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Credit: LucasfilmWhen it comes to creating new stories centered on the Jedi, it’s fair to say that Star Wars has no shortage of Force-wielding characters to choose from. While Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley) remains the face of the Disney era, there are more characters like her out there — even if they occupy different corners of the franchise’s extensive and never-ending timeline.
Star Wars‘ Best Female Jedi Characters
Looking specifically toward female Jedi characters, there’s one in particular who has yet to have her time in the sun (or twin suns), despite debuting to a positive reception from fans.
Disney+ shows like Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2020), Star Wars: Rebels (2014-2018), Ahsoka (2023), The Acolyte (2024), and most recently, Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord (2026) have given us plenty of female Jedi, including Ahsoka Tano, Sabine Wren, Osha, and Devon Izara. But one Force-using character seems to have flown under the radar.
One Female Force User Has Been Forgotten
The character in question hails from the brilliant anthology series, Star Wars: Visions.
Star Wars: Visions launched on Disney+ in 2021, with Volume 2 releasing in 2023 and Volume 3 in 2025. All three entries, which consist of standalone Star Wars stories, received critical acclaim and are widely considered by fans to be some of the best Star Wars stories to have hit the streamer, despite the fact none of them are canon.
Earlier this year, a report from entertainment industry insider Daniel Richtman (via The Direct) revealed that Lucasfilm is now moving forward with Star Wars: Visions Volume 4.
“The anime anthology series was a unique experiment from Lucasfilm, which enlisted animation studios from around the world to create short Star Wars stories set outside the main canon,” The Direct wrote. “The unbridled creativity was refreshing for Star Wars, and some episodes were so popular they scored follow-ups in Star Wars: Visions Season 3.”
Volume 3 also broke new ground for the anthology series by being the first to include sequels to Volume 1 episodes: “The Duel: Payback,” “The Lost Ones,” and “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope” expanded upon “The Duel,” “The Village Bride,” and “The Ninth Jedi,” respectively.
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“Lop and Ochō” Has Been Left on a Cliffhanger For Five Years
Unfortunately, however, Volume 3 doesn’t include a sequel to Volume 1’s “Lop and Ochō,” the episode that takes place some time during the reign of the Galactic Empire and follows a young Lepi (a humanoid rabbit-like being) named Lop, one of the two titular characters.
It’s now been five years since her debut, and Lop has yet to return, despite having the potential to become an iconic Star Wars character — not only is she interesting, she also has an instantly memorable appearance with her samurai-inspired attire, green lightsaber with engravings, single-lens visor, umbrella glider, and hovering droid companion TD-4.
Together, Lop and TD-4 have more than enough potential to become iconic, so much so that they could easily replace Din Djarin/The Mandalorian and Grogu somewhere down the line.
But it seems the franchise has moved on as she hasn’t resurfaced anywhere in any media save for
Meanwhile, “The Ninth Jedi” was so popular that it’s now being developed into a full anime series, which is set to premiere on Disney+ this year under the new Star Wars: Visions Presents banner.
Here’s hoping that someday “Lop and Ochō” gets the same treatment. The Volume 1 episode is an emotionally charged and ultimately tragic story that centers on a family being divided during the reign of the Empire, with one daughter, Lop, devoting herself to the ways of the Force, and her adopted sister, Ochō, turning toward the dark side.
While it’s clearly intended to be standalone (although who knows what Volume 4 will deliver if it does happen), one can’t help but feel that the episode deserves a major expansion of some kind, whether that’s in the form of its own spinoff series, or perhaps even a feature-length Disney+ film (animated or live action). After all, the episode ends on an as-yet-unresolved cliffhanger.
On Reddit, fans continue to voice their dismay at the fact the episode has yet to be revisited.
“Disney has been sitting on ‘Lop and Ochō’ for five years now and has done nothing with it,” one user writes, adding, “there’s enough story in this 20 min short for a full trilogy of films.”
Another says, “The things I would do for more ‘Lop & Ochō’ truly cannot be put into words! Volume 1 had some GREAT shorts, but L&O was easily my favorite!”
One calls for the upcoming Star Wars: Visions Presents to continue the story, writing [edited for clarity], “Yes. I’d like to see how the story of ‘Lop and Ochō’ wraps up, whether we get a happy or sad ending for them. Well, considering that Star Wars: Visions Presents is now a thing, it could be that we finally get a continuation at some point after ‘The Ninth Jedi’ series is done.
And it helps that as I’ve noticed recently, ‘Lop and Ochō’ is picking up slightly more popularity on this subreddit (although the daily contributors are sadly quite small). Still, we should be hopeful something is done about it. If stories like ‘The Ninth Jedi,’ ‘The Duel,’ and ‘The Village Bride’ can get continuation, why not ‘Lop and Ochō’? Who’s to say a sequel can’t be made?”
Would you like to see more from Lop? Share your thoughts in the comments!
