The Bad Batch Season Three - The Harbinger Episode Review

The Bad Batch get some of the answers they've been searching for! Kind of! Here is my review for the latest episode, titled The Harbinger.
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[@pangaeawriter8766]

I love Ventress as an anti-hero, instead of just another villain. The character has intrigued me ever since her first appearance in the Clone Wars microseries of 2003.

[@Jedi_James]

Yes!!!!

[@MrJulesR986]

Ventress is right, the Bad Batch needs to leave Pabu because the Empire are not going to stop until they find Omega.

[@flyingmatteo89]

*until they find Omega

[@michaelhviper]

Maybe the best place for them to go is the Unknown Regions. That was a thought I had when I saw it earlier.

[@Apac12]

This reads like a copypasta.

[@MrJulesR986]

@@Apac12 I just said it once on KZbin.

[@transistorchip3132]

And go where?

[@officernealy]

*Bad Batch:* Wait, aren’t you that seperatist war criminal that died? *Ventress:* Yup! *The Audience:* Are you gonna tell us all how you’re still alive? *Ventress:* Nope! *Omega:* Am I force sensitive? *Ventress:* Idk, bye. *Everyone:* 🤨

[@hittemni]

Its on the books

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

@@hittemniI mean the books only tell us how she died, we don’t see how she came back besides knowing she was placed in a pool of magick.

[@blueninja8094]

I have got a feeling this is a sort of back door pilot for more ventress stories

[@jamesbellamy5978]

I very much hope you are correct.

[@sichinook3793]

just said the same.. like the Bad Batch did in the end of the last Clone Wars Season.

[@thewerewolff7248]

They’ve confirmed that how ventress survived the end of dark disciple will be explained in future stories. This is pretty much confirmation without actually saying it explicitly

[@BIGBMH]

It definitely feels purposeful. I could see her being one of the focal points for the next Tales of the Jedi season, then making the transition to live action for Ahsoka season 2 and/or Filoni's movie. I'd really love to see Dark Disciple adapted into a two-part special though.

[@Mellowyellow8888]

If one had to guess.. either she takes on omega or introduce her to someone that can take on omega

[@mattborus4349]

I did appreciate how Omega's lines, when she got frustrated out on the water, were almost a word-for-word echo of Luke's outbust on Dagobah: "I don't know what we're doing here. We're wasting our time!

[@llofdarkwater9152]

Yes!! It indeed rhymes.

[@HumbleAshe]

Seeing Ventress return to the TV/computer screen after 11 years since her last appearance-and also outdo the Batch in melee combat and with her lightsaber-is a grand dream come true.

[@JHF_Gaming]

Omega: People can change. Crosshair: You're being naive. Omega: I never gave up on you, did I?

[@collecter343]

Shut him up instantly

[@emilysmith4213]

Love his subtle character development in this episode, welcome to the dad batch Crosshair😂😂😂 Did anyone notice that Crosshair’s tremor is gone? Like completely?

[@dylanmcclintock1547]

This episode confirms for me the fact that it was a mistake to include Ventress in the season trailer. This reveal would have been a lot cooler and more impactful if I hadn’t seen it coming from a mile away

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Maybe. Blind Wave didn't watch the trailer. They weren't really blown away. They were more surprised about her being alive.

[@tocapic.]

I didn’t see the trailer so I was so surprised when I saw her, and even more so when she ignited a yellow lightsaber

[@dylanmcclintock1547]

@@tocapic. I wish I could have experienced that too. The trailer ruined that surprise for me

[@Alonest155]

"A huge creature called a Baratheon"??? Robert is that you? 😂😂

[@chief_sevenbears4335]

Vratheon*

[@TheChaz5504]

I noticed Ventress several times studying the connection between Omega and Batcher. My guess is that species is rarely tamed and she may see this as proof of Omega’s potential. Also, did anyone catch that little moment between crosshair and Ventress when he offered his hand to get her on the ship? Those two are PERFECT for each other lol… maybe Omega’s “parents” by the end???

