This is great work by Cartoon Saloon. I was expecting the classic kid who's force sensitive and a Jedi comes along to train her. However, when it lit up red, I was like oh no! This story is so simple, but it's executed so well. You don't need a million twists to entertain people. It's okay to tell a good simple story at a high level
The reveal that Daal's journey into the cave was really her Sith Trial was absolutely brilliant and blew my mind. Anjelica Huston was excellent as the Sith too. This is one of my favorites this season.
I loved the design of the sith lady in the cave as it was legit scary looking. I was surprised that the twist was she is going to become a sith. All I could think by the end was "wow shes signing up for something worse and she going to kill a lot of innocent people." This is defintly is top 3 of vol 2.
The thing that stands out to me is the design of the banshee's lightsaber, its ornate and floral which isn't really a sith aesthetic. It makes me think that the banshee was once a jedi who entered the cave but was corrupted and consumed by the darkness within it. When Dal breaks free of the dark illusion and sees the real banshee on the floor it even looks like its wearing old withered jedi robes. It's the subtle details that made me so fascinated with this episode.
It could’ve belonged to the Sith that saved Daal. As per Rule of Two, she was meant to kill her master (the old hag), but decided to kill two birds with one stone; she turned it into an opportunity to find a new apprentice. I bet she used the Dark Side to break her master’s mind, and just left behind a saber in the cave and medallions around the planet for her would-be-apprentice to find.
I really love the Irish influence in this episode. The sith at the end reminds me of a Fey taking some one into their realm. It’s honestly just so cool.
In Scottish mythology, fairies are called sith (pronounced si), and they seem to be strongly related with si or sidhe, Irish fairies. Maybe this could be a nod to that?
I mean even the workhouse is fun reference to the when the English forced the Irish to work for food in harsh workhouses since, at the time, there were still people who saw being poor as some sort of moral failing because people were too lazy to man up and work their way to riches.
@@indianaalbers5890 sorry poor choice of words. Was on a break at work so didn’t take the time to put something more appropriate. Like interesting or referential
A real surprise of an episode. This was one of the best ones of the season for sure and the animation, especially the Screecher's design, it is phenomenal. This is an episode I would recommend to people to introduce them to Visions.
This was my favorite. So compelling. When she leaves the cave her friends ask her what happened. The concept of strength continues to remain a personal theme for Daal. I was taken aback because strength may lead you to the dark side. Lots of emotions with this one.
Love the flip of the typical “hope for a better life in the galaxy” to “fear of staying in the same place” and that fear driving her to be influenced by dark forces
I think the ghost was a sith master, she was overthown by her apprentice ( the sith at the end ) In the future, Daal will do the same thing to become a master. ( rule of two )
@@jlokison The "rule of two" might not be practiced by all Sith, sure Palpatine followed it, the Jedis knew about it, but who is to say that other Sith Lords also survived Malachor which follow their own "rules" (Traya did and she did not practice it).
3:16 I would put it like this: for the Sith strength is an means for power (the Sith Code says so), and for the Jedi it's a perk from and for living in harmony with reality.
Cartoon saloon specializes in folklore based stories, and they do it very well. I think that lends itself more easily to this short format, and their irish/celtic folk art visual style tells a lot of the story for them without any need for time consuming diague or other visual sequences. For example, we understood the whole context of the characters' troubles and frustration with a single pan-up across a mutal. Further, the folklore/mythological style and themes fit perfectly with star wars, with its own themes having ancient archetypal roots, but turns the typical heros journey on its head in favor of a cautionary tale that is just as ancient and true to the human experience. This was my favorite episode of both seasons, though that may be just as much a matter of personal taste as of objective review of quality.
this episode is a master class of exploring how blurred the lines between jedi and sith really are. Everybody expected her trial to be a jedi one and all of the clues don’t point otherwise either, but when her necklace glows red it’s a shock at first but when you rewatch it none of the clues point to otherwise either. I haven’t seen the others yet but between 1 and 2 so far 2 is definitely one of my favorites
Finally ! Working myself in animation, I was jumping on my seat after having heard of the studios list for vol.2 of Visions,! My most anticipated ones were Cartoon Saloon, Aardman, Studio Mir, and Studio la Cachette ! On my way looking through the season (I just finished 5, now) And damn, Cartoon Saloon didn't disappoint ! If you want absolute heartwarming beautiful animation movies, that makes a fantastic case for (mostly) Celtic mythology pitted against either Christianity or modern oppression, but through the scope of "kid's movies", I highly recommend their previous masterpieces Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Breadwinner and Wolfwalker. If you want to see some truly beautiful and emotional tear jerkers, you should absolutely react to them, these movies are truly special (all of them got nominated for an Oscar, btw, and won several much more serious animations prizes all over the world), and will change your way of perceiving animation as a media ! At this point, Cartoon Saloon is pretty much the studio Ghibli from Ireland. And they've done it again here with this episode. Like for the first episode that was very much heavy on the Spanish influence (yellow and red), here everything screams Ireland ! From the horrendous industrialized labor camps for kids (up until the beginning of the 20th century), to their accent and demeanors, the redheadness and freckles of Daal, to the screaming Banshee of a Sith. Even the mountain they go to is actually inspired from an actual sacred hill in Ireland. And that final almost evangelical snatch up of the youth by a manipulating Christian pries... I mean Sith, is very on point with the themes Cartoon Saloon usually explore in their movies.
