![]() The short centers on a group of children living in a workhouse sneaking off to go find a ghost in a cave called “Screecher’s Reach,” only to eventually find it and immediately regret their decision. Never before did I think that horror and Star Wars would work as well as they do in “Screecher’s Reach,” but the mad lads at Cartoon Saloon manage to do so with flying colors. I can only describe the short as pleasant and bright, making this the best all-ages short of season 2 of Star Wars: Visions.ġ) “Screecher’s Reach” (Cartoon Saloon – Ireland) There’s no antagonist whatsoever in the short, which allows it to just focus on showing off its world and Aau’s interactions with it, mostly through her ethereal singing sequences. The short looks adorable, with all of the characters looking fuzzy and immensely squishable, giving off a more playful and colorful tone. “Aau’s Song” follows a young girl named Aau whose singing voice has a strange effect on her planet’s Kyber crystals, all of which have been corrupted by the Sith. This is, without a doubt, the cutest of all of the shorts. 5) “Aau’s Song” (Triggerfish – South Africa) The great action scene at the end helps too, I suppose. It’s a bit of an out-there concept as it’s explained, but the resolution has some interesting commentary about the relationship between Sith and Jedi that manages to elevate what could have been a fairly mediocre short into something moderately compelling. It’s not a bad episode, but it’s the one that makes the most questionable decisions that end up hurting more than helping. Then we have the younger sister, Tichina, who makes several poor decisions and claims that she’s ready to fight the Empire despite that clearly not being the case, making her come across as an annoying kid character who’s more of a hindrance than anything else. One of the biggest crimes that this short commits is that it decides to just drop a huge amount of exposition right on the audience at the beginning about these siblings’ mother, which just comes across as clunky. The short follows two sisters as they try to survive on their planet that was polluted by the Empire. It says a lot about the quality of this short if I can’t really appreciate the solid stop-motion animation on display because of its flaws. So we are ranking the nine episodes of Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 and seeing which ones rise above the rest in the season! Ranking Star Wars: Visions Season 2 Episodes from Worst to Best 9) “In the Stars” (Punkrobot – Chile) But as is always the case with anthology shows, your mileage will vary for certain episodes. ![]() Not only that, but a lot more styles of animation were used, including hand-drawn animation, CG, and even stop-motion animation. While the first season had several anime production houses animating and delivering the shorts, Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 offers much more of a multicultural and global perspective from its animated shorts.
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