The Bad Batch will explore an area of Star Wars "that has not been often visited"

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The Bad Batch is "absolutely beautiful" according to Darth Maul voice actor Sam Witwer

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New Star Wars Disney Plus series The Bad Batch could be trying something new in a galaxy far, far away, according to Darth Maul voice actor Sam Witwer.

“I will tell you it looks really, really good. It looks absolutely beautiful,” Witwer said of the series during a stream on his Twitch channel (via Heroic Hollywood).

It’s the brief tease about the plot and where we’re heading, though, that could get the midi-chlorians racing: “The story… at least I know where the story begins in the first several episodes and I am very pleased because it’s a little area of Star Wars that has not been often visited.”

Whether that’s new planets, new locations, or even major new characters remains to be seen, but those perhaps jaded by the Skywalker Saga and all Ahsoka’d out by The Clone Wars ending earlier this year have every right to be excited by that.

Announced in mid-July, The Bad Batch will follow the adventures of a special unit populated by Clone Commandos introduced in The Clone Wars’ final season. The series falls intriguingly on the Star Wars timeline, with post-Order 66 lore often relegated to non-canon adventures or rarely explored in much depth.

Bradley Russell
Bradley Russell

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