This is the first Latin American Star Wars production, and it was really really cool, but it's sad when you know that it is inspired by the genocide of the Selk'nam people of Patagonia. (BTW, Punk Robot was a 2016 Oscar winner for "Bear Story", an amazing short too).
As chilean, i can't avoid to drop some tears watching this short, because i inmediatly recognize the real history behind the plot. The genocide of Selk'nam people from Tierra Del Fuego, the last native speakers who were two sisters... if you google for Selk'nam photos, you will see how Koten, Tichina and the paintings are heavily inspired in their corporal paintings and ritual spirit costumes. It's nice to see how Star Wars can host so many stories from diferent cultures... great to see you guys reacting to the short! Greetings from Chile!
The sibling relationship reminded me of Lilo and Nani. Big sister trying to keep the younger one safe, headstrong young sister trying to prove herself.
I have been following you for quite some time now and wanted to comment on this episode. I am from Chile and I am a librarian, and among the things I have read, learned and like is history in general and in particular, the history of the pre-Columbian or native peoples of my country. The history is based on the native Selk'nam people and their genocide in 1888, by Europeans, to colonize the territory of southern Chile. The Selk'nam were a nomadic people, who inhabited the area of Patagonia, specifically in Tierra del Fuego, which means Land of Fire, living in large groups, in huts made of wood and skin of guanaco or sea lion, were great navigators, wore coats and hats made of guanaco skin, and fed both this animal, as well as sea lions, seabirds, mollusks, whales, cururos, etc.. Something special that the Selk'nam had, and that you will love, were the masks they used, which in this episode look as if they were part of their anatomy. But no, they used masks made from the wood of trees and painted their bodies red and white. The reason for those is that they had a ceremony called the Hain, which was a ceremony that was first created by women, they were a matriarchal society, where women to maintain the status quo and power, disguised themselves as spirits or gods to scare and control men, but then men learned the truth, and then they began to use this ritual, to have control over their population, reversing the roles. The Hain, as I said is a ceremony and an initiation rite for males between 14 and 18 years old. They are taken to a hut made of wood, where the chief of the tribe and a shaman, made them fight against the spirit and they had to defeat it in a combat. Once the spirit was defeated, it revealed its identity, and they were required never to tell this truth to the women, or they would be killed. Below I will leave an excerpt, so that you can learn about this, which for me is the craziest and coolest of their culture. Think that they lived in the southernmost part of the planet, at the end of the world, and they did this ceremony completely naked ! really very impressive. Unfortunately and as you probably already know, the Selknam were exterminated, in one of the biggest genocides occurred in the country. The reason, was the expansion of the state to expand its territory, once the country was created as a nation. For that reason they decided to call Europeans to occupy the south, since no Chilean dared to live in those areas because of the climate or because of the indigenous people, who defended their territory with great courage. Then, around 1888, the first Europeans arrived and due to conflicts with the Selknam, they decided to kill and hunt them, because for them they were savages or animals. The best known genocide was a Romanian engineer named Julius Popper, where the bastard took pictures with the bodies of the murdered Selk'nam, as if they were trophies. And finally, I must say that in this genocide, mainly men were murdered, children and women were kidnapped, and they were instructed in the European/Western culture and traditions of that time, you know respect for authority , Christian religion and belief in God, and the official language is Spanish. And because I believe that the stars of this short are two women, perhaps because they are inspired by the last two survivors of the Selk'nam genocide. That they would be, Angela Loij, who was considered the last survivor of native Selk'nam blood, and Lola Kiepja, considered the last survivor who had the Selk'nam lifestyle and customs, living in an indigenous community, with the language and native religion. I leave the link to some information and the extract for you to read. Hain extract. "The ceremony began with the preparation of the kloketen. These were separated from their families to be prepared for the ceremony. They were formed with their arms extended towards the sky one next to the other to be stripped of their clothing, bathed and later to be completely painted with red clay by the men. Then they were transferred to the ceremonial hut, where they were received with songs and shouts, which increased the fear of the young people before the ceremony. Once inside the hut, they were distributed around the fire and under the seven posts of the hut, and they were ordered to stare