Fans will be able to celebrate ‘May the Fourth’ with the return of Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane in the animated short series,Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld. Starting in 2022,Star Warsstarted to embrace the short form animation to expand many side characters withTales of the Jedi, which focused on the origins of Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano. In 2024, the follow-upTales of the Empirebrought back the long-dangling thread of Barriss Offee fromThe Clone Warsand Morgan Elsbeth fromThe Mandalorianand Ahsoka. Now, fans will get to see the bounty hunter side of theStar WarsUniverse withTales of the Underworld.
Disney released an official trailer forTales of the Underworld, which reveals the series will put the spotlight on two fan-favorite bounty hunters from the Clone Wars era, Asajj Ventress (Nika Futterman) and Cad Bane (voiced by Corey Burton). Both storylines will see these two villains operating during the Reign of the Empire, filling in an untold gap in the characters' timelines. The six-episode miniseries, with the story of each character getting three episodes, will debut on June 10, 2025, as part of Disney+’s big May the Fourth release. See the trailer below:
May the Fourth Be With You
The return of Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane is a welcome one for fans. Ventress was created by George Lucas and debuted in the beloved but non-canon in Genndy Tartakovsky’s 2003 2D animated seriesStar Wars: Clone Wars,before being brought into the main canon with the computer-animatedThe Clone Warsin 2008. Cad Bane was created by George Lucas, Dave Filoni, and Henry Gilroy and debuted inStar Wars: The Clone Warsepisode “Hostage Crisis” in 2009 and became a recurring foe on the series. Both Ventress and Bane appeared inThe Clone Warsfollow-up seriesThe Bad Batch, showing them at the early point in the Galactic Empire’s formation, withTales of the Underworldlooking to expand on that timeline.
Cad Bane’s appearance inThe Book of Boba Fettmeans he survives through the originalStar Warstrilogy, but Ventress’s fate is up in the air. The character was previously killed in the 2015 novelDark Disciple, which was originally intended to be her final arc inThe Clone Wars. Yet her appearance inThe Bad Batch, set after Dark Disciple, shows that she is alive once again, with that being a major mystery for fans. It is unclear ifTales of the Underworldwill explain how she survived, but it will continue the character on the redemptive path that she had begun toward the end ofThe Clone Wars.
May 4th, often called May the Fourth, is an unofficial holiday forStar Warsthat Disney has certainly embraced, and since Disney+ launched, they have tried to make a special release for the holiday. In 2020, the final episode ofStar Wars: The Clone Warsaired, and in 2021, the follow-up animated seriesThe Bad Batchdebuted with a special one-hour episode. 2022 saw a special aboutBoba Fettreleased, with 2023 seeing the release ofStar Wars: VisionsSeason 2. The 2024 May the Fourth release was Tales of the Empire, so it is fitting that a year later,Tales of the Underworldwould follow.
Source:Disney
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
