RELATED: Disney+ Renews Star Wars: The Bad Batch for a Second Season Unabated, Hunter argues the Empire is wrong for occupying planets and silencing anyone who stands against them, insisting they're using and controlling Crosshair through his inhibitor chip. Hunter points out Crosshair tried to kill them, and they had no choice. "Not the ones that matter,” Crosshair replies, quietly chastising Hunter and the others for leaving him behind on Kamino. Moreover, as the gang learns from the medical droid AZ, who was hiding in the lab, the Empire has kept busy de-activating droids, forcing key Kaminoan personnel off-world, and reassigning the clone troopers to other planets, save for Crosshair.Įlsewhere, Hunter tries to get through to Crosshair upon realizing the Empire is decommissioning Kamino's cloning facility, telling him it's only a matter of time before the Empire starts phasing clones out.
Sadly, anyone hoping to learn more about Nala Se's secrets is out of luck, as Echo discovers the lab's central files are missing.
As Omega explains, this is also where Nala Se created her and enhanced Clone Force 99's genetic mutations, much to the others' surprise. Thankfully, all goes well and the gang sneaks into the city's main platform through an underwater transport system ("Kaminoans keep a lot of secrets," Echo notes), leading them to Nala Se's private research laboratory. Upon reaching Kamino, Omega directs the others to a secret landing pad in Tipoca City, which requires them to fly dangerously close to the planet's watery surface before it activates. RELATED: The Bad Batch Confirms Stormtroopers Are Inferior to Clone Troopers (Obviously) In the meantime, Admiral Rampart greets Hunter on Kamino, telling him, “The destruction your squad caused on Ryloth got my attention.” He also discreetly tells a member of Crosshair's squad to alert him if things go south. Alas, there's no time for such shenanigans.) Tech and the others track Hunter through his comms device, knowing all too well they're being led into a trap. (Wrecker mentions leaving Gregor with an unhappy Cid, which sounds like the setup for a fun sitcom-y episode.
"Return to Kamino" kicks off with Crosshair taking a captive Hunter to, well, Kamino, all while the rest of Clone Force 99 hurries to repair their ship and rescue their de facto leader. Crosshair's betrayal continues to hang heavy over their heads in the first part of the season finale, "Return to Kamino," after he and his forces captured Hunter on Daro in "War-Mantle." However, in a twist worthy of the season's penultimate episode, it turns out Crosshair isn't being controlled by his inhibitor chip at all, which creates an unexpected but welcome complication for the character's potential redemption arc. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1, Episode 15, "Return to Kamino," now streaming on Disney+.Īs much as The Bad Batch Season 1 explores Clone Force 99's growing role in the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire, for Hunter, Tech, and Echo, the battle is as personal as it is ideological.
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