50 Fun Facts About Star Wars: the Bad Batch

Who created The Bad Batch for Disney+?

Corbett was head writer and Rau supervising director; all three executive produced with Athena Yvette Portillo.

The Bad Batch is a spin-off from which series?

It is set in the aftermath of the Clone Wars, immediately after Order 66.

What is the Bad Batch's official squad designation?

The squad's genetic mutations give each member a different specialty.

Omega is an unmodified clone of whom?

Because she is unmodified she ages normally, which technically makes her older than most of the other clones.

Who voices the Bad Batch and most of the other clones?

He had done the same on The Clone Wars and gave each clone subtle vocal differences.

Who voices Omega?

She was cast partly because her accent matches Temuera Morrison's, and recorded much of the series remotely during the pandemic.

Whose idea was the Bad Batch originally?

He wanted each clone to have a special ability without turning them into superheroes.

Who was the series' head writer?

Carrie Beck and Josh Rimes served as co-executive producer and producer.

On which date did the series premiere, with a 70-minute episode?

Star Wars Day; the first season then ran for 16 episodes until August 13.

Project Necromancer is a secret effort to clone whom?

It helps explain the Emperor's return in The Rise of Skywalker.

Which squad member is described as a "master tracker" with enhanced senses?

He leads the team.

Which member is a former "reg" turned cyborg who can interface with computers?

His horrific transformation was a Clone Wars storyline before he joined the squad.

The squad's creator wanted them to have special abilities but not to be what?

Baker made sure each voice differed, from Tech's precision to Crosshair's "coiled snake".

Baker described which squad member's voice as sounding like a "coiled snake"?

The sniper's defection to the Empire and slow return is one of the series' long arcs.

Which former captain, believed dead after the Clone Wars, secretly helps other clones?

Gregor is a commando in his group; Wolffe is later sent to capture Omega and talked down by him.

On which planet is Captain Howzer stationed when he sides with local freedom fighters?

The same storyline introduces the young Hera Syndulla and her parents.

Which commander deserts after questioning the Empire on a mission with the squad's sniper?

Mayday's death on Barton IV is the event that finally turns Crosshair himself.

What kind of creature is Batcher, the animal Omega befriends?

Baker provided its sounds on top of his dozens of clone voices.

Omega's name is a nod to "Alpha", the first unmodified clone, better known as whom?

That makes the two of them the only unmodified replications of the template.

Ang based Omega's voice on her own accent from which country?

She altered her pitch and mindset for youthfulness and drew on watching her young son.

Which actress voices Cid, the Trandoshan who hands the squad mercenary work?

Cid is a former Jedi informant who runs a parlor frequented by Bolo and Ketch.

Which Imperial vice admiral runs the new conscripted Stormtrooper program?

He is the first season's main antagonist and later covers up the destruction of Tipoca City.

Which comedian voices the pirate Phee Genoa?

Her casting in the guest role was revealed in December 2022.

Who voices Dr. Royce Hemlock, director of the Advanced Science Division?

Hemlock takes over as the series' primary antagonist in season two.

Who voices the adult clone Emerie Karr?

She was not told Emerie was a clone at first, but guessed from being asked to use her natural accent.

Emerie's voice actress had earlier played which non-speaking role in Revenge of the Sith?

Castle-Hughes was a teenager at the time, shortly after her Oscar nomination for Whale Rider.

Who voices Jedi Master Depa Billaba in the Order 66 opening?

Her death is shown differently from the version in the Kanan comic.

Caleb Dume, who escapes Order 66 in the premiere, is better known by which name in Rebels?

Freddie Prinze Jr. reprised the role after Filoni reached out to him.

Why does Tom Kane's opening narration appear only in the first episode?

With the war over, the old opening no longer fitted.

In which 2015 novel had Asajj Ventress last appeared before her season-three return?

The book had her sacrifice herself for Quinlan Vos, so the producers devised a survival to reveal later.

What colour is Ventress's new lightsaber in her Bad Batch appearance?

Her longer hair and new blade came from design work for unproduced Clone Wars episodes.

Which Mandalorian character appears young, voiced again by Ming-Na Wen?

The first trailer revealed the elite mercenary and sniper's appearance.

Who voices Cad Bane's service droid Todo 360?

Corey Burton voices Bane himself, as he did on The Clone Wars.

Which accent did Vanessa Marshall use for the teenage Hera Syndulla?

Rebels had revealed Hera's native Ryloth accent, which Marshall, fluent in French, could finally use.

Which droid is credited as playing "Himself", continuing a Rebels tradition?

Dave Filoni supplies the irritable astromech's voice.

Which Rogue One actor reprises Orson Krennic at Tarkin's summit?

Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Andy de la Tour also return from Rogue One as Pamlo and Romodi.

Which prequel child actor voices the young clone Mox in season three?

Fellow New Zealander Julian Dennison voices the even younger clones Deke and Stak.

Who voices Isa Durand, leader of the Durand crime family?

Ernie Hudson, Ben Schwartz and Héctor Elizondo are among the other celebrity guest voices.

Where were the unfinished Bad Batch story reels first shown in April 2015?

They were finished, with changes, for the final Clone Wars season on Disney+.

Who composed the score, as he had for The Clone Wars and Rebels?

He worked with his children Sean and Deana, who are credited as co-composers for season three.

Which two war films influenced the score for their similar bands of heroes?

Kiner described the music as a continuation of his Clone Wars mix of electronic and orchestral sound.

Who revealed the first trailer at Disney's Investor Day on December 10, 2020?

Syfy Wire thought the trailer made the show look like a more action-heavy Clone Wars crossed with The A-Team.

How many minutes did Nielsen estimate the show was watched in its first week of May 2021?

That made it the seventh most streamed original series that week.

What Rotten Tomatoes approval rating did the first season receive?

The consensus called it beautifully animated but perhaps too lore-heavy for casual viewers.

How did the animators respond to the complaint that the squad had been "whitewashed"?

Brad Rau said the team went back through the episode to bring the tones closer to Temuera Morrison's.

Which publication praised the disability portrayal because the squad was born with theirs?

Emily Smith contrasted them with Vader and Maul, whose amputations came from combat.

What did the first season earn for gender-balanced hiring?

ReFrame and IMDbPro award it to productions that hire women in four of eight key roles.

Which publication gave the series a dismissive 1.5 out of 4 stars?

Its critic felt the attempt to individualise the squad reduced them to banal archetypes.

What was the title of the first score track released as a single on May 13, 2021?

Walt Disney Records then issued two soundtrack volumes per season.

Where was the third and final season announced in April 2023?

Rau said it would end the squad's story but not the "Clone Wars universe".