Star Wars: Visions

Star Wars: Visions is an animated anthology series created for the American streaming service Disney+. Produced by Lucasfilm, the series consists of various original stories set in, or inspired by the Star Wars universe.

Star Wars: Visions
Genre	Action-adventure Anthology Science fiction Space opera
Based on	Star Wars by George Lucas
Country of origin	United States Japan
Original languages	Japanese English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producers	Jacqui Lopez James Waugh Josh Rimes Justin Leach
Producer	Kanako Shirasaki
Animators	Volume 1 Kamikaze Douga Studio Colorido Geno Studio Trigger Kinema Citrus Production I.G Science SARU
Running time	13–22 minutes
Production company	Lucasfilm
Distributor	Disney Platform Distribution
Release
Original network	Disney+
Original release	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22) – present (present)

The first volume of nine anime short films were produced by seven Japanese animation studios: Kamikaze Douga, Studio Colorido, Geno Studio, Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Production I.G, and Science SARU. The creators at each studio were given free rein to re-envision the ideas of Star Wars as they saw fit, while receiving guidance from Lucasfilm's executive team. The volume was released on September 22, 2021, and received positive reviews from critics.

A second volume featuring shorts from animation studios in Japan, India, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Chile, France, South Africa, and the United States will be released in early 2023.

Premise

Star Wars: Visions is a collection of animated short films presented "through the lens of the world's best anime creators" that offers a new, diverse perspective on Star Wars.^[1] Created outside of the constraints of the franchise's traditional canon, the films provide creative freedom to each director and production studio, while maintaining fidelity to the themes and emotional identity of the Star Wars saga.^[2]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[3]^[4]	Directed by ^[5]	Written by	Animated by ^[3]	Original release date ^[3]
1	1	"The Duel" Transcription: "Dyueru" (Japanese: デュエル)	Takanobu Mizuno	Takashi Okazaki	Kamikaze Douga	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
Set in an alternate history, 20 years after a war between the Feudal-Jedi Empire and a renegade Jedi sect called the Sith,^[6] a lone wanderer known only as the "Ronin" witnesses a legion of former stormtroopers attempt to besiege a small village. The Ronin fights the leader of the bandits, a self-declared Dark Lord of the Sith armed with a heavily-modified lightsaber while his droid saves the villagers; the Ronin, a former actual Sith, lures the bandit leader into a trap and kills her. The Ronin, shown to be collecting red kyber crystals from each Sith he has killed, decides to give the leader's crystal to the villagers, citing that it can ward off evil. Cast : Ronin (Japanese: Masaki Terasoma; English: Brian Tee), Bandit Leader / Kouru (Japanese: Akeno Watanabe; English: Lucy Liu), Village Chief (Japanese: Yūko Sanpei; English: Jaden Waldman)
2	2	"Tatooine Rhapsody" Transcription: "Tatuīn Rapusodi" (Japanese: タトゥイーン・ラプソディ)	Taku Kimura	Yasumi Atarashi	Studio Colorido	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
During the Clone Wars, a Jedi Padawan named Jay attempts to escape from the war, only to stumble upon a Hutt named Gee. Gee offers to take Jay in if he becomes the lead singer of Gee's rock band, Star Waver, and Jay accepts. Years later, during the reign of the Galactic Empire, the members of Star Waver are hunted by the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Fett eventually captures Gee and reveals that Gee's relative, Jabba the Hutt, wishes to execute him due to Gee not wanting to be a part of his family's crime syndicate. Jay inspires the other members of Star Waver to go to Tatooine and attempt to save Gee; they manage to convince Jabba to let them play one more song together before Gee's execution. The song is loved by the execution's audience, and Jabba ultimately spares Gee and becomes the band's first sponsor. Cast : Jay (Japanese: Hiroyuki Yoshino; English: Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Geezer (Japanese: Kōsuke Gotō; English: Bobby Moynihan), Boba Fett (Japanese: Akio Kaneda; English: Temuera Morrison), K-344 (Japanese: Masayo Fujita; English: Shelby Young), Lan (Japanese: Anri Katsu; English: Marc Thompson)
3	3	"The Twins" Transcription: "Tsuinzu" (Japanese: ツインズ)	Hiroyuki Imaishi	Hiromi Wakabayashi	Studio Trigger	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
