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The Duel
The Ronin
"The Ronin"
"Unfortunately... I am not a Jedi."
Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (Japanese), Brian Tee (English)
Appearances: Visions | Visions: Ronin
A former Dark Lord of the Sith, now a fugitive from the Jedi, wandering the galaxy in the aftermath of a great war between the Light and Dark.
- Adaptational Heroism: In Legends and implicitly canon, the first Sith founded the Sith Order and started a war motivated primarily by ambition (thought in Legends he came to regret it post-death). In this continuity he started the Sith as a rebellion against the genuinely oppressive Empire and Jedi Order, motivated by freeing his fellow Force-Sensitives from being tools of the war.
- Ambiguously Evil: He's steeped in ambiguity, with his exact alignment and motives remaining a mystery even in the episode's ending. He doesn't bother defending the village until a stray blaster bolt hits his droid, and doesn't make any effort to save the village's mercenary guards, but when the village chief comes to thank him for saving them, he gives the boy Kouru's kyber crystal as a good luck charm. He was once a Sith, yet he's now a Hunter of His Own Kind, has the stoic attitude customary of a Jedi, and never seems to draw from The Dark Side. Is he seeking atonement? Questing for vengeance? Or simply eliminating rival Sith? It's all left up in the air. The ambiguity continues in Star Wars: Visions - Ronin, where he has good intentions but is rather ruthless about his actions.
- Anti-Hero: Seemingly apathetic to the plight of the village until he learned the Sith was involved.
- Anti-Villain: He created the Sith and started a galactic war in order to bring positive change to the galaxy. Then he betrayed the Sith who pledged their loves to him, children included, after getting a vision of the future Jedi Sith war.
- Apathetic Citizens: He's seemingly content with watching the bandits shake down the village for its taxes at first, only stepping in when the bandits' Sith chief makes herself known and the fight reaches him.
- Awesome, but Impractical: The novel reveals that the reason the Ronin's lightsaber has a scabbard is that the activation switch is broken, yet the blade is permanently active. While this defect necessitates the scabbard for keeping it safely concealed, this also makes sheathing incredibly dangerous.
- Combat Pragmatist: In addition to lightsabers and Force powers, the Ronin also employs his droid to take down his enemies in a fight as well. He also tricks his opponent into attacking a statue, believing that it was him, before stabbing her from the back with the hidden second lightsaber built into the scabbard of his first one.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Well, more like "dark is a Kurosawa protagonist", but in his debut short he is the protagonist despite being a Sith. In the novel it is revealed that he started the Sith rebellion to free his fellow Force users from a genuinely oppressive system, but came to regret his actions and now is hunting down other Sith to redeem himself.
- Dead Person Conversation: In the novel, the Ronin is haunted by a spirit, who taunts him and seems to know about his past. He sometimes responds to her, which makes others around him think he's muttering to himself.
- The Drifter: He's a lone swordsman who happens to come by a village just as they are being pillaged by raiders. He's initially apathetic but steps in to battle the bandit leader when he learns that she is a Sith. Afterward, he departs, leaving only a token of his battle.
- Even Evil Has Standards: For a given value of "evil". Despite having once been a Sith, he ultimately defends the village from the bandits and their Sith leader and seems to be actively hunting other Sith.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: His alignment is unclear after becoming an ex-Sith since it's not clear if he's a Retired Monster with a Noble Demon streak (since he doesn't intervene until he sees that there's a Sith Lord involved) or if he's The Atoner. Novel confirms that he is The Atoner, however he was (and still is) Well-Intentioned Extremist.
- Hidden Weapons: The sheath to his lightsaber is also a lightsaber.
- Humble Hero: In true Kurosawa fashion, when asked who he is he calls himself a "simple wanderer".
- Hunter of His Own Kind: He has killed multiple other Sith before the events of the short, going by the multiple red lightsaber crystals concealed in his tunic. According to the Ronin novel, he carries them so that they can no longer be used to harm again.
- Laser Blade: As one might expect from a Rōnin, he fights using a katana-like lightsaber, which he even keeps sheathed in a saya (a Japanese-style sword scabbard) when not in use. This saya is also a lightsaber in and of itself.
- No Name Given: As befits a Kurosawa protagonist. He never gives his name, even after being asked about it, and everyone simply refers to him as master Ronin.
- Red Is Heroic: Maybe. He's at the very least an ex-Sith who fights with a red lightsaber and battles bandits who are attacking an innocent village.
- Rōnin: He is an ex-Sith who wanders the galaxy and pledges allegiance to no master.
- Villain Has a Point: From what we see of the Jedi and the Empire they serve in this continuity, Ronin was completely correct that they were tyrants and that the galaxy was in a need of change. However, from what we learn his Sith were brutal and he had betrayed them (including the children) when he realised what the Sith would become in the future.
- Villain Protagonist: Downplayed. He's the protagonist of "The Duel" and the novel Star Wars Visions: Ronin, and explicitly a former member of the villainous Sith Order — yet unlike other Sith, he's Ambiguously Evil and doesn't seem to draw his power from The Dark Side, and appears to be a Hunter of His Own Kind.
- Villain Respect: In the segment of the Ronin novel's adaptation of the short, he makes a brief, silent prayer before the remains of the Jedi statue and the dead Kouru; it's unclear if he's praying for the Jedi statue, Kouru, or both.
B5-56
B5-56
Appearances: Visions | Visions: Ronin
The Ronin's Astromech droid who accompanies him on his travels.
- All in the Manual: Its name isn't spoken onscreen and instead comes from promotional material.
- Macross Missile Massacre: Is armed with a small missile launcher that can fire a swarm of miniature homing missiles.
- Secret-Keeper: According to the tie-in novel, B5 is the only one who knows the Ronin's true identity and past.
Kouru, the Sith Bandit Leader
Kouru
"Who dares face me?"
Click HERE to see her unmasked
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Lucy Liu (English)
Appearances: Visions | Visions: Ronin
"You're confused. You'll surrender... although I won't be sparing your lives."
A Sith fugitive who leads a group of bandits that have been harassing a rural village.
- Ambiguously Human: While she's certainly humanoid, the lack of color and the pointy ears make it difficult to determine what's her species.
- Arc Villain: She's the central antagonist of "The Duel", which focuses on her attack on an innocent village.
- Compressed Hair: She has a gigantic, flame-shaped afro that springs up the moment her veil comes off.
- Dark Action Girl: As expected from a Sith, she's very skilled with the lightsaber and just as ruthless as other Darksiders.
- Instant Flight: Just Add Spinning!: Her lightsaber parasol attachment allows her to hover in the air when it's spinning at full speed, the same as the Inquisitors and their lightsabers in Star Wars Rebels.
- In the Back: After tricking her with a decoy, the Ronin stabs her from behind.
- Light Is Not Good: In the novel it is revealed she has an affinity for the light side of the Force ("white flare") but she is ruthless and antagonistic.
- No Name Given: While the short doesn't give her name, the Ronin novel gives her name: Kouru.
- Not Quite Dead: The Ronin novel reveals that she's somehow alive, abruptly catapulting back to life sometime after the Ronin "killed" her. This turns out to have been the work of a Sith witch seeking to use Kouru as a puppet.
- Parasol of Pain: She wields a parasol-shaped weapon with lightsabers as the spokes, which she can spin rapidly like the Inquisitor lightsabers.
- Pointy Ears: Her ears are pointy.
- Shout-Out:
- Her lightsaber-spoked parasol is a reference to the bladed umbrella weapon from Shadow (2018).
- According to
Word of God, one of the inspirations for the character was the titular character of Lady Snowblood. Fittingly enough, that film was the inspiration for Kill Bill, and the Sith Bandit Leader is voiced by O-Ren Ishii's actress, Lucy Liu.
Child Village Chief
Child Village Chief
- Voiced by: Yuuko Sanpei (Japanese), Jaeden Waldman (English)
- A Child Shall Lead Them: He is a preteen boy who runs a village during dangerous times, although he claims he is only standing in for his sick father.
- No Name Given: His name is unknown.
Sullustan Shopkeeper
Sullustan Shopkeepeer
- Voiced by: Chō; (Japanese), Joe Ochman (English)
- Nice Guy: He is eager to talk to his customers and is considerate about their safety.
