Celebrate Star Wars Day by Watching 'Tales of the Underworld' and Rooting for the Bad Guys

Some people celebrate Star Wars Day by tweeting "May the 4th be with you" and calling it a day. Not us. Not this year. Because the galaxy just dropped something actually new to binge, and we are diving into it faster than Cad Bane draws his blaster.

Tales of the Underworld is streaming right now on Disney+, and it's here to serve up exactly what we needed: six episodes of brooding, bounty-hunting, morally complex Star Wars characters who thrive in the gray area. This is the third entry in the Tales of animated anthology series (after Tales of the Jedi and Tales of the Empire), and this time we're going full underworld—with two fan-favorite characters who absolutely deserve the spotlight.

We're talking about Asajj Ventress, the deadly ex-Sith assassin with more layers than Han was wearing while looking for Luke on Hoth, and Cad Bane, the galaxy's scariest cowboy who somehow manages to make a giant blue face and robot hat look terrifying. If Clone Wars is your jam, this series builds on their arcs beautifully. If you've never met them before, you're about to fall in love with two of the baddest weirdos in the Star Wars canon.

And the best part? All six episodes dropped at once. No waiting, no weekly cliffhangers, just pure Star Wars storytelling straight into your eyeballs.

So happy May the 4th. Go fire up Disney+, grab your snack of choice, and prepare to root for the villains. Because in Tales of the Underworld, the heroes are busy making moral compromises and the bad guys are just trying to survive. Kind of relatable, honestly.