Bad Batch 1x10: Common Ground | Reaction!

[@KyleKatarnChannel]

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[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

"When the AT-TE mounts it like this, it creates little AT-ST's." Or it'll get AT-STD's lol

[@neofulcrum5013]

Senator: *Refuses to kneel to an evil empire* Bail Organa: I’d like to talk to you about the Alliance Initiative

[@karmentaylorkt]

Awesome 😊

[@luisvasquez5015]

"they don't have child labor laws in Ord Mantell" This is the deep Star Wars lore analysis I was looking for

[@HolyknightVader999]

SWTOR shows that Ord Mantell is a massive craphole.

[@JoeFF85]

Dude I like that Aurebesh 'Star Wars' shirt

[@kone0198]

Same.

[@marlynntyler-roldan1567]

I need one of those!

[@KyleKatarnChannel]

This shirt came from AurekFonts! www.etsy.com/shop/AurekFonts

[@hulkie1016]

*"Live to fight another day boys! Live to fight another day."* -Hardcase, Clone Trooper in the 501st Legion from the Umbara arc.

[@cardbutton892]

This is probably my favorite episode for Bad Batch yet. No Cameos to steal the groups thunder, and nothing but good interactions and action from this show's cast. The Bad Batch and Sid. On top of giving us more of what makes this show a wonder, seeing the Galaxy during the Imperial transitionary period. Great stuff! More of this!

[@redcardinalist]

Mmm yes it was okay. I enjoyed it. But I don't want to see too many simple "Bad Batch do a mission and blow stuff up" because that would be boring very quickly. The show so far as very cleverly avoided straight combat episodes because (imo) that would growm tedious very quickly. Very wisley (imo) theyve avoided this so far)

[@acdragonrider]

I am on the other opposite spectrum. Missed opportunities for extensive character building, exploration of the mindsets of separatists after the war.

[@live2walk]

I totally agree... the series needs episodes like this. It has to breathe. If every episode is jammed with major plot twists, it gets tiring and ridiculous as too many things are crammed in. The big moments only feel big if there are smaller moments to support them. Episodes like this amplify the depth of the series as a whole. You can see what's going on in different parts of the galaxy, what else is going on, how it's affecting the big picture. This is what I love about Star Wars, immersing us in completely new worlds and realities. Plus, the only way to build character is with time, not action. We're getting all kinds of growth with all these characters, even Cid. Plus, now that the Bad Batch knows their brothers - who they fought with for all their lives - are being surreptitiously controlled by a chip. Of course they don't want to kill their brothers if they can avoid it.

[@korrasyndulla6891]

@@acdragonrider agree they should have focused more about the batch feelings of helping a separatist and Echo's trauma.

[@jackdubz4247]

@@korrasyndulla6891 Sorry to tell you this: You're not the one writing the show. Go write some fanfic if that's what you really want to do.

[@tristanmilner9511]

"Child Labor Laws" Now, listen. She wants to be part of the squad and someone needs to take the clean up shift. At least she wasn't given latrine duty.

[@ddgray97]

Wait hold up, it took me till this episode, but aren’t the two guys that hang at the bar the same ones Trace freed from the prison when they were held by the Pykes in season 7

[@Jabberwocky415]

I think these guys mentioned that the first time they saw them.

[@supremefankai5480]

Emergency! Emergency! Surprise Star Trek cameo Alert! The Senator is voiced by Alexander Siddig, aka Dr. Bashir of Deep Space 9. It's always fun to have these pop up outta nowhere.

[@jackdubz4247]

As a long time Niner hearing/seeing the good doctor in anything is always a delight.

[@Vandicoup]

18:31 Clone troopers have utilized guns with grappling hook attachments all throughout TCW show, such as Fives and Hardcase raiding the airbase on Umbara, multiple battles on Christophsis in various episodes, and even during the second half of TCW's debut movie in the Battle of Teth.

