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Warning! This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3’s ending.
Summary
- All members of Clone Force 99 survived the epic conclusion of The Bad Batch season 3 in a surprising turn of events.
- Omega’s epilogue in the final episode connects The Clone Wars to the Rebellion, setting the stage for future potential adventures in the Star Wars universe.
- Governor Tarkin’s decision to shut down Project Necromancer in favor of Project Stardust delays the former’s sinister plans until the New Republic era.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3’s ending brought the show to a satisfying, emotional, action-packed conclusion. Since the ending of The Bad Batch season 2, it has been common knowledge that the third season would be the show’s last. As such, Star Wars audiences were preparing for a potentially heartbreaking finale that would see the final adventures of Clone Force 99’s members.
The finale of The Bad Batch season 3 was finely poised; Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair were heading into Mount Tantiss, while Echo and Omega planned their own escape plans. This meant that season 3’s ending had a breakneck pace, as The Bad Batch‘s characters faced one last fight against the Empire. From character conclusions, fantastic battle sequences, stellar animation, and implications on the wider Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3’s ending brought the show to an epic culmination.
All Of Clone Force 99 Survive The Bad Batch Season 3’s Ending
Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, Omega, and Echo all make it out of The Bad Batch season 3’s ending.
Undoubtedly the most pressing question about The Bad Batch season 3’s ending was whether the titular Clone Force 99 would survive. After Tech’s tragic death a season before, it became clear that the members of the Batch could fall at any given moment. However, The Bad Batch season 3’s ending somewhat subverted expectations by ensuring that all five remaining members of the squad survived.
The Bad Batch Season 3 Epilogue Gives The Clone Wars A Legacy In The Rebellion
Omega’s epilogue in The Bad Batch ties the Clone Wars to the Rebel Alliance.
After Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3’s explosive battle at Mount Tantiss, the five remaining members of the squad return to Pabu. The series’ seemingly final shot is of the crew sitting in the sun, free of the Empire’s grasp now that Hemlock has been defeated. Although this would be a fitting final shot, The Bad Batch season 3’s ending has an epilogue.
This epilogue takes place around two decades after The Bad Batch season 3 and sees an older Omega sneaking onto a shuttle in the caves of Pabu. Awaiting her is an elderly Hunter, who states she cannot just sneak off without him realizing. Omega tells Hunter that she needs to do more and that the Rebellion is looking for more pilots. Omega leaves with Tech’s goggles on her dashboard, giving the Clone Wars a lasting legacy as one of the unaltered strands of Jango Fett sets off to join the Rebel Alliance.
Governor Tarkin’s Power Play Shutters Project Necromancer… For Decades?
Tarkin’s management of the Empire’s power delays Project Necromancer, but not indefinitely.
After Hemlock’s defeat in Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3’s ending, Tarkin is shown perusing the destroyed base at Mount Tantiss. Tarkin mentions that Hemlock’s work has set the Empire back long enough, despite the former not knowing what the latter was trying to accomplish. Tarkin declares that all funding for Project Necromancer will be redistributed to Project Stardust, the codename for the Death Star’s production. This puts an end to Project Necromancer, though The Mandalorian season 3 proved the sinister plans would resume in the New Republic era.
Hemlock’s Death Means Palpatine Never Knew How Important Omega Could Be
Hemlock’s defeat at Clone Force 99’s hands means Palpatine did not know the value of Omega’s blood.
In Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3’s ending, Crosshair and Hunter corner Hemlock and a captive Omega on a bridge outside Tantiss. Omega stabs Hemlock in the leg, leading Crosshair to shoot the cuffs binding the Imperial to his sister. Hunter repeatedly shoots Hemlock in the aftermath, sending the villain to his death far below in the jungles of Tantiss. With Hemlock’s death and the destruction of his lab by Nala Se, Palpatine never becomes aware of how important Omega was to Project Necromancer, explaining the Imperial activity moving beyond her in the New Republic era.
The Bad Batch Finale Delivers A Small-Scale Clone Uprising
A common theory of The Bad Batch season 3’s ending came true, though on a notably smaller scale than first thought.
One of the more theorized aspects of Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3 is that it was building to a clone rebellion against the Empire. Many even thought this story would be set up as a future Star Wars TV show, potentially centering around Echo and Rex. While this could still be the case, Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3 still featured a small-scale clone uprising. After being freed by Echo and Omega, the clone captives on Tantiss were instrumental in fighting off Hemlock’s forces, leading to Clone Force 99’s victory.
All Star Wars Fans’ CX Theories Were Wrong – & Now That Project’s Over Too
A major theory about The Bad Batch season 3’s CX clones was proven wrong.
A recurring antagonist of The Bad Batch season 3 has been the CX clones, elite operatives trained into obedience by Hemlock. The CX clones appeared again in The Bad Batch season 3’s ending, with a handful of the assassins appearing with a wide array of weaponry to fight off the Batch. Despite the CX clones’ presence in The Bad Batch season 3’s ending, each of them was killed unceremoniously, without the reveal that one is secretly a revived Tech. This has been a common theory of Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3, one that was disproved with the destruction of Hemlock’s CX project.
