Prominent voice actor Dee Bradley Baker has been the voice behind many iconic characters of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The voice actor returned to the franchise after the end of the Clone Wars with the Disney Plus animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch, in which he voiced all five of the main clones of the group Clone Force 99.
The actor has also voiced more characters on the show, bringing versatility to each character. Bradley Baker cited his favorite character to play from the series, which reportedly changed between seasons. The actor mentioned how he started to like the character of Crosshair in season two as he was fascinating and had an interesting story.
Dee Bradley Baker Names Crosshair As His Favorite From Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Dee Bradley Baker has been one of the most prominent voice actors in the industry right now. He has rendered his vocal talents to various iconic TV shows and movies such as Justice League, Ben 10, Phineas and Ferb, and more. He has also rendered his voice to characters in the live-action series The Mandalorian.
Bradley Baker began his career with Star Wars with the show Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The show which ran from 2008 to 2020 saw Bradley Baker voice iconic characters such as Clone Troopers, Captain Rex, and more. His work on the show also received an Annie Award nomination for Best Voice Acting in a Television Production.
Creator Dave Filoni tapped Dee Bradley Baker to return to the franchise when he began working on the spinoff series Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Bradley Baker voiced all five of the members of the leading Clone Force 99, as well as other roles. When asked by Looper about his favorite members of the group in the series, Dee Bradley Baker said,
“Season 2 changes it for me. Before [with Season 1], I had a lot of fun being Wrecker because I like his personality, and he’s far from me in so many ways. But for Season 2, with how it plays out, Crosshair is, I find, a fascinating character and a really interesting story…Crosshair’s the guy right now for me this season.”
Dee Bradley Baker mentioned that he liked playing Wrecker first as he was fun to play with and described how he thought of the character as a kid. However, the actor mentioned that he saw Crosshair as a coiled snake, who was waiting to pick his opponent off (via EW).
Who Is Crosshair In Star Wars: The Bad Batch?
Voice actor Dee Bradley Baker, who performs all the five members of Clone Force 99 in Star Wars: The Bad Batch cited Crosshair as his favorite character in season 2 due to his fascinating characteristics and story. The sniper of the clone team, Crosshair has been loyal to the Empire for the longest time and is known for his disdain towards ‘regular clones’.
Though a member of the Bad Batch, a group of genetically mutated clones, Crosshair remains behind to serve the Galactic Empire after the group rebels against it and defects. His inhibitor chip is also augmented to make him more subservient to the Empire. He joins an elite squad that combats Empire insurgents and crosses swords with the Bad Batch multiple times.
Over time, Crosshair becomes disillusioned by the Empire as they destroy his home planet of Kamino and mistreat a fellow clone Mayday, who was injured. Crosshair defects from the Empire, which leads him to be imprisoned for treason. He is also experimented on at the facility at Mount Tantiss, which causes tremors in his right hand, leading to him losing his sniper skills (via Star Wars).