upwards. From the fire the spirits arose, singing, and the initiates little by little lowered their gaze before them. Thus the spirits began a game of pulling, which ended in a great fight with a kloketen. Thus, each one had to fight with a spirit to show his skill and strength, although the spirit was always the winner. After the fight, the kloketen was forced to unmask the spirit, thus finding himself with a man of flesh and blood, a process that was repeated with all the initiates. The purpose was to show that the spirits did not exist and were nothing more than disguised men, who, after being unmasked, began to laugh and mentioned that "This is how we, men, play!"3 During the following days they were instructed in the jobs and obligations that awaited him as an adult selknam, they performed various tests and were taught the use of weapons, shooting and hunting. They were told myths that explained the origins of the world and its society. The most important was the origin of the hain and how women had betrayed men in the past, with the intention of explaining the primitive creation of the celebration and justifying its current form.4 With this, the meaning of the celebration was finally revealed to them. secret of the hain, and once the stories were finished they were made to promise never to reveal what they experienced to the women, since it would be punishable by death." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selk%27nam_people en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selk%27nam_genocide en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Popper en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela_Loij en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Kiepja
"Fun fact", the character design and part of the history were based on an old civilization that lived in Patagonia (between Chile and Argentina), called Selknam. After the colonization of South America during the 1800s, they were hunted and killed until their extinction. The last Selknam died around 1970.
The ending is likely open to interpretation, but I totally think the two sisters died in the end. As they sink deep in the water the screen fades to white before they appear back on land, with the clouds clearing and sun shining. They can "see their family again" and two new stars appear next to their mother's. Turns an already tragic enough episode even darker. But as the last survivors of their race they were not going to be able to save it, so instead they died to free their planet from the Empire and redeem their people
except that's not a happy ending. the Empire would just replace everything and keep taking resources but now they don't have two naturally powerful force users to oppose them. the sisters being dead in the end is the opposite of a happy ending.
@@Commander_Shepard. Japanese animation studio. Have you seen "Howl's moving castle"? This is just one of the best anime among so many that they've done. They have many.
@@bayarmaaanderson5359 They also did Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, among many others
This one was my favorite of the whole series, and I was looking forward to your video on this! As soon as I heard the Officer’s Scottish accent, I knew that was Kate Dickie - she plays a First Order officer in The Last Jedi as well but you’ll definitely recognize her as Lysa Arryn from Game of Thrones! I’m from California but I’ve been living in Scotland for the last nine months, and I ran into her in downtown Glasgow. So random!
good episode, not the best VA work but still phenomenal. idk why people are saying theyre dead in the end, they arent. a happy ending is two sisters and powerful force users the last of their kind, defending their home.
If any security cams caught that raid... it won't be a recon team investigating. This kinda thing gets Inquisitors to pop up. Probably best for them if the new stars are them following their people. 🤔
It´s inspired in the Selknam indigenous people genocide here in Chile, southern Patagonia in the late 19th century. Punkrobot studios is based in Chile and they won an Oscar a few years ago for another animated short. Very proud of them. We have Pedro Pascal and now this beautiful episode of sw visions ! Good time to be a Chilean Star Wars fans lol
Not just that, they also produced one of my favorite films of all time, Nahuel y el Libro Mágico/and the Magic Book! And as a fan of Star Wars and Nahuel y el Libro Mágico/and the Magic Book, all I can say is Chile is the most underrated country when it comes to movies and shows industry. 💖
I know everyone enjoys the episodes like Sith and Screecher's Reach from this season but this episode and an upcoming one, Aau's Song are my favorites of the season. They're just perfect Star Wars stories that you can easily convince yourself are canon (I know they aren't). I love that this season gave us so many different forms of animation.
i'm 100% sure they didn't survive, first how did they get out of the water, they were in the middle of the ocean probably hurt as well secondly i realized how quickly everything changed, that was way too fast
@@JustCauseFanAnd ontop of that, that wall of water was enough to completely destroy that facility. There's no way they survived a direct impact from that.