In the aftermath of the Battle of Exegol, the remnants of the First Order and Sith Eternal begin the construction of two conjoined Star Destroyers that house a large superlaser capable of destroying planets. Using Sith alchemy, they are also able to create two Force-sensitive biological twins named Karre and Am, who they then train in the dark side of the Force. The twins eventually become the leaders of the remnant and plan to use their superweapon to destroy the New Republic. However, Karre goes rogue on the day the weapon is supposed to be fired due to him having a vision of the future involving his sister's death; he also steals the large kyber crystal that powers the superweapon. Am confronts Karre outside of the Star Destroyers in outer space and they duel. During the battle, the crystal is split in half and Am uses a piece to power a metal exoskeleton, despite Karre's warning that he has foreseen this causing her death. Using his X-wing and the power of hyperspace, Karre is able to destroy Am's sliver of the crystal and the superlaser; he crash-lands on Tatooine and vows to rescue his sister from the dark side. Cast : Karre (Japanese: Junya Enoki; English: Neil Patrick Harris), Am (Japanese: Ryoko Shiraishi; English: Alison Brie), B-20N (Japanese: Tokuyoshi Kawashima; English: Jonathan Lipow)
4	4	"The Village Bride" Transcription: "Mura no Hanayome" (Japanese: 村の花嫁)	Hitoshi Haga	Takahito Oonishi & Hitoshi Haga	Kinema Citrus	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
Years after the Great Jedi Purge, a former Jedi Padawan named F is drawn to a remote planet by an explorer named Valco.^[7] Valco explains that bandit raiders have reprogrammed old Separatist battle droids and are holding a village hostage; the village chief's granddaughter Haru and her fiancé Asu intend to surrender to the bandits as collateral the following morning, while Haru's sister Saku wants to fight the bandits. The next morning as Haru is led to the arriving bandits, F removes her mask and cuts her padawan braid. The bandits reveal they have captured Saku and attempt to execute her, but F and Valco intervene and kill all of the bandits as F declares herself a Jedi. F then departs the planet. Cast : F (Japanese: Asami Seto; English: Karen Fukuhara), Haru (Japanese: Megumi Han; English: Nichole Sakura), Asu (Japanese: Yuma Uchida; English: Christopher Sean), Valco (Japanese: Takaya Kamikawa; English: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa), Izuma (Japanese: Yoshimitsu Shimoyama; English: Andrew Kishino), Saku (Japanese: Mariya Ise; English: Stephanie Sheh)
5	5	"The Ninth Jedi" Transcription: "Kyūninme no Jedai" (Japanese: 九人目のジェダイ)	Kenji Kamiyama	Kenji Kamiyama	Production I.G	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
Many generations after the Jedi Order became mostly extinct, Margrave Juro invites seven Jedi to his aerial temple to receive lightsabers, whose design has been lost to time. Juro's droid gifts a lightsaber to one of the Jedi, Ethan, and promises that the others will arrive shortly. On the planet Hy Izlan below, the sabersmith Lah Zhima finishes constructing the remaining lightsabers – including one for his Force-sensitive daughter, Kara – before being captured by hunters working for the Sith. Kara finds transportation to the temple and presents the lightsabers to the other six Jedi, who reveal themselves as Sith imposters intending to kill Juro and any surviving Jedi. Juro's droid reveals himself to be Juro in disguise, and he assists Kara and Ethan in killing five of the Sith; the last remaining Sith, Homen, is spared as he returns to the light side, having been a Jedi survivor who was corrupted by the imposters' influence. Ethan, Kara, and Homen join Juro's new Jedi Order and prepare to rescue Lah Zhima, who is being held on a Sith-controlled planet. Cast : Lah Kara (Japanese: Chinatsu Akasaki; English: Kimiko Glenn), Margrave Juro (Japanese: Tetsuo Kanao; English: Andrew Kishino), Homen (Japanese: Hinata Tadokoro; English: Patrick Seitz), Lah Zhima (Japanese: Shin-ichiro Miki; English: Simu Liu), Ethan (Japanese: Hiromu Mineta; English: Masi Oka), Roden (Japanese: Kazuya Nakai; English: Greg Chun), Niizo (Japanese: Rina Satō; English: Eva Kaminsky), Narrator (Japanese: Akio Ōtsuka; English: Neil Kaplan), Hen Jin (Japanese: Daisuke Hirakawa; English: Michael Sinterniklaas), Hanbei (Japanese: Jin Urayama; English: Adam Sietz), Toguro (Japanese: Ryota Takeuchi; English: Kyle McCarley)
6	6	"T0-B1" (Japanese: T0-B1)	Abel Góngora	Yuichiro Kido	Science SARU	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
