Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Summary
technical school ’s natural selection is one of the big theories inStar Wars : The Bad Batchseason 3 , andStar Warshas been dropping clues all time of year to demonstrate it . As one of the original members ofClone Force 99 , Tech ’s ritual killing inThe Bad Batchseason 2 endingwas nothing short of heartbreaking for all audiences . Tech ’s performance ofPlan 99has stuck with viewers ever since , and the nature of his fall - as well as the absence of a body to leaven his lot - has given many hope that he could still be alive .
The Bad Batchseason 3has since feed into this theory , whether they have done it intentionally or not . The foundation of the mystic clone assassin CX-2 alone has pointed towards the potential drop for Tech to be underneath his mask , with the act " 2 " in his name mirror Tech ’s clone cavalryman identification as CT-9902 . While this could be see a happenstance , there are also many other cluesTheBad Batchhas been dropping that gunpoint towards technical school ’s survival of the fittest and tax return , and here are 14 of the biggest 1 thus far .
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14Tech’s Goggles Are Shown For The First Time
Season 3, Episode 2 “Paths Unknown”
A mutant clone create by the cloners of Kamino , Tech was a scientific genius who served as a vital member of Clone Force 99 . He and the rest of his police squad went rascal after Order 66 and the inaugural of the Empire , and eked out a life in the galaxy ’s Hell . technical school tragically kick the bucket on one fatal missionary post , give himself for his chum .
It ’s a well - make out fact amongStar Warsaudiences that when a eccentric dies , in particular in animation , they are not often brought up again - especially if they ’re a dead ringer . For deterrent example , following the tragical death of Fives inStar Wars : The Clone Wars , he and the conspiracy fence his fate are never acknowledged , aside from the notes Captain Rex kept that came in use duringOrder 66and a brief retelling of these events to Echo inThe Bad Batchseason 1 . ForThe Bad Batchseason 3 to cite Tech ’s end early on , then , is pregnant .
13Clone Assassins Like CX-2 Are Given A Focus Early On
Season 3, Episode 3 “Shadows of Tantiss”
The clone assassins are nothing new inThe Bad Batchseason 3 , as they were first designate inThe Bad Batchseason 2 , installment 7 " The Clone Conspiracy . " The lore of these assassins has since grown inThe Bad Batchseason 3 , with Crosshair say that they are clone who undergo serious conditioning to become covert agents of the Empire . As someone who resisted this conditioning , Crosshair give out to become one of them , but it now seems very possible that another fellow member of Clone Force 99 very well could have .
The first clone assassinator prove inThe Bad Batchseason 3 is one on Mount Tantiss , who is give a minute of focus as he briefly monitor the transferral of prisoners such as Crosshair from experiment back to their cells . While it ’s not clear which assassin this is , the focus he ’s given proves that the show want spectator to remember him . plant the bravo ' importance too soon on is yet another major clue that CX-2 is someone with a meaning personal identity , and there ’s no one substantially to memory board - wipe and reprogram than a fallen appendage of Clone Force 99 .
12Tech Gets A Moment Of Silence & An Empty Space
Season 3, Episode 5 “The Return”
Once again going against the grain of howStar Warshandles character deaths , Tech is brought up by Echo after he reunite with Clone Force 99 on Pabu . While discussing a plan to track Nala Se ’s datapad back to Mount Tantiss , Echo make a commentary about how grueling it will be to decrypt Imperial data without Tech , which is met with a moment of silence from the group . There ’s even an empty blank alongside Echo for Tech to fit in , as if the system of weights of this silence carries his presence .
There ’s even an empty space alongside Echo for Tech to tally in , as if the weight unit of this silence carries his presence .
This is n’t the first time Tech has been name - dropped inThe Bad Batchseason 3 , as Omega references Tech in episode 3 , but it is the first meter the lineament are directly faced with the reality of Tech ’s absence . This here and now thus carries its own weight and import , and it is n’t the usual move forStar Wars- though it is an appreciated one , disregarding of whether technical school has truly survived or not . It does , however , place emphasis on the sore retention of Tech ’s last , just as the instant of his goggles had in the beginning in the season .
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11CX-2 Is Activated When Clone Force 99 Has Omega
Season 3, Episode 6 “Infiltration”
Clone assassin CX-2 ’s debut get when it ’s time for his activating . With CX-1 having been compromise by Captain Rex and Howzer , Scorch takes the initiative of activating CX-2 to go after CX-1 and do in him . It ’s on this commission that CX-2 discovers Omega is back with the Bad Batch , which sets the character up to be a prime pursuer of Omega and her brother . Ironically enough , this also film post on the planet Teth , a callback to theStar warfare : The Clone Warsmovie that is just one letter away from being " Tech . "
While it would have been impossible for the Empire to activate CX-2 on the basis of Omega reuniting with her brothers prior to them knowing her positioning , this seems to be a hint meant only for the audience in a classic case of dramatic sarcasm . CX-2 mechanically becomes a major histrion against Clone Force 99 and Omega , and this makes the secret of his identity even more significant . If it rightfully is Tech underneath CX-2 ’s masquerade , then it make sense thatThe Bad Batchseason 3 would want to pit him directly against his sept .
