Warning! This publish incorporates SPOILERS for Star Wars: Visions episodes 1-9
Star Wars: Visions Vol. 3 continues to stretch the Star Wars franchise into daring new instructions unburdened by the official canon. Every brief on this new anthology is creatively distinct, whereas pushing the boundaries of what we all know Star Wars to be in every kind of thrilling methods.
Visions naturally options every kind of acquainted Star Wars set items, that includes every little thing from lightsabers, Imperial walkers, droids, and even the Demise Star. Nonetheless, a lot of it has been amazingly re-imagined. Protecting that in thoughts, listed below are our high 10 favourite moments from Star Wars: Visions Vol. 3 that caught with us probably the most.
The Sith Ronin vs Jedi Grandmaster’s First Duel – (Episode 1: “The Duel: Payback”)
Quantity 3 opens with “The Duel: Payback”, a direct continuation of Visions’ ongoing Ronin saga. Whereas the episode begins with the previous Sith Ronin monitoring down a brand-new Sith lord to take down, their duel is interrupted by the arrival of the Grand Grasp and his radical sect of Jedi Crusaders.
Because of the chaos of the Ronin’s duel with the Sith Aneé-san, the playing den the place he discovered her (constituted of two Imperial AT-ATs) was destroyed.
Amid the chaos, one of many walkers was utterly flipped over, its legs up within the air and toes now getting used as shifting platforms for the Ronin’s first duel with the judgment-obsessed cybernetic Grand Grasp, in search of vengeance attributable to wounds obtained up to now from this identical former Sith.
It is an unimaginable battle because the toes transfer backwards and forwards, although one which solely serves as a precursor for the episode’s remaining duel.
The Ronin and Grand Grasp’s Remaining Duel – (Episode 1: “The Duel: Payback”)
“The Duel: Payback” ends with Aneé-san and the Ronin agreeing to affix forces in opposition to the Grand Grasp and his Jedi Crusaders. They’re additionally aided by a ragtag group of warriors (and even some Ewoks).
The result’s a cross between the Battles of Naboo and Endor, full with an enormous domed vitality protect and furry little warriors able to danger all of it.
Nonetheless, the true masterpiece is Aneé-san’s record-breaking multitude of crimson lightsabers she wields with one hand by way of a prosthetic, to not point out her distinctive lightsaber peg leg. Likewise, the previous Sith Ronin is simply as unimaginable a duelist as he was in Star Wars: Visions Quantity 1.
A Massively Upgraded AT-AT – (Episode 2: “The Track of 4 Wings”)
“The Track of 4 Wings” from Venture Studio Q options some of the highly effective and intimidating AT-ATs ever seen. Within the episode, a princess-turned-rebel named Crane rescues a younger Power-sensitive little one named Woopas whereas encountering an Imperial mining operation.
This huge crawler is protected by two giant AT-ATs that actually burst from the ice to assault Crane, Woopas, and Crane’s droid Tor-Tu, who in the end transforms into an X-Wing-inspired mech swimsuit for the princess (Sailor Moon fashion).
If that second wasn’t cool sufficient, one of many AT-ATs additionally transforms, deploying a number of arm cannons throughout its again that surprisingly unleash a volley of devastating seismic fees (well-known utilized by Jango and Boba Fett’s Firespray).
The Ninth Jedi’s Story Continues – (Episode 3: “The Ninth Jedi: Little one of Hope”)
Star Wars: Visions Vol. 3 additionally contains a continuation of The Ninth Jedi, which can quickly obtain its personal full collection. As such, this new episode is successfully an thrilling interlude, one which sees a stranded Jedi-in-training Lah Kara going through a pair of bounty hunters with ties to her kidnapped father.
Likewise, Kara additionally meets Teto, a superb new droid character who appears to be like like a cross between BD-1 and C-3PO (voiced by Freddy Highmore).
Sacrificing himself to assist Kara escape the hunters after she helped him reunite along with his deceased former grasp, “Little one of Hope” is definitely one in every of Star Wars: Visions Vol. 3’s finest and most emotionally charged episodes, whereas additionally getting followers excited for extra Ninth Jedi adventures to return.
IV-A4, One Of Star Wars’ Coolest New Droids – (Episode 4: “The Bounty Hunters”)
One of the fascinating and hilarious Star Wars droids ever, IV-4A is successfully two beings/personalities in a single, the results of newly put in murderer droid programming conflicting along with his unique major operate as a medical droid.
