Star Wars: The Bad Batch star Dee Bradley Baker would like you to meet the members of Clone Force 99 -- again. Following their debut arc in Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7, Baker will reprise his roles as Hunter, Tech, Wrecker, Crosshair and Echo for a new set of adventures. In anticipation of the series premiere, he shared just what makes each clone special, and even pointed out which one was his favorite to play.
"Of the team, you've got Hunter, who's the leader of the pack. He's got tracking skills and smell and kind of this heightened sense that helps him gauge the terrain," Baker explained. "Then you've got Tech, who is very technically oriented, always has a handheld device that he's working on and is super cool, super calm and competent with all things technical. Then you got Wrecker, who -- to no surprise -- is the muscles of the group, who's got incredible strength. Then you've got... Crosshair. Crosshair is the sharpshooter of the group, who is kind of a contrary character and quite interesting in the dynamic."
"And then you've also got Echo, who is a modified clone, an android clone from The Clone Wars episodes, who was brought on board with the Batch. And that's the gang, I think, and together, they are a force to be reckoned with," he concluded.
Baker was also able to single out his favorite member of the Batch. "It's fun to be Wrecker, because he's so honest and so clear and funny," he admitted. "But I have great affection for all of them. They're all very interesting fellows. But Wrecker, he's probably the furthest away from me, from all of them, and he's great fun."
In Star Wars: The Bad Batch, the exceptional members of Clone Force 99 are back for more stories set in a galaxy far, far away. When they return, however, the universe as they know it has changed. In the wake of Order 66, the Jedi have fallen and the Galactic Empire has risen -- and militarily officials like Admiral Tarkin aren't sure there's a place in it for people like Hunter, Tech, Wrecker, Crosshair and Echo. As such, they may be in for a nasty surprise when they stumble into the new galactic order.
Created by Dave Filoni, Star Wars: The Bad Batch stars Dee Bradley Baker and Ming-Na Wen. The series premieres May 4 on Disney+.