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Screecher's Reach -- Make your choice

[yunamiudon]

⚠️ Star Wars Visions S2E2 "Screecher’s Reach" spoiler (?)

"Don't look back. Right?"

I had to draw this to save my heart

[carolinetano7567]

They deserved better.

[tolllthedead]

oh and also all of the things that you think are positive in the beginning being twisted later into something horrifying and i am talking specifically about “don’t look back” and how that was mirrored, among other things

[kaycassians]

Still thinking about Screecher’s Reach, actually. How the red never left Daal’s cheeks from likely years of being exposed to the steam. How Baython’s eyes were heavy and tired, how he kept up a smile for Quinn and Keena. How the ghost’s scream sounded like a TIE fighter when they were sitting around the campfire. How the actual ghost was a blind sith woman using the force to sense intruders in the dark. How Daal’s first use of the force was to reach for the light, only to then crush and kill what she didn’t understand moments later. How the Sith’s ship looked like an angel’s wings descending. How the Sith guided her into the light of the ship like a lure, and we watched in horror as it swallowed Daal whole. Just, man. I love it when star wars is good.

[supersaiyanjedi14]

Part of my Star Wars AU, adapting more characters from Star Wars: Visions. This time, it's Screecher's Reach, with Daal and the Sith Mother. Or, as they are officially known here, Darth Unseelius and her apprentice, Darth Morriga.

Following my personal headcanon, the Sith Ghost seen in the short was the Mother's former Master, here known as Darth Keenshee. Keenshee and Unseelius are part of the Rule of Two Line, operating roughly 400 years before the events of the films. Per Banite tradition, Unseelius bests her Master and seizes the mantle of Dark Lord, but instead of killing the mentally broken crone, she sequesters her in a cave on a remote planet, cruelly intent on using her as a means of gauging a prospective apprentice. Per the episode, Daal passes the test by slaying Keenshee and is taken in by Unseelius, the latter having killed two birds with one stone.

Upon leaving the planet, Unseelius formally begins Daal's Sith training, dubbing her Darth Morriga. Operating under the guise of a wealthy mid-rim philanthropist and her adopted daughter, the two build up their wealth and public image in preparation for their successors to eventually move into the higher circles of galactic politics and society. To the public, the pair are kindly, charitable women who generously donate to improve infrastructure and social services. In truth, they are building the vast network of corporate and political connections that will become critical to the Sith's final revenge. At the same time, they secretly spearhead a clandestine project to recover ancient Sith artifacts and lore, a critical step following Darth Gravid's heresy.

Daal plays her part well and thrives on her vastly improved lot in life, the luxury and stability of her station being far removed from her meager origins. However, Unseelius begins to question whether her apprentice is truly committed to the Sith way following several hesitations in dispatching troublesome figures. Believing that Lady Morriga is still bound by some chains to her former life, Unseelius arranges for the kidnapping of her former friend Baython, intent on having Daal kill him to prove her committment to the Dark Side. Despite Baython's desperate tearful pleas, Daal cannot separate herself from the path she has chosen, understanding that refusing her master would only result in her own death. She cuts him down, and Unseelius is satisfied, convinced that her apprentice will now fully serve her now that her last potential ties to the light have been severed.

She is dead wrong.

While Daal does finally embrace the darkness, the murder she was forced into drives her into a rage, recognizing her master's manipulations and abuse for what they were, culminating in the murder she was forced to do now. Turning on Unseelius, Daal declares that she will no longer be bound to anyone, least of all her "mother". Following a titanic struggle, the apprentice uses her enhanced dark powers to destroy her master, claiming the title of Dark Lord of the Sith for herself. Darth Unseelius, Baython, and Daal all die that night...and Darth Morriga is truly born.

Credit for my pixels here.

[jasmarie2600]

Quick questions I have after rewatching Screecher’s Reach again

Are these kids coming to this (basically) orphanage/factory as babies?? If so, who’s taking care of the babies, cause all I remember seeing from the short is robots. Are the older children just expected to take care of the babies?? (This would kinda make sense from how Daal and Baython take care of both Keena and Quinn) Or is there actual people running the orphanage part that we don’t see??

Were these kids just taken from their parents/planets/homes as babies? (I’m BIG guessing that this is a Sith run orphanage/factory, cause WHY wouldn’t it be?!) cause there’s multiple species of different children we see, like how Keena is…something

(BIG HUGE THEORY that I would like to be true and would make sense if this orphanage/factory is INDEED Sith run) Do they know which kids will or have shown to be Force Sensitive? Cause I’m guessing that’s how Daal got her Sith necklace in the first place, I mean if they know this place is just running with kids with Force sensitivity, what a goldmine that would be. It wouldn’t be that hard for the Sith to just place these necklaces everywhere and see which kids actually pick one up and then they’re just set to take them and make them into a future Sith.

