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This article is non-canon within the canon continuity.

This article covers a subject from a Star Wars: Visions story that Lucasfilm declared is set in an alternate history within a reimagined galaxy.

"We are twins born from the dark side of the Force. We were made to bring back order with this power that transcends even death itself!"
―Am, to Karre[3]

"THE TWINS" is an animated short film and episode of the web television series Star Wars: Visions. Produced by Trigger, the short premiered on Disney+ on September 22, 2021.[4]

Plot summary[]

Servants of the dark side[]

The episode opens with a Gemini-class Star Destroyer traveling through space. A black armored figure walks down a corridor and enters a hallway full of T-Stormtroopers standing at attention. The black armored figure is accompanied by a small rectangular droid with wheels. He exits the hallway through a gate and walks along a long bridge that leads to a large power generator holding a kyber crystal.

The protocol droid B-2ON informs Master Am that they are completing the final adjustments on the Gemini-class Star Destroyer. B-20N says that they are ready to deploy and am awaiting his command. Am is relieved that the moment has finally arrived. The droid says that ever since she and her brother Karre were delivered into their care, he has watched them grow and is finally relieved to be able to see her complete her mission.

B-20N remarks that it has been quite a journey. Am disagrees, telling B-20N that the journey has only begun. With this new power, Am vows that she and her brother will bring order to the galaxy, something nobody else has been able to complete. She says that this is their mission as twins created through the power of the dark side of the Force. There is a flashback of embryos of the two being grown in a laboratory by dark side acolytes.

B-20N informs Am that Central Command is reporting that final adjustments to the hyper cannon have been completed and that the weapon will soon be operational. Am asks if the weapon's firepower will be at full strength. The droid replies that it is charging now in the power generator. He explains that high-purity energy must be extracted from their power source in the central core. He adds that it is the same power transferred into the dark armor that the twins wear. Once the refined dark energy is unleashed through the ship's hyper cannon, it will be capable of destroying any planet or star system.

B-20N expresses concern about the possible effects of the prototype armor on her and Karre's physical bodies. Am is unconcerned, saying that she has been prepared to sacrifice everything for the dark side since she was born. B-20N says that he will be their humble servant forever until the day his functions cease. Am says that she will hold him to that and turns her attention to launching a surprise attack on the New Republic. She orders that the hyper cannon be fired, which B-20N relays.

The stolen power source[]

The Twins

Karre and his droid

However, the bridge crew receive an incoming alert from Central Block B-25 that the cannon's power source has been stolen. Without it, they can't fire the hyper cannon. When B-20N points out that only the twins can access the power source chamber, Am looks cross at the opposite Star Destroyer bridge and realizes that Karre is missing. While B-20N wonders where Karre is, Am realizes that he stole it.

Meanwhile, Karre reassures the rectangular astromech droid R-DUO that everything is going to be fine and that they won't find the power core. However, they encounter a squad of stormtroopers. As Karre walks through the stormtroopers, they order him to return the power source. They try to incapacitate him with stun blasters, but he uses the Force to deflect the stun bolts and hurl them aside. He and R-DUO head to the hangar bay which is full of starfighters, including a X-wing starfighter. Before they can reach it, they are confronted by Master Am, B-20N, several stormtroopers and two AT-ST walkers.

Karre tells R-DUO to go while he faces Am. Am asks where is planning to go with the power core. Karre replies that he is going to a galaxy, far, far away. Am tells him to hand her the power core and she says she will forget what happened. B-20N tells Master Karre this is disappointing. Karre instead removes his helmet and armor, and says the he refuses. When Am asks whether he plans to turn the power core over to the Republic, Karre responds that he couldn't care about the Galactic Empire or the New Republic.

Karre tells Am that even if he explains it to her, Am won't understand. Am asks if Karre is out of his mind. Am decides to take the power core by force and ignites both of her lightsabers. Meanwhile, R-DUO finds and powers up Karre's X-Wing, piloting it to attack Am's forces. Am survives by using the Force to generate a bubble around herself and B-20N. Karre climbs aboard the X-wing and flees the hangar.

Duel of the twins[]

While flying into space, R-DUO tells Karre that he has a bad feeling about this. Their X-wing is caught in the Force grip of Am, who manages to grab the power core in the same grip. Karre and Am engage in a tug of war through the Force for the power core, which forces Karre out of the starship. The X-wing spirals out of control. Parts of the Star Destroyer's hull are damaged. The two continue their Force tug of war on the hull of the Star Destroyer, causing the power core's container to shatter. Am is impressed by the power of the kyber crystal, saying that it will be a beacon of hope to the galaxy.

