Sith (short film)

"Sith"
Production information
Series	Star Wars: Visions
Season	Volume 2
Episode	10
Air date	May 4, 2023
Director(s)	Rodrigo Blaas
Writer(s)	Rodrigo Blaas
Episode chronology
Timeline	By 1032 BBY
Previous episode	"Akakiri"
Next episode	"Screecher's Reach"

"I'm no Sith anymore."

―Lola, to the Sith Master

"Sith" is the first episode of the Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 that premiered on Disney+ on May 4, 2023. It is produced by the Spain-based animation studio El Guiri Studios and directed by Rodrigo Blaas.

Official description

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

Plot summary

E2

The episode opens with a spherical droid E2 rolling through the corridors of a house. It enters a door and slides down a flight of stairs into a bedroom. A human woman with a cybernetic arm named Lola is resting and breathing anxiously on her bed. The droid extends three crab-like legs and makes comforting gestures towards the Lola. She reassures E2 that she was just experiencing a bad dream.

Lola seeing the bubbles but they turn black

With an eclipse approaching, Lola hopes to finish the painting. With the help of E2, she gets a glob of paint from a paint mixer. She opens the container, which releases multi-colored bubbles. Lola attempts to grasp the bubbles but they turn black. She lets go of the bubbles, which splatter on the white surfaces. Lola and E2 exit the building to explore the surrounding garden.

While marveling her surroundings, she and E2 climb a flight of stairs that lead them into a tunnel. Lola proceeds to work on a mural, which she splatters with bright colors. However, Lola cannot seem to wipe away the darker smudges that keep forming on her mural. Lola is disturbed by a sensor alert from Beacon 7, which she believes to have been caused by a meteorite. The woman adjusts the repulsorlift on her TSMEU-6 personal wheel bike and leaves to investigate the beacon alert with E2.

Lola's old Sith master

They ride the wheel bike up a high hill. Lola finds that Beacon 7 has been damaged not by a meteorite but by a saboteur. From behind, a masked Sith master with glowing yellow and red eyes approaches her. He is accompanied by several figures in red armor. The Sith master reminds Lola that she made a promise but Lola counters that she is no longer a Sith. Lola tells E2 to start up the wheel bike and the two flee the intruders. They plunge down a cliff and flee through the rocky landscape.

The Sith henchmen don jetpacks and pursue Lola through the rugged landscape. After dodging a rocket strike, she uses the blasters mounted on the wheel bike to shoot down two of her pursuers. While fleeing the third shooter, Lola tells E2 to prepare the ship. As they approach her garage, the pursuer manages to shoot her wheel bike, causing it to crash. The woman and E2 are thrown out of the vehicle but E2 uses a laser cannon mounted inside his head to shoot the pursuer down.

The Sith master arrives and uses the Force to rip apart E2's three legs. The wounded Lola flees inside her the garage and into her home. The Sith master follows and drags his lightsaber across the floor. Lola confronts him with a yellow lightsaber and two engage in a fierce lightsaber duel. He manages to temporarily blind her with lightsaber sparks, throwing her back. The Sith master tells Lola that she belongs by his side but she counters that she has found her own path.

The Sith master responds that darkness is her fate before throwing her to the ground. He tells her that become the Sith master will be her only escape. Lola touches the floor with her mechanical arm, generating several colored bubbles. She says that light and darkness are part of the painting, and part of her. Lola charges with her lightsaber, which has become a double-bladed weapon with a red and yellow blade. She strikes her master, cutting him down.

The Sith master says that Lola has done well and become a Sith master. Lola replies that she is no Sith as the Sith master becomes one with the Force. Later, Lola repairs E2 and the two depart on her triple-bladed starship to find a more welcoming world. She leaves behind her finished mural of a yellow and red double-bladed lightsaber, representing both the light and dark sides of the Force. As they fly into space, Lola says that she is a master now and can paint her own destiny.

Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Special thanks

Cast

Úrsula Corberó as Lola Luis Tosar as Kutu

Crew

Inspired by STAR WARS created by – George Lucas Written by – Rodrigo Blaas Directed by – Rodrigo Blaas Produced by – El Guiri Studios, Lucasfilm Ltd. Producers – Damien de Froberville, Cecile Hokes, Flannery Huntley Executive Producers – James Waugh, Josh Rimes, Jacqui Lopez Score by – Dan Levy Production Services by – El Guiri Studios Line Producer – Sumit Verma Editors – Emily Killick, Rodrigo Blaas Art Director – Carlos Salgado Director of Photography – Jonatan Catalán Navarrete Animation Lead – Damián Caballero Art/Design – Yingjue Linda Chen, Pablo Dominguez, Frèdèrick Alves Cuhna Modeling – Anandhasai Sivalingan, Borja Lopez Galiano Surfacing – Anandhasai Sivalingan, Sergio Moreno Character TD and Developer – Rudi Hammad CG Generalists – Alex Mateo Genovard, Patricia Moya Technical Director – Jose Maria Tejeda (Chispi) IT – Daniel Ortiz Previsualization Services Provided by – Les Androids Associès Storyboard Artist – Ivan Gomez Montero Previsualization Supervisor – Volcy Gallois-Montbrun Previsualization – Coraline Hun, Laura Joy Jourdan, Samuel Simon, Lynn Dabbous, Nicolas Castelli, Laurent Wassouf Rigging – Laura Suisse Production – Tristan Laville, Sam Gallois-Montburn Animation Services Provided by – Agora Studios Head of Animation (Agora) – Jacob Gardner Animators – Amanda Ortiz Carmona, Bryon Caldwell, Camilo Guaman Gonzalez, Daniele Esprega, Daniel Huertas, Fernando Herrera, Gaurav Dubey, Miraç Tercan, Renato Sena, Tim van Dulmen, Fraser Littlejohn, Kaine Simmonds Production Manager (Agora) – Maria Casas Additional Animators – Jose Mas Huerta, Viki L. Amores Production Services by – El Guiri Studios Character Effects Lead – Rohit Jain Character Effects Artists – Uma Havaligi, Jaime Bescansa, Gerard Pasqual Gill, Srinidhi Seshadri, Marco Melantonio, Marc Domínguez Martín Visual Effects Artists – Alberto Sánchez Jimènez, Gabriel Morala, Phoebe Arjona, Virginia Cantaro Senzo Studio – Sergio Nieto Albero, Rubèn Hinarejos Guerra, Alejandro Quintanilla Aragonès Lighting Artists – Ana Burell, Alex Mateo Genovard, Sergio Moreno Composing Artists – Javier Soler de Cárcer, Andreas Ramirez, Esther Moreno Regueira, Ivan Martinez Casas, Pedram Razi, Daniel de Benito Castellanos, Lara Cores, Santiago Augustí Piles Music Performed by – the Beethoven Academy Orchestra Conductor – Błaźej Wincenty Kozłowski Musicians – Wojciech Gruszka, Zofia Wojniakiewicz, Aleksandra Wagstyl, Elżbieta Łucja Stawarska, Justyna Dybek-Boczek, Paweł Wajrak, Mateusz Jędrysek, Magdalena Kryzyżak-Turschmid, Paweł Futyma, Anna Jabłońska, Aleksandra Lenczyk-Dąbek, Anna Staniak, Jadwiga Frankiewicz, Agata Nabielec, Magdalena Urbańska, Marta Bielawska-Świgoń, Paulina Grzybek, Marat Czepielowska, Paweł Rychlik, Karolina Drwięga, Wojciech Koczur, Natalia Rychlik, Joanna Kapusta, Sławomir Ujek, Izabela Krzywdziak, Waldemar Matera, Karolina Chłostowski, Piotr Sidor, Marta Nagawiecka, Paweł Dziewoński, Michał Panasiuk, Bartosz Gaudyn, Włodzimierez Gazdeczka, Grzegorz Bizukojć, Duszan Korczakowski Sound Engineer – Bartlomiej Staniak Music Pre-Mixed by – Remi Barbot at Obsidienne Studio Lucasfilm Ltd. Manager, Animation Finance – Danika Gernhart Senior Production Accountant – Spencer Howerton Colorist – Jeroen (J.) Schulte Global Imaging Supervisor – Jeroen (J.) Schulte Online Editor – Michael Parkinson Post-Production Director – Joanna Goldfarb Production Coordinator – Rachel Leung Production Assistant – Simon Santos Post Production Sound Services provided by – Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, Marin County, California Supervising Sound Editor – David W. Collins Re-Recording Mixer – Tom Myers Sound Effects Editors – Kevin Bolen, Bill Rudolph Foley Artist – Xiuzhu (Mimi) Guo Foley Mixer – Jimin Stella Jun Supervising Foley Editor – Alex Wilmer Foley Editor – Yeonhee Bae Assistant Re-Recording Mixer – Judy Kirschner Client Services – Eva Porter Head of Production – Jon Null General Manager – Josh Lowden Theme Music Composed by – David W. Collins Main Title Designed by – Herzog Design Company Sound Designer – Gabriel Gutiérrez Sound Effect Editor – Kevin Hortigüela Dialogue Editor – Iñaki Sánchez-Elvira Assistant Sound Editor – Alba Montañes Graphic Designer – Natalia Montes Navarro Additional Color Services by – Adriana Solé Lucasfilm Ltd. Creative Executive, Lucasfilm Story Group – Matt Martin Production Counsel – Naureen Z. Hoque Lucasfilm Counsel – Alexis Donoghoe Director Business Affairs & Legal Counsel – Christopher Holm Lucasfilm Marketing – Kerri Martin, Erin Feller Lucasfilm Int'l Marketing – Barbara Gamlen, Ty Duxbury Lucasfilm Publicity – Lillian Noble Lucasfilm Localization – Michael Kohn Rights and clearances by – Barbour & Company, Cassandra Barbour Production Legal Counsel for El Guiri Studios – Lexur Consultores SL, MRG Abogados Consultants – Francisco Ruiz Velasco, Alfonso Blaas

Appearances

By type

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

Characters

E2 (First appearance) Lola (First appearance) Kutu (First appearance)

Organisms

Plant

Events

Republic Era

Locations

Unidentified planet (Lola) (First appearance) Lola's house (First appearance)

Organizations and titles

Sith Sith Master Sith apprentice Kutu's henchmen (First appearance)

Sentient species

Human Cyborg Humanoid Cyborg

Vehicles and vessels

Landspeeder TSMEU-6 personal wheel bike Starship Lola's starship (First appearance)

Weapons and technology

Armor Blaster Laser cannon Cybernetics Breath mask Droid Engine Lightsaber Double-bladed lightsaber Lola's lightsaber (First appearance) Sith lightsaber Kutu's lightsaber (First appearance) Jetpack Repulsorlift

Miscellanea

Artist Color Dream Eclipse The Force Dark side of the Force Meteorite

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)
• "Launchpad" — Star Wars Insider 218
• With Star Wars: Visions Volume 2, Creators from Around the World Visit the Galaxy Far, Far Away on StarWars.com (backup link)
• This Week! in Star Wars Star Wars Day is Here, Visions Volume 2, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
• Visions Revisited: 5 Highlights from "Sith" on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Meet the Visionaries: Rodrigo Blaas on the Colorful, Intense World of "Sith" on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Explore Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 with New Episode Guides on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Sith" Episode Guide | 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)

Notes and references

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