Our great holiday May the 4th draws ever nearer, and with it comes the debut of
Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
The next project from Lucasfilm Animation is
set to premiere on Star Wars Day with a 70-minute special
, followed by weekly releases every Friday thereafter.
Fans were formally introduced to the Bad Batch squad in
The Clone Wars
Season 7’s arc of the same name, which found the experimental clone unit teaming up with Captain Rex and Anakin Skywalker to rescue the lost trooper Echo - now a full-time member of the team.
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The Bad Batch
is said to begin
immediately following the events of Season 7 and
Revenge of the Sith
, with the premiere potentially giving one final look at the Clone Wars era before the dark times… before the Empire. Up until now, the duration of
The Bad Batch’s
first season has remained undisclosed, but a recent interview with the series’ composer can leave fans assured that, at the very least, there will be more episodes than that of
The Clone Wars'
final run…
THE BAD BATCH WILL HAVE AT LEAST 14 EPISODES
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During an interview with
Full Of Sith
, composer Kevin Kiner revealed that he’s currently hard at work on some music for
The Bad Batch’s
14th episode:
“I’m working on episode 14 now… I hope I can say that, I think I can. I just did a big action cue… it’s in a jungle scene… I’m having a great time with it.”
HOW MANY EPISODES WILL THE FIRST SEASON BE?
With 14 episodes being the minimum,
The Bad Batch’s
episode count has already exceeded that of
The Clone Wars'
final season. Because Season 7 of
Clone Wars
was more of a special event to tie things up for the series, it’s likely that
Bad Batch
will be returning to the regular season form in the 20-22 episode range, or anything in that ballpark.
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If this is the case, Star Wars fans are in for an entire summer of animated action, bringing everyone back to the old days when
The Clone Wars
and
Rebels
were making their runs on network TV.
After doing a bit of simple math, this would plant
Bad Batch’s
season finale somewhere in September, which could then pass the baton off to
Star Wars: Visions
for the 10 anime short films and
The Book of Boba Fett
in December capping off 2021. Should this be the case, there will be an episode of new Star Wars content on Disney+ every week for the rest of the year.
How long each episode will be remains to be seen, but Lucasfilm Animation is no longer held back by the constraints of network television’s time slots. With a 70-minute premiere already announced, future episodes could conceivably exceed the standard 25-minute total.
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The fact that Kiner is still hard at work on series’ inaugural run is telling for how far this season could go. His wording made it sound as if episode 14 was by no means the end of his task, so there could very well be a ways to go until the work is wrapped on Season 1.
Kiner has done incredible work in his previous two animated Star Wars efforts, and the composer will undoubtedly turn in more exceptional music to add to the ever-expanding glossary of themes when
The Bad Batch
launches in just a few short weeks.
Our great holiday May the 4th draws ever nearer, and with it comes the debut of
Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
The next project from Lucasfilm Animation is
set to premiere on Star Wars Day with a 70-minute special
, followed by weekly releases every Friday thereafter.
Fans were formally introduced to the Bad Batch squad in
The Clone Wars
Season 7’s arc of the same name, which found the experimental clone unit teaming up with Captain Rex and Anakin Skywalker to rescue the lost trooper Echo - now a full-time member of the team.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Bad Batch
is said to begin
immediately following the events of Season 7 and
Revenge of the Sith
, with the premiere potentially giving one final look at the Clone Wars era before the dark times… before the Empire. Up until now, the duration of
The Bad Batch’s
first season has remained undisclosed, but a recent interview with the series’ composer can leave fans assured that, at the very least, there will be more episodes than that of
The Clone Wars'
final run…
THE BAD BATCH WILL HAVE AT LEAST 14 EPISODES
During an interview with
Full Of Sith
, composer Kevin Kiner revealed that he’s currently hard at work on some music for
The Bad Batch’s
14th episode:
HOW MANY EPISODES WILL THE FIRST SEASON BE?
With 14 episodes being the minimum,
The Bad Batch’s
episode count has already exceeded that of
The Clone Wars'
final season. Because Season 7 of
Clone Wars
was more of a special event to tie things up for the series, it’s likely that
Bad Batch
will be returning to the regular season form in the 20-22 episode range, or anything in that ballpark.
“I’m working on episode 14 now… I hope I can say that, I think I can. I just did a big action cue… it’s in a jungle scene… I’m having a great time with it.”
If this is the case, Star Wars fans are in for an entire summer of animated action, bringing everyone back to the old days when
The Clone Wars
and
Rebels
were making their runs on network TV.
After doing a bit of simple math, this would plant
Bad Batch’s
season finale somewhere in September, which could then pass the baton off to
Star Wars: Visions
for the 10 anime short films and
The Book of Boba Fett
in December capping off 2021. Should this be the case, there will be an episode of new Star Wars content on Disney+ every week for the rest of the year.
How long each episode will be remains to be seen, but Lucasfilm Animation is no longer held back by the constraints of network television’s time slots. With a 70-minute premiere already announced, future episodes could conceivably exceed the standard 25-minute total.
The fact that Kiner is still hard at work on series’ inaugural run is telling for how far this season could go. His wording made it sound as if episode 14 was by no means the end of his task, so there could very well be a ways to go until the work is wrapped on Season 1.
Kiner has done incredible work in his previous two animated Star Wars efforts, and the composer will undoubtedly turn in more exceptional music to add to the ever-expanding glossary of themes when
The Bad Batch
launches in just a few short weeks.