[@metroidnerd9001]

I've never read Dark Disciple, but I think even just Ventress' appearances near the end of the Clone Wars set her character on the path to light enough that a casual watcher could buy how much she's changed by the time she appears in this show. Heck, even someone who hasn't watched much Clone Wars could probably be convinced because of how many parallels they draw between her and Crosshair. I think it's a good example of the show using its cameos in a way that doesn't necessarily require full, in-depth, prior knowledge about all the past media, and weaving them into the show in a way that makes sense.

[@v-squared]

The part when Asaj stares straight at Wrecker completely felt like when Rukh did the same thing to Zeb in Rebels.

[@dragonblaster-vu8wz]

It would be cool if a season of Tales of the Jedi was about Asajj and Baylon. 2 characters that strayed from the jedi path for power, as opposed to Ahsoka and Dooku that left the order after seeing the failings of the Order and Republic

[@Escanooooooor]

Ventress never left the order for power, she left cause she felt betrayed by them. Just leaving that out there.

[@dragonblaster-vu8wz]

@@Escanooooooor I literally just watched the flashback scenes of Ventress as a Jedi padawan. She got angry at pirates for killing her master, fell to the Dark Side and gained power, and joined Dooku for more power

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

She was never “officially” a member of the order in the orders eyes. She was trained by a master who was stuck on a planet and then he died by pirates. She’s a Bokken Jedi like Ezra

[@Metaymaug706]

I loved Ventress teaching Omega how to communicate with the Force. We rarely get emotional beats for such a chaotic neutral character... but when she gets hers they are something. I think a couple more breadcrumbs about her resurrection in Bad Batch... then give us the whole story in Tales of the Jedi. Do a Ventress story and a separate Voss story and have the stories converge together. GIVE THEM A HAPPY ENDING!! Then again... I'm bias. I named my dog Quinlan.

[@jaredlocke4300]

I hope they do more with her to justify bringing her back. If not, then there really was no point in doing so.

[@supremefankai5480]

Omega has a better amount of Force sensitivity than most but clearly it isn't enough to do the more obvious abilities. Like with Sabine, I like that more mundane people can connect to the Force after training, meaning that the Jedi and the Sith taking in the most gifted was always easy mode.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

I think Omega summoned the vratheon.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Bad Batch should be lucky that it's not Ventress from the Clone Wars who have easily wiped them out herself. Here, she's just toying with them.

[@KristopherPrime]

Definitely confirmed by the fact she went hand-to-hand with the batch until Crosshair brought out the guns. Commandos are skilled melee fighters, but they still can’t (all) compete with a Jedi specialized in melee combat.

[@chazo1367]

@@KristopherPrime Especially Ventress who has fought Anakin and Obi-wan together to a draw or even beat them both at times. She was well trained and has even killed a lot of clones.

[@lcflngn]

She rly likes Omega

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

Alex, I don't think Omega passed any of the tests. The thing with the flower, I took that as being Ventress just looking to keep her busy for a while so she could sort things out with the Batch. I don't think that really had anything to do with the midicholrian testing.

[@jiffypoo5029]

I'm pretty sure Asajj was resurrected not a retcon. Asajj was killed with a force attack and was laid to rest in the pools of Dathomir where Nightsister spirits embraced her with Magick. Asajj is a powerful Nightsister, Nightsister spirits doing resurrection in the pools of Dathomir is their thing.

[@Beatness121]

After her line about having "a few more lives left" I'm definitely thinking she's been resurrected somehow. Unless it was just the writers winking to the audience.

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

The author of the book and the showrunners both said that the book is canon like it always was, we’ll probably see how she came back eventually. Quinlan did leave her in the middle of a magick hotspot. Talzin’s ghost probably revived her or something lol

[@kevinbryer2425]

Ventress: What makes you think you have a high M-count? Omega: Well, the Empire was doing a lot of blood tests. Ventress:...here, balance this fruit on your head. Granted, Ventress might not know anything about the sort of M-tests that we see Qui-Gon do, but that was a pretty obvious clue that Omega should have shared that would have given them a clue. And that second test was clearly just a scheme to get Omega out of earshot while the adults settled their differences.

