‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Season 2 Episodes 15 & 16 “The Summit” and “Plan 99” – What We Noticed
The season two finale of The Bad Batch is every bit as exciting and heartbreaking as the entire season should have been.
The two-part season finale of The Bad Batch went live yesterday, and these were seriously two of the best episodes of the season. In fact, the back half of season two has been fantastic. It was surprising after how much the first few episodes seemed to just dawdle around, but sometimes a show has a bumpy start and goes on to stick the landing. And The Bad Batch did just that.
This week there was a ton of movement – physical and political – around the galaxy, some heartbreak, and we were left pretty wide open for a potential third season or the Batch to appear in other shows in the future.
As always, in order to break down The Bad Batch’s two-part season finale, we will have to talk about large portions of what happened this week. If you haven’t watched the two episodes yet, read at your own risk.
Eriadu and the Imperial Summit
Quite a bit of episode 15 follows a group of high-ranking Imperials as they have their summit at Tarkin’s compound on Eriadu. This planet is home to the Tarkin family estates, and where he has his personal home to this day.
During the summit they discuss the clones and Doctor Hemlock’s work on Tantiss. Tarkin is as short and dismissive with Hemlock as he would be with anybody else, but the doctor defends his work as well as the time and resources being spent on it. And then Tarkin’s attention switches over to Commander Krennic and his progress on Project Star Dust. We learned in Rogue One that Project Star Dust is the code name The Death Star.
Saw Gerrera
The Bad Batch infiltrates Tarkin’s compound in order to put a tracking device on Hemlock’s ship and follow him back to his secret base where they might be able to rescue Crosshair and the other captive clones. But Saw Gerrera is there on his own mission to blow the building and the Imperials inside up. The two teams argue about their missions, and in the end, Saw is Saw and executes his attack on the compound.
It’s a move that makes it impossible for Clone Force 99 to escape unscathed but is also very predictable. Saw Gerrera, though a fun and interesting character, has always had a hard time seeing the proverbial forest through the trees and was never going to let an Imperial officer go unharmed today to win a bigger victory tomorrow.
Tarkin’s Air Support
In response to the attacks, Tarkin sends out air support to take out the Bad Batch. He receives some push-back from another officer, pointing out that taking out the transports will also result in stormtrooper loss of life, but Tarkin already knew this and ordered the strike anyway.
This is also quintessential to this character, and in Rogue One we can see Tarkin making a similar call to glass half of Scarif as well as all of the Imperial officers there if it meant also being rid of the Rebel forces.
Tech’s Sacrifice
In order to give the group a chance to get away, Tech executes “Plan 99” and sacrifices himself. After spending the first entire half of the season focusing on almost nothing but his character growth. So hey Dave Filoni, um… What the actual fu-
We never see a body though, and we have seen a history of Clones dying off-screen and then returning later with Echo. So maybe Tech will come back one day. We can hope.
Cid’s Betrayl
After only barely escaping, an injured Clone Force 99 heads to Ord Mantell to take refuge in Cid’s bar. They can only recover there for a moment though, because Hemlock and his men quickly arrive, looking for Omega. It’s the least surprising betrayal of the season, but just like everybody said would happen, Cid sells the batch out to the Empire as soon as it became financially beneficial for her.
There is some back and forth, but eventually, Hemlock manages to capture Omega while the rest of the batch gets away. But by the time they get to their ship it’s too late to follow or track Hemlock and Omega is long gone.
Emerie’s Reveal
Omega is brought to Tantiss where she is reunited with Nala Se and sees an unconscious Crosshair. Hemlock tells Nala Se that if he doesn’t see progress from her, Omega will suffer for it. And the final reveal of the season is when Hemlock’s assistant Emerie reveals that she, too, is a clone.
What will happen from here? Will there be a season two? Who knows! But let us know what you think and how you felt about the two-part season finale of The Bad Batch in the comments!
May the Force be with you, adventurers!
