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To answer your question on what they would do with 100 Wookie pelts: Native Trandoshans worship a goddess called the Scorekeeper. To earn her favor, they have a sort of point system in which they hunt many types of prey in order to appease her. If they earn a certain amount of points, then she bestows upon them long life and all sorts of other good fortunes. Wookie pelts gain them many points in their worship of the hunting goddess, so if one of them got 100 pelts, then it would be a tremendous way to earn the goddess’s favor.
This whole episode gave me the feeling that it was based on the unfinished Kashyyyk arc from TCW where Bad Batch and Yoda travel to the planet and work with the Wookiee's to take down the Separatist invasion army
@@dragonhunter1315 They outright say in the episode "it's been a while since we were last at Kashyyyk", which is a potential hint to that having still happened "off-screen".
@@HotDogTimeMachine385 I imagine he just learned the language through experience. Maybe his hearing is enhanced, allowing him to understand the frequencies of the pitches in the language better or something, but I think it’s just a matter of him picking up the language with experience/time.
I like how they portrayed it, with him understanding a bit but needing help with more complex sentences. It's just a simple unimportant thing, but added a bit of realism in a galaxy where at times it feels like everyone speaks a million languages and other times it looks like everyone speaks Basic and other languages are kind of exotic sounds played in the background
Honestly, my hope for Gungi going forward is for him to be a hero/protector that prowls the wilderness of Kashyyyk. Kinda like “the ghost who walks” AKA the Phantom.
Yes he probably seen all his youngling brothers and sisters slaughtered i feel for him i hope he makes an appearance in live action older and wiser would be cool to see him old training a new generation of jedi.
@@mikehance6086 I love Gunji and that character is the only one I’d be willing to see make it to that age and maybe be alright with it. But tbh I’d still prefer to see him be taken out by Vader or the Grand Inquisitor. My dream for him would be to meet up with Vos and then one sacrifices himself for the other to escape from Vader only for Vader to hun the other down ultimately. We can’t have any Jedi surviving up until the OT other than the ones we have already and we can’t have any that are helping rebel cells beyond 5bby. So tbh the max I’d want Vos and Gunji to survive to is around 9 bby really
I think it's nice now knowing the Wookiees believe in the trees and see them as allies, since Gungi's lightsaber hilt is made of wood!! So that makes it even more special
I love how accepting Hunter was when they said the trees had a plan. Makes sense given that he's dealt with Jedi and has probably seen all sorts of crazy stuff on hundreds of planets. It was just nice for the sake of pacing that he was all on the idea from the get-go, and the episode didn't fall in with the usual trope of having to convince the outsider.
Communing with the trees was also a thing that was going to happen in the unfinished TCW’s arc where the Batch goes to Kashyyyk so he might haven even seen it happen before!
Gunji is probably the one Jedi I wouldn’t be incredibly mad with if he survived into the OT but I’d rather no more than the ones we have and for Gunji and Vos to live no more than past 9bby tbh
The lighting and background detail this season have been amazing. And can we give a good loud shout out to Kevin Kiner for the score? He has tailored the music to fit each episode beautifully in every episode.
The shot of the Wookie saying something just before reaching the destroyed village, He 100% said "I've got a bad feeling about this"... In my head cannon he did. 😅
It was great to see Gungi of all Jedi to survive Order 66. After all, Huyang said it himself that Wookie becoming Jedi were rare. However, it is also sad as it's very likely that the other younglings we saw back in "Clone Wars" like Petro & Katooni didn't survive.
BRUH!!!! Seeing the Kotor spiders is terrifying as hell, but I'm glad they're canon. Gungi's an absolute beast in his fight to protect his people from the Empire and Trandoshans. It is also beautiful to see Wookiee culture to embrace the force in their own way.
That wasn't the only EU reference this episode. That space station in the beginning looks like a Hapan Battle Dragon from The EU, as well. Nice references for the fans, Filoni.
I love how they took elements from one of the clone wars stories boards. It was Yoda and the bad batch with wookie ridding the wookies beast things fighting the kinrath. Even the mane villan is from that forgotten story arc
Imagine Ahsoka was maneuvering the black market (more money than turning them in to inquisitors) under cover in search of any trace of Jedi/younglings that were still alive to rescue them and the batch just absolutely high jacked that plan for Gungi.
I like that Hunter couldn’t translate everything Gungi was saying. It was mostly simple sentences that he probably pieced together. It’s a small detail.
My favorite thing about this episode is the subtle tribute they paid to the unproduced arc of one Wars where the Bad Batch went to Kashyyyk, by having Wrecker say they haven't been there in a while and then including the spiders from the unfinished scene they released where the clones and Wookies are fighting them. I always thought they were really dope looking and it felt so good to see them fully animated
"We are NOT like the other clones, we DID NOT follow order 66" It says a lot... They cut this in this video, but imo it's the best quote of the episode 🥺💖💖
About different looking trando. I think y’all forgetting trando garbage collector from season one, the one voiced by Ron Perlman. He looked reeeeeally different
This episode was really good, excited for the 2 part next week!! Hope they have more Empire stuff and maybe Cody, and or Rex. Gungi was such a welcome "surprise" we saw it in the trailer but so glad we got to see more of him. One of the coolest lightsaber designs.