Shortly after the Great Jedi Purge, a droid named T0-B1 (Tobi) lives on a deserted planet with his armless creator Professor Mitaka, and dreams of becoming a Jedi Knight. One day, Mitaka tells him that in order to become a Jedi, he must find a kyber crystal so he can forge a lightsaber. T0-B1 scours the planet, but finds nothing. He defies Mitaka's orders to never enter his basement, discovers a starship, and accidentally sends a signal that alerts a Sith Inquisitor to their presence. Mitaka reveals himself to be a former Jedi and hides both T0-B1 and his old lightsaber hilt. When T0-B1 leaves his hiding spot, he discovers that the Inquisitor has ransacked Mitaka's lab and killed him. T0-B1 continues his research and successfully terraforms the planet, but is confronted by the Inquisitor. Upon fixing Mitaka's lightsaber, T0-B1 is revealed to be powered by a kyber crystal and designed by Mitaka to be able to wield the Force, and igniting the lightsaber, kills the Inquisitor in a duel. He then departs the planet to explore the galaxy and uphold Mitaka's legacy. Cast : T0-B1 (Japanese: Masako Nozawa; English: Jaden Waldman), Mitaka (Japanese: Tsutomu Isobe; English: Kyle Chandler)
7	7	"The Elder" Transcription: "Erudā" (Japanese: エルダー)	Masahiko Otsuka	Masahiko Otsuka	Studio Trigger	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
Centuries after the death of Darth Bane and the initial extinction of the Sith, Tajin and his Padawan Dan are sent to explore the Outer Rim when Tajin senses a disturbance in the force. They land on an isolated planet and arrive at a remote village, where they learn of a mysterious elder man who hiked onto the mountaintop. Dan follows the Elder's trail and meets the man, who reveals himself to be a former Sith who left the order before it fell apart. The Elder wounds Dan, and Tajin arrives to fight the Elder. Tajin narrowly manages to kill the Elder, who decomposes into a rocky sediment and detonates an explosion that destroys his ship as he dies. As they leave the village upon Dan's recovery, Tajin tells Dan that being a Jedi means being kindhearted so they do not end up like the Elder. Cast : Tajin Crosser (Japanese: Takaya Hashi; English: David Harbour), The Elder (Japanese: Kenichi Ogata; English: James Hong), Dan G'vash (Japanese: Yuichi Nakamura; English: Jordan Fisher)
8	8	"Lop and Ochō" Transcription: "Norausa Roppu to Hizakura Ochō" (Japanese: のらうさロップと緋桜お蝶)	Yuki Igarashi	Sayawaka	Geno Studio	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
During the reign of the Empire, a rabbit-like alien slave named Lop escapes her captors on the planet Tau and is discovered by the planet's clan leader Yasaburo and his daughter Ochō, the latter of whom convinces the former to adopt Lop as his daughter. Seven years later, the Empire has occupied their planet and is exploiting it for its natural resources; Yasaburo wants to drive the Empire off their planet, while Ochō wants to cooperate with the Empire. After failing to convince Yasaburo to join her, Ochō enlists in the Imperial navy despite Lop's protests. With Ochō gone, Yasaburo passes down the family treasure, an ancient lightsaber given to their ancestor and passed down the generations, to the Force-sensitive Lop, and departs to confront Ochō. Ochō blinds Yasaburo in a fight, but Lop arrives and injures Ochō, who is forced to flee. Lop then vows to return Ochō home. Cast : Lop (Japanese: Seiran Kobayashi; English: Anna Cathcart), Ochō (Japanese: Risa Shimizu; English: Hiromi Dames), Yasaburo (Japanese: Tadahisa Fujimura; English: Paul Nakauchi), Imperial Officer (Japanese: Taisuke Nakano; English: Kyle McCarley)
9	9	"Akakiri" (Japanese: 赤霧)	Eunyoung Choi	Yuichiro Kido	Science SARU	September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)
Prior to the initial extinction of the Sith, a Jedi named Tsubaki, who has been suffering from visions of an unidentified individual dying in front of him, reunites with his old love Misa, a princess who has been overthrown by her dark-side-wielding aunt Masago. With the aid of guides Senshuu and Kamahachi, Tsubaki and Misa make their way to the royal palace. Masago captures Tsubaki's friends and overpowers him, then attempts to convince him to join her as her apprentice. When Tsubaki refuses, Masago's masked henchmen attack him; Tsubaki kills them, but also accidentally kills Misa dressed in their uniform, just as he had foreseen. Completely broken, Tsubaki agrees to join Masago, forming a dyad to resurrect Misa, and departs. Cast : Tsubaki (Japanese: Yū Miyazaki; English: Henry Golding), Misa (Japanese: Lynn; English: Jamie Chung), Senshuu (Japanese: Chō; English: George Takei), Kamahachi (Japanese: Wataru Takagi; English: Keone Young), Masago (Japanese: Yukari Nozawa; English: Lorraine Toussaint)

