Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi launches on Disney+ as an eight‑episode anime series

Disney+ released an eight‑episode animated series, *Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi*, expanding the popular short from the *Star Wars: Visions* anthology. Produced by Production I.G. and overseen by Kenji Kamiyama, the series follows Lah Kara, a Force‑sensitive heroine searching for her missing father, the legendary lightsaber smith Lah Zhima (voiced by Simu Liu). Set roughly a thousand years after *The Rise of Skywalker*, the Jedi Order has nearly vanished and Kara joins Margrave Juro to rebuild it while confronting the warlord General Nawaam. The show debuted on 5 August 2026 on Disney+ and Hulu, with versions in English, German, Japanese and Portuguese. Critics praised its animation, world‑building and a new lightsaber concept that changes color with the wielder’s emotions, earning an 84 Metascore and a 92 % Rotten Tomatoes rating. The series marks the first “Visions Presents” title, giving the *Star Wars* franchise a fresh, anime‑styled narrative direction.