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   From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Apr 22, 2025 at 1:35:30 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous"  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   No, Luke made his own after he lost the first one when Vader cut off his   
   hand.   
      
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