Production

Development

Development of the Star Wars: Visions project began when James Waugh, vice president of franchise content at Lucasfilm, pitched the idea to Kathleen Kennedy at the beginning of 2020. To facilitate the international production, Lucasfilm collaborated with independent producer Justin Leach and his company Qubic Pictures, which helped facilitate the discussions between the US-based executives and Japanese studios; this became particularly important during the COVID-19 pandemic, when planned in-person collaborative meetings had to be canceled. Production of the shorts took place in Japan throughout 2020 and 2021.^[2]

On December 10, 2020, it was announced that Star Wars: Visions was an anime anthology series of ten short films by different creators set in the Star Wars universe.^[8] It was previewed by producer Kanako Shirasaki and the executive producers at Anime Expo Lite in July 2021.^[9] At the event, it was revealed that the number of episodes had decreased from ten to nine, due to The Ninth Jedi originally starting development as two films, but was eventually combined into one film.^[3]

A second season of Visions was announced at Star Wars Celebration in May 2022, and will include shorts from studios based in Japan, India, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Chile, France, South Africa, South Korea and the United States. Waugh described the second volume as "a celebration of the incredible animation happening all around the globe".^[10][11]

Writing

We really wanted to give these creators a wide creative berth to explore all the imaginative potential of the Star Wars galaxy through the unique lens of anime. We realized we wanted these to be as authentic as possible to the studios and creators who are making them, made through their unique process, in a medium they're such experts at. So the idea was, this is their vision riffing off all the elements of the Star Wars galaxy that inspired them — hopefully to make a really incredible anthology series, unlike anything we’ve seen before in the Star Wars galaxy.

—James Waugh on the creative freedom for Visions.^[3]

Star Wars: Visions's stories were not required to adhere to the established Star Wars timeline. The story of The Duel was specifically billed as "an alternate history pulled from Japanese lore".^[12] Lop and Ochō is set during the reign of the Galactic Empire between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.^[13] The Elder is set "sometime before" The Phantom Menace while The Twins involves "remnants of the Imperial Army" after the events of The Rise of Skywalker.^[13] The Ninth Jedi explores "what became of the Jedi Knights" after The Rise of Skywalker;^[13] director Kenji Kamiyama was particularly focused on wanting to use "the original lightsaber sounds" that are known to children throughout the world.^[2] For T0-B1, director Abel Góngora sought to combine visual and narrative elements of the classic trilogy with those of classic anime by drawing parallels between the anime and manga of the 1960s, and the cinema tradition of the late 1970s.^[14] In planning her film Akakiri, director Eunyoung Choi noted that "creating visuals that combined both the fairy tale-style lessons of Star Wars with the advanced technology found in this universe... was particularly important."^[2]

Music

In July 2021, it was revealed that Kevin Penkin would be composing the score for The Village Bride,^[15] and Michiru Ōshima will be composing for The Twins and The Elder,^[16] while Yoshiaka Dewa composed the score for Lop and Ochō and Tatooine Rhapsody, Keiji Inai to compose the score for The Duel, A-bee and Keiichiro Shibuya compose the score for T0-B1, U-zhaan compose the score for Akakiri, and Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi will be composing the score for The Ninth Jedi.^[17] Soundtracks for each film were released digitally on October 15, 2021.^[18]

