Table of Contents
- Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Brings Nine New Shorts!
- Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Release Date: When Will the Series Come Out?
- Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Animators: Which Studios Are Involved and From Where?
- Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Plot: What Will Each Episode Be About?
- Where to Watch Star Wars: Visions Volume 2?
- Is There a Trailer for Star Wars: Visions Volume 2?
The franchise in known for the vast stories of the galaxy far, far away and Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 promises a new perspective of the narrative as reimagined by different studios from across the globe. Check out everything you need to know for its release!
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Brings Nine New Shorts!
From the first volume which featured nine anime short films for the franchise created by different Japanese animation studios, Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 will be back with another set of nine shorts and this time, it will be from various studios across the globe!
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 was announced in May 2022 during the Star Wars Celebration that year and executive producer and Lucasfilm senior vice president for Franchise Content and Strategy James Waugh proudly revealed that the new set will be from different countries.
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Release Date: When Will the Series Come Out?
What perfect way to celebrate the Star Wars day than to watch a ton of new titles arriving on May 4, 2023 such as Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 as announced in February of the same year. It fits as the anthology series would give a new perspective on the lore of the franchise.
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Animators: Which Studios Are Involved and From Where?
The first volume of Star Wars: Visions came from various studios from Japan where nine anime shorts were produced by Kamikaze Douga, Science SARU, Production I.G., Studio Colorido, Geno Studio, Trigger, and Kinema Citrus.
For Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, the anthology series is set to take on the franchise under a new lens from nine different studios and this time, it involves animation studios from other parts of the world!
The studios that participated in Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 are El Guiri from Spain, Cartoon Saloon From Ireland, Studio Mir from South Korea, 88 Pictures from India, Studio La Cachette from France, and Punkrobot from Chile.
Other works featured are from Aardman from United Kingdom, Triggerfish from South Africa, and D'art Shtajio from Japan which is done in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd. from United States.
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Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Plot: What Will Each Episode Be About?
Given that the anthology series will feature nine unique stories about the Star Wars lore in their respective perspectives on how they picture the franchise, each studio features a different narrative.
During Star Wars Celebration 2023 in Europe, each of the short films for Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 were teased by the studios involved. Paul Young of Cartoon Saloon from Ireland revealed that their episode, Screecher's Reach, will be an Irish ghost story in the lore.
Gabriel Osorio of Punkrobot from Chile brings In The Stars and he shared, "Without spoiling the story, it’s about two sisters who lost everything. Their people, their family, because of an Imperial invasion."
aJourney to the Dark Head is by Studio Mir from South Korea and Hyeong Geun Park said, "I think the thing that strikes through all of Star Wars is the juxtaposition between good and evil. One of the main characters is a great Jedi but fears being a Sith. I wanted to show the thoughts and pondering that this character has at the crossroads of good and evil."
El Guiri from Spain presents Sith which Rodrigo Blaas revealed to be about Lola, a Sith apprentice. ""We wanted to be respectful to the mythology, lore of Star Wars. At the same time, we want to be bold in our choices. Two important things: bold in our choices of filmmaking, but also we talked a lot about colour."
For Magdalena Osinska of Aardman from United Kingdom, I Am Your Mother will feature Twi'leks saying, "I wanted them to be aliens because that was inspired by the way I felt moving from Poland to the UK, and also how my mom feels when she visit me here. Like aliens."
Studio La Cachette from France brings The Spy Dancer and Julien Cheng shared, "We wanted to pay tribute to the side characters in the Star Wars universe, like the Jedi dancers. We got our inspiration from the world war in France, where you could find those famous dancers such as Josephine Baker in front of the soldiers."
Cheng added, "I would say it’s a very romantic story, not because it’s French. The characters share a very strong and emotional intimate bond. So you get to discover our main character's dancing troop, and also the Stormtroopers. We don’t often see them with their helmets off enjoying a night off."
The Bandits of Golak is brought by 88 Pictures from India. Milind D. Shinde revealed, "To develop this story from the Indian side. The other parts: food, colours, music, Bollywood, these are some of the pillars of Indian culture. We wanted to take these pillars and put them into our film."
Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke of Triggerfish from South Africa shared about Aau's Song, "It’s about a child who experiences strange things when she used her voices. Unknowingly, she engages with the force through sound… ultimately, she needs to decide what to make of it."
Lastly, LeAndre Thomas of Lucasfilm and Arthell Isom of D'art Shtajio shared about The Pit which is based on the COVID-19 pandemic protests, "It was a time of civil unrest and I remember seeing people at protests with signs of Leia’s face on it. It reminded me that Star Wars is inspirational all over the world, but I think people forget that Star Wars was inspired by the world."
Further, they added, "It’s also meant to feel nostalgic, vintage, older. We didn’t want it to feel too cutting edge, we wanted it to feel like the anime we watched growing up in the 80s and 90s."
Where to Watch Star Wars: Visions Volume 2?
Being under Lucasfilm, Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 would be out exclusively on Disney Plus where the first season of the series could be found.
With Disney+, you can have a wide range of shows from Marvel, Star Wars, Disney+, Pixar, ESPN, and National Geographic to choose from in the streaming platform for the price of $7.99 monthly or $79.99 annually.
Is There a Trailer for Star Wars: Visions Volume 2?
During the panel of Star Wars: Visions at the Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, the trailer for Volume 2 has been released for the anthology series of nine shorts featuring the distinct animation styles of each version of the Star Wars universe from different parts of the globe!
See the trailer above and witness the narrative of the galaxy far, far away reimagined by the different studios involved in Star Wars: Visions Volume 2!
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