Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 1 fixed a 14-year-old character that was first raised in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Star Wars: The Bad Batch initially began in 2021 as a spin-off of The Clone Wars’ timeline. Taking place directly after The Clone Wars season 7, The Bad Batch detailed the journey of the titular group making their way through a changing galaxy. Given its close thematic nature to The Clone Wars, several members of that show’s voice cast returned for The Bad Batch.

By the time of The Bad Batch season 3’s ending, this storyline came to a close. Interestingly, most connections to Star Wars: The Clone Wars came early in the show’s run. In the second episode of the entire show, The Bad Batch saw the return of two characters from The Clone Wars. Not only did these characters serve as a neat connection to The Clone Wars, but The Bad Batch altered their story by fixing a glaring mistake from the former Star Wars TV show.

“The Deserter” Failed In Its Treatment Of Suu Lawquane

The Clone Wars Episode Did Not Treat Suu With Much Respect

In The Clone Wars season 2, episode 10, Captain Rex is injured during a hunt for General Grievous on the planet of Saleucemi. Eventually, Rex is taken in by a deserter from the Grand Army of the Republic, another clone named Cut Lawquane. Cut has a family with his wife, Suu Lawquane. Overall, the story of “The Deserter” is a solid one, and offers a neat insight into the mindset of some clones who were forced into a war. However, the episode’s treatment of Suu Lawquane is admittedly problematic.

These problems are present in both design and narrative. Concerning the former, Suu Lawquane is shown wearing an incredibly sexualized outfit that was somehow even worse in concept art. Suu’s outfit is very revealing and has little to no bearing on the plot aside from Saleucami being a warm planet. Narratively, Suu is depicted as being relatively incapable. In the episode, droids attack the Lawquane farm, and Suu is hidden away with the children despite being shown holding a rifle earlier in the episode.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Fixed Star Wars’ Suu Lawquane Problem

Suu’s Characterization In Her Star Wars Return Was Much Improved

In Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 1, Suu and Cut return. The duo takes in the Bad Batch after they are outlawed from the Empire, with all characters forming a plan to escape Saleucemi so that Cut and his family can live free from the Imperials. Through Suu’s return, The Bad Batch fixes several of the issues surrounding her character that were present in The Clone Wars. For one, her design is much less sexualized. In The Bad Batch, she sports normal clothing that is inherently less revealing, yet still suitable for the warm environment of the planet.

From a story perspective, Suu is made to be much more capable in The Bad Batch than she was in The Clone Wars. One scene sees Omega and Suu’s children attacked by wild animals, with Suu using her rifle to scare away the animals after Hunter and the other clones failed to. Later, Suu is calm and level-headed as she and her family escape from Saleucemi. All of this greatly improves her character from The Clone Wars, with Star Wars: The Bad Batch fixing several representational issues that unfortunately were a product of the former’s time.