The 'Clone Liberation Network' - How the Bad Batch is FINALLY Getting Justice For the Clones 

One last glorious day in the grand army of the republic. Rex’s network might not be able to stop the empire, but liberating their brothers from Tantiss will be a great victory.

The Clones are the best things about the Clone Wars and the Bad Batch

This episode was the first time omega joked about being older than the rest of clone force 99.

*Fun fact:* Speaking of the Legends Duel on Tantiss, Luke's clone, Luuke, reappeared many years later in a short story written by Timothy Zahn, called "An Apology", in which it is revealed that Mara Jade accidentally killed the original Luke, being the Skywalker we saw from that moment on the clone usurping the original and working for Thrawn until the latter replaced him with another clone called Luuuke. It was published on April Fool's Day, by the way.

2:22 The beggar clone scene was the only one in the entire show I genuinely liked. The interaction between Kenobi and the clone was one of the greatest "Show, don't tell" scenes I have recently seen in later years. Wish the other 99,999999999% of the show was like that

My theory is that while they do succeed in delaying the emperor’s project and free the clones on mount tantiss, they also fail in escaping due to a unseen situation that results in Rex and/or omega escaping the facility with the likes of Wolfe and Gregor joining him in exile. And the bad batch sacrifice themselves to save omega. And echo being the final member of domino squad will go down first unfortunately

Not gonna lie I wouldn’t mind seeing a halo noble team style one by one sacrificing for the grand goal of freeing them from Mt Tantis. Would be a dark tale but since it’s the last season why not go out in a blase of glory.

The clones need Cerveza Cristal if they want to beat the Empire

Are we just going to forget about commander Cody, crosshair has first hand knowledge of him defecting and Cody was one of the only clones they liked I have a feeling he is on Mount Tandiss and they’ll most likely save him in the finale, but end up dying like Gregor in rebels and answer the question why he was not in rebals

The clone rebellion is about to begin 😊

If the Clone Liberation Network were to have a name, it would be appropriate to name it Fives’ Battalion, after Fives, since he uncovered the truth of the clones’ inhibitor chip, indirectly saving Rex and inspiring him to do the same with the Bad Batch, Captains Howzer and Gregor.

Considering this will be the end of the series and potentially the prequel era as a whole, and considering how the clone wars went out on such a depressing note with Victory and Death, I think there's a non-zero chance that the point from season 2 about everyone and everything in the empire being replaceable will be proven true. It may cause a hefty delay, but Tantiss can be leveled and rebuilt if necessary. If it does end up coming to that, though, I don't think I'm emotionally prepared to see the clone troopers meet the same fate as the facilities they were born in back in the end of season 1.

2:20 I love the Kenobi novel. It shows that Star Wars can have entertaining stories with a simple premise, like Obi-Wan helping to solve a conflict between farmers and tusken. Also, I love the references John Jackson Miller makes to the Old Republic Era, like the chapter that takes place in the same Tatooine Cantina we can visit in KOTOR and the mentions to the legendary Jedi Zayne Carrick and Kerra Holt, being both characters creations of Miller

When I saw the clone in Kenobi I thought it would be nice if he recognised an old general and rejoined him for one last mission, giving the clone a purpose again as well as a chance for redemption for his part in order 66.

I don't see Nala Se surviving the series, but she may help in derailing the project.

I do hope we get to see Rex’s retirement plan in the future episode

I don’t know man, but I hope it’s an awesome ending

I think they'll manage to disrupt project necromancer, and that's why we got a far-from-perfect clone of Palpatine in Ep9. Maybe part of the data was lost? Anywayz, I don't believe this story will have a happy ending. A bitter sweet one? Perhaps... Clones deserved better!!!

I always wonder what characters from other media involving clone armies would think when they see Star Wars Canon. Even Star Wars Legends would be as shocked as these other characters to see how the dynamics are so different. With Clone Troopers being more individualistic and loyal to democracy than the Stormtroopers that come after them, soldiers that are regular people, heroes and villains from other stories like Legends will be stunned. Rex’s group technically has a name from other material, the Clone Underground. Still, there’s a chance it’ll have a different name in the show. As for how things go, I like to think Mount Tantiss is taken down, setting back Project Necromancer to the point Imperial Remnants must pick up the pieces and the Sith Eternal messes up in the process, but we have to remember Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe are found on Seelos retired. There is tragedy in store for the Clone Troopers.