Cartoon Saloon is pretty much the studio Ghibli from Ireland. Very well said. I always felt that Studio Ghibli put the story above everything else, I get the same impression from Cartoon Saloon. The story is always paramount, in my opinion.
Please watch Cartoon Saloon’s other work such as Wolfwalkers, Secret of Kells, Breadwinner, Song of the Sea. They are beautiful, profound films that deserve your attention.
I was really moved by the short anime, the cartoons and theme songs are amazing, the banshee inspired Sith phantom is incredible. The sith at the end is motherly and angelic but at the same time we sense something dangerous and threatening about her. The last scene when the girl is watching behind her with only her eyes on sight is very iconic and reminiscent of what she said earlier" don't look back". Does she regret her decision? does she just want a last look on her friends, guess we'll never know! 😮
6:30 This is the most intriguing point you’ve raised in this review. It didn’t occur to me that perhaps Daal wasn’t the first, and this entire mythos of “Screecher’s Reach” in the community may have come from orchestrations from the Sith Mother leading chosen apprentice candidates to the cave.
I like all of these season 2 short cartoons. I like the idea too of continuing a few (or all) these stories into new episodes of S03 and beyond. Go back and pick up S01 as well. In a galaxy of unnumbered planets in a place long ago and far away, all these stories can be consistent with a 'canon' of magic space wizards.
This episode was a great spin of the classic Irish 'ghost tales' that frequently have twists at the end. You could take all the SW elements out of it and it would be a typical Irish tale. The Sith at the end would be replaced by one of the Aos Si (pronounced Ees shee and sounding almost like "is she?"). The Sidhe (pronounced 'Shee') were the supernatural faerie race of Ireland and Scotland (in Scotland they are known as -- get this-- Daoine SITH (but pronounced still 'Shee') or 'People of the mounds'. They live under the mounds in a semi-para dimensional world where time flows differently . The word Sidhe means 'mound' as in burial mound. So Aos Si also means "The people of the Mound". They were a fickle people who had a love/hate relationship with mortal humans. The SW Sith certainly has a strong hint of the darker parts of the Aos Si. In this episode, the old screaming lady was a perfect example of a Banshee (or Bean Sidhe) which means 'Woman of the burial mounds' and denotes a woman, often in bloody clothes that would wail and moan indicating an impending death, usually of a member of a specific Irish or Scottish clan. In Screecher's Reach case, the wailing was probably for the girl who's life would certainly change when she left with the Sith. In Irish tales, mortals were often taken (frequently children) by those of the Aos Si and usually they'd never be seen by their families or friends, or they'd return, seemingly days later, only to find years and decades had passed. The Irish mythology of the darker parts of the Aos Si certainly are evident in this tale and even the Sith lady's appearance hints at the angel like, but not quite good, somewhat sinister but beautiful appearance of many of the faerie court of the Aos Si. These fae people test and tempt mortals and try to lure them to join them into their para-dimensional world. Clearly those at Cartoon Saloon knew and used these Celtic images and since George Lucas utilized parts himself, it fit so very well. In Celtic tales, the dark side frequently wins.
This was my favorite one in season. 6:36 daal was destined to do this. I want this to continue and see this girl’s story development more with her new master on the path to the dark side. Also my headcanon is that this sith mother escaped the sith purging for the rule of two and and in hiding has formed her own large group of children with the force that all have the same lightsaber daal is holding. This of this like a holy sith church with the mother keeping the old ways of the sith alive without needing to kill each other because they are now under her rule and she didn’t believe in the current ways of the sith and preserve the old ways though in her own dark fashion. Seriously though all of this could definitely be it’s own series!
Easily the BEST ONE in this volume, I love this one and yes, please if they took some to continue....this one PLZ, the story was compelling and provocative and the ending took me by surprise in a GOOD WAY (This is subvert expectations DONE RIGHT....take some notes Rian Johnson), it was dark and I was not expecting a dark ending, I really will love to see what happen to Daal, she wanted a different life better...but little she knows what she choose was probably the worst decision of her life, I imagine this story take place in the Old Republic Era, imagine she become a Sith and ended getting kill by a Jedi, is kinda a tragic story for a innocent girl that just want a better life........seriously as usual Cartoon Saloon just deliver, this animation studio is yet to make a BAD...anything and this was just another home-run for me, easily 10 out 10.
I feel like Episode 1 and 2 are complete opposites. Episode 1 is what Disney thinks the dark side is: "if you go to the dark side, you can still use it for good" Episode 2 is what the dark side really is: "if you go to the dark side, you are done, and you might never come back"
I like how the ending is ominous. In the Old Republic Era, many Siths were different. Some actually had noble intentions and some actually are straight-up evil. What made me very interested is how the Sith Mother actually spared Daal's friends and allowed her to make a choice if she wants to be her apprentice or not. In fact, Darth Bane was actually a good mentor to Darth Zannah. He treated her very well that she actually saw him as a strict father figure and had a hard time killing him to fulfill the Rule of Two. However, the path to the Dark Side will turn those who follow it into evil Force Users. The first episode "Sith" had Lola's Sith Master wanting his former apprentice to kill and surpass him which made him proud in the end. Sith is really complicated depending on who the Sith Master is and how they are raised to follow the Dark Side with different ideologies. In Legends, Darth Marr is my favorite Sith because of his pragmatism, duty to the Sith Empire, and lack of arrogance. Despite this, he was evil because he was Sith until his death. Another example is Darth Vectivus (Legends). He was evil because he was a Banite Sith, but he died naturally surrounded by his friends and loved ones. I presume one of his friends was his Sith Apprentice. Sith are really complicated but their actions are nonetheless evil. Since they made a book and comic to continue Ronin's story, I hope they make a book and a comic for Screecher's Reech to continue Daal's journey to becoming a powerful Sith Apprentice under the Sith Mother. If so, I really hope they make the Sith Mother different from Sidious who abused Vader in every way. This can give us a different perspective of the Sith.
