The answer to the second question is more fascinating and the possible main point of conflict for the show.
Knowing that this show was going to take place right after Order 66, there were two easy questions push to the forefront in terms of the Bad Batch: where were they during this time and did they execute Order 66? Both were answered in the first ten minutes as we learned quickly that they were on Kaller with Master Billaba and Caleb Dume. It is the delicate dance of an interconnected universe with source material that one group of fans are more familiar with than the masses.Ĭrosshair is a problem | credit Lucasfilm ltd.
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And fans need to come to terms with that but there is also a chance that canon junkies might become less invested in spending money on comic series and novels if too many plot details are altered. Therefore, these elements of canon are more inspiration for creatives as they look to bring more of those stories to film and streaming. And that might be true for the most part but, as Disney’s Star Wars gets older, there will be more instances of tweaks and changes to stories from the novels and comics. But this brings us back to the original statement from Kathleen Kennedy and Lucasfilm that “everything counts” in canon. It is just the nature of adapting the source material. The fight with Ahsoka and Maul was changed in season seven of The Clone Wars versus its’ description in the Ahsoka novel, Cobb Vanth’s acquisition of Boba Fett’s armor in The Mandalorian differs from Aftermath and now this event. This quiet battle between creatives on these shows and canon junkies is an issue I brought up in my Mandalorian Publishing post, but this is not the first or last time something from comics or novels will be changed. But it has rubbed some canon fans the wrong way as there is a sense of devaluing the comics over a moment of fan service to put a familiar face (in this case voice with Freddie Prince Jr.) on screen with the Bad Batch.
In the grand scheme of things, it is not a big change and does not affect the outcome: Caleb survives Order 66 and ends up changing his name to Kanan. In the comic, the Bad Batch is not present and Billaba and Caleb are attacked amid a campfire with their clone troopers.
If you have read Kanan: The Last Padawan comic series (and certain issues in that series have drastically increased in value because of the first appearances), then you know that Lucasfilm has already retconned Kanan’s Order 66 experience. The episode starts off with a Clone Wars battle from the perspective of Jedi Master Depa Billaba and her Padawan Caleb Dume, who had been sent to bring back reinforcements to Kaller. Hunter tries to talk Caleb down | credit Lucasfilm ltd.
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