The Bad Batch 1x13 Spoilers

The Bad Batch 1x13 spoilers⚠️

(concerning that Roland guy)

The nerve

The absolute nerve of them

Not only was this episode actually useless but they couldn’t even give us a cameo. Not only was there no cameo but they teased one and gave us this knockoff Vizago

Like???

Vizago or Hondo or literally any other crime boss turned soft guy would have made me less angry than this Roland guy.

So what? TBB cares about Cid? Omega is able to convince Hunter to help people because he has a thick skull and hasn’t realized that Omega helping people is trying to make him realize they need to rescue Crosshair? Even that is reaching. There’s not even any character development…

What was the purpose of this episode?? There’s only 3 episodes left of this season (and other seasons haven’t been confirmed) and they spiked the rising action and suspense down drastically for what?? Honestly, the last couple episodes should all be rising to the climax of the story (rescuing Crosshair/ sacrificial deaths/ fighting the empire or killing Rampart/ etc.), not slowing down like this.

For example, in the Mandalorian season 2, the last 3 episodes of the 8 episode season were spent in continuous rising action with little to no filler moments leading up to Grogu being handed over to Luke Skywalker. Thats almost half the season, 3/8 episodes. In episode 2x06, Grogu reaches out to find a Jedi on the seeing stone, Din gets in a scuffle with Boba and Fennec over the armor that was carried around since 2x01, Grogu gets kidnapped, the dark troopers are introduced as serious threats, the Razorcrest is blown to bits, and Din formed an alliance with Boba and Fennec. In 2x07, Din breaks Mayfield out of prison because he’s desperate, goes undercover to find Grogu, Din has to wear storm trooper armor and show his face for the first time in his life which broke his creed, Mayfield compromises the mission (while building his character development), and Din directly threatened Moff Gideon. All of these highlights are suspenseful and action-packed meant to build up to the season finale, which I’m not going to go into detail about because obviously it’s the climax of the story and there isn’t a filler moment to spare.

My point is that there should be more focus on the conflict of the story and the antagonists at this point in the series since we’ve seen very little of Imperial Clone Troopers (other than Crosshair), Crosshair’s character development and struggle, Tarkin’s role in the Empire’s early stages, who Rampart even is, the Emperor (you know…the one that created the Empire….and the guy that should be ordering Tarkin and Rampart around???), and the early Rebellion. Saw Gererra was in 1x01 for a minute and we never saw him again? Cham is starting a rebellion on behalf of Ryloth, which we’ll probably never see? Rex wants to fight against the Empire with Trace and Rafa, who we instantly forgot about because the story was focused on Wrecker’s chip, but we probably won’t see that anyway?

I thought the whole point of this show was to bridge the gap between the fall of the Republic and the Rise of the Empire and how it impacted the Clone Army, so why aren’t we seeing a focus on the Empire or the Rebellion‘s beginnings? Why aren’t we seeing more episodes focused on Imperial clones (like Howzer and his squad defecting)? Why aren’t TBB helping at least someone within the Rebel Alliance to show its beginnings? I get that the show is about TBB, but I feel like there are ways to better incorporate these ideas and portray them with a stronger impact on the audience.

I was pretty disappointed with this episode…

To Bad Batch fans out there who are enjoying the episodes, even though they aren’t really strong story points, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans who don’t really mind that Crosshair isn’t in all the episodes and that they haven’t got to rescuing him yet, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans who do love Crosshair but are waiting to see where the story goes, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans who are growing impatient with the lack of Crosshair, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans who are still watching despite the fact that the show isn’t what they thought they were going to get, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans who are enjoying the new Canon, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans who are already cooking up fix it fics and AUs, I see you.

To Bad Batch fans,

We all have a right to this space called fandom, to enjoy and not enjoy what we want. You aren’t a fake fan for liking or disliking something that someone else doesn’t. And remember no one is less of a Bad Batch fan if they have a different take on how things should go, or if they simply like the canon and don’t think it should be changed. Equally, you are Bad Batch fans, and Thankyou for being here.

Sincerely, a bad batch fan.

*sits down*

dont you think its weird. dont you think its weird that the space race last time was two of the biggest powers in the world. and now its a handful of rich men. dont you think its weird they can afford that. dont you think its bad that rich men can afford the same things as the government.

dont you think its weird that while the world is suffering and poverty is everywhere, where there's wars and climate change and human pain and homelessness. the same month I've watched people die on the news from unbearable heat and unprecedented flooding. that a rich handful of men are going to space, causing more carbon emissions. dont you think its weird that instead of putting their vast amount of money to use for good they're using it to find a way off the planet theyre destroying.

dont you think its really fucking weird.

So yeh i saw the poster of this padawan gremlin and his tiny yellow light stick and went absolutely insane (heck yes it's my fav saber color i chose it for Cal too >:D)

The Bad Batch ep 13:

Me: They’re saving Crosshair, maybe??

Me 5 minutes later:

Black Widow mild spoilers! (Alexei’s tattoos)

In light of Jeff Bezos’ trip to space, enjoy Alexei’s knuckle tattoos

*Not my video, it can be found on YouTube*