The Havoc Marauder flies through hyperspace, Tech has fashioned a comm device for Omega as a gauntlet, she tests it out and Echo says it is not a toy. You do know this will show up as a toy soon? Omega asks why they are headed to Ord Mantell. This is the planet in the Mid-Rim, mentioned by Han Solo, “The bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell changed my mind.” It was shown first in the comic book, Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir #2 (2014) based on an unfinished Clone Wars episode. So this would be the first time we’ve seen it in animated form. Hunter wants to know why the bounty hunter is after her. Wrecker does power lifts with the Gonky! Echo knows someone who might help, Cid, he was trusted by the Jedi. We have the shuttle approach a city in the desert. The Havoc Marauder lands in a spaceport.
Walking onto the streets, Omega has to repeat the rules, an improvement over last episode with Omega wandering off. Plus, she does have the comlink. Echo leads them to a basement area and the squad takes off their helmets. It looks like some sort of bar, Echo notes that he only knows Cid by reputation, Hunter asks a female Trandoshan (Rhea Perlman) about Cid. Trandoshans are the same species as the bounty hunter, Bossk. Perlman is best known as Carla Tortelli in Cheers and she provided voices in Robot Chicken. While the squad argues over the fate of Cid, Omega realizes that she is Cid, she uses her comm to point her out. In Cid’s back room, Echo plugs in to show an image of Fennec Shand, Cid doesn’t recognize her. Still, she can find who hired her for a job.
Cid sits and regards a massive horn telling them about a kid named Muchi taken by Zygerrian slavers. The slavers were introduced in the Clone Wars episode, “Kidnapped” (2011). This was adapted from the Clone Wars comics by Henry Gilroy. Wrecker asks about the bounty and says it will be split 70/30 which makes Wrecker happy. Cid hands Hunter a data chip on the bounty. The Havoc Marauder flies across the desert. Wrecker complains about his headache, he received it during the crash landing in “Replacements”, and then tries to shrug it off, uh-oh. It looks like they will have to understand the inhibitor chip which may bring in Rex. Tech explains that the slavers are hiding in the ruins of a city. Echo has to explain slavers to Omega. The squad in helmets regards the city and a ship with electrobinoculars. Tech scans a child whom Omega says is Muchi. Hunter sends her back to the ship.
The squad moves stealthily to the city and Hunter sends Echo on lookout. There is something moving in the ruins. He spots two speeder bikes. Then, he senses the creature, and draws his blaster. The rest of the squad sees Echo fall! The winged creature, a Brezak, knocks down the squad and they are struck by bows firing the nets using the electro-whip technology. Brezaks were seen in “Slaves of the Republic” (2011). Cid is confering with a hologram of what looks like Bib Fortuna (Matthew Wood) speaking Huttese. Gonky walks up to Omega who has made her clone trooper doll into a Bad Batch doll! She hears voices and goes into hiding. Two Zygerrians with blaster rifles check the ship, but Omega manages to slip away from the blaster cannon with a backpack of supplies. The Zygerrians leave on their speeder bikes. Omega tries to contact the squad with her comlink, but gets no response.
Omega uses the electrobinocular to see the squad are captured. It was a trap! The squad are in binders and shock collars. Wrecker tries to reassure the child. She is of the Falleen race, green, repitilian skin, introduced as Prince Xizor in Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. They were made canon in “Eminence” episode of Clone Wars. A Brezak climbs up a tower watched over by a Zygerrian commander. They notice that Omega is slipping into the city. The commander, Raney (Liam O’Brien) with one blind eye says that they are now slaves. O’Brien is a voice actor who worked on several series including Star Wars: Rebels. They gesture Omega over to their gear, helmets and blasters. She slips trying to sneak in and knocks down a rock. Wrecker kicks a rock to knock over a Zygerrian as a distraction. Omega is clever enough to take on the Zygerrians and may be enough for the Bad Batch to take them on, maybe with some help! This is a fun episode of the Bad Batch that may have gotten them an ally, some secrets including an origin!, and I will probably have to watch Return of the Jedi again with a little sadness!
Four Vibro Blades out of Five!
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