, I can't wait to 346 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,039 get into the next batch of episodes, the next bad batch of episodes, 347 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,400 and I'm probably gonna be doing bundles. I won't be doing weekly for this 348 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:59,880 just because they are like twenty five twenty four minute long episodes, so just 349 00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:04,119 makes sense for me just to kind of cover the bulk of them. So 350 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:08,480 whether it's three episodes or four episodes, I'll be back in a couple of 351 00:26:08,519 --> 00:26:14,119 weeks to talk more a bad Batch. I cannot wait. Yeah, have 352 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,039 you have any questions? Send in your questions comment below let me know what 353 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,759 you think of the show. I love to hear it. So until then, 354 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,559 everybody, take care and we'll see you in the search bar. Have 355 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:25,079 a good one.