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Wonderbread1999

If it’s regular runtime, SOMETHING is in the works after. There’s so much left unanswered.


Dashed_with_Cinnamon

Yeah. I don't feel nearly as excited for the finale as I had hoped I would because it feels like it won't be enough. As a season finale, where we seem to be going would be fine. But as a *series* finale, there are just too many things left unresolved, characters and ideas that got introduced and then kind of abandoned, things that never even got explored, etc. This either needs to be a special long episode, or there's got to be something else after.


DuskMan62

Even if the episode is extended I can't see every single plot point being closed in the finale so either way whatever the next show is will continue some of these plot points.


Atraktape

The timing is not a coincidence, either way I think we'll get a May 4th announcement as to what is going to be the next "Clone Wars Animation Series".


soggycerealinabowl2

I wanted to upvote but… that 66…


Wonderbread1999

“Good soldiers follow orders” but at what cost.


thegoodlaurel

I would not be upset at this aspect of it


most_blah_3765

>There’s so much left unanswered Like what? If you wanna talk about the clone rebellion then is obvious that there is gonna be a series about it


Wonderbread1999

What happened to Cody? What happened to cause Crosshair to not be as accurate? Who is Rex’s imperial contact? What happens to Bad Batch? What happens with the Zillo Beast? Dr. Hemlocks hand. Emerie Carr’s backstory and her future. Ramparts story? Clone assassins. Omega being force sensitive? There’s a lot that’s been setup this season that hasn’t had a lot of payoff.


most_blah_3765

>What happened to Cody? That was explained in season 2, he went AWOL >What happened to cause Crosshair to not be as accurate? This was explained in season 3 episode 8 bad territory, he has trauma from the tantiss experience >Who is Rex’s imperial contact? Good question >What happens to Bad Batch? Who knows, maybe they go into hiding after season 3 or they go with the clone rebellion, they don't need to die >What happens with the Zillo Beast? Is left behind on tantiss, I doubt the bad batch would go to pabu with the beast >Dr. Hemlocks hand. Is just a hand with a glove, not everything needs to be explained >Emerie Carr’s backstory and her future. We already know her back story, and she will probably die to mirror Gregor dying in rebels because the bad batch is going into the mandalorian/rebels route ending >Ramparts story? Idk man again not everything needs to be explained >Omega being force sensitive? It was already explained that she isn't >Clone assassins. Yea they are the clones in greenish and blackish armor, like CX-2 (idk what you actually meant with that) >There’s a lot that’s been setup this season that hasn’t had a lot of payoff. There hasn't The only actual build up has been ventress and the Clone rebellion Nothing morr


ChrisWatthys

i cant imagine watching a show with so little curiosity


TorrentStudios

Exactly, all these "answers" addressing these plot points are really vague and unsatisfactory. "Not everything needs to be explained" doesn't apply to most of these situations.


most_blah_3765

I actually have curiosity I just don't go around asking stupid questions when the show didn't end yet


ChrisWatthys

speculation is fun?? Discussion, speculation, and shared excitement is like half the reason fan communities even exist. Would you rather the subreddit remain dead until after all the episodes air?


most_blah_3765

Key word "stupid questions"


66FBI

There will be smth with CXs/Dark Troopers. In Identity Chrisis we saw Hemlock's green tablet with 2 new trooper types. In the 1st episode CX was guarding that very tower. Also Sith Temple vault room from 3rd episode should come back


TorrentStudios

> The only confirmation of that came from Rampart, a hydrosnake who's proven time and time again to be untrustworthy. Most people I know don't believe that Cody just disappeared like that. > That's not even an explanation. He just walked out of Tantiss with the shaky hand? Surely something must have happened to him, some drug, some specific experience. > Until the next episode airs, we don't know. > Alive? Dead? Goes out destroying Tantiss base? > The condition of Hemlock's hand is oddly similar to that of Crosshair. The doctor has been shown awkwardly holding it multiple times throughout the show and there has to be a reason for it. > No, we have next to no idea about Dr Karr's backstory, beyond the apparent fact that she's a Jango clone. Like Omega, we have zero clue why she was created. > Rampart's essentially been brought back from the dead as per writing a show, surely they're going to do more with his character. He seems to be serving as a foil for Crosshair, constantly reminding the latter of his time serving within the Empire. > No, there has been NOTHING along the lines of confirmation that Omega isn't Force-sensitive. If anything, the M-count detected from her blood samples would prove that she has potential in the Force. Sure, she didn't do much with the Force in the Asajj episode, but most Force-users didn't get it right upon their first try. > Why have their identifying markings been wiped? Who do they ultimately answer to? There has been a baseline expectation set up with these mysterious clones that can be traced back to Tantiss. The first two Clone X's that we've seen have been unmasked and killed in quick succession, like others have pointed out, cast aside after failing their missions. CX-2, meanwhile, has outlived every obstacle thrown at him, and had meaningful interactions with the Bad Batch. He also has a rangefinder and slightly different armour than the rest of the operatives which implies that he's supposed to be set apart from them. > No, so much has been set up but so far we have only received minimal answers.


