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Star Wars: Visions season 2 is about to drop in only a few days in honor of Might the 4th and @Starwars goes to city selling the brand new sequence on Twitter earlier than it hits streaming tomorrow. The non-canonical sequence options animated shorts from 9 animation studios throughout the globe, every using numerous animation types from conventional to claymation, identical to the primary installment of the creative revisioning of the galaxy far, distant.
In a clip shared by the official Star Wars Twitter account, an aged girl holding a cane reveals herself to be a Jedi, whipping two of the long-lasting blue sabers out of her cane. The split-second clip is just one of many moments showcased within the trailer for the sequence, and although the business has been out for months it wasn’t till right this moment {that a} plethora of Star Wars followers (and haters) actually received the possibility to review the second.
Followers had been overjoyed by “Grandma-Jedi” and her hidden blades. It isn’t the primary time Star Wars has had an aged Jedi Grasp use a cane to hide a weapon, Tera Sinube made his debut within the Clone Wars animated sequence and used a cane to hide his personal single-saber blade. Some followers had been confused by the sudden disappearance of the connecting wooden, nevertheless.
Did she simply vaporize her workers? How does this work? 🤦🏻♂️
— Jason Harvey (@JSHarveyPRIME) Might 3, 2023
Truly a number of followers had been confused by the wooden.
So the place do the sabers come out from? Do the center flip I to the Saber or one thing?
— RestlessSamurai (@Realtalk2022) Might 3, 2023
Some extremely vocal not-fans had been confused and inexplicably enraged by the wooden. Even worse for lots of the haters was that straightforward reality {that a} Jedi may have a cause to cover their mild saber within the first place.
Going to qualify this by saying I am not a star wars fan however…
LEARN YOUR OWN DAMN LORE!
Impossibilities apart, concealing a light-weight saber is a Sith factor. The Jedi put on their lightsabers brazenly.
— T Alex Ratcliffe (@talexratcliffe) Might 2, 2023
In the event that they had been a fan, they might have recognized that many Jedi have hid their weapons over the myriads, together with the aforementioned Tera Sinube, Kanan Jarrus, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke Skywalker, and principally any Jedi that has ever gone undercover. No less than this consumer prefaced their ignorance with a disclaimer.
Others didn’t look after the “woke” ideology behind having an aged Jedi, as if Madam Jocosta, Yoda, and outdated man Luke hadn’t already confirmed that not all Jedi die younger. Whereas he refused to elaborate within the feedback, @Djsifu07S was very adamant that Star Wars was undoubtedly extra “woke” than ever.
I really like the outdated Star Wars, the woke virus messed it up.
— DJ Doggie Doo™ 🐶🍷 (@Djsifu07S) Might 2, 2023
If it wasn’t in regards to the age of the Jedi, possibly it was her gender? Both method, there are many feminine Jedi who wish to have a phrase with the consumer, from Shaak-ti to Ayla Secura, feminine Jedi have been part of Star Wars lore for greater than 20 years now. Past the Jedi Masters, did they neglect that Princess Leia has been kicking butt and taking names since A New Hope?
Different smooth-brained commenters had been hung up on the clear Indian inspirations from G-ma Jedi, as if Vader and all of his Storm Troopers weren’t stylized variations of basic armor from one other Asian civilization: Japan.
Bear in mind when Star Wars was once a few galaxy from far distant? Yea I’m undecided why this character appears like she’s from area India.
— Alonso (@AlonsoL52290631) Might 2, 2023
Different Twitter customers had been fast to leap on the nasty little trolls, reminding them that folks of coloration have been part of the Star Wars universe since Lando Calrissian first swaggered onto display in 1980. And let’s not neglect about our king, Mace Windu.
With regards to a challenge like Star Wars: Visions with contributors from all around the globe, there are probably going to be many alternative sources of inspiration. Star Wars: Visions solely works as a result of it isn’t constrained to the lore that got here earlier than. Its extra outlandish entries had been those that followers really embraced within the final season. Regardless of one of the best makes an attempt of trolls, followers appear to be extra excited than not for the newest installment and even with apparent trolls skulking round to try to rain on the parade, it doesn’t appear to have stopped the hype practice from rolling by means of.
Tune into Disney Plus tomorrow to expertise the shorts for your self.