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With season two of Star Wars: Visions coming in 2023, I wanted to look back at each short from season one and celebrate why they’re great. This is Visions Remembered.

The Ninth Jedi is actually incredibly hard for me to write about. Brought to us by Production Ig aka Studio I.G., the reason this was the hardest one for me to tackle is the fact that The Ninth Jedi is so good. It’s the most solid entry from Star Wars: Visions. There’s a reason why it’s universally thought to be the best of the group or at least in people’s top rankings. When things are this good, it’s hard to point out just one or two things that make it stand out. I could probably write a full-length essay on this episode. I’ll do my best to keep this somewhat short.

I think...

A critically acclaimed animated series in the Star Wars universe is finally set to return after well over a year away, bringing with it a slew of both new and returning anime studios.

Per StarWars.com, Disney revealed at the 2024 Disney Apac Content Showcase that Visions Volume 3 will hit streaming next year -- the second confirmed Star Wars show of 2025 after Andor. This season will feature a mix of returning and new collaborations with major Japanese animation studios, with the former including Kamikaze Douga ("The Duel"), Kinema Citrus Co. ("The Village Bride"), Studio Trigger ("The Elder" and "The Twins"), and Production I.G. ("The Ninth Jedi"), from Volume 1. New studios, meanwhile, include David Production (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure), Project Studio Q, Polygon Pictures (Knights of Sidonia), Wit Studio (Spy x Family) and Nima, although footage of Volume 3 has yet to be publicly released.

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Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Elementary" episode 23 of season 3. The episode is entitled, "Absconded," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff take place as a beekeeping community becomes the main focus in Holmes and Watson's latest investigation, and more. In the new, 23rd episode press release: Holmes' Beekeeping Hobby Crosses Into His Professional Life When An Online Community He Belongs To Asks Him To Investigate The Murder Of One Of Their Members. Press release number 2: Holmes and Watson will look into the death of a member of Holmes' online beekeeping community who was a researcher looking into a deadly Northeast honey bee outbreak. During the investigation, they are going to meet Tara Parker, a brilliant entomologist, academic and the leader of New York's beekeeping society. Also, Captain Gregson will enlist Watson's services in an off-book investigation that...

Season 3, Episode 1: "Something Is Wrong"

Since "Louie" was last on the air, its star and creator, Louis C.K. has been having a moment. He won the AFI Award for best TV series, got two Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a comedy, and has broken ground in terms of cutting out the middle man, selling tour tickets and his stand-up special directly to consumers (and in the latter case, giving much of the money to charity). All that, and he's been cast in Woody Allen's next film too.

And the influence of Allen, always a key one, felt particularly prevalent in the excellent second season finale of his show. For the newcomers (and the show is essentially stand-alone week-by-week, so it's easy to jump in at any moment), C.K. plays Louie, a slightly different fictional variation on himself, namely a stand-up comedian of moderate success, divorced,...