A panel titled “First Look | Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi” at Anime Expo unveiled a new trailer for Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, the limited anime series spun off from the Star Wars: Visions anthology project. The trailer confirms the series will premiere on August 5 on Disney+ and Hulu. The panel also screened the series’ first episode for the first time, presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
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Kenji Kamiyama — known for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden of the East — returns to the franchise after directing the original “The Ninth Jedi” short in Star Wars: Visions Volume 1. For the new series he serves as supervising director and series script supervisor.
Shunsuke Tada (Kuroko’s Basketball, STARMYU, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Collision) is directing the series. Hitoshi Itō (Star Wars: Visions, Attack on Titan The Final Season) is producing, with Lucasfilm’s Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes serving as executive producers.
Star Wars: Visions Background
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 launched on Disney+ on May 4, 2023 (Star Wars Day). While the first volume featured nine shorts exclusively from Japanese anime studios, Volume 2 broadened its scope to include animation studios from Japan, India, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Chile, France, South Africa, South Korea, and the United States.
Star Wars: Visions Volume 3 followed on Disney+ on October 29, continuing the storylines of three shorts from the original volume: “The Duel,” “Village Bride,” and “The Ninth Jedi.” Separate from the new limited series, the short “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope” explores a war that predates the birth of Kara, the central character from the original short.
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