With The Acolyte currently giving us our first live-action look at the High Republic era of Star Wars, Disney+ has announced that younger fans will soon be able to the period with the second season of Lucasfilm’s animated preschool series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures set to premiere in August.
Taking place 200 years before The Phantom Menace, the animated series follows Jedi younglings Kai Brightstar, Lys Solay, and Nubs as they study the ways of the Force, explore the galaxy, help citizens and creatures in need and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way.
Season two follows “the younglings as they continue their training and embark on even bigger missions across the galaxy. Helping to lead the younglings on these missions is Master Zia’s new Padawan, Wes Vinik, and his astromech R0-M1. As they continue their training and grow in the ways of the Force, the young Jedi will travel to new planets with new and old friends and encounter adversaries like The Ganguls, who are growing in their pirate ranks…”
Here’s a selection of season 2 images…
Featuring in the voice cast of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures are JeCobi Swain as Kai Brightstar, Juliet Donenfeld as Lys Solay, Dee Bradley Baker as Nubs, Emma Berman as Nash Durango, Trey Murphy as Taborr/Cyrus Vuundir, Nasim Pedrad as Master Zia Zanna, Gunnar Sizemore as Wes Vinik, and Piotr Michael as Master Yoda.
Season two of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures will premiere its first half on Disney+ on Wednesday, August 14th, after a new series of shorts debuts from August 2nd. The second half of the season will arrive in 2025.
