![]() ![]() When he realizes that Hunter allowed a Jedi padawan to escape during Order 66, it makes him distrust his former squad leader, leading him to join the opposition and hunt his colleagues down. Serving as the group’s long-range specialist, Crosshair’s purpose was the same as all the other clones during the war, which was to execute any orders that were given to him. ![]() This is a stark contrast to Crosshair, who by the Season’s end is already one of the most interesting antagonists in all of Star Wars. It makes for fascinating episodes where he and the rest of the squadron must adapt to their new dispositions and find purpose in a world that has no need for them. What follows throughout the Season is a story arc throughout which Hunter has to act as both a leader to his group and a father figure to Omega, whose only knowledge of the world is confined to her time previously in Kamino. The Empire at this point is already in the process of replacing them with normal people, and their unknown plans for Omega forces Hunter to go against the regime to protect their sister. Once he’s introduced to Omega and realizes the dangers of the Empire, it puts Hunter and the crew in a difficult position where they must face the reality that the world doesn’t need clones anymore. Hunter, as the leader of the group, already had to look out for the safety of his comrades during the Clone Wars, as it was a duty that, for the majority of their lives, was only applicable to the battlefield. One can watch a rag-tag group of clones such as these and assume it’s the franchise’s attempt at having their own A-Team, but head writer Jennifer Corbett gives each character an arc that continuously challenges their role in the Republic, giving each clone an added amount of depth that even The Clone Wars never went to. You have Hunter, the leader of the group (who looks less like Temuera Morrison and more like Star Wars’s John Rambo), Tech (the ship expert), Wrecker (the muscle), Echo (a clone who was re-modified as a cyborg), Crosshair (the sniper), and Omega (a child who’s revealed to be the last pure clone model that can be used for replication, voiced by Michelle Ang). Despite most of its characters being voiced by the same actor, each clone in the Bad Batch is diverse, interesting, and stands out. The Season finale hinted at bigger things to come, and with the second Season slowly approaching, it seems like a good time to look back at why The Bad Batch’s grounded approach with its characters makes for such an engrossing piece of Star Wars lore, resulting in one of the best stories in the Disney era. ![]()
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