This Is Echo, A Member Of The 501st Fleet Of The Grand Navy Of The Republic Until An Enemy Canon Round

This is Echo, a member of the 501st Fleet of the Grand Navy of the Republic until an enemy canon round blew off both his legs and he was captured by the Separatists. He was tortured losing his arm in the process and left in the dungeon (or something) for quite some time before being recovered by The Bad Batch— a small crew with a small quick ship— and choosing to join them.

Echo never quite fully recovered from the incident, he’s still a slight bit pale and he lost his hair during that time (it's only starting to grow back). Even after joining the Bad Batch he still wears his old 501st jacket, not for any official reasons, he just likes it. He can also hide meilooruns, knives, guns, and jugs of water in it with observers being none the wiser(he’s got as much hammer-space as Carmen SanDiego).

Tech is the only one on the crew to go to a fancy school and get a diploma in Engineering. So he whips up some metal legs for Echo so he can walk again. This works until they realize the metal feet are scuffing up the deck, hence immediately picking up the cheapest boots possible from the closest harbor—they don't fit well, but hey, he doesn't have real feet anyway.

Tech also makes him some interchangeable attachments for his hook, which include but are not limited to fork, knife, spoon, hammer, and club(for clubbing things).

This is my interpretation and I will be adding more in the future :)

I keep thinking about an au…Phee is a pirate captain….Tech is some sort of renegade sailor maybe haven’t decided yet….it won’t leave my brain help

I have a theory. Throughout the series, we’ve seen Omega interact with pretty much only destructive animals(those weird dogs in season 1 count), like Muchi the Rancor, and now Batcher the Lurca hound. Obviously, Omega isn't force-sensitive like Jedi are force-sensitive but maybe she has a connection to only dangerous animals. Like maybe awakening the squid thingy was actually her fault because she just attracts only dangerous animals.

So here's my weird theory, Omega Will ‘befriend’ the Zillo Beast in order to escape Tantiss for the second time. I mean, The Zillo beast as a distraction would be boss.

But they did change Tech’s height by like 7cm on the official Star Wars website, so this could still be him!

Hmmm... 🤔 I dunno... This new dude's legs aren't as long as Tech's. New theory: it's just a regular clone assassin, I'm convinced that the one on Pabu is Tech, but I still don't know and getting a little anxious. 😬 Happy Bad Batch Eve and Tech Tuesday though! 😃

Tech Returns?

So yeah, people are freaking out because there's only 4 more episodes left in The Bad Batch :( but more importantly is that enough time to bring Tech back?

If the answer is yes you might be delusional. Emphasis on might, it could happen, and Tech can live happily ever after with Phee but honestly, when has romance ever worked out in Star Wars?

If the answer is no then listen to this: Crosshair had two season’s worth of redemption, the tale of the brother who willingly killed and burned down innocents for the Empire of His own free will. If Tech is CX-2 then he could be the reverse of Crosshair, the brother stripped of personality who willingly(?) kills and burns down innocents for the Empire of free will(?) but instead of redemption they never get him back. Again they have to live with having their brother trying to kill them knowing they can't get him back.

Also, when Hunter is looking at Crosshair only the skull half of his face is in the shadows, and when they start arguing later, his face is completely engulfed in Crosshair’s shadow. But when they make up, they both face towards the sun shadows behind them.

Perhaps symbolizing they've only been half of Clone Force 99 with Crosshair’s shadow looming over them, but now that they've made up they can look towards better times.

Oh my gosh...how did I not notice this??

Y'all remember the lighting Joel Aron (one of the guys that makes the Bad Batch) mentioned regarding Hunter and Crosshair? How symbolic it was gonna be?

The shadows on their faces look like each other's tattoos!!!! 😭💜

I can't even with this!! I'll never recover 😭💜 I love this so much!!

Also that thing he did, placing explosives on their ship to create a distraction, is what Hunter did in Episode 1 Season 2

Please forgive me, I'm throwing more ingredients into the CX-2 pot. 😆

We see the operative use explosives (Wrecker), a sniper rifle (Crosshair), a knife (Hunter), and computer gadgets and overall limber acrobatic stealth and intelligence (Tech). One could also say ARC Trooper strategy/possible mechanical limbs (Echo).

Do you think that means anything? Is this operative an amalgamation of all of them? Is Clone Force 99 fighting...themselves? 🤔 Or IF it's Tech, he has just incorporated all of his experience and knowledge to become one single super soldier? Has his DNA been enhanced by Hemlock who surely must have the CF99 genetic material/info leftover from the Kaminoans? What about Omega? She's "part of the squad, too." If we get to a point where CX-2 realizes who he really is and that happens to be Tech - emotion/feeling (Omega).

PS: I know a lot of people associate that knife with Cody, But I think it's more associated with Hunter. *shrug*