Star Wars: The Bad Batch release date, trailer, cast, poster and latest news

Star Wars: The Bad Batch release engagement, trailer, cast, poster and latest news

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch is a new series is coming to Disney Plus. The streaming service ordered Star Wars: The Bad Batch, an animated bear witness that is a spinoff to the recently-concluded The Clone Wars.

The Bad Batch follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch, who were first introduced in Clone Wars. The unique squad, who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Ground forces, are finding their style in a apace changing galaxy in the aftermath of the Clone War.

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Members of Bad Batch each possess a singular exceptional skill — such as enhanced eyesight or increased strength — which makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew. In the mail-Clone War era, they volition accept on daring mercenary missions every bit they struggle to stay afloat and find new purpose. That means Star Wars: The Bad Batch takes place between Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.

The Mandalorian'south executive producer Dave Filoni is 1 of the Bad Batch's EPs. Filoni has go a fundamental part of shepherding Star Wars storytelling. Brad Rau (Star Wars Rebels) will be the show'south supervising director and Jennifer Corbett (Star Wars Resistance) will be head writer.

"Giving new and existing fans the final affiliate of 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' has been our honour at Disney+, and nosotros are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series," said Agnes Chu, senior vice president, Content, Disney+. "While the Clone Wars may accept come to its determination, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning. Nosotros are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni's vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch."

The Bad Batch is Disney Plus' newest Star Wars television project. The Mandalorian season ii is due out this autumn. Plus, a Cassian Andor spinoff of Rogue One and an Obi-Wan Kenobi show are in the works. There'south as well a female-centric Star Wars serial being adult by Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland.

Here'due south everything nosotros know about Star Wars: The Bad Batch:

Star Wars: The Bad Batch latest news (updated April 15)

Nosotros just got the poster for The Bad Batch, you can see a preview above (and it's embedded below)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch has the perfect release day: May 4 (Star Wars Day).

Star Wars: The Bad Batch release date

Unsurprisingly, Star Wars: The Bad Batch is arriving on Tuesday, May iv, 2021 — what a way to gloat Star Wars Twenty-four hour period!

The second episode volition premiere on Friday, May 7, with following episodes dropping on Fridays. Information technology's unclear how many episodes there will be. IMDb only lists 3.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch trailer

Hunter, Repeat, Tech, Wrecker and Crosshair brand a new friend in the trailer for The Bad Batch: a young clone they kidnap while going AWOL. Along the mode, they come across bounty hunter Fennec Shand, fight some beasts and bear witness that they're "nothing simply trouble."

The sizzle-reel trailer for The Bad Batch debuted at the Disney 2020 Investors Day outcome, and is heavy on action.

As we see hither, the grouping fight aslope Fennec Shand (yes, your optics aren't deceiving yous), and seem to nonetheless exist working with The Republic — at least at the starting time. By the cease of the clip, the Batch and Fennec are fighting Purple Stormtroopers, then expect this serial to have the states on a ride.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch cast

We have iii announced cast members:

The evidence volition accept a lot of Dee Bradley Baker, who is voicing all of the Clone Troopers. Ming-Na Wen will reprise the role of Fennec Shand and Stephen Stanton is Admiral Tarkin.

Since the show is set between Clone Wars and Rebels, it'south possible that actors from either series makes an appearance.

That could include Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker, James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, Freddie Prinze Jr. equally Kanan Jarrus and Forest Whitaker every bit Saw Gerrera.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch affiche

On April fifteen, nosotros got the commencement bandage poster for The Bad Batch, which shows that the spirit of Emperor Palpatine looms large over the 'Batch.'

They go the job done 💥 Star Wars: @TheBadBatch, an Original Series, arrives May the 4th on @DisneyPlus. #TheBadBatch moving-picture show.twitter.com/jvkKf8fvLUApril 15, 2021

Star Wars: The Bad Batch plot

The Bad Batch focuses on Clone Force 99, who were introduced at the beginning of Clone Wars flavour 7. Each of the aristocracy clones has been genetically modified with enhanced skills.

"The Bad Batch themselves, that was all right from [George Lucas]," Filoni told Entertainment Weekly. "He wanted to explore this idea that in that location were clones that were a little bit more unique from one another that were like a special forces unit of measurement that had enhanced skills. And so the pull a fast one on for those characters is really making them feel special in what their abilities could be, merely not making them superheroes. Wrecker should not be the Hulk, fifty-fifty though we love the Hulk and those types of stories. That'due south non what Star Wars is. So nosotros had to go along information technology all kind of inside the reality of Star Wars."

A squad of elite fighters with unique and special skills? Sounds like Lucasfilm took a page from corporate sibling Marvel's book.

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Kelly is a senior writer covering streaming media for Tom's Guide, so basically, she watches Boob tube for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment author for Yahoo, Vulture, Tv Guide and other outlets. When she'due south not watching Television and movies for work, she'southward watching them for fun, seeing live music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.