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Subject: Re: [NEWS] More "Star Wars Visions" and new "The Ninth Jedi" series
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:01:29 -0000 (UTC)
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On Apr 22, 2025 at 1:35:30 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

> 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.

No, Luke made his own after he lost the first one when Vader cut off his
hand.