Okay, potentially unpopular opinion, when THE CLONE WARS animated series premiered back in the day, didn’t dig it. Just didn’t click. Couldn’t keep watching, so I stopped. And when it was cancelled, I was all, “Not surprised.”
It was too much “prequel”, not enough “OG theatrical trilogy” that I remembered. Kinda like the Warchowski’s SPEED RACER. I dug it. But it was too much SPY KIDS 3D, and not enough WIPEOUT XL. If it was more of the latter, I bet you would’ve done so much better!
But getting off-track.
Fast forward to today… or was it 2019? COVID got everything a blur… but when it came back, I was all, “Okay… I’ll give it another shot.”
…you know, as I write that, definitely, “fast forward to today”. I mean, when the pandemic hit, NEEDED ME some content in quarantine! Only way I could think I was gonna push through the early episodes that made me drop the series. Haha.
But let me tell you, I’m glad I did push through. Because the way that series ended was FANTASTIC! Especially those last 4 episodes. Almost made me like the prequels.
But where am I going with all of this? Well, outside of the ending, one of my favorite moments in THE CLONE WARS was DEFINITELY The Bad Batch… and guess what, it’s coming to Disney+ as a new animated series!
Check out the sizzle reel from Disney’s Investor Event below:
Couldn’t find any word on when the series will take place: pre or post Order 66. If it’s the latter, it’ll be interesting to see if the Order 66 affected them. If you remember, the Bad Batch is group of clones with genetic abnormalities, so they weren’t a perfect Jango copy.
But loved the concept of a group of outcasts finding a family together. Definitely hope that continues in the upcoming series.
AND as an added bonus, as I write this, it’s been announced that Ming-Na Wen’s Fennec Shand from THE MANDALORIAN will be part of series, and will be voiced by the actress herself too!
So definitely on board for this.
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