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=Star Wars: Visions= Star Wars: Visions is an animated anthology series created for the American streaming service Disney+. Produced by Lucasfilm Animation, the series consists of various original stories set in, or inspired by, the Star Wars universe. The first volume of nine anime short films were produced by seven Japanese animation studios: Kamikaze Douga, Studio Colorido, Geno Studio, Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Production I.G, and Science SARU. The first volume was released on September 22, 2021, and received positive reviews from critics. A second volume of shorts come from animation studios in Japan, India, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Chile, France, South Africa, and the United States. They will be released in early 2023.

Plot
Star Wars: Visions is a collection of animated short films presented "through the lens of the world's best anime creators" that offers a new, diverse perspective on Star Wars. Created outside of the constraints of the franchise's traditional canon, the films provide creative freedom to each director and production studio, while maintaining fidelity to the themes and emotional identity of the Star Wars saga.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8.20/10, based on 50 reviews for the first season. The site's critical consensus reads, "Gorgeously animated and wildly creative, Visions is an eclectic, but wholly enjoyable collection of Star Wars stories that breathe new life into the galaxy.". Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews", with user score 6.4/10.

Trivia
= Obi-Wan Kenobi= Obi-Wan Kenobi is an American television miniseries created for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, beginning ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), and stars Ewan McGregor as the title character, reprising his role from the Star Wars prequel trilogy.

Plot
Ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, in which the Jedi were destroyed by Order 66 and Obi-Wan Kenobi's apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, became the Sith Lord Darth Vader, Kenobi is in hiding on the planet Tatooine, watching over Anakin's son Luke, when he is called on a mission to rescue Anakin's daughter, Leia, after she is kidnapped by the Galactic Empire's Jedi-hunting Inquisitors in a plot to draw Kenobi out. This leads to a confrontation between Kenobi and Vader.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 88% approval rating, based on 109 reviews. On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".