[@davepruitt]

I think it's likely that Ventress knows about the automated test that we see Qui-Gon do, but maybe she doesn't have that equipment on her to do that test, so her only option is to do more "classical" tests to see if their is force sensitivity.

[@chazo1367]

@@davepruitt That and the tests themselves become pointless in a way as they said in the episode. Since they are working with the faulty assumption that is why the Empire wants her, when she is wanted to study how her clone body would allow Palpatine one without an M-count degradation.

[@kevinzhang6623]

Qui Gonn just pricked her and analyzed the blood lol. Ventress doesn't have that, she can't be sure. The tests themselves aren't indicating it, but I take her response at the end at being uncertain and that there may be a little something but it's beyond her to discover it and that they should all leave Tantiss or find Omega a Master in case.

[@SailorDisco]

I love the character model for Ventress! She got a huge upgrade beyond just her hair.

[@sirsabol]

I'm probably way off, but I think the reason Ventress knows Omega is high in M-count is because I don't think Ventress was the one that summoned the big creature... She would have more control... Omega just didn't know what she was doing but it worked on some level.

[@celebfantastiq]

She didn’t summon the creature, the creature was following the bio luminescence fish and when they gathered near the boat, the big guy thought he had a free meal.

[@mr.accurate8573]

@@celebfantastiq Ventress summoned it but it was unintentional, Ventress has followed the path of the light but she still has some crumbs of the dark side on her and that summoned the bigger creature. Like Ezra summoned that big creature.

[@joeiorio9654]

One detail I like is how her lightsaber isn’t the same as the one from the Dark Disciple animatics. They reused it for Maul in S7 of TCW, so I think it would be fun to infer that in universe, he stole it from her, and she needed a new lightsaber.

[@mr.accurate8573]

Yeah but the one we see here is one of her original ones that Dooku gave her, how’d she get it back?

[@zero69kage]

If I remember correctly the one she had during Dark Disciple was one she got off the black market. The one she has in this episode looks similar to her old ones but I can tell there's a few differences. If I had to guess I'd say she took the crystal from the Dark Disciple saber and built a new one that looks closer to her old ones.

[@rexepic7567]

this feels like a back door pilot for a ventress show

[@Slyfoxminis]

That fight scene was pretty phenomenal, and I’m desperate for a Ventress show now

[@StuartLugsden]

We don't need one

[@e115mastery]

Tales of the Jedi following Assaj is a good middle point imo

[@anhedonaut]

Did we need a bad batch series? Did we need an Andor series? ​@@StuartLugsden

[@fuckinantipope5511]

Yes we do@@StuartLugsden

[@Apac12]

no

[@prestonmurawske3480]

Just a heads up, it’s not water that they killed the sleeper in. She was laid to rest in a different black waterish pool I think in the “temple” thing on dathomer. It’s the place where she was reborn as a night sister by Talzin in the clone wars. Love your positivity by the way! So darn refreshing!

[@GunnarTobus]

Yes I agree! It’s nice to take someone appreciating the show without sounding so negative if the criticize it.

[@jamesbellamy5978]

I don't think Omega has any significant force potential now but she could eventually. I think the blood test checked each sample's ability to keep midichlorians if they were artificially added. Her's was the first one that did not decrease so they want her to fix Palpatine's useless clone bodies.

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

Yeah I agree. Everything we’ve heard makes it pretty clear that the empire doesn’t care if she’s force sensitive, the tests are to check if m-count decreases in her blood, and it doesn’t, so she’s basically got the perfect donor blood for a palpatine clone. She absolutely could and probably is force sensitive, and maybe Ventress will train her. She’s probably more like Sabine who had to work and train years to be able to even use the force in ways others could do naturally on a whim.

[@h.leeblanco]

Are we going to ignore the fact that the only person who seems to be able to communicate with Batcher is Omega? Doesn't that mean she's using the force, since the little guy seems to understand him perfectly? I feel like they've made the same point with Sabine, by managing to form a bond with her wolf/bat before we actually saw her using the force.