The Sith Mother reminded me of the White Witch Jadis from the Narnia Chronicles. She is tall, has pale white skin and wears white robes. Screecher’s Reach is one of the best stories about falling to the dark side I have watched.
My favorite episode by far. Loved it and how dark it was and the subversion of expectations at the end (take notes Rian Johnson). I want a continuation of this with Daal and Darth Lady Dimitrescu.
I've loved Cartoon Saloon ever since Secret of Kells. They have some great storytellers working for them. It is by far my favorite episode from season 2. It's one of the only episodes that's truly dark from beginning to end that was very refreshing.
Im a sucker for 2D hand-drawn animation so this is definitely my favourite art style, and I sure wouldn't call it simplistic lol (it probably was the most time-consuming to produce)
It was a really slow starting episode but it made up for it with the twist and the excellent second half culminating in that heart-wrenching climax where I think she was already regretting her choice.
I felt really sad at the end, but it is my favorite of Volume 2 hands down. Cartoon Saloon is omnipotent at storytelling and beautiful animation. Those pretty Irish accents are the Chef's Kiss Cherry On Top. Having read about how Sidious trained Maul, I feel terrible for what that young girl is going to go through.
It's interesting how this relates Luke's test in the cave on Degobah, where he failed the Jedi test. However, to a Sith, he would've passed the test as Daal did in this short.
More of a corrupted Jedi than a sith. He lightsaber did not look very sith like because of its very white floral design. When you see her without the darkness she is also wearing jedi robes
@@thebaron2277 I think she was a former apprentice of the sith lady at the end, as her lightsaber had quite a similar aesthetic and ordering someone to kill your former apprentice does seem very sith like...
One consistent feature of traditional Irish literature is the lack of happy endings. The endings are usually tragic, or bittersweet, or complicated in some way. This episode was consistent with that tradition, and honestly quite appropriate for the Star Wars universe.
IMO, the theme for this one is "The desperate and broken are the easiest to convert" Daal wanted a way out, and it came to her. It wasn't what she expected, but it was a way out. She'd have to leave all her friends behind, but it was a way out. You can tell by the look in her eyes at the end that even she knows this might not be the best thing for her, _but it was a way out._ I'm reminded of the villain from Part 6 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Enrico Pucci. To keep it short, he becomes what he is because Dio, the villain of a previous part, comes to him as an almost christ-like figure when Pucci has lost everything and is at his lowest, offering meaning to his life and what seems to be salvation. Really liked this one, and the sudden shift in tone was chilling!
Part of me wonders if the “ghost” was trying to kill the girl in order to prevent her from the same fate she faced, like she was scared of what the girl would become or where she’d end up
I wasn't impressed with most of Visions, but was really impressed with this episode and watched it multiple times. Besides the story being good, I felt that the music and especially the voice acting in this episode was far beyond the other episodes. The artstyle was also my favorite. I love the look of Cartoon Saloon stuff.
I've always accepted Star Wars as a fairy tale for kids, but many fans have wanted something more adult. Andor might end up falling short of that because Luthen Rael is the antithesis of Star Wars: the message of all 6 movies was that becoming a monster in order to achieve your goals is not worth it in the long run, whereas Luthen's entire philosophy is that becoming a monster is worth it when you are fighting monsters. This is an extremely dangerous ideology in the real world and, ironically, is the philosophy with which totalitarian regimes justify their atrocities (by dehumanizing and subsequently brutalizing others). If Luthen Rael goes off the deep end and becomes the main antagonist of Andor, it'll be S-tier Star Wars content, but if it never addresses this issue then I'd say it is actually a Sith manifesto. The Force Unleashed was an excellent example of edgy content probably geared towards teenaged boys, and I have fond memories of how fun it was to really cut loose as a Dark Side user. It didn't undermine Star Wars though, because it portrayed Sith relationships as cannibalistic and abusive (rather than coming up with excuses for the Dark Side). I would really, REALLY love to see an animated series (perhaps 2D!) about a Sith apprentice. No holds barred, show us how ugly the Dark Side really is. Imagine a show about a young Maul -- or a Tales of the Sith anthology depicting young Palpatine and young Maul in two different arcs. Or maybe completely new characters like we see here.
I personally like how it ends it really hits the tragedy and fear of the scene. Also we the audience can make our own assumptions on what happens afterwards.
@@poenpotzu2865 and I gotta say their use of light and negative space is amazing. All the episodes were pretty amazing to look at but this one got me. Loved the story and ending to Spy Dancer, the one I was most looking forward to was my biggest disappointment. I’m not saying which one it was because who cares what I think but those were my two favorites… I mean if u watch Spy and don’t feel great at the end. Loosing the fight but gaining hope for the next one. It was spectacular.
this is my favorite ep out of all them bc i didn’t feel reminded of the Jedi or Luke. I think Disney needs to make more stories like this and start focusing less and less on the Jedi or Luke. Look at the fresh stuff that can be done if they abandon tradition a little bit. Just beautiful;i hope they actually give this whole concept a follow up bc if they do you can count me in!
