The First Full 'Star Wars' Anime Series Arrives This Week
Gizmodo • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The Ninth Jedi is a new eight-episode Star Wars anime series and the franchise's first full anime project, serving as a standalone spinoff from the Star Wars: Visions anthology.
- The series continues the story from two previous Visions episodes, following Lah Kara as she trains to become a Jedi under Margrave Juro while embarking on a quest to save her father.
- Produced by Lucasfilm and Production I.G., The Ninth Jedi is available in both English dub and original Japanese versions and premieres on Disney+ on August 5.
- The creative team includes supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, director Shunsuke Tada, and producer Hitoshi Ito, marking a new extended storytelling approach under the Star Wars: Visions Presents banner.