[@voiceofraisin3778]

Fives and hardcase raiding the airbase on Umbara

[@Vandicoup]

@@voiceofraisin3778 yep

[@csorange]

I wonder if now Echo will break off or try to convince Hunter to meet up with Rex now that their debt is paid off. Seeing more abilities from Omega is awesome! Love how CF99 stunned their brothers showing compassion. Now more senators will be freed to start a rebellion. Wonder if we see Mon Mothma

[@ultimateninjaboi]

I do like seeing people recognize that the Separatists werent just "the other faction." Its hard to fight a war and then put aside the enmity and pain associated with the other side. Especially for people literally born and raised into soldierhood like the clones. ESPECIALLY for clones like Echo who were deeply and profoundly hurt by the faction, beyond the usual pain and loss of fighting.

[@justinjack502]

"Are you ready for this?" "Are you?" A good alternate line would would have been "I was cloned ready!"

[@jerrylamb2385]

End-credit scene: Hunter is in his underwear trying to win. XD

[@Gingerecologist9051]

😳

[@swtruzz]

bro?

[@zomish13]

Strip Dejerik?

[@jediclonekag13]

I find it interesting that the Bad Batch are stunning the clone troopers instead of killing them like in previous episodes.

[@bencebotye3904]

I like this episode but only wish they expanded to a two-parter. Echo suffered a lot during his captivity, also lost his entire squad thanks to the Clankers. I wish he and Senator Singh could bound over the fact that in the end from a different point of view both of them lost that war.

[@acdragonrider]

I would have preferred to see it be forty minutes to an hour to fully explore their conflicting beliefs and character arcs. His distrust of separatists…. as for Singh, I don’t see any separatist trusting clones because of what happened during the war as well as what’s taking place with the empire using clones to oppress his people. Should have had far more conflict, conflict that leads to growth. So much opportunity for a complex storyline. The fact that they didn’t do that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

[@P0k3D0nd3M4cG]

Eh, this isn't the Clone Wars tho. 16 vs a 22 ep season as well as there being no guarantee this goes more than 1 season

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

@@P0k3D0nd3M4cG agree

[@bencebotye3904]

@@acdragonrider I like what they did but one can't imagine the possibilities. Always wanted to see that line unfold itself: "There are heroes on both sides." What was revolutionary in Clone Wars (at the time in the Star Wars series) was able to work as a sociological and a personal storytelling. People nowaday "sick about politics", and rather prefer action over people talking in dark rooms like in "Game of Thrones"(this attitude ruin that show). However I can understand the creators had to priotized they choices in a limited 14 episode season. Specially that the animation is movie quality good. However as almost a cliché now in Star Wars, many characters will return sooner or later. Senator Singh was voiced by Alexander Siddig. Also GS-8 played by Sian Clifford who mostly known her work with L3's actress Phoebe-Waller Bridge. Very unlikely the writers will waste they potential.

[@AutobotProwler]

Many viewers aren't long term fans. You have to build a world and love for the characters. If this didn't happen the series would be three eps long. Pacing in storytelling is key to understanding, buy in and realness. I have to laugh every time someone whines about pacing. Obviously a lot of people aren't writers and world builders. I'm glad the writers get it or the bad batch would be a movie, not a series.

[@jackdubz4247]

Love Wrecker's little "nudge" to Hunter at the end - "Say you're sorry to Omega. And do it fast."

[@ksm_ga]

next show on Disney+ gonna be : The Adventures of Gonk

[@procyon6370]

Raxus senator dude is played by veteran Star Trek actor Alexander Siddig who played Julian Bashir on Deep Space Nine

[@donaldwatson7698]

I'd love to see Siddig do a live action version of the senator some time.

