Star Wars: The Bad Batch - S01E10 "Common Ground"

Well, this wasn’t quite as exciting as previous episodes but it was nonetheless an enjoyable ride with a simple narrative. Perhaps a filler episode of sorts but it did move the story along. Thanks to Omega, the Bad Batch debt is cleared. One must think she’d won a lot of games in the time the Bad Batch did one mission. Betting games seem to be better rewarded than that of extracting people from dangerous locations? I’d guess Cid had the fact Omega was a child as a tactic to extract extra money from bets but it worked and she won a ton of games. We have also discovered that Omega is one heck of a strategist. Is this her special skill or one of many? Where does this leave Hunter? Not suggesting Omega will lead the gang anytime soon but if she’s this clever, Hunter’s tactics could be called into question in future. I bet they will. Is this also the end of our time with Cid? I’m still waiting for a degree of betrayal from her so maybe she’s still around next week for that. The gang aren’t worth as much to her now so I’m figuring she’d got to be thinking about the bounty on the gang soon.

The actual extraction was a simple plot with no overly complicated matters. Even taking over the clanker has been seen before although quite miraculous as I thought it had had a direct hit at the rear. I was also half expecting the senator to be up to no good and somehow leading the gang into a trap especially when he and his droid looked at each other on one occasion. And his droid? GS-8 was it? She sounded like there was someone inside the metal. I was half expecting the droid to say at the end “But I’m really a human hiding inside and I love you senator”. Didn’t happen though. Now that would have been a twist! Interesting to see what was happening on the planet with the Empire taking over. A little confusing though as at start of the senator speech he was being cheered despite his words supporting the Empire? Also, is it me or did the Bad Batch only ever stun the clones rather than kill?

Bit of a filler, but the story progressed.