Another great episode! I’ve yet to come away from one this season disappointed, and how cool is it seeing the shadowlands and their inhabitants onscreen!
glad to see someone with the same take. ive seen so much talk about filler bs and i just dont get it. we have all inds of canon content nd a bajillion more eu lore that writers oull from. i dont need evry episode to be completely driven by lore already set. this and the riot race are great examples of good stars building on their own ideas. it is good and fun and worth it all the way through
@@brendanfelice2623 and this episode does push the plot! the bad batch is getting back in the fight, just like echo advocated back in the premier. it’s a step toward true rebellion and continues to show how planets we remember from the clone wars have changed under the empire
I don't know if it was The Shadowlands, per se. (I've only seen the first half of the episode, so far; I'll finish it, soon.) Yes, they were on the forest floor, which is traditionally considered The Shadowlands, but sunlight was coming through real well in the daytime, so it couldn't really be The Shadowlands portion of the forest floor, because it wasn't "Shadowy" per se, hence the name. Maybe, it was a shallow area, near a clearing in the trees (Like near a coastline), so they weren't in a deeper part of the area, where the title of "Shadowlands" makes more sense. Maybe, later in the episode, they will go there. I need to see it first to know for sure.
A lot of the Kashyyyk stuff is repurposed from the cut Clone Wars episodes with the Bad Batch and Yoda. the spiders and monkey mount things are part of an unfinished reel we saw.
@@kyletonarella4353 The Batch were to be part of that arc too, hence their familiarity with Kashyyyk. Venomor and his slavers were backed by the Separatists by proxy. he wore a jumpsuit similar to the shark guy on Mon Cala. overall, a great resolution to some of those finished and unfinished arcs while still making sure the lore details would see the light of day
I think these episodes will show The Batch getting tired of the treasure hunts, Sid missions, etc and have them moving towards helping others in the fight against the Empire. They have been doing what they need to survive, but I sense they will need to do something with more moral substance.
Drop the "O", but yes, that's correct. But that's not the only EU reference here. That space station in the beginning of the episode looks like a Hapan Battle Dragon from The Hapes Consortium. Nice EU nod, Filoni.
It's so sad seeing Gungi on his own. I have a bad feeling that Petro and the other younglings...didn't make it. He seemed very uneasy and alone. He really needed that tribe as a new family, since he probably lost his old friend/family group.
I think what happened to the others is what we see in Trillas flashback in Fallen Order as she is comforting a female rhodian padawan as Cere runs off. Maybe that is when Gungi escapes.
When he appeared in the trailer, this was the first thing that came to my mind. Also if Gungi wasn’t at the temple then that means the other kids could have not been in the temple either. So they could be alive as well but if he was at the temple then maybe the other kids are died.
I always imagined about how that youngling group we see in Clone Wars experienced Order 66 and in my head canon Petro always sacrificed himself reinforcing that character development and lesson of selflessness he had to let the others escape while Byph got killed in the process and the rest died one by one with Gunji being the last one standing. Hope that’s the case here
Since the kotor spiders were in this episode it would be really funny if the trees also have the kotor backstory. For those who don’t know, the infinite empire used to rulemany worlds. Kashyyyk was meant to be an agricultural world and they left machines that encouraged plant growth. The machines kept running for thousands of years after their empire fell which resulted in what we see today. They also turned Tatooine into a desert by bombing it until the surface turned to glass, which is the reason the sand people hate outsiders so much! Their ancestors' first attempts at space travel brought the infinite empire so they became incredibly superstitious that elevating oneself over the holy ground was evil.
I hope that later on in the Ahsoka series we see Gungi return, not as a main star or anything but maybe a one off episode of him being a jedi that is out there in the galaxy, I mean she was with him during his crystal gathering, lightsaber building, and the pirate attack, I think it would be beautiful to see them reunite in some way.
If we ever find out master Senube (the older jedi master with the white saber) gave his life to ensure some younglings could escaped order 66 I will shed tears.
This episode was amazing! I loved it so much. Whether it’s be the the story or the interactions between the characters, this episode just seemed to have it all. I just liked the overall feeling with this one. The score for this episode was also really amazing, it just felt so tribal and spiritual, especially during all the Gungi and Kashyyyk scenes. And just like always, the animation is super beautiful, and stunning, especially all the scenes on Kashyyyk. The detail put into every scene were amazing and just so visually pleasing. And I liked how it seemed how depending on the tone of the scene the coloring of the scene and environment would change. And speaking of Kashyyyk, it was really great to see it again on screen for the first time since Revenge of the Sith in 2005. I also really loved all the elements in this episode that were used from the unfinished Clone Wars episodes where the Bad Batch go to Kashyyyk with Yoda and fight with the Wookiees. Like, for example, the Monkey creatures the Wookiee’s rode on and the Trandoshans using Separatists tanks to enslave Wookiees. I also loved being able to see Gungi again. He was always my favorite Padawan from that Clone Wars arc, and I just so glad that they reintroduced him in this show. I loved every second he was on screen, whether it be his action scenes, the scenes where he initially distrusts the Batch or his interaction scenes with Omega and the Wookiees. And this may sound odd, but I loved the way that the Trandoshan leader was killed, it was so dark yet so satisfying. Anyway, I really liked this a lot episode and all the things they did in it, and I can’t wait to see next week’s episode.
