Kara is back on stream under Lucasfilm. Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi began on August 5, 2026 with eight episodes on Disney+ and Hulu.
That puts the project in a different lane from the earlier shorts. It is the first full-length anime show set in the galaxy far, far away, and it turns Kara’s search for her missing father into a season-length release rather than a one-off chapter.
Eight episodes for Kara
The new run packages all eight episodes at once, which lets the story move as a single bingeable block instead of a staggered rollout. Kara continues training under Juro while searching the galaxy for Lah Zhima, and Ethan returns as an ally as the mission to save Lah Zhima takes shape.
Production I.G brings the series to screen with Lucasfilm, and the setup keeps the focus on the same thread that powered the earlier shorts: Kara, Juro, and the fellow Jedi trainees pushing toward Lah Zhima while the larger fight around the Jedi Order keeps moving around them.
From Visions to full series
The series continues from Star Wars: Visions entries The Ninth Jedi and The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope, but it also stretches beyond them by becoming the first full-length anime show in this corner of Star Wars. That gives the release a different commercial shape: the story no longer depends on a single short-form drop to carry the audience.
Shunsuke Tada directs The Ninth Jedi, Mitsuyasu Sakai writes the series, and Kenji Kamiyama serves as supervising director. Those names matter because this is not being treated like a side project; the new format suggests Lucasfilm is willing to let anime carry a larger piece of the Star Wars brand.
What the release gives viewers
August 5, 2026 is the date that matters for anyone following Kara’s arc. The full eight-episode run is available now on Disney+ and Hulu, so the immediate question is not when it arrives but how the season handles Kara, Juro, Lah Zhima, and the mission that ties them together.
For viewers, the practical move is simple: start watching now if you want the complete run in one sitting. The sharper question is how closely this longer format stays tied to the earlier shorts, because that answer will determine whether The Ninth Jedi feels like an expansion or a clean break.
