Phee leads the Bad Batch on a treasure hunt to a decimated planet.
Tropes:
- After the End: The planet the tomb is located on is strongly implied to have been decimated by the destroyer long ago, and any and all civilization that once dwelled there with it.
- All for Nothing: The Heart of the Mountain is what's keeping the destroyer in a dormant state. When they plug it into the droid's brain, not only does it cause the destroyer to initiate a self-destruct sequence (of the mercifully "render it useless but intact" variety), but melts the Heart for good measure.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The group unwittingly reactivates a colossal mechanical destroyer of some sort.
- Call-Back: Tech notes the team has lost out on two treasure hunts as of late, recalling the failed raid on Dooku’s war chest from the season premiere.
- Continuity Nod: The characters don't know it, but the machine looks an awful lot like a creation of the Zeffo from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. It has the same curving aesthetic and a virtually identical energy beam.
- Foreshadowing: Tech notes that the planet looks decimated by the time they get there, foreshadowing the tomb’s true nature as a destroyer.
- Here We Go Again!: The episode ends with Phee telling Omega another treasure story, once again gripping the young girl, and Hunter wearily realizing they’re in for another hunt.
- Outside-Context Problem: The destroyer comes from a civilization that predates the Republic and the Jedi according to Phee. As such, nobody knows what the hell they’ve unleashed when the temple transforms into a colossal death machine.
- Properly Paranoid: At one point, Omega tests a corridor's safety by throwing a rock down it, having learned that you have to be careful in a deathtrap tomb.
- Ragnarök Proofing: Despite being older than the Republic, the tomb and the droid both still function perfectly in the middle of a desolate wasteland (presumably created by the droid).
- Self-Destruct Mechanism: The port in the destroyer's brain triggers a self-destruct sequence when the Heart of the Mountain is plugged into it. Thankfully for the heroes, this takes the form of a less-explosive, critical systems overload that renders the droid a lifeless husk.
- Shout-Out:
- "The Heart of the Mountain" was also the nickname of the Arkenstone, a huge jewel and the greatest single treasure in Smaug's hoard in The Hobbit.
- Much of the music in this episode sounds like it was lifted straight out of Indiana Jones.
- Phee reminisces about a previous treasure hunt that saw her track down an artifact called the Belmont diadem.
- Starfish Robots: The destroyer is a downplayed version. Droids in Star Wars typically range between humanoid and combat-practical forms, such as the Separatist droid fighters. This one has a bulky, giraffe-like appearance with a simple face and a bulbous head, looking similar to the Tallnecks from the Horizon Zero Dawn series.
- That's No Moon: What's assumed to be a temple is actually a gigantic, ancient droid.
- They Killed Kenny Again: Mel is destroyed by the giant destroyer, but Phee is unperturbed as she keeps her memory copied so she can reupload it after repairs are done, saying this happens a lot.
- Unreliable Narrator: Phee is introduced this episode telling an amazing story of her latest exploit to the barflies, Bolo and Ketch. Hunter, listening nearby, notes she has told the story differently multiple times, making it rather dubious if any of it actually happened. Though later we do see she really is a quite skilled treasure hunter.
