After just one season, The Bad Batch has already set itself up to be a major part of the Star Wars mythos. Along with filling in some unanswered questions about what happened in the early days of the Empire’s rule, The Bad Batch has set up new questions that it promises to answer in seasons to come.
What has really made The Bad Batch stand out is its characters. While the majority of the show’s cast are Clone Troopers, the men who make up Clone Force 99 are not like the other clones; they all look different. Add in the first and possibly only female clone with Omega, and The Bad Batch opens itself up to some interesting casting choices for a live-action transition.
10 Only Temuera Morrison Can Play Rex
One of the most famous Clone Troopers, if not the most famous, Rex played a major role in both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels. Like all the clones who aren’t part of the Bad Batch, Rex looks and sounds exactly like Jango Fett, which means there’s only one person who can play him in live-action; Temuera Morrison. Of course, Morrison may be a little busy with The Book of Boba Fett and Aquaman 2, but surely he could fit in a quick Bad Batch cameo if a live-action film was made.
9 Dan Stevens Can Play The Pomposity Of Vice Admiral Rampart
Vice Admiral Rampart was put in charge of Project War-Mantle, which shut down the clone program on Kamino and switched the Empire’s military to humans. His way of doing it was to essentially betray the Kaminoans and destroy their structures, leaving no trace of the cloning facilities that were used to create the Clone Troopers.
Vice Admiral Rampart has a sense of stillness and superiority about him that makes it clear from the moment he appears on the screen that he’s one bad guy. Dan Stevens has proven himself more than capable of pulling that type of character off.
8 Liam O’Brien and Sam Riegel Should Keep Playing Bolo And Ketch
Bolo And Ketch haven’t done much on The Bad Batch yet, but they sure show up a lot, thanks to their being the only regular customers at Cid’s bar and big fans of dejarik. Star Wars‘ own versions of Norm and Cliff from Cheers, Bolo, an Ithorian, and Ketch, a Weequay, would either be CGI or full make-up. There’s no reason not to cast Liam O’Brien and Sam Riegel, the two men who voice the characters on the animated series, in a live-action setting.
7 Rhea Perlman Can Still Play Cid
Speaking of Cid’s bar, the Trandoshan bar owner on Ord Mantell who also happens to work in the black market is a down and dirty street smart figure who has not only helped the Bad Batch make a living, she has also taught them about how the universe really works. On The Bad Batch, Cid is voiced by Rhea Perlman, most famous for playing Carla the waitress on Cheers. Since Cid would more than likely be CGI, there’s no reason to cast someone else to voice the character.
6 Wentworth Miller Has The Darkness To Play Crosshair
When Order 66 came down, every member of the Bad Batch was able to ignore it except for Crosshair. The sharpshooter of the team, Crosshair was taken by the secret order and did his best to kill a Jedi Padawan who only survived thanks to Hunter’s quick actions.
Crosshair has an eeriness to him that comes across through his voice. It is cold and measured with each word carefully chosen. Even before Order 66, this was how Crosshair acted. Who better to play someone so cold and calculating than Captain Cold himself, Wentworth Miller?
5 David Dastmalchian Can Bring Echo’s Sadness To Life
While Echo wasn’t originally a member of the Bad Batch, he no longer felt he fit in with the other members of Domino Squad after he was experimented on by the Techno Union, and joined Clone Force 99. While Echo originally looked just like all the other clones, the tortures he went through under the Techno Union have left him emaciated and frail. The years of being used as a guinea pig have also left Echo with a deep sadness that may never be healed. As seen in The Suicide Squad where he played the Polka-Dot Man, David Dastmalchian has the skills to bring a character like Echo to life.
4 Cillian Murphy Can Pull Off Tech’s Ego
Tech, as his name suggests, is the technologically oriented member of the Bad Batch. His super smarts have led to Tech being more than just a little full of himself, often talking down to the other members of the team. It isn’t that Tech thinks he’s better than the rest of the team, it’s just that he knows he has to sometimes explain things to them that are very obvious to him. As seen in Batman Begins, Cillian Murphy is very good at acting like he’s the smartest guy in the room.
3 Jason Momoa Has The Fun Power Of Wrecker
Wrecker is the tank of the Bad Batch. He’s big, he’s tough, and he likes to have a little fun from time to time. While the rest of the team is constantly serious, Wrecker can find the joy in their work, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t take the work seriously.
These days, no one captures that sense of loving their job when their job is beating up bad guys quite as well as Jason Momoa. The actor best known for playing Aquaman in the DCEU and Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones, Momoa has a childlike sense to him that makes his work a joy to watch, which is exactly what is needed for Wrecker to work.
2 Isla Johnston Can Be The Perfect Omega
Out of every character on The Bad Batch, none is as important as Omega. The only female clone of Jango Fett, Omega is special. Unlike other clones, Omega has been allowed to age in real-time instead of having a sped-up metabolism that would make her grow up at an accelerated pace like the other clones. The only other clone like that is named Beta, but he is better known as Boba Fett.
While there’s always a chance that fans will see a grown-up Omega on The Book of Boba Fett, a live-action Bad Batch movie would need a young actress to play the role, and after playing a young Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit, Isla Johnston should be at the top of any casting director’s list.
1 Ben Affleck Had The Leadership Skills Of Hunter
As the leader of the Bad Batch, Hunter not only has to keep his team in order, he has to bear the weight of every decision, good or bad. The first season made it clear that Hunter has come to question what he and his team did during the Clone Wars, and the concerns of the past, as well as the future of his crew, is putting a lot of pressure on him.
Ben Affleck has shown time and again that he can bring a heftiness to this type of character when it is needed. From iconic characters like Batman to playing Doug MacRay in The Town, which he also directed, Affleck more than has what it takes to play Hunter.
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