Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 1 tells the story of a major Jedi

Disney Plus’s new computer-animated Star Wars series, The bad batch, The trend of interconnected galaxies continues. The 70-minute premiere, “Aftermath”, opens with Titanium cloned soldiers, known for their mutations and enhancements, encountering a changing galactic sequence during and after the events. revenge of the Sith. But with just a few scenes, the show’s influence reaches further into the future.

[Ed. note: The rest of this story contains spoilers for The Bad Batch episode 1.]

In their opening fight, Bach operators JD Padavan cross into the tragic backstory of Caleb Dume, who may be just a supporting character in the series’ story, but as fans of other Star Wars animated properties know, become a major player goes. . Caleb survives the Jedi-assassination Order 66, and becomes Kanan Jerusalem, the teacher of young father Ezra Bridger Star wars rebels.

Back in 2018, CinemaBlend asked Clone wars Executive producer and The rebels Producer Dave Filoni will be revived if Caleb / Kanan and his master Depa Bilba, a background Jedi in the preceding trilogy Clone wars, Which ended last May. Filoni replied, perhaps irritated, “It’s an exciting idea to be sure, so who knows?” Last season it appeared with Caleb and Depa’s Holo-Cameos Clone wars. In The bad batch, The master and trainee now have speaking parts, voiced by Archie Punjabi and Freddie Princes Jr., who return to them The rebels Role.

The bad batch The scenario fits as Kanan’s backstory The rebels: The clone soldier shoots Depa as he runs away. But the show too 2015-2016 Marvel Reconfigures and Overrides Comprehensive Canon Star Wars: Kanan Comics, written by The rebels With art by author Greg Weisman Pepe Larez. A planet by the name of Kallar remains the site of the tragedy of Kanan, although it was not covered by snow and the narrative omits his interactions with the Kallarian civilization. Comic readers will see more prominent adjustments in the backdrop of Comic Doom / Kanan Jerusalem.

Caleb’s relationship with Clone

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By the time Bad Bach appears on screen, Caleb has aligned with Wrecker, the group’s muscle. But prior history with other clone comrades is absent. A key element of Kanan The comics were his friendship with two clones, Commander Gray and Captain Stiles, who are activated by Brain Chips to turn the blasters on him and Bilaba. In his green-streak armor, Captain Gray (named in the end credits) appears to be a combination of the two.

Onscreen, Captain Gray is last seen unconscious by Bilba. Interestingly, in the Marvel comics, Gray and Stiles continue to hunt their Caleb, then Gray fights his brain chip enough to have a moment of tear-shining glow and find himself and Styles trying to escape Caleb. Make sacrifices to allow.

Caleb gets a new job

In eight striking panels, Kanan The comic depicted Caleb adopting a pony to cut and hide his beloved Brad. It represented a rite of renunciation of his Jedi identity and a passage into a life of crime. The CGI-ed Padawan Caleb already wears a short ponytail.

Where is that holocaust?

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Before Order 66 is executed in the comic, Caleb sits comfortable by his owner’s recent gift: JD Holocron, fireside and fiddling with a cubic data container. Holochron is afraid of omissions because it plays a part The rebels. This includes Obi-Wan Kenby’s warning Holo that instructs the Jedi to stay away from the temple. It later falls into Maul’s hands (long story) and is used to track Kenby on Tattony.

Caleb was apart of his master

Bad Bach inadvertently drove Caleb away from the imminent execution of his master. But in the comic, she is right next to Bilba when she orders him to run. Television staging is less violent. Bilba decapitates a soldier and Caleb is forced to attack his own friends. She doesn’t even scream, “I’ll be right behind you,” an ominous line echoed The rebels.

If caleb doesn’t pop up again Bad batch, Presumably there is hardly room for him to survive the rest of the backstory laid out in the 12 issue comics: Caleb under the mentorship of Kaleran Janus Kasmir, who would pair up with rebel Hera Sindulla for years. John Jackson Miller’s 2014 A new dawn Novel, prequel The rebels And the first Star Wars novel under Disney’s canon.