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Fan Filmmaker Accuses Disney and 88 Pictures of Copying Star Wars: Visions Duel

No official response has followed the viral comparison video.

Overview

  • Lorenz Hideyoshi shared an Instagram side-by-side on November 20 alleging a lightsaber fight from his 2019 fan film Dark Jedi was replicated in Star Wars: Visions Season 2’s The Bandits of Golak.
  • The comparison highlights what he describes as near-identical choreography, staging, and camera angles despite the pieces being in different mediums.
  • The contested Visions episode was produced by Indian animation studio 88 Pictures and is credited to director Ishan Shukla.
  • Reporting through November 22 notes that Disney/Lucasfilm and 88 Pictures have not issued an official statement on the allegation.
  • The claim is drawing widespread online scrutiny of the anthology’s external-studio model, with commenters calling the sequence shot-for-shot and Hideyoshi emphasizing the originality of his action design.