My favorite was the ending. It was very Midsommar-esque (Ari Aster). I made a mashup rendition of this scene against the Midsommar score by Bobby Krlic if anyone is interested.
Based on the garbs the old woman was in think she was a Jedi that lost her mind. She easily could have killed the girl outright, but she only grazed her. She just wanted to scare them away at first. A Sith would just kill her, no warning shot.
When I saw the communicator and ship coming down, I knew it was Sith, but hoping against it. To me, this was Sith apprentice have the new apprentice taking care of the old master. Daal faced the horror. She will become the horror. Or, perhaps like in the first episode, she will reject the Sith way. "There are worse lives out there." "But there are better lives, too." How will it end for her?
This was one of the few episodes of this season that was actually very good. As a whole I was very disappointed with the season and thought the majority of the episodes weren’t good at all compared to season 1 which I enjoyed a lot and I hope for season 3 they’ll go back to the same way they made the episodes for season 1 using the Japanese studios again because they just did it better in my opinion and it just feels like that’s how it needs to be and should be.
I thought this episode of Star wars visions was incredible cartoon saloon never fails with their animation and if we do get a continuation of the story I will look forward to it and if anyone wants to make a theory on the sith and where she fits in the timeline or who was her master I would love to watch that video if any of these episodes of Star wars visions gets its own continuation or a series I would watch it right off the because many of these episodes are just that good thank you for the video 🌌👺😥
I don't know if it was because it was late at night that I watched this or that I wasn't paying attention enough, but I missed the fact that the character was joining the sith.
Well it was done differently than others The sith intentionally shows herself as a hero here to give her a better life to get her to become her apprentice
@@chromatinkiss yes but also the amulet gives a red glow and the fact that if she wants to stop being a slave she has to kill a sith to become her apprentice. A Jedi would’ve gone in and freed everyone
I don’t like cannon compared to legends but considering that in cannon the Jedi and Sith are openly gay war for around 8,000 years I don’t see why this story can’t happen in the pre high republic era
I was not a fan of this episode, while the twist was good and there was some nice emotion at the very end, there was a lot of time taken to get there that was not enjoyable. The art style also was not to my taste, I get they are going for the nostalgic look of the past but it just does not work for me as something new.
The animation style was quite awful, felt like a very old and cheap cartoon, but the story has deep implications, aside from the fact that AGAIN is a girl fighting something (what is it with LFL only having female leads?), here is a girl that is falling on Anakin's Faustian pact: she is signing up to become a monster....
I guess im at odds i dont think this was good at all. The story was bland and the ending was an waste. I guess im not so forgiving because this animation was horrible and made me cringe while watching. Honestly it's just forgettable.
The concept that becoming Sith as a means of rescue from hardship was very compelling.
It mirrors Anakin's path
Recruiting traumatized people is what real-life cults often do anyway
This is great work by Cartoon Saloon. I was expecting the classic kid who's force sensitive and a Jedi comes along to train her. However, when it lit up red, I was like oh no! This story is so simple, but it's executed so well. You don't need a million twists to entertain people. It's okay to tell a good simple story at a high level
The reveal that Daal's journey into the cave was really her Sith Trial was absolutely brilliant and blew my mind. Anjelica Huston was excellent as the Sith too. This is one of my favorites this season.
I loved the design of the sith lady in the cave as it was legit scary looking. I was surprised that the twist was she is going to become a sith. All I could think by the end was "wow shes signing up for something worse and she going to kill a lot of innocent people." This is defintly is top 3 of vol 2.
The thing that stands out to me is the design of the banshee's lightsaber, its ornate and floral which isn't really a sith aesthetic. It makes me think that the banshee was once a jedi who entered the cave but was corrupted and consumed by the darkness within it. When Dal breaks free of the dark illusion and sees the real banshee on the floor it even looks like its wearing old withered jedi robes. It's the subtle details that made me so fascinated with this episode.
It could’ve belonged to the Sith that saved Daal. As per Rule of Two, she was meant to kill her master (the old hag), but decided to kill two birds with one stone; she turned it into an opportunity to find a new apprentice. I bet she used the Dark Side to break her master’s mind, and just left behind a saber in the cave and medallions around the planet for her would-be-apprentice to find.
I really love the Irish influence in this episode. The sith at the end reminds me of a Fey taking some one into their realm. It’s honestly just so cool.
& the sith in the cave was totally a banshee from Irish folk lore
In Scottish mythology, fairies are called sith (pronounced si), and they seem to be strongly related with si or sidhe, Irish fairies. Maybe this could be a nod to that?
I mean even the workhouse is fun reference to the when the English forced the Irish to work for food in harsh workhouses since, at the time, there were still people who saw being poor as some sort of moral failing because people were too lazy to man up and work their way to riches.
@Nostripe361 I wouldn’t exactly call it a fun reference.
@@indianaalbers5890 sorry poor choice of words. Was on a break at work so didn’t take the time to put something more appropriate. Like interesting or referential
A real surprise of an episode. This was one of the best ones of the season for sure and the animation, especially the Screecher's design, it is phenomenal. This is an episode I would recommend to people to introduce them to Visions.
