Lucasfilm leaders had more surprises on the last day of the Star Wars Star Wars celebration fans in Tokyo. A new batch of nine short films “Star Wars: Visions” will make its debut on October 29 on Disney +, and to come, the Longform series “The Ninth Jedi”, a spin-off of a short film “Visions”, of the writer-director Kenji Kamiyama.
The series “The Ninth Jedi” was announced with fanfare at the James Waugh event, senior vice-president of content and dtrategy from Lucasfilm to Lucasfilm. He called Kamiyama on stage, “who thanked the public for having been so favorable and enthusiastic about the adventures of Kara and Juro in the Ninth Jedi ” and the next ‘` Child of Hope’ ‘, according to the official website of Disney Starwars.com.
“He then announced that fans will watch Kara’s trip continue to take place in a brand new spin-off entitled” Star Wars: Visions present – The ninth Jedi, ” said the site.
“Star Wars: Visions” was presented on Disney + in 2021. The first collection of nine animated shorts included a nickname “the ninth Jedi”, describes as such: “The daughter of a lightsaber is prosecuted by dark forces during a dangerous mission.” This short film presented Chinatsu Akasaki in the voice of Lah Kara and Tetsuo Kanao as Margrave Juro.
The second season of nine shorts arrived in May 2023. From this lot, the payment entitled “Screecher’s Reach” won the Emmy Award last year for having carried out a lively television / media production for Helmer Paul Young.
The third volume of “Star Wars: visions” will include a short “child of hope” which continues the history “ninth Jedi” of Kara and Juro. There is no immediate word on a first date for the LongForm series.
Disney and Lucasfilm deceived the news of the Star Wars franchise at the Tokyo event in order to generate a strong buzz for the next versions of television, films and games. Earlier in the day, the studio proves to be that “Fortnite” will launch its biggest season on the theme of Star Wars with the release of May 2 of “Galactic Battle”. This update will include jar jar jar popars fan-fiction darth.
(Photo: The Star Wars Celebration Japan scene in Tokyo)