{"id":18853,"date":"2020-07-14T02:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T06:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-animated-star-wars-series-disney\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T09:05:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:05:38","slug":"new-animated-star-wars-series-for-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-animated-star-wars-series-for-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"New Animated Star Wars Series for Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disney+ has ordered a new animated series from Lucasfilm, <em>Star Wars: The Bad Batch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in<em> The Clone Wars<\/em>) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War. Members of Bad Batch\u2014a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army\u2014each 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.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh off of the series finale of\u00a0<i>Star Wars:\u00a0<\/i><em>The Clone Wars<\/em>, <em>The Bad Batch<\/em> will premiere on the streaming service in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Disney+ originals is\u00a0executive produced by Dave Filoni (<em>The Mandalorian<\/em>, <i>Star Wars:\u00a0<\/i><em>The Clone Wars<\/em>), Athena Portillo (<i>Star Wars:\u00a0<\/i><em>The Clone Wars<\/em>,\u00a0<i>Star Wars\u00a0<\/i><em>Rebels<\/em>), Brad Rau (<i>Star Wars\u00a0<\/i><em>Rebels<\/em>,\u00a0<i>Star Wars\u00a0<\/i><em>Resistance<\/em>) and Jennifer Corbett (<i>Star Wars\u00a0<\/i><em>Resistance<\/em>,\u00a0<i>NCIS<\/i>) with Carrie Beck (<i>The Mandalorian<\/i>, <i>Star Wars\u00a0<\/i><em>Rebels<\/em><i>)<\/i>\u00a0as co-executive producer and Josh Rimes (<i>Star Wars\u00a0<\/i><em>Resistance<\/em>) as producer. Rau is also serving as supervising director with Corbett as head writer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving new and existing fans the final chapter of \u2018<em>Star Wars:\u00a0<\/em>The Clone Wars\u2019 has been our honor at Disney+, and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series,\u201d said Agnes Chu, senior VP of content for Disney+. \u201cWhile <em>The<\/em> <em>Clone Wars<\/em> may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning.\u00a0 We are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni\u2019s vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney+ has ordered a new animated series from Lucasfilm, Star Wars: The Bad Batch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":18854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[110,582,5565],"class_list":["post-18853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney","tag-lucasfilm","tag-star-wars-the-bad-batch","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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