[@acdragonrider]

14:50: That’s my main issue with this episode. They introduce this wonderful character plot line for Echo, but don’t really resolve it. The end kind of does that but it’s too rushed I would like to have seen more character backstory on the senator, see where he is as as an ex separatist besides just being a pseudo rebel, “I want to save my people” and asset to rescue. Just a very Rebels style mission rather than complex episode

[@kingofrivia1248]

The Tanks advancing on the crowd is one of my all time favorite star wars moments. It just shows the might of the clone army and how evil the republic was from the start. The planets just wanted to leave…

[@live2walk]

One thing they could retcon - Jengo and Boba could have known about Omega, even had their own name for her... maybe they raised her till she was like 3 or 4. She wouldn't really remember that. But, they could have been made to believe she was killed. If Omega is about 10 in this show, she was about 6-7 when the Clone Wars started. So, if she was separated from Jengo and Boba, it would have to have happened a few years prior to Episode II.

[@zomish13]

For Omega to have been created after Jango and Boba left in Attack of the Clones, then she would have to have accelerate aging. The Clone Wars were only about 3 years long, making her about 3 years old here, when she looks actually 11 or 12.

[@captainvaughn8715]

if you closely you can see a mistake at the beginning. when the senator was trying to defect and was being held down you see his droid trying to run and then in the next shot you just see the droid standing behind the imperial officer

[@acdragonrider]

To be fair, an occupation of former separatist worlds would kind of make sense… Seeing as the Separatist worlds broke away from the Republic and committed “treason.” It’s tricky since the Republic is no longer around and the Empire is new. Also depends on if secession is treasonable in the republic constitution. But still typically an occupation would follow any war of resistance. Just look at post civil war American south

[@marcocarag103]

"Breaking bottles behind the Wawa." And now just like that I'm craving a hoagie. 😂

[@MDestron2282]

I think Wrecker is the dad..... but that's from personal experience. My Father was very strict..... I was also the oldest so I don't think he knew what he was doing..... but if I could pick a dad it would be Wrecker. Sure, I guess you can say that he's just her buddy but he'd take a bullet for her without a second thought. He'd do anything to make sure her life is better than his was.

[@ChuckOff1313]

That horned Mando helmet might be the dopest thing I’ve ever seen, in my life.

[@TrensGemini]

I like that BAD BATCH uses stun against regs in this episode.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Bendu! Thanks, Kyle! Thanks, Nerd Chronic! ✨

[@TimeCircleBlue]

If Omega is unaltered then that means she ages normally. Her and the Fetts would have been on kamino at the same time which means the snakeheads kept her hidden.

[@mguardian9798]

Commander Bragg- Isn’t she the (cartoon version of the) commander working with/for Moff Gideon?, the one that brings him communication messages & part of his bridge crew?

[@DavstrWrexham]

I know it's a bit of a stretch, but I could see Omega becoming a Fulcrum in the end. After all, they are sure to meet the original Fulcrum eventually.

[@jasonspaulding3949]

They need a comic that just involves the ithorian and weequay from cids bar

[@Haszady]

The ithorian guy is exactly the "hammerhead" figure from old kenner star wars toys

[@tommymarx3349]

Don’t forget that Leia was stunned by storm troopers Next scene she was walking up to vader

[@lordofalltime]

the hat had the guys holo-monocle, and the sounds of the at-tes is taken straight from "empire strikes back"

[@twan701]

The whole "Do It!" Palpatine always gets me haha 🙌🏾

[@rekanagy8903]

,,Live to fight another day. Live to fight another day."

[@peterkarargiris4110]

I'm totally in love with Capt. Bragg. Must be something about women in uniform. Let's hope we see more of her. Cool reaction guys !

[@HoracioAmiritoDiaz]

It's wild how Michelle ANg (Omega's voice actor) is 37.

[@Pfhreak]

The Alpha and Omega thing makes me wonder if there aren't twenty-two other "pure" clones (Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc.).