Agreed. Even the voice used for the shrieks is genuinely frightening. Top 3 *Visions* episode for me. Maybe the best.
Cartoon Saloon is among the best studios in the world. Wolfwallkers was absolutely brilliant. I expected nothing less than brilliant.
As soon as their name was shown I knew this was going to be good.
I like how the story focuses on temptation and how the paths of light and dark aren’t always that clear.
This was my favorite. So compelling. When she leaves the cave her friends ask her what happened. The concept of strength continues to remain a personal theme for Daal. I was taken aback because strength may lead you to the dark side. Lots of emotions with this one.
Love the flip of the typical “hope for a better life in the galaxy” to “fear of staying in the same place” and that fear driving her to be influenced by dark forces
I think the ghost was a sith master, she was overthown by her apprentice ( the sith at the end ) In the future, Daal will do the same thing to become a master. ( rule of two )
This might be before the rule of two.
@@jlokison The "rule of two" might not be practiced by all Sith, sure Palpatine followed it, the Jedis knew about it, but who is to say that other Sith Lords also survived Malachor which follow their own "rules" (Traya did and she did not practice it).
3:16 I would put it like this: for the Sith strength is an means for power (the Sith Code says so), and for the Jedi it's a perk from and for living in harmony with reality.
now THIS is expectation subversion!
Cartoon saloon specializes in folklore based stories, and they do it very well. I think that lends itself more easily to this short format, and their irish/celtic folk art visual style tells a lot of the story for them without any need for time consuming diague or other visual sequences. For example, we understood the whole context of the characters' troubles and frustration with a single pan-up across a mutal.
Further, the folklore/mythological style and themes fit perfectly with star wars, with its own themes having ancient archetypal roots, but turns the typical heros journey on its head in favor of a cautionary tale that is just as ancient and true to the human experience.
This was my favorite episode of both seasons, though that may be just as much a matter of personal taste as of objective review of quality.
this episode is a master class of exploring how blurred the lines between jedi and sith really are. Everybody expected her trial to be a jedi one and all of the clues don’t point otherwise either, but when her necklace glows red it’s a shock at first but when you rewatch it none of the clues point to otherwise either. I haven’t seen the others yet but between 1 and 2 so far 2 is definitely one of my favorites
The moment she activated that lightsaber….. I was ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh
This episode was my all time favourite from the season.
I watched the while set with my daughters. 17, 13, 10. They all loves the entire set, but this made my 17yr go, "dang, that was a quick turn!"
Finally !
Working myself in animation, I was jumping on my seat after having heard of the studios list for vol.2 of Visions,!
My most anticipated ones were Cartoon Saloon, Aardman, Studio Mir, and Studio la Cachette !
On my way looking through the season (I just finished 5, now) And damn, Cartoon Saloon didn't disappoint !
If you want absolute heartwarming beautiful animation movies, that makes a fantastic case for (mostly) Celtic mythology pitted against either Christianity or modern oppression, but through the scope of "kid's movies", I highly recommend their previous masterpieces Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Breadwinner and Wolfwalker. If you want to see some truly beautiful and emotional tear jerkers, you should absolutely react to them, these movies are truly special (all of them got nominated for an Oscar, btw, and won several much more serious animations prizes all over the world), and will change your way of perceiving animation as a media ! At this point, Cartoon Saloon is pretty much the studio Ghibli from Ireland.
And they've done it again here with this episode. Like for the first episode that was very much heavy on the Spanish influence (yellow and red), here everything screams Ireland ! From the horrendous industrialized labor camps for kids (up until the beginning of the 20th century), to their accent and demeanors, the redheadness and freckles of Daal, to the screaming Banshee of a Sith. Even the mountain they go to is actually inspired from an actual sacred hill in Ireland. And that final almost evangelical snatch up of the youth by a manipulating Christian pries... I mean Sith, is very on point with the themes Cartoon Saloon usually explore in their movies.
Cartoon Saloon is pretty much the studio Ghibli from Ireland. Very well said. I always felt that Studio Ghibli put the story above everything else, I get the same impression from Cartoon Saloon. The story is always paramount, in my opinion.
I found this to be the most evil visions episode
For as dark as this episode was, I find the still used in the thumbnail really funny.
“Oh! A saber in my face!”
Please watch Cartoon Saloon’s other work such as Wolfwalkers, Secret of Kells, Breadwinner, Song of the Sea. They are beautiful, profound films that deserve your attention.
The way she says " Don't look back " while smiling and with the dark background music. Sad & Terrifying
I was really moved by the short anime, the cartoons and theme songs are amazing, the banshee inspired Sith phantom is incredible. The sith at the end is motherly and angelic but at the same time we sense something dangerous and threatening about her.
The last scene when the girl is watching behind her with only her eyes on sight is very iconic and reminiscent of what she said earlier" don't look back". Does she regret her decision? does she just want a last look on her friends, guess we'll never know! 😮
6:30 This is the most intriguing point you’ve raised in this review. It didn’t occur to me that perhaps Daal wasn’t the first, and this entire mythos of “Screecher’s Reach” in the community may have come from orchestrations from the Sith Mother leading chosen apprentice candidates to the cave.
