Star Wars: The Bad Batch is what interquels strive to be: self-contained yet reverential to what it's following up story-wise, self-aware yet not too cliched either, and focusing on unknown characters in an otherwise established universe and continuity that it's impossible to know how everything's gonna play out exactly.
This show takes place between The Prequel Trilogy and The Original Star Wars Trilogy, and I think Dave Filoni is trying to do what Paul Dini did for Batman: The Animated Series, in that he's using a universe he loves to tell stories of character-examinations and interspersing the script with subtle references to the greater continuity and character arcs. The writing is very sharp and natural here, and it continues The Clone Wars' tradition of making it centre on the complicated lives of soldiers fighting a war bigger than themselves.
The Bad Batch starts off really strong with its 70-minute premiere (is it an episode or television movie?) and I'm excited to see where the story goes from here. This is Star Wars canon at its finest.
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