'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' cooks up more animated action for May the 4th
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Before "The Mandalorian" made its debut, animated series carried the "Star Wars" banner on TV, keeping hope alive. The franchise returns to those roots with "Star Wars: The Bad Batch," a fun if not particularly distinctive "The Clone Wars" extension. Built around a small band of renegade clones, the "Rebels"-like feel doesn't break the mold, even if its characters did.
The Bad Batch actually have a bit of history, having been introduced via "The Clone Wars." Also known as Clone Force 99, the group consists of clones with genetic mutations deviating from the template that gifted them with special abilities, approximating (at the risk of mixing Disney-owned franchises) a sort of Fantastic Five or X-Clones. As the series begins, the Clone Wars are coming to an end, one of the most fertile narrative windows in the "Star Wars" timeline. Yet as Emperor Palpatine invokes Order 66 -- prompting the clone army to turn on the Jedi -- members of the Bad Batch don't respond in the same way, potentially setting them on a path at odds with this new galactic order.
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