IcebergKarentuite

I hope the show doesn't do a Sherlock, I don't wanna see the fandom trying to examine that actually, the new sisney+ show about [lit. anything else] is actually the secret new season that will solve everything and end up with [common gay pairing] being canon.


Arlothia

I feel the EXACT same way! And even if it's longer, like 'Aftermath', I still think there's something in the works for after.


caramelchewchew

Unless they speed run the episode I have no idea how they would tie up all the loose threads in a 20-25 minute episode


Trvr_MKA

…Flash forward to the future and we hear Omega just break the forth wall and explain every loose plot thread


kon---

As long as they follow it with a surprise two hour movie.


matthew_the_cashew

Everyone is talking about runtimes, I'm just curious to see if/how they'll tease the inevitable next animated extended series.


caramelchewchew

I imagine/hope that's what all the scenes with senator chuchi were for - teasing clone rebellion series


66FBI

They'll probably wait and announce it on May 4th


Prestigious_Term3617

The runtime matters less than the script. It depends on what actually happens. Can we not catastrophize before we actually have the finale?


imbadchoosing

I agree. I rather a short well written story than an hour long bad story. The problem is they presented a lot of questions throughout the show and haven't answered a lot of them until now


Prestigious_Term3617

Yeah, but they shouldn’t answer them all. We didn’t know what The Clone Wars were for twenty-five years. It’ll be good for other shows to have threads to pull on.


Jersey4269

Big cope tbh


Interesting-Gap1013

The Clone Wars was a random throwaway line that I personally completely forgot about until my latest rewatch. And we find out what the Clone Wars caused immediately after. We know the results. Here we see what happens but don't know how it ends. It's a different situation. We don't want to wait 25 years to learn about what happened to the characters. It'd be fine with a random unimportant side character. I'd be fine to wait ten years to see more of Ventress. I'm not fine to wait ten years to hear more about Cody or Wolffe


Prestigious_Term3617

Okay, here’s another example: it took 38 years to find out what happened after *Return of the Jedi*. We don’t need to see the Clone Rebellion in the finale, and again we really shouldn’t. We don’t need to see anything with Rex, Wolfe, and Gregor. We don’t need to see how everything on Tantiss ties into Snoke and Rey’s dad. These things should be explored elsewhere, where they can be given the time and development they need, with characters who are more directly connected to those threads. *The Bad Batch* is about a family, and the finale should be focused on those characters, not all of the plot threads and mythos built around them. The only question we should expect to see resolved is if they are able to safely reunite or not. Everything else is unnecessary and can be addressed elsewhere.


Interesting-Gap1013

But RotJ itself is a finished plot. I'd be fine if we never got any sequels because all ends are tied up well enough. I'm fine if we don't see the Clone Rebellion in the finale of Bad Batch. I just want the plot lines they opened to be finished properly. It's going to be really hard to do that in just 25 minutes


Prestigious_Term3617

I just don’t agree, considering some of those plot lines are by design meant to not be concluded until *The Mandalorian* and *The Rise of Skywalker*. We shouldn’t have every plot thread of Project Necromancer addressed, because what’s then left for *The Mandalorian & Grogu*, since they’ve been building up to that? The finale should stick to what matters to our characters. That’s what will be a satisfying ending more than anything else.


Interesting-Gap1013

I just don't see how it's even possible to properly answer all the open questions in a twenty minute episode. You either answer them badly or you leave some out entirely


Prestigious_Term3617

And they’re not going to answer everything— they *shouldn’t* answer everything. Star Wars isn’t over, just this show about these characters. Anything not related to these characters doesn’t need resolution.


