History Recap / StarWarsVisionsScreechersReach

** Someone being sent into a cave as part of a test brings to mind the cave on Dagobah from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. The behind-the-scenes extra mention it as an inspiration for the short, describing the cave here as being the Sith version of that test.

* TheChainOfHarm: A [[https://www.tumblr.com/sepublic/718510433991081984/ive-seen-some-people-interpret-the-cycle-of carving]] on the Screechers cave displays a record showing that the Mother was once her apprentice before defeating her. An act Daal will likely be made repeat one day as a Sith.

* FlowerMotifs: The Sith lord's dress looks like white falling petals. And her ship looks like a flower, with a thorn hiden by the petals when viewed from front, but visible from the side. According to the making-of, it symbolizes the Dark Side hiding its destructive nature to seduce new adepts.

%% [[caption-width-right:729:some caption text]]A young girl and a couple of her friends, seeking some relief from the boredom of their work, venture out into a cave. However, the cave the group is going to may be harboring some very dark secrets behind it.

A young girl and a couple of her friends, seeking some relief from the boredom of their work, venture out into a cave. However, the cave the group is going to may be harboring some very dark secrets behind it.

A young girl and a couple of her friends, seeking some relief from the boredom of their work, venture out into a cave. However, where the group is going may have some very dark secrets behind it.

* TheChainOfHarm: A [[https://www.tumblr.com/sepublic/718510433991081984/ive-seen-some-people-interpret-the-cycle-of carving]] on the Screechers cave displays a record showing that the Mother was once her apprentice before defeating her. An act Daal will likely be made repeat one day as a Sith.

* TheChainOfHarm: A [[https://www.tumblr.com/sepublic/718510433991081984/ive-seen-some-people-interpret-the-cycle-of carving]] on the Screechers cave displays a record showing that the Mother was once her apprentice before defeating her. A story Daal and her will likely repeat one day as Sith.

** The unnamed planet the episode's set on is revealed in the end to have dual suns just like [[Film/TheLastJedi the last Ireland inspired planet in Star Wars.]]

* {{Mythopoeia}}: As is usual for the Studio there is a lot of Gaelic/Catholic mythology blended into the story. The Screecher is a clear analogue to the Banshee of Irish mythology and the Sith at the end is tall and beautiful but also threateningly inhuman much like the Unseelie. Daal's use of the pendant and whispered prayer is very reminiscent of a practitioner of the Catholic faith.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Daal wants to leave and find a better life, she gets what she asked for but as a Sith apprentice and has to leave her friends.

** The creators have cited Film/StandByMe as an inspiration and Baython's "You wanna see a ghost?" is similar to Vern's "You guys wanna go see a dead body?"

** Someone being sent into a cave as part of a test brings to mind the cave on Dagobah from Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack. The behind-the-scenes extra mention it as an inspiration for the short, describing the cave here as being the Sith version of that test.

** Daal’s prayer to the pendant, “give me strength”, alludes to its true origin, as a plea for strength isn’t very Jedi-like but it echoes the [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Code_of_the_Sith Code of the Sith]], particularly “Through Passion I gain Strength. Through Strength I gain Power.”

* AlasPoorVillain: The Screecher’s true appearance is revealed when Daal pins her beneath a boulder, revealing her to be an old hermit Sith living alone in a cave. Unfortunately, she has gone mad and attacks anyone who comes near. As she struggles for her lightsaber, Daal ends up killing her with it, and is left horrified by the act.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Seasons 1 and 2 put together, ''Screecher's Reach'' is the only short that borders the horror genre. Also literally, as the animation style is literally darker and edgier than most of the other shorts.

* CruelTwistEnding: That Jedi artifact that Daal relies on to give her the strength to survive her ordeal...turns out to not be a Jedi artifact at all. A ''Sith'' made it, and she used it as a beacon to take Daal away.

* WhamShot: Daal initially assumes that the Screecher is just an illusion and repeats to herself that it's all in her mind as the thing approaches...then the Screecher ignites her lightsaber and slashes Daal's arm, revealing herself to be a ''very'' real threat.

* RewatchBonus: Rewatching the short after knowing the twist recontextualizes a lot of the things Daal says and does, such as her conversation with Baython at the campfire; on a rewatch, it becomes clear that Daal is actually talking about the test the Sith Mother has given her and is having some apprehensions about it.

** The composition of the establishing shots of the NightmarishFactory in which the children labor, could be considered a visual ShoutOut to the factory scene in films such as ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' and ''Film/{{ModernTimes}}''.

* WhamShot: Daal initially assumes that the Screecher is just an illusion and repeats to herself that it's all in her mind as the thing approaches.... then the Screecher ignites her lightsaber and slashes Daal's arm, revealing herself to be a ''very'' real threat.

* CruelTwistEnding: That Jedi artifact that Daal relies on to give her the strength to survive her ordeal... Turns out to not be a Jedi artifact at all. A ''Sith'' made it, and she used it as a beacon to take Daal away.

* FriendOrIdolDecision: At the end, Daal must choose whether to stay with her friends but continue toiling at the dismal factory, or to abandon them to join the Sith for what ''might'' be a materially better life. She chooses to go with the Sith, because she can't look back now after passing the test -- but in the last moment before the ship's portal closes, she looks back, an agonized expression on her face.