So... this was it? 

Ventress cracks me up. "You're an odd little clone." Killed me. lol

I thought the episode was fine but a bit anti-climatic. It would have got a bigger reaction out of me if they hadn't spoiled her return in the trailer. Imagine if Ventress just showed up alive out of no where with a yellow lightsaber without any of us knowing or expecting it. We would have been going crazy today.

Omega: Wow I might be the Force sensitive Jek-14: [Sad force lightning sounds]

Somehow Ventress has returned.

“I am the Harbinger. Assuming direct control”

I like how crosshair helps ventress aboard the marauder.Both characters had done terrible things but are on the path to redemption.

Silly Eck this is Star Wars, no one dies.

Small thing: I appreciate how well the water fight was animated. It's wild that we can just take every little drop for granted now when that used to be the peak of what was possible.

Star Wars animation shows have been brilliant. Much better than the live action ones. Ventress and Omega intrigues me much more than the Ahsoka and Sabine debacle.

Disney Starwars has a problem of just letting characters die. Like seriously, why does everyone need to cheat death and somehow return? Once or twice you can get away with but come on its so old the concept is 6 feet under by now.

In the EU, Ventress was allegedly dead, but actually survived and it was open in that too. At least in Canon, she survived too. It's better than Ventress wanting to just go away from the Clone Wars and everything else.

I seriously hope Omega isn't force sensitive. I don't think she is, but I'm genuinely so sick of every character needing to be a force user.

The sort of stormy weather seems very ominous like a calm before the storm, from the trailer we see the empire find the bad batch so that’s gotta be within the next few episodes

She’s a Nightsister and was buried on Dathomir by Voss and Kenobi. That’s all the explanation I need. 💯💯

According to Artorr, Dark Desciple was supposed to be 8 episodes. The Clone Wars had 52 episodes in production after The Lost Missions. 13 Conventional arcs by Season 5 standards. Ultimately 3 got made when Season 7 aired. Bad Batch on Kashyyyk, Crystal Crisis, Son of Dathomir, Sith Shrine (Ahsoka focused under the Temple), and Dark Desciple (which was double length) plus a few more. Artorr has great documentary/review content and just released his Jedi Survivor video. He took off with a 3 part series on the Clone Wars: Legend, Brilliance, and Legacy, focusing on the Movie/S1, S2-6, and post cancellation media thru S7.

and once again a character comes back from the dead. Qui-Gon getting REAL tired of this bantha poodoo

I think she realized that omega was unknowingly affecting her dog companion through the force. I honestly didn’t think about that until this episode.

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Agreed with the sentiment. To me, this episode felt like a pilot episode to a spin-off. Asajj's VA said this is just a tease for what to come. Also, I could see the reamining Bad Batch die (or at least some of them) in a final confrontation freeing the remaining clones or sacrificing themselves for Omega, while Omega goes on to travel and train with Ventress in the epilogue

CloneWars was the last time we SAW Ventress.

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4:41 next series is Omega. Calling it like the narrator

I can't be the only one shipping Ventress and Crosshair, can I? I can just imagine them sitting grumpily together, bonding over how disappointing people are.

Nah I’m more upset that they didn’t show us Crosshair’s reaction to Tech’s death

As a martial artist I liked her fight with the Bad Batch, a nice mix of kung fu and ju jitsu there and how she adapts her barehanded style very differently to Hunter/Wrecker/Crosshair

I do love how this also handled the sabine force semsitivity thing. Midi chlororian count determining potential but it's training that makes a jedi or sith.

This episode was fine but Star Wars stories are increasingly repetitive. A young person who doesn't understand the galaxy (Luke/Ashoka/Omega/Ezra/Rey) becomes a Jedi. They lose a mentor (Ben/Anakin/Tech/Kanan/Luke), befriend a non-sentient (R2/R2/Becher/Chopper/BB8), and are surprisingly helped by a former foe (Vader/Hondo/Asajj/Fulcrum/Hux). The Ashoka series is already starting to follow this pattern too. I wouldn't be surprised if Captain Enoch turns out to be a good guy.

