Yesterday Starwars.com announced that The Bad Batch will be premiering on Disney+ on Tuesday May 4, 2021 (Star Wars Day), and its second episode will air on Friday May 7th. A new episode will subsequently air every Friday thereafter.
I’m fairly excited, as this is the first of the many new Star Wars series we’ll be getting in the next few years, and any new Star Wars is exciting. I will admit that when the Bad Batch, as they call themselves, showed up in the last season of Clone Wars, I wasn’t crazy about them. I didn’t hate them, I just thought the characters were a bit cliched. (Every time I see Hunter, I see Rambo, lol). I do find all the clones fascinating, though, so a new twist on them isn’t a bad thing (no pun intended).
Anyway, the Bad Batch (officially called Clone Force 99) are a group of clones that didn’t quite come out of their pods the same as their identical brothers, so they don’t fit in. They look a bit different, and have different natural skills. They are Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and the later addition of Echo. The show will take place immediately following the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. It will be interesting to see how these clones (and all clones, actually) deal with the aftermath of Order 66, and how they fit into the new order, if at all.
I’m confident that this show will contain the same level of excellence that was evident in the last few seasons of Clone Wars. I’ll definitely be grabbing my popcorn and tuning in on May 4th, and will be posting my thoughts on each episode. Can’t wait!
Are you looking forward to The Bad Batch? Let me know in the comments, and we’ll talk about it!
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I am not sure if I’ll like it at this point but I’ll be watching it for sure, even if that is only for bit parts featuring other characters that I do like lol 🙂
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Yeah, as I mentioned, I’m not particularly crazy about them, but I am looking forward to some new Star Wars lore.
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True that. I love the lore side of Star Wars a fair bit 🙂 Well, my city just went back into lock down again for the second time in a month so I am looking forward to reading as much as I can in my spare time 🙂
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I suppose if there’s anything good about lockdown, that’s it–more time to catch up on reading, or whatever it is you want to do.
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It’s the only good thing about it oh and also obviously NOT getting sick and doing what you’re told by your Government which isn’t happening at the moment and that is the sole reason why it spread into the community again… grrr 😦
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Tell me about it. We’ve got WW3 over here about wearing masks, lol. But I think we’re finally starting to see the numbers go down due the vaccine. I’m hoping by the end of the year to get back into my coffee shops and cafes, lol.
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I hope that for you all as well 🙂 Man we gotta beat this thing… kinda getting annoyed going into lockdown makes me feel like we’re hiding from it for some reason lol I just want the damn virus to die period (I know everyone is thinking this but I had to type it out at least once) 🙂
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Agreed! Stupid germs.
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