Following a successful first season, the Star Wars animated anthology series Star Wars: Visions will return to Disney+ for a second season. To commemorate Star Wars Day, it will be released on May 4th. The new season will feature animated shorts from a variety of animation studios around the world.
Season one of Star Wars: Visions premiered nine episodes in September 2021, all of which told original, non-canonical stories set in the Star Wars universe. Featured animators included Kamikaze Douga, Studio Colorido, Studio Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Production I.G, Geno Studio, and Science SARU.
The animated series’ second season will feature nine new stories. The second round of animation studios has been announced via the official Star Wars Twitter account with a caption reading, “Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 starts streaming May 4 on Disney+, featuring nine new animated shorts from nine studios from across the globe.”
Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 starts streaming May 4 on Disney+ , featuring nine new animated shorts from nine studios from across the globe. https://t.co/41wgwbyqrO pic.twitter.com/WYsP4Eu3eA
— Star Wars | #TheBadBatch now streaming on Disney+ (@starwars) February 2, 2023
Per StarWars.com, the animated and episode titles animators are as follows:
- Sith from studio El Guiri and director Rodrigo Blaas
- Screecher’s Reach from studio Cartoon Saloon and director Paul Young
- In the Stars from studio Punkrobot and director Gabriel Osorio
- I Am Your Mother from studio Aardman and director Magdalena Osinska
- Journey to the Dark Head from studio Studio Mir and director Hyeong Geun Park
- The Spy Dancer from studio Studio La Cachette and director Julien Chheng
- The Bandits of Golak from studio 88 Pictures and director Ishan Shukla
- The Pit from studios D’art Shtajio and Lucasfilm Ltd. and directors LeAndre Thomas and Justin Ridge
- Aau’s Song from studio Triggerfish and directors Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke
James Waugh, Star Wars: Visions executive producer and senior vice president, Franchise Content & Strategy, at Lucasfilm, said in a statement to StarWars.com:
“The reaction to the first volume of Star Wars: Visions blew us away. We were delighted that this project inspired and resonated with so many people. We always saw Star Wars: Visions as a framework for celebratory expressions of the franchise from some of the best creators working today. Animation is in a global renaissance, and we’re constantly staggered by the amount of creativity pushing the medium forward.”
“With Volume 1, the imaginative minds of Japan’s anime industry were on full display. With Volume 2, we expanded our canvas to take audiences on a global tour of some of the most talented creators from around the world. We’re so proud to be able to reveal the line-up of studios we’ve assembled. Every short is incredible, full of heart, scope, imagination, and the values that make stories distinctly Star Wars — all while opening up bold new ways of seeing what a Star Wars story can be.”
You can catch up on season one in full, only on Disney+.
