Sith

Well I am amazed at this episode! Creative, with excellent animation/artwork, that has not been seen before in all of my watching history and breaks away from typical animation and anime (don't get me wrong I love anime) bold story line, more of this would be welcomed. I was so very moved by this piece of work. For all those who posted negative thoughts, let's remember this is Star Wars universe and it will be about what has come before in that universe all reimagined in different life/light forces, and wish to follow faithfully with every iteration of it. May the force be with you, 4vr, SY VVV.

What is the message here? This feels like a long métaphore that never lands. The minute I saw the blobs of paint I knew this thing was gonna be awful and that they were never gonna explain that because once they came up with the art style they green lit the rest of the episode with no story. Nothing about this has any place in Star Wars. Droids don't have eyes! She had two blades the entire time. The paint thing is like a political cartoon that labels everything. The action was horrible. And she leaves for no reason in a ship that has no basis in Star Wars art. I bet they patted themselves on the back for this one because you can tell whoever made it was full of themselves! Horrible!

As with a lot of anthology series, the first run of "Star Wars Visions" was a mixed bag. Visually they were generally all interesting, but the stories ranged from excellent to baffling. This second run gets off to a solid start with the gorgeous art style of "Sith".

Lola (Ursula Corbero) lives an isolated life, repairing sensors on her planet alongside her companion droid E2. When not working, Lola is completing a grand art piece, but each time she makes progress, a pervasive darkness enters the work. Her former Sith Master (Luis Tosar), arrives and tells her that it's time for her to return to the fold. He attacks, with two warrior droids and Lola is forced to decide about what she wants her life to be going forward.

For this second season, the decision was made to open the concept up to animation studios outside of Japan, and here, Spanish house El Guiri take full opportunity with a stunning and impressionistic look to their admittedly simple story. It reminded me of some of the imagery from "Across The Spider-Verse" both in terms of the hazy, imprecise backgrounds and, more specifically, with the black spots that reflect Lola's' past. So yes, beautiful and with some nice action scenes around both the fights and the bike transport she uses to head out to the sensor array.

It's not a particularly complicated story admittedly, and perhaps it doesn't really need to be, but it's certainly a good additional to the series.

Star Wars Visions season 2 starts with a solid episode about a former Sith being confronted with her past. This is of course nothing special, we have seen it countless of times, but one thing dtands out and that is for sure the art style!

The studio behind it is hispanic and it is the first time a non japanese studio animates a Visions episode. It works pretty good and was a fresh new style! In fact this is what I like the most of the episode. All the different colours look beautiful! I hope the future episodes can keep up with that quality. However we have seen better before, so I expect better to come!

Strong start to season 2. Nice to see another artistic character in Star Wars too. Speaking of art, this style is fantastic. Great use of colors and lighting. Love the stress streaks of white hair she has too. The Sith is not a good lifestyle.

There is a shot where she leans with her bike as she turns which tells me someone on the staff rides. The posture, the correct angle, the sound, all scream biker to me. The only nitpick I have is her lack of helmet.

Of course there a droid with a merchandise friendly design and a spooky Sith. Very cool lightsaber designs here too. Reminds me of some of the old rpg customization that you could do. Curious to see if this character could get a one off book or comic cause I would like to see more of her. But, I think we said that about most of the shorts from season 1.