Disney+ Orders ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’, An Animated Series Spin-Off Of ‘The Clone Wars’
Disney+ let the animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Warscomplete one final season to properly send off the show that expanded the prequel period of the sci-fi saga in much more satisfying way than the actual film trilogy. Now the prequel era ofStar Warswill expand even more with Disney+ orderingStar Wars: The Bad Batch, an animated spin-off series that will focus on the titular group of elite and experimental clones as they navigate theStar Warsuniverse after the end of the Clone Wars.
Lucasfilm and Disney+ sent out a press release announcing Star Wars: Bad Batch with this official logo:
Here’s the official description for the series, which briefly explains the origins of The Bad Batch:
“The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch – a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army — each possess a singular exceptional skill which makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew. In the post-Clone War era, they will take on daring mercenary missions as they struggle to stay afloat and find new purpose.”
The idea of them exploring a world in which they no longer serve the purpose for which they were created is an intriguing one. What is their place in the Star Wars universe now? Will they become more than mercenaries? Will we get a series of them acting almost asSeven Samuraiand helping various people across the galaxy? There’s a lot of potential here.
The Bad Batch had a big role the final season ofClone Wars, and despite having a smaller part in the largerStar Warsuniverse, they’ve become fan favorite characters, not unlike other relatively new aspects of the Star Wars universe that have been created byThe Clone Warsexecutive producerDave Filoni.
Speaking of which, Filoni will be executive producingStar Wars: The Bad Batchalong withAthena Portillo,Brad Rau,Jennifer Corbett, andCarrie Beck, all of which have hadStar Warsexperience on eitherThe Clone Wars,Star Wars Rebels,Star Wars Resistance, orThe Mandalorian.Josh Rimes(Star Wars Resistance) will also act as a producer on the series, with Rau serving as supervising director and Corbett acting as head writer.
Agnes Chu, senior vice president, Content, Disney+, offered up this in an official statement:
With The Bad Batch getting their own series, this will really beef up their presence in theStar Warsuniverse. Is there a chance we could see these characters crossover into the live-actionStar Warsarena at some point? The Jedi known as Ahsoka Tano began herStar Warslegacy as an animated character and will soon be part of the live-action Star Wars universein the second season ofThe Mandalorian, so there’s a chance these unique Clone Troopers could follow the same path. For now, we can’t wait to see these soldiers back in action, but we really hope Star Wars starts expanding their stories outside of characters and time periods that we’re already familiar with. There’s a whole galaxy out there waiting to be explored.
Star Wars: The Bad Batchis slated to hit Disney+ sometime in2021.
