The final trailer
Disney+ and Lucasfilm have released the second and final trailer for the anime spinoff series Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, with the streamer positioning the project as the launch of a new Jedi era for the franchise. The trailer carries the line "Beyond light and dark lies a power never seen before," signalling that the story will explore a new Force-adjacent concept, and the release is timed to a debut on Disney+ later in the week.
Origins in the Visions anthology
The Ninth Jedi is a direct spinoff of Star Wars: Visions, the anime anthology series produced through partnerships with Japanese animation studios that Lucasfilm introduced on Disney+. Its central character, named Lah Cartha, originated in the original Visions episode "The Ninth Jedi," which was created by Japanese studio Production I.G. The new series is framed as an expansion of that episode into a full standalone story, with the franchise's anime branch now extending from anthology short into serialized format.
Framing as a new Jedi era
Coverage describes the series as Star Wars "kicking off a whole new era of Jedi," a characterization that ties the anime spinoff to the wider post-sequel-trilogy narrative direction the franchise has signalled in live-action and animation alike. Both outlets frame the project explicitly as Jedi-centric, distinguishing it from broader Star Wars storytelling and from the more anthology-style Visions format it grew out of.
What remains unclear
The trailer materials do not specify the exact number of episodes, a precise runtime per episode, or a confirmed weekly release schedule on Disney+, and no critic or platform review was included in the reporting. The trailers also do not name additional Japanese animation studios or specific Japanese staff beyond the original Production I.G. credit, leaving the broader production team for the serialized spinoff to be detailed elsewhere.
Next milestone
The series is set to begin streaming on Disney+ later this week following the final-trailer release, making the debut date the next verifiable milestone for the project.
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