Don't forget about Tales of the Jedi season 2. Just the way things have been set up it's looking like this next season will be the retelling of Dark Disciple in the short form. As for the next long form show I think they'll pause with Omega and explore something new maybe the High Republic to further expand that era.

Man I always had a little bit of a thing for Ventress before, but Ventress with hair AND a yellow saber? I'm officially in love. 😅

Plot quirks aside, god I love the animation in this series. It's beautiful

Thanks for the video.

I am hopeful that we see more of Asajj. Her continued character development shows promise for the balance of the force.

they gotta cut the shit and let characters die, no more fakeouts it's ridiculous

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It's good to see Ventress back, she's become a very interesting character. If the creators are talking so enthusiastically about the future of her and Omega as ongoing characters I'll look forward to what we see next. Definitely feels like there is room for a next chapter. I'm continually impressed by the maturity of Bad Batch as a show. I feel like it's explored a lot of themes and questions within the lore that have gone untouched, particularly when it comes to the tragedy of the clones and the rise of the Empire's military philosophy. It honestly feels the closest to Andor out of all the other SW material, which is pretty impressive for a show originally advertised as a sequel/spin-off to the often goofy Clone Wars series. (Not to say that CW didn't have many solid, more mature arcs)

Wet haired vinterest got me feeling a certain type of way. Am i right?

I really hated this episode, Ventress had a perfect end to her story and there was literally no reason for her to come back, she literally died, here is the end of the novel Dark Disciple so everyone can see it: "He gave a shaky breath. He had thought he would dread this moment, but he was surprised to feel more a sense of serene peace than pain. This was what had to be done, and he knew it deep in his bones. Slowly, reverently, he raised his arms as if he were holding Ventress in them. Her body rose into the air in response. Vos held her in the Force over the still, dark lagoon and lowered her gently. Little by little, the black waters closed over her, receiving her in their embrace. His face was the last of his body to disappear, pale and with an expression of serenity that she had never known in life. Flicker. The water...was it changing color? Wisps of mist began to rise, green and bright. Green, like the magic of Dathomir that Ventress had spoken of; green, just like the Water of Life. Vos caught your breath. Soft whispers reached his ears, sounding almost like... Kenobi was immediately at his side, his lightsaber unlit, but ready in his hand. -Vos, what is happening? Little by little, with some disbelief, Vos understood. His heart ached with bittersweet joy. "Listen," was the only thing he said. Kenobi's eyes widened. He also heard, at that moment, the whispers of women's voices. The Force had recovered his wayward daughter from Dathomir, and as Vos reached out to send the woman he loved a final farewell, he thought he could make out a single word: "sister." Asajj Ventress had finally returned home." (It's a google translation from the spanish version, so it's probably not the same as the english book) It's literally a perfect ending for her and its very clear that shes's dead. They could've used other character for the episode, but they wanted Ventress for no reason, Vos could have been a good choice, even Baylan could have worked, but no, they decided to use a character that didn't need a continuation to her story and had a very good end.

Ventress emerges on Dathomir when Ashoka and Thrawn arrive

I want more clone era stuff. I love the clone wars era. Most creative era of star wars and the clones are fuckin cool. Wish we got to see more variety of the squads in ROTS. Like the Galactic Marines and commander Grees men

It seemed like it was hinted that we’d get a show in which Ventress is training Omega, after this final season of BB. Watching this episode kinda reminded me of of watching the BB episodes in S7 of CW, like it was a soft pilot for a new show…

I really hope this episode is some sort of back door pilot for a show about the hidden path from Obi-Wan Kenobi. We learned there that Quinlan was working with the path network. I think it would be perfect to have Asajj helping too. It would make so much sense for her character, devoting her new found life to helping force sensitive children not fall into the wrong hands like she did.

I'm thinking Omega's M count is low, but it doesn't reject midichlorians. So with enough of them in her blood she could be made Force sensitive. That would make her valuable to the Emperor, as they could just make clones of Omega. How that fits into Project Necromancer I don't know.

