Star Wars Visions 2x5: Journey To The Dark Head | Reaction
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- čas přidán 8. 05. 2023
- Kyle and Bendu react to Episode 5 of Star Wars Visions: Journey To The Dark Head
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Fun fact: The animators behind this, also did Legend of Korra, and Voltron: Legendary Defender.
Also The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
I was surprised too
Favorite episode 🔥
Studio Mir is awesome!
the villian was Hiroshi Sato Asami’s father
This one was definitely my favorite story of the 2nd series. Daniel Dae Kim has such a good villain voice!
Johnny Gat in Star Wars
Sweet
He was the best of the english speaking actors in this :D
@PurpleOwlAnimation I AM A JEDI DR HAN
Nice catch on the Avatar mention. The animation studio that worked on this episode is Studio Mir from south Korea. The same one that worked on The Legend of Korra the follow up to The Last Airbender. They also worked on the Netflix animated show Dota Dragons Blood, Voltron Legendary Defender, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, Kipo and the age of Wonderbeasts.
I think the Mir founders worked on the animation for The Last Airbender too in their previous studio
God I love the visions episodes shining SUCH a bright light on the importance of balance in the Force as well on the Grey path/ideology. Now if only we can get this concept in a series or movie
they need to let studio mir do whatever the hell they want and make a full on animated series. this was so good.
Ugh that’s always a slippery slope there my brotha! Seems like forever ago now but that’s what we all said about Rian Johnson before episode 8 lol
@@DougieD_Funk i mean i personally like episode 8 so i’d love for rian to come back lol.
When the sith was hanging from the wall with his lightsaber, it was the exact same pose that Azula made while hanging from a wall in ATLA
Before founding Studio Mir, a lot of the staff worked and met on Avatar: The Last Airbender. Then they did Korra, Voltron, Witcher, Kipo, etc.
Koreans and Japanese have insane animation skills, I always enjoy it
I love that this shows how entwined the light and dark sides of the Force are. They both are necessary to make up the living Force, one cannot exist without the other.
Dead ass wanna see this get turn into a full series
Finally the best episode of this series thus far! I wonder if they noticed that Studio Mir who developed the Legend of Korra and Voltron directed this episode, earthbending darkside move included!
This episode has a CZcams connection with the voice of Toul being Eugene Lee Yang from The Try Guys
Malcom wope did such a good job on his parts of the animations it was just chefs kiss
I’ve been refreshing my CZcams like every hour waiting for your guys next reaction since you dropped episode 4! Let’s goooooo!!!
Hands down my favorite episode from season two. Definitely got strong Avatar vibes throughout and I pray that they'd be willing to continue the story in some fashion. 10/10
same animation studio that did avatar! ^^
@@serenity_04 good to know
Oh, i love Studio Mir since i saw Legend of Korra, great episode, exploring the inevitability of war and the cycles of light and dark.
when they are falling very reminiscent of weathering with you or your name animations haha
Every episode so far has been outstanding 👏
But this episode just hits at another level! 🤘😁👍
I think the Old Republic Jedi Temple is on Tython because the Jedi retreated to Tython following the Sith Empire's invasion of Coruscant. I read the Old Republic era for canon and it is similar to the Legends timeline without the concise details of what really happened. Disney is not messing around because the High Republic stories actually show a lot of violence, gore, horror, and blood. I hope they retain that when writing and making the canon Old Republic Era. Also, the whole point of Star Wars is that if you screw with the balance of the Force (eradicating Jedi or eradicating Sith), the Force screws with you (ex. Yoda's Jedi Order, Sidious' Sith Order, etc). For example, the Force says, "Oh. I heard Sidious turned my Chosen One boy (Anakin) into a Sith who uses the Dark Side. Ok. I will help birth twins from Padme and one of them will take Anakin's place." Years later, the Force says, "Oh. Luke's Jedi Order is wiped out because of Sidious before the Jedi restored themselves to prominence. That wasn't supposed to happen. It was supposed to be Luke's Jedi Order becoming powerful enough to fight the Sith Eternal. It would've been LEGENDary. Well, I need to remove Sidious from the equation. He is arrogant and stubborn to respect the balance. I will just make his granddaughter, Rey, into a fast-learning Jedi by making Luke teach her so she can destroy Sidious." To me, Rey is merely Force divine intervention after Sidious manipulated events that led to Ben Solo destroying Luke's Jedi Order which was never supposed to happen. Sidious is well-known for being an asshole to the Force and its balance countless times. Darth Momin literally said this in his speech to Vader of how Sidious is literally an enemy of the Dark Side for working to control it rather than serve it.
