You may recall a few weeks back we reported that a Clone Wars sequel series was in the works (here) and we speculated at the time that the series may be based around the Bad Batch.
Well, it seems that yes, this is indeed the case with Disney having officially announced earlier today that the team called the Bad Batch who are ‘experimental’ but highly effective clone trooper and who were introduced earlier this year in the Clone Wars’ final season will be getting their own spin-off series on Disney+ in 2021.
With the Clone Wars over now, it seems the band of brothers will become mercenaries trying to find a new purpose in the galaxy and my mind boggles at the potential for stories in here and characters they could cross with the restrictions of the Republic no longer keeping them under control.
While Clone Wars and Rebels showrunner Dave Filoni won’t be overseeing the show – he said he was done with that era (here) – he will be executive producing while Star Wars: Resistance’s Jennifer Corbett will be writing the series. Let’s hope it’s better than that series was.
Here’s the official statement:
Today, Disney+ ordered its next animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Fresh off of the critically-acclaimed series finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the Disney+ original series will premiere on the streaming service in 2021.
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.
“Giving new and existing fans the final chapter of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been our honor at Disney+, and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series,” said Agnes Chu, senior vice president, Content, Disney+. “While The Clone Wars may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning. We are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni’s vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch.”
Star Wars: The Bad Batch is executive produced by Dave Filoni (The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Athena Portillo (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), Brad Rau (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance) and Jennifer Corbett (Star Wars Resistance, NCIS) with Carrie Beck (The Mandalorian, Star Wars Rebels) as co-executive producer and Josh Rimes as producer (Star Wars Resistance). Rau is also serving as supervising director with Corbett as head writer.
Bad Batch: The Series. Coming Spring 2021. pic.twitter.com/FuXMt3pLtX
— Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni_) July 11, 2020
Source: StarWars.com
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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