- No Name Given: He is unnamed.
The Village Guards
- Voiced by: Tasuku Kida, Shinya Takahashi, Chado Horii (Japanese), Adam Seitz, Neil Kaplan, and JP Karliak (English)
- All There in the Manual: The novel Star Wars: Visions - Ronin establishes that they aren't permanent residents of the village, but Bounty Hunters who the villagers recruited to fight the Sith.
- Characters Dropping Like Flies: They initially dish out a Curb-Stomp Battle against the bandits, but once the Sith bandit leader enters the battle, the bandits gain the advantage and the bounty hunters are rapidly taken down one by one until only the Gran (who surrenders) is left.
- A Father to His Men: The Trandoshan leader unsuccessfully tries to get the others to flee and save themselves after he is defeated and is about to be killed.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: The Gran surrenders when he is cornered and outgunned but quickly resumes fighting once the Ronin makes victory seem like a possibility again.
- No Name Given: None of them are named in either the episode or the tie-in novel.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In Star Wars: Visions - Ronin, the Gran spreads stories blaming the Ronin for the attack on the village and tries to capture him, although the Ronin understands how hard it is to trust a Sith and doesn't really hold it against the Gran.
- The Voiceless: The Tusken and the upgraded protocol droid never speak.
Tatooine Rhapsody
Jay
Jay
"After all... we're just a band."
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (English)
"Let's make this our best show ever!"
The aspiring leader of the band Star Waver on Tatooine.
- Dark and Troubled Past: He was originally a Jedi Padawan abandoned on the battlefield during the Clone Wars (implied to be a survivor of Order 66), where he was found and taken in by Geezer and the rest of his future bandmates. He still keeps his broken lightsaber in the present, though it was never repaired and no longer ignites. Later on, he rebuilds it into a microphone, choosing to let go of the past and embrace his present and future with the band.
- Genocide Survivor: He escaped death in Order 66 and the Purge, and is now making a new life for himself, distanced from his Jedi past.
- Supporting Protagonist: He's the main character and has enough baggage to easily be the focus of an entire story by himself, but the short is ultimately driven by Gee's conflict with his family, and Jay's Jedi past isn't important.
- Vague Age: Due to the drawing style it is difficult to determine how old he is supposed to be.
- Wrecked Weapon: His lightsaber was broken beyond repair during Order 66. He eventually converts it into a microphone.
Gee
Geezer
"Let's rock'em!"
Voiced by: Kōsuke Gotō (Japanese), Bobby Moynihan (English)
A Hutt who is the bassist of Star Waver.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: He took Jay in under his wing after he was abandoned on the battlefield near the end of the Clone Wars, which is why Jay is so adamant to try and rescue him from Jabba's clutches.
- Defector from Decadence: He's a Hutt who refuses to get involved with Jabba's criminal syndicate because he wanted to be a musician, which is why Jabba hires bounty hunters to bring him back to be punished.
- Family Business: He's a relative of Jabba's, but wants to distance himself from the Kajidic.
- Shout-Out: His name is a reference to Geezer Butler
, bassist for Black Sabbath. - Token Heroic Orc: Gee is one of the very few Hutts who isn't a crime boss or directly associated with criminal activity. Unfortunately, Jabba has an image to maintain, which means Gee has to die to uphold it.
Star Waver (Other members)
Other members of Star Waver
- Lan: A member of a three-torso species who plays the versatile cluster drums.
Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English)
- K-344/"Kurti": A female droid that plays the electrified dual guitars.
Voiced by: , Masayo Fujita (Japanese), Shelby Young (English)
- V-5: A droid that handles mixing sound.
Boba Fett
Boba Fett
"You're marked for execution, Hutt. It's pointless to resist, but I can wait."
Voiced by: Akio Kaneda (Japanese), Temuera Morrison (English)
The infamous galactic bounty hunter hired by Jabba the Hutt to bring in Geezer.
- The Dragon: He's Jabba's primary enforcer.
- The Heavy: He's the one pursuing the band to capture Geezer on Jabba's behalf.
- Not So Above It All: During Star Waver's concert, Boba taps his foot and nods his head to the beat.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He's after Star Waver because it's his job to bring Geezer back to Jabba the Hutt, and doesn't indulge in needless violence. While initially ready for a fight when Jay brings out his lightsaber, Boba simply leaves when it shorts out and the former Jedi proves to be no threat. At the end, when Jabba decides to let Star Waver go free and perform their concerts freely, Boba is chilling around enjoying their song as well.
Jabba the Hutt
Jabba Desilijic Tiure
"[Huttese]"
One of the galaxy's most powerful crime lords and the leader of the Desilijic crime family.
- Arc Villain: The central antagonist of "Tatooine Rhapsody", he wants to have Geezer executed for refusing to join the Desilijic crime family.
- Not So Above It All: Despite marking Geezer for execution for refusing to fall in line with the family business, he's actually enjoying the song he and his band Star Waver played in the big concert at Boonta Eve.
- Pet the Dog: Eventually changes his mind about executing Geezer after being moved by the Star Waver's concert and becomes the band's sponsor instead.
THE TWINS
Karre
Karre
"As long as you're alive, then you are free. And you're free to choose your own destiny!"
Voiced by: Jun'ya Enoki (Japanese), Neil Patrick Harris (English)
One of two twins born of the dark side leading an Imperial faction against the New Republic. Karre eventually decides to defect after having a vision of his sister dying.
- Batman Can Breathe in Space: Karre can somehow survive being launched into hyperspace outside of the protection of his X-wing. Anime physics to the rescue!
- BFS: His half of the large Kyber Crystal was inserted into his lightsaber, which grants it the ability to extend to absurdly massive lengths, enough for him to slice a Star Destroyer clean in half with it.
- Big Brother Instinct: Though he's apparently the younger twin between him and Am, a big part of his decision to defect from the dark side is motivated by his desire to save his sister from death.
- Bio-Augmentation: He and his sister were created by an unknown group of Sith or dark side acolytes, possibly the Sith Eternal.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel to his sister's Cain.
- Company Cross References: His hairstyle intentionally resembles Lio Fotia's, one of the deuteragonists of Studio TRIGGER's Promare. Likewise, his lightsaber along with the color scheme of the short prominently uses a cyan-pink gradient, which is also a reference to Lio Fotia's colors.
- Defector from Decadence: He was a dark side Force-user who served an Imperial Remnant faction before turning against them. Not because he had any issue with their ideals, but because doing so meant saving his sister.
- Heel–Face Turn: Was raised under the dark side, but betrayed them to save Am. She, however, did not. It's indicated that part of this was a vision to save her from an early death by the Kyber Crystal that she was using, although the philosophy that he describes indicates that something else caused him to be disillusioned with the Empire.
- Heroic Neutral: Karre states outright that he doesn't have a stake in the conflict between the Empire and the Republic, but he can't bear to see his sister throw her own life away for the dark side. That said, he seems to lack any genuine malice from what we see of him.
- Laser Blade: Has a unique cyan-pink gradient lightsaber that is powered by the half of the Kyber Crystal he was able to grab onto.
- Shock and Awe: He throws some lightning during the duel with his sister, though it's possibly just a stylized depiction of the Force since it doesn't act like normal Force lightning.
- Tuckerization: He is named after Leia's actress, Carrie Fisher.
Am
Am
"From the moment I was born, I was prepared to sacrifice everything for the dark side."
Voiced by: Ryōko Shiraishi (Japanese), Alison Brie (English)
One of the twins born of the dark side leading an Imperial faction against the New Republic. Unlike her brother, she is willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the destruction of the Republic.
- Arc Villain: The villainess of "The Twins".
- Armed Legs: The stiletto heels of her boots have lightsaber emitters built into them.
- Bio-Augmentation: She and her brother were created by an unknown group of Sith or dark side acolytes, which may or not have been the Sith Eternal.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to her brother's Abel.
- Cleavage Window: The first part of her dark armor to be destroyed as Karre slices the Star Destroyer in half is her breastplate, leaving Am with a noticeable one of these in her jumpsuit.
