# Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi series launches

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> Updated: 2026-08-04T23:30:55.000Z. Sources: 29. Developments: 5.

Disney+ and Hulu launched the eight‑episode limited‑run anime *Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi* on 5 August 2026, expanding the *Visions* anthology. Produced by Production I.G. under Kenji Kamiyama, the series follows Lah Kara, a Force‑sensitive daughter of a legendary lightsaber‑smith, as she seeks her captured father Lah Zhima, allies with Margrave Juro, and confronts warlord General Nawaam to rebuild the near‑extinct Jedi Order roughly a thousand years after *The Rise of Skywalker*. The show is available in English, German, Japanese, Portuguese and other subtitles. Critics praised its animation, world‑building and a new lightsaber concept that changes color with the wielder’s emotions, giving it an 84 Metascore and a 92 % Rotten Tomatoes rating. The launch coincided with Disney+’s broader push for new anime content and the franchise’s 50th‑anniversary celebrations, which also featured the first Welsh‑language redub of the 1977 film and supplemental media clarifying *The Rise of Skywalker*.

## Timeline

### 2026-08-04: Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi launches on Disney+ as an eight‑episode anime series

Disney+ debuted *Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi*, an eight‑episode anime expanding the popular short. Set far after the Skywalker saga, it follows Lah Kara’s quest to rescue her father Lah Zhima (

19 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/disney-debuts-star-wars-visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi-series-in-august

### 2026-08-02: Disney+ to debut Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi anime series in August 2026

Disney+ will launch the eight‑episode anime Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi on 5 August 2026, produced by Production I.G with Japanese, English and German versions.

9 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/disney-launches-star-wars-anime-series-the-ninth-jedi

### 2026-07-30: Disney+ Announces ‘Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi’ Anime Series

Disney+ will debut the eight‑episode anime *Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi* on August 5, 2026, directed by Kenji Kamiyama and featuring new characters like Lah Kara, Sith Gennoh, and General Nawa​

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/disney-announces-star-wars-visions-presents-the-ninth-jedi-anime-series

### 2026-07-11: Star Wars: Visions earns Emmy nomination for ‘Black’ episode

*Star Wars: Visions* received a 2026 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Animated Program for the episode “Black,” its first in the category in over 20 years, joining shows like *The Simpsons* and *Rick and Morty*.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/star-wars-visions-earns-emmy-nomination-for-black-episode

### 2026-07-03: Disney+ to debut Star Wars: Visions – The Ninth Jedi series on August 5, 2026

Disney+ announced the August 5, 2026 release of the new eight‑episode *Star Wars: Visions – The Ninth Jedi* series, unveiled with a trailer at Anime Expo 2026.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/disney-to-debut-star-wars-visions-the-ninth-jedi-series-on-august-5-2026

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