Star Wars: The Clone Wars wrapped up its final season on Disney+ a couple of months ago, but there’s another animated series in the works from a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: The Bad Batch will premiere on the streaming service next year.
Like The Clone Wars, Rebels, and the live-action The Mandalorian, The Bad Batch is being executive produced by Dave Filoni, who has become one of the instrumental pieces of Disney’s upcoming Star Wars strategy, especially when it comes to the company’s TV series.
The Bad Batch will focus on the titular squad of clone troopers of Clone Force 99, aka “the Bad Batch” who were first introduced in the final season of The Clone Wars (which aired as a Disney Plus exclusive years after its initial cancellation). The Bad Batch is an elite group of soldiers who possess unique skills from standard clones.
Star Wars stalwart Dave Filoni is among the series’ executive producers, and Jennifer Corbett (of Star Wars Resistance) will be head writer of The Bad Batch. Along with this show and another season of The Mandalorian, there are several other Star Wars series on the way to Disney+. Over the next couple of years, you can expect to see a Rogue One prequel about Cassian Andor, an Obi-Wan Kenobi series with Ewan McGregor returning to the role and a female-centric show from a co-creator of Russian Doll.
