The Bad Batch Will Connect EVERYTHING in Star Wars 

I was born in 73, so grew up watching the original series, had all the figs and patches from the fan club. I watched the prequels late in college with my roommates, both huge fans. Raised my kids on the Clone Wars. Worked to get them every Lego Star Wars set I could. They loved it. Then came the sequels and by this time I don’t expect much but they hated them. But we get together every week during the run to watch the bad batch. I’ll be sad when it’s over. Btw, we all love Andor!

Even though Moff Gideon cloning force sensitive versions of himself was stupid, that still leaves the chance we could see him again, or at least a clone who somehow survived the destruction of the others, and is now wandering the galaxy fighting turning to the Dark Side, with unreliable Force powers.

*Fun fact:* In Legends, the kaminoan Taun We survived the Empire, the New Republic and even the Yuuzhan Vong Wars. However, she left Kamino after its cloning facilities stopped being relevant for the galaxy, working from that point on with Arkanian Microtechnologies. She would meet a terminally-ill Boba Fett again 40 years after Yavin in Vohai

"Or Maybe She is Force Sensitive" Really? You Think? That would be a total out of no where plot twist... I had just figured they put a bounty on her and chased her back and forth across the galaxy because they wanted to clone a bunch of really nice moral people.

My major problem with Palpatine being always behind The First Order is the treatment of the rank and file. The FO was hardly kindler and gentler, but it was a great deal more practical about how it treated its soldiers, a vastly different degree of disposability. I cannot see Palpatine, even in a disguised remove, being able to fake placing somewhat if still limited genuine value on those serving on the front lines.

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I'd just like to see someone explain why an enthusiastic dreamer like Luke who believed in the fight would literally walk away entirely from the New Republic in its hour of direst need, including abandoning Leia entirely. Yes, by ROTJ Luke was in his Goth era, but he still fervently believed in doing what was right.

I'm looking forward to this more than I ever did Ahsoka or Obiwan or any of the live action stuff (except Andor, which is awesome). The animated stuff really has the best stories.

I hope it does what you say, and more. Why I like the Ahsoka series so much. Rebels was just wonderful, and it has been a utter joy to see my favorite charters get their story expanded. I mean who does not love the cameo of Kanan Jarrus or a young Hera Syndulla in the Bad Batch??!?

I believe Omega's special trait is that of strategy, based off how the beat everyone in Cid's bar at that holotable game.

bad batch is the origin of the project necromancry leading to his resurrection

I am a Star Wars Fan and I like the Bad Batch and the Prequels and all of Star Wars give Jedi Master Beck a Show and may the force be with you.

At this point, I think it's still possible to erase the Sequel Trilogy, since the Project Necromancer stuff isn't explicitly, or even subtly connecting to Snoke specifically. It very well could take a turn and do the proper Palpatine clone storyline from Legends.

0:14 Have you notice and see that they have a new ship in this episode who's the 12th and called 《Juggernaut》because their original ship is destroy on Pabu during precedent épisodes (Probably in the 10th or the 11th but can also be in the 6th or the 7th)

Young Kanan in season 1 is still hilarious.

