Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Warning ! This article contains SPOILERS for Star warfare : The Bad Batch season 3 , episode 12 .
Summary
While delivering an epic new addition to its final time of year , Star warfare : The Bad Batchseason 3 has just copied one cardinal episode ofThe Mandalorianseason 2 . TheStar Warsanimated series has proven itself to be one of the best thus far in season 3 , with vital connections toEmperor Palpatine ’s Project Necromancerand the devout redemption ofClone Force 99 ’s Crosshair . It has also created tickle association - ins toThe Mandalorian- but now thatOmega is wanted by the Empirefor her M - tally , the serial may be taking these similaritiesa few steps too far .
The Bad Batchseason 3 , installment 12 " Juggernaut " has long since been promise to share some similarities withThe Mandalorianseason 2 , episode 7 " Chapter 15 : The Believer , " in particular due to its focus on the " turbo tank " Juggernaut . The Bad Batch ’s " detail Of No Return " taking afterThe Mandalorian ’s " Chapter 14 : The Tragedy , " however , place this installment up to be nearly a lineal copy of " The Believer . " This has since proven to be genuine , as there are 15 total ways this stellar episode ofThe Bad Batchhas copy one ofThe Mandalorian ’s best episodes .
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15The Heroes Have To Use An Ally’s Ship
Clone Force 99’s Havoc Marauder Was Blown Up Just Like Din Djarin’s Razor Crest
At the scratch line of " Juggernaut , " Clone Force 99 is at a carrefour with no ship to fly and no path to pass with Echo for help . Their ally Phee Genoa , however , show up with AZI just in time to offer her assistance , peculiarly due to her cryptic connection to the late Tech . Hunter , Wrecker , and Crosshair then rely on Phee and her ship for aid in their next move , with Phee and her ship ’s persona being the drop cloth - off and pick - up .
This is also where Din Djarin is at in " The Believer , " with his trustyRazor Cresthaving been blown up by Moff Gideon . Boba Fett and his Firespray gunshipbecome a key part of Din ’s surgical operation , as Boba is seeking to carry through his end of the deal he made with Mando to get back his armor . " The Believer " sees Boba remain inside his gunship for most of its duration as he both drops off and pick up Din Djarin and Migs Mayfeld , precisely like Phee does inThe Bad Batch .
14An Imperial Prisoner Is Sought After
The Bad Batch Needs Admiral Rampart Just Like Din Djarin Needs Migs Mayfeld
The biggest key in Clone Force 99 ’s programme is to free an regal captive who should have the coordinates to Mount Tantiss : Admiral Rampart . A former enemy of the Bad Batch , Rampart was imprisoned after the devastation he regularize upon Kamino inThe Bad Batchseason 1 finalewas made public . He is , however , one of the only mass who the Batch - in particular Crosshair - recognise for sure has been to Mount Tantiss before . Thus , Rampart and his exemption are crucial to Clone Force 99 achieve their remnant end .
Migs Mayfeld plays this role inThe Mandalorian , an ex - purple who was also once a foe of Din Djarin ’s . Having been locked up in a New Republic prison house ship by Din Djarin himself in time of year 1 , episode 6 " Chapter 6 : The Prisoner , " Mando makes a plan to seek out Mayfeld for entropy after Cara Dune bet him up on the New Republic prison registry . Without Mayfeld , Din would have no way of getting the coordinates to Moff Gideon ’s light cruiser , which clear Mayfeld just as essential to Din ’s operation as Rampart is to Clone Force 99 ’s .
13The Setting Is An Imperial Mining Facility
The Erebus Facility Mines Something Just Like The Morak Facility Mines & Refines Rhydonium
The facility visited inThe Bad Batchon the planet Erebus is make - newfangled to theStar Warsgalaxy , but it ’s made decipherable in the episode that it ’s responsible for mining something that will be of Imperial use . Rampart is shown skin with attaching and detaching tubes of some sort , much to the frustration of the prisoner he ’s partner up with . It ’s unclear what this material is , but Crosshair relate to the facility as " the minelaying structure,“proving that it is in fact link to excavation .
