{"id":278356,"date":"2021-06-18T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-bad-batch-episode-8-explained-a-legendary-gunslinger-returns\/"},"modified":"2021-06-18T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T17:43:12","slug":"the-bad-batch-episode-8-explained-a-legendary-gunslinger-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-bad-batch-episode-8-explained-a-legendary-gunslinger-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Bad Batch Episode 8 Explained: A Legendary Gunslinger Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Bad Batch Episode 8 Explained: A Legendary Gunslinger Returns<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to The Bad Batch Explained, our weekly column dedicated to those rough and tumble Clone Wars leftovers and their march through a bold, new galaxy far, far away. In this entry, we\u2019re charging into Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 8 (\u201cReunion\u201d) and exploring The Clone Wars history surrounding a particularly nasty\/groovy bounty hunter. So yes, there are spoilers here.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>That\u2019s how they get ya. You\u2019re too busy looking at the sniper on the hill; you miss the gunfighter squatting in your starship. For weeks, we\u2019ve waited for Crosshair\u2019s return in <strong><em>Star Wars<\/em><\/strong>: <em><strong>The Bad Batch<\/strong><\/em>, and just as he does, the fastest gun in the galaxy drops in for a last-minute duel. <strong>Cad Bane<\/strong> has sauntered his way back into the franchise, and he\u2019s the right amount of chaos to shake things up now that the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> has crossed the halfway mark.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter and the rest of Clone Force 99 barely escape with their lives on Bracca, the junkyard planet. After the Scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Guild rats out their location, the Empire doesn\u2019t send a paltry squad to wrangle the deserters. Nope. Admiral Rampart unleashes a full platoon, and he instructs Crosshair to take no prisoners. With his inhibitor chip still firmly rooted in his noggin, the former Bad Batcher complies with extreme prejudice.<\/p>\n<p>So, while Crosshair has no concern firing a blaster into the brainpan of old friends, Hunter cannot bring himself to do the same. Clone Force 99 bob and weave throughout the Jedi Cruiser, avoiding clone-on-clone violence for as long as they can. And they succeed. Kinda.<\/p>\n<p>As they\u2019re sneaking through the Jedi Cruiser\u2019s engine, Crosshair lights the monster up. The engine roars to life. Clone Force 99 is on the verge of incineration. They carefully place charges alongside its interior walls and crack the engine in half. Crosshair gets a face full of propulsion and will never look the same. The next time we see him, Crosshair will have an extra bit of scar-tissue motivation (and maybe even a rad new helmet) to fuel his antagonism.<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s a problem for another day. Cad Bane is Clone Force 99\u2019s main concern now. The bounty hunter ambushes the ambushers. After slaughtering the Imperial soldiers hiding in Hunter\u2019s shuttle, Cad Bane steps from the shadows and presents few options. The traitors can either hand over the child Omega, or they can die with their face in the dirt.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter ain\u2019t no slouch with a pistol. He elects to square off, and for a second it appears to be the worst decision he\u2019s ever made. Cade Bane draws and apparently puts a hole in Hunter\u2019s chest. The good soldier goes down and the kid is collected by the bounty killer. Thankfully, the laser blast hits Hunter\u2019s chest plate and not his actual sternum. He\u2019ll live to fight another day and, hopefully, track the mercenary and retrieve their youngest member.<\/p>\n<p>Cad Bane has wandered around the <em>Star Wars<\/em> franchise ever since <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>\u00a0Season 2 premiere, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starwars.fandom.com\/wiki\/Holocron_Heist\">Holocron Heist<\/a>.\u201d With Jango Fett\u2019s execution during <em>Attack of the Clones<\/em>\u2018 climax, a massive void formed in the bounty hunter market. Boba was barely a teenager (and cats like Dengar and Bossk could only sell so many toys). Bane became the go-to rogue agent that would appear whenever a change of pace was required. Anakin and Ahsoka couldn\u2019t run from Battle Droids in every episode.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-365793\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cad-Bane-Star-Wars-The-Clone-Wars.jpg\" alt=\"Cad Bane Star Wars The Clone Wars\" width=\"800\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cad-Bane-Star-Wars-The-Clone-Wars.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cad-Bane-Star-Wars-The-Clone-Wars-768x325.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The bounty hunter was an im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te fan favorite. He belonged to the Duros race, those funky <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starwars.fandom.com\/wiki\/Duros\">little green men stand-ins<\/a> you see for a split second during the original\u00a0cantina scene. However, his outfit and demeanor were one hundred percent inspired by The Man with No Name\u2026well, maybe not the Clint Eastwood character, but his frenemy Angel Eyes as played by <strong>Lee Van Cleef<\/strong> in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starwars.com\/news\/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\"><em>The Good,<\/em><em>\u00a0the Bad<\/em>, and <em>the Ugly<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Where Angel Eyes delighted in disguising himself as a Union Soldier, Cad Bane pulled off the same scheme with Clone Trooper duds. Both killers appreciate the wide-brimmed hat so they can make dramatic glares on the drop of a dime. And the two mastered the slow seep of language, where words can bend into sinister threats with the flick of a syllable.<\/p>\n<p>Bane\u2019s attraction rests in his utter dismissal of Jedi cool. The wizards do nothing for him, and he\u2019s put several in the ground despite their magic powers. As Han Solo once said, \u201cHokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.\u201d Cad Bane proved this to be the case time and time again in <em>The Clone Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Always next to Bane is the trusty Techno-service droid Todo 360. The little bot rarely gets respect from his master, but like R2-D2, he always has the right tool at the right moment. His greatest gift is his presence. As a chatterbox, often he\u2019s the only one who can get Bane to pipe up. The bounty hunter needs a droid to steer him away from isolation and insanity.<\/p>\n<p>We haven\u2019t seen Bane since <em>The Clone Wars<\/em> Season 4 episode \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/starwars.fandom.com\/wiki\/Crisis_on_Naboo\">Crisis on Naboo<\/a>.\u201d Back then, he took a job from Count Dooku. His mission was to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine, but Obi-Wan Kenobi beat Bane at his own <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>, disguising himself as the ruthless assassin Rako Hardeen. Bane swore revenge on Kenobi, but outside of a few references in <em>Star Wars<\/em>: <em>Rebels<\/em> and an appearance in the Darth Maul comic book, we haven\u2019t heard a peep from Bane until now.<\/p>\n<p>Cad Bane is the perfect supporting player for <em>The Bad Batch<\/em>. The entire series revolves around gray areas. Clone Force 99 is trying to play outside the skirmish. They\u2019re free of the Empire, but they\u2019re also not ready to jump back into the field alongside a burgeoning rebellion. Hunter has made his crew his priority. Cad Bane cares only for numero uno.<\/p>\n<p>Clone Force 99\u2019s pursuit of Cad Bane will help Hunter prioritize his values. He\u2019s not the Bad; he\u2019s not Lee Van Cleef. Hunter has Clint Eastwood\u2019s Blondie in his heart, and if Blondie was the Good, then there\u2019s certainly hope for Hunter to fill that Spaghetti Western role. Does that make Crosshair the Ugly? After kissing that Jedi Cruiser propulsion blast, he\u2019s certainly going to have the face to match the name.<\/p>\n<p>Larger questions still loom over Cad Bane\u2019s role. Why did the Kaminoans hire him to fetch Omega? What is their endgame regarding Omega\u2019s genetics? We\u2019re racing toward answers, and they\u2019ll also push Clone Force 99 to solidify their moral standing. 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