Star Wars: Visions – All 9 episodes ranked from worst to best

3: The Duel

The Duel is a samurai story disguised as a Star Wars story. It’s even in black and white (for the most part) to pay homage to the classic samurai movies from a time since past.

This episode involves what appears to be an imperial set of troops invading a small town on a remote planet being led by some sort of female Sith. What we presume to be a Jedi comes to the town’s rescue, but we quickly learn in the duel between the Sith and this mysterious hero that he is no Jedi. We get something in The Duel we almost never get in a Star Wars story, a lightsaber battle with blades of the same color, in this case red.

The mysterious hero referred simply to as Ronin saves the day and reveals the collection of kyber crystals he has accumulated. We don’t know if they are just from Sith or both Sith and Jedi (most likely all Sith because all of the kyber crystals are red), but it makes for an interesting conclusion to the episode.

2:  The Ninth Jedi

I thoroughly enjoyed The Ninth Jedi. It does something that most of these episodes do and that’s provide a unique spin on some of the things we’ve come to know about the world of Star Wars.

In this episode, Jedi no longer have lightsabers, as the supply of kyber crystals has been reduced to next to nothing. As a result, Jedi no longer are able to craft their own lightsabers. This leads to the first sabersmith (at least the first that I’m aware of) of the Star Wars Universe.

The most interesting take on lightsabers in this episode is that the sabersmith develops these lightsabers with the ability to reflect the person who wields them. It makes for one of the coolest reveals at the end of the episode, when all of the lightsabers turn red when turned on at the temple by supposed Jedi. They are obviously revealed to be Sith by the color of the lightsabers, and an epic battle ensues.

1: Lop and Ocho

I won’t lie, I’m sure I have this episode of Star Wars: Visions much higher than most. There’s something about a story dealing with family and what it really means to be a family that gets to me every time.

What’s great about this episode is watching how in such a short time, the patriarch of the family, who was hesitant to allow Lop, a member of an alien species, into their family, but the daughter Ocho, was excited to add her.

So for them to change roles in the end, and for Lop to receive the treasured family lightsaber from the father after Ocho turned her loyalty to the Empire was truly inspirational, and just a little bit heartbreaking. You could see the pain and anguish this was causing the father, and the story was told beautifully throughout the episode.

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