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Subject: Re: [NEWS] More "Star Wars Visions" and new "The Ninth Jedi" series
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 04:35:30 -0400
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In article <vu22a6$36bpr$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
> "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

>>     Lucasfilm Reveals 'The Ninth Jedi' Series
>>     at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo
>>     -----------------------------------------
>>     Lucasfilm leaders had more surprises on the final day of the
>>     three-day Star Wars Celebration fan event in Tokyo. A new batch
>>     of nine "Star Wars: Visions" shorts will debut Oct. 29 on
>>     Disney+, and also upcoming is the longform series "The Ninth
>>     Jedi," a spinoff of an earlier "Visions" short, from
>>     writer-director Kenji Kamiyama.
>> 
>>     "The Ninth Jedi" series was announced with fanfare at the event
>>     by James Waugh, Lucasfilm's senior VP of franchise content and
>>     strategy at Lucasfilm. He called Kamiyama to the stage, "who
>>     thanked the audience for being so supportive and enthusiastic
>>     about the adventures of Kara and Juro in 'The Ninth Jedi' and
>>     the upcoming 'Child of Hope,' " according to Disney's
>>     StarWars.com official fan site.
>> 
>>     "He then announced that fans will watch Kara's journey continue
>>     to unfold in an all-new spinoff called "Star Wars: Visions 
>>     Presents - The Ninth Jedi,' " the site stated.
>> 
>>     "Star Wars: Visions" premiered on Disney+ in 2021. The first
>>     collection of nine animated shorts included one dubbed
>>     "The Ninth Jedi," described as such: "The daughter of a
>>     lightsaber-smith is pursued by dark forces while on a dangerous
>>     mission."
>
>Well, looks like they're still throwing established continuity out the
>window.
>
>There are no "lightsaber smiths". Every Jedi is responsible for selecting
>his/her own kyber crystal and constructing the lightsaber around it and
>maintaining it throughout their lives.
>
>You don't take your lightsaber to a local mechanic for a tune-up or 
>anything.

I was under the impression that light sabers were a lost technology
from the historical zenith of the Jedi order.

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