{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8de924a99bff1e410e2808e8","clusterId":"c_4682b62b2e6f14d067d17d5d","slug":"star-wars-visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi-final-trailer-streams","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Star Wars: Visions Presents The Ninth Jedi Final Trailer Streams","summary":"The official YouTube channels for Star Wars and Disney+ began streaming the final trailer for Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi on Monday, August 3, 2026. The limited anime series expands the story from the original Star Wars: Visions short, and all eight episodes will premiere at once on Wednesday, August 5, on Disney+ and Hulu. The trailer is available in both English dub and Japanese dub with English subtitles. Kenji Kamiyama, who wrote and directed the original short, returns as supervising director and series script supervisor. Shunsuke Tada directs the new series, with Hitoshi Ito producing and Lucasfilm's Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes as executive producers. Production I.G handles the animation. The Japanese cast includes Chinatsu Akasaki as Lah Kara, Nao Omori as Nawaam, Tetsuo Kanao as Juro, Hiroshi Naka as Dunbay, Maaya Sakamoto as Tahoola, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Kwana, and Shinichiro Miki as Lah Zhima, with several reprisals from the original short. The series was first announced at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 as part of the Star Wars: Visions Presents initiative.","whyItMatters":"This is the first time a Star Wars: Visions short has been expanded into a full standalone series, a format shift that lets Lucasfilm develop longer narratives from its anthology stories.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKara is the daughter of lightsaber smith Juro, and the story follows the Jedi as they rebuild after the Order\u0026#39;s fall.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHiromu Mineta returns as Ethan, Hinata Tadokoro as Homen, Cho as Gramps, Hiroki Takahashi as Jedi Hunter, and Akio Otsuka as Narrator, all reprising roles from the original short.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eKamiyama\u0026#39;s prior credits include Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Eden of the East; Tada directed Kuroko\u0026#39;s Basketball, STARMYU, and Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProducer Hitoshi Ito previously worked on Star Wars: Visions and Attack on Titan The Final Season.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe first Star Wars: Visions volume debuted on Disney+ in September 2021 with shorts from Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Kamikaze Douga, Science SARU, Production I.G, and Geno Studio.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eVolume 2 arrived May 4, 2023, with nine shorts from studios worldwide, including Studio Mir, Aardman, Cartoon Saloon, Punkrobot, and 88 Pictures.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eVolume 3 premiered October 2025 and continued storylines from \u0026#34;The Duel,\u0026#34; \u0026#34;Village Bride,\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;The Ninth Jedi.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA separate short, \u0026#34;The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope,\u0026#34; debuted as part of Volume 3 and depicts a war that began before Kara was born.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLucasfilm and Studio Ghibli collaborated on the hand-drawn short Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies, released November 2022 on Disney+.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"All eight episodes of Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi drop at once on August 5, the first time a Visions short gets a full series treatment.","twitterPost":"Kenji Kamiyama returns to The Ninth Jedi as supervising director, with Shunsuke Tada directing and Production I.G animating. Final trailer is out now.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The final trailer for Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi is out, ahead of the August 5 premiere of all eight episodes on Disney+ and Hulu. 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