The Bad Batch is set to be the centrepiece of this year’s Star Wars Day. The 75-minute debut episode will reintroduce us to Clone Force 99, who we last saw in the final season of The Clone Wars. All indications are that it’s going to be something special, though by the time it drops I’m hoping we’ll have also seen new teasers for at least some of the many upcoming Disney+ Star Wars shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, and The Book of Boba Fett.

In any case, to get folks caught up on what they need to know before The Bad Batch arrives, the Mouse House has now put together a handy little promo which you can see up above. Remember, they also suggested Clone Wars episodes to catch up on prior to the premiere and between that and this new video, folks should be able to get fully up to speed in no time.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Official Poster Teases Palpatine’s Return

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Rumors are that the show’s arc will see one of the Bad Batch members betray the others and side with the Empire. I can’t imagine the rest of them taking this lying down, so expect some serious sparks to fly when they finally get their revenge. Along the way we’re also due to receive guest spots from several already established characters, with The Mandalorian‘s Fennec Shand, Rogue One‘s Saw Gerrara, The Clone Wars‘ Captain Rex, and A New Hope‘s Grand Moff Tarkin all confirmed to make appearances.

A previously released poster hints at Emperor Palpatine playing a part in the story as well, but his role remains mysterious as of now. Everything should become clear soon, though, when The Bad Batch premieres on Disney Plus on May 4th.

Disney has a lot to answer for when it comes to the depiction of classic fairy tales, with their saccharine dilution of frequently sinister and violent stories leaving people with the wrong impression of what they were originally like. In such a tradition is British horror flick The Curse of Humpty Dumpty, a trailer for which has now been released.

The plot sees sisters Hazel and Elizabeth arriving to care for their mother Wendy, whose dementia-afflicted mind has deteriorated to the extent that it’s no longer safe for her to live alone. They’re greeted at the door by a creepy old doll thought disposed of years ago and who has ties to a tragic incident in the past, the details of which, along with whether or not the hideous creation might actually be alive, are locked in the faded shadows of Wendy’s memories.

Although it’s standard to depict Humpty Dumpty as an anthropomorphic egg, nowhere in the famous rhyme does it explicitly state him to be such. While the image of a pool of yolk and shell irreparably smashed on the ground certainly fits the lyrics, the notion actually stems from a description of the character in Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1871. This interpretation blends the two, with the doll’s smooth pallid skin certainly being reminiscent of an eggshell, while the spiderweb of black cracks invokes the idea of it being broken and put back together.

It’s entirely possible that rather than merely being a straightforward tale of a killer doll coming to life, the story will be a metaphorical one exploring the ramifications of the soul-consuming black hole that is mental illness, if for no other reason than it would be a little disappointing to see the condition used merely as a plot device to justify why nobody remembers what previously happened. Either way, we’ll find out when The Curse of Humpty Dumpty is released in the UK on November 21st.