Voiced by comic Ronny Chieng (The Every day Present, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), IV-4A is a really entertaining new Star Wars droid who finally ends up being fairly loyal to his fellow bounty hunter associate Sevn.
Extremely dramatic and sarcastic, it is price mentioning that this new droid’s title options the letters “I”, “V”, and an “A”, whereas the fourth letter of the alphabet is a “D”…DIVA.
A Big Destroyer Droid Mech – (Episode 4: “The Bounty Hunters”)
“The Bounty Hunters” culminates with a serious remaining battle with Sevn and IV-A4’s rich former employer, named Jin-Sim, who’s revealed to be way more corrupt than he let on (preserving indentured little one slaves working in his factories).
The result’s a serious blaster shootout with the bounty hunters aiding the youngsters’s dad and mom and relations in search of to rescue them.
Nonetheless, Jin-Sim finally ends up unleashing a monstrous golden droid mech that’s successfully an enormous model of a droideka seen within the prequels. Whereas Jin-Sim continues to be defeated by the episode’s finish, the large destroyer droid mech is sort of spectacular however.
BILY, One in all Star Wars’ Most Lovely New Droids – (Episode 5: “Yuko’s Treasure”)
“Yuko’s Treasure” follows Yuko, a younger orphan on Tatooine protected by his guardian droid, BILY (which stands for “Child I Love You”).
When pirates hunt for the kid’s dad and mom’ supposedly hidden treasure, BILY is briefly reprogrammed into the hilariously fearsome “Darth Bear.” Voiced by Harvey Guillén (What We Do within the Shadows), BILY’s heat and humor make him one in every of Star Wars Visions Vol. 3’s most adorable and cute creations.
By all accounts, BILY is extremely distinctive and his existence is nicely price making this checklist. In spite of everything, when have we ever seen a droid constructed to seem like a giant teddy bear?
A Model-New Pink Lightsaber – (Episode 6: “The Misplaced Ones”)
“The Misplaced Ones” continues the story of F (voiced by Karen Fukuhara) from Star Wars: Visions Vol. 1’s “The Village Bride.” Now, she faces her previous grasp, Shad-Rah Varcanella (voiced by Mark Robust).
Shad-Rah was believed to have died in the course of the Clone Wars however was resurrected by the Empire as “Zero.” Refusing to affix her corrupted grasp, F and Zero’s subsequent duel additionally stands out for Shad-Rah’s uncommon pink lightsaber, a blade colour virtually by no means seen in Star Wars.
Total, only a few characters have ever wielded pink or magenta sabers within the Star Wars franchise, canon or in any other case.
Probably the most notable is Mara Jade Skywalker in Legends, although it was first featured within the official canon although the animated Disney Junior collection Younger Jedi Adventures, in addition to being a colour possibility for Cal Kestis’ lightsaber in EA’s Jedi video games. Nonetheless, it is but to make its method into live-action.
The Coolest Hidden Lightsaber Function – (Episode 7: “Smuggler”)
In “The Smugger”, a younger smuggler named Chita voiced by Emma Mackey (Wednesday, A Minecraft Film) is employed to assist a fugitive prince escape the Empire and get to the Insurgent Alliance. Nonetheless, the prince can be protected by a caretaker named Gleenu (voiced by Judith Mild).
Following a handful of slim escapes from Imperial forces, the trio encounters a bounty hunter. That is when Gleenu reveals a hidden lightsaber in her prosthetic arm. Springing out of its mechanism and igniting in her hand, the lightsaber confirms Gleenu was as soon as a member of the Jedi Order, now devoted to defending Prince Arluu.
“The Smuggler” is a very nice story general, although the hidden lightsaber operate simply takes the cake because the episode’s finest and most surprisingly cool second.
The Trippiest Demise Star Explosion EVER – (Episode 9: “BLACK”)
With out query, “BLACK” is one in every of Star Wars Visions’ most trippy and mind-boggling episodes of all time. That includes discordant jazz music and what appears to be like to be hand-drawn animations by DAVID Manufacturing, “BLACK” is a wildly psychedelic have a look at the Demise Star’s explosion from the traumatized thoughts of an Imperial Stormtrooper.
13 minutes lengthy, the episode in its entirety is definitely one in every of Star Wars Visions’ finest moments because it’s simply that weird, whereas additionally being a testomony to Visions general. No different format may inform this sort of cerebral Star Wars story, proving why it is so cool that Visions exists to start with.
- Launch Date
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October 29, 2025
- Community
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Disney+
- Episodes
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9