I like all of these season 2 short cartoons. I like the idea too of continuing a few (or all) these stories into new episodes of S03 and beyond. Go back and pick up S01 as well. In a galaxy of unnumbered planets in a place long ago and far away, all these stories can be consistent with a 'canon' of magic space wizards.
This episode was a great spin of the classic Irish 'ghost tales' that frequently have twists at the end. You could take all the SW elements out of it and it would be a typical Irish tale. The Sith at the end would be replaced by one of the Aos Si (pronounced Ees shee and sounding almost like "is she?"). The Sidhe (pronounced 'Shee') were the supernatural faerie race of Ireland and Scotland (in Scotland they are known as -- get this-- Daoine SITH (but pronounced still 'Shee') or 'People of the mounds'. They live under the mounds in a semi-para dimensional world where time flows differently . The word Sidhe means 'mound' as in burial mound. So Aos Si also means "The people of the Mound". They were a fickle people who had a love/hate relationship with mortal humans. The SW Sith certainly has a strong hint of the darker parts of the Aos Si. In this episode, the old screaming lady was a perfect example of a Banshee (or Bean Sidhe) which means 'Woman of the burial mounds' and denotes a woman, often in bloody clothes that would wail and moan indicating an impending death, usually of a member of a specific Irish or Scottish clan. In Screecher's Reach case, the wailing was probably for the girl who's life would certainly change when she left with the Sith. In Irish tales, mortals were often taken (frequently children) by those of the Aos Si and usually they'd never be seen by their families or friends, or they'd return, seemingly days later, only to find years and decades had passed. The Irish mythology of the darker parts of the Aos Si certainly are evident in this tale and even the Sith lady's appearance hints at the angel like, but not quite good, somewhat sinister but beautiful appearance of many of the faerie court of the Aos Si. These fae people test and tempt mortals and try to lure them to join them into their para-dimensional world. Clearly those at Cartoon Saloon knew and used these Celtic images and since George Lucas utilized parts himself, it fit so very well. In Celtic tales, the dark side frequently wins.
Screecher's Reach is my favourite short of Visions (story wise) and one that I enjoyed a lot. It's up there with Village Bride for me.
After watching all the episodes, this one is my second favorite, and it's easily the darkest episode
This was my favorite one in season.
6:36 daal was destined to do this.
I want this to continue and see this girl’s story development more with her new master on the path to the dark side.
Also my headcanon is that this sith mother escaped the sith purging for the rule of two and and in hiding has formed her own large group of children with the force that all have the same lightsaber daal is holding.
This of this like a holy sith church with the mother keeping the old ways of the sith alive without needing to kill each other because they are now under her rule and she didn’t believe in the current ways of the sith and preserve the old ways though in her own dark fashion.
Seriously though all of this could definitely be it’s own series!
Easily the BEST ONE in this volume, I love this one and yes, please if they took some to continue....this one PLZ, the story was compelling and provocative and the ending took me by surprise in a GOOD WAY (This is subvert expectations DONE RIGHT....take some notes Rian Johnson), it was dark and I was not expecting a dark ending, I really will love to see what happen to Daal, she wanted a different life better...but little she knows what she choose was probably the worst decision of her life, I imagine this story take place in the Old Republic Era, imagine she become a Sith and ended getting kill by a Jedi, is kinda a tragic story for a innocent girl that just want a better life........seriously as usual Cartoon Saloon just deliver, this animation studio is yet to make a BAD...anything and this was just another home-run for me, easily 10 out 10.
I feel like Episode 1 and 2 are complete opposites.
Episode 1 is what Disney thinks the dark side is: "if you go to the dark side, you can still use it for good"
Episode 2 is what the dark side really is: "if you go to the dark side, you are done, and you might never come back"
“I’ll take you away from this life of hardship. All you have to do is murder this old lady who just wanted to be left alone.”
Man I loved this episode. Easily the best episode for me. Other episodes were good, but this one was another level.
The screaming old woman was a Banshee! She's from Inisherin
I like how the ending is ominous. In the Old Republic Era, many Siths were different. Some actually had noble intentions and some actually are straight-up evil. What made me very interested is how the Sith Mother actually spared Daal's friends and allowed her to make a choice if she wants to be her apprentice or not. In fact, Darth Bane was actually a good mentor to Darth Zannah. He treated her very well that she actually saw him as a strict father figure and had a hard time killing him to fulfill the Rule of Two. However, the path to the Dark Side will turn those who follow it into evil Force Users. The first episode "Sith" had Lola's Sith Master wanting his former apprentice to kill and surpass him which made him proud in the end. Sith is really complicated depending on who the Sith Master is and how they are raised to follow the Dark Side with different ideologies. In Legends, Darth Marr is my favorite Sith because of his pragmatism, duty to the Sith Empire, and lack of arrogance. Despite this, he was evil because he was Sith until his death. Another example is Darth Vectivus (Legends). He was evil because he was a Banite Sith, but he died naturally surrounded by his friends and loved ones. I presume one of his friends was his Sith Apprentice. Sith are really complicated but their actions are nonetheless evil. Since they made a book and comic to continue Ronin's story, I hope they make a book and a comic for Screecher's Reech to continue Daal's journey to becoming a powerful Sith Apprentice under the Sith Mother. If so, I really hope they make the Sith Mother different from Sidious who abused Vader in every way. This can give us a different perspective of the Sith.
