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Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi Arrives on Disney+ August 5

7/4/2026

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Lah Kara Debuts

Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi will debut on Disney+ on August 5, 2026.
Kenji Kamiyama, Shunsuke Tada and Hitoshi Ito unveiled the trailer at Anime Expo.
Lah Kara trains under Margrave Juro while the fellowship seeks to rescue her father.
Kimiko Glenn voices Lah Kara and adds Feodor Chin, Young Mazino and Simu Liu.
Executive producers James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, Josh Rimes, Justin Leach and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa oversee series.

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Lucasfilm Premieres

The limited anime series will premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on August 5, 2026.
Lucasfilm partnered with Japanese studio Production I.G. to produce the new installment.
A teaser poster accompanied the trailer, which also has a Japanese version online.
The storyline is set after the Jedi and Sith have vanished, leaving Force as the only guide.
Series continues the narrative introduced in the “The Ninth Jedi” and “Child of Hope” shorts.

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Kamiyama Redefines Jedi

Kenji Kamiyama says the series intentionally blurs light-and-dark boundaries and proposes a new Jedi definition.
Producer Hitoshi Ito notes Lah Zhima opposes Kara’s Jedi path because justice sometimes demands killing.
Kamiyama introduced a lightsaber-color shift tied to the wielder’s Force alignment, stemming from his early movie misconception.
Shunsuke Tada compares Kara’s gradual growth to Luke Skywalker’s, emphasizing her start as an unknown.

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Lah Kara Debuts

Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi will debut on Disney+ on August 5, 2026.
Kenji Kamiyama, Shunsuke Tada and Hitoshi Ito unveiled the trailer at Anime Expo.
Lah Kara trains under Margrave Juro while the fellowship seeks to rescue her father.
Kimiko Glenn voices Lah Kara and adds Feodor Chin, Young Mazino and Simu Liu.
Executive producers James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, Josh Rimes, Justin Leach and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa oversee series.

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