VERY NICE EPISODE. Everything was nice. The visuals, the story, the reappearance of our wookie friend and the cool new droids. The clones working with the trandocians AND the fact they werent afraid to be brutal.
Went back to check, because y’all made me doubt, but they say Gungi with a J sound on the second g in the Clone Wars as well. Y’all stop making me doubt my memories lmao
I love Gungi’s armor piece and his composure in fighting. His confidence and knowledge of the force shows from when we saw him originally in CW. Would love to see more of him in the SWU maybe even a jedi master at Luke’s Academy💭
I really enjoyed this reaction since you lived in the episode and reacted appropriately to what was happening. It's nice that you didn't break the tension due to prior knowledge of the trailer, or revealing out the next thing. You held back and let the story flow and reacted accordingly. Also enjoyed that Aaron was sad about the "nowhere safe for Jedi" scene, a nice change from the heavy hate of Jedi from other reactor channels. Just like humans around the world have different faces, shapes, and sizes, it makes sense that other species would have variations aswell. Nice episode.
Wait what did you mean by the last part? Are people against Alien Jedi? That’s insane because I’m actually against all these human Jedi ahaha. It’s ridiculous that almost all the important Jedi that survive are human. Same with just protagonists in general. Really screws with the believability of the galaxy and makes no damn sense since aliens look so cool, sell more and are easily distinguishable and actually just make for better storytelling opportunities
KOTOR "spiders" (forget their name) and Gungi being alive. Nice. More and more i have the feeling LF wants to keep quite a few Jedi alive and roaming the galaxy. That is really great. And as a wookie Gungi could easily live a long life as a Jedi. ps: Erza would be proud of Gungi while Cal would proceed to kill everything with his lightsaber. 🤣
The spiders are called "Kinrath", which you see on Dantooine in that game. That's not all, though. The space station in the beginning looks like a Hapan Battle Dragon from The Hapes Consortium in The Expanded Universe. Wookiepedia would tell you more. Thank Filoni for some EU references.
I'm an ARC trooper xD No, but I would like more arcs for some of the more interesting stories like Crosshair and Cody, but I definitely think we need some episodes like these as well... Maybe just a couple in between arcs though, not 4 or 5 of them in a row.
Can we all appreciate that Hunter just straight up knocked out a bloody trandoshan in one punch, that really damn impressive. Besides I mean he has a knife, a gun, but no lets just give the poor dude a concussion.
A couple years ago I actually wanted this to be addressed in a Fallen Order game and for it to be an actual anthology series that followed different Jedi post Order 66 and have them all die at the end of their respective games to really play into that Fallen Order thematic and flesh out the galaxy with different characters and stories whilst not stepping on any lore toes or getting stuck and limited in following a set of characters. But I’m super excited to see Gunji again in any capacity! He was always my favourite of the youngling group and I always wanted to see more of him (especially because he’s an alien Jedi an it’s getting a bit ridiculous how many important humans and human jedi in general we’re getting in canon which is really harming the franchise tbh with it being so forced despite the odds). And although every Jedi surviving Order 66 cheapens the moment a little more, I’ll always take some more Gunji. I was really hoping he’d join the Bad Batch Crew because it doesn’t seem like a good idea to leave him on Kashyyyk exactly haha. Hopefully he finds Vos there though and becomes a padawan to him for them both to be taken out by Vader later. I think that pairing just works for both characters and Vader needs to actually get a win for once finally after all these years since 1977 haha. A bit ridiculous he only wins in the comics and books and loses in everything else. I always imagined about how that youngling group we see in Clone Wars experienced Order 66 and in my head canon Petro always sacrificed himself reinforcing that character development and lesson of selflessness he had to let the others escape while Byph got killed in the process and the rest died one by one with Gunji being the last one standing. Hope that’s the case here
While there's already delays for the Knights of the Republic remake, I'm hopeful for things to work out. It'll be awesome to see a whole new generation experience one of the best Star Wars games ever made.
I think gungi is in alot of pain i feel all his youngling friends were killed, i hope we see more of him like an older version maybe appear in ashoka or mandalorian.
I stilll say, and this is my Theory. When Luke asks leia what she remembers of her mother. Leia talking about her being sad all the time, She could be talking about Bail Organa's Wife. the only mother Leia only really knew
Kashyyyk was super cool in Legends' Heir to the Empire. I'm not really familiar with games, but it was a lot like what Eric is describing in KOTOR at 28:37. They live in the canopies, and no one goes down to the surface of the planet because it's too dark, dangerous, full of predators, etc. The canopies of the trees are thousands of feet above surface of the planet. I also got the impression that it was kind of like how we don't scuba drive to the deepest parts of the ocean because humans can't survive under that much pressure.
