Winning a war and having to ask oneself, in a radically changed global order, which side are the good guys and for whom it is right to fight. It is the starting point of the new spectacular animated series "Star Wars: The Bad Batch", debuting on Disney +, on Star Wars Day, Tuesday 4 May, with a special 70-minute premiere, which will be followed by new episodes every Friday starting May 7th. The series takes up the story from the end of another animated series, already cult, in the universe of Star Wars, The clone wars (2009 - 2020), which stood, as a time frame in the saga, among the films Star 'L' Attack of the Clones' (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005). The clone wars in seven seasons chronicled the conflicts in the intergalactic Republic between the clone army led by theJedi Order and the Separatist Droid Armies. Wars actually hatched by Chancellor Palpatine / Sith lord Darth Sidious, to get rid of the Jedi and turn the Republic into the tyrannical 'Galactic Empire. Just in the seventh season the fans of the world conceived by George Lucas, had met the elite team, Clone Force 99, created with 'human replicas' modified to make him acquire unique skills, which we find the absolute protagonist in the new series. It is composed by the co-team Hunter, capable of 'tracking' every prey; military strategist Echo; the computer and weapons specialist Tech; the mighty Wrecker, with more strength than any other clone, the stiff sniper Sniper. The team's encounter with a mysterious child, Omega. and the increasingly head-on collision with theEmpire lead the group to 'rebel' and on the way to escape. A batch of clones, which from the point of view of the empire turns out to be 'defective', as the title suggests. There is no lack of surprises and cameos from the first episodes on which fans have been speculating for months. "The Bad Batch is the spiritual successor of The Clone Wars - explains in the streaming meeting with the press Brad Rau, director and executive co-producer of 'The bad Batch, together among others, at one of the new creative reference points of the Star Wars universe, Dave Filoni, director and executive producer, of productions like The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian - we wanted to honor their style and heritage.We worked a lot on the details and we focused and it helped that on the animated series of the saga mostly the same team worked. "To give a voice to the members of Clone Force 99, as in The Clone Wars, in the original version, there is a unique voice actor, Dee Bradley Baker, legend of the sector, who in his career has worked on over 300 productions, including the very large part of animated series, from Avatar - The legend of Aang to Ben 10. "The soldiers of the Bad Batch they are a united team and at the same time they are not - says Baker - they do not always obey orders nor act united like the other clones ". In the series" they experience a moment of transformation "inside the team and outside, in a universe where "the war is over,but the implications of living under the Empire are still not understood. The groundwork is laid for everything we know happens next. "
The Bad Batch's lead writer is Jennifer Corbett (also executive co-producer), who was a former Navy officer and made her television writing debut working at NCIS. Having a direct experience of the uniform, "has allowed me to fully understand the dynamics in this team - he stresses - I know how you quickly become brothers and sisters when you are sent together on a mission. I know that camaraderie and even teased him that they exchange when living in close contact with other people in very stressful situations. That's what I wanted to bring to this team, which despite being elite soldiers are like a family. All while maintaining their different perspectives ". Having to deal with dynamics "reminiscent of a family" makes everything more interesting - comments Rau -.Having stories that are also emotionally charged gives the action a lot more depth. "