Disney+ has officially renewed Lucasfilm’s latest sci-fi animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch for a second season, which has been slated to debut in 2022. The early renewal comes ahead of the first season’s upcoming two-part finale, with the first part premiering tonight at midnight (PT), exclusively on Disney+.
“Fans have enthusiastically embraced the action and drama of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and we are excited to see the Star Wars animated universe continue to expand on Disney+,” President of Disney+ and ESPN+, Michael Paull said in a statement. “As the dedicated streaming home for the Star Wars franchise, we can’t wait for the second season of this fan-favorite animated series.”
Executive producer Dave Filoni added, “The entire Lucasfilm Animation team and I would like to thank Disney+ and our fans for the opportunity to continue telling the story of the Bad Batch.”
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch features the voices of Dee Bradley Baker as the clone troopers and Ming-Na Wen, who is reprising her as Fennec Shand, a character who was first introduced in The Mandalorian. Joining them are Archie Panjabi, Michelle Ang, Bobby Moynihan, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sian Clifford, Taran Killiam, Seth Green, and many more.
The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in The Clone Wars) — and their young charge, Omega — 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 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.
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch hails from executive producer Dave Filoni, who has been an integral force in the Star Wars universe this past decade due to his incredible work in Star Wars animated shows such as The Clone Wars, Rebels, and Stars Wars Resistance as well as in the live-action prequel series The Mandalorian.
The series is executive produced by Athena Portillo, Brad Rau, and Jennifer Corbett, and Carrie Beck, with Josh Rimes set as a producer. Rau is also serving as a supervising director with Corbett as head writer.
