It’s been over a yr since Star Wars: The Unhealthy Batch ended, however it was a given Clone Pressure 99 would finally reside on past the display. Subsequent month, we’ll examine again in with the crew of their first novel, Sanctuary.
Written by Lamar Giles (Damage Highway), the story takes place in direction of the tip of season two after the episode “Pabu.” Now that they’re working with pirate hunter Phee, the Clones—Hunter, Omega, Wrecker, and Tech—are on useful resource gathering responsibility after the planet’s latest tsunami. That results in them working two totally different jobs fairly shut to one another: stealing a relic from an public sale to return it again to its folks, and ferrying a pregnant couple on the run. Hunter needs to be smart and simply do one job at a time, however that’s not doable, and to additional complicating issues, there’s an ISB agent gunning for the couple, who’re as a consequence of give start any day now.
Giles instructed Polygon he hopes the novel appears like “the sensation of an prolonged bonus episode the place our favourite characters received thrilling moments that felt recent and acquainted. I wished it to really feel like seeing previous buddies after a while aside amid an intense journey.” You possibly can learn an excerpt right here, which options the Clones making an attempt to get the relic by means of typical public sale means earlier than issues inevitably pop off.
Sanctuary: A Unhealthy Batch Novel releases August 5. In the event you’re seeking to revisit different Star Wars eras by means of books, there’s additionally Finn and Jannah’s YA story The Final Order coming October 21 from Kwame Mbalia.
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