So far this one has been my favorite. The twists and turns I’m for such a short story were amazing. Made me tear up a bit.
The Sith Mother reminded me of the White Witch Jadis from the Narnia Chronicles. She is tall, has pale white skin and wears white robes. Screecher’s Reach is one of the best stories about falling to the dark side I have watched.
My favorite episode by far. Loved it and how dark it was and the subversion of expectations at the end (take notes Rian Johnson).
I want a continuation of this with Daal and Darth Lady Dimitrescu.
I've loved Cartoon Saloon ever since Secret of Kells. They have some great storytellers working for them. It is by far my favorite episode from season 2. It's one of the only episodes that's truly dark from beginning to end that was very refreshing.
Im a sucker for 2D hand-drawn animation so this is definitely my favourite art style, and I sure wouldn't call it simplistic lol (it probably was the most time-consuming to produce)
It was a really slow starting episode but it made up for it with the twist and the excellent second half culminating in that heart-wrenching climax where I think she was already regretting her choice.
I felt really sad at the end, but it is my favorite of Volume 2 hands down. Cartoon Saloon is omnipotent at storytelling and beautiful animation. Those pretty Irish accents are the Chef's Kiss Cherry On Top.
Having read about how Sidious trained Maul, I feel terrible for what that young girl is going to go through.
WOW i literally just started watching i just finished the second one! My mind’s blown i wish there’s a part 2.. so far so Greattttt!
This episode is how to masterfully subvert expectations in story telling. My favorite of both seasons.
Best episode
It's interesting how this relates Luke's test in the cave on Degobah, where he failed the Jedi test. However, to a Sith, he would've passed the test as Daal did in this short.
The Ghost was a Banshee (Ban Sith) 🤓
More of a corrupted Jedi than a sith. He lightsaber did not look very sith like because of its very white floral design. When you see her without the darkness she is also wearing jedi robes
@@thebaron2277 I think she was a former apprentice of the sith lady at the end, as her lightsaber had quite a similar aesthetic and ordering someone to kill your former apprentice does seem very sith like...
Ban Sith (Banshee) means Woman of the Fairies
This episode really dwells into Star Wars themes.
The beginning of this episode reminded me of Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
It was easily my fav episode from the whole season 2.
One consistent feature of traditional Irish literature is the lack of happy endings. The endings are usually tragic, or bittersweet, or complicated in some way. This episode was consistent with that tradition, and honestly quite appropriate for the Star Wars universe.
love it probably the best one this season, would be willing to see a full series about her sith training
It's just 'love death robots' with jedis
IMO, the theme for this one is "The desperate and broken are the easiest to convert" Daal wanted a way out, and it came to her. It wasn't what she expected, but it was a way out. She'd have to leave all her friends behind, but it was a way out. You can tell by the look in her eyes at the end that even she knows this might not be the best thing for her, _but it was a way out._
I'm reminded of the villain from Part 6 of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Enrico Pucci. To keep it short, he becomes what he is because Dio, the villain of a previous part, comes to him as an almost christ-like figure when Pucci has lost everything and is at his lowest, offering meaning to his life and what seems to be salvation.
Really liked this one, and the sudden shift in tone was chilling!
I loved this episode. I thought it started off simple but by the end I was fully into the story. The idea of a ghost Sith was fascinating to me.
0:27 Give me a Lop and Ocho sequel and you have a DEAL.
I LOVED it. My goth nature hates happy endings 💀🤘👻
Edgy
Obi-Wan Kenobi to Maul : "it takes strength to resist the dark side, only the weak embrace it." - it depends on the strength you mean there Thor.
Best episode. I hope we get to see more of daal or cartoon saloon’s Star Wars
Same
Part of me wonders if the “ghost” was trying to kill the girl in order to prevent her from the same fate she faced, like she was scared of what the girl would become or where she’d end up
Doesn’t make sense. “Oh, let me save you by… killing you?”
I wasn't impressed with most of Visions, but was really impressed with this episode and watched it multiple times. Besides the story being good, I felt that the music and especially the voice acting in this episode was far beyond the other episodes. The artstyle was also my favorite. I love the look of Cartoon Saloon stuff.
Saw this with my almost 3 year old twins, needless to say, they are now traumatized.
I love your guys insights into these episodes, but it's best to watch Visions with no expectations or trying to make a theory to everything
This was my favorite of this season
I've always accepted Star Wars as a fairy tale for kids, but many fans have wanted something more adult. Andor might end up falling short of that because Luthen Rael is the antithesis of Star Wars: the message of all 6 movies was that becoming a monster in order to achieve your goals is not worth it in the long run, whereas Luthen's entire philosophy is that becoming a monster is worth it when you are fighting monsters. This is an extremely dangerous ideology in the real world and, ironically, is the philosophy with which totalitarian regimes justify their atrocities (by dehumanizing and subsequently brutalizing others). If Luthen Rael goes off the deep end and becomes the main antagonist of Andor, it'll be S-tier Star Wars content, but if it never addresses this issue then I'd say it is actually a Sith manifesto.
The Force Unleashed was an excellent example of edgy content probably geared towards teenaged boys, and I have fond memories of how fun it was to really cut loose as a Dark Side user. It didn't undermine Star Wars though, because it portrayed Sith relationships as cannibalistic and abusive (rather than coming up with excuses for the Dark Side).