I was born in 73, so grew up watching the original series, and had all the figs and patches from the fan club. I watched the prequels late in college with my roommates, both huge fans. Raised my kids on the Clone Wars. Worked to get them every Lego Star Wars set I could. They loved it. Then came the sequels and by this time I didn’t expect much but they hated them. But we get together every week during the run to watch the bad batch. I’ll be sad when it’s over. Btw, we all love Andor! Fun fact: In Legends, the Kaminoan Taun We survived the Empire, the New Republic, and even the Yuuzhan Vong Wars. However, she left Kamino after its cloning facilities stopped being relevant for the galaxy, working from that point on with Arkanian Microtechnologies. She would meet a terminally ill Boba Fett again 40 years after Yavin in Vohai Speaking of Joruus C'Baoth, the original Jedi master Jorus C'Baoth was also a pretty fascinating character, being basically a Jedi with cruel intentions and personality. He was pretty cool in the "Outbound Flight" novel Let's not forget about Dr. Silo, the guy who designed Darth Vader's suit, who was able to split his consciousness between clone bodies. I am a Star Wars Fan and I like the Bad Batch and the Prequels all of Star Wars give Jedi Master Beck a Show and may the force be with you. I believe Omega's special trait is that of strategy, based on how they beat everyone in Cid's bar at that holo table game. "Or Maybe She is Force Sensitive" Really? You Think? That would be a total nowhere plot twist... I had just figured they put a bounty on her and chased her back and forth across the galaxy because they wanted to clone a bunch of really nice moral people. Gogurt. Lol, throwback I'm looking forward to this more than I ever did Ahsoka or Obiwan or any of the live-action stuff (except Andor, which is awesome). The animated stuff really has the best stories. The Bad Batch is a fantastic show with big things happening 👏But in canon, everyone has a connection to the force when they are trained enough, so a clone should also have that ability to, thus Palpatine could have used anybody he wanted to inhabit TBB as its one entity is just okay to me, but it is beautiful in terms of how it connects the whole current canon Thanks for the reminder! 0:23: ⭐ The Bad Batch plays a crucial role in connecting various elements in the Star Wars saga. 3:04: ⚡ Star Wars Clone Wars TV show elevated prequels through high-quality story arcs and extensive content. 6:10: 🌌 Imperial Remnant's cloning experiments with crucial blood lead to confrontation with Shadow Council. 9:23: 🌌 The Bad Batch explores Sith's life extension, Palpatine's clone plan, and the unique family dynamic of the clone group. 12:36: 🌌 The significance of Omega in creating force-sensitive clones and the Empire's lack of understanding. Timestamps by Tammy AI later Tonight? Wait what?! I haven't been paying attention. It is wild how important this show has become This gives me hope for the future of Star Wars Earliest I've ever been! Hi Allen! Also, I hope is not to be Tech come back All this infusing clones with the force stuff takes me back to JK 2: Jedi Outcast and the Valley of the Jedi. They weren't clones but it may have inspired the idea. I have felt this way since The Last Jedi. I'd just like to see someone explain why an enthusiastic dreamer like Luke who believed in the fight would literally walk away entirely from the New Republic in its hour of direst need, including abandoning Leia entirely. Yes, by ROTJ Luke was in his Goth era, but he still fervently believed in doing what was right. As someone who grew up watching the original in 77 and loved all the movies and shows since, I'm a bit torn. While I know a lot of the lore, including legends, I still enjoy the Disney stuff as entertainment. I guess I'm either old enough or not a big enough SW nerd, to where the twisting, changing, and erasing of a lot of lore just doesn't bother me enough to "hate" it. I've been watching Star Wars for 47 years now.... 😮. Honestly, I'm just happy to have SW to watch in 2024! Yeah, Rey got too powerful, too quickly... But Luke kind of did too. If episodes 4-6 came out today we'd be saying the same about him. To me, just like when I was an 8-year-old kid in 1977, the movies and shows are just FUN to watch! Looking like they are building up the Jedi clone story that was hinted at with Grogu I already figured out that the Bad Batch was going to lay the groundwork for what will allow Sidious to cheat death. Having read the Old EU, it seemed logical Hi Allen! I must admit that I am one of the people who, at the beginning of the prequels, hated Jar Jar Binks the most. And then the movie progressed long enough to bring in Midichlorians. I developed a new hate. When the original trilogy was written, one of the things in vogue was spiritualism. We were prepared for the science-fiction wizards to balance science by having spiritual powers. By the time the prequels came along, biological science, and especially the fiction of biological science had progressed so that there was at least an excuse for taking away that balance of spirituality vs science to make it All science, with no balancing factor. Midichlorians took away the wonder of the force for me.- I do agree with you that Star Wars has found having series to be a very effective way of filling out the world that we all really want. I really hope that the continuation of the Bad Batch is as excellent as it had been becoming, and if they can explain the return of Palpatine, that would be great. But they cannot fix the problems with the character's story arcs. In the first movie, Finn starts out as a coward who is trying to get his feelings in line with his actions/experiences - he goes through personal growth and develops courage and depth. He does the same thing in the second movie, as though the first movie had never happened. Don't change directors between movies - you get battles of ego, as we got in the sequels. It's sad. I want them all scrapped. Alan is the only SW theorist the galaxy can trust Bad batch is my favorite Star Wars thing Boba Fett was a low-level force sensitive in Legends with heightened reflexes and low-level precognition, like Spidey sense. Very excited Scrap it all and just focus on Grogu and Mando Oh shit yeah Ventress being a force clone makes sense? Like obviously so Can you guys make a video on parallels between Star Wars and Hinduism? "Maybe The Bad Batch Season 3 will do for the sequel trilogy what The Clone Wars did for the prequel trilogy." I kinda wish that it'll do to the sequel trilogy what the Enola Gay did to Japan, honestly. Usually, I can binge. I will 3or 4 vids have been posted.. knowing what happened before watching doesn’t bother me

