Star Wars: The Bad Batch – New Animated Series to Debut on Disney+ in 2021
Disney+ has ordered its next animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The series will focus on Clone Force 99 who made their on-screen debut in Season 7 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. 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.
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.
The Clone Wars was brought to a close with a 12-episode Season 7 run exclusively on the Disney+ streaming service. The final Season 7 story arc concluded with Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex battling for their lives against scores of clone troopers led by ARC trooper Jesse following the execution of Order 66. Ahsoka and Rex escape a damaged Republic cruiser (after the ship’s hyperdrive system was destroyed by Maul) via a Y-wing bomber and land on a nearby moon. The episode then undergoes an unspecified jump in the Star Wars timeline as we see a squad of Imperial Stormtroopers and Snowtroopers led by Darth Vader searching along the same moon (covered in snow at this time) Ahsoka and Rex landed on earlier. Vader approaches the resting place of the fallen clone troopers and picks up one of Ahsoka’s lightsabers. He ignites the saber and then looks up as an unidentified bird (most likely a convor given its previously assumed connection to Ahsoka) flies overhead. He switches off the blade, turns and walks away from the scene as the camera zooms in on one of the fallen clone trooper helmets embedded in the snow.
This new series will further the adventures of The Bad Batch and continue the stellar storytelling set in this part of the official Star Wars timeline.