But that isn’t to say the new season is totally sanitized, and the wonderful animation does an extraordinary amount of heavy lifting when it comes to creating richness and depth in the various environments, settings, and set pieces. But it remains the characters rather than the plot that really pushes The Bad Batch forwards and gives it some real value, especially since its for-kids sensibility means that it doesn’t have much interest in digging into the setting’s moral quandaries in the same way something like Andor did. It remains at its strongest when Omega is learning at the feet of Clone Force 99, growing into herself, shedding the idealistic, child-like naivete, and inspiring others to see the world more like she does.Ī new character, Cid’s associate Phee ( Wanda Sykes), helps to frame the usual mission-of-the-week structure, but there’s an overarching narrative involving high-ranking officials in the Empire and their pursuit of the team that provides more consistent continuity. If the first season was all about survival, then, this one is about growth, about these defective clones figuring out their place within the team, as surrogate parents to Omega, and in the context of a totalitarian regime that continues to brutalize and oppress people very much like them. After a mixed-bag first outing, it’s hard to say the anticipation was off the charts for this one. This second season is, in fact, bridging the gap between the truly phenomenal Andor and the highly anticipated third season of The Mandalorian. From its backdoor pilot and all throughout its first season run, it has seemed like something of a low-stakes palate cleanser, something for die-hard fans to enjoy in the long wait between live-action fare like The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian. It’s animated, like The Clone Wars and Rebels (and Resistance, though we’re mostly just pretending that didn’t happen), but it doesn’t have the connection to beloved characters like Anakin, Ahsoka, and Vader. The Bad Batch is a strange show in the Star Wars continuity. This review of Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 is spoiler-free, though contains some details for the first two episodes, “Spoils of War” and “Ruins of War”. With Crosshair back in the hands of the Empire and a hostile galaxy hunting down Clone Force 99, the animated show has as much potential as any Star Wars project to make a name for itself in the galaxy far, far away.The Bad Batch can still feel lightweight and inconsequential, but its charming cast of characters continues to make it a winning adventure. The younger son Dean also claimed that season 2 would feature a larger roster of characters than did the first season, seemingly to imply that there would be some familiar faces appearing who were not present in the show’s original season. Kevin Kiner has worked alongside his sons and fellow composers Sean and Dean Kiner who also contributed to their fathers scores. Kiner said that “we’ve seen Coruscant a lot of different times, but I’m thinking to myself ‘I’ve really got to channel John a little more…” The veteran composer said that his aim was to channel the energy of the father of all Star Wars music, none other than John Williams himself. Kiner also let slip that he was working on a piece that was to take place on the city planet or Coruscant, now the capital of the Galactic Empire. Composer for The Batch Batch Kevin Kiner, who also scored The Clone Wars, has stated that fan favourite Omega will be “a little bit older” in the second season, indicating that a time skip will occur between the first and second seasons. Fans will remember that there are still two other Star Wars shows coming to the streaming service in 2022 with Obi-Wan Kenobi in May and Andor later in the year, as well as several Marvel shows and a handful of other Disney originals.Īlong with the rescheduling comes details on the show itself. Given the very packed schedule that Disney+ is delivering, this comes as little surprise. A second season of the show was soon ordered, but details were faint until now.Ī recent report has revealed that an initial Spring release window has been pushed back to an unknown date later in the year. The irregular team of clone troopers who were once nothing more than an idea from a cancelled show are now set to appear on screens once more in a second season of animated series: The Bad Batch.Īfter being resurrected from pre-rendered half-life following the return of The Clone Wars for one final season in 2020, Clone Force 99, also known as “The Bad Batch” were given a spin-off show all of their own which aired on Star Wars Day, May 4 of 2021.
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