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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Renewed for a Second Season Ahead of Finale
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Disney+ has officially renewed Lucasfilm's latest sci-fi animated
series Star Wars: The Bad Batch for a second season, which has been
slated to debut in 2022. The early renewal comes ahead of the first
season's upcoming two-part finale, with the first part premiering
tonight at midnight (PT), exclusively on Disney+.

"Fans have enthusiastically embraced the action and drama of Star
Wars: The Bad Batch, and we are excited to see the�Star Wars�
animated universe continue to expand on Disney+," President of
Disney+ and ESPN+, Michael Paull said in a statement. "As the
dedicated streaming home for the�Star Wars�franchise, we can't wait
for the second season of this fan-favorite animated series."

Executive producer Dave Filoni added,�"The entire Lucasfilm
Animation team and I would like to thank Disney+ and our fans for
the opportunity to continue telling the story of the Bad Batch."

Star Wars: The Bad Batch�features�the voices of Dee Bradley Baker
as the clone troopers and Ming-Na Wen, who is reprising her as
Fennec Shand, a character who was first introduced in
The Mandalorian. Joining them are�Archie Panjabi, Michelle Ang,
Bobby Moynihan, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sian Clifford, Taran Killiam,
Seth Green, and many more.

The series�follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad
Batch (first introduced in The Clone Wars)�- and their young
charge, Omega -�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.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch�hails from executive producer Dave
Filoni, who has been an integral force in the Star Wars universe
this past decade due to his incredible work in�Star Wars animated
shows such as The Clone Wars, Rebels, and Stars Wars Resistance
as well as in the live-action prequel series The Mandalorian.

The series is executive produced by Athena Portillo, Brad Rau,�
and Jennifer Corbett, and Carrie Beck, with Josh Rimes set as a
producer.�Rau is also serving as a supervising director with
Corbett as head writer.


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