My first PC game was Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight along with the Mysteries of the Sith expansion. Probably my first foray into any Star Wars EU stuff. That game blew my mind at the time.
This episode is pretty much the unfinished episode that was going to feature the Bad Batch for a second time in the original run of the Clone Wars. Like 90%. I've noticed that Bad Batch is using a lot of locations that were supposed to show up in the original last seasons of TCW: Ord Mantell, Raxxus and now Kasshyk.
I think they decided to go with Republic Commando's plot about the Trandoshans being on Kashyyyk helping the CIS in exchange for the Wookies but now that it's over they just kept the tanks and allied with the Empire to do the same thing.
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To answer your question on what they would do with 100 Wookie pelts:
Native Trandoshans worship a goddess called the Scorekeeper. To earn her favor, they have a sort of point system in which they hunt many types of prey in order to appease her. If they earn a certain amount of points, then she bestows upon them long life and all sorts of other good fortunes. Wookie pelts gain them many points in their worship of the hunting goddess, so if one of them got 100 pelts, then it would be a tremendous way to earn the goddess’s favor.
I love the spark in Erik's eyes when Gungi appears. You can see the cogs turning
I mean, he saw the trailer...
@@edwardfuller1071 Wait, Gungi was in the trailer? Maaaan, spoilers...
@@HotDogTimeMachine385 in both trailers too I think
🤣 he was in like every major trailer so your comment while nice is wrong
@@nathanrainey3821 I don't watch trailers so I didn't get spoiled. I'm sad Erik did. 🙁
The KOTOR spiders were going to be in an unreleased episode of Clone Wars, so its nice to see them finally make it in.
This whole episode gave me the feeling that it was based on the unfinished Kashyyyk arc from TCW where Bad Batch and Yoda travel to the planet and work with the Wookiee's to take down the Separatist invasion army
13:25 looks like a cross between gizmo from gremlins and Snarf from thunder cats
Kinareth, yeah it is great to see their first canon appearance here!
@@dragonhunter1315woah?? Where did you hear about this??
@@dragonhunter1315 They outright say in the episode "it's been a while since we were last at Kashyyyk", which is a potential hint to that having still happened "off-screen".
I think it’s a cool detail that Hunter understands Wookie.
Do you think he just learned the language like anyone, or does his nature tracker mutations help him out with that.
@@HotDogTimeMachine385 I imagine he just learned the language through experience. Maybe his hearing is enhanced, allowing him to understand the frequencies of the pitches in the language better or something, but I think it’s just a matter of him picking up the language with experience/time.
Hunter said his Wookiee was a bit rusty.
I like how they portrayed it, with him understanding a bit but needing help with more complex sentences. It's just a simple unimportant thing, but added a bit of realism in a galaxy where at times it feels like everyone speaks a million languages and other times it looks like everyone speaks Basic and other languages are kind of exotic sounds played in the background
@@josumds1896 Definitely. It’s similar to my own language experiences.
Honestly, my hope for Gungi going forward is for him to be a hero/protector that prowls the wilderness of Kashyyyk. Kinda like “the ghost who walks” AKA the Phantom.
But we do know that most Wookies ended up as slaves. Like we saw in Rebels episode 2
The Wandering Wookie?
So cool you said this as I hope for the same thing, for him to become the infamous protector of Kashyyyk but also hoping the Empire don’t find him!
Out of the jungle!
The hero who stalks.
The beasts call him brother;
the ghost who waaaaalllkkss.
DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH!!
Ghost of Tsu-Shryywook
Ok that episode was so good but yet so sad. Poor Gungi, I swear when I saw him trying to scare Echo away from him, I was SO sad for him.
I know! I almost cried for real
Yes he probably seen all his youngling brothers and sisters slaughtered i feel for him i hope he makes an appearance in live action older and wiser would be cool to see him old training a new generation of jedi.
@@mikehance6086 I love Gunji and that character is the only one I’d be willing to see make it to that age and maybe be alright with it. But tbh I’d still prefer to see him be taken out by Vader or the Grand Inquisitor. My dream for him would be to meet up with Vos and then one sacrifices himself for the other to escape from Vader only for Vader to hun the other down ultimately. We can’t have any Jedi surviving up until the OT other than the ones we have already and we can’t have any that are helping rebel cells beyond 5bby. So tbh the max I’d want Vos and Gunji to survive to is around 9 bby really
I think it's nice now knowing the Wookiees believe in the trees and see them as allies, since Gungi's lightsaber hilt is made of wood!! So that makes it even more special
I love how accepting Hunter was when they said the trees had a plan. Makes sense given that he's dealt with Jedi and has probably seen all sorts of crazy stuff on hundreds of planets. It was just nice for the sake of pacing that he was all on the idea from the get-go, and the episode didn't fall in with the usual trope of having to convince the outsider.
