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   On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:40:13 +1200, Your Name    
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   >    Lucasfilm Reveals 'The Ninth Jedi' Series   
   >    at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo   
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   >    Lucasfilm leaders had more surprises on the final day of the   
   >    three-day Star Wars Celebration fan event in Tokyo. A new batch   
   >    of nine "Star Wars: Visions" shorts will debut Oct. 29 on   
   >    Disney+, and also upcoming is the longform series "The Ninth   
   >    Jedi," a spinoff of an earlier "Visions" short, from   
   >    writer-director Kenji Kamiyama.   
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   >    "The Ninth Jedi" series was announced with fanfare at the event   
   >    by James Waugh, Lucasfilm's senior VP of franchise content and   
   >    strategy at Lucasfilm. He called Kamiyama to the stage, "who   
   >    thanked the audience for being so supportive and enthusiastic   
   >    about the adventures of Kara and Juro in 'The Ninth Jedi' and   
   >    the upcoming 'Child of Hope,' " according to Disney's   
   >    StarWars.com official fan site.   
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   >    "He then announced that fans will watch Kara's journey continue   
   >    to unfold in an all-new spinoff called "Star Wars: Visions    
   >    Presents - The Ninth Jedi,' " the site stated.   
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   >    "Star Wars: Visions" premiered on Disney+ in 2021. The first   
   >    collection of nine animated shorts included one dubbed   
   >    "The Ninth Jedi," described as such: "The daughter of a   
   >    lightsaber-smith is pursued by dark forces while on a dangerous   
   >    mission." That short film featured Chinatsu Akasaki in the   
   >    voice of Lah Kara and Tetsuo Kanao as Margrave Juro.   
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   >    The second season of nine shorts arrived in May 2023. From that   
   >    batch, the installment titled "Screecher's Reach" earned the   
   >    Emmy Award last year for Directing in an Animated   
   >    Television/Media Production for helmer Paul Young.   
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   >    The third volume of "Star Wars: Visions" will include a short   
   >    "Child of Hope" that continues the "Ninth Jedi" story of Kara   
   >    and Juro. There's no immediate word on a premiere date for the   
   >    longform series.   
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   >    Disney and Lucasfilm have trumpeted Star Wars franchise news at   
   >    the Tokyo event in an effort to generate strong buzz for upcoming   
   >    TV, film and gaming releases. Earlier in the day, the studio   
   >    revelead that "Fortnite" will launch its biggest Star Wars-themed   
   >    season yet with the May 2 release of "Galactic Battle." This   
   >    update will include the popular fan-fiction character   
   >    Darth Jar Jar.   
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