At the end of last episode, the bounty hunter, Cad Bane confronts Hunter. He wants Omega as his bounty! Hunter refuses and it turns into a Western stand-off. We shots of the classic Western, both gunmen’s hands at the side of their blaster, then sudden, quick blasts. Todo 360’s leg is blown off. Hunter has taken a shot at his chest armor. Omega rushes to check on him, but he is unresponsive. Bane walks up, apologizes, and then hits Omega with a stun blast! Crosshair rises up, he wears breath mask and arm sling. We can excellent POV shot of Hunter as he revives, breathing hard, gasping. but the rest of the Bad Batch check on him. It moves to each trooper worried about him. Tech says that they need to take him to the shuttle. He sees Wrecker firing and the others take him into the shuttle. There, Hunter admits that he had lost Omega to the bounty hunter and vows to get Omega back.
The Havoc Marauder is fired upon by Crosshair’s Nu-class attack shuttle, but they are just able to dodge his blaster cannon fire. The chase through the heavy clouds of Bracca only has Hunter wanting to find Cad Bane’s ship, but he is gone. The Nu-class shuttle is striking the rear deflectors which worries Wrecker. Clone Force 99’s ship breaks orbit with Bracca. Still, Hunter is driven to find Omega, Echo convinces him that they need to survive first. Finally, Hunter orders the hyperspace jump. Crosshair scowls, his head is bandaged like the bounty hunter, Dengar from Empire Strikes Back. Bane’s ship, Justifier, like a massive cross, travels through hyperspace. The first time we’ve seen his new ship. On board, Omega wakes up in a cell protected by an energy shield. Todo 360 shows her comm unit. Coming down a ladder to the hold is Cad Bane. Omega introduces herself and Bane doffs his hat to her. There is something gentlemanly about him, but he is without remorse.
Omega asks what planet is their destination with no answer from Bane. He walks away and Todo 360 limps after him asking about repairs for his severed leg. Cad Bane gets to his cockpit and contacts Lama Su via hologram. He wants double payment for keeping Omega alive to be delievered at the rendevous point. On Tipoca City, Nala Se wants to bring the payment to the bounty hunter. Lama Su says she is too connected to the clone and gives the assignment to Taun We. She is to go to the “abandoned facility” on Bora Vio to make the exchange. Bora Vio is the first time we have heard and seen that planet. It reminds me of Isla Sorna, the abandoned InGen lab that was in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). Lama Su asks to take Omega’s genetic material and “terminate” her! Nala Se can only look on, stunned. Omega is in her cell while Todo 360 still worries about his repair. The techno-service droid tries to repair his own leg, his tool spins away next to Omega’s cell, Omega offers to repair his leg.
The Bad Batch has matched the profile of Cad Bane, now they know more about their target. Tech has an update, he found that Omega is a first generation clone, she is made of “pure genetic material” of Jango Fett. The only other such clone? Alpha Clone, Boba Fett! I should have known, she looks exactly like Boba Fett in the Clone Wars series! Hunter asks Tech to contact Cid about finding Cad Bane. Omega explains to Todo 360 that she can’t escape off ship. He is able to shut down the field and she gets to work attaching his leg. Then, of course shutting him down! Omega then searches for her comm device. Cad Bane takes his ship out of hyperspace to the planet Bora Vio. He calls for Todo to assist him and gets no response. Omega frantically searches for her comm device as Bane lands the ship. Bane descends the ladder, reactivates Todo 360, and they find she has escaped!, clever girl. Omega is running on the platform calling for anyone. This is a suspended city like Cloud City so the Kaminoans have sea and now sky, will we have a land, underground? Kaminoan lab? The Bad Batch has finally gotten her comm message, Omega doesn’t know her location, Tech wants her to find a power source to boost her signal.
Cad Bane finds her, “by hook or by crook” (they know English expressions in the SW galaxy), putting Omega in binders, and crushes her comm unit. They hear a noise and move down the corridor to find a collapsed Taun We. All of this tension has my heart in my mouth! It is Fennec Shand! She has her blaster pointed at Cad Bane, he says she isn’t experienced, but she has his payment in a case. Fennec suggests a trade. Todo 360 grabs the case, it gets into a firefight between the best bounty hunters, Fennec has to take cover. Bane throws a thermal detonator, Fennec kicks it, so the explosion knocks away Todo and opens the case in the sky, ha ha! She out matched Cad Bane! Omega starts to run, Fennec follows her, blasting at Bane. Bane sends Todo to find the kid. The bounty hunter starts to follow them and finds an explosive that throws him into a wall knocking him out! Omega has reached a console and activates the base’s anntenae. Her signal reaches the Havoc Marauder and Tech has tracked her to the Lido system. The ship heads there. Fennec has found Omega and explains to her killing Taun We was part of her job. Todo interrupts them and is struck by Fennec. Omega runs to the console and starts working the controls. She drops a massive tube with a Kaminoan clone body on Fennec! The Bad Batch episode really features Omega, puts her in tense situations, and gives her some hard truths!
Five Vibro Knives out of Five!
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