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

Batcher is a gal but yeah, Omega is at least very in tune with people and creature’s emotions. She would probably be more likely to fit in with the guardians of the whills but passed over for Jedi apprenticeship

[@stephenwilliams5004]

I have not read "Dark Disciple", but it is still clear from this episode that Asajj has changed a lot from the character we knew during the Clone Wars.

[@gaflene]

There's that famous Sappho poem that starts with "sweet mother I cannot weave," and listen it's so true, Asajj turns my brain inside out, I'm too gay to have coherent thoughts when she's on screen. If she is introduced in live action I won't survive, especially if she and Elia Kane are ever in the same scene.

[@Dyundu]

👍

[@FrankieEm]

❤

[@csorange]

I hope this wasn’t a cameo appearance for Ventress! Really liked the twist of Asajj training Omega. Kind of ironic how undisciplined she became after just teaching Crosshair to be the opposite about inner peace. I think there will be a situation like with Sabine trying to learn the force and forced into using her abilities. Omega has the ability just not tapped into yet like Rey then all of a sudden it’s awaken and she doesn’t know what to do.

[@kivimik]

Omega had too many distractions this time around with too many questions in the forefront of her mind and her overbearing brothers. Last time, she was more focused around Crosshair's wellbeing.

[@csorange]

@@kivimikthat might be fair but she hasn’t been this much out of control or unteachable throughout the entire series.

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

They created (or finished) a whole model for her, guaranteed she’s either gonna be the topic of some tales of the Jedi episodes or maybe, just maybe, we’ll get an entire Ventress series

[@OfficialOpinion]

Ventress telling Omega "Close your eyes. Reach out..." while reaching out to The Force, overlooking the water was a really neat reminder of Luke testing Rey in TLJ ♡♡ Plus subtle Midichlorian retcons ♡♡

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

I’m a bit confused nothing in this episode retcons what we already know about midichlorians

[@jaffinator2166]

My thing is that the Batch pulled an old record on Ventress. Did… Anakin or Quinlan or no one else notify the Republic of her new occupation???

[@Luke_SkywaIker]

I think the entire events surrounding Dark Disciple were classified by the Jedi Council, seeing as how the whole thing started as a coup to assassinate Dooku. Besides, none of the Council members were fond of Ventress to begin with and were under the impression that she lured Quinlan to the dark side (which was more or less true)…I don’t think they’d be so eager to paint her in a positive light in the archives.

[@toofusnook]

I don’t think Omega’s value to the Empire has anything to do with force sensitivity. The Empire wants her because her blood works as a carrier, allowing the Emperor to clone his OWN blood. I further believe that this series exists specifically to save another current Star Wars property…hear me out: The Mandalorian series was created to provide an explanation for “Somehow Palpatine returned” and Snoke. This likely would necessitate a bad end for Grogu. The creation of Omega provides the writers an out from that fate. We still don’t know HOW we get to resurrect Palpatine, but remember that that is the primary motivation for two series at this point. Now Filoni just needs to get TO that point without limiting his Mandomovie.

[@Alex2K]

They just want to make clones of her

[@toofusnook]

@@Alex2K No, they want to use her blood to clone Palpatine. That (cloned Palpatine /Snoke) is the already established endgame they now need to explain.

[@SaladVonBaco]

I think somehow the show will end with Omega going off with Ventress to train.

[@backfromsolaris3648]

Man, I am so hyped to see her again! I thought the scene out on the water was really special. Ventress is one of my favorite SW characters of all-time. Her story is so gritty & marvelous. Cannot wait to see her again soon.

[@Gabelebabele]

Agreed!!

[@Kingpin_2058]

I took the second test as more of a distraction so she could talk to the batch not an actual test omega passed

[@NRUTOKINGDOM4143]

I hope they give us Quinlan Voss and the path at the end to tie it into Obi-Wan. I can see the batch helping bring kids and visiting Omega at "School"

[@touroleite9920]

What a amazing series

[@Iwillone]

Ventress and Omega as Master and apprentice. Imagine that.

