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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article , atropos@mac.com wrote:   
   > "Your Name"  wrote:   
      
   >>     Lucasfilm Reveals 'The Ninth Jedi' Series   
   >>     at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo   
   >>     -----------------------------------------   
   >>     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.   
   >>   
   >>     "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.   
   >>   
   >>     "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.   
   >>   
   >>     "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."   
   >   
   >Well, looks like they're still throwing established continuity out the   
   >window.   
   >   
   >There are no "lightsaber smiths". Every Jedi is responsible for selecting   
   >his/her own kyber crystal and constructing the lightsaber around it and   
   >maintaining it throughout their lives.   
   >   
   >You don't take your lightsaber to a local mechanic for a tune-up or   
   >anything.   
      
   I was under the impression that light sabers were a lost technology   
   from the historical zenith of the Jedi order.   
      
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