(Not that big a question) Do these kids come to this orphanage with their given names already or are they just given random names or make up names for themselves???

[demifiendrsa]

Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 | Official Trailer

Star Wars: Visions volume 2 will stream on Disney+ on May 4, 2023.

Volume 2 shorts:

“Sith” by Rodrigo Blaas at El Guiri Studios (Spain)

A former Sith apprentice, leading a peaceful, but isolated life, is confronted by the past when her old master tracks her down.

ÚRSULA CORBERÓ as Lola

LUIS TOSAR as Sith Master

ÚRSULA CORBERÓ and LUIS TOSAR also voice their characters in the Spanish dub.

“Screecher’s Reach” by Paul Young at Cartoon Saloon (Ireland)

A young girl, seeking reprieve from her days in a rural workhouse, discovers a legendary haunted cave with her friends. The cave’s dark pull will change the trajectory of her life forever.

EVA WHITTAKER as Daal

ALEX CONNOLLY as Baython

NOAH RAFFERTY as Quinn

MOLLY MCCANN as Keena

ANJELICA HUSTON as Sith Mother

NIAMH MOYLES as Ghost

“In the Stars” by Gabriel Osorio at PunkRobot Studio (Chile)

Two sisters, the last of their kind who live in hiding on their ravaged land, squabble about how to survive with the Empire encroaching. On a water run, the sisters must fight back when they are discovered.

VALENTINA MUHR as Koten

JULIA OVIEDO as Tichina

KATE DICKIE as Officer

AMPARO NOGUERA as Officer

VALENTINA MUHR and JULIA OVEIDO also voice their characters in the Spanish Dub

“I Am Your Mother” by Magdalena Osinska at Aardman Animations (United Kingdom)

Young pilot Anni, who is embarrassed by her sweet, but clingy mum, must team with her for a madcap family race at the academy. Along the way, their relationship is tested by the elements, their old ship, other racers...and each other!

MAXINE PEAKE as Kalina Kalfus

CHARITHRA CHANDRAN as Annisoukaline Kalfus

DAISY HAGGARD as Dorota Van Reeple

BEBE CAVE as Julan Van Reeple

DENIS LAWSON as Wedge Antilles

“Journey to the Dark Head” by Hyeong Geun Park at Studio Mir (South Korea)

A hopeful mechanic and disillusioned young Jedi team up for a risky and unlikely quest to turn the tide of the galactic war, but dark forces tail them.

Korean language cast:

JANG YE NA as Ara / Young Ara

LEE KYUNG TAE as Toul

YUN YONG SIK as Bichan

CHWANG KWANG as Interpreter

CHOI SOO MIN as Master Duta

SHIN YONG WOO as Master Leesagum / Shopkeeper

LIM CHAE HEON as Training Partner

LEE SO YOUNG as Master Moru / Another Jedi

English Dub cast:

ASHLEY PARK as Ara / Young Ara

EUGENE LEE YANG as Toul

DANIEL DAE KIM as Bichan

ALBERT KONG as Interpreter / Jedi Master A

GREG CHUN as Shopkeeper / Master Leesagum / Training Partner / Padawan

JONELLA LANDRY as Master Duta

JUDY ALICE LEE as Master Moru / Another Jedi

“The Spy Dancer” by Julien Chheng at Studio La Cachette (France)

The premier dancer at a famous, Imperial-frequented cabaret uses her unique skill-set to spy for the Rebellion, but the presence of a mysterious officer threatens to derail her mission.

CAMILLE COTTIN as Loi’e

LAMBERT WILSON as Jon

KAYCIE CHASE as Hétis

RUDI-JAMES JEPHCOTT as The Officer

BARBARA WEBER-SCAFF as Mee’ma & Additional Voices

BRUCE SHERFIELD as Additional Voices

TAYLOR GASMAN as Additional Voices

“The Bandits of Golak” by Ishan Shukla at 88 Pictures (India)

Fleeing from their village by train and pursued by ferocious Imperial forces, a boy and his force-sensitive younger sister seek refuge in a vibrant and dangerous dhaba.

