Friday 30 July 2021

The Bad Batch 1.14: War-Mantle

Star Wars: The Bad Batch
1.14: War-Mantle
“After receiving a mysterious distress call, the Batch tracks it to a secret facility.”

25 minutes plus credits.

A trooper on the run from troopers?

Echo demonstrating that the ability to guilt Hunter into action isn’t unique to Omega.

And on Kamino, trouble brewing.

With two more episodes to go, a season finale looms large. But right now we’re hitting some classic Star Wars beats.

A score leaning really heavily on the Death Star infiltration.

New look troopers based on early Ralph McQuarrie Stormtrooper helmets.

And in an episode featuring a very video-game-y huge secret base... Republic Commandos!

My favourite cinematic flourish of the week has our view a blaster battle start at the end of a corridor so we can’t see either side.

Gonky joins in with Omega’s worried pacing. Aww!

And another connection to both The Clone Wars and Rebels: the clone on the run is Gregor.

And some Terminator 2 feels in there too...

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