Why We Conveniently Forget that *Most* Commandos Were ALWAYS This Brutal 

I'm just imagining Sev hunting Trandoshans on Kashyyk and saying "if I'm dreaming, do not wake me!"

Clone Commandos were built different. Even Gregor whose eccentric attitude must not be underestimated and is still dangerous when he wants to be.

The Commandos also literally wiped out geonosian nests and the babies in them. So harming children is in no way out of question for them

“What a waste of good genes.” - Boss, Squad Leader of Delta Squad. That really should have been a sign that the Commandos weren’t shining beacons of compassion. Even for their own brothers

I wish they'd just give us a show about Delta Squad already.

I remember playing Republic Commando as kid, getting that first melee kill on a Geonosian and it’s orange bug blood splattering all over my visor before it wiped away. That’s when I knew this game was awesome. Too bad we didn’t get more Star Wars games this brutal

Sev: "Good... more bugs, more kills."

I'd say the commandos are at least a little salty too. They went from exciting tasks like going around together on secret terrorist-killing missions to primarily guarding a prison complex. Wouldn't put it past them to take it out on people any chance they can get away with it just to make their lives a little more interesting.

They just reflect real life SF troops, there's a good reason why many missions from Vietnam to Afghan and Iraq stay classified for 50-100 years even though the wars are over. The CC's are a mirror of real life that we don't wish to openly acknowledge.

To think this is Scorch. He's a far cry from how he was in Legends, the witty lighthearted demolition expert of Delta Squad.

So much for a safe and securer society. The people of Pabu did not deserve an invasion from the Empire

I love that we got scorch referred to by name in these episodes that was awesome

Clone Commandos are Star Wars version of the Death Squad, so of course they are. It's easier to accept thing when they are done on "none-human".

In Essence, the subjugation of that iland was just Order 37 without calling that Order out openly.

I never had any illusions about Scorch being a saint. Even in the game, he has a very jovial attitude towards killing, even if not as enthusiastic as Sev. Still, it's especially painful to see him in the role of imperial enforcer given how funny and upbeat he was.

Every time I see Scorch I wonder where tf the other Deltas are, especially since Scorch got promoted to Commander.

Man this season is just constant misery for the clones right now

I didn't believe that was Scorch at first but then if i remember right something in the books changed his personality to more serious. I just can't remember what it was. Good excuse to read them again😁

I wish they would make a show about delta squad and need to see Sev and to see what the reason Scorch lost his sense of humor I'd be ok with Scorch doing what he is doing now if he occasionally joked about bombing an orphanage

Good work for the episode and the review. One of the hard concepts to accept in life is that person can be both a victim and perpetrator.

If it was tech, he would have gone straight to Pabu.

Seeing Scorch this way now really throws me for a loop. I grew up playing RC, and I always remember him as the loveable joker. I think Filoni and crew are playing the angle well when tugging at our nostalgia to keep us hooked on this story.

I guess you can say they’re like Spartans from HALO

5:55 if only this wasn't made by disney this would've been more realistic

Screw things like your favorite childhood teddy bear being actually a murder machine and not finding out right away. Let's ask the real questions. Scorch is clearly a wink to older legends content, being a favorite. But, uh, let's hear the lore reason. Delta. Are they disbanded? Sev still dead until proven otherwise? Where the bois at?

Hunting Trandoshians seems pretty based

My dude, pretty sure you miss the point. Why would the stormtroopers gun down the fleeing folks on Pabu? Just for fun? They’re ruthless when they have their target in sight, but they don’t typically resort to violence when it serves literally no purpose. Had they not found Omega, pretty sure they would resort to an old tactic of rounding everyone up and killing people one by one until she’s given up/turns up herself. But that scene we got - why would they gun them down? Chill out with the ‘atrocities’, man.

Not gonna lie, it felt like they were executing Order 37.

5:30 that's not "overkill" that's normal stun

Scorch basically executed Order 37 on that small town.

Question: Where do the Clone troopers learned to commit war crimes? Answer: From their Jedi Generals, of course.

Something happened after the events of imperial commando to make Scorch what he is now. Heard his personality was based on Michaelangelo from TMNT, maybe Fixer and Boss got K.I.A

I'm just tired of them blueballing Republic Commando fans.

Yo what about least season with the young Zilo beast, and them mass deportation of an entire village???

Commandos were built differently. They worked behind enemy lines on a regular base, so basically, they needed to be brutal - Especially in case of getting discovered by enemies and prevent them from ringing the alarm bell. Sev is a great example of Commando's brutality... Not even Regs were immune to this, just look at Commander Faie... And to the CX trooper where many think it may be Tech... we know there's a bunch of them. I do have another theory who they may have been before: Covert Ops troopers and/or clone assassins. You know, the fraticidal nutcases... They don't have ID numbers, just as the CX troopers don't have these. Their physical fitness and agility also fits...

I wish i could be a republic commando fr

Still holding onto the hope that Boss (38) has at least a decent moral compass. Maybe not in Legends, but I do hope he does in Canon.

