Star Wars: Visions
Star Wars: Visions is an anthology series of animated short films, presented as non-canonical tales. Its first season showcased nine original short films, inspired by anime from various Japanese animation studios, offering a unique cultural interpretation of Star Wars. The series made its debut on the streaming platform Disney+ on September 22, 2021. A novel called Ronin is connected to the short film "The Duel." Each Visions short is accompanied by a featurette, Star Wars: Visions Filmmaker Focus, which explores its creation and provides behind-the-scenes insights. On May 29, 2022, it was revealed that a second volume of Star Wars: Visions would be released, expanding its scope to include animation studios from across the globe. This second volume premiered on May 4, 2023. On November 19, 2024, the announcement of a third volume of Star Wars: Visions was made, with a planned release in 2025. Volume 3 will refocus on the series' initial emphasis on anime, featuring four returning and five new animation studios.
Official description
Star Wars: Visions will present entirely new and creative interpretations of the galaxy far, far away through a series of animated short films. This anthology collection will celebrate Star Wars through the eyes of the world's top anime creators. It will showcase remarkable visions from several leading Japanese anime studios, providing a novel and diverse cultural lens through which to view Star Wars.
Continuity
To give the storytellers maximum creative latitude in crafting their Visions shorts, Lucasfilm permitted them to deviate from the established Star Wars timeline. Matt Martin from the Lucasfilm Story Group has stated that this means all shorts are considered non-canon. Although some shorts, such as "Tatooine Rhapsody," could potentially align with canon, no source has yet integrated a Visions story into the official Star Wars timeline.
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Adaptations and tie-in media
"The Elder", "Lop & Ochō", "The Ninth Jedi", and "THE TWINS" were adapted into a manga series by Square Enix in Japan, serialized in the Big Gangan magazine between May 25, 2022, and August 25, 2022. The short film "T0-B1" was adapted into a young readers book, Visions: T0-B1: The Droid Who Became a Jedi, published by Golden Books on September 20, 2022. Additionally, "I Am Your Mother" and "Aau's Song" were adapted into a young readers graphic novel, I Am Your Mother/Aau's Song, released in the Screen Comix series on April 2, 2024.
The world and narrative of "The Duel" and The Ronin have been further developed across various media. Ronin: A Visions Novel (Japanese:『浪人』), penned by Emma Mieko Candon, was released by Del Rey on October 12, 2021. Furthermore, two prequel one-shot comic books, both written and illustrated by the episode's writer Takashi Okazaki, namely Visions 1 and Visions – Takashi Okazaki 1, were published by Marvel Comics on October 12, 2022 and March 20, 2024 respectively.
Visions – Peach Momoko 1, an original one-shot comic book created by Peach Momoko as both writer and illustrator, was released by Marvel Comics on November 15, 2023.
An additional original manga, simply entitled Star Wars: Visions Original Manga, authored by Eiichi Shimizu, illustrated by Tomohiro Shimoguchi, and published by Viz Media, was also announced during the New York Comic Con on October 9, 2022.
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External links
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Star Wars: Visions on Lucasfilm's official website (backup link)
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Star Wars: Visions on StarWars.com (backup link)
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Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 on Disney's official website (backup link)
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Star Wars: Visions on Disney's official website (backup link)
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Star Wars: Visions on Disney+ (backup link)
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Star Wars: Visions on Wikipedia
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Star Wars: Visions at the Internet Movie Database
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Star Wars: Visions (anime) on Anime News Network's encyclopedia (backup link archived on July 4, 2021)
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