[@betzy7560]

bendu's commentary LMAO

[@PulguitaCorleone]

I really hope Omega and Hunter go for a tie match, otherwise it will be very obvios omega Wining, and yes, ok no debt but where are they gonna go now? Cid keeps the money coming and a place to keep a low profile so maybe they’ll stay there, I am really thinking about Omega and why lama se protect her so much! We saw in TCW that she is very loyal to the prime minister and the kaminoans, so it makes me wonder if Omega is a project of nala se that not even the prime minister knows really what’s going on! I don’t know, I hope we get some answers in the next episodes! Love your reaction! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 May the force be with you

[@TK_Brainslug]

"The highspeed chase" with the 2 tanks was hilarious

[@AutobotProwler]

I don't think jango would leave a child behind. Hunter is her dad. She turns to him for permission and other things. He accepts it and she offers it. Emotional dad and daughter. SW rehabbing parental negligence one parent and child at a time

[@earendilthemariner5546]

Jango is the "father" but Hunter is the dad. Just like GoTG 2

[@sirboomsalot4902]

We really just saw Star Wars Tiananmen Square

[@LauraCourtneyette]

Love watching this show with you guys. 💜

[@Crackshotsteph]

I wondered what happened after the events on Raxus?

[@AirbenderHawk]

Aye!!! Better late than never, Kyle and Bendu. Nothing better than starting off a epic morning with TBB and Kyle Katarn. Who made that imperial officer gorgeous!?! In all of seriousness, it’s good seeing the walkers again on Raxus.

[@KyleKatarnChannel]

Hey, we're not technically *late* until the weekend is over, thank you very much! haha

[@AirbenderHawk]

@@KyleKatarnChannel you’re welcome, I meant to say it’s always good to start off tbb with you, brother. 😌

[@KyleKatarnChannel]

I know what you meant brother! Glad to help start your day off right!!

[@acdragonrider]

I thought her voice actress was emilia Clarke aka Daenerys for a moment!!

[@jackjones298]

Is the backpack built into Hunter's armor? At the end sitting down to play Dejarik makes him look like an action figure ad placement. Dude, the mission is over. Take the plate armor off.

[@jackdubz4247]

I'm really hoping for updated character models in season two. That armour must stink by now.

[@earendilthemariner5546]

What does the aurebesh say under their names? And WHAT IS THAT HELMET BEHIND THEM WITH THE HORNS

[@Geo_Che]

Dormammu's dormonster Actual bothan

[@LordSlayerofLight]

I'm noticing that Kyle and I are having the same thoughts (walker sex). Since he doesn't know me ... I must have been watching this channel for too long 🤣 Also: Taun We is still pronounced like that (see Lama Su), just Omega says it in Kiwi 😌

[@KyleKatarnChannel]

My rule of thumb is, a person knows how to say their own name. And Taun We introduces herself to Obi-Wan Kenobi as Taun WEE in Attack of the Clones. So it's a weird thing to change IMO

[@LordSlayerofLight]

@@KyleKatarnChannel or at least weird that no one in the recording studio comments on it. Happens in the Clone Wars a lot with planet names ... Look at us nerds literally fussing over phonetics :D

[@Zaarin7567]

Watching omega and Sid totally reminded me of someone that should make a cameo and that’s greez from fallen order before he meets cere and cal and the crime guild he gets in trouble with.

[@Thunder_Bird0]

The fact they made a female clone of jango sounds so fan fictiony and cringey…. BUT THEY MADE IT WORK!!!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@LeutnantJoker]

That happens when actually GOOD writers do star wars...

[@Thunder_Bird0]

@@LeutnantJoker I KNOW RIGHT!! Dave Filoni should have been the sequel trilogy show runner since the beginning!!!! wasted potential.

[@captainkaboom5516]

No it’s just if you slap Dave Filoni on something Star Wars fans will worship it regardless of how bad.

[@Senbonzakura776]

This was a cool episode. You would think they would know that they lost the war. So occupation by the winning side is a normal thing. If anything Imperial forces should have had a bigger presence on the former center of the Separatist Gov. It would have been nice to see at least some ships if the Imperial Navy is in orbit. The Imp was a Captain.