She calls for the kyber crystal to come to her. Karre says that he won't let her have it, saying that the crystal only brings despair. As the two channel their Force powers into the crystal, it shatters under the exertion. Am is overwhelmed by the shockwave, which sweeps off her helmet. Karre tells his sister that it was through the Force that he was able to foresee her future. Am doesn't believe Karre, asking why only he can see it. Karre only says he doesn't have the answer, but warns that if she uses the power of the kyber crystal, then she will die. Am doesn't believe Karre's explanation that he stole it to save her.

Karre insists that is the truth. Even if he told her about it, she would have never listened to him. He tells Am that he is unwilling to let her die despite her stubbornness. Am laughs and says she does not fear death. She reminds Karre that they are twins born from the dark side and that they were made to bring back order with a power that even transcends death itself. She believes they were predestined to be born for that purpose. Karre tries to reason with his sister, warning her that the power inside the kyber crystal will destroy her. Am refuses to listen and vows to make death yield to her through the power of the dark side.

Am places a shard of the kyber crystal into her armor's power source, infusing her armor with the dark side's power. These power up six lightsabers which transform into whips. Am uses her armor to hurl beams of dark side energy at Karre, prompting him to hide behind a turbolaser emplacement. Karre arms his lightsaber with a shard from the kyber crystal. The beams of kyber energy from Am's armor wrap themselves around Karre's lightsaber, which he disperses.

Karre leaps down on Am and the two engage in a lightsaber duel. Am fights back with her blades, taunting him that he can't save her if he is not able to save himself. As she advances on Karre with her weapons, Am taunts her brother for being afraid of death. She vows to send him back to the galaxy as dust before hurling him into space. Karre is picked up by R-DUO in the X-wing. Meanwhile, Am loses control of her kyber crystal, causing her armor to begin overloading.

Breaking free[]

Karre resolves to save his sister from death and wonders what he should do. At R-DUO's suggestion, he decides to user the X-wings propulsion system and his lightsaber to slice through one of the Star Destroyers. As he approaches Am, his enraged sister accuses him of undermining their life mission. Karre replies that isn't true and urges her not to live for someone else. He tells her that as long as she is alive, she is free to to choose her own destiny.

At Karre's command, R-DUO activates the hyperdrive, causing Karre's lightsaber to slice through Am's armor and one of the Star Destroyers. As Karre and R-DUO flee into hyperspace, the unconscious Am is picked up by B-20N amidst the debris of the wrecked Star Destroyer.

Later, Karre and R-DUO crash on the desert planet of Tatooine. Karre tells R-DUO that they did and reassures the astromech droid that they will find her. He resolves to investigate the key to understanding their purpose, the reason he and Am were created. Karre resolves to find his twin sister and save her. The two stand on their wrecked starfighter and watch the double sunset.

Credits[]

By type
Cast Uncredited cast Crew Uncredited crew Special thanks

Cast

Japanese Voice Cast

  • Junya Enoki as Karre
  • Ryoko Shiraishi as Am
  • R-DUO as Himself
  • Tokuyoshi Kawashima as B-2ON
  • Takuya Makimura as T-Imperial Crew
  • Yu Wakabayashi as T-Stormtrooper #1
  • Hayato Kimura as T-Stormtrooper #2
  • Keita Tada as T-Stormtrooper #3

