“It’s full of so many imaginative things, with the droid that drinks tea and the pilot droid that drinks oil, and a Luke Skywalker-like character that fulfills her destiny.”
“It’s a wonderful ‘Star Wars’ story with a vision of the future that’s pretty indeterminate,” Waugh said. In “The Ninth Jedi,” Kara (Kimiko Glenn), the daughter of a legendary lightsaber-smith, unknowingly possesses a connection to the Jedi with a very special weapon, and assists the former allies to fight a dangerous Sith leader. It’s a fusion of these two cultural things that are feeding back into each other.” And when they were looking to expand one of the stories from “Visions” into a novel, “The Duel” was adapted into “Ronin: A Visions Novel” (Del Rey Books) by Emma Mieko Cando. “It’s very clearly an unabashed ‘Yojimbo,’ ‘Seven Samurai’ love letter, but also a love letter from designer Takashi Okazaki to the world building of ‘Star Wars’ in its attention to detail. “‘The Duel’ feels like a coming home for ‘Star Wars’ in many ways,” said Waugh.
“The Ninth Jedi,” by contrast, is a colorful tour de force that takes place after “The Rise of Skywalker.” “The Duel” is a minimalistic gem, done mostly in manga-style black-and-white, with the mysterious rōnin (Tee) facing off with the leader of the Sith bandits (Liu). The two standouts are “The Duel” (directed by Takanobu Mizuno) and “The Ninth Jedi” (directed by Kenji Kamiyama). The shorts include “The Duel” (Kamikaze Douga), in which a wandering Sith (patterned after the rōnin) and his droid come to the defense of a village under siege by Sith bandits “Tatooine Rhapsody” (Studio Colorido) a rock opera about a band trying to save one of its members from Jabba the Hutt “The Twins” (Studio Trigger), which pits a pair Sith twins against each other in an electrifying lightsaber duel “T0-B1” (Science Saru), about a cybernetic boy who dreams of becoming a Jedi “The Elder” (Studio Trigger), about a pacifist Jedi and restless Padawan uncovering a dark secret in a village and “The Ninth Jedi” (Production I.G), in which a new era of Sith rule calls for the return of the Jedi. “All the creators had 40 years of ‘Star Wars’ history to draw on for their inspiration,” said producer Shirasaki, “and I hope this will inspire others to get some ideas and explore their own artistic direction.” “The Ninth Jedi” from “Star Wars: Visions”
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