Star Wars Visions Volume 3’s First Trailer Is an Anime Extravaganza

After a sojourn astir the globe for a 2nd measurement of planetary animation, Star Wars: Visions is returning to Japan for different volume of anime-centric adventures. So it’s possibly fitting then, that Lucasfilm conscionable gave america our archetypal look astatine the latest anthology close retired of Star Wars Celebration Japan.

Today successful Tokyo, Lucasfilm lifted the lid connected the archetypal teaser for Visions Volume 3 to gathered fans at Star Wars Celebration. The latest measurement volition diagnostic tales created by 9 Japanese animation studios, each reflecting their ain unsocial position and imaginativeness for the postulation far, acold away–including some returning stories, gathering connected episodes from the archetypal volume. Although the trailer has yet to beryllium afloat released online, it was shared with fans via the official Star Wars Celebration livestream. Check it retired below!

The latest batch of studios moving on Visions features a premix of some caller endowment and those who already worked connected episodes for Vision‘s landmark debut season. Returning studios see Kamikaze Douga (Batman Ninja), which developed the incredibly fashionable abbreviated “The Duel” that introduced america to the ex-Sith Ronin; Trigger (Promare, Gridman, Kill La Kill, Dynazenon, and overmuch more), which worked connected some “The Twins” and “The Elder;” and Production I.G. (Ghost successful the Shell, to accidental the least), which created “The Ninth Jedi;” and Kinema Citrus (Made successful Abyss), which worked connected “The Village Bridge.” Three of those shorts volition get sequels, “The Duel: Payback”, “The Village Bride: The Lost Ones”, and “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope”.

But a roster of caller studios are besides joining. Kamikaze Douga volition enactment with Anima (.Hack, Sandland) connected its sequel, but standalone newcomers see David Production (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure); Wit Studio (Attack connected Titan, Spy x Family); Polygon Pictures (Transformers Prime, Tron: Uprising, and champion known in Star Wars for enactment enactment on Clone Wars and Resistance); and Project Studio Q (an CG location calved from Evangelion and Gundam GQuuuuuuX workplace Khara aft its enactment connected Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time).

Also announced astatine the sheet was a caller extended format spin-off for the series, Star Wars Visions Presents, which volition instrumentality to anterior stories and worlds told successful the bid and grow upon them successful a longer format. Presents volition spot Production I.G.’s Kenji Kamiyama instrumentality to direct The Ninth Jedi, which volition spot the short’s protagonist Kara instrumentality successful an “all-new story”, seemingly abstracted from the events of the sequel abbreviated “Child of Hope”.

Star Wars: Visions returns to Disney+ for Volume 3 connected October 29. Star Wars Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi volition watercourse immoderate clip successful 2026.

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