[@Fork1]

The Omega-story-arc being presented in this episode mirrors the things Luke went through in TESB, poetry rhyming and all that!

[@gavinbeard4026]

It’s a decent episode that’s made better by a cameo but with that said we got 5 episodes left. They really need to pick up the pace here. I was fine with the slower build up in the first half but two episodes later it feels like they are really taking their time here when they shouldn’t be

[@mlg5had0w34]

7 left*

[@gavinbeard4026]

@@mlg5had0w34 technically 6 it’s 15 not 16 episodes

[@themegjake4000]

The thematic connection you made to The Last Jedi is all I need to wanna watch it again. I love that movie with all my heart.

[@RyanHaney55]

I liked watching Ventress fight Wrecker, Hunter, and Crosshair with non-lethal tactics. I liked hearing Midi-chlorians mentioned again. It reminds me of going to see Phantom Menace for the first time.

[@robertmeadows2450]

I thought Assaj was used well. Yeah, the creators said her return wouldn’t trample on Dark Disciple and I don’t think it did. The Assaj from the book was the same Assaj we got in this episode I feel like. The creators never said we would find out what happened to her or how she’s alive. I do want those answers but until I get them, I’m going to engage with the story presented and I thought this episode was pretty darn good.

[@PerovNigma]

Asajj looking up at Wrecker reminded me of Davy Jones' telescope trick in _Dead Man's Chest._

[@kirank287]

I really loved this episode. It was great to see Ventress again

[@JonBerry555]

I think there is a strong possibility that Ventress is trying to figure out why the Empire is after M-Count samples. Yes she may have figured the Emperor sees any force sensitive as a potential threat, but I suspect she thinks there is more going on and she sees TBB as a potential lead just as they see her as a lead. They are both after the same information, but everyone who knows is with the Empire and are currently not available.

[@bottlely]

I'm late to the convo, but on the topic of clones being different and having potential to be trained in the Force: There was a TCW comic that ended up in Legends called "Defenders of the Lost Temple", focused on a unit led by B'ink Utrila and her padawan. One of the clone troopers was a rookie named "Glitch" - named as such because he was an incompetent soldier and had a weird obsession with the Force. It was an interesting short story that dabbled with the idea of an outcast clone learning about the Force and finding himself. He had a heartwarming friendship with the padawan, Rennax Omani, too. I'd love to see them migrating over to Canon, especially cos Glitch would fit definitely in with the Bad Batch

[@LilJeezyLoC]

I want a Asajj Omega spinoff series after the finale

[@someblooshampoo7957]

I like the shot with Omega balancing the fruit with Ventress observing from the right side of the screen. It reminds me of the shot from The Last Jedi when Luke is teaching Rey to connect with the force on Ahch To. I like the similarities, and like George said it's like poetry it rhymes.

[@llofdarkwater9152]

On the boat, Omega says, "I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing. This is a waste of time." Rhymes with Luke and Yoga, yes?

[@jeffreycarman2185]

8:25 I think that Asajj’s line “I have a few lives left” also signifies that not only is her life as an ultra-elite Sith assassin gone and she has a new life, but that she is leaving herself open to reinventing herself again at some point.

[@ZebsolMarin]

I didn't read Dark Disciple yet, but I know the story, and there is some things I loved to see in Ventress' character during the episode! When using the Force, she sometimes gives the impression of struggling, maybe for being this long accomodated to the dark side and her nightsister heritage But at the same time, her using the Force really feels like the light side, warm and soithing, even if it must still be weird sometimes to her I guess

[@liamlogsdon1099]

Always love your reviews and hearing what you have to say! I really enjoyed this episode and it made sense to me they wouldn’t give us too many answers. We still have some episodes left this season, and imo this isn’t the show to do it in anyways. I also think this being an unexpectedly intense episode given Ventress is another example over all of her growth. She is less intense now and more calm. The episode reflects that.

