Summary
While all the members ofClone Force 99inStar Wars: The Bad Batchare important in their own right, there’s one character who’s absolutely pivotal - and they aren’t even a member of the titular squad. Commander Mayday is introduced in season 2, episode 13 “The Outpost,” which has since become one ofThe Bad Batch’s best episodes. His role in the story, however brief, is extremely impactful on Crosshair and his future - something that has since been confirmed byThe Bad Batch’s composers themselves.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Voice Cast - What The Actors Look Like In Real Life
Star Wars: The Bad Batch has quite an interesting cast of actors that features multiple Star Wars veterans, as well as a few newcomers.
Shared in an excellent series of posts,Kiner Musicdives deep into the end credits song that was created for the final episode ofThe Bad Batch, one of which touches on Crosshair and Mayday. It’s revealed that there’s “a blend of the Crosshair/Mayday motif,” but it’s not known which is Crosshair’s and which is Mayday’s.This is intentional, as Crosshair “carries [Mayday] with him”- thus it only makes sense that the two are blended together in the music.
Mayday’s Death Is The Key To Crosshair’s Redemption
Without Mayday, Crosshair’s Eyes May Not Have Been Opened
With this insight intoThe Bad Batch’s final score, the Kiners have only further proven that it’s truly Mayday’s death that fully pushes Crosshair’s redemption arc ahead. While Mayday’s story may have only spanned one episode, the impact of his death has stayed with Crosshair all this time. In many ways,the death of Mayday was for Crosshair what the death of Tech was for the rest of Clone Force 99. Much of what Crosshair does to become better outside the Empire is because of Mayday, which is how he carries Mayday with him.
Crosshair
One of five mutant clones created by the Kaminoan scientist Nala Se, Crosshair is a gifted marksman whose skills are almost preternatural in nature. He was the only member of Clone Force 99 to be influenced by the clones' inhibitor chip, but still chose to remain with the Empire for a time even after he’d had the chip removed. Crosshair is clearly on a path of redemption, however, one that will lead him back to his brothers.
Crosshair Getting To Live A Life Of Peace Honors His Fallen Brother
The Bad Batch’s endingdoes Mayday justice by allowing Crosshair to live, proving that his death does somehow serve a greater purpose. Had it not been for Mayday and his tragedy, Crosshair would not have been motivated to leave the Empire, much less rejoin his brothers and earn a life of peace on Pabu.Because of what he went through with Mayday, however, Crosshair knew that he had to make a change, and that change ended up freeing him entirely from the Empire and the life of a soldier.
Had it not been for Mayday and his tragedy, Crosshair would not have been motivated to leave the Empire.
This is incredibly meaningful, and it proves how important Mayday really is. Without him, it’s impossible to guess what the true fate of Clone Force 99 could have been. Crosshair needed his brothers in the Batch just as badly as they needed him, and without Mayday, it’s very likely that their ending inThe Bad Batchwould have been much different - but now, because of his sacrifice and Tech’s, they get their happy ending.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an action-adventure animated series set after the events of The Clone Wars, following Clone Force 99 (a.k.a. the Bad Batch.) Finding themselves immune to the brainwashing effects of Order 66, the Bad Batch become mercenaries for hire while outrunning the empire, now seeing them as fugitives of the law.