As an older fan, I like the Batch because they remind me of the old 80’s show The A-Team. 😁

I must admit that I am one of the people who, at the beginning of the prequels, hated Jar Jar Binks the most. And then the movie progressed long enough to bring in midichlorians. I developed a new hate. When the original trilogy was written, one of the things in vogue was spiritualism. We were prepared for the science-fiction wizards to balance the science by having spiritual powers. By the time the prequels came along, biological science and especially the fiction of biological science had progressed so that there was at least an excuse for taking away that balance of spirituality vs science to make it All science, with no balancing factor. Midichlorians took away the wonder of the force for me. - I do agree with you that Star Wars has found having series to be a very effective way of filling out the world that we all really want. I really hope that the continuation of the Bad Batch is as excellent as it had been becoming, and if they can explain the return of Palpatine, that would be great. But they cannot fix the problems with the character's story arcs. In the first movie, Finn starts out as a coward who is trying to get his feelings in line with his actions/experiences - he goes through personal growth and develops courage and depth. He does the same thing in the second movie, as though the first movie had never happened. Don't change directors between movies - you get battles of ego, as we got in the sequels. It's sad. I want them all scrapped.

I have felt this way since Last Jedi.

later Tonight? Wait what?! I haven't been paying attention.

Thanks for the reminder!

First off, triple episode release was a great surprise. Secondly, definitely in the past disney got overexcited and found the trending directors to make the three films, without really considering the lore, a proper three film story arc or good and consistent character arcs. And thirdly ,agreed they are now trying to fix it. , like GL did with the clone wars (though the bigger issue there was they were kids films and we had all become adults). I think future films will be better thought through, and both the direction and the lore considered from a whole universe point of view. At least that is what i hope, and hope is what these things were built on.

This gives me hope for the future of Star Wars

I mean I like the Bad Batch (mostly except for the filler episodes where there is actually kinda much of them especially in the first season), but I really dont like how they are trying to justify the bullshit that they've pulled with Episode 9. So explain this bullshit all you want to the audience, the 9th Episode of the Skywalker Saga is still absolute dogshit even with Bad Batch or Mando trying to explain how Palpatine returned, it just doesnt make the movie in itself a better movie and I dont get how people are so enthusiastic about Disney trying to find a good explanation for a bad story.

I think that transmedia story telling is the best way for Star Wars to move forward. It gives story tellers the freedom to do what they please, within reason, while also providing Disney tons of series to market and new potential avenues for making money.

7:45 Or perhaps medichlorians are simply too complex to replicate in a laboratory at least by earlier science.

Some thing that would be cool is a show or movie where they fight the spice sindicates because there is not much info about them

I saw a theory video in 2016 that palps was related to rey because of her stabby lightsaber tachnique in episode 7

I was explaining to a friend how Clone Wars animated series "made" the prequels better and that I hoped that new SW series could "make" the sequel trilogy better. Then as I was speaking, I conceded a novel concept that another way of doing things would be just to make better movies in the first place. Ultimately, I love all the animated series and they add so much more to the story; it's just unfortunate that they seem to be given the additional burden of lifting poorly thought-out movies.

He’s like “oh, there were no clues whatsoever that he was returning in the first two films.” Ahh. Hard to see the dark side is.

I think you’ve read Nala Se completely wrong. Nala Se watched the Empire wipe out her entire species.

I hope that later on the sequel trilogy will either considered longer canon to Star Wars or it will be announced that this whole new poorly made trilogy was an alternate timeline.

I am a Star Wars fan and one aspect of the fandom that frustrates me if the fact that a large portion of our crowd criticizes (negatively) any production that is not about Skywalker and lightsabers. The Star Wars universe has so much more to offer. The Andor series, for example, is doing a great job exploring that. I personally like The Bad Batch. Folks need to grow up, perhaps?