I'm still waiting for the ominous "bittersweet" moment to drop.

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I wish I could see some battle droids comes to help the assault,that would be epic.

Time for Asajj Ventress?

I really liked this episode and it only makes it better that it came out on my birthday 😂

My predictions for the survivors of this season: Crosshair Omega Rex Gregor Wolf Nemec Howzer (Hopefully but not likely) Echo And some returning or newly freed clones

I wholeheartedly expect tech to be a gen 1 dark trooper, and them having to kill him

Won't be possible to rescue them all. Have a feeling it won't go the way many think.

The clone wars content should continue a couple years from now hopefully

Justice for the clones!

I hope we see Commander Cody with Rex in the Bad Batch.

I want more clone content after Bad Batch 😢 That's the whole reason I like the prequel

I’m excited to see what comes next for The Bad Batch.

The Clones saved Star Wars itself countless times all these years... It's time the franchise returns the favor to these identical looking heroes. ❤

I loved this episode! I'm just afraid they will all perish by the end of the season...

I want the clones to win so bad and yet I don’t think they can given we think Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe are the only survivors but the others could be on another planets 🤞🏻.

Rex, Wolffe and Gregor are on Seelos in Rebels, so maybe they were successful, but at such a cost that these three clones withdrew. Maybe the Bad Batch took a bad loss that hurt Rex deeply as well, since he didn't want to take up the fight again in Rebels. It's speculation at this point.

It’s like Kal Skirata’s mandalorian refuge from the republic commando novels

I bet omega is going to be recaptured, and then the bad batch, Rex, and the rest of the clones they have storm, Mount Tantis and have a huge finale fight. I don’t think many are going to make it out.

you know what would really be wild, if the find out exactly what they want Omega for and after they are hunted down and its only Omega and Hunter left they blow themselves up so the empire can't use her DNA

TBH I'll be happy when I see a great conclusion to the Bad Batch series that doesn't impact continuity too heavily.

I think and hope Boba fett appears to help defend mount tantus. Boba is notorious for not giving a flying fuck about the clones so I feel like him making a surprise appearance as a bad guy would make sense

After the clones who wished to live the Empire succeeded in... well... leaving the Empire, where will they go next? After all, I doubted anyone of them will wanted to live the lives of homeless beggars like a clone that Obi-wan encountered for sure.

With all the clone troopers have done and been through since the beginning of the clone wars up until this point during the Imperieal era, characters like them deserve nothing else but a happy ending. Yes, with their excellerated aging, they'll be old men by the time of the Rebellion. But better to live a short life as free men, than spend the rest of their lives as lab rats tests subjects to the Empire.

I think I like that both the bad batch does end happy but also rex wolffe and Gregor retire in rebels! I mean it tells part of the rebels story

How much you willing to bet they may end up sending some kind of kill code that offs all the clones that still have their inhibitor chips once they all break out?

We need a lore video on how the new public assaults mount tantiss. I think it’ll be great video to hear out. Please make one 😁

Cody is that clone in gray armor that we saw at Tantis.

Glorious

Bro we're four episodes in and haven't even *seen* Rex yet, i'm absolutely livid about the lack of Clone Liberation in this Clone Liberation Network story thread. I demand Cody as compensation for time lost spent on getting the Bad Batch back together. Edit: now that i think about it i'm deeply concerned about Cody. You'd think he'd bunk with Rex's crew if he was still alive D:

I think we all need to remember the most important thing ever said about the Clones here "there never was a Clone Rebelion"

but omega is 14 now. So it was a few years she was in that place.

I'm assuming Clone Liberation Front was taken

Correct me if I'm wrong But doesn't Echo already know where Mt. Tantis is ? On that planet darro, I'm sorry if i got it wrong or spelt it wrong. That's where they broke gregor out It really confuses me if there were different places they went

In canon rex was in return of the jedi

I think... most of the Clones will die by the end.

