Confined

This is honestly one of the best TV episodes I've seen in past year. I love the patient, suspenseful storytelling that carefully sets up Omega's situation and her goals. The character design shows that she has grown just a bit physically, and it's established that she is growing more independent. But will she be able to meet this test?

In this episode we see Omega's intelligent and principled defiance (her rebelliousness, if you will) and watch and she begins to realize that her heroic and caring heart could lead her into danger as much as it can help her.

Classic writing, elegantly executed. Another reminder that the Star Wars cartoons have quietly become one of the very best parts of the franchise. And I'm thrilled with the casting of Keisha Castle-Hughes and eager to see how her character unfolds.

This episode was a risky undertaking. It's dark, moody, quiet and measured. Not things you expect in an animated action series aimed at young audiences. But that's what makes it compelling.

We see the passage of time, which is so rare in animation. They allow the story to take it's time and show the pain and loneliness of Troop 99's separation. The drudgery and boredom of captivity. The banality of cruelty. You don't expect these things here, so hopefully these themes land better with the audience.

I have nothing but respect for the team that made this episode. I wish more shows would take risks like this.

Star Wars The Bad Batch goes into its final season. This is not just the conclusion of a great show, this is the finalisation of the greatest animated show of all time, Star Wars The Clone Wars. Ladies and gentlemen you are witnessing the last magnum opus of the creator himself. You are watching the work of George Lucas.

The season starts with Omega, who is still trapped by the empire on Tantiss, where she works as an assistance to Lama Sei. The episode focuses on her daily life in the facility, a place fully eradicated of human values. She makes the best out of it, but it is only a matter of time until the empire will find out how to use Omega for their project necromancer.

This first episode had me within the first seconds. Coming from a period of nothingness in the last 6 months, this show hits like a bomb. Everything is on the highest level of quality. Writing, scoring, animation. People say Disney killed Star Wars and I agree. But it still lives because of shows like this and it proves that the franchise will live forever.

Having grown up with Star Wars The Clone Wars, The Bad Batch feels like the last missing part of my childhood. A nostalgia driven masterpiece filling the bathtubes with tears of joy. It is an honor having the chance of witnessing another magnum opus of the biggest franchise humanity has created. Let us walk on this last journey together! With Filoni, with Kiner, for Lucas!

The final season starts of with a mature episode, with mystery and a bit of suspense and tension!

To me this was a great way to begin after the season 2 finale as it allows for an introduction to what the whole series has been about: what is the deal with Omega and the clones, and why does the empire need her?

I loved that finale season did not begin with filler!

This episode was also character centered as it allowed for us to see more of Omega, and of course Crosshair! The scenes with him and her were the best! You can tell, just be the look on his face, how conflicted he is! The cause he believed in and fought for, might all have been in vain! He experienced the consequences of what It meant to follow his ideals!

I am very excited for this season and to see where it all goes from here!

I love the dark and suspenseful feeling of this episode. If you think this episode is boring you're probably not able to see more in a scene than what it screams right in your face. This episode uses it's slow pace to make you think about what you're seeing. How horrible it is that a small child is trapped for these reasons. How she craves for a normal life like she's seen on the island last season. How Crosshair regrets the things he's done. None of this is really subtle or actually deep but it gets you thinking. It helps characterize the shows protagonists and it's world. It builds up tension, shows us how hopeless the situation is. The show is on a constant Balance between being a show for adults and for kids, like all Star Wars. And episodes like this one are for the adults. How can you call this episode boring, compared to the hundreds of unexciting Base Infiltrations/Exfiltrations or "BringMeThisItem"-Missions we had in CW and BB.