“You know I’m tired of making the plan - FUQ IT! Let’s see what Treebeard proposes”
Communing with the trees was also a thing that was going to happen in the unfinished TCW’s arc where the Batch goes to Kashyyyk so he might haven even seen it happen before!
Gungi is such an adorable young Jedi and also those creatures the wookies were riding were very interesting looking
We could roll forward 2-300 years in the future with Gungi as leader of the Wookiees and Grogu as the Mandalore.
I totally forgot about wookie life spans, that would be so fricking cool.
That would be so damn cool
Gunji is probably the one Jedi I wouldn’t be incredibly mad with if he survived into the OT but I’d rather no more than the ones we have and for Gunji and Vos to live no more than past 9bby tbh
@@protector_of_the_realmsGeorge has said that he figured 50-100 Jedi survived post ROTJ.
The lighting and background detail this season have been amazing. And can we give a good loud shout out to Kevin Kiner for the score? He has tailored the music to fit each episode beautifully in every episode.
The shot of the Wookie saying something just before reaching the destroyed village, He 100% said "I've got a bad feeling about this"... In my head cannon he did. 😅
It was great to see Gungi of all Jedi to survive Order 66. After all, Huyang said it himself that Wookie becoming Jedi were rare.
However, it is also sad as it's very likely that the other younglings we saw back in "Clone Wars" like Petro & Katooni didn't survive.
Based on Yoda’s vision of the future I think Katooni may be an inquisitor.
If we didn’t see them die they’re not dead!
@@shankthebat8654 Shit, I didn't even consider that.
I feel like that’s why he is in so much pain they were all close
They aren’t dead if there’re no bodies.
BRUH!!!!
Seeing the Kotor spiders is terrifying as hell, but I'm glad they're canon. Gungi's an absolute beast in his fight to protect his people from the Empire and Trandoshans. It is also beautiful to see Wookiee culture to embrace the force in their own way.
The other kashyyyk spiders are scarier. The ones from fallen order. I almost didn't finish the game because of them.
This just makes me want to see a tarentatek. We know they can exist in the shadowlands.
That wasn't the only EU reference this episode. That space station in the beginning looks like a Hapan Battle Dragon from The EU, as well. Nice references for the fans, Filoni.
I love how they took elements from one of the clone wars stories boards. It was Yoda and the bad batch with wookie ridding the wookies beast things fighting the kinrath. Even the mane villan is from that forgotten story arc
My boy Gungi make me cry. All the pain on his eyes, and his heart. Looking foward to see him in future projects.
The shot of Omega with her bow and Gungi with his green saber was just beautiful 😍
Imagine Ahsoka was maneuvering the black market (more money than turning them in to inquisitors) under cover in search of any trace of Jedi/younglings that were still alive to rescue them and the batch just absolutely high jacked that plan for Gungi.
I like that Hunter couldn’t translate everything Gungi was saying. It was mostly simple sentences that he probably pieced together. It’s a small detail.
My favorite thing about this episode is the subtle tribute they paid to the unproduced arc of one Wars where the Bad Batch went to Kashyyyk, by having Wrecker say they haven't been there in a while and then including the spiders from the unfinished scene they released where the clones and Wookies are fighting them. I always thought they were really dope looking and it felt so good to see them fully animated
might be my favorite episode so far, seeing kashyyyk again was amazing. the music in this episode was also beautiful
Gunji has my all time favorite lightsaber, the technology blended with the wood is so satisfying.
"We are NOT like the other clones, we DID NOT follow order 66" It says a lot... They cut this in this video, but imo it's the best quote of the episode 🥺💖💖
Do you think it’s possible that the Inquisitors on Kasshyk that Cal Keshis fights in fallen order, were hunting Gungi and Cal was bonus credit?
Ooo! That's a cool idea!
Doubtful. They went to Bracca first specifically for Cal. It only makes sense that they followed him to Kashyyyk.
This was my favorite episode of the season so far. I love Gungi.
"the trees have a plan."
I immediately thought, "They have business with the Orcs."
About different looking trando. I think y’all forgetting trando garbage collector from season one, the one voiced by Ron Perlman. He looked reeeeeally different
Jolee Bindo, recipient of the best line of dialogue in all of KOTOR:
“I hate you, old man.”
No stun rounds this episode, Bad Batch don't give a crap about not harming the Trandoshans
of course they don't. The Trandoshans are evil.
Gungi Force-pulling his saber and igniting it gave me "I'm about to let everyone in on the secret" vibes.
I know who I am. I AM A JEDI! ~Cade Skywalker, circa 138 ABY.
This episode was really good, excited for the 2 part next week!! Hope they have more Empire stuff and maybe Cody, and or Rex. Gungi was such a welcome "surprise" we saw it in the trailer but so glad we got to see more of him. One of the coolest lightsaber designs.
