{"id":62536,"date":"2026-07-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/?guid=3ede638baf8b3ca4902260e98c49b95f"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:43:42","slug":"the-ninth-jedi-is-a-bold-new-star-wars-anime-project-hitting-disney-next-month-and-it-looks-sick-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2026\/07\/13\/the-ninth-jedi-is-a-bold-new-star-wars-anime-project-hitting-disney-next-month-and-it-looks-sick-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Ninth Jedi&#8221; is a bold new Star Wars anime project hitting Disney+ next month, and it looks sick!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                            \n                            <article>\n                                <p>Disney+\u2019s imaginative anime anthology series, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/star-wars-visions-vol-2-creator-interview\"><u><strong>Star Wars: Visions<\/strong><\/u><\/a>\", is getting a standalone expansion next month with \"Star Wars: Visions Presents \u2013The Ninth Jedi\".  <\/p><p>This 8-episode limited series is a continuation of the saga of Lah Kara, Margrave Juro, and their ragtag crew in the search for her kidnapped father. <strong>\"Star Wars: Visions Presents \u2013 The Ninth Jedi\" debuts on Disney+ on Aug. 5, 2026.<\/strong><\/p><p>Fans were first introduced to the intriguing story in \"Star Wars: Visions\" Volume 1\u2019s chapter titled \"The Ninth Jedi\", and now writer\/director Kenji Kamiyama and his animation studio Production IG will revisit Kara\u2019s world to elaborate more on the mythology behind lightsabers of different hues.<\/p><div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet ><div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"high\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YkDbteUHDIQ\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><p>In the original 2021 episode, viewers met a bright Force-sensitive girl named Kara and her sabersmith father, Zhima, as they harvest Kyber Crystals to forge new lightsabers for Margrave Juro, the leader of an outer rim planet called Hy Izlan. <\/p><p>Juro is collecting worthy Jedi to help repopulate the Jedi Order, but evil Sith mercenaries are hiding within his candidates\u2019 ranks. Kamiyama\u2019s short initially presented the cool notion of lightsabers changing colors to reflect their users\u2019 true links to the Force. <\/p><p>A direct sequel to Kamiyama's episode, \"The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope,\" was delivered by anime master Naoyoshi Shiotani and premiered on Oct. 29, 2025, for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/entertainment\/space-movies-shows\/every-star-wars-visions-volume-3-episode-ranked-from-worst-to-best\"> <u><strong>\"Star Wars: Visions\" Volume 3<\/strong><\/u><\/a>. Lucasfilm's new show takes place shortly after the events seen in the two \"Star Wars: Visions\" shorts as Kara advances her training and searches for her father.<\/p><figure class=\"van-image-figure  inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:796px;\"><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:148.49%;\"><img id=\"nxrpqG92xUitgcS8BfMhtT\" name=\"9th jedi\" alt=\"a poster for an anime series with a girl holding a green lightsaber\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nxrpqG92xUitgcS8BfMhtT.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"796\" height=\"1182\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><a href='https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/nxrpqG92xUitgcS8BfMhtT.png'  class='expand-button icon-expand-image icon' ><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Disney+)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><p>\"Every time we finished one of the anthologies, the first conversation would be, 'God, I\u2019d love to expand that story,'\" James Waugh, Lucasfilm Senior V.P. and \"Star Wars: Visions\" executive producer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/streaming\/disney-plus\/star-wars-anime-anthology-series-producer-explains-where-visions-presents-comes-from-and-why-it-delves-into-lightsaber-mythology\" ><u><strong>told TechRadar last year<\/strong><\/u><\/a> after the project was announced at Star Wars Celebration Japan. <\/p><p>\"We love the shorts, but Kathy [Kennedy] heard that, and there was a moment to say, 'Let\u2019s see what could happen if we expanded this.' That\u2019s really where 'Visions Presents' comes from. If we could give a bigger canvas to paint on, what would we get? We\u2019ve been so impressed with what Kamiyama and his Production IG team has delivered so far.\"<\/p><p>Directed by Shunsuke Tada and with Kenji Kamiyama acting as supervising director, <strong>\"Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi\" arrives Aug. 5 on Disney+ and Hulu. <\/strong><\/p><div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"317712b2-7ebc-11f1-bf11-abe71d301988\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"$11.99\/month\" data-dimension48=\"$11.99\/month\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><figure class=\"van-image-figure \"  ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1440px;\"><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img id=\"eTA2o4Tghvi5vgjMZ4drRF\" name=\"disney plus logo.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/eTA2o4Tghvi5vgjMZ4drRF.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><p><u><strong>Watch The Ninth Jedi on Disney+:<\/strong><\/u><br>Disney+ (With Ads): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\" data-dimension112=\"317712b2-7ebc-11f1-bf11-abe71d301988\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"$11.99\/month\" data-dimension48=\"$11.99\/month\" data-dimension25=\"\">$11.99\/month<\/a><br>Disney+ Premium (No Ads): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/\"  rel=\"nofollow\">$18.99\/month or $189.99\/year<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"3177132a-7ebc-11f1-8a42-6badd2d88db5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"$11.99\/month or $119.99\/year\" data-dimension48=\"$11.99\/month or $119.99\/year\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/welcome\"  rel=\"nofollow\"><figure class=\"van-image-figure \"  ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:2133px;\"><p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.26%;\"><img id=\"yMHUxyo8L8nmzE3s9Q3B8N\" name=\"Hulu\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/yMHUxyo8L8nmzE3s9Q3B8N.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"2133\" height=\"1200\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><p><u><strong>Watch The Ninth Jedi on Hulu:<\/strong><\/u><br><strong>Hulu with Ads:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/welcome\"  rel=\"nofollow\" data-dimension112=\"3177132a-7ebc-11f1-8a42-6badd2d88db5\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"$11.99\/month or $119.99\/year\" data-dimension48=\"$11.99\/month or $119.99\/year\" data-dimension25=\"\">$11.99\/month or $119.99\/year<\/a><br><strong>Premium (No Ads):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/welcome\"  rel=\"nofollow\">$18.99\/month<\/a> <\/p><\/div>\n                                                            <\/article>\n                            \n                        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This limited series expands on 2021&#8217;s &#8216;Star Wars: Visions&#8221; episode, &#8216;The Ninth Jedi,&#8217; from director Kenji Kamiyama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2800,2805],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-space-movies-amp-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62536"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62573,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62536\/revisions\/62573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}