Echo could've had a hand this entire time and he chose not to

Another reason why I love him 🥰

The implications of Crosshair’s commitment to this notion scares the heck outta me, pals. Omega is his salvation, that’s obvious by the unguarded nature of their bond and how there are aspects of himself that he trusts only her with… but to feel as if he owes her some sort of life debt? Jennifer— I see you. And I’m begging you. Please don’t 💔

I hope we get a “idk how anybody sees out of these kriffing helmets” from Echo next episode.

It would be nice comedic relief from the imminent finale despair.

Echo has never once given up on rescuing the other clones and I have never been more proud of him

Rampart saying “I can hear you” like he actually thinks the Bad Batch gives a shit will never not be funny

It's my own opinion but the more I watch the new season of the Bad Batch the more I feel like Tech's death was just cheap.

In a series focused on the Bad Batch, we saw more Rampart and Emerie than Echo . An integral member since the beginning.

So what if killing of Tech was just another quick way to get rid of a character they wouldn't have had time to write a role for? I mean, they barely talk about him and we never get to see anyone's reaction to his death.

It just feels like killing him was a way to get rid of a character easily to focus on others or just to make more drama in the new season.

"Oh Tech isn't here to do that so I guess we're going to have to risk our lives for this things."

"If Tech were here it would be easier but since he's not, guess we're going to have to take the long road !"

You know the fandom’s lost it when everyone’s going crazy over seeing ears

This is crunch week for me at college and legitimately the main thing getting me through this is Echo's ears.

Fumble in a presentation? It's fine just remember Echo's ears. Stressed about exam study? Echo's ears. Will I ever be good enough as a person? Well exams are not gonna be the answer to that and anyway it's ok because Echo's ears are back.

PART 2 - FLASH STRIKE (TBB SEASON 3) (SPOILERS)

Emerie walked in. Of course she did. The way my jaw D R O P P E D when the two made the dreaded Eye Contact. Oh, Echo. The 501st were never good at lying.

And Emerie's lil eyebrow raise has me worried.

"Echo." WHAT THE FUUUUUCK. "I-I was doing my job."

STOP. REDEMPTION ARC? EMERIE YOU'RE MAKING IT VERY VERY HARD TO HATE YOU.

wait stop his ears were such a jumpscare why didn't i think of that

Oh my god Emerie yesyesyes come to the liiiight.

Oh my stars. Unless we're getting a surprise part 2 I don't know how or what the hell the production team is gonna put us through. We have half an hour (potentially 1.25 hours from what I've heard) to wrap up this ENTIRE show.

So many things have been left unanswered. Is Wrecker alright? Did the Batch make it inside OK? Do Emerie and Echo find Omega and the others? Where is CX-2? What happened to him? Who will die in the finale, because it's Star Wars and we never get a happy ending?

and is tech really dead, or is he coming back?

There are so, so, so many questions...

so i know a lot of us are hoping for hemlock to be eaten by the zillo beast but imo, that is waay too good for him.

*chomp* bye.

NOOOOPE

he deserves to see all his work go up in (literal?) flames. everything he ever wanted and worked for destroyed utterly. to die a long slow torturous death. to be held captive and experimented on himself. hooked up to the mind flayer. then left to be forgotten and waste away and die. preferably in a dank cold dungeon.

but tbb is a “kid show” so we might not get that

sorry to be dark.

Seeing Echo get to use his arc training in the last two episodes made me giddy and anxious at the same time. I'm gonna miss my precious bean and the batch so much

Let's keep our fingers crossed that we get a show with a clone rebellion so that way we get more of Rex, Echo, Howzer, more clones and maybe even an appearance by the batch and Omega 🙏🤞

Despite my mixed feelings and sadness over Echo’s more official departure from the bad batch him being in stark white armor has made me more convinced than ever before that this is a new start for him. He’s probably not getting his bad batch armor back which leaves the door open for him to either acquire new armor or (what I think might be less likely) hang up his blaster for good and bow out of the fight after the clones are freed from Tantiss. The white armor is something we haven’t seen on him in a long time and each time he appears he ends up on a path different than what he was originally on.

The dominos were close to being tossed aside, headed away from the fight, before they changed and pulled together in the end. On Rishi he was facing an assignment with little chance of ever seeing combat only to be attacked by the separatists and thrust into the fight, joining the 501st which eventually leads him to becoming an ARC trooper. His capture and torture lands him in the Techno Union’s hands where his life is altered forever, leading him to choose a life with the batch at the end of that episode arc.

Each time Echo’s path changes he adapts, he finds where he fits and he throws himself into it. Giving him new armor is a chance to change his path yet again. Because, as Hunter said, Echo’s path is different. It always has been.

Hmmmm, there’s something about Hemlock sending troops after a rogue shuttle that may or may not have been commandeered by Clone Force 99 as far as he’s aware, but not his own men in the first episode, saying the jungle will kill them… I can’t quite put my finger on it

✨ Spoilers ✨

I’ve been saying for a while that “the Calvary has arrived” episode tittle refers to the clone rebellion and that it perfectly parallels the bad batches first appearance in the clone wars. Now I’m seeing a lot of other people saying this and I’m so…. GLAD that more people have joined this delusional boat with me 😊🤡

At the same time tho I wouldn’t be surprised if it executes differently too.

1) echo and emerie

I actually suspect that omega and the other children are going to escape before echo and emerie get to them. When they find no children what else are they gunna do. I think THEY are going to be the ones to release the other clone prisoners. That’s a small army of men fighting, they are the Calvary … tho I still think in this scenario Rex and the rebellion will show up. It’ll be a two front war for hemlock: front 1 being the inside and front two being the outside.

2) it actually is the bad batch

Imagine omega and the children are in a tight spot and then BOOM 💥 their opponent is knocked out and who is it! Wrecker and the other batchers and wrecker screams “the Calvary has arrived” and they all hug YAYYY. So basically some form of reunion happens. Could also work vice versa. Omega and the children atop the zillo beast saving the bad batch