By The beloved animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions is headed back to Disney Plus for its third installment, arriving earlier than anticipated on the final day of October. The announcement arrived alongside a poster packed with characters set to appear across the nine shorts comprising Star Wars: Visions volume three—ranging from committed Jedi, sinister Sith, slippery smugglers, rogue scoundrels, loyal droids, and plenty more.
While the bulk of plot details remain under wraps, the Visions showcase at Anime NYC (via StarWars.com) previewed one entry: the segment titled “Black.” Promotional notes label it a “mind-bending clash between yesterday and tomorrow, illumination and shadow, existence and oblivion unfolding inside the tormented mind of an Imperial stormtrooper teetering on the edge of ruin.”
Segment writer-director Shinya Ohira surfaced in a recorded greeting, shedding light on the meticulous construction of “Black,” where elaborate imagery and sound coalesce in a fashion he calls wholly singular.
“Our aim was to craft a piece driven predominantly by Sakura Fujiawara’s vocal performance, married to visuals of ferocious combat,” Ohira-san remarks in the footage. “As for how the narrative should be read, we intentionally left that to each spectator—open-ended, by design.”
“We leaned hard into microscopic precision,” he adds. “The Death Star itself… every inch of the environment is packed with minutiae, and choreographing the troopers amid those explosive skirmishes was painstaking for our animators. The workload hurt, but the outcome justifies every sleepless hour. The final product feels entirely unprecedented.”
Ohira’s résumé is formidable: he contributed key animation to landmark anime such as Akira and Spirited Away, and even lent his hand to the animated stretches of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1.
Star Wars: Visions volume three lands on Disney Plus on October 29. In the meantime, survey our comprehensive guide to every forthcoming Star Wars film and series in development.