History WesternAnimation / StarWarsTheBadBatch

** The Kaminoans claim to have five modified clones left. One might think the fifth is Echo, but he started out as an ordinary trooper and was later modified by the Separatists. The real number five is Omega. [[spoiler:But, "Bounty Lost" reveals Omega isn't enhanced, so the fifth clone may still be out there]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Kaminoans claim to have five modified clones left. One might think the fifth is Echo, but he started out as an ordinary trooper and was later modified by the Separatists. The real number five is Omega. [[spoiler:But, "Bounty Lost" reveals Omega isn't enhanced, so the fifth clone may still be out there]].

The series debuted on Creator/DisneyPlus on May 4th, 2021 ("''Star Wars'' Day"), kickstarting the first of a new [[{{Pun}} batch]] of ''Franchise/StarWars'' programs to the service, alongside the successful live-action series, ''Series/TheMandalorian''. The first two seasons each have 16 episodes, while the third season has 15 episodes. A third and final season began streaming on February 21st, 2024.

* BeardOfSorrow: With the war over, many clone troopers begin growing out beards and facial hair, a stark contrast from their clean-shaven faces during the war. It's a sign of the decay of the clones' standing given how the Empire doesn't care enough about them anymore to enforce the old dress code, since they're getting ready to give the clones the boot. [[spoiler:Rampart also sports one as well by the he's rescued by his former enemies in Season 3.]]

* BeardOfSorrow: With the war over, many clone troopers begin growing out beards and facial hair, a stark contrast from their clean-shaven faces during the war. It's a sign of the decay of the clones' standing given how the Empire doesn't care enough about them anymore to enforce the old dress code, since they're getting ready to give the clones the boot.

* BlackSite: Tantiss base is the Empire's highly classified research facility for the Advanced Science Division. Only the Emperor is privy to all the research that goes on there. It's so secret that the base coordinates remain concealed even if people learn of its existence. Ships headed there must dock at Imperial Station 003 to intercept the base coordinates. For extra safety, science vessels are heavily guarded and can only receive base coordinates after launch..

* ChangingOfTheGuard: Season 1 shows the gradual replacement of Clone Troopers by natural-born Stormtroopers in the Imperial Army. This causes problems in the third-to-last episode as the Bad Batch's old Clone credentials no longer work as the Empire has switched to Stormtrooper ones.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine They get the job done.]]''[[note]] Clockwise from center: [[TheBigGuy Wrecker]], [[ColdSniper Cross]][[TheLancer hair]], [[TheSmartGuy Tech]], [[TagalongKid Omega]], [[TheLeader Hunter]], and [[{{Transplant}} Echo]]. Above them: [[GreaterScopeVillain Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious]].[[/note]]]]

The series debuted on Creator/DisneyPlus on May 4th, 2021 ("''Star Wars'' Day"), kickstarting the first of a new [[{{Pun}} batch]] of ''Franchise/StarWars'' programs to the service, alongside the successful live-action series, ''Series/TheMandalorian''. The first two seasons each have 16 episodes. A third and final season began streaming on February 21st, 2024.

* DoomedByCanon:
** There's no guarantee that the titular Bad Batch will survive to the end of the series.[[spoiler:Tech already ends up getting killed off at the end of Season 2, which doesn't bode well for the rest of the team]].
** The same can also be said for any heroic reg who appears in this series. [[spoiler:Rex attempts to put together a resistance network to rescue clones about to face punishment for refusing to follow orders. By the time of ''Rebels'', Rex is out of the fight, as are Wolffe and Gregor, meaning his efforts will not be successful in the long run, and any named regs won't necessarily make it out alive]].
** [[spoiler:Commander Cody]] has defected, but since he doesn't show up in any of the earlier works set later in the canon, it doesn't look good for him.

** [[spoiler:Cad Bane]] made his live action debut in ''The Book of Boba Fett'' in the interim between Seasons 1 and 2, so, like Fennec, he won't be killed off chronologically after this series.

* ShooOutTheClowns: The first episode begins with one last action sequence featuring B1 battle droids with their usual comedic shenanigans, backed up with the Narrator introducing the scene as he always has. It's only after the Bad Batch wipes them out that Order 66 is initiated, and then things get a whole lot darker from there. In the following episodes, they have the logo simply appearing alongside a music cue followed by the episode title, the style used by the more serious live-action shows like ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'', and no Narrator recap.

** Recurring characters including Bail Organa, Rex, Gregor, Saw Gerrera, and Tarkin will all survive the events of the series as they appear in projects set up until the Battle of Yavin, a good twenty or so years away from the start of this series.

** Commander Cody appears in the Season 2 episode ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS2E3TheSolitaryClone The Solitary Clone]]'' marking the first time Cody has ever been seen post-Order 66 since 2005, outside of a log written by him in the ''Legends'' game ''[[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II]]''.