- "She's not a pirate. She's a liberator of ancient wonders."
- ―Omega on Phee Genoa
Phee Genoa was a female human pirate and associate of the Mantellian information broker Ciddarin Scaleback during the early Imperial Era. Scaleback considered Genoa to be the most trustworthy pirate she knew.[2] At some point, she found the Belmont diadem.[4]
Between 19 BBY and 18 BBY,[5] Genoa met Clone Force 99, also known as "the Bad Batch," a group of clone deserters. After observing its variety, Genoa briefly flirted with one of its members, Tech.[2] After the Bad Batch went to Serolonis, the young clone Omega discovered a compass in a junkyard. When Phee Genoa inspected the compass, she used her droid MEL-221 and discovered coordinates to Skara Nal in the uncharted Kaldar Trinary system. Accompanied by the clones, Genoa traveled to the system and followed the compass to a seemingly dead end at the side of a mountain. She, with the help of one of the clone deserters, Wrecker, unearthed a secret entrance, and explored ancient passageways that led them to the Heart of the Mountain, a valuable crystalline artifact. However, when she removed it, it was revealed to be a key to activating a dangerous ancient walker and superweapon. After the walker destroyed the mountain and began incinerating the surrounding area with a superlaser, threatening their ship, the Marauder in the process, Genoa was convinced to replace the Heart in its original position while the clones battled a creature that had crept in. After narrowly doing so, a reaction ensued that melted the artifact and permanently disabled the walker.[4]
Around 18 BBY,[5] Genoa took Clone Force 99 to her adopted homeworld, Pabu. On a remote island, she introduced the clones to mayor Shep Hazard and his daughter Lyana. When the island suffered from a sea surge, Genoa helped its residents evacuate to Upper Pabu with the help of the Bad Batch.[1] When the clones were forced to leave the island to go on a covert mission to Eriadu, Genoa hinted at her feelings for Tech and asked the clone not to see any other pirate or smuggler while he was gone,[6] both unaware of the fate he would soon meet.[7]
When the Bad Batch returned to Pabu, having become aware that the Empire was targeting Omega due to her high M-count, Genoa helped them by asking around about M-count. She later communicated with the Bad Batch via hologram to tell them that she had learned that several class-one bounty hunters were targeting the M-count targets. Genoa also helped them track down Fennec Shand.[8]
Later, Genoa landed on an airless moon to refuel her starship Providence. While she and MEL visited the station's shop, Clone X trooper CX-2 snuck on her ship, installing a computer spike into the navigation computer, before fleeing back to his ship undetected. Genoa sensed movement but was distracted by Olly telling her how much payment was owed. Genoa left the moon, having no idea CX-2 had decrypted her navicomputer's data for Pabu. CX-2 reported his intel to Hemlock, who shortly afterward sent forces to Pabu to apprehend Omega and destroy the Marauder.[9]
Genoa arrived at Pabu shortly after Omega's arrest. She told the Bad Batch she arrived unnoticed by using the hidden cavern. She then flew them to Erebus to free former Vice Admiral Edmon Rampart from custody and use him to uncover the location of Mount Tantiss. Upon arriving at Erebus, she set the Providence for "stealth mode" by switching off the engines and descended into the planet's atmosphere. Genoa landed near the perimeter of the Imperial labor camp, allowing the Batch to sneak onto the HCVw A9 turbo tank Rampart was detained onboard. After freeing Rampart, the clones carried an unconscious Rampart onto the Providence while Genoa destroyed a Low Altitude Assault Transport gunship. They made their escape just as the Transport fell over the cliff.[10] Genoa was later seen on Pabu after the liberation of Tantiss.[11]
Behind the scenes[]
- "Wanda [Sykes] is incredible and she brings so much to this swashbuckling character with so much bravado… a scoundrel that has a little bit more flair. If Scaleback is giving guff to these guys, who's gonna give guff to Cid? It's Phee Genoa. Intentionally, when we filmed her introduction, you get to meet her by her boots up on Cid's desk. And that tells you a lot about this character."
- ―Brad Rau
Phee Genoa first appeared in "Spoils of War," the first episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2, voiced by Wanda Sykes.[2] The character was first shown in a trailer released on December 7, 2022.[13]
Genoa has been described as a cross between the Star Wars original trilogy character Han Solo, Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and the pirate Anne Bonny. Supervisor director and executive producer Brad Rau said Genoa was created to give guff to Scaleback in the series. The creators had Genoa put her feet on Cid's desk in her introduction to show her character. Rau said that Sykes brought a lot of bravado to voicing Genoa.[12] Sykes was envisioned early on to voice the character, consequently making her real-world persona inspire Genoa's character tone.[14]
The scene of "Entombed" where Phee and Omega find the Heart of the Mountain inside Skara Nal was a reference to the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, also produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. When Phee tries to take the Heart, the scene mostly replicates the iconic scene of Indiana Jones trying to take the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol from the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors while being seen by his guide Satipo, with The Bad Batch episode having Phee posing like Jones and Omega posing like Satipo.[15]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Spoils of War" (First appearance)- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Entombed"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Pabu"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Summit"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Bad Territory" (Appears in hologram)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Identity Crisis" (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Point of No Return"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Juggernaut"
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Into the Breach" (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Cavalry Has Arrived"
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Pabu"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Spoils of War"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Spoils of War" (Audio description)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Entombed"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Per the reasoning here, the seventh and eighth episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2, "The Clone Conspiracy" and "Truth and Consequences," can be placed in 18 BBY. Therefore, all Season 2 episodes proceeding "The Clone Conspiracy" occur between 19 BBY, which features the end of The Bad Batch Season 1 according to Star Wars: Timelines, and 18 BBY. The Galactic Empire, the formation of which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, sent Mayday's squad to Barton IV over a year prior to the events of the twelfth episode, "The Outpost." As it occurs over a year into the Imperial Era and is set shortly after the events of "Truth and Consequences," the events of "The Outpost" occur around 18 BBY. Following that logic, the ninth through eleventh episodes ("The Crossing" through "Metamorphosis") are also set around 18 BBY because they occur between the events of "Truth and Consequences" and "The Outpost." Finally, all season 2 episodes set after "The Outpost" occur shortly after its events, thereby placing those episodes around 18 BBY as well.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Summit"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Plan 99"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Bad Territory"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Point of No Return"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Juggernaut"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Cavalry Has Arrived"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "The Empire Is Everywhere": The Creators of Star Wars: The Bad Batch on The Long Road Ahead in Season 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 | Official Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link) (Posted on StarWars.com)
- ↑ "Spoils of War" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 4)
- ↑ "Entombed" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link) (Slide 4)