The final scene of this short was genuinely one of the most beautiful and poignant sequences in the entire series, from the shots of life finally returning to the planet, to that final shot of all the stars shining down on the two sisters, to the wonderful score, it's just a perfect sequence
Ok, I'm not 100% sure. But I think the character design is based on the Selk'nam culture. Well, the design and the history, because the Selk'nam also suffered a genocide by the colonizers Sources: I'm Chilean Also, sorry for my bad english
I saw someone else saying that maybe the girls died alongside with the empire officer and soldiers because at the end there were two stars next to their mother's star, I hope not because it could be heartbreaking thought.
Interestingly enough the making of featurette has one of the team explicitly say they thought it was important that the sisters survive, so it seems that implication was unintentional.
@@dickb1379 the water and land becoming perfect *immediately* after the destruction of the factory, plus the 2 stars, felt like an afterlife scene, regardless of what was said in the making of. The visual storytelling seems to contradict that.
@@agresticumbra It doesn't matter what the visual storytelling says or how people interpret it. The makers literally stated that they both survived. They have the final word on the matter.
Episode 2 and 3 are amazing in this season. I could see most of this season somehow arranged inside the canon. They did a great job of keeping things grounded in the Star Wars universe while making new stories.
This one hit really hard emotionally with how easily you could probably compare this to real life. Indigenous people having their land robbed of its resources by colonizers and being wiped out for resisting. Which I know isn’t new to Star Wars, but something about how it was shown here hurt especially.
My interpretation of the ending here is that they didn't make it. You see their two stars appear at the end beside their mom. The water and the world is healed. It makes the ending so much more heartbreaking
Ya, the water and land becoming perfect immediately after the destruction of the factory, plus the 2 stars, felt like an afterlife scene, regardless of what was said in the making of. If the making of has them saying their girls' survival was important, it seems to contradict the visual storytelling.
Ohhh I hadn't seen the short. I am from Chile and the story of this short film has to do with the extinction of the people of Chilean Patagonia. The Selk'nam. they had that particular style of putting on those horns and paints. And also the looting of water for sale to private industries... that is, the story has a part of the truth! Greetings from the south of the world
The only problem for me is that I did not like the younger sister. Besides that it’s a very good statement on imperialism. This season definitely cooked
Yeah, she was a proper idiot.....but not as much as those troopers operating the walker.... 'bro, I really think you should shoot them now' 'actually, I think I should get a bit closer' 'but bro, it looks like they might be doing so Jedi stuff that looks dangerous' 'nah, I wanna get as close to them as I can before shooting....we are stormtroopers after all, can't risk missing them' 'OMG BRO SHOOT THEM N............." *dead*
This is the first Latin American Star Wars production, and it was really really cool, but it's sad when you know that it is inspired by the genocide of the Selk'nam people of Patagonia. (BTW, Punk Robot was a 2016 Oscar winner for "Bear Story", an amazing short too).
in the behind the scenes for this episode, they explain that this episode wasn't stop motion but CGI done in the style of stop motion. So cool!
where can i see the behind the scenes video
@@kenzokenzo extras tab on D+
As chilean, i can't avoid to drop some tears watching this short, because i inmediatly recognize the real history behind the plot. The genocide of Selk'nam people from Tierra Del Fuego, the last native speakers who were two sisters... if you google for Selk'nam photos, you will see how Koten, Tichina and the paintings are heavily inspired in their corporal paintings and ritual spirit costumes.
It's nice to see how Star Wars can host so many stories from diferent cultures... great to see you guys reacting to the short!
Greetings from Chile!
💕 every single time I’ve seen this episode or even reactions to it … I’m left in tears 😭
I will definitely have to search and learn the real story.
The sibling relationship reminded me of Lilo and Nani. Big sister trying to keep the younger one safe, headstrong young sister trying to prove herself.
I have been following you for quite some time now and wanted to comment on this episode. I am from Chile and I am a librarian, and among the things I have read, learned and like is history in general and in particular, the history of the pre-Columbian or native peoples of my country.
