Disney+ has announced its next original animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
The new series is ordered by Disney+ after Star Wars: The Clone Wars series finale received critical acclaim. Star Wars: The Bad Batch is slated to premiere on the streaming service in 2021.
The Disney+ original animated 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, possess a singular exceptional skill each, 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.
Commenting on the new series, Disney+ Content senior vice president Agnes Chu said, “Giving new and existing fans the final chapter of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been our honour at Disney+ and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series. While The Clone Wars may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the talented 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 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.