There are Oscar-nominated studios like Britain’s clay-motion specialists Aardman and Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon unique Asian voices from South Korea’s Studio Mir, India’s 88 Pictures, and Japan’s D'art Shtajio stylish expressions from Europe’s El Guiri (Spain), Studio La Cachette (France) and some truly emgaging tales from studios in other parts of the world like Punkrobot (Chile), and Triggerfish (South Africa). The first season, released in 2021, gave the keys to the Star Wars kingdom to seven different Japanese animation studios, whose output then made up an anthology of nine anime episodes, each showcasing the studios’ own unique storytelling and visual stylesįor its second season, however, Lucasfilm went beyond the shores of Japan and cast its net far and wide across the globe, coming up with an eclectic mix of 15- to 18-minute shorts by studios from all over the world, some more famous than others, but each and every one lending a unique voice and, yes, vision to the Star Wars universe. One of the ways it is doing so is through the Star Wars Visions series, which is currently streaming its second season on Disney+ Hotstar.
This new popularity has also given Lucasfilm firmer ground to stand on, and start experimenting with a more creative and original way of telling Star Wars stories. It has not only continued to tell stories about the core Star Wars universe through the adventures of Din Djarin and Grogu, it has also given ‘legacy’ characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett and Ahsoka Tano a chance to expand their backstories and perhaps, lead into a new age of Star Wars stories that stand apart from the Skywalker Saga, including the critically acclaimed Andor series. Since the release of The Mandalorian in 2019, Star Wars has found a new lease of life on Disney's streaming platform, Disney+. Or to be exact, start on the small SCREEN. The Star Wars franchise, for too long so reliant on its mega movie trilogies, were beginning to feel tired and dated, even though the ‘Sequel Trilogy’ ( The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise Of Skywalker) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story did good box office numbers.īut after the failure of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lucasfilm decided to go back to the drawing board, and start small once again. It wasn’t too long, long ago that that galaxy far, far away felt like it was going, going down.
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