Lucasfilm Studio Ghibli Team Up Teased, But What Could It Be?

One tweet. Fourteen seconds. An infinite quantity of pleasure. That’s what occurred earlier right now when the official Twitter account for Studio Ghibli tweeted a video of its emblem accompanied by the emblem for Lucasfilm. The implication, in fact, is a few sort of team-up, however what might it’s?

Instantly the thoughts races to probably the most mind-boggling conclusion. Something like “Hayao Miyazaki must be making a feature-length animated Star Wars movie!” But whereas it’s enjoyable to assume like that, let’s step issues again a bit. Don’t overlook that Lucasfilm has a TV present referred to as Star Wars Visions that’s comprised of brief movies within the Star Wars universe from varied animation homes internationally, and season two is on the best way. That looks like a extra logical conclusion, no?

Of course, io9 has reached out to Lucasfilm to see if there’s any readability or remark and we’ll replace this publish if and once we hear.

There’s additionally the matter of Star Wars not being the one property Lucasfilm controls. Indiana Jones is the second largest, although a collab there appears lower than seemingly, in addition to Willow, which is about to make its large comeback on Disney+ later this month. Could a Willow brief hyping up the brand new season be a chance? Is that one thing Ghibli would even do? Again, this might be the most important information ever or nothing in any respect. It’s vital to mood expectations. At least a bit.

But let’s be sincere. Even tempered expectations don’t dampen the superb reality of the next sentence. Arguably the best animation studio on this planet, Studio Ghibli, is teaming up with one of many coolest popular culture corporations there’s, Lucasfilm. Whatever it finally ends up being is definitely going to be thrilling.

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