- Clothing Damage: Her helmet is knocked off during the fight with Karre, while the rest of her dark armor is destroyed when he slices the Star Destroyer in half, leaving her in the now-tattered black jumpsuit she wore under it.
- Combat Stilettos: She has absolutely zero problems moving and fighting, despite the distinctive spiked heels of her armor. Which also have lightsabers built into them.
- Evil Is Hammy: Karre didn't need to slice the Star Destroyer in half, Am had already chewed through most of it. Alison Brie is clearly enjoying herself.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: She can activate four mechanical arms from her suit to wield more lightsabers, overwhelming Karre.
- Shock and Awe: She throws some lightning during the duel with her brother, though it's possibly just a stylized depiction of the Force since it doesn't act like normal Force lightning.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: While it's unclear how deliberate the resemblance is, some of her characterization sounds similar to that of Lumiya. Both are female Darth Vader expies active after the Battle of Endor who wear very distinctive masks and wield lightwhips. Both are also willing to die for the sake of the dark side and fight a blonde protagonist they used to be close with.
- Tuckerization: She is named for Luke's actor, Mark Hamill.
- Uncertain Doom: Am's left floating in space without her armor and apparently unconscious after Karre destroys the Gemini-class Star Destroyer, but is rescued by B-20N equipped with a jetpack, and when Karre reawakens after crash-landing, he tells R-DUO not to worry as he can sense she's still alive and out there somewhere.
- The Unfettered: Unlike her brother, Am is prepared to give everything she has in service to the dark side, viewing it as her very reason for being. This includes her own life, if necessary.
- Whip Sword: Her set of six lightsabers is shown to be able to shift into a lightwhip mode, similar to Vernestra Rwoh's lightsaber from The High Republic. Karre is able to use this property against her, however, entangling them on the blade of his own lightsaber and pulling her off-balance.
B-20N
B-20N
Voiced by: Tsukuyoshi Kawashima (Japanese), Jonathan Lipow (English)
Am's protocol droid.
- Batman Can Breathe in Space: Inverted. He wears a helmet while floating in space despite being a droid. Interestingly, neither of his human charges wears one.
- Meaningful Name: His name is made of the previous letters and numbers to C-3PO's name (in the case of 'P', it is replaced with a '0' as a stylized 'O').
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He's confirmed to be one of C-3PO as a protocol droid serving one of the main characters.
- Undying Loyalty: He expresses a wish to serve Am and Karre until he ceases functioning, and later saves Am from dying in space on no incentive but his own.
R-DUO
R-DUO
Karre's Astromech droid.
- Meaningful Name: Like B-20N, R-DUO's name is a reference to the three characters in R2-D2; R, D, and 2(duo).
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Much like how B-20N is one of C-3PO, R-DUO is this for R2-D2. It also bears a passing resemblance to the S19 Astromech model.
The Village Bride
F
F
"You can't change the river's flow by casting a stone but live in harmony with nature and you'll change together."
Click here to see her unmasked
A mysterious Jedi with a tragic past.
- Achilles in His Tent: Traumatized by the events of Order 66, fearing for her life, and lacking confidence in her abilities as a masterless padawan, F is initially reluctant to help the village against the raiders. However, she ends up coming through, knighting herself and revealing herself as a Jedi as she saves the village residents.
- Big Damn Heroes: F saves both sisters from Izuma's attempts to kill and/or kidnap them.
- Bullet Catch: She uses the Force to stop Izuma's blaster bolt before it can kill Saku, á la Kylo Ren.
- But Now I Must Go: She flies off into space after defeating the bandits.
- Cool Mask: She wears a black half-mask throughout most of the short. Once she resolves herself to rescue the villagers, she ditches it.
- Combat Stilettos: Her heels shift into a mode that allows her to use Force Speed with no problems.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Her outfit is black and intimidating but her mentor Valco says it doesn't suit her. Her alignment is ambiguous until the end.
- Genocide Survivor: She's an Order 66 survivor, and still struggles with the trauma.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: She has a scar on the right of her chin, and despite her initial reluctance, she's still a Jedi.
- Important Haircut: Before rescuing the village from the raiders, she cuts off her Padawan braid, thus knighting herself.
- Laser Blade: But of course. Her lightsaber features a yellow blade and a katana-Esque silhouette when ignited, similarly to the Darksaber.
- Literal Disarming: As she kills Izuma, she takes his blaster arm with it.
- No Name Given: She is only known as F, which is never even said in the short itself.
- Single-Stroke Battle: Using Force Speed, she only needs one swing of her lightsaber to end the raiders' threat.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: Played with. Her eyes are actually dark greyish-blue, but the moment she ignites her lightsaber, they reflect the light and turn gold.
- Super-Speed: Uses Force Speed, an ability that a Force-blind raider like Izuma has no defense against.
- Supporting Protagonist: Despite being the clear heroine of the short, she has no real relationship with the titular Village Bride Haru. She just saves her.
Haru
Haru
"Magina, may you rise."
Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese), Nichole Sakura (English)
The eldest granddaughter of the village chief.
- The Chief's Daughter: Well, granddaughter, but effectively fits the trope.
- Childhood Friend Romance: She and Asu have been friends since childhood and they get married... right as she is about to be taken hostage by the raiders.
- Fairytale Wedding Dress: Spends the first half of the short in one. Justified Trope since it's her wedding day.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Haru is the responsible to Saku's foolish. Haru's plan to trade her life for her grandfather's to the raiders is contrasted by Saku's goal of fighting the raiders off. Saku gets captured and is nearly executed for it, even as Haru is begging Izuma not to kill her sister.
- Human Shield: Izuma, when on the verge of defeat, tries to use her as one to get F to stand down. Too bad for him, F is a Jedi.
- Meaningful Name: ハル (haru) can also be spelled as 春, meaning "spring". "Bride" in Japanese is 花嫁 (hanayome), of which the literal translation is "flower daughter-in-law".
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to her sister Saku's red. Haru is calm, dresses more conservatively and feminine (even without her wedding dress), and is willing to trade her safety for the village's. Saku is brash, dresses in a more revealing and tomboyish outfit, and is prepared to actually fight for the village.
- Take Me Instead: Rather than letting her grandfather the village chief be taken hostage by the raiders, she volunteers in his place.
Asu
Asu
Voiced by: Yūma Uchida (Japanese), Christopher Sean (English)
Haru's fiancé.
- Best Friends-in-Law: He was just as much of a childhood friend to Saku as he was to Haru (who are sisters), and he's marrying the latter. Saku for her part has no problem with it... being more concerned that Haru's willing to trade her freedom and happiness for the village's survival.
- Bridal Carry: A variation, where he has to carry Haru up a mountain as part of the planet's tradition.
- Childhood Friend Romance: He and Haru have been friends since childhood and eventually they marry.
- Non-Action Guy: Isn't a fighter.
- Trauma Conga Line: Imagine being Asu for a good majority of the short. What is supposed to be the happiest day of your life, where you're marrying your childhood friend, turns out to be the saddest day of your life since a group of raiders has targeted your village and are planning to kidnap your new wife as a political hostage. Your new sister-in-law, also a childhood friend of yours, is planning a resistance movement against said raiders, ignoring the pleas of her sister. Your sister-in-law ends up getting captured, and is going to be executed right in front of you and your wife, who is her sister. Just as a mysterious Jedi and her sniper friend save your sister-in-law, your wife gets held at gunpoint by the bandit leader right in front of you. Asu has it rough.
Saku
Saku
"Some of us are ready to fight!"
Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)
Haru's sister and the leader of a failed resistance against the bandit raiders.
- Best Friends-in-Law: She was as much of a childhood friend to Asu as he was to her sister Haru. She has no objections to the two getting married and is madder about Haru's decision to agree to be the raiders' hostage.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The foolish to her sister Haru's responsible. She'd rather act directly against the raiders than go with her sister's more cautious plan of agreeing to the raiders' terms. Her decision nearly costs her life.
- Family Theme Naming: Saku means "to bloom" (for example, sakusou means "to let bloom", and sakura is the Japanese name for cherry blossoms, an important flower in Japanese culture). This goes well with her sister Haru's name meaning "spring".
