Star Wars Reveals Just How Badly One Bad Batch Member Has Been Hurt Ahead Of Its Finale

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3, episode 14 "Flash Strike."

Summary Wrecker's injury raises the stakes for Clone Force 99 ahead of The Bad Batch finale, proving their survival chances are constantly in flux.

Viewers worry about losing a member in the series finale, but hope remains for the Bad Batch.

Amid speculation of character deaths, Hunter's words hint at a hopeful outcome for Clone Force 99.

Just a few days ahead of the Star Wars: The Bad Batch series finale, Star Wars has revealed the full gravity of a wound one member of Clone Force 99 has sustained. The Bad Batch season 3, episode 14 "Flash Strike" is a thrilling setup to the final episode of the beloved animated series, and there's no shortage of action as the story comes closer to its conclusion. One scene, however, sees members of Clone Force 99 going up against a dryax, and one of them has walked away with a graver injury than viewers may have thought.

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Concept art shared on StarWars.com for their "Flash Strike" episode guide reveals what Wrecker's armor looks like after his run-in with the dryax. All viewers can really see is that he's flung into a tree by the creature and that he needs support from Hunter and Crosshair to stand, but this concept art shows that the throw is just one part of the attack. Wrecker has also been cut through his chestplate and his shoulder armor, with the scratch even revealing his skin underneath his armor and his other layers - revealing the full gravity of the wound.

Will A Member Of The Bad Batch Meet Their Fate In The Finale?

Wrecker's Injury Has Just Raised The Stakes For Clone Force 99

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Wrecker's injury alone seems to foreshadow that the survival chances for members of the Bad Batch are constantly in flux. The Bad Batch season 2's ending also proved this by killing Tech in one of the franchise's most heartbreaking deaths yet. This is what has viewers discussing the possibility of losing one or more members of Clone Force 99 in the series finale, as the creators of the animated series have proven they're not afraid to take the risk. Wrecker's injury seems to tease that they'll do it again, but there's still hope for Clone Force 99.

For one, this will be the final episode of The Bad Batch as a whole, and that alone would make any major character death feel either pointless or simply like an unnecessary shock factor. Tech's death at least served the purpose of raising the stakes for another season; a death in this finale would only cause heartbreak in a situation where many viewers are already going to be mourning the loss of the show. Additionally, there have been no narrative threads suggesting that one of the Bad Batch members would meet their fate.

Who knows? There just might be hope for us yet. — Hunter

In fact, Hunter's words to Crosshair in season 3, episode 5 "The Return" actually seem to serve the opposite purpose. When he reassures his brother by saying "Who knows? There just might be hope for us yet," it seems very much like a setup for what will actually be a hopeful and positive outcome for Clone Force 99. Many have been predicting that Star Wars will follow up The Bad Batch with a clone rebellion show, and this line suggests that the Bad Batch may actually live to see it - and get a chance to continue doing the right thing.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch releases its final episode on Wednesday, May 1 at 3 AM ET, 12 AM PT, and 8 AM GMT on Disney+.

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