Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 1 - Trailer, Plot, Release Date & News to Know

Since the Disney era of Star Wars kicked off nearly a decade ago, the new Sequel trilogy received mixed results, but spin-off shows and movies like Rogue One and The Mandalorian have been successful. The next Star Wars project for Disney+ will also be its first animated series since the end of The Clone Wars.

Titled Star Wars: The Bad Batch, it will carry the torch for the animated world of Star Wars for hopefully the next several years. Here is what is known so far about Disney's next project set in a galaxy far, far away.

Trailer

The first trailer for The Bad Batch was released on December 10 amongst other trailers and announcements for Star Wars spin-offs on Disney+. Emperor Palpatine, Fennec Shand from The Mandalorian and Grand Moff Tarkin all appear in the trailer.

The Story So Far

Following the elite team of clones, also known as Clone Force 99, in a post-Clone Wars World, the series will see them take on, "daring mercenary missions as they struggle to stay afloat and find a new purpose." Each member of the group is genetically different from their fellow clones, and they each possess a specific skill that makes them stand out amongst the rest. For this reason, The Bad Batch is an intimidating and effective team.

The group appeared in five episodes of the final season of Clone Wars. Each member of the crew has a particular set of skills that make them stand out from an average clone. According to their databank page, "Hunter, Wrecker, Tech and Crosshair use their unique talents and specialized physiology to execute extraordinary solutions on the battlefield." They also recruit a clone trooper named Echo after rescuing him from a Separatist group.

While the clones may have the same appearance and voice, each has their own unique character trait to make a tremendous force to be with reckoned with. Hunter has incredible tracking skills thanks to being able to detect electromagnetic waves through the ground. Tech has remarkable intelligence and can hack into any complicated technology system. Crosshair has outstanding marksmanship, and Wrecker has great physical strength and serves as the group's heavy weapon specialist. After surviving a brutal stint as a prisoner of war and nearly being killed in a shuttle explosion, Echo is a changed clone trooper who chooses to join the batch after being rescued by them in The Clone Wars.

The official synopsis for the series reads:

STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH (SERIES PREMIERE) – TUESDAY, MAY 4

Star Wars: The Bad Batch 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 that makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew.

Release Date

Disney officially announced the series premiere date for Star Wars: The Bad Batch will be Tuesday, May 4 on Disney+. Subsequent episodes of the first season will premiere on Fridays.

Cast and Crew

According to the website's announcement, Star Wars: The Bad Batch is executive produced by Star Wars: The Clone Wars producers Dave Filoni and Athena Portillo, along with Star Wars: Resistance producers Brad Rau and Jennifer Corbett and The Mandalorian producer Carrie Beck. Rau is also a supervising director, and Corbett is the head writer, along with Clone Wars head writer Matt Michnovetz. Michnovetz announced his involvement on his Instagram account. Dee Bradley Baker voiced every clone trooper in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and will voice the Bad Batch members again as confirmed by the trailer. The Mandalorian star Ming-Na Wen confirmed that she will reprise her role as a Fennec Shand in the animated series.