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«The Bad Batch» delights Clone Wars fans
4.5.2021
Translation: Eva Francis
The Clone Wars are over. But the war isn’t. «The Bad Batch» gives centre stage to the elite squad known from «The Clone Wars» and tells their story of civil wars, betrayal and free will.
Times change. Goals change. Hunter, leader of the genetically modified elite unit «The Bad Batch», learns this the hard way. While yesterday, he and his clone brothers were fighting side by side with the Jedi Knights against the evil Separatist Droid Army, today he is told to kill rebellious civilians who oppose the Republic. No, that was yesterday, it's rebellious civilians who oppose the new Galactic Empire.
Nothing about this is right.
The seventh season of «The Clone Wars» told and concluded the story mainly from the point of view of those who were betrayed, the Jedi, while the spin-off «The Bad Batch» shows us the clone trooper's perspective. Is it worth watching? Check out the video review above to get my opinion. Activate English subtitles by clicking on Settings>Subtitles>Auto-translate>English in the bottom right corner of the video.
The 13-episode series «The Bad Batch» launched on 4 May 2021 with a 72-minute pilot episode. After that, a new episode of about 30 minutes is released every Friday. Dave Filoni, creator of «The Clone Wars» and co-producer of «The Mandalorian», is returning as producer of «The Bad Batch».
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Luca Fontana
Senior Editor
Luca.Fontana@digitecgalaxus.chI write about technology as if it were cinema, and about films as if they were real life. Between bits and blockbusters, I’m after stories that move people, not just generate clicks. And yes – sometimes I listen to film scores louder than I probably should.
