It's officially the end of an era for Star Wars as Disney moves beyond the Skywalker Saga

Kara is back in a space-faring adventure, with new villains that challenge the notion of light and dark For five years, Star Wars: Visions has been home to some of the franchise’s boldest ideas, but few episodes have lingered in fans’ minds quite like volume 1 episode 5, “The Ninth Jedi." Kenji Kamiyama’s sweeping tale of a galaxy where lightsabers have become legend stood taller even than some of Lucasfilm's own projects. Now, The Ninth Jedi is back as an eight-episode series, premiering Aug. 5 on Hulu and Disney Plus. Fans got a sense of what to expect at Anime Expo, where Lucasfilm unveiled the first trailer for Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi. Beautifully animated by Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass), the limited anime continues Kara’s story following both the original volume 1 episode and its volume 3 follow-up, "Child of Hope," marking it as the very first Visions story to blossom into a full television series. The Ninth Jedi looks to add weight to the story through menacing new villains, nail-biting lightsaber bouts, and massive set-pieces, like massive black hole that looks straight out of Interstellar. Kamiyama returns as supervising director,