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‘The Bad Batch’ coming soon, Disney’s Star Wars vision

‘StarNotes’ episode 5
By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Emily Beebe, and Santiago Montañez Bertoletti
February 16, 2024
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Santiago Montañez Bertoletti (left), Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Emily Beebe and Ian Halterman sit in the Northern Star’s podcast studio. Star Notes episode 5 discuss Star Wars: Bad Batch ahead of the third season’s upcoming release. (Olivia Zapf and Brynn Krug | Northern Star)

Ian and Santiago teach Emily and Angelina about “The Bad Batch” before Season 3 comes out on Feb. 21. Angelina also shares her thoughts about the direction Disney has taken the Star Wars franchise.

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