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.” We’re so proud to be able to reveal the line-up of studios we’ve assembled. 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. With Volume 1, the imaginative minds of Japan’s anime industry were on full display. Animation is in a global renaissance, and we’re constantly staggered by the amount of creativity pushing the medium forward. “We always saw Star Wars: Visions as a framework for celebratory expressions of the franchise from some of the best creators working today. We were delighted that this project inspired and resonated with so many people,” says James Waugh, Star Wars: Visions executive producer and senior vice president, Franchise Content & Strategy, at Lucasfilm. “The reaction to the first volume of Star Wars: Visions blew us away. D’Art Shtajio’s short was created in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd. So, look to Disney+ next year to see where Visions heads with their new animation styles.The shorts included in Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 were created by the following international animation studios: El Guiri (Spain), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile), Aardman (United Kingdom), Studio Mir (South Korea) Studio La Cachette (France), 88 Pictures (India), D'art Shtajio (Japan), and Triggerfish (South Africa). During the Star Wars Celebration in May, Disney announced the second season would arrive in 2023. It seems like Star Wars: Visions will venture into the realm of Love Death + Robotswith Volume Two, featuring various animation styles, some based heavily on cartoons, others looking entirely life-like. Spring next year is currently where we’re targeting and I think it’s an absolutely beautiful anthology." We have studios from Africa, Chile, England, Ireland, France, India… and the guiding light there was that we wanted their storytelling to be a reflection of what Star Wars meant in their culture, but also a reflection of the myths and stories that could only come out of their cultural context. And so Visions volume two is sort of a global tour of some of the most interesting animation studios on a global level. The first anthology is anime because we all loved the style of it, but personally my intention for Visions was to always let it be a more broad palette, because there’s so much great animation work going on in the world. "We announced that we’re gonna do a Visions volume two. Waugh says there's 'so much great animation work going on in the world,' and the producer wanted to explore that.
Related: Star Wars: Visions: Did You Recognize the Voices of These A-List Actors? James Waugh Says Visions Volume Two is on a 'Global Level'Īlthough the first iteration of Star Wars: Visions was entirely focused on the anime style, James Waugh says Volume Two will broaden the scope of animation to include studios from Africa, Chile, England, Ireland, France, and India. However, through animation, most production cost concerns can be mitigated, allowing for a grand scale for each episode of the series. Star Wars requires very high budgets if you're going down the live-action route, which limits which studios can work on something within the universe. Waugh is right about the restriction live-action has put on the series. We lucked out and we got an embarrassment of riches, but this one really felt like it encapsulated our vision of the anthology, as an expression of Star Wars that you couldn’t do in live action." In many ways it’s actually a love letter to cinema and a love letter to George. It just felt like they were really playing with not only the aesthetic of their inspirations, but also with cinematic devices. "The Duel was one of the first pitches that we got back and there was this arresting image which is just the Ronin and this droid with this amazing straw hat, and it just felt so much in line with the cinematic language of all the films that inspired George, all the films we’d watch in film school.
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