![]() ![]() The abilities are something that the Kaminoans felt the need to keep a secret from the Republic and now the Empire, and worth Nala Se helping the Bad Batch escape with Omega. I am hoping for the latter but, whatever the abilities are, I also hope it is clarified within the next few episodes. She can certainly sense the emotions and intentions of Crosshair so she could also be an enhanced empath. It is not completely clear what her enhancements are but it seems to be in the same family of force sensitivity. The episode also introduced a female clone with genetic enhancements aptly named Omega. ![]() Whether Crosshair remains an antagonist remains to be seen but it makes the journey more interesting as we could see his perspective from the Imperial side as he tracks down his former team members.įorce-sensitive clone? | credit Lucasfilm ltd. Tarkin was shown in the trailers but it was not likely he would be the main villain in the series and making Crosshair that antagonist instantly raises the stakes in the show. A foe that is familiar with the Bad Batch’s fighting styles and tactics. ![]() Things get worse from there and tensions build between Crosshair and Hunter, culminating in Crosshair getting his inhibitor chip “effectiveness” increased under Tarkin’s orders and becoming a problem for the Bad Batch. It is made clear when Crosshair takes a shot at Caleb to kill that the sharp shooter’s chip is working. No, most of the Bad Batch did not comply with Order 66 (and there is not a real concrete answer on why their inhibitor chips did not work) but the keyword is most. The answer to the second question is more fascinating and the possible main point of conflict for the show. Knowing that this show was going to take place right after Order 66, there were two easy questions push to the forefront in terms of the Bad Batch: where were they during this time and did they execute Order 66? Both were answered in the first ten minutes as we learned quickly that they were on Kaller with Master Billaba and Caleb Dume. It is the delicate dance of an interconnected universe with source material that one group of fans are more familiar with than the masses.Ĭrosshair is a problem | credit Lucasfilm ltd. And fans need to come to terms with that but there is also a chance that canon junkies might become less invested in spending money on comic series and novels if too many plot details are altered. Therefore, these elements of canon are more inspiration for creatives as they look to bring more of those stories to film and streaming. And that might be true for the most part but, as Disney’s Star Wars gets older, there will be more instances of tweaks and changes to stories from the novels and comics. But this brings us back to the original statement from Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm that “everything counts” in canon. It is just the nature of adapting the source material. The fight with Ahsoka and Maul was changed in season seven of The Clone Wars versus its’ description in the Ahsoka novel, Cobb Vanth’s acquisition of Boba Fett’s armor in The Mandalorian differs from Aftermath and now this event. This quiet battle between creatives on these shows and canon junkies is an issue I brought up in my Mandalorian Publishing post, but this is not the first or last time something from comics or novels will be changed. But it has rubbed some canon fans the wrong way as there is a sense of devaluing the comics over a moment of fan service to put a familiar face (in this case voice with Freddie Prince Jr.) on screen with the Bad Batch. In the grand scheme of things, it is not a big change and does not affect the outcome: Caleb survives Order 66 and ends up changing his name to Kanan. In the comic, the Bad Batch is not present and Billaba and Caleb are attacked amid a campfire with their clone troopers. If you have read Kanan: The Last Padawan comic series (and certain issues in that series have drastically increased in value because of the first appearances), then you know that Lucasfilm has already retconned Kanan’s Order 66 experience. The episode starts off with a Clone Wars battle from the perspective of Jedi Master Depa Billaba and her Padawan Caleb Dume, who had been sent to bring back reinforcements to Kaller. Hunter tries to talk Caleb down | credit Lucasfilm ltd. ![]()
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