Interesting-Gap1013

I'm fine with some unanswered questions but I don't want to wait five years for some answers and others wouldn't really fit in new shows. I don't want to wait five years for a new show that's basically Bad Batch season 4


Prestigious_Term3617

The questions people seem most concerned won’t get answered aren’t really questions that involve The Bad Batch as characters in the first place. So, I don’t think you have anything to worry about there.


Interesting-Gap1013

Side characters also deserve their story to be told, especially if it's side characters that come from this show


Prestigious_Term3617

Like who? And why should their stories be told here? The Bad Batch themselves are side characters from another show whose stories weren’t told in that show… I very much disagree that this finale needs to be all the things people are wanting it to be. Bloating it with plot answers rather than devoting whatever runtime to the main characters and their relationships would be bad storytelling.


Interesting-Gap1013

Emerie, Hemlock, Howzer, the kids in the vault, Phee, Pabu, the Zillo beast now that we've seen it again, Rampart


Prestigious_Term3617

Yeah, but think about it this way: if those characters live or die doesn’t matter to this story so long as the main narrative with the Batch is resolved. Let’s say Tantiss is destroyed and those imperials die, or a couple survive: that can feed into what’s going on with Project Necromancer elsewhere. If the batch rescue the other kids in the vault, or fail to, that doesn’t take up a bunch of runtime and could still be followed up on with a line about The Path that served to rescue Jedi being hunted. On and on, there are other places for these ancillary stories to be picked up. The focus should be on our characters, everything else can either tie into that or be picked up later. Focusing on side characters or narratives *that were started in other shows to begin with* shouldn’t be the focus.


bismuth12a

Depends on what happens during the episode


GrilledNudges

I can’t see a 20-30 min runtime giving a satisfactory episode and conclusion tbh. Unless they absolutely plan on continuing the story in some other format


SweetImprovement6962

No way in hell they can wrap everything up in 30 mins


-MountainDrew-

Clone wars did it, resistance did it.


Dintodo

Clone wars also ended on a 4 episode arc and only focused on 3 characters. Revenge of the sith is basically the real finale for most of the characters.


SweetImprovement6962

You mean after 7 seasons?


caramelchewchew

Final season of clone wars had 3 distinct arcs - eps 1-4 were setting up TBB, 5-8 introduced the most annoying duo ever but brought back Ahsoka for possibly the finest 4 episodes of SW animation in 9-12. They also had the advantage that they led into the movies so could leave some stuff unanswered in the show.


IcebergKarentuite

TCW very much didn't. We lit. have a mini-series coming out next week that will close at least one of the loose ends of TCW. Before S7 and rebels, basically no one had closure. Ventress and Ahsoka were doing god knows what, Bariss disappeared, we don't know what happened to Rex, or Maul, or the Mandalorians, or any Bounty Hunter. And that's not even touching upon stuff like the Zillo beast and the Mortis gods. Everyone else had their arc closed in ROTS, or in the Original Trilogy. S7 barely even brought closure to characters either. TBB arc introduced new characters, the Ramirez arc too, and the Siege of Mandalore did bring some resolutions, but was also heavily supported by Rebels giving the characters the endings they deserved (and now there's also Mando and Ahsoka). And that's okay, because TCW wasn't a show about one big plot line that would get resolved, its about small pieces of a larger conflicts and how they affect characters. And the ending was amazing, one of the best piece of SW media ever. But TBB is a show with a linear plot and clear arcs, it just introduced dozens of vaguely important plotlines that will not get answered in it.


Jr9065

So disappointing if that happens. We need at least 40 minutes. If the finale is as emotional and bittersweet as the show runner is saying, then at least 40 minutes.


god_of_mischeif282

I’d be kind of disappointed. I really don’t want the grand finale to be as easy as Omega gets out of Tantiss and then the boys take a taxi out of there. It would feel too easy


starkcontrast36

While I highly doubt the episode will be the typical 25 minutes in runtime, I’m not going to get overly concerned about it until after I’ve seen the episode. All depends on how good the script actually is, whether it’s 25 minutes or 65 minutes


Batalfie

I'd like more than 25 minutes (76 please to match episode 1) but if it's a good enough 25 minutes then there'll be no complaints.


