Star Wars: The Clone Wars

The battle for Anaxes!

One of the Republic's largest shipyards is under attack

from Admiral Trench's Separatist Forces.

Jedi Generals Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker

lead a two-pronged assault on the ground and in the air.

But after weeks of heated battle and mounting losses,

the Republic's grip on Anaxes begins to slip away.

The droids have overrun our main production facility.

It won't be long before the Separatists take Anaxes,

compromising our entire reserve fleet.

Pardon the interruption, General,

but Rex here has a good theory on why we keep, uh... losing.

Please, Captain.

The droid army uses analytics to predict our strategy.

The first time we use a tactic, it's very effective.

The next, less so.

In fact, the more we use a certain tactic,

the less effective it becomes.

They learn our tendencies and use that data against us.

To counter them,

we're constantly working out ways to vary our attack.

But the losses we are experiencing on Anaxes are not commonplace.

Exactly.

The counterattacks are so specific,

it's my strategy the droids know, my playbook.

My concern is that Rex is one of our best.

If the droids can learn to defeat him, we may all be vulnerable.

What do you propose?

Let Rex and me take a small squad behind enemy lines.

There's a Separatist Cyber Center

which relays all battlefield intel to their command ship.

If we're going to find anything, it will be there.

If you think it will help turn this fight around, get going.

Thank you, General.

Rex, is there anything else?

No, General.

Come on, Rex. Time to move out.

Fives, Echo,

and before that, Hevy.

There's so many troopers gone.

Yeah, regular folk don't understand.

Sometimes in war, it's hard to be the one that survives.

That's what I'm worried about.

Well, what do you mean?

I didn't tell the Generals.

They might think I'm crazy.

In fact, you might think I'm crazy.

What is it?

I think Echo's alive.

That's not possible. He died at the Citadel.

The way the droids are countering us here,

the strategies I'm using,

they're all old battle plans Echo and I drew up together.

Look, Rex, I hear what you're saying. But it's just not possible.

I hope you're right.

But the fact is, Echo's fingerprints are all over these Separatist strategies.

Rex.

You have to admit what you're saying is a long shot at best,

and most likely, misplaced hope.

I need you to be focused on this.

I-I know, I know.

Don't worry.

So, what squad are we taking in?

Clone Force 99.

I've heard mixed things about these guys.

They have a 100% success rate.

It's not that they win, it's how they win that worries me.

Repeat, coming in hot on platform TT-3-9-7.

Clear the airfield!

Clear the airfield!

So why haven't I heard of this squad?

Experimental unit Clone Force 99,

they're defective clones with, uh... desirable mutations.

99, hey? Nice touch.

They call themselves "The Bad Batch."

The cavalry has arrived!

These guys are clones? They don't look like clones to me.

Sergeant, good to see you again.

You too, sir. This is Hunter.

Sorry we're late, Commander.

We were putting down an insurrection on Yalbec Prime

when your comm came in.

Had a few unforeseen... complications.

Ever fought a male Yalbec?

Um, no. Can't say I have.

You're lucky.

Only way to kill 'em is with one of these.

That's right.

Wrecker here cut off the Queen's stinger while she was still alive.

That's why all those Yalbec males tried to eat us.

Uh, technically, they were trying to mate with us.

And, for your information,

the stinger of a Yalbec Queen is a delicacy on some planets.

They call him Tech.

Yeah, he can fill your head with useless info for hours.

Crosshair, on the other hand, he's not much of a conversationalist,

but when you have to hit a precise target from ten klicks,

Crosshair's your man.

So, Commander,

what kind of "suicide mission" do you have for us this time?

Let's get going. We'll brief you on the way.

What are you looking at?

We don't usually work with "regs."

"Regs?"

He's talking about regular clones.

But don't take it personal.

We're all on the same team, so cut the attitude and listen up.

Here's the mission. Our target is this Cyber Center.

It's the "brains" of the entire Separatist campaign here on Anaxes.

I could demolish that with one hand! Yeah!

This isn't a demo job, Wrecker.

It's strictly a retrieval operation.

Sector One, alert. Enemy gunship approaching your location.

Come in, Sector One.

Roger, roger.

Fire!

Incoming fire!

We're going down!

We always get shot down when we travel with regs.

Cody! Help!

He's trapped! We have to do something.

I'll get him.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, Captain. Wrecker, get him out.

Get back!

This is ridiculous!

He's gonna need help to get Cody out of there.

He's gonna get the gunship out of there. Not Cody.

Boom.

He has internal damage.

I can cut the pain. But he needs help fast.

We all need help.

That blast gave away our position.

I thought getting shot down gave away our position.

Everyone, find cover.

We'll hold this position and let them come to us.

I don't think so, Captain. That's not our style.

We prefer going to them.

Bad Batch! Plan 82, "Shockwave!"

Let's get to work.

Blast them!

45. Mark 151.