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Meet The Bad Batch: Star Wars Spinoff Debuts May 4
Sun May 02, 2021 at 2:16pm ET
The Bad Batch is a spinoff of The Clone Wars. Pic credit: Lucasfilm
Are you ready for The Bad Batch? They’ll arrive on Disney+ as part of the franchise’s May 4th celebrations, the first of the onslaught of Star Wars streamers to come over the next decade.
Like The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, and Rebels, The Bad Batch is created by super-showrunner Dave Filoni.
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Collectively, they go by the name Clone Force 99.
It sounds as if the Bad Batch will continue to explore themes underpinning their series of origin, such as how the soldiers will function in the wake of their “usefulness” past the Clone Wars.
Jim Steinman, musician who wrote worldwide hits for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler and Celine Dion – obituary
His grandiose musical vision was guided by his belief that ‘If you don’t go over the top, you can’t see what’s on the other side’
21 April 2021 • 5:28pm
Jim Steinman, left, with Meat Loaf during the recording of their album Bat Out of Hell II in 1991
Credit: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
Jim Steinman, who has died aged 73, was the songwriter behind some of the most successful (and most sung-in-the shower) records in the history of rock music, notably the Bat Out of Hell albums with Meat Loaf and Bonnie Tyler’s chart-topping ballad Total Eclipse of the Heart.
Vietnam War-inspired theme bar apologizes for causing ‘distress’
This bar is unlikely to win hearts and minds.
The operators of a theme bar in Australia posted an apology on social media after news of its Vietnam War-inspired aesthetic struck a nerve overseas. Imagery previously in the bar’s online ads, according to the Independent, included bar glasses full of bullets, destroyed military aircraft, military dog tags and allusions to the chemical weapon Agent Orange.
“We have taken down our content and apologise to anyone that was offended or found the content inappropriate,” Rickshaw Bar’s owners wrote. “We have revised our tone and are working hard to make this right. Sorry for any distress caused it was never our intent.”