Honestly, you ask me this is no different then what the clone wars did for the prequels, those films has so many threads, and unfulfilled character arcs that were rectified by that show I see no reason why the sequels shouldn’t get the same care in order to remedy some of his shortcomings

Thrawn did not create C'boath. He found him on Wayland.

TBB as it’s one entity is just okay to me, but it is beautiful in terms of how it connects the whole current canon

I’ve always felt the biggest flaw with the trilogy of sequel films is that they were mis-numbered. I am certain that the trilogy would have been better received had they been numbered Episodes 10, 11, and 12.

Not necessarily cloning force sensitives, but the Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast video game entertained the idea of infusing force powers into people by means of what was then simply known as a lightsaber crystal.

People hated the prequels just as much as people today hate the sequels. Sometimes it kind of feels like people are either lying about there being no/little hate for the prequels, or just weren’t on the internet back then… I swear there are some people I’ve seen that seem downright delusional about it… Also, the novel’s definitely hinted at Palpatine’s possible return before and after episode 8 Okay mini rant over

Disney junked the entire expanded universe, so why not just junk the broken sequels? They already established that Star Wars can have divergent stories with the What If stories. Why not just use it? Because the higher ups at Disney have an agenda, but the audience is pushing back on this agenda. For me, it's the stupid plots, and childishness, and how they had no plan, which ended up with immersion breaking moments that don't make sense in established canon in the sequels I hated. Not the politics. Same things I disliked in the prequels really.

Regardless of their quality, I always enjoy Star Wars films. I like that the shows and other media are filling in the blanks in the movies. Putting the pieces together by experiencing how the dots in the films are connected through the expanded media makes me appreciate Star Wars lore even more. No matter what other fans may think, I hope Disney keeps this coming.

Very excited

I don't think that making a good movie or filling in background info is necessarily an either or situation, even good movies can benefit from tie in's to fix a plot hole or give greater context, in the same way that a not so good movie can try to go back to fix things. I will admit that the clone wars has improved my opinion of revenge of the Sith, but it's existence is also an admission that Lucas rushed the seduction to darkness part of the plot.

3:40 more seasons of the Clone Wars planned? 😂pretty sure there’s nothing left to tell in that era unless you’re referring to Tales of the Jedi season 2

I think Nala se loved omega the same way a farmer might love a particularly nice plant

Watching this gave me an idea for an episode topic you could cover: the underlying dichotomy of the embedded propaganda to condition a young generation of future soldiers here on earth. Hear me out: the clone wars aired during the height of the global war on terror. Throughout the show’s run, you have this recurring message of patriotism: good soldiers follow orders - set in a period in which the republic for which they are fighting for is in its death throes from rampant corruption, identity politics, and factionalism within its own ranks leading to the rise of authoritarianism. The soldiers themselves have no choice: they are slaves to the republic for which they fight while simultaneously attempting to liberate planets (some of whom don’t want their help or are actively fighting against them) much like the soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, yet it is painted to appeal to children and teenagers, some of whom went on to join the military and get sent into combat. The show highlights the corruption with sidious orchestrating the whole thing with the help of the military industrial complex, while also putting that patriotic message in of good soldiers follow orders - even when that order is to frag your commander and then brutally suppress the civilian population in the area you are operating. I see a great many parallels to the real world and I think it would make for a very interesting episode for you to cover

Looking like they are building up the jedi clone story that was hinted at with Grogu

It comes out tomorrow?

Apparently season 3 will be the final season

Why can't minichorlians be injected

It tomorrow, not tonight

I believe a great writer/s can fix any story giving time to explain it as Dave faloni has... So I don't think the seqauls can't be fixed as they are... I fear so many star wars fans are done and won't come back no matter how much the sequals are made to make sense as they simply want them gone and even then I feel it's to late fo0r them... So I feel Dave should work with the fans that want the squals to make sense or atleast understand they can be ignored if they want to and just enjory the media around them... Which I feel the squels can be fixed and "have good ideas" it was just horribly done.

Maybe Rey's father was actually an early Palpatine close that failed because it did not have the force. It's the perfect explanation so that we never again have to think about Palpatine having sex!

Grogurt ?

