Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Season Two; Disney+ Delays Premiere Until January 2023

Star Wars: The Bad Batch will not launch its second season this fall as originally planned. Disney+ has delayed the return of the animated sci-fi series until January 2023.

Starring Dee Bradley Baker and Michelle Ang, Star Wars: The Bad Batch is a sequel to Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which aired for seven seasons between Cartoon Network, Netflix, and Disney+. The story follows Clone Force 99, aka the Bad Batch, a group of elite and genetically mutated clone troopers who take on daring mercenary missions.

The show debuted in May 2021 and the first season of 16 episodes wrapped in August of that year. Bad Batch was renewed for a second season of 16 episodes in May of this year.

Ryan Penagos, Vice President at Marvel Digital Media, revealed the return date of the Disney+ series on Twitter.