Another great episode! I’ve yet to come away from one this season disappointed, and how cool is it seeing the shadowlands and their inhabitants onscreen!
glad to see someone with the same take. ive seen so much talk about filler bs and i just dont get it. we have all inds of canon content nd a bajillion more eu lore that writers oull from. i dont need evry episode to be completely driven by lore already set. this and the riot race are great examples of good stars building on their own ideas. it is good and fun and worth it all the way through
@@brendanfelice2623 and this episode does push the plot! the bad batch is getting back in the fight, just like echo advocated back in the premier. it’s a step toward true rebellion and continues to show how planets we remember from the clone wars have changed under the empire
I only didn't like 1 episode everything else has been a blast
I don't know if it was The Shadowlands, per se. (I've only seen the first half of the episode, so far; I'll finish it, soon.) Yes, they were on the forest floor, which is traditionally considered The Shadowlands, but sunlight was coming through real well in the daytime, so it couldn't really be The Shadowlands portion of the forest floor, because it wasn't "Shadowy" per se, hence the name. Maybe, it was a shallow area, near a clearing in the trees (Like near a coastline), so they weren't in a deeper part of the area, where the title of "Shadowlands" makes more sense. Maybe, later in the episode, they will go there. I need to see it first to know for sure.
It really bugs me how Kashyyyk and it's people have suffered so much during the days of the Empire almost even more so than most of the Galaxy
So many planets. Ryloth too.
A lot of the Kashyyyk stuff is repurposed from the cut Clone Wars episodes with the Bad Batch and Yoda. the spiders and monkey mount things are part of an unfinished reel we saw.
The spiders are actually from kotor games. Those are kinrath they lived in caves on dantooine
As well as the leader Trandoshan Venomor, who was gonna be the villain of that arc
@@kyletonarella4353 The Batch were to be part of that arc too, hence their familiarity with Kashyyyk.
Venomor and his slavers were backed by the Separatists by proxy. he wore a jumpsuit similar to the shark guy on Mon Cala.
overall, a great resolution to some of those finished and unfinished arcs while still making sure the lore details would see the light of day
@@danzansandeev6033 that is correct.
thanks, I missed an episode when one of the clones mentioned that they had been to the planet before.
I think these episodes will show The Batch getting tired of the treasure hunts, Sid missions, etc and have them moving towards helping others in the fight against the Empire. They have been doing what they need to survive, but I sense they will need to do something with more moral substance.
Was crazy to see the spiders from Kotor. Made me happy to see them in canon. Kinoraths I believe they are called
Drop the "O", but yes, that's correct. But that's not the only EU reference here. That space station in the beginning of the episode looks like a Hapan Battle Dragon from The Hapes Consortium. Nice EU nod, Filoni.
What happened to the 7&8 reaction?
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@@jacobharrod69 😞 Hope they can get it bac up
Remember that the holiday special doesn’t take place on Kashyyk but on Kazook.
Episodes 7 and 8 were taken down. Does anyone know why?
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@@jacobharrod69 are they getting them back up anytime soon or whats happening
I hope Gungi comes back. He’s awesome.
ep 7 and 8 took down as copyright everyone
Oh no
Damnit..
Will they be reuploaded?
It's so sad seeing Gungi on his own. I have a bad feeling that Petro and the other younglings...didn't make it. He seemed very uneasy and alone. He really needed that tribe as a new family, since he probably lost his old friend/family group.
I think what happened to the others is what we see in Trillas flashback in Fallen Order as she is comforting a female rhodian padawan as Cere runs off. Maybe that is when Gungi escapes.
When he appeared in the trailer, this was the first thing that came to my mind. Also if Gungi wasn’t at the temple then that means the other kids could have not been in the temple either. So they could be alive as well but if he was at the temple then maybe the other kids are died.
One might be with Hondo right now. He did name his ship after one of the Younglings.
I always imagined about how that youngling group we see in Clone Wars experienced Order 66 and in my head canon Petro always sacrificed himself reinforcing that character development and lesson of selflessness he had to let the others escape while Byph got killed in the process and the rest died one by one with Gunji being the last one standing. Hope that’s the case here
Fun fact for those who didn’t know: Gungi’s lightsaber hilt was made from Wroshyr tree bark
where the boys
My favorite episode this season. The graphics seemed even better this episode.
Since the kotor spiders were in this episode it would be really funny if the trees also have the kotor backstory.
For those who don’t know, the infinite empire used to rulemany worlds. Kashyyyk was meant to be an agricultural world and they left machines that encouraged plant growth. The machines kept running for thousands of years after their empire fell which resulted in what we see today. They also turned Tatooine into a desert by bombing it until the surface turned to glass, which is the reason the sand people hate outsiders so much! Their ancestors' first attempts at space travel brought the infinite empire so they became incredibly superstitious that elevating oneself over the holy ground was evil.
I don’t see why it’s not canon- there’s nothing contradictory about it - I consider it canon
Eric, her name is REY PALPATINE.... I will never call her REY SKYWALKER
I hope that later on in the Ahsoka series we see Gungi return, not as a main star or anything but maybe a one off episode of him being a jedi that is out there in the galaxy, I mean she was with him during his crystal gathering, lightsaber building, and the pirate attack, I think it would be beautiful to see them reunite in some way.
