Faster

"**Faster**" is the fourth episode of Season 2 of the animated television series *Star Wars: The Bad Batch*. It aired on January 18, 2023.

## Use of Aurebesh

### City signage

There is a street sign in Ord Mantell City pointing in different directions with Aurebesh words on it that translate to "EAST" and "WEST". The third word is indecipherable due to the angle, but is most likely "NORTH" or "SOUTH".

### Cid's Parlor games

A screen at the counter at Cid's Parlor says "VIDEO SABACC".

The slot machines at Cid's Parlor are named "CREDIT CRAZE" (seen behind Wrecker), "CREDIT PUSHER" (note that we only see the last three letters in each word), and "LUCKY SHOT". Among the motifs seen on the monitor of Lucky Shot are heads of B1 battle droids, with "CLANK*[obscured]* BON*[obscured]*" (the episodes "Decommissioned" and "Spoils of War" establish that the full text is "CLANKER BONUS"; as first established in the *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* episode "Ambush", "clanker" is a popular nickname for B1 battle droids).

### Alcoholic beverages

The alcoholic beverages behind the counter at Cid's Parlor include "A" (on bottles of *Whyren's Reserve*), "THERMAL DETONATOR", "MOOFTEN", "REACTOR COOLANT" and "WICKED WOMPRAT". The same beverages appear on the shelves behind the bar at the Safa Toma Speedway.

When Clone Force 99 arrives at Serolonis, a bystander is holding a bottle of "DEEP CORE", which is a sort of "DARK LUM". Another bottle is sitting in the counter when Clone Force 99 picks up Cid at the bar at the end of the episode.

### Speedway lettering

#### Speedway signage

A blue sign at the Safa Toma Speedway shows the silhouette of a blurrg and two other creatures. The writing is mirror-inverted, with the text at the top translating as "GASTPRE RANGE ORGANIC GRASS FED" (the text next to the animals is too blurred to decipher).

#### Speedway monitors

The upper right hand corner on the large viewing monitor at the speedway says "SPONSORED BY: LIGHTNING TECH". The large text in the lower right hand corner says "LIVE".

There is a large blue monitor in the cantina at the speedway, which shows numbers and various three-letter Aurebesh combinations with no actual meaning.

#### Speedway advertisements

The advertisements along the Safa Toma Speedway include:

* "DISCOVER", "*[illegible]*OE*[illegible]**[obscured]*B HOME"
* "JJ DINER *(the rest is illegible)*"
* "SUPER *[illegible]*", "*[illegible]*", "HYPER TOOLS", "BUY SOON"
* "GET YOUR MEAT STICKS!" *(the rest is illegible, but can be read in a different episode; see "The Clone Conspiracy" for more information)*
* "CAFE 94"
* "'EXPLORE NOW, *[two illegible words]*"
* "DROID REPAIR", "*[obscured]* OFF", "SALE'"
* "T&J REPAIR" *(the rest is illegible)*
	+ *Note: The ampersand (&) does not appear in any* Star Wars *guides to Aurebesh, but does appear in the fan-made font Aurabesh, which was developed by Mike E. Webb in 1996 and can be downloaded online.*
* "FRESH NOODLES"
* "ENJOY THE N*[obscured]*", "TA*[obscured]*"
* "NOTHING BEATS WINNING!" *(the rest is illegible)*
* "GNK", "MOBILE", "POWER"
* "NEBULA"
* "CORUSCANT" *(the rest is illegible)*
* "BLUE MILK" (on the package, and as a caption)
* "MEATSTICK PALACE", "*[illegible word]* GUARANTE*[obscured]*", "YUMMI"
* "YOUR AD HERE", "SPACE AVAILABLE", "CONTACT SAFA TOMA ADMINISTRATION" *(the rest is illegible)*
* "STORAGE", "LEASE NOW", "FIRST 10 DAYS FREE", "NO QUESTIONS AS*[illegible/image ends]*"

The remaining ads are indecipherable.

### Racer monitor

When Tech is racing, a monitor in the racing speeder says "ALERT". Later, it says "INCOMING" and "!", before "incoming" is replaced by "WARNING".

### Omega's datapad

Omega's datapad says "SAFA TOMA RACETRACK", "HAZARD !" and "FULL MAP", before the "hazard !" part is replaced by "!DANGER!", "!" and "!AVOID!".

## References

1. ↑ Aurabesh (free). Aurekfonts. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023.

 @AurekFonts (AurekFonts) on X, formerly known as Twitter (July 24, 2020). "In 1996 Mike E Web created a fan font for Aurebesh, called "Aurabesh." https://aurekfonts.github.io/?font=Aurabesh Because this was created before the above punctuation was made, Web went ahead and added his own custom punctuation, including the first Aurebesh ampersand!" (backup link)