by Thinus Ferreira
The Walt Disney Company's video streaming service Disney+ has commissioned a spinoff from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animation series, entitled Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
Disney+ is not yet available in South Africa or sub-Saharan Africa with no guidance or announcements about any rollout for the African continent from Disney.
Dave Filoni who is the executive producer and a director of Disney+'s live-action drama series The Mandalorian and who created Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels will also executive produce Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch will premiere on Disney+ sometime in 2021.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch will be set after the conclusion of the latest and supposedly final Star Wars: The Clone Wars season, as they try to find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy.
The Bad Batch is a group of Stormtroopers, each with unique abilities, who are now forced to find a new purpose.
"Giving new and existing fans the final chapter of Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been our honour at Disney+, and we are overjoyed by the global response to this landmark series," says Agnes Chu, senior vice president for content at Disney+, in a statement.
"While the Clone Wars may have come to its conclusion, our partnership with the groundbreaking storytellers and artists at Lucasfilm Animation is only beginning. We are thrilled to bring Dave Filoni’s vision to life through the next adventures of the Bad Batch."
