Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an upcoming American animated series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, acting as both a sequel to and spin-off from the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Bad Batch is produced by Lucasfilm Animation, with Jennifer Corbett as head writer and Brad Rau as supervising director.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Genre
Created byDave Filoni
Based onStar Wars
by George Lucas
Written byJennifer Corbett
Directed byBrad Rau
Voices of
ComposerKevin Kiner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Dave Filoni
  • Athena Portillo
  • Brad Rau
  • Jennifer Corbett
Production companies
DistributorDisney Platform Distribution
Release
Original networkDisney+
Chronology
Preceded byStar Wars: The Clone Wars

Dee Bradley Baker voices the clone troopers in the series, including the titular squad of elite clones with genetic mutations. The series was officially ordered by Disney+ in July 2020 as a spin-off from The Clone Wars, with Filoni, Corbett, and Rau attached.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch will premiere in 2021.

Premise

Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch—a group of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations that were first introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars—take on daring mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone War.[1]

Cast and characters
  • Dee Bradley Baker as all of the clone troopers in the series, including the members of Clone Force 99 (also known as the Bad Batch): Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, Hunter, and Echo.[2] Star Wars creator George Lucas wanted the Bad Batch to explore clones that are more unique than the others, with each having special abilities, but he did not want them to be superheroes.[3]
  • Ming-Na Wen as Fennec Shand: An elite mercenary and sniper.[4]

Production

Background

By September 2016, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels supervising director Dave Filoni had stepped back from that position on the latter series so he could focus more on the series' writing as well as the development of future animated series for Lucasfilm.[5] In July 2018, Filoni announced that a final season of The Clone Wars would be released on the streaming service Disney+ in 2020.[6] The season includes a four episode arc introducing a squad of clone troopers with genetic mutations known as the Bad Batch; the episodes previously existed as story reels for an earlier, unfinished season of the series, and came directly from the plans of Star Wars creator George Lucas.[3]

Development

Disney+ officially ordered a new series from Lucasfilm Animation in July 2020 titled Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a spin-off from the final season of The Clone Wars following the Bad Batch clones in the aftermath of the Clone War. The announcement described the series as Dave Filoni's vision, and he serves as executive producer alongside Lucasfilm's Athena Portillo, supervising director Brad Rau, and head writer Jennifer Corbett, with Lucasfilm's Carrie Beck and Josh Rimes as co-executive producer and producer, respectively.[1] Filoni described the series as "very much in the vein" of The Clone Wars and said it would stay true to Lucas's vision for that series of telling epic, exciting adventure stories.[7]

Casting

The first trailer for the series was released in December 2020, and confirmed that Dee Bradley Baker would return from The Clone Wars as the voice of all the clone troopers in the series, including the members of the Bad Batch.[2] It also revealed that a younger version of the character Fennec Shand from the series The Mandalorian would be appearing in the series, and actress Ming-Na Wen soon confirmed that she would reprise her role as Fennec from The Mandalorian in The Bad Batch.[4]

Music

Kevin Kiner was confirmed to be scoring the series in January 2021, after previously scoring The Clone Wars and Rebels.[8] He wrote the Bad Batch Theme for the final season of The Clone Wars.[9]

Marketing

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy promoted the series at Disney's Investor Day event on December 10, 2020, revealing the first trailer for the series. Jacob Oller of Syfy Wire felt the trailer made the series look like a more action-heavy version of The Clone Wars, and compared it to the 1980s television series The A-Team.[2]

Release

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ in 2021.[1]

References
  1. D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 13, 2020). "'Star Wars: The Bad Batch': New Animated Series To Debut On Disney+ In 2021". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on July 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. Oller, Jacob (December 11, 2020). "Star Wars' (Almost) Most Famous Clones Are Back in The Bad Batch First Teaser". Syfy Wire. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. Leong, Tim (March 2, 2020). "Clone Wars EP Dave Filoni breaks down the first episodes of the final season". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  4. Baver, Kristin (December 16, 2020). "The Return of Fennec Shand: Ming-Na Wen on Finding Her Voice as the Elite Assassin in The Mandalorian". StarWars.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  5. Anderton, Ethan (September 26, 2016). "Lucasfilm Animation Makes Some Big Changes Behind the Scenes for 'Star Wars Rebels' & Beyond". /Film. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  6. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Return with New Episodes". StarWars.com. July 19, 2018. Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  7. Russell, Bradley (December 17, 2020). "Dave Filoni teases Star Wars series The Bad Batch, saying it will "follow the legacy" started by George Lucas". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on December 17, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. "Kevin Kiner to Return for 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch'". Film Music Reporter. January 13, 2021. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  9. "First Track from 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' – The Final Season Soundtrack Released". Film Music Reporter. February 21, 2020. Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
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