The upcoming third season of the Starz series will begin with the historic Battle of Culloden.
- September 30, 2016
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Here are some photos to tide you over "Outlander" season 3, which will not air until next year. EW has got its hands on some pictures from the first episode, some of which featuring Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) fiercely fighting against each other in the historic Battle of Culloden.
"We are playing more of [the Battle of Culloden] out on camera," executive producer Ronald. D. Moore says of the conflict that was teased in the season 2 finale. "It just felt like we have been promising it for a while. We should give the audience some sense of what happened on that moor."
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— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 29, 2016
Heughan says of filming the battle scenes, "Tobias and I love doing the battle scenes. It felt very intense, very emotional for both characters. Something they both have been seeking." He adds of the significance of the battle scenes, "It felt like everyone was really desperate to get into this battle. This is a big part of our culture and our history."
Talk about a battle. Get your first look at #Outlander season 3: https://t.co/slTBS9LGUe via @Lynetterice pic.twitter.com/tMuPwICjNd
— Samantha Highfill (@samhighfill) September 29, 2016
In addition to Jamie and Claire's romantic reunion, lead actress Caitriona Balfe promises that the first few episodes will show "the parallel journeys that Jamie and Claire took during their 20 years apart from one another."
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— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 29, 2016
"Outlander" season 3 is based on "Voyager", the third book in Diana Gabaldon's book series. Sophie Skelton will reprise her role as Brianna, the daughter of Jamie and Claire, and Cesar Domboy has been cast as a grown-up version of Fergus, the pickpocketing French kid taken in by Jamie and Claire.
The new season will also feature Wil Johnson as Claire's close friend and medical colleague Joe Abernathy, John Bell as Jamie's nephew Ian Murray, and David Berry as Lord John Grey, a former British soldier-turned-Ardsmuir Prison governor, who strikes up a dubious friendship with the incarcerated Jamie.