- La Résistance: She tries to be this but she and her friends are easily captured offscreen.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to her sister's blue. Saku is brash, confrontational, has longer hair, and more revealing, tomboyish clothing. Haru is calm, reasonable, has short hair, and wears conservative, feminine clothing.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Looks very similar to her sister except for their hairstyles.
Valco
Valco
"That's all that war is. Nothing but loss."
Voiced by: Takaya Kamikawa (Japanese), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (English)
An explorer on Keelia who had befriended F.
- Badass Normal: He never displays the slightest hint of Force-sensitivity, let alone powers, but his incredible sniping skills and resourcefulness mean he can back up the Jedi F very effectively.
- Batman Gambit: The entire short is his for F to help her see she's capable of being a Jedi. He has her come to Keelia and reminisce about the girl's late master, knowing F will sooner or later see the village of Meevai and get involved in their plight. F Lampshades this, but doesn't argue.
- Casting Gag: This isn't Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa's first foray as a smooth-talking old trickster with a hidden agenda. He's just more heroic about it.
- Cool Old Guy: He's old and uses trickery to convince F to help the villagers on Keelia.
- Friendly Sniper: A friendly, easygoing man and a crack shot with a rifle.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: He throws his helmet down at the raiders, which ignites and flies straight into their ship before exploding.
- Mysterious Past: We're not told much about him, though it's implied he was friends with her master.
- Trickster Mentor: He doesn't outright tell F to help the village, just brings her there so that she learns about their situation. F lampshades this.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: He's indirect, but Valco's intent is there.
Izuma
Izuma
"Do forgive me if I appear to be overly cautious."
Voiced by: Yoshimitzu Shimoyama (Japanese), Andrew Kishino (English)
The warlord of the bandits threatened Haru's village.
- Ambiguously Human: It goes unsaid what species he is, though he is near-human, the Bald of Evil and ash-white skin color are defined racial traits of the Rattataki.
- An Arm and a Leg: F cuts his arm off as she kills him.
- Arc Villain: The main antagonist of "The Village Bride". His bandits and battle droids are the looming threat that's forcing Haru to give herself up to protect her village from them.
- Bald of Evil: A human(-like) character without a speck of hair on his scalp, and a real scumbag of a person.
- Break Out the Museum Piece:
- He becomes a threat when he found and reprogrammed several B1 Battle Droids courtesy of the Separatists who had abandoned Keelia after strip-mining the planet.
- His Starship is an XS Stock Light Freighter: a Corellian Engineering Corporation ship model that was built well over 3680 years before the events of The Clone Wars.
- The Bully: A small-time scumbag who uses battle droids to extort an unarmed village. Once he encounters real resistance from someone who isn't intimidated, his confidence disappears.
- Crazy-Prepared: Izuma predicted someone—Saku—would be crazy enough to try to fight back, and had a few battle droids patrolling just in case.
- Dirty Coward: Hides behind his men and his battle droids, and when both are taken down, he'll resort to Human Shield tactics to survive.
- Hate Sink: Nothing about this slime ball is redeemable. Unlike several other villains in this anthology who are either intimidating badasses (many of the Sith and/or Dark-Siders), are a Tragic Villain of some kind, or are both somehow, Izuma is the leader of a group of bandits who are bullying a defenseless village that had already lost everything of value to the Separatists years ago, and is taking Haru hostage. He also is a Smug Snake who panics at the first sight of genuine resistance in the forms of F and Valco.
- Human Shield: Tried to take Haru as one to defend himself from F. Too bad that, as she's a Jedi, she's naturally much faster on the draw.
- Hypocrite: Calls F a "monster", despite all of the monstrous things he is doing in the short.
- I Have Your Wife: He wanted to capture the village chief as a political hostage of Meevai's submission to him. He was willing to settle for Haru, instead.
- Keystone Army: His battle droids are powered by his ship. Unfortunately, once the ship is destroyed, his battle droids go offline.
- Make an Example of Them: Once he has Saku captured offscreen, he plans to show Meevai what happens to people who defy him. F puts a stop to that.
- Meaningful Name: His name is close to 泉 (izumi), meaning "(water) spring, fountain" — Haru's name means a different kind of spring, befitting that they're opposing forces.
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: The only reason Izuma poses any threat is because of his battle droids, and even they're only dangerous because he's targeting a peaceful village that's been stripped of its ability to fight back. Once F and Valco join the fray, his "army" folds like a stack of cards and Izuma is killed by F with little effort.
- Smug Snake: He acts like a confident, suave big shot when he has his men and battle droids behind him, but once F reveals herself and his henchmen is taken out, his bravado flies out the window.
- Villainous Breakdown: His confident demeanor evaporates fast when F intervenes, and even moreso when Valco takes out his battle droids. In his panic, he demands to know what F is while using Haru as a human shield.
- What the Hell Are You?: Demands this of F while holding Haru at gunpoint. It's likely he's never seen or even heard of a Jedi before, so F's extraordinary powers naturally have him spooked.Izuma: What are you, some kind of monster?!
Izuma's Battle Droids
Izuma's Battle Droids
"Roger, roger."
Voiced by: Matthew Wood (English)
A group of salvaged B1 battle droids that's used by Izuma to threaten the village.
- Keystone Army: Like the OOM-series battle droids presented in The Phantom Menace, they're controlled by a central computer, and the droids shut down when it's destroyed.
- Mecha-Mooks: They serve as this for Izuma.
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: B1 Battle Droids aren't normally considered a significant threat, but against villagers with little weapons or training, they're dangerous enough for Haru to surrender herself.
- The Remnant: They were left behind by a Separatist mining operation, and reactivated by Izuma, making them one of the few surviving droid forces.
- Schizo Tech: In-Universe. They're controlled by a central computer like the droids in The Phantom Menace, but they were deployed by the Separatists at least a decade later when droids could function independently to avoid being a Keystone Army, which also explained why the new droids were so unintelligent. These droids combine the worst of both options, being dumb and centralized.
- Too Dumb to Live: When Valco stops firing and throws his helmet at them, they gather around it and wonder what it is. Only one of the group thinks to at least point a blaster at the helmet before it destroys Izuma's ship.
The Ninth Jedi
Lah Kara
Lah Kara
"I can't wait to see what this lightsaber will look like in the hands of a real Jedi!"
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki (Japanese), Kimiko Glenn (English)
The daughter of a lightsabersmith who was sent to deliver lightsabers to a hidden group of Jedi.
- Action Girl: Very capable with a lightsaber and holds her own be her opponents be bounty hunters or even Sith.
- The Baby of the Bunch: At the end of the episode, she's by far the youngest member of Juro's group.
- Badass Adorable: A cute earnest girl who can more than hold her own.
- BFS: Her lightsaber is initially longer than her entire body, and switches repeatedly between this mode and one shorter than her arm. This is explained by her lack of confidence in her connection to the Force, and when she has to use the saber in battle, it switches to a more manageable 3-foot length.
- Combat Parkour: Her main fighting style while wielding a lightsaber has her performing a series of fast flips and somersaults to keep her opponents from overwhelming her with brute force, likely to make up for her smaller build and stature against her much larger enemies. It resembles the, in her time archaic, form of Ataru.
- Humble Hero: Thinks her connection to the Force is weak (hence the initially-colorless blade), but it soon becomes clear that she isn't giving herself enough credit.
- Instant Expert: Her father comments that she shows a natural aptitude with the blade, and she's able to wield it one-handed, blocking blaster bolts, while riding a speeder backward through an icy forest. Justified, since her father is a sabersmith, so she's been around the weapons a lot. Besides, the Force.
- Kid Hero: She's 14 at most, yet is capable of fighting toe to toe against bounty hunters and a group of adult Sith despite her young age and supposed inexperience. It's implied that despite her claims, however, she's been trained by both Margrave Juro and her father.
- Laser Blade: When Zhima gives her her lightsaber for the first time, the blade is colorless. As he explains, the color of the lightsaber is dependent on the holder's connection to the Force. By the time she fights the Sith, it's a normal white-cored green.
- Meaningful Name: Kara's name is one letter off from Kira, the original name of Rey (and was reused for Qi'ra).
- Missing Mom: She's only seen to be living with her father, and whatever happened to her mother isn't said.
- Nice Girl: Generally very respectful and friendly to everyone she interacts with.
