«War-Mantle» is the fourteenth episode of the animated web-TV series Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The episode was released on July 30, 2021.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Bad Batch episode 14, “War-Mantle.”

There have been many intense, emotional and action-packed moments throughout the first season of The Bad Batch. But as the series moves into the home stretch of the first season, it’s clear things are getting serious from here on out.

Episode 14, titled “War-Mantle,” featured two major set-ups: the beginnings of the Empire’s Project War-Mantle to fill its armored ranks with conscripted soldiers instead of clones, and either a final battle between Hunter and Crosshair or the start of the sharpshooter’s redemption arc.

It’s difficult to think Crosshair will be redeemed after the Empire literally tweaked the inhibitor chip in his brain to make him unwaveringly loyal to its cause, but we can’t help but hope all of the Bad Batch will eventually be back together again.