Really, the surprise here is that STAR WARS: VISIONS hasn’t been done yet.
“It” being “Going to a bunch of Japanese anime shops and getting them to do Star Wars stories.” I can’t imagine that they had to do much convincing, either. And I’m not gonna lie: I perked up at the thought of seeing some actual samurai-style fighting in the Star Wars universe. It feels like it would naturally flow from the original concept, you know what I mean? — Particularly since Lucas was pulling stuff from samurai flicks himself.
So I am tentatively down with this.
I suspect it wasn’t done originally because George wanted to file the serial numbers off his inspiration …
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… but I’m not really sure why it didn’t happen before now, other than Lucasfilm’s reputation for being litigious bastards.
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Mew
Kathleen Kennedy’s hatred of the franchise she’s supposed to be managing?
And the parts that get out from under her control actually make money?