SURAJ SHARMA as Charuk

SONAL KAUSHAL as Rani

NEERAJ KABI as Inquisitor

LILLETE DUBEY as Rugal

SAHIL VAID as Maghadi and Scavenger     

RICHARD JOEL as Scavenger     

SUMANTO RAY as Conductor, Jangori Leader and Dhoona      

RAJEEV RAJ as Helper

AVIRAL KUMAR as Stormtrooper      

ISH THAKKAR as Stormtrooper and Alien     

AADITYA SHARMA as Stormtrooper and Alien    

SHIVANI DARBARI as Crowd

“The Pit” by LeAndre Thomas and Justin Ridge at D'ART Shtajio (Japan) and Lucasfilm Ltd. (United States of America)

A fearless young prisoner, forced to dig for kyber by the Empire, plans a risky escape for he and his people.

DAVEED DIGGS as Crux

ANIKA NONI ROSE as Eureka / Mother

JORDYN CURET as Livy

CEDRIC YARBROUGH as Old Prisoner

STEVE BLUM as Commander

MATTHEW WOOD as Stormtroopers

“Aau’s Song” by Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke at Triggerfish Animation Studios (South Africa)

An alien child who longs to sing is raised by her loving, but stern father to stay quiet because of the calamitous effect her voice has on the crystals in the nearby mines.

MPILO JANTJIE as Aau (dialogue)

DINEO DU TOIT as Aau (singing)

TUMISHO MASHA as Abat

CYNTHIA ERIVO as Kratu

FAITH BALOYI as Attu

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[bo-katan]

VISIONS 2 - Screecher's Reach

I follow your path with strength and courage.

I nearly cried at the end of this short. These children are just so innocent and you really cannot fault Daal for wanting a better life.

At first, I thought this was going to be a story about this group of kids who go through The Gathering, aka the test that Jedi younglings go through to get their kyber crystals. The twist of the amulet being a Sith artifact really caught me off guard. I was so shocked and saddened. And the devastation but acceptance in Baython's facial expression as he affirms Daal that he understands her decision to follow the Sith, that really broke my heart.

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Screecher's Reach -- You passed

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Screecher's Reach -- Entering the cave

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Screecher's Reach -- She was real

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Screecher's Reach -- Better lives, and worse ones

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Screecher's Reach -- Stealing speeders

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Screecher's Reach -- The Ghost

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What I liked about the factory setting is that it didn't feel oppressive, but rather inescapable. As in... There are droids on watch, and the speeders are locked, but Quinn clearly has experience snatching them, and they zip away without a care. They weren't doing so with fear of consequences.

It didn't feel like a forced labor camp of a style the empire might set up in its time... It felt more like a dreary factory town on the edge of nothing, where they aren't oppressed into that life, but they rather have no other choice.

And so when Baython encourages Daal to grab opportunities and not look back, I'm sure he means like... Some crofter offering marriage and taking her out a few valleys over... Or maybe getting a job on a cargo ship and getting to visit off planet here and there?

All he knows is the workhouse, and his soothing platitudes are shared to keep his friend from being too miserable, knowing there's very little hope for her of that future she dreams of.

The way his own words are twisted against him just hours later... And even then she doesn't follow them and looks back.

And then when she reaches for the light, the thing that answers her is the black block.. A chunk of darkness.

That old sith had murals she carved in the walls. And you're left to wonder if she was in hiding, or kept there under threat. Used as a test for any of the miserable young force sensitives in the factories that the sith mother can convince to wander off.

I love how Daal wanted strength to survive a test in her mind, and was instead pushed to show the "strength" to kill a real person.

She says the sith pendant/mother gave her strength, but in that cave she seemed alone. It's a thing she's done. She killed that woman with their own weapon and then it's bestowed on her as a trophy. It's so twisted. The sith mother dirties her hands as a test. Debases her morally and then appears in full glory...

It's all shining metal, red, gold and bursting warm light... But you already know what the end looks like : pale and colourless in a dark cave.

I can't shake the idea the ghost is the Sith Mother's old master.

I love how it's a cautionary tale that doesn't say dreaming is bad. Wanting a better life isn't wrong. But everything is twisted and poisoned by the sith. Every decision Daal makes is already oriented towards the dark.

It's a fairy tale that doesn't even warn you against the sith, it seems. But it shows how they corrupts even the simplest tale of heroism and fearlessness, of wanting new horizons and better things.

Still thinking about Screecher’s Reach, actually. How the red never left Daal’s cheeks from likely years of being exposed to the steam. How Baython’s eyes were heavy and tired, how he kept up a smile for Quinn and Keena. How the ghost’s scream sounded like a TIE fighter when they were sitting around the campfire. How the actual ghost was a blind sith woman using the force to sense intruders in the dark. How Daal’s fist use of the force was to reach for the light, only to then crush and kill what she didn’t understand moments later. How the Sith’s ship looked like an angel’s wings descending. How the Sith guided her into the light of the ship like a lure, and we watched in horror as it swallowed Daal whole. Just, man. I love it when star wars is good.