After our last Daddy-Daughter review of The Bad Batch's opening episodes, my daughter, Brooklyn, kept asking where Captain Rex was and when he would be back. She loved The Clone Wars character and hoped to see him on The Bad Batch. She got her wish and was very excited upon Rex's return in the Season 1 episode, "Battle Scars."
In the episode, Rex meets the Bad Batch and also has his first introduction to Omega. The team of clones go on a mission to a ship graveyard and use its medical bay to remove the inhibitor chips in the Batch's heads. Brooklyn was very engaged throughout the episode because Rex was on the mission with Clone Force 99.
She soon became worried, though, as a member of the group, Wrecker, had his inhibitor chip damaged and began to turn against both Omega and the rest. She was genuinely worried that he would hurt Omega and wanted him to go back to the way he was.
Wrecker and the rest of the clones did return to the way they way were towards to the end of the episode with help of Rex. It was a huge relief to my daughter. Her main comment was, "Why do they keep hurting their friends?"
My daughter loves that Omega wants to stay and be with the Batch during the run of the show. During each episode, particularly this one, she loves to imitate Omega and her weapon of choice, an energy crossbow. Without fail, when I look over at my young daughter, she is imitating how Omega loads and fires the weapon.
For me, the character of Omega adds richness to the series, and I can definitely relate as each one of the clones has their own paternal relationship to her. It is interesting and engaging to see how they are trying to raise her in a world dominated by division and war.
Perhaps the most touching reaction is when Brooklyn sees Wrecker and Omega eating their snack on the show after each mission. The snack on the series is called Mantell Mix, which you can find a version at Galaxy's Edge. However, the way it looks to my daughter is flavored popcorn (which is what it is in posts on StarWars.com).
She then asked me if we could make popcorn, which I obliged as we continued to watch the series. Star Wars is meant for children and families, and it so far has been enjoyable to share a small part of the franchise with her.