The Morak facility visited inThe Mandalorianis a refinery , though it also requires the collection of rhydonium forward of time - a interchangeable cognitive operation to the Erebus installation , no doubt . The juggernauts attend to the design of transporting the unprocessed , and presumably mined , rhydonium to the refinery , where it is then prepared to serve the Empire in whatever sinister way they please . The key difference between these two facility is that whatever Erebus works with is much less volatile and explosive than Morak ’s rhydonium , cause less of a risk of exposure to the characters .
12The Prisoner Is At A Labor Camp
Rampart Works In Erebus' Mining Structure Just Like Mayfeld Works At The Karthon Chop Fields
The Bad Batchfuses its Imperial facility setting with its Imperial prison house , which it denominate as an Imperial labor camp . This is why Rampart has a role in whatever ’s being mine on Erebus ; the Empire use prison labor as a means of collecting its resources , which was also seen when Cassian Andor unknowingly built objet d’art of the Death Star inAndoron Narkina 5 . It ’s the labor camp that Clone Force 99 focuses on , as they have to use a more covert way of getting the Imperial captive they need for their mission .
The Republic still utilized some of the same prison house systems as the Empire it interchange .
Mayfeld is also in a labor camp at the first of " The Believer , " though interestingly enough , the camp he ’s in is run bythe New Republic- perhaps proving that the Republic still utilize some of the same prison house scheme as the Empire it replaced . Mayfeld ’s lying-in camp is turn up at the Karthon Chop Fields , where he help to deconstruct royal equipment such as TIE paladin to create scraps that can be repurposed . He , however , is convey away quite easy by New Republic Marshal Cara Dune , thus Mando acquires his prisoner much in the first place than Clone Force 99 does .
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11The Facility Is Built Over A Cliff With A Long Bridge
The Erebus Facility’s Structure Is Just Like The Morak Facility’s Structure
When the royal facility on Erebus is first demonstrate inThe Bad Batch , a few detail about its structure are made clear . First , it focuses on the long bridgework that the juggernauts must drive over to get at the actual facility . This acts as foreshadowing for a ulterior struggle in the episode , but it also shows how hard this facility is to access code - something that ’s built justly into this structure . add together on to that is its position on the side of a drop-off , which drops off into an dateless sight of rock and makes the quickness even more remote .
The Morak facility is extremely similar in its social system , from the long bridge to its billet on the side of a cliff . Morak ’s bridge , however , is not nearly as foresightful and remarkable as Erebus ' , and a battle terminate there rather than beginning there . Its drop-off unload off into body of water rather than stone , and Din and Mayfeld are even at risk of falling into it at one detail . Still , these resemblances in structure between the two facility are uncanny , even with their subtle differences .
10The Team Of Allies Go Over The Facility’s Schematics En Route
Clone Force 99 & Phee Study Erebus Just Like Din Djarin & His Allies Study Morak
Once Hunter , Wrecker , Crosshair , and Phee have set off for Erebus , Phee pull in up the holographic schematic of the adroitness , bespeak out the margin to them so they can image where she ’ll have to fell them off . Their crew stand around the schematic to further discourse their plan , all of which is done during their hyperspace journeying to Erebus . With Phee being the one to describe the facility and , in some way , establish the boundaries of their overall plan , she and her schematics take on a very similar role to Boba Fett .
Boba ’s also the one who pull up a holographic schematic of the Morak deftness on his Firespray gunship inThe Mandalorian . Despite the tumid sizing of Din ’s crew in comparison to Clone Force 99 ’s , they still all gather as best as they can around it , allow Boba to introduce it and identify what ’s being refined there . Boba is even the one who prevent Mayfeld in check-out procedure when he attempts to snap a antic about a member of the crew being as fickle and explosive as the rhydonium itself , something Phee would not have hesitated to do as well .
9The Destination Is Chosen By An Ex-Imperial
Crosshair Names The Erebus Facility Just Like Migs Mayfeld Names The Morak Facility
Prior to their discussion of the Erebus adeptness , Crosshair is the one who mention it , just after he ’s hint - much to his hesitance - that they should seek Admiral Rampart for the co-ordinate . Though no longer affiliated with the Empire , it still stands that Crosshair is an ex - regal soldier , even if he ’s since pledged his commitment to his crony and his sister once again . These majestic connector are what give Crosshair the theme of take on Rampart on Erebus , none of which would have been possible had it not been for his majestic history .
