- This week, we reveal a brand new bounty hunter,
revisit our old favorite Cad Bane and more.
[EXCITING ELECTRONIC MUSIC]
- Kristen, I am your father.
[DARTH VADER INHALE]
- My father?
You saw that, right?
I'm not just hallucinating Vader from beyond the grave again?
- You don't know the power of the dark side.
[DARTH VADER INHALE]
- OK.
Let's just go to the news and try and get out
of here before he comes back.
OK?
Who doesn't love a good-- or I suppose, bad-- mercenary.
There's a new bounty hunter in the galaxy
of Star Wars Marvel comics.
The aptly named Diva.
Part feathery lizard, part woman, and 100% bad-ass.
Just look at that Mohawk.
[CHEF'S KISS]
Debuting on the pages of "War of the Bounty Hunters:
Jabba the Hutt," Diva will appear in all four tie-in one
shots and connect to galactic lore
all the way back to the High Republic.
That's right, Diva's been using a lot of moisturizer,
because she looks good for someone who's been kicking
around for a couple years.
To take a closer look at covers and concept art,
including this terrifying character study, head
to StarWars.com/thisweeknow.
And also in the world of comics, first we
had "Tales from Vader's Castle" then "Return to Vader's Castle"
then "The Shadow of Vader's Castle"
and the collected works in "Beware of Vader's Castle."
And this Halloween, we return to our favorite space opera
Haunted Mansion for IDW's new mini series,
"Star Wars Adventures--
Ghosts of Vader's Castle."
The new five issue mini series from creepy Cavin Scott
promises undead droids, our favorite cyborg
Sith lord back from the grave, and, of course, Jackson.
Take a closer look and hear more from the writer
and president of the Jackson fan club now
at StarWars.com/thisweeknow.
We're just a few days away from the release
of the next wave of books and Star Wars, the High Republic.
But if you can't possibly wait that long, Star Wars Insider
issue number 203 hit newsstands and store shelves this week,
and inside is an exclusive new High Republic era
short story by Justina Ireland, "Hidden Danger."
Climb aboard the Starlight Beacon
for the annual conference of the galactic agriculture alliance,
which you can imagine is going to be tense after all
that Drengir business.
Meat.
I mean, meat!
And right now, starwars.com has an excerpt from the magazine
featuring a new interview with creature
effects expert Neil Scanlon.
Head on over to StarWars.com/thisweeknow
to read all about it.
Last week's "Star Wars The Bad Batch"
delivered a cliffhanger of a midseason finale
with "Reunion."
Still not over it.
We finally got to see Professor Wrecker in his full glory
teaching Omega all about his beloved explosives.
But then those pesky scrappers had to go
and ruin it for all of us!
Cross-hair and his Imperial cronies
returned to bring a world of pain down on Clone Force 99,
stopping at nothing to eliminate his former friends.
But, he also got a taste of his own medicine in the process.
Not mad about that.
And as if The Batch needed one more problem,
they escaped the Empire only to be
confronted by another deadly bounty hunter.
So where's Omega?
Tune in for the next episode tomorrow on Disney Plus
and we'll see if Hunter and the rest of the crew
can't get us some answers.
And to hold you over until then, today we
got a midseason sneak peek for "The Bad Batch"
recapping some of the conflicts so far between Cross-hair
and Clone Force 99 and providing glimpses of things to come.
Watch it for yourself now on the official Star
Wars social channels.
Two words-- Cad Bane.
That's right.
Last week's episode of "The Bad Batch"
saw the return of the ruthless and infamous
Duross bounty hunter.
Now I know what you're thinking.
How does one capture his effortlessly cool style?
Well, that's something you need to discuss
with your personal stylist.
But, if you want a little 101 on who Cad is,
I can help you with that.
Let's roll the tape.
- I'm your worst nightmare, pal.
[BLASTER FIRE] [MOAN OF DYING BEAST]
[THUMP] [OLD WEST MUSIC]
- So, you want to learn all about Cad Bane.
Well we first met Cad Bane way back in 2009
in "Star Wars the Clone Wars" season one, episode 22,
"Hostage Crisis."
Right off the bat, we learned how tough
he was when he and his group of bounty hunters
held a group of senators captive.
We weren't joking when we said ruthless, cruel,
and calculating.
No job is too dangerous.
For the right price, of course.
And Cad always looks good doing it
with a look that was inspired by actor Lee Van Cleef's
famous characters in the cowboy Western films,
"The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"
and "For A Few Dollars More."
In his personal arsenal, Cad is equipped with weapons galore,
including twin blaster pistols, gauntlets studded
with control devices, a concealed bola,
explosives, and rocket boots.
Man, I'd love some rocket boots!
So now you understand why we're so worried that he's
kidnapped Omega!
Guess that about does it.
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.