[@Pir4te47]

I enjoyed the episode enough, but I feel like a lot of the beats would have hit better if I wasn't constantly wondering "how is she alive right now?" at every step. I'm sure that this will be resolved by the end of the series and show, but the lack of any explanation how she has somehow returned, leaves this individual story a bit unresolved for me.

[@warrentalbot329]

Im a huge fan of the books and dark disciple . And it would be so easy to explain her survival. She was only shocked to death not cut in half and she was laid to rest on her magical witch planet and laid down in the magical planet soup called green ichor called living waters . Hint hint . Also the green stuff from the clone wars does literally anything

[@BallisticTech]

It seems so strange that the Empire would be testing clones, daily, purely for a high m-count... Is it just going to change one day?

[@LocalCryptidGhostdoll]

I love that she's back, she's literally from a planet of resurrection witches, good enough for me

[@Morlock19]

there is a chance that this was a kind of quasi-backdoor pilot to the next animated series coming out of lucas film. either omega going off on her own to discover more about the force, or maybe a series about ventress' journey. or maybe omega will be her student. i'm really just interested to see what cartoon they have next.

[@AStupidID]

I was so in awe of Ventress this entire episode. Didn't realise how much I missed them.

[@skilledwarman]

Someone pointed out the show is apparently set to end right before star wars day. I have a feeling we will see Tales season 2 and possibly the next major animated show too. Could be some ventress stuff shown there?

[@fusel5883]

two thoughts I've had: Ventresses Test had a very old Jedi feeling about it, like before they only tested for the Midi-chlorian count. Also, when Omega claims that Ventress has no Idea on the boat... she literally saw her force-lift Wrecker

[@afowlbear]

I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of here in whatever new clone wars centric series comes next that they have been teasing.

[@ScottRawlings1138]

I need that Tales of the Jedi season 2 announcement so bad

[@shyaminator]

They already announced it at celebration last year

[@ScottRawlings1138]

@@shyaminator I meant the release date announcement, my pardon.

[@2010Hunt3r]

I would like to think that Omega can access the Force with proper training and whether or not she wants to pursue that ability

[@JohanMsWorld]

We know that the empire want stop before they find her and thus that Pabu is not a safe haven for long. But as you said I wish they could have show us more of the planets people in these two episodes, like the friend she had last season. J.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

1:09 she’s a Force-adept bounty hunter. The bounty hunters tracked Grogu to Sorgan, which is as backwards of a planet as possible.

[@TyudroWymoreEdgartyu2]

I honestly hope that Omega isn't force sensitive since that would make it more interesting to watch.

[@pubg-blsy3352]

I doubt she is, the special thing about her is that she’s a clone with a higher midichlorian count meaning that she is PROOF of hemlocks goal that cloning can be done to increase a midichlorian amount, plus it could be compatible with palpatine to make future potentially force sensitive clones.

[@CrazyPlatinum92]

Yea cause everyone is special ​@pubg-blsy3352

[@thevenom2731]

​@@pubg-blsy3352 so Omega is more of a prototype for force-sensitive clones?

[@pubg-blsy3352]

@@thevenom2731 that’s what I see from the recent episode and also form previous episodes. I don’t really see her as having force powers, maybe she has potential however she failed both tests (the tree one doesn’t really count) and we would have seen her force like powers.

[@zangoon4546]

Such an overused element in Star Wars media, not everyone should be a “potential” jedi

[@TooTiredToLife]

I had a thought a couple episodes back. They keep showing Omega to be good at games, I wonder if that was a hint at some precognition abilities she might have.

[@WyattoonsComics]

If Omega isn’t like fully force-sensitive, then at the very least her M-count being unchanged during the cloning process is something the Emperor would be interested in. Cause wasn’t that the problem with HIS clones? The m-counts kept diminishing our outright vanishing when they tried to make Palp clones?

[@gabriel.skywalker44]

I loved this episode. Asajj was truly amazing. I really enjoyed seeing her training Omega and being portrayed as an anti-hero.

