Star Wars Visions ran for three splendid seasons on Disney Plus. Across the 27 chapters in the anthology series, most were exclusively distinct stories, separate from the known Star Wars chronicles. Because of that, it would have been unnecessary, not to mention extremely difficult, to try to place their plots within the growing franchise timeline.
An exceptional aspect about Visions, aside from its anime-styled roots, is that the filmmakers were given permission to operate outside of Star Wars canon—basically borrowing from the franchise’s imagery, lore, and tropes while taking liberties to tell standalone tales that do not interfere with established timeline accounts.
Fans can choose to enjoy the Visions shorts on their own merits or not bother to invest in non-canonical storytelling. For people that truly love Star Wars, and especially its animated division, there really is no reason not to go with the former option and support a unique Star Wars experience.
Most could agree it is a rewarding watch even though it is not elevated by its meaningful connections to fan-favorite characters and plotlines. For example, the way Cad Bane’s backstory unfolds in Tales of the Underworld is even more stimulating because audiences get to see more of an enticing Star Wars villain. Or how Maul’s story continues post-Clone Wars in Maul – Shadow Lord feels momentous because of how beloved that character and The Clone Wars animated show have become.
On the contrary, Visions offered almost completely detached Star Wars anecdotes. And the collection proved it was deserving of praise based purely on its first-rate style and substance. Now that The Ninth Jedi’s narrative has branched out into its own series, it is worth including it in the chronology conversation.
In the initial Ninth Jedi short, it is insinuated that the Jedi Order was wiped out a long time ago, with a recent reawakening of both Jedi and Sith. Then in the Visions season 3 chapter The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope, Kara befriends a droid named Teto, who mentions the galaxy’s previous war, which Kara recalls learning about, although she thought it took place hundreds of years ago.
Since Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi is immediately related to Visions anime anthology, it technically exists outside of accepted Star Wars chronology. But if it were ever to be considered canon, one could easily place it on the unofficial Star Wars timeline.
Currently, this is how the Star Wars chronology lines up:
- The Acolyte
- Tales of the Jedi - Life and Death and Justice
- Tales of the Underworld - The Good Life
- Tales of the Jedi -Choices
- Tales of the Underworld - A Good Turn and One Good Deed
- The Phantom Menace
- Tales of the Jedi - The Sith Lord
- Attack of the Clones
- The Clone Wars - Seasons 1-4
- Tales of the Empire - The Path of Fear
- The Clone Wars - Seasons 5-7
- Tales of the Jedi - Practice Makes Perfect
- Revenge of the Sith
- Tales of the Empire - Devoted
- The Bad Batch
- Tales of the Underworld - A Way Forward, Friends, and One Warrior to Another
- Tales of the Empire - Realization
- Maul - Shadow Lord
- Tales of the Jedi - Resolve
- Solo
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Tales of the Empire - The Way Out
- Andor - Season 1
- Rebels - Seasons 1-2
- Tales of the Empire - The Path of Anger
- Rebels - Seasons 3-4
- Andor - Season 2
- Rogue One
- A New Hope
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Return of the Jedi
- Skeleton Crew
- The Mandalorian - Season 1
- Tales of the Empire - The Path of Hate
- The Mandalorian - Season 2
- The Book of Boba Fett
- The Mandalorian - Season 3
- Ahsoka
- The Mandalorian and Grogu
- Resistance - Season 1
- The Force Awakens
- The Last Jedi
- Resistance - Season 2
- The Rise of Skywalker
- The Ninth Jedi
Now Kara’s story picks up on her team's mission to rescue her father from the Sith-like disciples who wish to stomp out any semblance of Jedi. Margrave Juro still wants to restore the Jedi Order, which has not been properly in place since before the Empire rose to power.
After the empire fell, a smaller number of force-wielders remained scattered throughout the galaxy, such as Luke Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano, while others trained in the ways of the Jedi. Some later Jedi examples are Grogu, for a short while at least, and even more conspicuously, there was Rey (who adopts the surname Skywalker). She seemed to be one of the last prominent Jedi, probably known by many across the planets.
If we can assume to incorporate The Ninth Jedi into standard Star Wars lore, it can be justified that Rey’s time period is long before the era where Juro and Kara are reigniting the light side of the force. Throughout The Ninth Jedi's season, historical events, wars, and Jedi are referenced that would place the time period well after the latest Star Wars content previously depicted in film and television canon.
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