Well, here we are. The final season of The Bad Batch.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an animated sci-fi series and the spin-off/sequel to Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It's produced by Lucasfilm and Lucasfilm Animation and distributed by Disney Platform Distribution. This final season consist of 15 episodes, and it was created by Dave Filoni.
The story is, last season Omega was captured by the Empire. Now, Clone Force 99 sets out to get her back. While they'll face dangerous enemies both from crime lords and the Empire, they'll face anyone and do anything to get her back.
- Negatives
I've got nothing.
- Mix
One gray area is the pacing. There are a few times when taking things slow works, but I did feel like something, such some of the set up to action, could've been a bit faster.
- Positives
One good, or as I should say, one great thing about the final season is the performances. I've said that before in my reviews for season one and two, but here, Dee Bradley Baker and Michelle Ang really went full force, primarily in the series finale. Which I'll touch on later.
Then there's the character development. We did get that here and there in the last two seasons, with season three other than a action, and the Empire storyline, the character development felt like a major focus, which I loved. We even get character development for people I wasn't expecting, like Emerie Karr. I thought at first they weren't really gonna do anything special with her, but no, she also gets good character development.
The last thing I'll praise is, we've got a storyline, with no annoying filler! That was always the issue people had with the previous seasons. We're given this big story arc, but next thing we know we're on a side quest. Here, that's not the case. The story is great through and through. And what I forgot to write in my review of season two is, even if you do do a filler episode, make it worth something as supposed to nothing. Cause filler can help with previously mentioned character development, chemistry with characters, and world building. Hell, Avatar: The Last Airbender had filler but it did those three things I just listed. And this season did that. Going back to Emerie she got a really good episode ("Identity Crisis"), where she's relating to the "specimen". That is filler done right. But when that's not happening we're getting good stories with of course The Bad Batch. One great example is Crosshair. We got his redemption arc, and we see him going through PTSD and see how that's effecting his sniper skills. Then there's the finale. That was great. We got brotherhood, family, and etc. We've got get stakes, and we got, and I'm not spoiling it, but we got a touching moment between Hunter and Omega, along with a good send-off to Omega. I don't think it's as good as the final episode of The Clone Wars, but it was still a great thing to watch.
While you're more than likely to find issues, I felt this was a great season, even if it's sadly the final one.
My final rating is, Great.
Those were my thoughts. Due come back on Thursday, May 9th, where I'll be giving my thoughts on David Corenswet's Superman suit. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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