Season 3, Episode 7 “Extraction”
When CX-2 has liquidate CX-1 , he starts to focus on capturing Omega , which causes him to butt head with Commander Wolffe quite often during their descent . It becomes decipherable that CX-2 is not keen on keep up orders , something that has long since been a saying of Clone Force 99 . Tech ’s last Word of God were even , " When have we ever follow orders ? " ; this last effect of Tech is run into through CX-2 ’s actions in ignore orders in favor of achieving his personal aim .
9CX-2 Appears To Have Cybernetic Legs
One of the most interesting characteristics of CX-2 is that he appear to have cybernetic legs . While Crosshair is looking for CX-2 through his range finder , he utilize a heat sensor , which only key heat being present in CX-2 ’s body from the knee - up . This could very well mean that the lower half of CX-2 ’s legs are cybernetic . CX-2 also sustains a leg harm after being buried by the junk on Teth , which wed another thread between the mysterious CX-2 assassinator and Tech .
Having cybernetic low legs also points towards the possibility of this being the outcome of technical school ’s fall .
InThe Bad Batchseason 2 , episode 2 " Ruins of War , " technical school fractures his femoris after his leg is crushed by a heavy payload crate . This could entail , then , that CX-2 ’s leg injury on Teth is more so an old injury of Tech ’s that ’s been aggravate by his incident with the junk . Having cybernetic lower legs also point towards the opening of this being the outcome of Tech ’s fall , in that his lower leg could have been immobilise down by the rail car that he was once suspended from .
A mutant clone created by the cloners of Kamino, Tech was a scientific genius who served as a vital member of Clone Force 99. He and the rest of his squad went rogue after Order 66 and the inauguration of the Empire, and eked out a living in the galaxy’s underworld. Tech tragically died on one fateful mission, sacrificing himself for his brothers.
8CX-2 Gets Personal In A Fight Against Crosshair
One of five mutant clone created by the Kaminoan scientist Nala Se , Crosshair is a talented marksman whose skills are almost otherworldly in nature . He was the only penis of Clone Force 99 to be influenced by the clones ' inhibitor chip , but still chose to remain with the Empire for a metre even after he ’d had the chip removed . Crosshair is clearly on a path of redemption , however , one that will lead him back to his brothers .
One of the most personal moments for CX-2 inThe Bad Batchseason 3 thus far comes during his battle with Crosshair . Rather than attempt to make out his objective of acquiring the target , Z , and shooting down anyone who stands between him and her , CX-2 taunting Crosshair and fight him with a vengeance . During the competitiveness , CX-2 even read " You had your chance to be one of us . You chose the haywire side . "
These words from CX-2 can be interpreted in two unlike ways . The first is , plain , that CX-2 is telling Crosshair he select the incorrect side by betray the Empire and not becoming a clone assassinator . It could also , however , be referring to Crosshair ’s past tense . Clone Force 99 gave Crosshair various chances to leave behind the Empire and stay with them , but he continued to select the Empire over them . It stands to reason , then , thenCX-2 could be technical school providing his position on the past here- as if a belittled part of him survived the mind - wipe .
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7CX-2 Proves His Tech Skills
Season 3, Episode 11 “Point of No Return”
Tech ’s principal feature is , of line , his namesake : engineering . When CX-2 is capable to break into Phee Genoa ’s ship and produce the data point he seek , it feel remindful of something only Tech would have been capable to do so cleanly . He even uses a datarod , a piece of technology that Tech often apply throughout hisStar Warsappearances , and he talks about encoding when hash over his discoveries to Scorch later on .
6CX-2 & Phee Sense One Another
While take the coordinates to Pabu from Phee Genoa ’s ship , CX-2 and Phee dance circle around one another , narrowly avoid each other as CX-2 capitulum on and off her ship . CX-2 is thrifty not to be go steady , and he stays on the observation tower whenever potential to be sure his trace is clear . Phee , on the other hand , is extremely aware that someone ’s around - but this second between them seems to go far beyond stark skin - and - seek .
There are two separate example of CX-2 glancing in Phee ’s way , the second of which lingers for prospicient than necessary . Phee ’s already boarded her ship , and thus the assassin is in the clear , yet he lingers as if there ’s something conversant about her . Phee , on the other mitt , gives off an air of recognition , as if she somehow knows that a intimate person is in the neighborhood . This could , of class , be an over - analysis , but this moment between these two characters still feels significant - particularly given Phee and Tech ’s kinship .
5Tech’s Goggles Are Shown Again
A mysterious mutation clon created by the Kaminoans , Omega longed to get by from Kamino and explore the galaxy . She was rescued from the Empire by Clone Force 99 , and before long became the heart of the squad . The Empire still watch Omega as valuable , though , and all star sign indicate her story could well end in catastrophe .
In the straight feel of Chekhov ’s grease-gun , Tech ’s goggles make another appearance later on inThe Bad Batchseason 3 . This emotional moment see Omega taking them from theMarauderjust before it ’s destroyed and putting them on display in a room of treasures on Pabu , along with her and Wrecker ’s stuffed Lula . Omega is hesitant to permit go of the detail , but she does so , symbolise her ability to move on from her past times .
This re - coming into court of Tech ’s goggles adds another layer of bode to his getting even . This point could have been keep on theMarauderwhen it was demolish , but rather , it was choose to survive along with Lula . While this could very well be a sentimental choice to reassure viewers who would already be devastated enough by the ship ’s death , it also harkens back to Chekhov ’s hit man as it approaches a third likely appearance , a number that ’s highly important in that narration rule .
