Star Wars Bad Batch Finale Just Killed Fan-Favorite Republic Commando Character
Star Wars is an absolutely massive franchise, spanning hundreds of projects ranging from movies and video games to comics and short novels. It can be difficult to fit all of those projects into one established canon, which is why older titles such as the beloved Star Wars FPS Republic Commando can fall by the wayside a little bit.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch has been doing its best to reestablish the title as canon following Disney's purchase of the franchise back in 2012, though Republic Commando fans are probably wishing right now that it didn't bother. That's because Star Wars Bad Batch's Season 3 finale has rather unceremoniously killed off a very popular character from the title, and the reception to this character's death has been a little hostile, to say the least.
We'll be talking about Star Wars Bad Batch Season 3 spoilers now, so this is your final warning to dip if you haven't already.
The character in question is Jango Fett clone and Delta Squad member RC-1262, better known as Scorch. In the scene, Hemlock and Scorch are attempting to board a ship to flee Tantiss, but it is destroyed by Crosshair before it can land. Crosshair and fellow villain Hunter then turn their attention to Scorch, who is shot multiple times in the chest by the pair before falling limp off the bridge he's standing on into the jungle below.
Scorch's death is a little anti-climactic, which is kind of understandable since he doesn't play that big of a role in The Bad Batch, but those who know the character from Republic Commando aren't best pleased. Scorch is considered a fan-favorite among many Republic Commando fans, and think that The Bad Batch has done him dirty, with one fan describing his death as Disney giving them "the middle finger".
A lot of the issues that fans have seem to stem from how little of a role Scorch actually plays in the show, arguing that he was only added to convince fans of Republic Commando to actually watch. It's argued that Scorch could have been
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