I Am Your Mother

"I Am Your Mother"
Production information
Series	Star Wars: Visions
Season	Volume 2
Episode	13
Air date	April 10, 2023 (Celebration Europe) May 4, 2023
Director(s)	Magdalena Osinska
Writer(s)	Magdalena Osinska Holly Walsh Barunka O'Shaughnessy Sam Morrison (additional writing)
Episode chronology
Timeline	Between 3 ABY and 34 ABY
Previous episode	"In the Stars"
Next episode	"Journey to the Dark Head"

"Of course I'm embarassing. I am your mother."

―Kalina Kalfus, to Anni

"I Am Your Mother" is the fourth episode of the Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 by Aardman Animations that premiered on Disney+ on May 4, 2023. It had an early screening at Celebration Europe, on April 10.

Official description

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!

Plot summary

Exposition

During the New Republic Era, Wedge Antilles makes a final call for the end-of-the-year family race of the Hanna City Flight Academy on Chandrila. It is the annual celebration of flight trainees and their families, which will be hosted by him. The billboard playing Antilles' message is raided for spareparts by a Jawa.

Family life

Elsewhere, the Twi'lek adolescent Annisoukaline Kalfus listens to Antilles' broadcast on a holoscreen. Her mother Kalina Kalfus plays with a guitar before playing with a blow torch and welding the astromech droid Z-1. Anni says that she is about to head to the Academy, which draws her Mum's attention. Kalina asks if she is heading there for racing. Anni denies this is the case and asks about Z-1. After tinkering with the droid's pulley system, she says that he is all fixed.

The droid stretches his body but it causes him to stumble and fall back says. Z-1 plays a video of a younger Anni and Kalina sitting together in a starfighter as Kalina does the Ryloth Roll. Anni prepares to leave but Kalina insists on hugging her daughter and giving her lunch. Kalina chats with Z-1, saying it will be worth it when her daughter graduates from the Flight Academy. Kalina realizes that her daughter has left her lunch behind but Anni has already left on her transit.

The family race

At the Hanna City Flight Academy, several airspeeders and starfighters line up for a race. Antilles takes the opportunity to promote several branded products at his merchandise stall. While Anni is walking, a Didynon pilot questions Anni decision not to race. Anni lies that her mother is unavailable. A human female pilot named Julan Van Reeple mocks Kalina and Anni's spacetug, describing it as a porta potty. When Antilles announces the presence of Julan and her pilot mother Dorota Van Reeple, Julan dealers. The Didynon ask Anni why she lets Julan badmouth her. His Wookiee companion roars in agreement.

As the pilots prepare their vehicles, two Didynon racers laugh at a Wookiee child, accompanying his Wookiee racer parents in another speeder. The Wookiee responds by tearing the arms of his soft toy, prompting them to close their canopy in fear. Julan and Dorota climb into their dagger-shaped black racer. Anni watches from the grand stand. Before the race can commence, the droid racing flag bearer is distracted by a fallen bra. Kalina arrives in her box-shaped speeder with Z-1 and calls for her daughter. Anni runs away in embarrassment but returns after her mum calls for her.

The latecomers

Kalina tells her daughter she forgot her lunch. Anni says that she didn't have to come but Kalina replies that she can make up for her missing work hours. Kalina learns about the family race from the announcer. Julan and Dorota tell Kalina and Anni to move their space tug. Kalina decides to take part in the race at the last minute, much to Anni's dismay. The racers race through the streets of Hanna City.

The Didynon pilot accidentally pulls off the the steering wheel, causing his vehicle to plummet to the ground. Anni tries to dissuade her mum but she is determined to participate in the family race. Kalina expresses a mild disappointment that her daughter concealed the race from her. The Wookiee family's speeder drifts out of the race after their child takes them off course. Kalina catches up with the Van Reeples' speeder. Anni tells Kalina that she is embarrassed by her mother, their speeder, and Z-1. This saddens Kalina. While Kalina is distracted, the Van Reeples ram their speeder into the Kalfus' spacetug, causing it to crash through a billboard.

Anni is shocked by the Van Reeples' dirty tactics but Kalina is not daunted and tells Z-1 to activate the thrusters. They find that Z-1 is clinging to the back of the space tug. She tells Anni that those are live cables and encourages her to take the helm while she helps Z-1. Anni is surprised that what she regards as a "piece of junk" can still fly despite the damage. She is also relieved to hear that her mum has rescued Z-1 and that the two are clinging onto a grappling cable. Kalina encourages Anni to continue the race.

Mother and daughter

Though the Van Reeples shoot at the Kalfus' space tug with a Death Star–shaped laser cannon, the space tug recovers and manages to pull ahead of the Van Reeples' speeder. Julan attempts to shoot the space tug but misses. Dorota snatches the controls from her daughter and prepares to fire their laser cannon. Anni takes her space tug on the Ryloth Roll with her mother and Z-1 still clinging on. While the Van Reeples are distracted, they collide with a structure, causing their vehicle to do somersaults.

