Star Wars is getting ready to do something it has never done before, and it could change the trajectory of the franchise forever, opening up new avenues for future stories. For the most part, Star Wars has followed a pretty specific formula since it came about in the 1970s. The only major departure from that formula (which was movies telling the main story with a couple of TV shows complementing them) came in 2019 with the launch of Disney+. After that, Star Wars put a lot more focus on creating television titles instead of movies. However, another change is getting ready to happen.On August 5, fans will be able to watch all eight episodes of a brand-new Star Wars television series titled Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi. This animated limited series is historic for a few reasons, but notably, it will be the first time ever that Star Wars has released a full season of TV that follows one continuous storyline that takes place outside of canon.Star Wars is no stranger to episodic series that tell a cohesive story, but in the past, they have all been canon. For example, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Mandalorian, and Ahsoka all followed that episodic template (some more successfully than others), but they all connected to the overarching Star Wars story and were set in canon. The Ninth Jedi will have eight episodes, and all of them will build off of each other to tell one story, but it won't be recognized as an official part of the canon Star Wars story. Read full article on The Direct.