- "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. At some point, she found the Belmont diadem.
In 19 BBY, 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. 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 the Kaldar Trinary system, an uncharted system. Accompanied by the clones, Genoa traveled to the system and found the Heart of the Mountain, a valuable crystalline artifact, which ended up being the key to activating Skara Nal, a dangerous ancient walker and superweapon.
Around 18 BBY, 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. 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, both unaware of the fate he would soon meet.
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. The character was first shown in a trailer released on December 7, 2022.
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. Sykes was envisioned early on to voice the character, consequently making her real-world persona inspire Genoa's character tone.
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.
Appearances[]
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- 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"