[@AgentStaRs.n.StripeS_91]

that would definitely be awesome if omega was force sensitive and got her own story line, in the pre New hope era, but honestly I dont think theres room for her to become a jedi, I really think two things will happen at the end of bad batch, either Omega gets captured and sacificed to clone the emporor, or the empire catches her and gets the samples they need from her, and the bad batch dies saving her. idk its the only thing that makes sense, kinda like what happened at the end of rogue, lol no happy ending

[@shaneoconnell9279]

The fight was a great throwback to the Nightsisters arc

[@fernando98322]

Tales of the Jedi episodes focused on Ventress makes a lot of sense

[@auroraglacialis]

I dont get why everyone still is so hung up on Omega being force sensitive. I dont think she is and the blood analysis of hers on Tantiss did not result in her blood having a high M-count but the result showed that her blood does not reduce the M-count if it is added. So what she is is a blueprint for a clone that can be infused with Midichlorians from some other source without loosing that M-count afterwards. It does not mean that she already has a high M-count herself. But this is what Palps wants: A clone body of himself that is modified in a way that makes it possible to suck the force out of other people and transfer it to him. Because this is the only way a clone can get a high M-count.

[@zgolamnobee2836]

yeah, its exactly this. I think some people misinterpreted omega's blood results on tantiss. She has blood that can maintain transferred midichlorians without it degrading, making her blood a perfect template/basis for palpatines clone body since he'd want to make sure his powers are sustained forever, seeing how he seeks immortality

[@kevinzhang6623]

Exactly, this is abundantly clear. How these people can genuinely be this stupid is beyond me.

[@user-om4qj2ds1u]

I would totally watch a Ventress show

[@RiceDaddy07]

Of course clones can be force sensitive...Snoke is a clone and we already saw him using the Force.

[@jordanwhite352]

Yes but back then they didn't know that.

[@Apac12]

You talk as if all of this was planned as they were making the sequels.

[@thevenom2731]

​@@Apac12a lot of things in Star Wars weren't planned and things change. The Clone Wars ended up being different from what George had planned before the prequels.

[@RiceDaddy07]

Well the Bad Batch is planned and it's this show's job to explain the unplanned sequels.@@Apac12

[@RiceDaddy07]

So what? They do now, and they're writing based on whatever happened in the Sequels. The Rise of Skywalker said Snoke is a clone, so you have to go with that, since it's canon.@@jordanwhite352

[@Gabelebabele]

I love her so much!! I'm so excited they brought her back! How they handled her in this episode gave me faith for the future! They brought back Maul from the dead which was unexpected but amazing in the long run, and I think Ventress will be the same.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thank you, Alex! 💥

[@sw-gs]

I think that Ventress yellow crystal was created when she tried to purify her red blade. As she still have some darkness in her blade instead of white turned yellow. Also I wonder how she got her lightsaber, since Bariss has stolen those and later Emperor destroyed every lightsaber that was found in Jedi Temple.

[@BlindJedi]

Her red lightsabers were stolen by Barris. Her yellow lightsaber was purchased on the black market. Dark Disciple covers this.

[@sw-gs]

@@BlindJedi It is her hilt. Same hilt from clone wars. In book she had different hilt who now owns Maul.

[@BlindJedi]

@@sw-gs never brought up Maul. I'm just noting the canon explanation of how she acquired the lightsaber. Dark disciple states she purchased it at a black market. Because her red ones were stolen by Barriss.

[@sw-gs]

@@BlindJedi Then ponder why her hilt in Bad Batch is the same as in Clone Wars and not one from art made for Dark Disciple.

[@BlindJedi]

@@sw-gs not really sure what point you're attempting to make. They have already stated they are following the continuity created by dark disciple. I recommend reading it. Also, it literally wouldn't be the first time that hilts are identical.