Track listings

All music is composed by Keiji Inai^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – The Duel (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ronin's Theme"	3:47
2.	"SIgn of deaTH"	1:52
3.	"The Duel"	3:48
4.	"May The Force Be With You"	2:01

All music is composed by Yoshiaki Dewa^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – Tatooine Rhapsody (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Order 66"	0:36
2.	"Galactic Dreamer"	2:04
3.	"Star Waver"	0:53
4.	"Boba Fett Chase"	0:34
5.	"Encounter"	0:38
6.	"Mos Espa Grand Aren"	1:21
7.	"Tatooine Rhapsody"	1:18
8.	"Galactic Dreamer (Instrumental)"	2:04

All music is composed by Michiru Oshima^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – The Twins (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Twin Star Destroyer"	1:37
2.	"Anthem of Imperial (Am's Theme)"	2:01
3.	"Warning Issuance"	0:29
4.	"Passage Through"	0:37
5.	"The Battle of Hangar Bay"	2:44
6.	"The Kyber Crystal"	1:17
7.	"Force-sensitive"	1:06
8.	"The Fate of Dark Side"	1:26
9.	"Duel of the Lightsaber"	1:09
10.	"Out of Control"	0:44
11.	"Choose Your Own Destiny (Karre's Theme)"	1:22
12.	"THE TWINS"	1:36

All music is composed by Kevin Penkin^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – The Village Bride (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Village Bride"	4:32
2.	"CHIKYU"	0:45
3.	"A Desert of Two Sons"	1:19
4.	"Bue, Pluck & Bow"	3:05
5.	"IZUMA"	1:18
6.	"A Flock of X-Wings Descend Into a Mountain's Garden"	2:16
7.	"Requiem for Blasters"	1:22
8.	"MAGINA x FORCE"	2:22
9.	"Postlude"	0:58
10.	"Composer Diaries: Children of Magina"	6:37

All music is composed by Nobuko Toda & Kazuma Jinnouchi^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – The Ninth Jedi (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Ninth Jedi - Prologue"	2:08
2.	"Seven Masterless Jedi"	2:31
3.	"Kara and Father"	3:48
4.	"Jedi Hunter"	0:59
5.	"Lightsaber"	1:14
6.	"Speederbike Chase"	1:31
7.	"Sendo-shi"	1:15
8.	"To the Aerial Temple"	0:45
9.	"The Battle of Jedi"	5:48

All music is composed by A-Bee & Keiichiro Shibuya^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – T0-B1 (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Start the Droids"	1:53
2.	"Dreaming"	0:46
3.	"Mitaka's Lab"	2:52
4.	"Adventure"	2:29
5.	"Electronic Force"	1:52
6.	"E-J-K (Electronic Jedi Knight)"	3:24

All music is composed by Michiru Oshima^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – The Elder (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Arrival"	0:37
2.	"The Contacts of the Heart"	0:38
3.	"Explore"	0:46
4.	"The Elder"	0:56
5.	"Darkness and Rain"	1:04
6.	"Fight"	0:38
7.	"The Winner"	0:21
8.	"Time Goes On"	0:42

All music is composed by Yoshiaki Dewa^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – Lop and Ochō (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Empire"	0:47
2.	"Lop"	2:26
3.	"For MY Family"	3:17
4.	"Imperial Officer"	1:52
5.	"Ochō's Preparedness"	0:42
6.	"Succession Ceremony"	4:01
7.	"Thoughts"	4:19
8.	"FAMILY"	0:31

All music is composed by U-Zhaan^[18].

Star Wars: Visions – Akakiri (Original Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Battle Rela"	1:13
2.	"Cameling - Shinobi Theka"	1:14
3.	"Float"	0:42
4.	"Anokoro"	0:52
5.	"Battle Rela (Reprise)"	1:21
6.	"Fall"	0:32
7.	"AKAKIRI"	1:06
8.	"Written Dream"	0:27

Release

Star Wars: Visions was released on September 22, 2021, on Disney+.^[3] From September 21 to 27, Disney screened The Village Bride along with movies playing at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.^[19][20] By November, the studio had submitted the film for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.^[19] The second volume of shorts will be released in early 2023.^[10]

