Consistency is key in the Star Wars mythos, and the ever-expanding Star Wars lore continues to evolve in movies, comics, Disney Plus shows, and video games. Star Wars: The Bad Batch is the newest show set before the events of the Star Wars original trilogy and after the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and seeks to add and expand on pieces of important lore for this space opera series.
There’s greatness in Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Everyone always loves following their favorite clones, even after they were forced to kill everyone’s favorite Jedi masters. The Bad Batch adds a lot of great details to the Star Wars lore, and will continue to do so with Season 2.
9 The Impact Of Order 66
Perhaps the greatest tragedy in Star Wars canon is that of Order 66. This event saw the culling and murder of the Jedi Order, an attempted eradication by the Sith. Palpatine used the clone army with inhibitor chips to kill the trusted Jedi generals and to bring forth his Galactic Empire with no opposition. Star Wars: The Bad Batch does a brilliant job of showing the aftermath of Order 66.
Not only does The Bad Batch open on the moment Order 66 impacted Clone Force 99, but it also shows a very deep connection to the characters as they witness the regular clones forever change due to their inhibitor chips. It demonstrates how Order 66 impacted Jedi, civilizations, and the very clones forced to engage such a tragedy.
8 Hera's Origins
A favorite character of Star Wars: Rebels, Hera is set to appear in live-action for the first time thanks to the Disney Plus Star Wars: Ahsoka series. However, fans got to learn a bit more about Hera thanks to The Bad Batch, in which she was seen on her home planet as Ryloth.
Her introduction in The Bad Batch is the first-time audiences got to see Hera’s younger, self before she had the Ghost and the heart of Kanan Jarrus. It was a Hera that experienced tragedy and the loss of her home world, and onto new beginnings in the galaxy far, far away.
7 Rex’s In-Between
After the finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rex was not seen again until he was an old man in Star Wars: Rebels. The depiction of Rex in Rebels showed an older clone, but still with that loving and cunning personality that fans loved about Rex. However, thanks to The Bad Batch more lore was added about Rex. Viewers got to learn what happened after the events of The Clone Wars and before Rebels.
As it turns out, Captain Rex was working very closely with his rebel alliance, and even hired Clone Force 99 for many different missions. Rex holds great importance in Star Wars and is a clone that resists the Empire in any way that he can.
6 Rogue Clones
When the Star Wars prequels came out, many just assumed that the clones were identical in every way, both body and mind. When Order 66 happened, and the clones turned on the Jedi, people thought that this was due to every clone being the same. However, Star Wars: The Clone Wars sought to remedy that misconception, and give each clone a unique look and personality.
Although the majority of clones helped with Order 66 thanks to their inhibitor chips, some tried to resist, and even more decided that the new direction of the clone army was wrong. Some clones turned rogue against their brothers and decided that fighting the Empire was the best way forward, even if it meant betraying what they had known.
5 Snoke Prototypes
The sequel trilogy seems to be the most divisive among all the Star Wars films, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch tries to connect the narrative threads of the prequels to the sequels. In Episode 9 of The Bad Batch, Omega stumbles upon a mysterious and secret experimentation of ominous green cloning pods. These pods were also seen in the cloning chambers of Exegol in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Considering that Snoke was a cloned Force user for Palpatine, it’s no surprise that there were early attempts at this work. Snoke was strong in the force, and he could be used by Palpatine after death. These Snoke prototypes serve to connect the films and animation and show just how long Palpatine had been preparing for death.
4 A Galactic Empire
One of the most heartbreaking moments in Star Wars is the moment that democracy dies in favor of the Galactic Empire, forged out of Sheev Palpatine’s new powers. The shift that occurred between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope features a great time skip, but Star Wars: The Bad Batch puts audiences directly into this new phase, in which they witness the demise and dismantling of the Galactic Republic in favor of the Galactic Empire.
Thanks to The Bad Batch, audiences witness the politics of Star Wars, and how far the clone army has changed. The new restrictions on cities, planets, and their populous. Star Wars: The Bad Batch adds more oppression to the lore of Star Wars.
3 Female Clones
One of the biggest shocks to come out of Star Wars: The Bad Batch was the reveal of Omega, a female clone. However, Omega is not just any female clone, but is the unaltered genetic replication of Jango Fett, the template used for all the clones produced on Kamino. Omega is the only female clone that audiences are aware of, and she has since become a valued member of Clone Force 99.
The addition of Omega into the Star Wars lore adds many questions, and possible futures for the character. After all, this is a female version of Jango Fett and the sister to Boba Fett. Omega could have a bright future in Star Wars, but considering she has not been seen in live-action, only time will tell her fate.
2 Kamino Lost
After the formation of the Galactic Empire, clones were soon retired. This has been known for years since the Stormtroopers seen in the Star Wars original trilogy are just normal people and not clones. However, The Bad Batch shows audiences how the clones were decommissioned, and how it was all covered up. This occurred when the Empire destroyed Kamino and the cloning city to hide any involvement, whilst ensuring Jango Fett’s genetic template was destroyed.
Watching Kamino turn to smoldering ash was heart-breaking for a lot of Star Wars fans, especially those that loved The Clone Wars, considering how adored the clones were, and their home on Kamino. This new addition to the lore gives audiences a canon explanation for the clone’s disappearance.
1 Stormtrooper Origins
Many had wondered for years why the Empire stopped using clones, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch explains that through the use of a legacy Star Wars character. Wilhuff Tarkin’s career was bolstered in the formation of the Empire, and he had always seemed to have hated clones. Tarkin’s ambition saw the destruction of Kamino, and the removal of clones from his army, in favor of humans under a new set of armor to be identifiable and take orders better.
The origin of Stormtroopers helps emphasize how much of dying breed clones had become after the events of Order 66. All of them, despite their uniqueness and individuality, were seen as nothing more than pawns to eradicate the Jedi Order, in favor of younger and more reliable Stormtroopers.