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- This week, we're back.
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In more ways than one.
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We're back!
So excited to be back.
It's all still here.
Jar Jar!
Look who I found.
Porgy!
The best part, news desk!
I missed you most of all.
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Just a couple more minutes.
Maybe a couple more seconds.
OK.
Here at "This Week! in Star Wars,"
we love a good celebration, and in the next few weeks
we're going to get our grabby hands on the next wave of books
from "Star Wars: The High Republic."
And since we can't all be together,
our friends Cavan Scott, Justina Ireland, Charles Soule,
Claudia Gray, and Daniel Jose Older
have put together a little shindig of their own.
And you're all invited.
Join all five authors together for the first time
in six months on June 28th for a free live virtual panel.
For details on how to register, head
to StarWars.com/thehighrepublic.
Hello there.
- General Kenobi.
- Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi is headed to the holotables
of "Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes" in a special
event that promises to break your heart all over again.
With a design based on his appearance in "Star Wars:
Revenge of the Sith," the Jedi will
be unlockable in the Galactic Legends event via the Journey
Guide starting June 16.
Experience Kenobi's journey at the end of the Clone Wars
with "Galaxy of Heroes" when you download the app in the Apple
and Google Play stores.
And we've got not one, but two episodes of "The Bad Batch"
to dish about this week.
Since we last spoke, we've made the acquaintance of Cid,
a Trandoshan who once aided the Jedi in the Clone Wars,
in the new episode "Rampage."
That's also where we joined Clone Force 99 on a mission
to old Ord Mantell City as Omega and her friends
successfully rescued Muchi.
- It's OK, Muchi, we're here to take you home.
- Nope, not that one.
- Muchi!
Muchi!
[BLASTERS FIRING, ROARING]
That Muchi.
[ROARING]
That's my girl.
Then last Friday, "Decommissioned"
premiered on Disney+ with a surprise cameo appearance
by Trace and Rafa Martez.
It seems the sisters who once befriended Ahsoka have not only
survived the Clone Wars but realized
their dream of taking the Silver Angel out among the stars.
And even though they were after the same Separatist droid intel
as the Bad Batchers, eventually the sisters and Clone Force 99
ended up working together to protect Omega at all costs,
as we all should.
And if that isn't enough Bad Batch goodness for you,
over on StarWars.com you can check out an interview
with Michelle Ang, who gives Omega her voice,
to find out how the actor imbues the new character
with innocence and her natural New Zealand accent.
- Isn't that part of Ord Mantell a little seedy?
- Very.
It's great.
- It's no secret that we are unabashed fans of Dee
Bradley Baker in these parts.
As Michelle Ang puts it, he's generous, unassuming,
and a modest creative.
So much so that when we asked him to school
us with a few of his tips and tricks
for getting into different characters he happily obliged.
This week?
Wrecker.
Let's check it out.
- The Wrecker, he's big-hearted.
He always says what he's feeling.
He doesn't always understand what they're saying,
but he's going to say what he feels.
- I like to blow things up because I
like to blow things up.
- And he wants to get things done.
And he want to blow things up.
- This is the happiest day of my life.
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- Doesn't matter if it's going to crash
or if they're going down in the ship.
If it crashes, that means something might blow up, right?
Because it's going to be fun.
[SHOUTING]
[BLASTERS FIRING]
- Yeah!
I got tired of you guys having all the fun.
- Now him I like.
- It's really fun to be Wrecker.
- Wrecker is just the best.
Thanks, Dee!
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 for "This Week!
In Star Wars" every Thursday.
Thanks for watching, and may the Force be with you.
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