It is New “Star Wars” Trailer Day! This time, Lucasfilm Animation has hit us with a flashy announcement promo for “Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld,” the third collection within the franchise’s ongoing animated anthology undertaking on Disney+. The primary of these, “Tales of the Jedi,” got here out again in 2022, whereas the second, “Tales of the Empire,” premiered in 2024 on Might 4, recognized by followers as Star Wars Day.
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“Tales of the Underworld” can be making a practice of that launch date, with the collection dropping on Disney+ in time to commemorate Star Wars Day 2025. And like its predecessors, it is going to be a six-episode miniseries divided between two characters — on this occasion, the previous Sith Murderer Asajj Ventress and legendary bounty hunter Cad Bane.
Just by placing these two fan favorites in starring roles, “Tales of the Underworld” appears to be making up for a few of their latest appearances in different “Star Wars” reveals. Bane popped up within the live-action “E book of Boba Fett” collection in 2021, however his short-lived (actually) cameo function was referred to as out by some followers as lackluster and a waste of the character, particularly given his lengthy historical past with Fett in canon. Equally, Ventress confirmed up in season 3 of “The Unhealthy Batch,” the newest long-form “Star Wars” animated collection, in a flip that shocked followers. The rationale? She was killed off within the canon 2015 novel “Star Wars: Darkish Disciple,” and her “Unhealthy Batch” return did not include any actual rationalization of how she’s nonetheless alive. With “Tales of the Underworld” trying to give Bane some correct materials and provide a little bit of context for a way Ventress survived the Clone Wars, it is already heading in the right direction.
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What is going to Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld be about?
Due to the prior “Tales” collection, we all know what to anticipate this time round. Ventress and Bane will every get three brief episodes, which can bounce round to varied factors within the timeline. We all know that Bane dies a number of years after “Return of the Jedi” in “The E book of Boba Fett,” and the vast majority of his scenes within the trailer present a a lot youthful model of him than we have gotten earlier than. That will set at the very least one among Bane’s episodes previous to the Clone Wars, and the plot appears to contain him monitoring down and dueling an previous good friend and fellow Duros.
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The principle Ventress plot proven within the trailer sees her defending a younger Jedi. For the reason that child has his personal lightsaber however remains to be an adolescent, it doubtless takes place not lengthy after the rise of the Empire. Nevertheless, there are additionally correct stormtroopers in these scenes, which suggests the episode takes place after “The Unhealthy Batch” and Ventress’ look there, as that present contains a completely different form of proto-stormtrooper armor for Imperial troopers. Ventress additionally faces off in opposition to an Imperial Inquisitor within the trailer — presumably a brand new member of the Empire’s Drive-sensitive division, although he does resemble the Sixth Brother, Bil Valen (who’s killed by Ahsoka Tano within the 2016 novel “Ahsoka”) — along with, apparently, attacking or escaping from an Imperial base in a single scene.
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Maybe most notably, there are a couple of photographs that includes Republic gunships, suggesting that we’re getting new Clone Wars-era scenes. That may imply lastly understanding how Ventress managed to outlive her obvious dying in “Darkish Disciple” — a thriller that is been plaguing followers since “The Unhealthy Batch” season 3. Just by giving her and Cad Bane extra critical display time and character growth, although, the present has already succeeded the place previous collection that includes the 2 characters have failed.
“Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld” premieres on Disney+ on Might 4, 2025, proper in the midst of “Andor” season 2.
