Star Wars Visions Volume 3 trailer previews nine new anime shorts

Disney and Lucasfilm have released a trailer for Star Wars Visions Volume 3, announcing that the animated anthology of nine new anime shorts will premiere on Disney on October 29. The latest installment returns the series to an all-Japanese lineup of studios and unveils a high‑profile English dub cast that includes Anna Sawai, Simu Liu, Stephanie Hsu, Steve Buscemi, George Takei, Harvey Guillén, Freddie Highmore, Jodie Turner‑Smith and Judith Light, among others, according to studio materials.

The third volume brings together david production, Kamikaze Douga ANIMA, Kinema Citrus, Polygon Pictures, Production I.G, Project Studio Q, TRIGGER and WIT Studio to deliver standalone stories that reimagine Jedi, Sith, smugglers and bounty hunters. Official episode descriptions name the nine shorts as The Duel Payback, The Song of Four Wings, The Ninth Jedi Child of Hope, The Bounty Hunters, The Smuggler, Yukos Treasure, The Lost Ones, The Bird of Paradise and BLACK. Synopses describe a range of tones and settings, from a Ronin facing a twisted Jedi known as the Grand Master to a blinded Padawan confronting spiritual trials, and a psychedelic battle inside the psyche of an Imperial trooper.