At the Star Wars Celebration in London, Lucasfilm announce that “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” will return for a third and final season on Disney+ in 2024. The company has not provided an exact release date.
The series follows Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch, a group of elite clones in the aftermath of Order 66 and the rise of the Empire. The Season 2 finale left fans reeling after the death of team member Tech and the takeover of Omega.
On the fourth day, the company announced the Star Wars Celebration 2023 event. On Friday, Lucasfilm announce The Star Wars movie “The Acolyte” is set to premiere on Disney+ in 2024. The series takes place at the end of the High Republic era before the events of the main Star Wars films. Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae will star in the lead roles.
Lucasfilm also announced today that the “Ahsoka” series will debut in August 2023. The upcoming shows will join the growing list of live-action Star Wars series on Disney+, which includes “The Mandalorian,” “Andor,” and “The Book of Boba Fett.” In addition, the company revealed that the second season of “Andor” will begin in August 2024.
Lucasfilm has also announced three Star Wars movies, one of which will feature the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey. The film takes place 15 years after the events of “The Rise of Skywalker” and centers around Rey forming a new Jedi Order. One movie will return to the Dawn of the Jedi, while the third will focus on the New Republic, wrapping up the interconnected stories told in “The Mandalorian,” “The Book of Boba Fett,” “Ahsoka,” and other Disney+ series. Disney and Lucasfilm have not disclosed release dates for any of these films.