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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Finally Reaches the Conflict It’s Been Waiting For
After many episodes of bounty hunting chases, Rylothi insurrection, and the briefest snifter of mounting resistance, Star Wars: The Bad Batch returned this week to a concept it fascinatingly pondered early on in its debut season. We know, as the audience, that the Clone army is destined to be replaced by the human recruits of…
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Star Wars’ Test Tube History With Force-Sensitive Clones
Star Wars loves few things more than it loves clones. From grand armies to wars and a certain scrupulous senator from Naboo, cloning is as intrinsic to the saga as X-Wings, blaster pistols, and even the Force itself. But as we’ve delved further and further into the franchise, the mixing of this fascination with the…
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Dives Headfirst Into the Cost of Loyalty
For a show about clones, sooner rather than later Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch was going to have to get into the idea of just how and why the newly-risen Empire would begin to replace the Republic’s legions with a different kind of soldier. But the Disney+ series’ third episode, for all the gains…
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch’s New Trailer Puts Clones on the Run
Ended, the Clone War has — but Clone Force 99’s fight is far from over.