The Bad Batch Double Take: Cut and Run

With only a couple of days from the epic season premiere, The Bad Batch returns to Disney+ with episode two, Cut and Run. Our heroes are on the run from the new Empire and their ex fellow clone Crosshair—their first stop visiting an old friend. Although the scale, stakes, and run time lowered a bit for the second episode, Cut and Run is full of meaningful and defining moments for our already beloved characters. Here are the highlights for The Bad Batch: Cut and Run:

• Cut and Suu: For those of you who thought the mutton chops clone and his Twi’lek family looked familiar, you guessed right! The Bad Batch takes us back to The Clone Wars Season Two Episode 10: The Deserter as our hero runaways visit an old friend: Cut Lawquane. Their peaceful visit is a nice break from the intensity of Order 66, but as we find out soon enough, it won’t last.
• Childhood of a Clone: in The Bad Batch: Cut and Run we understand what Omega (and every single clone, perhaps except for Boba Fett) never had: childhood. It broke my heart to see her first not even understanding how to play ball, then soon after the joy in her eyes as she catches the ball for the first time.
• Imperial Oppression: The planet Saleucami gives us a first glimpse of the beginning of Imperial oppression as now chain codes are required for any type of travel. It’s an interesting visual transition to see the old school white and black armored clones patrolling the area, which will soon be replaced by recruited Imperial stormtroopers. Good soldiers follow orders indeed.
• Head-banging trooper: The moment Wrecker bangs his head while walking in the background was pure, classic Star Wars! The original head-banging trooper dates back to A New Hope, and it only made sense that Wrecker was chosen for this honorable Easter egg!
• Family: The moment where Hunter was about to let Omega go with Cut and his family was a sad and touching one, and took me back to a similar moment where Mando was going to leave Grogu to Ahsoka Tano and when the Clan of Two part ways as Luke Skywalker takes the youngling in for his Jedi training. Family was definitely one of the main themes in The Bad Batch, and I can’t wait to see how the relationship between Hunter and Omega (and uncle Wrecker) will develop over the course of season one!

The Bad Batch: Cut and Run was an episode full of heart, and gave the watchers plenty to look forward to in the next episodes—especially Omega’s purpose as a clone and what that will mean for her and her adoptive family. What were your favorite moments from the episode? Share your thoughts with a comment below or by using the hashtag #TheBadBatchDoubleTake on Twitter!