This is... way to optimistic... the prequels rely on yeh strong world created, but the sequel... does it even have redeeming qualities? We already had a sequel, a continuation better structured with actual politics and stakes, this is just bad...

Usually so i can binge.. i will 3or 4 vids have posted.. knowing what happened before watching doesn’t bother me

I don’t think omega is force sensitive… I think she is the key genetically to clones being capable of artificial injection and retention of m-count.

GoGurt :DDD

The fact they’ve brought ANOTHER character back from the dead has me dreading this show

The original trilogy started it all. The prequels, while they had a mixed reception, aged rather well in all honesty. But the squeal trilogy is going to age like rotten milk.

First let’s go Allen !

Baby Gogurt? LMFAO😂

Ah right, this is tomorrow.

Ryan Johnson was working to destroy George Lucas for Kathleen Kennedy and was supposed to be rewarded for doing so by getting a trilogy which thankfully did not happen.

I have no interest in the sequels, however I think it would’ve been cool if bad batch had come out before the sequels and build the world up for the trilogy, and then those movies could have been so much better. Just my 2 cents cheers.

The baby’s name is Grogu Allen not Grogert

I find it odd that some of the people who complain about side stories are Gamers. One of the things you do in games is go on side quest. You have no idea at the time why you are there or why you need to pick things up for later. And of course sometimes you don't realize that until you are on to the next level. Then you say "Oh S@#%!!!" "I have to go back because I don't have (X)" Ok I'm in the age group you are mostly speaking to. I am a First Gen Star Wars fan. Yes there are still some of us alive. No I didn't read the books or check out all the technical information about the ships. What I know is from Movies, TV, and what I get from RU-vid. ...ie gamers. (I do have the first 6 copies from Dark Horse comics.) I have so enjoined the Bad Batch guess I pull for the ubderdogs. I think we all must as Star Wars fans. 😊😉 Thanks Alan👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

It would take a lot more seasons to redeem the Sequel Trilogy. That was a mess, and should go the way of Highlander 2.

Shit didn't realize that was tonight

Nobody says this, but I think the sequel trilogy was derailed when Carrie Fisher passed… and they failed to fix the original story ark by killing off Snoke and ruining Luke, in order to get rid of all the “old” (expensive) actors, and make Rey “Skywalker” the main focus for the future of Disney Star Wars.

Scrap it all and just focus on Grogu and Mando

Alan is the only SW theorist the galaxy can trust

Good stories spring from good world building, something Disney forgot, but they’re starting to get back to you. Shows like the Bad Batch do an amazing job patching up the holes in the “sandbox“ that were kicked out by some stupid directors… Good thing there’s still a lot of sand left!😂

I didn't hate the prequels at all! The politics was NECESSARY to paint the picture, of HOW the old Republic slid into the New Empire.

Wait the bad batch starts today?

People didn’t like rebels because the animation style was dumb and no one actually died. An ATST would exploded the the driver would just fallout , it was goofy. Sure it got intense towards the end but it was a handful of episodes out of an entire series

I'll Pass!!! I give Disney a 100 % chance to f it up some more.

Clone wars was an amazing show. Disney seems to completely failed to recognize what did and did not have value in the product they were buying. There seems to be this obsession in Disney with pedaling Star Wars off to kids. But that's not the product and not the target audience. They've obviously started to recognize this over at Disney, but there still seems to be some jackasses over there trying to cash in on toys.

Actually, I can blame them. No doubt about it, yes.

Even though this is Cannon, but you’ve got to appreciate that the Bad Batch is during the earlier days of the Imperial Era

It’s fun hearing prequel era fans complain about the sequels using the exact same talking points we used to rip on the prequels. The sequels are flawed but nowhere near as bad as the prequels were without 15 seasons and a ton of books cleaning up Lucas’ vanity CGI project. I was adult when the prequels came out and I remember how the story got better with every season of Clone Wars. Naturally, the same will happen with the sequels the more that the era is explored and I hope fans give it the same chance that was given to the prequels after it committed much worse offenses.

