some people call me the space farm boy 💛

well that sure was a star wars cartoon sgafsagbxcswvsbcnd i thought it was pretty good when it wasn't very blatant filler, i enjoyed the characters for the most part, and it obviously looks amazing. i feel like a lot of people felt let down by this show not having some profound message, or being super socially conscious. but like. did we really expect that from lucasfilm ?? idk, i don't really feel let down by this or anything, but it mostly was just a standard star wars story. i did end up liking omega a lot more than i thought i would, she was really only annoying in those filler episodes i mentioned earlier. i sorta liked hunter, im not a huge fan of the stoic leader archetype. ALSO WHILE IM ON OMEGA AND HUNTER, PLEASE STAR WARS STOP MAKING THE SAME SHOW. "serious guy adopts funny baby" was already played out even before mando did it. but that's whatever, it didn't really impede my enjoyment of the show. back to characters, i think echo sorta stands out as a pretty odd character in this show, given that he almost always acts exactly like hunter. it's weird and i really think they could've done a lot more with him, maybe get into what he thinks about the situation more, seeing all of his brothers being replaced by conscripted soldiers. wrecker was.. fine ?? i liked that he and omega were just besties but other than that he didn't really have much going on, just the strong dumb one. tech felt very underutilized, which was a bummer because i really enjoyed him in TCW S7, he felt needlessly cold at times, but i did enjoy how he kinda told off crosshair in the finale. and crosshair..... was probably one of my fave characters ?? the way they switched perspectives between him with the empire and the bad batch reminded me a LOT of the story telling in the original trilogy, switching between the factions to show us what's going on on both sides. im confused on what he meant by having his chip removed a long time ago, i really don't get why he'd stay with the empire, like what just made him fucking evil gasvdbsvcgdshvdf. but i thought he was cool, he really stole the show whenever he was on screen. i really liked the stuff with the empire, seeing how they operate. the new disney canon has a LOT of time that they need to fill in, and i really enjoy what they're doing with it so far. something that stuck out to me was the cool bases built into like mountains n shit on remote planets, THAT'S SO COOL and really shows how much other shit the empire had going on. god. the art direction is so good. i reeeeally loved seeing the TK trooper armor be based off of the concept art for stormtroopers, i think that's a good way to adapt the ralph mcquarrie concept art, do it sparingly (unlike rebels lol) one thing i DISLIKE HEAVILY is the reliance on prequel era stuff in modern star wars. i know im just a little hater but i really dislike the prequels and really want to see more stuff taking place during the galactic civil war/after the sequels. although this soooooorta gets a pass bc it's during the dark times so. whatever. uh. i think that's all i really have to say. this is really unorganized sorry. i enjoyed most of the main cast and the antagonists, the story driven episodes were really great, the filler was not so great, and the overall aesthetic of the show is just. mwah chefs kiss. I AM GIVING THE BAD BATCH SEASON 1 A......... 7/10