Trandoshans (who have thermal vision) using flamethrowers (which literally blind themselves): it's big brain time.
Love gungi . I hope we see him and omega in live action one day
This made me really hope that we visit Kashyyyk again in Jedi Survivor!
As someone terrified of certain creatures on that world in the game. Respectfully, no thank you sir.
@@JMiller1303 The Slugs? I hate those so much!
If we ever find out master Senube (the older jedi master with the white saber) gave his life to ensure some younglings could escaped order 66 I will shed tears.
This episode was amazing! I loved it so much. Whether it’s be the the story or the interactions between the characters, this episode just seemed to have it all. I just liked the overall feeling with this one. The score for this episode was also really amazing, it just felt so tribal and spiritual, especially during all the Gungi and Kashyyyk scenes. And just like always, the animation is super beautiful, and stunning, especially all the scenes on Kashyyyk. The detail put into every scene were amazing and just so visually pleasing. And I liked how it seemed how depending on the tone of the scene the coloring of the scene and environment would change. And speaking of Kashyyyk, it was really great to see it again on screen for the first time since Revenge of the Sith in 2005. I also really loved all the elements in this episode that were used from the unfinished Clone Wars episodes where the Bad Batch go to Kashyyyk with Yoda and fight with the Wookiees. Like, for example, the Monkey creatures the Wookiee’s rode on and the Trandoshans using Separatists tanks to enslave Wookiees. I also loved being able to see Gungi again. He was always my favorite Padawan from that Clone Wars arc, and I just so glad that they reintroduced him in this show. I loved every second he was on screen, whether it be his action scenes, the scenes where he initially distrusts the Batch or his interaction scenes with Omega and the Wookiees. And this may sound odd, but I loved the way that the Trandoshan leader was killed, it was so dark yet so satisfying. Anyway, I really liked this a lot episode and all the things they did in it, and I can’t wait to see next week’s episode.
Only having Aaron and Eric was like a blast from the past.
VERY NICE EPISODE. Everything was nice. The visuals, the story, the reappearance of our wookie friend and the cool new droids. The clones working with the trandocians AND the fact they werent afraid to be brutal.
Went back to check, because y’all made me doubt, but they say Gungi with a J sound on the second g in the Clone Wars as well. Y’all stop making me doubt my memories lmao
This was probably my favourite episode this season so far.
I love Gungi’s armor piece and his composure in fighting. His confidence and knowledge of the force shows from when we saw him originally in CW. Would love to see more of him in the SWU maybe even a jedi master at Luke’s Academy💭
From someone who didn't see the trailer, I was wondering if it was Gungi and then knew it was when he took back his lightsaber.
Considering how stellar the first scene alone looks, I find it incredibly frustrating that the Ahsoka show won't be animated.
Hi there guys.. what has happened to your reactions to episodes 7 and 8 whish were probably the best Bad Batch so far!! ????
I really enjoyed this reaction since you lived in the episode and reacted appropriately to what was happening. It's nice that you didn't break the tension due to prior knowledge of the trailer, or revealing out the next thing. You held back and let the story flow and reacted accordingly.
Also enjoyed that Aaron was sad about the "nowhere safe for Jedi" scene, a nice change from the heavy hate of Jedi from other reactor channels.
Just like humans around the world have different faces, shapes, and sizes, it makes sense that other species would have variations aswell.
Nice episode.
Wait what did you mean by the last part? Are people against Alien Jedi? That’s insane because I’m actually against all these human Jedi ahaha. It’s ridiculous that almost all the important Jedi that survive are human. Same with just protagonists in general. Really screws with the believability of the galaxy and makes no damn sense since aliens look so cool, sell more and are easily distinguishable and actually just make for better storytelling opportunities
Gungi still has the coolest lightsaber in all of star wars.
KOTOR "spiders" (forget their name) and Gungi being alive. Nice.
More and more i have the feeling LF wants to keep quite a few Jedi alive and roaming the galaxy. That is really great. And as a wookie Gungi could easily live a long life as a Jedi.
ps: Erza would be proud of Gungi while Cal would proceed to kill everything with his lightsaber. 🤣
The spiders are called "Kinrath", which you see on Dantooine in that game.
That's not all, though. The space station in the beginning looks like a Hapan Battle Dragon from The Hapes Consortium in The Expanded Universe. Wookiepedia would tell you more. Thank Filoni for some EU references.
This is my favorite episode of the season so far❤
Elite squad of clones fighting Trandoshans on Kashyyyk? Sounds like Republic Commando to me.
It was awesome to see clone commandos vs trandoshan mercs again
I'm an ARC trooper xD No, but I would like more arcs for some of the more interesting stories like Crosshair and Cody, but I definitely think we need some episodes like these as well... Maybe just a couple in between arcs though, not 4 or 5 of them in a row.
When Din passes away, I need the adventures of Grogu and Gungi. I hope they are best friends for hundreds of years!
Grugu could have a buddy that would live as long as him. What a great idea.
