Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
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Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures is an American animated children's television series created for the streaming service Disney+ and the television network Disney Junior. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and follows a group of younglings as they learn to become Jedi Knights during the High Republic era, centuries before the main Star Wars films. The series is produced by Lucasfilm Animation and Wild Canary Animation, with Michael Olson as showrunner and Elliot Bour as supervising director. It is the first full-length animated Star Wars series targeted at young audiences.
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Based on | Star Wars by George Lucas |
Directed by | Elliot Bour (supervising) |
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Composer | Matthew Margeson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
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Release | May 4, 2023 (2023-05-04) – present (present) |
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Star Wars: The High Republic |
The series stars Jamaal Avery Jr., Emma Berman, Juliet Donenfeld, Dee Bradley Baker, Jonathan Lipow, and Piotr Michael. It was announced in May 2022, with Olson and Bour already attached to the project. Casting was revealed in February 2023. Six shorts were released on YouTube ahead of the series premiere, before also becoming available on Disney+.
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures premiered on May 4, 2023, and was positively received, with critics praising the show for being an engaging first Star Wars experience for young viewers.