Next week, Star Wars will return with a whole new series – The Ninth Jedi. Spinning out of the Star Wars: Visions anthology, The Ninth Jedi is set in a distant future where the Jedi are believed extinct. It’s the first of (hopefully) many Visions spinoffs, a story largely unburdened by continuity and canon – […]
Star Wars has returned to Disney+ with a new anime series that’s dominating the streaming service right now, and it’s proof that anime is the medium the franchise really needs to succeed. It’s no secret that the Star Wars franchise has been struggling in the last few years when it comes to finding a new […]
Star Wars is kicking off a whole new era of Jedi for the franchise with the final trailer for a new spinoff anime series coming to Disney+ later this week. Star Wars has been revealed to be a perfect fit for anime over the years as fans have started to see all kinds of new […]
What comes after the Jedi and the Sith? The latest Star Wars series, The Ninth Jedi, is a creative vision of what George Lucas’ galaxy could become. Created by Production I.G., it spins out of the epic Star Wars: Visions anthology series, which allows some of the world’s best animation houses the chance to play […]
Star Wars: Visions is a bold experiment that has produced some of the best Star Wars content since the original trilogy. This anthology series succeeded by handing the keys to animation studios around the world and granting them the creative liberty to craft standalone stories outside the bounds of established continuity. While this format is […]
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the end of The Ninth Jedi. The new Star Wars TV show, Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, certainly proves one thing: this franchise was made for anime. I’ve long considered Visions one of the best Star Wars TV shows ever made, simply because it offers so […]
Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi introduces brand new lightsabers that break three major rules from the Lucas era. They may not be canon, but the Visions stories are easily some of the best Star Wars stories we’ve had in the Disney era. Until now, each episode was an opportunity for a new […]
Since the galaxy far, far away began in 1977 with A New Hope—originally just called Star Wars—Star Wars has been a movie-forward franchise. Over time, especially after Disney’s acquisition of the property in 2012, that has changed somewhat, with particularly live-action shows becoming much more prominent following the release of the sequel trilogy (which largely […]