@@SparkyClarke thanks! It would be awesome!
Can we all appreciate that Hunter just straight up knocked out a bloody trandoshan in one punch, that really damn impressive. Besides I mean he has a knife, a gun, but no lets just give the poor dude a concussion.
A couple years ago I actually wanted this to be addressed in a Fallen Order game and for it to be an actual anthology series that followed different Jedi post Order 66 and have them all die at the end of their respective games to really play into that Fallen Order thematic and flesh out the galaxy with different characters and stories whilst not stepping on any lore toes or getting stuck and limited in following a set of characters.
But I’m super excited to see Gunji again in any capacity! He was always my favourite of the youngling group and I always wanted to see more of him (especially because he’s an alien Jedi an it’s getting a bit ridiculous how many important humans and human jedi in general we’re getting in canon which is really harming the franchise tbh with it being so forced despite the odds). And although every Jedi surviving Order 66 cheapens the moment a little more, I’ll always take some more Gunji. I was really hoping he’d join the Bad Batch Crew because it doesn’t seem like a good idea to leave him on Kashyyyk exactly haha.
Hopefully he finds Vos there though and becomes a padawan to him for them both to be taken out by Vader later. I think that pairing just works for both characters and Vader needs to actually get a win for once finally after all these years since 1977 haha. A bit ridiculous he only wins in the comics and books and loses in everything else.
I always imagined about how that youngling group we see in Clone Wars experienced Order 66 and in my head canon Petro always sacrificed himself reinforcing that character development and lesson of selflessness he had to let the others escape while Byph got killed in the process and the rest died one by one with Gunji being the last one standing. Hope that’s the case here
When the spiders started attacking I was like “Eywa heard you. Eywa heard you!”
While there's already delays for the Knights of the Republic remake, I'm hopeful for things to work out. It'll be awesome to see a whole new generation experience one of the best Star Wars games ever made.
Second best episode this season after the Crosshair/Cody episode.
I think gungi is in alot of pain i feel all his youngling friends were killed, i hope we see more of him like an older version maybe appear in ashoka or mandalorian.
I hope Gungi stays around for 300 earth years
Wrecker has found his people
Shame Rick and Calvin couldn't be here to see Gungi from the Clone Wars.
I stilll say, and this is my Theory. When Luke asks leia what she remembers of her mother. Leia talking about her being sad all the time, She could be talking about Bail Organa's Wife. the only mother Leia only really knew
Awesome to see the Kinrath in this episode. When I saw the spider web, I was worried the ones from Fallen Order would show up. Those ones are freaky.
Kashyyyk was super cool in Legends' Heir to the Empire. I'm not really familiar with games, but it was a lot like what Eric is describing in KOTOR at 28:37. They live in the canopies, and no one goes down to the surface of the planet because it's too dark, dangerous, full of predators, etc. The canopies of the trees are thousands of feet above surface of the planet. I also got the impression that it was kind of like how we don't scuba drive to the deepest parts of the ocean because humans can't survive under that much pressure.
16:10 trees have midaclorians too
Feels empty without the rest of the Blind Wave crew
Loved this episode! all the feels. Also, showed the batch the importance of doing good vs shady missions for money
God, Gungi is so damn adorable! I just want to snuggle with him and pet him!🥰
This was such a great episode
Those droids remind me of K2 from Solo
It’s L-3 if I’m correct. K2 is from Rogue One
@@LuchtLeiderNederland Thanks for correcting me 👍
No one suspects this may be the same wookie from that clone wars episode where they build their light saber?
8:28 KOTOR, they are called Kinrath.
My first PC game was Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight along with the Mysteries of the Sith expansion. Probably my first foray into any Star Wars EU stuff. That game blew my mind at the time.
This episode is pretty much the unfinished episode that was going to feature the Bad Batch for a second time in the original run of the Clone Wars. Like 90%.
I've noticed that Bad Batch is using a lot of locations that were supposed to show up in the original last seasons of TCW: Ord Mantell, Raxxus and now Kasshyk.
I think they decided to go with Republic Commando's plot about the Trandoshans being on Kashyyyk helping the CIS in exchange for the Wookies but now that it's over they just kept the tanks and allied with the Empire to do the same thing.
I can't wait for Episode X, The Rise of Gungi
Yes! First canon appearance of the Kinareth from KOTOR. The spider creatures.
Part of me really wants a David Attenborough style nature documentary about the kinrath a bunch of other Star Wars creatures.
This is my favorite one so far
12:27 does anyone else hear a slow version of “battle of the heroes” in that scene or is it just me
Love your videos as always, your commentary is hilarious, great work, keep it up guys.
It makes sense that Gunji would only know what Kashyyyk was like from his dreams, as he was only an infant when the Jedi Order took him to the temple.
21:05 The pronunciation in Bad Batch is the same as Clone Wars with more of a "j" sound not a "g".
The Trandoshan commander (didn't catch his name) looked kind of like a dragon to me. Fits with his use of fire, too.
3:00 aaaaaaye