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Why Star Wars Fans Are Concerned About The Bad Batch and Whitewashing
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The titular Bad Batch speaking with their new friend Omega. (Screenshot: Disney)
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This week a new
Star Wars animated series on Disney+,
The Bad Batch, re-introduced us to the last days of the Clone War and the rise of the sinister Empire. But amid the blaster fights and familiar faces, some fans have shown concern that the show’s major characters have had their skin tones adjusted, pushing them away from their roots.
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The Clone Wars. An experimental squad produced by a variety of genetic mutations, the group differs from the rank-and-file clones both physically and psychologically, with each specializing in a particular skill that makes them together an unstoppable team. Taking place directly after the events of
The Clone Wars, the Bad Batch must navigate a rapidly changing galaxy in which will test their loyalties and their eccentricities no longer tolerated.
In celebration of the show’s release, a virtual
Star Wars: The Bad Batch press conference was held featuring Dee Bradley Baker (voice of The Bad Batch, five clones), Jennifer Corbett (Head Writer and Executive Producer) and Brad Rau (Supervising Director and Executive Producer).
Image: Lucasfilm
Star Wars’ newest animated series,
The Bad Batch, takes us right into the earliest days of the rise of the Empire. This means it starts getting to grips with a disconcerting question almost immediately: what happens when you say no to the Galactic Empire? But that’s not a question for most Clone Troopers. and maybe not all of our titular heroes.
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“Aftermath” largely deals with, well, the aftermath of the final moments of the Clone War Palpatine’s command for the Clone Army to execute Order 66, causing the Republic’s soldiers to immediately turn on their Jedi generals. In the years since we first saw it in