The episode excels, however, in its character moments. The detail rendered onto RexвЂ™s face when he speaks to Cody about Echo or when Anakin asks Rex if heвЂ™s not telling him something, and countless other moments in the show are a huge improvement of already great looking previous seasons of the show. Beyond the action, as demonstrated by some of the more recent trailers weвЂ™ve seen for this season, the character designs are once again really impressive.

This is best demonstrated near the end of the episode when Clone Force 99 and the other troopers raid the Cyber Center and the вЂcameraвЂ™ continually tracks the action from the moment they enter the complex deep into the battle. The build up to the action takes a slower pace at times and the music often cuts out in order to build tension with silence and subsequent warfare. While The Clone Wars as a show overall often leans a little too heavily into action, perhaps spending too much time in some action sequences, this episode balances intelligent story telling with engaging action that takes a different approach than some previous episodes. The updated animations look incredibly detailed and smooth, a far cry from the imagery of the original Clone Wars film released back in 2008. Every season of The Clone Wars progressively improved in regards to the animation and this season is no exception. Regardless of the extent to which the plot, character dynamics and mechanics of the episode were previously known to people who viewed the unfinished episode years ago, вЂњ The Bad BatchвЂќ was a thrilling, well crafted, intelligent installment of The Clone Wars.ДЇrom a technical standpoint, the episode is visually stunning. This first episode of the season felt different than premiere episodes for previous seasons of The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance, and The Mandalorian in that this episode was first seen with unfinished animation almost four years ago when it debuted at Star Wars Celebration and was soon thereafter released on.

By George William for Tom KaneвЂ™s booming voice introduce us to вЂњ The Bad BatchвЂќ was all we needed to get us prepared for and invested in the seventh and final season of The Clone Wars.

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