For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation

Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Don (@DonovanMeade), Conor (@DepaBanana), & Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) are joined by Noor-Hal (@noorhal) of The Geeky Waffle Network to talk this week's episode of The Mandalorian: "The Foundling"! We discuss the biggest moments of the episode, including Grogu's flashback during the forging of his new armor, as we learn just who it was who helped him escape the Jedi Temple during Order 66 - none other than Ahmed Best himself Kelleran Beq! We talk about the importance of this moment, and the beauty of everyone rallying together in support of Best and this moment. We also talk about the changes Bo-Katan is going through, her adjustments being apart of the Watch, and her dealings with seeing the Mythosaur, the revelation of Paz Vizsla's son, and Grogu's identity as a Mandalorian Foundling.

*THE MANDALORIAN CHAPTER 20 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "The Foundling" (S3E4)

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Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew⁠) & Don (@DonovanMeade) discuss "Tipping Point" - the penultimate episode before the two-part season finale! We talk about the biggest moments of an episode that brought together many plot-points of the season, including Echo leading the Clone resistance and rescuing Clone prisoners, including HOWZER! More secrets surrounding Mount Tantiss are revealed, Dr. Hemlock continues to be a sinister antagonist, Crosshair's resistance to Imperial torture to help warn his brothers, mysteries surrounding Dr. Emerie Karr, the Batch's new lives on Pabu and questions of whether it should be permanent, their reunion with Echo, and the group's learning of Crosshair's capture. Things seem to be leading towards Mount Tantiss, but how will they get there, and will Crosshair come home?

*THE BAD BATCH EP. 30 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "Tipping Point" (S2E14)

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Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Don (@DonovanMeade), & Conor (@DepaBanana) discuss "Pabu" - the 13th episode of Season 2 of The Bad Batch! After two straight super intense episodes, we get a cool down week showing a potential future the Batch may have if they choose to settle down and leave the fight. We get a glimpse of Omega forming friendships with kids her age, Tech and Phee getting closer, the community of the people of Pabu coming together, the themes of Man vs. Nature as the town is threatened by a tsunami, and Andrew celebrates the group finally cutting ties with Cid!!!

*THE BAD BATCH EP. 29 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "Pabu" (S2E13)

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Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Don (@DonovanMeade) as we discuss "The Convert!" - the 3rd episode of the season! We talk about the next steps in Din & Bo-Katan's journey, as both are redeemed in the eyes of the Watch, with Bo-Katan now a member of the cult she repeatedly diminished. How will this end up turning out? We also head to Coruscant to get our first real glimpse at the goings-on of the New Republic government, Dr. Pershing's acceptance into the Amnesty Program, where he comes across an old Imperial comrade, his struggle to cease his work and the concept of the "greater good", Elia Kane's true intentions, and just how much of an improvement is the New Republic really from the Empire?

*THE MANDALORIAN CH. 19 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "The Convert" (S3E3)

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Welcome to the Season 1 finale of our Clone Wars rewatch, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Don (@DonovanMeade) as they discuss the final arc of Season 1 of The Clone Wars - the Ryloth Arc! We talk the biggest themes of these episodes, including Ahsoka's journey to regain her confidence, Waxer and Boil and their protection of the Twi'lek girl Numa, perhaps Mace Windu's coolest moments in the current canon, the noted added stakes of this season finale arc, the Separatist occupation of Ryloth and the Twi'lek's fight for freedom, and the introduction of the Freedom Fighter Cham Syndulla, who eventually will become VERY important to the greater Star Wars galaxy. We also make some big announcements about what is coming soon for the podcast as we go towards our 2nd season.

Episodes Discussed: "Storm Over Ryloth" (S1E19), "Innocents of Ryloth" (S1E20), "Liberty on Ryloth" (S1E21)

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Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For the Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! On this episode, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Conor (@DepaBanana) discuss "The Outpost" - the 12th episode of Season 2! It's another Crosshair episode, which means we're in for a treat! We talk the introduction of the worst Imperial put to screen in Lieutenant Nolan, the introduction of Mayday and his connection with Crosshair, Crosshair's continued realization of the Empire's mistreatment, further insight on how the Clones are discriminated by the Empire, and Crosshair's steps towards redemption by doing THAT at the end! We also discuss the continued teases towards a big clash at Mount Tantiss for the season finale!

*THE BAD BATCH EP. 28 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "The Outpost" (S2E12)

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Welcome back to our Mandalorian recaps, here on For the Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Don (@DonovanMeade) as they discuss Chapter 18 "The Mines of Mandalore!" We talk this game-changing episode of The Mandalorian, including Din's journey to Mandalore, a familiar droid joining him on the adventure, Grogu's growth in strength and apparent navigational skills, the story arc of Bo-Katan, and her working together with Din, the live-action debut of Mandalore, and an appearance of a MYTHOSAUR in the Living Waters!!!! Such a crazy episode!

*THE MANDALORIAN CH. 18 SPOILERS* 

Episodes Discussed: "The Mines of Mandalore" (S3E2)

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Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) & Don (@DonovanMeade) as they discuss the 11th episode of the season - "Metamorphosis"! We talk the biggest points in the episode, including the re-introduction of the Zillo Beast after nearly 13 years since its Clone Wars appearances, the return to Mount Tantiss, the introduction of our new villain Dr. Royce Hemlock, and the unearthing the Empire's sinister cloning plans, the horror-themed aspects of the monster's reveal, new revelations for the Batch themselves, and how the episode's title doubles as a reference to both the Zillo Beast in this episode, as well as the Batch's own purpose in the conflict against the Empire.

*THE BAD BATCH EP. 27 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "Metamorphosis" (S2E11)

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Welcome to our Mandalorian Season 3 recaps here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! Join us as Andrew (@StarlightAndrew), Don (@DonovanMeade), & Conor (@DepaBanana) discuss the Season 3 premiere "The Apostate"! We touch on the biggest talking-points of the return of Din Djarin and Grogu, including Mando's continued quest for re-acceptance, the propsperity of Nevarro under High Magistrate Greef Karga, a conflict with unwelcome pirates, Din's quest to rebuild IG-11, and the resigned state of Bo-Katan Kryze's plans to reclaim Mandalore in parallel to Din's own journey to Mandalore. Also, PURGILL! ANZELLANS! CUTE LITTLE CAPE-HOLDING DROIDS! Pulpy Star Wars at it's best. We also go over the upcoming changes to our release schedule to accomodate for The Mandalorian & The Bad Batch releasing at the same time for the next several weeks.

Episodes Discussed: "The Apostate" (S3E1)

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Welcome back to our Bad Batch recaps, here on For The Republic: A Love Letter to Star Wars Animation! This week, Andrew (@StarlightAndrew) is joined by Chelsea (@Jedi_chelsea) of This Is The Wayseekers to talk the 10th episode of Season 2: "Retrieval"! We discuss the continuation of last week's journey for the Batch to recover the stolen Marauder, the introduction of Benni Baro and the Mining Guild on the planet, the scathing commentary on workers exploitation in the form of the greedy gluttonous boss Makko, and the several comparisons to the Empire that the Mining Guild is given in this episode. 

*THE BAD BATCH EP. 26 SPOILERS*

Episodes Discussed: "Retrieval" (S2E10)

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