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Star Wars. ) Rey is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise and the main protagonist of the sequel film trilogy. She was created by Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams, and Michael Arndt for The Force Awakens (2015), the first installment of the trilogy, and is portrayed by Daisy Ridley.
started in 1977 with the first movie Star Wars (now titled Episode IV: A New Hope.) The film was a smash and led to two sequels, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi in 1983. But that was far from the end of the ...
Disney are continuing to produce and release brand new Star Wars movies and series, including 'Star Wars: Visions'. This is an anime show and it will be made up of nine short films from seven anime studios.
Disney Plus"Star Wars: Visions" is now available to stream exclusively on Disney Plus. All nine episodes premiered on September 22.
Separate from the canon of the original films and subsequent spinoffs, Visions is a Japanese anime anthology series that tells different, original stories set in alternate versions of the Star Wars universe. The series began streaming on Sept. 22, 2021, and every episode is currently available to watch.
Where to stream Star Wars: Visions. As is the norm for Star Wars projects, Visions is only available to stream on Disney+. The exclusive original series is a part of the streamer's Lucasfilm collection.
“The original expression is these were done in the Japanese first. And that was the creator's original vision. That said, there's an incredible cast in the English dub,” Waugh says. “Dealer's choice.
In some ways, Star Wars is a jidaigeki film because of its samurai-adjacent Jedi warriors. Like samurai, Jedi were chiefly peacekeepers but also served as a protective military force during certain periods in history.
When first ideating the structure of the Jedi, George Lucas based them off of the legendary Samurai. Samurai are a faction of bushi, which translates to a military family, in medieval and early-modern Japan, notable for holding prestige in feudal roles as they served as sword-bearing attendees to noble families.
George Lucas acknowledged Jedi, Sith, and other Force concepts have been inspired by many sources. These include: samurai's bushido, Shaolin Monks, Taoism, Shamanism, Hindu mythology, Shintō, Knights Templar, Sufism, and Buddhism, not to mention countless cinematic precursors.
In March 2018, Jon Favreau was hired to write and produce a live-action Star Wars series for Disney+. The series follows "a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic " a few years after the events of Return of the Jedi.
George Lucas created his own animation company, Lucasfilm Animation, and used it to produce his first in-house Star Wars CGI -animated series, using Cartoon Network 's 2003 Clone Wars micro-series as a "pilot". The Clone Wars (2008–2020) was introduced through a 2008 animated film of the same name.
Production began in 2012 prior to the Disney acquisition, with 39 episodes completed and 62 additional scripts finished.
Nelvana, the animation studio that produced the animated segment of the Holiday Special, was hired to create two animated series which aired together on ABC: Droids (1985–1986) follows the adventures of C-3PO and R2-D2, and its sister series Ewoks (1985–1987) features Wicket and other members of the titular species from Return of the Jedi, both set before the events of the original trilogy. One reviewer calls Droids "rudimentary" and Ewoks "unremarkable", but writes that both "marked the first major effort to expand the Star Wars 'brand' beyond its original live-action film existence."
Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures debuted on the "Star Wars Kids" YouTube channel and website in late 2018. Using stylized animation, the series of shorts reimagine key scenes from the saga, initially leading up the release of Episode IX.
Main article: Star Wars Resistance. The animated series Star Wars Resistance debuted in late 2018, shifting the animation style towards anime -inspired cel-shading visuals, and focuses on a young Resistance pilot Kazuda Xiono before and during The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, leading up to The Rise of Skywalker.
The series will follow Rebel spy Cassian Andor, five years before the events of Rogue One, during the formative years of the Rebellion. In November 2018, a prequel series to the 2016 film Rogue One centered on Cassian Andor was confirmed to be in development, and described as a " rousing spy thriller".
Seven anime studios worked on the anthology series to create their own unique takes on the franchise, and they have all made hugely popular anime series in their own right, like Kill la Kill and Ghost in the Shell.
A number of famous names will be lending their voices to the franchise, including Lucy Liu, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Neil Patrick-Harris.
Lucasfilm announced on August 17 that Star Wars: Visions will be available to stream on Disney+ on September 22, 2021.
Since 1983, over 120 video games have been published bearing the Star Wars name, beginning with Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back published for the Atari 2600 by Parker Brothers. Other early titles include the Star Wars Nintendo Entertainment System game (published by JVC) and three other titles for the Atari 2600.
