{"rewrite":{"id":"r_f72fa604e55302ea43e6cf3c","clusterId":"c_f48fa2a36ed4f5c11015f0bf","slug":"star-wars-visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi-gets-summer-premiere-anime-expo-screening","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi Gets Summer Premiere, Anime Expo Screening","summary":"Anime Expo announced a special screening of the first episode of the limited anime series Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi on July 2, with a panel featuring director Shunsuke Tada, producer Hitoshi Itō, supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, and Lucasfilm executives. The series premieres this summer on Disney+.","whyItMatters":"The expansion of the 'The Ninth Jedi' short into a limited series marks the first long-form narrative in the Star Wars: Visions project, moving beyond the anthology format.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe first episode of the limited anime series Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi will screen at Anime Expo on July 2, ahead of its summer premiere on Disney+. The event includes a panel with director Shunsuke Tada, producer Hitoshi Itō, supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, and Lucasfilm executives Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes. The episode will be shown in Japanese with English subtitles.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe series expands the 'The Ninth Jedi' short from the first Star Wars: Visions volume, which debuted in 2021. Production I.G, which produced the original short, returns for the limited series. The Star Wars: Visions Presents initiative was announced at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 as a way to tell longer animated stories within the franchise.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The first episode of Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi screens at Anime Expo on July 2. The limited series premieres this summer on Disney+.","twitterPost":"The first episode of Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi screens at Anime Expo on July 2. The limited series premieres this summer on Disney+.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Anime Expo will host a screening of the first episode of Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi on July 2, followed by a panel with key staff and Lucasfilm executives. The limited series premieres this summer on Disney+.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-03/star-wars-visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi-anime-summer-debut-more-staff-listed/.238082\",\"title\":\"Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi Anime's Summer Debut, More Staff Listed\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4019,"outputTokens":572,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1780472439,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T07:32:14.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-03T07:36:37.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T07:36:37.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f48fa2a36ed4f5c11015f0bf","canonicalTitle":"News\nStar Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi Anime's Summer Debut, More Staff Listed","representativeArticleId":"a_62dc4a757664a741bc8dcf5d","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-03T06:36:28.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-03T06:36:28.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T07:36:37.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-03/star-wars-visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi-anime-summer-debut-more-staff-listed/.238082","title":"News\nStar Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi Anime's Summer Debut, More Staff Listed"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Anime Expo will screen the first episode of Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi on July 2, 2025, in Japanese with English subtitles.","The screening is followed by a panel with director Shunsuke Tada, producer Hitoshi Itō, supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, and Lucasfilm executives Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes.","The limited series expands the 'The Ninth Jedi' short from the first Star Wars: Visions volume, which debuted in 2021.","Production I.G, the studio behind the original short, returns to produce the limited series.","The series premieres on Disney+ in summer 2025."]}