Star Wars: The Ninth Jedi

Star Wars: Future is an American adult animated space opera sitcom created by Jack DeSena for Hulu, which ran for four seasons from May 4, 2025 to June 23, 2028. The series follows an office worker and his slacker brother in Coruscant who team up with an alcoholic Jedi knight on the verge of another intergalactic war. The series parodies numerous events, plot holes and flaws in the Skywalker saga to humorous effect and has received universal acclaim for its animation, writing, creativity, characters, pop culture references, art direction, musical score, humor, themes, action sequences and voice acting.

Premise
The series is set 5000 years after the events of the Skywalker Saga. During those thousand years, the galaxy has advanced greatly in technology and communication, while the Jedi have fallen into myth.

Nick Longos, a Coruscantian white collar office worker and his stoner brother Marvin team up with an alcoholic former Jedi padawan on the verge of another intergalactic war against the Dark Side terrorist group the Red Hand.

Main
Jack DeSena as Nick Longos, a frustrated and unmotivated white collar office worker who joins John's vigilante squad, the Neo-Jedi.

Justin Roiland as Marvin Longos, Nick's stoner younger brother.

KJ Apa as John Sternon, a Padawan turned vigilante and leader of the Neo-Jedi. For years, he has been unknowingly helping the Rebellion and the Resistance win each war. His base of operations is the abandoned Kaminoan cloning facitlity, where frequently clones himself to stay alive. He is also an inventor and current historical supervisor on the Galaxy Wars sequel trilogy (an in-universe parody of the Star Wars film series).

Danny Pudi as Roger, a Separatist B1-series battle droid who is John's partner and friend reprogrammed and remodeled by him.

Benedict Cumberbatch as Trenzor, the leader of the Red Hand.

Recurring
Dante Basco as The Narrator

Keanu Reeves as Jason Kordo, John's Jedi master who foresaw the end of the Jedi and the rest of the events in the Skywalker saga and the events happening in the show.

Guest
Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader

Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu

Ian McDiarmid as Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious

Episodes
List of Star Wars: Future episodes

Music
Ramin Djawadi composed the series's music. The first season's soundtrack, written about ten weeks before the series's premiere, was published by Walt Disney Records in 2025. Soundtrack albums for subsequent seasons have been released, with tracks by the National, the Hold Steady and Sigur Rós. Djawadi composed reoccurring themes for each of the major planets and some main characters.

Reception
The series has an approval rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Gallery
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