[@shadowgoethe]

If Omega gets trained by Ventress it has to outshine Ashoka and Sabine... because Imma be honest that pairing still makes no sense to me. With this duo I I can see Omega having a positive effect on Ventress and Omega actually growing to become something more than just "the female clone" . Fingers crossed 🤞🏾

[@Elvisbackpack]

While Omega might be Force sensitive (hopefully not), I don't think the Empire's M-count bounties are related to testing the clones' blood. If all they were doing is trying to find a basic midichlorian count in the clones, they wouldn't need to be mixing their blood with blood that has midichlorians, as that wouldn't tell them anything.

[@issitalopez]

Love Ventress but I was left wanting more.. like it felt incomplete So much more could have been said or shown.

[@nayncat17]

Ventress had a similar Ahsoka experience within the world between worlds with finding her own Nexus

[@Teag_Brohman15]

I'm guessing that there will probably be a moment later in the season where Omega uses the force to save someone

[@RebeccaRaven]

What I would have given for Quinlan to walk off that ship.

[@Dipstikk]

Pabu is under threat from wild packs of Robotniks

[@Frost4Real]

I totally agree, cool but very unsatisfying episode. It was great seeing Ventress again tho, I didn't realise how much I like the character. Her story is perfect for Tales of the Jedi - retelling and expanding on Dark Disciple

[@paulcarson1245]

Great episode - loved this iteration of Ventress. She’s cool - learned and grown. Still a badass. Need a Black Series figure!

[@alexanderparra9240]

I hope that omega does not get actual powers, it would kinda ruin it. I would prefer if she just has the potential but nowhere near strong enough to actually develop. The empire is obviously going to use her as a vessel, and that is what it should be.

[@sichinook3793]

If this isn't a harbinger of a Ventress and Omega master and learner series in the future I don't know what does..

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Omega summoned the vratheon. Ventress only summoned the jellyfish. She told Omega to reach out for everything and she caught a big fish.

[@Vilisnerson]

The ark additions Acro roar from the sea monster was a huge shock, I never expected to be hearing that

[@kirank287]

I loved this episode. Every episode has been great really

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

Omega is going to mind meld with the Zillo beast and she's going to cut through the Empire like it's free real estate.

[@TheAkashachi]

While I felt this episode was decent, my biggest frustration was that they didn't brought Quinlan into it. It was the perfect episode to have an actual Jedi to actually help, and finally bring him to the screen once more. Instead we were left with as many questions about him and Ventress as we had before and the episode progressed very little the story, except maybe forcing them to realize they can't stay on Pabu.

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

It would have made the episode overcrowded and detracted from the main story. And Ventress offers a more interesting dynamic. Introducing a known Jedi would have made things too easy

[@Escanooooooor]

I have to disagree here. The point of Ventress only showing up shows how prominent her character is in the current status of the galaxy, and the fact that hope itself is pretty vague at this point. Her character allows the batch, from a different side of the war to realise even more how both sides were played, hence her saying it and being the representation of the former seperatist alliance. Its development from both sides, especially with Ventress whose character has developed immensely and still undergoes inner conflict. Theres alot of conflict in the characters here with the likes of Crosshair and other clones, but having jedis show up here and there just shadows the idea of how the galaxy has plummeted in to this turmoil of the Empire taking over (early stage), as the jedi would only signify hope. Its enough that we have Obi Wan, Cal Kestis and Ahsoka (though not a jedi still represents the jedi in some way) existing in the timeline with their own stories. Leave it be, Quinlan would be cool to see, but not in the Bad Batch.

[@erinfilbert9462]

I can't help but think that Ventress didn't come because Fennic called her. I think whoever Fennic called sent Ventress. Ventress was acting as an examiner and a messenger, not as a master.

[@v-squared]

Question: Could these last episodes also be setting up the next animated series, and could it be a series about the hidden Jedi path?

[@Jackal_El_Lobo34]

Thumbnail photo looks different on my notifications compared to the actual post on the channel. Notifications shows Omega and your YT channel shows Ventress for the same review.

[@BenRigney480]

The black star/eye on the shoulder pad was around since Season 5

[@derekmak1781]

A Ventress and Omega show would be great.

[@rudyclarkejohnson4625]

This was another great episode and I am loving this season!