Those spiders are called 'Kinrath'. They were introduced back in Knights of the Old Republic, and were pretty much exclusive to it and its sequel aside from a few mentions until an unfinished episode of The Clone Wars, and now, this episode of Bad Batch. They're carnivorous arachnids that are known to be native to Kashyyyk and used to be native to Dantooine in Legends. Aside from being an alien take on the 'giant spider' archetypal enemy, Red Kyber Crystals used to form naturally inside their eggs, back when Red Crystals were actually naturally-occurring and not created by Sith 'bleeding' their crystals.
Okay the theory that the Batch starts the Path is genius. That would totally unify everything they've been setting up: Echo's insistence on helping people, Hunter's concern about what the war is doing to the galaxy's children (including Omega), and now the Batch rescuing Gungi. That actually makes a lot of sense and it would also set up a potential Quinlan appearance since we know that he started smuggling kids through the Path at some point
“Genius”? I was going for “not moronic.” I overshot that by a week! 😆 Kidding aside, thanks! I love your point about Quinlan. We know he’s got to show up somewhere (I still think Ahsoka is a real possibility), but TBB would make perfect sense considering it’s where Filoni got to originally flesh out the character.
Omega:something doesn’t feel right…did she sense that Gungi was in danger?…I know you can’t clone Force-Sensitivity…I wonder if it selected her to be sensitive to it [the Force].
Gungi is the cutest! We have a special place in our hearts for the younglings and for wookies, and he is the best of both. Also, the Trandoshans are the absolute worst! Torturing and kidnapping children to sell on the slave market ugh. And I like your theory about the Batch starting the Path! Totally makes sense.
It's an Episodic series. There is no over arcing plot. Episodic shows are collections of short stories that can be unified by premise and themes but do not have a main story/over arcing plot (outside of the plots contained within the per episode stories) Serialized shows are the ones organized around a plot that spans the entire season/series (and the individual episodes are fragments of the larger story, rather than having complete plots in and of themselves).
Episodic stories can still have story arcs told over a season and it’s fairly common place. Rebels did this beautifully. Also, Star Wars was created as a serial. Hence the numbers and opening crawl. It’s not unfair to think there will be an overarching plot to the series. Plus the entirety of season one was essentially a serial, as they were constantly on the run with the Empire hunting them, while they tried to figure out what to do with their lives and Omega. While it had one-off stories, the overarching plot remained.
You can't organize the episodes into the structural components of a plot. An episodic series doesn't work the way a novel would where the chapters are fragments filling in a continuous narrative. A serial is built where each episode paints a piece of a single bigger picture. The episodic structure is more like snapshots with each episode or mini arc being its own complete composition. They can be unified by a premise where the short stories also fill in a bigger picture of far reaching events. But the point of using a collection of short stories to do so is the freedom it gives to switch the focus from larger to smaller stories. To explore different tones, settings, or even genres per episode that would disrupt the cohesion of a continuous narrative. Going into an episodic series with the criteria of a serial seems to result in a lot of people being unable to just enjoy the story of the episode and lots of pissing and moaning over "when's the plot going to move" and "this show is nothing but filler": as if the writers had nothing to do but waste time.
@@AarowSwift As someone with a writing background, I’m well aware of the differences. However, Star Wars content has consistently been presented as serialized, so it’s not uncommon and every series has had either seasonal, multi-episode, or series arcs. Even episodic series like this typically have over-arching seasonal plots which are either touched upon if not every episode, then every other or so. Again, TBB set the pace last season as it had a definite story-arc. Due to not following that similar structure, it makes this season seem more disconnected than it would have had this had not already been established in the first season. The show isn’t bad in the least, but the formula for season 2 was a bit more unexpected for many of us, and prefer the structure from season 1.
@@OneProtagonist Star Wars content has been presented using both formats even within the limits of the handful of shows I've watched. Short story arcs/multi part episodes are well within the episodic format. While season one of TBB didn't jump around quite as much as season 2 so far has, I don't see how you can organize the episodes into the structure of a plot. Yes, it tells a story, but you don't need a plot to tell a story. Both formats can tell a story, but I feel understanding the underlying structure can certainly improve the discourse.
@@OneProtagonist I am going to "poke" you just once in the hopes of keeping the conversation going. You said you had a background in writing which makes me very interested in what you have to say about the structure of the show. You challenged my understanding of it and I'd like you to go into more detail. I'm looking for a discussion but if you don't want to have one I won't "poke" you again.
