Lucasfilm leaders surprised more on the last day of the three -day star Wars Celebration Fan event in Tokyo. Nine “Star Wars: Vision” will start a new batch of shorts on Disney+on 29 October, and the upcoming is also a longform series “The Ninth JD” from writer-director Kenji Kamiama, which is a spinoff of the earlier “philosophy” short.
The “The Ninth JD” series was announced at the event by Detreeji at James Waugh, Lucasfilm’s Senior VP of Franchise Content and Lucasfilm. He called Kamima on stage, “who thanked the audience for being so helpful and enthusiastic about Kara and Jur’s exploits in ‘The Ninth JD’ and the upcoming ‘Child of Hope’, according to Disney’s Starvers.com official fan site.
“He then announced that fans would see Kara’s visit, will continue to appear in a new spinoff called” Star Wars “. The vision presents – the ninth JD, the site said.
The premiere of “Star Wars: Vision” took place in 2021 on Disney+. The first collection of nine animated shorts included a dub “The ninth JD”, thus described: “The daughter of a lightsber-Smitth is pursued by dark forces on a dangerous mission.” In that short film, Chinatsu Akasaki was shown as Margrev Jur in the voice of Lah Kara and Tatsuo Kanao.
The second season of nine shorts came in May 2023. From that batch, a installment called “Sketches Reach” earned the Amy Award last year for Helmer Paul Young for direction in an animated television/media production.
The third amount of “Star Wars: Vision” will include a small “Child of Hope” that continues the story of Kara and Juro. There is no immediate word on a premiere date for the longform series.
Disney and Lucasfilm have trumped Star Warse franchise News at the Tokyo event in an attempt to generate strong discussion for upcoming TV, film and gaming release. Earlier in the day, the studio stated that the “Fortnite” will launch its biggest star Wars-Theme season with the release of “Gellecic Battle” on May 2. This update will include the popular fan-fiction character Darth Jar Jar.
(Picture: Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo stage in Japan)