re: Star Wars: The Bad Batch S02 drops January 4th

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I see they added a little girl main character per Kathleen Kennedy mandates. Woman-Wars is still going strong and independent.

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I see you completely don't understand the concept of this show AT ALL.

The Kaminoans were paid to produce clone replicants of Jango Fett, with enhanced docile/compliance features so they'd follow orders without question, and accelerated aging so they're ready for duty in a couple years (not decades). It's one-size-fits-all, Rex looks like Cody, looks like everyone else.
*They still did need the chip to comply with Order 66, but that's a different thing.

Jango gets one pure clone, Boba, who is unaltered and ages normally, and raises him as his "son".

The Bad Batch are clones with significant deviations from milspec. Crusher is a lot bigger, Hunter has more independent thoughts and is less docile (he's their 'tracker', so I'd say he's very similar to Boba but still with the accelerated aging thing).

Omega is a strange animal in this- she's completely out of spec. First thing, she's female, not the ordered male. No aging mods, no docile temperament. And she's on Kamino, where "humans" are aliens. So she wasn't going to blend in there.
If you didn't actually know what she was, there's ZERO chance you link her to Kamino, ever. It's like Chevy making a motorcycle.

That gives you a ton of potential with "why make her?"
Remember, she's a female clone of a human who was able to give Jedi some issues. Was she intended to become a spy or assassin for the Kaminoans to use against the Republic? She'd be capable of handling normal humans, with Jango's reflexes and coordination (which they do show). She's cute, will likely become an attractive adult, seductive possibilities. Extremely inquisitive nature, quick learner, - a hell of a sleeper agent to put somewhere.

I think we're eventually going to touch on that in this show.

Another thing I'm curious about- we all know the clones are from Jango; but Omega has blonde hair. Gender can be manipulated easily enough, I assume hair color too. But while you might make a different gender on purpose, why change hair also? I know they said Omega is 100% unaltered 1st gen DNA (like Boba), but did they specifically state she is JANGO'S DNA? Or is there a chance there was another donor in the mix? Palpatine maybe, or "Sifo Dyas"?

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So your theory on potential use in the show may not happen the way you are hoping. Maybe you did not watch that episode.

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Nah, I watched it the day it dropped. Was fuzzy on the details, I do remember that she was unaltered clone. Wasn't 100% sure they named Jango as the donor, or if we all assumed that because of the rest of the clones.

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Disney has made it clear female and other demographics not usually in these types of shows will happen more often. So what the poster said is not far from the truth.

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The poster made the statement "Woman-Wars"; I don't see Omega as that.

I don't see Ahsoka Tano as that, either.

Now, they're both a demographic that wasn't originally in Star Wars, young females. That's a BIG part of the population, with I'd argue a good bit of spending power (ever try to deny your daughter something ?).

I don't see Ahsoka hurting SW canon moving forward, she's a good fit.

I also don't see Omega as some blatant, offensive insertion, either. They've done a solid job crafting the story.
You basically have the A-Team (a rogue spec-ops squad on the run), who have taken a little girl under their protection, and are trying to raise her. There's room in SW for that type of tale, without calling it woke or anything of the sort.

You CAN make her a Disney 'princess' as you like (and I'm sure they market), or there's still in-universe room to build that character.
Once you get to the Mandalorian timeline, she's early 40's and likely very skilled, and the Bad Batch are a bunch of old men if still alive. I'd say more trained in spec-op stuff than Boba, since that's how she's being raised.

Question about season two:

What in the frick were the first six episodes?

They should have just started with episodes seven and eight. Those two were fantastic.

Bro...Kenobi visited Kamino...


The recent two episode drop was great. Filoni does a lot when they get to the episodes that move the SW universe forward

Outstanding. Without spoiling who it is, when HE showed up because of the call for help, I was very excited.

I knew that garage in Episode 7 was a place we've seen before. I'm always looking for the Easter eggs in these shows.

Those two can go away

I really enjoyed this week's episode. The beginning had an Alien movie feel to it. Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

She will most certainly follow the Ahsoka path

Season 2 finale episodes were fantastic, and gut-wrenching.