I use Freddy Pinze Jr.'s statement about Sidious seducing Anakin and the Force's response (ignore the curses): czcams.com/video/wYsnb61JPmM/video.html
Short statement of Pinze's speech: If you screw with the Force and its balance, it will respond in a way that will destroy the perpetrators of that balance.
Hasn’t George stated that balance is when the darkness is controlled because of its unnatural, corrupt nature? Not just that that’s the Jedi’s interpretation?
That's what I thought.
yet that dosnt work when you use light and dark themes with the concept of 'balance'. not everthing Lucas says is a good idea
I for sure think three of these five first shorts (The Dark Head, Sith and Screecher's Reach) were in The Old Republic. In that exact order, being the Dark Head a thing you can see coming from the SWTOR videogame times, Sith a resolution to those times, and Screecher's Reach in a post war era between the wars and the Brotherhood of Darkness times. Akakiri from the first season probably also happened there (I like to view The Duel as a tale in the Hundred Years of Darkness think, before the old Tales of the Jedi comics times), and Into the Stars and I am your Mother for sure were in the end of the Galactic Civil War the first one and the first years of the New Republic (Mando times) the second one
The idea that balance between the light and dark must always exist and that the force will always seek balance between the two is a theme I hope to see explored more in future Star Wars projects.
Here is how The Force works: czcams.com/video/wiImoO5QkcA/video.html
That's part of why I want to see a new villain or antagonistic presence in Star Wars that's neither light or dark, Jedi or Sith, just an outside force that seeks to threaten and destroy both.
They must always exist, not necessarily in the same level
because that would be like thinking we need the same amount of serial killers as we need doctors
You said this was reminiscent of Avatar. This is Studio Mir, which helped produce an Avatar show.
Some people (George Lucas included) say that the Dark must be eliminated for the Force to be balanced, because the Force IS the Light and the Dark only exists when one uses the Force for one's own will instead of being passive to the will of the Force. However, I agree that this is a Jedi philosophy and that not all Force users would agree with it. I think the Yin-Yang version of the Light and Dark is a concept present in the sequels (especially TLJ) and that the SW universe is expanding its thoughts on the Force beyond Jedi and Sith dogma.
Btw this episode was originally in Korean and is really best viewed that way.
Yeah I like this Yin-Yang interpretation of the Force though I can see why others wouldn't, because if you look at it from there perspective it means the fight will never end. There will always be Sith or Dark side users in general who'll plot to take over the galaxy and along the way commit horrible atrocities to achieve that goal, and there will always be Jedi or Light side users who'll rise up to oppose and cast them down when they get too powerful.
But this plays into why I want to see a villain or antagonistic power that is neither Light or Dark aligned, and is a major threat to both.
This is the episode that i have been looking forward for you guys to react
The timeframe is apparently 1032BBY, so definitely KOTORish, and Tarre Vizsla’ era
My favorite episode of Season 2🙏☯️ Love the oriental philosophy mix with Star War's lore, Great reaction and review as always guy's 🤘
Nice reaction. Episodes 2 and 5 are my favorite of this season, loved so much.
The voice actor playing Bichan in the english dub was in an episode or two of A:TLA and will play Ozai in the upcoming Netflix live-action adaptation!! Daniel Dae Kim was a great choice.
this style anime hit me in my child-hood. Yugioh and fucking avatar rip the good times.
This one was absolutely my favourite of Season 2! Loved the animation and how they explored the idea of balance in the Force. It felt so reminiscent of Avatar: The Last Airbender and that makes sense but it just made me love it even more. I also loved the relationship between the two main characters, their banter was so fun and I would honestly watch a whole series about them
"Arent' you a little short for a jedi?"
"HUH.............
*Buys lifted boots
Was waiting for your reaction on this one. My favorite by far!
Thanks again. Always watch your reactions as like this episode, you always give balance plus bring knowledge with your passion ❤ Educational as well as enjoyable. May the force be with you both, always. Thank you
every episode is my new favorite
One of my favorite episodes!
Love you guys!!!!❤️❤️
So glad you guys like this episode
Enjoying the series and your reactions.
