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Feb 2024
1h 29m

‘The Bad Batch’ Season 3 Premiere Reacti...

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Mal is joined by Ben Lindbergh to give their reactions to the three-part premiere for the final season of ‘The Bad Batch (06:33). They dive deep with their biggest questions revolving around Project Necromancer, Omega, and Clone Force 99 (19:32). Later, they look ahead and talk about what they hope to see for the remainder of the season and how this show will fill in the gaps between Star Wars trilogies (77:12).

Host: Mallory Rubin

Guest: Ben Lindbergh

Producer: Eduardo Ocampo

Additional Production: Arjuna Ramgopal

Social: Jomi Adeniran

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