This ex - Imperial history is the entire understanding why Mayfeld is seek out by Mando and his allies inThe Mandalorian . Mayfeld ’s ex - majestic account is first observe in his introductory episode , " Chapter 6 : The Prisoner , " and it leads to one of the show ’s funniest lines about stormtroopers and their poor design . This becomes primal in " The Believer " as Din discover himself ask information only someone with Mayfeld ’s majestic account could possibly have . Crosshair thus plays this part of Mayfeld ’s purpose inThe Bad Batch , with both being detach from their regal history .
8The Ex-Imperial Is A Sharpshooter
Crosshair Was One An Imperial Sharpshooter Just Like Migs Mayfeld
Funny enough , the similarities between Crosshair and Mayfeld do n’t finish at their purple histories . Crosshair is quite literally name for his marksman ability , with his aim and his fierce sense of loyalty being the main reasons why he was selected out of the sleep of the Bad Batch to lead Imperial troopers . While Crosshair ’s sharpshooting has since suffered due to his trauma and PTSD from experiment on Mount Tantiss , he ’s still a noteworthy shot , and no doubt is still the crack shot he ’s always been .
Mayfeld makes the shot that destroys the entire Morak refinery after their charge is over , which proves his rightful loyalties in a means that mirror Crosshair ’s shot on Barton IV .
Mayfeld was also once a marksman for the Empire , which is how he was first introduce inThe Mandalorian . Similarly to Crosshair , Mayfeld was a step above the steady stormtrooper due to his sniping abilities , though this is n’t a acquirement that ’s seen until " The Believer . " Mayfeld makes the shot that destruct the intact Morak refinery after their delegacy is over , which proves his on-key loyalties in a way that mirrors Crosshair ’s shot on Barton IV . These two ex - imperial thus have another thread tying them together .
Star warfare : The Bad Batch has quite an interesting mould of actors that sport multiple Star Wars veterans , as well as a few neophyte .
7A Closer Look Leads To A Plan To Hijack A Juggernaut “Turbo Tank”
Clone Force 99 Decide To Hijack A Juggernaut Vehicle Just Like Din Djarin & His Allies
Hunter , Wrecker , and Crosshair prioritise fix Rampart ’s accurate location once they make it to Erebus , and to do so , they have to get secretive . While Crosshair regain Rampart ’s location at an Imperial terminal , Hunter takes a look around , and he adjudicate on a plan for them to pirate the Jagannatha - called a " turbo tank car " by Wrecker - that carries Rampart . This , in the Bad Batch ’s eyes , allows them to get to Rampart undetected , as facing a juggernaut alone would be not only dangerous but also a certain way of compromising their covert infiltration .
This is very similar to the way Din Djarin and his ally form their plan on Morak . Din requests a " closer facial expression " once they ’re flying into Morak ’s atmosphere , which leave in the group look at the path of the steamroller from a length . The group then decides to air one of their own with Mayfeld in place of the Imperials who pilot the juggernauts , and Din , abide by that the Imperials wear helmets , finally decides to be the one who does so . These plan , while similar in nature , are also made in a very like setting .
6The Juggernaut Hijacking Leads To A Fight
The Bad Batch Must Fight Off Imperial Forces Who Chase Them Down
Hunter , Wrecker , and Crosshair ’s programme works smoothly until the Empire earn their fomite has made an unauthorised stop , which eventually makes them realize the juggernaut ’s been compromised altogether . regal effect then charge Clone Force 99 ’s juggernaut , first undertake to do so on the bridge circuit with a vehicle of their own before they send two onrush birdie full of stormtroopers after the Batch . This combat consists of trooper standing on top of the Jagganath before ultimately being thrown off , a law of similarity it shares withThe Mandalorian ’s juggernaut fight .
Din Djarin Must Fight Off “Pirates” Seeking To Destroy Their Rhydonium
In comparison , Din Djarin ’s fight on the juggernaut is against anti - Imperial force , a band of " pirates " - who are actually rebels against the Imperial Remnant - that are attempting to destroy the rhydonium Mando and Mayfeld ’s vehicle is transporting . This leave in what is easily one ofThe Mandalorian ’s best battle scenes , with Din fighting off the pirates on top of the juggernaut using only deal - to - bridge player fighting and whatever weapons he can take from them . This gestate a potent resemblance to the fight inThe Bad Batch , though at least Din ’s juggernaut pull through the trial by ordeal in one piece .