English Voice Cast

Crew

  • Inspired by Star Wars created by – George Lucas
  • Directed by – Hiroyuki Imaishi
  • Written by – Hiromi Wakabayashi
  • Animation Production – Trigger, Inc. (as Trigger)
  • Executive Producers – Masahiko Otsuka, Yoshiki Usa
  • Co-Executive Producers – Naoko Tsutsumi, Kazuya Masumoto
  • Producer – Will Feng
  • Creative Producer – Hiromi Wakabayashi
  • Executive Producers – James Waugh, Josh Rimes, Jacqui Lopez
  • Co-Executive Producer – Justin Leach
  • Producer – Kanako Shirasaki
  • Character Designer – Shigeto Koyama
  • Music by – Michiru Oshima
  • English Voice Casting by – Lindsay Halper, Stephanie Sheh
  • English Voice Casting Coordinator – Caroline Keller
  • Assistant Director – Yoshihiro Miyajima
  • Head of Storyboard – Hiroyuki Imaishi
  • Storyboards – Sushio, Yoshihiro Miyajima, Mai Owada
  • Art Directors – Shigeto Koyama, Hiromi Wakabayashi
  • Production Manager – Kenta Kawahara
  • Production Assistants – Hideki Iwasawa, Yoshitaka Togo, Naoto Setoguchi, Rikiya Ichiyama
  • Background Directors – Masanobu Nomura (Bihou), Yoshito Takamine (Bihou)
  • Set Design – Toshiki Amata (Bihou)
  • Color Design – Yukiko Kakita (T2studio)
  • Compositing Director – Tsunetaka Ema (T2studio)
  • Editor – Kentaro Tsubone (Real-T)
  • Monitor Work – Kayoko Zama (Studio khara)
  • CG Directors – Hiroyasu Kobayashi (Studio khara), Satoshi Yamauchi (Project Studio Q)
  • CG Action Choreography – Hiroyuki Imaishi
  • Animation Director – Sushio
  • Key Animators – Hiroki Arai, Mayumi Nakamura, Shimon Dohi, Akihiro Sato, Rino Kodama, Tomoki Yamane, Yuto Kaneko, Shiori Miyazaki, Sho Oi, Kai Ikarashi, Naoki Takeda, Yuka Asano, Yoshifumi Hagano, Masaru Sakamoto, Syunpei Gunyasu, Yasushi Tokuda, Takafumi Chida, Ichigo Kanno, Chigusa Kiyota, Sae Otani, Sushio, Hiromi Niwa, Emi Tamura, Takuya Saitou, Hirotaka Nii, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Chiharu Kataoka
  • In Betweens Supervisors – Aoi Abe, Sae Otani
  • In Between Animators – Trigger, Inc. (as Trigger), Nana Doi, Ami Sugimoto, Karin Tu, Rina Iwasaki, Ayami Hashimaru, Yoko Iwasaki, Mikoto Fukuzawa, Miku Yamaji, Chiharu Kataoka, Tomoya Yamaguchi, Ryouto Suzuki, Sae Otani
  • Studio DEEN – Takayuki Azuma, Rina Sugimoto, Kiyoto Tamashiro, Rikako Nakamura, Anghelo Yoshioka, Xenron
  • Finishing – Xenron
  • Backgrounds by – Bihou, S. Supattra, R. Jutima, W. Nutchanon, U. Rungrat, W. Nuttavut, C. Nuttapong, Risa Fuji, K. Pisan, K. Natranan, M. Shutimapon, M. Ratchneekorn, P. Thapakorn, R. Muchakarn, Yuki Yokoyama, P. Maysaya, S. Vipada, P. Teerath, T. Tanyanuch, B. Nantasak, N. Surin, K. Weera, T. Natcha, T. Usana, Y. Chompoonoot, T. Kanokwan, N. Piyada
  • Compositing – T2studio, Yoichiro Sato, Hironobu Horikoshi, Kazumasa Someya, Lee Chi Hao, Yu Wakabayashi, Rumi Ishiguro, Akihito Odano, Atsushi Harada, Akiyo Yamaura, Masashi Toriyama
  • CG Animation Production – Project Studio Q
  • Modeling Director and Compositor – Satoru Tomari
  • Modeling Artists – Kojiro Tokunaga, Kohei Okazaki
  • X-Wing Modeling Artist – Tsubasa Takabe
  • CG Animators – Kohei Kita, Kenta Shirai, Ryoya Tsukamoto
  • Rigging Director – Takumi Shigyo
  • Technical Director – Tatsuki Hayashida
  • Technical Artists – Hikaru Tawara, Yuki Shirakawa
  • CG Production Manager – Yujiro Yamada, Mari Fukaura
  • Hungary Orchestra / Budapest Symphony Orchestra
  • Orchestra Conductor – Peter Illenyi
  • Music Recorded by – Tamas Kurina
  • Orchestra Manager – Peter Kovacs
  • Recording Engineer Assistant – Gergo Laposi
  • Music Recorded at – Tom-Tom Studio Budapest
  • France
  • Music Mixed by – Denis Caribaux
  • Mixing Engineer Assistant / – Baptiste Murguiondon, et Pierre-Charles Biguet
  • Music Mixed at – Studio Guillaume Tell
  • Sound Production – Half HP Studio
  • Voice Recording Director by – Hiroki Urakari
  • Voice Recording Coordinator – Sei Ohno
  • Chura Sound
  • Sound Effects – Hiroki Nozaki
  • Sound Effects Assistant – Kurumi Tamura
  • Recording Studios – SSS. Studio, iYuno Global
  • Voice Recording Engineer – Tetsuya Satake
  • Assistant Recording Engineers – Ryo Hattori, Namsu Kim
  • Post Production – Imagica Entertainment Media Services, Inc
  • Online Editor – Kasumi Shibata
  • Digital Cinema Engineer – Aya Shintani
  • Color Graders – Masato Sekiguchi, Takefumi Saito