The history is based on the native Selk'nam people and their genocide in 1888, by Europeans, to colonize the territory of southern Chile. The Selk'nam were a nomadic people, who inhabited the area of Patagonia, specifically in Tierra del Fuego, which means Land of Fire, living in large groups, in huts made of wood and skin of guanaco or sea lion, were great navigators, wore coats and hats made of guanaco skin, and fed both this animal, as well as sea lions, seabirds, mollusks, whales, cururos, etc.. Something special that the Selk'nam had, and that you will love, were the masks they used, which in this episode look as if they were part of their anatomy. But no, they used masks made from the wood of trees and painted their bodies red and white. The reason for those is that they had a ceremony called the Hain, which was a ceremony that was first created by women, they were a matriarchal society, where women to maintain the status quo and power, disguised themselves as spirits or gods to scare and control men, but then men learned the truth, and then they began to use this ritual, to have control over their population, reversing the roles. The Hain, as I said is a ceremony and an initiation rite for males between 14 and 18 years old. They are taken to a hut made of wood, where the chief of the tribe and a shaman, made them fight against the spirit and they had to defeat it in a combat. Once the spirit was defeated, it revealed its identity, and they were required never to tell this truth to the women, or they would be killed. Below I will leave an excerpt, so that you can learn about this, which for me is the craziest and coolest of their culture. Think that they lived in the southernmost part of the planet, at the end of the world, and they did this ceremony completely naked ! really very impressive.
Unfortunately and as you probably already know, the Selknam were exterminated, in one of the biggest genocides occurred in the country. The reason, was the expansion of the state to expand its territory, once the country was created as a nation. For that reason they decided to call Europeans to occupy the south, since no Chilean dared to live in those areas because of the climate or because of the indigenous people, who defended their territory with great courage. Then, around 1888, the first Europeans arrived and due to conflicts with the Selknam, they decided to kill and hunt them, because for them they were savages or animals. The best known genocide was a Romanian engineer named Julius Popper, where the bastard took pictures with the bodies of the murdered Selk'nam, as if they were trophies. And finally, I must say that in this genocide, mainly men were murdered, children and women were kidnapped, and they were instructed in the European/Western culture and traditions of that time, you know respect for authority , Christian religion and belief in God, and the official language is Spanish. And because I believe that the stars of this short are two women, perhaps because they are inspired by the last two survivors of the Selk'nam genocide. That they would be, Angela Loij, who was considered the last survivor of native Selk'nam blood, and Lola Kiepja, considered the last survivor who had the Selk'nam lifestyle and customs, living in an indigenous community, with the language and native religion.
I leave the link to some information and the extract for you to read.
Hain extract.
"The ceremony began with the preparation of the kloketen. These were separated from their families to be prepared for the ceremony. They were formed with their arms extended towards the sky one next to the other to be stripped of their clothing, bathed and later to be completely painted with red clay by the men. Then they were transferred to the ceremonial hut, where they were received with songs and shouts, which increased the fear of the young people before the ceremony. Once inside the hut, they were distributed around the fire and under the seven posts of the hut, and they were ordered to stare upwards. From the fire the spirits arose, singing, and the initiates little by little lowered their gaze before them. Thus the spirits began a game of pulling, which ended in a great fight with a kloketen. Thus, each one had to fight with a spirit to show his skill and strength, although the spirit was always the winner. After the fight, the kloketen was forced to unmask the spirit, thus finding himself with a man of flesh and blood, a process that was repeated with all the initiates. The purpose was to show that the spirits did not exist and were nothing more than disguised men, who, after being unmasked, began to laugh and mentioned that "This is how we, men, play!"3 During the following days they were instructed in the jobs and obligations that awaited him as an adult selknam, they performed various tests and were taught the use of weapons, shooting and hunting. They were told myths that explained the origins of the world and its society. The most important was the origin of the hain and how women had betrayed men in the past, with the intention of explaining the primitive creation of the celebration and justifying its current form.4 With this, the meaning of the celebration was finally revealed to them. secret of the hain, and once the stories were finished they were made to promise never to reveal what they experienced to the women, since it would be punishable by death."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selk%27nam_people
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selk%27nam_genocide
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Popper
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela_Loij
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Kiepja
"Fun fact", the character design and part of the history were based on an old civilization that lived in Patagonia (between Chile and Argentina), called Selknam. After the colonization of South America during the 1800s, they were hunted and killed until their extinction. The last Selknam died around 1970.
The ending is likely open to interpretation, but I totally think the two sisters died in the end.
