The elite strike team known as Clone Force 99 has become a household name thanks toStar Wars: The Bad Batch, but now a new comic series will follow the titular heroes through the seediest corners of the galaxy, in the earliest days of the Clone Wars.
Screen Rant is pleased to offer an exclusive preview ofStar Wars: Hyperspace Stories - The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents #1.The five-issue Dark Horse series arrives July 01, 2025 from Michael Moreci, Reese Hannigan, and Elisabetta D’Amico, and sees the squad hunt down a mysterious Separatist ghost agent who executed a daring heist on Coruscant. It’s said the Bad Batch has a 100% success rate, but for this mission, they may have met their match.
Clone Force 99 is an experimental clone force unit consisting of five members, designed with specific genetic mutations to give them an advantage in battle. The leader, Hunter, has enhanced sensory abilities. Wrecker has an enhanced muscular form, Tech has enhanced mental capacity and intelligence, and Crosshair has keen eyesight and marksmanship. Working under the Republic’s Special Operations Brigade taking on top secret and dangerous missions, it looks like their hunt for the titularGhost Agentwill put those same skills to the test.
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In the first issue alone, on the Screen Rant exclusive unlettered preview pages, the Batch is seen hiking to the peak of a snowy mountain, Hunter and Wrecker walk through what appears to be the lower levels of Coruscant, and Hunter attempts ro deescalate a situation before it turns into an all out bar fight (not that he can’t handle himself in one should the need arise). Story details are slim aside from the official synopsis, but we have our suspicions about the mysterious figure the Bad Batch will be hunting.
The Bad Batch is back for another high-octane adventure set during the Clone Wars! Their mission: to hunt down the mysterious Separatist ghost agent who executed a daring heist on Coruscant! The thief’s trail leads Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, and Tech to the seediest corners of the galaxy where kingpins and thugs threaten the clones' mission – and their lives! Have the Bad Batch met their match?
The Bad Batch has already been shown near the end of the Clone Wars, but this series heads intoa whole new part of theStar Warstimeline for the Batch, including interactions with classicClone Warscharacters like Embo… and possibly Asajj Ventress. Ventress makes an appearance inThe Bad Batchseason three, and the Batch seem to know she’s bad news. Now that the mysterious agent they’re hunting in this series is teased to be a dark side force user, it could explain their familiarity with Asajj.
If the mysterious ghost agent really is Asajj Ventress, the Bad Batch is up for a lot more than a mountain hike and a bar fight in the lower levels of Coruscant. In the meantime, Clone Force 99’s missions will be illustrated with stunning art, gorgeous lights, and bright colors by talented artists Hannigan, D’Amico, and Favoccia. Unlike other clones, their black and red armor will stand out against the snowy background, which is an amazing choice of location for this squad.
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories -The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents #1will be available June 20, 2025, from Dark Horse Comics.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
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Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an action-adventure animated series set after the events of The Clone Wars, following Clone Force 99 (a.k.a. the Bad Batch.) Finding themselves immune to the brainwashing effects of Order 66, the Bad Batch become mercenaries for hire while outrunning the empire, now seeing them as fugitives of the law.
