| “ | Emerie: I... I was doing my job... Echo: Yeah I've heard that before. You're a clone. How can you be part of this?! Omega saw something in you... I want to believe that she was right. Tell me where she is. Emerie: She's in the vault... But you won't get anywhere near there without my assistance. If we're gonna free those children, you're going to have to trust me. |
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| ~ Emerie meeting her brother and the start of her redemption. |
| “ | I was wrong about this place. And… I’m trying to do the right thing. | „ |
| ~ Emerie to Echo. |
Doctor Emerie Karr is a major character in the 2021 Disney+ animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
One of the leading Imperial scientists at Tantiss, she works for Doctor Royce Hemlock in his twisted blacksite experiments, specifically his research and experiments on the clones, of which it is eventually revealed she is one of. Despite the vile nature of her work and the situation she's in, Emerie is affable but tries to keep a calm and stoic composure. Her allegiance to the Empire ultimately starts causing conflict within her, and while she wishes circumstances could be different, she nonetheless follows her orders without question.
She was voiced by Keisha Castle-Hughes.
History[]
Background[]
Emerie Karr is a clone of Jango Fett, albeit a female one. At some point after the formation of the Galactic Empire, Dr. Royce Hemlock started employing Dr. Karr as a scientist at the secret Imperial scientific base called Mount Tantiss. She supervised experiments on Crosshair and later she was tasked with keeping an eye on Omega.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch[]
She oversaw the development of at least one Zillo Beast clone in the lower levels of the facility. When the Kaminoans began creating the Clone Army from Jango Fett's DNA, they also created Emerie Karr, who is also a female clone in addition to Omega. And when the Empire was born, she began working under Dr. Hemlock in a research and science division called the "Advanced Science Division", conducting experiments on clones that were removed from Imperial service and used as Hemlock's test subjects. And when Hemlock kidnapped Omega and brought her to Mount Tantiss, she met Omega and revealed that she was her sister and clone, after which she began to experiment on Omega and the Empire's betrayer Crosshair. And when Omega and Crosshair were escaping, she tried to stop them from escaping, but was stunned, and later she found out that Omega has a powerful M-count reading, and after telling Hemlock about it, Omega started being chased again because of his M-count reading. And after Omega's new abduction, she experimented on Omega again until Clone Force 99 arrived at Tantiss' location and began rescuing Omega and the other kidnapped clones, during which she met the clone trooper Echo, and told him that Omega was not the only child prisoner on Tantiss, after which she and Echo began to work together to rescue Omega and the other kidnapped M-Count children. During the rescue mission, she and Echo roamed the facility looking for Omega and the other captured children, and they managed to track down Omega and the other children. And after finding Omega and the other children, she took the other children to safety on Pabu, while Omega and Echo stayed behind to free their team and the other clone prisoners. After a successful rescue mission, she joined Captain Rex's Clone Underground as she departed Pabu with Echo on the Remora.
Personality[]
Emerie is softspoken and courteous, and despite her moral compass trying to guide her onto a better path, she lacks the willpower to follow it, and as such can come off as rather robotic in her by the book demeanor. Despite being a clone herself, she pays no mind to the brutal treatment her fellow clones are subjugated to, having no real sense of attachment or loyalty to any of them. Despite this, she does have a soft spot for Omega, as they are only two female clones of Jango Fett in existence. Even though Tantiss is a clandestine operation who's operations are too cruel and atrocious to be made known, Emerie herself was somewhat in the dark of just how despicable they truly are. This lead to her loyalty to the Empire start showing signs of cracking when she beheld The Vault was not a top secret research facility as she may have thought, but a prison for young Force-sensitive children. Despite being explicitly ordered to not form any kind of attachment to them and to treat them like any other test subjects, Emerie still went out of her way to try and be more comforting towards the children.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Similar to Omega before her, Emerie has the distinction of being the only known adult female clone of Jango Fett in all of Star Wars.
- Castle-Hughes previously played Queen Apailana in the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, the third and last installment of the Star Wars prequel trilogy.