I love bad batch episode 10 and 11 two of My favorite episodes in the series so far and l love seeing clone commandos one of my favorite troopers in all of star wars

What happened on tabu reminds me of order 37 but only applies to scorch

Good soilders follow orders that is one of the main story themes of the Clones and this shows that... IRL only in a few milltaries in Earth's history is that a bad thing in most if your commander even a luetant gives an order you must follow it or face harse punishment. As your in those milltaries are trained to act on a commander's order not to think what is best for the flag , state or higher power.

Commandos in Bad Batch basically act the same as all clones originally were supposed to act in the prequels. TCW made clones likable because it was a kids show and OG clones were not PG enough. People forget that clones were never supported to be “the good guys”.

it's kinda dum how there aren't more clone commandos that left the empire the empire sees everything as replaceable you'd think they wouldn't like that

I'm still surprised the imps didn't liberate the shit out of that island where the Batch was hiding out after they got Omega.

It's hard to see Clones as villains now, but just like when it comes to the Republic itself, when it comes to the Clones there are good ones like Rex, Cody, Wolffe, the Bad Bbatch, and many others, but there are also evil ones like a lot of Commandos. And seeing how ruthless Scorch can be I made the right call in my future Battle of Cato Neimodia fanfic by having him and the rest of the Delts being the ones to start burning the grub hatcheries during the battle despite Obi-Wan, Anakin, Rex, Cody, and a few others telling them not to. I mean it's completely horrible but at least it will be accurate. Also to answer your question I don't believe it's Tech because if it was he would have remembered Ppabu and gone right there, instead he had to give the info out of Sid than hack into Vee's ship to find it. So clearly it's a Clone who didn't know about Pabu before hand. It could be Cody, but there are other Clones it could be like Slick or Dogma.

I just want to know where the rest of delta is

Eh, I didnt exactly forget, remember that one episode of CW where Padme and Ahsoka go into seperate space and meet a contact whos husband was killed during a base attack? Yeah, if I had to guess it was likely assaulted by Clone Commandos which is why when its mentioned there is Venom and Disgust in the politician's face.

Every time I see him in the show, I think of when he shoved a datachip up his prison wallet in the Ghost Ship mission

I was always more of a ARC Trooper guy anyway

I wonder if the inhibitor chips for the commandos were overclocked. They were always more independently minded than the regs, so maybe the chips were tuned to exert even more control. That might explain why the commandos have been even more robotic than the other clones, and Scorch's complete personality change.

It’s sad to see one of your childhood heroes become the villain.

Cool

I love the Commandos..... but you're right about how They are built/trained differently to be more aggressive. As some others pointed out, in the game you get to kill Geonosian eggs helping exterminate baby alien bugs. At least they're taking these kids alive....even tho if certain protocols were in place, they would also probably easily be fine exterminating them. Something that's forgotten about is they're not very cool towards Jedi with several Commando units getting killed because of Mace Windu sending them in not as covert special operations units but more as cannon fodder on the frontlines of Geonosis.

There's a reason we don't see the Delta Squad or any other commandos in TCW. Their mission was so secretive and brutal, it'll be pushing TCW too much

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I think anyone who thinks the commandoes weren’t brutal killing machines doesn’t know much about Star Wars or Mandalorian culture, since a lot of it was imbued within them by Jango and Skirata. Sev definitely stood out of Delta, but in the original content Scorch was a jokester. Looks like the empire eventually wore him down

I thought that the BB commandos were clone trained humans. When these guys speak they dont sound like Jango

Personally I feel the “rule” evolved throughout the Clone Wars, at least in Canon. At the start, Clone Troopers were pretty much how Palpatine wanted them. They followed orders without question, only had birth numbers, and didn’t think much about individuality. Sure there were units like Domino Squad and the Bad Batch in training, but they were considered defective exceptions. Throughout the Clone Wars though, things change. The Jedi act as a major positive influence over most Clone Troopers leading to the adoption of names, coloring their armor, doing their hair, and adopting some of the morals of the Jedi. I will concede that this change wasn’t universal. Obviously any Clone not under the command of a Jedi like the Clone Commandos isn’t going to change as much. Clones serving under guys like Tarkin will be more receptive to the Galactic Empire. Then we get to Order 66 and the rise of the Galactic Empire. At first the Clones are under the control of the inhibitor chips, but they’re awake the whole time. They’re likely confused about the Jedi being traitors, but by the time the chips wear off the Jedi are long gone. So at first all Clones decide to just go with the flow. To them, things still seem to be the same besides the absence of the Jedi. Palpatine is still in charge and the military is still being supported by the public and the Senate, and Separatists holdouts still persist. Imperial atrocities and other morally questionable acts would make most Clones in my opinion uncomfortable, but most won’t say anything because as much as the Jedi changed them, most Clones still would rather follow orders than disobey them. They never had to think too much about the issue since orders from the Jedi rarely would put them in morally dark territory. Eventually though the war crimes might get too much, especially when Clones get phased out despite their years of service. Nothing like an outright rebellion or even mass protests, but love and loyalty for the Empire compared to the Republic is going to be extremely low. Most Clones are not going to be Imperial Patriots or Fanatics like Scorch, his Commandos, or the CX Troopers. I get where Geetsly is coming from with the Clone Wars being made for younger audiences, but by this point it’s set the tone for what the Canon version of the Clone Wars is. To folks like me, Canon Clones and Legends Clones are different and I prefer the former over the latter.

