- "The search for truth begins with belief."
- ―Jedi Fortune Cookie
"A Distant Echo" is the second episode of the seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It is the hundred and twenty-third episode of the series overall. It was released on February 28, 2020 on Disney+. It was previously screened as a story reel on April 17, 2015 at Celebration Anaheim, and released as such in tandem with the rest of the Bad Batch arc on April 29, 2015 on StarWars.com.
Premise[]
Legacy[]
Believing that MIA soldier Echo may still be alive, Rex's mission becomes doubly important. Alongside the Bad Batch and Anakin Skywalker, the clone captain launches a dangerous covert rescue.
Season 7[]
Rex, Anakin, and the Bad Batch look to uncover the truth surrounding a mysterious Separatist signal.
Credits[]
Cast[]
Starring
- Dee Bradley Baker as Admiral Trench / Clone Troopers
- Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
- Matthew Wood as Battle Droids / Poletecan Villagers / Wat Tambor
- Tom Kane as Narrator
- James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Catherine Taber as Padme Amidala
- David Acord as Poletecan Leader / Skakoan Scientist
Crew[]
Created by Executive Producer and Supervising Director Directed by Written by
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Original Star Wars Themes & Score by Producer Co-Producer Associate Producer Original Series Casting by |
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Padmé Amidala (Appears in hologram)
- Cody (Appears in flashback(s))
- Crosshair
- Echo
- Hunter
- Jesse (Appears in flashback(s))
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Kix (Appears in flashback(s))
- Rex
- Trench
- Anakin Skywalker
- Wat Tambor
- Tech
- Wrecker
- Mace Windu (Appears in flashback(s))
Events[]
- Clone Wars
- Battle for Anaxes
- Mission to Skako Minor (First appearance)
- Battle of Lola Sayu (Indirect mention only)
Locations[]
- Anaxes
- Fort Anaxes
- Cyber Center (Appears in flashback(s))
- Skako Minor (First appearance)
- Purkell (First appearance)
- Citadel (Mentioned only)
- Jedi High Council (Mentioned only)
- Naboo (Mentioned only)
Units[]
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Poster[]
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Concept art[]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Wars are not won with superior weapons, but with superior strategy."
- ―Original moral
- The finished version of this episode on Disney+ features some minor differences with the original story reels. The scene in which Anakin remarks on the nose art of Padmé Amidala on the Havoc Marauder was replaced with a scene of Anakin secretly contacting Padmé via holocall, while Rex stood guard before Obi-Wan could intrude. The scene in which Rex fights with Crosshair was also changed slightly: instead of cynicism for believing Echo turned traitor, Crosshair angered Rex by displaying apathy for him being left for dead.
- A couple of editing mistakes are visible in the episode. The shot in which the Bad Batch slides down the slope into the Poletec village briefly shows Rex wearing a night-vision visor. Later, when Tech pinpoints Echo's location in Purkoll, his voice was not modified to sound like he was wearing his helmet.