You are coping if you think any show will fix the sequels. The sequels are broken because of the disjointed and horrible story, not because they lacked surrounding content. NOTHING will fix them brutalizing luke Skywalker, or killing off han solo or resurrecting Carrie Fisher and shuffling around her corpse. Because as characters, how they are portrayed is not how their characters were. But a man child came along and decided it would be cool to break the canon and fuck up one of the most iconic characters Before any of you accuse me of being some MAGA women hater, I'm a trans women, and I think their want for dangling a woman as the main character doesn't work because she is literally perfect. I would rather see someone who is subtly, but effectively portrayed, with good character to back it up

I don't think, the big mistake of the sequels was the disconnected arch mess, if was for that reason the origina movies wound have succeeded, the problems of the sequels are more profound than that, is not going to be fixed with live actions and animated series, I think those movies are doomed and the only way out is a reboot of the sequels, which i don't like either but i cant see other exit.

Bad batch is my favorite Star Wars thing

Please no.

I was not a big fan of the pre-quells hated the story and writing however after watching the animated series clone wars & later rebels filled in all my questions regarding the pre-quells changing my view to now outside of some cringe characters i love the ore-quells. Sorry i can never love the latest movies no mater how star wars tries to justify the story.

Nothing will ever make the sequels good.

I really want a old republic trilogy that george lucas comes back and directs. That is a dream im sure that will never come true I want it so bad sooooo soooo bad.

You can clone a female from a male but can not clone male from a female, the force does not allow it.

The clone wars added plot hole🕳️ . In how come obi wan could go take of his personal issues . I understand the universe plot hole that the Jedi were not supposed to have attachments but attached to the Republic . I understand why they couldn't challenge systems outside the Republics jurisdictions in the name of the Republic would be an act of war . I understand places they do have jurisdiction in breaking off would be an issue. But Smee was just 1 individual slave and could have bought her out of slavery. But obi wan came alone to mandolor to fight. To save an over thrown political leader after the war started anyway

Rian Johnson is the worst filmmaker ever. While Disney deserves the ultimate blame here, the person who ruined the Sequel trilogy is Rian Johnson. The Trilogies are the main thrust of Star Wars. They're essential to get correct because they drive the interest in the entire franchise. Rian Johnson received a nice, slow, easy pitch over the plate, and he drove that sucker backwards and over his head into the stands behind the plate and took off a toddler's head. He completely botched it, is what I'm saying. Because he wanted to "defy expectations". Star Wars isn't avant-garde filmmaking; it's fairly formulaic, once you know the formula. Rian Johnson ruined Star Wars because he messed up the main storyline of the entire saga because he decided that what made Star Wars was wrong, and that *his* formula was better.

We even though our lord and Savior Lucas gave them a story that would be interesting they immediately tossed it. That being the father (ep 4,5,6), the son(ep 1,2,3) and finally the daughter (ep 7,8,9) BUT NOPE

Maybe unpopular opinion, but I think the debacle of the prequels and then especially the sequels was the best thing to happen to the Star Wars EU. The nine films are the Palpatine Nonology, the first three were incredibly tight and creating stories that existed beyond what was on screen would have required plot elements that do not directly fit in, but could be a Rogue One or a Solo. The prequels gave tons of unused background information and this opened the door pretty wide, but could only really fit The Clone Wars series, albeit that carried much more than its weight. The sequels are even bigger with holes and questions that they provide nearly limitless possibilities for new content. This is like the tv/film version of video game patches.

Interesting theory. Would be cool if you turn out to be right.

it is best to abandon the ridiculous narrative from the sequels. We already see the Mandalorian being warped to try and explain the horrible decisions made with Rey, Finn, Palpatine, etc

And then Wrecker said “it’s wrecking time” and wrecked all over the place.

I like the idea behind the BB show, but the pacing is a bit slow. There are to much filler - like episodes, yes some of them develop the characters, but answering such big questions like the return of palpatine definitely needs some time. Since season one we want to know what powers or specialities Omega has, maybe the last season gives us an answer. The first two episodes did not answer so much questions, instead of that they created knew questions. Its a very interesting decission to boost the sequels with three season kids show. Ive enjoyed BB so far, but some really dont like it, for them Omega is just a silly kid which goes on their nerves, like Ahsoka did in the first two seasons of CW. I also wonder what happens to the BB in the last season, they do not appear in Rebels or any other show, they're not even mentioned. So maybe they're going to die, but that would be very hard for a kids show.

F Disney

Yeah. By introducing those plot lines The Bad Batch is not making TROS better, it's making the rest of Star Wars worse.

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