Clone Commandos: The Canadians of Star Wars.

Better being a one-winged angel (yes, feel free to play a certain FF VII theme) than a bloody Gabriel. That guy doesn't seem to have much good rap in stuff like Neil Gaiman's books.

It was kind of an odd choice for the writers to pick clone commandos to be the loyal stooges to some degree. Not that I think Commando loyalty would be in question, but why has Filoni introduced new 'shadow operatives' and reduced the clone commandos to base guards? Couldn't commandos be the elite operatives and, I dunno, those Covert Ops troopers from the EU be the ones guarding the base? Or, better yet, reuse the Kaminoan Security Troopers, since they fit with the general aesthetic as well with their grey and white uniforms, extreme loyalty and distinctive Kaminoan-esque markings. Why not instead of Scorch being the commander, have the unnamed Kaminoan Security officer from the TCW Chip Conspiracy arc be Hemlock's chief lackey? Then the writers could use Scorch and Delta Squad in their actual capacity.

I feel like the shadow trooper is tech he is more slender like tech and idk just get subtle tech vibes from him I kinda hope it isn't just for the reason nobody actually dies now in star wars but it would be a cool plot twist

Wars not make one great. Wars tarnish all.

Is it actually confirmed that it's scorch? Or just an accepted theory🤔

Commandos being based as always

Using a blaster on a KID, (Jax), was the DARKEST moment that I've ever witnessed in S.W. history. As a teacher 👨🏻‍🏫 of elementary school kids, I was HORRIFIED seeing this. It is the SINGLE MOST DARKEST EVENT that I have ever seen in all 47-ish years of Star Wars.

Neither was more common than the other is right. IMO. I think the more common trooper was the " i was just following orders" kind of troopers. Just like in the real world. It fits perfect for your second channel. Very few troopers that enjoyed killing and overall psychopaths (SS) and very few people that are willing to stand up to evil. (resistance) I wouldn't even put the Allied forces in that category. Both fall under that middle ground. The Wermacht those that werent avid Nazis were too scared to stand up to them out fear of the consequences. And the Allies were willing to let the Nazis bully their neighbors until it affected them personally. Including the Americans. I think it retroactively became a righteous war.

It really is a tragedy that the only truly good Star Wars over the past decade has been animated.

Say what you will, but Scorch was different. He never even talked like he does in BB. That commando being Scorch is not my headcanon.

Just Seperatist propaganda, Commandos are heroes. Honestly though, I understand they kind of ignore or repurpose most things like Republic Commando to suit their own needs, but I couldn’t even imagine there being so many commandos considering how independent and bonded with the Mandalorians they were. Not to mention that clone shouldn’t have even been scorch to begin with, fans say it enough until it becomes a minor amount of useless fanfare in the way of a name that doesn’t last long. Man done dirty and the rest of the squad’s whereabouts unknown and Sev is just up in the air since they don’t have to recognize the events of Republic Commando. That was definitely not originally Scorch, and the characterization (which was minimal) was enough to see that but now he’s dead because people wanted it to be scorch so much.

XD omg every couple new vids,have pause cos there’s new bad batch episodes when thought season already over 😂 wellp…cool, guess go watch those quicj here

I think you have to keep in mind, that it's pretty clear you're actually mixing continuity too much here. Disney made a choice, a pretty daft one at that, and ignored massive chunks of source material. Additionally, Filoni made the questionable choice to cop out and make Order 66 something the cones had no choice in. So, for the purposes of Filoni's brand, thus is highly irregular. In a more cohesive, and realistic setting, the actions discusses in this episode would be positively tame. But, he wanted to draw "clear" distinctions between good and evil in his shows. Therefore, as he didn't care how much he altered the story, there is no need to try and justify using source material he likely ignored anyway.

What is up with these sexbots in the comments?

A lot of people also like to say “But the comics said most Commandos didn’t like Order 66 and didn’t betray the Republic” and conveniently forget those comics are no longer canon. The new way the Commandos are presented in the new canon makes more logical sense. The Commandos are more capable and more dangerous and therefore more useful to the Empire. Therefore, they are much more likely to have been seen as too precious of an asset to simply have not received extra measures to ensure their loyalty and ease of control. You don’t make an elite operator without the assurance that you will be able to safeguard that investment in time and resources. So it then makes sense for why the Commando force is still well under the Empire’s control.

dude dont even act or sound like scorch dawg

As of late, I am convinced CX2 is Cody.