I would really, REALLY love to see an animated series (perhaps 2D!) about a Sith apprentice. No holds barred, show us how ugly the Dark Side really is. Imagine a show about a young Maul -- or a Tales of the Sith anthology depicting young Palpatine and young Maul in two different arcs. Or maybe completely new characters like we see here.
Until right now, I didn't register it was a sith! I did wonder about being told the lightsabre was her's.
Even though I'm Irish i thought this was gonna be the worst one from seeing the trailer but I'm happy to say it was one of my favourites.
My favorite episode! I’m genuinely interested in what happened to Dahl..
I personally like how it ends it really hits the tragedy and fear of the scene. Also we the audience can make our own assumptions on what happens afterwards.
@@poenpotzu2865 ur right. I think that’s why this episode hit me the hardest
@@poenpotzu2865 and I gotta say their use of light and negative space is amazing. All the episodes were pretty amazing to look at but this one got me. Loved the story and ending to Spy Dancer, the one I was most looking forward to was my biggest disappointment. I’m not saying which one it was because who cares what I think but those were my two favorites… I mean if u watch Spy and don’t feel great at the end. Loosing the fight but gaining hope for the next one. It was spectacular.
this is my favorite ep out of all them bc i didn’t feel reminded of the Jedi or Luke.
I think Disney needs to make more stories like this and start focusing less and less on the Jedi or Luke.
Look at the fresh stuff that can be done if they abandon tradition a little bit.
Just beautiful;i hope they actually give this whole concept a follow up bc if they do you can count me in!
I liked this one it was well done
My favorite was the ending. It was very Midsommar-esque (Ari Aster). I made a mashup rendition of this scene against the Midsommar score by Bobby Krlic if anyone is interested.
We don’t know if Daal will actually become Sith. Something similar could happen from like episode 1.
There's a lot of Irish mythology in this episode. Actually, there's more Irish themes than Star Wars. The "screecher" is a banshee. 💚🤍🧡
Based on the garbs the old woman was in think she was a Jedi that lost her mind. She easily could have killed the girl outright, but she only grazed her. She just wanted to scare them away at first. A Sith would just kill her, no warning shot.
When I saw the communicator and ship coming down, I knew it was Sith, but hoping against it. To me, this was Sith apprentice have the new apprentice taking care of the old master. Daal faced the horror. She will become the horror.
Or, perhaps like in the first episode, she will reject the Sith way. "There are worse lives out there." "But there are better lives, too." How will it end for her?
This was one of the few episodes of this season that was actually very good. As a whole I was very disappointed with the season and thought the majority of the episodes weren’t good at all compared to season 1 which I enjoyed a lot and I hope for season 3 they’ll go back to the same way they made the episodes for season 1 using the Japanese studios again because they just did it better in my opinion and it just feels like that’s how it needs to be and should be.
I loved that the episode ended with her joining the sith. All these episodes felt too predictable except for this one
The episode was ok, but there are many superior ones. The Bandits of Golak is my favourite...
I thought this episode of Star wars visions was incredible cartoon saloon never fails with their animation and if we do get a continuation of the story I will look forward to it and if anyone wants to make a theory on the sith and where she fits in the timeline or who was her master I would love to watch that video if any of these episodes of Star wars visions gets its own continuation or a series I would watch it right off the because many of these episodes are just that good thank you for the video 🌌👺😥
yeah this episode kicked ass
I don't know if it was because it was late at night that I watched this or that I wasn't paying attention enough, but I missed the fact that the character was joining the sith.
Well it was done differently than others
The sith intentionally shows herself as a hero here to give her a better life to get her to become her apprentice
@@rupertsmith5815 Was the indication of sith in the episode the fact that a red lightsaber was requested and taken?
@@chromatinkiss yes but also the amulet gives a red glow and the fact that if she wants to stop being a slave she has to kill a sith to become her apprentice.
A Jedi would’ve gone in and freed everyone
@@rupertsmith5815 That makes a lot of sense, though killing can be justified in self-defense, though this was not the case.
So I'm not the only one that thought she was recruited by a sith.? Good to know.
What I want to know is who did they hire to ruin their voice? :D The screeching was top notch.
I don’t like cannon compared to legends but considering that in cannon the Jedi and Sith are openly gay war for around 8,000 years I don’t see why this story can’t happen in the pre high republic era
I'm in the minority here because I really didn't relate to this episode. It could be because I don't like horror and scary stuff.
I was not a fan of this episode, while the twist was good and there was some nice emotion at the very end, there was a lot of time taken to get there that was not enjoyable. The art style also was not to my taste, I get they are going for the nostalgic look of the past but it just does not work for me as something new.
The animation style was quite awful, felt like a very old and cheap cartoon, but the story has deep implications, aside from the fact that AGAIN is a girl fighting something (what is it with LFL only having female leads?), here is a girl that is falling on Anakin's Faustian pact: she is signing up to become a monster....
I guess im at odds i dont think this was good at all. The story was bland and the ending was an waste. I guess im not so forgiving because this animation was horrible and made me cringe while watching. Honestly it's just forgettable.
Another garbage series from woke Disney 😒
Why is it garbage
Is this satire? How the fck is it "woke" ?
POV you haven't watched the show
It's not made by Disney tho it's legit animation studios...
I'am really sure that you didn't even watch it...
I liked the art of the ghost. It reminds me of artwork of Aaron Turner.