Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel is an audiobook for the novel of the same name, written by Lamar Giles. The audiobook was released as a digital audiobook narrated by Marc Thompson and published by Random House Audio on August 5, 2025.[1]
Publisher's summary
Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, and Omega gamble on a mission to help rebuild Pabu in this thrilling adventure for The Bad Batch.
A good soldier knows that life is all about change — whether it's on or off the battlefield. Surviving, living, means adaptation. Hunter is well acquainted with this lesson. He's on the run from the Empire, Echo's off on a mission with Captain Rex, and Crosshair is…still Crosshair, but amidst all the change, Hunter still has Tech, Wrecker, and Omega.
And it seems that his small family might have finally found a safe place to land, far from the increasingly vigilant eyes of the Empire: Pabu. But their potential new island home is in desperate need of resources if there is any hope for the fledgling community to recover from a devastating sea wave. That's where Phee Genoa, self-proclaimed liberator of treasures, comes in, with a couple of jobs she swears will get them the funds they need. Despite Hunter's concern with Phee’s precarious plans, the rest of the crew is fine following her lead.
Things go wrong almost immediately, as Phee's droid blows the crew’s cover at a high-stakes auction, and they barely make it out with the relic they'd been paid to acquire. Hunter insists they finish their first mission and deliver the relic before taking on more work, but Phee and the others push forward with a second job: ferrying a couple on the run, one of whom is due to give birth at any moment. Hunter worries what they're risking, especially when their mysterious new passengers cling to lies and secrets that trace back to an Imperial Security Bureau officer hot on their trail.
As Hunter tries to get the crew back on a stable, safe path far, far away from anything to do with the Empire's watchdogs, their overlapping missions only invite more danger and chaos. On the verge of failing both their desperate passengers and their community on Pabu, the Batch must remember that the only way they succeed, the only way they survive to fight another day, is by trusting each other.
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Development
The audiobook was narrated by Marc Thompson and was released by Random House Audio on August 5, 2025.[1] The audiobook was recorded by Corey Roberts at Pony Sound and edited by Justin Kilpatrick with post-production and sound mixing by Paul Goodrich. It was produced and directed by Kevin Thomsen with Nick Martorelli serving as executive producer and Mike Murry as the post production manager. The audiobook included music composed by John Williams.[2]
Media
Editions
- ISBN 9780593944967; August 5, 2025; Random House Worlds; Digital audiobook[1]
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Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8
Star Wars: Sanctuary (A Bad Batch Novel) on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel audiobook
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The Bad Batch is Back in Star Wars: Sanctuary - Cover Art Reveal on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ The Bad Batch is Back in Star Wars: Sanctuary - Cover Art Reveal on StarWars.com (backup link) establishes that the events of Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel take place during season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, specifically after the episode "Pabu." As
Clone Force 99 Is Back in New Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Trailer on StarWars.com (backup link) states that "Pabu" is the thirteenth episode of The Bad Batch Season 2, per the reasoning here, it and Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel must take place around 18 BBY.
