Star Wars Black Series Bad Batch Missions

The Bad Batch Missions display is one of the most complete single-series sets in the Black Series. Clone Force 99 — the squad of genetically atypical clone troopers who survived Order 66 because their mutations made them different enough from standard clones that the inhibitor chip didn’t take hold — have been covered more comprehensively than almost any other group in the line. Every member of the core squad has been produced. Most of them have been produced twice, in their original configuration and in later Mercenary Gear variants. The display rewards completionists and gives collectors genuine choices about which version of each character to display.

The Scene in Star Wars

The Bad Batch ran for three seasons from 2021 to 2024, following Clone Force 99 through the immediate aftermath of Order 66 and the early years of the Empire. Where most Star Wars storytelling either ends at Order 66 or picks up years later, The Bad Batch occupies the specific and largely unexplored period when the Republic became the Empire — when clone troopers were being phased out in favour of conscripted stormtroopers, when the institutions of the Republic were being quietly dismantled, when ordinary people were discovering what they’d actually signed up for.

The series uses Clone Force 99 as its lens on that transition because their outsider status — they were always anomalies within the clone army — means they see the shift more clearly than troopers whose loyalty was engineered into them. Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, and eventually Crosshair and Omega navigate a galaxy that has changed under them, taking mercenary work to survive, gradually finding that survival and complicity are not the same thing.

The Bad Batch is also where Omega enters the story — a young female clone, another anomaly, who becomes the emotional centre of the series and whose arc drives its final season toward one of the more affecting conclusions in Star Wars animation. The series ended deliberately and completely, which gives the Bad Batch Missions display a similar completeness to the Acolyte Conflict — the story is told, the figures represent a finished chapter.

The Squad

Clone Force 99 has a clearly defined roster and the Black Series has covered it thoroughly.

Hunter is the squad leader — a clone with enhanced senses, marked by his distinctive facial tattoo and headband. He’s the most conventionally heroic member of the squad, which the series occasionally uses against him: his protectiveness toward Omega sometimes conflicts with the harder decisions the situation demands. Both his original and Mercenary Gear releases are strong figures; the Mercenary Gear version reflects the squad’s evolution away from clone identity toward something more independent.

Wrecker is the squad’s heavy — enormous even by clone standards, with a scar across his face and a personality that runs counter to his physical presence. He’s enthusiastic, warm, and genuinely fond of Omega in a way that gives the series some of its most effective emotional beats. The Wrecker Deluxe release from 2021 is the standout figure in the initial wave.

Tech is the squad’s tactician and engineer, defined by his goggles and his tendency to provide contextual information nobody asked for at the moment it’s least useful. Tech’s arc in season two is the series’ sharpest dramatic turn — his fate is the moment The Bad Batch commits to stakes that earlier seasons kept at arm’s length.

Echo is the squad’s connection to the conventional clone army and to the wider Clone Wars narrative — he was a standard clone trooper, an ARC trooper, a prisoner of the Techno Union, and carries the physical modifications of that captivity into the Bad Batch’s operations. His presence in the squad bridges the Bad Batch’s story to the broader Clone Wars arc.

Crosshair is the series’ most complex figure, literally and figuratively. His inhibitor chip worked, which makes him the squad’s antagonist through much of the first season — an Imperial sniper hunting his former squad. His arc across three seasons toward something like reconciliation is the series’ longest and most carefully constructed character journey. Two Crosshair figures exist: the original clone configuration and the Imperial variant, which together tell that arc visually.

Omega is the figure that anchors the display’s emotional weight. A young female clone with unique genetic properties, she’s the character the series is ultimately about — her development from sheltered curiosity to capable operative to the person who determines what the Bad Batch’s legacy means. The Mercenary Gear Omega release reflects the later-series version of the character.

Original vs Mercenary Gear

Most of the squad exists in two configurations: the original 2021 releases in their clone-adjacent gear, and the 2023 Mercenary Gear variants in their later-series civilian operational equipment. The question for display purposes is which version to prioritise.

The original releases establish the squad’s identity — the modified clone armour, the visual language that connects them to the wider Clone Wars aesthetic. The Mercenary Gear releases reflect who the squad becomes: independent operators who have moved away from the clone identity the Empire was already discarding.

For a single definitive display, the Mercenary Gear versions are generally the recommendation — they’re the later figures, they carry the squad’s evolved aesthetic, and they represent the series at the point where the characters are most fully developed. But the original Crosshair and Wrecker Deluxe are strong enough figures that many collectors keep both configurations.

Supporting Characters

The Bad Batch Missions display extends beyond Clone Force 99 to include the figures that define their operational context. Vice Admiral Rampart is the primary Imperial antagonist of the first season — the architect of the clone replacement programme, the man who orders Kamino bombed. The Imperial Clone Shock Trooper and Elite Squad Trooper represent the transitional military that Rampart is building to replace the clones. Clone Captain Rex connects this display to the wider Clone Wars story.

Cad Bane (Bracca) is worth separate mention — his appearance in The Bad Batch resolves a dangling thread from The Clone Wars animated series, and his Bracca configuration is the most recent version of the character in the Black Series at the time of this scene’s production.

All Figures for This Display

Check off the figures you own with the Black Series Checklist.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Scenes. Related: Clone Wars Battles | Order 66 | The Bad Batch Collection | Collector Guide.