- Pink Means Feminine: She wears a pink robe.
- Plucky Girl: The situation throws a lot at Kara and while she has her small moments of vulnerability, she's able to tough it out and power through it all.
- Thou Shalt Not Kill: She opts to disable a Jedi Hunter's speeder instead of killing him and even when fighting for her life against the Sith, she never kills any of them.
Margrave Juro
Margrave Juro
"Help us restore peace to the galaxy."
Click here to see him unmasked
Voiced by: Tetsuo Kanao (Japanese), Andrew Kishino (English)
The Margrave of Hy Izlan, who assembles a hidden group of Jedi at the Aerial Temple.
- Big Good: Despite appearances, his intent to restore the Jedi Order is genuine, and many of those who responded to his call were actually Sith.
- Cool Sword: His lightsaber forms a ring with the blade at the top of the hilt, acting as a tsuba, the hand guard on Japanese swords.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: The Sith acolytes are no match for him, as he handily cuts down most of them with little difficulty. While he's briefly put on the backfoot by Roden's Force lightning, Juro quickly regains the upper hand once Kara is in danger.
- Dark Is Not Evil: His color scheme is a distinct black with gold lining and he wears a mask with red eye lenses. However, it turns out he's the Big Good.
- Emerald Power: His lightsaber is colored green and he gets the most kills out of the heroes.
- Face of a Thug: He wears a sinister-looking mask with red eyes. However, he is a noble and kind man entirely on the Jedi's side, unlike most of the Force-users that responded to his summons.
- Good All Along: You would be forgiven if you think with his sinister helmet, the way he dresses, and the imposing-sounding title of Margravenote , that he would be the villain - but nope. He is a good guy; he was simply giving a Secret Test of Character to weed out the Sith assassins among the group of Force-users who answered his call.
- Good Counterpart: He's an Old Master with plans to restore his order, who's attacked by a group of assassins serving the order that currently rules the galaxy, but easily fends them all off. He is essentially a heroic version of Palpatine.
- Good Is Not Soft: He's a Jedi, but not opposed to killing his opponents.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has a scar over his right eye, similar to characters like Anakin or Wolffe, but he otherwise looks no worse for wear and he's the Big Good.
- Honorary Uncle: Or possibly grandfather, considering his age. Kara has known him since she was born, and he goes Papa Wolf when she's in danger.
- Ironic Name: His name means "tenth son", even though Kara is the last of the Nine Jedi to join the meeting (and thus is the "Ninth Jedi", as Juro puts it) and he would be the first "son" for arranging it in the first place. Unless you count Zhima as a tenth Jedi and considered Juro as the "tenth Jedi" for technically appearing in the short last…
- Mini-Mecha: It turns out his droid is one, allowing him to pretend to be one in the presence of the "Jedi" gathered at his temple.
- Mythology Gag: An old high-ranking planetary noble who is a highly skilled and powerful Jedi Master? Count Dooku, is that you?
- Not So Above It All: When he finally reveals himself to the Acolytes, he's gloating over how easily he fooled them.
- Old Master: He's seen to be visibly up there in years when he removes his mask, but he's no slouch with a lightsaber, as the Sith found out the hard way.
- Papa Wolf: When he sees Kara in danger, he starts mowing the Sith down faster than he did previously so he can go by her side to protect her.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted. The red eyes of his mask make him come off as sinister and untrustworthy, but in reality, it's the "Jedi" who answered his call that are dangerous.
Lah Zhima
Lah Zhima
"You've grown up so much, Kara."
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Simu Liu (English)
Kara's father, a lightsabersmith who builds lightsabers in secret after the process was lost to history.
- Bullet Catch: When bounty hunters show up to capture him, he deflects one of their blaster bolts with his bare hand, though his hand is burned in the process.
- Distressed Dude: He gets captured by the Sith for making lightsabers for the Jedi, and the short ends with Kara and co. going off to rescue him.
- Good Parents: His daughter loves him greatly, and he shows nothing but love in return.
- Ultimate Blacksmith: He's a lightsaber smith, a profession that hasn't been practiced in the galaxy for at least a generation, and even when it was relatively common, only Jedi did it.
Ethan
Ethan
"By the time I was born, lightsabers were already lost from the galaxy."
Voiced by: Hiromu Mineta (Japanese), Masi Oka (English)
One of the nine Jedi survivors assembled at the Aerial Temple by the Margrave.
- Blue Is Heroic: His attire, appearance, and lightsaber all have different shades of blue. To drive the point home, he's also the only true Jedi who responded to Juro's summons.
- It Was a Gift: The lightsaber he wields throughout the episode has the same sigil as Juro's cape on the hilt, implying that it was the margrave's old saber.
- Meaningful Name: "Ethan" means safe or solid, reflecting how he's the only actual Jedi among the pilgrims.
- Odd Name Out: His name is Hebrew in origin, whereas everyone else has Asian-inspired names.
- Sheep in Sheep's Clothing: He's the only one out of the seven so-called Jedi strangers that isn't a Sith and had truly been a Jedi all along.
The Jedi (SPOILERS)
Reading order: Toguro, Homen, Niizo, Roden, Hen Jin, and Hanbei
Voiced by: Ryota Takeuchi, Hinata Tadokoro, Kazuya Nakai, Daisuke Hirakawa, Jin Urayama (Japanese), Kyle McCarley, Patrick Seitz, Eva Christensen, Greg Chun, Michael Sinterniklaas, Adam Sietz (English)
"Each of us came here in answer to the same call."
A group of Jedi who answered the margrave's call. Except not.
- Ambiguous Situation: The fate of the five Jedi they replaced is currently unknown. Juro can sense that they are alive, but whether they are still at large or have been imprisoned by the Sith is unclear.
- Arc Villain: The main antagonists of "The Ninth Jedi" attempt to stop Juro from restoring the Jedi Order, and are responsible for sending the hunters that took Kara's father. In contrast to other villains, they function as a group.
- The Brute: Homen is the most physically imposing of the Sith acolytes, and outlasts the others. After returning to the light, he becomes The Big Guy of Juro's group.
- Evil All Along: Though none of them give any indication of being Sith at first, once they each activate their lightsabers and the blades are shown to be red, their allegiance is mostly no longer in doubt. It turns out only two of the Force users that responded to Juro's summons are actually Jedi, the rest having been subjected to Kill and Replace.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Despite being Sith, the group has a sense of comradeship with each other; after Hanbei is struck down by Juro, an angered Roden leads the charge against the Margrave, and Roden is also horrified when he sees Niizo has been slain.
- Evil Old Folks: Hanbei is an older man, though still a Sith.
- Flock of Wolves: The Reveal in the episode is that, rather than being a group of Jedi that was at worst infiltrated by one or two Sith assassins, as one would expect, they are all Sith.
- Green-Skinned Space Babe: Niizo is a blue-skinned humanoid alien, likely a Pantoran.
- Half the Man He Used to Be: Hanbei is horizontally sliced in half by the Margrave.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: Homen is one of the few of the group that came to the temple that is actually a Jedi, and was sent by Juro to spy on the Sith. While he fights against Ethan, Kara, and Juro, it's only because the combined power of the dark side from the acolytes overwhelmed him, and he snaps out of it once the impostors are defeated. Fittingly, while his lightsaber starts off red like the others, it changes to purple as the fight continues.
- Kick the Dog: They cruelly mock Kara over the fact they have taken her father.
- Kill and Replace: Downplayed. They are Sith acolytes who have answered the margrave's call in the place of Jedi, but the Jedi they replaced are still alive, though missing in action.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: To maintain his cover, Roden passes the lightsaber he gets from Juro to Ethan. If he hadn't, or if one of the other Sith had asked to see it afterward, Ethan wouldn't have stood a chance against the acolytes in the ensuing battle.
- Religious Robot: Toguro appears to be a droid, though it could be some kind of cybernetics since we don't see their full body.
- Ship Tease: Niizo calls out Roden's name when she sees him struggling against the Margrave, and Roden becomes upset at the deaths of his comrades at the hands of the Margrave, which is represented when he sees Niizo dead on the floor.
- Shock and Awe: Roden throws some lightning at the margrave, and it's the only attack that visibly throws Juro off his game.