The Star Wars Holiday Special ( 1978) was a two-hour television special portraying Chewbacca's return to his home planet of Kashyyyk to celebrate Life Day with his family. Along with the stars of the original 1977 movie, such TV and music stars as Beatrice Arthur, Art Carney and Jefferson Starship appeared in plot-related skits and musical numbers. The content was considered canonical within the continuity of the Expanded Universe, but the special is reviled by some fans and virtually disowned by George Lucas, though other fans enjoy its nostalgic sweetness and naively misguided creativity; an online petition for its video release has gotten press in New York Newsday and other media outlets. The Holiday Special features the first appearance of bounty hunter Boba Fett, in an 11-minute animated sequence, and the first reference to Kashyyyk. The general look of the Kashyyyk sets from the Holiday Special formed the basis for the settings used in Revenge of the Sith (2005).
In this era, the Jedi are numerous, and serve as guardians of peace and justice. The Tales of the Jedi comics series takes place in this era, chronicling the immense wars fought by the Jedi of old, and the ancient Sith. The light spacetrooper is one of the many Legends characters of the Galactic Empire.
The Expanded Universe was intended to be a continuation, and an expansion, on the six Star Wars theatrical films produced by George Lucas from 1977 to 2005. All EU material, combined with that presented in the films, was meant to function as a complete story.
Technically, George Lucas has been doing continuity all along by mapping out the nine films. But it wasn't until 1991, when Timothy Zahn wrote the novel Heir to the Empire, the first Star Wars best-seller, which was the beginning of what we call the Star Wars renaissance, that continuity became an issue.".
Attack of the Clones ' release led to a massive emergence of new content in the EU, most notable among them are the comic book series, Star Wars: Republic, and a TV micro-series called Star Wars: Clone Wars, both of which built up to the release of Revenge of the Sith.
Most of those, however, ceased publication by the end of 2014. On May 29, 2019, the original Star Wars series by Marvel Comics—which is set in the Legends continuity—received a one-shot continuation issue in commemoration of the company's 80th anniversary.
Star Wars: Droids was the franchise’s early foray into animation and the show is definitely much rougher than the style we would expect now. This is a cartoon, and it is made for children. Anthony Daniels returns to voice C-3PO, as he and R2-D2 are swept into a series of adventures.
Alongside Droids, Lucasfilm debuted the show Ewoks. Centering on Wicket Wystri Warrick, the most recognizable Ewok from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, and his friends and family, Ewoks is a series of adventures, or rather misadventures on the forest moon of Endor.
After debuting in the seventh season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Clone Force 99 got to headline their own show in 2020. The clone squad, nicknamed the Bad Batch for their genetic mutations, must fight to survive after the events of Order 66. Instead of turning into automatons like the rest of the clones, the Bad Batch ends up on the run.
Star Wars Resistance captures the wonder and spectacle of the franchise. Hotshot pilot Kazuda Xiono ( Christopher Sean) is enlisted by Poe Dameron ( Oscar Isaac) to stake out a refueling tower and investigate the growing threat of the First Order.
Brought to our screens by seven Japanese animation studios, Star Wars: Visions gives fans a fantastic new look at the franchise. The anthology series of nine short films reflects the inspiration behind George Lucas’ vision of Star Wars, which has always borrowed heavily from Asian cultures.
Set five years before the events of the original trilogy, Star Wars Rebels follows the motley crew aboard the Ghost as they valiantly try to help as many worlds as they can under Imperial rule. The series debuted in 2014 after the untimely cancellation of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars emerged from the animated film of the same name, but the series took on a life of its own over seven seasons. It expanded the known lore of the films, filling in the gaps of what went on between the prequel trilogy and the original films.
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu is a space opera in the classic 80s-90s tradition. The backdrop is the clash between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance, which have renewed hostilities after a 15-year old stalemate.
In the world of Aldnoah.Zero, during the 1972 Apollo 17 mission, astronauts discovered an ancient alien artifact on the Moon. The Hypergate lets people transport to Mars almost instantaneously, which leads to the colonization of the red planet.
Robotech actually incorporates material from three Japanese series, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, of the early 1980s. An alien spaceship crashes on earth, where scientists have worked to reverse-engineer the mecha tech.
The Abh Empire invades young Jinto's world. His father is president of the Hyde Star System, and he surrenders his system and people to the Abh. Jinto's family becomes part of the upper crust of Abh society.
M echa battles and space travel cross with Lord of the Flies style conflict within the ranks in a space station set up as a training school for future astronauts in the year 2225. Space travel is common among the planets of the galaxy.
Shapeshifting aliens called the Gauna destroyed the Earth a thousand years before the events of Knights of Sidonia, set in the year 3394. Humankind fled to space in ships made from the remnants of their home planet. More than 500,000 people live on Sidonia, one of the ships equipped with technology like cloning and other genetic engineering.
The space pirate known as Captain Harlock has been around since the late 70s. Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013) and other modern versions lean more heavily into impressive-looking space tech than the original, but at the heart, it's a story about a classic romantic hero.