As they sink deep in the water the screen fades to white before they appear back on land, with the clouds clearing and sun shining. They can "see their family again" and two new stars appear next to their mother's.
Turns an already tragic enough episode even darker. But as the last survivors of their race they were not going to be able to save it, so instead they died to free their planet from the Empire and redeem their people
except that's not a happy ending. the Empire would just replace everything and keep taking resources but now they don't have two naturally powerful force users to oppose them. the sisters being dead in the end is the opposite of a happy ending.
@@Ziaotic since when has Star Wars ever been about happy endings
you guys doing love death and robots would be such a good thing! Each episode will definitely leave you with things to talk about
Did I hear that right? Aaron’s only seen one ghibli movie?!?! That’s really crazy 😅
Ghibli 4 Life ❤😅👍🏼
WTF is a ghibli
@@Commander_Shepard. Japanese animation studio. Have you seen "Howl's moving castle"? This is just one of the best anime among so many that they've done. They have many.
@@bayarmaaanderson5359 They also did Spirited Away, Grave of the Fireflies, My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, among many others
So beautiful and the music was amazing. Simple story told in a special medium with such emotion. Spine tingling use of the force. Simply amazing
This is one of my favorites.
This one was my favorite of the whole series, and I was looking forward to your video on this! As soon as I heard the Officer’s Scottish accent, I knew that was Kate Dickie - she plays a First Order officer in The Last Jedi as well but you’ll definitely recognize her as Lysa Arryn from Game of Thrones! I’m from California but I’ve been living in Scotland for the last nine months, and I ran into her in downtown Glasgow. So random!
Yes, Love, Death, & Robots please after this season 2.
Love, Death and Robots would be awesome! I hope you guys eventually get to it!
Alright after hearing these comments, rewatching this made me feel 1000x times sadder then I originally did…
At the end, two more stars popped up beside the mums...
I really enjoy your reactions, but this time I have to say that Rick's shirt is amazing
Reactions to Love + Death + Robots from you, guys? 😲
Yes, please!😍
BREAK THE DAM RELASE THE RIVER LOL 😂
The younger sister in this episode pissed me off so much lol
She was right though, the entire episode she said they should fight because they could win. In the end, she was right, they were strong enough.
good episode, not the best VA work but still phenomenal. idk why people are saying theyre dead in the end, they arent. a happy ending is two sisters and powerful force users the last of their kind, defending their home.
Really? The VA work was actually my favorite part of the episode! I really enjoyed the performances of the two sisters.
Wash away the galactic empire
If any security cams caught that raid... it won't be a recon team investigating. This kinda thing gets Inquisitors to pop up.
Probably best for them if the new stars are them following their people. 🤔
It´s inspired in the Selknam indigenous people genocide here in Chile, southern Patagonia in the late 19th century. Punkrobot studios is based in Chile and they won an Oscar a few years ago for another animated short. Very proud of them. We have Pedro Pascal and now this beautiful episode of sw visions ! Good time to be a Chilean Star Wars fans lol
Oh my...
Not just that, they also produced one of my favorite films of all time, Nahuel y el Libro Mágico/and the Magic Book!
And as a fan of Star Wars and Nahuel y el Libro Mágico/and the Magic Book, all I can say is
Chile is the most underrated country when it comes to movies and shows industry. 💖
I know everyone enjoys the episodes like Sith and Screecher's Reach from this season but this episode and an upcoming one, Aau's Song are my favorites of the season. They're just perfect Star Wars stories that you can easily convince yourself are canon (I know they aren't). I love that this season gave us so many different forms of animation.
The two stars appearing next to the mother star makes me believe that they did not survive the fall. Also love the coral design to the species.
i'm 100% sure they didn't survive, first how did they get out of the water, they were in the middle of the ocean probably hurt as well
secondly i realized how quickly everything changed, that was way too fast
They're dead for sure.
NOOOOOO 😭😭😭 this makes that scene fifty times sadder
@@JustCauseFanAnd ontop of that, that wall of water was enough to completely destroy that facility. There's no way they survived a direct impact from that.
The main musical theme is so beautiful.