- The Smurfette Principle: Niizo is the only woman in the group.
- Starter Villain: They're a group of Sith acolytes who are the first foes that Juro and his fledgling Jedi Order face, and are dealt with fairly easily by the old Master.
- Token Good Teammate: Homen. He actually is a Jedi, sent in as a spy to weed out the acolytes, but their combined connection to the dark side nearly corrupted him, hence his lightsaber initially being red. As the fight goes on though, he manages to break free and returns to being a Jedi once the acolytes are dead.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about them without revealing that they're actually Sith.
- Wham Shot: They've just received the lightsabers Kara risked life and limb to deliver, igniting them for the first time... and except for Ethan's, every blade is red.
- Would Hurt a Child: They have no problems trying to kill Kara.
Jedi Hunters
Jedi Hunters
- Voiced by: Shoya Ishige and Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese), Michael Sinterniklaas and Kyle McCarley (English)
- Disc-One Final Boss: They have a lot of presence early in the short, kidnapping Kara's father and chasing her, but they vanish from the story well before the end and the disguised Sith at the gathering are the main villains.
- Faceless Mooks: They wear masks that hide their faces and serve evil forces.
- The Heavy: They get the plot rolling by kidnapping Zhima and pursuing Kara.
T0-B1
T0-B1
T0-B1/"Toby"
"I am a Jedi!"
Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese), Jaden Waldman (English)
A unique droid created by Professor Mitaka, though rather than assist his creator, he'd rather play Jedi.
- Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: He can rotate his limbs and torso a full 360 degrees without trouble.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's left vague if he's Force-sensitive or not. He acts the part of a Jedi, but he never performs any actual Force powers, and his vision could be a pre-programmed memory.
- Astro Clone: T0-B1 is a clear homage to Astro Boy, with his name being derived from Tobio and having his distinct hair spike.
- Badass Adorable: He fits this to a T post-climax.
- Become a Real Boy: According to the plot synopsis, Tobi wants to be a Jedi, even though as far as we know, droids can't be Force-sensitive (in the current canon, anyways…) because they're not living beings.
- Literal-Minded: When his search of Tatooine turns up nothing for finding a kyber crystal, Mitaka instructs him to use the Force... and T0-B1, not knowing what the Force is, spends time looking for THAT instead.
- Meaningful Name: Besides the Punny Name, Tobi(o) was the name of Professor Tenma's dead son, who he based Astro Boy off of.
- Mythology Gag: His Punny Name for Obi-Wan may be a reference to pre-Prequel Trilogy theories that Obi-Wan was a clone due to his name resembling the Leet Speak spelling used to designate droids (the name "Obi-Wan" being formed from "OB1").
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: After discovering Mitaka's spaceship, Tobi tries to use it to contact any Jedi out in the galaxy and ends up drawing the Inquisitor to their home, resulting in Mitaka's death.
- Punny Name:
- T… Obi-Wan.
- His name can also be read as "to be one". The Jedi are his heroes, and he'd like...to be one.
- The studio behind T0-B1 is called Science SARU. Sarutobi Sasuke is a famous ninja from Japanese folktales.
- Finally, if you read 1 as "ih", it becomes "To be", as in "or not to be".
- Religious Robot: Well, a robot who believes in the Force, at least. He wishes to be a Jedi, though it's left ambiguous if he's actually Force-sensitive or not.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Playing as a Jedi in Mitaka's old ship unintentionally caused his playful "calling all Jedi" to be picked up by a passing inquisitor, who decided to investigate.
Professor Mitaka
Professor Mitaka
"I am one with the Force, and the Force is with me."
Voiced by: Tsutomu Isobe (Japanese), Kyle Chandler (English)
The creator of T0-B1.
- Genocide Survivor: He's an Order 66 survivor, and handles the trauma by dedicating himself to non-Jedi pursuits while still passing on his teachings.
- Handicapped Badass: He has no arms during the short, yet is secretly training T0-B1 for most of it before his death. He's even able to use Force-powers without said arms!
- Killed Offscreen: His death is not shown. He orders T0-B1 to hide from the Inquisitor; when he leaves his hiding spot, his lab has been ransacked and he's already in a grave.
- Like a Son to Me: He refers to his creations as "my children".
- Meaningful Name: The city of Mitaka is home to the Ghibli Museum.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: He is killed by the Inquisitor, forcing T0-B1 to step up.
- Old Master: He's blatantly past his prime and lacks his arms, but is skilled enough with the force to lift several heavy objects without them. It's downplayed, however, since we never see him in combat.
- Retired Badass: He's an ex-Jedi who survived Order 66.
- Stealth Mentor: He secretly trains T0-B1, a droid, to be a Jedi. He even knights T0-B1 in the latter's mind mid-fight.
The Inquisitor
The Inquisitor
"A droid, not a Jedi?"
Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (Japanese), Neil Kaplan (English)
An Inquisitor who is sent to eliminate T0-B1.
- Ambiguously Human: He hardly looks human based on what we see of his teeth, but it could be stylization.
- Arc Villain: Of "T0-B1". He's on the hunt for survivors of Order 66, is responsible for the death of Professor Mitaka, and later returns to finish the job with T0-B1.
- Black Knight: According to animator Takufumi Hori, the Inquisitor is meant to visually invoke this trope, with his armor being designed to look like a medieval knight's.
- Due to the Dead: Since there was no one else around, it can be assumed that the Inquisitor had enough respect for Mitaka to construct him a burial mound.
- Even Evil Has Standards: As horribly ruthless as the Inquisitor is, he still gave Mitaka a proper burial rather than desecrating the latter's corpse.
- Hero Killer: He killed Mitaka and devastated the laboratory during his first attack. His second attack has him destroy even more droids, and he nearly kills T0-B1 in their duel before T0-B1 turns it around.
- No Name Given: Never referred to by any name beyond "The Inquisitor", not even receiving a number like other Inquisitors in the canon.
The Elder
Tajin Crosser
Jedi Master Tajin Crosser
"I sense a... Disturbance in the Force."
Voiced by: Takaya Hashi (Japanese), David Harbour (English)
The master of Dan G'vash.
- Badass Teacher: He's Dan's master and an exceptional fighter in combat.
- Combat Pragmatist: He duels to win, not to show off. He grabs the elder's hand to disarm him, then destroys his lightsaber. He also uses the (somewhat obscure) lightsaber technique Tràkata to get under his enemy's guard by switching off the lightsaber, then turning it on for the killing strike.
- Dented Iron: Part of the reason Tajin struggles in his duel with the Elder is because he, too, is starting to feel the effects of age. A big part of the reason he manages to win against the Elder at all is that the Elder is even older and more dented than he is. Tajin admits to Dan afterward that he'll continue to grow weaker as Dan, still young and vital, grows stronger.
- Drunk with Power: Defied. While he does think that power is useful because it could be used to help those without it, he recognizes its impermanence and acquiesced pride in his abilities because he knew that they would one day wane.
- Emerald Power: His lightsaber is green, and he's far more skilled than his Blue Is Heroic apprentice. For now, at least. He admits that Dan will surpass him in time.
- Old Master: While not on The Elder's level yet, he's a decently aged Jedi with decades of experience honing his skills with both the Force and a lightsaber. Just like the Elder, it's deconstructed because he's not as capable of exerting his power as he was in his prime, with the only reason he won being that the Elder was even more ravaged by time. He chooses to lead into the "master" part more heavily by imparting his youthful and still-growing Padawan Dan with knowledge and experience so that he too can become a master with time.
- Passing the Torch: What he wants to do to Dan, but fate seems to be intervening.
- Perma-Stubble: Goes well with his traveling lifestyle when compared to other Jedi of his time.
- The Stoic: He emotes very little in the short, only showing terror when he senses Dan being wounded.
- Worthy Opponent: Is regarded as such by the Elder himself, who said that he's been waiting a long time to fight someone who's almost as skilled as the Elder in his prime.
Dan G'vash
Jedi Padawan Dan G'vash
"Could it possibly be Sith?"
Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese), Jordan Fisher (English)
The apprentice of Tajin.
- Aerith and Bob: Dan is a common ranking system in martial arts but, as a name in the West, you can't get much more mundane than Dan.
