Anime Expo brought Star Wars fans the first trailer, poster, and release date for Star Wars Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi. It looks incredible. Check it out!
As promised, this evening gave eager Star Wars fans the first trailer for the upcoming anime series, The Ninth Jedi. Somehow it manages to look even better than anything I’d imagined/hoped for.
There’s also a version of the trailer in Japanese with an official dub!
This is just a phenomenal trailer. Even if it weren’t something I was already excited for (they remain among the best shorts in all of Star Wars Visions), this would easily kick my hype into gear. Despite offering something familiar—a masked villain threatening the galaxy with a super-weapon—everything about this feels fresh and engaging.
I’ve watched this so many times already and my mind can’t stop thinking of the possibilities in the story. From Nawaan being a “Jedi” to Lah Kara holding a red saber (a vision perhaps or something more), there’s much to unpack alongside the incredible visuals and action.
It also doesn’t hurt that it has a gorgeous poster to boot:
Part of an all-new “Star Wars: Visions Presents” banner, which will be used to tell longer-form “Star Wars: Visions” stories, the limited series picks up not long after the events of the “Visions” shorts: “The Ninth Jedi” and “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope.” 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 self-discovery as she and Juro’s small fellowship of Jedi-in-training embark on a quest to save her father.
“Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi” is directed by Shunsuke Tada and written by Mitsuyasu Sakai. Kenji Kamiyama serves as supervising director. The executive producers are James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, Josh Rimes, Justin Leach, and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the producers are Hitoshi Ito and Kanako Shirasaki, and the co-producer is Caroline Keller.
The English dub voice talent includes returning voice cast Kimiko Glenn (Lah Kara), Andrew Kishino (Juro), Masi Oka (Ethan), Patrick Seitz (Homen), JP Karliak (Gramps), and Simu Liu (Lah Zhima). Neil Kaplan returns to voice The Narrator. The new English voice talent includes Feodor Chin (Gennoh), Young Mazino (Nawaam), Chase Sui Wonders (Tafflah), and Keone Young (Kwana).
The returning original language voice talent includes Chinatsu Akasaki (Lah Kara), Tetsuo Kanao (Juro), Hiromu Mineta (Ethan), Hinata Tadokoro (Homen), Cho (Gramps), and Shinichiro Miki (Lah Zhima). Akio Otsuka returns to voice The Narrator.
All episodes of Star Wars Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi debut August 5, 2026 on both Disney+ and Hulu.
