Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi Gets Summer Premiere, Anime Expo Screening
The expansion of the 'The Ninth Jedi' short into a limited series marks the first long-form narrative in the Star Wars: Visions project, moving beyond the anthology format.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Anime Expo announced a special screening of the first episode of the limited anime series Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi on July 2, with a panel featuring director Shunsuke Tada, producer Hitoshi Itō, supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, and Lucasfilm executives. The series premieres this summer on Disney+.
The first episode of the limited anime series Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi will screen at Anime Expo on July 2, ahead of its summer premiere on Disney+. The event includes a panel with director Shunsuke Tada, producer Hitoshi Itō, supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, and Lucasfilm executives Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes. The episode will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles.
The series expands the 'The Ninth Jedi' short from the first Star Wars: Visions volume, which debuted in 2021. Production I.G, which produced the original short, returns for the limited series. The Star Wars: Visions Presents initiative was announced at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 as a way to tell longer animated stories within the franchise.
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