- Black Dude Dies First: Subverted. He doesn't die but gets wounded, and is even seen limping at the end of the short.
- Blue Is Heroic: His lightsaber is blue and he's a heroic, albeit eager, Jedi Padawan.
- Friend to All Children: He's shown to be good with children, quickly befriending the local children of an isolated village.
- Hot-Blooded: He's very eager to take the fight to the Sith to test his skills in battle. He learns the hard way that he's out of his depth when the Elder ambushes and almost kills him.
- Not Quite Dead: The Elder forgot to Make Sure He's Dead before challenging Tajin, and that proved to be part of his downfall.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Not for a killing stroke but to stop the elder from using his remaining lightsaber and distracted him enough for Tajin to strike him down.
The Elder
"The Elder"
"Let's not speak with our mouths, but with our blades."
Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata (Japanese), James Hong (English)
A mysterious foe with allegiances to an ancient threat.
- Arc Villain: The titular villain of "The Elder".
- Black Eyes of Evil: When he opens his eyes, they're shown to be mostly black with yellow pupils.
- Blood Knight: His one definitive goal is finding a strong opponent to fight against, lamenting that the local wildlife and Dan were insufficient for his desires. When he meets Tajin, he laments that they couldn't have fought when he was in his prime.
- Defector from Decadence: His dialogue with Dan implies that he left the Sith Order because he's tired of their inherent backstabbing ways, believing it only made them neglect their destiny.
- Dented Iron: He may be a skilled lightsaber combatant, but he's still an old man and no longer in his prime. As a result, he goes down fairly quickly when he duels the much younger Tajin.
- Do Not Go Gentle: He is overjoyed to meet Tajin, as he can go out in a fight against a strong opponent.
- Dual Wielding: Wields two red lightsabers that take the shape of katanas.
- Evil Counterpart: His old age, small stature, and surprisingly acrobatic fighting style make him come off as a villainous version of Yoda. James Hong's vocal performance and a few bits of odd sentence structure make him sound like Yoda, too.
- Evil Old Folks: He's called the Elder for a reason and is certainly a nasty customer. Ultimately, the "old" part becomes his downfall, as his skill has weakened over what is implied to have been centuries.
- Mysterious Past: Who exactly is this guy and what's his deal? Well... only he knows.
- No Name Given: They never even know his name.
- No Body Left Behind: His body turns into ash after being fatally injured by Tajin.
- Old Master: As the titular Elder, he's a villainous example, being an elderly dark side warrior with incredible skill in lightsaber combat. That said, it's deconstructed by how his age has taken a great toll on his physical ability, and it ultimately causes him to lose the battle.
- Shock and Awe: His use of Force lightning makes it clear beyond any doubt to Tajin that this guy is a darksider.
- Supernatural Gold Eyes: His eyes are a deep yellow color with a black sclera to boot, a universal sign of a Sith who has mastery over the dark side.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Let's see. An Obviously Evil senior citizen with clear ties to the dark side ravaging his body, enacts his plans prior to the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo, and likes to laugh like a supervillain? He's clearly one of Palpatine.
- Villainous Breakdown: After spending most of the short calmly enjoying combat, he becomes noticeably more unhinged and desperate once Tajin quickly takes out one of his lightsabers. While he says nothing, he starts visibly shaking with a manic expression on his face as he throws Force lightning, foregoing all pretense of not still being connected to the Dark Side.
- Zero-Effort Boss: For all his build-up, Tajin ultimately makes short work of him. Justified by Tajin as he notes that this was thanks more to the Elder's advanced age; had he been in his prime, things would have ended MUCH differently.
Lop & Ochō
Lop
Lop
"You know this is wrong!"
Species: Lepi (short subspecies)
A former slave adopted by Yasaburo at the insistence of Ochō.
- Action Girl: A female character who ends up having to use a lightsaber in an attempt to save her family.
- Badass Adorable: She's an adorable little bunny person who is quite capable of wielding a lightsaber with some skill.
- Barefoot Cartoon Animal: She resembles a rabbit and her outfit doesn't include shoes.
- Cain and Abel: Eventually becomes the Abel to Ochō's Cain, much to her dismay.
- Et Tu, Brute?: She's in tears when her adoptive sister Ochō decides to side with the Empire over her own family. Despite this, however, Lop still holds on to the hope that she will one day bring her sister back into the light so they can all be a family again.
- Happily Adopted: She was saved from a life of slavery and subsequently adopted by Yasaburo as a daughter under the insistence of Ochō who wanted Lop as a younger sister. It's clear Lop loves both her adoptive father and sister as if they were really her own which is why Ochō's betrayal hurts her so much.
- Infrared X-Ray Camera: Her side glass, a scouter-like lens, allows her to detect heat signatures when activated.
- Meaningful Name: Nora in Japanese can be written as 野良, used as a prefix to describe something as "stray", such as a 野良犬 (norainu), a stray dog. In this case, because うさ (usa) is short for うさぎ (usagi, meaning "rabbit"), Lop's surname could be spelled as 野良うさ, meaning "stray rabbit".
- Odd Name Out: Unlike Ochō and Yasaburo, Lop's name is written in katakana rather than kanji.
- Parasol Parachute: She carried an umbrella on her back and is shown using it to ride the wind.
- Punny Name: Lop has lop ears.
- Righteous Rabbit: She's a kind-hearted, rabbit-like alien.
- Traumatic Super Power Awakening: She had never in her life been trained and previously showed no signs of Force-sensitivity, but awakens to her powers during the fight with Ochō, Force pulling one of Yasaburo's sai into her grip to get the upper hand on Ochō.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: She believes in the goodness of her sister and just wants her family to be happy, and seeing her father and sister fight one another upsets her greatly.
Ochō
Ochō
"He's blinded by his idealism."
The daughter of Yasaburo, who takes an instant liking to Lop and convinces her father to adopt her.
- Antagonistic Offspring: Due to their differences in ideology regarding how to protect their family and people from the Empire, Ochō eventually becomes an enemy to her own father Yasaburo after she decides to side with the Empire.
- Arc Villain: For Lop and Ochō, once she fully throws her support behind the Empire and becomes their liaison on Tao.
- Big Bad Slippage: Initially Lop's supportive sister, she later becomes the short's main antagonist as her support of the Empire brings her into conflict with her family.
- Cain and Abel: Eventually becomes the Cain to her adopted sister Lop's Abel after she joins the Empire, much to the latter's dismay.
- The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: She initially reasons siding with the Empire as being in the best interests of their planet, but by the end of the short, she's become a cold imperialist who's completely forgotten all familial ties in her pursuit of progress.
- Evil Costume Switch: After her Face–Heel Turn, she cuts her hair, uses her own blood for eyeshadow, and ditches her Japanese-style outfit for an Imperial officer's uniform.
- Face–Heel Turn: She is introduced as a sweet little girl, but seven years down the line she has sworn allegiance to the Empire.
- Hypocrite: She claims the right to hold the family weapon because she's family, which is quite rich seeing as she went against her family's wishes and effectively disowned them by joining the Empire. She's also denouncing Lop as a member of their family, while she was in fact the first one between herself and their father to embrace Lop as part of their family.
- I Did What I Had to Do: She tries to justify joining the Empire by saying that it's the only way their family and the people of Tao can survive, as the Imperial Officer had threatened earlier that he will take extreme action against them if she couldn't stop Yasaburo from attacking Imperial property.
- Important Haircut: As an adult, she originally wears her hair in a long braided ponytail. After she joins the Empire she cuts it off at the base, symbolizing her defection from her father.
- Missing Mom: Her mother is neither present nor mentioned.
- Thicker Than Water: Despite loving Lop as a sister when they first meet and for years before the second part of the short, she balks at her father giving Lop the family's ancestral lightsaber, claiming that because she is Yasaburo's biological daughter that the honor should have gone to her.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Was the one who insisted that they should adopt Lop. Skip a few years later, and she's become an avid supporter of the Empire and denounces Lop as her sister.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: She honestly believes that the only way she could save her family's legacy and their people is to side with the Empire.
Yasaburo
Yasaburo
Voiced by: Tadahisa Fujimura (Japanese), Paul Nakauchi (English)
Ochō and Lop's father, an influential local figure.