Gods, Assajj will NEVER die. She will pop up in the future series like Mandalorian, Ahsoka etc. And apparently so will Omega from now on. >:(

i could see her apper in tales of the jedi

Now let’s be honest- who felt something with Asaaji’s movements and mannerisms 😅😜? The hairstyle is definitely 💯

Glad the animation is still good

almost 4 years ago cap Fordo tried to warn us all about this

We have a pretty good idea of what Ventress ends up doing, if they accept Dark Disciple. Based on the snippet in Kenobi, I think it's more than likely her story is going to be about her and Quinlan Vos creating The Path (with or without Omega there helping them). Would not be surprised to learn their efforts begin with a mass breakout of clones and expands to Force Sensitives and others hunted by the Empire.

it's been a while since i read Dark Desciple. But wasn't her burrial scene "some time later" so it could be 10 years later technically, as long as kenobi and vos are still alive to deliver her there

If Dark Disciple is still canon, I could see them explaining that either she did get killed by Dooku's lightning but when her body was returned to her homeworld the waters of the planet revived her, or perhaps she actually did survive the lightning but ended up in a death-like state, and Vos and everyone else assumed she was dead, and when Vos returned her body to her homeworld, the water of Dathomir revived her, but she was stranded on Dathomir while she recovered and missed the rest of the Clone Wars and Order 66. Plus since the Kenobi series proved that people can survive being stabbed in the chest/gut by a lightsaber, it wouldn't be too big of a stretch to assume Ventress survived Dooku's Lightning.

Those who are force sensitive are usually really good with animals, I think batcher is an example of this

Haven’t been keeping up with the recent SW animated shows but my god this art style is incredible. I’d watch a new SW movie if it looked like this

I gotta say, that hand to hand fight between Wrecker, Hunter, and Crosshair vs. Ventress was so slick. It seriously gives even the mocaped fight between Ahsoka and Maul a run for it's money.

I think it was partailly just them bringin her back for the fanservice, but I also thing they have a plan probrably related wiith the Ahsoka series, and they will also do something in animation, many people believe it will be a show following her an quinllan after the bad batch or another clone show, but I believe we could see some of the clone wars lost arcs, not all but at the very least dark disciple and maybe son of Dathomir they could be combined since Quinlan was originally meant to be on son of Dathomir working for Dooku, but was cut when it was turned into a comic because the dark disciple novel was not out yet, they could extend quinlan's time working for dooku in more episodes and show his relationship with other jedi and end up with a season of tv, focussed on Quinlan, ventres, Dooku, and Maul. there's also the possibility of them doing other arcs but this three are the more likely ones, maybe some years after the bad batch ends they do another season dealing with the outer rim sieges and they bring back the bad batch mision in kashyyyk a couple more of arcs and make a canon animated version of tthe battle of coruscant

Dark disciple is such an amazing novel. If anybody hasn’t read it, I strongly suggest you do It’s definitely an emotional rollercoaster. After watching this episode of bad batch, I really want to see dark disciple as a TV movie from its original episode arc of TCW that never happened.

Ventress is my favourite Star Wars character period.

I think the episode was completely fine, maybe they alluded to something bigger in the trailer but we still have more episodes for that to be true. People say this is just "filler" but I'm convinced people don't know what that means, this episode was vital to the story and just because it didn't have some big imperial/clone fight that doesn't mean its any less important of an episode.

I like Asajj as a character. That being said, I think it's another example of Filoni/Lucasfilm disregarding canon stories in order to make a splash for their "bigger" projects. Seems like Omega could have found out about m-count from some other source other than bringing someone back from the dead (again!) - just lazy writing. And overall, considering her use in the trailer, her appearance here is kind of a let-down.

Ventress somehow returned. "That's a story for another time." ... Director guy, "Did you forget to pay it out again?" Writer guy, "Yep we forgot to pay it out again."

I am happy she is back and hope for more of her and Ahsoka working together eventually.

Asajj is the Harbinger of Omega's perfection.

