Star Wars: Don’t Expect a Bad Batch Trailer for “Quite Some Time”

On Monday, Lucasfilm and Disney+ announced Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a new animated series spinning out of the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The series will debut in 2021, and fans are already excited. Those fans may want to temper their enthusiasm for the time being. Star Wars fans were quick to ask on social media if there’s any trailer or teaser to go along with the announcement. Lucasfilm publicist responded to one such inquiry by saying, “Not for quite some time.” The comment makes sense since developing a new animated series is often a long process.

According to a press release that accompanied the announcement, “The series 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 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.”

Agnes Chu, senior vice president of content at Disney+, says, “Giving new and existing fans the final chapter of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been our honor at Disney+, and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series. While the Clone Wars may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning. We are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni’s vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch.”

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is executive produced by Dave Filoni (The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Athena Portillo (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels), Brad Rau (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance) and Jennifer Corbett (Star Wars Resistance, NCIS) with Carrie Beck (The Mandalorian, Star Wars Rebels) as co-executive producer and Josh Rimes as producer (Star Wars Resistance). Rau is also serving as supervising director with Corbett as head writer.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch debuts on Disney+ in 2021. If you haven’t signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here.

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