The Bad Batch The Bad Batch 2.06 - Tribe - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Been looking forward to an Ewok-centric episode.

 

Who is supposed to be coordinating these stories? It totally undercut the Tusken sub-plot in BoBF!

 

Nice to hear Trandoshans once again making Velociraptor noises.

 

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Best side quest of the season so far.

(The kid seems to have grown quite fast for a 200 year old species.)

 

Gungi MVP

Now that’s a side mission I like

Kasshyk is always a good visit
Wookies vs Trandoshans you can’t go wrong

 

Correction 400 year old species. But yeah Gungi was good to see. An has been surviving on gis own for over a year.

 

Yep this was the Gungi episode. They made some vague references to the undeveloped Kashyyyk arc from the Clone Wars that the Bad Batch would have been in. Including those riding animals the Wookiees used.

I think something happened between script and screen, because Hunter referred to those flame tanks as imperial, but those were clearly separatist tanks. He also said they left tread marks, but uh they hover. Unless he meant the imprint the repulsors left on the ground.

 

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Babwa_Venomor

 

As said above, still a side quest but a really, really, really fun one. Given Kashyyyk is at war for the next couple of decades and no mention of Gungi, you'd have to think his demise is inevitable but nice to see he has survived this far.

 

Really liked this latest episode. Loved that "cinematic-looking" opening in space. And really great to see something (organisation, location, etc) run just by droids again. It's really important to reinforce the diversity between humanoids, aliens and droids.

TBB were typical of their respective characterisations, but I was okay with it because I wasn't really expecting much growth from them. Hunter is still that reluctant leader/warrior in not wanting to be part of anything that takes on the Empire. It's hard to see at this stage (other than Cid turning them in) where the next step for this group is other than running missions of the week.

Awesome to see Kashyyyk again and some of its large native fauna. And it was great to see the interactions of this Wookie tribe and how in tune the Wookies are with their planet. The Trandoshans were abit lame in their abilities as warriors outside the tanks, but the brief skirmish was interesting enough.

Whilst Omega has a really kind and caring heart, it's also something that poses a big risk to the safety of TBB. Week in, week out with every mission, Omega does something that puts TBB right in the thick of danger. A definite safety liability to the team, but there are also times where she does really well too. Probably a great combination with Hunter's reluctance and Omega's enthusiasm, but it doesn't come without risk.

Right now, IMO, one of the biggest questions in Star Wars is how do TBB earn enough credits to survive and drink at Cid's bar. Every week, in one form or another, they appear to blow their mission in either not retrieving the goods - or not receiving payment before the action starts.

Maybe this is why Cid ends up turning them in for the reward; they blow all of their missions.

But I enjoyed the episode very much.

 

Wonder if Axis is a part of Gotra.

 

If they are, maybe Gotra also puts a bounty out on TBB too - giving Cid even more temptation to seek the credits for TBB.

 

This was literally the cancelled Clone Wars CF99 Kashyyyk arc condensed into one episode xD

Not too shabby though

 

You never know, we may get to see Gungi and Grogu in a ST movie down the road.

 

Considering that TBB are technically her underlings, droids will more likely want her head too.

 

After two, IMO, "meh" episodes this is more like it. Probably due to the closer connection to the PT (i.e. follow up on the state of Kashyyyk and Gungi). Good ep. Oh, and that Trando leader was one bad dude -- that wasn't Bantha fur on his shoulder!

 

All this week, I kept thinking "we haven't seen Gungi yet from the trailer," and lo and behold, here he is! I thought it was adorable, given his upbringing with the Jedi, that he looked to the other Wookiees as they did things. Like he's learning to be a Wookiee properly?
They could've easily thrown a bunch of Holiday Special Easter Eggs into this, but they didn't.
Well, I was entertained, love me some Wookiees!

 

I think the Vanguard Axis might have connections to the droid gotra, I got a similar vibe from them.
When I saw those webs I thought we were going to see wyyyshoks, but it's cool that they were the kinrath were from KOTOR. (I'm still on Tatooine in that game, so I think Kashyyyk's my next stop.)
I think the the imperial clones are having trouble working with trandoshans, especially since they were on opposing sides in the war.
I wouldn't be surprised if the empire returns for Gungi, maybe with an Inquisitor.


Fantastic episode!

 

Really good episode, it's fun and dramatic in the right way.

The interesting is

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Chewbacca is not there, i think that between ROS and this episode at least 2 years have passed

 

Kashyyyk's a big place, he could just be in another village.

 

Do we think black wokkie is Tarful

 

Why did they call the AATs Imperial Tanks?

 

My thoughts are that they were originally going to be imperial, but they decided to reuse assets and forgot to change the script.

 

Love old Yanna, she might be from before The High Republic era, being 400 years old.