[@Crackshotsteph]

I was thinking that myself as well. I mean this was the Capitol World of the Confederacy of Independent Systems their would be at least an Imperial Fleet stationed there. Most worlds that have joined the Confederacy of Independent Systems didn't like the Republic and rebellions on Separatists Worlds should be expected once the Empire occupies their Worlds.

[@acdragonrider]

Exactly. Even if the empire were still the republic, I would imagine the republic navy blockading the planet and the Senate levying punitive laws on all separatist worlds. Indemnities and so forth. But that also depends on your point of view as Obi wan would say. Seppies would definitely see it as an unjust occupation and I could see the Senator nursing disdain towards both the empire and distrust towards the bad batch. I’m sure most seppies see the clones as one and the same. So if he sees these clones in black armor rescuing him, I can’t imagine him being so okay trusting them at first. The writers should have used that as a way of further increasing the tension between them while expanding on echo’s character by delving further into his ptsd and distrust of seppies. Unfortunate that this episode didn’t expand the world by touching on these things. Because of that I’m not as fond of it.

[@acdragonrider]

11:59: The imperial sounded a bit like Emilia Clarke for a second

[@MDestron2282]

So.... have we just forgot about the clone that was actually named Alpha?

[@twstf8905]

Haha "Hello there!" 🤣

[@paulgrattan3885]

Have Omega appear in Book of Boba wearing Bad Batch armour probably Hunter's.

[@kenle2]

That would be sweet.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

@@kenle2 Slightly modified to fit her I would hope. Better yet, have bits of each Bad Batch member’s armor.

[@Lucas-Stl]

Out of curiosity, where’d y’all get the helm with the horns on it?

[@CypherDivine]

Bad batch are like the a-team

[@dragonweyr44]

Is it my imagination or were the AT-TEs taller in this episode than they were in either The Clone Wars or in the two episodes of Rebels that they were in? In CW & Rebels, the bottom of the hull of the AT-TE is just slightly taller than the heads of a clone trooper but the AT-TEs in the Bad Batch episode Common Ground, seemed to me to be at least three times taller than the older ones Why?

[@tadhggoreyoneill13666]

Where did y'all get that horned helmet that's on the shelf in the background? I need one

[@Erik-ko6lh]

I don't want to see the torture droid go to work.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Omega makes me laugh everytime.

[@christopherhanton6611]

that episode was alright, but next week may be good by the title of it DEVILS DEAL

[@brucechmiel7964]

Hey I'll play ya. I have a working board. And computer randomized attack and Defense. Unfortunately most of the game in manual as in you have to move the tokens yourself. The draft at the beginning of the game is also manual.

[@MrJlin1982]

Kyle he 's the sanator for Onderon, not Raxes. He and his mum lived in Raxulon, because of the separatist parlement! Like Bail Organa lived on Corucant, not on Alderaan

[@AutobotProwler]

Her preserved dna must be older than the bunch

[@DinerLingo]

I know we are in a universe full of “space wizards” & dogfights in the vacuum of space (& there’s absolutely nothing wrong w that), but it’s impossible to create a clone of a different sex than the original. You can’t change xx/xy genetic makeup. I’m still leaning towards the idea that Omega is Boba’s sister in that she’s the clone of Jengo’s or Boba’s natural sister.

[@jackdubz4247]

You should have ended this comment at "we are in a universe full of “space wizards” & dogfights in the vacuum of space" because after that trying to pick holes in the science of a space *fantasy* saga like Star Wars is kind of pointless.

[@kike_5635]

OMEGA’S GAMBIT 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@larniieplayz6285]

It’s so good to see raxus secundus again

[@AutobotProwler]

All clones are brother and sister

[@davxlau]

Well... Omega never had the father/daughter relationship with Jango... What if she made another Alias based off of Nala Se? XD

[@Xtariz]

Can I expect Chewie vs Omega on star wars chess... (Grand Masters Game)

[@husarz5907]

I think that the AT-TEs would make AT-RT :P

[@adamfarley7658]

i like your meant

[@larniieplayz6285]

Some Star Wars names have several pronunciations

[@Anahjea95]

Ironic seeing clones (the batch) use droid poppers on mindless droid-like clones.