Reception

Audience viewership

According to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, Star Wars: Visions was the 3rd most anticipated new television series of September 2021.^[21] According to Whip Media, Star Wars: Visions was the 5th most streamed original television series in the United States, during the week of September 26, 2021.^[22]

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8.20/10, based on 50 reviews for the first season. The site's critical consensus reads, "Gorgeously animated and wildly creative, Visions is an eclectic, but wholly enjoyable collection of Star Wars stories that breathe new life into the galaxy."^[23] Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on reviews from 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[24]

Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter praised the anthology for "a love of Star Wars that runs so deep it's bound to make new fans of the young and uninitiated, and remind old fans why they fell so hard for this universe in the first place," and highlighted The Duel and T0-B1 as particularly strong installments.^[25] Tyler Hersko of IndieWire hailed the anthology as "one of, if not the best, titles - television, film, or otherwise - to come out of the franchise's era under Disney ownership," calling it "beautifully animated and smartly written" with "phenomenal" action scenes.^[26] Mike Hale of The New York Times wrote that the individual films "play like auditions for continuing series rather than organic wholes," while calling The Duel, T0-B1, Lop & Ocho, and Akakiri the most interesting and exciting films, and noting the "handcrafted beauty" and "visual variety" of an anthology which achieves "both cross-cultural collaboration and mutual homage."^[27] Writing for CNN, Brian Lowry called the shorts "striking" and noted that "Star Wars: Visions does indeed present unique and intriguing visions, indicating there's plenty of room to experiment."^[28]

Jake Kleinman of Inverse called Star Wars: Visions "a revelation" and "Lucasfilm's best new story since the original trilogy," and highlighted The Twins as the project's best film.^[29] Writing for The A.V. Club, Juan Barquin praised the anthology for sparking "a kind of endless wonder" and rekindling "a child-like fascination with Star Wars", while highlighting T0-B1, The Twins, The Village Bride, Lop & Ocho, and Akakiri as standouts.^[30] Jordan Woods of The Harvard Crimson identified The Ninth Jedi, Tatooine Rhapsody, and The Twins as the highlight segments, and called the project as a whole "Star Wars at its best: bold, ambitious, creative, and, most importantly, innovative."^[31] Amon Warmann of Empire spotlighted Akakiri, T0-B1, The Duel, and The Ninth Jedi as the best installments, rating the overall anthology with 4 out of 5 stars, and concluding that "the galaxy far, far away has never looked more stunning in animation, and at its best Visions folds core Star Wars tenets into compelling stories with characters you instantly want to see more of. Here's hoping this isn't the only season we get."^[32]

In addition to its reviews upon release, Star Wars: Visions was subsequently named one of the best animated projects of 2021 by Paste Magazine,^[33] TheWrap,^[34] Polygon,^[35] Collider,^[36] Gizmodo,^[37] Anime News Network,^[38] /Film,^[39] Comic Book Resources,^[40] and Rotten Tomatoes.^[41] The project was heralded as one of the best Star Wars titles in a decade or more,^[26][29][42] as well as what the future of the Star Wars franchise should be.^[31]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	Annie Awards	Best General Audience Animated Television Production	Star Wars: Visions (for "The Duel")	Nominated	^[43]
	Golden Reel Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Series or Short	David W. Collins, Matthew Wood, Luke Dunn Gielmuda, and Jana Vance (for "The Duel")	Nominated	^[44]
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Short Form Animated Program	Star Wars: Visions (for "The Duel")	Nominated	^[45]
	Golden Trailer Awards	Best Animation/Family for a TV/Streaming Series	Star Wars: Visions	Nominated	^[46]

Tie-in media

In March 2021, it was announced that Del Rey Books will publish Ronin: A Visions Novel, an original novel written by Emma Mieko Candon which builds on the story of The Duel. It was released on October 12, 2021.^[12]

In May 2022, it was announced that Marvel Comics will publish a Visions comic about the Ronin. The one-shot prequel comic was written and illustrated by Takashi Okazaki, the writer of The Duel. The issue was published on October 12, 2022.^[47][48] An art book with creator interviews and selected production materials from all nine shorts was published by Dark Horse Comics on that same month.^[49]

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External links

• Star Wars: Visions at IMDb
• Star Wars: Visions on Wookieepedia, a Star Wars wiki
• Star Wars: Visions (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia