STAR WARS: VISIONS Episode Titles, Directors, and Details Including Their Place in the STAR WARS Timeline

The Star Wars universe has a lot of irons in the fire with plenty of series coming TV, including Star Wars: Visions, an animated anthology series that is bringing something different to fans of the galaxy far, far away. There are seven Japanese studios in charge of the nine episode series, and we have all the details courtesy of /Film below:

The first Japanese studio behind two of the episodes in Visions is Studio Trigger (the 1995 Ghost in the Shell). Founded by Masahiko Otsuka and Hiroyuki Imaishi, Otsuka is producing an episode titled “The Elder,” which will be set before Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Imaishi’s episode is titled “The Twins,” and will be set after the events of Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. As Otsuki explained at a Toyko press conference, via IGN:

“For some viewers, this series might be their first Star Wars experience, so I wanted to make something that you can enjoy without any knowledge of the rest of the story. So our story is not directly connected to any of the characters from the films, but it explores the idea of the Jedi Knights and the master and padawan dynamic in an older setting.”

Imaishi added:

“The Twins’ is set after Episode IX, after the Empire has been vanquished by the Resistance. The remnants of the Imperial Army have raised a pair of twins on the Dark Side of the Force, and the story goes from there.”

Next up is Production I.G. (Kill la Kill) director Kenji Kamiyama, who will also be handling another episode set after the events of Rise of Skywalker. This one seems to be concerned with a storyline that goes far beyond the scope of the recently-concluded Saga. Kamiyama described his take on the story, and explained:

“I wondered, after Episode IX, has the galaxy settled into peace? We all love stories of the Jedi and lightsabers, but what became of the Jedi Knights after the movie series? My story is about that.

When I first saw Star Wars, I was fascinated by the story of this kid Luke Skywalker who came from nothing and went on a huge adventure, and for me that is the root of Star Wars’ charm. So I wanted to depict a galactic-level adventure with a different character.”

Next up, Yuki Igarashi of Geno Studio will direct an episode called “Lop and Ocho,” set in between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope. Igarashi describes the main focus of this episode as a planet the Empire invades that is particularly tied together with nature. “Their new technology causes conflict with the inhabitants, and the protagonist Ocho, who is the daughter in a kind of local yakuza family, meets the enslaved orphan Lop, who is a humanoid rabbit-like alien creature inspired by Jaxxon from the classic Star Wars comics; they meet and form a familial bond that is not bound by blood.”

“The Duel” is an episode by Kamikaze Douga’s Junpei Mizusaki, “The Village Bride,” from Hitoshi Haga and studio Kinema Citru, “Akakiri” from director Eunyoung Choi and “T0-B1” from Abel Góngora (both of whom hail from studio Science SARU), and finally “Tatooine Rhapsody,” which is from Taku Kimura at Studio Colorido and described as having “…rock music, action, and a concert scene.”

That’s a whole lot of information to get excited about! Are you looking forward to this series?

Star Wars: Visions is set for a Disney+ premiere on September 22.