The final scene of this short was genuinely one of the most beautiful and poignant sequences in the entire series, from the shots of life finally returning to the planet, to that final shot of all the stars shining down on the two sisters, to the wonderful score, it's just a perfect sequence
Ok, I'm not 100% sure. But I think the character design is based on the Selk'nam culture. Well, the design and the history, because the Selk'nam also suffered a genocide by the colonizers
Sources: I'm Chilean
Also, sorry for my bad english
I saw someone else saying that maybe the girls died alongside with the empire officer and soldiers because at the end there were two stars next to their mother's star, I hope not because it could be heartbreaking thought.
This one was definitely my favorite.
Not just did it look fantastic, but it also felt just so star wars.
The 2 extra stars at the end I think imply they died in the water. They are now with their people again.
Interestingly enough the making of featurette has one of the team explicitly say they thought it was important that the sisters survive, so it seems that implication was unintentional.
@@dickb1379 i kinda like the episode less if thats the case
NO THEY DID NOT
@@dickb1379 the water and land becoming perfect *immediately* after the destruction of the factory, plus the 2 stars, felt like an afterlife scene, regardless of what was said in the making of. The visual storytelling seems to contradict that.
@@agresticumbra It doesn't matter what the visual storytelling says or how people interpret it. The makers literally stated that they both survived. They have the final word on the matter.
The two stars appearing next to the mom in the air at the end kinda implied they died in the flooding of the factory 😐
the music is so good
You should really watch Love, Death and Robots!!
Episode 2 and 3 are amazing in this season. I could see most of this season somehow arranged inside the canon. They did a great job of keeping things grounded in the Star Wars universe while making new stories.
This one hit really hard emotionally with how easily you could probably compare this to real life. Indigenous people having their land robbed of its resources by colonizers and being wiped out for resisting. Which I know isn’t new to Star Wars, but something about how it was shown here hurt especially.
This was my favourite episode and I loved it
Thanks, Eric! Thanks, Rick! Thanks, Calvin! Thanks, Aaron! ✨ #StarWarsWaveSquadron #StarWars #StarWarsVisions #InTheStars
My interpretation of the ending here is that they didn't make it. You see their two stars appear at the end beside their mom. The water and the world is healed. It makes the ending so much more heartbreaking
The team said they survived so it’s unintentional
That makes no sense! They came out of the water and looked at the wreckage! You're trying to be too deep my guy.
Ya, the water and land becoming perfect immediately after the destruction of the factory, plus the 2 stars, felt like an afterlife scene, regardless of what was said in the making of. If the making of has them saying their girls' survival was important, it seems to contradict the visual storytelling.
@@agresticumbra Really? You're saying that about a planet that the plants IMMEDIATELY grow back when the light of the stars hit them lmao
Why couldn’t they have survived and it just be symbolism to show they will always be together?
Ohhh I hadn't seen the short. I am from Chile and the story of this short film has to do with the extinction of the people of Chilean Patagonia. The Selk'nam. they had that particular style of putting on those horns and paints. And also the looting of water for sale to private industries... that is, the story has a part of the truth! Greetings from the south of the world
Another amazing video
This short is peak Star Wars.
you need to watch more Star Wars...
@@inefekt I’ve read the comic adaptations of the Thrawn trilogy.
@@inefektIndividuals standing up against an empire is somehow not quintessential star wars to you?
@@BeyondTrash-xe1vshe said 'peak' Star Wars, which is ridiculous
Did Calvin mean Kena: Bridge of spirits? 😍 2:30
You guys sure did talk about twin peaks a lot this episode
Took me a while to find this reaction. I had no idea another channel was created off the main channel.
The only problem for me is that I did not like the younger sister. Besides that it’s a very good statement on imperialism. This season definitely cooked
Yeah, she was a proper idiot.....but not as much as those troopers operating the walker....
'bro, I really think you should shoot them now'
'actually, I think I should get a bit closer'
'but bro, it looks like they might be doing so Jedi stuff that looks dangerous'
'nah, I wanna get as close to them as I can before shooting....we are stormtroopers after all, can't risk missing them'
'OMG BRO SHOOT THEM N............."
*dead*
Don't see why you would dislike the younger sister, she is literally right. They could beat them.
"use the element which gives life"
YES LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS PLEASE😤
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