The episodes of season 2 have seemed a bit disjointed, but looking at them in retrospect I think I can see a series of events that would lead to the conclusion that Cid planned to turn the BB over to the Empire since the Entombed episode with Phee Genoa.
It would only make sense that Cid would be one of the first people to know that the Empire had put a bounty on the Batch. She would also be in the position to keep that information from the Batch as she is their only contact in the galaxy as a whole that isn’t in hiding. If there was a bounty on them, and she’s the only person that knows where they are, why wouldn’t she turn them over. After all the Batch was warned that Cid is untrustworthy by her former associate at the swoop bike race.
Now let’s look at the series of events leading up to this. The Batch is seen going after Dooku’s War Chest, and it’s reported to Rampart who dismisses it. I think he did this so he could have bounty hunters go after them and to prevent other clones from looking to them as an example to revolt or go AWOL. Cid gets the bounty, along with all the other brokers like her, and starts to devise a plan to turn them over. She knows they are elite so she has to be very careful….
She sets up the mission to Recover the Heart of the Mountain (which we all agree seemed absolutely pointless and a huge risk with no payoff) which gets Phee on board the Marauder. While on the Marauder Phee has access to the ship and ensures she’s able to get into it in the future. Cid then sets up the Batch to go to HER “newly acquired” mine where the Marauder is stolen (very easily) by a single person that fits Phee’s build.
I would expect the Empire to show up to retrieve the stranded Batch in the next episode.
So what do you all think? Is Cid and Phee responsible for the theft of the Marauder. Will we see the Empire show up in the next episode?
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