{"id":581233,"date":"2026-08-03T04:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/581233\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T04:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:33:20","slug":"lucasfilms-first-anime-star-wars-series-hits-d-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/581233\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucasfilm&#8217;s First Anime Star Wars Series Hits D+ This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lucasfilm\u2019s latest animated project, Star Wars: Visions Presents \u2013 The Ninth Jedi, officially premieres on Disney+ and Hulu this Wednesday, August 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Expanding the Vision<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), the full series picks up after the events of the original 2021 short. The story follows Lah Kara as she navigates a far-future galaxy where Jedi are mythic relics and kyber crystals dynamically reflect their wielder\u2019s spiritual alignment, fighting to reunite with her father, the master sabersmith Lah Zhima and help restore the Jedi order.<\/p>\n<p>The limited series picks up not long after the events of the \u201cVisions\u201d shorts: \u201cThe Ninth Jedi\u201d and \u201cThe Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope.\u201d In the new series, Lah Kara continues to train in the ways of the Jedi under Margrave Juro. Kara goes on an epic journey of<br \/>self-discovery as she and Juro\u2019s small fellowship of Jedi-in-training embark on a quest to save her father.<\/p>\n<p>-Official synopsis for The Ninth Jedi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TheNinthJedi_5-1024x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106512\"  \/>Lah Kara in a scene from Star Wars: Visions Presents \u2013 The Ninth Jedi, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm. \u00a9 2026 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elevating The Ninth Jedi from an anthology short into a full 8-episode narrative series is one of Lucasfilm\u2019s most exciting creative expansions. By jumping into a distant, autonomous era detached from the mainline Skywalker saga, the series offers a fresh, high-fantasy vision of lightsaber lore and Force traditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All eight episodes of Lucasfilm\u2019s first anime series will be available on August 5th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucasfilm\u2019s latest animated project, Star Wars: Visions Presents \u2013 The Ninth Jedi, officially premieres on Disney+ and Hulu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[30985,10450,93,61,60,14866,270,2140,3277,225750,282,14870,236230],"class_list":["post-581233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-anime","tag-disney-plus","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lucasfilm","tag-movies","tag-star-wars","tag-streaming","tag-the-ninth-jedi","tag-tv","tag-tv-news","tag-visions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}