The Dangerous Batch Returns In a New ‘Star Wars’ Novel

It’s been over a 12 months since Star Wars: The Bad Batch ended, nevertheless it was a given Clone Force 99 would finally dwell on past the display screen. Subsequent month, we’ll test again in with the staff of their first novel, Sanctuary.

Written by Lamar Giles (Damage Street), the story takes place in direction of the tip of season two after the episode “Pabu.” Now that they’re working with pirate hunter Phee, the Clones—Hunter, Omega, Wrecker, and Tech—are on useful resource gathering responsibility after the planet’s current tsunami. That results in them working two completely different jobs fairly shut to one another: stealing a relic from an public sale to return it again to its individuals, and ferrying a pregnant couple on the run. Hunter desires to be wise and simply do one job at a time, however that’s not doable, and to additional complicating issues, there’s an ISB agent gunning for the couple, who’re resulting from give beginning any day now.

Giles instructed Polygon he hopes the novel looks like “the sensation of an prolonged bonus episode the place our favourite characters received thrilling moments that felt contemporary and acquainted. I wished it to really feel like seeing previous pals after a while aside amid an intense journey.” You may learn an excerpt here, which options the Clones making an attempt to get the relic by typical public sale means earlier than issues inevitably pop off.

Sanctuary: A Dangerous Batch Novel releases August 5. In case you’re seeking to revisit different Star Wars eras by books, there’s additionally Finn and Jannah’s YA story The Last Order coming October 21 from Kwame Mbalia.

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