Star Wars: Visions
Star Wars: Visions is an anthology series of animated short films that are not considered part of the official canon. The first installment featured nine original short films inspired by anime from various studios in Japan, offering a culturally diverse take on Star Wars. It was first available on the streaming platform Disney+ on September 22, 2021. The novelization titled Ronin is connected to the short film "The Duel." Each Visions short has an accompanying behind-the-scenes feature called Star Wars: Visions Filmmaker Focus that explores its creation. On May 29, 2022, it was announced 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. Then, 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 anime style, featuring four returning animation studios and introducing five new ones.
Official description
Star Wars: Visions presents entirely new and imaginative interpretations of the galaxy far, far away. This series of animated shorts celebrates Star Wars through the unique perspective of top anime creators worldwide. This anthology collection showcases incredible visions from leading Japanese anime studios, providing a novel and diverse cultural lens through which to view Star Wars._
Continuity
Lucasfilm granted the storytellers maximum creative latitude when developing their Visions shorts, allowing them to deviate from the established Star Wars timeline. Matt Martin from the Lucasfilm Story Group has stated that this means none of the shorts are considered canon. While it's possible that some shorts, like "Tatooine Rhapsody", could theoretically align with canon, no official source has yet integrated any Visions story into the official Star Wars timeline.
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Adaptations and tie-in media
The episodes "The Elder", "Lop & Ochō", "The Ninth Jedi" and "THE TWINS" were adapted into a manga series, which was published by Square Enix in Japan's Big Gangan magazine from May 25, 2022, until August 25, 2022. The episode "T0-B1" was adapted into a young readers' book titled Visions: T0-B1: The Droid Who Became a Jedi, which was 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 titled I Am Your Mother/Aau's Song, which was published in the Screen Comix series on April 2, 2024.
The world and narrative of "The Duel" and the character of 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, titled 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.
Another original manga, simply called Star Wars: Visions Original Manga, with writing by Eiichi Shimizu and illustrations by Tomohiro Shimoguchi, published by Viz Media, was also revealed 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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