Lucasfilm has just revealed a bold new direction forStar Wars: Visionsbeyond season 3 in 2025. The anime series inspired by the galaxy far, far away always provides fascinating stories and adventures, as audiences get to see exciting and unique takes on theStar Warsgalaxy from various animation studios. However, it’s just been announced that a brand-new special presentation is coming, allowing for a more long-form narrative withThe Ninth Jedi.
As revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025’sStar Wars Visionspanel,a new project is coming in 2026 entitledStar Wars: Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi, a new limited series that will further explore the alternateStar Warstimeline where Sith Lords are attempting to prevent the return of the Jedi Order, multiple generations beyond the events of the canon movies.
The Ninth Jedi Is A Vision Of The Sith Wars
Technically Non-Canon, But A Distant Possible Future
The originalNinth Jedistory was featured inStar Wars Visionsvolume 1 from Production IG.In the story and its proposedStar Warsfuture, it was established that the Jedi Order had been virtually extinct for generations. However, a ruler named Margrave Juro had begun mining cyber crystals to create new lightsabers, hoping torevive and create a New Jedi Order. However, the Sith are quite numerous during this period, determined to wipe out any hope of the Jedi ever coming back.
Nevertheless, one of the story’s main characters is Lah Kara, daughter of the sabersmith Lah Zhima who had been building the lightsabers for Juro. Although her father was attacked and captured by Jedi hunters, Kara made it to the Aerial Temple where Juro had summoned multiple masterless Jedi to claim these lightsabers, only for the bulk of the warriors to reveal themselves as Sith Lords in disguise.Following an impressive duel, Kara and a young Jedi named Ethan joined Juro in his mission to rebuild the Jedi Order (and save Kara’s father, who was taken by the hunters).
Our Take On Star Wars Visions' Future
Exploring The Ninth Jedi’s Story Further Is Genius
The Ninth Jediis one of a fewStar Wars Visionsstories that is absolutely worthy of being explored further. Thanks to this newly revealed limited series,Visionscan do just that, showing howthese few Jedi can survive a galaxy full of Sith Lords, while also attempting to presumably save Kara’s father, as teased at the end of the original story. To that end, it’s going to be very exciting to see how this non-canonical versionStar Warsgalaxy expands and grows with a long-form narrative and multiple episodes.
Star Wars: Visions Presents: The Ninth Jediis set to release in 2026 from Lucasfilm and Production IG, streaming on Disney+.
