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NEWS: Star Wars: Visions Project Gets Volume 2 Next Spring

Matros wrote:

Honestly really funny that SW got owned because every freaking studio is busy at the moment due to overproduction and there being dozens of action anime coming, so they have to look for creators in other countries.

I'd say it's more marketing. They billed Visions as being anime and made by Japanese creators, but now they can put western animators on it and still brand it as anime like Netflix and other platforms do and ride on the coattails. But personally I'm not really interested in western Star Wars content. The reason Visions worked was because it was different and didn't just feel like typical LucasFilms cartoons and movies, almost a return to older era Star Wars.

I mean, the wording indicates that they could now hire creators from the countries to work with the Japanese studios for the shorts.

Ryuji-Dono wrote:

I mean, the wording indicates that they could now hire creators from the countries to work with the Japanese studios for the shorts.

A creator out of California is probably going to give us what we already see being done with Star Wars currently only the animation might be better if Japanese studios are doing it.

Visions was hands down the best Star Wars thing we've seen since the Disney buyout. But it's not really surprising they'd find some way to ruin it in the end by completely changing the main appeal of it.

But personally I'm not really interested in western Star Wars content. The reason Visions worked was because it was different and didn't just feel like typical LucasFilms cartoons and movies, almost a return to older era Star Wars.

AmpersandsUnited wrote:

But personally I'm not really interested in western Star Wars content. The reason Visions worked was because it was different and didn't just feel like typical LucasFilms cartoons and movies, almost a return to older era Star Wars.

It's weird that people would classify Chile, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, South Africa, India, and South Korea as all "western"

And even in western countries like the west is a monolith. It's like America has taken over the west, and all western countries reflect America

The point of "Visions" is to get other cultures' take on Star Wars, not to pander it just to Americans. They want to sell Star Wars to the whole world. Other countries, be they eastern or western, still have their own cultures and mythologies (and I'd daresay guarantee the Indian's take would be way different than could be expected). The French ain't like the Spanish ain't like the English - look at the type of films they make

Visions is the best thing to come out of Star Wars since the Last Jedi, so I was hoping more. Hopefully they'll tell more stories that aren't almost totally about Jedi and Sith this time around, as that was the only real limitation to it. Though I fully expect sequels to Lop and Ocho and The Ninth Jedi.