WARNING: This article contains light spoilers forStar Wars: The Bad Batchseason 2.
Anyone who has seen or heard Dee Bradley Baker at work knows he’s an acting marvel.
Read on for his answers, or listen to his entire interview on the latest episode ofDagobah Dispatch.
Tech, Hunter, Omega, and Echo on ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What can you tell us about this new season ofThe Bad Batch?
DEE BRADLEY BAKER:This season is better than ever, I would say.
So do you run?
Commander Cody makes an appearance on ‘The Bad Batch’ after the events of Order 66.Lucasfilm Ltd.
Do you just find a safe way to maintain this, or do you turn and fight?
Do you join with the resistance that Rex and the others are starting to formulate?
It’s really more of all of the best of what season 1 had, I think.
Dee Bradley Baker at Star Wars Celebration in 2022.Jesse Grant/Getty Images
Where do we find him in this season?
Rex is always, he’s a rock, isn’t he?
He is ever dependable, ever fair-minded, and even-keeled.
That’s really interesting.
I was going to ask who your favorite was.
His plight and his peril and his journey is a really fascinating one.
It’s very exciting.
I definitely thought that where Crosshair was going was really fascinating.
One of the other big surprises and we just saw this in the trailer was seeing Cody again.
He’s always been very much a fan favorite, even though he wasn’t highlighted all that much.
Even in theClone Warsseries.
You learn about it after the fact, and then you put it together, what has actually happened.
Yeah, I really agree with that.
I was so glad we got to see him again.
I was watching you at Star Wars Celebration just flipping between them.
Do you ever just accidentally do the wrong voice because you’re going too quickly?
Sure, sometimes, I occasionally will do that in a script, but not very often.
But I just get so caught up in the words and it feels like I know the scene.
But sometimes, yeah, I’m talking Wrecker when I should be talking Tech.
The thing is that they normally speak so differently.
That rarely happens because it’s written so that each is plainly a different character with a different attitude.
And you know, Tech is not gonna say, “Boom!”
That’s gonna be Wrecker.
And there’s lots of other variations of that.
So the script itself even as we burn through it usually keeps me on the track.
That’s good to know.
Do you ever wreck your voice by the end of this?
I marvel at your ability to go back and forth.
At the end of the day are you like, “I need a cup of tea”?
Some of yourClone Warscompatriots have made live-action cameos.
I knowMatt Lanterwas inThe Mandalorian.
Is there any plan for you to pop up in one of the live-action shows?
There’s no plan afoot that I know.
I suppose that could happen someday.
And I don’t mind that.
It’s weird as a voice actor, my job in a sense is to be invisible.
That if I’m doing my job properly, I disappear.
And I’m totally okay with that.
I’m spoiled as a voice actor.
The lifestyle is very appealing.
I get to hang out in here, you know.
As someone who’s been working from home for three years, I totally understand that delight.
So I’m a voice actor who’s okay with anonymity and invisibility.
People say hello to me and may know me at a convention maybe.
But otherwise, I’m all right.
I’d be doing the one character if it’s on camera.
So I’m happy.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
