One of many stars of Star Wars: The Acolyte will make a stunning however welcome return to the franchise in Disney+’s upcoming animated collection, Star Wars: Visions. Star Wars: Visions will return for its third season on October 29, that includes new animated shorts from famend Japanese animation studios. Some episodes will proceed tales from Visions season 1, whereas others will characteristic brand-new interpretations of Star Wars’ huge lore.
Jodie Turner-Smith, who performed Mom Aniseya in The Acolyte earlier than the Excessive Republic-set collection grew to become the primary Star Wars live-action TV present to be formally canceled, will return to voice a personality for the English dub of one in every of Star Wars: Visions quantity 3’s upcoming shorts.
As confirmed by StarWars.com, Turner-Smith will be part of fellow voice forged members Earl Baylon, Anna Sawai, Ronny Chieng, and Joseph Lee in WIT Studio’s animated quick, “The Bounty Hunters,” the synopsis for which is as follows: “A rogue bounty hunter takes on a job for a shady industrialist that has surprising penalties for her and her droid.”
What Turner-Smith’s Visions Return Means For Star Wars
Traditionally, Star Wars has largely averted recasting its actors in different recognizable Star Wars roles. Even so, Turner-Smith’s involvement in Visions poses no threat to the franchise’s continuity. Visions is a collaborative undertaking in contrast to every other; relatively than including to the galaxy’s main narrative, Visions permits numerous worldwide animation studios to provide their model of what Star Wars may very well be.
As such, Visions’ tales aren’t canon. As an alternative, they ask questions that the franchise’s important timeline doesn’t. What if the Power may very well be managed by way of music? What if somebody may take the Inquisitors’ helicopter lightsabers to an entire new stage? On this galaxy, something is feasible, and Star Wars: Visions embraces that artistic freedom.
Our Take On Turner-Smith’s Return To Star Wars After The Acolyte
The Acolyte was in a troublesome place when it premiered. Regardless of its stellar forged, compelling concepts, and its distinctive placement within the Star Wars timeline – it was the primary canon on-screen Star Wars undertaking to happen earlier than the Skywalker saga – it sadly by no means managed to stay as much as its potential.
It is nice to see that the crucial reception, on-line discourse, and subsequent cancellation of The Acolyte have not turned an actor of Turner-Smith’s caliber off the franchise utterly. Different forged members from The Acolyte, together with lead Amandla Stenberg and new Sith Lord Manny Jacinto, beforehand expressed their unhappiness and frustration with how the present was handled and the backlash they and their fellow creatives have been compelled to endure.
Nonetheless, Jodie Turner-Smith’s maternal and highly effective efficiency was a spotlight of the present. Her function as Mom Aniseya, the chief of Star Wars‘ new coven, the Witches of Brendok, made their presence all of the extra menacing. It’s going to be attention-grabbing to see how the actress interprets a brand new Star Wars character in Star Wars: Visions quantity 3.
Star Wars: Visions quantity 3 debuts on Disney+ on October 29.