A family hug

With Kalina and Z-1 safely on top of the space tug, Anni takes the space tug to the finish line, winning the race. Meanwhile, Julan grumbles it is not fair as she is smothered by the airbag. Antilles announces that the Kalfus family have won the race. When Kalina remarks that her daughter learned something at the Flight Academy, Anni replies that she learned a lot from her mother. She apologizes for not telling her mother about the race. Anni remarks that Kalina can be embarrassing. Kalina quips that she is embarrassing because she is her mother.

Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Special thanks

Cast

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

Crew

Inspired by Star Wars created by - George Lucas Magdalena Osinska – Director and Story Danny Lee Gallagher – Producer Helen Argo – Executive Producer Sarah Cox – Executive Producer James Waugh – Executive Producer Josh Rimes – Executive Producer Jacqui Lopez – Executive Producer Flannery Huntley – Producer Holly Walsh – Writer Barunka O'Shaughnessy – Writer Sam Morrison – Additional Writing Mark Burton – Executive Consultant Jean-Marc Petsas – Music Andrew Morgan – Orchestration Sharon Miller – Voice Director Lucy Rands – Casting Director Lindsay Halper – Additional Casting April Caputi – Casting Coordinator Adrian Maganza – Head of Story Eva Figueroa López – Storyboard Artist Imo Rolfe – Storyboard Artist Christopher Morrell – Editor Harri McAinsh – Assistant Editor William Davies – Dialogue Breakdown Editor

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Wedge Antilles Lan Ar-Shoo (Poster only) K-344 (Poster only) Annisoukaline Kalfus (First appearance) Kalina Kalfus (First appearance) Maz Kanata (Arms only) Geezer Odajion (Poster only) Hans R'kov (First pictured) (Cut) Luke Skywalker (Hands only) Hera Syndulla (Poster only) Jee Ken Tsokee (Poster only) V-5 (Poster only) Dorota Van Reeple (First appearance) Julan Van Reeple (First appearance) Evaan Verlaine (Poster only) (Cut) Z-1 (First appearance)

Organisms

Bantha (as carving) Blurrg (as carving) Porg (Picture and carving)

Droid models

Astromech droid R5-series astromech droid Cam droid Protocol droid 3PO-series protocol droid Remote Marksman-H training remote

Events

New Republic Era End-of-year family race (First appearance)

Locations

The galaxy Core Worlds Bormea sector Chandrila system Chandrila Hanna City Hanna City Flight Academy (First appearance) Outer Rim Territories Gaulus sector Ryloth system Ryloth (Indirect mention only)

Organizations and titles

Officer Cadet Lieutenant Pilot Specific Veteran Support Fund (First mentioned) Red Leader Red Two Star Waver (Poster only)

Sentient species

Bith Didynon Gamorrean Human Hutt (Picture only) Jawa Ortolan (Picture and doll) Tolgroat (First appearance) Trodatome Twi'lek Wookiee

Vehicles and vessels

Repulsorcraft Speeder Airspeeder Skyhopper T-16 skyhopper (as toy) Starship Cormorant (First appearance) Spacetug TUG-b13 Starfighter X-wing starfighter Yacht Luxury yacht S-161 "Stinger" XL Dorota's Ship (First appearance) Transit (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Armor Helmet Flight helmet Mandalorian helmet (as welding mask) Stormtrooper armor (Helmet only) Comlink Droid Electrobinoculars Macrobinoculars Hologram HoloNet Lightsaber Skywalker lightsaber Microphone

Miscellanea

Aurebesh Clothing Dancing-girl costume Flight suit Flight vest Goggles Rank insignia Resistance rank badge Underwear Egg Equinoid (First identified as equinoid) Fireworks Foodstuff Ice cream Guitar (Poster only) Hair Language Galactic Basic Standard Jawaese Shyriiwook Lekku Luke Skywalker's T-16 skyhopper model Parent Pilot Refresher Porta potty (First appearance) Ryloth Roll (First appearance)

Sources

• Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Release Date, Studios Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
• This Week! in Star Wars Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Announce, Mandalorian Season 3 New Look, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• SWCE 2023: Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 Trailer, Key Art, and Cast Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 | Official Trailer | Disney+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 218
• This Week! in Star Wars Star Wars Day is Here, Visions Volume 2, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Meet the Visionaries: Magdalena Osinska on the Personal Story of "I Am Your Mother" on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Visions Revisited: 5 Highlights from "I Am Your Mother" on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Explore Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 with New Episode Guides on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "I Am Your Mother" Episode Guide | Visions Volume 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 220
• Director Magdalena Osinska On "I Am Your Mother" | Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Visions Nominated for 6 Annie Awards on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: Visions Wins 2 Annie Awards on StarWars.com (backup link)

External links

• Star Wars Visions: Aardman's Racing Pilot Short Brings Back Wedge Antilles: ‘He Has More Lines In Our Film Than The Original Trilogy!' — Exclusive Image by Ben Travis on www.empireonline.com (April 10, 2023) (archived from the original on April 10, 2023)
• "I Am Your Mother" on the Aurebesh Wiki

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