Television episode
The Duel (short film)
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"The Duel" is an animated short film and episode of the web television series Star Wars: Visions that premiered on Disney+ on September 22, 2021. It is made by the Japan-based animation studio Kamikaze Douga and written by Mitsuyasu Sakai and directed by Takanobu Mizuno. It focuses on the Jedi and Sith but is set in a reimagined galaxy with an alternate history pulled from Japanese lore that fuses Star Wars with feudal Japan.
The world and story of "The Duel" and The Ronin have been expanded in multiple pieces of media. Ronin: A Visions Novel (Japanese:『浪人』), written by Emma Mieko Candon, was published by Del Rey on October 12, 2021 and two prequel one-shot comic books written and illustrated by Takashi Okazaki, Visions 1 and Visions – Takashi Okazaki 1, were published by Marvel Comics on October 12, 2022 and March 20, 2024 respectively. A sequel to the original episode, titled "The Duel: Payback," debuted on October 29, 2025 as part of Star Wars: Visions Volume 3.
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Facts
- Title
- "The Duel"
- Series
- Star Wars: Visions
- Season
- Volume 1
- Episode
- 1
- Airdate
- September 22, 2021
- Runtime
- 13:01
- Director
- Takanobu Mizuno
- Writers
- Mitsuyasu Sakai
- Production company
- Lucasfilm Franchise Animation
- Kamikaze Douga
- Next
- "Tatooine Rhapsody" (Next Visions episode)
- "The Duel: Payback" (Sequel)
Who turns up here
Characters: 22
- R5-D56 (first appearance)
- Kouru (first appearance)
- The Ronin (first appearance)
- Luke Skywalker (pictured only)
- R1-Q10
- Unidentified bandit commander (first appearance)
- Unidentified bandit (electropole) (first appearance)
- Unidentified bandit (flag) (first appearance)
- Unidentified bandit (helmet fins) (first appearance)
- Unidentified bandit (rocket launcher) (first appearance)
- Unidentified Dug guard (first appearance)
- Unidentified Gran guard (first appearance)
- Unidentified Jedi (Kouru) (first mentioned)
- Unidentified power droid (Genbara) (first appearance)
- Unidentified RA-7 protocol droid guard (first appearance)
- Unidentified teahouse shopkeep (first appearance)
- Unidentified Trandoshan guard (first appearance)
- Unidentified Tusken Raider guard (first appearance)
- Unidentified child village chief (first appearance)
- Unidentified child village chief's father (first appearance)
- Darth Vader (pictured only)
- The Force
Species: 8
- Bantha
- Dug
- Gran
- Human
- Kouru's species (first appearance)
- Sullustan
- Trandoshan
- Tusken Raider
Planets: 2
- Genbara (first appearance)
- Genbara's moon (first appearance)
Places: 7
- Unidentified mountain range (first appearance)
- Unidentified village (first appearance)
- Hidden Temple (first appearance)
- Joganman (first appearance)
- Mamura's (first appearance)
- Tono's Teahouse (first appearance)
- Unidentified waterfall (first appearance)
Galaxy: 2
- Outer Rim Territories
- Genbara system (first appearance)
Starships: 3
- Death Star (pictured only)
- J-type 327 Nubian royal starship
- Unidentified J-type 327 Nubian starship (first appearance)
Vehicles: 1
Organizations: 3
- Jedi (mentioned only)
- Sith
- Bandit Troopers (first appearance)
Events: 2
- Sith rebellion (indirect mention)
- Skirmish of unidentified village (Genbara) (first appearance)
Technology: 24
- R1-series astromech droid
- R5 series astromech droid
- 0-LT utility droid
- WED Treadwell repair droid
- WED-15 Treadwell droid
- GNK-series power droid
- Viper probe droid
- RA-7 protocol droid
- Scarecrow droid
- Pauldron
- IH unit (first appearance)
- Lightsaber auxiliary (first appearance)
- Parasol auxiliary (first appearance)
- Scabbard auxiliary (first appearance)
- Moisture vaporator
- Gaderffii stick
- Lightsaber
- Sith lightsaber
- Lightsaber parasol (first appearance)
- The Ronin's lightsaber (first appearance)
- Naginata (first appearance)
- Clothing
- Hat
- Unidentified Jedi statue (first appearance)
Lore: 8
Everything else: 32
- Astromech droid
- R-series
- Maintenance droid
- Power droid
- Probe droid
- Protocol droid
- Farmer
- Jedi knight (mentioned only)
- Tank
- Troop transport
- Armor
- Helmet
- Droid
- Weapon
- Blaster
- Cannon
- Chaingun
- Missile
- Sword
- Kimono (first appearance)
- Robe
- Crystal
- Death
- Farm
- Foodstuff
- Black current of the Force (first appearance)
- Force power
- Force-Sensitive Outcast
- White flare of the Force (first appearance)
- Language
- Writing
- Plasma
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