Jennifer Corbett and Brad Rau, the producers of The Bad Batch caught up with Dan Brooks to discuss the debut season of the show, key moments and season two.
StarWars.com: At the end of the season finale, the cloning facilities are destroyed and burning. It’s unsettling, but I thought it also felt like it could represent a new beginning for the Bad Batch and also for Star Wars, a clear break from The Clone Wars era. Will this be reflected in Season 2?
Brad Rau: Yes. Yes, Dan.
StarWars.com: …Do you want to expand on that at all?
[Brad and Jennifer laugh.]
Jennifer Corbett: I’ll say that the ramifications of this attack and what the Empire has done, and what it means for the Bad Batch and for the clones, is something we’re going to continue with. You can’t do something like that and not address it when you’re talking about a series about clone troopers. So, yes. [Laughs]
Brad Rau: You said it. We’ve been talking about it a little bit. Although we show, literally, The Clone Wars logo burning away as the first visual of Season 1, that we see this destruction at the end of the season, is not just the proverbial but the literal end of an era that we really wanted to show. And it’s tragic. It’s heavy. There’s a lot to it. But we’re not done telling that story.
StarWars.com: Nala Se, at the end of the finale, arrives at an Imperial lab that I think seems to tie into the Emperor’s contingency plan of creating clones for himself to cheat death. Can you tell me if I’m right?
Jennifer Corbett: Well, Dan, that’s a fascinating theory! [Laughs] What we’ll say is, where Nala Se is, what Nala Se is doing, should be a mystery to the audience, and we hope to explore that in the upcoming season.
Brad Rau: I cannot add to that. [All laugh.]
StarWars.com: Fair enough. That’s more than I thought I would get.
Brad Rau: Nice try, Dan. [Laughs]
