Since Star Wars made its big comeback in 2015 with The Force Awakens, fan discourse and debate have often centered around how much nostalgia is too much nostalgia, and at what point can Star Wars let this past go. In theory, the sequel trilogy was an accidental and perhaps muddled conversation about that idea, with Kylo Ren trying to reject his heritage and the various writers behind the scenes uncertain if Rey should or shouldn’t be connected to an existing legacy. But is the legacy of Star Wars about characters? Or is it about aesthetics? A new TV series, refreshingly, suggests the answer is the latter.
Based on shorts from the animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions, the new limited anime show, The Ninth Jedi, is coming very soon, and it’s poised to give you everything you love about Star Wars, minus any of the confusing or burdensome canon. And that’s because in this new vision of the Star Wars galaxy, the only thing you have to really worry about understanding is lightsabers and the Force.
