5 Things You Might Have Missed In ‘The Bad Batch’ Episode, ‘Metamorphosis’
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Many episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2 have played on Star Wars nostalgia. Episodes like “Entombed” feel like a mesh of Indiana Jones and Jedi: Fallen Order and “Faster” revamp the racing aspect from The Phantom Menace. The eleventh episode “Metamorphosis” is no different as it brings in elements from within and from outside Star Wars.
5. A Derelict Ship In Space
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The Bad Batch episode “Metamorphosis” begins with a derelict ship in space that appears to have suffered severe damage. Many Aliens fans can already feel the hair on their neck tingling as this environment resembles the atmosphere of that movie. Sigourney Weaver’s character fights off xenomorphs inside her research vessel very much like this one. The similarity does not stop here as the mysterious creature has broken loose and begins hunting the remaining crew one by one. It even hides and waits in the rafters for the unsuspecting clone trooper before dragging him upwards to be slain. Before its growth spurt, the creature even shares the same skull structure as the xenomorphs.
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4. Rampart Lets Politicians Live
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When the cold and calculating Vice Admiral Rampart was introduced in Star Wars: The Bad Batch, fans quickly discovered his plan to phase out the clone troopers and their existence within the Imperial military. He began by removing Prime Minister Lama Su. Rampart’s ruthlessness as seen in how he wiped out Tipoca City, and how he handled Captain Wilco would lead one to assume that he would have Lama Su killed. However, the former prime minister is revealed to be alive and well in “Metamorphosis” when he arrives at Mount Tantiss.
It is also surprising that former Kaminoan Senator Halle Burtoni remains free despite her fall from grace and subsequent removal from office. Despite her knowledge of Rampart’s misappropriation of funding meant for the cloning facilities, he allows her to retire quietly on Coruscant. Perhaps Rampart has an aversion to assassinating politicians and bureaucrats (although he has no qualms about sending an assassin after Senator Riyo Chuchi). Burtoni’s reveal ends up being Rampart’s downfall and would have also toppled Palaptine’s plans if not for the master manipulator’s quick thinking to place all the blame on Rampart in “Truth and Consequences.”
3. Off-world Kaminoan Cloners
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In the two seasons of The Bad Batch, there are two mentions of Kaminoan cloners that do not live on Kamino. The first direct reference is the abandoned Kamino cloning facility on Bora Vio where Taun We meets with Cad Bane. The second reference is in “Metamorphosis” as Tech and Omega search for ways to take down the Zillo Beast on the loose. Omega mentions rumors of Kaminoan cloners carrying out experiments off-world back when she was working with Nala Se.
The secretive nature of the Kaminoans, the decimation of their civilization, and the fact that Kamino is located beyond the Outer Rim points to cloning experiments that may be happening in the Unknown Regions. Perhaps Exegol?
2. Clone Commando “Scorch”
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In the first season episode of The Bad Batch, “War Mantle,” a familiar clone commando named Scorch is seen trying to apprehend Gregor and Clone Force 99. He first appeared in the Star Wars: Republic Commando videogame where as a member of the elite unit known as Delta squad. He makes another appearance in “Metamophosis,” leading his own clone commandos in bringing the Zillo Beast back to Mount Tantiss.
Scorch may pose a threat to the Batch in the future as Hemlock orders him to investigate the Marauder and its crew. He is an incredibly capable clone commando and is backed by the Empire and its resources. He no longer appears to be the same beloved witty commando fans once loved.
1. Zillo Beast
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Many Star Wars fans have waited ten years to find out what happens to the Zillo Beast after the events of The Clone Wars and whether Palpatine succeeds at cloning the beast. Well, the Zillo Beast has reemerged from the shadows on a derelict research vessel owned and manned by the Empire.
When the Zillo Beast escapes the confines of the ship, it begins to wreak havoc upon the inhabitants of a small village, much like the other Zillo Beast did back in The Clone Wars episode “The Zillo Beast Strikes Back.” The creature climbing a tall structure in both “The Zillo Beast Strikes Back” and “Metamorphosis” are classic reenactments of kaiju movies like Godzilla and King Kong. The key difference lies in how the Empire responds once they have captured the Zillo Beast.
Sure enough, the Empire has Scorch and the clone commandos round up every man, woman, and child to haul them off to spacer knows where. After seeing what transpires in Andor, the audience knows that the Empire does not let free labor go to waste.
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