[@donaldwatson7698]

I'm wondering if that was really a droid popper or a similar looking stun device. I say that because the senator's droid was standing right there and was unaffected.

[@Anahjea95]

@@donaldwatson7698 that’s a very good point! The thought of it gave me a good laugh though.

[@larniieplayz6285]

18:10 we sorta did with Hera

[@bemasaberwyn55]

I don't think this is filler. Particularly given the character growth of both Omega and Echo. Didn't the bounty hunter game with Jango show how he's a tactical genius. Things that he was teaching Boba prior to his death. I believe we're once again seeing Dave bring those elements back. Because OF COURSE his daughter would be a tactician. I also LOVED the banter between Cid and Omega, it got several good laughs out of me. For me, Hunter feels inadequate, because despite his record, he never tangled with someone like Bane before. It probably scared him, and his reaction was reasonable. The moment he ordered her to stay, I started thinking about a Gears Of War 2 cutscene. particularly liked the auto response of giving Tech and Omega an order. Echo was an MVP because you have to figure he has PTSD from the Techno Union, and being a Reg, he has a different perspective then the rest of the squad. But he's still(mostly) human. Seeing what happened to Crosshair and the Imperial Occupations has him sympathetic to the senator, which is fantastic. Also, I'm a sucker for stealth missions

[@acdragonrider]

I still think there was too little character development from echo. Needed to have more and a resolution of that in some way whether a look from him or some dialogue. But that didn’t happen. As for the senator he had absolutely no issue being rescued by “clones,” who he also saw oppress his people. I’m sure most seppies see clones as mindless drones. So why would he trust these random black clad troopers so quickly? Should have had some tension and trust exercises

[@DJFabiconcojones]

is it a star wars sin that i call the suulistan pancake faces. i'm heavily invested in star wars lore but i love food and yeah,,,

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Pls pls pls pls pls react to tale from the 501st checkpoint and also another amazing video

[@zanecastle2.0]

What is the bendu Instagram

[@sirboomsalot4902]

I’m surprised you didn’t pick up on Echo quoting Hardcase Edit: nvm, I’m an idiot. They were never together

[@3man659]

I wouldn’t really call it Echo quoting Hardcase. I’d imagine that “live to fight another day” is a somewhat common saying among soldiers (irl and in Star Wars)

[@KyleKatarnChannel]

The full expression is "he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day."

[@sirboomsalot4902]

@@3man659 True, but wasn’t Echo one of the soldiers who Hardcase saved? Or am I confused?

[@3man659]

@@sirboomsalot4902 if my memory’s correct, I don’t believe Hardcase and Echo ever appeared on screen together

[@calebcustombricks2631]

@@sirboomsalot4902 echo “died” at the citadel, well before umbara. Hardcase sacrificed himself to destroy a seperatist ship, while fives and jesse survived

[@BlueLeprechaun15]

19:24 20:22 20:36

[@larniieplayz6285]

They can crash in their ship

[@jaw1002]

Hi Kyle! Please react to NIHILUS- FALL OF KATARR

[@AutobotProwler]

You two are so cute

[@AutobotProwler]

Tianenamin square

[@larniieplayz6285]

Apparently no one did hear them

[@larniieplayz6285]

15:32 why

[@larniieplayz6285]

Poor hat

[@larniieplayz6285]

Nah it creates AT-RTs

[@skinflutey]

This was another boring episode with missed opportunities. Still no character growth with the bad batch and at this point if they were all killed i wouldn’t care.

[@SubterrelProspector]

Amazing. Every word of what you just said...was wrong.

[@calebcustombricks2631]

Episodes like this are very important. There was a lot of character growth this episode, actually

[@skinflutey]

@@calebcustombricks2631 not really. As in the bad batch are still the same.