Star Wars: The Bad Batch introduced Star Wars the public to the idea of defective clones and how they actually differed from regulatory clones. Although Clone Force 99 was initially introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars In season 7, the audience got to know a lot more about them, their dynamics and their special abilities better in The bad lot. The show has been widely regarded as the current conclusion to the clone trooper stories in Star Warslike no other future Star Wars the title appears to include any clones.
All over The bad lotOver the three seasons, audiences saw what family really meant to the clones who were designed to be just copies of each other. Clone Force 99’s decision to stick together and rescue each other from the Empire when things got dangerous made for some incredible television, but also one of the most moving stories in history. Star Wars. This, added to the happy ending that the characters received in The bad lot series finale, really makes the show stand alone in the Star Wars franchise.
One of the things that was somewhat forgotten throughout The bad lotThe three seasons of Clone Force 99 were essentially defective clones, but they had desirable soldier attributes. Audiences saw another defective clone in ’99, who lived on Kamino and worked as a maintenance clone or janitor. However, 99 would prove to be a hero when the Separatists attacked the clones’ home world of Kamino. With the public only knowing 99, Hunter, Tech, Crosshair, Wrecker, and Omega as defective clones, this begs the question if there are others out there and how many.
Nala Se suggested having more improved clones
This was seen in the series premiere of The Bad Batch
When General Tarkin visits Kamino to see if clone army production will continue under the new regime, he is clearly impressed with Clone Force 99’s skills and teamwork, noting that they are certainly a formidable force. It’s clear that Nala Se is proud of her creations and thinks that the Bad Batch’s display of skills will be enough to continue producing clones. Tarkin asks Nala Se how many defective clones like Clone Force 99 she has, and she states: “Five is all that’s left.”
This mention of a fifth clone is how the Lot deduces that Omega is one of them, as Echo is not technically a defective clone; he was experimented on and turned into a cyborg – which enhanced his abilities in a unique way. However, because of these changes, Nala Se could consider Echo defective, even if that’s not how he originated. Anyway, It is clear from Nala Se’s statement that Clone Force 99 was not the only group of enhanced and flawed clones that the Kaminoans created. for the Republic. However, it is still a mystery what happened to them.
Although audiences have seen other enhanced clones in the CX clone killers in The bad lot Seasons 2 and 3, they weren’t created that way. It also raises the question that if Omega remembered seeing Clone Force 99 growing in test tubes, she might also remember other later batches of enhanced clones. It would also be easy to create female clones using Omega’s DNA, especially since she is an unaltered clone of Jango Fett.
The bad batch may have simply been the first batch
Fans have already thought about this
Although Clone Force 99 is commonly known as the Bad Batch, it is possible that they were simply the first of the bad batches – or alternatively, they were the only batch of enhanced and/or defective clones that survived long enough for the Clone Wars. With the success that Clone Force 99 had on the field, it’s hard to imagine that Nala Se and the Kaminoans weren’t thinking of ways to replicate those results. It’s possible that other batches of clones were created and the public never saw them.
This idea has been explored at length in different fan endeavors, but The_Absent_Minded_OneThe “Magnetic Pull” fanfic on Archive of Our Own might do the best job of imagining and explaining it. Although the “Magnetic Attraction” occurs after the events of The bad lot season 2 finale, it looks at events from the past, including a story that saw both Tech and Crosshair belong to other lots besides Hunter and Wrecker. With their sequential CT numbers in the canon, this is unlikely to be the case, but it’s still a good argument about the existence of other batches like theirs.
How many other enhanced clones were there?
Has the public already met them?
It’s no exaggeration that fan theories about other enhanced batches of clones are true. In fact, in The bad lotthe public never learned how Dr. Emerie Karr appeared. It is known that she is a clone, but other than Omega, she is the only known female clone. It’s possible that one of Nala Se’s experiments included creating a batch of highly intelligent medical clones, and Emerie was the only one to survive. long enough to be indoctrinated into the Republic and later the Empire’s hierarchy.
This could open the door to not only learning more about Emerie’s past and life while on Kamino, but also introducing other enhanced clone units, like the one she originated from.
There are rumors that Star Wars will pursue another animated show centered on Captain Rex’s clone rebellion, which was teased throughout The bad lot season 3. It stands to reason that, if Lucasfilm follows through with this idea, characters like Echo and Emerie will be among the most prominent clones. This could open the door to not only learning more about Emerie’s past and life while on Kamino, but also introducing other enhanced clone units, like the one she originated from.
If Clone Force 99 was not affected by Order 66 because of its defects, it stands to reason that other batches of enhanced clones would not have participated in the Jedi massacre either. If that’s the case, these clones could be on the run from the Empire, like Clone Force 99 was on the run. The bad lot season 1. It would be interesting to see other enhanced clones interact with clones like Echo, Rex, and Emerie. No matter what the future holds, The bad lot will forever be special because it highlights the struggles of the clones after the rise of the Empire.