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

It’s been over a yr since Star Wars: The Bad Batch ended, however it was a given Clone Force 99 would ultimately reside on past the display. Subsequent month, we’ll test again in with the group of their first novel, Sanctuary.

Written by Lamar Giles (Destroy Street), the story takes place in the direction of the top 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 obligation after the planet’s current tsunami. That results in them operating 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 as a result of give beginning any day now.

Giles instructed Polygon he hopes the novel seems like “the sensation of an prolonged bonus episode the place our favourite characters obtained thrilling moments that felt recent and acquainted. I wished it to really feel like seeing outdated buddies after a while aside amid an intense journey.” You possibly can learn an excerpt here, which options the Clones making an attempt to get the relic via standard public sale means earlier than issues inevitably pop off.

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

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