Onscreen, Captain Grey is last seen being kicked unconscious by Billaba. In his green-streaked armor, Captain Grey (named in the end credits) appears to be a composite of both. A key element of the Kanan comics was his friendship with two clones, Commander Grey and Captain Styles, who are activated by brain chips to turn their blasters on him and Billaba. But the former’s history with other clone comrades is absent. Caleb’s relationship with clones Image: Lucasfilmīy the time the Bad Batch appears on screen, Caleb has built a rapport with Wrecker, the muscle of the group. Comic readers will notice more major adjustments to the background of Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus. A planet by the name of Kaller remains the site of Kanan’s tragedy, although it wasn’t snow-covered and the narrative omits his interaction with Kallerian civilization. But the show also reconfigures and overrides the extensive canon in the 2015-2016 Marvel Star Wars: Kanan comics, written by Rebels writer Greg Weisman with art by Pepe Larraz. The Bad Batch scenario fits Kanan’s backstory as spoken in Rebels: Clone soldiers shoot down Depa as he runs away. In The Bad Batch, the master and apprentice now have speaking parts, voiced by Archie Panjabi and Freddie Prinze Jr., who returns to his Rebels role. Filoni answered, perhaps teasingly, “It’s an exciting thought for sure, so who knows?” This manifested with Caleb’s and Depa’s holo-cameos in the last season of The Clone Wars.
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Caleb survives the Jedi-assassinating Order 66, and grows up to be Kanan Jarrus, the teacher of young Padawan Ezra Bridger on Star Wars Rebels.īack in 2018, CinemaBlend asked Clone Wars executive producer and Rebels creator Dave Filoni if Caleb/Kanan and his Master Depa Billaba, a background Jedi in the prequel trilogy, would ever make an appearance in the revived Clone Wars, which ended last May. In their opening fight, the Batch operatives cross into the tragic backstory of Jedi padawan Caleb Dume, who may be just a supporting character in the series’ story, but as fans of other Star Wars animated properties know, turns out to be a major player. But with just a few scenes, the show’s impact reaches further into the future. The 70-minute premiere, “Aftermath,” opens with the titular clone soldiers, known for their mutations and enhancements, facing a changing galactic order during and after the events of Revenge of the Sith. Disney Plus’ new computer-animated Star Wars series, The Bad Batch, continues the trend of the interconnected galaxy.