Upon watching the Bad Batch, I could not help but notice how the Empire's training was very flawed from the start. First of all, they screwed up by trying to eliminate most of their experienced clone troopers for having more "independent thinking" due to being under the influence of the Jedi. I mean, biochips or not, they are still people, not machines so of course they're going to end up developing their own mindsets. Not to mention the fact that many of their own officers also served with the Jedi. Since Disney completely scrubbed the original lore of the clone rebellion on Kamino, there was really no longer any point to quickly replace the remaining clones. And no, the Empire still couldn't just kill them off since a majority of the Senate were advocating for the clones' rights. At the very least, the clones remaining in service should have been kept around to pass off their knowledge to the new recruits before being given a comfortable retirement.

And then there's the fact that they stationed and appointed clone commandos at Mount Tantiss to train the new regular recruits. The commandos, despite being highly effective in their intended roles, are meant to operate as squads behind enemy lines. Each member would be specially trained with unique skills such as marksmanship, demolition, or hacking. The Republic learned this the hard way when they first deployed commandos to the frontlines on Geonosis. The imperial commandos should have been training new commandos instead of frontline troops, which are completely different roles.

With the way the Empire botched up their training programs, it's no wonder its military ended up degrading in such a short time. And all for what? Just to severe any ties with the Old Republic and Jedi Order?

When Wolffe appears in TBB, there seems to be no sign of other members of the Wolf Pack.

Was he intentionally separated from them? Were they there, but just not allowed to have any distinguishing markings because they weren’t officers? Or was there another reason?

In Rebels, Wolffe seemed to be paranoid, potentially had PTSD and seemed afraid of losing Rex and Gregor. I think we can infer that only death or some other major event would have separated him from the Wolf Pack.

Losing his men a second time, including Sinker and Boost, the only other survivors of the attack from the Malevolence, could explain his radical change in personality from TCW to Rebels.

In the same way, Cody lost a heck of a lot of men, but when Nova was about to be taken out by his own explosives going off, Cody’s reaction was very different.

He was normally quite unflappable, and took the loss of his men in stride. But the way he shouts, Nova’s name and Crosshair has to pull him out of the way of the explosion made me wonder why he reacted differently that time.

I’m guessing the 212th was decimated by the time we see him in TBB. And I wonder if maybe Nova was one of the last of the original troopers to serve with Cody.

While Cody’s epiphany about what he was doing by serving the Empire was the catalyst, I get the impression that by the time he spoke to Crosshair before going AWOL, he had lost all ties. That maybe Crosshair was the only clone he had left, and Cody was feeling him out to see if Crosshair had any doubts about what they were doing.

When the Syndullas implored Howzer to leave Ryloth and come with them, he refused. He said “I will not abandon my squad. They’re good men. I have to try to get through to them.”

I’m sure Cody would have felt the same way, had there been troopers who served with him a long time. So perhaps Wyler and Nova were some of the last. We know Waxer died on Umbara, and Gregor returned at some point but was sent to train TK troopers. But we don’t know what happened to the others like Boil, Wooley or Oddball. (The appearance of Numa wearing what looks like 212th armour with Boil’s name on it, and her cold, hard demeanour implies he had died by the time she appeared as an adult in Rebels.)

I got a headset with magnifying glasses and a light, and it's honestly been a game changer. I'm still learning, so I'm happy to receive any critiques or tips!

What kind of base should he go on? 🤔

This is a portrait of Tech I just finished after a week of working on it. But it was fun and will move on to Echo since he's my daughter's favorite. Done in Ohuhu marker, color pencil and acrylic paint.

Alright so I know he’s a genetically enhanced clone with his enhancement being his senses but how can he sense a sniper bolt being shot from like 100 meters away and dodge it? I’m not saying he’s got the force but like is his senses that well enhanced that he can feel it coming and move? It’s almost force sensitive like how fast he can process it and move.

I’m specifically talking about the final episode in season 3 how he dodges that blaster bolt.

Can anyone think of other groups, both real and fictional, with similar dynamics to the Bad Batch? For example, to me they closely match the Convict Commandos. Think about it - Hunter and Guy Tenby are the leaders, who only reveal what they believe the others need to know. Crosshar and Dawson are the snipers, with dour personalities. Wrecker and Mooney are the heart of gold men mountains, who strive to protect the female who joins them later. Echo and Jakes, as well as McKay, have a talent for beating security systems, in order to gain access to vital items. Thanks to his language skills, following his near death experience, Jakes is also a counterpart to Tech. Finally, Omega and Professor Mallory are expert pilots, and more than capable of defending themselves in a fight.

I’m writing a fic and want to give Hunter a love interest. What type of woman do you think he’d like? Is she tough and cool, or gentle and sweet (or whatever)? Yes, I am actually asking Reddit this question lol

These are who I think Clone Force 99 members would be if they were Transformers. I’m gonna stick with the Aligned continuity, but you guys can pick whichever continuity of Transformers you want.

Hunter is Optimus Prime because both are the leaders. Also both have very deep voices and sport red

Wrecker is Bulkhead because both are the big guys of the group

Tech is Ratchet because both are the technicians of the group. They also sacrificed themselves, with Tech laying down his life while Ratchet gets wounded for his efforts in the Cybertronian war.

Crosshair is…I would say CrosshairS, but I want to keep it to just the Aligned universe, so I’d say he’s the mean side of Arcee because both have an extremely cold side and are pessimistic.

Omega, on the other hand, is the nice and compassionate side of Arcee and not to mention both were devastated by the loss of their comrades.

Echo is Bumblebee because both have a disability. Echo no longer has a natural right arm and Bumblebee cannot talk.

Jude Laws got the right accent, receding hair.line the right amount of cuteness. He's a little short but I can work with that. Lol I think he could pull the tech look.

I just finished TBB and I was not prepared for the emotions. On one hand I am super happy that I got to see this whole story and the ways that the characters grow and change over the course of the story. On the other hand I am sad because I don’t get to watch any more adventures nor see any of clone force 99 doing awesome stuff anymore.