Star Wars' Kilkenny connection: 'It's culturally important to us to use the word ‘arse’' 

Lucasfilm and Disney+ were happy for Irish studio Cartoon Saloon to put an Irish twist on their contribution to Star Wars: Visions, writes Esther McCarthy
Star Wars' Kilkenny connection: 'It's culturally important to us to use the word ‘arse’' 

Paul Young of Cartoon Saloon - one of the animation studios enlisted to work on Disney's Star Wars: Visions

As Lucasfilm and Disney+ planned a second series of animated short films for their hugely successful Star Wars: Visions project, they knew that the Force was with an Irish animation studio.

Cartoon Saloon - the Kilkenny outfit behind such acclaimed films as The Secret of Kells and Wolfwalkers - was among a number of studios worldwide on Lucasfilm’s radar.

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