  • Technical Coordinator – Kyosuke Sakai
  • Studio Coordinators – Akira Ogawa, Yawara Hata
  • Post Production Sound Services provided by – Skywalker Sound a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, Marin County, California
  • Supervising Sound Editors – Matthew Wood, David W. Collins
  • Sound Designer – David W. Collins
  • Sound Editor – Luke Dunn Gielmuda
  • Re-Recording Mixer – Stephen Urata
  • Foley Artists – Shelley Roden, John Roesch
  • Foley Mixer – Scott Curtis
  • Creative Executives, Lucasfilm – Matt Martin, Kelsey Sharpe
  • Script Adaptation – Matt Michnovetz
  • English Language Productions – NYAV Post
  • Voice Director – Michael Sinterniklaas
  • Production Coordinator – Stephanie Sheh
  • NYAV Production – Clark Cheng, Chelsey Cohen
  • Theme Music Composed by – David W. Collins
  • Main Title Designed by – Herzog Design Company
  • Production Coordinators – Caroline Keller, Katrina Minett
  • Additional Production Coordination by – Irene Chung
  • Production Assistants – Garrison Allen, Ronjae Jones
  • Post Production Supervisor – Diane Caliva
  • Post Production Manager – Irene Chung
  • Associate Post Production Manager – Julie Kogura
  • Post Production Assistant – Julia McIntosh
  • Imaging Supervisor – Jeroen (J) Schulte
  • Online Mastering Operator – Michael Parkinson
  • Sound Mix Session Translator – Soichiro Migita
  • Additional Translations by – Creative Sphere, Inc., Peter Mj Kim, Adrian Lozano
  • Lucasfilm Ltd.
  • President – Kathleen Kennedy
  • EVP/General Manager – Lynwen Brennan, CBE
  • VP, Finance – Lori Aultman
  • VP, Post Production – Pippa Anderson
  • VP, AV Creative – Anna Yeager
  • Deputy Chief Counsel – Rhonda Hjort
  • Production Counsel – Naureen Z. Hoque
  • Counsel – Alexis Donoghoe
  • Senior Manager, Legal Affairs – Christopher Holm
  • Clearances – Angela Lupinetti
  • Localization – Michael Kohn
  • SVP, Live Action Development & Production – Michelle Rejwan
  • EVP, Physical Production – Momita Sengupta
  • VP, Publicity & Communications – Lynne Hale
  • VP, Franchise Marketing – Megan Crumpacker
  • VP, Human Resources – Blaire Chaput
  • Supervisor, Int'l Marketing – Barbara Gamlen
  • Supervisor, Franchise Content & Strategy – Steve Blank
  • Supervisor, Film & Franchise Publicity – Chris Argyropoulos
  • Supervisor, Physical Production Technology – Lori Gianino
  • Supervisor, Physical & Post Production – Gary Thompson
  • Supervisor, Communications & Internal Events – Alison Fisker
  • Supervisor, HR Business Partner – Janetta Wood
  • Franchise Story Team – Pablo Hidalgo, Leland Chee, Emily Shkoukani, Shiree Cole, Kate Izquierdo
  • Studio Team – Shahana Alam, Kylie Clark, Erin Feller, Emily Foster, Kaari Gerber, John Hannon, Kristen Hidalgo, Laura Holliday, Jayson Kashiwabara, Nicole Lacoursiere, Gabrielle Levenson, Kristie Ling, Kerri Martin, Jason Schultz, Christian Streaty, Stacey Zimmerman
  • Rights and clearances by – Barbour & Company, Cassandra Barbour


Appearances[]

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

Characters

  • Am (First appearance)
  • B-2ON (First appearance)
  • Karre (First appearance)
  • R-DUO (First appearance)

Droid models

Events

Locations

Organizations and titles

Sentient species

Vehicles and vessels

Weapons and technology

Miscellanea

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Notes and references[]

  1. SWYTlogo STAR WARS: VISIONS | SPECIAL LOOK | DISNEY+ on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
  2. Star Wars Anime Visions Will Include What Became of the Jedi, a Rock Opera, and More by Daniel Robson on IGN (archived from the original on September 22, 2021) establishes that the events of "The Twins" occur after those of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker, which are dated to a year after the "Starkiller Incident" by Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Starkiller Incident to 34 ABY, it can be deduced the events of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker take place in 35 ABY. Therefore, The Twins must occur during or after that year.
  3. VisionsCite Star Wars: Visions — "THE TWINS"
  4. StarWars Anime Expo Lite: 20 Things We Learned From the Star Wars: Visions Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)


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