Palpatine's Monster Could Appear In Bad Batch & Resolve A Clone Wars Story
A Zillo Beast wreaked havoc on Coruscant in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but another may appear in Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The Zillo Beast is a gargantuan reptilian monster introduced in season 2 of The Clone Wars. Although the monster died at the end of its two-part story arc, another potential Zillo Beast story was set up but ultimately remains unresolved. The Bad Batch season 2 provides a perfect opportunity to follow up on Palpatine’s Zillo Beast schemes from The Clone Wars.
The Zillo Beast was featured in a two-episode story arc in The Clone Wars season 2, where it was revealed to not only be far more intelligent than it seems but to also have an armored hide that’s invulnerable to lightsaber blades. This, combined with the beast’s particular hostility towards Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, revealed that the creature had a heightened degree of connection to the Force. The Zillo Beast was perceptive enough to see Palpatine’s dark side power, something that the greatest members of the Jedi Order were blind to.
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Palpatine ordered that the monster be captured and brought to Coruscant for further study, but the Zillo Beast inevitably escaped, killing numerous civilians and Clone Troopers. Clone Pilots deployed a poison gas that killed the creature, but the arc ends with Palpatine commissioning a clone of the Zillo Beast. Palpatine’s Zillo Beast clone has yet to show up in the Star Wars franchise, but The Bad Batch season 2 has the story opportunity, timeline placement, and budget to properly include The Emperor’s monster.
The Zillo Beast clone was considered for an appearance in Star Wars Rebels, but ultimately never appeared. According to Dave
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