The Bad Batch season 3 – release date, cast, trailer and all you need to know

31 January 2024 , 14:42

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Hunter and Clone Force 99 are back for a third and final season

Star Wars fans don’t have long to wait for their next trip to a galaxy far, far away, as the latest season of The Bad Batch is almost here. The Lucasfilm Animation series is heading to streaming platforms for its third and final outing, with Clone Force 99 still dealing with a tragic loss and set to face new and familiar villains.

The critically acclaimed animated series is both a sequel and spin-off from the Emmy-winning series The Clone Wars. It follows Clone Force 99 – otherwise known as The Bad Batch – an elite clone trooper squad whose genetic mutations allowed them to resist carrying out Order 66, when the Jedi were murdered to near-extinction.

After defying Emperor Palpatine’s mass-murder order, the Batch crew were deemed fugitives of the Empire and became mercenaries. Created and executive-produced by Dave Filoni, The Bad Batch has been well-received by fans of the franchise, currently boasting an overall 88 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Here, we break down everything you need to know about The Bad Batch season three.

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What is The Bad Batch season three about?

In Star Wars: The Bad Batch season three, Clone Force 99 will have their limits tested in the fight to reunite with Omega – now a prisoner of the Empire – as she faces challenges of her own inside a remote Imperial science lab. With the group fractured and facing threats from all directions, they will have to seek out unexpected allies, embark on dangerous missions and muster everything they have learned to free themselves from the Empire.

Season three’s new official trailer also gives fans a glimpse of the Batch crew facing off against fan-favourite, lightsaber-wielding villain and former Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress.

The Bad Batch season 3 – release date, cast, trailer and all you need to know

The all-new poster for the final season of The Bad Batch

When is The Bad Batch season three released?

The Bad Batch season three will premiere with the first three episodes on Wednesday, February 21. New episodes will drop weekly – with the occasional double drop – through to the finale on May 1.

How to watch The Bad Batch season three

Star Wars: The Bad Batch season three will launch exclusively on Disney+ in the UK. It will only be available to stream with a Disney+ subscription, which Star Wars fans can join for as little as £4.99 a month.

This includes loads of Star Wars films and shows including Andor, Ahsoka and the upcoming The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew, plus the biggest and best Marvel content like Echo, The Marvels and the soon-to-be-released Agatha: Darkhold Diaries. Disney+ is also the home of hit shows like The Bear, The Artful Dodger, and Modern Family, as well as the hotly anticipated samurai saga Shōgun.

Former Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress made a surprise appearance in The Bad Batch season three trailer

There’s no hidden cost with a monthly Disney+ subscription and it can be cancelled at any time, while customers can get the equivalent of two months free if they sign up for an annual subscription. But savvy shoppers can get Disney+ free for a year when buying the brand-new Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+ or Ultra from Samsung, which also comes with Galaxy Buds2 Pro and a Galaxy SmartTag2, plus up to £370 discount if you trade in your old handset.

How many episodes of The Bad Batch season three are there?

The Bad Batch season three will consist of 15 episodes, with the first three launching on February 21. There will be double-drops on March 13 and April 3, with the final episode releasing on May 1.

The episode titles and release dates have been revealed as follows:

Confined: February 21
Paths Unknown: February 21
Shadows of Tantiss: February 21
A Different Approach: February 28
The Return: March 6
Infiltration: March 13
Extraction: March 13
Bad Territory: March 20
The Harbinger: March 27
Identity Crisis: April 3
Point of No Return: April 3
Juggernaut: April 10
Into the Breach: April 17
Flash Strike: April 24
The Cavalry Has Arrived: May 1

Who is in the cast of The Bad Batch season three?

The hit series boasts a talented voice cast led by Dee Bradley Baker, who reprises his role as the members of The Bad Batch, as well as other clones including Captain Rex and Commander Cody. He stars alongside Fear the Walking Dead’s Michelle Ang as female clone Omega.

Also starring is Westworld’s Jimmi Simpson as Imperial Advanced Science Division (ASD) director Doctor Royce Hemlock, Whale Rider’s Keisha Castle-Hughes as ASD scientist Emerie Karr, It’s Pony’s Noshir Dalal as Vice Admiral Rampart and The Upshaw’s Wanda Sykes as pirate Phee Genoa. Reprising the role he first played more than 40 years ago is Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine, otherwise known as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.

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Joining the cast for season three is Nika Futterman, reprising her role from The Clone Wars as Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku’s former apprentice turned bounty hunter. Speaking to StarWars.com, The Bad Batch supervising director Brad Rau explained how Ventress will fit into the series having supposedly died in a canon novel.

He said: “We love Asajj Ventress. She’s a character that we’ve been wanting to tell more stories about. We don’t want to spoil anything, but want fans to know that any new storytelling with Ventress will align with the events of Star Wars: Dark Disciple.”