Spoils of War

Has all the potential in the world. Great digital animation, and all the Star Wars themes... but again it's all about saving a little girl in the end, who by the way is apparently an unstoppable warrior and fighter already which seems super unrealistic.

I'm not blood thirsty but the fact that the Bad Batch now all of a sudden ONLY shoots on stun is ridiculous.

Also the plot points and conversations are so blunt and direct that they are obviously talking to a person with the IQ of that a 7 year old.

I want this to be good but in the end it's the new direction of all Star Wars projects (except for it's only good; semi-adult show Andor).

It's difficult to watch Bad Batch after knowing that Disney is capable of making much better shows in the form of the Clone Wars and Andor. After the initial interests in the character wane down after season 1, season 2 opens with quite a lackluster episode. The first scene usually help capture the audience - what do we get? A crab chase. Seriously? Followed by a heist plot. The world building feels smaller this season (lower budget)? Hopefully the show can pick back up as the season progresses.

Disney need to have a higher standard for Star Wars stories. We know you can do better. B-rated content doesn't cut it anymore for Star Wars.

Overall, I enjoyed season 1 of the Bad Batch besides the filler episodes. Watching this episode today, I wasn't really surprised but I wasn't disappointed. It was a pretty good intro to season 2.

Of course, I can picture better ways of starting the season but some credit is given as you can already see them beginning to correct some mistakes from season 1. Notably, the biggest resolution is the key difference in Echo. Finally we get to see more of him and his motives take charge in these starting 2 episodes. It's always been easy to tell Echo disagreed with the rest of the squad a lot in season 1 but we never got that sentimental character development that it looks like we'll be getting this season.

In fact, I can't wait to see how Echo plays a part in this series and to see if his motives drive him away from the Bad Batch. Maybe they'll finally be done with those lame missions for Cid?

Another thing I liked is how they also gave some more development for Tech. The first season narrowed in on Hunter and Wrecker, and partially Crosshair. The main drive of season 1 however was solely around the relationship between Hunter and Omega. In these 2 episodes, we got to see how Wrecker may not just be a foolish child afterall, and how he's knowledgeable in some aspects.

As stated above, we got more from Echo and of course I believe there is something they're trying to display with Tech. It was easy to see he had cared for the old man from episode 2 and we could also see how Tech uses his genius in combat and not just gadgets. I'm excited to see what Dave Filoni has in store for the rest of the season in terms of character development.

Now, here's what I see wrong with these 2 episodes. In fact, there's only 1 key problem.. and that is Omega. I feel like they're attempting to use the same algorithm as they used in Mandalorian but with Omega and the Bad Batch. There is truly something I don't like about her. You can see she's beginning to mature and grow up, but it disappoints me when I continue to see her do her own thing and not listen, as if she's a rebel child. She's always getting the batch in some kind of dangerous situation and it pains me to see.

In clone wars season 7, the bad batch lacked any character development and I have to say Omega has helped with that at least. But I honestly feel like they could've done something else. If the Filoni team put their minds together a bit harder, they could've made this show 10x better so they could solely focus on the Bad Batch. But it is what it is.

Overall, it's easy to see they're making changes and applying them based on the reviews from Season 1. Maybe we'll get an actual finale this season lol. Good work to the Filoni team on this introduction to season 2. This goes to show how they can make the show good without any key cameos from other characters we've seen in the past. I'm crossing my fingers they don't just keep throwing in characters to make it interesting rather than focusing on the bad batch but based on the trailers, I don't think that's the case. Excited to see Cody though! 8/10 for these 2 episodes.

I do not understand the complains about the show being naïf, the BB not killing and how childish it is. I see nothing wrong with Star Wars having a show for children. A New Hope was a movie for children. The fact that the children that got in love with it are now parents and grandparents is not the franchise problem. It can still be children-oriented. After all, there are more mature SW shows, like Andor, to the adult ones. Let the children enjoy.

The only things i found seriously silly was the Hawaii-like beginning. I was half-expecting the crabs to begin singing and Omega to make friends with a native princess. I have no problem with child oriented but that was Disney silly at its peak.

S2E1: Spoils of War

Yet again - continuing with the first season - we get more heist episodes. It's getting kind of monotonous to be honest. The Mandalorian had a lot of those as well. With that, Cid still drives me crazy lol.

Another thing: how is Omega suddenly an acrobat? She was performing death defying stunts at certain times. I don't want to have to suspend my brain that much while watching a show like this

I really hope we get to see more of the human side of the clone troopers that TCW showed us so expertly. I know they're not the same anymore, but I don't want them portrayed as morally-black bad guys.

I do love the tiebacks back to a familiar Clone Wars location. And the animation looks pristine as well.

Overall, kind of a meh for me. I hope it gets better as it goes along; with each member getting a good amount of character development.