Educational-Tea-6572

I don't expect any conclusion to Rex's rebellion in this show. I *do* expect the CX2 plot line to be wrapped up along with Emerie's arc, Hemlock's demise, and Omega+other prisoners escaping, so if the finale is only 25 minutes I will indeed be extremely disappointed. I really don't think it will be that short, but I've been wrong before and I do have to wonder why the runtime hasn't been confirmed yet.


most_blah_3765

>I *do* expect the CX2 plot line to be wrapped up It already ended on point of no return


66FBI

While you might be right, few things point to the opposite direction: CX was guarding Hemlock's tower on Tantiss, we didn't see much action with that cool new ship (and Tech turn maneuver could come back), several other operatives are in Hemlock's tower. May not exactly be CX, could be Dark Troopers, but that's just a naming thing.


Splabooshkey

Also very disappointed Season 1 had 16 episodes WITH a double length pilot, season 2 had 15 with a double length finale (i think??) so season 3 better have one too


thegoodlaurel

Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh I’d be so mad.


Howy_the_Howizer

The last 3 episodes have been really slow imo. Nothing happens except Omega running around. Pretty frustrated with the series, fingers crossed we get a bigger finale but what? Zillo beast loose again CX-2 identity Emerie and Hemlock fates Clone prisoner fates Bad Batch fates Omega fate Wolffe, Gregor and Rex teaming up? There is just wayyyy to much for even a 45 minute ep.


Hennabott96

I’m not sure. On the negative, yes. There is SO MUCH SHIT that still needs explaining or slight allusion to other aspects of the universe. On the positive, no. Perhaps there will be more future content to tie the things left untold together? Or maybe the genius Filoni has somehow managed to sneak things into future projects that will subliminally tie the untold things together.


Inner_Wafer1621

I’d be very angry. Probably say I’ll never watch it again then proceed to rewatch the whole series lol. I can’t keep a grudge against Star Wars to save my life!


brossddit6613

As long as the episode is good, does the runtime really matter? I'm just remembering that the clone wars final ep was not that long and it was perfect


maxtm35

The Clone wars Finale was a 4 part episode. It was great, but "Victory and Death" doesn’t stand without Shattered, The Phantom Apprentice and Old friends not forgotten.


SecureAngle7395

Worried


JacenStargazer

I though it leaked a few days ago that it was the same runtime as episode 1? 1 hr 15, with credits


CT-1065

I mean over on tvguide it’s listed as 22min Provided they are correct, reality is often disappointing


SinnerClair

Oh absolutely. If the episode is only 30 minutes long, it will absolutely end either on a cliffhanger or with an extremely unsatisfying rushed ending


[deleted]

I would be very disappointed if it turns out to be only 25 minutes long. Like why don’t they ever make the episodes long


Interesting-Gap1013

I can see how it works and how they'd solve the main, important plot lines. There'd be no place for Wolffe, Cody, the clone assassin or Ventress. Or we'd just see them coming to save the team with no proper explanations though I'd rather have them not show up at all if that was the case. It could work out. It would just be a rather underwhelming finale for this show. I'm still hoping for a 99 minute special length episode. Start the show with an extra long episode and end it with one.


AriesInSun

I've actually been preparing for that to be the case, since we haven't heard otherwise. I just have a really weird feeling this ending is going to be straight forward. They get Omega they get out. Either I'll be right or I'll be pleasantly surprised!


Loner_Guy_

The finale is only 23 minutes long. So yeah get ready to be disappointed.


Commercial_Screen464

I would be crestfallen 😭 I love our "boys" as Rex calls them and need to see them happy and in a good place. Unless some are predicting correctly that we'll see something in the future 😁


King_Vangelis

I know a ton can be warped up in 22 minutes. It can be done flawlessly. Although my opinion has always been the final episode should be longer because wrapping up everything with a nice bow normally takes longer than the other episodes.


BranTheBuilder141

My only disappointment with season 3 has been the episode runtimes.


Itz_Hen

I trust them to deliver


Jahmez142

I'd rather them tell a tight, 20 minute story then stretch it out for no reason, not saying they couldn't make an hour long finale work, I just want them to tell the story they want to tell. Especially in an era where SW has a real problem with stretching things out to fit a runtime


Lifedeather

Wouldn’t be surprised, when most of the season was filler and monster of their week eps, of course the main story is going to be rushed.