This has to be my favorite episode of this season. Now I’m contemplating on adding this story to the headcanon Star Wars timeline I’ve been working on lately…?
Thanks, Kyle! Thanks, Bendu! Thanks, Nerd Chronic! 🌑 #KyleKatarn #StarWars #StarWarsVisions #JourneyToTheDarkHead
I loved the mechanic
This was a great episode.
Definitely respect the cultural influences for this one while also getting a good general “This is star wars” feeling, while I maintain Screecher’s Reach is my favorite this one is definitely top 3 this season for me.
Yeah I have the same ranking!
Oooh I have a different take, although this was also one of my favorites (and Village Bride was my favorite from last year too - in fact, it might still be my favorite). I think there is a huge difference between accepting that darkness and light will always exist and be intertwined, that we must all face the darkness in ourselves, and that any attempt to eradicate darkness is going to be futile (and risks you just succumbing to it) - and the idea that the darkness itself is necessary for good to exist, that good cannot be a self sufficient ideal, or that we should just passively accept this. If you have clean water, and poisoned water, it is not "balance" to just mix them together so that now they each are a mix of clean and poisoned.
(It's not really a perfect metaphor obviously because 'darkness' in the natural sense is not necessarily a bad thing, but I am not convinced the Jedi are wrong about the Dark Side itself being inherently corrupting and imbalanced, and not simply some separate -but - equal side of the Force. Where I think they are likely mistaken are how cautious and rigid they can be at times with what they think leads to the Dark Side or to think they have some monopoly on the Force/Light side use. Of course, I am more pro Jedi in my interpretation though :) Even if there is some argument for using the Dark Side in an 'ethical' way or for a good reason, I would still say it should be done sparingly as it appears to be addictive).
One of my favorite episodes.
This was fantastic! Was that the voice actress who voiced Sabine Wren
I thought so too, but it's not. The actress who voiced Ara (the pilot) is Ashley Park.
The girl really sounds like Sabine's voice actor to me.
Ithink this one is old Republic or older either the zsith Jedi schism or Sith Empire versus Old Republic
Sure if we are talking about the metaphysics then the light side and dark side need to exist but we should not confuse the light side and dark side with the jedi and sith.
But to play devil`s advocate, the light side of the is not mentioned in ep 1-3 or 4-6 only the force and dark side of force is mentioned, the light side before ep 7-9 is only mentioned in books, comics and games. The force atleast according GL is that the force itself is light and dark side is a cancer and perversion.
10 bucks says Toul is Echanni
Favorite episode of the new season
Like season 1, episode 5 is their best episode. Peace ✌🏻
Yes! The Ninth Jedi!
9:06 You can tell he's crazy-evil. The worst kind of evil.
10:45 Guys...seriously...learn what Star Wars means by Balance.
czcams.com/video/wiImoO5QkcA/video.html
I thought you watched the Mortis Arc of The Clone Wars.
Definitely pre-Bane Sith, Old Republic hype here.
Nope, she is NOT a jedi or padawan. Force sensitive prophet, probably part of the Jedi Service Corps.
Balance is acknowledging the dark but embracing the light. I don't care about balance though, only chaos and freedom.
That was a nice episode but Ninth Jedi still holds the tittle for best Jedi focused story on Visions for me.
Te BEST
also you should watch this in Korean, the voices matches up better to the animation
"...the next wave carries as much hope as it does dispair." What a fucking raw line, this episode is so good!
Edit: My headcanon is that the light and the dark are the same, its all just a matter of a perspective and also the force is always in balance its everyone else, the jedi and the sith, that are out of balance.
You are completely wrong.
Here is George Lucas to tell you the exact opposite. czcams.com/video/wiImoO5QkcA/video.html
Everyone should watch this episode in its original Korean. The voice acting is much better, and the voices actually match the lips. The English voice acting was good for most of this series, but this ep was ROUGH.
I think its better to watch this episode by Korean, which is original dub
This might be my least favorite episode but I still love it.
I love this episode but I absolutely hate the English Dub!!!
This was by far my least favorite becauseit reminded me of all the awful in Volume 1, Unlike the other this is just a regular anime but with light sabers. The far eastern studios should have been left out of this because they cant do Star Wars. Like any run of the mill anime the animation is beautiful yes but the dialog is hilariously terrible, the fight scenes are typical anime. Replace the light sabers with swords and it just a plain anime. Definitely didnt have half the imagination of the previous shorts.