I thought this episode was fantastic and one of the best this season

Yeaaaa I’m getting the vibe ventress isn’t just a cameo and that she’ll play a key role in omegas future and hopefully we get to see it cause ventress is such a great character

Here’s my take on this For me I never read the dark disciple and for all I knew she just hasn’t been around since the clone wars and missed her cause it’s been forever since I’ve heard about her and was happy when I saw her in the trailer but now that I know about what actually went down with her in the book I kind of like this more because I’m very interested in her motivations because clearly she’s up to something and I wanna see more of her

Very obvious that this episode is a backdoor pilot for a "Dark Disciple" show for after BB ends.

I'm pretty sure she's going to pop back up before the seasons over. I think that was just a tease for a bigger part for her, probly in the finale.

Asajj may end up starting Omega's training (if she turns out to have the Force; I dunno, Filoni may just be teasing us) but Omega may end up training with Ahsoka during Ahsoka's years in exile (pre-Grogu). The reason I make that connection was the meeting between Omega and young Hera Syndulla towards the very end of Clone Wars. That, in my opinion, was a "Chekhov's Gun" sort of moment. The fact that they know each other will come back somehow.

As soon as I heard about the show talking about "M-Count" and having Palpatine arrive at whatever planet it was to see the progress, my suspicion that the "M-Count" meant "Midichlorian Count" was confirmed. I am assuming that Palpatine wanted Force Sensitive clones.

The color of a guardian lightsaber.. she hurt no one.. she is very aligned and strong in the light side... it all fits perfectly.. I think she will play a very pivotal role in the coming episodes..

My main problem with this is simple: If the book seemingly leaves Ventress dead or assumed to be dead but somehow revived because 'woOoOoOoOoO spooky green mists in the waters SpoOoOoky', then you better bring her back for something good. Otherwise, why bother? You'll only tarnish the memory of said character or even worse, ruin it. This episode, while good on its own right, I don't think really justified bothering bringing her back. If she appears more later on then perhaps, but it better be worth it. It also doesn't help one bit that Disney just *WON'T FUCKING STOP WITH THE CAMEOS ALREADY* for fuck sake, if there's cameos nonstop then they stop being significant in any way. Look at Mando season 1 and then Mando season 2, you'll notice the huge difference in cameos - and some of those cameos (like Ashoka) don't serve as much of a use to the plot other than bringing new info and being blatant fanservice. Boba was good on season 2 tho, that one at least was foreshadowed in the first episode of the season.

Really glad this character is back. Some live long enough to become the villain, but a story about redemption and reflection is what our society truly needs. As they introduced Clone Force 99 in the final season of The Clone Wars to launch a continuation … they are launcing a Assajj - Omega series to continue TCW series. Offering viewers a new perspective into the Era of The Empire, serving as a S4-S6 of the Bad Batch. Also didn’t she get a shout out in live-action in the Ahsoka series? I hope we get a Tales of the Jedi (S3) with the Dark Diciple arc, for not everyone has read that beautifully crafted story of Assajj and Vos vs Dooku and Palpatine. It would be the ultimate retribution for Palpatine’s horrific war crimes and manipulations if Assajj were to deal the crippling blow to Palpatine’s cloning efforts by destroying Tantiss Base and training Omega to fend for herself. However i’m predicing a huge sacrifice from our squad to deliver that blow and for Omega to come into the care of Ventress.

This could lead to a hypothical show with Ventress and Omega where Omega will get more training and so on. If Disney does something like that I would be very hyped.

"That was it?" Can be the series review

Wondering if this is a tease on what may be next. Bad Batch are gonna age out or one way or another Omega is gonna find out if Ventress was lying about her affinity and then we get a pal around Master and Apprentice series of a wayfinder or something like that.

I would love to see Ventress get her own Tails of the Jedi arc, maybe as a way to show her first appearance vs anakin when he become a Jedi Knight, and her arc with Vos and her pov of the Jedi Purge

I thought it was a great episode! Granted assaj ventress is one of my favorite characters to come out of the clone wars tv show, I thought it was very wholesome how they hit it off with Omega. I went ahead and rewatched the bit from Rebels where Kanan is testing Ezra, and realized just how much these master-apprentice moments reveal about the characters. Also made me realize in retrospect how good of a show Rebels was. If you discount for the feels I had about clone wars ending when it was released and it’s radically different concept from the clone wars series, turns out it was a great show. I would even dare compare it to the likes of Firefly and Cowboy Bebop as one of the best space westerns of all time.

