He sends them on a mission to “exterminate some insurgents” and instead they find themselves facing a young Saw Gerrera and a group of civilians trying to escape the new Imperial menace. He’s convinced that conscription is the way to go, that the clones are old news, and proceeds to put the Batch to the test. They get back to Kamino, and find out about the whole “Empire” debacle, and none other than Admiral Tarkin has come to “evaluate” the situation with the clones. Part of him is still trying to follow orders like he’s been programmed to…. As the rest of the clones start to carry out their nefarious “order,” the group manages to save a lone Jedi Padawan, Caleb, even though Crosshair is getting conflicting thoughts about this whole mess.
#AFTERMATH REVIEW SYFY SERIAL#
The “Clone Force 99” moniker is even a throwback to “Force 10 from Navarone” among other classic war movies.Īlso of note is that they’re continuing the opening narration which (for me) much like “The Clone Wars” makes this feel even more like an old movie-theater serial than it shouldĪnd in this “bad batch” (A name given to this squad shortly after their intro) you’ve got “Hunter”, the group leader “Echo”, a “reg” who is now more machine than man (lot of that going around in this world) “Wrecker” who’s name basically gives his primary role away “Tech”, the brains of the group and “Crosshair”, the sniper and soon-to-be problem member of the group.Īftermath takes place during the infamous “Order 66” moment and shortly thereafter. Only its slightly less than half a dozen… but whatever. The Star Wars Universe’s answer to the Dirty Dozen. The first episode, “Aftermath” puts us right in the thick of battle during the Clone Wars with Clone Force 99. It’s not until a lanky, disproportionate cartoon character jumps out of a ship that you realize “oh shit, this is a cartoon….” It took me a while to “get on board” with this. I mean, some of these “effects” shots are almost indistinguishable from the “real” thing. It took me a while to reconcile the “cartoon characters” and their sometimes cartoony animated actions against the absolutely killer effects shots, score, story, and observable respect for the source material. I wasn’t a fan based on first impressions, and I have to say… I was dragged kicking and screaming into this disney-canonized animated Star Wars world.
So Clone Wars mastermind Dave Filoni brings his vision to this spinoff of The Clone Wars. Which is May 4th, aka “Star Wars day” and I hate it, bc every wannabe big-bang-theory-watching faux scifi geek out there starts throwing around “may the 4th be with you” with a big shit eating herpy-derp grin… The 1hr+ premier of Disney+’s new series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch finally made its debut today.
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