The ronin from “The Duel” collects red Kyber crystals from the Sith he defeats (not unlike General Grievous’ trophy lightsabers), which implies that his own red blade may have been taken off one of his enemies.
While Light Side-aligned Force-wielders do not use red lightsabers in the new canon, some Jedi favor a red blade in the old Legends universe. Jolee Bindo from Knights of the Old Republic, Bendu from Star Wars Rebels, and even Ahsoka Tano (after her excommunication) fall into this category, as may our mysterious ronin. In Legends canon, there’s a Force alignment informally known as “Gray Jedi,” referring to those who study the Force but do not follow the strict rules of the Jedi Order nor the Sith. The ronin claims that he’s “no Jedi,” but wields the Force in defense of the innocent nevertheless. Only a wandering ronin wielding a red lightsaber stands a chance of defeating her. In this short, a rural village comes under siege by an army of bandits led by a ruthless Sith.
“The Duel,” Kamikaze Douga Image: Lucasfilm Ltd./Disney Plus
Here are all the ways the new set of shorts brush against the known, deeper-cut parts of the universe. Rather than repurposing characters and situations from the massive back catalog of Star Wars lore, Visions features only a few familiar faces and locations and consists of fresh, self-contained stories that are not bound to the strict rules of continuity.īut underneath this new coat of paint, however, flecks of the existing canon and even the defunct Legends expanded universe can still be found, leading us to explore just how Visions relates to the grander tapestry of Star Wars as we know it. For the new Disney Plus anthology series Star Wars: Visions, Lucasfilm invited seven Japanese anime studios to bring their talents to its far-off galaxy, resulting in nine distinct and exciting original shorts.
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