Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, a new animated series from Lucasfilm and creator Kenji Kamiyama, breaks from the franchise's long-standing habit of tying every story back to the Skywalker family. Set in a distant future where the Jedi and Sith have essentially vanished and even figures like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader are forgotten, the show expands on a acclaimed episode from the Star Wars: Visions anthology, offering a genuinely fresh take that other recent projects, such as The Acolyte or Dawn of the Jedi, have struggled to achieve.

The article highlights the series' opening narration, delivered in under a minute, which sets up a galaxy plunged into chaos after the fall of the Jedi, ruled over by warlords such as the masked general Nawaam, while Margrave Juro attempts to restore the Jedi Order. Kamiyama has said he drew inspiration from A New Hope, weaving in familiar Star Wars motifs without relying on the nostalgia-driven references common elsewhere in the franchise, since the story's distance from established canon lets these nods feel organic rather than forced.