This won’t be the end. We’ll get her again

Yeah I like the Ventress in this episode, much more mellow and obviously trying to walk the grey path. She could be called upon again e.g. if they have an episode where they have to pull in favours from everyone theyve met as a kind of last revisit to several characters. Its amazing watching her in this compared to her first appearance in the shorts when she was just a silent killing machine. Looks like one or two more standalone episodes and then it will go into a continuous final arc for the last three or four episodes and like they will be stealing a Juggernaut to launch a ground assault on Mount Tantiss.

I miss when Asajj was just a bad ass Rattataki. Never seen TCW but even before that series came out I always thought she was such a cool character. I figured Disney wouldn’t have the courage to leave her dead after Dark Disciple.

It was nice to see Ventress displaying some real depth as a character. She still has her edges, but she’s a much more reasonable person. Kind of like an alternate version of Maul where they both were betrayed by the Sith and turned their back on the Sith. Unlike Maul she has Jedi roots to fall back on and it seems like she’s found a nice middle ground of some sort for herself

I'm sure Ventress being Dathomiri and the witches heavy involvement in Ahsoka will end up tying together at some point.

hoping we hear soon what the next series is going to be. could it continue bad batch/rex/echo adventures and how they eventually intersect with ghost crew on that walker? or do we get something completely new story era and characters? what about a show in the Mando era or jump back to high republic?

Definitely an old canon guy over the new stuff, but I did read Dark Disciple and I did enjoy it; I've always liked the character of Ventress and I'm glad they're doing more with her.

I love her new direction i think shes a great character that yhey could build stories around. The fact she has a non red sabre speaks volumes to me. But shows her flaws that she struggles with shen she had them.

Here's my personal wacky theory: Palpatine has been working secretly with the Kaminoans on this project for a while. Nala Se was unable to produce and exact clone of Palpatine but was able to successfully splice his genes with their existing template to produce a viable candidate with a high midi-chlorian count. Either somehow Nala Se developed a bond with Omega, or she understood the gravity of this development and hid it. Or, perhaps this was a secret experiment by the Kaminoans for a potential bargaining chip with Palpatine. Omega will continue to evade capture for many years until she settles down with a spouse and has a daughter--Rey.

I believe for the tales of the jedi season 2 they'll adapt the Dark Disciple arc and explore Ventress more, now that people are interested in what happened to her before the bad batch.

Pretty sure we will learn the story what happened with Ventress either in Tales of the Jedi Season 2 or in a separate series. If I would have to guess, the goal here was probably more to show she's alive and check the interest about this character reappearance

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Probably the most acceptable revival of a character, if the nightsister magick pool functions like Ra's al Ghul's lazarus pit.

Yeah im down ffor a ventress and omega show or spin off segment thing

If this ends up leading up to her entry into real life SW films or shows then....hey let's do it!

I don’t think it’s over just yet

Ventress is the perfect character to have interacted with Omega. She had such a troubled past as a force sensative young woman, this is great writing

Episode was pretty medicore, almost like filler. Think just had high hopes of Ventress still being kick ass.

Would love to see more of Ventress .

ventress's hair looks so much better pushed back!

This is strange. Isn't it a fact from the novel Dark Disciple that she took a lethal blast from Dooku's force lightning meant for Quinlan Vos? Or her appearance in TBB a retcon?

guess I'm with the few who are glad Ventress is fine and doing well, Also I like she schooled the naive deserters(TBB). I guess its like a high level deserter meets a group of low level deserters.

about the continuation of the dark disciple novel. Perhaps we'll get this story in animation in set of Quinlan Vos focused tales of the jedi episoded? I actually doubt it, but it is possible.

I feel like at this point it's just cannon that Dathomiri characters get extra lives.