- Aerith and Bob: As far as anime names and Star Wars names go, 弥三郎 (Yasaburo) is a name you could find being used by a handful of Japanese men.
- Eye Scream: Ochō takes out his good eye in their duel.
- Face of a Thug: He looks like a yakuza boss, but is a good guy.
- Fights Like a Normal: Despite having been trained with a lightsaber and seemingly using the Force to show Lop the family history, he fights only with physical prowess.
- Like a Daughter to Me: While he initially was reluctant to adopt Lop, by the time she grew into a young woman, Yasaburo came to view her as kin, no different than Ochō, hence his decision to entrust the clan and their ancestral lightsaber to Lop after Ochō joins the Empire.
- Parents as People: He doesn’t always get along with his daughter Ochō due to their disagreements on what is best for their home, but it’s clear he loves her, even after she betrays him. He also initially shows favoritism towards his blood daughter and didn’t give Lop as much attention, but he apologizes for this and comes to see Lop as kin by the end.
- Rebel Leader: He becomes the leader of the resistance forces against the Empire on his planet, which sets him up on a path of conflict against his own daughter Ochō who sees siding with the Empire would be more beneficial to the planet. However, while the Empire is unpopular, Yasaburo's actions are seen as foolhardy and dangerous, and most of his clan ends up abandoning him.
- Rugged Scar: Two scars (one vertical that takes out one of his eyes, one horizontal (that crosses his nose) that intersect one another on his face, and another scar on his torso (one long horizontal and three smaller verticals).
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: When Ochō tries to denounce Lop as family, Yasaburo simply reasserts that one does not need a blood relation to be family.
The Imperial Officer
The Imperial Officer
"Why not come with us?"
Voiced by: Taisuke Nakano (Japanese), Kyle McCarley (English)
An Imperial officer stationed on Tao, who has taken an interest in Ochō.
- Ambiguously Human: His ears are pointed and green.
- Bait-and-Switch Boss: He's set up as the main villain of "Lop and Ochō", but he quickly exits the plot after Ochō's Face–Heel Turn and she becomes the main antagonist from that point forward.
- Faux Affably Evil: He maintains a friendly and affable persona with his speeches as he tries to convince Ochō about the benefits of joining the Empire and that it's for the best of the planet, yet the smug grin he sprouts on his face implies otherwise, and that he's just trying to manipulate Ochō into becoming his pawn. And he succeeds.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He's presumably a high-ranking Imperial officer in charge of the occupation of the planet, and he coerces Ochō into joining the Empire by threatening her father and the townspeople with the consequences of Yasaburo's resistance activities. This directly results in Ochō's Face–Heel Turn. However, he isn't the short's primary antagonist, as Lop never fights or confronts him.
- No Name Given: He is never given any identification other than his occupation.
- Overranked Soldier: Downplayed. According to his insignia, he's either an admiral or a director. It isn't directly implausible, but it does seem strange that someone of his rank would be wasted on a minor assignment like Tao. All There in the Manual indicates he is part of the Imperial Security Bureau.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in one scene, yet his actions result in Ochō abandoning her family to join the Empire and cause a huge rift between Lop and Ochō, turning them from close sisters into bitter enemies.
- The Unfought: Lop and Yasaburo don't get to directly confront him.
TD-4
A small droid that has been Lop's companion since before she was adopted into the Yasaburo clan.
- Precious Photo: Carries the photo Lop, Ochō and Yasaburo took together the day they met and became a family in their memory banks and can project it as a hologram.
- Robot Buddy: Is this to Lop and is never seen far from her side.
Akakiri
Tsubaki
Tsubaki
"I did what had to be done."
Voiced by: Yu Miyazaki (Japanese), Henry Golding (English)
A Jedi Knight who was an old friend of Princess Misa from a previous mission in their youth. In the present, he's sent to defeat the Sith Lord Masago but is tormented by mysterious visions that seem to be telling of a tragic fate...
- Blue Is Heroic: He wields a blue lightsaber and is a heroic Jedi Knight... at first.
- The Dark Side Will Make You Forget: He falls to the dark side to save Misa, but once he has done so, it is too late, and he walks off with his new master without sparing Misa a second glance.
- Dreaming of Things to Come: Throughout the short, he's assailed by visions of cutting down a masked figure. It turns out to be Misa, and the visions were sent by Masago.
- Face–Heel Turn: At the end of his short, Masago arranges for him to accidentally strike down Misa, and in his regret and grief that he couldn't prevent his vision from happening and being told that the dark side has the power to bring the dead back to life, he joins her as her apprentice to revive Misa.
- I Did What I Had to Do: When the revived Misa asks in horror what he just did, Tsubaki quotes this trope verbatim.
- In the Hood: After Masago drives him to the dark side, he puts his hood up to make himself look more sinister.
- Meaningful Name: Tsubaki is the Japanese name for the camellia flower. In Japan, camellias symbolize a warrior's bad luck, as the petals of a camellia can suddenly wilt and fall all at once. Additionally, the camellia also represents longing, especially with red camellias specifically representing love. Tsubaki is a Jedi Knight, a warrior, who fights for the love of Misa, and his story ends on a dark note.
- Perma-Stubble: To show his older age.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: His eyes start to turn a dull blood red as his vision comes true and he feels the dark side's temptation.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Like Anakin Skywalker, he is tormented by visions of someone's death, and strives to find a way to stop it from happening, only for it to come to pass anyway by his own hand. The Sith Lord who arranged it all offers him to join their side as an apprentice in exchange for bringing his lover back to life, but unlike Anakin, Tsubaki succeeds... and abandons Misa.
- Unskilled, but Strong: As Masago points out, he has talent, but lacks technique. Perfect for someone looking for an apprentice.
Misa
Princess Misa
"What did you do, Tsubaki?"
Voiced by: Lynn (Japanese), Jamie Chung (English)
A princess of a local planet, recently ousted from power by her Sith aunt, Masago.
- Back from the Dead: Masago revives her in exchange for Tsubaki joining her.
- Composite Character: Of both Princess Leia and her mother Padmé Amidala. Like Leia, she's a badass princess who's leading an underground resistance against an evil Empire, and she is hunted by a Sith Lord who's actually her family member. Like Padmé, she's in a relationship with a Jedi, who tries to do everything in his power to keep her from harm, even joining the dark side of the Force to save her from death.
- Shout-Out: She is likely named after Misa Uehara, the actress for Princess Yuki from Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress. The film was one of George Lucas's inspirations for Star Wars.
Masago
Masago
"There is nothing that has not been fated."
Voiced by: Yukari Nozawa (Japanese), Lorraine Toussaint (English)
A Sith Lord and the sister of the king, Misa's father.
- Arc Villain: The main antagonist of "Akakiri", being the target of Tsubaki and Misa after she usurped the throne.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Notably the first Visions villain to achieve total victory over the heroes. She thwarts Tsubaki and Misa's coup against her, corrupts Tsubaki into becoming her apprentice, and has Misa imprisoned all while remaining in power by the end of the short.
- Brawn Hilda: A powerfully built and blunt-faced woman, though unlike other examples she's a straight villain and not comedic whatsoever.
- The Corrupter: The whole short seems to have been a bid to bring Tsubaki to the Sith, which she succeeds at.
- Evil Aunt: She's Misa's maternal aunt, she's an active Sith Lord, and she has overthrown her niece to take power on her planet.
- Gonk: Along with Scary Black Woman, Masago is drawn to look more muscular, in contrast with her niece Misa being drawn to look like a pale-skinned beauty.
- Hannibal Lecture: With a dose of an artificial Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. Even though Tsubaki's attempts to avoid his fate seem to have brought his descent to the dark side to fruition, his descent was still not inevitable. Instead, it was part of a carefully constructed and executed plan by Masago that included a great deal of psychological manipulation.
- I Gave My Word: Unusually for a Sith, she actually does honor her deals. After corrupting Tsubaki, she follows through on her promise to revive Misa.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: As she goes all-in trying to corrupt Tsubaki, her eyes start glowing bright red to highlight how dangerous she is.
- Scary Black Woman: Her skin is dark and is drawn as rather monstrous. This is despite being related to the pale-skinned, beautiful Misa.
