SEASON DETAILS:
The elite and experimental clone soldiers called The Bad Batch (AKA Clone Force 99), are trying to adapt to life in the galaxy after the events of the Clone War during the Imperial Era.
Each member of the Batch has their own ‘singular exceptional skill’, which make them a force to be reckoned with in battle during mercenary missions. Characters in the group include Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair and Echo. The trailer also showed that the group will be taking a young apprentice with them.
EXTRAS:
“We think of The Bad Batch as a spiritual successor to The Clone Wars,” Brad Rau, supervising director on The Bad Batch, told journalists over Zoom. “So there’s a lot in common. When we start our first episode, we’re backing up a little bit, timewise, from what we’ve seen at the very end of the Clone Wars. It’s something that Dave Filoni wanted us to do. And it’s really exciting to see how things come about, like Order 66. Having these characters that we only know a little bit about from the final season of The Clone Wars gives us an opportunity to carry on that legacy and storytelling of The Clone Wars, but through new characters’ eyes.”
“Something we try to do is keep this show true to what Star Wars is at its core, and that’s something that Dave Filoni is always teaching us and pressing upon us,” Corbett said. “In terms of like characters that we get to see, it’s so tempting to want to use everybody, because we’re all fans of Star Wars. So we want to play with all those toys. But it’s a balancing act between why we use certain people, with also wanting to introduce everybody to new characters because it is a big galaxy. So we don’t want it to feel too small. We want to get to explore other people’s points of view and perspectives.”
Rau added: “When we do get a chance to get a character to fit into this storyline, I mean we freak out. It’s so fun just talking about it, it’s fun bringing it to life. So much effort was spent, technically, to honour the legacy of any character that we’re familiar with. And that is not only from a casting perspective but the musical cues we use, the way it’s animated, the lighting, the way that all comes together. But we do make sure that someone who doesn’t know who that character is could still follow along. But if you do know who it is, you might cry, you might laugh, maybe both, all of that.”
Where can I watch “Star Wars: The Bad Batch”?
Exclusively available for streaming only on Disney+ and Disney+Originals.