“Star Wars: The Bad Batch”: The series that puts the clones back at the center of the saga – 20 minutes
- “The Bad Batch” is a new animated series around the universe of “Star Wars”.
- We follow a gang of renegade clones trying to survive in a chaotic world.
- The first episode lasts 70 minutes and is very promising.
May 4th be with you! Or rather “May the 4th Be with You”, a play on words which in English evokes both the date and the cult replica of the saga. Star wars. And that’s good: The Bad Batch, a new animated series, the first 70-minute episode of which is available on Disney + this Tuesday, May 4, allows the event to be celebrated with dignity!
The Force is still with Dave Filoni. The one that fans have dubbed the Encyclopedia George Lucas has done very well again by following up on Clone Wars that he had created in the company of King George before looking at Rebel, Resistance and, more recently, on The Mandalorian. 20 minutes explain why The Bad Batch is worthy of the previous series, without any spoiler.
Find yourself in time (without drowning)
The Bad Batch (The “Bad Batch” or “Renegades”) is also called Force Clone 99. They have this number on their uniforms. They are different clones of their wise little comrades. Of those that could be considered failures. We saw them in the seventh season of the series Clone Wars. The action of The Bad Batch takes place just after that of this series and theEpisode III: Revenge of the Sith, third part of the saga. It is a beautiful boxon in the Galaxy very, very distant of which Palpatine proclaimed himself emperor. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia would not come to rot their lives until years later.
Bad ones rather good
They are dented like everything, the heroes of the series. And that’s what makes them interesting. With their odds and ends, their desires to survive in a hostile world and their questions about the party to follow, they immediately impose strong personalities and very successful looks. The authoritarian Crosshair and his tattooed face and
Techwith his little yellow glasses are our favorites among the already known members of the squad. But the plot also offers very promising newcomers, whose identity it would be a shame to reveal.
When the elders come alive
Connoisseurs of the saga will seize the “Easter eggs” and other references to previous works of the saga. Notably the return of the poisonous Grand Moff Tarkin who was once played by Peter Cushing in A New Hope (1977), the film without which neither the series nor this article would have existed since it is in fact the very first to have seen the light of day. We found the actor, who died in 1994, in Rogue One (2016) thanks to the magic of computer-generated images. It is in animation that he returns this time, still as impressive with his face cut in the billhook.
We want to see the rest
Dave Filoni and his team no longer have to prove that they know a lot about playoffs and that they know how to build suspense. This graphically superb first episode is designed to make you want to know what happens next. We’ll have to wait until Friday, May 7 and the following to find out what happens to these endearing clones who could well be joined by other stars of the saga. To be patient, Disney + also offers to discover a short film by The Simpsons centered on the saga as well as (virtual) tours of the planets discovered in Star Wars.