The Bad Batch got a bit of a raw deal in their
Star Wars debut. Introduced at the beginning of the final episodes of
The Clone Wars, this team of unusually modified Clonetroopers felt like both a gratuitous spinoff setup and a stalling tactic to keep us from the Ahsoka story we all really wanted to see. Plus they basically came off like the Ninja Turtles as Clonetroopers: Leader Guy, Rowdy Party Dude, Brain, and Edgy Emo. This is arguably true of many, many super-teams.
The Clone Wars series ended, and Lucasfilm has positioned
The Bad Batch as a direct sequel. So much so that the beginning of the first episode features