- This week, we reopen our tab over at Seezelslak's bar,
return to Kamino with "The Bad Batch," and more.
[dramatic music]
[sighs] All right, guys.
Listen up.
Right after this news, it's last call.
You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
Although, I guess you're already home...
and I'm in a tiny computer you keep in your pocket.
[tapping]
[beeping]
Well, no matter.
Last call, people!
Our friends over at ILMxLAB recently announced
their highly anticipated sequel
to "Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge"
is coming this fall and will be called...
[drum roll]
"Last Call."
But wait, there's more!
We've also gotten to take a look at some brand-new poster art,
and an all-new teaser trailer gave us a glimpse
at our favorite antiquities dealer, Dok-Ondar,
my second favorite Ithorian,
and the return of our second favorite Black Spire Outpost barkeeper, Seezelslak.
Don't tell him we said that.
Plus, we can meet a handful of new characters
when you virtually return to this corner of Batuu.
For a closer look at the teaser art and the trailer
along with a whole slew of details on this exciting announcement,
run, don't walk, over to StarWars.com/ThisWeek now,
unless you're still wearing your VR headset,
and then just be careful.
There are some very interesting battles heating up
over in Star Wars comics next week,
and this week, we have two Marvel previews to "mull" over...
Get it? Maul?
As we wait for Wednesday to arrive.
In the next installment of "War of the Bounty Hunters" issue #3,
Chewbacca the Wookiee will take on Boba Fett
in the fight for Han's life.
Meanwhile, Star Wars #16 welcomes you to the main event
when Darth Vader locks blades with the leader of Crimson Dawn,
Han's former flame Qi'ra.
Plus, IDW brings us "Star Wars Adventures" #8
and "Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures" #7,
following the continued adventures of the Skywalker twins
and Padawan Farzala.
Turn the page to StarWars.com/ThisWeek now to read these previews for yourself.
And we're coming up on the season finale of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch."
Last week, Clone Force 99 and Omega went back to where it all began
in "Return to Kamino."
- Using my comm won't work.
They'll know it's a trap.
- It...was, in fact, a trap,
but Hunter's comm led his brothers and sister to the rescue.
This episode was full of twists and turns, sometimes literally,
through a labyrinth of hidden tubes leading to Nala Se's secret laboratory.
That's where the cloning magic happens.
But mostly I'm talking about Crosshair.
Is he loyal to the Empire?
Is he rejoining the Batch?
Is he good? Is he bad?
Is he being controlled by the chip in his head?
This episode answers some of those questions
and leaves us with even more.
We'll be over here on the edge of our metaphorical seats
until the final episode of season one lands tomorrow, only on Disney+.
Last week, intel about Crosshair's inhibitor chip was a shocking surprise
and a moment that changed everything we thought we knew
about the former Bad-Batcher's motivations,
so we asked supervising director Brad Rau and head writer Jennifer Corbett
to tell us what was going on behind the scenes
of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" as they planned the big reveal.
- In talking about Crosshair,
it kind of felt like a cheat to blame everything on his chip.
- You tried to kill us.
We didn't have a choice.
- Hmm. And I did?
- In some of the earlier episodes,
we got a chance to really kind of plot out his arc.
It seemed like this was an opportunity to show how there is a choice that he had,
and he ultimately decides to stay with the Empire
because that's what he connects with,
because he's a soldier and he feels like that's where he belongs,
that's where the Batch belongs,
and it makes crystal clear sense to him, and there's no doubt about it.
So it added another layer to who he is as a character.
- Join the Empire, and you will have purpose again.
- You really don't get who we are, do you?
- One of the hardest things there
is to exactly get that point of view
that these guys, in particular Crosshair and Hunter,
they really believe what they're saying.
If we could get to that point where you can see,
"Oh, yeah, good point, Crosshair. Good point, Hunter."
Neither one of them are right.
They just have different points of view.
If we could tell that story, it would be more believable
than just the science fiction of it, for sure.
- Don't become my enemy.
- Crosshair, we never were.
- That being said, it was a very difficult thing to do,
but I think we got a pretty good balance there.
- Thanks, Brad and Jen.
That's it for this week,
but for more on these stories and other news from around the galaxy,
check out StarWars.com and be sure to join us right here
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Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.