Star Wars Visions Reviews – Episode 5: The Ninth Jedi

I keep getting surprised by the different takes these animation studios have on the Star Wars Legend. While up till now, there have been a direct line of inspiration from the original trilogy era, like the Duel, this episode works to make something pretty new in its setting and not allow itself to be a slave to the familiar.

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Star Wars Visions Reviews – Episode 4: The Village Bride

These episodes seem to alternate between being stories that could happily slot into the established Star Wars continuity and ones that just blew the whole thing up as fantastically as they could. Episode 4, like the second episode deals with a Padawan survivor of Order 66 and how they move on from the trauma of their pasts.

Only the hero of this story goes about things a little differently than Jay from Tattooine Rhapsody.

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Star Wars Visions Reviews – Episode 3: The Twins

Now this is the kind of utter nonsense I was expecting when I heard there was going to be an anime/Star Wars collaboration project. And leave it to Studio Trigger to dive head first into turning Star Wars into just about the most anime thing I think I might have ever seen. Then again, there has always been something a little “extra” about Trigger and the shows they produce.

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