
I was going to wait on the Bad Batch rewatch until just before Season Two premieres next year, but after I finished Clone Wars I just naturally segued into it.
The first time around, I really wanted Omega to be Force-sensitive, but despite some clues, it didn’t seem to be going that way, so I let the thought go. Not everyone has to be Force-sensitive, right?
But now with this rewatch, I’m picking up on those clues again, and I just can’t let go of the idea that it will be discovered she’s Force-sensitive. Here’s my reasoning:
- Several times during battles or crises, Omega comes through and succeeds and states, “Guess I just got lucky.” Well, okay, maybe. But the fact that she says this not once, but a few times makes me think otherwise. (And Obi-Wan always said, there’s no such thing as luck). And yes, it may be part of her “enhancement,” but just what is her enhancement? Hmmm…Force sensitivity, maybe?
- When the squad visits Cut on Saleucamai, he tells Hunter that all of Clone Force 99’s defects were for a purpose. So what is Omega’s defect, and its purpose? With the others, it’s obvious what their skills are, but with Omega, it’s a mystery. Perhaps it will manifest more obviously with age, but it just seems strange that not even Omega knows what her enhancement is. It seems hush-hush, which suggests something amazing–like a Force-sensitive clone.
- When Omega picks up the Zygerrian weapon, she’s not immediately good at it, which is natural. Like everyone, she needs to practice. Echo tells her she needs to ignore distractions, which is also true for everyone. But later, during the heat of battle with some droids, she hits her mark every single time. She manages to ignore all the distractions, which includes fear. Sounds very Jedi-like to me…

- When they meet Cid, Omega is the only one who figures out that the first person they meet there is Cid. Almost immediately. Precociously perceptive? Yes. From the Force? Maybe.
- We know from The Mandalorian that cloners in the post-Rebellion era were tinkering with making clones that were Force-sensitive. They’re not Kaminoans, but maybe they were inspired by the Kaminoan’s work, including any secret Force-sensitive cloning. In fact, in The Mandalorian, Dr. Pershing, the cloning scientist, wears an emblem on his uniform that is reminiscent of a Kaminoan symbol the clones wore in AOTC. And at the end of S1 of The Bad Batch, the Empire has taken Nala Se, the Kaminoan scientist who tinkered with Omega and the Batch, to their own cloning facility. I know all of this is for cloning Palpatine, but it just seems to suggest that Omega may have been the prototype. Nala Se did have access to Jedi on Kamino, after all.
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None of this is solid proof that Omega is Force-sensitive, of course. And even if she is, she may not have the powers of a Jedi, like telekinesis. She could be more like Chirrut Imwe, from Rogue One: aware of the Force and able to take advantage of that, but unable to manipulate it.
Or I could be completely wrong, lol. I could be reading into things to see what I want to see. Because I would LOVE Omega to be Force-sensitive. Only time will tell, and I can’t wait for Season Two!
What do you think? Do you think Omega is Force-sensitive? Why or why not? Let me know in the comments and we’ll talk about it!
Hello Tina, I would say there’s a fair chance Omega is indeed a Force Sensitive and based on the lines of the “evidence” you picked too. Omega was quick to pick out Cid and her accelerated skill in using the Zygerrian Bow and her “Lucky shots” seem to indicate she is attuned – just not trained to utilise it fully.
Oh yes Just one LAST idea from an old Master….Omega is the Greek word for ” “The last” or “ultimate of a set”….or in other words The Grand Closure…..maybe Omega (the clone) is the final iteration that accomplished combining cloning and Force Ability! Just saying……
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I like that idea, FT!
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I definitely agree that a lot seemed to hint towards her having a sensitivity to the Force, I just really hope that it doesn’t get revealed to just be bad writing that she could conveniently do everything
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Yeah, and it may just be part of her enhancement, whatever that may be. Time will tell!
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Hmm I am not too sure about this – there are certainly signs that point to her having some sort of affinity with the force but I am not sure if she’d be powerful enough to use it. That said, most force users don’t even know they’re force sensitive so it could be a dormant ability that has yet to fully awaken similar to what happened to Rey? I can totally see her as a force sensitive though. Would be interesting to see that happen for sure 🙂
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Yeah, I think she would simply be Force-sensitive, like Chirrut, certainly not like a Jedi. Or maybe it’s something else entirely, lol.
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