Lucasfilm has released the trailer(s) for Star Wars Visions Volume 3, the latest collection of animated short films reimagining the galaxy far far away. Like the first volume, the nine shorts that’ll be released are all anime from Japanese studios, and you can watch the dubbed and subtitled trailers separately below:
Additionally, the company released credits and synopses for all of the films, revealing some big names:
§ The Duel: Payback (directed by Takanobu Mizuno, studio: Kamikaze Douga and ANIMA): “With the help of some unexpected allies, Ronin faces off against his greatest foe – a twisted Jedi known as the Grand Master who is bent on revenge.”
English cast: Brian Tee, Will Sharpe, Suzy Nakamura, Jonathan Lipow, Minami Iinuma, Gary Littman, Yukihiro Nozuyama, Shawn Gann, Major Attaway, Andrew Kishino, Patrick Seitz, Lee Shorten, Frank Todaro, David Chen, Nozomi Furuki, Ayaka Shimizu, Kaede Yuasa
Japanese cast: Masaki Terasoma, Daisuke Namikawa, Takako Honda, Naomi Kusumi, Minami Iinuma, Tokuyoshi Kawashima, Yukihiro Nozuyama, Takaaki Torashima, Kazuki Yoshida, Mizuki Ishii, Ayumu Mizukami, Nozomi Furuki, Ayaka Shimizu, Kaede Yuasa
§ The Song of Four Wings (Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Project Studio Q): “A princess-turned-rebel protects a child from the might of the Empire on a snowbound planet.”
English cast: Stephanie Hsu, Aki Toyosaki, Trevor Devall, Jennie Kwan, James Sie, David Errigo Jr.
Japanese cast: Manaka Iwami, Aki Toyosaki, Hiroki Yasumoto, Takayuki Nakatsukasa
§ The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope (Naoyoshi Shiotani, Production I.G): “Pursued by Jedi Hunters, and blasted adrift into space, Kara encounters a seemingly abandoned ship tended to by a mysterious droid.”
English cast: Kimiko Glenn, Freddie Highmore, Masi Oka, Andrew Kishino, Patrick Seitz, Major Attaway, Frank Todaro, Simu Liu, Lee Shorten, David Chen, Carrie Keranen
Japanese cast: Chinatsu Akasaki, Akira Ishida, Hiromu Mineta, Tetsuo Kanao, Hinata Tadokoro, Taiten Kusunoki, Wataru Takagi, Shin-Ichiro Miki, Shoya Ishige, Noriko Hidaka
§ The Bounty Hunters (Junichi Yamamoto, WIT Studio): “A rogue bounty hunter takes on a job for a shady industrialist that has unexpected consequences for her and her droid.”
English cast: Earl Baylon, Anna Sawai, Ronny Chieng, Joseph Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Zoe Rux, Carrie Keranen, David Chen, Major Attaway, Joy Ofodu, Frank Todaro
Japanese cast: Ai Fairouz, Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Ono, Yume Miyamoto, Ai Kakuma, Kotono Mitsuishi, Setsuji Sato, Koji Seki, Marie Miyake, Hiroya Egashira, Katsumi Fukuhara, Koji Seki, Marie Miyake, Hitomi Kitazaki
§ Yuko’s Treasure (Masaki Tachibana, Kinema citrus Co.): “A sheltered orphan teams with a street rat kid to rescue his droid caregiver and find a long-lost treasure.”
English cast: Liam Karlsson, Julian Paz Fedorov, Harvey Guillén, Steve Buscemi, Anne Yatco, Maximilian Reid, Matt Yang King, Joy Ofodu, Sean Burgos, A.J. Beckles
Japanese cast: Momoka Terasawa, Makoto Koichi, Mitsuru Houfu, Kenichirou Matsuda, Yumi Uchiyama, Mamoru Miyano, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Yuki Kazu, Ryunosuke Watanuki, Shoumaru Zouza
§ The Lost Ones (Hitoshi Haga, Kinema citrus Co.): “After assisting refugees escape a natural disaster, an incognito F is forced to confront the ghosts of her past when their refugee ship is intercepted by the Empire.”
English cast: Karen Fukuhara, Mark Strong, Ryan Potter, Aki Toyosaki, Kimberly Brooks, Lincoln Bonilla, Jimmie Yamaguchi, Mike Bodie, David Errigo Jr., Cheyenne Nguyen, Nick Kishiyama, Leon Chen, Jennie Kwan, James Sie
Japanese cast: Asami Seto, Hirofumi Nojima, Daiki Hamano, Aki Toyosaki, Kimiko Saito, Mutsumi Tamura, Genta Nakamura, Yutaka Aoyama, Yoji Ueda, Manami Hanawa, Risa Watanabe, Yuki Ominami, Saya Hirose, Yuji Murai, Yuuki Shin, Kosuke Echigoya, Takaaki Torashima, Takayuki Nakatsukasa
§ The Smuggler (Masahiko Otsuka, TRIGGER): “Desperate for a quick payday, a smuggler takes a job to rescue a fugitive from the Empire.”
English cast: Emma Myers, Tanner Buchanan, Judith Light, Cory Yee, Adam Seitz, Matt Yang King, Cindy Robinson, A.J. Beckles, Earl Baylon, Sean Burgos
Japanese cast: Ami Maeshima, Yuuki Shin, Yasuko Hatori, Show Hayami, Jino Saito, Nobuaki Kanemitsu, Akira Kuwabara, Mutsuki Iwanaka, Hinata Tadokoro, Taiki Yamashita, Satoi Shibuya, Norio Wakamoto
§ The Bird of Paradise (Tadahiro “Tady” Yoshihira, Polygon Pictures): “After she is blinded in battle, a hot-headed Jedi Padawan must undergo a series of spiritual trials in order to overcome the temptation of the dark side.”
English cast: Sonoya Mizuno, James Sie, Victoria Grace, George Takei
Japanese cast: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Tomoaki Maeno, Ayane Sakura, Hochu Otsuka
§ BLACK (Shinya Ohira, david production): “A psychedelic battle between past and present, light and dark, and life and death plays out in the haunted psyche of an Imperial trooper who is on the cusp of defeat.”
Japanese cast: Kenta Miyake, Tsuyoshi Koyama
Visions Vol. 3 will be released on Disney+ on Wednesday, October 29.
