Star Wars: New Disney+ Animated Series Announced
Star Wars: The Bad Batch will hit screens in 2021.
There’s some good news on the horizon for Star Wars wans. Star Wars: The Bad Batch will debut on Disney+ in 2021.
Coming Soon: The Bad Batch
Firstly, the official release explained:
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.”
What Do You Think?
Newt, looking for a fan perspective, I jumped over to Star Wars Explained on YouTube, who posted:
“I’ll admit that my immediate reaction to this news isn’t 100% unbridled joy,” admitted Alex Damon, of Star Wars Explained. “I’ve been anxious to get into more unfamiliar territory with Star Wars; new characters, new eras, etc.
“But I’ve been won over by every single animated series that Star Wars has thrown at me, so far. So I’m that this one will be no different.”
Excited For New Star Wars
I will go a little farther than Alex to say that I am excited for more new Star Wars. And a series that plants its foot firmly within the Skywalker Saga, while much of the rest of Star Wars is heading to new territory, is just fine with me.
Ever since the end of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, I have needed a Star Wars fix. Thankfully we’ll all have this new series to look forward to next year.
The release continued:
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.
We wrote about the Bad Batch before the opening of Season 7 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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