Im leaning towards tragic ending. Rex painful call out out to Cody in Rebels suggest something goes wrong. DEADLY wrong

1:39-1:42 Oooooo.... that's a pretty controversial claim. While some Imperial officers definitely treated their clones so poorly, I'm sure some officers actually got along with the clones quite well. Not all Imperial Officers were just Pong Krells with two arms, after all.

Why would clones with inhibitor chips be willing to be rescued by "traitors" to the empire?

Oh, there making it to Tantus, the Clones, and their allies, they won't all make it out, some will die I'm 100% Crosshair is going die, 50:50 on Wrecker, I'm 80% Echo will live, and Omega being a kid they won't kill her even Disney won't go that far and because she needs someone to raise her Hunter the main dad in this group will survive too gurented. As for the other Clones, obviously Rex, Wolffee, and Gregor all survive, but they won't be the only ones at least one other important member from the 501st, Wolf Pack, and 212th will survive as well, but probably no more, so if say both Cody and Boil join this Clone Rebellion one of them will die but the other will live. It's the same for all the new Clones introduced in this series such as Howzier, Fireball, and Nemec, one of them will live and the other two will die. It's simply a matter of which one, personally my Republic Credits are on Fireball living. However, it won't just be the good guys taking loses, the bad guys will too. Hemlock is going to die and a good chunk of his research is going down with him to explain why even by the time of the Mandalorian Prjoect Necromancy is still having trouble being completed, and also to explain why the Empire never used cloned Zilo Beasts, because let's be honset even if they only had like 10 or 20 of those things it would be more then enough to wipe out all the Rebels.

What if they fail and that’s why we only see rex gregor and wolfee in rebel in a self imposed exile

Their actions will be a total failure, no matter the universe. Only this time, Mandalore isn't a warlike safe haven for them.

I absolutely love the bad batch, but I am a biased guy, i do prefer the legends mainly the story told in battlefront 2 (2005) and the largest reason is in bf2 the empire understood the value in the clones as effective soldiers. But in the new canon the Empire is Evil for the sake of being Evil with a demigod Emperor and his army of Clowns, I know that Stormtroopers are inferior to clones but comon. Atleast show us why they are called the empire's elites. It's incredibly retarded of the Empire to treat Corsshair that way, in legends he would ben rewarded for he's loyalty and made good use of his skills. This is only my opinion.

Honestly, I don’t believe the assault on Tentis will be a success and the only survivors will be omega, Echo, and the Star Wars rebels clones. Crosshair for sure is going to die and probably will die very heroicly and I really don’t think Hunter is going to be in much better shape. Wrecker might survive but he’s kind of stupid and always charging head first into battle so unless someone makes a sacrifice to save him he will probably die too

Why im watching this i have no idea im waiting to watch the bad batch when all episodes are out this season i mean. Sadly lots of shit have already been spoiled like tech and thats me not even trying or looking up anything i just answered a poll that he was in started to read the comments and ya there it was lol

Season 3?! when did they get a season 2

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Clan Skirata > the Bad Batch

If only Id stuck around watching the Bad Batch because the whole show up to this point wasnt filler.

Why'd you bring the timeline for Legends Mt. Tantiss into this like it actually matters? This Mt. Tantiss is just the appropriated concept of the original, much like everything else brought into Canon from Legends. We won't get anywhere close to a 1:1 adaptation for anything brought in. They use Legends for "inspiration" where they reuse assets with either a twist on the og story or just an entirely new story. You know this.

I'm guessing Tech will be revealed as alive but working for the Empire. He'll know and counteract every tactic Clone Force 99 uses to try to storm Mount Tantiss.

as much as I take issue with how clones are treated following TCW, at least they're committing to the bit and trying their best to make it not as fucky as well... the rest of TCW lmao. Though the pitiful attempts at justifying TROS should just be left behind. there's no saving the sequels.

I strangely feel the best way for this to resolve is for the clones being held at tantiss to have been moved and force 99 liberating them without making it to the secret base.

Don't say dumb shit like "tropey". Everything is a trope wether you like it or not.

Bad batch is garbage, always has been.

Nope. fuck plus. I'll watch it free